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V OU >iK ix ’ K A LEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 22, 1951 NUMBER 4t? |
Grid Injury Kills Youth
Pro's Eye
A.&.T Star
TB HOSPITAL TO
BE UTILIZE!) BY'
ALL THE PEOPLE
' RALEIGH - Both Negroes and
whites will be treated without
discrimination at the proposal
new tubercular hospital which the
State of North Carolina is ‘plan
ning to build at Chapel Hill, but
it is because the State had no
choice but to bow to integration
or lose federal support.
Original plans for the hos
pital in so-called liberal Cha
pel Hill which will be operat
ed in connection with the ••li
beral" University of North Ca
rolina medical sehoo! provid
ed that it would treat only
white patients, but bids ' for
the SI,100.00!) hospital which
are now before the United
States Public Health Service
in Washington for approval,
because federal hospital con
struction funds will help fin
ance the building,
The Sta*e Medical Care Corn -
mision hastened to explain here
this week that the Public Health
Service forbids discrimination in
hospitals buiit with Federal funds,
and so the State Tuberculosis
Hospital Board signed a stipula
tion promising there would he no
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' STATE GROUP OPPOSES PROPOSED
• BALEIBH HOSPITAL BONO ISSUE !
RALEIGH The State Local '
Government Commission Monday ,
disapproved the controversial pro- -
•posed $2,800,000 bond issue for ex- i
pension of facilities at St. Agnes j
and Rex Hospitals and for build- : <
ing rural health centers in Wake
County.
Disapproval of the bond is- J
sue which would provide
lor public support of private
ly-owned hospitals and enable |
Rex Hospital to continue to
refuse Negro patients, leaves
both St. Agnes and Rex with- j
out necessary funds to carry
on their expansion programs,
but in some respects is a vic
tory for Negroes u**d whites
alike
Negroes still may not be ad
mitted to Rex, although facilities !
* at St. Agnes are inadequate, but
refusal of the Local Government
Commission 'o approve the bond
issue may be the beginning of j
a movement •Which would culmiri-i
ate in construction of a public
t hospital with facilities available!
for Negroes and whites-
Tne commission’s reasons for j
disapproving the bond issue were;
« follows:
1. The Commisison is aware that
overcrowded conditions at Rex !
r-nd St Agnes Hospitals are mat- j
ters iy general information and
1b- need for the planned facili
ties is cleaerly obvious.
Pro I Scout j
Has Eyes For
Red Jackson \
Agtrie Quarterback
Linder Surveillance
i
Tor Second Season
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By UN HOLLOWAY
RALEIGH A scout for a pro
fessional football team, who ask- 1
ed that his name notbe revealed.
told this writer Monday that the j
team he represents is "greatly in- i
terosted" in A. and T College's
fleet-footed back, William “Hcd" j
Jackson.
!
The scout, who had a hand in i
calling professional football's at- j
lion to such noted collegiate play-1
ers as Hampton’s Tom Casey, A. j
and T.’s Stonewall Jackson as j
well as many o'hers, says that j
his organization first became in- j
■ forested in Jackson last season. ■
i but. waited until this year’s open- i
i ing game to ascertain whether
i the huge youth's grid ability was
. purely “bv the breaks’’.
> FAITH VINDICATED
Jackson’s acquittal oi him
) seif beioro a huge opening
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2. The Commission is of the j
opinion that the $2,000,000 which j
would be secured through sale of i
bonds for use at St Agnes and |
Rex Hospitals woi Id be uCeequaie
lies is clearly obvious.
