Bnrlodical Bapt ,
Equ^C^ Integrated Schools, Say Parents
MEDICS PLAN nCHT ON HEART DISEASE
Some of the participants in tlie eiflith annnal Postrradnate Clinic iponMred Jointly by Lincoln
Hospital and the Old North State Medieal Society are ahown here In Durham reeenUy. The vi«lt-
ing doctors participated in a two day lympocinm o n Diseases of the Heart and Cancer. Clinicians
from the medical schools of the University of North Carolina and Duke University served as con
sultants during the session. Planninc the program was a committee composed of Dr. R. P. Ean-
dolph, chairman; Dr. Charles D. Watts, WUllam M. Rich, Mrs. Laura Bruce, secretary; and Dr. Clyde
Donnell. Dr. W. A. Cleland, president of the Old North State Mi^cal Society and also president
of the Lincoln Hospital staff, presided at the opening day's session. Rich and Dr. Donnell were
among dlgnnaries welcoming the vlaiting doctors to Durham.
Mrs. Cooper Maintains
Lead In TIMES. Contest
Mrs. S. V. Cooper o£ Oxford continued in the lead in the
CAROLINA TIMES “Everybody Wins” Holy Land or Paris
'siuoscription Contest which closes midnight, Saturday, No
vember 21. Although Mrs. N. B. Baldwin’s rfport hdjaot
reach this office in time to be tabulated in walk’s report
of contestants (probably due to the post office being closed
for a legal holiday), it is expected to reach here in time for
tabulation over the week-end.
With one more week to go and with midnight of No
vember 21 set as the closing time for the contast^ it is expect^
ed that several other contestants will show a decided increase
in their eflorts to win one of the free trips.
This week found little change in the standing of the con
testants with the first three of last week-still holding
tenaciously to their positions. All contestants who have not
V, tnnHp a report or tor whom no subscription had been sent in
by others were dropped from this week’s tabulation.
Already plans are being completed to have on hand suf
ficient office nelp to take care of the tabulation of the large
number of subscriptions expected to be reported before clos
ing time of midnight November 21.
This Week’s Kelative Standing Is As Follows;
MRS. SUSIE V. COOPER^-Oxford 337,000
MRS. NELL B. BALDWIN—Wilson 318,000
REV. JAJp;S F. WERTZ—Charlotte 220,000
REV. W. r: ELLIOTT-High Point 118,000
PROF. A. L. STANBACK—Hillsboro 90,000
REV. WILLIAM LAKE—Burlington
PROF. CHARLES STEWART—Kinston .
REV. P. A. BISHOP—Rick Square
MISS MABEL POWELL—Clmton
PROF. G. L. HARPER^Roxboro
REV. J. R. MANLEY—Chapel Hill
PROF. W. R. COLLINS—Smithfield
REV. R. IRVING BOONE—Wilmington
PROF. J. C. BIAS—Scotland Neck
KEV. J. A. BROWN—Durham.
MRS. LENORA BAIRD—AsheviUe
PROF. E. M. BARNES—Wilson.
REV. JAMES R. BESS—Philadelphia
_ 84,000
„ 74,000
_ 74,000
_ 50,000
_ 44,000
.. 44,000
_ 29,000
_ 20,000
_ 29,000
_ 19,000
_ 9,000
_ 9,000
_ 9,000
Rehearsals Ready To Start For
Duriiam's First Amatuer Show
DUBHAM
Many persons have already
registered for participation In
the 19S3 production of the "Fol
lies of the Times” to be staged
in Durham, December 4-5 imdei
the direction ol Mel Rexmick,
nationally known producer, and
Roy Carpenter.
The production will feature
all local talent and will be one
of the biggest ever held in Dur
ham, with brilliant costumes,
sini^ijig, dancing, quartets, com*
edyvkits, etc. Rehearsals will be
gin Monday, November 16 at
532 E. Pettiiprew Street from 4
to 9 P.M. daily. Persons desir
ing to participate in tbe show
are requested to present them
selves at the above adless be
tween the hours already men
tioned. All costumes and dan
cing lessoiis will be furnished
free.
When the show Is staged on
December 4-5, Durham will have
opportunity to see one of the
^ most stupendous asoateur shows
ever produced in this city. Mel
' Rennick has had nearly a quar
ter century of training personnel
In shows of this kind, and the
management of the Carolina
Times considers It quite fortu
nate that it was able to secure
his service for this amateur
show extravaganza. Registra
tion is still going on and will
continue until the cast has been
filled. Membership in the cast
is oi>en to persona from ages 6
to 60.
Tickets will go on sale Nov.
20 and can be purchased at a
price of $1 for adult and 50 cent
for children at the Biltmore
Drug Store, the Carolina Times
Office, Bull City Drug Store,
and the Do-Nut Shop.
