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THE CAIOLOfIAN
RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2(. 19«4
Hopping About
TARHEELIA
By Jay Bee Aytch
GLADYS 9UWLKR CROWNED
IMRAN QUEEN
BY J. B. BARREN
HENDERSON The decorated
gym ot the L. B. Yancey Elemen
tary School here wm the rotting tor
the recent 9th annual Debutante
Ball which formerly presented
twenty-five lovely high school girl* ,
from Henderron-Oxford-Louwbura
area of aocicty under the eponsor
*hip of the Noblei and Daughters |
of Imran Temple and Court A E
- O. Nobles of the Myatic Shrine.
Hetman K. Gilreath. Illuatrioua Po
tentate, Box H. Oxford. N. C
Dt. Eltzabt th Wilson is Illustrious
Commandrcss of Imran Court No
65 Dts. Ixtttie Parham and Beat
rice Wilson are First and Second
Lieut. Commandrcss, respectively.
Dts. Elizabeth Wilson and M. L.
Mitchell introduced the debt and
their marshals. Potentate Gilreath
crowned Miss Gladys Fowler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford
Fowler. Miss Fowler’s marshal was
.lames Hughes. Her sponsor was
Mrs. A. B. Branche. Runner-up at
tendants, in order, wera Misses M
arion Cheatham, Bessie Marie Perry,
Lucy Hester and Elaine Walker,
Mai ahals to attendant! were: Cor
nell Brandon, Coy Gene Dunston,
Elijah Holman and Cleveland
Kinjtsberry.
Pts. L. A. Parham and G. H.
Singleton awarded the prizes and
the debs tang ‘Melody of Love,”
before taking their formal swing
to the music of the Counter Points
Combo.
Paricipating schools were Mary
Potter High, J. V. Morris, Principal,
Oxford, N. C.; Hendgrson Inatltute,
L. E. Spencer, principal, Hender
son; Riverside Union School, C. A.
Harris, principal, Louisburg; Haw
ley High, D. O. Leatherberry. prin
cipal; and Person-Albion High, C.
D. Keck, principal. Frankllnton.
The roster of debutantes included:
Misses Tonya Kaye Redding, Lucy
M Heater, Janet L. Peace, Marga
rette Bulluck. Peacola Taylor, Bar
bara Ktrkland. Mary C. Will lama,
' wf- «.r-i v” .mwfv
Carolyn Nevins, Mary Jane Wil
liams. Rebecca Terry, Christine.
Thomas, Evelyn Narrow, Patricia
Holden, Genlce Carroll, John-
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1419-17 SO. SAUNDERS ST. RALEIGH. K. C.
nie M Williams, Gladys Fowler,
queen; Btsste Marie Ferry, Teresa
heart. Palm is Taylor, Elaine Walk
er, Sandia Wright, Carolyn Worth
am, Bronett* Martin. Ernellt Eaton.
Respective marshal* ward: Ed
Oakley, Elijah Holman, JtMa H.
Carter, Obi ley Sutton, Georg* Ysr-
Ixirough. Haro, n Perry, Robert
Harrison, Ervin June*, Cornell
Brandon. Eiskln Hawkins, Moats
Brown, Tmissamt Walker, Raymond
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G-re Donslon, Alonza Hudson,
.Lame* Merritt, Cleveland Kings
berry, Ira Daye Jr., Fd Lee Davis,
Jamn*. Rouge. Fred A. Crowell,
Offlrer* of Imran Court include
Daugh*er»: E. Wilson, Ixsttle Par
ham, Beulah Brandon. Bea Wilson,
CernMlno Singleton. Martha F.
Corbett, Hazel Avery. Mary Mit
chell, Mary Hawkins, Buena Peace,
Jnnnie taeater. Sylvia White, Alma
Soencrr, Annie Branche, Dorothy
McGhee and Noble advisor L. L.
Peace
HONOR STUDENTS GET AUTO
USE
Rocky Mount’* Booker Washing
ton High School share* honor* each
month with the Rocky Mount Sen
ior High fallghtlv Integrated) In
that both schools have been grant
ed the use for 30 days of a Corvalr
Monras for earh s-'iool’s moat “out
standing student” for the month,
board on a selection mad* by a
student committee which grade* a
senior on the basis of Scholarship,
Leadership and Character.
The December awnrdee la 17-
year-old Harvey T Ruffin Jr., a
personable youth with an excellent
record.
Prior winner* of the covered dis
tinction have been Charle* Wood,
Jr., and Cherly Barne* during Oc
tober and November.
