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P‘m-v rJ ♦ . .s Scenes from the Summit Minikterc Conference and Workshop on Voting and Registration held in Durham last week are captured here. In pictare at left, Dr. Martin Luther King (extreme right) iistcns as Mrs. Ludmilla Van Sombeek« leader of the Durham Baha’is, makes a point following his address at the climax meeting of the conference. Othel^ are the late George Van Sombeek who succumbed a few hours after this picture was taken and Dr. Howard Wright. In center, Clarence Mitchell, who addressed on* of the workshop sessions. Mitchell attacked the complac ency of the city^ in an article in a leading Negro news paper this week. The delegation of ciCTgymen and other leaders who attended the conference and work shop are seen in picture at right assiembled in front of St Joseph’s A. M. E. Church, headquarters for the conference. WHILICHIIDDEN WALK THROUGH MUD, DUST Old Man Dvrham Sits On Money DAYE WINS TRIP TO MIAMR TheTRUTH UNBBipgtM. £1 VOLUME 34—NUMBER 16 Bi-Racial Nurses Body Is Formed WINSTON-SAJLEM A new district 61-ganization of nurses was formed at a meeting of some 150 nurses of Baptist, City and Kate Bittings Hosp.itals here, High Point hospital and from nursing schools at Teach ers college here, A and T and Women’s College of Greensboro. Kate Bittings, Teachers pol lege, an^ A »nd Jtre. inantly ffegro institutions. The new district, the fourth, became a unit of the North Car olina Students Nurses Associa tion. Miss Annie Andrews, Teach ers college, was elected presi dent. DURHAM, N. C., SATUKDAV, APRIL 19, 1958 PRICE: TEN CENTS WIN HONOR (N CONTEST OXFORD ^Hillside High school and Whitted junior Tiigh, both Dur ham schools, were among some ten schools receiving honor rat ings recently in the Durham Dis trict Music Contest held at Ox ford’s Mary Potter Academy. NAACR Official Blasts Town, u: Siiys Leaders Lulled To Sleeps f ~“Old man Durham is a stingy miser sitting on his money bags while his children scuffle about bn dusty streets that sliould be paved. The streets are in the colored neighborhoods, of course.” This was the opening statement in Clarence Mit chell’s “From The Work Bench” column in t^is wwk’s ApRp-AMERICAN newspapers. ^ Mitchell’s entire column was a blast at whal he termed the lethargy that has “lulled some of its (Dur ham’s) leading citizens into satisfaction with • the status q^. if th.'! he wa?H '* ham last '.egislat ^Bureau for the; NAACP, ing race leaders in Dur- ress the Summit Ministers The above photo shows some of the celebrities who attended and participated in the register and vote rally held at St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church in Dur ham. Approximately 1,500 per sons were present with many being turned away because they were unable to get seats. From left to right they are: J. S. Stewart, Durham City .council man; Or. Martin Luther King, who delivered the principal ad dress, C. C. Spaulding, Jr., N. C. Mutual, attorney and Rev George T. Tharrington, pastov of Kyles Temple A. M. E. Zion Church. Confer'e;ri^ and woricshop on registration and Voting. ^^' Contrasting the number of unpaved .Streets in the N«'^o sections of the city to the impres|i^e church buildings owned by Negroes, Mitchell wrc^: “In spite of the wealth, and culture that non-white citizens have amassed, the route from Mount Vernon Baptist Church to St. Marlt A.M.E. Zion Churcix was a ^usty, muddy path for me as 1 walked with ihe Rev. J^hn aattjnww. t “The churches of Durham are real beauty spots. St. Joseph’s A. M. E. . . . and Mt. Vernon Baptist . .. . are a credit to the men and women who have lab orefl to build and operate them. 