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I ant) ■» " "• • ' - J^^ c ' 7/ ' ,O/Co °*- ' " . - , Negroes Named To High Posts In Cleveland 9 Gary, Raleigh *¥* ****** * * * * * ****** Saint Joseph's To Host 75th AME Annual Conference Che Car§tt|a dmes ifewicgeo"^ VOLUME 44 No. 43 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1967 PRICE: 20c Negro Super Jet To Open First Food Market In Baltimore, Md. """1 k~ j ft BIS Mff L/ WBl 1 r " M I fc" Mi / 4^^ ''' • H fl| ■ r I I I H| I I Ht- > -* FOUNDER S DAY PRINCIPALS —Lt Gov. Robert W. Scott, second from left, speaker for N'orth Carolina Colleges Foun der's Day, Friday, November 3, Raleigh City Council Names S-S.Mitchell Assistant Judge I Other Cities Elect Negroes To High Posts Elections held in various cities across the nation on Tuesday, Nov ember 7, revealed that Negroes achieved great gains in political sta ture in the cities of Cleveland, Gary and Boston. Added to their success at the ballot box was the appoint ment of a Negro as assistant judge of the City Court in Raleigh, by the City Council of the state's capital city. In Boston, Mrs. Louise Day Hicks was defeated by Kevin White for Mayor of that city. Mrs. Hicks has been associated with the white "backlash" to Boston's riots and school integration attempts. While the race issue remained below the surface, Mrs. Hicks was known to be a vigorous opponent of busing to achieve racial balance in the city schools. Her frequent statement to the voters was "you know where I Dr. P. R. Robinson Inducted as Bth President of St. Augustine's RALEIGH i— Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, a 1946 graduate of Saint Augustine's College with the AB. degree; and subse quently the M.A. and Ed.D. degrees from Cornell Univer sity, was formally inducted as the eighth president of Saint Augustine's College on Satur day, November 4 Following President Robin son's induction, he spoke 'oil the subject "Where Do We Go From Here? As he accepted the charge and responsibilities involved as the leader of the 100 year old institution, Dr. Robinson first acknowledged the distinguished leadership of earlier presidents: The Rever ends J. Brinton Smith, J. E. C. Smedes, Robert B Sutton, A. B Hunter, Edgar H. Goold. Past presidents on the plat form were Dr. Harold Trigg and Dr. James Boyer "The educational problems to be met in the immediate years that lie ahead are for midable," Dr Robinson said He predicted that predomi nantly Negro Colleges will be chats with other program prin cipals. From left, they are Dr Alfonso Elder, president-emer itus of the college; Dr. Albert ATTY' MITCHELL stand." Apparently, the white vote was split about evenly between the two candidates, with the Negio vote going solidly to Kevin White. Never theless, Mrs. Hicks pulled 47% of the total vote, and this is interpre ted to be evidence that the backlash is a very real and substantial pheno menon. In Gary, Indiana over 80% of the See MITCHELL 6A with us for the foreseeable fu ture. "As they are able to im prove the quality of their edu cational programs and physi cal plants, they will have in creasing appeal to students of various ethnic backgrounds," he said. President Robinson told the assembly that Saint Augus tine's College must be recog nized everywhere for superior instruction. To accomplish this requires competitive teacher salaries, reasonable teaching loads, leaves of absence, research facilities and an atmosphere conducive to free inquiry, he stated Dr. Robinson also promised ■ to raise standards at the col- j lege through greater selectivity | of students; and at the same ! time, serve those students who arc not adequately prepared foj college when they leave high school. The inaugural address was delivered by Dr. Mahlon T. Puryear, deputy executive di- See ROBINSON 6A N. Whiting, president of the I college; and Dr. Bascom T. | Baynes, chairman of the board I of trustees. (NCC Photo) Last Rites Held For Prominent Churchman and Builder Nov. 4 Edgar Daniel Barnes, 90, who gained a reputation as a builder of churches from Maryland to South Carolina, was buried from Kyles Temple A.M.E. Zion Church Satur day, November 4 following an ex tended illness. He died early Thurs day at Hillcrest Rest Home, where he had been confined for about six months. He was born in Cumberland County, February 29, 1877 and at tended the public school of that county and also State Normal at Fayetteville. He married the former Isabella King in 1902, who preceded him in death in 1959. He moved his wife and one son, Alexander, to Wil son in 1903 and later to Selma in 1904. He had a varied career as a buil- j der and eventually bases his business j in Durham, after moving from Sel- | ma. In 1931 he transferred his | business headquarters to Washing ton, D. C. where he worked until | 1942, when he returned here and j continued to build, dividing his in- j terests between here and Fayette- j ville. Perhaps his most outstanding achievement was his devotion to the | **vpHHrS| fyi ■ i^iT^'■? iI"iUT/V^ CLIMAXING THE ANNUAL McLester Memorial Banquet held in the auditorium of the Lyon Park School gymtorium on last Monday night. Nov. 6, by the congregation of the N. C. Stores to Be Opened in W-S, Durham BAITIMORE, MD.