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EDITION
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VOLUMN 20 N«v 19
DURHAM, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY 21. 1938
niCE Pf¥k OUTS
y oums Face GunsJ1 o Force Stores 2q Employ Negroes
A AT. PREXY HONERATO)
MAY DAY PROGRAM ATTRACTS MORE THAN 5.Q00
SCENES FROM MAYTJAY feXERCiSES AT PEARSON SCHOOL
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Scene Ot Gala
Event
Dr. Bluford Given
Glean Sheet By
Trustee Board
•MISS HILLSIDE”
Crowned
‘Miss HHiside
MIm Clara PouriM. winner of
1938-89 honors most poip-
nUr younji' lady at Hillside High
School was crowned “Miss Hill-
aide" • May I'Sth at 7:00 o’clocfe
The contest was^ sponsored by
the Homo Economics Dept., imd
is an annual affair. Each year a
popularity contest is sponsored
for the ipurpose of determining
the most popular girl of Hillside
Hi^ sclvool. Contestants were
elected from the nintH, *’ tenth
an] eleventh grades by the
classes. In electing these candi
dates, c&nduct, scholarship an4
personal appearance are care
fully considered.
of' various student solicitors, who
worked very hard te sail tham to
boost their favorita contestant
for the title, "Miss' Hillside.”
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This year’s contest is said by
authorities to be th« hardest
fought of any in the past saye-
ral years, and managen of ae^
eral young ladies who have been
interested ^ have bean * driving
their assistant workers to^rd
what the jfhaped would be the
victory.
DURHAM HAMPTON ALUMNI
CHAPTER H(M.DS FINAL
MEET OF YEAR
On Friday evening ^fay IS, the
Durham Chapter of the Hampton
Alumni Association held its first
meeting of the current year at
the Algonquin Tennis Club, {flec
tion lof officers was the highlight
of the meeting.
Officers for 19^8-39 are; L. M.
Berry, , President; ^iss Mary
Iktnkins, Secretary; Ds A. Davis,
Treasurer; MJsa. Lynch, Chap
lain; Mrs. Selena Wheeler, Vice-
'President; Miss Gertrude BWl,
Asst. Sec.; Blake Williams, Srgt.
At Arms; R. A. Mann, Puib. Mgr.
(Program Committee: Jas. J.
Hienderson, Chairman; P. H.
To Bold luportaul
t In Orahau Siiiiday
Contestant a*nd managers Acting in Supervisory
sold the followmg numbef* Of-''
Votes-were, placed in the hands
capacity; Miss Camille Smith, T.
votes: Miss ErnesUne Watson. Jl. Mann, . A. E. Jackson, I. B.
manager Shade Green, 2K>P' votes;
Miss Ruth Snipes, manager Mil-
Conttinuedl on faga aigkt I Continueil on page eigkt
The interdenominational Us
hers of North Carolina will hold
an important meeting in Graham
Sifndfcy, May' 22. at the Chris
tian Church. This meeting, which
will begin at 2:30, will be at
tended by all of the presidents
of city and county Usher Unions
and all of the nel4 agents' will
make their reports.
Burch Coley, head field agent
for, district 2 will report for his
district, ‘and district 3 will be
represented by D. W. Rendles.
Mrs. L. 4- Foster, of Greensboro,
will make her report as super
visor of the Junior Department
ajftd report^ will also c.ome frqm
Mrs. Cora Sampaon.^ of the first
aid department; Miss Julia L.
I Caldwell; and Mrs. Pearl Felder.
Mrs. Sampson’s report will be a
I sort of outline of the important
I work that the first aid depart^'
ment is doing.
I C. C, Craig, of Chapel Hill,
I who is chairman of Finance will
briefly diiicuss the service that
the^ushers of North Carolina are
rendering to the many churches
in the state.'*- ,
The field agents have a great
deal of information^ in store for
them when they listen to the
speech by -G-.C Cabb, former
President of the State associa
tion who has done mor ethan his
_ The annual' May Bay Pageani
waa presented on the lawn of W.'
G. Pearson achool Thur»3ay May
12, by the Physical Education
Department of the Durham City
Schools with more than five
thousand people in attendance.
