nr c ß Pfsf '»nui RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY. APRIL 4. IM4 14 Delaware State Opens 20-Game Baseball Slate DOVER, Del. Delaware State | College will open a 20 game base- j ball schedule next Monday when they play host to Barrington Col lege from Barrington, Rho and Ganaonland. Gray: Mn.ve, Love (4;, Walker <7>. and Walton. POETS’ CORNER A LETTER FROM HEAVEN By Alt red Robbins Special Drltvrry From Heaven To: The Kennedy Family From: John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Borry had to leave right away, I look down an smile everyday. Little Patrick told me to tell you "Hi. And that he's happy and loves you. So please don't cry. And Caroline I'd like to say. How proud Daddy was of you today. When you stood like a lady. And doing like Mommy you tried not to cry Little John now you're the big man. Take care of Mommy the beet you can You were Just like a soldier That salute was-so brave. Thank you for the flag you put on my grave And Jackie, I had no time for goodbyes. But I'm sure you cou’.d read. The "farewell” In my eyes. Watch over our children and love them for me I'll treasure your love through eternity So please carry on as you did before, TH all of us meet on Heaven s bright shore Remember I love you. remember I care And I’ll always be with you Though you don’t see me there. Love JACK Do’s And Don’ts THAT J WHATI H Tj y « 1 ( f fee* t Be Cooziderate. It leads to Um^rstanding i lege (Dudley. Mass ! home; April jB, Castleton College (Vermont) home; April 10, Norfolk State Col lege. home; April 13. Norfolk State College, away; April 14. Hampton Institute, away; April 20. Lincoln University, away; April 23. Shaw University, away; April 24, Fayette ville State College, away; April 25. North Carolina A&T College, away; April 27. Fayetteville State College, home; May 1. Howard University, home; May 2. Hampton Institute, heme; May 4. Howard University, aw-ay; May 7. Shaw University, home; May 9, A&T College, home; May 11, Barrington, away; and May 14. Maryland State College, home. NOTE: Home games on school days begin at 3:15 p.m. Home games on Saturday begin at 2 p.m. Mon day. March 30. is not a school day. that It would picket the opening game of the season on April 31 to protest the situation. Griffith's re action to this was to announce that he would seek a court order bann ing tha pickets. Hou'cver, when both the mayor of Minneapolis and the mayor of Rich field. part owners of Minneapolis Metropolitan Stadium, announced that they would not cross the line, Griffith found integrated quarters for the team in Orlando The Mayors' statements were in response to telegrams from Curtis Chivers. NAACP branch president, urging them to reaped the lines. Chivers has devoted much time and energy to rectifying Jim Crow in housing The Minnesota Twins are the last of the major league baseball trams to Integrate their winter training quarters. FRIENDS ARE WORST ENEMY MEMPHIS—(ANPi—Whether he la guilty or not. two things Clifton Carter. 20. learned In criminal court n cently where he was on trial for armed robbery. Don't trust friends and don’t talk too much. Carter, nccuscd of robbing a grocery store of SIOO in cash and $l3O in checks, was convicted of th echirge after tha prosecution produced some of hi* "friends" who testified that he had boasted he was going to pull tha robbery, and later, that he had done It. However, the victim of the robbery. Mrs W B Thomas. 07. could not identify him as the “masked” gunman armed with a rifle. Carter, of course, denied the charge, but he got a 10 year prison t< rm anyway, MARTIN HEARD AT SHAW UNIVERSITY—UIt to right: Joe Biown, a senior of States ville, baritone soloist; Dr. Asa T. Spaulding ot Durham, who introduced the speaker. Louis C. Mar tin, deputy chairman, National Democratic Committee, Washington, D. C.; and the Reverend john W. Fleming, acting chairman, department of philosophy and religion at Shaw University, as they discuss equality ot opportunities for the Negro if he is qualified. (See sfory). HOME DEMONSTRATION LEADERS These women were installed as the new officers ol the State Council of Home Demonstration Clubs at the councils recent meeting in Raleigh. The y are (left to right) Mrs. Mamie Williams, Randolph County, president; Mrs. Viola Greene, Pen der County, first vice president, Mrs Willis Hawkins, Pitt County, second vice president; Mrs. Marjorie Cofield. Edgecombe, recording secretary; Mrs. Lucy Wilson. Orange, corresponding sec retary; and Mrs. Alfreda Blackwell. Vance, treasurer. At the right is Dr. Eloise Cofer, assistant director ol the N C Agricultural F.ttension Service in charge ol home economics work. qSJItFMCE ON COAST TO COAST FLIGHT These cadets, m the Air Force ROTC D tach it at AST College, last week flew to Edwards Air Force Base and Los Angeles, both m California, on a motivation flight and enrichment tour as guests of the U. S. Air Force. In the background is the giant C-130E Transport plane in which the cadets took the four-day coast-to-coast taunt. Mid-Atlantic Regional Reports Given As Local AKA’s Hold Meet Money in you. mailbox If you'd like to