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VOLUME 37-^Ne. Z8
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 19«1
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WELCOMII—McArthur rtewfll,
.Wt, Jacksonville, ratirlna prksi-
iltnt of th« North Carolina At-
Mciatien of Now Parm#rt el
Haw Farmor* of Amarica, wtl-
comat vltitorf to rhe 33rd an
nual convention held last week
at A, and T. Collese. They are
Peggie Hogan, Chapel Hill, State
president of the New Homemak
ers ^ America and Harley H.
Blane, Hopkinsville, Ky., na
tional president of NFA.
WEEK-END CBIMjS BUi^IES POLICE
Killer of Two Men Ruled Ihsahe
8fr:
cbirged with
wcaped a possible death penalty’ :
Tuesday afW a DufHaiti County
l«ipertoiP Cottt Jury foujMl Mm in
.Committed ip t)»e -Gqldsh^ro
State Hospital for tjreatment wfs
^mes Atl^insVSyeljb,' ^'SlatmeW
4|.tile'had been Ihdlft^H fen’;t^o.
^^nts ofjtnurdfer and fiorf of hs-
^ult^ aiid battery
winpbn with intent, td kill.
See INSANE, 4-A
INirham Business
College Moves to
New Location
JDurham Business College has
^oved its quarters fr^ the old
l^arsontown school building on
South Fayeteville Street to 404
$outh Mangum Street.
The move became necessary
when the Durham City School
^oard began construction of a
tiew elementary school on the site
See MOVES, 4-A
nurham jn
ina’as the Hty* experi
.enced ^ unusual crime wave of
offenses ranging from major as
saults to traffic violations. '
Major cases included an at
tempted criitainal assault on a
young unmarried white woman by
q man poUce say dragged her into
• V wooded ?re^_ off tiberty'Btj ji^st
east of Dillard St. _ ' , t; J ^
Police said, the unTdentilieB HI
taclcer fled after seeing police
men rush '^o the scene moments
after they heard screams, but not
before he pumped three bullets
into the car in which Patrolmen
W. M. Barnes and E. A. Allen
were riding.
In another case, police report
ed a man attempted to enter the
home of a white matron in the
700 block of Hamlin St. Mrs. L.
B. Jernigan told police that the
prowler had unscrewed the light-
bulb on her back porch and at
tempted to gain entry through the
back door.
A 16-year-old boy, James A.
Farrington of 310 Chatham PI. was
booked for “investigation of store-
breaking and larceny” Monday
after police apprehended him with
See CRIMES, 4-A
SLATER
WILLIAM SLATER
JOINS TIMES
NEWS STAFF
William (Bill) Slater, 22, has
joined the Carolina Times news
staff.
Slater will work as a special re
porter for the TIMES handling as
signments in Durham.
A native of Baltimore, Md., he
worked three years on the Haiti'
more city desk for the Afro-
American newspaper, and six
. months in the News Information
Division of the Public Relations
See SLATER, 4-A
WINNING QUARTET
Utasa
youngsters, reprentnthHI Lincoln
Heights High Scti«wl, Wilkes-
' baro, tang liieir way Ints Hm
Stato championship at the an
nual convention of the North
Carolina Asteclal'lon of New
Farmers of American held last
weok at A. and T. Collage. They
are from left to right: Jacky
Horton, Sylvester Graham, Floyd
Brov*n and Henry Cecke^man.
No date has yet been set by the
school Board to decide on the
135 requests made by Negro pupils
for reassignment to preidanfifi^e-
ly white city schools. Lew Hannen,
city school superintendent re
ported Wednesday.
Hannen told the TIMES that
the Board would meet "at an early
date” to make decisions on the
applications, but could not give a
definite date. The next scheduled
meeting of the Board is on July
10.
He said he did not know by
what method the 6-man Board
would use to make the decisions,
and that all decisions are entire
ly up to the board members.
The 135 applications were sub
mitted to the city Board of Edu
cation during a 10-day period
which ended early last week. The
period followed announcement of
assignments in the students’ final
report cards.
Prime targets of this year’s ap
plications are Durham High School
and Carr Junior High. Hannen re
ported 36 are seeking ressign-
ments to Dnrham High and 28 to
AME ZION HEARS
FREEDOM RIDER
NEW YORK—"I will gp, aifd
go, and go again, to |«il iffr
frMidonk ' ri^«i%
morning; as He rei«*tiM !• til*
147ti) session of tlie Mwr York
Conference, AME ZioH Church.
He was a memher «f ^ del4*
gation which responded to Ihf
call of Bishop W. J. Walls to
take part In the freedom rl^.
He was arrested in Oceie, PIf.
and spent about six keurs in
ialL
Smith pictured this herrow*
Ing experience as one th«t en
abled him to better realixe what
a great force tho power ef
Christianity is and whet a hl0
contribution the A. M, E. Zion
Church is making in ttip fight
for firstlass citixenship for ell
people.
