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UTE OIOIP H OMCH BMED
pHriodical D«P^
Duto litoranr
Euoenk (Guoal Gknx)
Potts, popular di«c jocJ^ for
a Charlotte radio station, is
shown presenting a ch£ck
which he uxm on the nation
ally televised "Strike It Rich”
show to Mrs. Elizabeth Mar
tin v> her bed at the Good
Samaritan Hospital in Char
lotte. Mrs. Martin, a Char-
lottean, is a diabetes sufferer
and underwent an operation
recently which resulted in the
amj^tation of her lower
lirnhs below the knees. “Gef^
iai Gene" spent five days of
his vacation in New York re
cently to get on the show. In
addition to cash, Mrs. Martin
received a hearing aid, lounge
chair, clothes, fuel, laundry
service, a radio and other
gifts which have totalled over
$1,000.
OSCAR NUNN, WHOSE WEIGHT BEUME SUKJEn
FOR LE6END IN DURHAM, FATAUV SIHCKEN
PURHAM
Oscar Numi, sage of the Hicks-
town community and legendary
Durham tigure, was buried here
this week.
Nuno died at hit home at
2321 Crest Street last Than-
day afternoon, September It,
after rafferinf a purmlytlc
stroke.
Funeral services were held at
the Hew JBetb^l baptist 'Church
of the community on Sunday,
September 13 at four o’clock In
the afternoon. Reverend Lowry
Reid and Reverend Samuel
Webb officiated at the services.
He was buried in the church’s
cemetery.
In declining health for the
paat several years, Nmui was,
neTertheleai, not oonsldwrod
seriooaly 111. B« contlnned to
operate his store ap until he
suffered the fatal stroke.
Undisputed claimant to the
title of “Durham’s biggest man,”
Nunn at one time tipped the
scales at near 400 pounds. A
legend, built on his fabulous
size, had grown up around Dur
ham and the expression, “big as
Oscar Nunn,” came to be part
of the city’s vernacular.
» Although Nniin’i wei|^t ran
Into astronmloal flgorea ta
comparison with average
weights, he had a normal ap
petite, except for a very few
foods which he particularly
liked. An old story, which
many close friends of his claim
to be true, holds that at a New
York cafe some years ago,
Oscar ate np the establish
ment’s supply of barbecne
(close to six pounds) and chid
ed the waiter for not having
more on hattd^
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OSCAB NUNN
, BOSTON
Anti-Negro sentiment within
Protestantism is one of the sub
jects of a highly controveraial
book. Apostles of Discord, Just
published by the Beacon Press,
Boston.
The author, Ralph Lord Roy,
a young Protestant clergyman,
surveys the explosive areas of
Negro-white relations, expos
ing the professional hatemon-
gers, and discnssing snch div
erse topics as the exploita
tion of the Bible by “white
supremacists,” maUcioas white
promoters of variona “‘re-
patriaUon” scheme*, and the
"religions” tenets of the Ka
KIhx Klan and other raolst
groups.”
“The ranting Negrophobe of
this Protestant underwortd,”
warns Roy, "still pounds his pul
pit, slanders his fellow citlMns,
and warns his flock against the
‘menace of mongreUzation,’ ”
The author severely reprimands
the churches for their reluctance
to put Cliristian principles into
practice.
Both well-known and ob-
secnre bigots arc treated in de
tail in this 440-page volume.
The present policies and In
fluence of numerous anti-Ne
gro groups are discussed, snch
as the White Circle League of
Joseph Beauhamais, the Na
tional Cltiiens Protective As
sociation of John W. Hamilton,
and the Ku Klnx Klan.
The author also tells of the
recent formation of the so-called
National Association for the Ad
vancement of White People to
“challenge” the work of the
NAACP. In addition, there are
cliapters dealing with extreme
rightwingism, anti - Semitism,
and anti-Catholicism, and the
first full-length account of those
within the chiu:che8 who honor
Marx above Jesus.
Protests Rise To
Oustei" Threat
NEW YORK
Representatives of nine na
tional organizations met at
the Hotel Statler on Sep-
lernDGr v to protest tnc tnre&t*
ened dismissal of Dr. Frank
S. Home, head of the race
relations service of the Hous
ing and Home Finance
Agency, Washington. Thfe
meeting was called by the Na
tional Conunittee Against
Discrimination in Housing,
which termed Dr. Home “one
of the nation’s outstanding
civil servants.”
