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DR. BROWNE
MRS. STRASSNER
Dr. Browne, Mrs. Strassner Will
Address Meet of Ministers' Wives
WINSTON-SALEM
The annual convention of the
statewMe Interdenominational
MinUters’ Wives Alliance will
be held in Winston-Salem
Thursday and Friday, JLune 20th
and 21st. _____
Dr. Rose Butler Browne, wiie
of a Durham minister and pro
fessor in the North Carolina
College Graduate School, will
be the principal speaker for the
conference, mailing her address
on June 21st.
Mrs. A. H. McDaniels is pres
ident of the local Alliance, and
Mrs. M. Frances Strassner is
state president. Mrs. Strassner
is the wife of the president of
Shaw University at Raleigh.
The two-day session will be
held at the Patterson Avenue
Branch Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Sevy
Powell is chairman of the Plan
ning Comn.'ittee. The following
persons constitute the Religious
Comn'ittff! for Devotions; Mrs.
Clara Bailey, Mrs. Jessie Young
and Mrs. Mildred M. Hylton.
Members of the program com
mittee are: Mrs. Etenialene H.
Goodwin, Mrs. Christine K.
Hedgley, Mrs. J. A. Hunter and
Mrs. Estelle Norment.
Social committee: Mrs. D. S.
Ray and Mrs. Thelma Smith.
Registration and badges: Mrs.
Verancia Caesar, Mrs. W. L.
Wilson and Mrs. Marion L.
Thompson. Mrs. Susie Drayton
is head of photography and cor
respondence.
Mrs. Doris Wiley, Mrs. W. A.
McEwan and Mrs. Anne Rogers
are in charge of souvenirs. Pub
licity: Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs.
Mattie Patterson. Mrs. Dora
Joyce, Mrs. lola Jones and Mrs.
J. S. Blaine have cliarge of
housing.
’^Hodges-ocracy” Yields To
Democracy |ln H. C. Senate
Failure Of Anti-NAACP Bills
Seen As Defeat For Governor
RALEIGH
Defeat of the administration-
backed anti-NAACP bUls last
week by the Senate was inter
preted by many observers here
and throughout the state as a
direct defeat for Gov. Hodges.
The Senate killed two bllb
lut Friday aimed at carbing
the NAACP aotlTltlet and
tlghtAing the laws governing
sponsorthlp of law milta. Spon
sors of both measnrea admitted
that they were aimed at the
NAACP and the legal aasanlta
on segregation.
Gov. Hodges had earlier dur
ing the legislative session urged
passage of the bills and bad re
portedly thrown his influence
behind supporters ol the meas
ures.
Early this week, the Gover
nor indicated his keen disap
pointment at the failure of the
assembly to enaet the mea
sures Into law.
Senate action killed the two
bills after both had passed the
House.
One wiseacre on Capitol HMl
remarked after Friday’s Sen
ate action In which the two
bills met their death, “It ap
pears that Bodges (the Gov
ernor) has over reached him
self this time, Hodges-oeracy
had to give way to democracy.”
The Governor took a dim view
of Senate action in comments at
his press conference this week.
He charged the legislature with
"taking upon Itself” the re
sponsibility for killinc the two
bills which would have en
trenched North Carolina against
assaults on the outworks of seg
regation.
Gov. Hodges was quoted as
saying,
“flie bills were drawn up by
the attorney general and we
had hoped they would be pass
ed. niey would have helped
US In the future If they had
been put on the satnte booln.”
The Governor was reported as
saying that he thought they were
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Leaders Hail Action
Killing NAACP Bills
Reaction Tide
Turning, Says
NAACP Officiai
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 24 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1957
A&T Admits White
Student For Summer
GBEKNSBOSO
For the first time in tlie liis-
tory of A. and T. Coiliege a
white stadent began classes
here Tharaday iMniing with
the opeaiag of the summer
sessien.