3. Application of $2,000,000 of
proceeds from sale of Wake
County bond as ~ifts to Rex and
St. Agnes Hospitals would be
without legal precedent in local
gevu nment tiriunce in North Ca
rolina “Since other methods
of furnishing the same capital im
provements for Rex arid St.. Ag
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Livingstone Will
Launch 69th Year
On September 25th
| SALISBURY. N. C. The for
mal opening of the sixty-ninth
j session of Livingstone College will
; take place Tuesday September 25,
; at 23d pm. in the large auditor
• ium. During the present week, is
I t-'king up with orientation for the
; freshman
! Six nev members have been
! added tc the faculty. Consider
able repairs and remodelling have
been made during the vacation
season
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mMSi #&)& RED JACKSON
* ... .eyed by Pros
FIVE CHILDREN UNDER SIX YEARS
OF AGE DIE IN DISTINCT FIRES
By Staff Writer In one tragedy, three childrea
| RALEIGH —Fire claimed five all below six years of age., lost
North Carolina children during their lives
the past week in two distinct, on-; In the other, two children, also
tastrophes. ' ! (Continued on back page)
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UNTIL NEXT SUMMER—* beaatWut sight like this will be lost to
: readers in most sections of the United States. This lovely is Mr*
| Ruth Bowen, wife of the popular rtlily Bowen of the world-tamed I«U
, 1 Spots vocal group. Bowen, who was a featured saxophone player
, i before Joining the classy vocal group, is rated as one nf tb-- («» tripfe
i threat men 1b *bovt business, uoiuyoser, atmivi/m suid vouuiat,
DEATH CLAIMS
! WINSTON SALEM
FOOTBALL STAB
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(Special to The CAROLINIAN) j
WINSTON-SALEM —A 17-year
i old lettermafii on the Atkins High
School football team, who was
' scheduled to bear a huge portion
of his school’s burden in Satur
; day's clash with the West Char
lotte High team, was killed this
week during a practice session,
Ja ~>es Purcell, who won his
' co* m ■’A” during past years ft?
lan algresisve and sportsmanlike
; performer for the local high school
| team, died «t Kate Bitting Rey
i nolds Memorial Hospital late
: Tuesday afternoon after being
lushed to the hospital for treat
ment of an injury sustained in i
practice on the school’s practice
: grounds.
Death was caused by a
broken neck- The injury re
-1 ported!)' was sustained as the
members of the team held
contact drills in the vicinity
of a foal post-
Funeral services for the youth
! were incomplete at CAROLINIAN
j presstime. The youth is survived
by his mother. Mrs. Wilma Davis,
employee 01 a local tobacco firm.
College Into
| ‘sl Sessions
RALEIGH Appro xixmateely
150 freshmen and new students
arirved on the St. Augustine’s
College campus Monday to par
! ticipate in the traditional Fresh
■ | man Week exercises prior to re
j gistration, school officials have re
t ported.
Activities which engage the at
tention of the new students in
clude placement testing, discus
sions led by personnel deans, wei
ner roasts, campus tours, free mo
vies, and an address by the p>’esi
; dent, following the opening cha
| pel service. A reception for new
students was held in Taylor Hall
Thursday evening at the close, of
registration,
A series of faculty meetings
began Friday morning with an fid*
I dress by President Harold
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\ Agents Set
Meet Dates
RALEIGH Thursday and Fri
! day November 1 and 2, are the
j dates set for the Negro Farm and
Home Agents annual meeting as
a result of a meeting of the exe
cutive committee held here Friday
at the Bloodworth Street YMCA
over which M. W. Coleman, State
President, presided.
Tbs state-wide meeting will
be held at the First Baptist
Church, in Raleigh, The pro
gram will include lectures,
demonstrations. Sours, busi
ness sessions, and election of !
officers.
Other Executive Committee
members 'present at the meeting
were Mrs. Rose Winchester,
Greensboro: A ’VC. Tuck, Roxboro:
Mrs, Rebecca Hall, Wilmington;
Mrs. C. S. Wilson, Graham: Mrs.
Annie B. Branch. Warremon; Mrs.
Mildred Payton, Pittsbcro; Doro
thy Tillman, Clinton; L. R. Ford,
Roxboro; J. C Hubbard, Durham;
R. E. Jones, Greensboro; and W.
|C. Davenport, Raleigh.
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GTS FAVORITE PIN - VP
GIRL Her selection as "Pin- j
up" girl by a group of Amerl-
Episcopal District Set
For Sessions At Kittrell
HONORS FOR WOMEN
Pictured a* left is Miss Doro
thy I. Height, noted civic and
social worker, who recently
was appointed a member among
a group of 48 outstanding wom
en of the newly created Defense
Advisory Committee on Women
in the Services, This committee
was named by Gen. Georgs- C.
