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Scenes frmn > baaqtiet whidi
honored WtaHtoB-Salem’a "Mui
ot tlie Teur” Me depicted abave.
Charles 'W. Gadaon, yoniig'
tailnew man of the city, w«a
—ieeted for the coveted honor.
iMet at top left shows Asa T.
Spavldlng, Tlee president -ol
North Carolina Mntmtl and for-
ipw bdtan and Liberian envoy,
deliverlnr main address. Seated
at his left is Winston-Salem
mayor Marshall Knrfees. Inset
at top left shows Oadswn Inune-
dlately after his s^eUon ai
“Man ot the Tear” was announ
ced. StandlBf beside him Is B. B.
Brower, chairman of the co
sponsoring Winston-Salem busi
ness and profesdonal chain,
who served as toaatmaster for
the banquet. Inset at bottom
center shows A. L. Newsom,
prealdmt of the Winrtwi-Salem
Innior Chamber ot Commeree,
whteh sponsored the affabr la
eonjnnctlon with the Chala.
Seated at his left Is Brower
Large pietare la an overall view
of the ban^net. Standinf, cMBtar,
In large pietare is Dr, W. L. At
kin, president of wfiiaten-Saleai
Teamen CoU^re.
X, A&T, W STC Units
Governor’s
PARADE MAKE-UP REVEALED
, RALEIGH
I Baniis firom North Carolina
lCbllege and Wtndton-Salem
Teachers College and a. march
ing ROTC imit from A and T
College will participate in the^
l^rade for the Inaugiu'ation of
"oMh Carolina’s chief execu-
ive, Gov. Luther Hodges, on
eb. 7.
This waa. made public thia
by inauguration commit-
officials
Some SO marching units will
T. M. HABVET
srDuriiain
Held
rites for Mrs. Toreaths
Harvey, 87, wile of
A. Harvey were held at
Mark AMZ Zion Church
Wednesday Jfamury 30 at
PM. with the Bev. R. L.
nWiMaUng Mrs. Harvey
at Lincoln Hospital here
, January 27 as the re-
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comprise the parade which will
proceed down Fayetteville St.,
from Memorial auditorium
where the Governor will take
the path of office.
North Carolina College’s band
is scheduled to be positioned as
the second unit in the parade,
following th 440th Army band
of the XVIII Airborne Corps
and the 1st Battalion of the
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Big Cases Near Trial
^ Integration
^ts To Come
In Next Month
\Wlthin the next two months,
t^aJ of three important cases
baring on segregation in public
fMlUtles will be before Federal
Oomrts in North Carolina.
Altogether, there are five
such actions pending within the
staW. Four of them are school
(nits, at Chapel Hill, Person.
CJaswell, and Montgomery
Counties. The other U in the
l^meral area of municipal re-
e^tional facilities.
The other action. In the gene-
r|il area of municipal recrea-
tlimal faot^esj is seeking to
ailellsh segregation at the
^ Gillespie golf course in
Giraensboro.
tn the school actions, Negro
plaintiffs are seeking compli'
ance with the recent U.S. Su-
p(We Court decision outlawing
••legation in public schools.
Ho action in the near future
has been scheduled for the cases
in^ Caswell and Montgomery^
Cbunties.
;I>re-trial hearings in the Cha-
pti Hill and Person county
sito may be held by Feb. 4 in
tlM Durham division of the
fMaral court which is head-
quartered in Greensboro. Both
aations are also on the docket
fdr the regular term of the fede-
iti cwrt in March in Durham.
’7en plaintlfte have directed
a» action In Qiapel Hill agalaat
s4bppl officials. In Person coun-
40 piaintlfts are seeking thai
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Many View Remains
City’s Largest Man
Pictured here in hla specially
bidlt overslse coffin Is Simon
(Blimp) Williams, SI year-old
Dnrhamlte whoae unoommonly
NEARLY 5,000
PASS BIER OF
large sise attracted thrmgs of I officials estimated thirt aaarijr
the eurious at final rites held 5,000 persons passed hla Mer
tor him at the Scarborough while he lay in state at the
Funeral chapel. Funeral home I funeral home Friday evmteg
. . I and Saturday BMmlng.
