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VOLUME .15 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE- 9, 1956 NUMBER ,17
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State News
Brief
SOLDIER CUT TO DEATH
LILLINGTON A 22-year-old
Fort Bragg soldier was cut to
death early Sunday morning near
the Shawtown School here. Earl
E. Joyce is dead and police are
holding Hoover McLean, 25, local
resident, in jail charged with
murder. County coroner Grover
C. Henderson, who conducted an
inquest, raid the jury ordered Mc-
Lean held under a SIO,OOO bond.
McLean is alleged to have admit
ted to Rural Policeman Stanley!
B>-rd that he inflicted the fatal;
wounds.
COP CLEARED OF ASSAULT j
RALEIGH Veteran local race!
cop. John Baker, was cleared!
Monday in City Court on a simple;
assault, charge brought against j
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10 Drown As
Boat Sinks
UMATILLIA, Fla.— Ten of ii
persons crowded into a dilapidated
12-foot, boat for a joyride on Lake
Orr. Saturday, were drowned
when the boat swamped.
Six of the dead were young
children. None, of the li could
swim, it was reported.
Mrs. Bobbie. Lee Shaw. 20. the
survivor, said that the boat, equip
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FIRST WHITE DEACONNESS
«—Bishop ,1. W, E. Bowen, Pre
siding; Bishop of the 97th ses
sion of the N. C. Conference of
the Methodist Church's Central
Jurisdiction, is pictured above
consecrating Miss Winfred Wris
ley, the first white deacon ness
ever consecrated in the Central
Jurisdiction of the Church, Miss
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Louisville 2. Ky,
, GREENSBORO A narcotics
| crackdown in border cities of
i North Carolina and Virginia over
I the weekend has resulted in 12
j arrests and the holding of a thir*
i teenth man in Raleigh for federal
; agents.
i Arrested on Monday were Rob
ert L. Leach. 23, year old truck
j driver of Route 6, Greensboro,
! and Thomas Johnson of Raleigh,
| Leach is charged with illegal pos
j sion and dealings in heroin and
| Johnson with dealing in mari
juana.
Arrested on Sunday were Thom
as S. Smith of Portsmouth, Va,,
John Hairston. 36 of Reidsville
and Gurney McNair. 37, of Greens
boro. Smith was taken at. Ports
mouth.
Those arrested here on Sunday
were identified as Hennon John
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491 Receive
A&T Degrees
GREENSBORO “Yours is the
1 opportunity to be leaders, for you
I can be the person you want to be
J at. the age of 40.”
I Thus spoke Or. Franklin H. Mc
i Nutt, associate dean of the gradu
ate school at Woman's College as
he addressed the 493 graduates
composing the largest class in the
history of A & T College, here
■ Monday afrtenoon.
Several thousand persons atten
! ded the outdoor exercises held ur
; der perfect weather conditions on
j the college quadrangle.
Cites Importance of Law
To realize those highest ideals,
i the speaker advised a future iead
| er must understand that, he cannot.
! plan or live in a world without
i
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Wrlsley, who teaches music at
Asheville’s Allen School, is a
member of a Negro Church
there. The conference, was held
at the local Wilson Temple Me
thodist Church from May 29
June 3. The Rev. C. L. G.idncy,
pastor, said a large delegation
was on hand. See other photos
on inside page.
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INTERRACIAL SCHOOL OP
| ENS—Students are shown above
j registering for the annua! In
terracial Bible School, made
possible through the. cooperative
efforts of two Raleigh Churches.
Pastors of the two churches,
seated left to right are the Rev.
Howard Cunningham, pastor of
Woman Stricken, Dies While
Testifying In N. C. Church
By D W. HEADEN
GOLDSTON—Mrs. Callie Head
er), well-known church and com
munity worker, died shortly after
speaking during worship services
at Alston Chapel Holy Church
here Sunday morning.
Mrs. Headen had praised the
young people, of the church for
their faithfulness to the church
and stated that it was good to be
in church on Sunday. “Remem
ber now the Creator in the days
of thy youth,” she said. She then
slumped to her seat and died im
mediately.
