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RETURNED PW SAYS OXFORD
SOLDIER IS RED PRISONER
Parents Never
Gave Up Hope
For Pvt. Gregory
Historv tuat made In Durhom
early this weak as the first
Negro councilman in the city's
100 ,1/ear-old history was sworn
in Wednesday morning, a day
following the elections. In the
scene above showing the swear
ing in of new councilmen are,
left to right? S. O. Riley, Justice
of Peace who administered the
oaths to the new councilmen,
Clarence Whitefield, Fifth Ward
councilman; Watts Carr, Jr.,
back to camera, at-large; R. N.
First Winner.
Says It Was
'Durliam Victory'
It finally happened. After
nearly a decade of fruitless
attempts by several Negro
candidates to obtain seats on
Difrham’s City Council, a Ne
gro was at least elected to
serve on the governing body.
In an unprecedented show
of liberality, Durham’s voters
went to the polls Tuesday and
elected R. N. Harris, affable
insurance executive, to the
Tliird Ward seat. Thus, a few
days after Durham’s 100th
birthday, Harris becomes its
first Negro councilman.
Harris was £iven_a_500 vote,
margin over his rival. Mar
shal T. Mangum, who waged
a virtually silent campaign.
Mangum is a, grocery store
operator in the Edgemont
section.
In a radio statement short
ly after the Third Ward race had
be«n conceded by Mangum, Har
ris expressed his thanks for his
supporters and reaffirmed bis
pledge to serve the interests of
all of the city’s citizens.
Harris said:
“Naturally 1 am extrMuely
happy to have been elected a
member of Durham’* City
Council. As promised I shall
aim at all times to lerve the
best interests of all DurluuiVj»
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Patient Charges
Hospital Witti
Mistreating Her
ASHEVILLE
A local beauty shop operator
charged this week she had been
wilfully mistreated while a pati
ent at the Victoria Unit of the
local Memorial Mission Hospi
tal.
Mrs. Virginia Holloway, beau
tician and mother of four child
ren, charged In a signed state
ment dated March 20 that the
nursing personnel of the hospi
tal was negUgeht in their at
tention to her needs and abusive
i ntheir manner of speaking to
her, as a patient.
Mrs. Holloway, who resides
at 24 Beech Street, was admit
ted to the hospital with a pain
ful illness on March 13, She
was discharged according to
her wri^eh statement, on Mar.,
21st, although she “wa%not well
according to her own feelinfp.
She claimed she sought to be re
admitted but was refused on the
grounds that she was not an
emergency case.
Hospital officials told ^the
TIMES that Mr*. Holloway’s
complaints were unjostifled and
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MRS. EXIE MOORE BULLOCK
... in spite of many ups and downs ...
Industrious Motlier Who Reared
7 Alone Is 'Mother Of The Year'
The editorial staff ofr^the
CAROLINA TIMES picks
Mrs. Exie Lee Moore Bullock
this week as its 1953 “Mother
Of The Year.” Mrs. Bullock
who resides at 1108 S. Alston
Avenue of this city is the
mbther of seven children,
four sons and three daugh
ters.
She was born in Granville
County, the daughter of Mr.
Young and Mrs. Flora Far
row Moore. In 1921 she was
married to Charles Lee Bul
lock who died in 1933, leav
ing her with the seven chil
dren, th? oldest of which was
12 years of age at the time
and the youngest 5 months.
According to^^Mrs. Bulloclc
it was in 1932 wh°en she and hern
husband moved to Durham. Nof
long after moving here he be
came ill and she was forced to
get • emplpyment in the Liggett
and Myers tobacco factory to
help support her husband and
the children.
On March 8, li933 Mr. Bullock
died leaving the full responsibil
ity on her of rearing and sup
porting the seven children. Mrs.
Bullock st^ed th^t for 17 years,
off and on, she worked in the
factory in the day and made
aprons and caps in her home at
night. “Quite often I-would sew
on them until after midnight,”
she said. In the morning she
would get to the factory early
and sell the aprons and caps to
supplement the wages paid her
by the tobacco company.
OteCam
Harris, first Negro to win
council seat, Third Ward; Floyd
Fletcher, First Ward; and J. E.
