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Here are scenes of the hlchllKhts of the dedication ceremony
of the Masonic Tempie held here last Thursday. Top right shows
from left to rlyht W. A. Clement, chairman of the jprogram com
mittee, Grand Master G. D. Carnes who officiated at the laying: of
the cornerstone; Bev. B. Irvine Boon^ Clarli Brown, Drauty
Grand Master; George Moore, Grand Treasurer; Bishop H. B.
Shaw of the A. M. E. Zion Chuch and Bev. Simon.
Top right, Mrs. Ellen Land, Matron of Dmciila Eastern Star
Lodge and Mrs. Leila C. Blacic, Matron of Prospect Eastern Star
Lodge. Bottom right Dr. Marshall Shepard, pastor of Mount
Olivet Baptist Church, Philadelphia and Becorder of Deeds of
Philadelphia, who delivered the principal address.
Center shows part of the parade. Bottom right Grand Master
Carnes greets Mayor E. J. Evans. In the background is President
Alfonso Elder of North Carolina College. At extreme right Is
Grand Treasurer Moore.
William Pickens Passes
NOT FOR
PUBLICATION
Miss Geneva Mebane, well-
known business woman and
resident of 612 Dunbar Street,
is planning a trip to Europe
this summer. £xact date ol her'
departure has not been an
nounced yet.
Two young men at N. C. Col
lege were recently dismissed
from the school for slapping
young women. Is the admin
istration changing its policy
on cruelty to women? It will
be recalled that two faculty
members were recently the
town’s tails on accoupt of beat
ing their Wives. They are still
at N. C. College, although one
of them is reported to have
been advised that lus contract
will not be renewed for next
year. It is reported that one of
them will be employed on the
faculty at Spelman College in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Wheh' is a graduate sohool
not a graduate school? Beports
have it that members of the
graduate school at N. C. Col
lege have their tongues In their
cheeks. There is only one stu
dent in the entire graduate de
partment and the faculty mem
bers are drawing big fat salary
checks for doing nothing. Tm
the student Is the saqte one
who was paid a salary to en
ter the graduate department
last year.
N. C. College faculty in
structors are not the ozily
members of Durham’s high
society accused of wife beat-
ig. There is a very, very prom
inent businessman who also
has an occasional free-for-all
with his spouse. It’s not for
publication but the ’TIMES is
having a hard time keeping the
story under wraps. Yes the
couple are Fayetteville Street
residents.
What happened when the
fire insurance on the Few
Gardens and the McDougald
Terrace was dished out that
narry a single Negro Insur
ance firm was known to have
been in on the deal? That la
narry one of them that la
known to the public. It Isn’t
for publication but big slices
of fire insurance are written
privately in Durham which
means that big hunks of com
mission are divided, privately
of course, while bona fide in
surance agencies are left oat
in the cold.
We can’t print the full story
yet but there was some tall
maneuvering and slick moves
made. by the master mind at
N. C. Mutual to hand that in
vitation to the President. Like-
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Miss Louise M. Latham, dean
of women at N.C. College, was
among a select group of deans
Of women who rfitted Mrs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower at the
White House recently. Miss La
tham and two of her associates,
Mrs. A. F. Garris and Mrs. H. E.
McCree, were in Washington at
tending the 34th annual con
vention of the National Associ
ation of Deans of Women.
Miss Latham is a native of
Raleigh, and a graduate of Shaw
University there. Prior to join
ing the North Carolina College
staff in 1948, she was assistant
dean of women at Howard Uni
versity in Washington, D. C.
]^lans Set For
Youth Seminar
In Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C.
According to the office of the
Rev. Wendell C. Somerville,
executive «cci:epry el the Lott
Carey Baptist Foreign Mission
Convention, Washington, D. C.,
preliminary plans have been set
for the forthcoming Youth Semi
nar, June 28-July 4.
The purpose of the seminar,
as stated by Dr. Somerville, is
to give these youth a world
wide view of current problems;
to offer a Christian approach
and technique in- meeting thes»
world problems; and to create
and awaken in these youth a
sense of responsibility as Chris
tians. The theme of ttie seminar
is; "Christian Youth Facing
World Problems."
The seminar will point the
way to careers in the many
fields of missionary services
such as, agriculture, education,
social work, medicine, nursing
and the ministry.
Youth from several states and
the District of Columbia, also
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Noted Champion
Of Negro Rights
Dies At Sea
NEW YORK
Plans for a memorial service
for William Pickens await the
return of his widow, Mrs. Minnie
Pickens, aboard the S. S. Maure
tania. The fopntt NAACF- otOr
cial died at sea aboard that ship
on April 6 off Kingston, Jamai
ca. He was buried at sea. Death
struck as he was returning from
a Caribbean cruise accompanied
by Mrs. Pickens.
