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NEW Y0*o. Th« Na
tional Bar Auociation kolii
It' t»fttenth annua^, th«« ^af
eonvvniion at FabUM:' scAoui
nufUbfr 136 on Edgacomb A«e.
in "New York City, August
17-18 and M-
it iiaa 'oeen announced by
Secretary li«urKe W. sivand
that a)i oi the sesiion# wi;‘'-be
gin at nine *Ar'M.'and a main
tcature ot the /se8Sion "^iU oe
the address {>y guett >peaker
M. ielio Joseph, President of
the Haitian Bar As«ociaij#q.
Othti- speakeis -wUr ^'include,
'Mayor P. LiaCu&taia oif New
York and Judge Toney *"ti u
vvusiun who are meniih^H oi
the Ma°«ciation and aiiHt.'C!at«
ludges of the Courts N e w
ork City.
9
Vvilliam L. Houslon speciitl
aesHtaiH atkorne/ gMierai of
the UniiAti States is closing htS'
is«:cona tern a^ president oi tae
^ JNatiunal Bar AssociatMu. Uep.
Evansf qI J,ne Battimoi« u»i
u ^secretary. «•>
it is expected ‘ that tiiiH' Wiu
„ |?e, ,i'4e larg^t session .evay^ iusii
iccau?« Mere are wti>
Leiure to attend the W6rld’«
Air.
WILL AT I END MEDICAL
COIIFAB
lHJftU|AM,~l>XB. J. MiiU;
M. Utrtjihard and ji. W. ¥•
leaving Sunday aiilit f«r the
annual convention »»•• ***■■•
tional Medical Arsoeiatioii ,.u>v*b
meets in New York City August
15-18. Dr. A. S. Hunter of Dur
ham is scheduled to address the
Dental group during the conven-
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row
MAKES nmCRESS
Charlotte Girl inner Of E^lks^ Speaking Contest
BEAUTY PLUS PERSONALITY
LAW CONFABS CONVENE
RlluHeIjfor
VACATIONING IN MAkVLAND
REV. H. M. MOORE DELIVERS
FUNERALS ORATION FOfii
DEAN OF NORTH CAROLINA
COLORED BAR
MISS LOLA GOURDINE
.Charming and popular N. C.
College co-ed who wowned
‘Miss Durham* at the gritnd
finals of the CAROLINIA TIM
ES Bathing Beauty Contest at
the ffill^de H'igh School Friday
night August 4 i»^ shown talking
a dip at the Hillside pool,. She
woji a free trip to New York
at»d the World’s Fair with all
e:tpenses paid. (CAROLINIA*
1VME3S Photo).
NEW YORK—lA trou^of
three poems from the pen of
Samuel A. Haynes Journalist
and lecturer, and a member of
the news and editorial «taff
of the Norfolk Journal and
Giiide is featured in “American
Voices—1939’ a poetry antho-
logy just published 'by Avon
House, publisher and edited by
Margaret Nelson. t
The titles are, ‘Assujrnnce’
‘Salted Ecatacy,’ and “Rende-
The volume commer-
0orates the several airs which
are currently being conducted
throughout the «ountry. More
than 10/000 poets competed'
for a'^plsce In t. '•!'
Miss Edna Tatnm
Wins 2nd Place In
Benuty Conteist
1'
Dft, -I i-Eugg eowELL
Pastor of. Gliaxlatte'a Friend
ship Baptist Church at First
and Brevard Stf. He is a gmdu
ate , ol Johnaon C. SiQil}i Uni-
▼erfity and a mittw of Me-
K««tport, ftt.
Miss Lola Gourdine walked
away with the top honorK in
The Carolina Times bathing
beauty contest which came to a
grand close with a gala dance
Friday August -4 aV'Wrf'
renovated Hillside Park High
School auditorium. She was
selected by th^ judges-%s'“the
most attrf^ti^ of tKe * nine
other ibeautifui eontestants wh»
represented the various busi-
am» eauiilishmfnts of ^he . city.
Aside from wnriing the title
‘Miss Durham’ the lucky lady
won n free trip to New lork
City and the World’s fair all
eXpensco paid. In addition she
has been giveii^ numerous valu
aible. attractive and VRefui
prizes by merchant? of Dur
ham who did not take part in
jie contest.
Second to Mia. , Gourdine in
the very close conte.xt was Miss
Eldna Tatum with Miss Kthel
Hester coming in for third
place.place. Winsome Mi.ss Dora
;3y)«v was Bvfardedf fourth
prme.
This bathing beauty contest
bejren June 'fT' and‘the young
lady made appeiirances at the
HSlhide Jparit swimming poo! on
-’^^WWsSf T^uiottsT ^’Wey were
iutlges on general beauty, tarri-
age postiir’e and the geneml
charaeteriatics of Venun de
Milo.
