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VOLUME 42 No. 21 DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, JUNE 5/1965 PRICE 15 Cent.
Prince Hall Masons Aid
To NAACP Honored
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Ffi*i6*NTs vrjtW iHecK
9Nfal ilir®. ar* . it th»
LMevHi Hospital AM* Hi«fY «s they
vHm aheek for praaanted !«
Receive Diploma At
Ilil Isi de Commencement June 9
iwjfclde - Hfgh School's 1965
Graduation gfifciaps arc slated
for Wednesday, Julie 9, at 8:00
P.lf. in the school : auditorium
Where approximately two hundred
cUWy-five seniqrtf ate expected to
receive diplomas.
Coeds Alice "Odessa McCollum
and Beverly Anne Hamm, valedic
torian and salutatorian respective
ly, are slated to address the grad
uating class, school personnel, par
ents, and visitors dw'CS the ex
ercises.
Ricky Ricardo bryant, president
of the 19§5 senior class, sched
uled to present a gift to the
school from the graduating class,
and diplomas are slated to be
awarded by Hillside Principal J.
H. Locas, City Schools Superin
tendent L. W. llannen, and Board
of Education. Chairman, H. A.
Rhinehart.
SENIOR WORfHIP AT
HILLSIDE SUNDAY
Hillside High School wHI hold
Its traditional Senior Worship
Service Sunday. June «, at 5:00
P.M. in the school auditorium.
The Reverend. J. W. Smith, Jr.,
Pastor of the Covenant Presbyte
rian Church, is scheduled to d&
liver "the Senior Sermdn to the
members of the 1965 graduating
class, their parents, school person
nel arid visitors.*/
The Rev. J. W. Barnes, Hillside
faculty member and a senior spon
sor, is, slated to preside the
services, and tire Reverend Law
rence Perry,. Pastor of the Grace
A. M. E. Zjon Church. Raleigh, is
scheduled to offer the benediction
following the wof ship , services.
Music for the services will be
rendered by the Hillside Special
Chorus, directed by i. M- Gattls.
The public is invited at attend.
Graduation ext-cclse# at Hillside
are slated for Wednesday, June 9
at 8:00 P.M. "
'he Hospital Administrator, F. W. j
Scott. L»ft to right they are: Mrs. '
Veda Henson, presidsnt-elect; Mrs. j
F^sHi
SPEAKER—Re*. .-. W. Smith, -r.
pastor of the Covensnt Presbyte
rian Chyrch U.S.A. will address
the thVaa hundred graduates dur
ing the h»ur of senior worship,
Sunday, June 6 ait 5:60 P. M. In
tha sqhoof auditorium.
The: »l>My-njnth commencement
b. yifednaeday, June 9, 8:00 P.M.
In- tjha school auditorium. Both
services will be tvoadcast as a
public service of radio station
WSRC. Admftsion to all of the
Commenccm4jnt Exercises will be
restricted present
ing numbered at the door.
♦LAST CHANCE FOR
FREEDOM' SAYS
NCC SPEAKER
A Negro publisher Sunday
told a North Carolina College
aduicnce that Negroes, now ap
proaching what may well be
their last chance—a n d Ameri
ca's last chance —for freedom,
must consult the past and make
it serve them.
John JJ. Johnson, president of
; tfr~tfohn.«h!v Publishing Com-
Ses PUBISHER Pag* 5-A
| Virginia Alston, auxilary's first
I president; Mrs. Lena Gates, presi
j dent and Bayard Carter, founder.
Youth Seminar to
Convene at Va.
Un'on University
WASHINGTON, i . C.—Accord
ng to the office of Dr. Wendell
1. Somcrvillc, Executive Secretary
if thr Lott Carey Baptist Foreign
Mission Convention, with llcac'-
"iua r t"N r s in Washington, D. C., the
Twelfth Annual Christian Youth
Seminar, sponsored by the l.ott
"arey Convention will be held at
Union Un'versitv, Rich
mond, Virg ; nia, June 28-July 4.
There will b( a nenrollment of
100 attending this unique youth
following. ThcJ will come from
♦he sla'es of Nfcw York, New Jer
•rv, North Carolina.
Ohio, P-nnsylvihia, Virginia, Wos*
Vir" ! nia and Vfrc District of Co
lumbia. t
Dr. Some**"!,-- states thv ♦ v "
purpose of tha Seminar is: "To
give youth a World wide view of
problems; to offer a
Christian missionary approach and
technique in meeting these prob
lems; and to areate and awaken
in youth a sejdc of responsibility
as Christians."?
