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1^1 Winston Salem Is Host To
Shrlners Annual Confab
Elks To Hold 37th Meet
In Kinston May 19 - 23
'■dr.
Shown above 1« I. R. Holmw,
presUlent of the Moore Bible
CUm of White Boek Baptist
Chnrch, preMnttng a check for
$525 doltan for ^e John Avery
Boys* Club Bnildinc Fnnd to
Lee W. Smith, Jr., exeoutlve di
rector of the Bojn’ Clnb. On the
extreme left is W. A. Clement,
who conducted the campaign
fw the class and on.the extreme
rlfht Is W. J. Kennedy, Jr., who
has been teacher of the class for
the past 87 years and who Is
president of the Boys’ Club.
The ftoup is standing in front
of a memorial to Joseph Waver-
ly Harris, former seeretary of
the class and who was Instru
mental in getting the class
interested in civic work. The
class contributes 95(.00 annual
ly to the operating budget of the
Boys’ Clnb.
Malialia Jackson To Sing
At Prayer Pilgrimage Rally
MalMilla Jacluon, America’s
greatest and best imown gospel
singer, has notified the leaders
of the mammoth May 17 Prayer
Pilgrimage that she will be
“Just delighted to sing” at thei
Lincoln .Memorial. Also tb«
iMst for^Caljrpso Troubador,
Bt)aftifit»,'ao is Sa iot iumtv-
moon, would be in Washington
on the 17tti. But in the case at
the singer of folk ballads, he
will appear as a private citizen,
“with a stake in Civil JRights.”
Miss Jaclcson, whose lustrous
vocal ability could win her
much more fortune than ' heif
present fame, is well known for
the fact that she refuses to be
come a popular singer and in-*
sists upon remaining a gospel
singer; this she does with a
moving beauty that defies de
struction.
Belalonte, who appeared on
twhalf of the NAACP at New
York’s Manhattan Center on
Thursday of last week, was im
pressed with a talk about the
Prayer Pilgrimage delivered
after the concert by Bayard
Rustin, organizer of the Pilgri
mage. Although the noted folk
balladeer had to rush off on iiis
honeymoon with his lovely new
wife, the former Miss Julie
Robinson, he reached bis man
ager from their Sag Harlwr
liaven to notify Rustin that he
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Dr. Luther IGng
Vows, "We Cant
Slow Up Now"
>NEW YORK
Rev. Martin Lutlier King paid
a whirlwind visit to New York
to urge more support to the
mass civil rights prayer pilgri-
'mage to Watfiington May 17th.
With 50,000 persons throughout
the country taking part, 10,000
are to be New Yorkers.
"We’re moving,” he seld.
“The motor is now cranked up.
We’re moving up the highway
to freedom toward the city of
equality. We can’t afford to
slow up, because our nation has
a date with destiny."
On less than three hours’
sleep, Rev. King wbiiH;>ed
through a grueling schedule
that started with a ministers’
meeting of 200 Negro and
white clergymen; next a syna-
^>gue service bi^re Steven
Wise Free Synagogue wlien the
congregation could hardly , re
train from applauding; a mass
rally *at Harlem’s 129th Street
before 3,000 wildly cheering
N«sroes;'vnynd up by a radio
appearance after midni^t
WlMn does King sleep? Well,
he doesn’t iiiien on such a trip.
But often lie tries to catch iv
on aleap after it’s all over and
tbao sleeps for 19 hours at a
time
9% V '
Edward Bailey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stanford Bailey, 506
Grajr Street, is shown here with
the first prise trophy which he
won in a model plane building
contest held In Statesville.
Young Bailey Is a student at
Hillside High School. The plane
came out first In the “Bat
Race.”
1S00 EXPECTED
AT GALA DAY
FESTIVITIES
This Friday, May 10th, is the
starting date for the Shrlners
state-wide “GALA DAY” con
vention, being held this year in
Winston-Salem. The two-day
assembly will feature many in
teresting activities for the pub
lic as well as private affairy for
the expected 1,500 visiting
Ancient Arabic Egyptian Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
delegates.
Dr. Charles E. Stewart, for
mer High Priest and Prophet of
the Imperial Council will b«
guest speaker for a public meet
ing to be held Friday, May 10,
at 8 p.m. Dr. Stewart, a resident
of Philadelphia, Pa., li pastor of
the AME Church in that city,
and a former president of Kit-
trell College.
Preceding the public meeting
will be a twilight parade at 7
p.m. from the Masonic Hall, 7th
and Chestnut Streets, to First)
Baptist Church, 7th and High
land Avenue, where the meet
ing is to take place. Music for
the occasion will be furnished
by Winston-Salem Teachers
College Choir under the direc
tion of Dr. James A. Dillard.
From 11 pjn. Friday night, to
3 a.m. Saturday morning, the
‘Convention Ball” will be held
in the Teachers College gymn*r
slum on the campus, with muuc
furnished by Sherman Williai^
of Greensboro, and the Four
Diamonds.