'St. Mark’s (AME Zion) sparkles with newness that shines from the unsmudged wa^and iehds clean-cut dignt to the study of the Rev. R. b. Speaks. It was a shame to bring the street clay into St. Mark’s and mar the carpet as I did when (Please turn to page Eight) ASHFORD, STEELE FINISH 2d and 3d With an avaltnche of votes that left no doubt in mind as to the actual winner in the Carolina Times Beautician’s Contest, MRS. CALLIE DAYE out-dis- tanced all opponents and went on to win the F REE ROUND TRIP tb the Beautician’s National Conven tion which meets in Miami, Florida, August 3-9. Mrs. Daye polled a total of 54,175,000 points. ■ The contest, which closed Monday at noon, was the most spirited ever con ducted by the Times, and^ up until the closing day, the tightest Until the final count was made it was absolutely impossible to tell who the winner would ibe. Running second to Mrs. Daye was Mrs. Callie Ash ford, who polled a total of 50,445,000 points. Run ning third in the race was Mrs. Eula Steele, who poll ed a total of 45,980,000 points. \ So successful was the cpntest that the manage- nirnt of the Times announced this week that consola tion prizes will be given the second and third highest contestants, Mrs, Ashford and Mrs. Steele. The canvassing of the votes was made by a special auditing committee composed of E. C. T^irncr, Presi dent of the Biggers and Turner’s Beauty and Barber Supply Company, Rev. C. E. McLcster, pastor of the Morehead Avenue Baptist Church and Rev. Melvin C. (Please turn to page Eight) Justice Not Easily Given, J. C. Smith Told CHARLOTTE “It it not always easy to give justice when the giving means a ciiange of thinking and a change of patterned living. ... it is not always easy to receive justice . . when it has been denied you.” “President Perry, I urge you and your faculty to give thought to educating your young people so when justice shall be offered you and your people by those who are now withhouding it, they will be prepared to receive it genuinely, graciously and In love.” (Continued on page Eight) State Honor lils To Meet RALEIGH Using as the general theme “Making Use of the Sclenttfic Age In Planning for the Needs of A Changing World.^’ tiio 27th annuul iiipfling ot the Crown and .‘^(■ppler Honor Society will br held at St. Augustine’s on A- pril lOtli. The registration |je- giti.t at 8:1.5 a. in. with ttie first Se.sHlon beginning at 10:00 h. in. Ur. Leo ' Srhiibert, |)rofps.s»ir mid cliairman of the dopHrtmenl of chemistry will lie tlio. main .speaker. Si'veral workshop!* have been planne’d. (Pieas«- turn to page Eight) BEV. PITTS Baptist Cleric Is Stricken By Heart Attack WINSTON-SALEM The Rev. R. M. Pitts, Sr., pas tor of Shiloh Baptist Church here,'was strickeried early Sun day morning, April 13th with a heart attack. The noted minister and Baptist state leader was ru.slu'd to K^tc Bitting Reynoldsi llo.spital about 5 a. m. His con dition early this week was term ed fair. C.’iiHiriiiiin of the fifth mission ary distriet of ttie CJenoral Bap tist State CJonvention of North Carolina. Pitta is also pastor ot several othor churchy in thel state. His work in the Baptist dirve to raise $250,000 for Shaw (Please turn to pbge Eight) Hampton Body To Seek Strong Aid Program Attention to a program to dis cover and give worthy students in the North Carolina area col lege. scholarships will be given by members of the state Hamp ton Institute Alumni Associa tion when they gather for their annual convention in Durham on Sunday. ' The schoalrship program is one of the major portions of the organizaion’s activity, Mrs. Fan nie D. Newsome, president of the North Carolina Hampton Alumni said from her home at Rich Square on the eve of the one day meeting. “One of the prime needs of our country — and of our race -=-is to develop the potential In tellectual talent of our young- (Please turn to page Eight) MRS. NEWSOME Kerr W. Scott, North Caro lina’s junior U. S. Senator, died Wednesday at the Ala mance County General Hos pital from a heart attack which he suffered a few days ago. Scott, whose rise in state politics from farm a agent was meteoric, had served as Governor, gone into settai-retirenoent at his Haw River farm, then re turned to public life to run for the Senate. He is the third Tar Heel official to die in office from a heart fittack in recent years. The late Governor Umstead and Sen ator Smith were others. Showoown In Nichols Case ST. LOCIS, MO. In a special ■esatMi *f the Geaeraf Bm*td »f tJie AME