/V. C. Ushers 41st Annual Session Set For Raleigh Aug, 19-22
NAACP TO USE VOTING LAW IMMEDIATELY
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CLUB WOMEN LEADERS HON
ORED Former presidents of
Hi* National Association of Col
ored Women's Clubs and the
Association's current leader
were honored recently at the
convention of NACWC-s region'
al unit—the Northeastern Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, held
McKissick, Hawkins Urge
U. S. Registrars For N.C,
In a letter addressed to U.S.
Attorney General Katzenbach
here Wednesday, Attorney F. B.
McKissick, National Chairman
of CORE and Dr. R. A. Haw
kins, Chairman, Mecklenburg
Organization on Political Af
fairs, urged the United States
Justice Department "to imme
diately dispatch registrars to
the state of North Carolina."
In their letter to Katzenbach,
McKissick and Hawkins based
their action on the "past strat
egems of the segregationists in
North Carolina to frustrate and
delay the impact of past Fed
eral voting rights acts."
The letter to the U. S. Attor
ney General also pointed out
that, according to Malcolm B.
Seawell, Chairman N. C. State
Brard of Elections, the Regis
tration Books will not be open
until October 9, 1965.
Although the letter to the
Attorney General did not say
so, it is believed that McKissick
and Hawkins' action was
prompted by the 30 or more
..counties, principally in the
eastern section or black belt of
the state, where Negroes have
either been barred outright
from voting, intimidated, de
layed or subjected to other
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
Preps for Moving To New Office Building
A. T. Spauldtng, president of
N. C. Mutual Life Insurance
Company, announced here this
week that plans are already in
the making for moving the
company to the new home of
fice building now nearing com
pletion at Chapel Hill and Duke
Streets.
Involved in the move to the
new 12-story building will be
some 250 or more employees
who are scheduled to be located
in the new quarters around
August 23.
The offices of N. C. Mutual
are scheduled to occupy the
basement, the second, third,
fourth, eleventh and twelfth
floors. Other floors will be
leased.
Completion of the entire
building is scheduled for about
October 1.
Rumors to the effect that the
old home office building of N.
C. Mutual, located at 114 West
ParrUh Street, will be pur
chased by the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank were rife here
this week when it was disclosed
that a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the bank had been
called for Thursday afternoon.
The bank has occupied the
ground floor of the Parriah
Street building since its erec
tion in 1921.
Bank officials would not
verify or deny the circulated
rumors prior to the report. It
was learned, however, that its
main office will remain at its
present location, with a branch
being operated in the new home
office building. The bank op
erates other branches in Ral
eigh, Charlotte and Fayetteville
Street in Durham.
in Pittsburgh. Above Mrs. Na
omi Y. Hatcher, left NFWC
president, Atlantic City, N. J.,
poses with the honorees follow
ing the awarding of beautiful
plaques. From Mrs. Hatcher's
left are NACWC past presidents
Dr. Rosa L. Gragc v Washington,
D. C., and Detroit, Mich., and
McKISSICK
tactics to prevent them from
exercising their citizenship
rights.
Backing the action of the
Iwo civil rights leaders are
numerous Negro organizations
and individuals, who were
favor of federal registrars be
fovor of federal registrars be
ing sent to the state, as soon
as they learned of McKissick
and Hawkins action, it was dis
closed here Thursday.
R. O. MURPHY TO PRACTICE LAW
WITH S. G. MITCHELL IN RALEIGH
RALEIGH—SamueI C. Mitch
ell, prominent Raleigh attorney,
announced this week that Ro
mallus 0. Murphy is now asso
ciated with him as a practicing
attorney and will have offices
with him, in the Hamlin Drug
Building, 126 */2 East Hargett
Street.
Murphy has had a brilliant
career since graduating from
the University of North Caro
lina Law School at Chapel Hill.
He spent two years in the
U. S. Air Force and served as
an officer in the Japan Area.
