NFA 6FFICERS—New offiears
installed last,week al Hte 32nd
annual convention of the North
Carolina Aitoeiation of New
' Parmert of America at A*T
’College, Included from left to
right: (seated) McArthur New
ell, Jacltsonville, i>residei>t; Al
exander Dawsoh, Belhaven, first
vIco president; Thurman Pur
nell, Halifax, second vice |>resi-
dent and James Adams, Roar
ing River, third vice president.
Those standing are: Armstead
Joyner, Hendorton, secretary;
Milton Howell, Tarbero, treas
urer and James Eaton, .LHtlet0(i,
reporter and J. W. Warren, dis
trict Vo-Ag supervisor, hilviMr.
IJAYE ATTACKER AK “EVEN BREAK”
lloan Branch Paid the Supreme Price For
ing About the
ir] , ■ »
t'Sloan Branch, ordinary citizen
WtlMiked by his WaUtown n^igh
6ofs, made many little mistakes
i^ing his 33 years. But they were
slight consequence.
. '£-He went to Walltown elementary
tehool when he was a youngster,
Pen 6n to Hillside where he play-
on the school’s football team,
lYaduifted In 1949, got married
»«t.l6d down to raise a'family,
f He had eight ''healthy chil-
; j'dren—Larry, 13; Sloan, Jr., 12;
'^ichaol, 11; Patricia, 9; Mary
I Jerry, 6'; Stanley, 5 ;and Her-
|phel, 3—and lived with his grow-
;^ng family at his father's house
l^t lOOO Beritetey street.
t With eight kids and a wife to
lupport, Ke obviously had little
ipnie for frivvlities. Ke went to
ttork at Liggct-Mycrs' tobacco fav
tjjjy and- opfcned up "the Social
a combination Jeiicates-
and dSfice' hall where tecn-
prs fiockev!, to supplement his
Ipome.
' Pretty soon business was go-
^^g well (or him'at the club, lo
cated at Onslow street and Club
loulevard. It became a favorite
{"hang-out" for veen-agers in that
^mmunity, and Sloan was be-
(pinning to make plans for his
' ^
He employed two assistants, Ed-
I ward Singletary, 19 year Old Hill
side student, who worked in the
evenings and helped him clean up
and Josephine Garrett, who opened
the place around noon each day
^^hile Sloan was at work in the
factory.
i
When Branch would get home
In the evenings, be would clean
Op, go' -to the club to relieve
Jossphlne and stay until closing
time, around midnight.
What little time he had left
over from his two jobs, he woul^
divide between his family, the
Doric Lodge, 28, Masons and the
St. John Baptist Church.
He was described by Friielle
Daye, one of Walltown's best
known citixens as a "clean cut,
hard-working young man who
tried te provide for his family."
By nature and circumstance, he
believed in accepting his own re
sponsibilities’ and of giving every
body an even break. This war: his
bii'gcst mistal;e, although' he never
knew it.
When Jesse James Peri^, 24,
a modern day version of the
legendary westarn outlaw, en
tered his p:ace lata Saturday
rr:ght, personalities from^ tw^
.jfMtiy difftrtnt worlds. collided
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Jesse, about the ageof tti« 'ave
rage college graduate, hs«t ,ictfnj-
piled an uneviabieVrecoM'cif’'tf-
responsibility disi«gard“ for au
thority and the rights of pth'ors.'
He had served'feUr ye*rs lin,
|all for smo'fierlng: the eight
months-old infeqt'of hIS' cont-.
men-law wife. At that- i^iomint,,
police were looking for him for
1i, jumping perole in. Oranvil.le'
County> 2: robbtfi^ ,»
taxi driver; and 3: rotting,W,4iMr,'
ble's grocery store. ' . ' '
Bven th« gun he held on BranQil
was stolen, taken earlier in 't^e
day from Coy Burton, of 912,
bert street. . ' '
By nature and by traihing. Per
ry was a man Who - ran froin bis
responsibilities and had ■ a healthy
disgust for the rights of others.
