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VOLUME 30—NUMBER 44
DURHAM, N.C^ SA^RDAY, OCT. 9, 1954
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Durham Business Chain To Celebrate Annual Trade Week 23-30
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SnUNT REBOUON EHS
Norfley Whitted To Head List Of
Popular Announcers For All-Negro
Radio Station; Opans October 15th
NEW BADIO STATION—
With an all Negro' per
sonnel Durham’s newest radio
station, WSRC will go on the
air here Friday morning, Oct
ober 15 at five o’clock, it was
' announced here Wednesday
atternoon by John C. Greene,
Jr., owner. For the past sev
eral weeks officials and tech
nicians have been busy pre
paring for the opening wnich
IS expected to be hignly re
ceived by the large listening
audience in this section of the
state.
in an interview with Mr.
Greene here Tuesday, the
'I'unes was told that Citation
WtiHC will operate on a fre
quency of 1410 kilocycles,
lUUU watts, giving it a listen
ing audience witnin a radius
ot 100 miles. Mr. Greene
jthat th^ management
has gone to great expense in
providing the station with the
latest and best equipment po^
sible. “Kvery piece of it is
new,” )|e stated and the
studios are the largest and
most modern in this entire
section. The Hoot «psee is
composed of 4,000 ft. '
I^jx. Green stated further
that the station has gone to
great length in securing some
of the best announcers and
jockeys in the two Caro-
linas. Among them are Nor-
tley Whitted, who for the past
15 years has been on the staff
of WDNC; W. D. Ford of
Columbia, South Carolina,
formerly with Station WAAA
in Winston-Salem; Willie
. Jackson, formerly with Sta
tion WKMT, Kings Mountain,
and Frank Graham, formerly
with WCHL, Chapel HiU.
Graham is a graduate of the
RCA Radio School in New
NORFLEY WHITTED
York. ^
The nbw station will offer
a variety of programs from
five in the morning until six
in the evening, seven days a
week. Eve^ Sunday from
eleven imtil 12 one of the
leading Negro churches of the
eity win featured. Bv«ry
weekday morning the pro
gram will open with a 15-
minute devotion service, con
ducted by a local minist^.
Mr. Greene also stated that
the station will offer ev^
type of program, including
leading sports events such as
footbaU, baseball and basket
ball games that will be broad
cast for the entertainment of
the Negro listening public in
this area.
Next week the Carolina
Times will carry a full cover
age of the opening, with pic
tures and a detailed accoimt
of tiie officials, personnel and
equipment.
North Carolina To Vote On New
Amendments In November Election
RALEIGH
North CaroUnans will vote
November 2 on live proposed
amendments to the State Con
stitution.
The first one would authorize
the General Assembly to pro
vide for recalling retired su
preme court justices to flU
temporary vacancies caused by
Mness or other emergencies.
The second would authorize
,.tlie General Assembly to create
a board of paroles and confer
upon it the authority to grant,
revoke and terminate paroles
which Is now exercised by the
Governor.
The third would limit to one,
the number of State Senators
from any one county.
The fourth would reduce
from iour months to 30 days,
the time a voter must reside In
a precinct before becoming
eligible to vote.
The fifth would permit the
Governor, In filling a vacancy
in the executive or Judicial de
partments, to appoint a person
to serve the balance of the un-
explred term U that term Is to
expire on the-first day of Jan.,
nfter the next general election.
Under existing statute! re
tired supreme court Justices be-
coma emergency superior court
juaticM and may b« oallad on
to hold terms of superior court.
There 4s no existing authority
to recall them for duty on the
supreme court.
The amendment creating a
parole board would terminate
the Governor’s upwer of grant
ing, terminating and revoking
paroles after July 1, 1955.
Under present laws, it is per
missible for one county to have
two or more senators. The ef
fect of the proposed amend
ment would be to prevent any
one county from having more
than one senator in the General
Assembly at any given time,
whetl^er the county alone com
poses a. senatorial district or
whether it Is combined with
other counties In such a district.
