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NAACP OFHCUUY ENTERS MONROE’S ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ if Hr ik it FATHER OF 13 Otvid "Funy" Simpson •9* 8, and JamM Hanovar Thempton, who has pasMd 10th jblrthday in rtform »chool to Kfhich both ware tant aftar «M- «r boy had baen k’stad by 7- yaar>old whita girl in Monro*, North Carolina. Pictura wat takan in offica at raferm tchool for Nagro boy» a Hoffman, N. C. 1 Lynn To Continue As Counsel, But NAACP To Assist In Boys' Defense NEW YOKK — The National As- Bociation for the Advancement ol Colored People has thrown it* full wcisht into ■ the drive to iteWc 1^0 young Negr^ boys of MonrA, fi. C., sentence'll” l-hc state re formatory'becausc one of them iMd been kissed by a little white vl playmate. %nnounoemcnt »f the Associa- timi's anlarcc) role in the defense ■f-}*»^"dWlllren was inad«- here l»st "?nday by Roy Wiliiins, NAACP ^utive secretary, following a ^ Moron To Explain (I. S. To Indians HAMPTON, Va. — A Virginia college president, Dr. Alonzo G. Moron of Hampton Institute, has been choseri by the U. S. State De partment .to interpret this country to India through a two-month lec- iure and discussion tour of the Asian- Republic. Dr. Moron is scheduled to de part New York’s Idlewld airport Tuesday evening, January 6 and will spend the period from Janu ary 8 to 22 in the new Delhi area. There he will be the guest of the American Ambassador to India, Ellsworth Bunker. Bombay, Madras and Calcutta are cither operating points from which he will journey to speak to groups of ticohlars and educators, govcrn- See MOKON, page 8 conference with Robert F. WilU ams, president of the NAACP in Monroe; Conrad Lynn, chairman of the legal redress committee of the NAACP branch in Rockland County, N. Y., who had entered the case earlier; Robert L. Carter, NAACP general counsel; and GIo,s- ter B. Current, director of NAA- CP tranches. Preliminary inquiry into the case had been niade by^ the Slide ‘nAACI’ orgteiaation. Lynn will continue as coui^ul in tlie case with the collalwration of Mr. Carter. A writ ot hal>e«3i cor-, pus will be sought in the State coQrt. The Association has also, un dertaken the extension of nee-.ied aid to the families of the young sters, Hanover Thompson, 9, and Fuzzy Simpson, 8, currently con- fiaed- tft Morrison Training School at Hoffman, N. C. The North Car olina State NAACP furnished both families with emergency funds for the holidays. Trouble started on Oct. 28 when the 7-year-old girl kissed Hanover on the cheek during a game. She casually told her father about it later in the day. Enraged the fath er armed himself, gathered friends and went looking for the boys. They threatened not only to kill Ihem but lynch the parents of the two boys. Later an attempt to evict Mrs. Thompson was thwarted by legal 'action taken by Mr. Lynn. She and her children had occupied the rented hoquse for 10 years. The boys were removed to the local jail and held without charges See NAACP, page 8 Bank Nears 8 IVHllion In Assets , One of the largest assembly of stockholders to attend an annual i meeting of Mechanics and Farm ers bank hearif bank president John H. Wheeler’s report state last Mon- 'day night that, 1958 "has been a year of unusual progress in ai! phases.” The report, read by cashier I. O. Funderburg, showed that the firm had amassed a sum of over $7 million in resources during the year and had netted a profit of some $53,000. Actually, the bank’s total re- Bources soared over the eight mil lion mark before the end of the year president Wheeler pointed out. He explained that year clos ing actions however by several of the firms depositors brought the total resources figure finally to $7,728,aS4.40 at the end of the year. ' Aside from hearing analysis of the banks operations, approving actions of its officers for the yea^ and election of directors, the stock holders paused to pay tribute to two prominent citizens who retir ed from their positions during the year. Wheeler made presentations to W. J. Kennedy, Jr., member of the bank's board of directois, and to Mrs. Estelle Nixon. Kenuely re cently retired as presideni oi North See BANK, page 8 HONORED AT BANK MEETING Two prominent Owrhamitaa, Mr*, tha Machanics and Farmers Bank.is shown receiving award at right. l$talla Nixon, and W. J. Kanii«ly, *tockt»#ld«rs. At left bank presi- right. Jr., who ratirad from thair pia$i> dant.J. H. Wheelar hands presen-j ♦iont lait y«ar, wara honare# liy tatlon to Mr$. Nixon and Kennedy | Indians Receive ‘Private’ School RALEIGH — The^ state board of Education granted what m beiCrved to be the first “private” tax aup- ported school under tbs Pearsall Plan when it was learned Wednes day that the Haliwa Indiana will be granted sup|)ort for their pnvatply owned school. The state board allocated money and