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2 THE CAHSILIIWAIf V'F.KK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY !6 r 1959 Bishop Wright, Rev. Clarke To St. Augustine’s ‘Finals’ BISHOP WRIGHT RF.Y. CLARK LIGON NAMES MISS STEVENS COUNCIL HEAL) (COMiNUtn F'IU.M FA* F !) r i « ilirign”' s to help has con* into '*d uieatly to her succes;- Sh. is vice-president of the s udent Council this year. Some other of her arcomniish mrrts this year include win ning a (rip to the U. N. on ar> rsr'.av she «roe and being a member of the first place group in the science exhibit. She is a member of the cheer ing squad Irench Club, New Hon’'makers of America and the l . S. History Club. Betty i? a member of the St. Paul AME Church and us inter acted in a career in law or psy chology. The campaign efforts of the of fice teekers at Lnon g;r imo h gh gear last week at the convention held in the ;.ua.Loi iuni ». i nag i hearers and all the works All that; week speeches of promise were made by the nominees. Signs were plastered all over the school to really provide the atmosphere to stimulate student! pa. ..ieioation in the election Three nominees were in the running for each office. The nominees were selected from names submitted by the home ;ooms. Names commg up must, rer.'ive tne nomination. The candidates were formally confirmed it the convention. 3fi:s Anzella King, nutging •rCrr ary. introduced the can didates and cave their quali fications. 'f he enthused sup porters with their flags and placards waving for their par ticular candidate save further indication of the sincerity of the students. Great response was brought by the candidates by their "catchy” slogans and campaign speeches. Congratulatory remarks were THE CAROLINIAN “C ivenrtg th* C arolina*' Publisher b; the Carolinian Publishing Company SIR Past Martin street Raleigh. N. C. (E-'i’ertd *s Second Cias.- Matter Apnl 6 I WO. a s the Port Ofbc* in lU.s.srs- North CjrMi.o*. under the Act oi March. 18T9) SUBSCRIPTION RATES: St* Months .. .. BTS ®n» Veer ■ Pa-able in Advance Address *1! com- Bnmfcttlon# and make all check* me menev orders payable to THE CAJtO LENXAN Interstate United Newspaper*, Inc, bC Fdth Avcnde New York 11, N * . National Advertising Sepresentat’va end member of the Associated Negro Pres* ®.r.d tha United Pres® Photo Sw^xvic^ 1 P. It. JERVAY. Publisher The Publisher is not responsible Jot the return of unsolicited news, oie tures or advertising copy unless nec essary postage accompanies the copy 1 Opinion® expressed by columnists «i 'this newspaper do not necessarily i represent the policy nt ’hi* paper Church Bonus Money Rules Ail purchase sups or receipts presented to four enure# must com* from #tor*s advertising in the CAROLINIAN Each week carries » date in th* Bonus Money period Purchases *lsgib)* must come from the store during tne week, the "ad" appear* Ho purchase slips representing * nusiness should be submitted Ail receipts muat comi from individual purchase? Ail churches in Raleigh »ntS Wake County are eligible All purchase slips must bear the name of th* itor* from which th* pur chase was made All purchase slips should n* submitted in the name of th* church. and should be tn the office or the CAROLINIAN the Monday tollowtnj clos* o* Bonn* period Jn order teat smaller churches mi« have an equal opportunity to share tin the • Sonus Money the following regulation is expedient No church ol ever *OO 'members will sc awarded Ist Bonus Monty consecutively, i t shouts a church of or more members receive Ist Bonus Money aftei th* first period it would hive to wait until the third Bonus perioc to be presented Is! * ware, again. except where s church hat 200 or less member*. th*B it could win top Bonn# awards consecutively However, this does not mean that second end third awards cannot be sought consecutively Consequently every church grau. ha* he opportunity to secure an award every period ffo purchase of over J3?O front acv one merchant during a week cats be counted I'here Is a celling os Rfs per person a week for grocery purchase*. In the event of thr same amount of purchases, ftv more