Bodaey Jaye Hiller, 21, a
an announcement made here
by President W. T. Oibbs.
Miller stated he will continue
his work toward a degree in
heating and air conditioning at'
State College in Baleigh when
the fall sBsslsB vfttm. He ap
plied for admisslMi to A. and T.
last jaawrr «Wk the near-
a speeial atodent, aeeerding to
two small
State Convention Opens For
Legionnaires In Durham
Th» Wenver-McLean Post No.
175, of the American Legion,
and the American Legion Auxi
liary Unit, Department of
North Carolina, of Durham^will
be host to the Negro divisions,
of the North Carolina Depart
ment, on Thursday, Friday, Sat
urday and Sun^, June 13-16,
at the Convention Headquar
ters, the W. D. Hill Community
Center, 1 3 0 8 Fay«tteville
Street.
of the North Carolina Mutual
The local committee has conv-
pleted plans for the entertain
ment of the approximately 400
delegates, who will'converge on
Durham Thursday, June 13th.
HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of the opening
business session, will be the
Welcome Address by E. J. Ev
ans, mayor of Durham, and the
Keynote Address, by W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., a member of the lo
cal Post No. 17S, and president
Scripture, Prayer
Then—Boonil
HAMLET
The Bible which Ely Easter
ling and Ben Bridges read to
gether from late Saturday un
til the pre-dawn hours of Sun
day must not have contained the
commandment “Thou Shalt
Not Kill.” For minutes after
the two had finished reading
the Bible, Ewterling shot
Bridges to dea^
According to reports, Easter
ling and his brother-in-law.
Bridges, had participated in a
Bible reading and prayer ses-
seslon at Easterling’s home,
here last Saturday which last
ed until two a. m. Sunday
morning. Bridges left the
room but re-entered at Easter
ling's demand, only to be shot
down.
Immediately after the fatal
incident, niaatTUng '«^ent to
his mother’s home where be
was placed under arrest.
Deputy Sheriff Xb Terry who
investigated the shooting, sta
ted that he found Eastarling
sitting in a chair tdllng a
group of peopto the st(M*y of
«^t had happened.
Life Insurance. Company.
On Thursday, June 13th, the
Executive Committee of ' Divi
sion Six, will meet at 7:00 P.M.
at the Convention Headquar
ters. At 9:00 P.M. the register
ed delegates will be entertained
at the Square Club, corner Fow
ler Ave. and Fayetteville St.
BUSY DAY
Friday, June 14th, will be a
busy day for the delegates, with
the opening of the business ses
sion of both the Legion and the
Auxiliary. The program calls
for reports of various commit
tees, both standing committees
and Convention committees
and also the report of Vice
Commander Z. W. Alexander,
commander of Division Six,
presiding officer of the Legion
Convention. A Veterans Clinic
will be conducted by a repre
sentative of the Veterans Ad
ministration. Report of Oxford
Colored Orphanage, by Dr. T.
H. Brooks, Supt. of the Institu
tlon, will be made.
I At 8:00 P.M. a joint Memori
al Service will be held at the
Covenant Presbyterian Church,
comer Lincoln Ave. and Massey
St. Tne puUlc is cordially in'vlt-
ed. The Memorial address will
be delivered by the pastor, R«v.
J. W. Smith, Jr.
CONVENTION DANCE
At 9:30 P.M. comes the Con
vention dance, for all registered
delegates. The public is Invited.
The admission price is $1.00 per
person. The dance will be held
at the W. D. Hill Community
Center. Tickets now available
may be purchased from all Le
gionnaires and Auxiliary mem
bers. Free prizes will be given
holders of lucky tickets. The
grand prize is a TV set.
Immediately following - the
d^fnce, an after party will be
held at the Good-will Club,
Roosevelt St., off Fayetteville
,St., just outside City imits.
ANNUAL PARADE
Saturday’s program calls for
a free breakfast, 0:30—8:80 A.
