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USHERS LAUNCH ANNUAL CAMPAIGfit Dissatisfaction In ^•riodieai crease ♦ Bntered aa Second Clan Matter at the Puit Ottiia at DurLam, North Carolina, under Aet of March 3, 1879. FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS C VOLUME 28—NUMBER 7 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEB, 18th, 1950 PRICE: TEN CENTS Durham Pastor Blasts Segregated Church State Advisory Board The Advisory Board of the North Carolina State Board of Correction and Training. Front row left to right: John R. Lark ins, consultant. North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare, secretary of the board; Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, prin cipal, Palmer Memorial Insti tute, Sedalia^; S. E. Anderson, Vocational Agriculture teacher. Rocky Point. / Second row: Mrs. 0. R. Pope, Rocky Mount; Miss Ruth G. Rush, chairman of the board, Durham; Mrs. Mary C. Holli day, all three members of the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs. Back row: Mrs. Susie Jones, Executive Committee, N. C. Fed eration of Women’s Clubs and vice chairman of the board; Miss Mae D. Holmes, superin tendent of the North Carolina State Training School for Girls, Kinston; Dr. S. E. Duncan, State supervisor of high schools. This board assists in making policies for Morrison Training School for Boys at Hoffman, and the State Training School for Girls, at Kinston. GHOiENSBORO — Rev. Har old Roland, pastor of the Mouut Gilead Baptist Church of Dur ham, lashed out at Communism and segregated methods of churches in fighting it at the North Carolina Baptist Evange lism Conference being held here this week. Backing Rev. Roland in his on slaiight was Dr. J. C. Canipe of Hendersonville (wliite), e- vangelism secretary of the North Carolina Baptist Conven tion wlio followed with a bitter denunciation of the foreign pol icy of the United States. Said Rev. lioland, “we must come to the aid of the masses of humanity before the quacks do, the quacks with heir sims, the little Ceasars who want to be 10-cents, tin-pan gods ... We must use the ideas of Christian ity and democracy to cut across barriers of nationality and race. Every race and every nation ality must unite,” he said. “If we would carry out our orders of the Gospel to every creature we must be willing to give up somethinj;. If we would save men from their sins we must give up something! The world has heard a lot about UN CONDITIONAL SURRENDER (Please turn to Page Eight) Home Demonstration Club Visits Diirhain Members of the Wilson Coun ty Farm Demonstration Club as they visited the home office of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. The club is under the leadership of C. W. Foster who is county agent of Wilson County. The visit to the N. C. Mutual offices was a part of a sight-seeing trip in Durham. Miss Julia Sp«mcer, center,, Paul Barnes, Roy Atkinson, points of interest in the modem cafeteria. Thon in the group Wesley Beamon, Joe Williams, Charles Ruffin, Mack Ellis, Er- were: S. T. Shaw, Arltxster Me- nest Hinnant, J«s. Barnes, Ben- Nair, Roecoe Pearce, Leri Bar- lie Atkinson, C. W. Foster, Jas. nes, Rogers Kirby, Clifton Jones 1 Mercy and Jas. Kent. Heads Drive Church Group Opens Drive For Funds To Aid Worthy Students Unequal Facilities In County Schools May Bring Court Action E. W. Midgette, principal of Burton Elementan^School, has been named director of the Ne gro Division of the 1950 Red Ctoss campaign. The campaign will be officially opened March 1st with a kick-off dinner for division captains and workers at the DoNut Shop on Tuesday eve ning, February 21. BULLETIN DON’T FORGET BIG REGISTER AND VOTE MEETING IN DURHAM, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, AT 1:00 P. M., STATE WIDE. Calls Meet ■V Burton School Principal To Head Red Cross Drive Much unrest and dissatisfac tion among parents of children in the county school system was uncovered here this week by representatives of the CARO LINA TIMES when it was learned that several of the par ents are seriously considering bringing suit in federal courts to equalize the fa;ilities of Ne gro schools with those of the white. Although at present there seems to be no organized effort on the part of the parents ques tioned, they seem to feel that ,the county schools should have been included iu the suit brought by a group of Negroes iu the city of Durham. All of the per sons talked witii requested that their uamel-«ot be used at’this point in the development, but stated that if necessary they would allow tiiPir names to be disclosed. “There is just as much, if not more, inequality existing in the county schools as there is in the city schools, and we do not understand why our schools were not included In the out set,” One of the parents told the TIMES representative. “For a long time it has been the practice to dump second hand books from the white schools off on Negro children, fn addition; there ai^e fio gym nasiums at any of