He believed in giving noltody a
break, not even himself. , '
So, when' he'^ tet 'Branch ewt:
•f his sl^ht long enough f«r
Branch to get his gun, the .odds
were all in hi» favor.. B^ward
Singletary Branch's Asslstanti
who was looking on in terroi',
told the TIMES this week he ^
lieved Branch ha^ enough' time,
to hav>» killed Parker while he.
was banding over reaching - for
Hto-n(«My en tbe. floec.. Why ha.
didn'^ will remain a mystery.
Singletiu-y believed that Rrancii,
m his characteristic manner, w^s
giving Perry a break. ' Branch
thought Perry would drop his
gun and tfail off the fobbeiy at
tempt when hj saw the situation
had changed, Singletary believed-
For Branch it was natural, Jf
fatal, mistake. ■ >
In Branch’s world, the habit of
ijiving an “even - break” is not
considered a flaw; it is a virtue.
But Branch was now in a strange,
rtew world, one he did not know.
He had been thr«st suddenly into
it by Jesse James Perry. In Fer
ry’s world, “giving an “even
break” is always a mistake, a big
one.
Branch paid the supreme pricc
for not knowing.
North . Carolina ' College will
iponsor, in cooperation with the
United States Office of Education
a Counseling and Guidance Insti
tute June 13-July 22. The program
is aulhnrized by the National De
fense Education Act.
Participants approved for the
program will receive a stipend of
$75 per week and $15 per week
for each dependent for the 6 weeks
program.
NCC Rti.iir>s,^ ManRier Winiam
Jones recently ligned a contract
for $44,214 to cover 48 enrollecs.
I Dr. Ray Thompson, counselor,
tcacher-lrainer at NCC, will direct
the program.
The staff will include Dr. Wiley
Bol(|en, Professor of Education
and Psychology, Clark College, At
lanta-, Ga.; Dr. Carol C. Bowie, As
sociate Professor of Psychology,
North Carolina College at Dur
ham; Dir. Roger D. Russell, Assis
tant Professor of Education, Hof-
stfa College, Hampstead, N. Y.;
and Mrs. Alice T. Solomon, Coun
selor, Wake County Schools, Ral
eigh, N. C. Mrs. Emma Marabale
will serve as secretary for the in
stitute. •
Persons interested in the pro
gram should direct inquires to
Dr., Ray Thompson, Director,
Counseling and Guidance Institute,
North Carolina College, Durham,
North Carolina.
Singers Cancel
Southern Tour
PHILADELPHIA — After com-
pleting a six-state tour, Clara
Ward announced today that she
and her War^ Singers will not tour
South Amcrica as planned, but will
appear in special musical programs
in the U. S. and Canada, a|id a
Broadway production.
Having visited Florida, Texas,
Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky,
and West Virginia in recent
weeks, the Ward Singers would
have adde^ considerable mileage
to the 900,000 miles they have ^
traveled^ad they visited Soulh
American countries.
Instead, the Ward- Singers will
appear on programs at the New
port Folk Festival, Hollywood
Bowl, Washington’s Griffith Stad
ium, and the Emancipation Cele
bration to tbe held in Windsor,
Canada, in lalc July.
Later this year, Miss Ward and
the Singei's will appear in the
rheatre Guild’s Brba^ay ^foduc-
tion of Langston Hughes’ “Tam-
)ourines To Glory.”
DR. SMITH
First Negro Becomes President
Of Pennsylvania Dental Society
AMBLER, Pa. — Dr. Sylvester
B. Smith of this suburban Phila
delphia c^munity set two prece
dents reotptly when he was elect
ed pre$Hftnt of the Montgomery-
Biicks Ctonty Dental Society. Cho-
■■ien by :q|jnynimous vote, the highly
regarded dentist thus bccamc the
first N^o and the first Ambler
resident ;^ serve this post in the
group’s SO-year history.
As prjBsident, Dr. Smith headi a
sclectiye'Iproup of some 400 den-
,ists in. Montgomery and Bucks
Counties; Boasting one of the larg
est memberships in. the state of
Pennsylvania, the Society is a
component of the Second District
Dental Society, the Pennsylvania
S;ate Dental Society and the
American Dental Association,
Dr. Smith, for years an active
member of the organization, also|
set a historic “first” for Negroes
in 1957 when he accepted tiie
chairmanship of the Program Com-1
mittec, said to be one of the most |
important assi.i^nments within the
group. That same year. Dr. Ray-|
mond L. Hayps, head of the De
partment of Endodontics at How
ard University’s School 'of Den
tistry, became the first clinician
of color to lecture to the Society
The following year. Dr. Thomas J.
