FIS^IirKS OUT FJIMLY
President Quits
Tusltegee Inst
Educator I^esigns Post To Accept
Position With Phelps-Stokes Fund
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TUSK^GEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
IX. F, t>. Patterson resigned
his post as president of Tiu-
kegee Institute today, to be
come Educational Director of
the Phelps-Stokes Fund In
New York, effective Jun« 1,
195S.
Announcement of his resig
nation was made by Tuske-
9^ Institute’s Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, Basil
O'Connor.
Dr. Patterson gave aa reasons
for his decision: 1) The belief
that his eighteen years' spent
In the service as president of
Tuikegee Institute comes cloae
to the upper limit of what la
regarded as satisfactory ten
ure in this post. 2) The new
position will permit use of his
' experiences in hl|^er educa
tion, gained in working over
the past thirty years. 3)
Through favorable and long
time association of the Phelps-
Stokes Fund with Tuskegee
Institute and the fact that he
will be able to continue an ac
tive relationship with the Uni
ted Negro College Fund, under
which he is president and
founder, he hopes that ills
services might be made more
effective.
In releasing the statement,
O’Connor stated ttiat the Uni
ted NegroCoUege Fund, under
Dr. Patterson’s leadership, had
raised over twenty million
dollars since 194S. f
Speaking of the position
soon to be taken as Educa
tional Director of the Phelps-
Stokes Fund, Dr. Patterson
said, “My chief concern in this
new post shall be that of
working for those changes and
developments which* seek a
DR. F. D. PATTERSOV
. . . Leaves Tuskegee . . .
higher level of educational op
portunity for Negro youth in
private colleges.’*
It is expected that the chair
man of the Board of Trustees
will soon appoint a committee
from the Board to set up plans
for choosing a successor to Dr.
Patterson. He will remain at
his post through June 1st, and
he indicated a willingness, if
requested, to be available for
any service he can render.
Shown here is a portion of the persons who attended a meeting of labor olftclals here last Sat-
■rday afternoon at the A. F. of L. Labor Temple on Pine Street. The meeting brought together of
ficials of the Southern Allied Shop Committee from several Southern States. The group was enter
tained by music by the Oospeiettes of the Bbenes er Baptist Church and then heard brief addresses
from Attoriuey Dan K. Edwards, former Durham m ayor, and Reverend C. E. McLester, pastor of the
Morehead Avenue Baptist Chureh here. Ony Mazyek, prominent Borham labor lender, served aa
chairman for the program.
Atty. General Is Praised
For Stand On Jim Crow
NEW YORK
Thurgood Marshall, special
counsel for the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People, has praised At
torney General Herbert Brown
ell, Jr., for his request to the Su
preme Court asking for the re
view of a law .which would end
race segregation in restaurants
and other public places in the
nation’s capital.
In a telegram to the new head
of the Justice Department, on
March 11, Marshall said that
the brief filed by him was
"most effective” and "presents
in clear fikshion the position of
our government in regard to the
necessity of upholding munici
pal regulations aimed at pro-
lilbitlng racial discrimination
against fellow Americans.”
"The filing oi this brief by
you, as Attorney Creneral of the
United States, not only makes
the position of our government
clear in this particular case but
demonstrates to the country at
large, and the world, the forth
right position of our govern
ment in defending municipal
regulations aimed at removing
racial discrimination especially
in the nation's capital,” Mar
shall stated.
Brownell filed the brief with
the U.' S. Supreme Court Tues
day, March 10, in the test case
the District of Columbia has
against the John R. Thompson
Co., Inc., which questioned the
right of Washington restaurants
to bar Negroes.
The District of Columbia pass
ed a law between 1872 and 1873,
when it had a form of local
self-government, that made it a
criminal offense for owners of
public places like pestaurants,
hotels, bathhouses and barber
shops to discriminate beecause of
race or color.
The Court of Appeals had
ruled that the anti-discrimlna-
tion laws passed In 1872 and
1873 by a District of Columbia
legislative assembly are invalid
beecause the assembly did not
have the constitutional author
ity to enact legislation of this
nature.
NEXT WEEK:
An Exclusive Interview With
RALPH ELLISON, Famous Young
Author Of “The Invisible Man”
l\exl week’s issue tvUl carry an exclusive inter
view and pictures of the rising young author, Ralph
Ellison^ whose novel, *‘The Invisible Man,” has al
ready won the National Book Award. Ellison is
appearing in North Carolina this week at Bennett
College’s Homemaking institute.
Also-in next week’s issue will be pictures and
the life story of beautiful Maidie Norman, star of
the recent hit motion picture, *‘The Well.” She is
tdso appearing tit the Institute along with several
other noted personalities. -
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Four Enough
RALEIGH
Odell Cook, 30 n^r old man
of Cary, was shot four times
here Tuesday night by the
night watchman of Peace Col
lege, an all girls’ school here.
