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DR. F. D. BLUFORD, A&T PRESIDENT, DIES
The Carolinian
VOLUME 15
Henderson Group
In Narrow Escape
State News
Brief
SHOP h 11TE K S N A BBEf>
CLINTON Three race women
were apprehended at the Hurwitz
Store here with a hag full of un
wrapped article? that they had
allegedly lifted from counters of
various Clinton firms. Two sis
ters. Geraldine and Peggy Jean;
Williams, both 18. and Lorcnt*
Barden, their 19-year-old cousin,
were given a hearing Before Mayor
W. p Winfrey, Jr . and placed un
der bond of SIOO each. The stolen,
goods were valued at about SSO
BRIBERY TRY FAILS
FAYETTEVILLE Alphonso
McGhee of Montgomery. Alabama,
vss sentenced to 12 months on the
roads Friday for attempting to
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Miss Gibson, Partner
Win India Net Title
NEW DELHI Misses Althea
Gibson of New York and Karol
Fageres of Miami won the wo
men's doubles title in the ail-lndia
tennis championship, here Satur
day when they defeated Britain’s
Pat Ward and Angela Buxton, 6-1,
6-4
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ILLUSTRIOUS SHAW GRAB
RETURNS HOME UNCF di
rector W. J. Trent, Jr., bids Bon
Voyage to distinguished member
college ainmna, Miss Angie
Brooks, who returned to Liberia
recently after serving as Rep
resentative Delegate to the. Uni
ted Nation’s 9th and 10th ses
*tr>m. Mis* Brooks, who is As
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HENDERSON Forty pupils
! from Henderson Institute narrowly
| escaped death near here Tuesday
| when the school bus in which they
were riding was sideswiped by a
transport truck which then plung
ed over an embankment.
Both vehicles remained upright.
The pupils were on their way to
H radio station to record a r gt -->
Sos Christmas music. The. m>:.
driven by a pupil, Willie Har
grove. was making a left turn of:
the highway into a drive when the
truck grazed its side, ripping J.
but miraculously not injuring a
single student
As the truck careened over the
embankment, it brushed a group
of prisoners and guards who were
clearing underbrush on the slope.
I Had it overturned, the men would
have been crushed. Driver of the
truck was Willie Young of Kan
napolis. whose quick thinking is
credited with saving the lives of
all concerned.
School Suit j
May Be Tried
By 3 Judges
\ GREENSBORO Constitution !
!of a three-judge federal court to 1
try Montgomery County’s school;
segregation sujt was indicated here
Saturday in a ruling bv Judge
Johnson .7 Hayes in Middle Dis
trict Court.
His ruling allows a group of
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distant Attorney General of Li
beria, graduated from Shaw Uni
versity, one of the Fund’s 31
member colleges, in 1949. Ad
dressing UNCF staff members
and others attending the send
off ceremony at Fund headquar
ters here, at 22 East 54th Street,
Miss Brooks stressed the im
portance of Fund support, wing
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MADONNA AND CHILD - Miss Muriel Darrell, sophomore,
from Fiatts. Bermuda, as she appeared in one of the eight tableau
scenes presented during the traditional ’’Living Madonnas” Christ
inas pageant at Bennett College in Greensboro, last week.
Greensboro Will Sell
City’s Golf Courses
GREENSBORO Sale- of the
ly-owned. but. privately - leased
Gillespie Prk golf course, where
six Negro golfer? were arrested re
cently on "trespassing” charges,
was ordered Monday by the City
Council.
“I know from my own experi
ence at Shaw, that the scholar
ship aid and other yearly bene
fits provided by the Fund are
vital to the continuing program
of these colleges.” The United
Negro College Fund is currently
seeking $1,730,000 for operating
funds of Us 31 colleges, in its
1955 campaign which closes on
December 31.
Closing of Noefao golf course, a
ine-hole layout constructed ex
ressly for Negroes s few years
go, ;s also expected.
