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ANOTHER BOY DROWNS "IN OID 10 Year Old Lad Second To Lose Life The “old rock hole” on New ton Road swallowed up another victim here Thursday May when a 10-year-old boy was drowned after he had fallen in to its murky water*. According to eye witnesses, Mack Ray Jr., 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Ray Sr., of 1%.- ■ JiMWi' ili'liM a MACK RAY, JR. 407 Quincy Street, leaned over too far and fell in the rock hole when he attempted to catch a minnow with a tin can. Young Ray was drowned around 5:30 about 10 feet from ' where James Kent Jr., lost his life by drowning on April 11. The young boy had been playing about the hole with another 10- year-old boy, Theodore Langs ton of the same address. Theo dore attempted to rescue his drowning friend by holding out a stick to him but could not reach him. Neither of the two boys could swim. When Noel Francis, superin tendent of the Juvenile Deten tion Home saw the boy drown ing he sounded an alarm which was heard by two Duke Uni versity students, Robert L. White and Miss Eleanor More- head, who were parked in a car nearby. They hurried to the scene but the lad had already gone under the water. They dl- ^ved in in an attempt to find him but were unable to do s«. The body was found t»* hours later wh^n David Dean, member of the Lifesaving Corps and Rotert Birmingham pult^ him. out with grappling hooks from a boat around 7:30 P. M Other members of the Life- saving Corps assisting in the search were Ed W. Dula, Jimmy Dean, Buddy Boyd, Rex Jarrell, Fred Anders, Arnold Ewing and , C. R. Woods, director of the Durham Recreation Department. V sal \ • rEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS M Second Cbia Matter at Pact Offle* at Durkam, North Carolina, ondar Aet of March 3, 1I7>. VOLVHE *•—NUMBER 1» DUBMAM. N. 0., SATVBDAT, MAY l«tb, ItSt PUCE TEN CENTS QUAKER COLLEGE OUSTS FIANCE OF NEGRO GIRL Family Stands By Engagement Of Tlieir Son RICHMOND, IND. Here’s a completely new twist in interracial affairs. Robert McAllester of Ithaca, N. Y., white, announced this week his engagement to his classmate, Grace Cunningham, a 22-yeai’ old Negro girl of Berkeley, Calif, and his plans to marry her after their graduation in June.- Be cause of their engagement, their college, Earlham College, a Quaker institution which has practiced non segregation for many years, requested McAlles ter to leave school and finish his studies in absentia. McAllester’s family; however, is in complete accord with his plans and announced that they both approve of the marriage and that Miss Cunningham had visited their home. His mother said the marriage will be per formed at a Quaker meeting in Ithaca. And she added, “It seems strange that a Christian college should feel so strongly against such a union.” The college’s President, Thomas E. Jones said, “The col lege has regulations against such (Pleaae turn to Page to Eight) The above photo is composed' of new officers of the older boy’s conference elected at the 22nd seaaion held at the J. C. Price High School in Salisbury. In front Fred Thompson (left) is shown con- gratnlatlng James Gavin of New Bern, newly elected preaident. In flie second row are George Dudley, ftnsneial seeretary, New Bern; Calvin Thompaon, recording secretary, Ktnaton; Thamas Galloway, ▼lee>preRMeBt, Wlfinlngton. Nat appearing In the pie- inre and elected corresponding secretary is James Ormond, Salis bury. Shriners In Durham May 16-17 The Gala Day meeting of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrines will hold its annual meeting in Dur ham, Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, with registration begin ning Friday afternoon at four o’clock. The public meeting will be held at the White Rock Baptist Church at 6:00 P. M., Friday at which time Durham’s Mayor E. J. Evans and outstanding busi ness and professional men and women of the city will welcome' the Shriners to Duriiam. Following the public meeting a cocktail hour will be held at the Shriners Temple, comer Fayetteville Street and Fowler Avenue. At 8 o’clock a patrol ex hibit will take place at the City Armory on Foster Street, follow ed by a ceremonial ball at 10 o’clock and a beauty contest at 11:80. Registration of the Nobles will continue Saturday at the rail- slde High School gymnasium, with a parade following at ten o'clock Saturday morning. According to advance informa tion bet«nnn 800 and 1,000 Nobles are expected