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Some of the more tlimi 1.W persons who attL'iuIi-d the uinuial Vouth row (hands fbkied).
•Assembly of the Xurth t'aroliiia Methodist Conference are shown in as'dean; sjxth from
front of Pfeitt'er Chapel at Hennett Collejfe, Second front riglit. front
Over 100 Youngsters Attracted to State Metiiodis}
Conference; Names of Ttiose Attending Listed l^ere
is the Rev. Joseph H. Bethea, of Elkin, wfio served
right on third row is the Kev. Douglass E. Moore, of
executive secretar\- nl the ajtiferoiice atul director ut the as
GREENSBORO — The anniial
youth assembly of the North Car
olina Methodist Conference which
closed its one-week session at Ben
nett College on Saturday attracted
101 young people.
The Rev. Joseph B. Bethea of
Elkin, dean of this year’s assem
bly, headed a staff of 20. Classes,
workshops and interest groups ioi-
lowed a schedule which ran from
7;30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
Clocing event of the assembly
was a 6 a.m. communion service.
The following persons Were
registered;
Wintton-Salem
Carclyn Allen, Samuel Draper,
Andrea Gwyn, Rebecca Gwyn,
Jetnene Havncr, Mary Hollins,
.Bitty Laughlin, Alipda McCoy,
Linda Newton, Lawrence Smith,
Deborah Speaj, Eclwaru Townes. i
Greensboro
Louise Mayo, Doris Mitchell, I
Doris Shoifner, Muxine West, Will-1
iam Barber, Edward Best, Uomaj
Best, Ethel -Brower, Jean Brown,
Susie Brown, Terry Pearman,
Flora Fo.ster, Wilnette Freeman,
M^ry- Herbin, Leslie Hinscn and
Portia Holt. I
Hi«h Point I
Portia Brooks, Bettye Carter, |
Jacqueline Eaves, > Patricia llall,
Glendu Moorehead and Yvonne
Patterson.
Shelby
Paul Dockery, Alvin Gidney,
Herbert Gidney, Fi^ncolia Gloaves,
John Hoyle and Fred Wright.
Durham
Robert Cline, Judy Grandy, Ja-,
net Hill. Barbara Thompson and
James Wilkins.
Lenoir
Janet Harper, Gail Hickerson,
wty
Dowell,
^aneaton, E|-
atM Phyllis
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Janice Norwood, Phyllis Scott and
Sarah Norwood.
Olhm
Marion Adams and Doris Hull,
Gastonia; Ida Blair, Doris Forney
and Calvin Sharpe, Hickory; L«-
mar Burgesa, Barbara Gwyn and
Ehiora Harris, Jonesville; Betyle
Gunipbell and Mildred Pemderton.
l.aurinburg; Elaine JCnott anil
Elizabeth Carson, Lexihgtot^ Shir
ley Goolsby and Betty Daltba,
Walnut Ccve; Jimmy Dowell, "
N. Kyle and Emma Vm
kin; Bertie Fitjger
Hull, (Tatawba; Patricia G«6ri«l
and Hattie Smith, Statea.viUe;
Willie M. Waugh, Henna .BAbin-
son and EMward Ga^breatn, Fay
etteville; Glenda Joyner and Car
rie Henwick, Thomasville;.'Cather
ine Scott and Louise RlcCorkle,
Mt. Holly; Joyce Morgan aod Ne#-
!ine Peebles, Raleigh; filla Mae
Watkins, Georgia Price and De-
lores Roper, Asheboro.
Thurman Anderson, R6wlan4;
Earl Bullard, £llro^ Robert Cline,
Conover; Kathy Davis, Trinity;
Jean Hamilton, Splfldalei' Nanc(y
Johnson, Leaksville; Alptiine Lit
tle, Mill Springs^ Leon Ma^es, Ox
ford; Dewayne' Maynard; Heide-
ville; Barbara Neill„'Mooresville;
Hubert Pipkin, Maxtoti; Gayle
Powell, Forest C!ity; Martorie Rog
ers, Lumberton; Ida Settle, prown
Summit and Carrie Tucker) Gran
ite Falls.
