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AFTER STATE MEDICS' CONFERENCE
PROMINENT KID DIES ON
WAY HOME FROM MEET
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DURING GREENVILLE MFJIT
Business Laagufc To Give
First Progress Citation
•'! V'LKNYii •V, Tin* mi'miii
of 11 -.- late ; 'i' ('. C. Sji.iukiiiK
Jjllrlum t ;-lrl(v.' jmlllttO', Will h
t vm,during annual ess ,if: of
lot! Kor!!. Caiolina Nfiji’u
LKi; J uK j be held here Molii-lay
ii'id Tue-dav, June 29 and 30.
}\ ci wiion-a aai d, named in him- i
•>r of Ur S moulding. > t'oundci
and lot, president of the North!
i ‘Mrriiiii,i [v'iiitoal Life insurant'. - .
f i.-iiia; n; as v. ll a-, tlifc* Leaaw
is to be presented for the first :
to Kie f ; t!i Carolina Negiu tnl.m
lies.-- aftilinte of the League which
ii is realized the inosi prei-uv;
during the past year.
Tee Cil.Mlotli Will be .. warded :r
a feature of Tuesday niriit:. mam-;
moth talent show which will mar!; !
the end <.f the two-day session#
'he .gatherin, f gets underway!
Idondav when members of the :
Goldsboro Man Is Hero
Ax the honor sniard stands e
reel behind him, Army Sergeant j
First Class MarsiMu K, Fverett.
t J Goldsboto, N. V. remains at at-
M fjl star in Germany. The decoration
J§ M ward, was conferred for sallan-
Jjjl| TOI now a sorgii-st technician w'!U> |
* ale near Baumholder Germany. His
f. t 1 Goldsboro,
jSSSsBRIfSI fS&jHr '
MgSSap sm, gPE i
‘t ti* isli thirty nine years ao,
fir tin tuiimT IVfiss
ft*a« irMiini me r %f \ Uuiiiitlou
t (‘OTO v, ‘u, h miiitii w:i:i hoi'U *a
*la rhtei, aVJis Y lit Lli/Uhrth
SlrrkrJl u t Mil wank «■«*, iV ha on
Ml*.
In ~nlUiiioi> to prut* 'sr.ii.ma! |->hr
wmU*» l/t Hdtlr avis also known
as lisuirr in <*vm and
utian ; liMvhy and tlirough the
stale Sir wus u.ti * e al >ailU
- .ahrirfs f h and w av »
*ip*' 11 < »*i i*l Uir stalls ol both
Sami Astir* Hospital, KalriieU.
ituf* fill v t oavdv dJo*
■jital <;n >(!'•
:>r. ;il-u tiHil member*
i,i|>* m iln Koekv >looiit Metlb
• ,vi Aeariemy lA.*:s‘ul; l!te Old
' ■'.• ii :*t.!•< Meil-r . l Association
ami tin ivuupa Alpha I 1- i Bra
< »•, (. 1! t
Ui:, body i;>. in state Sin.dav
uvs iiesrly ■ ompieted office
'tuada, [ttiur to fIMItUVaI to the
tforitinued on I’ase tti
Man, 23, ‘Blows His Top’;
Defies Police, Shoots 3
Bl)KLli\‘iiTON -- \ : :, :;-yeav-oio
r‘'sifj,-nt vs ho suddenly • , r/u*w
his? ton" i■ ‘-t Saturday, he'd polh*- 1
officer' -if bay with siTotyu.fi
*•♦ n i J flee? -.all. ea up 1 1 1 *'• S * ret- r
and iiiii. led tti * etOijlr- wUn a
Well, Your Honor, He
1 rented My Dog So Mean
t'.'f-M ro: • r ■- t o.n rcst
’< li'-a .tie singer Inio
I!'■<>••. :> :- hit time “Mama, He
i r.-als t our iJaightcr t’ii an’ 1
’* ttii *he Iv*'*.-* "t •,.!!• UniiuT
H< fi'Catf ti :\!y Hog So .>!*'■
*t<-i,- this \tceb a, a local ccsi
•'(•.,( fate*, ti.at by jury Oft *
-any- wi i ni. !b t.i ita]'.
