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VOLUME 14 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1955 NUMBER XXXVI
Three Meet. Death In Water
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Local Gunman Nabbed:
80 Receive
Degre ss At
Cho V / finale
S i-. a "X' Univcrsi ly ’s r..ir f ~ i’■ ’ h
r ; ey.erciSOS V. : "'
held in R di-igh Memorial /> odi
tori n M «ida /and de :■ • ■ (
eoti'cmd upon ru.hiy c tniidates .
ir, t/:« college of a;’s t*r-'l scioner*;.
Thu add ■s« v delivered i
Dr Frederick D. psttersor. pre:-;-
of the United Negro College
Fund and dinner <:■: the Phelps.
Si .kes Fund, Net*. York.
Dr. Patterson declared that tree
education progress need never be,
static or dull because the •;/•
ci lit? is endless and each student
1 -.nrs specialized hope in h."-
Touching on ck: \n»-r • ' -n ' ■•-
stated that people of . • v conn•
are j'jst as intere ■ a • ■.
integration wiV. fc- aecom
p -;f-C iri Hie United etates v. e
He challenged the ernonatss G
.. p tiyfy*.. , | r, _
tinued growth or their job what-,
ever it nr.p be as there a: j re
quired sl.-nri red. in various areas
for job competence. “Live with
h purpose.' lit- advised. "As r
small percentage of those woo
hart the privilege of going to col
lege. on your ••boulders will fall
the responsibility of guiding peo
ple."
The speaker was introduced by
Dr William R. Strassner. Presi
dent of Shaw Univc-r uty. Vale
drCtorian vas Owen D Nichols
with Mrs. Loom T. HaiTis, salu-;
tatcrian.
The honorary degree of Doctor
of Laws was conferred upon Dr.
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Senate Okays Lawyer
For Utilities Berth
WASHINGTON (ANF >—George
E, c. Hayes, former member of
the District of Columbia School
Board and one of the most prom
inent attorneys in the District of
Columbia, was approved Thursday
as a member of the Public Utili
ties Commission by the Senate
District Committee.
Hayes, a prominent Republican
and one of the legal leaders in the
Supreme court desegregation
cases, will take office at once. He
also was attorney for Mrs. Annie
Lee Moss when she was question
ed by Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
Hayes who is a law partner of
Judge James A. Cobb and Perry
W. Howard, has. practiced law in
Washington for 40 years. This is
the first time a Negro has served
on the public utilities commission
and there may be several signi
ficant aspects to his appointment.
PROVE company hikes
F- ->t there has been a scarcity
T -Negro employment in the lo
cal utilities setup. The telephone
company, while only indirectly
under the supervision of the com
mission, has employed some Ne
groes. A collection office was cs-
Plan S4V 2 Million School
For Mentally Retarded
GOLDSBORO According to
Rot Purser, general business man
ager of the State Hospitals Board
of Control, bids have been opened
on two more of the contracts to
be let in connection with tire
.$4,500 000 tramging school at
Goldsboro which is to be con
structed for mentally deficient
Negro children.
Low bids on a heating system
for the school amounted to $298,-
890. and low bids, on the main kit
chen came to $297,3 54. The bids
are said to be in line with present
day costs but are still being studi
ed prior to the awarding of tire
contracts.
The site preparation and
installation of utilities al
ready have been completed at
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The person who wrote. "He who '
steak item the blind will rah* •
penny off a deed man s eye,'
could have seen at least part of
ris prediction come true lu ci re
he on at a nevvsta.nd on Fayetteville
Street. Monday morning.
Miss Sarah Peed, a white port
rally blind operator of tkt r.v.
Office Newsstand, which is lo
cated in an alley be; ween f.-.a Pc :
Office and il.e Wake County
Courfhouse. rec'ived painful in
ii.rw. here in a strugv;-' wiur
LuUrer Hedge, Jr.. 21-year-old lo
cal man whose family rovees ?.r
13 Meckienbiii g. Terr ace in Chavii
Heights He was in Raleigh or.
leave from Fort Bragg.
Police arrested young Hodge af
iei chasing him seveiai blocks.
>lts' Peed told officers, that
t»be was. standing outside the
stand arranKini; some maga
zines in a rack when she
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tahlished in the heart of the Ne
gro district on the north-west.
side. Later after pressure two girls
were transferred from that, office
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ASSAULT BY NOTE
BRINGS JAIL TERM
WENDEL Charlie Lassiter.
32. of near Wendell was sentenced,
to 30 days on the roads at his:
trial in the local Recorder’s Court [
Thursday on a charge of assault-!
mg a white woman b.v writing a i
note containing an improper pro-;
posal. a crude vulgar drawing, and
containing a 50 -cent piece.