than one entry, rhv award will be divided Weekly purchase total* should hr shown on each parkef and small placed or. the outside of the envelope carrying th* period's ctttrv along with name and sdidres* fioaai «u>nev earner* will »* lennntinfed in *he Issue following th* clostng of «... fi period All entries remain the property of I'he t'AROUNIAK All tallying I* final whop the names ot the bonus Money earners ar* an mourned In The < A&OJ.INIAN and no responsibility if arrspted bv this oewe uaper Bbyond that point No receipts from hunk a *<U ft* e«B»id*red. exr.epx payment o» eoort*a**a The Rt. Rev, Thomas H. -Wright, D D, Bishop of fche Diocese of East Carolina, will deliver the ad dress when St. Augustine's College holds its 82nd Commencement ex ercises. Monday. May 25, at 10:30 a m on the college campus. Baccalaureat speaker on Sunday, May 24th at 3 p m will be the Rev. Elijah S. Clarke. Jr. Rector of the Church of the Incarnation of Miami. Florida. Bishop Wright is * native of Wilmington, and was educated at the University of the South and the Virginia Theological Seminary. In 1832. he was a representative nf the United States to the World Christian Student. Federation meet- ! ing in Holland. He also has served 1 Goldsboro News BY J. H. GRAHAM GOLDSBORO We are very i pleased to report that Mrs Lillie : Everett of 1004 Olivia Lane con | tinues to improve. Mrs Irene .Jackson of 433 F, Elm Street spent Mother's Day with her ; two daughters and son at A and T j College. Greensboro. Mrs. Geraldine ’Jackson of A and j T College was home for the week j end with her patents and grand mother. at. 433 E. Elm Street. . Miss Pauline Scott of New York City, formerly of this city was down for the weekend with her brother. Edwin Scott, aiso of New York, visiting his wife, Mrs. Ber tha B . and other members of the family. Miss Linda Powell of Dillard High School was one of the top speakers on the Elks Oratorical Contest, Tuesday night, May 12. | in Palr’gh. FJR*T ANNUAL SPRING FES TIVAL, NORWAYNE SCHOOL, MAY 13 PROGRAMME Proccr ional. Queen and Court; Coronation Ceremony. Mr. ,T. H. Carney; Dedication to Her Majesty. Fo»g: "Spring Rhapsody." Doree Fran':: Folk Dance. Pikeville Training Schol: "Bingo,' Grades I. and .3: "Dance of Greeting - '; South American Native Dance" Grade 4, "Swinging Sweethearts." made by the national chairman, IH. E. Brown, principal of Ligon. Miss Eleanor Nunn, outgoing ; president., supervised the pro* i ceedinss under the direction of | Mrs. T.* T. Daley, girl’s counselor ?! Luton. Miss Stevens won over William Haywood and Walter Davis. Other officers elected were: first vice-president, William Crockett, over Barbara Lightner, j and Lioydine Perry; second vice president, Delete Johnson, over Patricia Robinson and William Manuel: secretary. Alice Mann, over Marilyn Yarborough and Fiances Roberts: assistant secre •tary. Patricia Gill, over Brenda K-e and Madelvn Yarbrough: treasurer, Annie J. Wilson, over Clifford Grimes; reporter, Vioia High, over Jennie Davis and Bar bara McCoy, and Parliamentari an. Joe Gibbs, over Wallace Peace and W-ley Latham. FATHER HOWZE FIRST FOR THE RALEIGH DIOCESE (CONTINUED FROM PA' F !> stirring homily. Monsignor Wilson , expanded on the twofold func tion of the Catholic Priesthood ' "to rei ve as an Ambassador of Christ” to mankind, and be a ‘dispenser of the mysteries of ! Christ.” RALEIGH WOMAN SHOOTS HUBBY, HIS FRIEND . (CONTINUED FROM PA'■ F !) seeing her husband rushed to to? hospital, she returned to the car where the othe* woman was Hill lying on the sea' She 'aid she picked up a root and struck *h# woman with it. until she jumped out of the ear and ran j She is expemed to be tried in 1 C<ty Court as soon a* the definite condition of her husband and Miss Darker has been established MOB ACTION IS AVERTED, GRAVES RUSHED HERE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) A <3-year-old grandmother. Mrs. E. N Starnes charged that Graves approached her while she wis in her yard, grabbed her and dragged her into the house. She said he as Regional Director of the Church Society for college work; associate member of the