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SEGREGATIONISTS CHALLENGE PLAN
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MEMORIAL
WINSTON-SAVEM
Memorial kervlcM for the late
A. J. Hammonda, well-known
sports promoter who died
here recently, will be held
prior to the start of the All-
Star game at Ernie Shore Field
September 1.
llie brief memorial will be
conducted by Evangelist R. J.
Thompson.
The All-Star Game waa cre
ated and promoted by Mr.
Hammonds for more than 20
years.
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VOLUME 33 - NUMBER 34
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 31,1957
PRICE; TEN CENTS
Days Before Sale
3 Kids Admit Starting
$100,000 Tobacco Fire
North Carolina 4-H’ers in Washington la^
week for the Tenth Annual Regional Fonr-H
Club Camp shown here near the capltol biUld-
Ing, left to right, front row, H. M. McNeil, Dis
trict Agent; Martha Malnor, Lenoir; Sandra
Jones, Edgecombe Minnie Wade, Person; Rosella
Hedgepeth, Nash; Mrs. Anna Hunter, Assistant
State Leader.
Back row, left to right, are Eugene Evans,
Durham; Walter Martin, Wayne; William Smith,
Jr., Pitts; and James H. Bullock, Halifax.
GOLDSBORO
Police revealed this week that three children—aged 5.
6 and 7—admitted touching off a fire which destroyed a to
bacco warehouse here and caused an estimated $100,000 dam
age.
The fire which broke out at Victory Warehouse on
August 3 all but destroyed the structure and left the city with
only three auction warehouses just\three days before the to
bacco auction season was to have begun.
Disclosure of the confessions wais made this week by City
Detectives T. W. Garris and W. W. Campbell.
Although police refused to just put out a fire which had
identily the children, it was, been set at the residence of a
reported that the three readily South Goldsboro family.
Funeral Rites Held For
City’s Fii^f Dentist
admitted setting the fire with
two cents worth of matches and
a cardboard.
Detectives Garris and Camp
bell said they answered a call
from the children’s mother at
their >home Tuesday and were
told bathe mother that she had
Funeral ^ services for Dr
‘'Oder Sterling Hunter, first
dentist to open practice
,%rere TuMday
etnoon at St. Joseph A.M.X.
Church, where he had served aa
an official for more than two
decades.
Rev. D. A. Johnston, pastor
of St. Joseph, officiated. He was
assisted by Rev. R. L. Sp%aks,
pastor of St. Mark AM£I Zion
church. Following the diurch
services, graveside rites were
conducted at Beechwood ceme
tery by the Masons.
Dr. Hunter died in Lincoln
hospital early Su^ay follow
ing a recurrence of an illnessf
suffered six months ago.
He was born in Wilmington,
son of the late Bev. George and
Mrs. Ada Hunter, in 1883 and
came to Durham In 1909 as the
first Negro dentist. He lived and
maintained practice here since.
Approximately six months
ago when he suffered his first
illness, he was advised by his
physician to curtail his work.
However, he had gone back to
his practice shortly before his
death.
Dr. Hunter was a member of
several professional organiza
tions and was one of the leading
members of his church. He had
been a member for over 40
years.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Durham Aca
demy of Medicine, an organiza
tion composed of physicians,
of the Academy from its begin
ning until his death.
In addition, be was a memr-
ber of the executive HmMC «(
,the Nation^ Dental AsaaefatiiM^
a member of the OM North
State Dental Association,
member of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity and former 'worship
ful master of Doric Lodge, 28, of
Prince Hall Masons.
At St. Joseph’s Dr. Hunter
was a member of the trustee|l
board for over 20 years and
^ng in the senior choir for 40
years. He was also a member of
the Berean Bible class.
He also served as a member
of the board of directors of
Lincoln hospitals, and was sec
retary to the oard for 25 years.
Dr. Htinter received his train
ing at Kittrell College and Me-
harry Medical school.
He is survived by his wife,
dentists and pharmacists. Dr.lyjg former Miss Nell Pierce of
Hunter was an active member | Chicago.
DR. HUNTER
CURGVASKEDTOAnACKKUNl
The Junior Chamber of Com
mence i« seeking to moblllae
the religions force of the city
in conntering the resurgence
of the Ku Kin Klan.
Letters sent out by the Jay-
cees urged the city’s Frieats,
Rabbis, and Ministers to In
clude in their sermons for Sun
day, S^tember 15 an attack
on the Kian.