Man Decapitated
trial hearings has been Kh«-
duled for Feb. 7, in Greensboro
in a suit directed against the
city and the Gillespie Park golf
^oiurse. In this action, ten plain
tiff are seekmg to have segre-
gation outlawed at an^ golf
couns.suHurk eftablifhsL ope-|
rated or maintained by the city
of Greensboro.
NCC VESPERS
Dr. J. Neal Hughl^, North
Carolina College minister, will
speak at the college vespers ser
vice Sunday afternoon at 3:15
Sunday’s services will be held
in the auditorium of the Educa
tion Building instead of B. N.
Duke Auditorium as usual.
The college choir will furnish
music.
mated tor some sources up to
5,000 crowded the confines of
Scarborough’s Funeral home
chapel, the sidewBlks and street
outside Friday afternoon and
Saturday to get a glimpse of the
corpse of a man reputed to
wAigh nvor ffQQ pniinrfg ^
A huge throng packed itself
into the tiny chapel Saturday
to witness final rites for Simon
(Blimp) Williams, conductcd
by Rev. C. E. McLester.
Funeral home officials esti
mated that nearly S,QOO persons
passed his specially constructed
bier while Williams lay in state
from Friday noon until Satur
day afternoon.
Regular policemen assigned
to the area claim they had seen
nothing like the mobs which
gathered and lined up outside
the funeral home waiting for a
chance to get in all Friday af
ternoon and Saturday morning.
Williams died at his residence
at 806 Maplewood avenue Jan.
23. Overweight was listed as
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College Women Plan For
Conference In Durham
Announcement was made thia
week by Miss Mary Nugent,
Head of the Department of
Home Economics of Virginia
State Ck>Uege and Southeastern
Sectional Director of the Na
tional Association of College
Womm, that the Southeastern
Sectional Conference will con
vene in Durham, Saturday, Feb.
16 at North Carolina College.
Besides national officers, dele
gates are expected from Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South
(^aroUna, (Seorgla, and Florida.
Special guests will be a group
of ladies from Ahoskie, North
who will be jnducted
during the Conference as^ m
branch of the NACW.
A ’ donftroctlve and luforma-
tive program has been arranged.
Mrs. Ethelyn Thomas, Speeds
Therapist, Durham City Schools,
presidMit of th« Durham Bran
ch, will chair the morning ses
sion, during whidi tlie ddegate*
and visitors will bear greeting*
from Dr. Alfonso Elder, Presi
dent of North C^oeUna College,
A Workriiop Is planned lor
the forenoon. Prior to the !»•-
sentatfam of Dean Louise L»-
♦tMin, North Carolina College,
wha explore ttie Crafwew*
(e»iteaai *>
The lives of four persons
were snuffed out—three instan>
taneously—last week in the
state’s bloodiest wreck of the
year.
One man was decapitated and
two automobiles rendered a
shamWei-'of tom «esh amf
twisted steel, as a result of a
head on collision about eight
miles frqm here on highway 401
lait i'riday.
Dead were Simon McLean,
56, of Laurinburg, Mrs. Wilii-
menla Lorraine Hardie, 24, Mrs.
S. M. Trouzerl, 46, and Albert
Mclver, 30.
All except McLean were
teachers at Upchurch high in
Raeford.
McLcan’s head was complete
ly shorn from his body by the
force of the impact.
According to reports, Mclver
was driving an automobile
carrying Mrs. Hardie and Mrs.
Trouzerl to school. McLean’s
car, in which he was the only
occupant, was headed in the op
posite direction on 401.
Immediately after the col
lision, a welter of reports circu
lated throughout the area cun-
cerning the accident. One un-
of the automobiles was atteiny
ting to pass a tractor-trailer on
a curve and that both cars wei-e
traveling at such speed timt uit:y
could not .avoid the coiUsion.
