‘ in Hertis Carolina
NAACP Gives 46 Scholarships
Tarhfds
Thankful
For Grants
NEW YORK, N. Y. - Forty
six North Carolina students re
ceived scholarship assistance
from the NAACP. Legal De
fense and Educational Fund,lr.d.
(LDF) last year to attend for
merly segregated, state-sup
ported colleges and universi
ties, or to study law.
According to a report com
piled by John W. Davis, former
President of West Virginia State
College, and director of the
LDF’s educational program,
*• more than 300 scholarships -
ranging in size from S4OO to
$2,160, with an average grant
of S9OO - were awarded to
black students who
w»re able to demonstrate both
scholastic ability and a finan
cial need.
The North Carolina under
graduates under the LDF edu
cational program include Eli
Brown, 111 (U. of. N. C.) of
Durham, Jacqueline E. Brun
son (U. of N. C.) of Wilming
ton, Michael D. Cheek (U. of
N. C.) of Wilmington, Arthur
J. Clement (N. C. State U.)
of Durham, Joe Dean Crawford
(U. of N. C.) of Asheville, Al
ice Y. Dixon (U. of N. C. 1
of Durham, Traywood Evans (U.
of N. C.) of Durham, Al Jerry
Fisher (U. of N. C.) of Dur
ham, Linda Florence (U. of N.
C.) of Hillsborough, Minnie B.
Flowers (U. of N. C.) of High
Point, Joyce Goss (U. of N. C.)
of Durham, John William Hol
man (U. of N. C.) of Durham,
l Pecolia F, Jarmond (U. of N.
C. ) of Winton. Kenneth M.
Johnson (U. of N. C.) of Char
lotte, Alvin KMlough (N. C Sch.
sf Arts) of Cedar Grove, Paula
V. Luster (E. Carolina U.) of
Durham, Gail L. Mason (U. of
N. C.) of Durham, Florentine
Miller (U. of N. C.) of Kins
ton, Columbus E. Motley, Jr.
(U. of N. C.) of Powellsville,
Harriette MoCullers (E. Caro
lina U.) of Knightdale, Thom
as E. Patterson (E. Carolina
U.) of Durham, Roosevelt Ran
dolph, Jr. (U. of N. C.) of La
Grange, Patricia E. Ricks (U.
of N. C.) of Durham, Alfred M.
Roberts (N. C. State U.). of
Durham, Mary E. Singleton (E.
Carolina U.) of Wadesboro? Jo
(See NAACP GIVES, P. 2)
Atkins is
New Head
At Morehead
l. John T. Atkins, former teach
er of Industrial Arts at the
Garner Road Unit of The Gov
ernor Morehead School, has
been elevated to the position
of principal, effective July 19.
Mr. Atkins is a graduate of
North Carolina A&T University
in Greensboro. Prior tohis em
ployment at The Governor
Morehead School in 1966, he
taught at the J. T. Barber High
School, New Bern and Sampson
High School, Clinton.
Atkins received his Mas
ters of Industrial Arts Educa
tion degree in May, 1971, and has
been accepted in a doctoral pro
gram at North Carolina State
University. He has also com
pleted several courses dealing
specifically with the visually
handicapped.
Mr. and Mrs. Atkins and their
two children presently reside
in the Washington Terrace A
r partments, Raleigh.
' The Atkins* attend St. Paul
AME Church and St. Augusta
Free Will .Baptist Church in
f Fuquay-Varina.
’ Atkins is a member of the
Epsilon Pi Tau International
Honorary Professional Frater
nity in Industrial Arts and In
dustrial Vocational Education,
the North Carolina Association
of Educators, and the Associa
tion for Educators of the Vis
ually Handicapped. .