Forward Movement Commission of the Episcopal Church: and Trustee of th® Univer sity cf tine South. At 8 p. m St. Augustine's Presi dent and Mrs. James A. Boyer will be at home with the president’s annua! receptoin for seniors, pa rents. staff, alumni and friends Rev. Clarke received th* A. ». degree st St. Augustine’s College in 1845 and the It. D. degree at Bishop Payne’s TM vinity School, Petersburg, Vs. He is personnel director of the James E. Scott Community Associ ation. past secretary of the Episco pal Clericus of the Miami Deanery. The public is invited to attend. j Grade 5; •’Waltz,’* Grade *1; "Step ■ Dance.” Grade 7; ’’Patricia,” Grade 8; High School Dance Department. Grades 9. 10. 11 and 12 BARNES BUSINESS COLLEGE NEWS , The students of Barnes Business College presented their annual j ’ Hour of Charm,’’ on Sunday, May ! 17. at the Mount Calvary Baptist j Church. We were gratified to have 1 a large and appreciative audience, i Out-of-town guests included: | Mrs. Lurene Zachary, Mrs. Mary j j McPhail, Mrs. J. A. IJatts, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCrae of Wilson: Miss Marie Walker of Portsmouth, Va ; Miss Margaret Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Pender of Sharps fcurg Alos Miss lsolean Pugh, Miss Oracie V Maye, and Mr Clarence : Pugh of Dover. On Friday evening. May 15. Mrs. ! Mary Leavens, of Jacksonville, and j an executive secretarial student at Barnes Business College, was a ! narticipant in "The 1959 House nf Fashions," sponsored by The Asso ciate Club of Wayne County Com peting against twenty-three other models. Mrs Leavens was second place winner. Miss Hazel Marie Rouse of La- Grange. and a 1955 graduate of j Barne,* Business College visited the 1 school on Monday. May 13, Miss Rouse has been appointed as Clerk-Typist by the Civil Service : Commission. Washington. D C, ~ beat her about the head and cut i her throat. In another story. Mrs Starnes said Graves came to the house twice On the first, occasion he ’; begged her for a . cigarette, and matches. She told him she had 1 none. He returned later asking for a match Again she told him j that she had no matches. 1 j He then reportedly grabbed her • | and dragged ' her through the \ ■ kitchen into a sitting room and in j to a chair, beat her and cut her. 1 She said that she scared him off j | by telling him that her brother ; would be coming to the house shortly. Neighbors said that they beard Mrs. Starnes’ screams while , ! the Negro beat, her, ( At first when the officers came to her home. Mrs. Starnes had not charged Graves of assaulting her indecently. It was not until she had con ferred with her husband that she made the accusation. Meanwhile. Graves has denied the charge nf rape. Graves al the time, was an escaped convict of Chatham prison He claims that he escaped because , he did not receive any mail. He has been accused of attempt ing lo rape previously but no rec ' ord of his punishments have been , revealed. INI). QUEEN "PRAYED ALL LAST WEEK” (CONTINUED FPOM PAGF 1) of this year’s "Miss America" coniest. Mbs Street* said she took her praver book wilh her to the contest, "but I didn’t think I’d win It. !‘ve been praying all week, snd my hoy friend snd sorority sister* have been praying with tne ** Msinnng in speech snd theater, th* coed edged 14 white student? to win the first beauty contest j ever entered by her. She has stage ambitions but says she would drop a career for mar riage. She measures 34-24-35. and won appioval from a five-judg* pane! after appearing in s bathing suit, formal gown and by perform ing a dance interpretation of Har lem Nocturne.” When asked how TU fellow stu dents took her precedent-shatter ing victory, the. fetching coed re plied: “On the whole, everybody has been very nice. A frnv don’t go for the idea, but I don t let things likp that bother mp. Nobody has said anything unfavorable to | me directly.” Other sources nit the univer sity campus confirmed that most students are satisfied with Miss Street's selection . "Most of the students seem quite pleased with the cholcp," said a staff member of the In diana FLHIy Student, campus newspaper. NAACP SECY | LEAVES MISS. BEFORE ARREST (CONTINUED FROM PAGE !