Members of the dance class of the Branch ¥. W. C. A. of Danville, Virginia are shown here with their
instructor, Mias M. Hitt.
ORANGE COUNTY WINS COVf ED
RUIiAL PROGRESS AWARD
GREENSBORO
Orange County was named
this week “County of Year” lor
1953 in the annual North Caro
lina Rural Progress Campaign
with special reference to Ne
groes. It was a clean sweep lor
the county in that a lew weelis
(jrfgQ^the same community won
^ut in* the general campaign, for
both white and colored, using
the same criteria.
The announcement, released
this week by Dr. W. E. Reed,
dean of the School of Agricul
ture at A and T College and
chairman ol the state evaluating
committee, stated 4n part, “The
spirit, complete working under
standing and concern ol all wor
kers, both white and colored, for
the total program, represent one
of the most unique approaches
to the development and progress
in agriculture, lamily living,
public education, church and
community development that we
have ever seen in this state”.
A total ol 410 Negro farm
families out of a possible 570
participated in a special 16-
point program designed to im
prove farm, lamily, neighbor
hood, conununity and country
production and income. These
improvements ranged Irom seed
ing, both permanent and tempo
rary, pastures, improving live-
-Meck'^lierds, better and scienti
fic practices in crop production,
to better lamily clothing pro
grams, housing and community
improvement and development.
Seventy-eight conununity lea
ders assumed the responsibility,
in close cooperation with such
agencies as: Farmers Home Ad
ministration, Agricultural Sta
bilization Cooperation, Soil Con
servation Service, Production
Credit Association, State. Ebcten-
sion Service, Vocational Agri
culture and Home Economics
Teachers, Orange County Minis
terial Alliance, public schools,
public health department, Farm
Bureau and Rural Electrifica
tion, to carry this 16-point pro
gram to the farm families. Four
hundred and ten families made
one or more improvements un
der the program. The county
had a total of 35 “Honor Fami
lies”. those who cooperated in
every phase of the 16-point pro
gram ol this number, 14 were
Negro families.
Considered outstanding in tiie
Orange County campaign was
the fact that the program was
unilormly supported on a bi-
racial level.
The awards of 91,000 for the
general campaign lor all races,
given by Dr. Clarence Poe, Pro
gressive Farmer, Gordon Gray,
president, University ol North
Carolina and North Carolina
Newspaper organization, and
?500 lor the Negro phase, given
also by Dr. Poe, who will be pre
sented at a joint celebration to
be held at the county courthouse
on Thursday evening, February
25.
Protestant Churches OpiMse Rule
Or Ruin School Program In South
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Protestant churches in this
state -have declared in a Jolntc
resolution that South Carolina
must “maintain its ppblic school
system unimpared” regardless ol
how the Supreme Court rules
on school segregation.
The statement, addressed to
state legislative and administra
tive oUicials, was adopted last
week by the South Carolina
Fellowship ol Churches and the
South Carolina Division ol the
Southern Regional Council.
fn another section ol the
forthcoming Supreme Court de
cision “peacelully and in good
faith.”
A similar statement, adopted
earlier by the Virginia Council
of Churches’ executive commit
tee, expressed dread of the con
sequences should its sister state
of South Carolina turn over the
public school system to private
operators to avoid following a
Supreme Court directive to stop
school segregation.
Surveying the situation in its
own state, the Virginia church
council requested that "what
ever adjustments should be
necessary” in Virginia when the
Supreme Court rules on school
segregation, be made “in accor
dance with Christian princi
ples.” The council’s committee
of Christian social relations
urged local communities in Va.,
to set up interracial committes
“to discuss the matter and to pre
pare their communities to accept
adjustments in a Christian
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Last month, the Texas council
of chiiTche* adopted a resolution
asking all Protestants in Texas
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Supreme Court makes on school
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The statement, adopted at the
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Charlotte Plans
NAACP Drive
CHARLOTTE
Plans were made for a city
wide membership drive to
gin here soon by the city chap
ter of the NAACP, at its regular
monthly meeting Saturday, iFeb.
13 at the Bethlehem Center.
Some 100 persons attended
the meeting and heard a pledge
for an all-out effort from Dr.
Roy S. Wyim, newly elected
chairman of the executive com
mittee.
Kelly M. Alexander, execu
tive secretary of the organiza
tion, submitted a report to the
group on the 'recent state and
legitJ meetings of the NAACP.
In addition to the election of
Wynn as chairman of the execu
tive committee, Jacob Thompson
was elected.
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as co-ch4fnnan of the executive
committee and Mn. U. S. Brooks
was named secretary to the
committee.
P.T.A. Congress
Releases Dates
For Woriohops
RALEIGH
The second annual sectional
winter workshc^s sponsored by
the N. C. Congress of Colored
Parents and Teachers will be
held as follows:
February 20, JOHNSON C.
SMITH UNIVERSITY, CHAR
LOTTE; February 27, STATE
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and direction for local units
throughout the State. J. R. Hen-
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