The contest danee got under
my nibout-9 P. M, }«fi Friday
night and the evening was
voted to ‘saving and sway’ to
the rhythm of Fab Tucker and
hie orchestra until 11:30 when
contest manager E.'^ P. Elli«
'announced intermission an cl the
program fo~ that time. The
first thing on this intei'mi&p|6n
program was an excellent ex-
hi&ition of the latest 'n Jitter
bug routine by Fred Claggeti
and Tootsia BunnpasF who re-
recently won cash prixes in a
Jittertiug contest' at the ^iirl
. IBB dance in Raleigh. Th«e
f>oyF (and their partners) aid-
“d and a’bctted by Fab and his
•nusic, rpally bromfht » the
house down.
l%e fashion show whirii had
been arranged to take place at
this tim« 'waS ommitted becaure
of the time limit and the con
testants were given their cue
to put' thems^lvep on exhibition
befoise thfe spectators and th^
judges. They entered from' the
the right wings and slowly wallt
ed to the center of the stage
(one at a tim^e) while mailer of
ceremonies Ellis introduced them
and jgfated what 'business es-
ing. After the spectators had
had a chance to get an tyefnh
of the shapely bathing itiit-clad
beauties, the ladies were nsher-
CHARiLOTTE—John Thomas
Sanders, an elderly prominent
and influent^T’Tl^ure here was
buried Sunday, August 6 after
funeral serflce^ at Bbedezer
fiapt.'st Chjirch.
, A large crowd of peupl^
from many section* of the
CiMrolinas witnes!>ed the ser-
vie^ The funenl oration was *
delivered by the Kev. H M.
Moore, paator. Numerous fra
ternal organizations, of which he
was a men^rs were represent
ed. Remarks were made by
Honorable Judge W. C. Hue.ston
Grand CommlsMoner of Educa
tion of the L, S. P. O. E. of W. 1
Waakingion, ix C. Tfte U^-'
fUlows of
ers was a Nitwnal QiAn'd ^
er were represented by H. H.
Butler of Washington, D. d.
Lawyer Sanders also held the
highest office in thF*' Masons
from which W. -T. Wallace of
Qresteefcorq made remari|°.
There were ten White Attorneys
of the North Carolina State
Bar Association of which Sand
ers was a membel: who «at at
tentively during the services.
Attorney Sanders was Dean
of the Golored 3ar of North
Carolina alpo the *eoBt*«el0r’
was vet^prominently connected
with -cjvic affairs here being
treasuTer of the local (branch of
the YMCA, Grand Aasisfi&At Le
gal Adviser of the Elk's and a
member of the Citizens League.
Outclasses Four
Bntrants From
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Other 6tates
SHOWN are little Miss
Alice L. Wycne of Charlotte, 4
and younj Charles B. Beckley
of Highlanti Beach, Md. A
very prominent young' ^^Slite
9; you can see, .Alice is
daughter of Dr. and Mr^. R.
M. Wyche of
She and
Charlotte, N. C. * hielp
her mother Mrs. Kell- August 18th
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ene are vaQating in Highland
Beach Md. where they wj'h re
main until Septemiber 1st. Ste
is telling' Charles that she
expect? her Dad, who ii "a *>rac-
ticing physician in iShaflotte,
to :come to Highland Beacn to
celelbrate her birthday
Executives of ithe YMQA
were honorary pall bearers:
(Please turn to page 8)
FLASH.'
FLASHI
RACE REGISTER IN S. C. IN SPIXE OF KLAN THREAT
GBBENVIiLLE, S. C. ('CNA)—Intimidation and threats of
the Ku Klux Klan to ‘ride again the Soutuf/cdjd ijiD*t frighten
57 Negro citizens who registered here last week foi- the
— municipal eiectTon.^
Behind the sinister slogan of'‘pre»erving white su,pr6maty’
the Klao'issucd a statem^t callmft #9 ito to actual.^
to prevent further registration* of'Neg^rojes for'.^e rfty elec-
iln answer to this fascist demagogic appeal hundred* of
Negroes, follwing the action of the 57 turned out and fegis-
• tered in open defiance of the Klan. -
CUiARijO'i I'iu, N. Cl——vwdg*
W. c. iiuetiOu Ua Mrun:ngton,
-triai.U Ubinmisdiuaer ol Lauca
01 tue i. ij. t. O. E. 0 W
conuurea tne AAnuail
iiiikJs Uratoncal Contest of the
bour.^ liegton in ti^e 3e«ond
W..1U iitgti £>unool Audit, riam
iicie on iMonuay nignt, hnd
repieiieiuavive audience gave
tumuituu^ applause when the
iiunoi's of tue evening wi>nt to
iu.ss Mary Magdelena Jamison,
honor giauuate of the Secomt
Ward tschool anu the only en-
irant from yhe Friendly CUy.
