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JOHN S. STEWART, City Councilman, cuts
ribbon prior to opening of model home as
Harry Richter, left) UDI board member and
Uvl Model Home Open To Public Sunday
HISTSR
Ervin Hester
Joins WTVD
News Staff
By BERNARD AUSTIN
It was announced this week
by Mike Thompson, vice presi
dent and general manager of
WTVD, that Erwin Hester has
joined the news staff of the
local television station. Hester
will sere as a general assign
ment reporter for the TV
-11 "Newsbeat" team.
Hester was most recently
associated with Radio station
WSRC, where he served as pro
gram director. While at WSRC
he was cited by Radio-TV
Mirror Magazine for "superior
radio programming in the Dur
ham area, along with many
awards for active participation
in local civic organizations.
A native of Durham and
graduate of Hillside High
School, Hester has attended
specialized courses at North
Carblina Central University.
Among his many profes
(See HESTER page 2A)
Landmark Job
Bias Case Is
Won by LDF
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
In a unanimous 8-0 decision,
the U. S. Supreme Court ruled
on Monday (March 8) that
companies cannot use tests or
maintain any employment or
promotional policies which
have the effect of eliminating
Negroes or which lock in the
effects of past discrimination,
unless such tests or policies
truly measure ability to do the
job being sought.
This powerful ruling - the
high court's first decision re
lating to the provision of Title
VII of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act outlawing racial discrimi
nation in employment - means
that only the fact of actual
discrimination is at issue. No
longer is it necessary to prove
that the intent of a company
in instituting its hiring or pro
motional policies was to per
petuate discrimination. Proving
intent, often a difficult or
even impossible task, has long
been a major roadblock to
civil rights lawyers even in
cues where the net effects of
corporate policies were ob
viously discriminatory.
(See LANDMARK page 2A)
General Manager of IBM, Research Triangle
and Nilas Thompson, President of United
Durham, Inc., look on.
Che
VOLUME 50 No. 12
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
Reports Over $24 Million
Substantial growth and a
year of record earnings were
reported to stockholders of
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
at its annual meeting held
here March 8.
In his annual report, the
president of the bank, John H.
Wheeler, stated that "by al
most every standard of mea
surement, there was notable
improvement over the records
of performance achieved in
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THEODORE. R. STROUD retires after 38 years of service.
John H. Wheeler, (r) president of bank presents him token.
Funeral Services
Held For Dr Smith,
Vote Case Plaintiff
NEW YORK - The death
of Dr. Lonnie E. Smith in
Houston recently recalls the
pivotal role he played in the
regaining of the vote for dis
franchised southern Negroes.
Funeral services were held for
this vote case plaintiff in .
Houston, March 10. He died
on March 7.
In a telegram to his widow,
NAACP Executive Director
Roy Wilkins hailed Dr. Smith's
successful challenge of the
South's white primary system
noting that "the millions of
new Negro voters in the South
owe their franchise to Dr.
Smith."
Barred from the Democra
tic primary because of his race
Dr. Smith, a Houston dentist,
asked the U. S. District
Court in 1941 for a declara
tory judgement ordering the
Democratic party to cease
barring black citizens from
FUNERAL 2A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1971
At Annual Stockholders Meet
1969 and in those of previous
years.
Total resources of the bank
as of December 31, were
$24,038,411.72 representing
an increase of $2,483,593.81
or 11.52 per cent over foot
ings at the end of 1969. Sig
nificant deposit growth, in
creased earnings and the sale
of additional common stock
were responsible, in large part,
for the favorable results ex
Dr. C.f. Boulware To Seek Second
Term On The Durham City Council
As I announce my plans to
offer my services to the people
of Durham as a candidate
for re-election to the City
Council, I am keenly aware of
some of the great needs which
exist in many areas of our
City.
One of these needs is the
creation of the conditions by
the City Council itself in
which every citizen is free to
be involved in all major deci
sions affecting the welfare of
our city. Local government
must now be more willing to
listen, consult with and seek
the counsel of citizens in the
early stages of major decision
making.
If representative govern
ment is to survive and give
maximum service to society,
it must take on new meaning
in that those who are elected
(See BOULWARE page 2A)
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UDI FINISHED HOME located, corner of Faytteville and Um
stead Streets, just before thousands visited the new edifice.
Nathan Garrett, (top) Executive Director of Foundation for
Community Improvement makes remarks.
periences in 1970. Total de
posits held by the bank at the
end of 1970 were 11.2 per
cent more than at the end of
1969.
Net earnings were $1.39 per
share in 1970 compared with
$1.35 per share for 1969 and
dividends paid during 1970
were $0.30 per share. Interest
and fees on loans in the
amount of $720,814.06 ac
counted for 48.49 per cent of
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LEE JOHNSON, JR., elected Assistant Cashier at Durham
office of Mechanics and Farmers Bank.
Dr. James R. Lewis Is Named
Lincoln Dental Program Director
The Board of Directors of
the Lincoln Community
DR. LEWIS
PRICE 20 CENTS
gross income, and income on
Federal Funds in the amount
of $42,575.22 plus interest
and dividends on the securi
ties portfolio in the amount
of $551,391.63 accounted for
40 per cent of groat income.
Ail categories of income were
higher in 1970 than in 1969
and at the same time, operat
ing expenses were held suf- j
ficiently in line to keep net
(See M&F BANK 2A)
Health Center announced to
day the appointment of James
R. Lewis, D.D.S., as Director
of the Dental Program for the
Lincoln Community Health
Center. The effective date of
his appointment is July 1,
1971.