Marshall, secretary of defense-
Raleigh Merchants Prepare
Yearly Home Fashion Week
RALEIGH Residents of Ra
leii'h and environs are making •
ready currently for the annual:
“Home Fashions Week" obser-j
vance of member-stores of the j i
Raleigh Retail Furniture Associa
tion ! |
During tin's annual occasions.! I
patrons find the door of member |
stores spread wide in* "open j
house" fashion; are recipients of j.
outstanding savings in furniture I j
cos s; and participate in many gift j j
offers, which this year will total 1
a record $2500 in merchandise, i i
Th i s year’s observance, j
which is to be held next
week, has been officially an
nounced in the following
manner by Robert F. Long,
furniture buyer for Raleigh’s j
Ivey Tay!®r Company, and
secretary of the Raleigh Re- j
tail Furniture Association
Mr. Long says:
"Here it is Fall again, a season ■
I of the year when we all get Home i
| conscious after a Summer out of j
j doors. Come .. September and we (
| begin to look forward to the new '
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can soldiers in action in Korea
makes lovely Jean Parks, for
mer leader of an all-girls' or
chestra and now a New York
Mrs. Alice G. Mickens. of West
j Palm Beach, Fla., (right) whose
appointment as National De
| sense Bond Chairman of the
I National Association of Colored
j Women has just been announc
ed, is preparing an intensive
campaign among the 50,600
| members of that organization.
> The Defense Bond Drive will
extend through October 27.
JUNIOR TARHEEL CLASSIC STATED
OCT. 18 WILL BENEFIT RESEARCH
RALEIGH —• The third annual
JJunior Tarheel Classic football
game will be held at Chavis Park 1
Field here on Friday night, Oc
tober 19 at 8 p.m , it was announ
ced here this week.
The annual gridiron extra
vaganza which will pit the
Raleigh Junior Football Lea
gue champions against the i
crack Norfolk, Virginia City 1 i
League championship team,
is being sponsored by the lo
cal Kabala Temple No. 177 for
the benefit of Shrine Cancer
and Tuberculosis research a«d
hospitalization.
In addition to the game, other
events are it was lear
ned. Among these events are a
projected parade and half-time
activities.
model, a constant favorite with
fighting men. )!*-> Parks was
also allocated ‘pin-up’ honors
by American Gls In World 11
\ KITTRELL - The annual Edu
cational Chautauqua of the Se
| cond Episcopal District of Lite A,
I M E. Church will open at Kit
\ treli College Monday evening,
j September 24. with Dr. G, D.
’ Carnes of Wilmington presiding.
] and will continue throughout the
, week tile Ret R W. Wisnor,
i president of the college said Mon
; dav
Others who nil! appear on
the Monday program include
the Rt. Rev. L. H. Heming
ivjj . Bishop of the Second
Episcopal District of the A.
3VI. E. Church, will deliver the
principal address; the Rev. Ik
j H- Green, the Rev. S. M. Rid
dick, President Wisner. and
| the Rev. Edward S. Guiles,
dean of the Kittrell College
School of Theology,
j Bishop Hemingway will preside
i at the Tuesday sessions when edu
j catfonal reports will be made by
' district presiding elders, while tti«t
! Tuesday evening session will be
I presided over by the Rev. D. Wil-
I iiatns. The evening sermon will
ibe delivered by the Rev. S. D,
! Suker, and remarks will be mad*
jby Bishop Hemingway.
There will also be worship
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Area Shriners and football fans
will recall that the annual bene
fit event not only aids the Shrin
ers' worthy causes, but also fea
tures a stellar brand of football
played by youth many of whom
have become outstanding high
school and collegiate gridiron.
s*ars The 1950 Junior Tarheel
Classic ended in a 13 to 13 stale
mate when the Raleigh champion
ship eleven and the Doric Miller
Community Center team from
Newport' News, Vs, ,titled for
interstate supremacy.
Member Shriners of the K*»-
hala Temple have already
launched an ambitious promo
tion of the event. Fat re re. de
siring pr re-game tickets are.
asked to contact the Shrfswrs
in their communities.