Over 200 Students Named To
NCC First Semester Honor Roll
. Some 233 North CwroilM Col
Um itudeott Irom ten
were Bwaed Carolina
College’s First Quarter honor
jjrt, acoordtaf to Mrs. Frances
M SJagWaoBi
Thirteen of the student^ In
eluding twelve North Caro
^^»una and one Virginia, made
straight "A” averages. They
are- Fronnle Whitehurst, Ay-
den’j Bobbie J. _Mi^aa and
Clara L. Wertz, Charlotte; Ed
ward Sh^ton, Edenton; Her
man Gatling, Garysburg; WU^
helmenia Matthews, Goldsboro;
EUoise F. Gould, Hamlet; Law
rence Hampton, Leaksville;
Wade Komegay, Mt. Olive;
Gossie Hu^n, New Bern;
Floyd Hardy, Pleasant Hill;
Johnnie Mae Correll, Salisbury;
and Clarine Armstrong, Nor-
follt, Virginia.
Two hundred elovffli North
Carolina students won honors
Honor students from other
states wefe as follows; Vir
ginia, 7; New York, 4; Florida
and South Carolina, 3 each;
Pennsylvania, 2; and the states
of Alabama, New Jersey, Indi
ana, and Georgia, one each.
Durham led other North
Carolina cities with 41 honor
students. They were: Albert E.
Handy, Levem Williams, Jr.,
Ethel Williamson, Anna Joyce
Newkidc, Annie M. Ingram,
Jesse Ingram, Jr., Mary E.
Kershaw, Anna Amis, Bettye
Jean Brandon, Clifton Brown,
Mary Bryant, Shirley Thorpe,
Charles Alston, Hope Gaynelle
Cooper, Mary Jane Peace, Ver-
nese B. O’Neal, Gladys S. Mor
gan, Gladys M. Mitchell, Mary
£. Mebane, Sara L. McNeil,
Barbara A. Lumpkin, Josephine
, W. Long, Ralph 'P. Malwie,
Jeanne D. Hefhdon, Mae Gard-
’ ner Jones, Joseph K. Bell,
Marg. Oliver Barbee, Janie Mae
Crawford, Charles L. Gittens,
Gwendello Gilmore, William T.
iletcher, Joseph E. Fleming,
Florida h. Fisher, Dorothy En-
ty, Catherine Sneed, Kitty
Sneed, Frank Sowell, Reginald
Spaulding, Aletha Rease, Er
nestine Pratt, and John Peele,
Jr.
Iifonager ot Bankers Fire In
surance Company and Serves on
the Boards of Directors of the
Mechanics' and Fanners Bank
and Southern Fidelity Mutual
Insurance Company all of Dur
ham. He is also a past chair
man of the Durham Committee
on Negro Affairs.
The Burlington Citizen’s
Comnittee, recently organised
proposes to meet the local prob
lems of Negroes through or
ganization rather than on an
individual basis. Membership in
the organization is voluntary
and is open to all citizens.
Local Man Wins
Honor At LaSalle
R. N. Harris
Speaker At
BURUNGTON
R. N. Harris, first Negro to
be elec^ to the Durham City
Council, was the guest speaker
for the Burlington Citizen’s
Committee on Negro Affairs at
Its regular meeting on February
17. The mating' was hrfd at ttie
Negro Recreation Center on
Jeffries St. and began at 8:00
p.m.
Mr. Harris, a graduate of
Union Univei^ty, is Secretary-
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James W. HiU, 412 Cecil St.,
Durham, North Carolina, has
ben awarded a diploma in High
er Accountancy by LaSalle Ex
tension University of Chicago.
He completed this course of
training in his spare time. HiU
has b^en with the Durham Busi
ness School for the past four
years as instructor in Accoun
ting. He is at present serving as
Registrar for the school. He is a
member of Kappa Alpha Psl
Fratsn^ty.
Negro History Week Observed By
Person County Training School
ROXBORO
Again this year the students
and faculty of Pei^n County
High School joined the nation
in the thirtieth annual celebra
tion of Negro History .Week.
The theme this year was “Ne
gro History a Contribution To
American Intwcultural Life.”
Wolter E. Batra, 812 N. Gr«'
ham Avenue, has been proTTio-
ted to the position of field audi
tor with the Wintton Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Baird hag a background
of fourteen years experience in
the insurance business. H«
started os a debit manager in
the city of Asheville, and was
promoted to special representa
tive, the position he held until
his promption as field auditor.
He is a graduate of Stephens
Lee High School, Asheville,
After his graduation from High
School he enrolled at St. Aug%is-
tine College, Raleigh.