S. F. Woodell, Uie watchman
who fired the shots, said that
Cook, who is In critical condi
tion at a hospital here with
wounds in chest, stomach, arm
and leg, resisted arrest for
trespassing.
David Thomas, Cultural At
tache to the Liberian Embassy in
Washington, will be principal
speaker at the chapel program at
North Carolina College, spon
sored by the Commercial Clab in
its observance of the second an
nual "Commercial Day” and Job
Opportunities Clinic, on Friday,
March 20.
Other features of the day will
be demonstrations of the latest
in office machinery and equip
ment by representatives from na
tionally known firms and work
shops conducted by Dr. I. J. Har
rison, Hllllary Holloway, Frank
Scott, Stewart B. Fulbrlght, Earl
W. Phillips, Miss Johnnie Mae
Wooten, and Urlas Adkins, all
prominent figures In the busi
ness and commercial field.
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DURHAM PRESBYIERIANS
Deny Seeking Embattled Pastor
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Six Killed In Crasli
Of Bus, Trucic In S. C
All Occupants
Of Truck Dead;
3 On Bus Hurt
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Death claimed the lives of
six persons here Sunday in a
head-on collision betw^n a
Greyhound bus and a one-ton
stake body truck.
The accident occured at ap
proximately 2:30 a. m. on an
almost deserted North Main
Street.
The victims, riding in the
back of the truck, were instantly
Killed.
Only three of the 16 passen
gers on the Charlotte-bound bus
were hospitalized. The driver,
Gilbert Harrelson, suffer«d bro
ken legs.
A woman passenger and her
4 year old son were thrown
irom their seat onto the ground
and pinned beneath the bus.
Since no eyewitnesses were
available, police theorized that
the truci? attempted to pass a
car which did not stop, since the
truck was four feet ^ver the
center line. The truck then at
tempted a sharp left tiiite ^ to-
avoid the collision, but was too
late.
One of the three persons in
the cab of the truck was thrown
out and the three riding in the
body were thrown in various
directions.
The dead were identified as
Sam Washington and tils wife
Glady&i Felix Padgett and his
wife Josephine; Wilmot Young;
and William Taylor, identified
by police as the driver. Accor
ding to the firm to whom the
truck belonged, it was being
used without permission.
Greyhound officials said that
Harrelson had established a per
fect driving record with the bus
company since he joined in 1948.
Church Officer
Says Rev. Jones
Not Considered
An official of the Covenant
Presbyterian Church denied here
this week that Reverend Charles
M. Jones, embattled pastor of a
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
is being considered for the pas
torate of Durham Presbyterian
Church.
Dr. C. E. Boulware, clerk of
the session and chairman of the
pulpit nominating committee
which is seeking a replacement
for Rev. J. A. Cannon who re
signed last Summer to accept a
position in Detroit, in a prepared
statement for the TIMES this
week said;
"Not a single word to this
effect (to tiie possibility of
Rev. Jones’ being considered)-
has been uttered in any of our
official meetings, neither has
the name of Rev. Charles
Jones been submitted to the
pulpit nominating committee.’*
Last week’s TIMES carried a
story which quoted Dr. Boui-
ware as saying that some thought
tiad been given to the possibility
of asking Rev. Jones to accept
the pastorate of the Covenant
Presbyterian Church here. But
last week’s story also went on to
point out that it was not clear
whether Rev. Jones had been
considered by an official body
of tire church.
T. D. Parham, also an officer
of the church and who was quot
ed last week as sayiiig that some
members and officers of the
pgy* See Church, Page 8
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FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEtLLY OF THE CAROUNAS
Entered as Second Clou Matter U the Pott Office at Durham, ftorth Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
“i^LUMlE 30—NUMBER
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
Negro In Race
At High Point ;
HIGH POINT
Augustus M, Greenwood an
nounced here this week that he
is a candidate in the race for
City Council. His announcement
was the first to be filed in the
coming election.
The first Negro to seek a seat
on the City Council in recent
years, Greenwood filed his can
didacy subject to the Democratic
Primary on April 21.
Greenwood, a veteran of
World War I, has operated a
pitarmai^C- here for the past 20
years, and has served as an of
ficial of the local branch of the
NAACP. He has also served as a
member of the city’s advisory
rent committee.
Father Survives
Blaze Which
Destroys Famly
MATTHEWS
A house burned here this
week, for the second time in two
years, and claimed the lives of
three members of a Duckworth
Community Family.
Dead were Mrs. Lillie Mae
Huff, 30 year-old wife of Hazel
Huff, Jackie Huff, 11, his
daughter, and his wife’s sister
Cora Lee Winchester, 13. Huff
was severely burned and hospi
talized as a result of the blaze.
Tlie bodies were badly charred
and had to be identified accor
ding to size and positions in the
house.
The fire was discovered at 'ap
proximately 4:30 Sunday morn
ing when flames had already
enveloped the four room dwell
ing. Located outside of the town
limits, it was impossible to get
equipment to the scene in time
to save the statue.