TTie pageant was under the able
direction and suervision of Mrs.
Emma W. Butler who has become
widely kno\*n for the type of
work she has continuously done
in the field. physical educa- ’JT"'
tion. ' ^ '
The pagesnt, “Ceres and Pro-
«erpine*V made use of an extra
ordinary large number of the
pupils from all of the city
schools. The children represent
ed dancers, flowers, the seasons,
•tc.
At the beginning of the after
noon program, following the
gathering on tSe green and pro
cessional, ]?!ss Ruth Pundeftiurk
waa crowned queen of M»v. Hec
mai^ of. honor waa Miss'Pauline
JefSflers. The other members of
the May, Queen’s Court were-
about fifteen attendant?, twelve
flower girls fnd a host of dan
cers.
The larger pupih took part in
the winding of the May poles.
Each school had its own pole.
Music for the Day Pa
geant was furnished by Bill Staf^
ford and His N. C. Collegians.
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GREENSBORO, May 18.—Tbe
Board of Trustees of A. and T.
College, in a ipeeting here today,
fully esoriated Dr* E- D. Bln-
f#»dr president rrf tire schne^
from charges brought againrt
him by Holt McPherson, special
invwstisrator, apipointed hf Got-
emor Clyde R. Hoey to conduct
a thorough eximination into
certain charges brought i against
the college hea»i* by di^fruntled
members of the alumni associa
tion, and ether persons.
Not only
rate Dr. Bluford.
»e il eSonSs
but it COB-
LOCAL WORLD WAR
VETERAN SUCCUMBS
(Continued on page eight)
Funeral serviices were conduct*
ed at the White Rock Baptist
Church, Mondays May 1 th, for
Robert “Bob” Price, 42 year
old local shoemaker and World
^ar veteran. ,He had been sick
since since February l»t, being
attended by doctors at Lincoln
aad Duke kospitals. He was at
Lincoln for five weeks. Died at
Duke Hospitel Saturday May
14th where he had been since
March 2i8th
During hia enlistment in the
army he served^ ia the battalion
ISfagoner 505, Engineer Company
D. His trade taken during his
siay with the army w« thajj^ of
a shoem^lcdr, the K>ccup4bion
which he has engaged in Durham
for a mimber of years. He was
a member of the Weav^r-Mc
It was lovely Miss Clara Doug
lass, sophomore of Hillside Park
High School, who won the popvH
larity contest, determining the
most popular young lady in the ■ that he found DrI’Bluford
school. ~'MiS3 Douglass won out'conscientiously devoted to . the
of a group of nine girls from the school anc^- am definitel^^of the
9th and IDth grades. She receiv- | opinioii that he ia capaMe to 2S-
ed many useful gifts donated to i rect it ably and well.”
the affair. Continaed OB patce eigkt
t detrmed the repwrt of the special
investigator^’ by adopting a re
port taking issue with most of
the points contained. „
The appointment of a special
investigator of the affairs of A.
and T. was the result ot.several
student strikes and uprning
which tee- kpteee
I a year and half ago. The stud
ents charged that the dinning
hall, having as its head the wife
of Dt. tyyford, was operated
unsatisfactorily. After a settle^
ment »f tHe strike other chains
apatnst the president of the •*!-
lege continaed to circulate until
finally *. meeting of representa-j*
tives of the altrmni
was held with Governor Hoey on
the 24th of September, 1937.
appointment of the special 'in
vestigator followed the confer
ence with4the governor.
In his report, which up until
Wednesday has been kept from
the public, Mr. McPherson stated
to be
Oaylon Stores Arm Workers
A£a^ns^Ne^ro Plckelers
SUCCUMBS
baSHA^R^$ ttSlAUtT SYSTEM ORADUATES HOLD EXERCISES AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH
Lean Post of the American Le
gion.
Surviving the deceased is his
.wife, Mrs., Preeland B. Price,
two brothers, W. G. Price of
Brooklyn, Nj Y., and . Langston
Price of Chicago., two sisters.
