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Durham School Bond, Merger Defeated
Black Voters
Pleased Over
Election Result
BY JAMES VAUGHAN
A majority of black voters
were pleased this week over
the impressive defeat of both
proposals for a merger of city
and county schools and a
$17.5 million bond issue. A
representative number of
blacks visited the polls to add
to voting returns statistics of
4,698 in favor of merger, and
14,710 against; 5,397 in favor
of the bond issue, and 14,068
against.
Minority opposition to both
issues was spurred mainly by
the efforts of the Durham
Committee on Negro Affairs
(DCNA) headed by John
Wheeler. Wheeler had stated
that the committee was sus
picious of an inequity to blacks
in the proposed distribution
of funds to result from the
issues. In addition, the DCNA
reflected an attitude of the
minority community as a
whole that the exclusion of
blacks in the planning stages
'ahd the withholding of infor
mation promoted distrust of
the promoters of the issues.
J. J. Henderson, executive
(see VOTERS page 10A)
Mrs. Knox City's
First Black
Dent'l Hygienist
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MRS. KNOX
By JAMES VAUGHAN
Mrs. Anita H. Knox, native
of Washington, D. C. and a
recent resident of Durham pro
vided the area with its first
black Woman Dental Hygienist.
Mrs. Knox, the wife of Dr.
Charles D. Knox of Durham,
moved to the area from the
nation's capitol in August of
this year to form the trio of
Dr. Knox, Dr. T. B. Baas and
herself.
Practice for the trio has
been established at 1212
Fayetteville St.
Mrs. Knox brings with her
seven years of experience as a
Dental Hygienist. She served
for the past three years with
the U. S. Department of Pub
lic Health, now known as the
Department of Human Re
sources, Washington, D. C.
Prior experience included em
ployment in the private offices
of Dr. Theodore Shell, Dr.
Howard Davis, all of Washing
ton, D. C.
Mrs. Knox attended Howard
University College of Dentistry
between the years of 1962-64.
During this time she worked
part-time as a dental assistant
(See DENTAL page 2A)
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VOLUME 50 No. 45
11/ li/ Church Opens
91 st A nnual
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BOY'S CLUB GETS GlFT—Left to right are
Lee Smith, Director of John Avery Boy'a
Club, Mrs. R. E. Stewart and Mrs. Ellis D.
Durham Chapter Jack And Jill
Contributes To J
NCCU to Observe Founder's Day
North Carolina Central Uni
versity will observe its annual
Founder's Day, Friday, No
vember 5, in commemoration
of the late Dr. James E.
Shepard, who founded the in- 1
stitution in 1910 and con
tinued & its president until
1947.
The speaker for the occa
sion will be the Rev. Jessee
Jackson, director of the Chi
cago-based Operation Bread
basket of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference.
Jackson, a graduate of North
Carolina A&T University and a
(See NCCU page 2A)
Dr. Ray Thompson Honored By Youth
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The United Presbyterian
Youth of Covenant United
Presbyterian Church, USA, ob
served Youth Sunday and hon
ored Dr. Ray Thompson for his
guidance to the Youth of the
church.
The service was led l by Va
nessa Cooke and the following
youth spoke: William Amey,
111, on "Youth in Today's So
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1971
Jones, Jr., 00-Chairman of Durham Chapter
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Fund Raising
Benefit Drive.
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ciety; "Eddie Saddler on "Youth
As a Part of the Public" and
Phyllis Harrington on "Black
Youth." Byron Smith assisted
in the worship and the Youth
Choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Ruth Bailey, rendered
the music.
A plaque was presented to
Dr. Thompson by Larry Hin
ton in appreciation of the in
UNITED DURHAM, INC. WONDERS
The Durham Chapter of
Jack and Jill of America Fund
Raising Co-Chairmen presents
a check to Lee Smith, Director
of John Avery Boys Club for
support of their program. The
proceeds from such activities
of Durham Chapter, which in
cludes Thrift Sales and Village
Theatre Benefit are shared by
local charities as well as in sup
port of its National Founda
tion. The Foundation sponsors
as its National Project a pro
gram for under achieving mi
nority males. Included as
members to attend the pro
gram held at Howard Univer
sity were two young students
from Githens and Jordan High
(See BOY'S page 2A)
terest shown through the years
and the spiritual guidance giv
en the Youth of the church.
Mrs. Gladys Faucette and
James Harrington are advisors
of the Youth at Covenant.
In the picture, left to right
are: Laity Hinton, Dr. Thomp
son, David Kearns and Daisette
Ford.
PRICE: 20 CENTS
Raleigh's Rush
Metropolitan
Church is Site
RALEIGH The 91st an
nual session of the Central
North Carolina Conference,
African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church, with the Rev.
W. A. Stewart presiding, open
ed at Rush Metropolitan
A.MJS. Zion Church, Wednes
day, 10:00, Rev. T. H. Harris
pastor.
The conference is composed
of five presiding elder districts,
with the following designations;
Raleigh, Rev. E. H. Bebee;
(See CHURCH page 10A)
Miss Mary Mebane
To Read Paper At .
Language Conclave
Miss Mary E. Mebane will
read a paper at the annual
meeting of the South Atlantic
Modern Language Association,
which will meet in Atlanta,
Georgia November 5-7, 1971.
The title of her paper is "Role
Playing in Ellison's Invisible
Man."
Miss Mebane, daughter of
Mrs. Carrie Mebane of 4520
Denfield Street, is a graduate
of Merrick-Moore High School.
