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/ PAGE HGHy SATPBPAY, JAN. IS. IMS SATURDAY, JAN. It, 19S5 Charlotte NCM District Group in Annual Meet The Charlotte , district ' of North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Company held Its an nual meeting Thursday January 18, at the local offipe 317 S. Brevard Street. Feature ad dresses were made by Vice President and Agency Director, Mr. G. W. Cox of Diu*ham and Mr. J. S. Riley of Mutual Bene fit Life Insurance Company, New York. Manager A. E. Spears, reviewed the records for 1954, which revealed sub stantial progress by the district Debit Manager W. W. Twitty, of Charlotte won the designa- Uon of DEBIT MANAGER OF TIH: year for the best perfor mance in field work, and R. C. Robinson of Asheville won the designation of Assistant Mana ger of the year for the best per formance in supervision. The district covers the territory from Asheville to Hamlet. Ro binson manages the Asheville branch office.. Assistant Man ager, W. P. Malone, was award ed a 20 years service pen. Other , persons connected with the agency are N. M. Pat terson, Sp^ial Agent; W. L. Smith and C. R. Brewington, Assistant Managers, connected with the Charlotte office, along with Mr. Malone; Mrs. V. W. Stepteau, Cashier, whose As sistants are Mrs. E. L. T. Haynes at Charlotte and Mrs. M. E. Mc- Kissick' at Asheville. Other Charlotte Debit Managers are John Davis, Mrs. J. M. Smith- Brown, J. C. Crosby, Miss O. T. Brown, N. W. Dixon, J. A. L. Brown, J. C. Ruffin and Mrs. M. E. Hunter. There are six Debit Managers at Asheville. They are J. W. Crawford, J. J.. Paige, O. B. Parks, Mrs. Ger trude Degree, Mrs. L. A. Austin, and Miss Christine Prince. Other detached Debit Managers are R. R. Leazer at Hamlet- Rockingham, Walter McDaniel, Wadesboro, N. H. Mann, Mon roe, Mrs. C. M. Means, Concord, J. B. Rose, Kannapolis, C. H. Watson and J. W. Blanton, Salisbury, I^s. M. G. Burris and -L. E. McLean, Gastonia, Major Reid and M. J. Howell, Shelby, Mrs. Bessie T. Home, Hendersonville, N. E. Adams, Lenior and Alonza Lutz, Hick- ory-Newton. Jhe annual dinner was served at McCrorery Branch YMCA, attended by Re presentatives and their wives and the local Medical Exami ners and their wives. On the picture, left to right, Manager A. E. Spears and Mrs. Spears, R. C. Robinson, Mrs. W. W. Twitty and W. W. Twitty, Mr. and Mrs W. P. Ma lone and Mr. Cox. A WORD ABOUT SCOUTING BY HENRY W. GILLIS District Scout Executive Durham Division is one of the 12 counties comprising the Occoneechee Council of Boy Siouts of America with Head quarters in Raleigh, N. C. The 1955 Durham Divisional Committee consists of R. Kelly Bryant, Jr. Chairman; Dr. J. N. Mills, Vice Chairman; N. B. White, Vice Chairman, J. E. Peele, Vice Chairman; J. H. Betts, Commissioner. Assistant Commissioners are J. M. Schooler, Cubbing; J. I. Bolden, Scouting, T. C.'steele. Explor ing. Neighborhood Conmiission- ers are as follow: A. C. Smith, Ray L. Buie, J. R. Henry, A. R. Tliompson, Rev. C. S. Sessom, Waverly L. Easley, C. Richard Rivers, Atty. F. B. McKissick, Spencer A. Wynn and Edward M. Strayhome. Opera^g Committees con sist oi thi foITowii^TTLctivities y. J. Grigsby, Chairman; R. C. W. Perry, E. L. Kearney, W. M. Grandy and E. W. Phillip, Sr. Advancement, George D. White, Jr., Chairman; E. U. Grant, George W. Logan, Jr., C. T. Roach, G. W. Cox, Sr., and Wm. J. Kennedy, III. Finance, I. O. Funderburg, Chairman; W. J. Kennedy, Jr., and J. W. Good- loe. Camping, J. C. Hubbard, CBairman; Clarke Egerton, Jr., F. C. Pendarvis, Wm. P. Flint- all, Sr., and Atty. C. J. Gates. Leadership Training, N. A. Cheek, Chairman; H. M. Holmes and Trained Leaders from Scout units. Health and Safety, Dr. J. N. Mills, Chair man; Dr.*D. B. Cook and Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Jr. Organization and Extension, J. W. Carring ton, Chairman, Atty. M. Hugh Thompson, W. A. Clement, Dr. A. Elder, A. T. Spaulding, D. Eric Moore, G. W. Cox, Jr., and Jasper Vincent. Publicity, H^ G. Dawson, Chairman. Occoneechee Council Boy Scout Annual Meeting and Ban quet will be held Tuesday night January 25, 1955 at the Hillside High School Cafeteria on For mosa Street. Prof. A. H. Anderson, Princi pal of the Kimber Park School in Winston-Salem, will be the guest speaker. Rev. T. H. Brooks, Council Area Chairman and Superintendent of The Ox ford Colored Orphanage, will preside. S. P. Gaskin, Scout Executive of Occoneechee Council, will make the Scout Executive’s report. N. B. White, Vice Cliairman of the Durham