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VOLUME 45 No. 7
Opposition To Merrick-Moore
Phase Out Voiced By Citizens
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CIL MEMBER IN S. C.— Arthur
Click, regional director of the
Small Business Administration
of South Carolina, presents a
Negro Methodist Bodies Take Further
Step Toward Uniting At Chicago Meet
3 Major Church
Denominations
At Gathering
CHICAGO The three maj
or Black Methodist bodies in
America-African Methodist
Episcopal, African Methodist
Episcopal Zion, Christian Me
thodist Episcopal made per
haps the most significant step
ever taken to bring about uni
fication of the three denomina
tions here Wednesday, January
29, when delegates, attending
the consultation meeting, held
at Carter Memorial C. M. E.
Church, 79th at Wabash, voted
to empower a committee to
begin steps to produce a uni
form Hymnal, Church School
Literature and an Official News
Organ.
The Committee, headed by
Bishop C. A. Bunton of the
C.M.E. Church, was instructed
to come up with pjans that
would enable the operation to
begin, not later than June 1*
of this year. The Committee
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Hillside Student One Of 1966 Winners
In Betty Crocker Homemaking Contest
Brenda Joyce Johnson has
been named 1969 Betty Crock
er Ho me maker of Tomorrow
for Hillside High School on the
basis of her score in a written
knowledge and attitude test on
homemaking given senior girls
here December 3.
Miss Johnson's achievement
has made her eligible for state
and national scholarships. She
has been awarded a specially
designed silver charm from
General Mills, sponsor of the
Betty Crocker Search for the
American Homemaker of To
morrow.
A state Homemaker of To
morrow and runner-up will be
selected from the winners of
the schools in the state. The
state winner will receive a
$1,500 college scholarship, and
her school will be awarded a
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1969
certificate of membership on
the South Carolina Small Busi
ness Administration Advisory
Council to Dr. Omeda F. Liv
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CONGRATULATIONS J. W.
Carrington, Explorer Advisor of
Post 55 is shown congratulat
ing Nathaniel B. White, retiring
Scoutmaster of Troop 55, for
26 years of dedicated and de
complete set of the Encyclo
paedia Britannica by Encyclo
paedia Britannica, Inc. The
runner-up will earn a. SSOO
educational grant.
The Betty Crocker, Home
maker of Tomorrow from this
state, together with those from
all other states and the District
of Columbia, each accompa
nied by a school advisor, will
join in an expense paid educa
tional tour of Wellington, D. G,
and Colonial Williamsburg, Va.,
next spring.
The national winner-the
1969 All-American Homemaki
er of Tomorrow-will be an
nounced at an American Table
dinner in Williamsburg. The
choice will be on the basis of
her original test schore plus per
sonal observation and inter
views during the tour, and her
See STUDENT 2A
ingston, chairman of the Busi
ness Administration Depart
ment of South Carolina State
College.
voted service.
Those in thep icture from
left to right are Ralph A. Hunt,
Scoutmaster of Troop 55, Car
rington White and Rev. Lorenzo
Lynch, pastor of White Rock
Hampton Says' Black Americans
Dreams Still Much a Nightmare'
The demands of Durham's
black community during its
current boycott are "basically
the same as they were six
long suffering decades ago," a
mass meeting of boycott sup
porters was told last Sunday
night.
Eugene Hampton, an offi
cial of the Durham Committee
on Negro Affairs, told the
audienco that "for the majori
ty of blacks, the American (beam
is still pretty much of a night
mare."
Some changes, of course,
have taken place over these
decades, he pointed out, be
PRICE: 20 Cents
NEGRO LEADERS
JOIN HANDS TO
SAVE SCHOOL
Announcement last week
that officials of the County
Board of Education intend to
phase out Merrick-Moore
County School located on
Cheek Road resulted in violent
expressions from a majority of
Negro leaders here this week.
Following the announce
ment a group, composed of
parents and other interested
Negro citizens, appeared be
fore the Durham County Board
of Education to oppose the
move.
