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NAACP Embarks On Plan To Complete Emancipation
Homemaklng in adolt ednea-
Uoa is a oano«ni of fhla gronp
of student! and teachers in a
community orfanisatlMi elaas
now in process at the North
Carolina CoUere at Dnriiam.
BUss Diana 8. Dent is ehair-
man of the North Cartiina
Ooiiefc department of Heme
Economics. She is plctnred
here at extreme left, standing.
Others pictured here are:
to rifht, first row: Mrs. In-
h e I 1 Thompson, IBajrboro;
Dorothy Parher, Zebalra;
Reuhena Oreenfield, Lilas-
vilie; Mrs. Nannie Hayes, Elm
City; Mrs. Catherine Johnson,
FayettcTiUe.
Second row, left to rifht, all
fr^ Durham are: Mrs. Munie
Waddell, Mrs. Lena BUerbee,
Mrs. S. E. Enclish, BIra. Snew-
die Bell, Bey. B. B. English,
Mrs. Agnes Hinton, and Bieh-
ard Patterson.
Third row, left to right: Miss
Dent, Mamie Dehnam, Ba-
lelgh; Mrs. Iris Wade, Wil
mington; Mary Boyals, Char
lotte; Helen Howell, Wllkes-
boro; Mrs. A. Dunlap, Dur
ham; Mrs. Buth Brooks, Lex
ington; Miss Susie Bollings,
Hampton, Va.; Edith Spivey,
Maxton; Lillie Simons, Laurel
Hill; Mrs. Carrie Swindler,
Adievllle; Birs. Bemdina
Clarke, Lumberton; BIrs. Bes
sie Hendricks, Morristown,
Tenn.; Birs. Lucille ' Pierce,
Wallace; Mrs. Lucille Bniton,
Asheville; Birs. Claudia Um-
phtery; Mrs. Claranell Brown,
Durham; and Mrs. Modestine
Oaynor, Bocky Mount.
N. Y. Kaier Gives
Up In Charlotte
Group Seeks
To Remove
Rev. Perry
A committee at the St. Mark
A. M. E. Zion Church In Dur
ham seeking to have its pas
tor, Reverend S. P. Perry, re
moved has filed the third in a
series of complaints to the
Church’s Board of Bishops,
asiclng that Rev. Perry be re
moved.
In a signed statement, charg
ing Bev. Perry with lieing a
“scheming, self-willed and in-
tMnperate boss-type ministw,"
the committee, composed of
nine members of the ehnrch,
asked again for his removal.
The complaint further
charges Rev. Perry with in
efficient leadership, alleging
that he stalled ^r sixteen
years on a proposed building
program at the church while
other Durham churches have
completed building programs
costing “many hundreds of
thousands of dollars.”
Members af tho oommlttM
which signed a complaint a-
gainst Bev. Perry have dis
played the full text ti tte
complaint on page eight of
this israe.
It is signed by W. M. Stew
art, S. H. Hopson, Fred Hines,
P. H. McNeil, B. H. Barcum,
R. L. Frazier, T. J. Atwater,
and Rufus Sligh.
The complaint allagss that
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CHARLOTTE
An absent-minded plumber's
helper, sought by New Yoric.
police for the murder of his
wife, gavelhimself up to police
here Monday.
Frank Bay, who couldn't re
member whether he had
a hammer or a wrench in
beating his wife to death in
their Brooklyn home, ' was
waiting for police to pick him
up on a street comer here
Monday. He had police noti
fied that he would be waiting
on the comer.
According to police reports,
an unidentified woman called
the station Monday and said
that a man would be waiting
on the comer and wanted to
confess a crime committed in
New York.
PoUee responded to the call,
and surely eaoagh, Bay was
waiting for them.
Assistant Chief John S. Hord
notified New York authorites,
and was informed by telegram
that Ray was wanted for mur
der in Brooklyn. An assistant
district attorney was sched
uled to come from New York
to question Ray early this
week.
Bay told Charlotte police that
he kUled hto wtf*. Ooldle, dar
ing an argument In their houae
In Brooklyn. He saM he
couldn't remember whether he
beat her with a hammer er a
wrench.
Ray further stated that he
was a native of Clinton, South
Carolina, and had been in
Charlotte for a week.
DR. MATTHEW WHITEIIEAD
Native Named
Miner Prexy
WASHINGTON
A native North Carolinian
from Rocky Mount has been
named president of Miner
Teachers College. He is Ds.
Matthew J. Whitehead.
Dr. Whitehead was given the
nod to succeed retiring Presi
dent Eugene A. Clark by the
Board of Education last Wed
nesday.
Well-known and respected In
educational circles in this
area. Dr. Wiiitehead joined
the faculty at Miner Teachers
College just a year ago as a
professor of Education. Pre
viously, he had served for
eight years as assistant' reg
istrar at Howard University.
Dr. Whitehead has also
taught at North Carolina Col
lege and New York Universi
ty. He received his degree
:^m New York University.
10-Year Plan Outlined By Dr. Tobias
In Keynote Speech To 44th Confab
SAINT LOUIS, MO.