' it- 1 1.1 ■. : , it fiti bit ~1 ftp
tOir-i-Oft Streef, has tieeu ireets
'■■ft ‘ 1 botxl liejsdiftg ii;;‘ ftC'.i
i fw.v" 1 eag.te df .cend iuioc;
he lioti city for taeii annual bus> j
o ■ .oli- A I Ol'.' ’U 1 of (ill;:
■'••culm i-OiroTiittee of the League |
i: ah :.i .heduled Moiiday to include j
c.'ii.i ulivi :e.'MOt!s m which a new;
odi,»'i oi i-Ificers will be eon. idr;' i
. a olid olaci: and date set foi i
■ t ve.u’a meet Selection c-f lhi* ;
; Spauluini: Progress Citation will j
oil.' ■ f a •;.; to l'c' e• ve 1 1 te i t’ j
also be made
Public sessions and general rneei
,lrs will 1.,- lift the Je. euda f 1 •’ ,
;Ti.esday wit.i the trdeut htow unci:
: piu: seub.o I. iii m be the linal (t.i-.
1 tm e
A: am-' .i' r ijieniber:. oi the la.’
j gtii-’a e > eeutive body sue It ' ‘
jCJ.'irreU, Greenville, current presi
: dent of the state group; J J j
: Henderson, Duham, chairman; Ed*!
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Ml
DR. ,1. A. BATTLE
. . . heart attack victim
i .mgla * <;<-t rrom iiiy. w» aiion i‘
; ni-inc held in jail here or: v;.ri»-<t
' ..’barges mi observation penflm*'
] he !• c of the cohflitmi’i o'
’ »c t:: t. •
i (Continued on Huge Mi
hi rv (evn here after helfte
■ lutrgeii tt 1 h Hounding, in
; ’bring tort a ring and killing a
•'.I? bv heating it to death with
•i cliijt the charge was nie
'••rm! by t»avi-. inigtioi, Kjj
I’orui Barker who said his mi'<
irrafcu dog teas valued at sm
i lie vtuiiiciful Court judge
gismlcii : avis' tile. to. trial bv
iurv
Reo. Wiley
Head Shaw
U. Alumni
iiAU'.ll iiJ Hev J w Wiley, ;
■1 v of I9.!0, was elected pre.-ident .
"* I,i »- National Alumru Assoeia- j
tjcn of Ati aw University in their ’
hme annual meeting, held at ih« I
University.
Tin- Reverend Mr Wiley, having |
-omnleted his high sulioof traininv I
if I'aimer Menu.) ial Institute, his;
A. B. from Shaw University; Bis |
S.T!). from Howard University;;
nss M A., degree frorn Columbia i
Uiiivers.tv and with further study:
nil hi: U Ed., degree, is well nuali-1
be' Cn the new position For;
eighteen year?, he has been one of
Nonh Carolina’s top high school
prinuipui;, and foi twenty year;; i ;
•oce.-ssful pastor.
There were twenty-four clubs :
•'did chapters represented at the •
June annual meeting The associa
tion, f.r two years, under tem
leadership of Prof. W. R. Collins ;
principal ot the Johnston County:
' raining School, has made tre
mendous strides in the organiza-j
lion of clubs and chapters. The!
National Association has also in-[
(Continued on Page 8!
News Os The Carolinas In Brief
_ _ .... _
RALEIGH IN A AGP TO
| MEET ON JUNE 28 1
i RALEIGH A muss meeting;
will be staged by the Raleigh j
branch NAACP at Martin Street
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, j
June 28 sot the purpose of raising j
i funds *to defray expenses involved I
| m the hranch’s successful prese-1
! CUUQII of a "white youth charged j
|with rapii.;t a young colored girl j
here recently. Attorney Herman j
I Taylor was engaged by the branch i
|is vpeei'i 1 prosecutor in the case j
land the defendant was given a|
jiife imprisonment sentence
| The local NAACP group is : til! I
! seeking addition members, Mem-!
;berships may be nenuired by con-j
1 tacting Charles Jones, president i
!or t ie biv.neh. or Charles Irving I
i secretary,
I two mm scouts
! GET EAGLE RATES
f RALEIGH Raymond Codring
| tan, 10 end Thomas Ferguson, aye
il3 troop 124 sponsored by The j
| Harriett County 'Training School, |
| Dunn, h C. f ccyntiy received
| the,&fl Bo.v Scout; Ragle at the
i school's commencement program,
i Robert K. Cui bctt is then Scout-j
jis head of the troon committee. ;
| master and Prof, F H. Ledbetter
D. N. Howard. Field Executive I
jof the Occoneechee Council, con-!