“We feel that if the influ
ence of the KKK is ever to be
destroyed. It will have to be
done with the help of Ood and
his laws. Winston-Salem has
the reputation ... of being a
city that has always been gMd-
ed by the teachings of Ita reli
gious leaders. This is the time
. . . that our religious leaders
should steer our thinking In
the right direction,” said J. T.
Greene, vice president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Plctared here are the 1957 winners la the
Oratorical ^Bt^ held eaeh year at the aoBiial
acMlra ef Ae Interdenominational Uabers Aa-
so^tlon ef North Carolina. The contest this
iw was held at St. Joseph’s A. M. B. Church in
The first, swi-
oad aad third prises are la tlM fonn ef sAelar-
ships and are 915, 950, 925 respectlTely. From
left to right those fa the picture are Miss Aaale
D. Sontberland, FayetteTllI^ honorable men
tion; Mias Hogan, Chapel HUl, seeond prise;
Melvta Hinton, Durham; first prise and Miss
■aadra Alston, Pitt^ro, third prise.
JOE WILLIAMS
Backers See
Future Champ
n Williams
Supporters of shy, slightly
built young Joe Williams are
talking of Williams In terms of
a future champion these days.
Joe just returned from Wllber-
force, Ohio where he fought his
way all the way to the top ii
the Junior singles of the ATA
national tennis championshipe
He was stopped in the finals by
a shrewd and classy Horace
Cunningham.
Joe's defeat by Cunningham
at Wilberforce has not, how
ever, dampened the ardor of
his supporters In the least. In
fact, his performance at Wilber
force has actually heartened
them.
"In the next three or four
years, we expect great things of
Joe," said Roger D. Ru^ll this
week. Russell is one of Joe’s
staunchest' supporters.
He’s still young and can learn
a lot in a few years, After ail,
this was his first ma]or tourna
ment. All he needs Is a chance
to practice under good supervi
sion and some expert tutelage,”
Russell said.
It was largely through the
faith of Russell and some others
like him that Joe got his fir*^
chance to crack the natlonaf
competition. Russell, Sam
Moore, Cardoza McCollum and
other members of the Blue Ten
nis Club took the Initiative to
solicit funds to send Joe and a
contingent of four other players
to the tournament.
Joe fared the i)est of the lot.
Others who went were: Gilbert
Riley, Charles Brown, Emmett
Martin and McCuUom. All but
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Officers said that after brief
questioning, the three children
readily admitted setting fire to
the warehouse. When they were
asked to the warehouse ruins,
they pointed out the spot where
they tiad started the blaze.
The children told police that
they had bought two penny
boxe^ of matches from a gro
cery store and obtained a pelce
of cardboard from a service sta
tion and set fire beside stacked
tobacco iiaskets at the ware
house.
After the warehouse fire, of-
flcen visited the home of three
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White Parents
Seek To Stay
Desegregation
(Special to the TIMES)
CHARLOTTE
Charlotte and Greensboro
school boards are under or
ders to appear in court
Thursday to defend their
decisions to admit Negro
With school opening only a
week away, parents of white
children at four Charlotte
schools asked the court to halt
the admission of four Negro
students until an appeal could
t>e tried in the courts.
Judge Hugh B. Campbell is
sued the “show cause” order
requiring the School Board to
appear before Superior Court
Judi?e J. Will Pleas, Jr. at 8:00
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Five of his former students are shown here
reminUciai with PhiUmore BalL outgoing band-
wwtsr.«t, iMlside Qtgli it a teNiutt',
Ban will take over new
'Turner, Mr. Rail, Regi^ld tmrktr aad SIa£
Lambert.
Durhamites said goodbye to the “little
maeeUo” at the reception ^ven at W. D. R|li
cr&tion Center, Mr.
Recre
Reverend Herbert H. Eaton,
son of Reverend and Mrs. H.
D. Eaton of Creedmoor, was
recently appointed admlaistra-
tive amstant to the dean of
the School of Religioa at How
ard Uaiverslty. xouag Bev.
lag
Eaton is a graduate of North
Carolina College, and received
his theological traiaistg at
r Howard llnlversltv, where he
earned a badielor's degm te
Divinity, and Boatoa Valversi-
ty, where he waa awarded the
master’s degree in Saered
Theoloy.
Rev. Eatoa also served aa
counselor at the Philadelphia
State Hospital and worked
with underprivileged yoath in
Cambridge, Mass. In addtttoa,
he haa been aetlve In the Uni
ted Prisba Assoelation work in
Mass.