Mrs. Daisy Lucas
Is'Funeralized
DURHAM
The funeral of Mrs. Daisy B.
Lucas, 68, was held at Mount
Zion Baptist Church Tuesday,
November 3, at 2 P. M., with the
Reverend Wm. H. Fuller, pastor,
officiating assisted by Father
Fred Hunter, Rector of St. Titus
Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Lucas died at Lincoln
Hospital Saturday, October 31 at
10:30 a. m. following an illness
of three weeks. For the past 22
years she had resided in Durham
with her husband, N. C. Lucas
and at the time of her death was
a resident of 200 Nelson Street.
Surviving are two sons, Rus-
tell and Herman Lucas both of
Durham; two daughters, Miss
Mary R. Lucas of New York and
Mrs. Maggie M. Torrey of New
York.
Group Protests
Planned Closing
Of School ^
DURHAM
The City Board of Educa
tion was flung a challenge to
either equalize the Negro
school in the Hickstown com
munity or permit Negro stu
dents to attend the commun
ity’s white Southside ele
mentary ^hool. ^
A ol *1%^ .
TXZXvXi Ctw tXDtZttX) TItV
Board did. not choose to meet
the issue squarely, but in
stead placed the blame for the
situation at the hands of the
State.
The whole matter came to
a head last Monday night here
when a large delegation of Ne
gro parents from the Hickstown
comRVUPity appeared before the
Education Board to protest a
planned merger of the Hicics-
town and the Walltown schools,
both for Negroes.
It was generally considered
that the easiest way for the Edu
cation Board out of a situation
which saw the Hickstown Negro
school almost hopelessly inferior
to other schools of the city, was
to close it and have its pupils
attend the Walltown school.
“If Hickstown is closed we
want to send our children to
Southside School (the white
school in the Hiclutown com
munity) — Walltown is too
far,” was the rebuff which the
Education Board got from
Henry Vickers, spokesman tor
the Hiclutown Negro parents
who appeared before the
Board Monday night to pro
test the closing of Hickstown
and its consolidation with
WalltQwn School.
“We know that the Federal
law requires that when a
whilte school Is provided with
in hollering distance of a Ne
gro community, equal facili
ties must be provided,” Vick
ers asserted.
City School Superintendent L.
S. Weaver told the delegation
that no decision had been reach
ed in the matter and that what
ever improvements are made
will have to be done with State
funds.
Board Chairman Spurgeon
Boyoe came up with the an
swer, “get more children/’ to
an inquiry as to how the
Hickstown school could be
brought up to standard.
Superintendent Weaver ad
mitted that it has been below
standard since it came into the
City System. The school is made
of wooden frame construction
and has no central heating sys
tem.
Negro residents of the dty
this week generally applauded
the stand token by the Hicks-
town parents.
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LI.OTSSTEARS
Another G. I. Facing Trial
Ohio Private
In Rape Trial
Starting Friday
(SPECIAL TO THE TIMES)
FAYETTEVILLE
A 30-year sentence was hand
ed one Negro soldier in a general
court martial here last week
while another waited for his
trial to begin here on Friday,
November 13. The charge' in
both cases was rape of a white
woman.
Li John Griffin, a former
Episcopalian youth officer,
was sentenced to 30 years here
last IFIrlday following his con
viction by a military court of
rape on Mrs. Christina Shus-
tor, German war bride of a
Fort Bragg Corporal. The sen
tence marked the first time
that a Negro, convicted of rap
ing a white woman in North
Carolina, had not received the
death penalty.
Pvt. David HoUlnger, 22-year-
old Ohioan from Youngstown,
faces a general court martial
Friday the 13th on cliarges of
raping an unnamed white wo
man at gun point on the Army
reservation on October 25.
Pvt. HoUlnger, a member of
the 325tii Alrbone Infantry
Regiment, Is accused of hav
ing accosted two white women
riding In a car on the reserva
tion after having taken a white
sergeant to his qnarteis on the
post.
^HoUlnger Is alltiged to liaVe
ordered-ti>e two women, to drive
him to Fayetteville, but on the
way forced them to turn off on
a side road where he allegedly
raped one of them at gun point.
Both women were listed as
being married, neither to the
sergeant they were taking
home, however, and both were
listed as being from Burling
ton. It was revealed by a post
public information officer'i^t
both had been on the reserva
tion the night before.
Lt. Griffin and his mother,
Mrs. Iiouise Griffin, took the 30-
year sentence given the Lieu
tenant very calmly here last
week. Mrs. Griffin, a trim
“fiftyish” looking little woman,
testified during the trial.
