I
IIBRARY
BANDIT PLANNED TO KU VKTMS
★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★
1,000 Youngsters Attend Thompson’s Funeral
WtLCOME YOUNG MAN—Sayt
N«w York City Mayor Robort F.
^agnor, r!ght,nfo CallU Brown,
tit-in domonstration laador at
North Carolina Colloga, Durham.
Young Brown vi«i!«d city this
woolc a» guast of Dapartmont of
Wolfara NAACP^ branch. From
loft aro Edward Cox, Brown,
m—_
.Wolfaro Branch Prasidont Mitf
.Mary Lofton "and Maydr
PROTEST LEADERS ATTEND RITES
Companion in Wreck" Stea(Hiy
Improving" at Durham Hospital
tiMd
VOLUME 36—No. 24
DURHAM. N. C, SATIADAY, JUNE 11. 1960
Rotum Postof* Guaraniood
PRIC£: is cents
EYEWITNESS TO WALLTOWN^ CUN BATTLE:
ii
He Was Going To Shoot Us
After Taking The Money”
DAVIS
ip. M' Plan
To Take White
Wile Causes Row
•LONDON, England — Sammy
Davis, Jr., got a real taste of ra
cial prejudice here Tuesday when
a crowd of British racists hurled
epithets and shouted “go home,
nigger” as the entertainer an
nounced his engagement to a Swed-
iih actress.
About 30 British fascists gath
ered outside the Pigalle where
Davis has a $12,000 p«r week en-
■agqment and heaped abuse on
the young star after he finished
his ac(.
They wavad binnort at Davis
See SAMMY, page 6-A
ADVERTISERS OF
THE WEEK
Tho firm* li»»od balow aro
your friandt and thoy approciato
your trada:
Aloxandar Ford
AftP JNarkott
Biltmoro Hotal A Grill
Boona Drug Co.
Colonial Storoa
Durham Bwiidor* Supply Co,
Fraxior Roaity Cc.
Ono Hour Martinliing
Konan Oil Co.
Hunt Linoloum t'ila Co,
Liborty Markot
Mutual Sivingt h Loan Aw'n
MeGh.>o Coal Co.
Mida* Muff lor Co. /
Machanict & Farmors Bank .
Naw Method Laundry
North Carolina Mutual Life In*.
Company
RigtbootTire Sales
Southern Fidelity Mutual Ins. Co
Service Grill
Speight't Auto Service
Union Electric Co.
Union Insurance ft Roaity Co.
Winn-Dixie Stored
Kroger Co.
An estimated 1,000 mourners,
mostly high school students and
lead^ of the Durham secrega-
tion ^Votest movemeqjt, atiendcd
for wultam' Dougus ’Thompsonr
1?, wNo was killed in ai^ automo
bile atcident Id^ weeJt^
Offlejalt of St. Jotegh't M.
where !'ho funeral^ai held
said tho crowd was one of the
largest ever to auomblo at the
church.
Although Thompson was a mem-^
j>er of St. Paul Bi^tUt, services
were held at St. Joseph’s, head-,
quarters of the stijdent segrega- j
tion protest movement in Durham. |
Thompson was one of the first
students arre.sted in connection
with activities in the protest move
ment. He was described in the
obituary as “a conscientious, coura
geous, daring young Negro Ameri
can concerned with the total future
of the oneness of mankind.” \
Leaders of the protest move
ment served as pallbearers anit
floral bearers. ^ '
ItSTli^Kii^eliiaay nSBitln^ir
moWlo wrkel^.on highway 15 Itfit
intido the Durham city lin^ila.
)lis companion in the iH-fated
auto, William Bowliag, 18, of 41-E
Ridgeway avenue, was reported
•‘greatly improved” at Lincoln
hospital this week. -'
Hospital authorities ta^ Bow*
ling suffered a brain contusion
and a fracture of the upper {aw.
He regained consAioimoss 36
hours af^er !he accident.
Hundreds of the civious throng
ed around the accident scene and
the wrecked car for nearly three
days following the crash. The
automobile, a 195S Pontiac, was
described as a “total loss.”
See THOMPSON, page 6-A
Durham Youth First Negro To Get
Undergrad Degree at N. C. State
Irwin R. Holmes, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Irwin Holmes, of 1403
South Alston avenue, became the
first Negro to finish the under
graduate school at NortJ) Carolina
State College in Raleigh when he
received his bachelor’s degree in
electrical engineering at the col-
Idge’s commencement, exercises
on May 29. , '
Holme* entered the Raleigh
institution in 1956 after finiah*
Ing Hilltido high and took part
in a number of extra-curricular
activities, including holding the
post of co-captain on tho var
sity tiennis team.
Holmes barely missed graduat
ing with honors.
He has accepted a position
with the Radio Corporation of
America and is scheduled to re
port for duty Monday at Cam
den, N. J. for oriontation.