SHOPPING CENTER HEARING
W, J. KennMly, Jr., chairman of
iMerd 0# directors of North Ci-
roilna Mutwal Life Insurance
Company, ir shown addressing
remarks to the City Council dur
ing a heering in Durham on a
request for zoning for a pro
posed ssopping center ' on the
fringe of the Negro residenfiel
section. Kennedy supported a
position taken by Durham Ne
gro businessmen asking, thet the
request be delayed. Seated in
the background are N. B. White,
R. Kelly Bryant, and Atty. F. B.
Mckistick who also spoke for
tiie Negro businessmen.
Photo by Manning.
“WASN’T THE TYPE”
Suicide Victim
Bajj^les Spouse
Why would a 3S-year-old man,
who apparently had everything to
live for, suddenly decide to take
his life?
What would have motivated this
man, father of three children, to
snuff out his existence with a
blast to the head from a 12-guage
shotgun? ^
The'itawers to these questions
DM ;>ll(lud«tr. -.with (he tra^.
defM' of David L. George, paint
amf 'plaStOT contractor of the 2100^
block Dwcan St.
City police termed the Monday
morning i shooting, ‘suicide’. The
dead man's widow, Mrs. Eliza
Johnson George, said “He wasn’t
the type.”
Nevertheless, David Lucious
George, a 17-year resident of Dur
ham, is dead. He was' found sit
ting in the bathj^oom of his iMmie
with the gun crouched on his lajj^
blood streaming from e^eqr open
ing in his head.
Pollee Tt!po»ffe9 tltey iafl-
ed to the George residence at 7:46
a.m. by Mrs. George and found
the man shot once through the
mouth. He was pronounced dead
at the scene by Dr. D. R. Perry,
Coroner. '
^ UlMCTiljin^ scene as she
found it/'IIiis. George, a nurse at
See SUICIDE, 4-A
Ty/N8]iVS IN BRIEF
WHle uurnainites
Convention in Saint Louis, Mo.
6T. LOUIS, Mo.—Theodore R.
I^ight, Charles Jackson and
James T. Hawkins were among
the 150 Baptist delegates who
converged on this city this week
for the National Baptist Sunday
School and BTU Congress School
of Christian Methods. Sessions
were scheduled to begin Monday
and continue through June 25.
Highlighting the convention
will be commencement exercises
wbere Dr. J. A. Bacotes, presi
dent of Benedict College, Colum
bia, S. C., will speak.
Baptist Convention Set For June
28 Session at CoinnHinity Church
The Ninety^first annual session
of the New Hope Miasionary Bap
tist Association ' and the Twenty-
seventh annual sesaion of live
Women’s Auxiliary will meet in
joint sessions June 28-20 at the
Community Baptist Church in
Durham.
The Association’s theme for this
year will be “The Church in To
day’s Society.” The Wednesday
morning session will kick-off with
a welocme from the Rev. E. T.
Thompson, host pastor. The Rev.
L. W. Reid, pastor of New Bethel,
will offer a response.
The Rev. J. R. Manley, pastor
of First Baptist in Chapel Hill will
conduct the topic; “The Church
Role In Integration.” The Rev. J.
A. Stewart, pastor of Red Moun
tain Baptist in Rougemount and
White Oak in Apex, will deliver
the moderator’s address.
The Wednesday evening les-
sion will be highlighted b^ the
discussion^ '"I'iie ChuicH iia the
Rev. C. P. Bndley, pastor of Braz-
leU Creek Baptsit Church. The
Rey. C. R. Mitchell, pastor of Shi
loh Baptist) will deliver the eve
ning sermon.
On Thursday morning, the Rev.
M. ,M. Fisher, IV, pastor of White
Rock. Baptist will conduct the
topic, “The Christian Church and
other Religions.”' The evening
seesion will feature the discussion
“The Church and Social Problems’
conducted by the Rev. R. W. Per
ry of Mt. Sinai. The sermon ^will
be delivered by the Rev.' L. H.
Wade, ' pastor of First Baptist,
Oxford.
Highlighting the Women’s Auxi
liary will be keynote speaker Mrs.
Lucy Gray, special worker, Edge
combe County. Othey program
participants include Mesdames T.
A. Crady, Daisy Lassiter, Lois
Cole, Ella Trice, Vera Hackney,
Reda 'Hogans, Hattie Edwards, I
Margie Alston. Catherine Morrow,!
See BAPTIST, 4jL
TELEVISION APPEAL
NEW YORK—The first televi
sion appeal ever staged by a civil
rights organization will be pre
sented by CORE (Congress of Ra
cial Equality) over WNTA-TV on
July 7. The telecast will be seen
from 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a. m.^ and
will feature such personalities as
Nina Simone, Orson Bean, Theo
dore Bikel and the entire cast of
the off-Broadway hit THE PRE
MISE. The program is being or
ganized by writer and TV person-
altiy Louis E. Lomax.
