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.
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regularly in the TIMES.
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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.
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Du ham mcdical men took duate clinic at Lincoln during
.eading role in annual post gra-{lhe year. Seen with Meiiarr-
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professor and Old North Statt
Medical Society president arc
!>#. U. B. taMrt.
Dn K. C.