Interest In Stith For Congress
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Kick-Off Drive For Lincoln Hospital At Mt. Vernon Sun.
CORNERSTONE LAYING CER
EMONY—The above photo con
sists of the cornerstone laying
ceremony of First Calvary
Baptist Church, conducted by
Doric Lodge No. 28, FAAM,
Durham Man Ponders Fourth
District Race For Lower House
David W. Stith, President of
Southeastern Business College,
has confirmed reports that he
is thinking about running for
Congress from the new 4th
District, which will contain
Durham, Wake, Orange, Chat
ham and Randolph Counties.
Stith, in a recent interview
with the Carolina Times, stated
that since the story of his in
terest in the congressional seat
broke in the newspapers he has
received many calls from with
in the new Fourth District and
other areas of the State urging
him to become a candidate for
the Fourth District Seat. Stith
said that he has been putting
out "feelers" in the Fourth
District to determine the poli
tical climate and what support
he will be able tp obtain for
his candidacy.
"A local group has been
urging me to become a candi
date," Stith said, "but a defi
nite commitment can not come
until after the first of the
year." Stith said he is consider
ing running because of "grow
ing dissatisfaction" with the
"do nothing fence riding" posi
tion of Durham's Congressman
Nick Galifinakis and the "grand
standing" of Congressman Jim
Gardner. He went on to say
Last Rites for James Strickland
Held at St. Joseph's Sunday
The funeral services for James
Fletcher Strickland were held at
St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church, Sun
day, December 3, at 1:30 p.m.
Strickland was killed Thursday
afternoon when his truck in which
he was riding, along, was struck by
a freight train at a crossing near
Hillsborough.
According to a deputy sheriff
of Orange County, Strickland was
driving south in the empty pickup
truck on a dirt road when it was
hit at the crossing by an east bound
engine of the Southern Railway
Company.
No warning signals are at the
crossing and Strickland apparently
did not hear the approaching
freight train which knocked the
truck down an embankment, kil
ling him instantly.
Strickland was born and reared
in Randolph County, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Strick
land. He was married to Mrs. Annie
K. Strickland and up until his re
tirement in 1965 had worked for
the N. C. Mutual Life Insurance
Company for over 40 years.
The esteem in which he was
held by officials, employees of the
company and others of the com
munity was attested to by the large
number who attended tht funeral.
Equally liked by all who knew
him, St. Joseph's Church was filled
to capacity by persons from all
walks of life who came to pay
final tribute to the departed.
The eulogy was delivered by
Rev. Phillip R. Cousin, pastor of
St. Joseph, who paid a high tribute
to the exemplary life of Strickland
as a devoted officer and member of
St Joseph's where he served as a
member of the Steward Board, a
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Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
November 23. Placing the cor
nerstone is Senior Deacon
Frank Jacobs and Past Master
Otis Thorpe, Jr. Looking on
I are James Douglas, James Hig
STITH
that "Gardner's persistent med
dling in the problem of the
Fifth last summer with re
gards to the Poverty Program
and Galifinakis' failure to take
a position on the matter did
nothing to help the situation."
"It is time for North Caro
lina to live up to its claim of
being the most progressive
Southern State" Stith said. He
pointed to Virginia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia a:
states far ahead of North Car
olina in Negro representation
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STRICKLAND
Cong. Conyers Is
Queen City Mass
Meeting Keynoter
CHARLOTTE Congress
man John Conyers, Jr., Demo
crat of Detroit, Michigan will
deliver the principal address
at a state-wide mass meeting
to be held here Friday, De
cember 8, at 8:00 p.m.
Congressman Conyers is be
ing presented by the Carolina
Ford Fellowship in Action at I
the audtiorium of the North
side Junior High School in
Charlotte.
Congressman Conyers is now
serving his second term in the
U. S. House of Reprsentatives
where he hat gained the re
spect of colleagues of both
parties.
gins and Arthur McKnight.
Holding staff in hand is Wil
liam Vinson, Junior Deacon.
See other photos elsewhere in
this issue.
(Photo by Purefoy)
in elective c!?y, county, statt
public offices.
