Teacher Involved tn School
Bus RowTo Appeal For Job
LAKELAND, Ua f/VN'Pt
Mr A, Ij. Buskin. fit year-old
inle dth giacte teacher embroiled
• " n ui:- re.giegution dispute in
volving white and Negro pupils.
• i noiiiu •• .i !•<;•( work that she in
-1 nd.- 1.0 appeal for reinstatement to
i v stale botn’d of education.
Her noth «• nl appeal !•»me
n't.'r the. I uiier county board
el (lim it' n refused to rrin
iMtr her. been use her resign.!-
(inn bail been accepted unani
inoihl;., and there was no va
e'ni v in the county school sys
tem
Mrs. Baskin s brush with segre
-at ion occurred last Dee. 13 when
her class was dismissed ton late to
; iVi p school buses home. She took
three pupils in hei ear. but had a
fin' tire en route,
When she flagged down a school
bus. she discovered it was being
used to transport Negro pupils. She
offered one of her pupils. Fal Tav
bv. 0, a choice of riding the bus
Week-Long Celebration Honors
Dr. A. Schweitzer At Bennett
GREENSBORO A week-long
celebration honoring Dr Albert.
Schweitzer, physician, musician,
philosopher, and humanitarian, war
concluded by the humanities di
vision at Bennett College on Fri
day,
Culmination of the observance
was a dramatization of highlights
from Schweitzer's life, by the com
bined theatre guilds and the mod
ern dance group in the Little The
atre.
* * • *
Mrs Blanche Raifnrd pro
tram chairman, outlined the
week's activities at the Mon
day chapel hour, at which time
the following students spoke
briefly about ’Albert Schweit
zer: The Man.' Misses Shirley
Thompson. St. Pauls; Carolyn
Medicine Cabinet
Dangers Revealed
CHICAGO (ANP) is your
medicine cabinet typical of those
found in most. American homes
a catchall for patients, ointments,
Pills, salves, sprays, and a count
ies variety of other medications
sod sundries?
If so. this may he a potential ha
zard to you and, more particular
ly your children.
Writing in a monthly column in
the current (March) issue of the
t -rican Medical Association’s To
e y Health, Dr. Donald A. Duke
low said this assortment of drugs
end chemicals ran be dangerous.
The doctor added. ‘'ln the rush
of an emergency or when sick or
sleepy, h is possible to he poison
ff jifA Sorority
1..£57 Ine n Raleigh
Omicron Zeta Chapter of the Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority congratulates
two former Raleigh citizen* who
have made National recognition.
Mrs, Ella .E. Lawrence, of Greens
boro, and sister to Snror Washing
ton, and also Crafts-Instructor s*
Camp Douglas Lone Island at tbp
Guilford - Randolph Girl Scout
Council, she won much praise on a
table centerpiece made from Na
tural materials This award was
cited at the 34th annual conven
tion of the National Council of j
Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. held is j
Philadelphia. Pa. After the con- j
vent ion, the centerpiece was taken i
Atlanta, Ga . to he placed m the
t~AND WHEN THE CO ' ICTION PLATE CAME J ROUHO
HE FAINTED AND THEY CARRIED HIM OUT/ *
DRIVE SAFELY!!
er waiting until her tire was re-
Paired. He took the. bus.
t-
Met Baskin, In her appeal Sa
the county board of education,
-•‘hi that she chairman and vice
chairman of the school hoard
intimated that she “either had
to resign or be fired.” Tile vice
chairman, John < . Crum, told
her that if she didn’t quit, the
j community would have "moh
violence and a Little flock” in
Lakeland
The officials, however, denied
this claiming they visited her as
rood friends in bring her up to
date on what was going on. Mrs
Baskin said, however, that at the
rod 0/ then visit, she told them,
"I guess I can quit as T came in
I did not have a eontaret when I
came in. so 1 don't need anything
in w riting as F go out
She later talked with the parents
of the boy involved and got n Id
ler signed hy both absolving her of
any blame for the incident.
Martin. Durham: Lucy Martin,
Reidsville; Peggy Alexander,
Fort Pierce, Fla.; Charletta
Pickering, Sumter, S. C.; and
Leary Shipman. Whitevllle.
