By Degrees
Five , prominent Dilrhamites
were picked to be honored by
colleges and universities in this
•rea Ut receive l^norary de
grees. They are* Dr. Helen G.
Edmonds, W. J. Kennedy, Jr., £.
R. l^erriek, Asa T. Spaulding
and the Rev. Melvin C. Swann.
Four others of the area, John
R. Larkin ypt Raleigh, Paul
Brown of Hoffman, the Rev.
William, L. Mason of Rocky
Mount and the Rev. Joshua A.
Nimmo of Greenville, were also
scheduled to have honorary de
grees conferred upon >them.
Kennedy and Spaulding re-
received honorary degrees ot
Doctor of Laws at commence
ment exercises Monday, Virginia
State conferred the degree on
Kennedy, while Shaw Universi*
ty awarded a degree to Spauld
ing. ^
Both^ are nigh ranking execu
tives of the North Cfirolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company
and leaders in many fields of
civic and political interest. Ken
nedy is president of the firm and
Spaulding is vice-president. '
The Rev. Swann, pastor pf St.
Joseph’s AME Church, was to
be honored with the Doctor of
Divinity deg^ from Allen U-
niversity at that school’s final
exercises on Thursday (May 29).
An outspoken civil rights advo-
calte, the Rev. Swann has held
pastorates at Hemingway Tem
ple in Baltimore and Bethel
AME in Greensboro before com
ing to Durham.
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T
Shaw University Prexy Con-1 Herter, Under Secretary of Shaw University’s Ninety-third
fers . Honorary Degrees — Pic
tured left to right are Dr. Wil-
linm R. Strasnner, President «f
Shaw University who conferred
the degrees Doctor of Laws np-
on the Honorable Christian A.
State, Washington, D. C.; and
on Asa T. Spaulding, Vice-
president and Controlled; North
Carolina Mntna^ Life Insurance
Company of Durham, during
Annual Commencement Exercis
es held on Monday, at Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium. Herter
delivered the Commencement
address.
AT ELIZABETH CITY
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College President
Resigns From Job
Jit'll.
ELIZABETH CITY
pr. Sidney D. Williams, for
the past 13 years, president of
Elizabeth City State Teacher’s
College and connected with thfl
institution for over 28 years, is
retiring, it was announced at tiie
commencement exercises held
here Monday, May 26.
The announcement was made
by John H. Moore, a member of
the Board of Trustees. Words of
praise for Dr. Williams’ 28 yeari
service to the college were givert
by Senator Elton Aldlett, a
member of the North Carolina
Department of Higher Educa
tion.
Highlighting the commence
ment exercises was the finals ad
dress by Dr. Mordecai W. John
son, president of Howard Uni
versity. The baccalaureate ser
mon was delivered by Rev. W
W. Finlator, pastor of Pullen
Memorial Methodist Church,
Raleigh, N. C.
Eighty - one Bachelor of
Science degrees were conferred
Little Rock Deal
Claimed By Editor
PHILADELPHIA, PA. additional
Harry S. Ashmore, Pulitzer
prize-winning editor of the Ar
kansas Gazette, criticized the
preM for failing to report the
Senate Judiciary Committee’s
confirmation of Attorney Gener
al William P. Rogers as “one of
the most singular political deals
in recent years.”
Writing Ih the June issue of
Hart>er’» Magazine, the Little
Rock editor pointed out that be
fore the Committee hearing
Rogers had said that "there were
no present plans for further le
gal action in Little Rock.”
He further noted that the Ad
ministration would not press for
civil rights legisla
tion at this session of Congress—•
a matter of some moment since
the Justice Department had pre
viously used as an excuse for
inaction at Little Rock the fail
ure of the enforcement provis
ions in the last civil rights bill.
“These pronouncements were
followed by one of the most re
markable scenes enacted on
Capitol Hill since the passage of
the Missouri Compromise. Mr.
Rogers appeared as to his fit
ness as Attorney General, receiv
ed cordial greetings, and was
recommended for confirmation
without a single question being
addressed to him regarding his
Contestants- Hold
Votd
Little/change in the positions of contestants in the
CAROLINA TIMES BEAUTICIANS POPULARITY CON
TEST for Greensboro, High Point and Guilford County was
in evidence this week up to Wednesday noon. This, however,
was no indication that the scene will not change wi,th the
dpeiitng of late tnalTthat was p5sted^ before' Wednesday-;
Greensboro, High Point, other points in Guilford County, as
well as persons mailing votes for their favorite contestants
from other places.