Dr. Lewis is currently em
ployed as an instructor in the
Hospital Dental Program at
the School of Dentistry, Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, a position he has
held since completing his in
ternship in 1969 at the Vete
rans Administration Hospital,
A bany, New York.
(Sec DR LEWIS page 2A)
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BEN RUFFIN, Director of UOCI make* re
marks during opening ceremonies of the UDI
More Than Thousa
Grand Opening AtFayettevilk St.
Community residents may
now take a guided tour
through the first house built
by United Durham, Inc.
(UDI). The model home is lo
cated at the comer of Fay
etteville and Umstead Streets
and will be open to the public
until Sunday, April 4.
Hours are: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
and 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Mon
days through Fridays and 1
p.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays.
Over 1,000 persons turned
out for last Sunday's grand
opening. UDI President Nilas
Thompson said he was happy
about the large crowd. He
added that 200 visitors signed
the guest register on the next
day. The house has six rooms:
three bedrooms, living room,
kitchen and bath.
During the first year, UDI
will produce 50 homes, which
will be marketed throughout
North Carolina by the Low-
Income Housing Development
Judge Alexander Awards Day
Day Speaker at N. C. Central
Mrs. Elreta Melton Alexan
der, Guilford County District
Court Judge, will be North
Carolina Central University's
Awards Day speaker on Fri
day, May 7.
Judge Alexander, who was
the first Negro elected as a
judge in North Carolina, is a
native of Smithfield, where
her father was a Baptist
minister and her mother a pub
lic school teacher.
She attended elementary
school in Danville, Va., and
Dudley High School in Greens
boro, graduated from North
Carolina A&T University and
became the first Negro wo
(See JUDGE page 2A)
WHICH WAY AMERICA
Whitney Young and the Urban
League to Be Presented on TV
By J&HN MYERS
Which Way America, the
story of the Urban League
and its Director, Whitney M.
Young, Jr. will be presented
on channel 11, WTVD Satur
day 27 at 10:15 p.m.
The program is hosted by
Burl Ives. It portrays an or
ganization that seeks through
moderate means to bridge the
gap between Black and White
America.
The first of the program
will ba a memorial to Young
who died last week without
seeing his dream established.
Poverty In all levels is the pro
minant theme of the show. It
shows how we must work to
gether to save our country and
our heritage.
Young believed in unity of
all people. He would never
have bought a ticket on a boat
headed to Africa as well as
home as thousands listen.
(Photos by Pwfliy)
Corporation.
Thompson said he could
not give a dollars - and-cents
figure for how much the house
will cost the buyer:
"Of course everyone wants
to know, 'How much will it
cost me?' Right now, we can't
put a specific price tag on our
home," the UDI President
said.
Sunday's opening cere
monies were directed by Ed
Stewart, the new Executive
Vice Preddent of UDI. The
opening prayer, given by the
Rev. Phillip Cousin of St.
Joseph's A.M.E. Church was
followed by the singing of
"Lift Every Voice and Sing,"
led by Mrs. Ann Atwater. A
Welcome was given by Willie
Lovett.
Brief remarks were given by
local peopie and representa
tives of some of the groups
that have supported UDI: Dr.
C. E. Bouleware, Durham City
(See HOME page 2A)
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JUDO® ALEXANDER
he would have had no part of
a segregated black movement
to Mississippi or Alabama. This
radical in a gray flannel suit
believed' in peace through
unity and worked for ten years
as the director of The Urban
League, at its headquarters in
New York. In this speech, one
of his last, we see the.joan,
his beliefs and ambitions. We
see his struggles and his ac
complishments. But most of
all, we see a man, not only
dedicated to a better world,
but showing us a means to our
end.
The Human Relations Com
mission, through individual
donations, is sponsoring the
program. The committees for
public information, education,
employment, and housing will
show their progress and future
ambitions through two minute
exposures throughout the pro
(See URBAN LEAGUE 2A)
YOUNO
Whitney Young
Rites Held In
Lexington, Ky.
* NEW YORK, N. Y. -
Whitney M. Young, Jr., Exe
tive Director of the National
Urban League, died Thursday,
March 11th in Lagos, Nigeria
of an apparent heart attack.
Young had been attending the
African-American Dialogue, an
annual conference of Ameri
can and African leaders spon
sored by the African-American
Institute.
At a press conference an
nouncing Young'd death, Act
ing Executive Director Harold
R. Sims stated that Young
had been "a voice for the
voiceless, hope for the hope
less, power for the powerless."
Born in Lincoln Ridge, Ken
tucky in 1921, Young was
educated at Kentucky State
College, MIT and the Univer
sity of Minnesota. He served
with the St. Paul and Omaha
Urban Leagues, was Dean of
the Atlanta University School
of Social Work for sewn
(See YOUNG paft U>
ALLEN'S CHAPEE
YOUTH TO HOLD
FIRST REVIVAL
WOO DSD ALE - The
Youth of Allen's Chapel
A_M.E. Church of WoocLdale,
will hold their First Youth Re
vival this week Wednesday
through Friday evening, at
7:00 P.M. Rev. I. W. Knight
is Pastor.
All young people are in
vited to attend, in order that
you may find out if "Chris
tianity is Relevant to the Now
Generation."
Rev. P. R. Cousin, Pastor
of St. Joseph A.MJE. Church
of Durham and Lecturer in
Church and Society at Duke
University School of Divinity,
will be the guest speaker. Rev.
Cousin has had wide and varied
experience with youth groups.
He is also a former Prerfdent
of Kittrell College. He is a
member of the General Board
of the A.M.E. church, and
Director of Religious Educa
tion of the Western North
Carolina Conference