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The Carolina Time$ 1$ The Oldett ^ndWidettReadNegroNetimpaper in The Two Cantbtwu \ % VOLUME 81 —• NUMBEB 6 Periodical Dept Duke Itoiv Library OR R 6p. ff. £ PRICE 10c PAY NO MORE v4i."«c-.;»r' DUBdAM, N. C, SATUKDAT, FEB. 12, 19SS mat i» CSNTS GBilDUIDGE tHACKED ^ Jhe above photo riiows a I the occaslen of the preaentatioii i ell la shown be Inf pretested Innp of the Durham Camp of of 1140 Biblei to the faculty and Bible by P. B. nuillps, president Oideons International at Hill- student body. Bo&aid Schooler, of the Gronp. Others In the pic- •fde Hich School last week od president of the Student Coon-1 tnre fnm left 'to ii(ht^ are: V. V. Vashaw, D. J. Booth, H. M. 'Slolmes, principal of the school; C. B. Garrard, L. C. Goodwin, W. F. Mansfield, John C. Daily and Bobert King, it. "Youth Takes A Stand” To N Discuss Desegregation On OS Television Satw^ spedal Lincol gram lesturlng program lesturlng an exchange of vlevra by four tara-aged Bal timore students, on desegrega tion in public tchools will be presented on “Youth Takes a Stand^ Saturday, Feb. IS, (CBS Televiiton, 2:30-3:00 PM, BST). . Two of the teen-agers, Robert Rogers and Wayne Wolford, both of Southern High School in Baltimore, were among the group of students who, some months a^, spent a week in New Bouielle, N. Y., attending the bigh school there to observe Jacw a racially integrated pub lic school fimctions. Meeting on the "Youth Takes a Stand” panel with young Rogers and Wolford on Feb. 12, and with CBS Newsman and moderator Ron Cochran, will be Charles McLeod of Dunbar High School and John Robin son of JQouglass High School, (Please tubi 1q. Page Eight) Wolker Blovm To Pieces in Ouarry Blast ROLESVILLE Horace W. Jones, 30, was blown to pieces near here yes terday by a dynamite blast in the Bryan Hock and Sand Quarry. Raymond Reid, another man of Route 4, Zebulon sustain ed eye and facial injuries and was treated by a 2tebulon phy sician. According to Coroner Mar shall Bennett, Jones was killed instantly '«trhen a dymnamite charge went off while he was tamping it in a hole bored in the rock. The body of the man was (Please turn to Page Bight) WHITE m NEGM MINISTERS VDIETOUNIItMGIiffilSBOItO TOWN IN PENN. INIEGKATES J.C.SCH001S WILLOW GROVS, Pa. More than a quarter-of-a-cen- tury of Jim Crow by gerryman der in the schools of this eastern Pennsylvania town was ended this week with the opening of the new tibrm. The end of segregation was achieved through the merger of the Negro school district with that of a neighboring Uly-whitc residential area, and th assign ment of pupils on the basia of grade rather than of residence or race. The teaching staff'was also integrated. The school board took action to change the pattern follow ing protest by the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. For more than a year, the NAACP education commit tee, headed by Mrs. Xlva B«U. GRXENSBOfiO White and Negro ministers of Greenstxuro voted here last week tb mer^e their two min- ieteral groups Into one this faU. The vote was without a single dissent The announcement was made here Monday by the Rev. Frank C. Smathers, pastor of Grace Methodist Church. Kev. Snutten, who la presi dent of the'Greensboro Asso* clatioa, stated that next month’s meetlag will he a Joint gathering with the Qieena- horo Blinisterlal Alllane*, aa organisatlom of Negro pastors. For tlw ranalnder of the year the two groupa will meet to gether every other month for the remainder ot the year, he stated. has urged the board to make the change. Early in January, Miss June Shagaloff of the NAACP legal defense staff joined Mrs. Bell and other lo cal leaders in a conference with Willow Grove school officials. After this meeting the school superintendent announced t^ following plan which became (P1««M turn to Pag* JOE TOLEB Donor Of Land For Toler Scliooi Laid To Rest OXFORD Joe Toler, Sr., age 91, for whom the Toler School was named died here Simday, Jan. 30, at 8:49 p.m. after a success ful, active and distinguished life. He was the donor of three acres oH )and on which the first structure of the Toler School was erected. In 1915, he sold approximately 16 acres at a “glve-away-priee.” On this land was built the present mo dem school building. Mr. Toler was a firm believer in the education of youth and strove hard to promote the cause of education. On many oc9asions, he reminded the stu dents of their ediKational op portunities and urged their tak ing advantage of them. He was highly respected by aU who knew him and held in esteem by the faculty members and studisnts ot the school and the community at large. The funeral services were held in the Toler School audi torium Thursday, Jahuary 3, at 1:00 pjs. at which time William E. Baptiste, principal of the To ler School, presided. The Rev. L. M. Gooch, pas tor of the Vernon Hill ^ptlst . (PlMse turn to Pag* Ught) Mrs. Mollie Lee Cited For Library Wori( In Nation .. 'rSMjuoauK In the recent issue of WIL SON LIBRAHY BULLETIN, Mrs. Mollie Huston Lee was named one of the six most dis' tinguished Negro librarians in the country. Mrs. Lee was mentioned as one of the pioneers in the de velopment of library service for Negro^ in the South. She has devoted twenty years of her life to make the Richard B Harrison Public Library a mo del of its kind. She is also one of those rare geniuses who com bines missionary zeal with fine administrative ability. Other librarians mentioned for their distinguished service in the library profession are Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones, Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University, Dr. Sadie P. Delaney, chief librarian Veterans Hospital, Tuskegee, Alabama, Mrs. Charlemae Rol lins, cliildren’s librarian, Hall Branch, Chicago, Illinois, James A. Hubert, director of U. S. In formation Service Libraries of France, qnd Wallace Van Jack son, librarian, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia. C^flin College girls dormi tory. was razed by a fire early SunM>y morning sending nearly female students scat^pcring to safety with noth ing hut the scant clothing each couli^ get quiddy. Tlij' fire wiiich is reported on the third floor iiad s])r«44 to all tluee floors before VVei^n could arrive. Fire fighitrs who entered the build ing Wtee unable to remain be- cauil^ of the heat and smoke. They" fought the fire through tjrokto windows of the buildr in|L^ a driving rain. 'fhi dormitory, built in 1906 wab completely ruined, al- thdtii^ five units of the Orange burg fire department fought the pre for nearly six hours. No stiHSents ^were injured. Bire Chief, Clarence E. Fish er, estimated the structural ge at $60,000. No accoUnt- yet been made of the lois Jn clotlung, furniture and consumed by the fire. Orangeburg Red Cross Ciifkpter came immediately to th«. rescue of the hapless stu- dei>i^ and gave ov«r $6,000 w? ^ was used for buying the cl^Smg necessities. Clotlung merchants of the city opened theljr stores Sunday afternoon to Outfit the girls. Blankets, slte^ and pillow cases were fuirished by the Red Cross. frlf'tens of the community arJ' from towns close by bvMi^t clothing without soli- d.^^n. Chur^es of the oom- sent clottdng ti^aid thb 9a0Ka dmdiuia. The girls are now housed in wtiat was the dormitory for men and the men have set up temporary headquarters in the gymnasium. Dr. Benjamin E. Nays To Deliver Address At Shaw Univ. Feb. 20 DC Exalted Ruler Charges IBPOE Top OKicials Witb Corruption In Office RALEIGH j Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Presi dent of Morehouse College, At lanta, Georgia,, will tie the guest speaker at the fourth annual observance of Shaw University Day in Raleigh on Sunday, Feb. 20, at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Dr. O. S. Bul lock, Pastor. Dr. Mays holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from Bates Col lege, Lewiston, Maine; the Mas ter of Arts and Doctor of Phi losophy degrees from the Uni versity of Chicago. In 1935 Bates College elected him as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has had experience as a college teacher and has served in such organizations of na tional and world significance as the YMCA, the Urb^ league, NMoBal.4ilkd WMUi| Couneal uf Churches, Baptist World Alli ance, World Student Service Fund, the Institute of Interna tional Education, and the Uni ted Negro College Fund. DR. BENJAMIN E. MAYS ;3gtr> ¥»?