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Negro Insurarwe Association May Ask Eisenhower Speak Here
Teen-agers
Plans For
Rock ML
Interracial
Airy
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For Thirty-On« Yearu The OuUtanding Weekly Of The Carolina*
Entered m Second Claai Ifattor at the Poet Offloe mt Dnrluun, North OwoUna, under Aet ef Blareh t, 1S79.
VOLUME 31—NUMBER 8
DOBHAM, N. P., SATUBDAY. MjbtOH 87, i^»54
FBICK !• CENTS
DURHAM COUNTY'S
NEW SCHOOL
DISGRACEFUL
• Shown In the a^ve Pietura tel. 0. Funderburf, Cashier of the Mechanics and Fanners Branch
Bank, presentiu to Willard L .Harris, driver-salesman for the Dnrham Dtetrlbuting Company $250.00
In George Wi^lMton Carver and Booker T. Washington half-dollars. The local Comity, dbtrl
butors of Schllti Beer, will use the mone- *
Schlitz Brewlnt Companj h
at face value throuKhont the
^Pftny^ n-fTv M-
lue the money to nuking change for local retailers whom they service.
hM parclused $3,000,000 wortn of the coins and plans to distribute them
e United States.
A discussion of what many
considered of grave importance
was engaged in at the last meet
ing of the Durham Committee on
Negro Affairs held at the Algon
quin Club House here, Thurs
day March 11. It concerned the
erection of what many referred
to as a substandard elementary
school building for Negroes in
the southern part of the county.
When it was disclosed that
the new building would have no
auditorium and no cafeteria,., it
was consensus of opinion that
the time had come to seek re'
lief of this and other disgraceful
conditions in the federal courts.
It was pointed out that no coun
ty white school is without ^
cafeteria
that one
two auditoriums one for elemen
tary pupils and one for high
school pupils.
Although no definite action
was taken as to the actual filing
of a suit, it was disclosed that
the piater has already been
placed into the hands of attor-
neys and that as soon as the^
are given the go sign machinery
will be set in motion to begin
court action. As serious as the
situation is the Committee in
formed tho*! that everything
would be don>t to prevent bring
ing court actlim due to the large
amount of money that would
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YOUNG PEOPLE OF BOTH (ACES
TO PAKTICIPATE IN HISTORY-
MAKING EVENT; SPEAKR NAMED
A
DR. ALONZO O. MORON
Hamptonians
To l^t At
Brick School
SimHAM
The 14th annual meeting of
the North Carolina Region of
the Hampton Alumni Associa
tion will be held Saturday and
Sunday, March 27 and 28 at
Brick Rural Life School, Bricks,
N. C.
Among those expected to ap
pear on the program will be
Hampton’s President Alonzo G.
Moron, H. V. Brown of Golds-
afeate ii ycW people's organt-
nations of the town.
of National Hampton Alumni
Association, Neill A. McLean,
Director of Bricks Rural Life
School, A. R. Johnson, president
of Coastal Plains, Alimmi Chap
ter, and Robert Wood, president
of Charlotte Chapter.
Ooswell Brooks of Washing-
toiij p. C. National Alumni
president will lead a panel dis
cussion on “Alumni Services to
Hampton”. Other panel partici
pants are: Miss Lousetta James,
Weldon^ N. C., Miss Martha Rid
dick of Charlotte and William
Cooper of Greensboro. The
‘North Carolina Hamptonian of
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MT. AIRY
A discussion of what many
be interracial will open here
Sunday, March 28 and continue
through Sunday April 2. The re
vival is believed the first to be
planned and run entirely by
teen-agers in the iiistory of the
state. CertaiiUy it is tlie first
to be interracial.
The only adult that will have
anything to do with the services
will be Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn,
ctiaplain of Wake Forest Col->
lege, who will do the preaching.
Said Rev. R. C. Paulette, paa-
tor of the First Baptist Church,
where the revival meetings will
be conducted, they gave us a
terriffic jolt. We are as proud
as we can be of them.”
Cooperating in planning the
revival are around 30 students
from tiie Mt. Airy High School,
(white) and the J. J. Jones High
School, (Negro).
Joanne Palmer, chairman of
the group says the idea started
“right here at the school.” She
is a senior in the commercial de
partment of the school and chap
lain of her Tri-Hi-Y Club. Says
Joanne further, “We just
thought it would be a good
idea.”
Last summer Joanne and
some of her schoolmates attendi
ed a camp meeting held at Blue
Ridge and sponsored by the Tri-'
Hi-Y leaders. On return they
asked for support for the revival
from the Hi-Y-Club. They re-»
ceived immediate and enthusi->
astic encouragement and repr&*
sentatives of both clubs sought
counsel from the pastor of Cen*
tral Methodist Church, the Rev.
A. C. Waggoaar who has be^
From the J. J. Jones High
School Barbara Penn, a jimior,i
will bring her school’s glee club
for the opening session Sunday
evening. Barbara says she ex-^
pects a big turn-out from among
her school-mates.