The proposed replacenient of
Dr. Horne by Joseph P. Ray,
a Louisville bnilder and R^
publican political leader, was
condemned as Injecting poli
tics into a technical service
that has been kept free of
political appointments for 15
years.
The organizations represented
were the American Council on
Human Rights; American
Friends Service Cmnmittee;
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Freshmen
At NCC; New
Head Named
DURHAM
Some 550 students, fresh
men and transfers, and 20
new faculty members ar
rived here at Nor% Carolina
College this week.
Preorientation activities for
fourteen senior women coun
selors started last week-end
On Mond^ night, President
Alfonso Elder and Dean
George T. Kyle greeted the
newcomers on the faculty
and staff. '
Announcement was also made
this week of two changes in the
department of education.
Dr. Rose Butler Brown;,
former chairman of the divis
ion of elementary edncatipn,
was named chainnan of the
entire department at nnder-
gradnate and gradoate lovels.
Dr. Cecil L. Spellman, form
er dean at Florida A. and M. and
one-time dean and vice-president
of Bishop College, Marshall,
Texas, has been selected as the
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aim
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Filtered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOUJME 30—NUMBER 35
DURHAM, N.'C^ SATURDAY,,SEPT. 19, 1953 PRICE 10 CENTS
Color Bar To Be
Dropped, Says M.D.
W. H. Aiken, President of
the National Association of
Real Estate Brokers, is shown
addressing the North Caro
lina Real Estate Builders
Association at a special meet
ing of the group held in Dur
ham last Friday at the Donut
Shop. H. M. Michaux, Presi
dent of the State group is
shown seated.
COUKIIVE ACnON SAID KEY
TO ASSERTION OF RACE HOPES
Some thirty-five
mck'
the North Carolina Real £i
per*on« I tote Builders Association at I prominent Durham realtor i with back to camera) apeak-
attended a special m«etin0 oi the Jade Room in Durham and Resident of the state ing to the group.
Efi\la$t Friday. H. M. Michaux,\group, it shoxon (ttand&ng
DURHAM
If Negroes of America
want to participate in the
direction of world affairs,
they must resort to collective
action to make their desires
known and their strength felt,
declared W. A. Aiken, presi
dent of the National Associa
tion of Real Estate Brokers,
here last Friday night.
“Tbe time has past when we
could say as individuals, “I am
a success’... If wo are going
to succeed, it will be the 15
million Negroes who will suc
ceed,” Aiken asserted before
a special meeting of the North
Carolina Real Estate Builders
Association.
Pointing to the results of col
lective action among other na
tions, Aiken noted the rise in
importance of the Asiatic nations
who, according to the speaker,
have furnished good examples of
united action.
“The time has past,” he add
ed when Wall and Fleetwood
Street interests conid dominate
world affairs.” The nations of
the east, particularly India,
are now being given a share in
directing world affairs. This ‘
is due to the ability of the peo
ples of these nations to unite
for a common goal, he said.
“We are ngt going to be re
spected in the world unless we
build organizations founded on
teamwork.”
Turning to the Issues of hous
ing, the Atlanta real estate
broker said that the job of
housing our people Is larger
than any concern for any
politiaai party.
Some thirty-five persons at
tended the meeting at the Jade
Room of the Donut Shop. H. M.
Michaux, prominent Durham
realtor and president of the
North Carolina organization,
acted as chairman.
Among the notables present
at the meeting were Dr. Al
fonso Cider, preaidont •(
North Carolina College who
iBtrodMod the afwikOT, V.
Henry Williams, general sec
retary of the National Asso
ciation, and R. N. Harris,
member of Durham’s City
Council.
CHARLOTTE
North Carolina will t>e the
next state to end segregation in
its physicians’ medical societies.
This was the opinion express
ed by the prerident of the Old
North State Medical Society
in an address before the Sep
tember meeting of the Cttai-
lotte Medical Society here
last week.