Don Bulluck, Jr, president of a
local auto dealership, has cooperat
ed In making the thirty day* use of
the new autos available to the stu
dents of the two schools In an ef
rrholarship, character and leader
ship.
ObVlmnly, the student Is on trial
while using the car which Mr. Bul
luck also service* with fuel dur
ing the Honor Month.
The George W Bullock Elemen
tary School, J. H. Bullock, princi
pal, presented It* annual Christ
mas proram, "The Nativity.” Sun
day afternoon. The three scene* de
pleted "The annunciation,’’ ’’The
Shepherds and Angels” and “The
Nativity Scene.”
Pupils playing key role* Included
Dorothy Hart, Carolyn Wor»ley
and Ix>ls Tillery. Music wa* by th*
Glee Club.
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AT WHITE HOUSE PARTY FOR UNDERPRIVI LEG- Wednesday during a parly lor tha area, undarpriviltted chit-
ED Preaidant Lyndon B. Johnaon ia ahown leaning in tor an dren. Along with the Chief Executive, Mrs. Johnson and their
antimated word with a couple of gueat at the White Houae last daughters also hosted the party. {UPI PHOTO).
ATTEND YULE PARTY, SPONSORED BY IDLE-A-WHILE CLUB As a special pro
ject, the Idle-A-WNIe Club of Raleigh, entertained aeveral children at a special Christmas party,
held at the Chavis Heights Recreation Center last Thursday evening. The program consisted of
gift-giving, and refreshments. Among those attending were: Sandra and Patricia Daniels, Wanda
Aiksns, Audrey Avery, Dewanna and Phyllis Burt, Angelo Womack, Julia Ruth Watson, Ronnie
and Felicia WomaSr, Brenda Spencer, Sonny and Tina Coefs, Elizabeth and Doris Ann Taylor.
They are pictured above.
Holiday Season Is
One Os ‘Nuttiest’
Ttisre's no doubt about It. The
holiday season la one of the "mittu
leat" of the year. NuU appear nl
mout everywhere—ln the toe of
Christmas stockings, on top of fes
tive fruitcake*, even a* part of cen
terpieces on Yuie dinner tables.
From Thanksgiving to Christmas,
nuts are used in abundance. They
also are finding their way onto
more dinner tables in a greater
variety of ways all year around.
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture reports Americans are eating
more nuta than ever before. Since
1920. per ceplta consumption has
increased more than 90 per cent
Uasah, fee example, are
eew included hi way prepar
ed food aaUee and trauen foods
-uaadlae almeadine. green
heaae with alas end altceo. cake
and ftmttay mtxeu. And yen
can buy ahuauda any way you
want them die ad. alieed. ailr
arad. Munched. reaatad and
Psoana also are tn criming their
JUROR BURSTS
INTO TEARS,
SAVES 4 MEN
tCONTWOn ntOM MM t)
they had reached a verdict es
gnilty wttbeut a reeiwenda
tien Par werey. John H Sid
die. usse us the Negroee en the
fury, bur at into lean, and the
Jadgu dtaaDewvd the verdict.
The proaseutton aought the
death penalty for Leroy Daria. S 3,
of Corona. Long Inland. New
Tort: Julian O. Halraton. 18.
Greensboro: WUbe Bair. Jr.. SS.
High Point: and Charier Donald
Toiaa. it. of Jamestown.
Judge OambUi. oonunenting on
the jury's decision, aakl. the Ne
groes “ought to consider it. in my
optnion. an act of grace.’*
The taw Negro who saved the
Pour Uvea. Mr. Biddle. Uvea in rur
al Ouilford County, and changed
hie mind when defence attorney
Robert Cecß asked that the jurors
be polled.
Reaffirming the automatic
death penalty were the first jurors
polled, a white housewife and a
btutnsw awn. who is also Cauca
sian.
However, when It came Mr. Bid
der* turn, h* began sobbing soft
ly. and aaJd. "OtUlty. with recom
mendation for mercy ” He est
the jury room tn tears, and Is be
lieved to have changed his mind
aTter OamblU had explained that
popularity and uses. Since 1920,
consumption has Jumped nearly
half a pound per person, recans
now - total nearly a fourth of all
the tree nuts we eat. says the US
DA.
Nuts are moving from the luxury
class to the commonplace. As in
come rise, you can expect to find
them more and more often in
main dishes and desserts as well as
in randies and confections and as
snack items.
a verdict must be unanimous, sav
ing the four.