Her husband, the Rev. Claude
Headen. had been appointed to
Funeral services were conduct
deliver the morning sermon,
ed at the Union Grove AMEZ
Historical Church here, with the
Rev. Mr. Alston of Durham of
ficiating Nearly 400 persons at
tended the funeral after which
Dental Group Will
Meet At Charlotte
CHARLOTTE The Old North
State Dental Society will hold its
37th annual meeting at Johnson
C. Smith University, here June
12-34, Dr. M. L. Watts, secretary
treasurer, of Raleigh, announced
this week.
The Women’s Auxiliary will
meet concurrently.
The convention, which will hold
all business sessions in the ad
ministration building, will fea
ture several outstanding clinicians.
Dr. Hardy Liston Sr., president of
the university, will welcome the
dentists on Tuesday morning fol
lowing registration. At 10 A.M.
Wednesday Dr. Coleman Tuc-kson,
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Legislature To Meet
July 23 On Schools
RALEIGH ln an effort to
enact laws destined to preserve,
“if possible,” the system of segre
gated schools, the legislature will
meet here on July 23, Gov. Hodges
announced last weekend.
Legislation to "implement'' re
commendations of tiie North Car
olina Advisory Committee on Ed
ucation will be introduced, includ
ing measures for local option and
private tuition grants.
the First Congregational Chris
tian Church and the Rev. Gay
lord Noyce, pastor of the. United
Church. The sessions are being
held at the United Church this
year. A large number of children
of both races have registered
for the school. For other photo
see inside page. (STAFF PHOTO
BY CHAS. R. JONES).
the body was interred in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include her husband,
four daughters; Mrs. lona M.
Headen of Bear Creek; Mrs. Clara !
Glover of Siler City; Misses Dorr,- 1
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
CLEAN UP OWN YARD,
LEHMAN URGES NORTH
NEW YORK Northearners
were urged to clean up "our own
back yard” while also seeking jus
tice for Negroes in the South by
Sen, Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY)
in a speech prepared for the an
nual meeting of the Urban Lea
gue of Greater New York, here
Sunday.
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HEADS N. C. MEDICS Dr.
Rudolph W. Wyche, of Charlotte,
president of the Old North State
Medical Soeitey, who will pre
side at the annual sessions of
the group to be held in his city,
June 12-14. Dr. Wyche has
working with him an able com
mittee which has made arrange
ments for entertainment of the
tweet
Boy, 15
Drowns
In Wake
RALEIGH—The lifeless body of
a 15-year-old boy was pulled from
the muddy waters of c pond own
ed by Douglas Phillips, or* Raleigh,
Route 2, Tuesday afternoon,
Jimmy Hinnant, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Hinnant,
of Route 2, had apparently de
cided to take an early swim.
Authorites theorised that the
youngster was swimming alone
at the time of the drowning.
The incident occurred at I p.
m. Tuesday.
When it was discovered that the
lad had not returned to the sur
face after jumping into the wa
ter ~.1! Raleigh. Rescue Squat gwas
summoned to the scene. All ef
forts to revive the boy failed.
His mother was hysterica!
when she arirved at the scene
and could not be questioned
by newsmen,
Young Hirmant is survived by
his parents and two sisters, ages
13 and 20.
Funeral arrangements wars in
complete at press time
thy and Faydean Headen of Gol
ston; four sons: Roland and Carl
of Golston; Clyde of Pittsboro
and Claude., Jr., of Asheboro; two
sisters and seven grandchildren.
Harlem, the Democratic sena
tor declared, is “both illustration
and proof that the acute manifes
tations'’ of the civil rights prob
lems are not confined to the South.
Sen. Lehman said: “Harlem is
a community rich in tradition and
culture . . . but Harlem is also
a rebuke to us of the North, and
a challenge to clean up our own
back yard, even as we press for
ward with our efforts to bring
justice and equality to the Ne
groes and other oppressed minori
ties in the South.”
GUILFORD COUNTY MAKES
NO PUPIL CHANGES
HIGH POINT—The. local school
board announced on Friday that
it had adopted a resolution mak
ing it possible for the board to as
sign students purely as individ
uals. considering the factors of
health, welfare and safety.