have regular, tw ice-a-> ear income from a government-guaranteed in vestment. vou’U he ntereslcd in Series H Saving* Bonds. Twice a year for ten vears they II hi ing you this steady income in the form of in* . tcrest checks. Then at ma turity, your H Bonds will he redeemable at oar. H Bonds pax 3*4*l- when held to muturil' Ask your hanker about H Bond-—and start finding money in your mail box soon! Save with U. 8. Savings Bonds TW r.S t 4pm HP4 pay 4. V . v,-j l+ep' - 'i-**.l f*« ** fit# 1 @ The Sandhills Room of the SAW | Cafeteria was the scene of the reg ular meeting of Alpha Theta Ome ga Chapter of AKA Sorority, Sat urday. March 21. at 5 p.m The Sorors enjoyed a delightful ; repast of their choice amid beauti fully decorated tables dec rated j with pink carnations and candle light. Following the dinner. Sorot Wil der gave a report of the proceed ings of the Regional Conference hold at the Golden Triangle Hotel Norfolk. Va Tie Silver Bo vl a waided by the Region twon the second consecutive year' was pre sented the chapter for outstanding achievement m the region Other members in attendance were. Sor «•-» S Perry. 1-atham. M.inn. Batey. Knight. Watkins. Webster. Eaton. Aaams, Eason and Hunt, Rocky Mount's Happy Hill Wreath Club Extends Sympathy To Many BY J It HARKEN i ROCKY MOUNT - F v.uenUy when someone dies, neihgbos and even unknowns, are approached and often ahamed into giving -ion cy for so-called community w i oaths' for deceased pei xns whom they do not even k■ o w Many limes unscrupulous p. -ons intake canvasses and use the funds ! (or their oxxn benefit. tar removed f.om the “wreath " for which it .vas passionately solicited The same piocexiure goes for many no-culled church and chanty solicitations, causing thoughtful d noi s to con tribute directly to the inter, led source—and by check if convene nt. ! Af'er considering the atxne-t: n : t.oned exits, a group of ioce cu j mo of t ie Hap y Rid eo., y j organized themselves imo Tie i Happy HiP Wreat.i Club with l >*- ! #--* Davis as president; James H i- Iphrcy, vice president, ar-a Mrs B. t I Letters of thanks were read from ! the principals of the seven local elementary schools for contribu tions Wvward their Milk Fund, j In keeping with the program set up by the National Office. Basiteus Batey appointed the following members to the Social Action Com mittee: Soror* Dcbnam. Hicks. Newell, Knight. Eason. Irving A check for <25.00 was sent to the local Voter Registration Committee. The Amenities Committee sur prised Soror Susan Malone with a Baby Show er for her baby boy born j in March. Soror* Odessa Hicks and Bessie Lew-i* delivered the gifts to Soror Malone. A social hour followed the busi ness meiting. The twenty-eight 1 members present expressed having 1 a pleasant evening to hostesses Ed- I irondson, Eaton. Irving and Hicks. B Short, secretary, in an effort to | provide the wreaths for ail persons ' who would become members and 1 pay a small tee < ach month. Organised in September, IJ*. there are more than two hun dred members now. accord ing to Darts, a member of the Ml /.ion First Baptist t hurvb. who states that the w ork is all done .•n a volwntary basts with each benefirtary getting a standard fire dollar wreath M their does are not more than three month* in arrears. Onee-a-year a re duced membership rale Is in ef fect for a short period to stim ulate new memberships. All Wreaths carry the 'HHWC sriuol* of the Happy Hllß'Wreath t'iub The ci*.o also sends cards to the sick member.- and condo lence cards to bereaved family memboit. t Charities are extended to the 11 Games Planned By Ligon Nine BY LARRY A. STROUD The J. W. Ligon Jr.-Sr. High School’s baseball team opens its . basebal Iseason Friday. April 3. The coaches, Pete Williams and Hubert Poole, stated that they have a very good team this year. Tha fallowing are the m» ben es Ligeo't baseball .team: Bobby Allen, Robert Allen. Xa vier Artis, Chester Bennett. Thomas Brooks, Ernie Fester. Arthur Graham. Larry Graham. Isaiah Green. Curtis GUI, Al fredo Hicks, James Hines, Ma jor Hinton, James Heckaday. Cmr|ton Hood, James Albert Johnson. Alfonso Jones. James Melvin. George Morgan, Ken neth Parker, William Peaces, Ralph Fops, Jimmy Robinson, Lamonte Banders. Stanley Smith, Howard Upparmau and Robert, Eugene Williams. The schedule follows: Home games; April 16, Booker T. Washington, Rocky Mount. 7:30 P. M;. April 21. Dillard, Goldsboro, 7:30 PM.; April 28, Gamer Consoli dated. Gamer. 7:30 P.M.; May 5, Johnston County Tr. School. Smith field, 7:30 P.M.; May 7, Southwest ern (tentative), Windsor. 7:30 P.M.: and May 14, Dußots, Wake Forest, 7:30 P.M. Games away: April 3, Rocky Mount, 7:30 P.M.; April 14, Gamer. 2:30 P.M.; April 23, Smithfield. 