Stith concluded by saying
that he is delaying a final de
cision on formally entering the
race until he receives a little
more "meaningful" support.
Another consideration in run
ning will be the effect on his
business and person life . . .
Stith opposed City Council
man John Stewart in the 196f
municipal election.
A native of Rocky Mount, he
has been a resident of Durham
for 20 years. He is married tr
the former Miss Lorraine
James of Ahoskie and is the
father of two children, a seven
year-old daughter, Karen and
a four-year-old son, Thoma
in.
He is a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce, the Durham
Committee On Negro Affairs
and is Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors of United
Publishers.
He is a graduate of North
Carolina College, where he also
did graduate work in the field
of Business Administration and
Education. Stith also attended
Law School at North Carolina
College prior to his service
with the Adjutant General's
Corps in the U. S. Army.
First Calvary Holds
Corner Stone Laying
Thanksgiving Day
Following the annual Thanks
giving Service of the first Calvary
Baptist Church, Thursday, Novem
ber 23, a most impressive ceremony
in the form of the corner stone
laying of the church was conducted
by Doric Lodge No. FM & AM.
The Thanksgiving message was
brought by the pastor, the Rev. A.
L. Thompson, with a prayer of
thanks being offered by Rev. Wil
liam Butler and music by the Se
nior Choir, under the direction of
Miss Mary L. Stephens.
Immediately following the close
of the service, the pastor, officers
and members gathered at the north
west corner of the church to wit
ness the laying of the cornerstone
at which time Rev. Richard James
gave remarks setting forth the pur
pose of the ceremony and intro
duced the officers and members of
the lodge.
Preceding the actual laying of
the cornerstone, the history of the
church was read by Mrs. Eva Pratt.
With Otis M. Thorpe, Past Master,
serving in the absence of Worship
fill Master, J. T. Tucker, the cere
mony proceeded in order. The
closing prayer was offered by Chap
lain Preston Richmond.
First Calvary Baptist Church
ma organized in 1884 as the Se
cond Baptist Church. The present
structure was erected in 1949 un
der the leadership of the late Rev.
H. H. Hart.
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i SAN FRANCISCO
American motorists use more
than 73 billion gallons of gas
oline a year, the Nation a 1
Automobile Club reports.
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VOLUME 44—No. 17
SCEF Votes Support for Miss.
Freedom Democratic Party
Bid Made for
Seats at 1968
D. Convention
EDWARDS, Miss.-The board
of the Southern Conference Educa
tional Fund (SCEF) has voted to
support the Mississippi Freedom
Party (MFDP)in its efforts to win
seats at the Democratic National
Convention in 1968.
Leaders of the MFDP attended
the semi-annual meeting of SCEF,
an interracial civil-rights group
based in Louisville, Ky. The board
said:
"We wish to remind the nation
al Democratic Party that it is under
obligation, by action of its con
vention in 1964, to insure that the
delegations to its 1968 convention
are truly representative of all of the
people of their respective states. If
the Democratic Party plans to live
up to its pledge, it must recognize
the rights of the MFDP delegation.'
SCEF also demanded an end to
"racist bombings" in Mississippi
and "to the new witch hunts that
are rising in this country."
Special note was made of the
bombing of a synagogue and th~
homes of liberals in Jackson and
other parts of Mississippi in recent
weeks. "These things are not
making headlines in our country,"
the SCEF board declared. "There
is no national outcry against them.
"Instead the headlines about
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AME Minister Charges Winston-Salem
School Board Dehumanizing Negro
Attack Also
Made on Other
City Officials
WINSTON-SALEM - The Rev.
J. T. McMillan, pastor of St. James
A.M.E. Church and president of the
Winston-Salem branch of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, exploded
a big bertha bomb at members of
the Winston-Salem School Board
and other dty officials last week,
for what he termed a deliberate
See McMILLAN 8A
LDF Wins Tuition-Free New
York Education for Ala. Girl
ALBANY-The New York City
Supreme Court has ruled that an
Alabama Negro teenager, now a
ward of a white family in Port
Washington, Long Island, may at
tend public schools there without
payment of tuition.
