First Three Negro ASC Appointees
Are College Grads, lop Farmers
WASHINGTON, D. C —The first
thrfefe Negro appointees to the
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation (ASC) Stale Committees
are college graduates and out
standing farmers who grow every
thing from tobaCco and livestock
to cotton and fish.
They are John Gammon, Marion,
A r k.; Caldwell McMillait, An
napolis. Md.; ond Geo. W. Spears,
Jr., Merigold, Miss.; 'Aho were
appointed recehtly by Secretary
Orville L. Freeman as the first
ever to serve on the important ASC
farm policy making committees
of their States.
"The long overdue move," said
Secretary Freeman ,"is part of a
stepped up program to bring the
agencies of Agriculture into full
compliance with the spirit and the
letter of the Civil Rights Act of
1964."
As State committeemen, these
three farmers will help to formu
late ASC policies in their Slates
with respect to acreage allotments,
price supports, the new tobacco
program, feed grain and wheat
prdfctams, cost-sharing soil and
watfcr conservation work, the con
servation reserve, and loans for
grslH bins.
fly for thdir part-time services
will be at the rate of $46.48 per
day plus traveling expenses for
evety day they work. On the av
erdgC State committeemen work
(ivfi to ten daya per'month.
fh« crops the committeemen
wilt bfe mainly concerned Nvtth in
Arlkfttfsis and Mississippi are eot
eort, peanuts, rice, soyoeahs, and
feed grains; in Maryland tobacco
and feed grains crops they them
sefWs grow like other farmers in
thftft States. , t >
Gftmmon, a graduate of Arkan
sas State College, and -a. former
USfWI employee, has been farm
ing since 1936. He now operates
l.fflW Stres, growing cotton, wheat,
rirt, roybeans. hay, vegetublcs,
livestock and catfish.
Me has sold as many as 25.0G0
fish during a season to buyers
who came to his farm from as far
away as North Carolina.
Automatic deepwell pumps keep
the water at the ptoper level for
his ffch and rice. The rest of his
farm is mechanized, too. Four
tractors pull the plows and oilier
equipment on his farm, a combine
harvests his rice, wheat, and soy
beans; and a mechanical cotton
picker gathers his 150-balc cotton
cron.
This leaves Gammon time to
serve as president of his division
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3,500 bales of cotton a year.
Mrs. Gammon helps with the
record keeping when she is not
busy with her work as associate
borne demonstration agent. Their
daugthcr Ida Marie, a graduate ol
Fisk, used to help, too, before she
Joined the Peace Corps and fle'A
off to Thailand. She is now Mrs
Ida Marie Wilson living in Salis
bury, Md.
McMillan, a graduate of Cornel:
University and a former tcachei
at Tuskegce, grew up on a farm
near Dcmopolis, Ala., and has al
ways wanted to farm. His oppor
tunity came when he motored to
Baltimore from Tuskcgee in 104'
to visit his brother.
Sightseeing in the Marylanc
countryside he spotted a 100-acrr
farm for sale near Annapolis. II
was love at first sight. He and
Mrs. McMillan ,a Missouri home
demonstration agent honf he had
met the year before during her
attendance of summer school at
Tuskegee, made the down-payment
1 and wrote a letter of resignation
to the Alabama instituiton.
They have since sold 23 acres o'
the farm for a housing develop
ment and now raising corn, hogs
and tobacco on their 77 acres. "I
can handle it all by myself, ex
cept during peak seisons," say?
McMillan, "and it makes us a good
living."
Some things for themselves and
their two children come out o'
Mrs. McMillan's salary as assor
ate home economist of borne and
adjoining county.
Spears, a graduate of Alcorn A.
and M. College and a former voca
tional agriculture teacher, follow
ed in the footsteps of his father
who went from teaching to farm
ing. After seven years of teach
ing in south Mississippi, he do
cided to join his father in the
delta and become a farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Spears now owi
200 acres on which they grow cot
ton, corn, soybeans, cattle, an
hogs, and are among the most pre
gressive farmers in the fertil
delta area.
Mrs. Spears, a graduate of Mi
slss'ppi Valley State College, al*
teaches at the local school in an
dilion to helping out on the farm
Their oldest son, a graduate
Alcorn, is a Soil Conservation
Service technician, their daughte
is attending Philander Smith Col
lege, and their youngest son is i
high school.
How N. C.-Borri Nina
Simone Rose To Fame
In Musical World
Eoth professionally and person
ally, Nina Simone is a combina
tion of many unusual and diverse
qualities—all of them important
many of them misunderstood and
most of them universally appre
ciated.
