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PAGt Sdt tH£ CABOUMA times SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1957 Verdict Withheld In Trial Charging Philander Smith Professor, Civil Rights Advocate, With "Contempt" vlcted, although h ewas never tried for It. Dr. Lorch’s other attorney, Judge Hubert T. Delany of New York, gubmltted a motion to the court listing 16 reasons why the case should be thrown out. One of these reasons is that the indictment alleges that the 1994 hearings were supposed to concern-themselves with “inves tigating Communist activities in the Dayton-Yellow Springs area,” whereas the Un-Ameri can Activities Committee did not ask Dr. Lorch a single ^ufes- tlon ,concerning that area. Another reason is that the Com mittee did not hold a lawful meeting when it acted to insti tute contempt proceedings against him. Four of the nine congressmen on the committee By L. C. Bates Dr. Lee Lorch, Professor of Mathematics at Philander Smith College and well-known civil rights advocate, was tried for contempt of congress” in Fede ral District Court in Dayton, ^Ohio, April 4 and 6. At the con clusion of the trial, Judge Les ter Cecil with held all rulings on motions presented and di rected prosecution and defense attorneys to submit written briefs containing final argu ments. This will take 30 to 45 days and no time has been set for the issuance of a definite verdlcct by the Court. The indictment under which he was tried is the second in dictment in the case, the first aving been dropped a year ago at the government’s own re quest, and is based on the la- leged refusal of Dr. Lorch to answer certain questions at a hearing of the Un-American Activities Committee held in Dayton, Ohio in September ‘54. Testifying at the recent trial, Rep. G. H. Scherer of Cincin nati, Chairman of the subcom mittee before which Dr. Lorch teStif'ied, asserted that he (Scherer) had po information “that he could recall” except that three witnesses before his Committee had stated in 1950 that Dr. Lorch had Communist connections in 1941. The other government witness, Frank S. Tavenner, Committee counsel, admitted at the trial that these same witnesses had named over 280 other persons at the same time and that the Committee had not subpoenaed any of them so far as he knew, except for Dr. Lorch. Defense lawyer Fyke Farmer of Nashville, Margaret Marsh thanked Tenn., asked Schearer how the t^e hostess for her hospitality, submitted affidavits to the Court testifying that they were not at the meeting and had not even been notified of it. Congress as a whole has never voted a contempt citation against him, and this is also an issue. Other reasons included the lack of legislative purposes which the Constitution requires of all congressional hearings. In addition to general argu ments on that point, Judge De lany brought out that Congress had already adjourned when the 1954 hearings were held and so it would have been Impos-' sible for the conunlttee to have introduced anl legislation any how based on the hearings be fore which they subpoeneaed Dr. Lorch. , DURHAM SOCIAIS Deshasor's Alumni Mr^ts On Monday evening, April 1st, Mrs. Marie Johnson was the hostess to the DeShazor's Alum ni at her home in Franklinton. Mrs. Plccola Jones conducted the business session. The following persons joined Mrs. Cecil Reid and Mrs. Eva B. Young. Members present were Mes- dames Plccola Jones, Fidela Brooks, Josephine Perry, Mabel Burnette, Callle Ashford, Willie E. Watkins, Magnolia Leake, Classie Brown, Margaret Harris, Earlie Grandy, Alveta Monroe, Montez Bates, Eunice Ellison, Victoria Moore, Hazel McCoy. The next meeting will be April 15 at the home of Miss Hazel McCoy. Committee knew where Dr. Lorch was in 1954 when Scher er’s own testimony established that Ite last official information about him concerned the year 1941. Scherer did not answer that question. Later, however, pressed by Farmer for a definition of Un- American Activities, Scherer replied that “they are the kind ^ which your client enga^!