A 10-year program designed to complete the task of
Emancipation on the one hundreth anniversary of Lin
coln’s Proclamation in 1963 was unanimously adopted by
the 800 delegates attending the 44th annual convention of
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People which closed here Sunday.
The proposal for such a plan was advanced by Dr.
Channing H. Tobias, chairman of the Association’s board
of directors, in his keynote address which opened tlie six-
day conference last week. In his challenging address the NAACP
leader called for the establishment of a “Fighting Fund For
Freedom” to implement the NAACP’s 10-year plan. “We need
DR. CHANNINO H. TOBIAS
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDIISG WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Clou Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOLUME 30—NUMBER 24
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1953
DrowningsTakeTwo
Lives In Tar Heelia
Would Complete Task Started By
Lincoln On 100th Anniversary Of Act
and aslc every loyal American to give our 10-year crusade, the
Fighting Fund For Freedom, his enthusiastic support. By so do
ing he will be worlting for a better America for us all. Or. Tobias
said.
In his opening address tiie NAACP chairman and former
member of the United States delegation to the United Nations,
called for “wholehearted support of the UN in its battle to the
death against totalitarianism wherever it is found.” He urged
continued opposition to “the vicious apartiieid practices of tlie
Maian government in the Union of 5outh Africa” and “relentless
warfare against all forms of racial segregation on tlie ground
that such segregation is constitutionally wrong.”
The NAACP. he said, “will
pursue more vigorously than
ever its registration campaign”
and will "promote a campaign
of education designed to bring
about mutual trust and under
standing across racial lines so
that unfounded fears of social
and political change may i>e
dissipated.”
The convention established a
conunittee to implement the
10-year program. Plans for the.
program will i>e formulated by
the committee to be composed'
of the seven regional chair
men, representatives of the
i>oard of directors and the
staff, and three youth mem-
t>ers.
Six immediate steps to pro-
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PRICE 10 CENTS
Durham Man,
ZelNilon Youth
Lose Lives
From TIMES Reports
Drownings claimed the lives
of two persons last week as
North Carolinians took to the
surf to escape the current heat
An 18-year-old youth of near
Zebulon was drowned last
Thursday while swimming and
a 3S-year-old Durham man
lost his life In Kerr Dam Sat
urday at Boggs Island while
fishing.
William Carpenter, whose
residence is listed as Route 1,
Zebulon, drowned in the Lit
tle River, two miles east of
Wendell, around noon last
Thursday.
Members of Balelgh’t Baseue
Squad worked for an hour and
half, administering artifMal
respiration after his body bad
been reoovored from the wa
ter. Their efforts failed to re
vive him.
Carpenter was in a party of
for other youths who had
gone bathing in a spot known
as “Gar Hole” when he step
ped off into water 14 feet in
depth and disappeared. He
could not swim.
Deputy Sheriff C. C. Doan,
who Investigated the drown
ing, said that Carpenter's
body was under water for an
hour and*45 minutes before U
was located by a white youth
from Wendell.
Funeral services- were held
. in Maxton Tuesday for James
McNeill, 35-year-old Durham
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IKE HAI15
CONVENTION
ST. LOUIS
“I am happy,” President
Eisenhower said in a message
to the 44th annual convention
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, “to restate the objec
tive which this Administia-
tion shares with you—to make
even greater progress in bring
ing to all Americans tiie riglits
and privileges of freedom ’
The message, ead at the
opening session of the six-day
convention which closed here
Sunday, expressed confiderce
"that we shall reach this goal.”
Eleven nurses were grad
uated ' from the Lincoln Hos
pital School of Nurses at Dur
ham Im exercises held on the
hoq^ltnl lawn. Beverend A. M.
Zimmwman delivered the
commeneent address while Dr.
W. A. Cleland, president of the
hospital staff, awarded diplo
mas. Dr. Clyde Donnell, chair
man of the hospital’s board
of trustees, presided at the
ceremonies.
Graduates, shown above, di
rectly after exercises, are,
standing, left to right, Doro
thy Bolton, Semora; Berta
Mae Williams, Maple Hill;
Minnie Williams, Princeton;
Bertha Lee Gavin, Goldsboro
and Mary Knight Hall, Gates-
viile.
Seated, same order, are Clara
Mae Cobb, Tarboro; Lula Mae
Cowan, Henderson; Geneva
Mae Smith, Botion; Ora Ruth
Dorcas, Hemingway, South
Carolina; Irene Dawson, Fre
mont; and Annie Dunnigan,
Morrisville.
Morganton To Hire
Negro Cops Again
Over 1500 N.C. Farmers Expected
At 4-Day Conference In Gate City
aREBNSBARO
The 31st annual State Con
ference of Negro Fanners and
Homemakers to be held here
at A. and T. College for tour
days beginning on July 7 will
draw more than 1500 farmers
and fannerettei.
“The turnout tbia year,*' said
R. E. Jones, state aiwnt of the
A. and T. College Ixteaden
Servlee, "will certainly beet
all previous attendanee ree-
ords. Judging by the heavy re
sponses reeelTed during the
mut few dajTB.'*
Some of the nation’s top ex
perts and constiltants In the
fields of agriculture and home-
making are scheduled to ap
pear in a variety Of addresses,
demonstrations and illustrated
lectures.