According to Mrs. Marie
Nichols, (he prosecuting wit
ness. she was drying her hair
in the front yard of her reri •
deuce near Neuse recently
when Lassiter tossed the note
at her feet.
The man did not appeal the!
term and Us now “pulling time" on;
the roads.
the training school. Construc
tion is now underway on four
dormitories which will have
a total of 64 beds.
Remaining to be let arc con
. tracts ior four other dormitories,
the infirmary- the school building,
staff and personnel houses and
an admissions building.
Turning In the low bid on the
heating system was the Frederick
Raff Company of Charlotte. The
figure, was $398,890. The system
will use hot water piped at 350
degrees under high pressure from
the present power plant for the
State Hospital for Negroes locat
ed approximately j of. a mile from
I the proposed school
Low bidders on the various com
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3 Lose Lives
in 24 Hours
_GHEENSBORO The death
<:f Joe 1/mis Johr.son cf Route 1.
who fell f: mi a boat Sunday and
never c i;o. iyoniglit to three
the mtmbet of drownines in rural
GuU;ord County within: 24 hours,
dohreritn, {S-vear-eSd. farm
worker, was- a«cord:»g to rel
atives. br-.'wing on a lake on
iht- H'-ren Hupktns farm,
rorth .f U ntireiio. when be
vos .tec’. Hi' h-.*y. clad
on’ in n pair as shorts, was
Pabst from the lake about
3:">ii F.Vi. by members of the
Greenshoto f ire Department’*
' •..•.ue
I-a ’ ■-. .urday night, rescue
■' <■ : had brDa*hi to She sur
face (hr bodies of two li-yeai-oid
boy* ntimer of whom could swirn.
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Labiss Lewis, Morrison And
Ligon Winners In Contest
Twenty happy parents left the
First Baptist Church here last
'i r'■rscisy night rejoicing m th*-
rev that the judges had seer
fit. so name their babies as the
finalists in the Second Annual
Healthy Baby Contest sponsored
by the Carnation Milk Company,
m cooperation with the CARO
LINIAN,
The judges chose the fol
low :..r winner;. First prize.
Marilyn Patricia Levis, 2-
v ear-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. .1 I). Levis, SSO S Blood -
worth Street, who received
S 300; second prize- Sheila Kay
Morrison, 10-month-old
daughter of Mrs. Florence
Morrison, Route l, Box 212,
New Hill 8100; and third
prize. < beryl Louise Ligon. R
naonth-oid daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. I.ewis T. Ligon ol
1607 Poole Read, who recetv -
<•11 SSO.
The seventeen youngsters win
: •-■oeived the consolation prizes o!
$5 each were: Stanley Lee Chap
man. 1304 Oak wood Avenue; Ro
nald J. Massenburg, 536 N. Tay
lor Street, Wake Forest; Bruci
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HONORARY DEGREE TO
DR. PATTERSON President
Wiiliarn R. Strawsner of Shaw
University is shown as he con
ferred the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws upon Dr. Fred
erick Patterson, former presi
m *Wg
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MAsfOl.fi RO'-S
, . shot by gunman
Youth Held
For Murder
ROXBCMO Aubrey Cates, is
v, ho police say admitted killing
Tom Pettiford. 38. in self defense
with the latter's own pistol, mn
jailed here Saturday night and
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FGDGS
dent of Tuskegcc Institute, who
delivered the keynote address
as Shaw held its 90th com
mencement exercises Monday
afternoon at the Raleigh Me
morial Auditorium. Dr. Pat
terson now Steads the .Phelps-
Sops Arrest
Ex-Con in
Ross injury
B. CHARLES K. JONES
Harold Ora ham Russ, £l, presj
df-Tit of Shaw University :,
. dent body and the third hiehc'S'
ranking senior in the class which,
was graduated Monday afternoon
was shot,bv a local gunman with
an apparent insatiable evavirm fn>
arms here last Wedn</:i:iy
night
Tyree Young whose ad
! dress is listed as 825 Fayette
ville "street, was arrevtsd
Tuesdai by Officer R. S. En
nis of Use local police depart
ment and charged with as
sault with a dead’s weapon
snd breaking and entering
Steven’s Hardware and the
City Variety Store, where lie
is said to have stolen a( least
one gun. Both stores are bi
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j Everett* Dearer, R-t. 3 Garner
i Maryland Jones, Jr., 834 E Le-
I noir Street; Edward P. Peebles.
; 813 E. Lenoir; Robert E. Render*
j son, 421 Dakar; Willie E. Rochelle.
! 2203 Everette Avenue; Reths R
| Green, tlOl Fayetteville; Victor
i Ivan Lane. 20? S, Pettigrew Vic-
Itoria Peterson, 321 Ellington.
