Newspapers / The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.) / June 14, 1969, edition 1 / Page 15
Part of The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
I IS YOUR MINISTER OBSOLETE? GREENVILLE, S. C. - Is your minister obsolete? Obsolescence In the mints terv can have disastrous re- F- suits not only for the church’s program and the congregation, but for the emotional stability and physical well-being of the minister himself, according to Dr. L. D. Johnson, chap lain to Furman University here. And Furman, through its A I ln?( ’S SKXIOR RKCEPTION -Durham Business College entertains local oi lie :a Is aivl dignitaries at it’s Senior Reception during recent ac tivities which marked the college’s 21st Annual Commencement Exercises. Persons shown are, from left to right: Chapel Hill’s Mayor, Howard Lee, Dr. Rose Butler Brown, \sa T. Spaulding, Sr., Alexander Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin of New Jersey, President L. McCauley Harris, Commencement Speaker Congressman Charles Diggs of Michigan and Mrs. Virginia Alston. \ ~4~ A TOP THREE SENIORS AT YSC - The three highest-ranking graduating seniors at Virginia State College’s commencement recently are (from Left) Miss Karen Jackson, mathematics major from Front Royal, Ya.; and Miss John nnna Grimes, sociology major from Gloucester, Va. Miss Jackson, the Valedictorian with an average ot 3.69, will begin pre-doctoral study in the fall at Clark College, Wooster, Mass. Miss Cherry, saluditorian, had an average of 3.55. Miss Grimes, with an average of 3.42, will enter post -baccalaureate study at Swarth more C ollege in the fall. Virginia State gradu ated 411 students at commencement, the larg est. number in the College’s history. > Legal Defense Fund Wins Job Bias Suit BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A fed “ eral court this week, ruling on *'» e rsployment discrimination suit brought by the NAACP Legal Defense an i Educational Fund, Inc. sail that an Ala bama Negro factory worker is entitled to have his old job back and nearlv two r ears track pay. Peter J. Wrenn was fired from his job at the American Cast Iron Pipe Compahy in September 1967, shortly after his employer learned he had complained to the Equa l Em ployment Opportunity Commis sion about job discrimination practiced by the company a gainst Negroes. Company officials contended that Mr. Wrenn, an employee for over 20 .ears, was fired 0 because he made ‘‘libellous, false and malicious accusa tions against officials and the company.*' But the cmft t’sfindings, how ever, were that Mr. Wrenn has been discharged because he filled his complai . with FFOC and that this was in vio lation of Title \*n of the 196-4 Civil Rights Act., chaplian’s office providing an opportunity for the minister’s refreshment and renewal by sponsoring a Pastor’s School held each summer and open to any minis er of any denomi nation frort anywhere. This year, the s hooi is scheduled for June 30-J ’ 4. “Our program is one small attempt to provide a con tinuing experience in theo logical education,’’ explains The court therefore ruled that Mi. Wrenn must be rein stated in l*is job given other appropriate relief, including back nay. A unique facet of American Cast Iron Pipe Company is that its original owner willed the facility to the white employe >s. The stock is controlled b; the company’s Board of Manage ment and Board of Operatives, both of which are open only to white males. Mr. Wrenn headed an Auxi liary Board comprised the 790 Negro employees. Without any meaningful voice in masters of management, this board exists, according to LDF, sole) for the purpose of telling the white boar :1 member*; what the Negro employees’ views are Wrenn’s lawyer, LDF attor ney Rober' Belton, said this case is impoi ‘ant because it does much in assuring Negroes, as well as others who face e m p 1 o y rn e n t discrimination, that they can complain to EE OC without being subject todis ciplinary action from accused employers. Johnson, who jotned the Fur man staff after serving In the parish ministry and as a pro fessor of religion. “The school is designed for the parish minister, to pro vide him with a week of in tellectual stimulation combin ed with a vacation.’ Last year, pastors from 12 different denominational groups from Mennontte to E piscopalian-tock part in the Hillside’s W. Grandy Honored DURHAM - Walter Maxie Grandy, retiring Industrial Co operative Training Coordinator of Hillside High School was honored, June 4. at the Down towner Motor Inn in the Cardin al Ballroom at a Banquet-Bail at 7;00 in the evening. Mem bers of the Hillside High School Vocational Education Depart ment sponsored, along with other faculty members and friends the Banquet Ball for the long years of dedicated and distinguished service that the honoree has rendered to the Hillside High School Com munity. Tributes in the form of re solutions, gifts from the faculty and a Plaque from the Voca tional bearing the inscription “for long years of distinguish ed and dedicated service to the Vocational Education Depart ment at Hillside High School.” Other items were presented to Mr. Grandy for his services in other capacities in the school and the Durham Community. Mr. Grandy has served Hill side in the capacity of Dean of Boys, Business Manager of the Athletic Department, Business Manager of the School, Co ordinator of the Hillside High Vocational Education Depart ment, Adviser to the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America at HHS, Founder of the Hi-Y Club of the UMCA at HHS, started the Diversified Occupations Program at HHS in 1942, which is now the Industrial Education Training Department. During Mr. dandy's tenure with the Durham school system at HHS and Selma, he has also taught French, Negro History, and coach the Basketball and Base ball teams. Grandy, a native of Wilson Mills, was educated in the public schools there and later gradu ated from a&T State University in Greensboro, N. C, where he received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering andhis Masters Degree in Vocational Education. Other schools at tended were South Carolina Staie College, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennes see, and Prudue University in Lafayette, Ind. He is married to the former Miss Earlie C. Smith, of Knox ville, Tennessee and is a mem ber of the St. Joseph AME Church of this city. Short Course For Sheriffs Ends At Tech Holding Technical Institute, in cooperation with the Law Enforcement Training Divi sion of the Department of Community Colleges, The Gov ernor’s Committee on Law and Order, and the North Carolina Sheriff's Associa tion, conducted acourseont’ne "New Rules of Civil Proce dure for Sherrlffs of North Carolina.” The course, conducted at the Occidental Life Building in Raleigh on June 9 and 10, with classes meeting from school. One man came from as far away as Dallas, Tex. --he plans to return this year. And one inquiry this year came from Tokyo. Participants move to the Furman campus for a week, bringing their families with them, a typical day’s activl tied include breakfast, a de votional pertod, three morn ing lectures, lunch, free after noon for recreation and 1 further independent study, dinner and one evening lec ture. “We are continuing to try to secure the best men to lead our school,” Johnson says, “and the overriding aim is to find men who have some thing of importance to say to ministers who are faced with the day-to-day dilemnas of the modern parish situation.” This year, the leaders will include Dr. Edmund Augustus Steimle, Brown Professor of Homiletics at Union Theo logical Seminary, lecturing on the art ofp r ea chi n g; Dr. George Kelsey, professor of Christian ethics at Drew Theological Seminary, lectur ing on Christian ethics and social problems; Dr. Myron C. Madden, chaplian and di rector of pastoral care at the New Orleans Baptist Hospital, lecturing on the pastor’s emo tional health; and Dr. Harold S. Songer, associate professor of New Testament Interpreta tion at Southern Baptist Seminary, lecturing on the Letter of James. Mysterious Deaths Are Being Probed GREENSBORO-The mysteri ous deaths of two black people --one in this city and the other in Champaign, 111. are under in vestigation. In Greensboro, the Negro community’s “intelligence' agency” is probing the death of a Negro youth, according to Vince McCullough, student government president, North Carolina A&T university, who blames the death on police. And in Champaign, the county grand jury is hearing testimony abom the death of a Negro prisoner in the county jail. “Cold-blooded murder” was McCullough’s designation for the death of Willis Ernest Grimes, a 20-year-old fresh man, who was shot in a cross fire between officers and snip ers, according to police. McCullough said police shot and killed Grimes as he plead ed for his life during violence at the university. The “intellig ence agency” plans to bring Grimes’ death to court, the student-government president added. The death of John E. Cush ingberry, 31, In Champaign