(See PAPER page 2A )
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Plans For Durham's
Palsy Grid Classk
Sowers Keynoter for Durham
Industry Appreciation Week
By JOHN MYERS
Roy Sowers, Jr., Secretary
of Natural and Economic Re
sources was guest speaker at a
luncheon at the Durham hotel
today in honor of Durham In
dustry Appreciation Week.
Sowers emphasized the
changes of present North Caro
lina: He stated: "We are today
a bustling, industrial State.
Many of the corporate giants
of America have offices and
facilities in our State: Du Pont,
General Electric, Western Elec
tric, Kelly-Springfield, Bur
roughs-Wellcome, and others.
"We are the home for such
outstanding corporations as
American Tobacco, the R. J.
Reynolds Conglomerate, and
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UNUSUAL HOBBY—Many people paint, col
lect stamps or pursue a variety of hobbies
familiar to most of us. But Billy Bruce of
209 E. Geer* Street in Durham has chosen
as his hobby collecting four, five and six
Ed. Stewart Lists
Myths About The
Gastro Attack Downs Eagles'
Coach at Homecoming Grid Tilt
BY JAMES VAUGHAN
"I feel fine now," said
North Carolina Central Uni
versity Coach George Quiett.
He was speaking to hundreds
of Eagle supporters who wit
nessed a victorious homecom
ing game against South Caro
lina State but also shared the
alarm of seeing Coach Quiett
being sped away minute 6 be
fore the half-time in an ambu
lance.
"It was a gastro attapk
which gripped me in the lower
abdomen," he said. Physicians
on the field who attended
Quiett felt that he should be
taken to Duke hospital for
further observation. Examiners
at Duke ruled the attack not
serious but cautioned Quiett
not to return to the game.
"A lot of it may have been
due to the tension I was under.
The situation is just as tense
when you are winning as when
you are loosing," he said.
The coach said also that he
had suffered the same kind of
attack previously in 1961 while
coaching at Saint Augustine's
College. "Ironically, it was dur
Burlington Industries."
Sowers stated North Caro
lina has combined the best of
two worlds: "We still have
open fields and green forests.
We still retain idyllic mountain
scenes and some of the best
trout fishing in all America.
"The North Carolina of
today, in many respects, com
bines the best of two worlds.
The challenge for us is to keep
the best of those two worlds,
and to prevent the worst of
those two environments."
Sowers' reasons for N. C.'s
progress was industry: "Indus
trial development in our State
has been pursued mainly to
provide job opportunities for
our people.
(See INDUSTRY page 10)
leaf clovers that he is able to find in Dur
ham. Bruce, who displays the clover leaves
pasted on calendars, has picked 97 four-left
clovers in the past two months.
(See story, Writers Forum)
ing a homecoming game filled
with tensions the same way it
was at our game," Quiett said.
Quiett especially wanted to
express thanks to the many
concerned friends and sup
porters who called and in
quired about his well being.
"So many have been concern
ed," he said.
Quiett's prime concern at
present was the condition of
his team which is heavily pla
gued with injuries. According
(See QUIETT page 10A)
COACH QiXBTT
By JOHN MYERS
Thursday 28 at a press
luncheon for newsmen, fresh
men football coaches and
players at the Durham Hotel
plans for the 1971 annual Dur
ham Exchange Club and Cere
bral Palsy Football Classic were
announced.
The yearly event pits the
freshmen football team of the
University of North Carolina
against the freshmen team of
Duke University.
Frank Creel a major director
of the event, remarked on his
| pleasure at the game being held
l at night this year. In the past it
was played in the afternoon,
therefore, limiting the number
of people attending. Previous at
tendance averaged 1,500-2,000.
This years prediction is for up
to 10,000.
The game will be held in
Durham County Stadium, No
vember 13, at 7:30 p.m. Creel
also announced half-time fire
(See CIASSIC page 10A)
Many Claim Store's
Location Is Out the
Way For Shoppers
By JAMES VAUGHAN
"For a while the question
was whether the first low-in
come community owned and
operated supermaiket -would
be a "lettdown" to the blacK
community; now the question
is whether the black communi
ty is letting down the super
market," questioned R. Ed
ward Stewart, executive vice
president of United Durham,
Inc. (UDI) at a press session
this week.
Recently reported data ga
thered on the supermarket sup
ported the validity of the 'ques
tion: An estimated 35,000
black population spends ap
proximately $200,000 per
week, however, the largest
black owned and operated
supermarket (UDI) receives
only $5,500 per week; accord
ing to UDI officials, 22 per
cent of the intake comes from
whites.
"These figures to me mean
that less than one-half of one
per cent of the Durham black
population patronizes UDI,"
Stewart said.
(See UDI page 10A)
Selma Church
Plans Sunday
Celebration
SELMA Local citizens
and persons from other sec
tions of the state will hold a
special service at Barnes' Cha
pel A.M.E. Zion Church, 11:00
a.m. Sunday, in memory of
the late Edgar Daniel Barnea,
founder of the church.
It will mark the feurth an
niversary of his death. It was
his deep devotion to the te
nets of the A.M.E. Zion
Church that motivated him to
organize a group of local
citizens, in 1909, into a con
gregation and have the late
Bishop i. W. Hood admit tt
into the Central North Caro
lina Conference. The church
became the head of the Selma
Circuit, which was composed
of two other churches, at one
Lucama and the other at
Avery's Grove. He moved to
Durham in 1924 and waa one
of the founders of Kykse
Temple A.M.E. Zion Church.
W. Mance Gilliam, retired
(See SELMA page 10A)