Through an error last week the standing of Mrs. Inez
Morehead, third place holder, was omitted. Mrs. Morehead
was in third position with 95,000 points.
Relative standing of contestants this week is as follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth Sharpe , 195,000
Mrs. Hattie Mullins - 170,000
Mrs. Infez Morehead ^ 160,000
Mrs. Willie Smith 125,000
Mrs. Ola Gil^ ^ 95,000
past or future course in the
Little Rock case — and this be
fore a coipmittee that counts a-
mong its members Senators
James B^stland of Mississippi
and Olin Johnston of South
Carolina.
“This singular occurence waS'
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yThETWUTH UWB«i5EP*£
VOLUME 34—NUMBER 21
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1958
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Daniels Heads
S. C. Baptists
SUMTER, S. C
Dr. G. G. Goings Daniels was
re-elected President of the Bap
tist EducatioA^l and Missionary*
Convention of South Carolina.
The conventiw usd three ot
its ailxiliaries Convened in Sum
ter, il4 eighUetb
annual ,i|^sion. ^
assenibliet were held on[
'Morris College’s campus in ob
servance of the college’s Golden
Anniversary. The theme fot the
convention was “Preaching for
the Atomic Age.’’ , I
Special guest speakers for the
occasion included Dr. G.' D.Pett-
away, President of National
.Baptist ConvenTIbri of Amer;
Dr. O. R. Reuben, President oi
Morris College; Dr. J. A. Ba-
coats. President of Benedict Col
lege; Rev. T. A. W. Barnes,
member of the first graduating
clefss of Morris College, Rich
mond, Virginia.
Approximately twenty - two
thousand dollars were raised in
the Golden Jubilee Rallies.
Mrs. Willie B. Heggie
Mrs. Bea Slade
Mrs. Gladys Lytle
Mrs. Jessie Smith
Mrs. Hattie Leach
Mrs. Byrd
Mrs. Ethel Cunningham
Mrs. Clara McClaip ^
Mrs. Gussie Bethea
Mrs. Iona Clay
Mrs. Allie Holt
Mrs. Barbara Butler
Mrs. Annie K. Taylor
Mys. Ethel Garrett
Mrs. Daisy, Jameson
Mrs. Ida Moffitt
Mrs. Willie McRae
Mrs. Lucille Anderson
Mrs. Edith White
Mrs. Catherine Royal
95.000
90.000
85,000
85,000
85,000
75,000
75,000
: 75,000
70,000
65,000
65,000
65.000
Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman
Mrs. Martin Boger
Mrs. Ruth Chavis
Mrs. Florence Kimble
Mrs. Dorothy Stafford _
Mrs. Louise Pike
Mrs. Beatrice Shavers
Mrs. Oliver Boyd
Mrs. Lizzie Carter
Mrs. Bernice Legett _
Mrs. Willie Mathews _
Mrs. Ozella Gillan
Mrs. Annie L. Nelson
Mrs. C. M. Pettiford
Mrs. Milisa Reeves
Mrs. Dorothy Robertson _
Mrs. Louise Croft
Mrs. (Hilda Russell
Mrs, Lessie J. Raleigh
Mrs. Lizzie Roberta
Mrs. Ruby Russell
Mrs. Sarah Grant
Mrs. Lillian Snipes —.
Ml^. Othelia Thompson ...
Mrs. Elnora Tarpley
Mrs. Eura Waddell
Mrs. Ida B. Wilkins
Mrs. Jessie Walton
Mrs. Marie Willis
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Tuskegee Clioir
Returns To N. Y.
Shriners
Funds In
TEN HRHS'GET
OVER $IO,NMO
, DETROIT, MICH.
•The Imperial Council, Ancient
Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles
of the, _Mystl(i Shrine has art-
nounci^ it will deposit some
in tw, nui|oc^!MitU5jt.ow ^
e4 an^ operated by Kefro^XMfi
June 2.
