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3M&F Bank Makes 64th Annual Report Bank Witnesses Gain of Over $lO Million KF WHEELER By JAMES VAUGHAN The 64th Annual report of the Mechanics and Farmer* Bank Inc., revealed a percent age growth outranking the na tion's top 300 banks causing the largest growth in earnings since it opened for business August 1, 1908. The 45.52 percent growth brought a total of deposits to more than $34 million for the year ending December 31, 1971. More than 100 shareholders attended the report with 90,000 shares of the total 116,000 shares being repre sented either in person or by proxy vote. Bank president John H. Wheeler and chair man of the board, W. J. Kennedy, Jr. presided over the session this week. According to the president's report, the bank witnessed a gain of more than $lO million during the year. "The unusual gain in depo sits during 1971 can be attri buted to a number of facton, most important of which was the effort put forth by officers, directors and employees to secure new accounts for the bank. We were also beneficiar ies to the nationwide effort initiated jointly by Capital Formation, Inc. and the Na tional Bankers Association to secure new acounts from (See BANK page 2A) Durham Business And Professional Chain Plans A Membership Drive During the week of March 19 members and prospective members of the Durham Busi ness & Professional Chain can expect to receive membership applications for renewing pre sent memberships or becoming new members. The member ship goal for the year is 500, which will be a substantial in crease over the past year. A new membership application has been designed in the form of a brochure, which will eli minate the use of an envelope for mailing. The Durham Busi ness League, which was or ganized in 1938 with objec tives similar to those of the National Business League but with efforts directed toward local minority business deve lopment. Any one who joins the Chain also becomes a member of the National Busi ness League, which has played an active role in minority busi ness development throughout the nation since 1900. Its members consists of business (See CHAIN page 2A) 11l MRS. HORTON BLACK CAUCUS A SUCCESS! €fo €ar#jp_ VOLUME 51 No. 12 Woman Of Picked By Balloting K . - Jjfl 1 HI "~r HP* AUTOGRAPH SESSION—Author Chester Klines signs hla autograph for a NCCU coed during his recent visit to the Durham institution. During a brief Interview following the autograph session, Himes said he believes the violence of his eight mystery novels featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones acturately portrays the temper of black America today. Annual Talent Hunt Contest A Success For Omega Psi Phi Frat. Frenchee Wiggins, a senior at Durham's Hillside High School, won first place honors in the Omega Psi Phi Frater nity's Annual Talent Hunt Contest sponsored recently and held at the Hillside High School. The local youngster tender ed a beautiful rendition of Handel's "Comfort Ye and Every Valley Shall Be Exalted • from the Messiah" and topped some fourteen other very ta lented high school youths from Durham High and Hillsbo rough's Orange High School to capture the award and the right to represent the local Tau Psi Chapter in a District Contest slated to be held in History Prof Still Uptight, But Now Has Time To Relax North Carolina Central Uni versity history instructor Her man C. Manning has time to re lax now, but he's still "up tight" and can't quite realize that he's finally through with his third degree from the uni versity. Manning got official con firmation this week that he has completed requirements for the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the NCCU School of Law. There wasn't any doubt in his mind - he's al ready earned the B. A. and M. (See PROF page 2A) DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1972 Wilmington, N. C., in mid April. The winner at Wilming ton will then advance to the National finals and a chance to win an all-expense paid scho larship to the college of his choice. Miss Bonita M. Davis of Orange High School, Hillsbo (See TALENT page 2A) I i 1 OMEGA TALENT HUNT WINNERS —Shown above arc the winners of the Annual Music Talent Hunt Contest sponsored by the Beta Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. held recently at Hillside High School in Durham. Front row, left to right: Attorney William Mrs. Annie G. Rogers Recipient Of Highest Number of Votes Members of the Durham black community recently, quietly, and almost unassum ingly, conducted a major event honoring a chosen woman of outstanding contributions. The Greyhound Corpora tion and The Carolina Times so-sponsored the Woman of the Year awards luncheon last week at the Holiday Inn in Durham, with Joe Black, form er professional baseball player and a member of the Grey hound Corporation, and J. El wood Carter, Advertising Ma nager, The Carolina Times. Mrs. Annie G. Rogers, 1311 Fargo St. was elected the winner of the contest for Woman of the Year, and Mrs. Ethel H, Marshall, 613 Dun bar St. was voted second runner-up. First runner-up was Mrs. Annie Filmore, 1303 South Alston Ave. An estimated 75 ladies of the Durham community at 110 No. Carolinians Attend First Nat'l Black Convention in Gary "ln my 38 years, I have never witnessed a more memoriable event, attended by black people," exclaimed A. J. H. Clement, 111, vice-chair man of the North Carolina CLIMINT A. Marsh, Basileus of the chapter, who pre sented the awards; Frenchee Wiggins of Hill side High School first place winner; Susan Nelson of Durham High School, second place winner; Bonita M. Davis of Orange High School, Hillsborough, third place; and Clar ence Ellis, Chairman of the Talent Hunt Contest. PRICE: 20 CENTO tended the event. In addition, several members of The Caro lina staff and members of the Greyhound local, regional and district offices were present. Black delivered to the ladies a message calling for action from the majority "heads of families in the black com munity." According to him "it is the black woman who also controls % of the black family budgets." "If you want to get a job done, contact the ladies," he said. ' The Greyhound spokesman said to the group, the major purpose of the contest and luncheon was