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COMPROMISE SETTLES LOCAL CHURCH CONTROVERSY
Words of Wisdom
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The world often rewards us
not so much according to our
wo; 111 as according to our
ability to • sell" our worth to
to others
—D. L. Merritt
VOLUME 50 No. 7
February 7-14
Negro History Week Is Proclaimed
y EXECUTIVE f|gss DEPARTMENT
GOVERNOR ROBERT W. SCOTT
WHEREAS, Negroes have helped shape and develop our
nation and have made significant contributions and achievements
educationally, economically, socially, spiritually and politically to
the advancement of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, Negro Historian Carter G. Woodson led
successful efforts to establish Negro History Week in 1926 to call
attention to the contribution Negroes have made to the advancement
of the world and to help foster better understanding between peoples
by interpreting the history of one to the other;
THEREFORE, I proclaim February 7 - 14, 1971
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA
and commend this observance to our citisens.
February 9, 1971
Repres. Jay Johnson Accepts
Proclamation from Lt. Governor
RALEIGH Lieutenant
Governor H. Patrick Taylor
proclaimed February 7-14 as
Negro History Week in his of
fice at the Capitol building
Tuesday, February 8.
The representatives receiv
ing the proclamation itochided
Henry Fry of Greensboro, Jay
Johnson of Fairmont, Charles
McClain, Field Secretary for
the NAACP, and Dr. Prezell
Robertson, President of St.
Augustine's College in Raleigh.
Taylor asked the delegation
what the true significance of
Negro History Week would
symbolize. These reasons for
the proclamation were dis
cussed by the members. The
proclamation will serve to pro
mote recognition of the black
history of America in public
schools and other prominent
places. It will serve to draw at
tention to black contributions
down through history. Black
students at high school levels
have had a certain amount of
black history, but, this is not
(See HISTORY 2A)
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CONTMT PRIZE John H.
Wheeler, left, president of Me
chanics and Fanners Bank of
Durham, prseents a check for
$29 to Russell J. Francis of
New Zealand, a second year
graduate student in physics at
Duke University. Francis was
the winner of an essay contest
on "What the United Nations
Means to Me in World Under
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' ' MARSH
Last Rites Held For
James A. Marsh
At St. Joseph's Sat.
The funeral of James Ar
thur Marsh was held at St.
Joseph's A.M.E. Church, Sat
urday, Febraury 6 at 2:00 p.m.
The Reverend J. R. Crutch
field, pastor Emmanuel A.M.E.
Church officiated, 'due to the
(See MARSH page 2A)
standing," sponsored by Me
chanics and Farmers Bank and
conducted among international
students in Durham by the
Durham Chapter of the United
Nations Association. Looking
on are Mrs. Carolyn Knue
mann, representing the UNA,
and Joseph Aicher, political
science instructor at North Car
olina Central University who
DURHAM. N. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1971
2 Dead And Firebom
In Thousands In C
NAACP Seeks
Bar Extradition
Of Miss. Youth
NEW YORK - The Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
has tailed upon Governor Nel
son A. Rockefeller to refuse to
permit a 17-year-old Negro to
be extradited to the State of
Mississippi. Dwight D. Folsom,
the accused youth, charged
with robbery in Mississippi, is
being held without bail in
Monticello, N. Y., pending an
extradition hearing.
In a letter to Governor
Rockefeller, Feb. 2, NAACP
Executive Director Roy Wil
kins cited a number of irreg
ularities in the case and asked
that the governor consider re
vocation of the warrant for
Folsom's arrest. The alleged
iSec BAR page 2A)
Church Building
Reverted To Fitzgerald Heirs
A controversy that has
been raging around the Em
manuel AME Church was set
tled here last week in a com
promise judgement of Civil
District Court, as a hearing
held by Chief District Judge,
E. Lawson Moore.
According to the judge
ment, the church building and
the pews have reverted to the
heirs of the late R. B. Fitz
gerald who deeded the pro
perty to the church in 1887
with the condition it would
revert to himself or his heirs
should it cease to be used
for church purposes.
coordinated the contest. Second
place in the contest went to
M. C. Sanghavi of India, a first
year graduate student at N. C.
Central in business administra
tion. The third place award
went to Ricardo Gutierrez, of
Chile, a sophomore liberal arts
major at Duke's Trinity Col
lege.
WILMINGTON - Due to
racial violence, two are dead
and firebomb damage is in
the thousands of dollars in
strife torn Wilmington. The
violence came to a virtual
standstill Tuesday as the Negro
boycott of public schools ap
peared to be ending.
After reviewing reports of
Monday night's calm, Mayor
L. M. Cromartie lifted the
night-time curfew but retained
some 500 National Guard
troops on duty in Wilmington
for another day.
Comartie said the curfew
would be immediately reim
posed should the situation
warrant.
National Guardsmen re
turned to their standing posi
tion at Wilmington Airports
just after dawn Tuesday, leav
ing a few troops to patrol with
city and state officers that day.
One company was with
drawn Tuesday, but the num
ber of guardsmen had risen to
700 since Sunday and the pull
out of one company still leaves
(See WILMINGTON 2A)
Reverend J. R. Crutchfield,
present pastor, was prevented
from removing the pews of the
church to its new location on
Riddle Road by a temporary
restraining order filed by one
of the donor's heirs, William
Richard Fitzgerald of Durham.
Judge Moore signed and
rendered the consent judge
ment when the two parties
agreed to a compromise.