Outstanding Rational and inter
national youth Counsellors and
leaders will share with these buoy
ant teenagers. \ j '
Mrs. Barbara Williams Wing
field. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is
the Coordinator. Mrs. C. E. Grif
fin, Norfolk, Virginia, is Assistant
Coordinator, |ts. Louise Slater,
White Plains. New York is Dean
of Girls; and, 'Dr. M. C. Souther
land,, Norfolk, Virginia is Dean of
%ovr.' TV Rr»( Weirdeli C: Somer
•, ille is Director of the Semiuar.
Award Created
Especially For
Fraternal Group
Phila., Pa.— The NAACP Le
gal Defense and Educational
Fund announced the presenta
tion of the "Thurgood Marsh
all Award'' to the Grand Masters
of the Prince Hall Masons of
America for financial contri
butions mounting to over S3OO,
000 during the past fourteen
years.
The award wias created espe
cially to recognize the sustain
ing support coming from the
Masons.
Speaking before the Con
ference of Grand Masters, Dr.
John W. Davis, Special Direc
tor, Teacher Information and
Security, said: "No organization
fnn take away from the Masons
the prestige and honor which
rightly belong to Masons for
these years of constructive co
operation.
"We pledge," Dr. Davis con
tinued, "With continuing assis
tance, our best efforts to bring
into being a society based upon
equal justice under law for
See MASONS Page 5-A
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WELCOMED TO STAFF Shown
above at the Tight being welcomed
'o the stiff of Operation Bresk
'hroogh is Leonard Davis, princi
al of the C. C. Spaulding Elemen
ary School. He has been appoint
d to the temporary position as
Spaulding Principal to Head "Project Haadsfart"
The principal of the C. C
Spaulding Elementary School
Leonard E. Davis, has been
named to the temporary posi
tion as head of "Project Head
start" in Durham this summer,
according to Operation Break
through, the local anti-poverty
organization.
As chief coordinator of the
two-month program, Davis will
play a leading role in seeing
that 255 children from low-in
coine families are given experi
ences that wi J 1 leave them
much better prepared' ti enter
the first grade ntxt Fall.
DL H. D. West
Gives Up Reigns
After 12 Years
NASHVILLE, Tenn—Dr. Harold
n. Wost, president of Meharry I
Medical College since 1952, ha* |
his resignation, but will I
remain as head of that institution
until a successor L named.
"I have given practically the
major part of my life, some 35;
vears in fact, to Meharry:" Dr. i
West said, "nevertheless, I tould;
'ike to spend actively a few more
;hort years in research, which has
always been my first love."
West, who spent 25 years in the
department of biochemistry at
Meharry further explained that
he has written 52 research papers
and abstracts for scientific journ
als and would like to do more re
search before his eventual retire
tirement.
The official statement of Presi
dent West's retirement, released
by Victory S. Johnson, chairman
of IWeharry's board of trustees, and
president oi Nashville's Aladdin
Industries follows:
"This is a statement that I regret
very muc hto have to i.iake, and,
especially so at this time."
"At the last meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of Meharry
Medical College, Dr. West ex
pressed his earnest desire to be
releived of his arduous administra
tive duties as president of the col
lege, in order to devote his prin
cipal efforts and time to research
in the field of biochemistry at the
instittuion."
"Dr. West . . . (has been) pre
! va'led upon to continue to serve
'until a successor could be. select
! ed." Jchnson continued, "It was
| obvious that it would be a diffi-
I cult task to find that individual
! who-e training, experience and
i leadership would be equal to the
role."
Thousht of the Week: Nothing
citn happen to ypu that hasn't) hafv
'ifnod n somp one elso.
efclaf coordinator of "Project
Hia4*t*xt," a two-montS pro-am
this summer will give 255
:MMren from very low-income
'•tfiMies special preparation for
iflforing the first grrde next Fall.
Greeting Davis is Robert L. Foost
It. addition to supervising a
medical and social services co
ordinator and a coordinator of
volunteers (both of whom also
will coordinate their work
with that of an educational co
ordinator each for the city and
county school systems and the
16 teachers whom they will su
pervise.
The emphasis of "Project
Headstart", which will begin
here July 5, will net bp class
room education, but rather up
on giving the children ordin«v v
everyday experiences which
.nty have not been given at
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PRINCIPAL SPEAKER at the Kit- i
trail College Commencement exar
cisas this year v,a% Watts Hill, Jr.
(center), prominent Durham busi
Man, Wife and Six Children Disappear From Home
In Hancock County, Mississippi Area, Says FBI
PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE TO
DELIVER MEN'S DAY ADDRESS HERE
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 2215
Fayetteville Street, will celebrate
Men's Sunday, June 20, with
Robert J. Brown of High Point as
speaker at the 11 a.m. service.
Brown, the first Negro named
"Young Man of the Year" by the
High Point Junior Chamber of
Commerce when he received t he
ward for 1964. is president of
B and C Associates, a public rela
tions'and quake research firm.
t
He was educated at William
3 enn High School, A. and T. Col
lege and Virginia Union Univer
ily, and is married to the form
er Sallie Walker.