In making appointments ac
cording to existing statutes, the
governor’s appointee to fill a
vacancy can hold office under
the appointment only until the
next regular election. At this
next regular election, any per
son seeking the office In ques
tion must run for election for
the period of time between the
election and the end of the term
to which the person vacating
the office was originally elected
and must also run for a regular
term to commence at th« and of
that ahort term.
Durham Banker
in Address To
New Farmers
ATLANTA, Ga.
Dr. J. H. Wheeler, president
of the Mechanics and Fanners
Bank, Durham, N. C., legal ad
visor and churchman, delivered
the main address for the second
session of the New Farmers of
America Convention which
held its 20th Jfational Conven
tion here September 27-Oct. 1.
Using as hjs subject, Open
Your £]/es and See What
America Is, WJieeler asserted,
‘"To Some of us America is tl)
“The land of the free and the
brave; (2) to others, it is a
land o^ plenty, with unlimited
resources; (3) to some others,
it has been and always will be
the land of opportunity.
The speaker raminded bis
audience, predominantly made
up of young people, that they
must "thrill to the singing of
‘America’ and particularly to
the first stanza—From every
mountainside let freedom ring.”
He said that the founding
fathers fought and died that the
torch of freedom migiiht b^for-
ever held high by those loving
liberty more than life.
Dr. Wheeler, quoting thei
closing words of Lincoln’^
Gettysburg address to the effect
"that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of
freedom and that government
of the people, by the people,
and for the people shall not
perish from the earth,” urged
the Future, Farmers of America:
to open their eyes and see the
solemn duty to make any
necessary sacrifice “to uphold
the American heritage of free-:
dom and justice for all.”
In speaking of America as a
land of plenty, the Durham
banker said that even the citi
zens of this country are amazed
at the extent to which it is the
land of plenty. He stated that
America owns three-fourths of
the world’s automobiles, one^
half the radios, one-half of the
world’s supply of rubber and
produced in its factories in,
1053 a gross national product
valued at $370 billon dollars.
Giving statistical measure
ment of America’s wealth as
evidence of its being a land of
plenty. Dr. Wheeler reminded
the yoimg farmers that all of
this is a challenge to the young
mind “to master techniques and
develope the skills thru which
we may continue to Increase the
productive capacity of our na
tion.
Dr. Wheeler in the third div
ision of his speech stressed
America as a land of opportun
ity. He said t^ should be appar
ent to all. In this, there is
ground for renewed hope that we
have ample opportunity for the
development of our talents.
The speaker, however, em
phasized that racial segregation
imposes a great social problem
upon our country. He reminded
that "the extant to which we are
See Dnrhan. Page S
DR. R(»ERT P. DANIEL DR. B. C. TURNER
The Conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grant Col
leges will hold its 23rd annnal session October 19-21, at the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, here in the
nation’s capitol, it has been announced by Dr. R. B. Atwood,
president of Kentucky State College and secretary of the
Conference.
Key officers of the conference are Dr. Robert P. Daniel,
Virginia State College at Petersburg, president; Dr. B. C.
Turner, South Caroli^ State College, Orangeburg, S. C.
PARADE AND NEW TEACHERS
RECEPJPTOFEATURE CHAIN'S
Last Rites Held
For Nis. Susie
Christinas Wed.
Funeral ajrvices for Mrs.
Susie Rene Ohristmas were held
at the * White Rock Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock. The pastor, Rev. M.
M. Fisher officiated. Mrs.
Co-Chairman of the Trade
Week Committee, F. B. McKls-
sick and H. W. (Lillis, an
nounced today that The Dur^
ham Business and Professional
Chain would conduct the 1054
Trade Week activities October,
23 through 30.
The theme for the week will
be “Intergration and Business.
A public meeting will be held
during Trade week at which
time citizens from the com
munity are Invited to discuss
how Intergration will affect
the Negro business man.
Trade Week activities will
begin on October 23, the date
of the Ndrth Carolina College
Homecoming with a joint spon^
sored parade by the North
Carolina College Alumni Asso
ciation and the Chain.