Strawbridge, at-large. Hidden by
Carr is E. R. Williamson, at-
large.
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS '
Entered.as Second Clast Matter at the Pott Office at Durham, Sorth Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOLUME 30—NUMBER 17
Merits Of'Wired'
TV Is Center
Of Controversy
ASHEVILLE
On Tuesday, May 12, voters
will go to the polls to elect
seven city councilmen ’from
among those nominated in the
Democratic and Republican pri
maries held April 21.
With some 24,000 voters regis
tered as Democrats as against
but an estimated 3,200 regis
tered Republicans, those noipi-
nat^d in the Democi^c- pri
mary are practically assured
election in the absence of any
issue which would change the
loyalty of most Democratic
voters. Voting is expected to be
light. *
Despite the lack of interest
in the councilmanic election, in
terest is being generated over
TV shall be^ allowed in the
city. The question is being sub
mitted to the voters on election
day, Tuesday. It is being sub
mitted to the voters in the form
of an ordinance passed by the
local City Council on April 11
in which the Community T-V
System, Inc. would be permitted
to sell service to those persons
in the community who think
they would be benefitted by bet
ter reception.
The efforts of those sponsor
ing the “wired’’ service propo-
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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 9th, 1953
In 1940 the installation. of
machines found her out of a job
until 1943 when she was re-em-
ployed by the company. She re
mained there until 1949 when
the installation of more mach
ines caused her to again lose her
job.
In spite of many ups and
downs Mrs. Bullock has man
aged to educate all seven of her
children.
— Odie, the oldest son, is an
architect-engineer in Neptune,
New Jersey. The next is Carl,
who is also an architect-engineer
in the same city. Her other two
sons f Charles and Lin wood are
students in Howard University,
Washington, D. C. The former
will graduate In June with a
B. S. degree in science. Linwood
expects to finish next year with
a degree in physical education.
The three daughters are Miss
Flora A. Bullock, employee of
the Southern Fidelity Insurance
Company of Durham, Miss
Mabel Bullock, art supervisor of
four schools in Raleigh, and Miss
Odessa Bullock, employee of the
federal government in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Bullock is a member of
the Piney Grove Baptist Chutch
of Creedmoor. She is also a mem-
Ijer of the Home Mission Circle
of the White Rock Baptist
Church of this city.
Prior to her marriage she at
tended school at Albion Academy
in Frankllnton, N. C. After
finishing she taught schqol until
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Dr. Theodore R. Speigner,
Professor of History qtid Di
rector of Resoiirce-Use Educa
tion at ''North Carolina Cpllege
will deliver the commencement
address at Edenton High School,
Edenton, May 17; G. W. Carver
High School, Pinetops, May 20;
J. J. Clemmons High School,
Roper, May 24; West Southern
Pines High School, Souhtem
Pines, May 28; Conetoe High
School, Conetoe, May 18; Wor-
ren County ''Training School,
Wise, May 31.
On May 8, Dr. Speigner will
be the, guest speaker for the
Mother-Daughter and Father
Son Banquet of the Agricultural
Department of Anne- Chesnutt
High School, Fayetteville.
He will also deliver the princi
pal address at the North Caro
lina State Negro Extension
Agents’ Association, May 26 at
Bricks Rural Life School.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gregory, parents of Private John
h. Gregory (inset in the above picture) are seen at their
home on the outskirts of Oxford here last week soon after
they received news that their son, previously reported miss
ing, is being held prisoner by the Communists.
JONES MOVES UP AS TAXI
DRIVEeS CONTEST ENDS MAY 9
This is it, the last week of'j Saturday midnight. Votes put
the Taxi driver’s popularity in the post office in time to
contest. All votes must be in | (Please turn to Page Eight)
PRICE TEN CENTS
Judge Reinstates
Cops Charged
With Assault
ASHEVILLE
Supervisor Court Judge W. K
McLean’s decision which rever
sed the dismissal action against
two city policemen for their part
in the assault of local, citizen,
Joseph Edgerton has resulted in
the policemen being re-assigiied
to duty on May 1. They were re
instated following a conference
in which Chief of Police C. C
Waddell,. Director of Public
Safety C. B. Hyatt, Jr., Corpora
tion Robert Wells and City Man
ager Weldon Weir participated.