• * * «
On Wednesday morning. Harold
Andrews, organist and assistant
professor of music at Greensboro
College, spoke on: "Albert .Schweit
zer: The Musician,'' and on Thurs
day night, a program, "Albert
Schweitzer Speaks ”, featuring se
lected readings from Schweitzer's
works, was given in the lounge
of Reynolds Hail.
Throughout those programs,
1 here was an emphasis upon the
fact that in all of his areas of in
terest. Schweitzer was motivated
hy an unceasing search for truth.
ed or burned by chemicals picked
up by mistake.”
He advised that "A medicine
cabinet -or shelf or drawer should
be available for easy use without
having to hunt for them among
pill boxes and bottles.
Other suggestions pa-sed along
by Dr. Duke tow include: never
lake medicine in the dark; read
carefully the directions on the la
belg; take the dose recommended
by your physician: keep medicine
out of reach of children; close the.
container at once; never switch tops
or covers on pill or powder boxes,
and never pour medicine back in
to the bottle.
National Branch Office.
Dr, Dennis Branch of New Port,
Tenn.. who appeared on a televis
piogram. "This is Your Life" war
again honored bv the citizens of
his home town. Around three hun
dred met him at the train as he got.
off the Southern Railway upon his
return trip from California. Among
some were: Patrol officer John
Spurgeon, rolice Chief 1 I, John
son (who. along with City Record
er Bill Lil Jard later escorted Dr.
and Mrs. Branch with a lovely box
of roses, from friends of New Port,
Dr. Dennis was formerly from Ra
leigh. N. C where he graduated
from Shaw University.
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REIGNED AS QUEEN OF THE
ZETAUTE BALL The Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity spon
sored their fifth annual Zeta hie
February 15, in the Lilly Gym
fdgdh
OMEGA TALENT WINNERS—LoveIy Miss Walda Moultrie, a Darden High School junior from
TVilson, was first place winner in the area contest of the lltb annual Talent Hum conducted by she
Alpha Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Alex. 11. Bryant, chairman. Shown il-r are
Mims Gloria Powell, Brawler High. Scotland Neck, enior. 3rd winner: Miss Moultrie, first place; and
Miss Rosalind Jones, a Brawley freshman, 2nd winner. Miss Moultrie was scheduled to enter further
competition at Henderson last week. 1.1. B. BARREN PHOTO).
$6,000 Court Casts In Fight
CHICAGO (ANT’ I - Sight Nr- |
groes, plaintiffs in a suit against i
Local 74 of the Wood. Wire and j
Metal Lathers International union, j
won $4,000 in damage- and $6,000 j
in court costs. They had charged !
the union with racial or color dis- j
crimination >n accepting member? j
The award was part of -> con- j
slant decree banded down by fed- ;
“Rare” Steaks May Hold Sex Hormones
RAD K.ISSINGEN Germany A ■
recent story coining out from He |
United Kingdom, under the date- i
Jrae of '•Cambridge, England”, j
wains guys that like their steaks ]
rare, to be sure that is "steak. I
rare" they are eating and noti
something else
In this part of the European eon- j
l.inent, steaks are also a favorite, i
and over here, the warning is aJr.o j
being seriously taken.
The story as it first appeared i
said that in eating rare steaks, the !
innocent victim might be giving j
himself a stiff dose of sex her- \
mooes, and instead of steaks giv- i
ing him more muscle, he would lie j
“We’re Only As Isolated As Our Minds, Wills,”
Noted B W. I. Publisher Tells Coeds At NCC
DURHAM 'We sit only as iso
lated as we let our minds and wills
make us " Mrs. Una Mflrson. Jamai
ca, B. W. I. poetess and publisher,
told the opening session of North
Carolina College’s inh annual CO
ED WEEKEND here Saturday.
"We ve had great a gas in the
past, but I believe the 20th century
will go down in history as the time
Man found himself spiritually."
Mrs. Marson conlinued.
“For life to he meaningful for
youth today ” she said, “you must
grow to maturity with a wide
knowledge of other ppopie . . and
you must love people, who you may
nasium of F. S. T. C.. Fayette
ville. Marjorie Herring, renter
of IVa dr was crowned Queen
with credit for raising $205 Ok
She is the daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. Stacy Herring. Her sponsor
| era! district Judge Joseph Sam
j Perry in which the union also a
j greed to refrain from practicing
| bias against Negroes.