*•
The conteaFtantis repie««;nted
four ftates,* North 'and South
Carolina, Horida and -tSWrgia
Md there were two contestaoUi
iioiB eaeh state. The coi*tcst-
ants hflii all survived ^a state
conte.-1 ' isponaured uy the
and each was a fine representa'
live . u| hiar «r her state.
otlier North Carolina 'cbntestan
was Edmund Moore* of Hickory.
Tiie program was opened t>y
Eugene Pott?, ° a member of
Figssah Lodge of Elks w h o
brought greetings, from t h a
local Elks and Daughter *Eiks.
Judge Hueston in his owa ef
fective manner presented the
contestants and served as Mas
ter of ceremonies for the. entire
contest,
A letl ,t was read 'from R.
F. Fan regional Educa*'ionaI
director of the 4th Region of
Elkdom, who was unable to
preside at the contest 1>ecause
of illnes®. The letter was lead
by Elk Fred Alexander who
; also served a^ official timekeep:,
t er for the contest. —
j The eight contestant? in the
order of their appearance were
Miss Elizabeth North of Charles-
DAY
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ton, S. C.: Janas B*raiii.t «f
Atlanta tia. MMgutnta Piek-
ney of Miamt
Eiltms *f Daytona Beavit tim.
Jtargaret Eiic>^ of L>ayt««a
Florida; Miss Martha B.tuwai
^f Cliatle«|^on^^. C.; Mac Mary
Jamiaon ol''€liarlott«^ Mr. Ed
mund Muor* of / Hkk«r/ aa4
Mi?s Suue of At^ta,
G*.
According to the rulea of th«
contest the spcakars w«te awtli
allotted tea lainotea. aad
required to talk on tiia CoaHitB
tion of the UaiteA State*. MmI
speeches wer* ua th* attbjeet:
Tha Negro Md tha Coealilafc-
tioB Of th« Unitad Stataa, Moat^
peaebea were om t)M safekicett
~fha NcgTo Kvd ttia Canttts-
ti».' r
Jftdf* Ha«stoB. toU tika ip#ir
ence of submi 4 tte exptsiteaeaa
mt hm4 dvriaa tha |4 r*»
te , a»^^ Con*-„„
misaioDcr' ^ Education of tha
RHa», speaking very eBcaazac-
ing remarks for ti.e eight e^n-t
teatant^ He made ‘it dear that
the winnKir of |the contest,
(Miss JanisoB) would cccaiva
|1004,00 xhelar^kip and
that in additioB to this tkat aU
the eontaataata woald ka fallow
ed by tha Elka aad~' ba halpad
at any time that finBSCial aa-
pistance was aaedad.
Three Judgea jadged t k >
contest, bat from tha popaiar
applause and tka very excell
ence of her speech, Miaa Jami
son was the winnar eyeii before
the Judges’ decision waa tender
ed. Judge Haeatoa hitaeW
seemed at the last tp feel that
Misa Jamison k*d WMi k •
award, a ona thousand dollar
seholar?hip to the coUcga of
her choice pioa a trip to t k a
Eikp N»*konal ConvvnAioa ki
New York. ' ^
Ktrlli Ml
I'ilizeu M
Impress>ive faaeral "»*rvk«8
for ,Mr w Liuie Hart Gwdoa at
Hazel Street waca held T«a»^
uay August 8 troaa the *Unt*a
Baptirt Church • waick ska
iiad been a faitiaiil HaasMr
anout jcatik' Kev. A. ^
wa? w eBwge. i—
M^s ulC 6» Mjia a
t||lB ^a>
tVespeccea iftrounMMK W_ ^vm-
t uiuuuy and city m mmcrn. tarn
lived.
Mra. tiordoB'a last w«ra,
fillad with prai*n'*«f k«v tiod.
Time after t«« ak« •spmwA
ker con^Msta avnaadar. , Ska
wanted her tnettd* to
that there waa B0tkk^: k«
h«r aad the aavior aad a; k •
waa ..williac to fp—jpit
reward. * -
Btediataly aitm ift
e«adt»*i^ iiimmil kt
tka
ed into the private quarter;) af ‘ Jit tk# . left is Howard
*]|h«ae thrfle fellow?*, fiirriish-
ad plenty of competition in the
City’ wide Soap box derby held
OB University Drive August 2.
lOWB-
fot
(PlesH tarn to p»f* 8). ; , who won ^ mtdal fot at-
cond place i®, " A division
and for having clocked the se
cond fastest time of the after
noon. He finished the stretch
in 48.i6 sebond>. Bobby Palmer
(right} WM. |6(^nd in S
division while l^on Goldston
representing the Carolina Tiniie!*
was nosed out in a close iinish
in one of the flt^ heat>. Kemp
Long the fourth colored entrant
to tUa dfib; w«i not available
for a photo. There were 65 bojfa
who took part in this raea I
fore jmore 6,000
tor?. ^arolwa;
photo). ' ^ »
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