Last September the board
was ordered by the federal
court to totally desegregate
both the administrative and
teaching staffs. The transpor
tation, classrooms and extra
curricular activities of the
school were also included in
the order of the court and to
have the plan ready to mid-
January.
Chairman of the Board,
Walter Dozier, contended to
the group that while the plan
submitted to the court, calling
for phasing out Merrick-Moore
High School, mav not be the
See SCHOOL 2A
Baptist Church, the sponsoring
institution.
The picture was taken fol
lowing the 27th annual Parents'
Banquet held Monday, Febru
ary 10, at Hillside High School.
cause change is inevitable, and
"When you're on the bottom,
any step up is progress."
But he warned black citizens
against' looking at slight pro
gress, and mistaking it for
significant progress. "As far as
ptdHlenL participation goes, the
black man's goal is still W
yards down the field—
"Nobody can make you join
the struggle," he conceded lo
the members of his audience,
"The choice is yours: chaoa or
community." But he reminded
them of the great benefits they
can receive from joining.
See HAMPTON 2A -
First Stockholders Gathering To
Be Held at St. Mark Church
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GREEN
Cicero Green Jr
Named Assist.
NCM Treasurer
Joseph W. Goodloe, presi
dent, North Carolina Mutual
life Insurance Company, on
behalf of its Board of Directors
announced an addition to the
company's Official Staff in the
appointment of Cicero M.
Green, Jr. to the office of
Assistant Treasurer effective
January 14, 1969.
A native of Burgaw, N. C.,
Green joined North Carolina
Mutual in 1957 as a Special
Home Office Representative.
He was promoted to Assistant
Manager, Tabulating Depart
ment in 1959; made Control
ler's Staff Assistant in 1962;
named Administrative Assist
ant in 1966 and appointed to
the company's Administrative
Staff in 1968. He holds two
degrees from North Carolina
College at Durham: (B. S. in
Accounting-M. S. in Business
AAministration.)
/.'' Green served 4 years in the
United States Air Force, 3V&
years of which were spent with
Headquarters Command USAF
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Group-Inspector General. Per
manent duty station with 4th
District Office of Special In
vestigation.
He is Vice Chairman of the
Trustee Board and Chairman of
the Central Budget Committee,
Kyles Temple AME Zion
Church in Durham. He is marri
ed to the former Miss Dora A.
Jenkins of Durham and is the
father of 2 children, a daugh
ter, Andrea and a son, Michael.
First Negro
Congresswoman
Nixes Com'ilfee
Assignment
NEW YORK - Shirley Chis
holm, the first Black Congress
woman began her action in the
House of Representatives by
being the first Representative
to ever refuse to accept her
committee assignment.
Mrs. Chisholm was elected
November 5, 1968, after suc
cessfully defeating the promi
nent founder of CORE, James
Farmer, by better than a two
to one victory.
Mrs. Chisholm is the first
Congressional Representative
to represent the newly created
12th District of Brooklyn, New
York, a district which is better
known as Bedford-Stuyvesant
and is composed of approxi
mately 70% Black and Puerto
Rican underprivileged.
Mrs. Chisholm's first choice
of Committee assignments was
the Education and Labor Com
mittee because "I have spent the
last 20 years in education. I
have taught, directed a private
school, run a child care center,
been an educational consultant
for the New York City Bureau
of Child Welfare and served on
the Education Committee of
the New York State Legislature
for four yean."
See ASSIGNMENT 2A
The first stockholders meet
ing of the United Durham, In
corporated will be held Thurs
day, February 20, at St. Mark's
AME Zion Church.
The United Durham, Inc.,
(UDI) is a supermarket being
started to serve the needs of
low-income citizens. The 7:30
p.m. meeting is to elect a
board of directors for UDI.
Persons who bought stock
in the supermarket received
their certificates and ballots
this week. Two types of stock
were sold; Class A and Class B.