The decision finally came at
7:43 p.m. Friday. 45 minutes after
the Jury had returned from sup
per. It got the case at 3 35 p.m.
Thursday and spent the night
locked in a motel here.
Each of the defendants pleaded
Innocent to charges that they ov
erpowered MLss Marion and her
finance. Mick Wilson. 29. of
Greensboro, as the couple parked
on a dead-end street, near High
Point last June 21.
WUson declared he and
Mias Marion were diseasing
marriage plana when the four
men jumped them. The wom
an Identified the four ns her
attackers earlier this week.
WUson also claimed he was
knocked unconscious during n
struggle for a rifle, allegedly held
by one of the four.
Miss Marion stated she eras rap
ed < times on the front mat of her
fiancee automobile.
mrsTveasey
NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE NAACP
iroNTwi'to suns, e»u* n
December JO at the Fayetteville
Street Baptist Church
Highlights of the session were the
reporting of 1.000 members, twenty
Ilfs membership*, and the election
of a new slate of officers for the
1955-88 terms
Fayetteville Street Church's pas
tor. the Rev. W. a Lewis, challeng
ed the- group to render unselfish
service for the cause of freedom.
The following officers will be In
stalled at tt>e First Baptist Church,
corner of Wilmington snd Morgan
Streets, on Sunday January 17. IMS;
President. Mrs Millie Duna
Veasey; Ist v. re-president Rev.
Charles W Wa-d: 2nd vice-presi
dent Rev S Collins Kilburu; sec
retary. Miss Barbara Williamson;
and treasurer. J. Mills Holloway.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee: Church work. Rev. D. N.
Howard, chairman, and Rev. W. B.
Lewis; Community Coordination,
Dr. M. M. Adams, chairman; Edu
cation, Dr. Prezell R. Robinson,
chairman; Finance. J. J. Sansom,
Jr., chairman; Freedom Fund, Dr.
Ellen S. Alston, chairman; Labor
and Industry, Junious Sorrell,
chairman; Legislation. Dr. Carl De-
Vane, chaiiman; Legal Redress. At
torney George R. Greene, chair
man; Membership. Mrs. Virginia K.
Newell, chairman; Political action.
James A. Shephard, chairman;
Program, Mrs. Shirley Liggett,
chairman; Press and Publicity,
Miss Vivian Irving, chairman: Vet
erans, C. G. Irving. Sr., chairman:
and Youth work. Mrs. Harveleigh
R. White, chairman.
THOUSANDS JAM
FUNERAL HOME
FOR LAST LOOK
iniNiwi rD mow ri„t n
Meanwhile. Heavyweight
Champion day blasted official
Investigation of Cooke’s death
aa “Inadequate."
Clay, a clone friend of Cooke,
told reporters he could not be
lieve reports of the clrcum
stances surrounding the fatal
sheeting of the yoong singer
at a Los Angeles motel on Fri
day, Doe. 11-
Pollce said the singer was shot
fatally In the chest by Mrs. Bertha
Lee rranklin. 99-year-old man
ageress of the Hacienda Motel.
Mrs. Franklin had charged that
Cooka, clad only tn a topcoat, had
ktokod In the door of her office tn
search of a female companion who
had allegedly fled their motel
room with most of his clothing.
Fottee Identified the girl as
Klha Rover. 22. n* 9il'-*vd,
a Eurasian of British-ChiM*
parentage. Miss Reyrr tc i »
Use she met Cooke at a H Ut
wssd bar and accepted his of
fer as a ride home after vtatt
ftag a nether night spat.
Cko Lyles, a photographer and
dose friend of the Cooke family
said “Kicking a door down just
doesn’t sound ’ike Sam. I believe
he was “framed."
James Earner, a boyhood
friend, who sang with Cooke
en street earners and ettimd
ed school with him. agreed
that “Sam was net the type to
ge aresmd Mektag In doors."
They were erhooimatu at CM
sago's Beattie Elementary
Sake at Re aaM Sam was te
hndtd In hmwksdl and las
ketbaß. and oner had amM
Mans as becoming a Mg tragne
star.
Sam did reach the big league,
not as an athlete, but as one of
the nation's celebrated singers He
had 10 hit recordings and sold co-
ver 10 million records. And if the
mood of the people of Chicago and
elsewhere Is any indication, his
records will be selling for years to
come. *
ONE KILLED
SIX INJURED
IN CHARLOTTE
(CONTINUED FKOM PACE ONE)
saulting his wife.