Mrs. Baird is the former Miss
Frances M. Hayes of Lynch
burg, Virginia and is a gradu
ate of Virginia State College
fmd Atlanta University. She is
teacher at Atkins High
School, in Vfinston-Salem.
Celebrates
Evfelyn Goodin who was
twelve years old Sunday, Feb.
6, celebrated her birthday at
the home of her mother at 1009
CarroU Street. Several of EvC'
lyn’s school friends were pre
sent for the occasion.
The group enjoyed them
selves playing games and
watching the television pro
grams.
Ice cream, “peanuts and candy
SATCSDAT, FA M, Itfl THB CaMUirA Vmil
because they are human beings
whose dignity is their pea^Ktrt
and word is their bond.
As in the past attention was
called to outstanding achieve
ments and contributions Ne
groes have made to American
civilization. However, the idea
of isolating the Negro’s contri
bution from any other Ameri
can is gradually disalipearing.
The Negro has become more as
another American rather than
a Negro.
Besides discussion in the class
room, the celebration was con
cluded with an enjoyable as
wfU as informative chapel pro
gram, presented by the “M'
division of the eleventh grade.
A playlet was given entitled
“The Negro’s Future.” This
playlet showed an African
were served.
Those present were: Winfred
McQueen, Patrica Bowling,
Barbara Bowling, Marie
Brown, Claudine Day,, Carolyn
Watson, Lola Brown, Donal
Brown, Frank Brown, Lynda
Crockerhan, Christine Crocker-
han, Charles Crockerhan, Na>
thaniel Fuller, Harry Harris,
Margo Harris, Rosda Davis,
Carolyn McGee, Marilyn Davisi
Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Crockerhan
and Mrs. Fuller.
family being, visited by a for
tune-teller. The fortune-teller
predicted the foture ot the
American Negro. Amon^^.^ihe
great characters por^i^ed in
this prediction were: Fr^erlck
Douglas, Booker T. Washington,
Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
Mary M. Bethune, George W.
Carver, Paul L. Dunbar, Roland
Hayes, Dbrothy Maynor, Ruth
Brown, Jackie Robinson, Don
Newcombe, Roy Campanella,
Johnnie Rhodes, and Althea
Gibson.
Along with the program Mfs
Mials, homeroom teacher of the
class, gave a brief talk on “How
High School Students Can
Share In the Problem of Inte
gration.” She suggested five
ways: namely, (1) They can
set their sights and minds on
the real goal of integration-
that of being real men and wo
men. For integration means
more than moving into the same
schools or jobs or houses. It
means love and respect of fel-
lowmen, it means an open smile
and a will to friendship.
They can call a halt to racial
hate and name calling, and
realize that aU coneemed have
been sold the same bill of
goods. They can develop
their skills of speedh, writing,
public organization and assem
bly. They can be moderate
and thoughtful in their be
havior: stralght-fprward and
truthful In their dealings, not
because they are Negroes or
White or even Americans, but
Insurance Co.
Districb In
Joint Meeting
FA VILTjR
The Wilmington and Fayette
ville Districts of the Winston
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany held a joint District Meet
ing in Fayetteville, February
10, at the Winslow Street U.S.O.
aub.
Guest speakers for the meet
ing were J. L. Lassiter, and Mr.
P. A. Simmons, Ag^cy Direc
tor.
After a very succ^sful meet
ing a luncheon was served to
those attending. The luncheon
speaker was Rev. C. R. Ed
wards, Minister of the First
Baptist Church. Rev. Eklwards
chose the following passage
from the Bible, "seek thou a
man diligent in sis business and
he shall stand before kings.'
"The word Kings could be
paraphrased to mean success-
Industriousness, Zealousnes-and
persistency will gain friends
and you will reach a higher
standard and make Winston
Mutual outstanding. We must
make contact and be evangelis
tic by walking through the be-
bit. One must be honest, sincere
and have a passion for his work.
He must administer to the needs
of our people and thereby bet
ter their living eoodttlons. Qp-
portimity ig open for tboee who
work diUgently. We need pray
er In business and we must rely
OB it,” ^clared Rev. Edwards.
Hiow «tto)(Vng the meeting
were L. C. Berry, Manager,
Witndagtaa District, Mrs. M.^ A.
Gillis, Mrs. Q. V. Sutton, N.
Miller, S. Goodwin, all al Wil-
mingtoo; MtH A K
LninlMrtoa; 3. h. Sctkil^ VlriS^'
ville; fov, W. r. Crnim,
rinbmy; C. W. Mtwm, Mam-
agtT, rayettevlOe DIstfiet, C. M.
SeweO, Asgistaat Mtm§ur,
etteville District; Mr» Bv ran*,
A. A. Davis, U. 3. tUbbmm, M,
3. Bullock and Miss L. M. VOf’
cell, an of Fayetteville.
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