teachers to the Hollster school which will be hence for ward operated by Warrtn County public school system. Action came at the climax of a long series of hearings by Stntc and County Boards of Education with the Haliwa Indians. The Indians had set up their own school at Hollister and pulled out of Negro schools because they sad they could not be forced to at tend school with Negroes. an VT>eTRUTH UNBRi^Eil^ VOLUME 35—NUM9ER 2 DURIJAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JAN. 10,1959 PRICE: 15 CENTS In Favelteville Congregational Cfaurdi Decides To Desegregate NEW YORK — The Board of Home Missions of the Congrega tional Christian Church Monday announced its determination for the “achievement - «f a- raeiaUy in clusive church life at the local and regional levels and pledged financial suport of churches whose treasuries are jeopardized by ef forts toward integration. The board said it w«s raady to recaiva appeals from local ehurrh- as for monay to finance addition al parson«l4^l^r procedures to ta- eilitate church reorganliation on a racially integrated basis . The board apealed to fha deno minations churches, and to in dividual members, to give finan> cial suport to community and na tional movements which promote racial justice and equality. . . The board is one of two ma jor mission bodies of the Congre gational Christian Churches. (The See CHURCH, page 8 TALK FIRE RECOVERY PLANS High ranking officials of the AME Zion church are seen here :liscusslng plans for a meeting in Salisbury to plan a campaign for rebuilding of the Livingstone Col lage auditorium which aws raxad by fire recently. Left to right are Alexander Barnes, AMEZ Public Relations officer. Dr.' E. Franklin Jackson, pastor of John Wesley AME Zion church; Bishop W. J. Walls, senior bithop of the church and chairman of tha i.iying«tone presiding prelate for the 9th Epis- trustees; Bshop S. G. Spottswooa, copal district; and Dr. F. Claude Spurgeon, general seciatary and auditor. , ^ Wife Of Newsman Raped FAYETTEVILLE — A 2f year old New York parolee was being held by city police thi« w.eek on target of raping • weekly newspaper pobiisber here. Police reported Monday night the arrest of Walter BrinstOn who hai been charged with (b* ettly Monday morning rape of Mrs. Dor othy York, wife of E. Rudy. York, publisher of a, weekly newspaper here. , Brinston was being held without bond pending h'^aring later this week. “ ' ’ Accordng to police. Mrs. York said the man gained entrance to her home on Ellis street about 1: SO a. m. Monday on the pretense of bringing valuable information to her husband. She said further that when he had entered, he held a switch blade knife to her throat and threatened to kill her if she did not submit to his advances. Although the man’s address was not given, reports say that he lived on Ellis street near the York home. Fayetteville police identification bureau reported that Brinston was paroled from, the New York pris on system several years ago from an armed robbery conviction. Labor Movement Challenged To End Jim Crow NEW YORK — Continuing ra cial discrimination within certain, unions affiliated with the Ameri can Federation of Labor and Con gress of Industrial OrganinUioiv is charged in an 11-page document ed memorandum made public here this week by Boy Wilk,ns, execu tive secretary of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People. Tl)e memorandum, dated Dec. 4 and prepared by the Asoseia- tion’s labor secretary, Herbert Hill, and adressed to Boris Shishkin, di rector of the AFL-CIO civil rights department, cites complaints re ceived from NAACP members and other Negro workers }n various sections of the country alletiing discrimination by trade union in ternationals and locals. Pattern of .'Discriminat!«i Dlscriminaton in the labor movement, the memorandum chargess, follows a pattern of total exclusion, segregated locals, or the separate line of progression re stricting the job classification a- t^allable (o Negro workers. See LABOR, page 8 STARTS ADMINISTRATION WITH PRAYER As his first official act as Presi-1 tua( executives (.. B. Porter, Af- dent of North Carolina Mutual, A. T. Spaulding invited the Company's officiai staff to ioin him in the Di rector's Room of the Home Office for a few minutes of prayer and meditation. An effectual prayer was offered by The Reverend Miles Mark Fish er, Paster of White Rock Baptist Church, of which Spaulding is a member. Standing from left are N. C. Mu- sistant Actuary; R. C. W. Perry, Assistant Secretary J. W. Coodloe, Vice-President and Secretary; W. A. Clement, CLU, Associate Agen cy Director; L. B. Frasier, Agency Secretary C. C. Spaulding, Jr., Gen eral Counsel; V. G. Turner, Trea- urer; W. J. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman of the Board; The Reverend Miles Mark Fishitr, Pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church; President A. T. Spaulding. Standing from left— N. H. Bennett, Jr., Assistant Sec retary and Associate Actuary; B. W. Kennedy, Assistant Secretary and Claim Supervisor; Aaron Day, Jr., Vice-President and Agency Di rector; J, J. Henderson, Assistant Treasurer; R. C. Foreman, Assi» tant Controller; M. A. Sloan, CLU, Associate Agency Director W. J. Kennedy, ill, Assistairt Vice-Presi dent; Clyde Donnell. M. D., Vice- President and Medical Director. White Rock To Note Rev. Fisher's 26th Year; Cofield In Trial Sermon Adult Education Classes To Open CHAPEL HILL — Adult Educa tion Classes will begin at Chapel Hill on January 12th in the North- sde Elementary School. XK?y are to be held each week on Monday and Tuesday nights iroui T to 9 See ADULT, Page B The 26th pastoral anniversary of the Rev. Miles Mark Fisher at White Rock Baptist Church will be observed Sunday in a special ser vice at the regular 11 o’clock mor ning worship. Dr. George W. Watkins of Quinton, Virginiat one of the na tion’s ablest rural church admin istrators and- pastor of Second Lib- eriy Baptist a Quinton and T'.am Batpist at Oiirics City, Virj!ina, will deliver the morning message. Watkins was a student of Rev. Fisher at Virginia Union University sity and succeeded him in the pas torate of the Quinton and Charles City churches. The program for the 7:30 p. m. service will be under the auspices of the College View District This unit will.present Jesse H. Cofield, Shaw Unversity divinity student, in his, trial sermon. A member of White Rook, Co field is vice-president of the Board of Christian Education at the church. Rev. Fisher came to White Rock Baptist Church in January, 19S3. He replaced Dr. It L. Ransome as pastor of one of the city’s oldest Negro churches. White Rock was established is 1866. Greensboro Site Of UNCF Confab NEW YORK — The National A- lumni Council of the United Negro College Fund will hold its 13th an nual confemece at Bennett Cd* lege, Greenwsboro, N. C., Feb. 7 and 8, accordnig to an annottnce- ment by Walter Wasnin£t4io, A- lumni Council president The.'two day meeting will be St- tended by UNCF graduates from throughout the country who ^-rve as volunteer workers for Um an nual College Fund appeal in their respective communities. Professional and vriualMr See UNCF, page • Illness Had Disabled Man For Five Years Funeral services for John F. Et- son, 42 year old resident of the Fence Row section near Bragtowii who took his life with a .25 calibre pistol, were scbedaled for Sator- day afternoon at two ’o’clock. Final rites will be held at the Mt Olive Church on Fence Bow and burial services will be at Beechwood cemetery. Ettson took his life, according to Durham County police effic^ in the living rom of his home at approximately 3:15 p. m WedneS' day afternoon. No note was discovered and close relatives could give no rc* son for the action. However, Etl- son’ff wife, Mrs. Carrie W. Ettaoa. told the TIMES that he appemd to have brooded for the past tea days or so. “He had been drinking she said. She also explained that he had been disabled for the past fire years after suffer!^ a stroke and a heart attack. He worked at Lie get-Myers before bis illnes. Ettson was the father uf 13 chil dren, five of whom ivere bom through a previous maAtag*. daily newajpape^- laatt- erroneously reported the niaa to be the father of 21. The oldest the Ettson child ren is 22, and the yonngeaf is 15 months. The Ettsons made their hoane at 1307 Wiley avenue, aproxiai^ly one fourth of a mile from the city See SUICIDE, page 8 Mrs. Leake Is Hew President Of Housewives Mrs. Magnolia Laak waa fanoal- ly installed as tha naw paariilent of the Durham Hoosatmca' Laa- gue and the League’s annual New Year’s dinner last waalL The Rev. W. H. Fuller coo-iuet- ed the ceremony at installatian which also saw inductiaa at otkar Housewives' League offcers. Also during the dinner, tibe Ln- gue presented its ^Man ol the Yaai^ award to John U. Wheeler and tbe Durham Buisneas and Prolessieeal Chain awarded fraea ta wiamn in its annual autdaar Chrintmaa decoration contest. Mrs. Lula Jackaon of 71S Kasa^ avenue won the first pr« ta ttM decorati«m contest, and ratwad'^a |15 ham from PetH^ Ite Soper Harkets, $10 fifooi Mechanics itd Fanners Bank and |B ttaai lack- son’s Grocery. Warren Wheeler of 901 farmem avenue was seeand pcice winner. He won 9S from Mutval Savings and Loan Association aad 9S traia Speight's Auto Service. Third priae winner was Mrs. Bosa Suiti of lU Unntaad sbreat, who recwed $t.W fraaa Qaaliiy Food Manet, and $1SS fraai Sar- vice Printing Conpany. The new Laaipia places Ifiss Sarah T. bad served for toar y«Ht M top officer. Urs. l^k bat bMS • aiember of the !«■■■• hi tt years and served M TiM tor four yaara. ' O SeeLEAK^p^i
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