Words of Wisdom
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as
they are and doing things as they ought to be done.
—C. E. Stowe
An orator or an author is never successful till he
has learned to make his words smaller than his
ideas. —Emerson
VOLUME 50 No. 41
DCC To Sponsor 44 G00d Neighbor Day"
HENDERSON NAMED COMMISSION
CHAIRMAN HOUSING AUTHORITY
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NIXON APPOINTEE— Mrs. Ersa H. Poston,
(extreme right), President of New York State
Civil Service Commission, has been appointed
by President Nixon to head his Advisory
Council on Intergovernmental Personnel Pol
icy. The 15-member Council is responsible
for recommending ways in which the Federal
Government can work with state and local
government to strengthen their personnel
systems. The group will report periodically
to the President and to Congress.
Shown at the first Council meeting in Wash
ington, DC. are, left to right: Barbara Gun
Research Triangle Park To Be
Site Of October
State Zionites
Awaiting Meet
In Capital City
RALEIGH - With all the
districts conferences over and
delegates elected for the an
nual session of the Central
North Carolina Conference,
A.M.E. Zion Church, which
will be held at Rush Metropo
litan Church, Nov. 2-7, it is
expected that many interested
persons will be in attendance.
This being the year before
the General Conference, with
18 delegates to the quadren
nial meet to be elected, (nine
lay and nine ministerial), poli
tical lines are now being
formed. The interest is very
high due to many proposed re
forms that have been projected
for the denomination.
The delegates elected to re
present the denomination at
the vital issues that will deter
mine the future. The reforms
will have to do with an ex
(See ZIONITES page 3A)
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derson, Vice Chairman of the Council, Robert
Hampton, Chairman of the U.S. Civil Serv
ice Commission; Joseph M. Robertson, Act
ing Director, Bureau of Intergovernmental
Personnel Programs, and Mrs. Poston, Chair
man.
Mrs. Poston is the highest ranking woman
in New York State Government. She was ap
pointed President of the State Civil Service
Commission by Governor Rockefeller in 1967.
She was recently elected $s the first wo
man Vice President of the NUL.
Friday, October 15 will be
"Good Neighbor Day" at the
Research Triangle Park. The
effort, being sponsored by the
Durham Chamber of Com
merce, will begin at 10 in the
morning and end after an in
formal picnic lunch at the
Park.
"Good Neighbor Day" is
the end result of a study
made by an ad hoc com
mittee of the Chamber chaired
by Chamber president -elect
H. C. Cranford, Jr., vice presi
dent of North Carolina Blue
Cross and Blue Shield. The
Creedmoor School Bus-Truck
Accident Injures 14 Children
By JOHN MYERS
An early morning school
bus-transfer truck accident in
jured 14 children Friday morn
ing 1 at the junction of high
way 54 in Creedmoor.
The truck, driven by Ro
bert Morris Dover of Pineville,
slid through the stoplight when
Dover hit his breaks on the
rain slick highway. Dover's
truck struck the bus, driven
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committee felt that an effort
should be made by the city of
Durham to show its apprecia
tion to the Park for the great
research, industrial, and econo
mic impact the Park has had
on the area.
Plans call for four buses to
transport approximately 200
business leaders from Durham
to the Park on the morning of
the 15th. The group will be
welcomed by former Gover
nor Luther H. Hodges, Chair
man of the Board of the Re
search Triangle Foundation of
(See CHAMBER page 3A)
by Hubert Lee Lester 16, in
the side above the rear wheel,
causing the school bus to make
a complete turn in the road
and slide backwards through
the wall of Crabtree Motors
Body Shop.
Durham Ambulance Serv
ice, Durham Civil Defense Resf
Squad, and Butner Rescue
Squad answered the call at
(See ACCIDENT page 3A)
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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1971
Five New Commissioners Join
Incumbent Midgette, Plummer
J. J. Henderson, former vice
chairman of the Durham Hous
ing Authority, was chosen as
new Chairman after the in
stallation of five new board
members. This brings the Com
mission total to 7 members.
Special legislation by the
General Assembly provided the
change in membership as well
as the selection of members.
The full Durham City Council
was authorized to make the
selection instead of the Mayor.
Henderson, a vice president
and Treasurer of North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance
Co. had previously served for
19 years with the Authority.
It was emphasized by Hender
son, after his election as
Chairman, that he would need
the full support and coopera
tion of all its members. He
expressed the idea .that this
would be a team job and a
team program. The diversity of
backgrounds would afford cre
dit and expertise to the new
commission was also men
tioned by Henderson.
Other members of the new
Commission are J. David Ross,
Frank D. Nelson, Mrs. Julia H.
Lucas, Mrs. Margaret R. Davis,
and incumbents Artis Plummer
First Service to be Held at New
Fayelteville St. Edifice Sunday
W. J. Kenney, Jr., Chair
man of the Greater White
Rock Committee, a member of
the Board of Trustees at White
Rock and former president of
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company will head
a list of speakers and partici
pants in the "Going Into Our
New Church Building" celebra
tion Sunday, October 10, 1971
by the White Rock Baptist
Church of Durham. His sub
ject "The White Rock Baptist
Church Story." Mr. Kennedy
lead three five year building
fund contribution campaigns
from 1950 through 1965
During which time, the mem
bership contributed approxi
mately $100,000.00. He will
speak at the 11:00 a.m. wor
ship service.
(The Pastor will give a medi
tation on the subject, "...And
This is the Gate of Heaven."
