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Entries Pour Iri For Times Beauticians Contest ★ NRHAIOCHOOLS ADMIT 7 MORE VOLUME 36—No. 35 "DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAy, AUGUST Rtturn PotUga GuarantaM PRICE t IS CENTS Ushers Open Anriiial Confab; Group to Hear Mithy Notables Wilmington is WHEELER JOINS DEMS^“ WASfflNGTON, D. C.—Earl B. Dickerson, President of tlie Su preme Liberty Life Insurance Co. of Chicago, and John H. Wheeler, President of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham, N. C., have tieen named to the Natiimal Committe of Business and Profes sional Men and Women for Ken nedy and Johnr^'., it was announ ced by Senator John F. Kennedy last week. Dickarsen mat with Sanator Kannady at tha first maatlng of tha naw group last waalc in Wathington, D. C Governor Luther H. ^^odgei of Npi;Ui Caro}io9,M^(mora):][ chair-, man of the business group. Co-chairmen are as follows: Ctvirles Englehard, Jr., Chairman of Englehard Industries, Inc., of Newark, N. J.; Philip M. Klutz- nick, Chairman of the Board, American Community Builders, Park Forest, 111.; Richard Rey' nolds, Jr., President and Director of Rey&olds M«iSt CO., Rictiffiontf Vi^gipiai; Howard Marshall, Ex- ecitiVd 'Yit^.'t^ojiident and Direst- ori SigtH^ bli tok Gas Co., Los An geles, and Edwin A. Locke, Jr., President and Director of Union Tank Car Co., Chicago, 111. Whaalar I* activa in political and community affairs in North , See WHEELER, page 6-A MASON STEPHENS (upper left) GUNN (bottom left) and PETERSON (right) Thirty-sixtli Meet Durham Ciiurciies Set Programs WILMINGTON — The vanguard of the 36th annual session of the Interdenominational Ushers Asso ciation of North Carolina, which \ convenes here August 25-!8. was expected to begin arriving here early Thursday morning with the remainder of the State’s largest interdenominational organization to follow Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The annual session is expected to reach its peak Sunday morning. Scana of thii yaar't tatiion I* historic St. Staphan's A. M. • Chwrcli of which thf vfc**. I. J. Millar Is ' During its annual session! thei Association has often featured some of the most outstanding busi ness men and women of the race. This year the program will fea ture on Friday evening at eight o’clock, an address by Dr. J. H. Wheeler, president of the Mechan ics and Farmers Bank of Durham and oh'Siinaaf #neril(«Jir «remr" nual session wtil be addressed by T ptbs$em 4 '■the'%ortlf Chroliha NAitui^ ^ife Insurance Company of Durham. TO MARCH ON KATANGA— Congo Prima Miniver Patrice Lumumba is flankad by Joseph Kasongo, Speaker of tha Conge Houm, as tha African laadar made promlff to sand troops to tha Katanga provinca. Powell Unleashes Attack On Republican Adm nistration the various programs will be the nationally-known and golden voiced baritone, the Rev. Ulric George of Morris Brown College in At lanta, who will be featured as the guest soloist at the Sunday morn- See WILMINGTON, page 6-A MRS. SMITH Spcciai programs have i>een scheduled Sunday at the Mt. Vern on Baptist Church and the Eman uel A.M.E. Church of Durham. ‘•Women’s Day” will be observ ed at Mt. Vernon on Sunday. Emanuel will celebrate^ “Men’s Day” with two special services also Sunday. Mrs. Mildred Saunders Smith, chairman of Social Studies at Vir ginia Theological Seminary, at Lynchburg, will be main speaker for Mt. Vernon^ observance at 11 o’clock worship hour. Special R)usip will be furnished tiy tile Comiuned .choirs ol the church. f The Rev. J. D. Davis, presiding elder of the Durham District of See CHURCHES, page 6-A Scholastic Records Figure In Selections as 198 Are Rejected 3 WEEKS 1*0 NOMINATE Rush of Nominations Swells List of Beauticians to Sixty-two With practically three weeks to Highlighting the musical side of before the end of the nomina- ADVERTISERS OF THE WEEK Tha firms llttad balow ara your friands and thay appraclata your trade; '• Blltmora Hytal A Grill Colonial Stores Durham Buildart Supply Co. Ona Hour Martinizing Kanan Oil Co. Hunt Linoleum 4 Tlla Co. Mutual Sivingt & Loan Ass'n McGh.^ Coal,Co.’’ Midas Mufflar Ca. Mechanics A Farmers Bank Naw Method Laundry North Carolina Mutual Life Ins. Company Rigsbaa TIra Salas Southern Fidelity Mutual Ins. Co Spalght's Auto Servlca Union Electric Co. Union Iniuranea A Realty Co. tTrooar Co. Alexander Motor Co. AAP Stores Libertv M.rUe. ^ WASHINGTON, D. C. — Re p, Adam Powell charged Sunday in Washington that President Eisen hower, Attorney General William Rogers and Arthur Fleming, Secre tary of Health, Education and Wei fare, have “consistently refused' to stop giving Federal funds to build jim crow schools. Civil {lights Atty. To Travel In Dixie With Sen. Kennedy WASHINGTON, D. C.