Two other Durhamites made
news of a similar pature last week
when they became the first Ne
gro students to graduate from the
previously all-white Durham high
school.
Larry Scurlock, son of Mr. Mrs.
Dave Scurlock, of 926 Berkeley
street, and Joycelyn McKissick,
daughter of Atty, jind Mrs. Floyd
McKissick, of 1123 N. Roxboro
Street, received their high school
diplomas along with some 400
other s'.udents at the school’s ex
ercises last Thursday. |
Tho Durham daily press threw
a nows black-out on the fact
the two Negro students were
graduating. No mention was
made of tho fact in either of
the Durham daily newspapers
and no pichires of the gradua
tion exercises or the senior class
were carried.
Larry and Joycelyn were two of
five Negro students admitted ^ast
year for the first time to all-white
high schools in Durham. .
Liberian Envoy
To Be at St. Aug.
On Wednesday
Raleigh—The Honorable Geo.
Arthur Padmore, Liberian Ambas
sador to the United States will
speak at St. Augustine’s College
on June IS, at 8:00 p.m.
The former Assistant Secretary
of the State of Liberia presented
his credentials at the United
States Department of. State on
April 7, 19S7.
In Durha|
For Mrs. Prattii
Mrs. Pantha Estella Johnson
Pratt, of 1818 Cecil street, \i>as
buried in Durham Sunday follow
ing funeral services at Kyles Tem
ple AME Zion Church.
The Rev. George T. Tharrington,
Kyles Temple pastor, delivered
the eulogy. He was assisted dur
ing. the service by the Reverends
F. Yelverton, pastor of Mt. Cal
vary Holy Church, C. E. McLester,
pastor of Morehead Avenue Bap
tist, and R. L. Speaks, pastor of
St. Mark AME Zion.
Burial iHtes were conducted at
Beechwood cemetery.
Mrs. Pratt, a well known reil-
deht of Durham, died at a loc»l
hospital on Thursday, June 2. She
See FUNERAL, page 6-A
Kational PTA
Congress Meet
In Columbia. S.C.
. RALEIGH — Hundreds of Dele
gates from 19 States which com
prise the membership of the N(-
tional Congress of Colored Par'
epts and Teachers, will attend the
34th annual convention which will
be held at Benedict College and
Allen University, Columbia, S. C.,
June 19-22.
. Mrs. Corma Mowery, Past Presi
dent of- NEA will bring the k^-
note address and- the closing chid-
lenge — “In Pursuit of Qua)ity*^
will be delivered by Dr. John W.
Davis, President Emeritus, W«t(
Virginia State College.
Mrs. A. B. Kight, National Presi:
dent, will preside at all sessions
See PTA, page 6-A
“I believe he would have killed
us lMih to keep us from talking
after taking the money."
TImm were the words of the
solo wAness Saturday night in
Durlioaa's Walitown section to a
gun iMltle between a night spot
ownor and a bandit wh'ch left
both inon dead.
Th«iy were spoken this week by
a slightly built high school boy
who war still visibly shaken by
his experience.
Ho it Edward Singie'ary, 19,
a rising senior at Hills de higji
school, and Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Singl^arV of 1024 Berkeley st.
I Singletary* was inside the “So-
iiial Club,” operated by Sloan
j^ranch when Branch met his death
i| a gun dueh With Jesse James
Pfcrry.
Perry, 24, Wanted for parole
lumping, and robbery had robbed
Bleach of $65 at gunpokit wbon ^
:li pulled • pMot
off tho battle. Branch was. Wiled
‘ SINGLETARY
% ,• • • Eyowitnos*
from e bullet .n ttio rorotiead.
Poi’ry died a few foot from the
cliib after having boon hit by
throe slugs.
Funeral services for both men
were held Wednesday.
Singletary's opinion that Per
ry intended to kill them both is
based on a short conversation
between Perry and Branch
shortly before tho battle.
Singletary said as Perry was
stuffing his pockets with money,
he bad taken from the cash reg
ister, he paused and said.
"I guess you'all wilt knew mo
. the next time you too mo,
Brmch replied; "No, we won’t
know yoa.”
“The last man did," Perry re
torted.
It was at this point, Singletary
Se^ BANDIT, page 6-A
To Be NaihM at Morticians Meet
BISHOP LOVE
The first Negro tb se^e On tbe
State Board of Funeral -Dkectors
and Embalmers will bt aeleeted
at the annual convention of the
Euneral. DJieptPcg and M(^rfjci«n8^
to convene Durham June 14
through 16.
Some 300 persons are expected
to take part in the three day meet
ing here, spokesmen for the con
vention said in Durham this week.
Appointntent of a Negro to the
State-Wide Meeting of Methodist
Churches Set to Open in Durham
Delegates from more than 100
Methodist Churches in the North
Carolina Confeernce will converge
on Durham for the five day an
nual conference at the Asbury
Temple Methodist Church on June
15.