^ Dr. Lorch was subpoenaed from his home in Nashville, Tenn., to testify before that Committee right after he had attempted to enroll his daughter in a so-called “colored school", the only public school within walking distance of his home, following the Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, out- Jawlng segregation in education. He was then serving as Head of the Fisk University mathema-^ tics department and vice-presi dent of the Tennessee NAACP Conference. It was brought out at the trial that one of the witnesses who had asserted In 1950 that Dr. Lorch had conununist connec tions In 1941, Mrs. Martha Ed- mlston, has been convicted of fraud, and that another, her husband, has admitted that he also committed the same fraud of which his wife had been con- thereby Gate.” closing the “Garden SILVER TEA There will be a Silver Tea at the home of Mrs. Margaret Jef feries 510 Dowd Street, Sunday April 14th, from 5:00 P.M to 7:00 P.M. public is invited. The Amey Jubilee Singers gave a reception at the Oreen Candle Rattaurant Saturday, April flth, at 8:00 P.M., in honor ot the Founder-Mrs. Elizabeth Bullock, President; Mr. Ernest Colly and Directress, Miss Jose phine Davis. The following guests were present. Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Lawson; Rev. and Mrs. E, L. McZeke; and Mr. Willie Bul lock. 100 Proof CsM«li Ittk • liNM Is Virilnis Fruit Brindy DIttllllni Co. Eitontown, N. i. • Nortk 6sr«s, Vs. MAST’S GULL ■mm CmM MMla Gni4« "A” R«stannuit and Service Pkone PA. IU7 EaM nfth ttTMt CLYBURN’S GULF SERVICE WASH — GKKASE — SIMONIZING 1401 East First Strsst At Claremont Phone PA. 4-4S72 WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. FLLINGTON SNACK SHOP Li ille Ellington, Mgr. “Oootf HiOii CooklBf” Hours: 0 a. m. to 10:M p. m. SCS Soath OlarMBMl Armtm Phone PA. 4-137S Wfauton-SalMi, N. C. ill I I I ■■■■ On March 23 the meeting of the Youth Council was held at the home of Mrs. McKoy, with Alphonse Evans as host. The busineM session was con ducted by the; president, Mrs. Umstead. Alphonse Evans led the devotion by singing Faith ot Our Fathers. The Lord’s Prayer was repeated by all, followed by Bible verses. Miss Ella Pane was elected corresponding sec- retary. Three persons were taken as members; Misses Sandra Mc- Kinnie, Faye Ray and Shirley Patterson. I, After the' business session was over, the meeting adjourned. Mmbers present were: Mrs. Umstead, Mrs. McKoy, advisor, Lavorne Pratt, Vernetta Pratt, Milfred Williams, Shirley Pat terson, Willie Ethel Taylor, Al phonse Evans, Sandra McKln- nie Faye Ray, Phyllis Starks, Jean Llywellyn, Howard Hill and Ella Pane. sophomore of Bervar, and Rosa Foreman of Farmville, Repre sentatives to the Pan-Hellenic Council. Lois P. Turner of the Area of English is the faculty advisor. On Monday evening April 1st the K.T.A. Club was entertain ed at the home of Mrs. H. B. Galloway, 402 Dunston St. The business session was pre sided over by the president, Mrs. Gladys McKinnie. After the business session games and refreshments were enjoyed by all. Members present were: Mes- dames, Mildred Blue, Classie Brown, Margaret Gillis, Chris tine Gilmore, L>ois Henderson, Iris Lawrence, Gladys McKin nie, Elvetta Monroe, Annie Perry, Mable Powell. Mrs. Margaret Gillis thanked the hostess for an enjoyable evening. The club will meet April 15 at the home of Mrs. Margaret OlUls. Hampton Grad On U. S. AG Staff in Paris WASHINGTON, D. C. Winston G. Thorbum, first Negro agriculturist to be ap pointed to a U.S. agricultural attache post in a major foreign country, is serving as a diplo matic representative of Ameri can agriculture in Paris, France. Thorburn, a graduate of Hampton Institute, was appoint ed assistant agricultural attache at the American Embassy in Paris last September by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. In this key assignment, he is cliarged with the responsi bility of assisting in the gather ing and reporting of significant information on agriculture and agricultural trade in France. In carrying out this responsi bility, Mr. Thorbum works with a staff of French nationals in gathering and translating the information. Thorburn also assists the at tache in promoting and safe-, guarding the