Class A stock is being sold
at five dollars per share to low
income persons. Holders of
Class A stock will elect two
thirds of the board at Thurs
day night's meeting. Also,
Class A stockholders will get a
discount on purchases; the
board of directors will deter
mine how much the discount
will be.
Class A stock in the super
market can be bought by any
person or married couple with
an annual income of $3,000 or
less; S6OO is allowed for each
additional member of the fami-
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Blacks In Review
For History Week At I V.C. College
Negro Cop Named "Policeman
Of Year" By Merchants Ass'n
Police Patrolman Henry L.
Hayes was named Durham Po
liceman of the Year by the
Durham Merchants Association
here Monday, February 10 at
the. regular meeting of the
Durham Exchange Club.
State Atty. Gen. Robert
Moigan and Ed Bryson, chair
man of the Law Enforcement
Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, gave Hayes special
recognition for his
work for 1968 and his excel
lent record on the Durham
Police Force. Hayes is a four- j
year veteran of the Police De
partment.
Morgan, iit. his address to
the Durham Exchange Club
said, "unbelievable sacrifices"
have been made by the law
enforcement officers. Morgan
then went on giving ways that
citizens can aid in the war
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TEMPORARY OFFICERS of
United Durham, Inc. (UDI) are
shown following a recent plan
ning session for the first stock
holders meeting of the new cor
poration which is scheduled to
be held February 20. The cor
Roy Wilkins Pays Tribute to Ralph McGill
NEW YORK-The NAACP
paid tribute to Ralph McGill,
Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of
the Atlanta Constitution, who
died in Atlanta on Feb. 3.
Speaking for the civil rights
organization, Executive Direc
tor Roy Wilkins said that the
death of McGill "Leaves not
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HUMPHREY HONORED— For
mer Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey receives a plaque
for his 20 years of leadership
and work in civil rights. Clar
ence Mitchell, Jr., Director,
Washintgon Bureau, NAACP,
made the presentation for the
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HAYES
against lawlessness and crime.
He stated that, the citizens
must offer support, "which
law enforcement so desperately
needs and must have. "We
must realize that we as citizens
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poration plans to build a su
permarket for Durham low-in
come citizens. Left to right are:
Ed Stewart, treasurer; Nathan
Garrett, vice president; Lean
der Medlin, president; Asa T.
Spaulding, chairman of stock
only the South but the entire
nation the poorer."
The full text of Wilkin's
statement follows:
"A rebel of the new school,
Ralph McGUI openly and con
sistently resisted the archa
ic and racially restrictive tradi
tions of the Ole South. Others,
Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights. To the far left is Ba
yard Rustin, Executive Director
the A. Philip Randolph In
stitute. Roy Wilkins, Executive
Director of the NAACP, waa»
also honored
Speakers Tell Of
Struggles At
| NCC Symposium
The Cultural Reading Pro
gram Committee and the His
tory Department of North
Carolina College will present
"Blacks in Review," a week
i long series of programs dealing
i with black history, February
I 9 to 16.
The purpose of the presenta
! tion, according to Dr. Sylvia
fL. Render, chairman of the
j Cultural Reading Program
Committee, is "to examine the
I different aspects of the Afro
' American past and to stimulate
I student interest in books by
I and about Negroes."
A panel was held at 3 p.m.
j Sunday, February 9, in the
j Alfonso Elder Student Union,
I will deal with "The Nature and
Uses of Afro-American His-
I tory." Moderator will be Dr.
I Arnold Taylor of the Depart
-1 ment of History. Two of Dr.
1 Taylor's colleagues Dr. E. E.
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subscription drive and Ben
Ruffin, Director UOCI whose
organization has provided tre
mendous impetus to the over
all project.
(Photo by Purefoy>
encouraged by his forthright
position. Joined him in the ad
vocacy of a New South in
which men are evaluated on
individual merit rather thaw on
the basis of race or color. His
influence oncoming genera
tions of Southerners, both!
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