He opened an office in Wilson
and enjoyed an extensive prac
tice. He accepted a call to Erie.
Pa., where he was executive
director of the Human Rela
tions Commission of that city,
for three years. In this port he
admlnlsetred the affairs of the
agency and built one of the
most powerful agencies in the
field of "open occupancy" hous
ing and fair employment.
Due to his wide experience
he served on the Task Force
of the Equal Employment Op
portunity and attended a meet
ing held in Washington, D. C.,
July 9. He has been invited by
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
to attend a White House Con
ference on Equal Employment
Opportunity August 19 and 20.
Mayor Charles B. Williamson,
Erie, Pa., commenting on Mur
phy's resignation of the $8,667
year poet, had the following to
say, "His family is back there
Mrs. Ella P. Stewart, Toledo,
Ohio, James Lewis; Mrs. Mamie
B. Reese, Albany, Ga., NACWC
president, PRman Moss H. Ken
drlx, and Mrs. Marion E. Bry
ant, president, National Asso
ciation of Negro Business and
Professional Women's Clubs,
i Inc., Pittsburgh.
Lott Carey to
Meet Richmond
Aug. 30-Sep. 3
RICHMOND According to
the office of the Executive Sec
retary of the Lott Carey Bap
tist Foreign Convention, Dr.
Wendell C. Somerville, the Lott
Carey Baptist Foreign Mission
Convention will hold its 68th
Annual Session with the Fourth
Baptist Church, Richmond, Vir
ginia, August 30-September 3.
More than fifteen hundred
delegates from sixteen states,
Canada and the District of Co
lumbia will constitute the mem
bership in this distinct Foreign
Missionary Organization.
According to Dr. Somerville,
the Lott Carey Convention has
134 full-time missionaries in
Africa. India and Haiti. Several
representatives from these areas
will be present at this session
of the Convention along with
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(N. C.) as are most of his con
nections. And it is these things
that influenced his decision to
leave Erie, as far aa I can de
termine." He continued, "We
would like very much to have
Murphy stay here. We have al
ways been extremely pleased
with the representation he has
given us."
Murphy's decision to locate
in Raleigh is said to have been
Influenced by the fact that he
is eyeing politics and felt that
the capital was the place to
start
He is married to the former
Norma Carter, of Havelock.
They have children, Natalie 12;
Kim 8; Romallus, Jr., S; and
Lisa, 6 months.
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VOLUME 42 No. 28 DURHAM, N. C SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1965 PRICE 15 Cent.
Turner Named High
N.C. Holy Ro
HIGH POINT—The 19th An
nual Convocation of the Holy
Royal Arch Masons of North
Carolina, which met here re
cently, climaxed its activities
by electing E. C. Turner, Dur
ham, as High Priest. Turner ia
well known In the fraternal
circles of the state and brings
to the office a wide experience.
H? served as Worshipful Mas
ter of Doric Lodge, No. 28 Dur
him, and has been responsible
for the expansion of the Ma
sonic program in the "Bull
City."
The Hiram Chapter, No. 56,
was host to the meet and many
high ranking Masons were in
attendance. Other officers elect
ed were Perry Wright, High
Point, Deputy Grand High
Priest; Wilson Maxwell, Char
lotte, Grand King; George De
berry, Wadesboro, Grand
Scribe; L. N. Smith, Charlotte,
Grand Secretary; W. P. Harri
son, Greensboro, Grand Treas
urer; and Walter McCauley,
Chapel Hill, Grand Chaplain.
The election of Turner is ex
pected to accelerate the work
of that branch of Masonry, due
to the many ties that he has
throughout the State and the
FEDERAL COURT ASKED
To Order Admission Negro
To Ala. Graduate School
Asks Injunction
Against Ala. U.
Graduate Deans
BIRMINGHAM NAACP Le
gal Defense and Educational
Fund lawyers will appear in
Federal District Court here to
present a motion seeking the
admission of a Negro girl to
the University of Alabama
Graduate School.