M.„ for all registered Legion
naires and members of the Aux
iliary at the Community Center.
At the 0:00 A.M. business ses
sion will come reports of vari
ous committees, presentation of
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they made the decision for him
to attend A. and T. for tha sum
mer session after careful con
siderations.
President. Oibbs stated that
Miller will be “Just another
student” and will be on the
campus imly a few hours each
day.
Speech Contest
Set For Durham
White Rock Baptist Church
of Durham will be the scene
Monday, June 17 of the Fourth
Regional Oratorical Contest
sponsored by the I.B.P.O. Elks.
The contest will be staged in
the church’s main auditorium.
Farticipants will Include
state winners from Florida,
Georgia, South and North Caro
lina, states which comprise the
Elk’s fourth region.
Top prize for the contest will
be a $1,000 college scholarship.
Winner from the regional con
test will go on to the grand na
tional speaking contest at Phil
adelphia in August.
The regional contest will be
directed by Albert H. Bethune,
son of the late Mrs. Mary Mc
Leod Bethune. Bethune serves
as grand regional director of
education for the Elks.
He will be assisted by assist
ant grand regional director,
Lonnie Reynolds of Greensboro
and State director of education
James T. Hawkins of Durham.
General subject from which
contestants will draw tlieir
speech topics is “The Constitu
tion and the Negro.”
NAACP National
Meet To Hear
UAW Chief
DETROIT
Walter Reuther, president of
the million-member United Au
to Workers union, will address
the 48th annual convention of
the l^ational Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
which meets here, June' 2S-S0,
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive
secretary, announced today.
Mr. Reuther’s address is
scheduled for June 26. Also sd-
dressing that session of the con
vention will be Joseph Rauh,
national chairman of Americans
for Democratic Action.
The convention will open on
June 25 'with a keynote address
by Dr. Channlng H. Tobias,
chairman of the NAACP Board
of Directors. The closing session
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This picture of massed delegates to the North Carolina
Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, Central Juris
diction, was taken during the church’s 99th session at Win
ston-Salem last week. The conference convened on June 4
and ended June 9. St. Andrew’s Church on Aider Street
was host to the Conference.
Lenoir Lass To Enter
Leaders throughout the state
this week hailed the defeat last
week of bills introduced in the
North Carolina legislature
PRICE; TEN CENTS * which sought to curtail legal,
orgaifiized attacks o'n segreatlon.
One of the spokesmen inter
viewed this week by the TIMES
expressed the opinion that the
actluii prcBagod a turn in the
tide of anti-liberal sentiment in
the State. Atty. C. O. Pearson
of Durham, chairman of the
state legal repress committee,
.said the action was "further in
dication that the pendulum is
swinging in the opposite direc
tion ol the anti-feeling of many
people in the State toward the
Supreme Court's decision on
public education."
Others described the action
vuiiousi> us “statesiuuniike, a
step in the right dirtiction,” as
an indication that the ‘'flames
of democracy have not died in
North Carolina” and as serving
the interests of "freedom of
speech, thought and action.”
One spokesman viewed tlie
action as a "day of*honorable
men in the Senate."
MARGARET PATTERSON
Desegregation
Is Press^
In Charlotte
CHARLOTTE
Parents of School Children
in Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County pushed for School
Boards in North Carolina's
largest city to desegregate the
public schools by September,
1957. 41 students have filed
with the city school board and
five with the county board ap
plications for reassignment to
non-segregated schools. The ai-
tion taken by these students
places the school boards lace to
face with the desegregation of
public schools. All efforts to get
the school boards to voluntari
ly present a comprehensive
plan of implementing the Unit
ed States Supreme Court Deci
sions in the field of public edu-
catioh have been unsoccessful.
t Spearheading the attack are
two effective community organ
izations, the Charlotte Branch,
NAACP and the Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County Parents
Committee on Education. These
groups have worked closely on
the problem for 2 years with
Parent Education programs and
workshops on the meaning of
the United States Supreme
Court decision of May 17, 1954
ruling Segregation In public
education unconstitutional.