Sale of the golf courses was pro
ceed last week by Russell Noah,
ccreation commission member, a«
solution to the problem of joint
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“Porgy And Bess ” Actors
Get Behind Iron Curtain
BERLIN - When the American j of the show, the demand for tick-
Porgy and Bess" troupe appears j c-ts is so great in Leningrad that
at Leningrad Russia. on Decern- j the show has been booked for a
ber ,6 ,twill mark the first time 2500-seat theatre instead of the
since Lie Bolshevik revolution that 1500-seat one originally scheduled,
an American theatrical group h&:< An ftr n rf , t . T . . ~
played on a Soviet sD-c , er 1 ? a> * m Leningrad, the
~ . . . ' how goes to Moscow for a Jan-
Thc troupe left here by train on . uary 10 opening. Next stop j« War-
R,-c f ! n ,y > V Cn v ;n " „ R<lbr, ' ! I SSW ’ and Ihtn - possibly, Czechoslo-
BrC(n of York City, direcloi ! vakia. Hungary and Romania.
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
Hodges Says He
Favors Patriots
RALEIGH • The fat,riots of
North Carolina could “be quite
forceful and good" if the organiza
tion is "moderately handeled”
Gov. Luther Hodges said here on
Thursday.
The governor told his news con
ference that there is no evidence
that the organization is not be
ing properly directed.
NAACP Ready For
Test Os N. C. Law
RALEIGH Because he does
not believe that the NAACP is
subject to North Carolina laws,
Thurgood Marshall, chief legal
counsel, says that his would be
willing to come to North Carolina
for a conference with Attorney
j Genera! William R Rodman.
I One of the laws requires the
3 NC Women
I Die in Fires
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j Three women burned to death
< in separate tires in the state with
in the- past week, and a man. and
two youths were injured in an
other.
At Goldsboro, Mrs Mary By as,
29. died itt Wayne Memorial Hos
| .rt from bums received when
j he** clo&ies caught fire as she
| stood w ith her back to a tin heat
! er.
j The woman, mother of four chsl
i dren, ran from the house into Tie
yard screaming, causing the flames
to spread rapidly.
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Fire Razes
Church And
Rec. Center
WILMINGTON - - An investiga
tion into two mysterious pre-dawn
fires which destroyed the Ingram
Recreation Center and the Shiloh
Rantisl Church here Saturday was
i being continued this week by lo
| cal fire department officials
j The roller skating rink at the
j center was partically burned Fri
| day afternoon after a can of gaso
line was "carelessly" overturned
neat an electric heater. Shortly af
terward, firemen were called to
v fire at the church and extin
guished it.
Saturday, they were called again
to the rink and found the entire
building enveloped in flames. An
swering a second call to the
church, they found the building
totally destroyed,
registration of organizations en
gaged in influencing public opin
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May All the Blessings of the
Season Be Realized by Our
Many Friends with Good
Will Unto All, arid Peace
Forevermore.
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“EMM ~ . LET Ml SEE, SANTA Little Miss Or; .yn Vushinston seems to be trying to re
member if she has told “the jolly old gent" everyth -.; that she wants him to leave at her home
Christmas Eve. Carolyn, who is two-years-old, hop - s.-nta C.’latis will bring her a doll, tea set, record
player, table and chairs, etc. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. C. Washington, K-'}2 Washing
ton Terror SIAM PHOTO BY (HAS. R. JONEv
;Moore Co* Minister
Heads Mixed Body
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SOUTHERN PINES-First Negro,
to be elected president of the;
Moore County Ministers' Assucia- j
ti< .*! is th» Rev. .! ;>hn ’ * mder- ;
burk,
A merger of Negro and white
ministerial groups was efi .•ctod j
earlier this year, at which lure, ;
the Rev, Mr Funderburk became
I OBES-EK3S
BY ROBERT C» SHEPARD
"And she bre gb! forth her fir-i
child and wrapped him in swad
dling clothes and laid him in a
manger; because there was m.<
room for him in the inn." Luke 2-7.
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The real significance of the
birth place of the Son of God
■ transcends the capacity of or
dinary mortal consciousness, it.
is revealed only through spir
itual insight and divine per
| reption. However, man’s saha- !
