Baha'is Appeal To Khomeini to End A trod ties
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In an open letter to the
f AyatoIIah Khomeini,
Prime Minister Mir Hu
sayn Musavi, and
; Supreme Court Presi--'
dent AyatoIIah Musavi
' Ardibili, the American
Baha'i community made
an urgent appeal last:
i week for an end to the
- summary arrests and ex-
- ecutions - of ,- their .
beleagured . , co-'
c religionists in Iran, ac
; cording to Paul Dunn,
chairman : of the
-Assembly of the Baha'is -.
of Durham. -
TYv appeal comes oni nian : authprities is as :
the heals - of reliable follows: 'IT '
reports that fifteen- "Tte.Mwl ccm
Baha'is, including eight mumty of the United
national leaders, were States has received with
executed during a recenti dismay and gner the.
ninety period. This br-l shocking news of the re
ings to 111 the number, cent executions of eight
of local and national members of the National
Baha'i leaders who havei Spintual Assembly of
been executed or have the Baha'is of Iran and
disappeared over the last ihe s mcmb" of
two years in cities sPnt,'?al eumb,Jf ..
throughout Iran. . : of the Baha'is of Tehran,
Thf tvf. nr thi Iranian oiuuaii hvc
nocent of any wrongdo-!
ing. We join the Baha 15
of the entire world in ap-
pealing to you not to
allow grave injustice to:
continue against ;
peaceful and gentle com-1
munity and pray that the
one God whom we all
acknowledge may guide
your steps. ,
A similar message was.
sent to these same Ira
nian, officials by the
Baha'i International!
Community v at the: of Iran'
United Nations and by r Muslim clergy, who
national Baha'i govern- regard the new religion,
Zr .iT-i "7k. rn.,nAT women, anu me necessi
beheve that the founder y of aimMag a worlJ
Wig wxues tnrougnout as; nwwj. V""V! women, and the necessi
me worm. , . '
r Since its inception in
; Iran 137 years ago, the
Baha'i religion has
aroused
of their ' religion.
government ; for the
Baha'u'Uah is teffi of a lasting
recent Droohet of Stoa.r k. vj..j .l
the oppositioa 'His leadings abou tthe vU)cnt opposition of th
,'s fundamentalist: common foundation of.: flinjamfalist .i.-..
the world's re Ugions, he , j" -" "! "7
oneness of all races, the.- -
message sent by the
United States Baha'i Na
tional Assembly to Ira-j
already' acknowledged .
the martyrdom of close,
to one 7 hundred 7; in
dividuals. Fourteen
others, who have been
abducted over a year
ago.' have probably:
shared the same fate.
Hundreds have been im-
Mrs. Mollie Huston Lee Dies
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New Hopo Union Meeting
Set For January 30-31 r
Bargain Basement Se'.a zt Mt. Gilsad 1
The United Front for Brotherhood of Mount
Gilead Baptist Church; 404 Dowd St., will sponsor
country on charges for
which no substantive
evidence has ever been
presented, charges that
we emphatically and
categorically deny.
4 'Since our Iranian co-
religionists are denied all
,-! opportunity publicly to
AT i).foMl t- AMr aTiiac cinl tf
, Variety Program at First Calvary ' prove their innocence,
A , Variety Program will the benef.ts for Shaw ' 55S
University, will be held at First Calvary Baptist
r.v -kww r J
a Brotnernooa Bargain uasemem aaic, rnuyr fo
February 5 at 5 p.m. .-..',. . 1
Installment Service at Oak Grove :
Installment Services will be held at Oak Grove
Free Will Baptist Church, 801 Colfax St., Sunday
January 31 at 5 p.m. Rev, Lafayette Maxwell will
speak. - ' ' 1 '
Rev. Z. D.. Harris is the pastor ot uaic orove
Church, 131 1 Morehead Ave., Sunday, January 31
. at 4 p.m. by the Young Adults. , ,
i The Young Adults have pledged to raise $5,000
for Shaw University. Several Projects have been
planned to aid in reaching their goal.
' Shaw Day will be Sunday, February 14.
' Mrs. Mary G. Rice is chairman of Shaw pay ac
'tivities. Ms Loviney and Ms. Gretchen Reddrick
arc co-chairman of the Variety Program.