The attorneys will ask Judge
H. H. Grooms for a preliminary
injunction against Eric Rod
gers, dean of the Graduate
School, and William R. Ben
nett, dean of Admissions, pro
hibiting them from refusing
admission to Miss Theresa
Whetstone of Montgomery.
Miss Whetstone's complaint,
filed Monday, alleges she was
denied admission to the grad
uate school as direct result of
• policy of maintaining segre
gated schools in Alabama.
She applied for admission to
the graduate school shortly
after graduation from Negro
Alabama State College in May
However, Rodgers and Bennett
Informed her she did not quali
fy because she was a graduate
of an unaccredited institution.
The suit contends that since
Alabama State College is a
state-supported institution, de
signated by state legislation as
being limited to Negroes, the
rejection of her application "be
cause she attended one of the
two institutions to which she
was limited solely because of
her race and colftr" la a denial
of her constitutional rights.
The other state-supported Ne
gro institution Is Alabama A.
and M. College, which was un
accredited when Miss Whet
stone entered college in 1062.
but has since been accredited.
Fred B. Gray of Montgomery,
a Legal Defense Fund cooperat
ing attorney participating in
the case, said that in a similar
situation, a Federal District
I Court ordered the admission of
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TURNER
nation. He is well known in
the sports world having coached
in Texas and at North Carolina
College. He is the proprietor of
a beauty supply business in
Durham. The 1967 General
Grand Conference, bringing
high Masons from all over the
nation, will meet in Durham.
High Priest Turner said that
plans are now being made to
host the national confab.
|YFT AV
OFFICIALS, delegates and vlsl-1
tor* to the Sixteenth Annual
Session of the Federated Gar
den Clubs which met at A. and
Rush Metropolitan Church to Host Annual
N. C. State interdenominational Ushers Meet
The largest delegation and
number of visitors in the his
tory of the Interdenominational
Ushers Association of North
Carolina are expected to jour
ney to Raleigh August 10-22 to
attend the 41at Annual Conven
tion of the organization.
Host church of the 1069 an
nual session is the Metropoli
tan A. M. E. Zlon Church on
Bledsoe Street, of which the
Rev. T. H. Harris is pastor.
Among those slated for ad
dresses at the annual session
this year is Attorney F. B. Mc-
Kissick, National Chairman of
CORE. McKissick will speak
Friday afternoon at 3:00. The
annual sermon will be preached
Sunday morning by Rev. Harris,
the pastor.
Other items of unusual in
terest will be the annual Ora
torical Contest, under the di
rection of Mrs. Susie V. Coop-
See WHIRS, 2A
Hobarf Taylor
Cited in Work
For Equality
WASHINGTON, D. C. Ho
bart Taylor, Jr., Executive Vice
Chairman of the President's
Committee on Equal Employ
ment Opportunity; has been
given a special citation by the
National Urban League far his
work in expanding employment
opportunities for America's mi
norities.
The first of its kind
in the history of the League,
was presented to Taylor at a
special luncheon during " the
League's convention in Miami
Beach, Florida.
Whitney M. Young, Jr., Ex
ecutive Director of the League,
in presenting Taylor with the
award, said:
"Hobart Taylor has done
more than possibly any other
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T. College in" Greensboro last
week. Durinp the convention
workshops on Conservation,
Horticulture, Beautiflcation and
JAMES R. BUTTS NAMED ATHLETIC
CHAIRMAN AT NOR. CAR. COLLEGE
James R. Butts, assistant pro
fessor of chemistry at North
Carolina College, has been
named chairman of the college's
Athletic Committee, an an
nouncement by President Maa
sie this week reveals.
He will replace as chairman
Dr. James H. Brewer, who will
study on a postdoctral fellow
ship at the Smithsonian Insti
tute for the 1069-66 school year.
The committee, which has 12
members, sets policies and pro*
cedures for the college's entire
athletic program.