Patrolman Rufus W. Hamilton,
39. was struck In the legs by sev
.... pL..,.0 i auu,.hdii K iiiy
D. Jones. 24, was hit In the shoulder
and legs.
Mrs, Potts, who wss wound,
ed in the side and leg, waa re
ported in serious condition st
Charlotte Memorial HospltaL
Two of the children, Lucinda
Potts. 7, and Frank Potts, 5, Were
struck in the head and chest, but
►the wounds were minor.
A bystander. Mrs. Willie Mae
Simpson, w, waa hit In the
head by one pellett, but her In
jury was also minor.
"* *A visitor at the Potts home at the
time of the shooting, Iriah Wil
liams told police Potts ran Into the
living room, yelled something a
bout loving his wist, then fired
once with his double-barreled shot
gun, missing Mrs. Potts wrth the
first load.
ARTHUR DOVE
IS ROBBED
(( ovnNurn on p/ or n
esse, they suddenly “whirled”
around and pointed one pistol
at Mrs. Dove and one at her
husband.
They then ordered Mrs. Dove to
open the front door as the lights
were turned off by one of the rob
bers. Two Negro men entered the
door, partially covering their faces
with their jackets, and went
straight to the rear of the fashion
able home. Flashlights were then
put into use.
Mrs. Naomi Swall, a nurse,
who s fiends Mrs. Dove's
aunt In the house, was spotted
by one of the crooks. She was
ordered into the room. Also
in the house was a sleeping 11-
year-old nelce of Mrs. Dove.
At this point Mr. Dove was
handcuffed with his hands behind
him He was also bound with tape
from ear to ear. and his feet were
tied with a dress belt He was
Ordered to lay on the floor.
Mrs. Dove was tied with fine
wire as was Mrs. Swall, who was
also gagged with the tape. Mrs.
Dove ws gagged later and ordered
to lay on the floor.
The men. who stayed In the house
over an hour, cut the telephone
cords and placed the phonos on a
table.
Mr. Dove's life was threatened as
was his wist. The white pair also
threatened to take them along.
s4B* waa taken from Mr.
Dove's pants pocket, and a
hundred-dollar MU was stolen
from Mrs. Deve. A hag es un
roanted change from the day's
LIiMOLN
THEATRE
RALEIGH. N. C.
STARTS SUNDAY
DECEMBER J7TH
“THE AVENGER”
Starring
STEVE REEVES
“ROCK, ROCK,
ROCK”
STABTS THURSDAY
DECEMBER 31 ST
“DUEL OF
CHAMPIONS”
ALANMLADD
“THE
MAGNIFICENT
T
Starring
YTL BE TWER
Other monies are still tmsceotttW
ed for by the Doves.
Mrs. Doe* managed to get Dm
first She then freed Mrs. Bwafl.
tout could not get the cuffs from
her husband
She rto, without shoes, to tho
bom* of a neighbor, who exited tho
cope.
Upon the four officer’s arrival,
they unlocked Mr. Dove’s hand
cuff*.
Still investigating the incident
are: Officers Ralph L. Johnson, J.
E. Pierce, and Dot Sgte. U B.
Council and J. L. Stoudemire.
REV. COSTEN,
REV. HUTCHINSON
TRANSFERRED
(CONTINUED VRAM PAGE I)
former Mho Maiva WUseo of
b pares bore, H. V. They have
three ehlldrsx; James, age 9;
Oral*, >1 and Chary! L Dr. L.
P. Armstrong Is clerk es the
Session of ML Ptagah.
DAVIE BTBEST CALL*
HUTCHINSON
Davie Street Uoited Preehy
byterlan Church, Raleigh, wa*
th* scene es a called Wiling
ot the Cage Fear Presbytery
es Catawba Synod, Uoited
Presbyterian Chareh UIA, Eat
arday for tbs gargaaa of SB
teodlag a eaR te the teeol pao
tarate I* the Rev. Frank 9L
Hutchinson, a whit* mlnhier,
of ML Louie, Me. Preebytery,
who Is expected te assume the
Davie Street Pnehyterlao pul
pit the first of the year.
The Rev. W. Roecoe Wall. Ox
ford, moderator of the Cepe Fear
Presbytery, presided over the pree
byteriens to fill th* vacancy left
when the Rev. J. Oscar McCloud
resigned to take up work In At
lanta several months ago.
VETERAN MAILMAN
We talked with veteran mall car
rier Frank A. Watson of 109 Idle
wild Avenue, who has been Idle
during the forty-one years he haa
“carried the mail” for Raleigh.