'gi atulalod the Scouts and pre-'
j rented the badges to Mrs C. B. j
| Codrington and Mrs. Fevgr.on, |
mothers of the Scouts, who pinned J
For Allegedly “Slandering” Elks
N. C. MINISTER MAY BE SUED
THE CAROLINAIAN
| VOL. XU R ALEUT IT, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 19511 NO. 29 I
Gambling Dharges Fail To j
Stick Against Seven Men !
N. C. Educator Is Accorded Honor
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TV'S AN HONOR- l>r, »,Vitfi
am H Strassnec (left', President
• of Shaw imiver.HJtv (Raleigh. N.
C .i, coinr ratuiates yy ! C.reene,
.•.yeentive secretaiy. North Caro
McKissick Os Asheville j J
New Legionnaire’s Head;
WILMINGTON - K 15. IVTcKis- T
..-'.-'k. post 4», Ashc-vdie, v. .i-, elect ti
|od vice-commander of Division Six >
j i Negro) i f the North Carolina; f
■ Amcnoan for Ifl:i3-f*4 at the j *
, annua] stole convention which met
;in Wilmington Thursday through it
j Saturday cif last week lie sue- 1 i
D eed-: f A Thornton of Golds-j'
Itiii’u.
Approxiiiiutciy 300 Leeiunnairr-s j ;
and members of tin; Legion Au- u
Ixiliarv and guests were in the city r
I for the sessions which were held j
-it Wilhston industrial H iff hr.
i Scli-joi.
A highlight of the convention ;<
'was the mammoth parade through I c
.downtown Wilmington on Friday.'
their sons. One other Scout from
the liighest rank in Scouting on
(Jus troop reached tlie Eagle rank
! last year
| YMCA WILL STARE |
I ROYS’ DAY CAMP j
! RALEIGH During the sum
imer months the local Bloodwcrth i
| Street YMCA will suousor a boys j
;day camp with a varied schedule
|of youth activities under the di
!rector of Leslie Wright, boys work
| secretary. Mr Wirght is a gradu
iate of A. and T, College where- he j
j specialized in physical educate v j
land was - member of the football i
i team.
{ Activities to be conducted in- j
j elude; softball games on the Shaw;
j University athletic fin-ld; swim- J
i mind classes at Chavis Park and j
the following activities at the "Y” j
recreational department; table ten-j
inis, checkers. billiards, weight j
; lifting, i.oreshoes, punching and j
striking bag drills, movies, latent j
shows, dt vvtional service...
Boys who desire to attend the
day comp ore invited to register
jam- day at the "¥”.
CHILDREN LEARN
TO TALK. HEAR
DURHAM • A speech clinia for
children who have trouble t&'.iking
|at id who are bard of hearing
|opened at North Carolina College
Saturday, June 13.
According to Dr. Marcus H.
IBoulware the cLrtic will provide
i
i • i
lina Tea<hers association, who
has iosS, Im'.m* presented with the
degree ol Doctor <if haws hy Dr.
t. V. McCauley (center) a Shaw
trustee iiiis was the highsiiot of
tile Kg iii ullillial (OiilHie iiccinrlit
The parade wan integrated. Neurol
delegates appeared about ha!/ wnv j
in the procession, and they rcceiv- ;
ed mticii applause. Troops from M
nearby camps were Negro u n <1: j
white, with inarching units anti |'
bands completely mixed These i :
troops received an enthusiastic
vat ion.
The convention banquet was held
at Club 3(U Friday ingot, with I'
Or, H. A .Eaton, prominent phy- 1
rician, as principal speaker, •
Go-Getters banquet was held
Thursday night at Club 301.
Winner of the State Oratorical! 1
Contest was Miss Geneva Johnson '
of Wendell.
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treatment for handicapped chil
dren who will be offered hearing;,
testing speech testing, auditory i‘
i training for hard of hearing, lip I
|reading for hard of hearing and!
j deaf, and therapy for adult stut- i
! terers
Dr Boulware, who is professor j
jof special education at Albany |
j State College, Albany, Ga., is a j
i foi iner speech and hearing specia- I
| list with the Charlotte t’ityl
j Schools
| SOCIOLOGIST IS
; AN ANTHORITY I
I DUNHAM Several recent so
j ciology textbooks have carried ex-
I tracts from studies conducted by
| Dr. Charles E King, sociologist
| and authority on marriage prob
j lems at North Carolina College
j here.
j Among the authors who have
lured Dr King's findings in their
: work: are R. A. Schermerhom,
J, H S. Bcassaid. and Alfred Mc-
Clung Lee
Several of the references to the
jiSfCC sociologist’s work are to a
I study entitled •'The Burgess and
I Cottrell Method of Measuring!