The opening meeting will l>e
broadcast, but definite plans are
not fuHy^shape'd up 'yet for
broadcasting all of them. Not
only will the revival be interra
cial but interdenominational.
Young people representing Bap
tist, Methodist, Presbyterian,
Moravian and Protestant Episco
pal churches are cooperating to
make the meeting a success.
Negro Mtuont Cite Progm§
At the recent annual commu
nication of the Free and Accep
ted Masons, Prince Hall Affilia
tion, Jurisdiction of Noitt
Carolina, held in New Bern,
there was again brought into
focus the fact of the phenomenal
growth of the Order during the
past seven yean. This period
embraces the admlniatration of
Grand Master G. D. Carnes of
Wilmington.
The following significant sta
tistics were cited:
In 1947, the Benevolent De
partment showed cash on hand
in the amotmt of $4,007,22. This
same department, as of Novem-.
ber, 1953, reveals a net bal-
ance of $99,037.11. The present
total assets of the Grand Lodge
exceed $200,000 in properties,
cash, and U. S. Bonds, repre
senting an all-time record.
TO DEDICATE TEMPLE
The Grand Lodge last year ac
quired the $125,000 Temple on
Pettigrew street in Durham.
Plans are now complete for the
dedicatory ceremonies of this
facility on Thursday, April 8.
At this time thousands of Ma
sons from all over North Caro
lina will assemble in Durham
for these historic ceremonies.
DR. SHEPARD TO SPEAK
Principal address at the dedli
catory services will be delivered
by a distinguished native son, in
the person of Dr. Marshall Shep-^
ard, pastor of the Great Mt
Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Chur->
ch of Philadelphia, and Recorder
of Deeds of the same dty. Be
fore his election two yMrt ago to
To Dedicate
April 8tli
DR. MARSHALL SI
this highly important political
post In the city of Philadelphia,
Dr. Shepard had served for ten
years as Recorder of Deeds of
the District of Columbia.
Masons Support Orphanage
One of the major projects of
the Grand Lodge is that of the
support of the Colored Orphan->
age at Oxford. Evidence of the
support of the brotherhood la
noted in the fact that, in addi
tion to the over $10,000 sent to
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Andrea Burnette
Takes Second
Place In Contest
Miss Andrea Burnette, Hill
side High School senlor,^ won
second place honors in the divi
sion one typing contest held at
North Carolina CoUege last Fri-
day as part of the school’s third
annual Commercial Day Obseri
vance. ,
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Burnette of 622 Dun-^
bar St., Durham.
First Place honors in division
one went to Miss Norma Willii
ams of Mclver- High School,
Littleton. Miss Jean Alta McRae
of Booker T. Washington High
School, Reidsville, won third
place. Miss Burnette placed se
cond in the beginner's section
in 1953,
In division two, Mias Clau
dette Tucker of Booker T. Wash-
ington High School, Rocky Mt.,
received first place honors. Miss
Dorothy Jean Moore of C. M.
Eppes School, Greenville, S. Cj
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Farmer Slays Wife And Lover In Act
Love Tryst Ends In Death For
Young Couple In Granville
W. J. KENNEDY, JR.
W. J. Kennedy
Speaks To Two
High Schools
W. J. Kennedy, Jr., Durham
businessman, was the principal
speaker at the Garland H^h
School (Sampson County), Gtur-
land. North Carolina Sunday aft
ernoon, March 14. W. H. Hill is
principal of the school.
Mr. Kennedy was introduced
by E. M. Butler, Wilmington
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OXFORD
The love tryst of a Granville
County couple ended in death
here last week when the hus
band of the woman shot and
mortally wounded both while
they were making love on the
floor of an abandoned farm
liouse near hi» home in Tally
Ho Township.
Hess Evans, 52, the husband,
shot his 34 year old wife, Clara
Mae Evans and her lover James
(slim) Woody, woodsman,
Thursday afternoon around
three o’clock after he trailed
his wife to the farm house.
Woody is alleged to have driven
pass the Evans home in an auto
mobile and signaled with the
horn. The husband stated he
found the couple on the floor
when he looked through an open
window, shouted a warning to
Woody and then shot them both
with his pistol.
Mrs. Evans died Tuesday
March 19 around 3:20 A.M. The
funeral was held Monday March
22, Woody died around noon
Sunday, but funeral arrange
ments had not been completed
Wednesday morning.
In Recorders Court here Tues
day, Evans confessed to the
shooting and was released
$5,000 bond.
President May Be
Asked to Address
Insurance Meet
President Eisenhower may be
invited to speak here when the
National Negro Insurance Negro
Insurance Association holds its
holds its 34th annual session here
August 31 through Sept. 3, the
Carolina Times learned here
late Wednesday afternoon from
a reliable source.
' Although the Times informers
would give no additional infor
mation as to what possibilities
existed for securing the presi
dent to speak at the Association’s
annual meeting, it is believed
that there is every indication
that he may accept the invita
tion or its officials would not
have extended it.