¥ ta authet; pf •evc'i^' bwks and har cont^^ buted articles to numerous magazines and newspapers throughout the country. (Please turn to Page Eight) WASHINGTON, D. C. Firing what Elks may aome day call their “shot heard round the world,”, progressive Chan cellor Williams, Jr., created ■ sensation last week in his in augural speech as the new Ex alted Ruler of Greater Dean- wood Lodge of Elks, 4712 Sheriff Road, N. E. Williams, a World War U veteran and scp of a Howard University profe^or, lambasted corruption in the Grand Lodge of Elks as being detrimental to the welfare of subordinate lodges. Present diulng his wordi was Onton L. Lloyd, district deputy of the Elks for the District, wtio rebuked Williams for his re marks after the young Kultad Ruler had finished. ‘You nm the subordinate lodges,” Lloyd told WiUiama, ‘'and let the Grand Lodge run ts own business.” In a further bristling and' angry mood, Lloyd alao te- plied that if the rank and file didn’t like the way the Grand Lodge ran.^ busing they couW~laevtr*tlie nmka of Elk- dom. “You don't have to be Elks,” he challenged, “you can be (Please turn to Page Ei^t) History waa made at North Carolina Collie here last Fri day when plajera from Duke University and the American t«m»u Aaaoelation were fea tured in an exhibition tennis | Duke University players were I and Kmest Ingram. Thoee in the match just before the basketball Johi^ Koep and Leif Beek. The I picture from left to right, are game between the North Caro-1 American Tennia Association was I Ernest Ingram, Leif BMk, Jote lina College Eagles and West 1 represented by J. H. Wheeler 1 Koep and J. H. Wheeler. Virginia State College. The I j Tobias To Address Nation On ABC Husical Festival HERE and THEIRE Dr. Arthur D. Gray, presi dent of Talladega College, will deliver the vesper sermon at North Carolina College at 4:30 Sunday afternoon to culminate the third ^annual ..Father-Son Weekend. The program Harts Friday afternoon. A banquet Saturday evening at 6 o’clock, a basketball game between NCC andfJohnton C. Smith at 8 p.m. and a round of social events and tours of the city are among the features of the an- nuol Father Son Weekend spon sored by the Men's Assembly. Great Success WILMINGTON A capacity audience which overflowed into the lobby of the Williston Senior High School Sunday afternoon, wit nessed the third annual Festi val of Music presented by the combined choirs of Central Baptist Church. The director of the entire Festival, Dr. D. ~C. Roane, was at his best with the choirs which numl>er^ ovcfr the century mark. All partid- (Pleaae turn to Page Ei^t) THE WOMAN THOU GAYEST »IE BRAIRCLIFF MANOR The influence of the first man’s example is not dead as was demonstrated when Don ald Collins, 26, Briardiff Manor, told Jud^ Albert L. Fiorillo that his wife was to blame for (Hie of his checks which bounced. Collina said his $6 check came back because he had a Joint checking account with his wife and was uxiaware that she had drawn out all the money whm be wrote the check. An unfavorably impmMd judie fined Collins $26 Hid. when he couldn’t pay, gave him 10 days in jalL it * * SPITEFUL THIEVES NEWARK. N. J. Thieves who ransacked of fices of the PhU^ Products Company, probably did it with spiteful spirit. They were cer tainly thoroa^: for they took besides two typewriters, a cheek writer and $37.00 in cash, th* burglar alarm. ♦ * * ' SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE PLAlNnXLD, N. J. The little fellow's reason for (neaae turn to Pagt dght) NEW YORK Dr. Channing H. Tobias, chairman of the Board of Di rectors of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, delivered the Association’s annn»i Lincoln Day address over the faciUtiia of the American BroadcasttnC Company in a nationwide hook up at 8:00 to 8:15 p.m. (EST), Friday, February 11. Appearing on the program with Dr. Tobias was Robert Me- Ferrin, young baritone who re cently appeared in the opera “Aida” as the second Ifegro to sing with the Hfstrminlll— Opera Company and Tnall 8U- vera, stage and film read selections froa Mr. McFerrin and 1 contributed their program which wU^ (Flaaae taxa M
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