3:30 P.M.: April 30, Goldsboro, 3:30 P. M.; and May 12, Wake Forest, 2:30 P. M. Va. State Coach Gets Track Post PETERSBURG, Va. (ANP) William "Pete” Bennett, track coach and assistant professor of health and pysicsal education at Virginia State college, has been appointed chairman of the finance committee of the U. S. Track and Field Association for Virginia. Prof. Bennett, who has been track coach at VSC. his alma mater, for the past 11 years, has held a num ber of outstanding athletic posts in recent years, including an eight year tenure as chairman of the track committee of the Central In tercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). needy at Chrsitmas time and pub lic programs occasionally given to publicize the work being done In an effort to make the community conscious of the need for more dig nity in the handling of floral trib utes to the dead. Others of the organising group who joined Davis. Humphrey and ' Mrs. Short in the launching of this worthwhile project included Lind i wood Bellamy, James Roberson and I James Humphrey of the banking committee; Miss Elizabeth Pitt, Paul Beavers, Jack Bryant, Lossie Nicholson, Mrs. Mildred McCowan, Mrs. Mary Foreman, Miss M. Pitt, and Mrs. Victoria Brooks. The group also furnishes pall bearers and flower girls for the funerals of members. The club's financial report for 1963 showed S2OO to start that year, with a total of 458 on September SO, 1963 (end of fiscal year), with I only 147 expended to leave a net of s3ll in the bank. ! Patronize Our Advertisers iCedaii n A p»::t $ yQO $0.20 Ifwteifl wwn i VaKcy i so \| & BONOS MILL \ k • DISTILLING COMPANY \Wkr • ' liwwiwbdrt \ Wi Blended Whiskey W 30% straight whiskey 4 years old . - 70% gram nevria: spirits GET UNCP FELLOWSHIPS HERE— James t. , associate professor of art at Saint Augustine's College, and Law ranee Gould, associate professor of mathematics at Saint Aug ustine's have been awarded UNCF Fellowships to pursue work to ward their Doctorates in their respective fields at Pennsylvania State University, College Station, Pennsylvania, according to Dr P. R. Robinson, dean of instruction at the school. Bride, 55, Pushed Hubby Too Far; He Divorces Her DETROIT—(ANP)—At 81. a man is no bargain to a woman, and Fred Demont was well aware of this. But he did have a nice home, and he was willing to share it with a woman provided she would keep house for him, cook, and do the washing. He thought he found the right woman in Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, 55- vear-old twice-divorced woman he met by chance last year. She con vinced him that he should rent his home, split the money with her, while she kept house for him. Soon, however, she had taken over ihe whole operation, ordering him at first to move Into a tiny bed room, then to a rollaway bed in the basement and finally she put him out Judge T. C. Spaulding Will Speak At Shaw April 15 The Honorable Theodore O. Spaulding, Judge, County Court of Philadelphia, will speak at Shaw University on Friday, April 10, at 12:00 noon in Greenleaf Auditori um. Hie subject of his message will be “Preparation for Responsibility". Judge Spaulding received the AJL degree at Howard Univer sity, and the LLB degree "*t PLANS JUNE WEDDING Miss Greta Lots McCnUom. Ra leigh, daughter of Mrs. Mable MeCullom sad the late Mr. A drian MeCullom of Johnston County, is engaged to Mr. Ar thur Earl Hawthorne, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hawthorne of Mtnetle. Alabama. The an nouneement Is made by Mrs. Vi ola Murry. A June wedding Is planned. Feeling mistreated, Demont sued the woman, but minutes before they were to appear in court last December 13. they were married by a common pleas judge. No sooner had they been mar ried, than she Induced him to sign a deed to the property and make out his will with her as sole beneficiary. Then she left him. So Demor.t went to court again, this time to have the marriage voided, and the deed and will nul lified. He got it too. despite the sharpness which his ex-wife ex hibited in deeeding the property to another man, and then getting the deed transferred back to her in the other man’s name. the University of Detroit. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Lawyers’ Club of Philadelphia, and the Pennsyl vania Council of Juvenile Court Judges. Judge Spaulding served as Coun sel for the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP and was its President from 1940 to 1945. During his ad ministration the Branch member ship increased from 3,000 to 17.000. In 1957, he was appointed by the Government to represent the United States as an Alter nate Delegate to the United Na tions Subeommlsslon of the Economic and Social Council on the Protection of Minorities and the Prevention of Discrimina tion. He served in that rapaci ty during 1957 and 1958. He is affiliated with many civic and educational organizations, and has been the recipient of a number of citations for community services. Among these are honors lrom the Philadelphia Afro American. Pitts burgh Courier and ’ the Philadel phia Tribune newspapers. Y. M. C. A.. Pyramid Club, Women's Chris tian Alliance, Associated Real Es tate Brokers of Philadelphia, Na tional Association of Pet Industries, Junior Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, Miller Memorial Bap tist Church, Roxborough High School Barristers’ Law Club of Philadelphia and the United States Selective Services. The Judge is married to the for mer Miss Virgil Trent and they have two sons. PLAY FAIR!