Generally performers in the mu
sic world achieve distinction either
as a fine vocalist or as a great mu
;ician. Defying generalities, re
?ording artist Nina Simone offers
>oth talents with equal brillance
ler facility for vocal phrasing
complements the dexterity with
vhich she improvises a melody on
he piano. As a singer her reper
oire reaches into the musicai
•oalms of jazz, blues, folk, spirit
uals and pop—bringing to each
icr o'.vn inimitable styling. In
vidcnce at the keyboard is the
tudicd discipline of the concert
pianist, abetted by the broad, im
\ginative scope of the jazz impro
,-isationalist.
Miss Simone first arrested pub
ic attention during the summer
f 1959 via her recording of the
lershwin classic, "I Loves You
'orgy." Its success was rewarded
vith personal appearances at New
fork's Village Gate, Town Hall
*nd Carnegie Hall. Other top club
•pptranees followed in Chicago
nd Washington, D C. and recog
"iti-on came from her fellow pro
fessional-! in the form of invita
ions to appear at the Philadel
ihia, Detroit and Newport Jazz
festivals —where she was an out
landing success.
E-orn Eunice Waymon in the
'forth Carolina small town of
"ryon (population about 2,000) on
February 21, 1935, Nina's father
vas a handyman; her mother a
lousekeeper by day, but an or
tained Methodist minister at
•light. It- was VGod's music" that
nitially was to influence her.
From the ago of four, Nina had
>een playing piano by car. She
icked out melodies on the family
■iano and played hymns on .the
rgan in church. Soon she sought
>r.oader musical horizons and,
f t C n to her parents chagrin and
isappoval, improvised, embellish
d and—perhaps oft^n—enriched
'i" ba«ic gospel jnusic. that had
been so much part of her form-
"vc years.
The sixth child In a family of
ight, she conspired with two of,
•er sisters to form a tro called j
'he Waymori Sisters and per-1
■)rme f i in church and at outside |
"unctions. Following one of these
■crtormances at the Tryon the-'
tie a woman fr&m the audience
ent backstage to ongratulite
Jina on her playing, Learning
'iat there never had been a
ormal piano lesson in her musical
•ackground, the woman tcok a
personal interest and arranged
or Nina to receive classical piano
-■ssons from a local teacher, Mrs.
* awrenc Mazzahovich.
With professional insight, her
realized that. Nina pos-j
essed genuine!*' rare ta'ent which,
f properly guid"l. could develop,
into artistry. She ' as. in fact, soj
impressed. witjj the, child's poten
fial that when lesson fees were no
inp"er forthcoming from Nina's I
baeksa"« after two;
years, Mrs. Mazzanovich continued
tnein without charge. To insure
advanced musical training for .
Nina she established a "Eunice
Waymon Fund" by arranging local,
"Highly qualified men such as'
fhese." said Secretary Freeman, |
"are the type M e like to have on'
our ASC State Committees. Others
will be appointed as vacancies
arise."
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GETS SCHOLARSHIP—Mrs. Eu
genia M. Younge, teacher at Lit
tle River School, Dm ham County
received the N. D. E. A. Scholar
ship May 15 to attend Indiana
University for the English Insti
tute for Elementary Teachers
June 20th to August 12th. Mrs.
Younge has h?en a teacher In the
Duitum County system for the
pest 10 ye*rs. She also received
the B.S. degree from Fayetteville
State Teachers College and Mat
ter of Science degree in Elemen
tary Education at Indiana Univer
sity.
Visiting Editors
Hear Truth
About Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Gov. Geo
rge C. Wallace's vaunied "anti-dis
tortion tour" of Alabama ran into
an Unscheduled challenge- here
when the visiting out-of-state edi
tors left his banquet to hear the
"truth about Alabama" from Dr.
John W. Nixon and Julian Hall,
president and field director, re
spectively, of the Alabama State
NAACP.
Armed '.vith facts about the
state, Dr. Nixon and Hall answer
ed questions fired by 50 newsmen
for more than two hours. The NA
ACP news conference was held in
'the f-nnie ballroom of the Shera
'on Mold Inn where Gov. Wall
i ace had just failerl in an ntteinpt
| 'o convert a hospitality banquet
I into a press conference. Resent
i ment • vas -expressed by some of
I the rditors ag'inst the Governor's
maneuver.
■
The NAACP lenders told the edi
: 'ors and reporters of th e eco
nomic, political and cultural dis
-riminations confronting Negroes
!n the state. They Invited the
tuests to contact NAACP branch
•Adders in the counties they visit
ed on the tour.. ..v
i
I Angered by the reaction of his
invited guests and their participa-
I tion in the NAACP news confer
[ ence. Gov. Wallace failed to at
'tend the farewell boat and beach
i oarty in Mobilp which ended the
'.•uir-dav tour the following day,
( June 9.
recitals in and around Tryon and
asking for audience contributions
. t') the fund. This enabled her to
attend high school in Asheville
I from which she graduated as vale
| die»orian and go on to the re
j known Julliard School of Music,
lin New York. At Julliard she
itnH'pd piano and theory with
Carol Friedbrrg.
