RECEIVES CARVER AWARD—Paul G. Hoffman, Chairman of the Board of the Studfbaker
Corp., Is an attentive Ustener to Mrs. Anne Arnold Hedgeman, assistant to the Mayor of New
York Qty, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where he received the 1953 Gold Award of the George
Washington Carver Memorial Institute for his contributions to the betterment of race relations and
human welfare. Attorney and Mrs. Grant Reynold* art Interested onlooken.
Last Rites Held At Mount Vernon Baptist Churcli
Monday For Well-Known Community Leader
Mrs. Nora Tuck Hughes was
born In Granville County, North
Carolina, and passed avtray on
Friday morning, January 15,
1954, after a period of Illness.
She was united in Holy Matri
mony with Benjamin Hughes on
City; three grandchildren, Mrs.
Thelma H. Bolden, John E. Hu
ghes, Jr., and Michael Lee Hu
ghes; one great granddaughter,
Jennifer Jean Bolden; one bro
ther, Ephriam Tuck, of Roxboro,
North Carolina; two daughters
in law, Mrs. Effie Lee Hughes of
Durham and Mrs. Bernice P.
Hughes of New York City and a
host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 3 P.M., at
the Mount Vernon Baptist Chur
ch, the Rev. E. T. Brown, Pas
tor, officiated. Interment was in
Beechwood Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were dea
cons George Powell, W. M. Da
vis, Ben F. Morris, T. L. Row
land, Charlie Cole and Theodore
Speight. Honorary pallbearers
were Deacons of Mount Vernon
Baptist Church. Floral bearers
were members of the Fellowship
Bible Class, PPastor’s Aid Club,
City Missionary Union, Domes
tic Club, and the Good Neigh
bors Club.
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Specialist, all of A. and T. Col
lege; and Dr. R. R. Bennett, To
bacco Specialist, State College.
Summary of the discussions
will be given by Dr. Frank H.
June 1, 1905. To tliis union wera
born six children, five of whom
survive.
The deceased was a faithful
member of the Mount Vernon
Baptist Church for forty-eight
years and lived a consistent
Christian life. She was a true
Missionary and affiliated her
self with the Missionary efforts
of the church. She was an active
member of the Durham City
Missionary Union, President oi
the Pastor’s Aid Club, President
Emeritus of the Fellowship
the Elizabeth Missionary Grom;,
member of the Domestic Club,
and the Good Neighbors Club.
Surviving are her husband,
Benjamin Hughes; five ch4Jidren,
Mrs. Mary H. Pamplin, Miss
Morgainie Hughes of New York
Estate of Annie Barbee Xhorpe
Executor’s Notice to Creators
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of the Estate of Annie Barbee
Thorpe, late of Durham County,
North Carolina, this is t« notiiy
all person's having claims again
st 'the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to the undersigned
at 509 Price Street, Durham,
North Carolina, on or before
the 16th day of January, 1955, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
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1954.
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Wake Agent; B. T- McNeill,
assistant County Agent; Mrs. B,
M. Edwards, Home Demonstra
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Wimberley, assistant Home -De
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T. R.'s Trophies
By Bodyguard
NEW YORK
James E. Amos, the valet and
bodyguard of Theodore Roose
velt for more than ten years,
willed three case loads of tro
phies and souvenirs once belong
ing to T. R. to the Theodore
Roosevelt Museum. Amos also
left his widow, Annie Amos,
$20,000, according to the will
filed this week in Queens Suro-
gate Court.
A retired special agent for the
FBI, Amos died last December
26th in his Jamaica, Long Island
home. He started his career as
valet and later bodyguard to
President Theodore Roosevelt.
He entered the Federal Bureau
0(f Investigation in 1921 on his
boss, recommendation and was a
special agent until he retired
last October.
Among the case loads of
Roosevelt trophies as willed by
Amos to the museum, were big
game trophies from Africa, rid
ing crops used by T. R. in his
Rough Rider days, a billy” he
carried when police commission
er of New York and a half a do
zen “big sticks” sent by admir
ers.
Lillian Carlson
Hillside Speaker
YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO
Lillian Carlson, admissions
counselor for Antioch College in
Ohio, will speak iwith interested
seniors at the Hillsid^. «jtfigh
School on Friday, ^January 29th.
Mrs. Carlson will describe the
Antioch academic .program and
discuss the study-plus work
plan, through which students re
ceive credit toward graduation
for full-time employment in
their field of concentration.
Teachers Hold
Regular Meet
InRoxboro
ROXBORO
The Local Unit of the North
Carolina Tebchers’ Association
held its regular monthly meet
ing Thursday evening in the
Person County High School Au
ditorium.
The Classroom Teachers Di
vision discussed the following as
would be ways and means of
making the meeting more inte
resting, meaningful, and help
ful for each teacher: School
Legislation, A More Significant
Program Through Films, and
Active Participation by Each
Member.
The group then discussed The
Mason Bill HRS 180 which is
now before Congress. This bill
introduced by Mrs. Fountain,
Chairman of the Legislative
Committee of the Local Unit,
deals with equal tax treatment
for all retired people. A great
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bill works and some questions
and answers on its provisions
was carried on by this group.
After getting a thorough under
standing of the provisions of the
bill, each person then impower-
ed the ^legislative Conunittee to
write our Representative and
State Senator; urging them to
vote favorably for the passage of
this bill. The meeting adjourned
with everyone feeling that the
meeting was well worth the
time.
APEX NEWS
Ape^ Newt
On Monday night December
28 the Mt. Olive Lodge No. 36
of Chapel HiU had its third year
Christmas Banquet at the Com
munity Center in Chapel Hill.
The table was well decorated
and for the menu garden peas,
fried chicken, potato salad,
strawberry short cake. 250 peo
ple witnessed this great affair
with visitors present.
On Dec. 23 Mr. and Mrs.
George Harris and daughter of
Apex and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Farrar and family of Apex spent
their holidays in Philadelphia at
the home of Miss Sadie Harris
and sister. On Xmas day, the re
mainder of the family came over
and they are as follows; Mr.
and Mrs. Elmo Richardson, and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pal
mer and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Harris and family and Mr.
Charlie Gean Harris, all of New
Jersey.
Flowers For Mrs. Thnrgood Marsluifl
France* Warren, pretty Calvert Distiller* leeretary (left) present*
flower* to Mr*. Thurgood Mar*hall, wife of the legal defense director
of the NAACP whil* Joseph Makel, potolic relations director of Calvert
(center) and Arthur Spingarn, president of the NAACP, applaud. The
occasion wa* a dinner In New York to Thurgood for hi* effort* on the
*egregatlon ca*e*.
Prayer was led by Mr. G. C.
Harris before the Xmas tree was
undressed after which dinner
was served. Pictures were taken.
Saturday afternoon the family
left for Jersey City. They also
visited friends in New York
City. Monday night they return
ed to Philadelphia and
Tuesday morning they left for
home. The trip was wonderful.
The funeral of Mr. William
Odell Farrar ot Apex Rt. 3 who
died on Friday night Jan. 8 in
Duke Hospital, was held on
Tuesday afternoon Jan. 12 at
Holland Chapel AMEZ Church
with the Rev. N. D. McClain (A-
ficiating. Burial followed in the
Church cemetary.
He left a wife, 4 boys, 5 girls,
2 sisters, 5 brothers, a mother
and 2 aunts.
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