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Dr.Seabrookand ■til Duncan are First In New Regime RALEIGH — Governor Terry Sanford made his first public move toward giving Negroes a place in his administration by ap pointing two prominent members of the race to state commissions. Appointed were Dr. James Ward Seabrook, veteran educator, and Dr. Samuel Duncan, president oi Livingstone College. Dr. Seabroolc was appointed to the Employment Security Com mission. Duncan was named to o post on the State Board of Public Wtlfare. The announcements were made this weelc. Seabroolc’t appointment is for a four year t'irm. Duncan will serve fat six years. The appointments represented the first assignments given Ne groes in the current state admin istration by Governor Sanford. He took office in January. Four other Negroes had been appointed to State Commissions by previous Governors. They are Dr. H. L. Trigg, State Board of Education; W. J. Kennedy, Jr., State Board of Higher Education; Dr. A. E. Weatherford, Recreation CommiMion; and William Rich, See APPOINTS, 6-A POSTS ARE NON-SALARIED BEAT THE HEAT—B»t4y* Pry or; '• dalielou* dish from Rocky Mount beats the heat of July days and elami af North Caro lina C«ll*a« b9 relaxing in Hi* NCC 100 yard r«0ulation pool. Bettyc's daily attendance at the pool no doubt accounts for the fact that It is one of the most populate extra-curricular attraC' tlona-fer male students •nrellad In the NCC Summer School. Durham Integration Delayed VOLUME 37-i^No. 2S DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1961 PRICE; 15 Cents Welfare To N.;([. Negroes ^tALEIGH — The two conotis-Seabrook to tite EmployineBt Se-T ployed-, and nrnrmm'ng «if i'inM«. Coini^^iDn, and fpl^mAnt^Slefits. uel Duncan ^ the State loard'of Public Welfare. Tjiii Employment SecurMy Com- mis^ioh-'haaxojiUrol'Over the state'p effor^'' to.fifid jobs for'the unem- •lon* to wirtcfi Gevertdof^tnford appointed Negro meitibert this week deal with matters which are of prime concern to the state’s Negro citizens. Sanford named Dr. James W. NAACPSeeli To Open Univ. Of Mississippi NEW YORK—NAACP Legal De fense Fund attorneys will attempt this week to have a Federal Dis trict Court In Jackson, Miss, en join the University of Mississippi from refusing to admit a Negro applicant to its second summer session. A hearing on a motion for pre- liipinary injunction filed by Legal Defense Fund attorneys had been set for July 10, but the hearing may be po^poned due to illness of a Mississippi state attorney. The Legal Defense attorneys hope to have a trial before the University’s jHcond summer ses sion commences fuly 17, so that its applicant, James H. Meredith of Jackson, may begin school then. The case is being heard in the Southern District Court of Missis sippi, Jackson Division, by Judge Sidney C. Mize. The motion for preliminary injunction was filed July 1. Legal Defense attorneys charge, in their complaint filed May 31 that Meredith, who originally ap plied to the University on January, SI, 1061, is lieing denied admis sion solely on thT grounds of race, and such denial is unconstitution al. A hearing was also set for Mon day, on a Legal Defense Fund suit in Jackson which challenges racial segregation of transporta tion terminals and facilities in Mississippi. ’The case will be tried by a three-judge federal District Court consisting of Judges Elbert P. Tuttle, Sidney C. Mize, and Claude F. Clayton, convened because the charges that state segregation of Le^al Defense Fund complaint transportation Is unconstitutional. ’ A direct appeal to the U. S. Su preme Court can follow the de- See. NAACP, 3-A SEABROOK ploym^Rt oeneiiis. ^ It was established ^nd is main tained through federal appropria tions and has branch offices in almost every county of the state. There are a total of some 1,233 persons working in the N. C. Em ployment Security Commission. Negro leaders have often ex- t>re8sed th« belief that the race’s progress is. tjed to the economic opporturiitjes 'ttvallable. The state’s operations'in the field of employ ment have a vast effect