The deposits are scheduled
simultaneously by Shrine offi
cers. Observing ther procedures!
will be members of ’the Daugh
ters of Isis and' Prince Hall
Grand Masters.
Booker T. Alexander, Imper--
announcing the prograih for
persal of the Shrme Imperial
Council funds said this was an
other step in the organization’s
“faith in Negro enterprise; in
our democracy.” He further
pointed out “this act wduld a-
gain attest to the fact that Shrin- j
ers believe in community enter
prise, live their faith in Negro
efforts to achieve, and fully sup
port all progress in betterment.”
Alexatltier. recalled that the
Shriners in their first effort on
June 1, 1956 N deposited some
$60,000 in 12 banks across the
nation in a similar manner.
Alexander sad that deposits
would be made in the Carver
Savannah, Ga.;
Disperse
Race Banks
NCC FINALS SPEAKES. Dr.
Janies H. RobnisMi, left, pastor
of the Presbyteriaa Church «C
the Master, New Torfc, will
preach the baccalaureate Mrm«B
at North CareliM College oK
Sunday, Jue 1, at 3 m. !■ the
Men’s Gymnasiwn. The fiaala
speaker' will fee Dr. Kenneth I.
Brown, executhre dir«etar of the
Danforth FouuiatiM, St. LmIs,
Mo. He will aMnm smw 350
candidates for widerKraduate,
graduate, and ynrfessioBal de
grees at 11 a. m. Tuesday naorm-
ing, June 3, ia the Mea’s Gym-
NEW YORK
Tuskegee Choir of Tuskegee Savings Bank,
Institute, Ala. wiU headline the; Citizens Saving Bank and Trust
summer stage show, beginning | Co., Nashville, Tenn.; Citizens
next week, at the famed Radio and Southern Bank and Trust
MASON
EDMONDS
Doctors, Dentists
To Open Parade
Of Conventioitt
Between t^ cities of Durham
and Greensboro, a total of six
conventions have been fchedul-
cd so far for the aummer.
Three of the convcntiona are
meetings of national bodies,
while the other three will con
sist of gathering of organizatiooa
on a state leveL
Durhann will lead ^off early
in Jui^ with state conventions
Of ti^ allielt MTsaaizattBM. Ilia'
Old NortH SUte illMlll ftUl
the Old North State Oental So
cieties. These two bodies will
ham June 3 throu^ Jtme S^.
Also on JtAe 3, ttie North
Carolina convention ai tiie New
. . , . Farmers of America will open
ing out 35 years as principal of Greensboro at A and T Col
lege. Six days later, the school
will be host to the national con-
Anderson, Yet
Educator,*Dies
ELIZABETH CITY
Profesor E. A. Anderson, vet-
^eran educator of Elipbeth City,
died suddenly here Friday, May
Professor Anderson was a ne
tive of South Carolina .He came
to North Carolina over 35 years
ago as . a teacher in the public
schools and continued until liis
retirement in June 1956, roun-
W
City Music Hall. The Choir ,of
35 voices, will sing spirituals
and other rendition^ “imder the
direction of Relford Patterson.
The show, entitled “Jubilee,”
will also feature the Music Hall
Rockettes and the Corps de Bal
let. '
Over 20 years ago the ’Tuske-.
gee Choir opened the Roxy
Theatre and in 1932 they sang
at the inaugural programs at the
Rockefeller , Center Playhouse.
In ’54 they sang at the Metropoo-
litan Opera House at a program
fon the United Negro College
Fund.
Co., Philadelhpia, Pa.; Consoli
dated Bank and "Trust Co., Rich
mond, Va.; Crown Savingss
Bank, Newport News, Va.; The
Douglass State Bank, Kansas
.City, Kansas; IndMstrial Bank,
Washington, D. C.; Mechanics
and Fanners Bank, Durham, N.
C.; ’Tri-State Bank of Memphis,
Memphis, >'Tenn.; and Victory
Savings Bank, Columbia, S. C.
Each bank will secure a $5,000
deposit. Earlier identical sums
will have been deposited in Cit
izens Trust Co., Atlanta, Geor
gia, and First Satte Bank, Dan
ville, Virginia.
Delegates From Texas To. Virginia
Take Part In Mississippi Confab
ATLANTA, GA.