Attorney Harry Groves of
Fayetteville, who defended
Griffin during the trial, re
vealed after the trial that
there is some chance of Grif
fin’s sentence being reduced.
Attorney Groves, once a mem
ber of the North Carolina Col
lege Law School faculty and a
captain in the Adjutant Gen
eral’s section, i>ointed out some
errors which he felt the court
had made, and the fact that the
case would be reviewed three
times by higher authorites who
could either reduce the sentence
or squash the conviction.
Among the errors which
Attorney Groves said that he
felt the court made consisted
in the fact that the court per
mitted the prosecuion to ask
a “leading question” which,
according to Attorney Groves,
went to the heart of the case.
Attorney Groves felt also that
the court may’have poaslbly
erred in calling Mrs. Shus
ter back to the stand to get
her definition of rape after
the proseecution had rested Its
case.
The small courtroom, which
accommodates about seventy-
five persons, was jammed to
capacity on both days of the
trial.
Cli^Can
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3.1879.
VOLUME 30—NUMBER 41
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1953
Tbe above photos are those of some of the principals in the Sixty-First Annual Conference of the
A. M. E. Church now in session at Saint Joseph’s A. M. E. Church on Fayetteville Street in Durham.
At left is the Right Reverend L. H. Hemingway, Presiding Bishop, center: Reverend J. D. Davis,
Presiding Elder, and at right: Reverend D. A. Johnston, pastor of Saint Joseph.
APPOINTMENTS SUTED-
Western Area
Begin Meet In
Methodists
Durham
DURHAM
The 61st annual session of the
Western North C&roUna Cobf
ference of the A.M.E. Church
opened here Wednesday morning
at 10 o’clock at St. Joseph AME
Church on Fayetteville Street,
with the Rt. Rev. L. H. Hem-
mingway. Bishop of the 2nd
Episcopal District, presiding
The oTinual sermon was pre
ached Wednesday at 11 o’clock
A. M. by the Rev. S. B. Thomp'
kins, pastor of the Efland Cir
cuit The Missionary Sermon was
preached Wednesday at 6:30 P.
M. by the Rev. M. C. Swann, pas
tor of Bethel A.MJ!. Church,
Greensboro.
Wednesday at 8 P. U. the Wel
come Program was rendered
with addresses by Mayor E. J.
Evans, behalf of the dty of Dur'
luun; C. C. Amey, behalf of St.
Joseph A.M.E. Church; Rev. S.
B. Perry, pastor of St. Mark
AME Zion Church, behalf of the
Ministerial Alliance; W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., president. North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany; Dr. A. Elder, president.
North (Molina College, behalf
of the Educational Institutions;
L. E. Austin, behalf of the Dur
ham Business and Professional
Chain; J. S. Stewart, secretary-
treasurer. Mutual Savings and
Loan Association, behalf of the
Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs.
Music for the Wednes^y
evening program was ftimlshed
by the St. Joseph Senior Choir
with a solo by Miss Barbara
Ray. The benediction was pro
nounced by the Rev. J. D. Davis,
Presiding Elder of the Durham
District.
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BILLY GRAHAM'S CRUSADE
SILENT ON RACE POLICY
ASHEVILLE
The most unusual thing about
the current controversy over the
policy of racial participation in
the Billy Graham Crusade
which began here last Sunday is
the fact that those ofiBclals in
charge of thee two-weeks long
revival meeting, including Billy
Graham himself, have absolute
ly refused to issue a public state
ment on its i>olicy toward pos
sible Negro participation. The
fact that they will not make pub
lic their policy, whether right or
wrong, brands them as religious
cowards and guilty of the rank
est kind of hypocrisy and de
ceit. II
In spite of all that we think
and know is wrong with the so
cial thinking of Jimmy Brynes
and Herman Talmadge, nobody
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Raleigh Native Mam Speaker For
Shaw University Founder's Day
RALEIGH
Dr. John P. Turner of Phil
adelphia will be the principal
speaker on the occasion of
Shaw University’s 88th an
niversary celebration Friday,
November 20, when Annual
Founder’s Day exercises will
be held.
Dr. Turner is a native of
Raleigh. He attended the pub
lic schools of Raleigh, and
Shaw University, graduating
from the Shaw Leonard Med
ical School in 1906.
Dr. Turner has traveled in the
principal cities of Europe for
Hospital Management and Tech
nique. He was medical inspector
of the Philadelphia Public
Schools for 18 years and Police
Surgeon in Philadelphia for 21
years. He has been recipient of
the following honors: The LL.D.
degree (honorary, Shaw Univer
sity in 1S34; the “Distinguished
Service Award” for outstanding
service In medicine and surgery
in 1936 by the National Medical
Association; The Pyramid Club
of Philadelphia, “Meritor ius
Award”; 1051 Alumni Award
from Shaw University.
