WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, \y
A Salute To
Henderson & Vanee County
Th« Contribution Made By The Negro Citizens Os Vance County Toward Its Progress, Has Been
Outstanding. The Firms Listed Herein Are Pleased To Join The Carolinian in This Salute.
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COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL—L. B Speover is - -n at his desk in the office of Vance
County’s only high ffheol. Henderson institute. The school i> located on the campus of the old
Henderson Normal Institute, made famous by the Isti* Dr I ’ Colton.
Henderson School Serves
Entire Vance Population
HENDITPSOK Her.derson In
•trti.ite which began under the
sponsorship of the United Presby
terian Church a number •• f years
ago is now the only high school
Vance C-t. r.ty nr-d ha:- an en
roll ment of 1,118 and a faculty
of 30
The school % fjeaded by L E.
ipence?, who took over in 194?
end h'!> made rom»rkabls pro
gress during bis tenure
FAr a camber of years the
School maintained a hoarding
department and did not dose
raise until 194';. The build
ings that -were formerly used
for hoarding student* are new
used !*- a, Nurses’ Borne for
nurse■ who are ronnw fed x* ith
the Jubilee Hospital and a
Tesuberase for the members
of the school facußv.
The school still carries the sir
rs a campus life school and the
fact thin most of the teachers live
on the cam: u< tends to make it
lyiore campus-like. T?u children
from the rum! sections are
brought to the school or. modern
huand they arriving'
at an early hour irx the m.-.rrur.g
while most of them , e started
homeward about 330 p M.
The extra - curricula activities in
clude the three mayor sports, with
the band being classed as one of
the best in the state It is eallc-5
upon tc serve in various parts of
the state and always can be count
ed on to make a fine show. The
band is directed by J. B Me*
LEKXAB. TANCET 7~n~rr rniftitfi bWmih ■* HnAmai, are
proud of the Leiia B. Yancey School which was built hi 19‘<? A.
A. Lane is the principal. It was built to relieve the overcrowed sit
uation of the town. Its PTA is in the midst of a program to beau
tify the grounds.
' Henderson Happenings
MRS BERNARD P. CREWS
HENDERSON lt was indeed
a pleasure to have CAROLINIAN
reporters visit our city this week
Many of our readers were able to
meet some of the people behind
the paper.
SOCIAL WHIM,
Mr. Melvin Turner has return •
ed home after vt siting his a unis
in New York City,
Mr*. Altana Lane Payne left
last weekend for San Francisco,
California where she took an air
plane to Honolulu, Hawaii. Mrs.
Payne was greeted in Honolulu
by her husband, Lt Delbert S.
Payne, who has been overseas
Payne received her college degree
last week from Bennett. College,
in Greensboro. Site is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs A. A Lane of
Rockspring Street.
Mr. end Mrs. Jimmy Jefferson
recently returned to Richmond,
Virginia where they will make
their home. Mrs Jefferson is the
yy former Miss Doris Small of Route
Mr. Thurston Sneed of Wash
ington, D. C. was here last week
end visiting hi.; wife, Mrs. Sneed.
Mrs. Jessie Evans gave a birth
fiay dinner for her husband, Vic
; LaugkJin.
The school bo/,.-.;,s one of »c
best, commercial courses v; found
in the state. There !.-. a inrnc*:s
club that enables ■ Di ir* r dr
dents to carry or- a fine fellow
ship. The business club will* he
the guest of the communf y busi
ness men or; January 20 Emit
.senior* will be c-hosen to work
; with these; men to set on-1 he*
led experience.
The music ocpartrnrnt v- nr. ■ m
,A Its appreciation c.'.-.-i: . t>
ria.f da-ss-'t m theory v f-t w • r
arid various types of or;?.n Tassos
Til* ?th Bth and 9th greles
’have g veil rounded 4-H pt.-graTO.
which is vjpr:vis h d by Li. L, !'••.
'Farm Agent M”S E. B R 1 ;■ ue
• the Home Asreut-. while M B
■Knight F the mi. nor
The PTA give.-, the school *p’co
did ?.,;;opvt. J?. bt-V.-v- ?., r
•his can be traced to the fart
that 43 percent of iasst yeur’s tpu
dating class entered o-iiiege W. D.