A contest to select a Miss
Trade Week and a Talent Night
Program, which the public is
invited to attend, will be held at
the W. D. Hill Recreation Cen
ter at 8 P.M.. October 28, 1954.
The Chain will among its ac
tivities sponsor a banquet
honoring the new teachers of
the City of Durham, Including
thoM in the City and County
^systems.
MRS. SUSIE CHRISTMAS
Christmas died Saturday at
Duke Hospital following a long
period of declining health.
Mrs. Christmas, the daugh
ter of Henry and Pattie Faulcon,
was born May 25, 1804 in
Littleton. On Nov. 29, 1910,
she was married to the late Rev.
Marcus G. Christmas. The
couple moved to Durham in
1926.
Surviving are four sons:
Lewis T. of Charlotte, connecti
ed with the State Employment
Service; Marcus G. Christmas,
Jr., of Wilmington, Del.; Joseph
A., Assistant to the governor of
the Virgin Islands; and Ste
phen G. who is with the Civilian
Rehabilitation Commission on
Rubus Island, Okinawa.
Also surviving are three
daughters: Mrs. Jochebed Lo
cust, teacher In the County
School syitem; Mrs. Rebecca
Weatherford, who is a part-time
instructor In Mathematics at
tha North Carolina College and
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Rioters Return To Classes
When School Board And
Police Take Over Matters
Fire Prevention
Week Now In
Full Swing
NBW YORK
October 3-9 marlcs the 35th
annual observance of Fir^ Pre
vention Week throughout the
nation. During the week public
attention will be directed to the
ev^-increasing need for great-,
er fire safety and pibtection.
Again, as in previous years, the
National Board of Fire Under
writers is calling on communi
ties everywhere to engage ac
tively and thos Etitt anS- eeaa
tively in tliis campaign.
Individual community ac
tivities are most effective when
they are directed through local
fire safety commlttes responsi
ble for the week-long cam
paign. Such committees usual
ly are composed of municipal
tofflclali and repreaentatlvet ot
See Flra PrareBtleii, Page 8
BALTIMORE, Md.
Police and school authorities
report the re-establishment of
normal order in the vicinities
of Baltimore public schools af
ter several days of picketing,
strikes and other demonstra-i
tions against the mingling oil
Negro and white school child
ren. Supt. of schools. Dr. John
H. Fischer issued, yesterday af
ternoon, an ultimatum to stu
dents “who have been absent
from school without legitimate
reason” to return this morning
“without fall”.
“There has been sufficient
time now for all to realize that
illegal absence from school is
not an acceptable way to ex
press opinions on public ques
1 tinns”, stated. Dr. Fischer.
He further declared that “the
school attendance law is clear
and must be enforced without
exception”, and directed at
tention to provisions of the Rules
of the Board of School Com
missioners that require the per
manent dropping from school
of pupils over 16 years of age
who are repeatedly truant.
John A. Schwatka, principal
of Southern High School, scene
of last week’s demonstrations
by students and adults, report
ed yesterday that attendance
by noon was almost double '
Monday’s figure and about 68
percent of the total eru'ollment
(1,787).
He said that “tension had re
laxed all over the school—and
“there is no hostility in tha
school today.” He also repeated
Dr. Fischer’s warning that “pro
longed inexcusable absence;
would result in 'suspension’ or
final expulsion.”
Dr. Fischer explained the in
tegration law and the city
school system’s policy of com
pliance with it to a group of 40
women and one man. There was
no disorder when he finished.
The general trend in South
west Baltimore was back toi
wards normality yesterday ac
cording to Edwin Stem, assis
tant superintendent of schools.
A promise to maintain a pro
cautionary watch on the school
was made by Chief Inspector
Fred Ford yesterday of the Po
lice department.
Special police details are
scheduled to return to the
schools today. The police have
orders to be absolutely neutral
)n all civil matters taking no
sides nor expressing an opinion.
Police Commissioner Ober
pointed out that tlils order “ap^
plies «^th reference to segre
gation or integration in public
schools.”