The judgement, reads in
part, as follows: "That the
Rev. J. R. Crutchfield, Pastor,
and the Trustees of Emmanuel
AME Church, have taken the
necessary and proper action to
move the church at 710 Kent
Street to a new church loca
tion on Riddle Road, and that
the old church has been legally
abandoned, and the title has
now reverted to the heirs of
R. B. Fitsgerald. That the
keys to the old church be
turned over to Wm R. Fitz
gerald, representative of the
heirs. From the date of this
Jehovah's Witnesses
To Meet In Roanoke
Rapids Feb. 26-28
Jehovah's Witnesses of Cir
cuit 36 have chosen Roanoke
Rapids as the place for their
first semi-annual circuit con
vention for 1971 according to
information made public today
by Gerome McDowell, presid
ing minister of the Durham
Congregation.
The meeting is scheduled to
take place Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, February 26-28, at
the local High School in Roa
noke Rapids.
(See "WITNESSES page 2A)
PRICE 20 CENTS
Oak Grove to
Celebrate 47th
Founder's Day
The Oak Grove Free Will
Baptist Church will celebrate
it's 47th Founders Day Pro
gram, with three special serv
ices on Sunday February 14.
The Sunday Morning Service
Speaker will be the Dr. C. E.
Bouleware, Chairman of the
Mathematics Department of
North Carolina Central Uni
versity.
Sunday Afternoon Services
.will be rendered by the Rev.
Dr. L. H. Welchel, Pastor of
the Russell Memorial C.M.E.
Church, his Choir and Con "ro
gation.
Sunday evening Services
will be reading of the History
of the Church from it's or
(See CELEBRATE 2A)
judgement, the heirs of R. B.
Fitzgerald will be responsible
for the church structure at
710 Kent Street."
"That Rev. Crutchfield will
remove William R. Fitz
gerald from further financial
liability on any personal pro
perty being moved to the new
location. Rev. Crutchfield is
granted permission to move
the name "Emmanuel African
Methodist Episcopal Church"
to the new church location."
"The judgement shall be re
corded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Durham
County as a muniment of title
in the R. B. Fitzgerald heirs."
"That this judgement settles
all matters between William R.
Fitsgerald and J. R. Crutch
field."
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NBW OUTFITS FOR DUKE j
HOSTESSES Patients and' l
other people at Duke Hospital'
are getting a look at the new
look of the hospital's hostess
crops these days. The new
wardrobe is designed to give
the girls a variety of outfits
69 Members of House Sponsor
M. L. King National Holiday Bill
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WASHINGTON - Sixty
nine Members of the House of
Representatives today intro
duced a bill which would desi
nate January 15, the birthday
of the late Dr. Martin Luther
King, as a national holiday.
Leading the effort was Con
gressman John Conyers, Jr.,
(D-Mich) who sponsored the
first King Holiday Bill shortly
after King's death in April.
from four basic coordinates..
The ensemble include a navy
tunic dress trimmed in red
and white, a navy blue vest
navy pants, and a red' skirt.
Accented with brightly colored
blouses and scarves, the outfits
can be worn in many combina
i trans. Each hostess costume
1968.
"We seek to set one day
aside in honor of Dr. King,"
Conyers stated when the bill
was introduced, "because we
believe his example to be of
Singular importance to our
countiy. He lived and died by
his personal conviction that
'injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere.' His was
a continued dedication to the
ffoals of a brotherhood of man
With true freedom and equality
of opportunity for all our citi
zens. He was a man of wisdom
and eloquence whose life was
a persistent and peaceful strug
gle for justice. I call on every
American to look to the
example of Dr. King's philoso
phy of creative non-violence
and seek solutions to the pro
blems of war, racism and po
verty."
This January 15 was marked
by numerous commemorative
observances, school closings
and official proclamations
across the nation. Rev. Ralph
Abernathy, successor to King
as head of the Southern Chris
(See BILL p«fa 2A)
displays the Duke monogram.
Showing off their new ward*
robe, from left to right, are
hojpital nosesses Mrs. Jackie
Mrs James Stokes, Mrs. Tbelma
Kithcart. Miss Linda Van Tas>
sel, and Mrs. Jane Pate, hos
tess coordinator.
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BANQUET SPEAXER—Honor
able Howard' Lee, Mayor of
Chapel Hill will speak at Dur
ham Business and Professional
Chain's Annual Banquet, Tues
day, March 2. 8:00 p.m. at N.
C. Central University Cafeteria.
This year's banquet promises
to be the best ever. Special
recognition will be given to one
of Durham's distinguished citi
zens and certificates of achieve
ments will be presented to
chain member business me a
that have upgraded or develop*
ed new businesses in the Dnr>
ham community.
Third Grade
Pupils Get Free
Dental Exams
All third grade pupils in ci
ty and county schools of Dur
ham will get free dental exami
nations during the observance
of National Children's Dental
Health Week which started
Sunday.
Some 3,000 third graders
in the two school systems will
get a special class session on
dental and oral hygine, includ
ing a demonstration on brush
ing teeth.
Eighteen Durham dentiats
have volunteered to a Hist In
giving the free dental examina
tions at the schools.
To recognize observance of
the event, Mayor Wenae Cra
barek has proclaimed this week
to be Children's Dental Health
Week in Durham.
A toothpaste manufacture!
has provided kits containing a
(See DENTAL page 3A)