Payne s trie pro : rd ,v nt,.
The school’s a 1 kb tic pro.- ram
well rounded, J. H. Mrl> ic •■ a ,d
H. L. Cus.henberry eo&ei: /•• nail
and basketball. M B S'-rrh.-
the ba.seball ■ ; A. Muir
h tilsciics track. Mrs, N, A. Valov*
tine is In charge of the girls’ ba .-
• ketball team.
It has a very uni-rue home eco
nomics department. There are 237
students enrolled in this depart
ment. with both sexes being troll
ed in the department. It is headed
by Mrs E. 3. Whitted and Mss.
B. W. Alston
tor Evans on January 17 at their
; home. Mr. Evans was happy over
i the many gifts he received from :
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Perry Hijrh School
Presents Good Show
LOUISBURCr A highly edu
cational picture was shown at j
the Perry High School, located at ;
Centerville, Tuesday night, .Tan- !
■.. vary 18, by Dr. Thomas Martin, j
j of Raleigh
i The show was given for the :
| benefit of the Athletic Associa
tion and. was sponsored by B, J.
’ (Bun) Hayes. It shows the trove!".
of Dr. Martin as he loured the
I world. It also gave intern I -ng j
i happenings of surgical work done
by him while he was in India.
The name of the picture is .
‘'Travels Through India”. Quite
a few people turned out to see H
The school, under the leader
| ship of J. E. Wilson, is having
wonderful success. It’s faculty is
considered one of the best in the
state. Interesting facts about, the
school and the faculty will ap
pear each week, in the CARO
LINIAN.
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fessiSM 1
S<’ H«‘01. IIE AH—J. r. Stabler,
v.hy h ;fs the public schools of
Va nee County. He is believed to
he ihe first saprriniradent to
da * .-nclhiwg about the deplor
*bio rUKttiou that existed
imanr v-sro s- bouts in the
eoimtv, Haring his administra
riaev sehools have been
eon*.o'.dated and the srhoias
tsc standards h-ire been raised,
ummmm
rlfc iiUtlf ali-fi
has mm
mm syetei
TTF’cruntON Perhaps the .
j most , i-r.0.-.t system to bo
lounn in inv ' in *.nc
j ifi <n lyse ir, Handescm Tj.fre
; !S 0.-Jv "t. h'r.h school in the
: county end :< if located on the
! eld Henderson :
lv -rr ■■ ; i.St.'*.;', A3! Os the high,
• school s.■ vb’n"; a ]| ovcr t^ r
: <:■ ■ ■•.’>' anepd th;..- school. The
: c 'Uirtn who live in the corporate
’ n .. ■ ■ v.'-.iy ty the schtv.J snd '
j those >,< ao live in the county are
~ brought tv. buss.
The couj.ty pays for the trans* •
1 »•••’ •■vt’-t-n of tr-.* children «••• the
, strhcid and irs t spot-, si bitty ends
| then; The tov. n .-,•: hool heads fur- f
rush ah the: other facilities that •
; go to make i: possible for higher •
: etcwr-ation in the local htgh school. ;
! Tr.c town has two elementary ;
scho'.-d; The Eaton-Johnson Eie- i
: memory Scr-aol is located near i
. the- high school and has 22 teach- i
i *rs Tv- re are 753 students cnroll
: or Sanford E. Williams has head
. --..e J!»50.
The PTA s headed by Mr*
Ar.ne B McLendon. They have
taker, ns a project, beautifying
; the campus.
Tim principal hit upon a novel
idea of underwriting a revolving ■
fond by having the students save j
by buying federal stamps. The
fir:- dry. .*3O 00 worth of stamps
w re bought by the children.
The extra-curricula activities
! include sniping groups, composed ;
j of boys and girls A good boys’ ;
■ choir has been developed there.
The school authorities found !
that the F.aion-Johnson School !
had become 4 over crowded and in 1
HUT • ■ 1,1 ; Yancey Elcmen
: tary School was ojn'tied with an
enroltmen* of 252. and 8 teachers. ;
I A A Lane is teacher-principal. !
The school is. locat«-d In South ;
K-i t'v cn and has an eorctllmenl :
of 272 There are 144 families rc- .
pn-svnted in the student bd<iy.