At 10 a.m. Saturday morning,
the public is invited to attend
competitive drills by drill teams
from all over the state. The con
test will also be at T.C’s gymna
sium and will determine the
championship drill team of
North Carolina.
The Grand Parade will begin
at 1 p.m. Saturday, from the
Masonic Hall to the dining room
at Teachers College where
lunch wUl be served. Drp
teMBS, along
At 4 p.m., more thim BO'
vices will render “entertain*
ment” to Sethos Temple . and
Court in the WSTC Gym anrf
the Students Day Center, also
on the campus. _
Sethos Temple, No. 170, ^
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Auto Accident
Fatal To Twin
City Woman
WINSTON-SALEM
Virginia Elizabeth (Peggy)
Tucker, of 372 Dixie Broadway,
became Winston-Salem’s second
traffic fatality of the year at
12:96 a.m. Wednesday, May 1st.
Miss Tucker succumbed at a
local hospital from injuries su-
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Our Can
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 19
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1»57
PRICE; TEN CENTS
Durham Ministers Bon
All Segregated Places
Pictured above are the piano
pupils of Mn. Barbara L.
Coeke, who recently took part
la the NaUoval Piaao Playing
fcjt
CiVi was the exaoiiBw. AI
Brolterage Firm
Opens For
Business In Ga.
ATLANTA, Ga.
Extending its pioneering in
the field of investment securi
ties, McGhee & Company, first
Negro brolterage company, was
notified this week by Secretary
of State Ben W. Fortson, Jr., o£
the State of Georgia, of the Is
suance of its license to conduct
a general securities business in
that state. Norman L. McGhee,
head of the company, simul
taneously announced plans to
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pils succeasfuliy passed the ex-1 Beale, Tbomaalne PItsgerald,
amlnatloBs and received Local,! Judith Oraady; Srd rew; Mr.
Distrlet, State and National Ivelpe, Maxine Barksdale, Ce-
heMrt. They a|M||tlett te ^h^\etly.^ BmlUi, LeEtta Smith and
Lad Named Older Boys President
WINSTON-SALEM—The 27th annual North Caro
lina YMCA Older Boys Conference, held at Atkins High
School recently, was closed with the election of Vernon
McRaejiil?, of Gfreensboro being elected president, suc
ceeding Grorge Hill of Winston-Salem. McRae is a jun
ior at Dudley High School in Greensboro.
Approximately 30 young pepole attended the ses
sions and elected Miss Louise Dudl^,* 16, of New Bern
as recording secretary. This is the nrat time a girl has
been elected to any office of the conference. Mias Dud
ley, a member of the Tri-Hi-Y Clubs, is a junior honor
student at J. T. Barber Hi^ School.
The remaining state officers elected w^: Harold
Hairston, 17, junior at Dudley High Schoot te Greens
boro, corresponding secretary, and Samuel Dixon, 16,
junior at Williston High School in Wilmington, Chap
lain. Alfred Leak, 17, of Winston-Salem was elected
vice-president and Randolph Roseboro, 16, also of Win
ston-Salem, is the new financial secretary. Leak is a
sophomore at Carver Consolidated School and Roseboro
in a junior at Atkin High School.
L. D. Mclennon, executive secretary of the Patter
son Avenue Branch YMCA, installed the new officws.
In an apraisal of the meeting, the Resolutions Com
mittee asked for: 1. Girl members represented on plat
form. 2. Greater participation in worshops. 3. Strict
adherence to schedule. 4. Maps for delegates to know
better the convention city.
The next conference will be held at Greensboro in
1958.
Shown above is Edgar Alston,
leader of the winning Sehool
Boy Safety Patrol Volt, with
the trophy which the group re
cently won In the asmual
marching contest held in Wash
ington, D. C. The award this
year was the third comecutlve
won by the Durham schools
w
Annual State
Conference
KtNSTON
By Proclamation of State
President Rov. Kemp Plum
mer Battle of Rocky Mount, the
,J7th annual convontioii of tho
North Carolina Association uf
Ihe Improved Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the
World (IBPOEW) will meet
here May 19-23, as Kuests of the
BUistern Pride Lodge No. 512
and Gloria Temple No. 602
IBPOEW.
Officers of the local lodge are
as follows;. Robert Kornegay,
Exalted Ruler; Wilbert Croom,
financial secrettary; Attorney
McKinley Battle, legal advisor;
Fred Jones, chief of staff,
Antlereed Guard dept. Temple
officers, wlio are cooperating
whole-heartedly with the
“Bills”, include: Mrs. Willie An
derson, Daughter-Ruler; Mrs.
Esther Roland, financial secre
tary; and many other loyal
Daughters who have pledged
themselves to have plenty of
good food for the hungry dele
gates and visitors to the con
vention.