The Charlotte and Mecklen
burg Coimty Boards are now
engaged in processing the re
quest. The applications for rcas-
slnment are in conformity with
the North Carolina PupU As
signment Law.
Kelly M. Alexander, Jr., 8
year old son of North Carolina
NAACP President, Is requesting
reassignment to a daaegre^ted
school.
GREENSBORO
The third Negro to be admit
ted to the Women’s (Allege, a
unit of the University of North
Carolina, will enter at the
opening of the fall term, ac
cording to an announcement
made here by acting dean W.
W. Pierson Monday.
Two other Negro girls were
admitted last fall. Both plan to
return when scchool reopens in
September,
Miss Margaret Patterson of
Lenoir, ^une graduate of a high
school in that city, wilf be thf
newest Negro student to enter
the school this Fall. Miss Pat
terson' is also Lenoir repre
sentative for the CAROLINA
TIMES.
Four other applications from
Negro students are^ pendlngs,
but at press time Miss Patter
son’s was the only one that had
been accepted. Dean Pierson
said that many inquiries con-
cverning entrance >iad been re
ceived from Negroes.
Old North State Dentists End
Annual Session In Twin City
The 38th aiu/ual meeting of
the Old North State Dental
Society convened at Winston-
Salem Teachers College last
Tuesday, June 11 at 9 a. m.,
continuing thresh Wednes
day, June 12. The Program
Committee gave* special em
phasis to clinics with the pur
pose of aiding the general
practitioner in his everyday
endeavor.
Dr, F. L. Atkins, president
of Teachers College delivered
the welcoming address for the
opening session at 10 a. m.,
with W. F. Meroney giving the
response. Invocation was given
by the Rev. Kenneth Williams,
chaplain of WSTC.
Dr. C. L. Shoffner, of Weldon,
state president, presided and de
livered the annual address
Workshop sessions highlighted
Tuesday’s meeting, with Dr.
John S. Pikes, School of Denlstry
of the Unl'verslty of North Caro
lina in charge of a discussion on
“Practice Management As It Re
lates To Children” at 2 p. m., and
discussion on "Indication
Cavity Preparation For and In
sertion of Acrylic Filling Mate
rials" at 3:30 p. m„ with Or.
Clarence L. Sockwell, also of the
University of North Carolina
School of Dentistry in charge.
At 8 p. m., the annual banquet
was held in the school cafeteria
with Mayor Marshall C. Kurfeet
and Dr. Shoffner spealdng.
Wednesday’s session included
two clinics. At 10 a. m., Dr. W.
H. Allen, dean of the School of
Dentistry and director of dental
education at Meharry Medical
College in Nashville, Tennessee,
spolce on “Complete Denture
Prostbwls and Its Ramifications,”
and at 2 p. m., a discussion on
"Oral Pathology,” led by Dr.
Thomas L. Blair, was held. Elec
tion and installation of officers
was held at 4 p. m.
Officers of the Dental Society
besides Dr. Shoffner are: Dr. J.
E. Cameron of Kinston, presi
dent-elect; Dr. M. L. Watts of Ra
leigh, secretary-treasurer; Dr. J.
E. Horton of Edenton, assistant
secretary; Dr. L. H. Caple of Lex
ington, chairman of program
committee and Dr. V. H. Tynes
of Greensboro, publicity.
Members of the Executive
Commmittee are: Dr. A, J. Wil
liams of Charlotte, chairman;
Dr. M. W. Butler of Asheville;
Dr. R. M. Bell of Raleigh; Dr. C.
The dean -also revealed that
several had applied for en
trance to the summer session
but none satisfactorily met en
trance requirements.