First Interdenominational Fellowship
Hour'
The Walltown Community Churches will have its
First Interdenominational Fellowship Hour of. Ser
vices at Mount Olive AME Zion Church, 1515 West inalienable right publicly
Club Blvd., bunday, January ii at p.m.' Kev, c. . t0 defend themselves
R. Mitchell, pastor, Northside Baptist cnurcn win
speak, '
behalf requesting that
you instruct the relevant
authorities:
, I. Immediately to stop
summary arrests and ex
ecutions, , 2. To produce and
publish documents on
the . basis . of which t
Baha'is have been con
victed as alleged spies,
r 3. To grant to Baha'is
as law-abiding citizens
and as a community their
' News of Bible Way
The Bible Way Spirituals will sing for the Morn
ing Worship, Sunday, January 31. , -
Bible Way will holds its Annual Unity Sunday
meeting, Sunday, January 31 at the temple, 2807
Dark Circle. Guests will be Elder Willie Lanier,
District Elder Kent McDonald, the Miracle Temple
CH.oirs of Fuquay and Gospel Spirituals of Creed
moor. Dinner will be served in the Fellowship Hall.
against malicious accusa
tions and false charges.
"The Iranian Baha'is
have always been loyal
citizens of their country.
They have the deepest
reverence for the spirit of
Islam and are entirely in-
;Mrs. Mollie Huston
Lee of 130 Nelson Street
Durham died Wednes
day at her home. ,
Prior to her retire?"
ment, Mrs.. Lee was for
many years librarian at
the Richard B. Harrison
Library in Raleigh, and
was considered to have
been a pioneer , in the art
of bringing books, infor
mation, and an oppress-
ed people together. As a
student at Howard
University r in
Washington, she worked
as a student library assist ,
tant under the superivi:'
sion : of Edward
Christopher Williams, a
pioneer Negro librarian.
:J Mrs. Lee was the first
Afro-American to
receive a scholarship to
study at the School of
Library Service, Colum
bia University. t
From 1930 to. 1935,
she was a librarian at
Shaw University in
Raleigh.
At a time when no
public library facilities or
services were available to;
Negroes in Raleigh, Mrs.
Lee and a group of
citizens established it a
library for blacks the
Richard B. Harrison
Library.
The late W.E.B
DuBois,
I!
7i
CD
7 O
SiSSnStSZ - Association (BapUst) will be held at the Mount
- of thearo v.'w0A-Sin Btlit.a.J.i
. Education decision when
, MRS. LEE
loomed In importancen
met the librarian (Mrs.
Lee at a conference in
Atlanta in 1940., - She
talked of her library as
though it was a living en
tity of vast importance.
At my first sight of it I
saw that it was not just a
place to store books, but
a mart to display them
attractively 'and alluring
ly. The hrtnks tnn. wrf
new and recent and not- Supreme Court decision,
as in the Necro library at election procedures
black. ' , librarians were
finally admitted into the
North Carolina Library
" Association. . .
Funeral services will
be conducted by. Father
Calvin Griffin from.
Saint Titus Episcopal
A Church, Durham, Friday
'at 12 noon. The family
rwill receive friends at
. Scarborough and
Hargett Memorial ,
"Chapel Thursday even
- ing, 7-8 p.m:, following
the Delta Sigma Theta
I Sorority final service at
r 6:30 p.m.
Mrs. Lee is survived
by one son, James
Sumner Lee, Jr., of
. Henderson and two
grandsons.
Interment will be in
Beech wood Cemetery.. 1
Statoviido
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The theme for discussion on Saturday will be
"What Baptists Believe and Why". ' ; '
On Sunday at 1 1 a.m the Annual Sermon will be
preached by the president, the Rev. J.T. Foster, Jr.
The Rev. A.Ti Ulston is the host pastor.
.... The Family of Mrs. Daisy Hunter wishes to
V thank all organizations, church auxiliaries and '
friends for the prayers, flowers, food, cards,
telegrams, visits, choirs and the services
k rendered during the death of their ioved one.
Every kind expression of sympathy was ,
; deeply appelated. May God keep you in the
center of His wUL
i
Atlanta. . , largely the
castoff leavings of the
white library: So for a
pittance she had worked
ten years and more to
renowned .build in a Southern city a,
Negro sociologist and
author, said of the Har
rison Library: ,
"I had known of this
I ittle ljbrary for c several "
years. Twice I had visited
it briefly. But this time it
place where black folk '
can be led to the world's
literature and made to
like it and even yearn for
more - ' . . :
In 1934, she founded
the North Carolina
such as redrawing of
election jurisdictions . or
requirements of voter
registration can only
be ruled illegal if they are
shown to Intentionally be'
discriminatory. Proving
the , "intentions" of
lawmakers or .election
officials is virtually im
possible, said G.K. But-'
terficld of the N.C.
Association of Black ,
' Lawyers. What matters,
say the groups, is the
! results or effect of
various rules which pre
vent blacks from achiev
ing a fair representation
in the governmental
councils that make laws
affecting their lives.
Individuals who want
to support the Act were
encouraged to contact
their local
NAACP,
League .
voters
leaders.
chapters of
AFL-CIO,
Women
church ,
of
or.
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Durham, who died Friday,
January 22 at .Cumberland
Hospital.. Brooklyn. 'JI.X&
were' held Thursday,.