—Frank H. Reeves, .^sistant to Senator John ^ F. Kennedy and Democratic Na- I tional Committeeman from the District of Columbia, will accom pany Senator Kennedy on his cam paign tours of the South. Piarra Salinger, Senator Ken nedy's pr,ess sacratary', mada this clear whan questioned by naws- ' man on Friday. Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington, the Chairman'of the Democratic National Committee,, revealed that Senator Kennedy had already scheduled campaign swings through North Carolina, Tennes see and Texas. (It wa^ announced in Raleigh this week that he will be in N. C. in mid Septeml>er) Frank Reeves is a well known Washington attorney who lias han dled many civil rights cases for Sec CIVIL RIGHTS, pag6 6-A "Laf if ba clearly and unmis takably understood ", Powell declared, "anyone of these three gentleman has the power right now to prevent any Federal funds from going to any state or political subdivision that is in defiance of Federal law." Powell made his attack on the Republicans in an address, to the 54th Annual Convention of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity which! is meeting this week at the Sher-s aton Park Hotel in Wa^ington. Democratic Representative ftom Harlem, Powell bolted the party in the last election to support President Eisenhower. tion period in Carolina Times Beauticians Popularity Contest the oifice of the Carolina Times was fairly flooded with new entrants this week. By letter and in person the nominations poured in from all over the state. With only a slow start the first week the management of the Caro lina Times had about dccided that the race this year would be con fined to about five cities. How ever each day of the week saw nominees come in from practically every section of the state until the number was swelled from 15 last week to 62 this week at Wed nesday noon. From all indications the number of contestants may reach well over 100 before the closc of the nomination period on September 15. At stake ii) the contest are three grand prizes. The first prize is an airplane round trip to Hawaii; the second prize, an airplane round trip to Haiti and the third prize an airplane round trip to Ber muda. Actual voting for the most pop ular beautician in the state will not start until September 19 when ballot number 1 will be published m the Carolina Times. Each week thereafter during the entire six weeks of the contest a ballot will be published on which a person desiring to do so may vote for her or his favorite beautician.' The total, list of beauticians nominated up to Wednesday noon is as follows: Scholastic ability was one of the key factors .in selection of seven more Negro students to at tend “white” schools in Duriiam this fall. This fact was revealed to the TIMES by City Schools Superin tendent Lew Hannen late this week. Ho mada tha commant in ra> AT ELKS MEET Tarheel Man is Mentioned For Grand Ruler (OTCAGO, 111.—Kemp P. Battle of Rdcky Mount, N. C., was among the leading contenders for the post of Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, according to a highly placed Elks source as the organization’s annual convention got underway here this week. In a dispatch to tha TIMES this waok, J. B. Harran, Rocky Momt nawsinan and mambar af tha official Elks staff, said B«t- tia's nama was mantionad alaiif with thosa of Hobson Reynolds, of Philadalphia; Bartram Grag- ory, of Datroit; and Judga Parry Jackson of Clavaland, as possibla successors to tha ailing Robert H. Johnson, incumbent grand See TARHEEL, page 6-A STUDY DISCLOSES leasing names of tl» whose application fer tra from all Negro scheels dominantly white scheela way approved Wednesday night kqf the. city beard ef Edueafiee, The Board approved transfer for tiiree students to Durbam Hicii: two to Brogden Junior High aad two to Carr Junior High. Transferred were Ma»iwe BleA see, 12th grade, 607 Lee St.; Berf Mason, 11th grade, MBt W. Club Boulevard, e«d Je>yce Parrf, 11th grade, 1102 Merelewd Aw- nue, from Hillside te High; Betty Cameren, 9th 1406 W. Ckib Boulevard ■ Brenda Peterson, ttfa 1206 Berkeley St.. freM WhMM PlD’IliB Gunn, 7th grade. BBO Thaxton avenue from Lyen Puk to Carr Jvnior High, and Gcarcia Stephens. 