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T DUMUMm ONE OF KING'S DO VOLUME 34—NUMBER 39 ||*TkE%WTH UWBWimlEO^ DURl^AM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1958 PRICE: TEN CENTS Rocky Mount Park Named For Leader Aldermen Vote To Change Name Of Faciliiy In Honor Of T. A. Stith SnTH Final Rites for km (Ms Draw Thousands WILTON Funeral rites for the Rev. Caesar T. Tharrlngton were held at Union Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church here Tuesday and is be lieved to have attracted more than 'two thousand peraons. The venerable minister, who was known to have been ailing, died .at his home, near here Saturday morning. He was re ported to have been more than 80 years old and to have preach ed more than 60 years. He was I born in Granville County and '^^had lived in his native commu nity tiiroughout his life time’. He married the former Miss Tremila Walker, who preceded him in death, in 1935. Six children were born to this union. He is survived by four of them; Eten Tharrington, Mt. Vernon, New York; James Thar rington, Newark, N.J.; Rev. George'T. Tharrington, Hender son; Mrs. Bettie McCrimmon, Franklinton and Miss Nancy Tharrington, Washington, D. C. ROCKY MOUNT The Rocky Mount Board of Aldermen voted last Thursday to change the name Of Riverside Park to the Thomas A. Stith' Park. The action was interpreted asi a tribute to the late Thomas A.! Stith, one of the area’s outstand- j ing civic leaders. | He died at his, home last August. A native of Edgecombe Coun ty, following service in World War I, Stith inaugurated' the Boy Scout movement among Ne gro youth in his county in 1919. Despite difficulties ^over a long period of time in securing a charter for the group, he kept the movement alive and built one of the strongest troops in the East Carolina Council - Troop 161, of which he was the popular' Scoutmaster. An estimated 1,000 boys have held membership in| this troop. I , After serving the Rocky | Mount School System for ap- ^ proximately 20 years, he was employed by the local Post Of-| flee for 18 years. His interest in' the «d«wtMh ^ itself when, in 1957, he became, a founder and honorary trustee of The Southeastern Business College in Durham. Although his interests focused upon the development of the Boy Scout movement, he supple- mehted Scout efforts with teach ing Sunday School, for 15 years, at tbe St. James Baptist Church and j^ilcipailng- In various! civic and religious activities in his community. Direct appeals to the Gover nor by T. A. Stith and his See STITH, page 8 Mr. and Mrs. Asa T. Spaulding have boen appointed chairmen of one »f the Dnrham Business and Professional Chain’s Trad* Week events. The Spauldings will handle arrangements for a pirtrttc "prognmr ing the week, to be observed Oct. 25 through Nov. 1. Appoint ment of the well-known Durham couple brought to three the number of husband-wife teams so far announced to head various aspects of the Trade Week cele bration. In the past two years, the Trade Week’s public pro gram has been addressed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Congressman Charles -©r Jr. The Spauldings indicated that an 'equally prominent speaker will be invited to ad dress this year’s event. —Rivera photo Assailant Gives Mixed Reasons For Stabbing NEW YORK So many different reasons were given as to why Mrs. Izola Ware Curry, aged 42 an4 weighing 151 pounds, stablied Dr. Martin Luther King with a letter opener, that Police Com missioner Stephen P. Kennedy closed down all explanations with the fact that she made many "incoherent” statements and appeared deranged. Reason cited at first were: “You have caused enough trouble and suffering”—“I haven’t been able to go to school because of you.” Still a third said she told him “Why are you in a white store signing auto graphs. when you should be in a colored store?” And another version was “I’ve ijeen after you for six years.” Dr. King was seated at a desk in a roped off area to the rear of the department store L. Blumstein’s on West 125th St. He was autographing copies of his new book with several waiting in line. Many people were near him when the woman stepped through an opening and asked; “Are you Mr. King?” T^n when he answered she sobbed him. It appears that she didn’t Isnow him and had no intention of meeting him at the store. While in tRe store, she learned i«e was there. Following the stabbing in the upper left side^ of Rev. King’s chest, Mrs. Curry is t)elieved to have remarked “I'm glad.” Police detectives thought she suffered a persecution complex -afid thought that by stabbing King: “He would listen to my pvoblejns because I’ve lieen fol lowed in busses and people have b^n making me iose my job:” . i partij of