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LOUIS “SATCHMO” ARMSTRONG DIES-New York: Famed trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Arm
strong, right and inset, died July 6at the age of 71. Out of the hospital after a long illness, Arm
strong is pictured In a jam session with sidekick Tyree Gleen (L) June 23 while recuperating at
home. On the mend, hopefully, he was allowed to play one hour a day. (UPI)
Dr«s Prmutioa Hovsa Si SovfSi Rdsigli
7fe He ’ Tries To Stamp Out Drags
By Substitution Os 'Glamour’Here
BY CURETON LEE JOHNSON
It is well known in the black
community that drugs are no
thing new. While the temoo
of alarm has reached new
highs around the nation, the
rate of abuse among blacks has
been ever-present but largely
unnoticed.
But what about Raleigh? Is
there a drug problem here?
Only two weeks ago" a Shaw
University student was kUled in
his dormitory. He was believed
to be involved in thedrug scene.
The findings by Shaw officials
uncovered an alledged Internal
drug world matter.
Even though Detroit is a long
way from Raleigh, seven blqpk
persons were found shot' ~qnd.
killed in a house there recent
ly. On the premises were wea
pons much like the ones found in
the Shaw students room hero
ine, syringes, needles and cash
weapons of death through the
arm.
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North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C.. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1971
Drug action in Wake County
and the city are now in the be
ginning stages. The House of
Life at 500 W. Cabarrus St.
here opened its doors in March
to those seeking assistance. Its
director is Miss Stella Horton,
a graduate of A & T Univer
sity.
The facility was formed fol
lowing the creation of the
House, where white drug
users could go for help. How
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CRIME
BEAT
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EDITOR'S KOTO: Thli eoJunOs.
or feature ii reduced tn the pub-
M * teterert with an aim towards
eliminating it* contents. Numrr
**■* WivMuali have requested
that they he given the considera
«®n »' overlooking their listing
?® Police blotter. This we
would like to do However, It Is
not. our position to be Judge or Ju
ry. We merely pubiish the facts
as we find them reported by the
arresting officers. To Steep out of
The Crime Beat Columns, merely
?“*** be,B * registered by a
E" I *'! °*2sE r 1" reporting his
finding* while on duty. So ' sim
ply keep off the “Blotter” and
you won't be tn The Crime Beat,
STRIKES WOMAN IN ROOM
Howard Rudd 518 Dorothea
Drive, told Officer R.H. Phil
lips at 8:53 p.m, Saturday,
that hfs girlfriend, Miss Mary
Lee Steward, 518 Dorothea
Drive asked him for his money.
He said he then told her ‘no*
and they sat down In chairs to
watch television. “She went
out of the room," Rudd said,
“got a bottle came back Ir. and
hit me.™ Mr. Rudd said he
would come to the police sta
tion and sign an assault war
rant against Miss Steward,
whose age was Hated as 40.
Rudd exhibited damage to his
scalp requiring five stitches,
<te* mm& beat, a>, s>
ever, the directors of Drug Ac
tion of Wake County, Inc., rea
lized that the Mack community
needed its own center.
The House of Life,' better
known as “lie Up” (Swahili for
House of Life) was former
(See AREA DRtuS, P. 2)
Kornegay
Named To
Position
Grand Rapids, Mich. - Dr.
Wade M. Kornegay, 35 Hickory
Road, Sudbury, Mass., was last
week elected a member of the
national Executive Council of the
TTnifwj Church of Christ. Dr.
-•* ***' v
Kornegay, who Is on the staff
of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Is chairman of
the board of directors of the
Massachusetts Conference of
the United Church of Christ.
The two-minion-member Unit
ed Church at Christ Is a union
of Congregational Christian and
Evangelical and Reformed chur
ches. The election took place
CSse KOItKBOJCT, P. »}
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Man, 33,
Lmk§d Up
in Gunning
An apparent good
hearted woman who
wanted to visit her cou
sin at 11:27 p.m, Fri
day, told Officers J, D.
Ns. >i and D. Q. Joyner
that she left her home at
1002 Mark Street. She
(See WOMAN. P. 2(
Dr. P. R. Robinson
Honored In Africa
Dr. Prezell R. 1 Robinson,
president of Saint Augustine’s
College, has been awarded Li
beria’s second highest medal,
“The Star of Africa.”