In re-instating Policemen C.
T. Lanning and J. F. Ledwell.
Waddell stated that he was left
with no other alternative.
Judge McLean’s decision .said
that there was insufficient rec
orded evidence to upiiold Chict
Waddell’s and the Civil Service
Commission’s dismissal of Laii-
ning and Ledwell from the pol
ice department. However, his de
cision did not order the re-in-
statement of the two men.
The two officers had appeal
ed their case to the Superior
Court on the grounds that there
was insufficient evidence to
prove that one or either of them
had committed the assault on
railroad brakeman, Joseph (Fif
ty) Edgerton on the front porch
of his residence, a boarding
house.
At no time in the investigal
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OXFORD
The prayers of a Granville
county mother were answered
dramatic fashion here this
week.
Since last May when she first
learned that her only son. Pri
vate Robert L. Gregory, was
missing in action, Mrs. Fannie
Gregory “never stopped pray
ing’’ that he would turn up alive.
Her unshakable faith and
prayers were , answered here
last week as »he and her hus
band got the happy news that
their son is aHve and a prisoner
!n Corrimunist hands.
The New York Daily Mirror
is due the credit for sending the
first certain ray of hope into
the Gregorys lives since May,
19.')2. Thp news that young
Gregory is still alive was
f|i:nished the Mirror by Pfc.
Joseph Picerno, one of the re
cently repatriatetd G.I.s. The
Mirror carried Picemo’s list of
some 62 G. I.’s who are now be
ing held prisoner by the Com-
mimists along with Picerno’s
request that the families of the
G. I.’s get in touch with tiim to
receive messages “he had for
them from the imprisoned ser
vicemen.
The names of Private John L.
Gregory of Oxford and Glen
Rice of High Point were th"
only Tar Heels on Picerno's
list.
Following this story which
appeared late last week, the
Mirror called Tom Johnson,
photographer-reporter for the
Oxford Ledger last Saturday
night in an effort to get in touch
with the Gregorj’ family. John
son located J. M., Gregory, a
local cafe proprietor and dis
tant relative, of the young G. I„
who in turn got in touch with
Gregory’s parents a day later.
While these developments
look place Saturday night,
and Mrs. Thomas Gregory, lis
tening to the “eleven o’clock
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NEARIY 1,M ATTEND
Last Rites For Church Leader
Close to a thousand persons
jammed First Calvary Baptist
Church’s auditorium, basement
and grounds here last Friday to
pay a final tribute to the
church’s fallen leader^ Reverend
H. H. Hart.
Friends, members of the
church and curious onlookers
t\Bd jamrfied the main auditori
um even to the aisles and entran
ces, were sitting in the basement
and in chairs on both sides and in
front of the church listening to
the services over. loudspeakers
installed especially for the oc
casion.
A conservative guess placed
the number of out-of.towners as
as almost one half of the attend
ance.
Innuml>erable tributes to Rev.
Hart’s leadership, his civic and
human interests and his benevo
lent influences were expressed
by several distinguished church
and lay leaders who spoke dur
ing the funeral.
Dr.. C. E. Griffin, pastor of
the First Calvary Baptist Church
of Norfolk, who delivered the
eulogy, compared Rev. Hart’s
U{e with that of the early
Christian hero Paul, in his mess,
age on the subject,- “The Great
Adventure.”
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- -Finol rites for Rw. H. H. Hort,
pastor of the First Calvary Bap.
tist Church on Morehead Ave.
here were held at the church
last Friday. Rev. Hart's casket
is seen being carried from the
church following funeral ser
vices ond prior to the funeral
cortege’s depature for Winton
where burial services were held.
In’ the above photo are, left to
right. Rev. S. P. Perry, pastor
of the St. Mark A. M. E. Z.
Church, and Rev. O. L. Sheritl.
of the N. C. Baptist Convention.
Mon beside Ree. SHerilt i« un-
identi/ieaTFowf^frOTj^lS/t,
looking toward camera, is L. K.
Battle. L. W. Smith is shown
carrying casket at left. In cviM*r.
backgroMnd is J. A. Cvrter, Mil
carrying coffin i« right fore
ground is^fiichard Jatnet, ttmd,
almost hidden, Tom Wichols.—