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VOLUME 50 No. 24
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i DURHAM'S ESEA
Title 3 Project Wins National Award
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JOHN L. ELLIOTT W. A. CLEMENT BURKETT W. HUEY
W.A. Clement Chairman Of 32nd
Annual LIA MA M
Geo. W. Bolden
Promoted to
NCM Staff Post
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BOLDEN
George W. Bolden has been
promoted to the position of
Staff Manager on the Durham
District of North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Bolden began his career
with North Carolina Mutual,
July 1965 as a special trainee
of the company, and in No
vember of 1965 he was made a
Combination Agent. In Janu
ary 1968 he was made a spe
cial ordinary agent.
Mr. Bolden is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bolden,
both of whom are long time
time employees of the com
pany. W. W. Bolden is Mana
ger of tfye Durham district
with 37 years of service. Mrs.
Bolden is Assistant to the
Treasurer in the Home Office
of the company with 30 years
of service.
The Bolden family and North
Carolina Mutual became part
ners in 1910 when the late G.
W. Bolden of Spartanburg and
Union, S. C. began his career
with the company. He retired
as Manager of the Spartanburg
district after 40 years of serv
ice. '
George W. Bolden is a grad
uate of Hillside High School
and attended N. C. A&T Uni
versity. and l Livingstone Col
lege.
He is married to the former
Carolyn Ford and they art the
'parents of one daughter, Carol
Lynn.
DURHAM. N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1971
Black General Confirmed
HOLLYWOOD, Florida At
the 32nd annual meeting In
Hollywood, Fla., of the Com
bination Companies Conference
of the Life Insurance Agency
Management Association, (LIA
MA), W. A. Clement, CLU,
North Carolina Mutual Senior
Vice President and chairman
of the Conference, (center), is
congratuated by Burkett W.
Huey, LIAMA President, left,
and John L. Elliott, Senior Vice
President, Washington Nation
al Life, right. Mr. Elliott suc
ceeds Mr. Clement as chairman
and will preside at the 1972
conference.
The LIAMA membership in
cludes 500 of the 1700 life in
surance companies operating in
the United States. The Com
Durham School Chosen From
155 United States Nominations
Durham city's Cooperative
School for Pregnant Girls has
recently been named the
North Carolina recipient of a
national Innovative Project
Award given by the President's
National Advisory Council on
innovative programs in educa
tion. The Durham project was
ore of 42 ESEA Title 111 pro
jects in the U.S. to receive the
award.
Title 111 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 provides federal fundi
to local school units to pro
mote experimentation and in
novation within the schools,
according to Edwin L. West,
Director of the Division of De
velopment for the State Edu
cation Agency. Thirty-seven
new projects have recently
been funded in North Carolina
and will begin operation July
1.
The Cooperative School,
directed by Mrs. Maurine La-
Barre and Mrs. Shirley MilKs,
has been in operation since
1968 in the Southside School
•t 2038 Erwin Road. The pur
pose of the school, according
to Durham City School Super
intendent Lew W. Hannen, is
to continue the education of
married and unmarried high
school girls who become preg-
bination Companies Conference
is by 185 of these firms
with "debit" or weekly premi
um life insuarnce coverage.
The LIAMA parent organiza
tion's stated purpose is to "im
prove the efficiency of life in
surance distribution through
ever-increasing scientific man
agement methods and a con
tinuing program of research,
suiVey, education and train
ing."
Mr. Clement was unanimous
ly elected to the chairmanship
of this year's conference and
he was the first black to hold
the position. He also serves on
the LIAMA board of directors;
again the first black to be
elected.
nant before graduation.
Hie project meets a grow
ing need In the State's educa
tional system, said West, and
is unique in that the curricu
lum offers not only academic
subjects, but also such classes
as health, baby care, planned
parenthood, and arts and
crafts, added West.
(See AWARD page 8A)
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DR. SULLIVAN AT HEARlNG—Congressman
Charles Diggs, Jr. (right), Chairman of the
House Sub-committee on Africa, welcomes
Dr. Leon Leon Sullivan to a recent hearing
of the Sub-committee on what can be done
Gen. Hufton First Commissioned
Through Howard ROTC Program
The US Armed Forces first
Reserve Black general officer,
Brigadier General Benjamin L.