> The warrants were based on art j affadavit filed in a Justice of the j Peace Court here by a White Clti- ! sens’ Council leader, Elmo Graves, which asked for the arrest of Ev ers and Wilkins under a law mak ing it a violation to conspire ie j overthrow or violate segregation I laws of the state by "force, threats of intimidation, violence or other wise” Several plain clothes deputies converged on the meetnig attended by more than 1,200 persons and were prepared to serve the war rants immediately after the meet ing. Meantime, however, other of ficials of t.he city and state heard about the warrants and persuaded the deputies to withdraw from the scene, after reporters and photo grapher? had gathered to witness the arrests. Hinds County Sheriff Albert Jones was out of town. Gov. J. P. Coleman said he was making a speech elsewhere and said he did not know of the warrants until later. One source said officials who were responsible for warrants being withdrawn were afraid Wil kins’ arrest would "stir up too much trouble when Mississippi already had enough at Pep larville” where FBI Agents are investigating the lynching of Mark Charles Parker. WOMEN’S CLUBS CONCLUDE 50TH NC CONVENTION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) keynote address for the convention scheduled to run May 14-13. Somp 500 women of North Caro lina and neighboring stales assem bled at the Darden Hi.:.h School cafeteria where delicious fo r *d was served to delegates who had reach ed a fervor through the theme— " Lifting as We Climb." Introduced by Miss Mae TV Holmes, superintendent of the State Training School for Girls at Kinston. the speaker. Mrs. Mason, addressed the group on the subject: “A Half Century Past—A New One Beginning." She then traced the united force that was responsible for the organization reaching half eentruy mark. “Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. | burning with zeal, believed that ; Negro women united, beai ing t themselves with great dignity and purpose, could effectively and rapidly raise the status of Negro women to become more articulate and concerned citizens. The wo men of North Carolma felt b r i enthusiasm, collating sharply nnv areas of service and welfare point ed up to them by this great leader and humanitarian" declared Mrs Mason. To emphasize "the New Century Beginning." the speaker said That our present limes are “characteriz ed by the element of speed in every aspect of human existence in the advanced countries of th« Ewmm FOR THE BIGGEST Hmm-inDeal IN HISTORY ™ NO MQnEy B H DOWN f ■jfafoj :S w*Nw¥rw » Mg' # IHaL S On The Meter ||U lp£ S | ice Plan! gpflh ; llllii As Little As j j '’' © | [fUllp 25c A Bay 4N-S \ On Some Models! This Big 10.8 Cu. Ft. Refrigerator «ow Si ooßß ' FREE ONLY HK mmm 8 S JSff MIL ill Refrigerator Mt With Each Refrigerator! m Over 5 Years Old! Why Take Less? Get The Best and Bay FRIGIDAIRE! One Year Free Service! Five Years Warranty On the Unit! 24 Months to Fay! No Money Down On the Meter Ice Plan! Boy From Kress - - Pay Kress • - Serviced By Kress 4 Factory-Trained Servicemen wMBWaSK 102 Fayetteville St, VA 8-5592 Raleigh IWWiiliwßl. world.” ; Continuing. Mrs. Masor, dc riareii that "organization xurh as ours must deliberate and calculated programs to find the most gitted, talented and promising youngsters; these young people should form the hard core of prepared, hriliianl leader# of the future." As a final requisition, the spesk |e r urged the Negro women's orga i nizations to work to ex'end and i maintain an atmosphere and op j portunity for both races to come j together to generate good works i beneficial to all. No occasion must 1 be lost by default to Reason to i gether. study and w ork together I for the common advancement of j all " Mrs E M Spellman, president, emphasized that club women ’ can { not and must not lose sight of the 1 good tha* has been accomplished. : It is the duty of each of us to : join hands to combat in many ways the forces that overshadow I us." * VICTIM (IF LEPROSY IS A VETERAN (CONTINUED