(ion depends upon this revela- 1
tion and in the degree that he
accepts this salvation does the
true spirit of Christmas per
meate his being.
*’ — Wrapped him in swaddling
clothes and laid him m a manger." i
Lowliness, meekness and humility j
characterized the advent of Je.nti,:
Christ to such an extent that we :
are compelled to admit thal these
circumstances must have boon the i
will of God. Inasmuch as Christ is
not only the savior of .mankind!
but is also the Waymakcr, the pat- j
tern for our own lives, is r not
evident that unless our lives are I
characterized by lowliness, meek-1
j ness and humility, Christ has not j
j come into them'’ The significance I
i of His birth has not been revealed j
i lo us.
i because there was no room !
I for him in the inn.’’ NO ROOM
No Room no room, down
through the centuries, that cry has
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CHRISTMAS lIVM V AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The annual "White Christmas” dram*
was presented by members of the First Baptist Church here Sunday night- Mrs. Mildred Chavia,
center, portrayed the Virgin Mary, assisted b.v her husband, Frank Chavis, who played the. put of
Joseph, The combined choirs oi the church furnished music, for the; occasion. STAFF PHOTO Wf
CHAS. R. .JONES.
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, vice-president. As president, he;
[ succeeds the Rev. Hogan Yatiqbv, 1
i Presbyterian minister of West rGd. j
j -■ Rev. Mr Funderburk is
| presiding elder of th< AMEE, j
Church and has lr ed here 19 i
j years. A leader in mirnei nnr. civic j
i projects, ho is currently serving I
jas vice-president of the 11 oor e i
County Tubercu iois Assoc i a tion
The Rev T L Persons, pastor
of Trinity AMEZ Church here, we? :
| elected treasurer of the oreaniza-'
j tion.
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Mail Clerk Faces
; Embezzlement Rap
| GREENSBORO A 24-yea,--oid j
1 mail clerk for the Bank of Greens
j boro was at rested on Monday on
| i charge of embezzling “in excess
: of" S3OO from funds in letters ad- l
j dressed to ihe bank.
Thomas leg Maynard, whose
j birthday was Tuesday, is being .
; held m Guilford County j,ui in dc
! fault of $5,000 bond. He has been ,
| .in employee of the bank for about
i six. months.
MARQUETTECSGER
IN “SUGAR” GASES
NEW ORLEANS - First Negro j
i athlete to participate in the Sugar |
■ Bowl sports carr.i' al will be Ai j
i Avarit, sophomore guard on the j
! Marquette University basketball \
\ team, it was revealed here this :
| week.
j Alabama and Utah will partita - j
; pate, along with Marquette in the t
j two-night, tournament, starting De ;
| cember 29 Said Alabama coach i
S Johnny Dee “We don't anticipate
I any reaction like that in Georgia
j Dee was referring to effort? of
I Georgia's governor, Martin Gdf- j
| fin, to prevent Georgia Tech from j
playing the University of Pitts-!
burg in the football game which j
j follows the cage tourney because >
Inf Pittsburgh's Negro fullback. <
Bobby Grier.
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OR BUFORD
A & T College
.Mourns Death
Os President
GREENSBORO - Dr F. D Biu
furd, 73. president of the Agricul
tural and Technical College of
.V rth Carolina at Greensboro since
1925. died at 3 a, m. Wednesday
morning at a local hospital follow
ing an illness of two weeks
Funeral services have been ten
tatively set for Friday,
He is survived by one sister,
M James Faulkner, Philadel
phia, Pa.; and two brothers Dr.
J W Bluford. a physician nf Phil
adelphia; and Charles Bluford,
Capahnsic, Virginia
Dr. Bluford was horn in
Capahosio, Virginia in I*BB, H*
attended the public schools
there and received the A.B
degree at Virginia Union Uni
versity, Richmond, fbr Pd.W.
degree at Howard University
and was swarded the honor
ary Pri.D. degree by Virgin?*
Union in 1927. In 195 ft Howard
University selected him a* tb*
recipient of its anneal Distfn ■
gnished Service Award.
He cam* to A&.T Coll eg* in 1911
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