The state's highest court reaf
firmed a prior ruling by Commis
jioner of Education James E. ,Hlrn
Announcement of the court's
ruling was made by officials of the
NAACP Legal Defense and Educa
tional Fund, Inc. (LDF) in New
York City today.
Jack Greenberg, LDF director
counsel, argued the case before
Commissioner Alien last January
in Albany in behalf of the Student
Transfer Education Program (STEP
an affiliate of the National Urban
League.
Commissioner AUen ruled that
the Board of Education of Union
Free School District Number 4
failed to show "a valid or suffi
cient reason militating against re
DURHAM, N. C—SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1%7
Hew Hope Baptist Church In
Apex Welcomes Hew Minister
White Rock Pastor
Delivers Sermon at
Installation Rites
APEX-Rev. C. P. Briley was
installed as the thirteenth pastor
of New Hope Baptist Church at
Apex, Sunday, November 26, at
3:00 p.m. He was called in June
1967.
Rev. J. R. Burt, Pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, Chatham
County, presided.
Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch, Pastor
of White Rock Baptist Church of
Durham brought the installation
with music being provided by the
White Rock Senior Choir, under
the direction of Hohn H. Gattis
with Mrs. Margaret Goodwin ren
dering a solo.
Other participants on the pro
gram were Rev. J. W. Barnes, Rev.
J. A. Stewart, Mrs. Delois S. Bur
neete, E. W. Hackney, J. W. Car
rington, N. H. Lass Her and Miss
Cloyce M. Lassiter.
A reception followed in the
church basement immediately fol
lowing the service.
Special guests for the afternoon
were Rev. Briley's family: his
mother, Mrs. Bessie Briley; his sis
ter, Mrs. Bonnie Davis, her husband
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ception of this pupil (Mary Eliza
beth Moore) on a tuition-free
basis."
He added that "there is no
evidence indicating that such at
tendance would cause an unreason
able additional operating cost."
Mrs. Leonard Saletan, chairman
of STEP, said that "other school
districts with STEP students can
now be assured that tuition-free
acceptance of these young people
can properly be maintained." She
added that STEP now plans to
expand its activities.
Miss Moore, the youngest of
five children of a Birmingham
widow now living on social securi
ty, was placed in the Port Washing
ton home of Richard and Margery
Rosen.
Mr. Rosen, an architect and
city planner educated at C arnegie
Tech and Harvard, is in charge of
Community Planning for Levitt and
Sons, Inc., the largest builder of
private homes in the country.
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INSTALLATION SERVICE
Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch (r) pas
tor of White Rock Baptist
Church, congratulates Rev. C.
P. Briley (1) newly installed
pastor of New Hope Baptist
Treasurer of NCM is Named
One of Trio to West Africa
James J. Henderson, treasurer
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company has been chosen 4s
one of a three-man team represen
ting Hampton Institute to partici
pate in a trip to Sierra Leonne,
West Africa in connection with the
Joint Hampton Institute - U. S.
Government (AID) Sierra Leonne,
West African Educational Training
Institute Program. The team, con
sisting of a representative of the
Trustee Board, administration and
faculty of Hampton Institute de
parted J. F. Kennedy Airport, New
York on December 1 for an ap
proximate two to three weeks trip
foi an inspection and review of the
Program. Mr. Henderson will re
present the Trustee Board.
Funeral of Attorney P. H. Bell
Held at Plymouth Friday, Dec. 8
PLYMOUTH-P. H. BeU, promi
nent lawyer here since 1901, died
Monday at Marshall Memorial Hos
pital in Lynchburg, Virginia fol
lowing an illness of several weeks.
He was a graduate of Shaw Univer
sity Law School. Admitted to the
bar in 1961, he actwetj -practiced
law in North Carolina for many
years.
The funeral was held at New
Chapel Baptist Church, Friday, De
cember 8, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. A. R.
Winborne is pastor.
Surviving are: one daughter,
Mrs. Doris B. Chance of New York
Gty; two sons, Atty. Charles V.