He received the honor earlier
this month while attending a
meeting of the International
Association of University Pre
sidents in Monravia, Liberia.
The Liberian government re
cognized President Robinson
for his consultative work with
higher education in that
country.
Dr. Robinson is currently
touring several African coun
tries along with 11 other black
college presidents. The tour is
sponsored by the U. S. Depart -
ment of State.
Miss Hauser
President Os
Gov.’s School
WINSTON-SALEM - Lois P.
Hauser was elected president
of the student body of the North
Carolina Governor's School last
Monday.
Miss Hauser thus became the
first black and the first girl
president in the school's nine
year history. The daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Hauser,
she is a rising senior at Rich
ard J. Reynolds High School.
Other officers are Paul Tuttle
of Raleigh, first vice president;
Craig Maddox of Elizabeth City,
second vice president, and Don
na Benson, a black of Charlotte,
secretary.
The Governor’s school is an
all expense - paid, eight -week
summer Institute for talented
juniors and seniors in the high
schools of the state of North
Carolina, Students are recom
mended by their school sys
tem or chosen through audition
and concentrate in the human
ities, an academic subject or
one of the perforrriing arts.
Miss Hauser is concentrating in
chemistry. The school is held
at Salem College.
At Reynolds High School, Miss
Hauser is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society, past sec
retary of the Student Council,
a member and choreographer of
the Dancing Boots and Majoret
tes and is the school’s student
representative on the County
wide Citizens Advisory Coun
ts a group which advises the
County Board of Education,
in the Community, MtasHau
in past president of the
Teenage group of the Winston
fS&iem Chapter of Jack and Jill
America, and is presently
tw*» mm BAVsmt, s*.
SEEKS NEW URGENCY-Minneapolis: Roy Wilkins, executive
director of the NAACP, called for unity among blacks in an
address before the NAACP National Convention July 6. Wilkins
said “a new urgency” for such unity. He added it was not just
a call fur blacks to get together but also “A cry for unified ac
tion to save mankind.’ (UPI).
Nation’s Ministers’
W ives Meet In State
The Thirty-first an
nual convention of the
National Association of
Ministers’ Wives, Inc.
w'as held at the Timmie
Plaza Motor Inn in Wil
mington last week.
On Monday afternoon a pool
side reception was given for the
delegates who arrived early.
The first general session was
officially opened Tuesday,
June 29 it 9 a.m, with the na
tional president, Mrs. Julia F.
Keaton McCormick, presiding.
The theme for the convention
was “The Charge - Prepare,
Serve, Endure.*’The theme song
was “A Charge To Keep.”
In attendance were over five
hundred ministers’ wives
and widows with delegates from
as far as Colorado. Arkansas.
Illinois, Michigan, Florida,
Connecticut, Ohio and New York.
Classes in leadership, wor-
Economists
Hold Annual
Conference
Over 6,000 home economists
from all over the country con
vened at Denver’s Convention
Complex to explore Today’s
Frontiers: Tomorrow’s Reali
ties--the 1971 theme.
Mrs. Spaugh said that Dr. John
A. Hannah, administrator for the
Agency for International De
velopment, set an exciting stage
for the remainder of the pro
gram by making the first pub
lic announcement of SIIB,OOO
grant to AHEA to determine the
role home economicsts might
play in the world-wide family
planning effort.
He said, Home econo
mists can play a particularly
important part in family plan
ning programs, by incorporating
the questh n of family size into
the total picture of family life.
Jules Bergman, science editor
and well-known member of the
American Broadcasting Com
pany, headed Tuesday's general
session program, according to
Mrs. Spaugh.