MICHAEL TUCKER
Student Wins
Early Entrance
College Grant
Michael Boyd Tucker,
ing junior at Hillside
> ris-
High
O. Lee, Winston-Salem; Dr. J. E. School, has bfon awarded an
Horton; Dr. W. M. Sessoms of
Rocky Mount and Dr. A. L. Crom
well, this city.
Members of the Twin City
Dental Society who were host to
the Old North State Dental So
ciety, besides Dr. Cromwell, who
is president, are; Dr, P. M. Bran
don, vice-president; Dr. J. Ewers,
secretary; Dr. C. O. Lee, treas
urer; Dr. W. F. Meroney; Dr. G.
. Smith, Dr. J. Clyde McKnight
and Dr. N. C. Gannaway.
Early Admission Scholarship of
$2000.00 to Morehouse College
in Atlanta, Georgia; and he will
be admitted to the college as a
full freshman in September.
Tucker, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John T. Tucker of 312
Dowd Street, was notified last
week by the registrar of More
house College.
The scholarship award was
made on the basis of his rating
In conjunction with the den-'on the Cooperative Intercollegi-
tist, the Women’s Auxiliary also ate Examination, h 1 s high
met. A reception was held Mon
day, June 10, from 0 to 11 p. m.
at the home of Miss Viola Mc:
Knight of 80S Woodland Avenue.
Tuesday, 10 to 11 a. m., a coffee
hour was held and from 11 a. m.
to 1 p. m., business session at
Winston-Salem Teachers College
A luncheon was given from 3 to
4 p. m. at the Pstterson Avenue
Branch YWCA.
Another business meeting was
held at 10 a. m, Wednesday, also
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school record and recommenda
tions and ratings by the high
school principal and teachers.
It will be paid toward the ex
penses of the recipient at the
rate of $500.00 a year for a pe
riod of four years.
He has been active In music
throughout his elementary, jun
ior and senior high school ca
reer. He won the first prize of
$25.00 thl^ spring at the State
Vocational Talent Contest held
at A. ft T. College.
The Senate voted last Friday
26-14 to Icill a measure which
would require the NAACP to
list its financial and mamber-
ship sources, and, later during
the same session, turned back
by voice vote another bUl
which would have made it a
ho direct Intrrejft
Sponsors of the naaliures ad-'
mitted that they were aimeJ ul
curtailing the activities of the
NAACP and the legal attacks
upon segregation in the State.
Defeat of the measures came
as a distinct surprise to many
observers. Most of the reporters
covering the legislature had
predicted routine passage for
both bills with only a few criti-
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Prexy Hit
For 'Burying'
Clerics' Protest
RALEIGH
Dr. William R, Strassner,
president of Shaw University,
was accused of "burying” A
protest from a group of Bap
tist ministers to the anti-
NAACP legislation which was
before the State Senate last
week.
The charge came this week
from Rev. John W. Flefning,
director of Religious Education
for the State Baptist Conven
tion.
Rev. Fleming, in a letter made
public, stated that the Annual
Ministers’ Conference, which
meets at Shaw each year, ap
pointed a group to draw up a
letter protesting the anti-NAAC^
legislation pending in the Gen
eral Assembly. Rev. Fleming said
further that the group went to
President Strassner to receive
his signature and approval and
that Dr. Strassner advised them
not to send it.
Acoording to Fleming’s latter,
Strassner explataied that he
could net sign the letter be
cause he did net want. Shaw
University Involved ia^ “e«B-
troversial lasaa” that might
hart it
Commenting on this. Rev.
Fleming’s letter stated:
“Hew a letter frooi a Mbi-
isters Conferenee mwitinr at
Shaw eoBld hart this ehnrdi-
related school is Wyaad me.
Failure to speak on ianes
that affaet human w^re
Memlngly will hart H oMre.
"To hear voices speaking out
from state-supported schools
against man’s inhumanity to his
fellowman while leaders of our
church-related collages, sup
posedly emphasizing the Gospel
of Christ, remain silent, is dis
turbing, to say the least.”