The seventy-year-old postmen
waa walking his rounds on the
coldest day of the winter. He urges
colored young men to apply for
and take civil service exams
particularly the veterans so they
can qualify for a better Job then
tsnltorlal w-V .
FIRE KILLS
FIVE KIDS
HOME OF
(CONTINUED PXOM PAGfc I)
was awakened by the flames and
notified them.
As the firemen arrived, the
front portion of the houae waa en
gulfed in fire. The bodies of the
children were burned beyond re
cognition.
SAYS MISS.
ILLEGALLY
IN THE U. S.
te alter er amend Its const!-
tntioa so ”... as to deprive any
citizen er clam es eltttsens es
the United Stoles of the right
to vote who ere entitled to vote
by the constitution hereto rec
ognised. . . .”
The briefs charged that under
Mississippi's 1869 constitution the
only voting requirements were eg*
and residence. An 1990 constitu
tion, adopted after Reconstruction,
openly nullified the 1870 resolution
and disenfrachiaed most of the
state’s Negro citizens, the FDP
leaders charged.
In 1890, there were 80,000 more
registered Negroes than whites to
Mississippi, while in 1801. register
ed whites outnumbered registered
Negroes ty 79.000. Total Negro reg
istration dropped during this per
iod from 189,000 in 1990 to 23,000 to
1961.
sleet charge the nearly total
White Label
DEWABS
SCOTCH WHISKY
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m eeooucT o* icoutut ll
Ss£S3E£?^
Mra Hammer, from RulevUte. a
staff member of the Student Non
violent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) la challenging Rep. Jomii
Whitten of the 2nd Cuogi mMonM
District Mra Devine, from Canto*
a worker for toe Congress es feo»
tel Equality, is challenging Mom
Prentiss Welker in the 4th District
while Mra Gray, of Hattiesburg, «
National Board member es the
Southern Christian Lcadershtf
Conference is challenging fto Dis
trict Rap. William Cokmr.
CORE In
Cleanup
Campaign
CEDAR HEIGHTS. Md.—Prince
George County CORK has initiated
a campaign to rehabilitate tote
dilapidated Negro slum which, lit
erally. is “on the other aide of the
fence.**
It waa tbua described in a meant
Baltimore Sun feature article and
CORE Regional Secretary Louia
Smith has characterised toe eight
foot high fence dividing Cedar
Height* from th* white communi
ty at Seat Pleasant as "another
Berlin walL"
Though toe Seal Pieamnt
■topping center te aoty two
Marito away, Cedar Heights
wisents have te tetawest
toe fane* by a mUe-tong walk
te get there. Fallowing COKE
tkreota es nenvtetent direct
an presently am negettettag
with CORE an plans to break
through the fence.
As for Cedar Heights, the Wash
ington Star said, in reporting the
CORE cleanup campaign: "Caught
in a tight wedge between super
highways, tha email community
has become e graveyard for aban
doned cars, for evwry conceivable
bit of household junk from boilers
to bathtube."
Ino FiNii-PONti FLAYLKO
MONROE. La, On toe first day
that CORE bed succeeded to de
segregating this city's recreation
centers, two Negroes, Sarah Mo-
Coy and 'Sammy Gray, worn as
saulted as they played ping-pong
at one of the previously all-white
centers.
The day before, whan an inter
racial CORE group arrived to uoo
the acilitties, the center waa ringed.
But the following afternoon a simi
lar group came, wera registered
and remained at the center for two
hours without incident.
If adults set youth the proper ex
ample, it might ho poMhle for
young -people to their tend
Th« cause of the axotoeieo whteh
sunk the battleship Maine to 1806
War bee never been satisfactorily
determined the Catholic Dlgeet
There am two sides te every tew
suit the legal and too metal rids.
LEGAL NOTICES
■ALE or AUTOMOBILES
Notice 1 a hereby glv*n that Steads
Sinclair Service. Ill* Oleenwood Ave.,
Raleigh N. C., Wcke County, win aril
on premises to the highest bidder at
UOO noon. December IS, lt*L toe
following automobiles:
IMT Jaguar
Serial No. TSOMS BW
License No. BZOMI N. C. (1961)
ISM Austin
Serial No. HS*L HCS B*o4o
License No. BZ MM N. C. (Ml)
ISM Buick
Serial Nc. OBIU7M*
ISM Chevrolet
Serial No. CSZT 101447
Motor No. AD 10OTT1T