Black Bankers Denounce Race Member Of Federal Reserve ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★ * ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Goodloe Urges Black Companies Join Billion $ League CarSila €tm*o VOLUME 50 No. 3 Dr. V. E. Brown Says McDonald Address At Emancipation Program Is "Talk Of Town" Funeral of Rev. E. T. Browne Held at Mf. Vernon Thursday Jly |||||^ mm .,,,.. REV. BROWNE Funeral services for the Rev. Emmett T. Browne, pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, were held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Mount Vernon. Burial was at Glennview Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Otha L. Sherrill, Mutual Savings & 50 th Anniversary A f Annual Meet The 1970 annual meeting of the - Mutual Savings and Loan Association held here last Tuesday evening featured as its principal piece President J. S. Stewart's annual Report to the Stockholders. In his address Stewart pointed out that W. J. Kenne dy, Jr. t who was present at the meeting and presided over it, was the only living person who signed the original chart er of the association. In addition to Stewart's address he stockholders were favored with another from Mr. Kennedy who told of the founder of the association, the late R. L. McDougald, and other supporters and loyal officials of Mutual Sav ings and Loan since its found ing. Stewart also advised the stockholders that "in general 1970 was not a Bear record year but good," for Mutual Savings and Loan in that the final quarter of the year showed an increase in its as sets. The president also pointed out that: *Mlani" "**' ill STEWART . DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1971 executive secretary of the Bap tist State Convention officiat ing. Pastor Browne as he was often called by his parishernen died at Duke Hospital Sunday night. The Southampton County, Va. native attended public schools in Southampton County and Pittsburgh, Pa. He attended Virginia Union University, Vir- State College and Union Theo logical Seminary. He received the B.Th. de gree and the doctor of divinity degree from Virginia Theologi cal Seminary. Rev. Browne has been a resi dent of Durham since 1948 at which time he became pastor of Mt. Vernon. Surviving are his widow, Dr. Rose Butler Browne, one son, Emmett T. Browne, Jr. and several foster sons and daugh ters. While in general, 1970 was not a near record year, but good for our association, the final quarter was much better than we had anticipated. In fact, we experienced very little growth during the first nine months of this year. A' part bf our savings increase in the final quarter is a result of the Federal Reserve Board's move to an easier money policy. Becasue of the unusually high interest rates which pre vailed in 1971, a considerable volume of typical "over-the counter" savings dollars found their way into other forms of investment - stocks, corpo rate bonds, and government obligations. This diversion of savings funds was in great part responsible for the criti cal shortage of housing credit. But 1970 was a poor year for the stock market and many small investors suffered loans. If there is one lesson that was learned from 1970, it is that there is no substi tute for the safety, security and rate of return on a savings (See MUTUAL SAVINGS 8A) liHMMB HI m | §*v f|. i£&l■> f i ! 188 I* -f• 1 r f• f• » h' : I 11! f : ? ?•: fffig^^ywpwpwMw gflp M MUTUAL SAVINOS AND LOAN ANNUAL MEETING IB 1 I ng||M REV. MCDONALD The Emancipation Day program sponsored by The Interdominationai Ministerial Alliance of Durham was held January 1, at the West Dur ham Baptist Church. The fol lowing is an account of the program given to this paper by Dr. V. E. Brown, Publici ty Chairman of the Alliance. The City of Durham is blessed with a person and Mahalia Thrills Africans on Recent Visit President William V. S. Tubman was honored at a pre birthday celebration, given by the Chamber of Commerce Nov. 23, at 7:20 p.m., in the Villa Sangai owned by the Hon. Stephen Tolbert, the President of the Liberian of Commerce and all around entrepeneur of Africa. Special guest for the affair was Miss Mahalia Jackson, who has been in Africa since Nov. 19, 1970. Miss Jackson was in Africa under the aus pices of the African Chamber of Commerce and was the house guest of His Excellency Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Z. Wtost erfleld, American Ambassador to Africa. The affair by invi tation only, was attended by (See MAHALIA pa«a 8A) PRICE 20 CENTS personality such as is found In Osofo La Fayetee H. Mc- Donald, who spoke for some forty minutes on New Year's Day at the West Durham Bap tist Church, for the Emanci pation Proclamation One Hundred and Sixth Anniver sary Service sponsored by the Interdenominational Minis terial Alliance of Durham and Vicinity. Osofo directed his speech at the "young, old, educated, uneducated, those who have it, and those who have not received the mes sage." He challenged his audience of about six hundred lister ners to make room in various programs in that church and in life for youth because: "They are young, gifted, and black." He challenged the youth to "Keep on Pushing because only the strong sur vive." (See McDONALD pag*£A) Miss Lassiter Crowned Queen of Business and Professional Chain With a grand total of $474.00 in ticket sales, Miss Cloyce Lassiter, representing Fisher Funeral Parlor, walked off with first place in the competition and was crowned Miss Durham Business & Pro I*;i '§;s y :4 T I MISS LASSITER MISS ROMMCIC MISS WILBY NCM Head Ask: Race Business Move Upward In his report to the policy owners of the NORTH CARO LINA MUTUAL Life Insur ance Company at their Seven ty-second Annual Meeting here at Mutual Plaza in Dur ham, N. C., Monday after noon, the firm's sixth presi dent Joseph W. Goodloe stat ed, "Now that both