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CHURCH OF GOD IN MEET
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—More than
2,500 delegates are expected to
visit this city June 28-July 4 to
attend the 26th Annual session of
the International Youth Congress
of the Church of God in Christ, a
seven-day session to lie held at
Baker’s Temple. The theme for
the convention is: “You Are My
Witness, Said the Lord.” The Rt.
Rev. V. M. Baker, Bishop of Miss
ouri, will serve as host to the
delegates.
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TO SPEAK AT WHITE ROCK
Dr. Arab A. Masters, Evange
list and Missionary from Pakis
tan, India, will speak a,t the White
Rock Baptist Church on iSunday,
July 2 at 7.30 p.m. Dr. Masters
wil pray for the sick. All are
welcome. Musit; will be furnish
ed by the White Bock Male
Chorus. Dr. Miles Mark Fisher is
the Minister.
325 ENROLLED IN HILLSIDE ,
SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES
Some 225 students are current
ly enrolled in six academic and
commercial subjects, band, and
driver education at Hillside High
School’s 1961 Summer School
See ‘BRlC>isr4-A ,
DR. W. R. GRIGG AT
WEST DURHAM
Pr. ,W. R. 9rigg, Socreti^ of
nyparl^nt; of Ihterracial
Ct!!MMF«fion ^of B»pti|t Stato
Convention, Raleigh, will be
'guest speaker at the West Dur
ham Baptist Church, 1001 Thax-
ton Avenue on June 25 M 11:00
a.m.
Reverend T. C. Graham is the
pastor' and the public is invited
to hear the Reverend Mr. Grigg.
Reverend Grigg held the same
position in the state of Louis
iana for three years before
coming to North Carolina in
April 1957.
issue Now Back
In The Hands of
Zoning Board
The “hot” Ieg»t iMttIc over Aba
Greenberg's controvenial prypaaei
shopping center was tewpocarily
“cooled” MoaO»f atgbt at tlw
City Council voted umhubimmIt to
refer Greenberg's remiiiig reqoeet
back to the Planning and Zoaiag
Commission.
'The referral was made, after
Councilmen heard argiunenta for
an hour “for” and “afainst” tb*
center and decided that enough
new evidence and circumstance*
hal arisen to warrant another
hepring by the zoning body.
The battle began aeveral week*
agQ after the Zoning Comiqiaaioa
had okayed Greenberg’s reqoeat
to build a shopping center on Fay
etteville Rd. near Mntoal Heitfrta.
Members of the Durham Busi
ness and Professional Chain o6-
jected on the grounds that no sur
vey had been made to detenniM
whether the community co«lM
support the Greenberg center and
the center proposed by the Vrbas
Renewal Commission, which most
cf the Ne|ro merchants hope to
find housing following the destme-
lion of the old Hayti' bounesa
area.
The Chain and the Urban ■•-
newal Commission requested the
City Council tu grant a 90-da7
postponement in order that such
a .survey may be made.
Alston Stubbs. Greenberg’s at-
'orney, argued tiiat no opposition
to the proposed College PUa
Shopping Center had been voiced
during the advertisement and
hearing before the zoning body.
"The residents of the immedi-
rte area adjacent to the proposed
center are in favor of the pro
ject,” Stubbs told the Council and
some 200 spectators. ,
He explained tlut the plan caDs
for 18 acres and that a little mora
han four acres ft* mw tmmd
,euBmeret|l. They, are aeeking
commerieial for rs-
maining 14 acres,
Stubbs reminded the Council
that decision is' due by JUy 13,
as the law requires a mling on
rezoning petitions within dayc
of submission. The-
filed on April 12. I
Speaking'in favor of center
was Alfred Fisher, a city teacliCT
Wha liw« tw Ihff Milt—t
rrea. He said; “I am buying a
home in that area and we aeed a
shopping center there. Wo daat
want to hurt the businessme* at
the Hayti ana, we want to en
courage them to come doMB to tlia
new center and serve os.”
David Stith, pre»dent Soatb-
eastern Businesa Colleg*; in argu
ing for the College Plaxa Center,
said thar the businessmen boldine
property directly across from tha
center were in favor ot the ra^
See CENTn, 4^
N. C. MUTUAL GOCS WEST—
North Carolipa Mutual prasi-'
dent A. T. Spaulding .cuts rih*
bon to formally opon tho_^ com
pany's nawett branch offica in
Lo* Angelos, CaK Scawa taak
placa a* tha opaaiac af tha Waat
ceaat branch- las*. $uaday. Fic>
Iwrad ara, laiH ta right. W. A.
(.lamanf, Ageacv. PMMwf IL
A. Slaaa. AiwataMu Bl>
rac 'ect Mrs. Raaa.
Spaulding, Saaawal Jk
H. ClonMn*, Je.. g*
■ow branch/ A
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