Dr. W. A. Cleland, prom
inent physician of Durham and
head of an organization of Ne
gro doctors in the State, pre
dicted that colors bars of the
white medical societies in the
state would be dropped next in
North C^olina.
Recognition by the American
Medical Association, Dr. Cle
land declared, is essential if
Negro doctors are to attain
professional recognition com -
mensurate with that now en
joyed by white doctors. With
out AMA recognition, no Ne
gro 'physician can become a
certified specialist no matter
how well he is qnalified, he
stated.
The doorway tlirough which
the Negro physician must enter
to get AMA recognition is the
county and state medical socie
ties, which are now lily white
in North Carolina. The present
constitution of the North Caro
lina Medical Society, Dr. Cle
land, said, limits menibership to
white doctors.
Medical socioties tS Geofila, '
Florida, Arkansas, Maryland,
Oklahoma, Missouri and the
District of Columbia have al
ready droppod these restric
tions, he declared.
Dr. Cleland was introduced to
the meeting by Dr. E. L. Rann
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Helen Shadd, photographers’
model, is shown flexing her
very photogenic limbs at the
Calvert Hotel
Negro Accepted A t
N. C. State College
DURHAM
R. L. Clemons, chemist for the
Durham City Water department,
vin be the first Negro to eater
eigh when the A. and T.
uate enrolls at State school fo>'
the regular Fall term.
NAACP To Meet In Rocky Mount
NEW YORK
State meetings of branches of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
will be held this fall in Kansas,
Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana,
Virginia and North Carolina.
These annual meetings, Glos-
ter B. Current, director of
branches, said, will be devot
ed primarily to the Associa
tion’s program for attaining
complete emancipation by
1963. In addition, there will
be workshop sessions on civil
rights issues In education,
housing, transportation and
public accommodations.
The Kansas meeting is sched
uled for Witchita, September 13-
14. Cincinnati will be the site
of the Ohio conference, Sep
tember 18-20. West Virginia
branches will meet in Bluefield,
September 19-20. ^
In Indiana, the sessions will
be held at South Bend, Oct
ober 2-4. FrederickaburK will
be host to the Virginia confer
ence, October 9-11.
In North Carolina, the con
ference will meet at Rocky
Mount, October 23-25.
Six N. C. Mutual Officials Set
To Attend National Meetings
DURHAM
A half dozen officials of the
North Carolina ^^tual Life. In
surance Company will attend
two national meetings of special
interest to the industry this
month.
Mrs. Ethel Berry, administra-'
tlve assistant, will represent
the cotepany at the Life Office
Management Association to be
held in Cincinnati for three
days beginning Monday, Sep
tember 23.
Five other top officials of tile
company will attend the annual
meeting of the National Negro
Insurance Association in Miami.
This meeting also gets underway
on Monday, September 21 and
lasts through Thursday.
North Carolina Mutual ex
ecutives attendrag the conven
tion are W. J. Kennedy, Jr.,
President of the company; A.
T. Spaulding, vlee-president-
actoary and controller, G. W.
Cox. vic«-preaidMit-agen«y di-
roetor. D. B. Martin. laMelala
agency director, and N. H.
Bennett, associate actuary
and assistant secretary.
Spaulding is scheduled to de
liver one of the principal ad
dresses at the meeting. His
speech, “The Tree of Life Insur
ance and its Fruits,” will be
heard at an eight o’clock public
meeting Monday evening.
Kennedy and Martin are
scheduled to lead discussions
during the three day meet
ing. Bennett serves as actuary
for the national association.
Mrs. Berry, prominent in civic
affairs in ttiis section, will be
the first woman representative
of the company to the office
management. meeting. Elected
woman of the year last Spring
by the Southern Region qt.^ na
tional sorority, her appointrteiit
last Fall as administrative as
sistant for the company placca
Iter in one of the highest po
sition held by women with the
firm.
Mrs. Ethel S. BEmaT, ad
ministrative assistant at the
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, will he
the first woman to represent
the company at the yearly
meeting of the Life Office
Management Association in
Cincinnati last of this month.
See story, this page, for more
details.
Db. Rose Butu> Baoiwia.
promiiMiit Durham
woman, was ntmaJ elmltrmm
of North* Corottna CoOcfs
graduate and imiltrnnrf—ig
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