Division, will make the Silver Beaver presentation. Atten dance award will be made by RusseU McLean, Cumberland District Jlxecutive. All Scouters and their wives are invited and should get their tickets now. A word about Scouting from a unit leader will be continued next week. I North Carolina Spphony Drive Is Extended The Diurham PTA Council Membership Drive of the North Carolina Symphony has been extended to February 15. L. B. Frasier, local chairman, said a large number of cam paign workers had participated in so many other activities as a result of -the Christmas Holi days during this campaign that they wish to have additional time to make contacts. Because of this, the drive will be con tinued for four more weeks. H« added that the member^ps, thus far, are far short of the goal set by the committee. Partial list of Memberships received to date include: Dur ham Business and Professional Chain, Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Fun derburg, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wbeder, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Wray, N. B. White, Mrs. Jose phine S. Strayhome, Tbeodoire Sfteight, J. W. Goodloe, Mim. A. T. Bryant, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Cleland. Leroy Hopldns, Davis B. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Ben nett, Mrs. M. S. Shearia, G. D. White, Jr., D. F. Beed, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. HutfOey, Mr. and Mts. W. A. daaent, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Bouiware. Mr. and Mta. L. B. Fnsier. Interested citizens desiring memberships may contact one of the volunteer workers in ad dition to' Frasier. C. E. Boui ware, Mrs. Pauline Caffey, Mrs. L. W. Youi-se, Miss Ruth Gilli am, T. R. Webber, Miss T. H. Clagget, C. A. Alston, E. W. Phillips, Mrs. L. E. Davis, Mrs. Margaret Goodwin, Philmore HaU. W. H. Ccle, J. M. School er. L. E. Gilliard, Dorothy Jud kins, John H. Gattis, Mrs. Lydia Merrick, Mrs. R. S. Lambeth, F. D. Marshall, H. M. Holmes, N. A. Cheek, L. E. Davis, B. B. Booker, E. W. Midgette, J. W. Davidson, Mrs. Anna Thornton. Miss Violet Perry, W. L. Bradsher, Samuel Evans, W. C. Judkins, Mrs. Alice Biggers, Mrs. M. B. Warren, Frank Bur nett, Mrs." O. J. Stewart, Mrs. Mayme H. Perry, Samuel W. Hill, Mrs. Florita Russell, Mrs. Josephine Clement. -Two Children- (Continued from Page One) door” and told how a neighbor, Helen Lee Tucker, pulled her back as she tried to enter the burning structure. In her testimony, the Tucker woman said that the mother had been at her house aboiit five minutes ’‘when I thought I heard her children scream.” It was then the fire was discover ed. The young mother stated that she and the two children bad been living on flfl per month which came from her father’s government pension check. Her only other help was that re ceived by the father of her second child and occasional charity. -Protest- (Continued from Page One) have been advised that^ the American Counsul General in Capetown and the commanding officer 'Of the ship understand the problem and are making mutually acceptable agree ments.” -NCCHead- (Continued from Page One) there and later received the B.S. and M.A. degrees in public health education at Teachers College, Columbia University. The late NCC educator re- eeived her ft.N. at Freedman’s Hospital, Washington, D. C., in 1934. Afterwards she worked at Meharry Medical College, Nash ville, Tenn.; Harlem Hospital, New York City; and with the Veterans' Nursing Service at Detroit and in Washington. She also worked at USPHE in Washington, D. C. -Mrs. Gregory- (Continued from Page One) home. The attacker's car was park ed about 150 feet from the home and it was it^to which he ran and made his escape. Because of the darkness, Mrs. Gregory states she was unable to deter mine if- her assailant was white or Negro. Her brother-ln-lsw who heard her screams lives a few hun dred feet away but did not reach the scene in time to get a view of the man or the car. Police are of the oplnioii that i the man was familiar with the house since he was able to make his way in and out of it in the dark without stumbling over chairs or other furniture. KID’S SOCIETY jVDiE ROSSER - Editor - Phone 4-5805 ASSOCIATE EDITOR. BETTY JO GOODLOE Pandit Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wright, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Jones, in Golds- ton, North Carolina. Joyce Page was four years old on "Siiiuary 17. She cele brated the day with a family dinner at the home of