’ Marital Adjustment Applied to a j
j Non White Southern Urban Popu-;
I i«t<on *•• The article appeared in !
I “Marriage and Family Living” j
| last November.
] Dr. King received his under- j
graduate training <u Paine Col
lege, Augusta, Ga., and the mast
ers degree from the University of
Michigan. He earned his Ph D. at
jthe University of Chicago in 1951
j exercises at Shaw !«Ht week,
S where P’4 candidates In the coi
| lege of arts and sciences amt the
. school of religion received tie
grt-es. (Newspres*. Photo.'
First Negro
Given Unit).
Os Va. Ph. D
CiIAfILOTIKSVILI.i;,! Vja.
Waiter Nathaniel rtidley of Peters
burg, Virginia, was awarded a
Doctor of Philosophy degree u the
University of Virginia’s Com
mencement exercises last Monday.
Ridley, who is head ol tue de
partment ot psychology at Vh'
■inia State College, Petersburg,
was the tirat Negro ever to re
ceive a Doctor's degree from a
Southern State University.
In every subject which he pur
sued, Ridley received straight A's
except in one sin.jet his grade
was B-plus. Hidley studied at t-.n-
Universily for a period of two
.years.
Dean L. J. Stiles of the uni
versity's school of education said
if Ridley: He has demonstrated
the highest qualities, of leadership
and geiiti'-manliiiess we expect of
University of Virginia Students ”
President Colgate W. Darden, Jr.
said of him "His excellent record
leads me to believe he will re
flect credit upon the University
and upon the Commonwealth"
Burlington
Gets First
“Rec” Head
BURLINGTON The City o"
RnrUnztnn this week employed
its first full-time director of Ne
gro recreation.
A 21-year-cht 1953 graduate nf
North Carolina College, Durham,
went to work at the job Monday
Billy Johnson, who just last week
received a bachelor of science de
gree in physical education from
the Durham institution was em
ployed by local Recreation Direc
tor Joe Davis on the approval o f
City Manager E. C. Brandon arid
the local Recreation Commission
Johnson is a graduate of East
man Hign School in Enfield, his
hometown, While at North Cnm
! hna college, he minor ed in biolo
! gy, and was for three years a
i member of the varsity baseball
j maim.
[School*s Out
Drive Slow!!
Roundup Is
At Raleighs ;
is
Lvidence Missing,
j ■
(litv Jmigt* Rulus
RALE IC,IT -• Seven local meti |
i - arrested after having allegedlv i
been "finsered" by one of their j <
i number with whom they had pur- | ,
jnortedly been gambling were i i
i freed in Pity Court here Tuesdav ■ |
'when the presiding jurist ruled |
that there was not sufficient ev>-1
1 dence presented in the case tot
I prefer a gambling charge against |
them i
Tne 'fvcnti'i man, accused of
doing the -fingering" in the run*
failed to show up for the
ins.
City Court Judge Albert Doub
heard testimony from Detective
sergeant F. W. Pollard which in
dicated that Charles Clyde Moses c
of the IKK) block of East Martin r
i Street, instigated the wholesale '
j i iiiiriduii nf allegeii 'gamblers' 1
| when he was apprehended onei
jdfiv last week.
I When arrested. Detective Pollard j •
j.iici, W " in r massif i us
. large amotr .. oi .- : Cse change.
| When questioned as to where he •
i had gotten the change, Moses re- >
! oortedly said he had been gambi J
ling with » group of men arid had (
;either won nr lost. He then began 1
to name rite men and addresses of
his alleged gambling companions.
Picked up by police officers
| were Spurgeon Yancey of Ross j 1
| Street, who was asquitted on aj*
charge of operating a gambling I f
house Others who were nabbed •
all Raleigh men, were: j f
Tommy Weeden of the 300;
Block. Fowler Street; Rabbi Dunn, s
l.ightner’s Funeral Home Email- c
. nel Swindell nf the 400 Block of !
. Cannon St, John Agges of John
son Terrace and Tom Beale nfp
Peace arid Railroad Street.