Its cnfeterla Serves a very useful .
pur!>••«* and Ine efficiency with j
i which it is conducted, is excel- ,
The PTA has about 84 active
Icril.
j families who take special pride
i in the school. 11 has .ot out to
’ beaut.fy the grounds. The roads
! to the building are badly in need |
i of repairs, arui even though it
I should be the duty of the town
j to improve them, (he PTA has
| assumed this responsibility. Mrs.
I Henrietta Howard is president; j
j Mrs. W. M Richardson, secretary;
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VANCE’S BEST—Carver Flementarv School, which km drißcaled on April 11. 1954, can easily he termed the best elementary sHioej in
the county. It is modern in every respect and serves a d.-nse population, which is found about four miles north of Henderson. I K.
Tolbert is principal. The school prints a paper known as the C arver News which chronicle* the happenings. The paper h.vs » vvn *•£•-i
--cient staff.
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S ITT K VISOR AXf> ro.VSI IT ANT Vvs v!q.,- o \t iih.-.ms. >u
pmisor ot Vanft ( ownti rh me?,.arv -«i*<>- U and teacher-; i.' -ui
taot. Mr-. Killianis had ter-m- cv,t<-rienr<- in tin- i.» .d -,i
education. She is a graduate of I ayettcville State Teachers s'‘al
lege.
rrankiinton Family Name
Rings Success In County
FRAKT.TNTON ~ The oU ->uc«- ’
lion ar to “What’s in a None"
can best be ans'v•' ’■•.•d by the de*
sciicendants of B F Person, who
was a pioneer in education here
In recogr.iiior? of the work that
he did the local high sehoo: ;<
iciir.c-d in his honor He to
here for more than 53 years The .
•i' -;n v. H:i;h th-■ ■ ' i
cated was aisc nruved in liis i 1 ■ n
i-r Kis wife, whose tiamc was
Evelyn, is believed to have been
a great source of inspirit •on •
hire. To this union was b-.rn 14
children and five of them be
came teachers.
Mrs. Williams
Heads Vance
School System
Mrs. Addle O. William*, former- j
ly with the John C Winston
Company, u now supervisor j:f
Vance County Schools. Mrs WH
liams was the first, and is '.ho
only Negro ever • mployed u ; edu
cational consultant with a m .lor
publishing firm.
As supervisor of schools -he
making a studs of critical ' -
needs of the children in the cour. -
ty by helping to adminiU.e- the
mental maturity and mb cv-.-ir.i-nl
tests to all the chlldr. n in the
county
When the results are in she
hopes to be able to plan with the
principles and teachers a pro
gram that will help each child to
make progress toward cdurut- tv
ol goals through opportunities to
develop as broadly as possible in
a purposeful and meaningful way.
She believe* that systematic .
planning is necessary and that
adequate recoreds of achievement
of each child should he kept. The .
test results, she hopes, will serve
as a guide for future classroom ;
planning and selection of supple
mentary books and materials to
fit the needs of the children who
wiil use thorn
The teachers, principals, super
visor, and superintendent of
; Vance County regard their work
in the iigh/ of objectives to be
realized, methods and procedures
to be tried. They hope to engage
in cooperative research on prob
lrrs relating to the educational
program in hope* of improving
i it.
f GAHOLINIAN
There is still one in the com*
mur.ity who is carrying <>n in th»
style of his father. Melville Cor
tez. He attended Albion Academy
North Carolina College and Shaw.
He is a teacher in the Albion
Elementsrv School He has taught
at. the B. F Fvison School.
Vaughan. Mt. Obve and Wirier';
Seminary
He is proud of the record that
he made ar an athlete- and loves
t.-i talk about h;* fr i- - on t : -;
baseball disrrond. He won fame
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I Henderson Thriving Town
With Several Industries
HENDERSON Tins typical
: North Carolina town, located on
i the main line of the Seaboard
i Airline Railroad, with a number
; of churches, seven taxicab com
] panics, one whiskey store and
ten beauty parlors, comes to life
; or.iy or. Saturday.
S There are many new homes
popping up in every section of
the* town. The most recent show
place is the new home recently
1 built by Dr. Dewey Hawkins. It
: is the latest in architecture and
sprawls over a vast lot and could
: easily be termed a mansion. Dr.