He has written significant
treatises on “Ringworm and it’s
Successful ’Treatment.” "The Ne
gro in Medicine” and “The
Drinking Driver a Menance.”
Currently he has staged a one
man campaign in Philadelphia
to help curb'drug consumption.
Founder’s Day services will
begin at 10:00 a. m. when the
student body, faculty, staff,
alumni and friends will form
around the grave of Dr. Henry
Martin Tupper, founder and
president of Shaw, and pay tri
bute to his memory. Miss Clara
Jean Harrison, a junior of Gas
tonia, and “Miss Shaw” for
1053-54 will place the customary
wreath on the grave of the
founder. The stnnual exercises
are set for 11:00 a. m. in Univer
sity Qhurch.
A luncheon will take place in
the University dining hall at
.12:30 p. m. and at 2:00 p'. m. tthe
National Alumni Executive
Board will meet in the Greenleaf
Auditorium.
Last Rites For
J. E. Itarrington
DURHAM
Last rites for John Emory
Harrington, 52, were held at St.
Mark A. M. E. Zion Church,
Thursday, October 29 at 2 P. M.
with the Rev. S. P. Perry, pas
tor, officiating.
Mr. Harrington was stricken
suddenly with a heart attack at
7:30 a. m. Monday, October 26
on the comer of Fowler and Me-
bane Streets.
He resided at 410 Saint Joseph
Street with his wife, Mrs. Eva
Harrington and has been employ
ed at McDougald Terrace, Dur
ham’s new housing project.
He was bom in Chatham
County, the son of the late Wil
liam Harrington and Mrs. Mar
tha Harrington. He was a mem
ber of St. Mark for over twenty
years.
Surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Martha J. Gilchrist of Nor
folk, Virginia; Mrs. Flossie Tor-
ain of Durham, and Mrs. Rom
B. Branch of Durham. One step-
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PRIOS TEN CENTS
I. C. Walker,
Oldest Virginia
Barrister, Dies
GLOUCESTER, Va.
Funeral services for Thomas
C. Walker, believed to have been
Virginia’s oldest practicing at
torney and the oldest alumnus of
Hampton Institute, were sche
duled to be held last Monday,
Nov. 9 at the Bethel Baptist
Church of. Sassafras near here.
Walker died at Dixie Ho^ital
Thursday, Nov. 5. A native and
lifelong resident of Gloucester
County, he was 91.
A graduate of ^ Hampton
class of 1813, Atty. Walkerjiad
been a staunch supporter of the
institution in the 70 years fol
lowing tiis graduation. He has
contributed many' gifts to the
college, some of them as high as
$1,000, in addition to the estab
lishment of two scholarsiiip
funds of $1,000 each in meuioiy
of his two wives.
The first schoiarsiijp ^as
set up in 1951 ana .3 eail__ th
Mrs. Ellen Young Walker Me
morial Fund in memory of h-.
second wife who died that ye^...
Anotiier fund was establis.icj
the following year for his first
wife, Mrs. Annie A. Walker who
oicd in 1912.
Walker served as president of
the national Hampton Alumni
association and at his death was
a memi>er of the executive com
mittee of that organization.
He has been honored on seve
ral occasions by the college. In
1952, he was iionored and liis
portrait presented at commence
ment exercises.
Atty. Walker was admitted to
the Virginia bar in 1886 and
continued to practice until he
was hospitalized a month ago.
Advised of Walker’s death
President Alonzo Moron of
Hampton, issued the following
statement:
“Hampton Institute regrets
the loss of Mr. T. C. Walker, a
graduate of the class of 1883.
Mr. Walker was very active in
the National Hampton Alumni
Association during his lifetime
and supported in many ways
causes and influencing the grow
th of the college.r.Mr. Walker
has been a successful practicing
lawyer in the Commonwealth of
Virginia for more than half a
century and has made for him
self many friends, regardless of
race or color.”
Atty. Walker is survived by
two daughters^ Miss Eloise Wal
ker of Gloucester, and Miss
Grace Walker of New York
who is a field r^resenUtive
with the National Recreation As
sociation.
DeVane Named
To Fayetteville
Trustee Board
FAYETTEVILLE
North Carolina’s goventor
William B. Umstead recently
announced the re-appolntment
of three mccnkr^S of Board ot
Trustees of the Fayetteville
Stote Teachers College and the
naming of Mtx others. John H.
Cook, Fayetteville attorney, was
r«-appointed to the ChalnoaB-
ship of the board, a pocttioa
which he has held since he wm
appointed in 1041 upon the death
of his tether, H. U Cook. ‘Tte
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