Eastern Pride and Gloria
Temple, organized in 1030, has
recently comsieted remodeling
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IINCOLN HOSI>ITAl TO HOLD
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, MAY 12
WASmNO«»l7^> «
The Dodge Hotel, Washing
ton, O- C., was the scene of the
Fifth Oeorfe Wayne Cox Sales
Coovcj^tion of N^fih Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, April SS-S7. Forty-seven
of the leading iield representa
tives from throughout the Com
pany’s system won trips to ttie
Convention based on their per
formance during the first quar
ter of 1097.
The A«ency Department of
Norto Carolina Mutual sponsors
this Convention annually in
honor of the late Vice Presi-
dent Agmcy Director George
Wayne Cox. During the Con
vention in Washington the
group toured several of the Ok>v>
emment Buildings, including
the White House. Mrs. G. W.
Cox was the honored guest at
the occasion. President W. 3.
Kennedy, Jr. was the speaker
at the Banquet was held in the
Blue Room of the Hotel.
A National Hospital Day cele
bration is slated foi- Sunday,
May 12, at Lincoln Hospitsl.
The day, May 12, Is observed
each year as National Hospital
Day in honor of Florence Night
ingale, the founder of modem
medicine.
The hospital will hold Open
House "irom 1:30 P.M. to 3:30
P. M. The public Is invited to
visit the hospital and nurses’
-home. On hand will be guides
and members of the hospital
staff to point out the functions
and activities of each depart
ment.
On Friday, May 17, the
School of Nursing, as a part oi
the general obaervancce of Nji-
tionai Hospital Week, which Is
from May 12th to 18th, is liav-
ing open house at the Nurses’
Home from 3:30 to 9:30 P.M.
All students interested in nur
sing are dordially invited to
visit the Nurses’ Home.
In view of the fact that LiU'
coin Hospital has made so many
improvements during the past
year, the staff is particularly
desirous that the public will
honor the invitation to be on
hand next Sunday, May IS,
from 1:30 to 3:30 P.M., and that j We therefore call upon
all students interested in nur-lrents to challenge
sing will visit the Nurses Home 1 North CaroUna Pu]
on May 17, from 8:80 to 9.S0|ment law on the
P.M. (continued on
The ministers of the Durham
Interdenominational Ministers
Alliance last Monday, at their
weekly session, held at the
White Rock Baptist Church,
made their position on the inte
gration question crystal clear in
an action dedicating iheir lea
dership to gaining full citizen
ship rights for Negrofs.
This course of action wss de
cided upon when the ministers
accepted by an overwhelming
majority vote an eight-point
committee recommendation, den
daring all-out, uncompromising
war on all forms of segregation,
and pledged themselves to lead
the Durham Community In put
ting “into practice the Chris
tian ideals of brotherhood, free
dom, equality and Justice.”
Although, divergent opinions
were expressed as to the pro
cedure to be followed, the
ministers were as one in con
demning as unchristian the de
nial of democratic rights to any
racial or minority group and
endorsing CMl Rights and
Federal Court decisions outlaw
ing segregation in the public
schools and other areas of our
lUt.
tbiKlldiitlttppart to all t
McoMf^'Wvtaywia to*^
pati^nage to any institutton' or
enterprise practicing
segregation. And th»»v further
■dviae that Negroes as indivi"
dttais refuae to be segregated
with regard to bus and train
travel, in waiting rooms, ball
parks, theatres, etc.
Heading the committee tiut
brought in the reoommanda-
tions was Rev. R. L. Spaaks,
pastor of St. Mark AMI Zion
Church.
The recommendations adopt
ed by the Alliance appear be
low:
In order to advance the
Kingdom of God and the cause
of fredom in the rity of Dur
ham, we the members of the In-
tordenomina^tional M|inifcteriial
Alliance of Durham and vicini
ty, offer the following recom
mendations:
1. That the Durham commu
nity make a sincere effort to
put into practice the Christian
ideals of brotherhood, freedom,
equality and Justice;
3. That we seek to )mplum..-at
the Supreme Court’s decision,
outlawing segregation in the
public school system and other
areas* of community life and
that this be done in the spirit of
ChrUli
3. That each individual Chrla>
tian refuse to patronize or sup
port any inatitution or business
enterprise that practices segre
gation or discrhnination; and
that each individual refuse to be
segregated In buses waiting
rooms, water-fountains, ImU
parks, theaters, traiiw, restau
rants or any other public place;
4. That tiie religious institu
tions of the city take the initia
tive in creating a communiti'
free of discrimination and se
gregation;
9. That we refuse to support
endorse any Christian ga
thering or public meeting that
segregates on the basis of race
or discriminates;
0. That the Christian minis
ters of Dtirham set the exam]^
by organizing a ministerial
i lance that will be both in
nominational and interracial.
7. Many of our children are
compelled to travel 29 or
miles in order to attend
when there is a scbboi in ’
community in which