Chareh, meetiag here at Way- naa Temple AME Chnrch, Thu. aad PrUay. draatic aetloa was taken (• brine an end to the Malwp D. Ward Nlch«ls and Ju dicial CemmeU situation. A resohrtton waa presented by Bev. H. L Bearden, pastor of Blc Bethel AME Cliarch, Atlan ta, Geofria. ealliag for a joint eMninlttce c—ipoaed of the Le gal Bedreaa aad the Budget Comnlttees of the Generali Fot pretty Carolyn Blue of. DurhAm, a freshman honor stu-i dent aspiring to a dramatic ca-’ reer,. Spring's flowers offer a’ wekome opportunity to enjoy the, beantlfal outdoors. Carolyn dM^’t forget her boo^ how- l|yer, for- sto' ^Ileres' tlrflr^B* trtudfota who enjoy spring thel Integration In ANN ARBOR, MICH Within' the next 10 years, ev- ery^'stafe ^ the South will have at ^dj^^teken desegregation of its public schools. Visiting Prof. J. Milton Yinger of the Univer sity of Michigan forecast Friday “1 expect to see even more extensive desegregation in the next 25 years than in the past quarter century,” Yinger told the U-M*s seventh annual Social Work Progress Institute. The next decade alone should see “extensive” integration o f schools in “all but five or six (Please turn to page Eight) Greensboro To Host Unit Of State YWCA In tonvention RALEIGH Around 300 delegates repre senting YWCA’s and high schools throughout the st^te are expected to attend the 28th An nual N. C. Older Youth Confer ence to be held jointly at A&T College and the Hayes-Taylor YWCA, Greensboro, April 25, 26, 27 it was announoed here by E. L. Halford, YWCA executive. G. I. S SELLING U. S. - EVANS GREENSBORO A prominent government of ficial said last week at A&T Col lege that the United States arm ed forces, ^tationed throughout the world, are p!rf*jrming a yeo man public relations job for this nation. The speaker was James C. Evans, Washington, D. C., civil- (Please turn to page Eight) Raleigh, director. The theme for the three day meet is “Youth’s Opportunities And Challenges In The Space Age” and will feature addresses by leading educators and min isters, group discussions, social and recreational features. The keynote address Will be delivered by P. J. Weaver, su- (Continued on page Eigiit) JOHN McCRAY AT SHAW MON. RALEIGH John H. McCray, editor. South Carolina Edition, Afro-A merican Newspaper, Columbia, South Carolina, will sp»-ak at Shaw University on Monday, A- pril 21, at 10:00 a. m. in Green- leaf Auditorium. McCray is a native of Charles ton county. South Carolina. He is a graduate of Talladega Col lege, Talaldega, Alabama. Dr. Eddy Asirvatkam, aa- tive of Madras, India and currently professor of Mis sions and Christian Inlerna- tiunal Relations at Boston University, will he the fea tured speaker at the “Men’s Da>'s vespers program at North Carolina College on Sunday. Dr. Asirvatham’s speech will be on “Asia anrf Africa in Ferment.** The service begins at 3:13 p. ra. at B. N. Duke AuAorium. Board to procecd at Me* amf enjoin If BcecMary, tke Jadtetaf CMneil. passed wKh aa «rer- wbclminc majority, AIm dnrmg the aieftiag w ra« .Mriation calling for aai extra *e*- sion of the General C«iferear« to appraise new badget leglsl»« tioB pa.«ed at the IfM Oeaerat ConfercMre waa approved. According to t«formed M«re- es. action mt tlie General Board in calling for aa lajsaetion a- tain.%1 the Jadieial Coaaeil ia-* dicates that the Board (ecia lha (Please turn to page Eight ? most are those who meet ths stiff challenge of today’s rigid academic requirements for suc cess. A graduate of Darham's Hillside High School, Carolyn was one of the litigaats la Uie Dutbam Schmijf Enetity suit which bears her name: Cu^yit J. Blue, et at. WIN HONORS NBW YORK > Dr. Leroy T. Walker, tradt. coach at North Carolina is listed as a candidate special Honors Certificate ing New York University’s Founders Day Honors Ce tion on Friday, April IB at., p. m. in the Auditorium ot' derbilt (laU. Walkar, wtio ree«tv«4 Ph.D. from SYU Id Juna^ IS a nutr'd ClAA atUetle and yt.itistician. A.O ti ack coach at MCCLl veloped the U. S. meter high hurdlill Lee Calhoun.
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