Leading the list of leetnrera
are: Harry B. Caldw^,
Greensboro, state master, N.
C. Orange on "Changtag Agrl-
eultural PoUoy”; Dr. Naney
BuUoek Woolrld^, Hampton,
Virginia, on “Partnen in Pre-
MIm Mary Omen,
home eeouMnist, J. C. Penny
Company, New York on "The
Well Dreased Woman”; Miss
Irene Goodhue, Newton, Iowa,
home serviee direetor. The
Blaytag Company, on "A
Homemaker's Dream on Mon
day”; Miss Irene Doyle, Ba-
l^h, home eeoaemist of the
Walker Martin Company, on
“Ttane Saving Meals” and Mrs.
Louise Prothre, St. Loula, Me.,
home eeonemirt of the Pet
Milk Company, on ‘'Simple
Entertainment.”
Other consultants to be heard
during the four days are: H.
M. Covington, horticulture
specialist; George At>shler and
M. S. Williams, farm manage
ment specialists; Dr. E. R.
Collins, agronomist, George
Jones, entomologist; R. R.
Bennett .tobacco specialist; E.
S. Coates and R. M. Ritchie,
agricultural engineering spe
cialists, all of the North Caro
lina Extension Service at Ra
leigh and E. R. Barrlck, pro
fessor of animal husbandy at
State College, also In "Raleigh.
Town Board Heeds
Pleas Of Negro
Residents
MORGANTON
A dozen or more petitioning
Negro residents were able to
persuade this town’s board to
hire Negro policemen.
By a close 3-Z vote last
Thursday, the town ix>ard ap
proved of a proposal to hire
two Negro policemen.
This marked the second time
hi the town’s history that it
had decided to hire Negro
policemen. Negro policemen
served under a previous city
administration but were re
leased.
Mayor Harry L. Riddle cast
the deciding vote in favor of
the proposal after the board
of aldermen had heard nearly
two hours of argtmients for
and against the proposal.
The formal motion that two
Ijlegro policemen be hired
was made by Alderman Pete
Patton. He was supported in
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East Cedar Grove Churches In
58th Convention At Creedmoor
Delegates from some thirty-
six Missionary Baptist Churches
in three counties will gather at
the Old Folks Rest Home at
Creedmoor on July 8 for the an
nual meeting of the East Cedar
Grove Missionary Baptist Asso
ciation.
The East Cedar Grove Asso
ciation, which takes in parts
of Durham, Orange and Per
son counties, will be meeting
for the 58th time since its
establishment. The meeting
will run for two days, begin-
dlng on Wednesday, July 8
and continuing through Thurs- '
day, July 9. i
The Women’s Auxiliary of the
Association has scheduled meet
ings on Thursday morning and
Thursday afternoon. The Thurs
day afternoon meeting of the wo
men and a meeting of the gen
eral association will nm concur
rently.
A feature of this year’s meet
ing will be the annual address
of the association moderator.
Reverend G. W. Thomas. Bev.
Thomas will be heard daring
the 2:30 afternoon session on
Wednesday.
Also included in this year’s
pro^am is an awaad presenta
tion, to l>e made at the conclud
ing session of the association on
Thursday afternoon to Reverend
W. M. Fuller, pastor of..^he Mt
Zion Baptist Church of Durham,
for his 22 years service to the
association as secretary, ^ev.
Fuller resigned last year and
has t>een replaced by Rev. J. L.
I Moffitt.
I The association meeting will
I open officially on Wednesday
I morning at lt:30. It will be
I welcomed by the B«st Home’s
I Superintendent at this open-
' ing meeting. In addition te
Bev. Thomas’ addrcH, two ser
mons will be heard during the
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Hll By NAACP
ST. LOUIS
The State Department was
condemned for banning booics
from information libraries
overseas and a resolution pass
ed by the board of directors of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People here this week.
The board meeting which
was held during the 44th an
nual NAACP eonventien
which closed Tuesday noted
that Walter White’s "A Bie-
ing Wind,” Clarence Streifs
“Union Now,” and Bert An
drews’ “Washington Witch
Hunt” were among books
ordered removed froos the
shelves of the State Depart
ment's libraries abroad.
Bert Andrews’ book, the re
solution said, "is an effective
criticism of such tactics in in
vestigation as those parsned
by Senators McCarthy tad
Jenner. The banning of such
books,” the reselntton eo»-
tinued, “is proof of Andrews’
thesis that McCarthytaa has
cast a pall of unreasoning fear
over weak-kneed Washington
officUls. We hi the NAACP
repudiate the argument that
approval of McCarthy’s poli
cies is any way a correct test
of anti-Commnnism.**
Missouri Solon
Presents Medal
ST LOUIS
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People has “helped strengthen
the moral leadership of the
United States In the family el
nations,** Senator W. Stnart
Symington told the delegates
attending the Assoelatten*s
44th convention here
I last week.
The BUiHMri aenator praised
the work of tho Association in
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