! To be continued next week
Sigma Gamma Rho's Week Long
Boule To Cost Over $125,000
NfeW YORK—Putting together
the finishing touches for a big con-,
ventitth that will attract 900 dele
gaffes and their families presents
a glattt sized headache, according
to Mrt. Kate Hicks, public rela-:
tiohs director for the Sigma Gam
mi Rho Sorority, Inc.
She estimates that roughly
SI2S,ObO will be sent by the sorors
comlAg to New York for their
week-Wg Annual Boule at the
Hotel, starting Aug
ust 1. Housing the majority of
heirt in one hotel eliminates many
of tile housekeeping problems
that tiscd to exist when the na
tionwide sorority was smaller and!
coftvShtion delegates stayed at j
different hostclries.
Aided by the hostess Kappa Sis
ma chapter and its io2 members.
Mrs. Hicks' telephone. is busy from
irtiftttng until night as sorors
phone here from more th;r. 30
stafes with a million questions
dilfd Requests. "Can you get five
tickets to Sammy Davis' 'Golden
Roy' show" or "can I hire a baby
sittct at night so my husband
and I can do the town" are just
two of the frequently requested
favdrs asked of her.
Coming by plane, bus. train and
car, she estimates that at least
550.000 • \ ill be spent »n transpor
tation. Once here another $75,000
will go for hotel expenses that
include rent and food, shows, nite
elubs and trips to the World's
Fair.
Shopping chores that the dele
gates and their families may take
could roughly put another $20,.
000 dent in their pocketbooks.
But the boule will not be all
fun and good times. Mrs. Ru>'.i
Whitehead Whaley who holds the
responsible job of Secretary to
the New York City Board of Esti
mate. is the Boule hostess and
plans at least a dozen "roll up
your shirtsleeve" type of business
sessions.
She's planned an agenda that
will keep the membership in daily
workshop discussions. With the
Sigma Gamma Uho's boule theme:
Horizons of Citizenship, Forward
with a Purpose, in mind she wants
them to carefully explore ways
and ttveans of hr/.v best to help
President Johnson carry out his
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: in Washing: in, D. C. A potential
. location has been selected and if
plans go through this will put a
$700,000 dent in their treasury.
60G Expected at
P-TA Meeting
In Miami, Fla.
MIAMI—The National Congress
of Colored Parents and Teachers
will attract some fiOO officers and
delegates June 10-23 for its 39th
annual convention in Miami.
Mayor Robert King High will
bring j'rerlings to the group at
it s opening general assembly
mcctirg at 915 a. m. June 21.
Whil iry M. Young Jr., executive
'iireetor of the National Urban
I.oagtie, will deliver the keynote
address. . ■
Mrs. .)>• vett Hitch, president of
the rcanization, will preside over
two davs of-genet al sessions. The
Congress also will hear Dr. Jo"
Mall, superintendent of the Dade
(Miami) Countv Board of Pnhjjc
Instruction; Mrs. Jennelle Moor
head. President of National Con
gress of Parents an d Teachers
and Dr. .Joseph N. Patterson, de
partmental brad at Winston-Sal
em State College, N. C.
The group's activities June 19
and 20 mainly will be devoted to
member registration and commit
tee meetings, The day will con
clude with a vesper service end
ng at the John F. Kennedy Torch
of Friendship wit h a memorial
service honoring th e late Presi
dent.
The fifth and concluding gen
eral session will be June 22, to be
followed by the Florida Night Ban
quet at the Ci'v of Miami Bay
front park Auditorium.
Ail general sessions will he in
the F'orida Room of the McAllis
ter Hotel. 10 Biscavne Blvd.
The Florida State Chapter of
'he NCCPT is the host chapter
md will entertain the delegates
vith a Kiscayne Bay cruise on
tune 2.1.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1965 DURHAM, N. Ck-i-
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WASHINGTON'; D. C.—WiiriSm
L. Taylor, Staff Director-designate
of the U. S. Commission on Civil
Rights, today announced the ap
pointment of Hcslip M. Lee of
Salisbury as a member of the
North Carolina Stale Advisory
Committne to the Federal civil
rights agency.
Currently Executive Director of
the Rowan Community Service
Council. Inc., in Salisbury (a pro
ject of the North Carolina
Lee has been Executive Director
of the Virginia Council on Human
Relations. While in Virginia, he
was a member of the Virginia
State Advisory Committee to the
U. S Commission on Civil Rights.
A native of Georgia, Lee received
a B.A. Trom Mercer University in
Macon, Georgia, and a B.D. from
Colgate-Rochester Divinity Schoal
in Rochester, New York.
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