Pinson, also'of Howard Univer-|
sity and one of the country’s lead-'
ing Oral surgeons, spoice before
the group.
A spokesman for the society
said that the unenimous election
ot Dr. Smith to the ofBce of presi
dent is further testimony “that
there are those in the. world who
are implimenting the principles
of democracy upon which this
great country was founded.”
By virtue ot his cleclion, the
new president becomes a delegate
to the American Dental Associa
tion’s Convention. Among other
.affiliations incidental to his pro
fession are the Odonto-Chirurgical
Society of Phila., the Omicron
Kappa Upsilon, an honorary den
ial society, and the National Den
tal Association. -
GREENSBORO — A old I
schoolboy was last week named I
president of the North Carolina |
Association of New Farmers of
America. * I
McArthur Newell, a risinii sen-'
ior at the Georgetown High School, \
Jacksonville, waa installed at tbe
closing session on Friday at the'
organizai ion’s 32nd annual con
vention at A and T College. May:
31-June 3. Newell served last year
as secretary of the farm youth
group. I
Ottier offieort elected end in- '
stallr4 were: Alexander Daw
son, Belhavon, first vice presi- '
dent; Thurman Purnell, Halifax, j
second vice president; James |
Adams, Roaring River, third vice !
president; Armstead Joyner, I
Henderson, secretary; Milton {
Howell, Tarboro, treasurer and
James Eator, Littleton, reporter,
J. W. Warren, district supervi
sor of Vocational Agriculture,
with headquarters here at A A T j
College, is advisor. |
Nearly 500 farm youths, mem- j
bers of nearly 150 chapters in the!
State, attended the sessions. '
The New Farmers of America I
honored a man who had served,
it for 28 years. |
W. T. Johnson, Sr., district
supervisor of Vocational Agri
culture and executive secretary
of the State NFA was cited for
his outstanding service to the
group. He was presen’ed a sil
v^r service, a gift from the
farm youth organization wilti
which he had bsen associated,
in one capacity or another since
1932. •
The presentation, made follow
ing the closing business session on
Wednesday night, was handled by
Benjamin Jones. Conetoe, first
vice president of the organization
and S. C. Anderson, Vo-Ag teach
er at Rocky Point, representing
the teachers o^‘ Vocational Agri
cluture.
That citiation triggered a series
given by the organization.
Joseph Lee Smith, a student at
th» Sampson County High
School, Clinton, was awarded (he
S>«i* Modem Parmer Degree,.
MMNiMe to /
record in farw yni|ec»i.
Five North
lani were awwdad Itntmms
Modrm Fnrmen
ing I S. Stewart, DviMBfeil;
councilman and Mtntarr-I
er of the Mutual Saviaga aad |
AMociation, Dnriiam. wiw
ed a main adrireae; W. H.
principal of the Sedalia
■School, Sedalia: J. H. Twfltr,
cipal of the John Cbavia
Schooii Ch*!rryvine; Dr. T.
Williams, dean of tbe Gndoat^
School, A and T College aad Isa#
C. Rogers, Sr., Vo-Ag teaclMr af
the Phillips High School, Battl^
boro.
The convention waa cliauae#
with the naming of State ehaa-
pions in the set^ of cootM ip—
sored by the organization.
Carl Kearny, Cow fee, toelr
first honors in the SH^enriao#
farming contest, spewser^ blT
ttie Chilean Nitrate KdacaliaNal
Fuiiiii at Raleigh. Ileimaa Sc all
of Madison, was naated mrnMr*.
In the com production contea^
sponsored by the Plant Food Iih
stitues, the following winnoj
were listed: Rufus Warren,
ton, first; Morrell Fennefl. CU®-
ton, second and Charles JOMf
Conetoe. third.
Harry L*e Crevery, Hendvraefi^
took first place in
potato production contest,
sored, also, by :he Plant Feo4
Institute. Others fbiishinf clae».
behind were: .Warren Alton Can-,
non, Bayboro and Juli«i* Me>,
Laugblin, Morven.