Informed of the death of his
former associate, Walter White,
executive secretary of the Na
tional Association for the. Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
said tliat "American democracy
has lost a valued fighter in the
death of Dean Pickens.”
Dean Pickens was field secre
tary and director of branches of
the NAACP from 1920 through
1942 when the United States
Treasury Department sought his
aid in the promotion of the sale
of war bonds.
In paying tribute to Dean
Pickens, Mr. White called him
“a brilliant scholar and one of
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Ushers Prep For Midyear
Session At Creedmoor
|~Pintenit
For Thirty-On0 Years The Outstanding Weekly Of The CaroHnas
Entered aa Sacond Claa* Mattar at the Peat Offle* at Durham, Narth Ot^Iiaa, uidM Aat af Marafe S, ISIt.
VOLO(WE 31—NUMBER H DUBHAM, NOBTH CAROLINA, SATVRDAX, APRIL 17, 1>54
pBica It
Masons Silent On
Complaint Of Shriners
Rocky Mount
Minister To
Deliver Sermon
CREEDMOOR
More than 1,000 persons,
consisting of officers, del
egates and visitors are ex~
pected here Sunday, April 25
when the 30th annual Mid
year Session of the Interde
nominational Ushers Associa
tion convenes at the (3. C.
Hawley High School.
Plans have been in process
for sometime by the local
committee and according to
Theodosia Landis, president
of the Granville Ushers TJn-
i«i, everything is in readinests
to entertain the meeting.
The session is scheduled to
to get under way promptly at
noon and will be presided over
by L. E. Austin, President,
when the session will be or
ganised and various commit
tees appointed. Dinner will
be served in the cafeteria at
1 P. M.
Following the dinner the
session proper will begin at 1:30
Masons Ask For
More Time To
Answer Charges
CHICAGO
Thurgood Marshall, counsel
for the NAACP and also chief
counsel for Dr. F. C. Rogan,
Grand Master and M. W. Prince
Hal) Grand Lodge of Illinois,
again appeared in Judge Walter
J. LaBuy’s Federal District
Court on Friday, assisted by
Benjamin G. Clanton, intending
to ask the court to vacate an or
der entered on April 5. The
court on April 5, entered an or
der permitting the Grand Lodge
and Dr. Rogan to file motions
for dismissal and hearing on mo
tion was set for Tuesday, April
13.
Judge LaBuy was not sitting
and Mr. Marshall stated that Dr.
Rogan and the Grand Lodge had
abandoned intention and efforts
to dismiss the Shriners’ com-
{^aint. Instead, Mr. I^rshall
i^t9 that they would ask the
court for time to answer the
complaint and seek a short date
for hearing on the merits of the
pase.
The Shriners were represent
ed by attorney William R. Ming,
Jr., and Levi H. Morris, imperial
legal advisor of the Shrine. Dr.
Rogan was not present in court
and could not be reached for
comment as to his intentions re
garding revocation of the edict
against the Shriners in Illinois.
Present was Dr. Raymond E.
Jackson, one of the plaintiffs,
and Imperial Potentate of the
Shrine, who reiterated his de
termination to protect and main-
the autonomy, sovereignty and
independence of the Shrine Or
der.
In a further interview. Dr.
Jackson declared that the
Shrine tuberculosis and cancer
research foundation which an
nually contributes large grants
to hospitals and also fellowships
and other emergency contribu
tions was being ^ seriously
jeopardized.
Tills was mainly true because
the edict which Grand Master
Rogan issued along with several
other Grand Masters, forbid and
spe^fi(^y prohibit individual
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BEV. W. L. MASON
P. M. with reports being taken
from the various units of the
association, for the Oxford Or-
phanage and Educational cam
paign.
Highlighting this year’s Mid
year session will be ■ sermon
at 3 P. M. by the Bev. W. L.
Mason, pastor of Saint James
Baptist Church In Rocky
Mount. Rev. Mason Is well-
known in North Carolina and
Is considered a preacher of
great power.
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CONTIiACIS lET FOli THREE
BUILDINGS AT N. C COllEGE
Plans for three new buildings
costing nearly $2 million, were
announced recently by North
Carolina College president Al
fonso Elder and William Jones,
business manager.
Bids in the amount of $476,
927.50 were receiyed for a new
commerce building which is ex
pected to be approved for early
construction. An additional $70,
000 will go into equipping the
building.
The commerce building is one
of three new structiures allotted
the college in permanent im
provement funds by the 1953
State Legislature.
Two other buildings for bi
ology and education will be
erected at f cost of more than
$1,200,000. Bids will be received
for the education bidlding at
the college ’Thursday, April 15,
according to Dr. Elder.