Hazel Huff experienced a
similar tragedy in 1941 when
his home, on the same spot, was
demolished by fire, caused by
an explosion of an oil heater.
Some months later he had re
built another house on the same
site.
According to Huff, who was
unable to talk at length at the
hospital^ h^woke up almost
overcome by 1 smoke. He said
that he immediately jumped out
of bed and out of a window,
and realized that his family was
still in the burning house. He
attempted to enter the house
again and was overcome by
smoke near the entrance and
was found by investigating offi
cers upon their arrival.
County Deputies Shelley Grif
fin and Cliff Dutton made the
investigation.
The possibility of foul play
has been hinted in connection
with the tragedy. Huff had been
building a garage next to his
house and bad put his car inside
it to jud^e the size. Officer Dut
ton reported* that their attention
had been called to the garage
See Father, Page 8
IN COMMAND PERFORMANCE—Rehearsing one of the numbers of the highly successful High
School Musical Revue, “Mr. G’s Swing School,” are a lew of the east of 125 perfonners. The color
ful revue will be presented here Monday night in the HilUide Auditorium by the Durham Chap
ter of the North Carolina College Alumni Association.
Left to right are Delores Fuller, Gwendolyn Andrews. Hampton Carlton, Carolyn Ingram, Ster-
Itag Gordon ^nd Charles Joyner. Seated at the piano are J. H. Gattis, producer, and Doris South
erland, star soubrette.
Nominations Pour In For
Durham’s Best Cab Driver
Nominations for the first an
nual Taxi Drivers popularity
contest poured into the office of
the Carolina Times this week as
friends, patrons and other in
terested persons began sending
in the names of their favorite
cab drivers.
Many persons who did not
care to come to the Times office
mailed in blanks bearing the
names of their nominee. Already
20 taxi drivers had been -nom
inated at press time and it is ex
pected that before the week is
out the number will near the 50
mark.
All next week nominations
will be received at the office of
the Carolina Times and the con
test manager urges all persons
who intend to send in the name
of a cab driver to do so by Wed
nesday noon of next week so
that their names may be publish
ed with other nominees.
Names, car number and num
ber of votes of those nominated
up to Wednesday noon this week
are as follows:
William Kogers, 106, 50,000;
Isaiah Hampton, 103, 50,000;
Marvin Ailax, 153, 50,000; J. B.
Watson, 143, 50,000; Charles
Tomlin, 102, 50,000; Pete Goins,
105, 50,000; Lee La^ister, 181,
50,000; Walter Robinson, 184,
50,000; Phillip Edwards, 104, 50,-
000.
And, Charles Credle, 107, 50,-
000; Alexander McLean, 35, 50,-
000; Joseph Barnes, 188, 50,000;
James Burch, 141, 50,000; Wil
liam Bullock, 147, 50,000; Del
linger Kinzie, 142, 50,000; Mel
vin Parker, 148, 50,000; James 50.000.
Justice, 170, 50,000; Jetiiro Car- See page eight for list of
son, 177, 50,000; Willie Gibson, prizes to be awarded in contest
98, 50,000; and Sonny Harris, 37, and for voting blanks.
Shaw Ends "Religious" Week
RALEIGH
A very impressive week of
Religious Emphasis was con
cluded last week at Shaw Uni
versity.’ The observance was
led by the Shaw University
Christian Mission Team com
posed of the following mem
bers: Dr. Shelby Rook, Min
ister. St. James Presbyterian
Church, New York City; Miss
Rosalie V. Oaks, National Stu
dent Secretary, YWCA, South
ern Region, Atlanta, Georgia;
Dr. B. Copher, Professor of
Old Testament, Gammon
Theological Seminary; and Dr.
See Shaw, Page 8
AT LAST
(An Edito^rial)
At long last, after a seemingly interminable series of
delays, a traffic signal has been put into operation at the cor
ner of Fayetteville and Pettigrew Streets. This newspaper
first began urging sgme action of this nature in its issue of
March 8, 1952. That was at least three months after Petti
grew Street, east of Fayetteville, had boen widened and t>»v-
ed, making mandatory a traffic signal at this comer. 'The
light was put into operation March 16, 1953.
Between March 8, 1952, and March 16, 1953, a countless
number of urgings by tiiis newspaper, explanations and
promises by city ^ficials have been made. At one point, it
became necessary, apparently, for this newspaper to wnte
the President of the Southern Railway Company, which firm
had been represented as being the “bottleneck” to the pro-
iect. Finally, however, last Monday, March 16, the traffic
light was put into operation.
We appreciate the problenns of city officials who are
responsible for the safe, orderly flow of traffic in th's citv
and we realize that there are many handicaps under whic’-
they must work. And we wouldtlike to offer our gratitude
for this long overdue safety measure which will doubtlm
save some lives.
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