* * * *
The awardees’ suit, brought
(our years ago, said they «tri>
denied admission to the union
because of ihier color and were
not permitted to attend Vt’ash-
j gradually changing his sex
The claim for this “change" was
| made by a UK rank expert, A> •
j tour Rickwood. who owns a big
, farm in Cambridgeshire.
To improve meat, the use of
sex hormones ii» cattle ha?
been getting increasingly pop
ular, *ml while France and Mol
and have banned the practice,
<t is being tried with many
j Ktat‘*sside herds, and in Britain
j scientists are studying the idea.
! At on experimental station in
i Northern England, sex hormones
j are even being (vied out on pig -
I and poultry.
feel treat you unjustly.” j sided at the luncheon afterward®,
M,s Mat ron was a participant Mrs Tewfik, wife of the Egyptian
V? M symposium that included i cultural affairs attach* and pro-
Mis. Lada few f:k of Egypt: Mrs. | frssor of Arabic at Georgetown
iai iha dr Garcia of Argentum, university, Washington, said to
and Mrs. Jewel Mazique. unoffi- day - pf . np j e need to know more
cud consultant for the U. S. State than each others languages.
Department of Lafayette College j _
(Pa ) i ”
"Channels of Communication , A tobacco crop is no better litsn
Highways to Peace" was the theme the quality plants set In the fields
of the meeting. ■ Select seedbed sweet potatoes
Miss Anna Joyce Newkirk, secre* I carefully,
tary of the sponsoring Women s i Have farrowing house? ready b«-
Assembly, presided sv the open- fore sows begin to farrow,
mg session WA President Johnnie ■ Record keeping ,? essential to -m
Mae Coriell, Salisbury senior, pr.<? i.efficient dairy op< aiton
was Mrs. Mildred Boone of Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority. Runners-up
were: Barbara Williams, a junior
at E. E. Smith High School, with
a sum of 5155.50, sponsored by j
hum Trade school for appren
tice courses in lathing.
* * « «
j According to Ally. Lee Segall,
| representing the defendants, the
1 union has never practiced racial
| discrimination and it?, by-laws pro
! hibit such practice?, in admitting
I members. However, he said the nn
j ion agreed to the decree "to make
! Mm plaintiffs hanp.v "
in making his claim Hie UK
rattle expert said that “all this can
result in first-class meat, but great
: care rouJ he wed, or sexual
changes can be used in the con
sumer ”
It wss raid that fried chicken and
| roast pork aren't so dangerous, be
cause they are well-cooked, but sex
hormones stay alive after the ani
mal has been killed, and oniy ex
treme heat will destroy them, Rick
wood further added,
j Continuing he went to '-sv that
i “Not many steaks are overdone and
t j hormones can -urvive. and the tmiy
| safe thine is to ear" well-done
i steaks.”
Roro Ethel Coleman. In third ;
| place was Mary McEachin, guar- j
tlian, Mrs, Cora Wright, sponsor j
Brother ,James Coppage of Pit I '
Beta Sigma Fraternity with a
j sum of 5125.00.
Youth Sets
40 Years In
Rape Case
CHICAGO (ANP) --- A 40-year
stretch in the state penitentiary
was given Robert Jackson, 19, by
criminal court Judge Walker Boi -
ler last week upon the youth's
conviction of a charge of raping
a 47-year-o!d Loop hotel maid in
Jackson Park on Aug. 11.
He is the last of a trio to be
sentenced. On Dec 2. John Sin
clair, 23, and A. C. Harvey, 17.
were sentenced to 99 years in the
same case. Jackson was granted
a separate trial.
int Obi
*"TKa unit' me a who need
liquor to do their best work
are bartenders T
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jmi OL9 sohny e»oo« eowpm. touisvfiu. rr. n psocr. *s* «*a»w **irr*H amiss *
THE CAFwLIMIAH
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 15, J 958
Dr, Wtlla B. Player:
Bennett President Feted
At Surprise Testimonial
GREENSBORO Or Wills B.
