THE CAROLINA TIMES»SiOiii4»rr lumw 3, The. weather made much o the news last year. Scenes at toi sbAv damage l^t by Tornado which skipped into southern arM of suburbs last Spring. tfeavy snow fall three weeks tgo turned many local residents o sport being indulged in by three A and T College co-eds, lirturcd at left. Other [Events of The Year Some other noteworthy cvr ents duringf the year were: JANUARY. Durham COTfl- mittee on Negro Affairs aiopt- ed constitution. N. C. Mutual appointed C. C, Spaulding to board, R. C. \V. Perry assistant secretary and Aaron Daye, vice presi'^en^ FEBRUARY. The Rev. son B. Higp'ins of Ln!« returned to Dii-hTm for '-eoc' »t West Durbrm Church. ’ ..mjinF'mtaBcal I JUNE. n. B. White, MrrB. A. J. Whilted, Robert Jamison, Frizelle Uaye and Frank Ha ley received recreation awards. JULY. Dr. Richard Barks dale left N. C. Collei^e for Morehou;e position. Dr. Wil-| liatn H. Birown ren'aced hlfn graduate dean at N. C. C. J. S. Stewart honored b; LEPT13MBER. Donb e scs White Rock Bapi.i.:.t (jhu.xii. sion in Pearson school third' NOVEMBER. Hickstown grade abandoned after brief elementary school building deJ- iise. icated in formal riles. CCTOOER. The Rev. E. T. DECEMBER. Mrs. l.'iterr Browne elected president of! Nixon quit as County arjent : Mini«,fe*'i?l AHia7>'» I ter 23 years. ^ I , Young t?r abro:i(i l.-»st yrar Schooler recorded his impres- j'ca was Konai'J tichoul^r, W't- s'on'i of the old world in a se^ief tenburg Colleg? junior w'.\n of l^tt^rs printed by the TIMES irerved a'i guide to U.S. seciian. lie is pictured here on bridge 'of World’s Fair at KVusscls. I across the Seine in Paris. MARCH. Aporr':ial!on he’d in Ea.nt En I con^'^'.’-ji* for pr.lilicrl lea'fer f Jonen. APRIL TIMES he'd house to s'ow off nc-.v e ui mcnt. If you want 1353 to ba yau best year, try aJvsrti:iin regularly in the TIMES. m Unprecedented in city’s liis- C onai Bunkers Asiuciation and here. The convention also pro- • .)eerhes delivered before ^legro Governor Luther Hodj^^s, ^own to-y was lojnt conventions of Natiunal Housewives’ League,^ v^ed^s^i.ling {or one of fewl . uiicnce by North Carolina in t >p^ cental panel. Vational llusintisi Leagua, N. • scwcs i «ni wiiich are shown;’ -■ Covington of the Miiwau- Braves won World''Series. He’s Ice# Braves got a h?ro’s recep- ihown getting one of several tlon in Durham last winter a.‘t?r presentations. Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, NCC professor, was one of fiv. DurhamitsS to reccive honor.iry degrees last June. Others wer W. J. Kennedy, Jr., A. T. Spauj ding, E. R. Merrick, and the Rev. Melvin C. Swann. Two well-known teachers ,ell Hunter, music teacher, and from St. Joseph's closed their desks after long ca-| Mrs. G. A. Winslow, junior highi their rcticemeBts. reers in Durham last year. Mr , ichool teacher, received plauditsi church Thelma and Jimmie (Dr. t:-ams lor l )t'i succcssful trade Jive) llyrd wcru one of several I week promotion sponsored by p'ipular husband-wil'e chairmcii ;iness und Profes.sionul Chain. “Old man Durham is a stingy m .scr, silt iijt: on hi.s money bag-, while his child cn svuflle about on dirt streets” can probably b"' ; la;med as a elioice quote of thi year. It came from Clarenci RUti'hell. head of the NAACI Washinjlon bureau, as he wrot ill his weekly new'^l»aper column rollowini; his participation rcKi-stiation coalerence in l>ur-i liam. Needless to s.iy, the city's race leaders (lid not appreciate Mitfhcll’-.s appraisal of their work. An Importint “lirst” wai ap-I Mrs. Carmel Marr, advisor to pointment of R. N. Harris to u.s. Ambassador to United Na school board. Rated as cxtrciii"'y tiongj Henry Cabot Lodge, was objective, llarri.s was well rc- another of outstanding persons by both races for the to visit the city. She delivered specch at N. C. College. J. Ernest Wilkms, cabinet ad-j mission member, was also iai rreeivrs key to visor and Civil Rights Com-1 Durham during the year. He> ham mayor E city from O J. Evan Pi Famed Boston Universit; theolos^Un and national N'AACl officer. Dr. Allen Knight Cha* iPom^back story of the year i:i vhurch on Third street. Before picture (inset) shows church the,city for an ad $,eeq. in these before ^nd aftrr picture shows ruins left' by after members rebuilt it and ilress at St. Joseph Church du. pictures of St. John’s Baptist $40,000 fire in April, A957. Afterj moved back in early last May. iug the year. X ^ K Du ham mcdical men took duate clinic at Lincoln during .eading role in annual post gra-{lhe year. Seen with Meiiarr- 1 • I professor and Old North Statt Medical Society president arc !>#. U. B. taMrt. Dn K. C.

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