’Pamela E Marable. 824 Manley.
I Also Toni K. Hal! J-8 W&sh
j ington Terrace, Anita K. Peebles
| and Lolita F. Peebles, both of
j 1405 Oberlin Road; Deryl G. Dav
| is. 707 S. Blount; Jacquelyn In
! gram.. 1304 Walnut; and Adrienne
: R. Joyner, 25 Bragg
Carnation awarded desk
i nets complete with matching
j pen to the judges who were Mrs.
Otis Robertson, local school
teacher: Mrs. Helen Williams,
housewife; Mrs. Hattie Ed
| monrison, housewife: .1 W.
! Yeargin, businessman and
William H. Hurdle, school
! principal.
Alexander Barnes of the ad
i vertising and porraotions depart
j men', of the CAROLINIAN served
las master of ceremonies at the
finals.
Stokes Foundation. From left
to right are Dean Foster P.
Payne of Shaw University, I.'r
Patterson, Dr L. E. McCauley,
member of the Board of Trus
tees, and Dr, Strassner,
VFĎFG
commencement ti %ks..~
All's Margaret Met'nmtic of Red
'springs, who was graduated
Mono,iv from Bennett t. o>l<
Brief
raleigh medical gmoi p
MEETS
Th»» Cwn-i ii C '■ M JCir-n
--t.a S and PharsMeceuti ca! Society
held a quart--: h mooting Thu >-
day evening of iy-i wiT-k a* r ue
home of D; M. I>. s 'V;;r • F.i al
arr«T:Rcmt olk wire made for the
state meet-in?; set for Ratfish June
1 4 16 of the- 0:0 North rus*.- "M -i
--loal Society. Drs. Hmt and De-
Berry gave the society *V.e bene
fit of some of their expr: lencc-e
i*-) Germany * { i nci K» •:>'# v.'"; iir* hi
the armed serv;cot- Those prr-se-r-!
at the meeting were I > Deiany
McCauley. Clark. Middleton Par
ry, McDowell, Vas- Hunt, Wnn
berley, HaxaUn- Bell. Boykin, De-
Berry. and Watts Officers o’" the
local group are Drs ?.t L '-liiju
president; N L Perry, secretary,
and O. B Middle)on, treasure)
SHAW SLATES INSTITI TE<
The 39th Annual Ministers’ In
stitute. the 18th Annual Women's
M:s'ionarv Trrsrsr
and the sth Bible Youth :nn
V-ill lx* held B*. Shaw University
Monday through Friday. June 6-
12. The confabs are bring
sored by the Religion Promotions
Department of the university in.
cooperation with the G< ma s!
State Baptist Horne Missions;
Board and the Home W swoons 1
Council of America The general
theme this year will k "Toe
Challenge to the Church Today."
Featured sepal:»rs will be Dr. E
Luther Cunningham. pastor of
the Sr. Paul Baptist Church, Phil
adelphia* Pa., and Mrs. Betty
Granger, a newspaperwoman of
New York City. The initial meet
ing for the purpose of organisa
tion will be held Monday after
noon in Greenleaf Auditorium on
Shaw’s campus
EICON GROCERY ROBBED
Two robbers entered Ligon’s
Grocery Store, corner of Lenoir
and Swain Streets, early Tuesday
morning and stoic abou! SIOO. ac
cording to the proprietor. L W.
Upon. Police are holding Will cm
• Billiei Hodge and Arthur Bag
ley. his cousin in connection with
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Old North State Medical
Society To Meet June 14
More dhan 200 physicians and
pharmacists from throughout
North Carolina are expected, here
for the 63th annual meeting of
the Old North State Medkv.f So
ciety on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, June 14 16.
The confab, featuring a full
program of scientific lectures
and demonstrations, will be.
called to make important de
cisions caused by a recent de
cision of the North tannins.
Medical Society to admit Ne
. gro physicians to ‘ seientine"
LUCKY AUTO OWNER
The lucky car last week was
the one bearing the tag num
ber X-4C862. if the owitet of
that car took it to Dunn’s Esso
Service, comer Cabarrus and
Bloodwortih Streets, here in Ra
leigh, he received a free grease
job.
This will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number. If
it follows the asterisk, you will
get the grease job. The num
ber will be taken from any t ar
hearing a C. license
The numbers this week arc: j
1 0-2-324; X-5I858: X-98834: 71- I
i 690, X-93146 and W-ISSS7. I
>1 f : ree.<-shorn, unashamedly'
weeps for joy as her friend. Joy
ce Hoiiso-t seeks to console her
after commencement exercises.