agricultural mar-i keting interest of the United States in France. Among other things, they are promoting in creased French consumption of American cotton. The 29-year-old assistant ag ricultural attache is a native ot New York, but received part of his early training in Kingston, Jamaica of the British West In dies. Before taking the embassy post, he served as an analyst in the Asia and Middle £ast Analy sis Branch of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Earlier, he was assistant manager of the Hampton Institute dairy farm. Book Given Member Of Garden Club In Honor Of Husband -Mother- (Continued from page 3) etteville community. The Omega Beta sorority was organized in 1950 and now has a membership of 18 youiig wo men. The present corps was offl^ cers are Evelyntyne Humphrey, junior of Wade, Vice President; Ruth McAllister, Junior of Rae- ford, Secretary; Bettye R. Al len, junior of Lillington, Trea surer; Johnnie P. Murphy, junior of Godwin, Journalist: Margaret Evans and Mary Dun ham, juniors of Fayetteville, Representative to the Student Council; Annie M. Hutchinson, SOUTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY Complete Home Furnishers Phlloo and O. 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PKONS S-SSSl Southon Fidelity MutBalbisiinuice Company fZ7 KLM STBEIT DUBHAM, N. C. The, ihonthly meeting of the Nature Lover’s Garden Club met in its regular session at the liome of Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Brooks on Raleigh Road, with the president, Mrs, E. R. Chavis presiding. After the opening of the traditional "Garden Gate" and the preliminaries that fol lowed by the Chaplain, Mrs. Susie Cooper, a lively business session was intered into and many plans fox the ensuing sea son. An interesting feature of the meeting was the presentation, tiirough the Courtesy Commit tee of a book to Mrs. J. F. Gib son, a fellow member in memory of her late husband, The Rev. J. Franklin Gibson, who for many years was a lead er in the Religious, Civic and educational circles of North Carolina and particularly this vicinity. The book will be placed on the “Memorial Shelf” In the Granville County Library. The title of the book, “The Will To Believe” is a graphic account of what the reader him self can discover within himself in the way of a new power and potentiality for self-realization. Mrs. G. S. Grant, serving as chairman of the book selection committee made the selection and Mrs. Harvey Tilley pre sented the book. Reception Held For Newlyweds In Durham Mr. anl Mrs. Alton Freeland of 410 Dunstan Street, gave a reception for Mr. and Mrs. Marion D. Thorpe, Sunday the 24th of March. Mrs. Freeland is the sister of Mr. Thorpe. The event was held at the Freland home honoring the bri dal couple. A number of rela tives and friends attended. A motif of Green and White was used in decorating the home. In the '''dining room, which was adorned with white carnations was a refreshment table which was centered with the wedding cake and flanked by burning tapers. 'Mothers of both bride and groom wore pink iace dresses and corsages of white carna tions. Mrs. Thorpe the former Miss Lula Glenn is a student at North Carolina College and majoring in Sociology. Mr. Thorpe, also a student at North Carolina Col lege is majoring in i'sychology. Assisting in entertaining wort Mrs. AlethiS Thorpe, Mrs. Doro thy Phillips, Mrs. D. B. Martin, Miss l£mma Lash, Miss Vaterio vVilson, Miss Gladys Chavis, iviiss t'aye lUng, Miss Joan Ben- 1,011, Miss Ibhirlene McLendon, ivnsB £,velyn Clapp, Miss Mattie Giles, Miss Isabelle Gladden, and Miss Bettye Page. Career Day At Georgetown Hi JACKSONVILLE On Tuesday, April "9, 1857, Georgetown High School spon sored a “Career Day.” The pur pose of the event was to stimu late the juniors and seniors in regards to furthering th6ir edu- cation, and to point out specific areas into which opportunities are available for qualified per sons. The program consisted of two parts; a morning session, the general session held in the gym- torium, and an evening session, the consultant meetings. 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