January 28 af Chapel of
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Home, Brooklyn. Burial
was in i Forest Lawns
Memorial Gardens, Wood
bridge, N.J.
. She attended the Danville
Va. public schools and St.
Augustine's College. She
graduated from North
Carolina Central University.
Surviving are two sons,
Lee A. Davis of Deep Park.
Long Island. N Y. and Har
rison W. Davis of Brooklyn,
N.Y.; three grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren.
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Funeral services for Mrs,
Maude Blanche Harris, of
909 Onslow, St.. who died
Tuesday, January 26 at
Hillhaven Rose Manor, will
be held Saturday. January
30. at 12 noon at White
Rock Baptist Church by
Rev, Lorenzo A. Lynch.
Burial willjtt in Beechwood
, Cemetery,-
Surviving are her hus
band, Levi Harris: one son.
Levi Harris Jr of Mt. Ver
non. NY; two daughters.
Mrs. Mary H. Williams of
Washington. DC and Mrs.
Juanita H. Dawson i of
Teaneck N.J.; two sisters,
Mrsr Hattre Scott'Snd lWrs!
Gertrude1'1 Sneed;vne
brother, John Lunsford of
New Yprk City: 11 grand
children: 4 great
grandchildren. '
The family will receive
friends Friday, January 29
from 7 to 9.p.m. at Fisher
Funeral Parlor.
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Funeral services for Mrs.
Anna Bradsher of 1208 N.
Hyde Park Ave.', who died
Sunday. January 24 at
Duke Medical Center, were
held Wednesday, . January
27 at Greater St Paul Bap
tist Church, by Dr. W. Ts
Bigelow. Burial ' was in
Chestnut Grove ' Baptist
Church Cemetery.
Surviving are .her: hus-
, band, George Bradsher Jr.;
three sons. George Brad
sher III of Chicago- III..
Sylvester Bradsher ' and
Lmdsey Bradsher; one
daughter. Mrs." Delilah
Blake: one brother, Eddie
Mitchell of Blanche:- two
grandchildren : - one great-
. grand. ' - ; ;
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Funeral services for Isiah
Staten of 807 S.JJuke St.,
wled'thifrsdayi
January 21 at the Veterans
Administration Hospital,
were held Wednesday,
January 27 at Scarborough
& Hargett Memorial Chapel .
by Dr. Grady D. Davis,
Burial was in Glennview
Memorial Park.
Surviving are two
brothers. Sam Staten of
Elberta. Ga. and Sylvester
Staten of Hempstead, N.
Y.; one sister. Mrs. Camilla
Willis of Knoxville. Tenn.;
one grandchild. : , ,
Courtesy of Scarborough
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B0YSTER
Funeral services tor
James 0, Royster of
Cleveland. Ohio, who died
Sunday. January 24 in
Cleveland, will be held
Saturday. January 30 in
Cleveland.
Surviving are his wife.
Mrs. Hattie Royster; one
son. Reginald Royster; two
daughters.. Mrs tSale
Cooper and Miss Sherri
Huckable; his mother. Mrs.
-Brodie E. Royster of Kan
' napolis: four brothers.
George T. ' Royster of
Durham. William B. Royster
. of Kannapolis. John F.
Royster of Baltimore, Md.
and Lacey Royster of Ohio?
,' one grandchild. '
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porated. HARRIS
Funeral services for Mrs.
Margaret Harris of 315 E.
Alston Ave., who died
Tuesday January 26 at
Durham County General
Hospital, will be held Fri
day, January 29 at St.
Mark1 AME Zion Church by
Rev. Howard E. Haggler.
Burial will be in Beechwood
Cemetery,
Surviving are one son,
Oliver Bernard Harris; two
sisters. Ms. Gladys R. Dix
on and Ms: Sarah R. Dixon;
one brother, Julius Ross;
one grandchild.
Arrangements were by
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Funeral services for
Theodore Roosevelt McCoy
of 715 Grant St., who died
Sunday. January 24 at
Durham County General
Hospital, will be held Fri
day. January 29 at St.
Mark AME Zion Church by
Rev. Howard E. Haggler.
Burial will be in Beechwood
Cemetery.
He was a native of
Harnett County. He worked
at Railway Express for 45
years before retiring. He
was a member of St. Mark
AME Zion Church.
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Mrs. Anna H, McCoy; three
daughters, Mrs. Anna M.
Thibodeaux of Brooklyn,
N.Y.. . Mrs. Dorothy M.v
Steward of Nyack, N. Y.
and Mrs. Ernestine M.
Jones of Chapel Hill; one
son, Theodore R. McCoy
Jr. of Nyack. N.Y.: 10
grandchildren; ? six great
grandchildren. Courtesy of Scarborough
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