started rumors that touched off disturbances in the Black com munity-including incidents of arson, fire bombings, and snip ing. Despite rumors that Cushing berry was beaten to death with a flashlight while struggling with guards, separate autopsies performed by a Black physici an and a white physician show ed that the prisoner did not die from a beating. day, covered such topics as the service of summons, sub poenas, etc.; claim and de livery; executions, execution sales, attachments and garn ishments; and civil arrests. AH of these topics were cov ered to conform with the Civil Code which goes into effect ■ July 1. The course was taught by Basil Sherrill, Raleigh, at torney, counsel for the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Associa tion, former assistant at torney general and former assistant director of the In stitute of Government. MOTHER, DAUGHTER PICK UP SHEEP SKINS - Among the proudest persons at last weekend’s commencement exercises were Mrs. Marylou Bowers (right) and her daughter Jua nita. Mrs. Bowers, a dormitory counselor at A&T State University, received a master’s de gree from A&T last Sunday. Juanita graduated Wednesday night from Greensboro’s Dudley High School. EARNS DEGREE AT VAN DERBILT - Henry Farrar Rob inson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Robinson, 204 Heck St., Raleigh, recently received Iris Bachelor of Arts degree in Theoretical Mathematics from Vanderbilt University in Nash ville, Tennessee. His related studies included Business Ad ministration and Psychology. During his course of study at Vanderbilt, Mr. Robinson, a 1965 graduate of J. W. I igon, participated in Die University Marching Band, the Afro-A merican Association, and the Young Democratic Club. He will begin graduate training June 9, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Westing!.ouse Corp. NEGRO HISTORY BAFFLERS BY NEGRO PRESS INTERNA TIONAL Today’s Baffler will test your knowledge of the places and dates of well-known events in our history. k Five occurrences will be giv en, followed by a “Grab Bag” filled with places and dates that go with some of the events but not with others. Your job is to match the events with the places and dates. Scoring; 4-7; excellent; 3; fair; 0-2: poor. Bonus Question at the end counts two points. Other questions count one point each. Here’s the quiz; 1. Nat Turner staged one of the most devastating slave re volts in American history. 2. The U. S, Supreme court ruled that racial segregation in the public schools is uncon stitutional. 3. Dr. Martin Lutliei King, Jr,, launched his civil-: ights program by staging a b ,s bo\- cott. 4. Jean Baptiste Point du Sa ble, a French-speaking Black man from Santo Domingo, esta blished the first permanent set tlement on the sit*- of what later became a large city. 5. Dorie Miller, a rnessinan on the USS “Arizona,” became one of the nation’s first World War II heroes by manning a machine gun during a Japanese attack on an American naval in stallation and downing four enemy planes. * * * GRAB BAG: A. Paris, France.s--Api il 6, 1917; B. Washington--Mav 17, 1954; C. Washington—Jan. 1, 1863; D, Pearl. Harbor, Hawaii --pec. 7, 1941; E. Oxford, Miss. --Oct. 1, 19G2; ! : . Southampton county, Va.—Aug. 21-22, 1831; G. Dallas, Tex.--Nov. 22, 19G3; H. Boston, Mass.—March 5,17- 70; I. Chicago, 1790; J. Mont gomery, Ala.--Dec. G, 19''. * * * BONUS QUESTION: The Uni versity of Mississippi was in tegrated, with the aid of federal marshals and despite the op position of state officials, at one of the places and times men tioned in the'Grab Bag. Who broke the color line at the in stitution, where, and when? * * + ANSWERS: 1. F; 2. B; 3. J; 4. I; 5. D. BONUS ANSWER: James Meredith, Oxford, Miss., Oct. I. 1962. * * * That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. T*' LAND 0’ SUNSHINE Vs mi creamery WMml Butter HB. QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED CTN. liV Prices Good Thru Sat., June 14th HfpP^ ~~ KRAFT’S MIRACLE WHIP pfj sAvtf Dressing more Food order mmmmnmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmßmmmmmmmmtammmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamm ASSORTED FLAVOR REG. OR LOW CALORIE gp Drinks j NO LIMIT! W-D BRAND MEATY FAMILY ROOT GROUND BEEF “ S 4 M HARVEST FRESH ftUEBIRRKS ASTOR FROZEN 4>v ORANGE JUICE *1 12 0L Q CANS ||| THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 14. 1969 15
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 14, 1969, edition 1
15
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75