He Is a Kereaa veterai^ a
member «f flie Priaee Hall Ma-
soas aad Al^ Phi Alpha fra
ternity.
duties at Fairfax, Viringla this Fall.
presented hlii
ver tray wnich bore the inscription
Citisens preMnted him with an engraved sll-
for
twelve years meritorious service to our youth.”
PBrtlclpatiag ea the j
fomc. u.w'
coin BIgh Sehool In OHimI BUI, S]ioke for the
bandleader’s former students. Stewart, mem
ber of the City Council, spoke for the citisenry.
Austin presented the gift and read testimonial
letters from several Of the city’s outstanding
residents.
Wliiteliead, Veteran St. Rout
Official, Fatally Stricken
LAWRENCEVILLE, Va
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at St. Paul College
Memorial Chapel lor John
Lyman Whitehead, for 41 years
a member of the college staff.
The Right Reverend George
P. Gunn, Norfolk, Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of South
ern Virginia and the Reverend;
Alexander H. Easley, Chaplain
at St. Paul's C9llegc, officiated.
Interment was in the college
cemetery.
One of the nations ablest and
best known college executives,
Whitehead died suddenly Satur
day night after a fatal heart
seizure just ten months before
his scheduled retirement.
Whitehead had been Tl-easur-
er-Business Manager of St
Paul’s for the past ten years.
Prior to that he had served the
college variously as Registrar,
Head Bookkeeper, and Assis
tant Trcasurer-Business Man
ager. In 1047 and 1948, during
the illness of the late Dr. James
Alvin Russell, Second President
of the institutoin, Mr. White
head headed an Interim Com
mittee administering the col
lege's affairs.
Member of a distinguished
Virginia-North Carolina family,
Mr. Whitehead served for over
20 years as secretary of the
Central Inter-Collegiate athletic
association, whose membership
embraces the leading Negro
colleges in the middle Atlantic
and adjoining states. He was a
prime mover in the founding of
the CIAA, and upon retirement
as Its secretary was elected an
honorary president.
Whitehead was in apparent
good h^lth, had spent the day
In his office, and was chatting
with his wife Snd friends when
stricken. Dr. Clifton F. Nelson,
s nel^bor, was summoned im-
beyond help and pafsed within
beyond hel pan dapssde within
minutes of his arrival. Mr. and
Mrs. Whitehead itad planned to
move, upon his rellrement next,
June, to Los Angeles Calif.. 
where a married daughter lives i
with her physiclan-husband.
Their only son. Major John L. I
Whiteliead Jr., was a much^
decorated combat Jet Pilot dur-l
Ing the Korean War. He is now!
assigned to March Air Force
Base in California. I
,PJ^her survivors include the,
widow, Mrs. Jasper U. Davis,
Whitehead, a native of Lynch- ■
burg, Va., and instructor in
home economics at St. Paul’s;
two daughters, Mrs. Wanda Ma
rine, Los Angeles, and Mrs.
Constance Aronson, Brooklyn,
N.Y.; one brother, William M.
Whitehead, Superintendent of
the Virginia State School,
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DR. WHITEHEAD
it
Mason Tells Ushers Of High Mission
To Set Up Home For Aged Clerics
The 33rd annual session of
the Interdenomination Ushers
Association of North Carolina
came to a close here at 1:00 P.
M., Sunday, August 25 at St.
Joseph'f AME Church. High
lighting the session was the an
nual sermon delivered on Sun
day morning at eleven o'clock
by the Rev. W. L. Mason, pas
tor of St. James Baptist Church
of Rocky Mount.
During his sermon, which
was adjudged by many of the
officers and delegates as well
as visitors, as the greatest ever
heard at an annual session of
the association, Rev. Mason
monished its members that the/
had a great mission to fulfill in
establishing a home for aged
and destitute ministers, and un
wed mothers of the race.
His text was taken from the
fourth chapter of Esther aad the
14th verse which reads: “For if
thou altogether boldest thy
peace at this time, then shall
enlargement and deliverance
arise to the Jews from another
place; but thou and thy father's
house shall be destroyed: and
who koweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for such a
time as this?"
His text was taken from the
fourth chapter of Esther and
the 14th verse which reads:
“For if thou altogether boldest
thy peace at this time, then
shall enlargement and deliver
ance arise to the Jews from
another place; but thou and thy
father’s house shall be de
stroyed: and who knoweth
whether thou art come to the
kingdom for such a time as
thlsr”
“Who knoweth.’’ said Rev.
Bfason, “that the ushArs of
North Carolina have iieen ain-
gled out by Qod to come to the
rescus of the destitute minis-
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