the Negro county schools while there are several in the white school sys- Pennsylvania Court Cracks Down On Jim Crow Swimming Pools By RAY LAWRENCE LANCASTER, PA. The Superior Court of Penn sylvania took a brave slap at Jim Crow, and has ruled that Negroes cannot be legally re fused admission to public swim ming pools iu the state of Penn- sj’lvania. The decision, wliich stemmed from a suit against operators of Rocky Spring Park, an amuse ment park in Ljincaster, brush ed aside the contention that swimming pools were not in cluded in ■ the Equal Rights Act since facilities enumerated in the act, did not specifically include pools. James Figari and son had been convicted for refusing Mar shall Richardson and Edward Hudson the use of the bathhouse and swimming pool at the park on Tjabor Day, 1948, w'ho had brought suit against them on grounds that there democratic rights had been violated. Coun sel for the defendants, Joseph (Please turn to Pa^e Eight)Pigari and his son, had appealed from the conviction against them, contending that all places not specifically mentioned in the Equal Rights Act must neces sarily be excluded. / Judge Herbert Dithrich, who wrote the Superior Court opin ion, said: “While the Legisla ture said that ‘a place of pub lic accommodation, resort or a- musement shall be deemed to in clude all means of" ‘amusement and recreation’ within the parks including swimming pools, whe ther they be termed facilities or whatnot.” The NAACP branch in Lan caster, and public-spirited cit izens, both Negro and white were instrumental in bringing the case before the Superior Court. The conviction of the Park operaters is one of the few obtained under the Pennsylvania Equal Rights Act of 1939, and observers believe it will have far reaching effect on the use of public swimming pools by Ne groes in the East and West. C. R. Woods, general chairman of the 1950 Red Cross fund raising campaign, announced this week that upon recommenda tion from the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs, Elwyu W. Midgette, principal of Bui’ton Elementary School, has been ap pointed director of the Negro Division. The campaign is sceduled to get under way officially March 1st. A kick-off dinner will be held at the Jade Room in the Donut Shop with division captains and workers, Tuesday evening, Feb ruary 21 at eight o’clock at which time plans and methods of con ducting the campaign will be discussed and organized. Mr. Midgett stated this week that he will name division heeds for the business. Educational lustitutions, residential and spec ial groups the latter part of this week. Mr. Midgette is a graduate of IN. C. College with the degree of Ay ‘^^^ss of 1935 and M. A. cl^ of 1948. He was appointed to the principaJship of the Bur ton Elementary School at the be ginning of the 1949-50 school term. He is a former supervisor of Negro Recreation for the city of Durham and director of the Hillside Park playgrounds. In addition to being active in the field of recreation, Mt. Mid gette is a member of the finance committee of White Rock Bap tist Cliurch and active in civic and social affairs. Under his leadership, the Ne gro Division of the loftal Red Cross fund raising campaign is expected to equal if not eclipse any of the past. Muriel Clark Receives Degree SALISBURY Miss Muriel Clark, daughter of Rev. and Mrs, W. W. L. Clark of 515 Concord Road in Salis bury, was one of the three stu dents receiving the master’s de gree in science at Duquesne Uni versity last month. Miss Clark is a 1947 graduate of Livingstone College. She was one of the first colored students to be admitted to the graduate school and serve as a graduate instructor. Last Rites Held For Prof. W. V. Ormond WlLLl.VMSTON — Funeral rites were held this week forJ73- year-old William V. Ormond, prominent citizen and leader of this community, who died in.a Rocky Monjit hospital following a short period of illness. For two years ,following his retirement from the county school system, he devoted full time to the ministry. It was dur ing this time that he was strick en while conducting services iu Robersonville at the Methodist Church. A native of Greene Co., he came to Williamston nearly fifty years ago as a school teach er and businessman. Surviving are hLs widow, Al- • ice Mayo; two sons, Williail^fU,^’*' managers from the business Vance, Jr., of William.ston, and Preston Mayo of Salisbury; a daughter, Alice Ijewis Ormond of Wilmingtonone brother, John Ormond af Raleigh; one granddaughter, and one grand son ; one adopteid son, Eason F. Slade of Martinsville, Va. Rt'v. N. S. Harris, presiding elder of Edenton, officiated at funeral services which were held from Williams Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery here. Greensboro Students To Visit Duriiam GKE/ENSBOUU The local Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity of Greensboro is planning a series ol activities in connection w'ith its annual Big ger and Better Business pro gram. An educational