the sotith irith 4inerent families—not staying ■anywhere longer than & few months. The operation on Dr. King was performed by a team of physicians headed by Dr. Aubre Mayrtard at Harlem Hospital and he pronounced his famous pa- -tient hr good condition. Homeconiing Events Slated For Two Durham Churches Sunday Segregation Is Now Left In Only 4 Dixie States NEW YORK With the admission this week of George h! Starke to the Uni versity of Florida law school, there remain only four states with completely segregated systems of public education from the kindergarten through the graduate and professional school levels—Alabama, Georgia, Mis sissippi and South Carolina. Reviewing the present situ ation, NAACP Executive Secre tary Roy Wilkins noted that "each year since the Supreme Court ruling of May 17, '1954, has witnessed the extension o desegregation In education ii^ some measure. The once South- wide solid phalany of segregated education has been steadily whittled down. We expect the trend to continue." Starke’s matriculatioi\ at the University of Florida came after a nine-year figlrt by the NAAGP to open that univefsity to Negro students. The original case, instl- “Homecoming,” a church event during which out of town meml>ers and friepds are invited to return, will be observed at two Durham churches Sunday. Special services will be held at St. Joseph’s AME and the First Calvary Baptist Church in celebration of Homecoming Sun day. Guest speakers will appear at both churches. St. Joseph’s will hear two guest speakers at its morning and evening worship Sunday. The Right Reverend Frank Madison Reid, presiding Bishop of the second AME district, will speak at the regular 10:45 morn ing worship at St. Joseph’s. The Rev. L. S. Penn, pastor of St. ^Paul’s AME of Raleigh, will be heard at the evening ser vice, at 7 o’clock. Special music for the morning service 'at St. Joseph’s will be furnished by the combined four church choirs. Fof the evening See CHURCHES, page 8 ■N W./ Cordke R^ve Btai» FromKing'sdo# A Durham nathre awf m af a late, prominent Durti— sician was a member of a tcana of surgeons crediting with sarftaS the life of Dr. Martin L«tter King, Jr. in a New York boa- pital. Dr. John W. V. Cordice. Jr. was part of a surgical MaM which removed a seven inch FOOTBALL IN THE AIR The leaping Allen University cheer leader symbolizes the rise of the autnmn gridiron sport football, which will be much in the air Saturday as schools in this area send their favorites to do battle for “Alma Mater.” This particular cheer leader may be on hand at O’Kelly Field in Durham Satarday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. when North Carolina College opens its home sea^tip against the Allen University Yeilowjackets. Local rooters hope, however, she won’t have much to cheer about. —Eivera photo Chain-Sponsored Movie Stars Ivan Dixon, N. C. College Grad Ivan Dixon, No^th Carolina College graduate, is one of the stars in the film “Something of Value”, which will ise shown at the College View Drive-Inn theater September 28 through September 30 under the auspices of the Durham Business and Professional Chain. Dixon, who has been seen in sYpral Broadw» aafl Televi- at-Western Reserve’s Karainii • House. His wife, the former Berlie Ray of New Bern, was. also a graduate of the Ohio dra matics school. They now make their home in Hollywood. Also to be seen in the picture are Sidney Poitier and Rock Hudson. Proceeds from the film will be used for the Chain’s Trade ' Week ^tMfies; . . ^ '■ Has Pneumonia NEW TMOC Doctors reported late Maa- day that a pneamonla faraMi- tioa in the lower rlgkt laav of the Rev. Marti* Lafker King, Jr., had complicated Ua recovery from a kaifc wand suffered Saturday. Although Dr. Kiag waa re- ported resting comfortakiy, a team of Harlem hospital phy sicians were keeping **claae watch” over their iammma pa tient. The develo^ent of PMBM' monia was spotted ky X-ra3ra taken following King’s opera tion Saturday. Doctors said they hoped the iafeetion would not spread. letter opener from the chest of the famed race leader Saturday. Chief surgeon at Harlem hos pital. Dr. Aubrey Maynard, headed the team which worked four hours and 20 minutes to re move the letter opener. In addition to Cordice, Blay- nard was assisted by Doctors Emil A. Narclerio and Farrow Allen. Dr. Cordice attended Hillside high school in Durham, New York University and the BeOvue Medical School. He studied one year at the University of Paris. His mother, Mrs. J.W.V. Cor dice, lives at 1503 Fayetteville street. The 37 year old thoracic sur geon is )usl begionin* .privale , practice'in New York. He ia married and has three dau^itera. BISHOP REID N. C. Ypungsters To Hear NAACP Youth Leader RALEIGH