the life insurance industry and the na tion's economy are rated in Trillion Dollar terms, it is im perative that North Carolina Mutual and tfther biackope nted companies move up to the billion dollar league if we are to fulfill our role and re sponsibility to black people. "Our record for 1970," he continued, "seems as first glance to provide a source of pride and pleasure in our ac complishment. True, the past year's record was the best in more than twenty years and ranks aniong the best, if not the best, in the Company's seventy-two year history. But, as we take a good hard look at the size and state of our eco nomy, the size of the insur ance industry, thei magnitude of the demands for human in vestment as well as monetary investment needs, we are so bered by the fact that the (See MUTUAL page 2A) fessional Chain for 1971. This event took place Jbnuary 9, in the auditorium of Durham Business College. Miss Lassiter a 1964 graduate of North Carolina Central University (See QUEEN page 4A) Mr W&M mm ■ ~~ - m ?■ §&&. • W* m * aHrawL J H I % \lll I? mm Mt \ .••vJf;^L«| «•■ JVfe KENNEDY lA* r3 L '4l NEW N. C. MUTUAL BOARD MEMBERS WELCOMED Jo seph W. Goodloe, NCM presi dent and A. W. Williams, board Fitzgerald Grandsons Plans To Move Em Below is a statement sub mietted to this newspaper by the Fitzgerald Brothers rela tive to a story published last week in The Carolina Times by the J. R. Crutchfield rela tive to tbe moving of Em manuel AMEChurch'on. Kent Street. William R. Fitzgerald and Charles T. Yarborough, grand i sons of the late R. B. and ' Sarah Fitzgerald, representing the remaining members of the family are deeply shocked and | humiliated by the statements made by the Rev. J. R. Crutchfield in last week's issue of the Carolina Times, that the Emmanuel A.M.E. Church on Kent Street is being moved to Riddle Road because the church is owned by the Fitzgerald family. Fitzgerald and Yarborough wish to state that there is on public record in the registrar of Deeds Office for Durham County in deed book 9, on page 522, dated February 11, (See EMMANUEL page 8A) Business Seminar Is Scheduled For Tues., February 9 Project Outreach and the Department of Commerce and Economics of North Carolina Central University will sponsor a business seminar for six weeks beginning Tuesday, Feb ruary 9 in the Commerce Build ing on North Carolina Central University's Campus. All businessmen, business women, and othen interested in going into business are in vited to participate in this seminar which will run Aw six consecutive Tuesdays. Please contact the Project Outreach Office at 688-7356 if you are interested in participat ing. U.S. Court To Hear Paves Way Championship Fight NEW YORK, N. Y. - The Supreme Court today (Jan. 11) agreed to hear Muham mad Ali's appeal from his con viction and five-year sentence for refusal to submit to induc tion into the Armed Forces. In its brief order granting certiorari, the court limited its consideration to the Issue of whether Ali should have been granted a draft exemption be cause of his conscientious ob jection to participation in war. Had the court declined to hear the case, the heavy weight boxing championship fight between Ali and Joe Frazier scheduled for March would not have come off. By 1 chairman, (right) are shown welcoming Alfred M. Pelham of Detroit and Henry E. Fry* Declare Criticism of Institutions By Andrew Brimmer Unfounded WASHINGTON, D. C. - Officials of the National Bankers Association (NBA) this week denounced Dr. An drew Brimmer's criticisms of Black-owned banks as un founded, distorted and u a tremendous disservice to Black banks, in particular, and to Black economic develop ment efforts, in general." ' The Executive Committee of NBA held a Washington press conference to isme a statement responding to Dr. Brimmer's charges that Black- Durhamite Outstanding Youiig Man of the Year in America A young, talented star is moving across the galaxy of the professional achievers. We, the astronomers of black news stop to .acknowledge the presence of afro-wearing (Mutt) Boyd. Outstanding Young Man Of The Year, Arthur, Kitown to friends as "Mutt" was se lected by the State of Flori da's Chamber of Commerce and Florida A&M University Alumni Association as their recipient of the Outstanding Young Man of The Year In America Award 1970. Mem bership is based on scholastic and professional achieve ments. While attending Florida A&M University, he was a member of the Renown Rat tler Football Team, with # * : 4 '^m MUHAMMAD AU that time, All would hare been In jrt;.-earring out his sentence for draft evasion. of Greensboro as they attended their first policyowners meet ing recently. owned banks are "social orna ments" and have little poten tial as instrument of econo mic development in the ghet to. Dr. Brimmer, the only Black member of the Federal Reserve Board, mad e his com ments in a paper «evaluating Black banks as instru meats of ' economic developme. it at the annual meettngrof th> ? Ameri can Fiance Associat ion and the American Econot nic As sociation in Detroit t>n De (See BRIMMER page 8A) ■K' \ x M fa |jf BOYD Coach J. Gaither as mentor; a cabinet member of the Stu dent Government Association; Vice President of the Pre (See MAN page 8A) If All is successful in his appeal, it will mean the rever ■l of his criminal conviction. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), which successfully brought suit to obtain All's license to tight in New York State, is also handling his pre sent appeal to the Supreme Court. All had >3riginally applied for a draft earilnption aa a Black Muslim on the grounds that th# teachings of the Lost Found Nation of Islam pre vented him fi-om participating in any war. At the recom mendation of the Justice De partment, however, an all (See AIJ page «A)

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