Westbrook Elevator Manufac
turing Company of Danville,
Va., was the only out-of-town
bidder to get a contract. The
building’s cost of $476,927.5 in
cludes an architect’s fee of $24,
863.50. Raymond A. Weelcs of
Durham is the architect. Presi
dent Elder said that over 39
firms participated in the bid
ding.
It was announced that a varia
tion of $84,130 existed between
the highest and the lowest bids
submitted for the general con
tract. Fourteen bidders sought
the general contract, eight were
in the nmning for the electrical
bidding, six for the plumbing,
seven for the heating and venti
lating, and four for the elevator
contract.
Commenting on the fact that
present estimates place the Com
merce building’s total cost
around $545,927.50, President
Elder said allowances could be
made for a margin of "upwards
of ;$50,000”.
. Dr. Elder explained that pos
sible funds saved in fluctuating
building costs in one building
would be transferable to other
buildings an# permanent im
provement projects. He said the
State had allowed the college
to use all of its permanent im-
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Here are the ruins of the Edwards and Jemi gan Funiitnre Store of Goldsboro where five per
sons are known to have died when an explosion t ook place in the heart of the business district Tues
day. The fifth victim whose body was found ear ly Tuesday morning was Miss Carrie C Judd
employee of the State Hospital for the insane.
The four other victims were white. Two other women, Mrs. Edmond Worrell and Miss Agnes
Graham, at first believed to have been victims of the explosion, were discovered elsewhere un
harmed.
Wrecked Building
Body One Negro
Bunche Opens
UNCF Campaign
For %m,\
NEW YORK
“In the realm of education we
are in a critical—and thrilling—
period of transition from an un
democratic pattern of segrega
tion to the democratic pattern
of full integration,” Dr. Ralph
J. Bunche, Principal Director,
Department of Trusteeship, Unit
ed Nations, told an overflow
audience at the opening of the
1954 United Negro College Fund
nationwide campaign held here
last week at the Hotel Plaza.
This year’s goal is $1,750,000,
the largest quota yet sought by
the Fund in support of its 31
member colleges.
“With regard to higher edu
cation,” Dr. Bunche declared,
“the Negro college,, with its
Interracial faculties and its
first step toward an interracial
study body, constitutes a sure
and sturdy bridge for the ad
vanced educational democ
racy.”
Speaking before a crowd of
some 700 persons, Dr. Bunche
shared the platform with Dr. M.
S. Davage, president of Huston-
Tillotson College, Austin, one of
the 31 instltuions which are aid
ed by the Fund. John W. Hanes,
National Campaign chairman,
presided.
Among the visiting dignitaries
were Dr. DeWitt T. Burton, na
tional vice-chairman, superin
tendent and founder, Wayne
Diagnostic Hospital, of Detroit,
Mich.; Hulan E. Jack, campaign
sponsor, Borough President of
Manhattan; Mrs. Louise Morris,
chairman for the third consecu
tive year of the Fund’s New
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M. C. MAR’HN
ille Bank
Head May Run
For Councilman
M. C. Martin, President of
the First State Bank, Danville,
Va. and lone Negro candidate
for the Danville City Council-
manic eleoWon in June. In
making the announcement for
his candidacy Mr. Martin had
the following to say:
My desire is simply to help
in maintaining a businesslike
and fair government for our
city. My service to my fellow
citizens here in Danville, if I
am elected, will be impartial
and conscientious.
I expect to advocate and
support the things that, after
I have been informed regard
ing as fully as possible, I think
are best for the city, and I
shall oppose as effectively as
I can the things that to me
seem not in the best public in
terest.
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Yields
Woman
Continue Search
For Other Victims
Of Tradgey
GOLDSBORO
The body of a Negro woman.
Miss Carrie CqUc Judd, a State
Hospital employee in Goldsboro,
was found in the Edwards and
Jernigan furniture building,
basement section, when a sud
den explosion reduced three of
the furniture store’s building to
rubble Tuesday afternoon.
« A Baieigh insurance commle-
sioner and his associates are
conducting a probe into the
cause of the disaster. For fear
that gas may have caused tke
explosion. Mayor Berkley ad
vised authorities not to tan
the supply on until inve«ti(a-
tors reach a dectsiea.
The Goldsboro fire chief made
the conjecture that the blaat
was caused by gas of some kind.
Other such explosions have oc-
cured during recent month* In
the city and were said to be
caused by leaks in the city's gaa
Other persons found in tke
debris were Mrs. Edmond
Worrell and Mias Agnes Gra
ham, Negro reaidents of Golda-
boro, who had reportedly goM
into the store to shop for mm»
furniture. The two weaaM
were found uninjared by tko
rescue squad.
William Waters, Negro, was
hospitalized Tunday after the
blast occurred. A rumor that tha
store manager had dynaotita
stored in the baaamoot was not
brought to light.