tour for sixty high school students is a- niong the planned events. This trip will include visits to Negro business establishments iu Greensboro, Durham, and Ral eigh. The purpose of such a tour is to give some of the youug peo ple an opportunity to study businesii entei|)iises and gain appreciation for entering the business field and rendering better service as employees iu business. The stueut participants will be selected from the various high schools within the area served by the local Sigma Chap ters. The 'tour is .set for Tuesday February twenty-first when the group will journey to Raleigh and Durham for an t'xtensive study of busines.ses in these cities Members of the organization will arrange the tour of places iu Raleigh and will plan for an as sembly where the group will par ticipate in a discussion led by Kelly Alexander, president of the North Carolina Branch of the NAACP who announced last week that a drive to register 250,000 Negro voters in the , , . . , State. The plan of organization ‘ifdenoininations in will be prese^ated to a state-wide' protestant churches, mass meeting to be held in Dur- L. E. Austin, president of the N. C. Interdenominational Ush ers Association, announced this week that the annual campaign conducted by the Assoc latwn each year in behalf of the Ox ford Colorad th:phanag»‘ and Edueation will b- officiallT launched March 1.3. The campaign will be culmin ated at the annual ilid-Year Session of the Association which meets at the Oxford Colored Or phanage in Oxford, Sunday A- pril Iti. Mr. Austin stated that lettem are being disj)at« hed to presi dents and officers of the Asso ciation this week calling their attention to the campaign and the annual Mid-Year meeting. The N. C. Interdenomination al Ushers Association is the old est and largest interdenomin^ al organization in the State and its program. which calls for Christian service without regarxl to denomination or creed is in line with the modern trend of ham, Saturday, March 4. fnstitutions visited. While m Durham the North Carolina Mu tual Life Tusuranee Company will be host to the group and serve the delegation free lunch. Terminating the Bigger and Better Bu.sines.s p*ograni will be a public meeting in Richard B. Harrison Auditorium of A and T. College. This affair will be held March 5th. at 3:30 P. M. At this time Dr. C. V. Troupe, President of the .Fort Valley State College. Fqrt Valley, Geor gia, will deliver the principal Durham Man Held For Hit And Run Twenty-two year old Calvin Horton, resident of 420 Cozart Street, is being, held under $1,- UOU bond on a charge of hit-and- ruu driving pending the out come of the condition of 50- year-old Eddie Crawford, who was critically injured Tuesday niglit when the bicycle on which he was riding was struck down by an automobile operated by Horton. The accident occurred on Fay etteville Street in front of Lin coln Hospital about nine o’clock in the eveniug. Crawford, who is a resident of 903 Cox Street, was reported by Lincoln Hos pital attaches Thursday morn ing to be “doing better.” Horton was arrested about an hour after the accident approxi mately a mile away from the sceue by Police Patrolmen Jolly and Merritt. . Crawford sustained a fractur ed skull, broken right foot, severe facial lacerations and a broken left knee. Rev. Henry Wilson Succumbs, In Fayetteville FAYETTEVTLLl Final rites were held here Monday. Febrivary 6 for HeT. Henry Wilson who died at the age of 75. Rev. Wilson was the (Please turn to Page Eight) protestant The State Ushers Association has donated over $30,000 to the orphanage and aid to unfortun ate students in various colleges who are receiving scholarship aid from the oryranization. Bennett Gets New Administrative Assistont GREENSBORO Robert J. Sailstad, formerly director of the development pro gram at Daviilson College, Davidson, N. C. began duties here last week, as assistant in public relations and fund rais ing according to Dr. David D. Jones, president of Beun*tt Col lege for Women. Sailstad comes to his new post following a cur rent program for undergirding the future of Davids«u College. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, from which he re ceived both his B. S. and M. A. degrees, Sailstad -was for two years, 1947-49, with the staff training conferences of Marts and Lundv, Inc., of New York City. Prior to going to Davidson, he served as cooniinator in speech at the University of Minnesota; director of the Communications Center, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; and director of public information at Stephens College, Columbia. Mo. The new l^nuett administra tive assistant has had varied ex perience as a newspa^>ernian, radio announcer. dTama eoaeh. magazine writer and editor. His special achievements at Stephens inchideil a natiuial pnMfniiii of magazine publicit.v and the or ganization of Stephens’ Nation al Advisory- Boai^ of 100 eivic leaders from throughout f
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