3sgin Integration Now,
Liigh Court Tells South
WASHINGTON - In a un
•ir.iinou:. npmion • -h left no
do'-bt • rj*. u.s meaning, the U S.
'/pri me Court on Monday direct•
: O : , ;■• disti 1C! roues to
s<-e ir, :t tlu-t school hoards 'make,
, prompt- and reasonable start to-,
:, : ;•:':: cotnphaoce with ia?-ti
-.. -,<■ :■ decision outlaw mg segregat- •
u,>d school systems.
■j pp decisior. read by Cb - -e{
Jtc-i ice Alar! Warren, followed re- i
cnmittondawons by the Justice
Dcparimerit, that the court take
huddle irrouu.d T.wtw>-n Negro
demands for immediate school"
integration and Southern states’
demands that mixing of the races
be post)toned over a long period,
Jh'Ucc Warren, referring
to warnings from 'onte South
ent states that desegregation
t..-b!i! lead to grave problems
and vigorous resistance, de
clared that 'it goes without
i hat' constitutional !
principles camiot be allowed
io yield simply because of
d.is’.greemeut witti them."
"GOOD l AHir CITED
The chief m.'tice said furrlier
that. • full lmpleinontation o' these
NAACP Asks Change
In Election Rules
WASHINGTON MNP > Clar
ence Mitchell, director of the
Washington Bureau of the NAA
CP last week urged the Senate
sub-committee on Privileges and
Elections to amend the existing
election law s in order to prevent
practices which deprive whole
section.-, of our population of a
chance to vote.
Testifying before a subcom
mittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Rules and Admi
nistration, the NAACP spokes
man. pledged support for leg
islation "which will guarantee
toe maximum participation of
qualified citiaens in local. ;
state, ot national elections."
He specifically supported that
membership
The meeting begins, on Tuesday
afternoon with registration set for
600 P M.. and the first business
sc ‘•■.non ai 8:00 The annual re
i.i i on jji, :o follow at. the home
cf Dr W B Pettiford. chairman
of arj'H 'gements, beginning a'.
10:00 that evening.
Included among the lectur
ers during the three-day meet
are: Dr. Newton Pritchett in
ternist. Raleigh; Dr, William
DeMario, professor 01 pedi
atrics Duke University; Dr.
W. E. Brecht, dean, College o<
Pharmacy University of North j
Carolina Chapel Hill; Dr. Jo- ;
s» ph L. Johnson and Dr.
Burke Syphax, both of the
Howard University School of j
Medicine, Washington D. C.
The organization's Woman’s All- •
xiliary, headed by Mrs. W. Percy 1
Carter. Gastonia, President and
Mrs. F E. Davis. Greensboro, pre
sident-elect. will meet simultane
ously.
Officers of the Old North State
Medical Society include: Dr, J, S.
Simmons Sanford, president; Dr.
R M. Wyche, Charlotte, president
elect. and Dr. F. E. Davis, Grecns
bor'o, secretary-treasurer Dr.'.
There were many tearful fare
wells as ihe 100 (graduates left
friends and the compos which
had been their home for four
years.
constitutional principles may re
quire solution of varied local
school problem- ” but added that
school authorities have " primary
!CONTINUED ON PAGE Ul
Deep South
Said Pleased
The U. S. Supreme Court’s rul
ing on .segregation in the nation s
public schools Tuesday re
portedly warmly received by
Southern leaders, who interpret
<d it a- away of indefinitely ex
tending the problem
The problem was passed back
to school authorities and the low
er courts by the high tribunal.
taut.it was specified that segre
gation must end as -soon as fea
sible under locale conditions
Opponents of racial integra
tion interpreted that as a
means of long delay—perhaps
•CONTINUED ON PAGE ID
section of the bill which "fixes
responsibility for literature pub
lished on behalf of candidates
seeking office." There is a great
need for such provision, he said
Mitchell recalled that in
sense stale*, candidates for
congress have been attacked
on a wide variety of unjust
charges, including treason.
The race issue is often used
also to get votes for southern
candidates. The witness cited
specific instances where,
southern Democrats ran on
the promise that they would
block integration in their
state.
CITES 1952 CAMPAIGN
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Catherine Middleton, Raleigh U
chairman of the. progam commit
tee
SHOT HIS WIFE —■ Donnell
Wat mho. 41, wh© allegedly atoot.
bis wife, Mrs. Alice Watson, S -
of 712 Shaw Court here shortly
wound in the* right arm. Watson
was arrested and charged with
assault with a deadly weapon
as his wife suffered a bullet
wound in therlght arm. Watson
claimed hr was playing ’-Ath the
gun and that it 'went off ac
cidentally.” Mr*. Watson to wi
der treatment at St. Agnee Has
pita!