(Genesis 28:17 v)
J. M. Schooler, Chairman
of the Facilities Committee
and member of the admin istra-
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and E. W. Midgette.
June 28, three white mem
bers of the authority, includ
ing the chairman, resigned en
masse, Ht.ing impending re
structuring of the commission
as the reason for leaving the
posts.
Resignations of Carl R. Har- A
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ris, who had b**n chairman of
the authority since his appoint
ment in 1966; W. E. Seeman
Jr., and Charlt v \. Roach were
accepted by the city council
the same night the new appoin
tees were voted into office.
Controversy has centered
(See HENDERSON page 3A)
tive staff, Durham City
Schools will give the scripture.
Mr. R. Kelly Bryant, a member
of the Board of Trustees and
secretary of North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, will be the chief mar
shall for the processional of
church officers.
Dr. Samuel D. Cook, a
member of White Rock and
Professor of Political Science,
Duke University, Durham, will
key note the twenty-two study
-encounter discussion groups.
He will speak from the sub
ject, "My Vocation and its
Duties."
C. C. Malone, Sr., a member
of the church's Board of Dea
cons and a leading Durham
businessman will present the
thanks (awards) to several per
sons.
James T. Hawkins, secretary
and member of the Board of
Trustees, will preside over
the 11:00 a.m. worship service.
Mrs. Julia Lucas is chairman
(See CHURCH page 3A)
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J C. Scarborough, Sr., Holds picture of Rennuard School of Embalming Graduating Class:
Naf'l Funeral Dr. And Morticians
Honor John C Scarborough, Sr.
Black Leaders,
Educators To
Meet in Bricks
WARRENTON - Black
educators, parents and com
munity leaders from all over
North Carolina will meet Oct.
9 at the Franklinton Center in
Bricks, for the first North
Carolina Conference on Early
Childhood Education. Spon
sored jointly by the Franklin
ton Center (formerly Bricks
College of the United Church
of Christ). The Black Child
Development Institute of
Washington, D. C., and the
Economic Development Cor
poration, with headquarters in
Warrenton, the three-day con
ference is designed to launch
an organized effort to assist
the state's Black Child Deve
lopment Centers in providing
optimum child care.
Manv of the existing child
development centers began as
community projects to meet
(See BRICKS page 3A)
School Board Merger Bond Issue
Discussed by Panel of Officials
By JOHN MYERS
The YWCA on Chapel Hill
Street was the setting of an
opposing panel discussion be
tween city officials and private
citizens Tuesday the 5, at
8 p.m., sponsoredby the Dur
ham chapter of Women-In-
Action.
The officials on the panel
were Mayor James R. Haw
kins; Dewey S. Scarboro,
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GOOD READING IN TfflS ISSUE
"STANGERS ON A BUS" By George B. ROM
DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mrs. Syminer Day*
GROOVING WITH CHI CKIE HARRIS
PREGNANCY PLANNING & HEALTH By G. Riggsbee
CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L. Kearney
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK By Jolui Myen
J. C. Scarborough, Sr., long
time businessman, founder and
builder of the Scarborough
Hargett Funeral Service of
Durham, N. C., was highly
honored at the 34th annual
meeting of the National
Funeral Directors and Morti
cians Association held recently
in St. Louis, Missouri. He was
presented with a Life Member
ship in the Association.
Scarborough was the foun
der of the State Association in
June, 1928 at the meeting held
in Wilmington, N. C. This first
annual session, known as the
Colored Undertakers and Em
balmer's Association with J. C.
Scarborough, Sr. as advisor is
now known as N. C. Funeral
Directors and Morticians Asso
ciation.
Scarborough, in the true
tradition of the frontier settler,
began his Durham Business
career in 1907, just one year
after his graduation from the
Renouard School of Embalm
ing. His first venture in the
funeral service business at the
managerial and ownership level
was in 1888, when Joseph C.
Hargett, a successful merchant
of Kinston, N. C. provided the
necessary capital. Scarborough
Chairman, Durham County
Board of Commissioners; Dr.
Theodore R. Speigner, Chair
man, Durham City School
Board; and Fred McNeill, Vice
Chairman, Durham County
School Board.
Members of the citizens
panel were Mrs. Margaret
Keller, a representative of the
League of Women Votec?,
(See PANEL page 3A)
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married Hargett's daughter.
This union produced a son,
J. C. Scarborough, Jr. and a
daughter, Mrs. Ernestine By
num.
During his sixty odd years
of service, he has served as
director of Mechanics and Far
mer's Bank since its organiza
tion and is still serving. He has
been a director of the Banker's
Fire Insurance Company and
President of the Southern Fi
delity Mutual Insurance Com
pany since its organization.
The extent of Scarborough's
wisdom and business sagacity
on the phenomenal success of
Durham's many business insti
tSee SCARBOROUGH page 2A
Urban League
Pushes Health
Project in South
ATLANTA, G*. - Mrs.
Ruth Akins, Natipnal Urban
League Associate Director for
Health, visited Atlanta Septem
ber 29-30 to confer with staff
of the League's Southern Re
gional Office concerning a new
federally -funded program
aimed at improving health serv
ices available to poor and
minority people throughout
the nation.
Entitled "Enrichment of
Community Health Programs,"
the project is designed to aid
communities experiencing pro
blems in implementing already
approved U. S. Department of
Health, Education, and Wel
fare (HEW) financed compre
hensive health services pro
grams. It is anticipated that the
project will ultimately serve
twQ to three communities,
(See PUSHES page 3A)
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