her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Page, on Lincoln Street. Albert James of Ahoslde, is a patient at Duke Hospital. He is greatly improved after hav ing undergone an operation. Deborah Adrienne O'Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samu el O'Neal, has returned from Tuskegee, Alabama, wher^ she visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland O’Neal. Class 7-6 of Whitted School visited the Service Printing Company on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The class, taught by Mrs. A. D. Long, was guided through the plant by Mrs. Upchurch. The class enjoyed seeing such machines as the linotype and folding machines. The Fun Club of the Stan ford L. Warren Library visited the pathology and bacteriology l^^ments at Lincoln Hospi tal. 1^. Dickens who is in cliarge of the department an swered all the questions of the visitors and let them look through a microscope at blood and germs. Members of the Fun Club who visited the hospital were Joyce Smith, Judith Adams Layfayette Williams, Julia Williams. Betty Jo Good loe, Vivian Davis, Elsie Locust, Marjie Odom, Marjorie Lennon. Cariella Herndon was six years old on January 10. To celebrate iier birthday, the fol lowing Saturday Noma Alyce Bennett spent the day with Ca riella, bringing her doll for a tea party with Cariella’s doll. Maurice Glenn was also pre sent. Barbara and Willa Edwards of Dunbar Street have been shut in because of colds. Mrs. John Smith’s class at Whitted School presented a play which emphasized good grooming and manners.. '^e fifth find sixth grades of Litue^i.ver« School, accompa- nieiuv Mrs. Virginia Morgan, visited the campus of- North Carolina College on Monday, January 17- Their chief interest was to see the Exchange Water Purifier in connection with their study of water, but they visited a number of other places on the campus including the James E. Shepard Memorial Li brary. Sunday, January 23, the Scarborough Nursery will pre sent a program over Station WSRC at 2:30 P.M. Be sure to tune in. The Happy Club met with Joycelyn McKissick on Satur day, January 15, at her home on Roxboro Street. The next meeting will be held with Alex- ine Miller. * Mrs. Geneva Burke of Tar- boro was the week-end guest of her grandsons, George an# Leon Creed. Chamberlain Studio Pupils of the Day with the highest average for the day: January 3, Wilma McIntyre; January 4, Emma Rose Graves; January 5, Cheryl Strayhome, Doris John son, Carol Holmes; January 6, Winifred Richardson; Janusuy 8, Mary Ann Council, Jerome Johnson, Eldee Brown; January 10, Wilma McIntyre. On January 14, Arthur John son celebrated his eighth birth day at home on Dupree St. His friends who helped him cele brate his birthday were Luther and Dwight Bra9on, Williain and Lonnie Forte, Nathaniel Walker, Eugene Harrington, Lewis Miranda, Clarke Haskins, Jan Stanback, Booker Spaul ding, William- Boykins Jr. and Kyle Schooler. Games and Tele vision programs were enjoyed. The boys were letycd Hot cfao* colate, doughniAf^ popcorn, birthday cake, nuts and candy. Shaw To Offer Extra Courses RALEIGH Dr. Nelson H. Harris an nounced that in addition to the bourse Introduction to Modem Art, the Shaw University Ex tension Department will be glad to offer courses in one or two of' the following areas: 1. Pui>: petry and Marionette Making. 2. Water Color Painting. 3. Oil Painting. 4. Ceramics. He also stated that the Ex tension department would be grateful if superintendents, su pervisors, principals and teach ers will study these courses and help chooM the ones which will be of greatest value. Front Says Professor Children Equal Writing in'the current issue of the Duke University Law School publication, “Law and Contemporary Problems,” Pro fessor Arthur Sutherland of the Harvard L«w School, predicts attempts will be made to scuttle the Supreme Coiurt decision outlawing segregation in the public schools, or to prevent its At N. C. Mutual I. C. Brandon Wins Promotion Ivory C. Brandon was recent ly promoted to special represen tative, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and was assigned to the Home Of fice. * Mr. Brandon >ybs bom in Person County where he attend ed elementary and high schools- He is a graduate of North Caro lina College with a degree in Business Administration and Is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was employed by North Carolina Mutual in June 1952 and was the first Agent to attend the G. W. Cox Sales Con vention from the Ditfham Dis trict. In 1954, he represented the Durham