Hunton, Hyattsville, Md., was
confirmed by the Senate on
June 4, 1971.
He will serve as Minority
Affairs Officer, Office Chief
of Reserve Components, De
partment of the Army, in a
mobilization designation posi
tion. This is an Army Reserve
term which covers people who
train as individuals & the as
signment for which they
would be mobilized.
In civilian life, General
Hunton, who holds a docto
rate in philosophy (public ad
ministration) from American
University, is Assistant Direc
tor, Education and Training,
U. S. Bureau of Mines, De
partment of the Interior.
A veteran of World War 11,
General Hunton's previous
Army Reserve service has been
with the 80th Infantry Divi
Duke University Hires its First
Black Assistant Basketball Coach
LEWIS
Jim Lewis, newly hired
Duke Assistant Coach and the
first black cage aide in its
history will work with both
the freshman and varsity
squad reports Bucky Waters,
basketball coach. Further he
stated that Lewis will not have
to teach physical education
classes. This is important as it
means Lewis can give full time
to building character and in
fluencing young men, which
by American businesses to end racism in So.
Africa. Dr. Sullivan is the founder-president
of Opportunities Industrialization Centers said
the first Black director of General Motors
Corporation.
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sion and, as it was later de
signated, the 80th Training
Division. He has been com
. lander of the 428 th and
317 th Infantry Regiments in
the Infantry Division, and
Commander, First ' Brigade
Basic Combat Training) in the
Training Division, an Alexan
dria, Va., unit. He relin
.'See GENERAL page 8A)
is really what athletics is all
about.
Lewis, 24 and a bachelor,
is a native of Alexandria, Vir
ginia. He attended and was
graduated from West Virginia
University. Waters was coach
of the Mountainers during
1966-67-68 and knew Lewis
during those days. Lewis was
hampered by several knee
operations and a broken foot
while at West Virginia. His
courage in overcoming these
obstacles are to be com
mended. Lewis received a de
gree in Journalism and public
relations in 1968.
Lewis worked briefly with
the Chrysler Corporation in
the field of management. In
1969 he joined the staff of
Tennessee State and helped
guide the freshman to a 13-3
season. Lewis also earned the
Master's Degree in Education
while at Tennessee State. He
worked during 1970 at Gan
non College in Erie, Pa. as top
assistant.
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AMEZ CHURCH EXTENDS ITS BORDERS—
A portion of the delegation of outstanding
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
leaders, of the First A. M. E. Zion Church,
Brooklyn, New York, enroute to London,
England l where the African Methodist Epis
copal Zion Church is making history as the
first Black church to organize branches on
the European continent.
left to right: Mrs. Rose Watson, member of
the Stewardess Board; Mrs. Harriett Meadows,
President of the Home Missions Department;
Action Taken Follo
Of Vandalism To School Building
In an effort to open a
better line of communication
with the citizens of the Crest
Street community the execu
tive committee of the Dur
ham Branch, NAACP, will
meet with many of them at
7:30 p.m., Monday.
The Rev. L. W. Reid, a
member of the committee and
pastor of New Bethel Baptist
Church, located across the
street from the Crest Street
School agreed to call such a
meeting, in the hope that peo
ple in the area might be given
an opportunity to help in es
tablishing the proposed Day-
Care Center In the school.
The opening of the center
has been delayed by many
things from the signing of the
lease, giving the NAACP the
rights to operate in the school
to damages to the building
fixtures and equipment that
could go as high as SIO,OOO.
FORMER RALEIGH PHYSICIAN TO
ADDRESS MEET IN COPENHAGEN
Dr. Walter R. Slade, Jr,
formerly of Raleigh, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. S. W. R.
Slade, will address the 13th
Annual Meeting of the Interna
tional College of Angiology on
July 2, at Copenhagen, Den
miaric. His paper is entitled:
Arteriovenous Malformations;
Clinical Syndromes, Treatment
and Prognosis.
