Durham County Democrats Back $960,000 Grant To FCD
DeJarmon Named New Head N. C: College Law School
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Grand Opening H
Broad Street Cxtented June 30
By Ed Stewart
Quality Bakery, the only
such business operated by Ne
groes of Durham, went Into its
fifth year of operation last week,
by conducting a grand opening
at Its new location, 1115 Broad
St., June 21, which has been
continued through the end of
the month.
Hie aroma of freshly cooked
doughnuts, beauty of a colorful
array of cookies, the five layer
wedding cake, all were evident
of the ability as William Jones,
owner of the bakery, busied
himself greeting customers and
handing out tasty jelly-filled
doughnuts as they passed thru
the tgle and span show-room
peering at the goodies.
Quality Bakery became a
reality because Jones, who has
been cooking since he was
twehe years old, believed he had
the talent to successfully com
pete in a field crowded with
Blacks in the rear of the build
ing but none in the front. He
took over the operation of a
bakery on Petti grew Street in
1964. Then, because of Urban
Renewal, he was forced to move.
He applied for and received a
SBA Loan services through Me
chanics and Farmers Bank and
used part of it to buy the baking
equipment where he is now lo
cated.
See BAKERY 2A)
Fayetteville State
Approved For Uni tus
FAYETTEVILLE - When
the State Houae of Represen
tative* approved regionally
university status for Fayette
ville State College, that ap
proval permitted the local
Institution to join the state's
new network of public-sup
ported unhmritles.
When the regional univer
sity system was approved in
1967, four former colleges
asked for and received uni
versity status. They included
North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical College, West
ern Carolina College, Appala
chian State College and East
Carolina College.
By the time the State
Board of Higher Education
issued its comprehensive re
port on higher education in
North Carolina, it recom
mended that only one addi
tional state-supported college
be given regional university
status.
However, when one Insti
tution bypassed the Board of
Higher Education and gained
university status, the trustees
and President Rudolph Jones
had reached the concluMop
that Fayetteville State Col-
(See APPROVED 2A)
WILLIAM JONES
Dr. Marion Thorpe Selected
Chrm. College Relations Meet
ELIZABETH CITY - In
an effort to increase college
business, and industrial rela
tions at the predominantly
Negro senior colleges and
universal* in the United
States, Plans For Progress an
nounced the selection of Dr.
Marion D. Thorpe, President
of Elizabeth City State Col
lage, as chairman of the Fifth
Nafttanal .-Collage Relation's
Conference, scheduled for
November 12-14, in Washing
ton, O. C.
Upon accepting the chair
manship, Dr. Thorpe revealed
his plans to attend the Col
lege-Industry Cluster Plan
ing Committee meeting, in
Washington, D. C., on July
10, in order to continue plan
ning- for the November ses
sion. His selection came dur
ing the committee's meeting
which was held earlier this
month. There are presently
45 minority colleges and over
200 companies participating
in the program.
Dr. Thorpe, one of the
nation's youngest college ad
ministrators, continues to be
Last Rites Held for Sylvester
Bass at Milgrove Bapt. Church
The funeral of Sylvester Bass,
75, was held at the Milgrove
Baptist Church Sunday, June 22
at 2:00 p.m. The eulogy was
delivered by the Rev. A. L.
Cooper, pastor.
Baas succumbed at the Vete
rans Hospital, June 19, follow
ing an illness of five weeks.
He wu born and reared in
Rougemont, the aon of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Alonza Baas.
About thirteen year* ago, he
moved to Durham with his fami
ly where he lived until his death,
June 19 at the Veterans Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mandle Hawley Bass, and five
children. They are: Thomas,
Durham; James, Hartford, Conn.;
Mrs. Lillian Hawley, Rougemont;
Mrs. Lula Cousin, Rougemont
and Mrs. Esther Parker of Dur
ham.
Interment was at the family
cemetery in Rougemont.
The Spanish Protestant ver
sion of the Bible, printed at
Basle in ISM, i* called the
"Bear Bible" because the wood
cut device on the title page is a
bear.
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DR. THORPS
called upon for service out
side of his office at Elizabeth
City State College. Among
the several appointments
which he has already accept
ed this year are: member of
the Martin Luther King Fel
lowship Selecting Committee
of the Wbodrow Wihoo
Foundation; the National
(HEW) Advisory Committee
Studying Dyslexia and Re
lated Reading Disorders; and
the Association of Eastern
North Carolina Colleges.