Each in turn was acquitted of j l
a,ambling charges in the Citvi <
Court hearing. I
Violence Claims Lives
Os Three During Week
RALEIGH Death by violent
! means is <tl!l laying claim to
i Negro residents of North Carolina,
i surveys conducted by the news
paper indicate.
During the past week, at least
. two North Carolina persons died
as a result of highway mishaps
and during the same period at
■ least one homicide was recorded
AUTO DEATHS
Sampson County’s 12th highway
fatality of 1953 occurred lasi Sat
urday afternoon in Dismal Town
ship,
A 60-vear-old ’ woman, Mrs Het
tie Cl. Williams, sustained fatal in
luries when a car operated by
Isaac McLamb, 19, of Route 1,
Salemburg, failed to make a curve
on a road near Kirby Hall's store,
swerved into a field, struck a tree
and glanced off and struck’ -her.
She was taken to the Royal Cli
State Dental Group To
Meet On June 23 and 24
! Greensboro Site Os Sessions
RALEIGH ■- The Old North,
State Denial Society will meet at;
Bennett College in Greensboro,
1 Tuesday and Wednesday, .Tune .23!
1 and 24. A very interesting pi-n- j
grain is being planned according j
to Dr, B W Barnes, chairman ofj
' the convention committee.
On Tuesday, the Society will
register at 10 o’clock. The meet in#
officially open at 11 o’clock Tues
day with""" the dentists and the
Dental Auxiliary participating. A
clinic will be conducted Tuesday
i afternoon. Other dental clinics* will
Rocky Mount
Pastor Irks
Area s Elks
iVlinir tcr's Remarks
At f uneral Cause
Threat Os Suit
MV J. K HAimr.N
ROCKY MOUNT - A letter de
scribed as ‘•very strong” has been
sent to the pastor of a local Kiay
nst church which intimates that
'legal action' in the form t.f
1 suit - will be forthcoming if
the pastor does not retract state
ments which members of the area
IB POE i Rlk s > lodge feet slander
ous and derogatory to their order.
RFV. 1! \t DNiARWOm*
Members of Twin Countv Conge
No. 2;,7. 16 POE of W <Elks> are
meen.u d tfi-ause of certain alleged
derogatory remarks made by the
Rev. R. W. Underwood, riasiot of
%it. Zion Baptist Church here
while o inducting a funeral for
: deceased Elk member June 7.’
The minister is said to have tie*
. fared from his pulpit that, the de
'ea.-eri Eik member of m.-mv years
•.landing had declared to him tUb
derntwd) that “tV -FU-. v go
ing to hell" if they “didn't change”
This was allegedly repeated to the
congregation during the funeral by
me pastor
WIDOW DENIES STATEMENT
The widow ot the deceased is
said to have denied that hm hus
band make any such statement,
even the he was sick a loan while.
She is Quoted as saying "It’s a Be",
according to Exalted' Ruler Fletch
er Westrv of Twin Countv Elks.
The “very strong" letter was
sent to the minister by the lodge
demanding an apology given pub
licly to The Elks.
It ip recalled that another orParh
er here was required to apologize
for a statement which proved to
be false several years ago, offi
cials said last week. The Elks
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nic at S&lcinburg but was dead on
arrival.
JMcCiamb told investigating pa
crolmen that a post had struck the
victim but witnesses testified that
it was the car causing the in
juries.
McLamb was indicted on g
charge of manslaughter and placed
under a bond of $2,500.
David Jacobs. 35, became Robe
son County's 15th highway fatality,
about 9 o'clock Sunday night vi’l’fen
he was struck by an automobile
250 yards southeast of the Inter
section of Highways N. C. 83 and
U. S. 501 six miles south of
Maxton.
The driver of the car. C. C.
Parks of Laurinburg, stated he
was meeting a car and the second
car’s lights made it impossible *to
,ee the pedestrian
(Continued on Page 8)
,be held Wednesday morning and
; evening.
| Tha Old North State Dental Sa-
Iciety was founded by pioneer# in
|dentist rv in the state. It was ori
ginated in Wilson in 15.19.
! Officers of the Society are Dr,
ijvj. W. Butler, Asheville, pr'-cident;
Dr. C. B. Jones, Elizabeth - City,
president-elect; Dr. M. L-. W»tts,
Raleigh, secretary-treasurer.
Ms. M. L. Watte of Raleigh is
president of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Society.