-The first Super Jet Food Market will official ly open in Baltimore on Tuesday, November 14th, it was «rnc*nced by Herman T. Smith, president of the Negro owned Jet Food Corpora tion. The grand opening will take place immediately following a gala ribbon cutting ceremony td be at tended by over 150 national, busi- ness, government and community officials and witnessed by more than 1500 potential patrons from the East Baltimore location. Among the speakers at Tues day's ceremony will be U. S. Sena tor Joseph P. Tydings, (D. -Md.), William Hudgins, President of Free dom National Bank, and Maryland State Senators Mrs. Verda Welcome and Clarence Mitchell, 111. Speakers representing the busi ness community include Charles P. McCormick, Chairman of the Board of McCormick, Inc., Henry G. Parks Jr., President of Parks Sausage Com- pany and C. M. Jennewein, Assis tant General Manager of Best Foods Corporation. Other" participants in "the pro- See MARKET 6A BARNES A.M.E. Zion Church, which he join ed at the age of 13. Aside from con structing churches he was quite in strumental in building spirit and interest. Along with the late Bishop J. W. Hood, he organized and fos tered a church which bears his name (Barnes Chapel) in Selma. He was the official representative for that church until he moved to Farmville See BARNES 6A Morehead Ave. Baptist Church, pastored by Dr. Charles Ed ward McLester, up to the time of his death, December 2, 1966, wasthe pining of a corsage on his widow by Mrs. Eleanor fOTpiMBSHBfr ■K BISHOP GEO. W. BABER Second Episcopal District nk 23 1 VJBL ,-.♦ REV. J. D. DAVIS, P. E Morganton District Negro Teachers Ponder Separate National Union Dr. Samuel Proctor to Keynote Shaw U-Founder's Day Nov. 17 RALEIGH-Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor, former president of two Universities, will be the featured speaker at Shaw University's 103 rd Founder's Day ceremonies on Fri day, November 17, at 11 a.m. in the C. C. Spaulding Gymnasium, ac cording to Dr. James E. Cheek, University President. Proctor, who was president of Virginia Union University, Rich mond, and A & T State University, Greensboro, N. C., is currently Di rector of the Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, D. C. A highlight of the Founder's Day ceremonies will be the dedica tion of the new Tupper Memorial Garden, containing the grave of Shaw's Founder, Dr. Henry Martin Tupper, a bell tower and a sunken garden, located at the side of the University Memorial Library, which will face both S. Blount Street and the Administrative Center on the campus. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Proc tor is a graduate of that city's Broo ker T. Washington High School and Pres. Johnson Raps Congress For Cutting Cities Aid Program WASHINGTON, D. C.-Presi dent Lyndon B. Johnson in a White House Press Conference Wednesday said: "We talk about urban coali Amis in behalf of the Loyal Group of the church, sponsors of the banquet. At the right of Mrs. McLester is Mrs. J. M. Bryant, of Laurinburg, sister of Dr. McLester. ■'••• 'S.-' , '■ "' I REV WILLIAMSON, P. E. Host Presiding Elder REV. C. C. SCOTT, P. E Raleigh District HtiHf A aP^ DR. PROCTOR received the B. A. and B. D. degrees from Virginia Union. He holds a doctorate degree from Boston Uni Founder's Day-Homecoming Weekend is an annual affair at Shaw. More than 4,000 alumni from See PROCTOR 6A tion, but when we call the roll on the floor, we find that the only coa lition is the one that is against us on the cities problems." The President continued: "I am disappointed that the Congress has made the serious, drastic reduction it has in these already inadequate programs." Describing the situation in the Congress President Johnson told re porters: "We talk about the great need for housing, but when we ask for S4O million for rent supplements out of almost a $145 billion budget expenditure this year, we get it cut by S3O million. We have over 100 cities in the model cities program and we had our authorizing legisla tion cut in half. Then we ask for only half of what had been autho rized. "We had S6OO million of really the S9OO million. Then we got only about half of the S6OO million we asked for. That is not the way to meet the problem. It is going to be slow, painful and costly. I would hope the American people would support the leadership that urges the Congress to take action in these fields: model cities, urban renewal, rent supplements, turnkey housing, et cetera. See RAPS 6A REV. PHILIP R. COUSIN Host Pattor WEjJ * jM' REV. G. S. GANTT, P. E Greensboro District | RISING TIDE OF IMILLITANCY MAY END NEA TIE 1 ...... NEW YORK-October 30-In creasing militancy among Negro teachers in big cities across the United States is leading to demands for separate but equal power in tun ing the schools. Ironically, the move comes thirteen years after the Supreme Court outlawed separate but equal schools. The growing trend toward vol untary apartheid is revealed in the current issue of EDUCATION NEWS-the new bi-weekly