to attaadtite seMions here and Zaia Temple No. 176, host to the OaU Da^ program, has left no stone un turned to see that those attend ing will be entertained in grand style- Dalrymple Syncftte is Illustrious potentate of Zafa Tainpla. Pletnred above are seanea whtdi attended the first appearance of the North Carolina Sym phony Orchestra before Negro children of Durham. Top photo shows a section of the audience of 1500 children applauding the rendition of a anmber. Bottom idioto shows two of the' children enjoying the playing of the baaa horn by one of the members of the orchestra. While the lower pari shows fMir others watdiing the art of mastering a kettle drum. The children expressed themselves aa being very pleaaed at the ^ogram readered by the North Carolina Sym^ony Orcheatra. A. & T. Host To New Fanners Conference June 8-11 The Twenty-fourth State-Con vention of the New Farmers of America, the organization of Ne gro farm boys studying Voca tional Agricultural Education in 115 Public High Schools of the state, with an active mem- l>ership of over SBOO members will convene at A. and T. Col lege, June 8-11, for a three day session and more than 1000 New Farmers are expected to attend. Vesper Program Planned The annual Vesper program of the Association wUl be con ducted Sunday evenhig, June 8 in the Richard B. Harrison Audi- : (Please turn to Page Eight) N. C. Lawyers- Before U. S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D. C. Negro lawyers from North Carolina njade history here last week whelk, probably for tlie first time in'tts history race lawyers from tftn Tar Heel state argured a case l^fore the United SupreW C91 Taken before the nation’s highest tribunal was the inter- natinoally known cases of the Daniel Cousins of Greenville; Raleigh Speller, Windsor and Clyde Brown, Winston-Salem. The attorneys appearing in the cases were, Hosea V. Price, Winston-Salem; Herman L. Tay lor, Raleigh; C. J. Gates, Dur iiam; O. John Rogge and Mur ray Gordqt^, New York. The oldest of these cases is Raleigh Speller who has been on Death Row at Central Prison in Raleigh since 1947, and the next in age is that of Lloyd and Beniij* Daniels who have spent their \}ves on Death Row since 1M0.. •Clyde Brown has been there since early in 1B50. The petitioners of these Writs of Habeas Corpus now befora^he nation’s highest tribunal^ claim constitutional violations, namely systematic exclusion of Negroes from the grand and petit juries along ^ith systematic limitation The aBofe ph6^shows Elijah L. Crump, member of the Assembly of New Tork,,addrcMiBg the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs at its meeting here Thursday of last week. Mr. Crump came to Durham on his tour of (be south in interest of awakening Negroes to the necessity of ex ercising to a great extent, their right to the use of the ballot. Seated in the backgranad la J. S. Stewart, Chairman of the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs and Mrs. Louise MeCrae, actiag secretary. N. J. Citizens Ask That Mrs. Biethune Be Returned ENGLEWOOD, N. J. Circulation of petitions to “bring Mrs. Bethune back to Englewood” wasj started here last week by the Bergen County branch of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People. Following refusal of the Engle wood Board of Education to per- | mit the use of the junior high school auditorium for an address by Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune on April 24 because of alleged"' Communist sympathies, Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, wrote to William J. Fitzpatrick, chairman of the boa*#, aAlng for the use of the auditorium for an address by Mrs. Bethune un der auspices of the Bergen Coun ty branch of the NAACP. This action was endorsed by a meeting of Englood citizens called by the Reverend J. I. Goodman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and chairman of or'Ne^i,^s"orthr7urtes'a7ii;'t^« Committee organ- the Clyde Brown case. The oth- « «■ isstMs raised in '^me of the ^?tion. This committee, togeth^ MRS. MARY TRENT TO HEAD COMMUNITY CHEST FOR 1953 argimients was another constitu tional question of equal protec with such organizations as the American Veterans Committee, tion of the law. and due pro- the American Jewish Congress, cess clauses of the 14th amend ment. Occoneechee Scouts.Hold CamporeelnCity ,, More than 2,000 ,boy scouts and explorer scouts of the Occo- neechee Council camped in Dur ham last weekend. Of the num ber 500 