The Association’s Commit
tee is meeting in Washington
this week and it is expected
that the invitation will be ex
tended at that time.
STUDENT NURSE AWARD WINNTTt—Mt— AllM Fnuiklta
Owens (above) of Meluurry Medieal Ceil^e, NaakvUle, Ten., was
winner of the recent contest for the Outstaadiag Nscse Awu4
eondacted by District Number Three of the TtiiBitm Asssrlatls*
of Student Nurses.
PRES. EISENHOWER, EDWARD
R. MURROW GET RUSSWURM
AWARDS FROM PUBLISHERS
President Dwight D. Eiaen-
hower and Edward R- Murrow,
CBS Radio and CBS Television
newscasters, are among the ten
recipients of the annual Russ-
wurm Awards, announced last
nig)}t by Dowdal H. Davis,
Chairman of the National News
paper Week Committee CMarch
14-20) and General Manager of
the Kansas City Call.
In a CBS Radio broadcast, Mr.
Davis named the winners select
ed by vote of member news
papers of the National News
paper Publishers Association.
The awards, for "outstanding
achievement in making possible
a richer conception of demo
cratic principles axid in tribnte
for upholding those highest tra
ditions considered as the ideai;>
of the American Way of Lite, '
went to:
President of the United Stales
Dwight D. Eisenhower; "for his
contribution to equality oi op
portunity in the armed iurces,
regardless of race, and £or uefi-
nitive action taken to end segre-
-gation in^ pla^pg nf pnhlir ac-
commodation in our nation's
capital.”
/. A. TARPLE
Tarpley Gets
LLD. Degree
From Wiley
GREENSBORO
J. A. Tarpley, supervisor of
education in the city schools of
Greensboro, received the honor
ary degree LL.D. at Wiley Col
lege, Marshall, Texas, yesterday
on the occasion of the Eighty-
first Anniversary of the Found
ing of that Institution. The de
gree was conferred by Dr. Ju
lius S. Scott, President of Wiley
College, of which Mr. Tarpley is
an alumus. The Founders’ Day
message was given by Dr. David
D. Jones of Bennett College, on
whose board of trustees Mr.
Tarpley now serves.
This honor came to Mr. Tar
pley because of his distinguished
and lengthy service in education
and civic affairs, particularly in
Greensboro where he has
given leadership for more than
twenty-five years. Although he
is known widely for his service
in the schools of North Carolina,
both on the secondary and col
lege levels, and his work with
professional organizations for
teachers, he has contributed
fundamentally to the organiza
tion and operation of several
Greensboro commimity agencies.
He was among the founders
of the Hayes-Taylor Y.M.C.A.
and has served that institution
as chairman of its board of
management for ten years. He
is also responsible in a large
way for {he development of the
Nocho Park and Windsor Com
munity Center which serve the
recreational needs of citizens of
Greensboro.
Mr. Tarpley holds earned de
grees from Wiley College and
the University of Michigan.
BUY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES TODAY
BENEFIT CAMP DAISY E. SCARBOROUGH
Edward R. Murrow, as “an un-
deviating champion of those
high principles of citizenship
and of true democracy that have
made the United States great.’*
Said Davis, “Through CBS Ra
dio and CBS Television, at
home and abroad, he has kept
men constantly reminded of
their duty to decency and to des
tiny.”
Theodore Berry,-for his work
as a member of the Cincinnati,
Ohio, City Council.
Dr. Rufus E. Clement, the first
Negro to hold a seat on the At
lanta, Ga., Board of Education
since Reconstruction days.
The Rt. Rev. Vincent Waters,
for his firm stand in eliminating
segregation in the Catholic
Church of Newton Grove, N. C.
The Legal Defense Depart
ment of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People for its work against
school segregation.
The U.S. Department of Jus
tice for its efforts to eliminats
segregation in schools and pub
lic places in Washington, D. C.
Roy Campanella, for his con
tribution to the field of q>orta
as an instrument for hiiilriing
good will.
Pvt. Courtney L. Stanley ol
Louisiana, for battlefield bra->
very.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Skward,
first Negro residents of thsi
Trumbull Park Homes ol Chi
cago, 111., “who have counga-
ously refused to be forced from
their home despite threats,
stoning, insults and the daagec
of physical injuiy offered b]^
fanatic white neighbors.”
On the broadcast, Julius J.
Adams, General Manager of tbs
New York Age, said Oiat John
B. Russwurm, editor ol the tint
Negro newqpaper. Freedom’s
Journal,, fouitded March 1C,
1827, “penned in his first edi
torial the fundamental truth
and statement at purpose** ot the
Negro press.
Russwurm wrote: "Tb* eivfl
rii^ts of the peo|te beiBg tto
greatest value. It slisll ever b*
eur duty to vindieate oar tosth-
I ren, when oppretsed; aod to lay
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