He said that the public has
a constitutional right to ex
press opinions” for or against
any issue provided such expres
sion is not Inflamatory In char
acter and is done m an orderly
manner.”
Commissioner Ober’s issued a
general order reminding his
men that Maryland law pro
hibits any congregation near
schools If such congregation in
terferes with the conduct of
SUPT. L. STACEY WEAVER DR. CHAS. STEWART
Supt. L Stacy Weaver, Dr. Chas.^
Stewart Speiri(er^ For Berean
S. S. Class Annual Homecoming
Annual Clinic
Slated For
Lincoln Hospital
Dr, Clyde Donnell, president
of Lincoln Hospital, Durham,
and secretary emeritus of the
Old North State Medical So--
clety, today announced the two
organization’s ninth annual cli
nic scheduled for Durham on
Thursday, October 28. - ■
Clinic headquarters wUl be the
Angier B. Duke Nurses’ Home
on Llnwood Avenue in Durham.
Physicians and Surgeons;
from the CaroUnas and Virginia
have been invited to attend tl»e
sessions.
According to Dr. Dohnell, the
day’s agenda will include some
authoritative discussions of the
following topics by “some well
Informed clinlcicians”, Cari-
coma of Breast, Respiratory Al
lergy, Low Back Pains, the
flcance of Hematuria. The dis-
dent of the soicety and Dr. D. B.
Cooke is president of the staff
of Lincoln Hospital.
The Old North State Medical
Society is believed to be the
oldest organization of Negro
medical men in the world.
Dr. J. S. Simmons is presi
dent of tahe society and Dr. D.
B. Cooke is president of tha
staff of Lincoln Hospital.
Rev. McLester To
Head Durham
Ministers Group
Newly elected officers of the
Interdenominational Ministerial
Alliance of Durham and viclni->
ty were installed .Monday night
in a service held at the More-
head Avenue Baptist Church.
The ministers Insttalled were
Rev. C. E. McLester, president;
Rev. D. A. Johnston, first-vice
president; Rev. H. Albert Smitlv
See Bar. MeUrter, Paa» t
Dr. Charles E. Stewart, pas-
tor
of Albany, N. Y., and one of
the outstanding ministers in
America and Supeiintendent
L. Stacey Weaver of the Dur
ham City Schools, and teach
er of the Julian S. Carr Bible
Class, will be guest minister
and teacher respectively, at
the annual Homecoming cele
bration of the Berean Sun
day School Class of St. Jo
seph’s A. M. E. Church for
1954, it was announced here
Tuesday by J. H. Betts, class
president.
The Homecoming celebra
tion will get underway Sun
day morning, October 31 at
9:30 when Superintendent
Weaver will teach the Berean
Class of St.. Joseph’s. Several
members of the Julian S. Carr
Bible Class are expected to ac
company him to St. Joseph’s on
the occasion. Dr. Stewart will
deliver the annual sermon at
eleven o’clock Sunday morning.
He will preach again Sunday
evening at 7:30. Special music
for the morning and evening
service will be furnished by the
famous St. Joseph’s Choir, un
der the direction of Mrs. Nell
Hunter.
Both Mr. Weaver and Dr
Stewart are outstanding in their
respective fields and well-known
throughout North Carolina aaA.
nationally. Each Sunday at 10:00
A. M. Mr. Weaver, as teacher of
the Julian S. Carr Bible Class,
is heard in the School lesson over
Station WDNC. He is consider
ed one of the most forceful
si>eakers in North Carolina. Un
der his leadership as an educa
tor, the Durham City Schools
have been cited aa »mnng tt»»
best in the state.
As a preacher, lecturer aad
speaker. Dr. Stewart la In great
demand throui^iout tho
and is considered as one of the
greatest preachers in Aneric*.
He is well-knowri in Durham
throughout the eastern aeeboard,
and a large audience is eaqHcted
to hear him both at the mmiJMg
and evening service. Prter to
ing to New York be pertagrt
some of the leadhig Aurchaa to
North Carolina and Vkcslii|Ma4-
at one time was preridMk«iS|K>
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