9tb grade, from Whtftcd to Carr Junior High. Hannen said parents of the Mr- en would be notified tf the traaa- fers immediately. Tke notkea wH’e scheduled to be sut out late Thiinyiay In accepting the 'seveii, the Board rejected 198 other reqMla for change of agaignnwt it ia expected that parents M Bi% jority of those whos^ cfadAieu were turned down wooU appeal the Board decision semetiiae atsA week. V North Carolina law providea for See SCHOLASTIC, page B-A Sit-ins, Dixie Politicos' Decline To Affect School Desegregation REV. GEORGE North Caroijnians Have Roles In Urban League Convention NEW YORK--At least three i ence on "Race Relations—Widen- promlnent North Carolinians will play important roles in the forth coming National Urban League conference here next month. They are S. D, Harvey and Attofnay Curtis Tadd, of Wins- ' t«n-Salm, and John H. .Wheeler, of Durham. , Harvey,, executive director of the twin city league, and Todd, a member of the Winston-Salem organization, will be at the con ference as delegates. ' Wheeler will address the confer- ing Frontier for American Man agement.” '* A parade of notables. Includ ing Martin Luiher King, Jr., A. ^ Philip Randolph, Lester ^Grang er, Gfovernor Nelson Rockefeller, Jackie Roblnsmn and Jjmaica premier Norman Manley, will ad dress tha League. ^ The conference, celebrating the' organization’s golden anniversary, will open on Scpteml>er 2 at the Commodore hotel. It closcs on Sept. 8. Mrs. Lillian Holmes, Burlington 5,000 Mss. Dorothy P. Carter, New Bern 5,000 Mrs. Early Grandy, Durham 5,000 Mrs. Josephine Holmes, Hillsboro 5,000 Mrs. Daisy B. Jeffries, Burlington 5,000 Mrs. Estelle Freeland, Durham 5,000 Mrs. Callie Ashford, Durham 5,000 Mrs. Goldie Gray, Pollocksville 5,000 Mrs. Otto White, New Bern 5,000 Mrs. D. Fontaine, Burlington 5,000 Mrs. Ethel Graves, Burlington 5,000 Mrs. Syminer E. Daye, Durham 5,000 Mrs. Lucille Ferrell, Durliam 5,000 Mrs. Eula Steele Laney, Durham 5,000 Miss Daisy Carmon, Durham 5,000 Mrs. Mildred Davis, Rocky Mount 5,000 Mrs. L.' B. Cocfield, Enfield 5,000 Mrs. Elsie M. Graves, Rcidsviilc 5,000 Mrs. Alene Muraford, Kinston 5,000 Mrs. Audrey Ruffin, Aulander j 5,000 Miss Georgia Poteate, Cedar Grove 5,000 Mrs. Vivian Carter, Littleton 5,000 Mrs. Naomi Chance, Wilmington 5,000 Miss Mary Lamb, Wilmington ' 5,000 Miss Marian Reed, Murfreesboro 5,000 Miss Effie Morrison,' Ahoskic 5,000 Mrs. Bcttie Bojikins, Mt. Olive 5,000 Mrs. Beatrice Scott, Weldon 5’ooo Sec CONTEST, page G A ATLANTA, Ga. — The South’s school segregation problem has been changed by “the revolt of Negro youth and the decline of Southern influence within nation al politics,” the Southern Regional Council said Sunday. ^ In a report on prospects for school desegregation in the 1960- 61 term, the Council said that the “plodding gait of the law” on the school issue was a major cause of the sit-in movement. "Massive resistance," it de clared, "had brad massive deter- Sit-Ins Hurt One Negro Business CHICAGO, III.—Little did the Sit-ins realize that they hurt the business of one Negro company —Overton Hygienic Manufact uring Co.—which does a terrific volume among the chain stores of the south—particularly ana S. H. Kress and Co. "Our busines took a big drop from the Sit-ins," commented one Ov^on official. "But this Is one time we gladly suffered." In striking out for tlieir rights te be served at lunch counters, sH- ins have forced many a chain store to l|^ business through out the store. mination." It also predicted UmI^ which ever party wins in vember, "the strength of Hw m*- tionel government will he l» creasingly, and decisively, ap plied against racial dieerfcelw- tion." The report described the nar of 1959-60 as “a period ol nemmry from crisis in some ateaa, preparation for crisis ia otliaCB.’* The Council reported ia MaQ on five situations where schod de segregation seems immineat. said. Speaking of twe ef thai^ It said, "If the New OrlMHe 4*. fense of legrageHew hat Imom charactariaad by conflict and passion, that of Haurtew has haan marked by ingatileua prswaatl nation." Of Knoxville, it laM tiiat **cm> munity opinion doea Ml aggii particularly aroused, but it i bg> lieved to be wilUi^ to aceapfc iBk segregation in stride** Noting Mfat the Dellwwaf trict, near Pine Bluff, AHk, be desegregate* Council taM the* "tf so. Ma> tory e« H« ceafUet la 1 suggest "the paaiikmty g|. other dtallenga ta law ga^ 1 or." Of FkrMa. Iltg itMlM See STUDY, patw.B Buy From Tf>e CAROLINA TIMES Advertisers... They Value Your Tr
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