James McCoy, a jimior at
I. E. Johnson High School, Lararlisj
burg, took first place in ptiblie'
ipeakiing, winning out ovaf;
Claude McLaughlin of Carthag*
and George Byrd of SedaBa, m
that order.
A singing foursomo froaa
Conetoe Klgh School, CewefeeS
Vfon out in tho quartet
Other winners in the! category,
included: Perquimane County
Union High School, Winfall^ :
See ELECTED, page 4«
Bennett College High School
Science Institute Faculty Named
Will Your Child
Six Gets S^rs
Scholarships
GREENSBORO — Sears Roe
buck Foundation scholarships were
aw,arded this week to six''gradu
ating seniors of North Carolina
high schools.
The names of the winners ara
James A. Lomiek, Bessemer
City; Bobby H. Miller, Richlaatf;
Alonzo Plowers, Jr., LHesville;
Milton Harris, Tarboro; Afonza
AftT SELECTED AS
PILOT IN STUDY ON
ADULT EDUCATION
GREENSBORO — A&T College
has been selected as the pilot in
stitution for the Co-sponsored Re
search Study in Adult Education
for Negro Colleges and Universi
ties.
Dr. Warmoth T, Gibbs, pre.sident
of the college, stated that the pro
ject seeks to discover the adult
education needs and potentialities
in the A&T service area and aims
at the development of instruments
useful in institutional sclf-analy-
sis in relation to adult education.
He said that the information gain
ed here woiild be made available
to 40-odd olher institutions inter
ested in broadening their programs
in adult education.
Grier, Harrisburg and George
Hill, Pollecksvllle.
The awards of $200 each are
given annually to promising stu
dents who plan to major in Agri
culture.
Dr. William E. Reed, dean of
the School 'of Agriculture, said
that all selec^es had accepted the
scholarships and will enroll at the
college this fall.
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GREENSBORO — Faculty fcjr
Summer Institute in Mathematics
and Science for high school stu
dents to be hold at Bennett Col
lege was announced this week by
Dr. J. Henry Sayles. director.
Serving again as associate direc
tor will be Dr. Chauncey G. Wins
ton, chemistry. Teaching biology
will be Van S. Allen, M.S. and W.
L. Young, M.S. Carl O. Clark. M.S.,
will teach physics, and Dr. Roy
Lee, chemistry.
There will be throe tcachers of
mathematics. Dr. Frederic R.
Crownfieid. Mrs. Clara H. Echols,
M.S., and Chang L. Wu, M.S.
Visiting lecturers this year will
include:
Dr. Leigh C. Anderson, chem
istry, University of Michigan; Dr.
Herman Branson, physics, Howard
Universiiy; Dr. James S. Lee, biol
ogy, North Carolina College at
Durham; Dr. Harold W. Lewis,
physics, Duke University; Dr. Kel
so M. Morris, chemistry. Air Uni
versity, U.S. Air Force; Dr. Henry
S. Roberts. Jr., zoology, Duke Uni
versity; Dr. Walter R. Talbot,
mathematics, Lincoln (Mo.) Uni
versity, and Dr, Maurice Whitting-
hill, zoology, University of N. C.
Classes will begin on June 20
and the institute will close on
July 29.
Institute Draws
From Six States
GRES:NSBOilO — Six‘y-teachers
from six-states have been selected
as participartts in the A&T Col-
leeg" Summer Institute for High
School Science Teachers.
The Institute, sponsored by the
National Science Foundation will
begin on Monday, June 13, and
continue for six-weeks through
July 22. It will y)ffor concentrated
courses in chemistry, physics, zo
ology and botany.
Dr. Gerald A. Edwards, chair
man of the Chemistry Department
and director of the Institute said
this week that all spaces and sti
pends under the program had been
filled.
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KEYNOTER — Dr. Eugene A.
Gillis, regional medical director
for the U,. S. Department of
Health, Eductaion, and Welfare,
Washington, D. C., will keynote
the joint conventions of the Old
North S ate Medical Society, the
Old North State Dental Society
and their pharmacy and wom
en's auxiliary sections at A&T
College, Greensboro, June 14>16.
He is a former member of the
National Board of Medical Ex
aminers.
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