Bell and Peter H. Bell, Jr. of Char
lotte, a sister, Mrs. Captolia Hassell
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Church, Route 3, Apex, follow
ing Installation, Sunday, No
vember 26. Rev. Briley was in
stalled Sunday, November 26 at
3:00 p.m.
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HENDERSON
of Baltimore, Md.; two nieces, one
nephew and many other relatives
and friends.
Interment was in the family
plot at Plymouth.
Retired Indian
ZANESVILLE, Ohio
—After losing an arm to a
cyclone, surviving a flood,
and losing his nose and
thumb to palefaces, 73-year
old Chief Penokee has found
a happy hunting ground.
The Indian—the cigar store
sort—who stood in front of
a tobacco store all these
years has been ensconced in
the Zane Grey Museum here.
Campaign Has
Backing City's
Leading Groups
An all out kick-off mass
meeting in the campaign to
raise a total of $103,00 for Lin
coln Hospital will be held at
Mt Vernon Baptist Church
here Sunday, December 10, at
4:00 p.m. The church is pas
tored by Rev. E. T. Browne.
Music for the launching of
the campaign, scheduled to run
for the entire month of Decem
ber, will be fumised by the
Mt. Vernon Senior Choir, Mrs.
Annie Bell Fogle and Mrs. Ruth
McCollum choristers.
Chairman of the campaign
heading the list of speakers
for the Sundayafternoon pro
gram is Asa T. Spaulding,
president of N. C. Mutual Life
Insurance Company. Others
slated to address the gather
ing are Dr. Clyde Donnell,
chairman of Lincoln Hospital
Board of Trustees and Dr. Rose
Butler Browne, former instruc
tor at N. C. College.
The mass meeting Sunday
has the official backing of the
Durham Ministerial Alliance,
the Committee On Negro Af
fairs, the Durham Business
and Professional Chain, the
Durham Branch of the Naion
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, Ma
sons, Elks, other organized
groups of the city as well as
businesses and individuals.
King Reveals
Washington
Demonstrations
ATLANTA, Ga. - Dr. Martin
Luther King announced Monday
that the nation's capitol will be the
site of his organized protests next
spring. With the help of war dis
senters, King will "demand to be
heard and will stay until America
respondes." He blames the federal
government for poverty and racism
rampant in the nation today.
At a news conference in Atlan
ta, the noted civil rights leader
said that his program of civil dis
obedience will involve 3,000 volun
teersrfrom ten major cities. He said
that the spring protests might turn
into the first coalition of anti-war
and civil rights forces. He feels the
war in Vietnam is a threat to the
advancement of Americans general
ly and Negroes specifically.
King emphasized that the
United States is fighting two wars
one in Vietnam against the Viet
Cong, and one at home against
poverty and social injustice. "And
we are losing both," he said
The capitol demonstrations are
intended to be non-violent. "Very
frankly," the Nobel Peace Prize
winner said, "this is a search for an
alternative to the riots.
In discussing his reasons for the
campaign, Dr. King cited the in
creasing bitterness, despair and
frustration that threatens the
"worst choas, hatred, and violence
any nation has ever encountered."
The civil rights leader continued by
citing "the spectacle of cities bur
ning while the national government
speaks of repression instead of re
habilitation, Negro children star
ving in Mississippi while prosperous
farmers are rewarded for not pro
ducing food, the Negro mothers
leaving children in tenements to
work in neighborhoods where peo
ple of color can not live and the
awesome bombardment, already
greater than the munitions we ex
ploded in World War 11, against a
small Asian land, while political
brokers de-escalate and very nearly
disarm a timid action against po
verty."
Dr. King also stated that the
federal government was ultimately
responsible for the well-being of
the people and thus truly responsi
ble for poverty and unemployment.
In' contrast to the government's
lack of concern, an overwhelming
majority of Americans, according
to the latest Louis Harris polls, be
lieve that slums should be torn
down and rebuilt and everyone
should have a job.
The SCLC President said, "We
have learned from hud and bitter
experience in our movement that
our government does not move to
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