The conference will last through
June 1». ^
One of the highlights of the
AT NATIONAL MEETING—H.
W. Cillis, Scout exiecutivo for
tho Occoneechoo Council, servod
as an advisor to a conference on
Working with Schools and I^TA
groups at tho 50th mooting of
tho National Boy Scout Council
held last Wednesday through
Saturday at Hie Park Sheraton
hotel in Washington, D. C.
meeting will be tho celebration
of communion by tho Rt. Rov.
Edgar Love, presiding Bishop
of tho Baltimore conforoniec of
the church, at Thursday morn
ing's session, Juno 16.
Bishop Love will also deliver
the climatic sermon for the con
ference on Sunday, June 19 at
eleven o’clock.
Assignment . of posters fp
churches In thf North Carolina
conference will olto bo made at
the mooting. A roplacomont for
the Rev. Douglas E. Moore,- pas
tor of tho Asbury Temple Moth-
odist^hurch. It expected to be
annOurt^d during reading of tho
auignmanto .
Rev. Moore is leaving the church
for missionary duly in the Belgian
Congo.
Alto to be on hand for tho
conference will Im- tho Rev. Jos.
T. Lawton, former VandorbMt
Univ. divinity studoht whoso
expulsion lod to tho moat facul
ty resignations at tho school.
Lawson will address -the meet
ing of the Board of Social and
Economic Relations on Fridky eve
ning.
All sessions of the conference
wil be held at the Asbury Temple
church except those on Snhday,
which are scheduled for the B.
N. Duke auditorium.
The conference will get under
way on Friday nrominf! with a
Biblical exposition by the Rev.
Matthew McCoUunu of Orangeburg,
See METHODIST, pafie «-A
State Board, which supervises em
balming and funeral practices in
North Carolina and administers
examinations for embalmers licen
ces,. will climax.a mnri» than fiv£^
year effort by the Negro group
to gain representfttion on the
state body.
J. A. Carter, of Durham, an of
ficial of the convention which will
meet here« said the State Board
panted the Negro group the right
to appoint a ifaeml>er wbo will
serve in an advisory capacity to
that body.
Headquarters for the conven
tion will be at the Spaulding El
ementary School on South Rox
boro Street where the registration
of delegates will open at-10 a.m.
Tuesday, June 14. The first gen
eral session will t>e held at 11:30
a.m. '
A welcome address will be de
livered at the opening general ses-
See MORT'CIANS, page &A
Victim
Tedimoniaf Set
For Rev. Moore
Reverend and Mrs. Douglas E.
Moore will be honored at a Public
Testimonial given on Tuesday,
June l4, at 8:00 f.M.. Asbury
Temple Methodist Church on Law
son Street. The testimonial is be
ing spear-headed by Dr. Melvin
Chester Swann, the minister of St.
Joseph’s A. M. E. Church.
The Reverend Mom«, who has
served as pastor of Asbury Teia-
pie nearly five years, will leave
for extensive training in French
at Yale University and will attend
Boston University, liriefinss in
See MOORE, page 6-A
Florida A&M Teacher Says Sit-
Down Activity Caused Dismissal
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A Negro
college instructor who was active
in the recent lunch counter sit-
down demonstrations by students
here has been let out as a member
of the Florida A&M University
faculty.
Tho university protidont. Dr.
George Coro, taid tho uniwortity
chooo not to ro-empl«y Rkhard
Heloy, 43, after his prosont co»
tract ex|Nre* itMO 30. Holoy was
an inttructor iit Music.
Haley was enroute to Chicago
to visit his family. The Spring
semester ended at A&M last week
and he apparently planned the^
trip before the university action
was taken yesterday.
In a atatomont roloaaad by
the Tallohassoo branch of tlio
Congroaa of Rectal l(|wality
(CORE) , after hi^ doparturo.
Holey woe quoted a* laybigi, "It
is obvtouo thot my work with
CORE Is tho bone of contoi^
tlon.'*
Dr. Gore said Haley didn't de
vote his full attention to his teach
ing job. The university president*
was in Pensacola on business but
he authorized assistants here to
relay his comments to newsmea.
Haley was a leader in the wav*
of recent sit-down demonstratiMS
at dime store lunch counters by
students of the Negro college and
some white students from Florida
State University in protest against
segregation policies.
During one of the demoastra-.
tions. Haley was arrested tqr city
police, but was released without
l>eing charged.
Haley said in a foraal state
ment' released thitMieh TaUaha»
see CORE headquarters: “No
etfic charge has been iMreseiitad
against me to- my knowledev. t
have t>een employed at AAM fnr
five years and have OMintaiBod
most amicable relatloos witk my
department head.
“It la obviows tfca* «y WMrIt
with CORE la tlio boMO at aan*
See TEACHCR, pMgr »A
Buy From The CAROLINA TIMES Advertisers.. .They Value Your Trade,