FROM PAl.i 1) since 1955. In the past 12 years about six cases have been disco ered. fche majority being former military personnel! who served in the Pa : cific. ATTY, MITCHELL FACING NATION’S HIGHEST COURT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) : cd voters .since the law was pass j cri. j The law requires every appli- I cant, to be able to read and write ' any section of the state constitu ' lion. ! Mitchell argued that registrars can give tougher tests to Negroes than to whites because the law contains "no standards whatso ever" for the examinations. He i said the state constitution con tains some words whose meaning I would be known only by lawyers. Mitchell is counsel for Mrs. Louise Lassiter, a Northamp ton County Negro who is chal lenging the -literacy test. She refused to take the test and was denied registration. She appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court After the North Caro lina Supreme Court held the test statute valid. A "Friend of the Court” brief submitted by Attorney Generai Malcolm B Seawell of North Car olina called the literacy test ”A very minimum considering the ed ucational facilities of the State.” ”11 is submitted that a demn ; cratic government depends upon , the education and mental aiert- j ness of its citizens,” the brief j said "It was not intended that! everyone should be reduced to the i lowest common denominator . . , ” j THREE WORKERS DIE AS CAR LOSES A RACE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) i it pulled onto the tracks without stopping. The 17-car Southern Railway freight train smashed in to the right side of the truck. The impact tossed Sherrill about 30 feet and Henderson about sis feet from the wreck age. The bodies landed in dit ches at the edge of the tracks. The truck, with Benton's body pinned inside, was dragged about 45 feet down the tracks by the engine. Reed said no inquest had been ; scheduled into the deaths. State Briefs j (CONTINUED FROM PAGE i) second place: and the title of Miss ' College City Temple ’’ From this she went to the state Elks’ Beau ty Contest in Dothan. Ala., where she won first place over 12 other i young ladies. She also won a trophy and | was crowned “Miss .Alabama.” For being most talented and most versatile she was aw arded her second trophy, and receiv ed th? third trophy after being crowned "Elks Queen.” Slip also won a, $1,500 all-experts* ' paid trip to Atlantic City, N. J . from Aug 25-31. to participate in , ihe Elks' national beauty contest. Miss Brown a graduate of the J. W Ligon Junior-Senior High 5 j School here, is the daughter of j Mrs. Geneva Brown, 821 E. Lenoir ; : Street. She was the first young lady to address a graduating class here. ' j first female student council presi : | dent., and also president, of the Na tional Honor Society, and captain j of Ligon's majorettes. FALL FROM TRUCK FATAL j CLINTON Mrs Molly Newton. ] 60. Rt. 1. Willard, was killed in | stantiy Monday when she fell from j a pickup truck at the driveway to | her home near here. Hubert S. Bland, 74. driver of ! the truck, told Sampson County j r Coroner Coleman Carter that the i woman and her husband were sit- ; . ting on the tailgate of the truck j , : when he slowed for the turn. He j , said the woman Jumped from the i ; truck, apparently thinking it had ' stopped She suffered a fractured skull. BRICK MASONS WIVES MEET METHOD The monthly meet- | ing of the Brick-a-!ett Social Club was held at the home of Mrs. Phil lip Alston. Method, recently. Mem bers present, were Mrs. O. G. Byrd, Mrs Jessie Grissom. Mrs Never- j rn Jeffries arid Mrs Raymortd j GORDON’S GIN _ $925 iIW // S%l! |jf 7 ijf! mjL IMS saiiwi snws tHswffli nw grain • » moo? • gsrdsn s mi sin co t GGS9IH—2 cols, x too lines (200 line#) North Carolina Smith, -Jr A beautiful center piece), of flower* was placed on the dtn-- ;og room table amidts a deltciou* repast which was enjoyed by all The next meeting will be held a? the home of Mrs Milton Geoige. .118 Fisher Street, flaleigh. Fridav. May 22. a! 7.30 p m. A’! tn*ntb«i j are asked to he present
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