District at the NNJA ^I^okivention. Mr. Bran don has proved beyond ^ doubt that he is a capable as weU as a learned Insurance Counselor. -Here And There- (Continued from Page One) if liquor is foimd in it after a traffic accident. Rather than lose his new auto after a mis hap, he drank the half-pint of whiskey he had under his seat. The judge dismissed the case. SUES FIANCE AFTER FORTY-SEVEN YEARS LONDON John Purser, 73-year-eId fi ance of a Fannie Eoals, 69, has learned the hard way that it does not pay to trifle with a girl friend’s affections. In 1908 Purser asked Mias Ennia to marry him but failed to fol low through when she accept ed the proposal. Mias Ennis is now suing lilm for breach of promise. -Muhial- (Ciontinued from Page One) the organization had meant to them in helping them to save for homeownership and other im portant purposes. During the meeting a moment of silence was observed for Rev. J. Lee White, a member of the Board of Di rectors who died ,on Sept. 27. At a meeting of the Board of Directors, F. V. Allison who has been employed as book keeper was selected as assist- ant secretary. i •In 5 Minutes Loans — Refinancing • ' GRIFFITH Finance Company 210 Morgan 9-5161 .-Congres^ (Continued from Page One) and humanitarian program.... they invariably cast their votes for the proponent, without re gard to his political affiliation.” The senators and representa tives are urged to support “a legislative program to eliminate second-class citizenship from the American scene and provide a model for those nations of the world that are orienting them selves toward' the democratic ideal.” SpeoificajUy, H4r. Mitchell called upon the congressmen to revise the Senate and House rules ■^o prevent filibusters and other tactics of obstruction,” and to enact laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, banning Jim Crow in inter-state travel, eliminating the poll tax as a requirement for voting, es tablishing a new Federal civil rights code, ~ and witholding federal funds from any state or locality which would use such funds for the purpose of setting up or maintaining racial segre gation or other racial discrimi nation. - Examinations To Held At Bennett College Jan. 28 GREENSBORO First semester - «caminations at Bennett College will be held from January 24-28, Dr. Willa B. Player, coordinator of in struction, announced this week. Pre-registration for the se cond semester began on Janu ary 17 and will continue through January 21, with se cond semester classes beginning on January 31. The annual all-college for mal party will be held in the Student Union on the. night o^ January 28. CLUB DROPS 'WHITE ONLY' PAHERN MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. Defying the “White only” rule of the national parent or ganization, the Mount Vemon Exchange Club admitted the Rev. Clinton L-. Wilcox, who is pastor of the Greater Central Zion AME Church. Immediate ly the club was suspended by the national organizatioh. The Mount Vernon club stat ed they were willing to lose their charter if they had to for talcing in a Negro member. In fact, they stated they would reorganize as an independent club. Pure Pork SAUSAGE 3 lbs. ORANGES... ; Doz, 29c SWEET POTATOES.. .. 3 lbs. 29c” Dillard's Self-Service Market • **We SeU The Bett For Lett** • ONB MILt SOITTH OF BEECHWOOD CEMBTEHT ON FATETTEVn.LE BOAO PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE Little Boy Blue. Did blow his horn - and the reason WQs plain to see.. .he hod just trad ed auto's with CRIFFITH-and was Happy os he could be! You'll be happy too when you trade at GRIFFITH AUTOMOBILES OPEN ’TIL 9 214 MORGAN ST. PHONE 9-1913 being carried out. But lie la of. the opinion that despite delays and device to nullify the his toric verdict, the fact that :.y children are create equal will become self evident. Professor Sutherland, in dis-, cussing the Supreme Court (ie- cision, said, ‘"Hiere will "be de lays and devices for a while, man being what he is. But by and by it will be srff-evident that so far as concerns their school houses, all children are created equal.” The Carolina Times’ -Classified- Bugines$-Profe$»iotud And Service DIRECTORY AdverUainf Bates For This Ser vice Is Moderate. Phene S-M71 or >-3913 for Insertion of your message er business card. 9 Business Services Give Your Sweaters That New Look Careful Work CALL 2-4831 SANITARY LAUNDERERS AND CLEANERS Corner Pine Street And Lakewood Avenae Sanitary & Liberty 413 N. Mangum St. 349 W. 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