Butts, a native of Peters
burg, Va., holds the B.S. degree
from Virginia State College and
the M.S. degree from the Uni
versity of Michigan. He is also
a graduate of the Ammunition
See BUTTS, 2A
Priest
Masons
TO JOIN NCC FACULTY—Or
Arnold H. Taylor formerly
chairman of the Division of So
ciil Sciences at Southern Uni
versity. will join the North Car
ollna College faculty a* profes
tor of history effective Septem
ber 1.
A native of Regina, Va., Tay
lor holds the B.A„ degree from
Virginia Union University, tha
M.A. from Howard University,
and the Ph.D. from Catholic
University.
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St* full itory on pagt
section B.
BUTTS
Wilkins Cites
Six States as
Attack Points
WASHINGTON, D. C. The
National Association lor the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple *>vlll make immediate use of
the new Voting Rights Act of
1963, declared Executive Di
rector Roy Wilkins, Friday,
August 6, following signing of
the measure into law by Presi
dent Johnson. „
Wilkins, here for the signing
ceremony which took place in
the "President's Room" just off
the Senate Chamber on Capitol
Hill, said the NAACP "will use
the new law Immediately in its
voter registration Summer Pro.
ject now under way in Ala
bama. Mississippi and South
Carolina, and in separate voter
registration drives In Mary
land, Florida and Arkansas.
In his address, prior to the
signing, President Johnson said
he would begin enforcing the
hew la - *- without delay.
The NAACP director said the
new law "will open up regis
tration and voting to scores of
thousands of Negro citizens in
'hard-core' counties in some
Southern states,"' adding that,
"In many counties less than
three per cent of Negro eligi
bles are registered."
"With the increased number
of Negro voters." Wilkins pre
dicted. "many problems now on
the Federal doorstep can be
handled at home."
The new voting law is the
second great landmark in civil
rights legislation to be enacted
during the Johnson Administra
tion. The first was the omnibus
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Others present during the
signing included members of
the diplomatic crops, number
ing among them representatives
See VOTING, 2A
Sigmas Start
Project to Wipe
Out Poverty
NEW YORK—Sigma Gamma
Rho Sorority, Inc., ended its
30th Annual Boule here at the
Statler Hilton Hotel by the
adoption of resolutions com
mending Dr. Martin Luther
King for his civil rights activi
ties, praising President Johnson
for leading the battle to give
th Negro full equality, en
couraging each of its 130 local
chapter? tn subscribe to a life
membership in the NAACP and
jelling up a pilot project on
)hr grassroots level to aid in
the fight against poverty.
Hailed as the most success
ful of their conventions since
their Greck-lctler group was
started on the campus of But
ler University in Indiana, 500
delegates from coast-to-coast
dutifully attended the week
long sessions presided over by
Reelected to another term
Mrs. Annie W. Neville, a Rocky
Mount, North Carolina school
principal. Special attention was
given to the undergraduate
chapters and how Sigma could
best increase its "image" on
the nation's campus to attract
new recruits.
Highlights of the'week wis
the public meeting when Dr.
Mattherw J. Whitehead, Dean of
the Dlitrict of Columbia Teach
ers College, Washington, D. C.
warned them In his address to
"instill values of thrift and eco
nomlc productivity in our peo
ple."
Recently returned from a 2
1/2 year tour of duty in Lagos,
Nigeria,' Dr. Whitehead drama
tically pointed out how far the
Negro has come and how much
further he is to travel before
he attains "full freedom."
The sorors were officially
welcomed to the city by Acting
Mayor Paul Screvane, who
praised the Slgmaa for their
"dedication to equllty." He alao
singled out for special mention
one of their official*, legal
advisor Mrs. Ruth Whaley, Sec
retary to the Board of Estimate,
as an example of Negro women
winning the fight for equalllty.
Reel teed to another term
were Grand Basileus Mrs. Nev
ille; First Grand Basileua A. O.'
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