At Greensboro, the Guilford
County board of ' education ap
proved the assignment of 18.000
rural school children to schools
for the coming year, but no Ne
gro children were asigned to white
schools or vice versa. All assign
ments were to schools which the
pupils would have attended nor-
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HODGES PLAN HIT
BY NC METHODISTS
RALElGH—Opposition to Gov.
mally under the segregated sys-
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Rhode Island Bars
Extradition To NC
PROVIDENCE. R. I. (ANPI
The state attorney-general’s office
here has refused to press extra
dition proceedings against Brisco
W. Bynum, 59, who reportedly
escaped from a North Carolina
chain-gang last October.
On the recommendation of the
state attorney-general’s depart
ment, Judge John P. Cooney, Jr.
of district court dismissed the
fugitive warrant which North Car
olina. authorities had presented.
Happy Khmer New Year.
WAKE YOUTH DROWNS—
Members of the R'-igh Rescue
Squad are piriured lifting
Happy Khmer New Year.
MRS. DELANEY FUNERAL
IKED —Last rites for Mrs. Nan
nie Logoan Delany, who died in
New York Saturday night, were
held in the chapel at Saint Aug
ustine's College Wednesday after
noon with the Rev. G. A. Fisher
officiating. Mrs. Oeiany served
as matron and teacher at Saint
Augustine’s for nearly 50 years.
(See story on inside page.)
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INSURANCE EXECUTIVE
DlES—George Wayne Cox, 65,
vice-president, agency director
of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company for 3 1
years, succumbed at his Durham
home Thursday night Mr. Cox
was the victim of a heart attack
(See story on inside page )
A & T College
Being Sued By
Mrs. Webster
GREENSBORO. N C (ANF> -
A suit,*seeking to recover si, 886.00
including acucmulated , interest
has been filed against A & T c.ol-
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!T MATTERS NOT HOW
SMALL THE AD, JUST
KEEP YOUR NAME BE
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CALL...
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FOR YOUR CLASSIFIED!
lifeless body of Jimmy Hinnant,
lr., from the muddy waters of
Douglas' Pond, located on Ra
Bare Salvation
Aide’s Housing
RALEIGH Capt, Oscar P,
Fuller, head of the Salvation
Army here, in i letter addro" >•;!
to the 'Real Estate Dealers w!
Raleigh,” has called upon them to
help him to keep Negroes from
acquiring any more property in
the area of the First. Vanguard
Presbyterian Church on E. Mai -
tin Street,
The Salvation Army purchased
this church property last winter
with funds from a special buil
ding campaign to which several
Negroes contributed. Salvation
Army officials felt that the ac
quisition of the property would
meet its requirements and thus
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Ligcn Graduates
May Enter Two
White Schools
Three 1056 graduates of Ligon
Junior-Senior High School have
applied to two all-white North
Carolina institutions of higher
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“TOPS” AT A AT—Floyd Hor- i
ton. of Pittsboro, wbo graduated j
from A&T College on Mandoy, i
June 4, has his second iieuten*
ant’s bars pinned on by his mo- j
(her, Mrs. Sadie Pattisall, Be- j
sides being ■ commissioned as a \
distinguished military student”, t
leigh, Route 2, Hinnant, 15,
drowned at approximately 3 P.
M. Tuesday afternoon while
swimming in the pond.
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By ROBERT G. SHEPARD |
The many friends of Mr. Ro
bert Sewell will be happy to learn
of his appointment to the post of
Scout Executive tor the Charles
ton, S. C. area. Young Sewell is ?
Raleigh boy who has “made hi'
wa.v”, all the way. Dining his high
school days. Sewell did odd jobs
during the afternoons and on Sat
urday in order to support himself
and his aged grandmother.
While in college he held down
the job of night watchman at
Chavis Park until his graduation
from St. Augustine's College. Up
on leaving college. Sewell went to
work as a field agent for the N.
C Mutual Life Insurance Co. It
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Pastor, Wife Drown
SUMTER. S. C.—The bodies of
the. Rev, and. Mrs. Miller Brown*
missing since Tuesday when they
left on a fishing trip, were found
Saturday at Rock Landing, near
Eutawville.
in the college’s Army ROTC pro
gram, Horton, finished second
in his class, stunnta cum iaptic.
He was cited with a. framed
scroll by the general or the
Third Army and is eligible for *
permanent commission in the
Army.