were Negro scouts. The Council camporee was held Fri day, Saturday and Sunday for the purpose of giving the boys real scout experience. Boys from the counties of Warfen, Vance, Franklin, Dur ham, Wake, Chatham, Moore, Lee, Cumberland, Harnett and Granville were in a,ttendance. During the camporee the cir cus held at Duke Ilniversity Freshman Athletic field at 7: 30 P. M., was one of the most spectacular scout events ever witnessed in Durham with more than 5,000 persons of both races attending. Included in the camporee were woodcraft displays, and exhibits of camp gadgets. The scout patrol also exchanged ideas on camping techniques. Under the direction of S. A. Winn, cubmaster, about 30 cub scouts attended and participated in the circus by doing cub stunts. In addition to the exhibits of camp skills, woodcraft and camp gadgets, the audience witnessed scout troop erection of signal towers, log cabins, a bicycle derby, bridge building and con struction of rustic camp fum^ ture all in the space of a few minutes. The Negro activities were headed by H. W. Gillls, field scout executive, assisted by a volunteer committee composed of J. H. Betts, Divisional Com missioner; R. Kelly Bryant, Jr., Chairman'; Durham Division (Please turn to Page Eight) National Council of Negro Wo men, National Council of Jewish Women and other organizations, joined Miss Ida Davis, president of the NAACP branch, in re questing an opportunity to ap pear before the t>oard of educa tion for the purpose of discuss ing the application for use of the auditorium. . Firmly believing in justice, fair play, and freedom of speech, and interested in preserving our deniocratic ideals and concepts, the petition asserts, “we urgent ly request that the board favor- (Please-tum to Page Eight) Dr. Brown To Be Cited At Federation Meet BLOTTE When the Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs meets here May 16-17, Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute and noted educator, wUl be cited. The Federation will pay spe cial tributf^^to Dr. Brown who is (Please tura to Page Eight) count not only on their whole hearted support, but also, they were confident, on the support of all Of Durham. In accepting the appointment Mrs. Trent told the Committee: “Although I feel very in adequate, I am extremely honored for the trust you have placed in me. It will tie one of the greatest privileges which I have ever had to serve the Com munity in this way. With your help I shall dedicate ttie next (ew mpnths toward a victory for tiie lflp2 Community Chest cam paign Last Rites Held For Retired ScIhm)! Teacher For the first time in the oighteen-year old history of the Durham Community Chest a woman has been selected to head up the annual Community Chest Campaign. She is Mrs. Mary Trent, and, in announcing her appointment, Floyd Fletcher, Chest President, said: “Com munity leaderslup naturally falls on those best qualified and most willing to serve.' We are proud that Mrs. Trent has ac cepted and know that all of Dur ham is looking forward to work ing with her this fall.” “Mrs. Trent,” Floyd Flet9her stated, “was the unanimous choice of all of those whose task it was to select a drive chair man.” Working with Mr. Flet cher on the committee to select a chairman were: Cicero Rea ves, James R. Brown, John K. Roberson and Charles Rich of American Tobacco Company and American Suppliers; Roiiert O Neal, Olif Paschall, R. B. Ben nett, Paul Whetstone' and C. C. Durham of Durham -Hosiery; Norwood C. Tew and Robert Barrett ‘of Erwin Mills; W. M. Gilliam and Marshall Davis of Golden Belt; Percy Foy and W. S. Hobgood ol Hillcrest and Haiiylton Hosiery; A. D. At- I waLer, F. R. Cuttino.^uy Ma- zyck and W. H. Perry of Liggett * and Myers; and John F. Slaugh ter and Baxter Mangum of Wright Machinery. Acting as an Advisory Committee were O.'C: W611s of Liggett and Myers, W, Robert Murray of the Durham Joint Board Textile Workers Union, and Lewis Farrell of Hamilton Hosiery Mill. Spokesman for the entity. group, when they called on Mrs. I ~ Nannie^ Trent at her home to ask her to i widow of tho late J. L.-*Coopar,. accept the job, was James R. | and retired school ttadMr, 4iadl Brown of the American Tobacco | at Lincoln Hospital hcM, TtaB- Company. The ^ommlttee aa-|day morning, ^May I at 1;*0, sured Mrs. Trent that if she | following an Umcss of about nnt would take the job she could I (Pleaae turn to Pag* to ttght)
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