Bergman told his audience that
we are at a cross road where
we can trulv tackle what must
(See ECONOMISTS, P. 2)
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' ATTENDING THE 3L«ST ANNUAL NATIONAL MINISTERS’ WIVES CONVENTION LN WIL
MINGTON - Mrs. Arfcella M. Perry, Mrs. Bertha Wilson, Mrs. Rebecca Young and Mrs. Jcwephtae
Edgerfcon of Raleigh, were In attendance at the Tixnmle Plaza Motor Inn In Wilmington hM week,
Thfi them® of the convention was “The Charge-Prspare, Serve, Endure,”
ship, and the ministers' wife
were held. Post graduate cour
ses In parliamentary pro
cedure, counselling, and “How
To Get Along With People” were
offered. Mrs. Jennie E. Hall of
Washington, D. C. is dean ofthe
sc hoe’.
On Tuesday evening a very
warm and inspirational wel
come program was presented by
the North Carolina Alliance
which was host to the conven
tion. Mrs. Edna P, Pearce of
Wilmington presided. The state
president, Mrs. Dessie Whit
field and Mrs. Katie B. Grady
of Wilmington were among those
to bring greetings. Mrs.Rebec
ca Young of Raleigh gave the in
vocation and Mrs. Bertha Wilson
also of Raleigh read the scrip
ture, Very inspirational music
was by the St. Mark Church of
Christ, under the direction of
Mrs. Ada K Melvin of Golds
boro. Mrs. Josie E. Fuller,
state president of Ohio, made
the response to the welcome.
BULLETIN
Officer Artis
Accidentally
Wounded
Officer Joseph Blalock re
ports answering a call at 10;56
a.m. Wednesday of this week
to 127 Lincoln Court, the home
of Officer Norman Artis.
Artis told Blalock that he’d
just shot himself while cleaning
his weapon -a .38 calibre
pistol. “I was just taking the
bullets out of the chamber, for
got and left one m, aim was
pulling the t: i. t r when one went
off.
Officer Artis was found lying
in the hallwa'. floor, leading to
the back dooi. The officer look
ed through ihe back window and
went through the window to un
lock the door. Officer Blalock
then called an ambulance.
The .38 calibre pistol wound
was located in the left chest.
Rumor had it earl> Wednes
day morning and afternoon tiufl
Mr. Artis Ir-ui Committed sui
cide,” and many other allega
tions against the officer, who had
served Raleigh and its environs
for many years.
Lawyers,
Judges ■
Set Meet
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
In what is expected to
be the largest and most
significant gathering of
the Black legal commun
ity, the National Bar As
sociation is convening
Black judges, attorneys,
law professors and OEO
legal service attorneys
for extensive discus
sions on “Racism - and
the Law.”
These discussions will be ma
jor highlights of the 46th An
nual Convention of the National
Bar Association In Atlanta, Ga.
from August 3-7.
This will lie the first, and
founding convention of the Judi
cial Council of NBA, which con
sists of Black judges from
throughout the country.
Detroit Circuit Court Judge
Edward F. Bell Is president of
NBA and Recorders Court Judge
George W. Crockett, Jr.,alsoof
Detroit, is coordinator of the
(Sec LAWYERS END, P. 2)
BurialHeid
For Late C
Marriott
A great educator and
religious leader has
died. Rev. Charles A.
Marriott, a former res
ident ■of'Raleigh, depart
ed this life June 18 in
Trenton, N. J.
He was a great supporter
of local and national education
and belonged to many progres
sive organizations for par-'
ents, teachers and principals.
Professor Marriott pur
chased the first school bus for
black boys and girls to go to
school on in Wake County. He
also gave large donations to
JPK .
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REV. C. A. MARRIOTT
Shaw University.
He received his A. B. de
gree from Shaw University, his
M. A, degree from Columbia U
niversity, New York City, and
his B. D. degree from Prince
ton Theological Seminary,
Princeton, N. J.
Rev. Marriott served in ac
tive school work more than
thirty years. He served as
principal of the following high
schools In Wake County: Zeb
ulon. Garner Consolidated and
(See EX-PRINCHWUU P. 2)