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For the surf and san] set,
fashions for men this summer
tarn to bright and bold themes.
. Prints used in both swim
(trunks and slacks are large,
flamboyant, colorful. The
jeans look also is strong with
the boys. Now, they won't,
have to chop off their blue or,
wheat jeans to convert them
to surfers and swimmers.
Some manufacturers are mak
ing them in the popular chop*
ped-off look.
Hit Caipllft Cimrs
VOLUME 46 No. 26 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1969
Churches Charged With Law
Breakdown At
GREENSBORO - Present
day churches are to a large
degree respondble for the
breakdown of law and order
in society, according to Dis
trict Court Judge Ebeta Ale
xander.
Speaking to a session of
the 17th annual Ministers
Institute at A&T State Uni
versity last Wednesday night,
Judge Alexander said:
"The Christian church Is
responsible for the character
of our present civilization be
cause of a lack of involve
ment in temporal life."
Judge Alexander said the
churches must begin provid
ing answers to some of the
basic questions of life.
"It is true that Jesus heal
ed, cured, fed, calmed seas
and performed other mira
cles," she added, "but he
also used power to overcome
economic and physical ills."
Calling for a re-evaluation
of the mission of the Church,
Judge Alexander said that
mission should be to "de
clare and explain the moral
law and to apply It to all
situations."
"If you lived in * ghetto,"
she asked. "What is it that
you would want others to
(See CHURCMS page 2A)
Democratic Chairman Issues
Statement in Favor of OEO
The Durham County Demo-
era tic Party, through its chair
man, Dr. Eugene Greuling, re
leased the following statement
of position on the controversy
concerning the granting of the
$920,000 balance of the OEO
grant to Durham's Foundation
for Community Development.
"At a recent meeting of the
elected officers of the Durham
County Democratic Executive
Committee, we unanimously
agreed to issue this public state
ment, thereby breaking our pre
vious silence maintained during
the past two months while the
federal grant to FCD was being
attacked daily on the front
pages of our area newspapers.
What we Democrats have been
doing was best, expressed in
May by our Congressman, Nick
Gallflanalds, '. . . let all this
political byplay run its course,
let the acrimony and emotion
die down, then perhaps a solu
tion can be found.'
"We believe a workable solu
tion to one of Durham's most
critical problems - how to break
the cycle of poverty, and how
to make it possible for many
more of the poor to get into
the mainstream of the Ameri
can economy - has been offered
to the people of Durham by the
OEO grant to FCD. The Dur
ham community should grasp
now the opportunity offered It
to start the job of self-rehabili
tation of the poor. We should
recall what President Nixon,
during his campaign last fell,
stated: \ . . we cannot truly
help the poor until we start
grtting them off the welfare
rolls and onto the payrolls.' The
President has more recently
said, . . welfere tends to
(See 080 page 2A)
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THE NATIONAL CONCLAVI i A theatre party »t the Vil-1 ed at the Sir Walter and the
OF MOLES met in Raleigh,
last weekend (June 20-22) to
celebrate its twenty-sixth an
niversary. The Moles is a so
cial organization with civic
implications. There were mem
bers attending from 22 states
and the District of Columbia.
The session drew more than
390 members into the Raleigh-
Durham area.
Edmonds Named Principal New
Chapel Hill Elementary School
CHAPEL HILL - At a special
meeting of the school board last
week W. W. Edmonds, principal
of the Frank Porter Graham
Elementary School, was named
principal of the new Grey Cul
breth Middle School, now under
construction. Edmonds will be
gin his duties as principal of the
school at once. It is located
south of Chapel Hill. Since 1962
Edmonds has served as principal
of the Prank Porter Graham
School.
He was born and reared in
Tarboro. His professional career
begin in the Elizabeth City
schools where he served as a
school science teacher and
l|t|||etic coach.
From 1956 to 1961 he was
a principal in the Elizabeth City
school system. He joined the fac
ulty of North Carolina College
as a supervisor of student teach
ers In 1961.
Since 1964 he has served
each summer as administrative
assistant to the superintendent
of the Governor's School in
Winston-Salem.
He holds B.S. and M. S. de
grees from North Carolina Col
lege and has taken graduate
studies at NCC, Ohio State Uni
versity and UNC. He holds the
advanced principal's certificate.
Mrs. Edmonds is a guidance
counselor at Chapel Hill Senior
H#i School. They have one son,
Kaaneth.
lage Dinner Theatre kicked off
the three-day meeting with the
entire convention being treated
to dinner and the show by the
host chapter of Raleigh. After
the performance of the "Odd
Couple," John Gattis of Dur
ham, played for the after the
atre cocktail hour.