J. D Hawkins’ house, with its
: ant'i.vif- furniture is the. last word
■ • i ri decoration. Undertaker
Jordan has just moved into a
rambling rambler arid is just a
.ore v throw from Dr. Hawkins.
Mr Tboma* Hunt has just moved
-ato his beautiful new home.
Bricklayers, school principals and
people from all walks of life
:<:■ . -Trio::,,; - hom- * all O’.'tt
) town.
E-.’-n though f-irmlng has long
1 sime cor-irr-anded much attention,
• th- <•! -• gos ! ; Tungsten Mines
; and the increase in teachers’
•-...’an-, hgiven tne town a
r „ v : Farmers *tii! carry the
brunt •■? the loiri Merchants are
i-r-a-'i : » snv. "ffi: have had two
bad n years and we hope this
-.• >1 - good cr-p y-jr". They
finaiiv ;nd by saying, “If we
! (ic-n’l have a good year this yea r .
H.vvo-1 had ; • t as well close
Up
Th- mines. locJted about 13
I rinT’s Irvin ihv town, do n- ’ d‘*~
' r.oti -b a r ’ ire A \ • f.
1 these* parts ’.vill rs-v-cl a -it eof
,*:>: , tiia' looks ii - r a v u-ed cai
„,? , n New York or California,
r .«■-■ ivad th i»st. Thee
is • f--w Cadi! uc*. Dodges
’(■> Flymouths, Pontiacs
,- :-. li-.-.-vr<>iet are not far behind.
There «re sonic- Fords and Mer
curvs Occasionally one will see
a Packard and even a Henry J.
Most of :be weii-known frater
nitie* dfe found here. Th-. Ma-
S ,1--. the Elk- the Eastern Star
and the Daughter of I.is. Under
takers arc complaining that tnc-re
a (t . not many people dying. Thu
speaks well fc-r the health -f th-*
town. There are four such agen-
cies in the town, '.-rr\ •.'r:'.v
and Williams, She pa rd and ; -t
1 son. They seem to hoid th'M- c. -n
and all boost fine rolling - 4 - k
Th« seven cab < iimpan.e-: aln-.-.ist
trip over each other for the R-'
: fares that can be p.ckv-i up
; through the -ve -k, but come f -
! day night and then until -u
: day night, they arc all :.y
• busy.
The 10 i'icauty pari.-.ys in v
take care of the ladies cut
; can still see some w.'-iwr wL;
; have not found time to v.-rit s-ij
i of them.
- There is. nn« lawyer. Chari.-
W Williamson. He has bc-corae.
known as an office expert wh<
. digs into every angle of ms cnr.es.
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PAGE NINE
ELEMENTARY
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Persons; who hove ’.'-itched edu
cation in Vance Cc l :r v r,re Quick •
ito tell you that the *.y -tern ? ■ it.
now exists, is a fa*, nr; from a
• lew years ago. If was. rot too
long a;:o whan there win no! a
docent school for N-yroes in ».h-.
whole county It was one of the
i first counties to draw the ire of
; militant Negroes who vrantrd bet
ter education f'v race children.
Mrs. L. B Yancey, long time
: county supervisor alonu wit h the
: superinteudem and t ic- school
Board, came in for much criticLm.
| The situation has changed con -
siderahlv and where then were
a fev; years a o. a iiunver of
■ frame shacks, manned by one and
two teachers, there are now large
c- ii-eir inuldines. with a fine
h-'ouu of well-trained teachers.
There ia r-ni.v ewe sniMl .school
ir. *ue county. It is known as Nut
Bush No 2 end has three tefttsh
; ers. i'< wil! soon bt consolidated
with another school.
Mi.o-i rue ci.,-die for the
chore- car be trac'C i-.-, </•• -r;
ilii-.t •-.«• r< leal: 4
opt) hi whit N . . -
Coun* y sOipei'jn: “’KUa. .5 . 3r-v
--1 ler is credited
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; Shop siia’.y st *;)•. :-;v.vt«.d five
b-Firry *1 a, - i s s-s en, 11 <
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- list Church. V- e- vh".i>- '. -'j see
. i teacher with grades one 1 ; >
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