Mis. A. E. iBeaflfort of Danville,
Va., and Mra. Mary Robertson
of Richmond, Va. and also a' ne
phew, Josiah Roibertson also of |
THcfimond" and a host of relatives ^
and friendis. , ■
Merabera of the graduating^ number of them havihff pass-
«^Ms of baauty culture of the J)e- ed the state board of ei^ina-
^liasor Baauty System cfoMd the tiona were awarded diplomas an3
year’a work with commencement prizes given for bast^ work done
axercises al; St. Joseph AME during,the year. UemA>eri in the
Oboreb, Friday niyht, Hajr I'Sth. [|>ieturf »r«, frcfat f«wi Qonnia
Springfield, Irene Watts, AnniS ^ Instructress; Mr/. Earlie Grandy, , GilmOre, Miss Fidelia McAdams,
Bell Jones, Mrs. Jacqueline De- Miss Thelma Williams. Back row; Mrs. Isabell Sai^pson, Misa Melba
Shazor Jackson, Supervisor, Mrs.
Sadie Thomas, president of the
school; Miss Eva (Bishop, dean of
the school; Miss Sonia Bishop,
Gilmer Thompson, Miss Retecca
Woodson, Miss Piccolo FlintaH,
winner of honor pin. Miss
Patterson, Misa Annie M«b«l
She»Tod, Miss Genevieve Bran
don, Miss Vir^nia WilliamaoB
and* Mr, Jesse Wilkina.
REVE^ MARRIAGE OF
JULIAN STEELE AND DAWES’
NIECE HAS TAKEN PLACE
BOSTON, May 18—.(ANP>—
Inatead of Siting until June,
Jnliaa Denegal Staela and Miss
Mary Bradley (Polly") Dawea,
white, are already • marned, , .it
was announeed Wednesday at
the office, of the bridesgroom’s
attorney. The ceremony, which
intcraaeiai rongmee:
that "ihook New lEngland and re
sulted in Steele’s resignation a«
director ef 'the Robert Gould
Shaw settlement house and Misa
Dawea* resignation from an ex
clusive school in Providence, R.'
«h« tauflit music, WM
ROBERT “BOB” PRldfe, 42
year old, local World War Vete
ran and shoemaker died Duke
Hospitali Saturday May 14. He
had been .ilP since Ffhruary 1st
o# this year, being a patient^at
both, Lincoln and Duke Hospital
since that?'-time. Many relativea
ani} friends fee) the loM of hint.
performed at a small chur^-in
New York City.
In obtaining m marflAffo IteowM
in Nesw- Yoric om May 4, Steele
lis^ himself as 31, a social
'workw, ana ^ ^hirthplace as
.Savannah, Ga. Mias Dawea said
she. 30, a teacher, born in
I Clinton, Mam., the daughter of
CaatinaW e« fa|^. ei^k
DAYTON, O., May 1&—(By
Juanita _ Jackson for AN3P)—
Members of the Dayton Negro
Youth Movement » are^- facia®^
armed opposition in their at
tempt to secure employment hy
picketing those stores in Negro
neighborhoods which refuse to
employ ?^egro clerics. ■
^ Two weeks ago, Monday, April
25, the organization, after having;
gathered data about the voIuom
oftrade in the grocery stores ka
in Negro neighborhoods, aj^
proa^hed the pro.prietora askiac
for the employment of ’Negi'e
clerks. The proprietors of soaM
bf the stores agreed to employ
Negro clerks, and forthwith t«t
young Negroes were ,e|ttployad
in ▼artous stores. ” The organiaS'
tion has checked to see that
these clerks are paid the mini
mum wages complying with Um
Ohio State Wi^fe taws.
But the proprietors of tba
Velvet Ice Cream Parlprs^r
and WilliaiaB streets, tMaina’a
Market, 5th and Hawthorne ata.,
ans Estridge’s Market corner a£
Germantown anf Adeiite streata
refused point blank. Dwo picketa
were assigned tp each store aad -
a boycott was started on Tuw4»
April 26. After a day and a
ParIo:s capitulated, hiring a
gro derk, Thi3^waa SLhortly
lo^ed by F|ain^ Market.
si|^s wft-e poatedL, tii
reading, **This Store ’
with the Dayton Yas^
CeatiawaJ m pa«*