news ma gazine for school administrators. The magazine points out that at the same time militant Negro teach ers are calling for professional se paration, the National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher organization, is trying to merge white and black affiliates in the South. Leslie J. Campbell, a leader of New York City's dissident African- American Teachers Association, re vealed to EDUCATION NEWS that a committee is already planning a conference to consider disaffiliation from the NEA or the American Federation of Teachers. Officials of both the NEA and the AFT deny knowledge of any mass movement to form a separate Negro teacher corps that might drain membership from the two national unions. As with most Negro organiza tions, the new teacher groups ex perience infighting between radicals and moderates. Which faction will dominate the planned conference is still in doubt. However, ATA de cided not to support the United Federation of Teachers, New York local of the AFT, during the school strike in September. In Detroit, Mrs. Grace Boggs, chairman of the new Black Teachers Conference, born after this fall's strike, said: "The aim of the Con ference is to influence Negro teach ers, parents and children to think black." Militancy among Negro teachers is still in the early stages. Most orga nizations are less than a year old. Their membership is small-but grow ing in all parts of the country. And the groups are in touch with each other, in New York, Chicago, De troit, Newark and on the West Coast. U. 5. Court Again Scolds Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Th# three-judge federal court that has presided over the deseg-. negation of Alabama school* was briefer than usual Friday in its order striking down the state's tuition grant and teacher chooice laws. Ministers And Members Set for 19(7 Meeting The Seventy-fifth session of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the A M E. Church will convene in St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church, November 15-19; Bishop Geo W. Baber, Presiding Pr«late of the Second Episcopal District and Vice-President of Missions; Mrs. Elvira Baber, Episcopal Supervisor of Missions; and the Rev. Philip R. Cousin, Host Minister. Mrs. Verdelle J Johnston, recently elected Conference Branch President, has made the following announcements regarding Missionary activi ties: Thursday, November 16, a Pageant, "Inspired vVomen," will be presented in the Sanc tuary of the church at 8:00 p m. by a committee composed of Dr. Ruth N. Horry, Mrs Willa Lewis, Mrs. Gladys Rhodes, Mrs. Cythina Smith, and Mrs. Jeanne Lucas., Saturday at 4:00 p.m. there will be a Tea and Fashion Show in the auditorium of the Durham Business College spon sored by a committee com posed of Miss Audrey Kellum, Mrs. Lucy Billups, Mrs. Fidelia Brooks, Mrs. Earlie Grandy Mrs. Callie Ashford, Mrs. Jac queline DeShazor, Miss Gene va Mebane, and Mrs. .Esther Wiley. Theme: "Tips on Charm for Church Women." Each of these programs is sponsored by the Caroline Barnes, Mary C. Evans, Junior Missionaries and the Mission aries of the Western North Carolina Conference. The pub lic isurged to attend and meet Bishop and Mrs. Baber, the ministers of the conference their wives, delegates and oth er distinguished visitors. Johnson Names Negro To D. C. Judgeship WASHINGTON, D. C. (SPEC-i IAL)-President Lyndon B. Johnson announced Friday the nomination of Arthur Christopher Jr., 54, to be an associate Judge of Court of General Sessions of the District of Columbia. Christopher was the first Negro to serve as a Federal Hearing Exa miner for the National Labor Rela tions Board where he has worked since 1964. A graduate of the How ard University Law School in 1944, Christopher is a native of Jackson ville, Florida. A past president of the South east Neighborhood House, Christo pher is currently president of the Social Hygiene Society of the Dis trict and a member of the Juvenile Delinquency and National Labor Law Committees of the Federal Bar Association. President Johnson announced the nomination of Christopher si multaneously with the announce ment of the withdrawal of Atty. William C. Gardner who had been named to the position on August 7. Christopher is married to the former Beatrice Hume and they have three daughters. His wife has been active in civic affairs and tea ches home economics at the Eliot Junior High School. The new port carries an annual $23,500. Other distinguished Negro law yers appointed by President John son to serve in the District of Co lumbia include: Judges Spottswood Robinson, William Benson Bryant, Aubrey Robinson, Joseph Waddy, Harry Alexander, Richard Atkinson and John Fauntleroy. Mrs. Marjorie Lawson, who was appointed to the Juvenile Court, resigned last year. President Johnson also re-appointed Judges Andrew Howard and Austin Fickling to the Court of General Sessions. Finder Of Huge Diamond Visits U.S. MASERU, Lesotho African tribesman Petr os Ramboa, who this year found a 601-carat diamond and sold It for more than $300,000, left for New York Wednesday to seek medical help for his crippled daughter.