Stiff
L. A. Brown, Lpuise Yorse aod
Loretta Free, all of Greehsboro;
Emma R. McLean, G. E. Hogue
and Dannie Shaw, jU of Laurin-
burg; H. W. Phillips, J. W. Gwyn
and Beatrice Watts, all of Wins
ton- Salem; Joseph B. Bethea and
Shirley C. Bethea, Elkin; Fannie
McCallum and Katie McCallum,
Guilford; J. T. Jones, and Gladys
Costner, Gastonia; Frances Beatty
"bnd A. E. Robin^n, Shelby
D. E. Moore, Durhtm;' John G.
Corry, Leakiville; Mile.s Mur|pby,
Red Springs; 0.. W. BurM«ck, Ra
leigh; Ruth Goolsby, Walnut Coye;
James Ferree, Lumberton; M?e
Waddell, Asheboro; Olivia Peace,
Hoffman; Delilah Knight, Spin-
dale; Ruth Greeson, Thomasvflle;
Cleo Conner, Sherrill's Ford and
G. A. Brooks, Lexington.
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7 Interning At Wiaaton-iSaleni
NASHVILLE, ,yiiNN . — Seven
June graduates of the Meharry
Medical College were appointed to
internships al ' KSfe ^ttng "Key-
nolds Memorial hospital in Win
ston Salem, N. C.
All graduates in medicine, they
are Kermit Brown, Samuel Bult-
man, James Kelly, Willil^ Plea
sant, Harold Pride, Robart Ven
able, and Pleasant Williams.
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Fayetteville Open* S^t. 14
FayattavllU, — The forthopm-
Ing Ml m*§lon pet* waf at
the Fayettaville State Teachers
College on September 14, according
to Dr. Rudolph Joneif, Preeld^^
Freshman Orientation W*0k,'
however, opens on September I.
Registrars Must Have Something to Hide, Two (iroups Declare in
Attack on Judge's Ruling Excluding Louisiana Officids from Probe
SHREVEPOHt, La. — Charging registration rolls "suffer real dam-rChriatian Leadership Conference,
that "the registrars mu::t have! ages, not Imagined ones”, the Atlanta, quickly attacked Federal
_^omething to/hide,” and ^s8erting United Christian Movement of Judge Ben C. Dawkins' ruling,
that Negro citizens purged from I Shreveport, and the Southern blocking the scheduled hearing of
Negroes who have been consist-
Blues Singer is Described as
"'Great but Tortured kleiit"
the Civil Rights Commission in
Shreveport, La.
The statement was signed by
Megro,1Vh[le
DemoLeaders
HoldPaHeif
%is:ynston D. C. — Men* tksn
100 Negro and white DenUxntie
Leaders from 24 states, the %gin
Inlands and the DiKtriet of CM—l-
bia, gathered in Wasrtiingtail fewt
week-end for a Party Relations Con
ference called by National ^3uir-
I man Paul M. Butler.
I Panel discus-tions og methods of
' s'rengthenins Party organitatioa
and improving ccmmunicatioiM
I within tAe Pai'ty occupied a cob-
I siderable portion of the two-^]r
i session in the Sh»‘raton-Park HoteL
j Pledges of suppor' for eirii
I right:; legislation came at a luneb-
■ eon meeting, addressed by Demo
cratic Senatori Pat McNamara
fMich.), Hubert Humphrey (.Mina.),
Stuart Symington (Mo.), John F.
Kennedy (Mass.) and Rep. Byron G.