Reports say that thu en^uie
of McLean’s car was discovered
In tiw TCHT-seat of the vehicle ■
by officers Investigating the
scene of horror.
An investigating highway pa
trolman reported tiut a wal
paveipent also contrlbatad to
the accident sitmtloa.
All except Mclver diad lo-
stantly. He wm takm to Umi
Cape Fear Valley hoapital at
Fayetteville where lie died a
few hours later.
Funeral servioas for Mrs.
Hardie were held Tuesday at
Portsmouth, Va., for Mrs. Trou-
url Wednesday at Dauglas high
school In Wanaw, and for Uo^
Iver, Thursday at Spring Lake.
McLean’s funeral was scheduled
for later in the week at Baeford.
Mrs. Hardie was a 1B55 gra
duate of North Carolina C^Uege
She had taught at Upchurch
hl|^ for two years. Mrs. Trou
zerl had worked at Updiurdi
for 22 years. Mclver had iMen at
(he sciiool for two years.
NEWS IN BRIEF—
Attend Eisenliower's Inaugural
Mr. and Mrs. Asa T. Spaul
ding attended the Inauguration
of President Eisenhower last
week in the nation’s capital.
Among the highlights of the
week-end affair, the Spauldings
reported the Nationalities Ban
quet at .the Hotel Statler Sun*
day evening, Jan. 20.
The Spauldings recently re
turned from New Delhi, India
where Spaulding was a member
of the United States delegation
to the ninth UNESCO general
conference.
The nationalities banquet fare
included foods from most of the
land areas in the world which
had representative at the inau
guration, ihcluding dishes from
Israel, Ukrainla, Italy, Spain,
France, Germany, Poland, Rus
sia, Greece, Slovakia, Armenia,
and Syria.
Other North Carolinians who
attended the inauguration in
cluded Attorney arid Mrs. C. O.
Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Alexan
der Barnes and Mr. and Mrs. L.
E. Austin of Durham and Dr.
Helen Edmonds.
Institution Reports Year's Gains
The Dariuua Jtraaeh of the
NatlMMl Asseetotiea ef College
womem will fee beet te the sec-
tie^ meetlag of tte aatleiial
body. Shewa here plaaaiag for
ttif aseetteg are aisibers ef tte
steeriag eeanalttee, etffeer and
committee duUrmen ef the Dur
ham aait ef NACW. Sealed, left
te tl|^ an Ita. C. Batt Bd-
wardi, viee f rarideat; Mtss Bel
la Merrias^u reeerMag seere-
tey; Mbs nuritae Newtea, MIse
'Dlaaa Dent, Dr. Bose Bntler
Brown, Mta Bettye , Foster,
general dialnnan; and Miss
Saow Bailey. Standlnc. in ssom
order, are Mn. Carlotta Holmes,
Mrs. Estelle Blmes, Mrs. Marie
M^itt, treasnier; Mrs. Etbdya
nomas, prestdent; Miss Louise
Lattuua, Mrs. lohaaie McLester,
Mrs. Mariaa SpaaMIng, e
rei^ndiag secretary; aad Mrs.
Fraaeee Cagleeea.
WINSTCm-SALEM
A total of $596,789.47 in as
sets was reported ^ the Victory
Credit Union in its year «id re
port here at the Mt. Zion Bap
tist Cniurch recently.
A brief program, Indudhtg
vocal renditions and a welcmne
by E. N. Neal, proceeded ttie ac
tual financial repMta.
made at the meeting by T. C.
Hairston, Sr., chairman of ttu^...
credit committee; R. A. Miller,
chairman of the supervisory
committee: W. M, Nesby, trea
surer; J. D. Ashely', Board of di
rectors; and Bev. Leroy Davii^-
nominating committee.
Hie organisation was loimed
In April, 1946, and at the end
of that year's aetivitics report^
assets of some $88,000. In
years It has grown to over halt
a ««hhmi
The meeting was conducted
by ^ Credit Union's president,
Bev. WUsm. It»porta were idso