Texas through Virginia will
be rc'preiscntpd at the forthcom
ing meeting of the Southern
Christian LoadersTiip Conferen
ce in Clarksdale, Mississippi on
Thursday, May 29, according to-
official foreca.st from the Con-
fwcnce's office in Atlanta.
Tiio I'xact number of represent
tiitivcs was not rejwrted, but itt
was- indicated that "there' la
very definite irtcrease in tlie
nnmber of lay,leaden and wo
meh expected at this session.
Officials of the. move?nent re
gard this "a decidedly healthy
sign,’’ for as pointed out by Rev.
Martin L. King, Jr., president,
‘*It is the people, the rank and,
flic members of thousands oC
communities in the South, who
wUl make the Negro’s registra
tion and voting strength felt.”
While ministers, because o^
their relative economic indepen
dence, and unique position in
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MERRICK SWANN
FOUR OF THE NINE WHO received honorary doctor’s' de
grees are pictured here. Top left is Dr. Helen G. Edmonds of
North Carolina College. Top right is the Reverend W. L.
Mason of Rocky Mount. On second row are E. R. Merrick and
^he Reverend Melvin C. Swann, both of Durham.
P. W. Moore High School.
The funeral will be held Wed-
nasdayr 3:30 p. m. at Mt. Lebac.
non'A.M.E. Zion Church of this
city. ’The Rev. R. E. Stephens,
pastor, will officiate.
Mr. Anderson is survived by
several nieces, two of whom liv
ed with him in the home and
several nephews; four sisters
and two brothers also survive.
His wife passed about two
years ago.
Interment was in Oakdale
Cemetery.
African Envoy
To Be feted
RALEIGH
Dr. Daniel Abmling Chapman,
Ambassador to the United StateSj
and Permanent Representative; meeting.
to the United Nations, Ghana, N. B. White, chairman of tha
ventlon of the New Rbmemakecs
of America, meeting June
through June 13.
Then, m late July, the con
vention scene wUl again ^hift
to Durham where on July 28
the national Housewivea' League
organization will gather in its
yearly session. They will meet
July 28 through AuC. 1. Two
days later, the National Busi
ness League and ttae National
Bankers Association delegates
wUl converge on Durham for
their national conventions, to be
held concurrently July 30-Aug.
I.
Already plans are proceeding
apace for the hosting of Ute July
conventions in IXutiam. A con
vention planning committee ot
the Durham BusineM and Pro-
feslonal Clialn has mapped pre
liminary plans for entertainingl
the three bodies at a recent
School In Lumberton Renamed
To Honor Prominent Principal
LUMBERTON
J. T. Peterson, principal of Red
Springs schol for the past 29
years and one of the town’s most
valuable citizens, was honored,
here last week by the city board
of education when it voted to
change the name of the school
from Red Springs high to Peter
son high.
Peterson was described by the
board as having “lived and
worked side by side with white
people of the community since
1932” and with making “a real
contribution to this section of
eastern North Carolina.”
There were seven teachers,
six cla^s rooms and 23t students
when Peterson came to Red
Springs in 1932. Today, the
school platU boasts a modern
building which includes a higlx
and elementary school section,
cafeteria, gymnasium and an ag
ricultural building.
The . school’s currant eiuroll-
ment is 942, and it carries 32
teachers.
Africa, will visit Raleigh, Thurs
day, June 5th.
A group of citizens will spon
sor a banquet in honor of the
Ambassador and his party. The
banquet will l>e held in the Din-
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committee, said that some 11
subcommittees have been form*
ed to handle various phases o£
entertainment for the three con-,
ventions. Subcommittees have
been appointed for Facilities
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/MEIjVIN HINTON (second from right) won the A. M. E. Zion s]|M>nsore4 Ceatn^
'^Oratorical Contest held at Pittsburgh, Pa. last Saturday. Youair Hinton, a Hi^“"
waif pictured here in front of Kyles Temple Church in Durham following his
first round of the contest. Presiding Bishop of the Second IMstrict, the Rt. Ra«
Jones of Salisbury, is shown extreme left, frcnt row; Kev. J. A. Brown,,
of the Dtuham District, extreme left, back row; Miss L. L. Culbreth, dirc«teK «f I
for the North Cnrollna Conference, is seen next ta Mm.