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, "*■ Amwjca't Second
■y OELORCS CALVIN
NEW YORK — As the newsj
spread around, each little group'
began reminiscing about Billie
Holiday — the girl they called
“Lady Day” — and how untimely
her death came at 44 . . . And
yet, as the old pros related, such
is life. in showbusiness—you live
fast and die young and at least
you get the headlines when yon
go . . . And that much was true
for Billie Holiday's death was
headline news and even though
everyone knew her worst faults
and habits, all who saw those
headlines stopped a second to feel
sad and unhappy that such a great
yet tortured soul was gone . . .
At first there was a rush for
her records—her newest albums |
had showed a difference jn herj
voice but her fans stuck to their,
guns that Billie was the greatest!
anyway . . . Her single releaiesj
iUjd albums made during her hey-|
day will be collectors items now
—and just about everybody, wheth
er they liked her as a person or
• hot, wanted a song to remember
j BilUe by . . .
For she was one of those rare
people who always had a rough
time—never had a completely sun
ny day — and just when things
looked darkest and a promise of
a new start was in view—she died
. . . That’s the way Billie's life
always was—one bad break after
another.
That's why she could sing Uie
blues with so much command—she
lived them. Her whole life was one
blues after another. But she had
courage—even the nurses at Met
ropolitan Hospital couldn't believe
the couragc she had—in side of
being arrested for possessing nar
cotics in the hospital—she still fig
ured to “beat lilt- rap.” Up until
her death, she was busying her
self arranging for musicians—
planning to appear in a movie—
ivritin|( her appealing life story—
and keeping lip with show busi
ness. It was this energeti^ness
which probably brought on her
relapse . . .
So now Billie Holiday is gone
—no” more sad songs — no more
gardenias—and we remember al
ways loving her but hating her too
for being so great and yet not al
lowing herself to enjoy fame—not
letting herself be admired and
hailed and emulated as a great
person. People who loved her had
to look over her tremendous faults
. . . She had many big friends
—and many phonics — for she
never changed, right to the end.
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AMEZ District
Conference Held
The Dvirham District of the Cen
tral North Carolina Conference,
A. M. E. Zion Church, held its
Annual Ohristisn Education Con
vention at Mitchell's -Ohapel A. M.
E. Zion Church, Pittsboro, J^uly
1-3, Rev. R. V. Horton, Host-pas-
ton. The Rev J. A. Brown, Pijesi-
ding Elder in bharge.
The theme of The Convention
was “The Challenge of Christian
Leadership in the Chusch pnd
Society.”
Hundreds of youth representing
the local Church Schools, the
Christian Endeavor Societies, the
Youth Councils, and the Ju|iior
Churches were active delegatey to
this Convention.
Formal worship services were
planned and conducted by -The
Ohriitian Education Directors land
youth respectively.
If you have anything to buy,
rent, sell, trade, services to of-
er. etc., try a CAROLINA TIMES'
Classtfied Ad for quick reaulU.
Stop by the office on E. Pettigrew
rr
If
ently denied the right to vole
and purged arbitrarily from
registration rolls, suffer real
damages, not imagined one^.
This situation calls for immed
iate action by the President, the
Department of Justice, and the Rogers (Colo)
Congress. We urge ali friends of
_ „ „ r.- , • 1 equal Justice to write, wire, oi
Dr. C. O. Simpkins, president of their senators, congre.smen
the United Christian Movement. Attorney General, and the Presi
and Miss Ella J. Baker, executive dent, at »Ke.
director of the Southern Christian ..hft%oS“di«riminaUon exists
Leadership Conference, and reads Lcuisiana. As a ma ter of rec- ^
as follows; ord, more than 10,600 Negro regis-1 —— - —
“We are not surprised that Judge of**miiers i RighU SuiK:oiiuait
^n C. Dawkins, Jr., ruled as he i^yg been denied the right to i tee.