Dr. Slade is a graduate of
St. Augustine's College and Me
harry Medical College. IDs In
ternship was at Harlem Hos
pital, New York City. Resi
dencies—lnternal Medicine and
Neurology at Jewish Chronic
Disease Hospital, Brooklyn, N.
Y. and a Residency in Psychi
atry—Veterans Administration
Hospital, Brooklyn N. Y.
He has been at Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital, Brook
lyn, New York for nineteen
years and is Chief of Neurol
ogy; Attending Neurologist,
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Dr. A.N. Whiting
On Danforth Foundation Grant
North Carolina Central Uni
versity President Albert N.
Whiting will leave Durham on
Thursday to begin nearly three
months of leave on a Danforth
Foundation grant.
Dr. and Mrs. Whiting were
tendered with a pleasant sur
prise, a lovely "Bon Voyage"
Luncheon by the members of
the Administrative Council and
their staff on Wednesday after
noon.
The grant, awarded to presi
dents and administrators of
universities throughout the na
tion, is designed to provide
educators with time away from
the demands of their office and
Jasper J. McCormick, member of the Steward
Board No. 1; Rev. R. L. Speaks, Pastor,
First A. M. E. Zion Church, Brooklyn, N. Y*
Dean of the Varick School of Religion and
Candidate for the Bishopric; Miss Faith
Speaks; Rev. J. A. Blake, Pastor, St. Luke A.
M. E. Zion Church, Wilmington, N. C.; Rev.
Milton Williams. Presiding Elder, Buffalo-
Syracuse District and Mrs. Janie Speaks, Ad
visor of the Missionary Dept., First AMEZ
Church and l Director of Project: Head Start.
00. It was known that there
was much feeling about the
abandonment of the school
when busing of school chil
dren went into effect.
Some of this resentment
was evidenced by the fact
that most of the glass in the
windows was smashed and
minor damages inflicted to
the building. Resentment was
also shown in the fact that
there were slogans and names
printed or written on the
building. This base of an ex
tensive care program, involv
ing children of working
mothers and mothers them
selves.
Recent vandalism has
caused much concern and the
Monday night meeting is
being called to acquaint the
people of the community
with the program that will be
carried on. It will also ask that
(See RESIDENTS 8A)
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DR. SLADI
Center, Assistant Visiting Neu
rologist, Kings County Medi
cal Centef; Attending, Down
state Medical Center; Visiting
Staff, Grade Square Hospital
and Clinical Assistant Profes
sor, Neurology, State Univer
sity of New York, Downstate
Medical Center.
. the opportunity to travel and
. study for a short period of
i time.
! Chancellor D. W. Colvard of
i the University of North Caro
lina at Charotte was the only
i other North Carolinian to re
• ceive a Danforth leave grant
' this year. The grants are
! awarded at the initiative of the
I Danforth Foundation.
Dr. Whiting will attend the
Triennial Conference of the
■ International Association of
f University Presidents in Mon
• rovia, Liberia, June 15 through
; 18, after a brief stop over in
1 Daka, Senegal. After the con
) (See WHITING 8A)
MISS COOKE
India Cooke to
Visit Italy For
NCSA Program
India Merle Cooke, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. David B.
Cooke, Jr., leaves Monday,
June 14, for Siena, Italy for the
Summer Program of the North
Carolina School of the Arts.
The program, now in its fifth
year was conceived by Dr. Vit
torio Giannini, the first Presi
dent of the School of the Arts,
and organized through the Sup
port of the ten Italian Foreign
Minister, Amintorl Fanfani, and
Dr. Danilo Verzili, President
of the Accademia Musicals
Chigiana. The purpose of the
summer session is to give
young American musicians an
opporunity to work, study and
perform in a European center
of music and culture.
Miss Cooke, a student of the
violin, is in group one which
comprises a seventy-piece or
chestra and smaller group* of
voice, guitar and piano stu
dents. The orchestra program
will include study and prepa
ration for performances of
both orchestral and chamber
music repertoire in Siena and
in neighboring towns of Tus
cany. The final portion of the
orchestra's stay in Italy will
(See COOKE page 8A)
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