A former federal narcotic asent
n New York City, Brown is a
fnrfllfj" 'T-'-t- n : »f
Sec BUSINESSMAN (page frA
"enter), executive director of
Operation Breakthrough (the lo
;al anti-povtrly organization),
while Howard Fuller (leit), cht'sf
cocrti'nator of Breakthrough's Hay
ti-McDougald Ten ace target area,
look* On.
home but which they will need
if they are to adjust well at
school with other children who
have had these experiences.
In addition to spending four
hours each morning both in and
out of the classroom and on
field trips, ended each day with
a nourishing lunch, each young
ster also will be given a phy
sical examination and what
ever other help he might need.
Both city and county schools*
will participate in "Project
Headstart". City schools inrlu
de. Burton, Eist End, Edge-
Set PRINCIPAL P*33e 5 A _
man. Shown with Mr. Hill at left
is Bishop Georr.J W. Baber, pre
siding prelate of the Second Epis
copal District of the A. M. E.
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BROWN
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SCOPE Leads
Ga. Battle on
Disfranchisement
ATLANTA—A milestone in
the history of the revolution
for human rights was establ
ished with the triumphant con
clusion of the SeTma to Mont
gomery March which brought
to the surface the nation's lat
ent concern for the Negro op
pressed.
The frustrations or a dcpri.
ved people were brought to the
steps of Alabama's State Capi
tol. Their plight was eloquently
articulated there by Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Dr. King ser
ved notice on the world that
"we're on the move now."
As Dr. King spoke, staffers
of hi* Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, were plan
ning on paper a nonviolent ar
my and a nonviolent battle plan
which would spearhead the
moit intensive attack ever con'
eoived to combat disfranchise
ment, educational deprivation
and poverty.
From experiences gained on
-iich battlefields Birmingham,
St Augustine. Montgomery, SeV
ma, and numerous infamous
hamlets in rural Georgia. c»rne
forth a project called SCOPE
Summer Community Organiza
tion and Political Education.
SCOPE, conceived and dir
ected by the staff of SCLC's
V>ter registration and political
department, is designed to in
volve entire communities in a
coordinated program of massive
voter registration, political edu
cation and community organi
zation.
Th° SCOT*it: oroject is headed
by Hosea. Williams, a key aide
tD Dr. K'"* ®r"f a" of
3e» SCOPE Pegs 5-A.
Church. At the right is Dr. Phillip
R. Cousins, president of the col
lege.
GULFPORT. Miss —Leon Ac
ker, his wife and six children
disappeared from their home In
the Catahola area of Hancock
County in the middle of March.
Evidence of their hurried de
parture was a cooked meal, un
touched, on the stove, a freshly
slaughtered hog. One of the
family's two cars was also
missing.
The background of the dis
appearance centers around a
special election held March 6
for County Supervisor of Han
cock County. Acker's niece,
' ttotn Gulfport Acker was fun
oat of town "because of how he
voted in the election".
In early April Mrs. Annie
Devvine and Mrs. Grace Palmer
of the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party (MFDP) wont
to HfcncOck County and talked
to people who knew the Acker
family. Soon 3fter that the
Mississippi State Sovereignity
Cnmrnissoh nut out a statement
refuting allegations made by
Mrs. Devine th*t the family
family was missing.
The MFDP in Jackson, Miss,
then attempted to discover the
make and model of car m f ssint»
from the Acker home, but the
Mississippi Highwav Patrol re
fused to released this informa
tion.
Then the MFDP asked the
FBI to investigate.
Continuing their stand the
Sovereignty Commission said
they had evidence that a check
signed by Acker was received
by a local finance company af
ter Mrs. Devine had reported
them missing. -In May MFDP
was informed fhat a spokesman
from tho Department of Justice
had stated that the FBI was un
bnle to find any trace of the
Acker family and that there was
absolutely no validity to the
Sovereignty Commission's
story about the check received
by a finance company.
The MFDP demadns retract
ions by all Mississippi papers
"that attempted to spread ru
mors of a hoax by the MFDP",
and they ask that all of the re
sources of the Justice Depart
ment and the FBI be thrown
into a nationwide search for
th e Acker family". "We ask
that all people who are concern
ed with change to join with us
in this search. Remember that
only last year the disappearance
of the Chaney. Goodmari and
Schwerner was called a hoax
by these same papers."
CAPEL NAMED TO
COTTTHKRN PINES
TOWN COUNCIL
srnrrHKKN PINES FeltonJ.
Canol rUv treasurer aid regional
director of a national me til
r-n't enrwatinn. •'■** rhn«w»« fc
rcrttiv hv tb» all-white City Coun
cil an rrisvor terryniir^.
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