did to preven the Civil Kignts register, E^cted state oflicials and I “When a duly conatituled agent
Oomniission from nolQin^ its who ri*p (ininf? the Diir^^inff 1 * ■ _■»
schedul^ hearing on voter-regis^ op^niv and repeatedly boast “that'Congress can be sumn^y
tration infractions in the state of (j,gy remove 100.0001 prevented from even uvcatigat-
Louisiana. Judge Dawkins^ prev-j j^niplaintj of citizens whose
clvfl ""riehts of *^?^roes** cert^inl^ Ifit ls illegalfortheCivilRightslfranchi.se rights have bee* vio-
tend to confirm that he will use; the wire stated, "it is in-
eyery^ possible evasion and tech- tLlfands Zt Veer ; cumbent upon Congress to *n«:t
maWa^in‘“the'^stL‘"quo In racia" then surely t^ Mcaellan hearings j legislation to effecUvely safeguard
'a?e iUegT^Tshould be dis^^^^^^
The argument that registrars tinned at once ” ' Passage of Title III of the Celler-
“might suffer irreparable injury”: Cb.Hen»e To Congress I Oc'jgla:s Bill was urged u “min-
bv appearing before the Civil i .. , . ■ *
RighU Commission to discuss the; Jut'S* Dawkins' ruling was also|imum civil rights legislaQon for
conduct of their offices, raises two called '‘a direct challenge to Con-| this Congress,” and Federal lagis-
very serious considerations; I gress” in a telegram sent by Miss! laticn was cited “as the only hope
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1. The state and the registoars I gajier to Seiuitor Thomas C. Hen- i for Negro Americans in the Sopth
ust have something to hide. I , _ , . . # .u . j ..
2. It ignores the fact that Jf- chau-man of the Senate *oday.’
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Billy Holiday,
Blues Queen,
Succumbs in H.Y.
NEW YORK'— liirlle Holidaj;.
blues singer, died early Friday
in Metropolitan hospital after a
long illness. She was 44.
Miss Holiday, who reached the
pinnacle of success as a blues sing
er in the forties, died almost
penniless. Her bank account show
ed a balance of 70 cents.
“congestioi) of the lungs, compli
cated by heart failure.” But she
had suffered from the effects of
a long habit of narcotics use.
She entered the hospital on May
31 in serious condition suffering
fromi several ailments. Death came
at 3:20 a.m. last Friday, July 17.
A Broadway star for years, she
was the first Negro to sing with
a whit£ hand- .She sang with Artie
Shaw, ^enny Goodman and Louis
Armstrong during her career.
Miss Holiday xose through the,
smoky night cluba of Harlem to'
the very top as a blues singer. At
her peak, she was perhaps the
greatest blues singer of this gen-
eratien.
Known to the entertainment
world as “Lady Day” because of
her proud bearing, she always
stood one cut above her environ
ment.
However, she fell victim to dope
habits at the very height of her
success. Narcotics wreaked a
steady toll of her body and her
art. Her last major concert ap
pearance was September 13, 1858
in Town Hall. Her last public ap
pearance was in an off-Broadway
theater shortly before she col
lapsed in her apartment^ and was
taken unconscious to the hospital
in May.
Her last record was a long-
playing disc, “Lady Sings the
Blues,” issued this siM'ing.
She was under technical arrest
on a narcotics charge at the time
of her death. Evidences that she
was still “on the habit" were pro
duced -by hospital oAoialr who say
they found tale-tell traces of heroin
on her face.
Highly regarded for her artistic
t^leat, her room was flooded with
best wishes from some of the top
stars in the entertainment world,
including Harry Belafonte, Frank
Sinatra, Count Basie and Tallulah
Bankhead.
Her estranged husband, Louis
McKay, flew in from California to
share her last lew‘^s. Joe Qlaa-i
er, her manager, had a S60|000|
contract for h^ life ttory await
ing her signature. ■
VOCALIST MMGASiT TYNES sings opera.
muBical comedy and jazz. She favors one
'brand of cigarettes: Lucky Strike. With
Luckies, Miss TyoBB gets the unforgettable
taste of fine tobacco.. “I want the one that
tastes best,’’ahesays.“To me, tliat’s a Lucky!”
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