to show that Greyhound is a good neighbor company. A company with the problems which confront the community". The contest was conducted by The Carolina Times. Entry (See LUNCHEON 3A) Democratic Party and head of the North Carolina Black Cau- He was among more than 110 North Carolineans who attended the first National Black Caucus to be held in this country. Blacks from cities and states across the country gathered at Gary, Indiana to plan a black agenda for the 1972 elections. Between 5-7,000 blacks, re presenting organizations rang ing from the NAACP to the Black Panther Party attended the three-day session which ended Sunday night, March 12. Despite reports of mass con fusion and disorderliness, at tendants at the convention stated that: "It was a success ful affair being fully repre sentative and hard pressed to (See CAUCUS page 2A) Lml jm h M ff| i IL i vI I PrW umk I iL#k. . - I Mtgi m m jflgf mm 4R 4| Rm "fci• - / : **" jpKa kjff K^v^SA^sppijlH MOTHMt Of THI YEAR AND RUNNM-UP —Joe Black, former Brooklyn Dodge pitching great, now Marketing Specialist for Grey hound ia shown here with Mrs.-Ethel Mar low-Income Health Committee Protest HEW Meeting In Raleigh By JOHN MYERS The Low-Income Health Committee of Durham led by its Chairman, Mrs. Inez Gooch walked out of a meeting of HEW representatives and the Medical Care Commission in Raleigh Tuesday, March 14, in protest of what Mrs. Gooch called "a closed-door meeting." The meeting scheduled was to discuss problems and directions for the new county hospital presently under plans for con struction in Durham. The meeting was arranged N.C Central Sorority Sponsor A Sickle Cell Clinic On Campus North Carolina Central Uni versity's Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will sponsor a sickle cell screening clinic from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in the university's biology building. Miss Sylvia Foster, basileus of the NCCU chapter, an nounced plans for members of the Student National Medical Association from Duke Univer sity to conduct the clinic, which will focus on screening students and employees of the university. A separate clinic will be conducted on Saturday at Lin coln Medical Center. Chairman of the AKA com mittee leading efforts against sickle cell disease is Miss Shir ley Hawkins. Members of the committee are Miss Gwendolyn See SICKLE page 7 A Conference for Black Candidates To Convene in Raleigh, April 8 The Durham-based North Carolina Voter Education Pro ject (VEP) announced that it will sponsor a conference for Black candidates. The confer ence will be held on Saturday, April 8, in Raleigh. The state's VEP director, John Edwards, said that many candidates had contacted the state office about the election laws pertaining to their cam paigns and the voting proce dures on election day. The purpose of the conference is to answer these and other ques tions that Black candidates in shall, first runner-up daft); and Mrs. Anal* G. Rogers (right), "Mother of the Yew" chosen by receiving the highest number of votes in the Times-Greyhound event by I. 0. Wilkerson, Acting Executive Secretary of the N. C. Medical Care Commission and was to begin at 2 p.m. in the Commission's board room. Shortly before 2 p.m. a Com mission secretary reported that the group from Durham was arriving in the parking lot. Mrs. Gooch and several of her committee members were waiting for the remainder of her group to arrive when it was announced that the meeting had begun. Mrs. Gooch and a small portion of her delegation entered the board room and . C. P. Jones Announces Formation Of New Arthritis Association CHAPEL HILL - The formation of a new national voluntary health agency, the American Arthritis Associa tion, was today announced by Clifton P. Jones of Chapel Hill. The new association has no connection with The Arthritis Foundation of New York or it's Durham based North Caro lina Chapter. The official Arti cles of Incorporation of the new agency were today filed with Secretary of State Thad Eure in Raleigh. Jones stated that the new agency was organized to serve the presently unmet needs of North Carolina may have Edwards said that Black candidates who are interested in attending the conference should contact his office (107 l /j East Parrish Street, Durham, N. C.). Candidates are urged to have two of their campaign workers attend the conference. Topics to be covered at the conference will include cam paign financing and reporting, who appoints poll watchers and what are their duties, the job of poll workers and elee (Sec CANDIDATES page 2A) took arranged seating. When the meeting again resumed, Mrs. Gooch stood and asked Wllkerson for the purpose of the meeting. Wilkerson replied that it was to discuss corre spondance received at both HEW headquarters in Atlanta and the Medical Care Commis sion's headquarters in Raleigh. Mrs. Gooch then announced that her committee had asked HEW to send a representative to Durham to evaluate the pro blems and that HEW had agreed. She said her committee (See PROTEST page 2A) arthritis victims and because the New York based Arthritis Foundation has "abdicated its responsibility and acted ad verse to the public interest and the needs of arthritis victims." He stated that the Durham based North Carolina Chapter led by Dr. Jesse E. Roberts, Jr. of Duke University was "in clear, open, and direct viola tion of its Charter of Incor poration and devoid of any right to ask for the confidence and support of the people of North Carolina." Jones is a member of the board of direc tors of the Durham baaed group. He stated that he re mained a member of this board only to speak in protest against the present "de facto" leader ship and their methods and activities. Jones stated that the new agency would immediately seek a license to solicit funds in North Carolina from the Department of Social Services. All presently affiliated chapters of The Arthritis Foundation are being invited to sever their tie 6 with the New York Organi zation and affiliate with the new American Arthritis As sociation. Members of the board of directors of the new agency are Jones, Mrs. B. C. Urquhart, Dr. Curtis Harper, HiUkrd CaldwtU, and Joseph Polot zola aU of Chapel HiU.
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