Player, president of Bennett Col- ,
lege was honored at a surprise I
testimonial dinner given by the j
Faculty Club, following the regu- j
lar faculty-staff meeting Monday |
night.
The occasion afforded an oppor- i
tunit.y to cite Dr. Player for offer |
ing the facilities of the college to I
liie NAACP oil the occasion of the
recent appearance of Dr. Martin
l.uther King and for her active !
participation in community affairs.
• * * y
The Rev. Julius T. Douglas,
pastor of St. James Presbyte
rian Church, representing the
community, called attention to
her sense of humor, her sin
cerity. ami her accomplish
Kitt, Pokier, Hermandez:
Three Outstanding Sepia Stars
Head Cast Os “Mark Os Hawk"
NEW YORK Three outstand
ing Negro stars, Earths Kitt, Sid
ney Porter and Juano Hernandez,
head an international cast in
■‘MARK OF THE HAWK" a Tech
nicolor Superscope production
which will shortly be released by
Universal International in this
country and abroad.
The lavish production was film
ed by a Hollywood team in the in
terior of Nigeria as well as Great
Britain. The story tells of high ad
venture against a background of
the contemporary problems of ra
cial equality and self-determina
tion of African colonials.
* * * *
In her first motion picture
starring role, Eartha Kill plays
the wife of Sidney Poiter, a
member of the legislature of an
noamed African country. Al
though Miss Kitt sings one song
’This Man is Mine" composed
hy Ken Darby, her role i* a
dramatic one. Hernandez por
trays a rhurch leader anxhuu
in lead his people to freedom
hy a a non-vioienl means
• * V ,
However, MARK OF THE
HAWK" reaches out beyond the
confines of undeveloped Africa and
applies its theme to four conti
rient.v Asia. Europe and North A
merica in addition to Africa as i!
traces the adventurous life of ,-m
America nmissionary. played by
John Mclntire.
To photograph scenes of violent-,
in their locale- including a pitch
ed battle between F -rp-an nlar*-
ers an 6 » .", Kitt Pettier. Her
nandez. an: ■fefntire journeyed to
the interior East Nigeria where
aclnal filming was done with the
help of the Nigerian Government
merits as a college administra
tor, Willie Young, biology in,-,
structorr, spoke for the facul-
I ty. l)r. Hobart S. Jarrett read
a letter from Dr Edwin, R, Ed
jTionds, president of the Greeus
horn NAACT chapter, la -which
was enclosed a check for SSOTft
--a token of appreciation from
the chapter to the college.
Visihil.y moved by (he «?xpr*rs
■ ions of appreciation' which were
: also given hy other members of
the faculty. Dr Player expressed
her (hanks and stated that jhp had
merely served ar a spokasOMin,
carrying m ■ the wishes of the ma
jority,
Van S. Allen, bwioav instructor,
was m i iter of ceremonies.
j A casualty of this film expedition
! was Directoi Gilbert Gunn, who
i contracted a serious tropical - dis*
i case and was hospitalized.
\ HOMZMAKINeff^f
Sill is so fond of rare roast bjef,
f splurged on n. seven-rib mast
tor his birthday. Only it wiw so
j hi * 1 couldn't get anythin* els*
in the oven. My menu wna ujv-
I sst - an<* l-o *-op it. all off, th*
roast came out well-done!
mßill wag
sreat about it
"Trouble is,
!\ honey, your
- \ cookbook and
'oven don't go
A'vJgS***, \ —' together."
T% \ F agreed aad.
> (fi-, -cv\v ly, and lie want
on Meet me for lunch trnnop
<ow I have an idea!" And that**
all lie’d say.
After lunch the next., day Rut
hustled me into an appliance
.stors and asked %ty s*--e t.ha pew
j !i r A Whirlpool
range he'd heard about.
We were ushered to « Stsas}.
corn* little electric rsn.gr* with
t;ie biggest, oven I‘<s ev*r aton.
I looked inside and &s
i found a. built-in meat prtfea
that -would make sure of a sue*
cessful roast!
Bill studied the depsurt black
end white controi panel. "Took,
Winnie. It’s like * oook.
!"-ok. Turn tha dial here, and
lie time aM lerapersiura sum;*
•in there in the littia wtetdow,
Del’* see- roast beef, rare ,«
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