The convention was quarter-
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Sunday, June 15
Is High Day In
Franklin County
FRANKLINTON - Sunday,
June 15, was a high day in
Franklin County when a branch
of the Interdenominational Ush
ers Association was organised
at the First Baptist Church in
Franklin ton. Hie Rev. J. D.
Lockley of Raleigh is pastor.
The new union was made
possible by the fine work of
Mrs. Louise Harvey and the Dur-
Ushers Union. Mrs. Hanyy
la chairman of the Expansion
Committee of the State Ushers
Association and President Clif
ton Stone stated that he is
of her achievement in Fiaafclln
County and trust other members
(See HIGH DAY page 2A)
PRICE: 20 C«U
Statler Hilton Hotels, where
several cocktail parties and the
annual banquet were held.
Pictured are the chairman of
the theatre party on the right,
Mrs. Ruby Stroud, of Raleigh.
In the center, Mrs. Chtristine
Tool, President, and on the left,
Mrs. Toni Williams, co-chair
man of the social committee.
6 Negro Colleges
Get Cooperative
Library Center
ATLANTA, Ga. - The
United Board for College De
velopment has received a
grant of $233,000 from the
Carnegie Foundation to es
tablish the Cooperative Libra
ry Center in Atlanta for six
Negro colleges, according to
Dr. Charles C. Turner, Direc
tor of the United Board for
College Development an
agency of the National Coun
cil of Churches.
Participating in the Co
operative Library Center are
Miles College, Oakwood Col
lege, Stillman College, Talla
dega College, Tuakegee Insti
tute - all in Alabama - and
Tougaioo College in Missis
sippi. Through the Center
these six colleges will be
able to improve the number
and quality of their library
holdings through the savings
from cooperative buying. The
books will also be processed
and cataloged at the Center.
They will be ready for im
mediate shelving when they
arrive at each Institution. It
is expected that the number
of participating colleges will
rise to an eventual maximum
of about 30 additional col
leges.
An initial grant was made
by the Jearie Smith Noyes
Foundation of New York for
a workshop on cooperative
library planning involving the
six college librarians. Mrs.
Henry Collins of Moatfomsry,
Alabama provided the funds
(See COLLIOBS SA)
ATTY. MARMON }
Dean Sampson
To Be Replaced
By Noted AHy.
The Board of Trustees of
North Carolina College at Dur
ham has announced its approval
of the appointment of LeMar
qufc DeJarmon to be the Dean
of the Law School of North
Carolina Central University, ef
fective September 1.
DeJarmon will fill the vacan
cy created by the elevation of
Dean D. G. Sampaon to the post
of Special Assistant to the Presi
dent in charge of Lepl Affairs.
DeJarmon joined the Law
School faculty in 1955 as an
Associate Professor Law. He
holds the A. B. Degree from
Howard University, J. D. Degree
from Western Reserve University
and the L.L. M. Degree from
New York University. He has
pursued additional studies at the
Indiana University, School of
Law, Bloomington, Indiana and
the Parker School of Compara
tive Law at Columbia Univer
sity.
He is the author of several
Law Review articles. His mo6t
recent publication, "The Cap,
The Gown, and The Robe.
(See SAMPSON 2A)
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REV. WILLIAMS
Pub. House for
Negro Authors
In Greensboro
GREENSBORO—A publishing
house for Negro authors—one
of the few in America has
been launched in Greensboro.
The firm will be called Unity
Press and the first booy to be
published by it will be titled
'Tve Come This Far" written
by Rev. Frank William# of
Greensboro.
Principals in the new pob
lishing venture which upwU
to bring out other volumes by
Negro writers, include Carroll
G. Ogle, of Piedmont Triad Tel
evision, managing television
station WTJBC-TV and radio
station WEAL hen; Keith
Stuart, head of Stuart StuBo,
a Greensboro commercial and
advertising art establishment;
Jerry Beeco, a Greensboro pub
lic relations man; and Ronald
Charity, in the advertising and
market research field at Dan
vine, Va. DeWltt Carroll, for
merly of Greensboro, now of
Charlotte, wO! serve as senior
editor of the firm.
Books to follow wm all be
by blade authors and will In
clude the work of college pro*
feasors, ministers, and Negro
leaders generally No publish
ing firm has previously existed
(See AUTHORS 1A)