NAACP Youth Secretary Her bert L. Wright' will serve as keynote speaker for the youth and college section of the North Carolina State Conference meet ing to be held here October 9-12, it was announced Wednesday by Dr. Marguerite Adams, North Carolina NAACP youth, work chairman. , The conference is expected to attract 150 delegates from high schools and colleges throughout the state. The delegates will at tend and participate in work shops on career guidance, leader ship training, membership and fund-raising techniques and civil rights action. Prime emphasis will be placed on the important roles which youth and college students can play in furthering racial inte gration. Some of the officials of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clabs, whose conven tion committee met in a plan ning conference at Harriet Tub man YWCA In Durham Satur day, are pictured here with State Welfare Department officer John, R. Larkin. Left to right are Mrs. A. P. Collins of Smithfield, fi nancial and corresponding sec retary of the NCFWC; Mrs. E. M. Spellman of Elizabeth City, president of the Federation; Lar kin; Mrs. F. D. Newsome of Rich Square, editor of Federa tion Journal and chairman of the convention committee; and Mrs. S. Stewart, City Councilman And Veteran Political Leader Will Be Honored By White Rock ChurchSunday See ONLY 4, page S The members of the first all Negro Life Underwriters Train ing Council Class to receive graduate certificates arc shown here with certificates following gradua.tIon cereuMnles last week in WUiston-Salem. The class was sponsored by the Winston-Salem Underwriters Association and the National Life Underwriters Training Council of Washington, D. C. J. L. Lassiter, seated cen ter, front row, was instructor of the class. Lassiter Is Educational Director of Winston-Mutual Life Insurance Company of Winston- Salem. Those who received cer tificates are Walter Adams, Winston-Mutual; Walter E. Baird, Winston-Mutual; Cothe Booker, North Cs'rollna Mutual; Mamie Gilliam, N. C. Mutual; John Green, N. C. Mutual; Ed ward Lewis, Winston Mutual; David Lowery, Sr., N. C. Miitual; Prince. Simmons, Winston Mu tual; George Vaughn, K. C. Mu tual; Sullivan Welbourne, k, C. Mutual: Gladys Wilran, N. C. Mutual ani^Lasaiter.' Hula Hoop Contest Sat.! A hnia hoop contest for child ren of all ages (grown-ups, too) will be held Saturday morning' at ten o’clock on the North Carolina College athletic prac tice field at Lawson Avenue. The contest is being Jointly sponsored by the Durham Busi ness and Professional Chain and North Carolina College. A Spokesman tor the Chain said prizes will be awarded in the hoop twirling contest. jDontestants must furnish their own hoops, he said. White Rock Baptist Church will honor City Councilman J. S. Stewart at 7:30 Sunday night. J. H. Wheeler, president of Mechanics and Farmers bank ^d business associate of Stew art, will give the main address. Stewart, a iheml>er of White Rock since 1936 and a trustee for the past 15 years, is execu tive secretary of the Mutual Savings and X^oan Association. CoUege View District is sponsor ing the program under the lead ership of Mrs. Minnie W. Cro- martie. He was elected to the Durham City Council in May, 1957. Stewart’s wife, the former Miss Otelia Spaulding, and his family are members of the local church. A native of Atlanta and a graduate of the Atlanta Univer sity School of Business Adminis tration, Stewart started his busi ness career with the N. C. Mu tual Life Insurance Co. His activities as chairman oil E. ,M. Bamea of treasurer. The Federatioa ia planning for its coavea- tion, to be held aext jmt. A sabseqaent meeting of the eaa- vention committee was ache- dnled for October. —Rivera photo STEWART mendations is regarded as a tri bute to the type of leadership which Stewart symbolizes. His other community activi ties include membership on the Executive Committee of the Durham Chapter of NAACP. Vice President of the John Avery Boys’ Club, and numer ous other civic and business af- fUiations. Recently, Stewart waa named to the Advertising Committev of the U.S. Savings and Laui^, League. Stewart is a former pmidMft of tbe American Savings Loan Association. the Durham Committee on Ne gro Affairs, which he served as chairman for many' years, won national attention for Stewart and the Durham community. Under his leadership^ the DCNA registered one of the lar gest group of Negro voters hi the nation. Their solidarity in supporting Committee recom- The Stewarts live at Blasondale St. They ha\w children: Ethel Marie, J and James A. Participants in Mrs. Wilson includa Fisher. J. W. Ci Goodloo. D. B. Sernior Cliolc. ham te scheduM during tk«
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