on this op portunity. Dr. Seabrook is somewhat fami liar with the Employment Services operations. He had served several years as a member of the advis ory council to th» Employment Security Commission. In addition to his appointment, one other new member will join the seven man board. He is Dr. Thomas B. O'Connor, of Forest City. Both will serve four year terms, ending in 1065. Carl. Kendall was reappointed chairman of the Commission, along with Dr. M. T. Van Hecke, of Chap el Hill, another hold-over on the body. Other hold-over members of the Commission, whose terms expire in 1963, are Dave Hall, of Bel mont; Bruce Davis, of Charlotte; and W. Benton Pipkin, of Reids- ville. The Commission meets bi-mon thly in Raleigh. Except for the chairman who is salaried, Commis- •i,S«« VITAL, 6-A ttOtrSING BOOM HITS DURHAM , Durham’s N» V ' ‘ ^ g fo residMtial :7g«tlon' m the ^ south side hai fErown rapidly in the past lii Jlears. tShad«d ar^i of loutiine ma|i of t b * city pefl) marks the ■ W)f»if*(t»oni Thi* week, the TIMES presents a spepial 12-page supirfement out- linhig aspects of ^at growth. Also apeparing in th« section is a list of'.firms, in the Dtirham area who have provided goods and services tor the boom in private housing. Be sure to see Section C! DR. TONEY Prominent Area Physiciah Dies OXFORD—iJt. ‘Eills E. Toney, 71, a prWnineilt Oxford phyyician, died here .. W^n6aday in Shaw Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Fur>ral 'services Were held Fri day at the'"Tiinothy Darling Pres- byterfiin Chuiieh where he was a longtime^, memforj with the Rev. John R.'‘:j0u|jm.,l(pillar of the United Church, Hen- dersoif, of^iclMitllii 'Btii^l was in the Plummer CKeathim Memorial Park. A physici(M in,Oxford for near ly 45 years,, Dr.'Toney was a na tive of Pensacola, Fla. He came to North CaroUna . in-1007 to attend Shaw University and graduated from there in 1011. From Shaw, he matriculated at Meharry Medical College and re ceived his M.D. degree in 1016. Following graduation, he mar ried the former Annie Ttvner of Raleigh. They celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary this year. Dr. Toney then set up practice in Sanford, but stayed there only two years before moving to Ox ford . Prominent in civic and commu nity affairs. Dr. Toney was a mem ber of the Natiqnal Medical Assn. where he served on the Board of Trustees; the John H. Hale Surgi cal Society of the CaroUnas; the Durham Academy of Medicine; and was chairman of th« Aoard of See DR. TONEY, S^A I mm me comPAxy Cf DIRECT ACTION TACTICS— Mtmbars of Baltimarc't Jackie Robinson NAACP Youth Council iiartieipat« in major NAACP j«b push in that city. NAACP SMks jobs for Negroes at Baltl* mere •A and Electric Company and the C and P Telephone Co. AfiociaNon has called for 1,000 jobi for quajlfied Negroes. Pick et line duties are divided be tween youth, ministers, profes sional men and fraternal groups. From left art Melvin Bordley, Michael Banks, Donald Price, Jean Wilson and Priscilla Para- ham. NEWS IN BRIEF Lightning Bolt Kills CLINTON — A single bolt of lightning flashed thru a cracked door of a tobacco bam near here Wednesday, instantly killing 8 per sons who had sought refuge in the barn to escape a severe storm. Only one person survived. Victims of the tragedy were list ed as Oscar L. Cottle, 27, and his wife, Annette, 21; William Keel, 13; Mrs. Mapr.Morrisey, 70; Joycc Anne Matthews, 13; Earl Bell, IS; Samuel Newkirk, 16; and Ludie Matthews, 18. The lone survivor was Eugene Daughtry, 16. GARBAGE COLLECTORS QUIT WITjSON—Eleven local garbage collectors walked off the job Mon day after iheir request for a dol lar hourly minimum wage was re fused by Lex E. Honeycutt, Wil son's public works director. DOCTORS FILE SUIT AGAINST WILMINGTON HOSPITAL WILMINGTON—-Suit was filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday seeking to prohibit James Walker Memorial Hospital here from deny ing use of hospital facilities to any person because of race or color. The suit was filed by three Negro physicians. Dr. Herbert A. Eaton, Dr. Daniel C. Roane, and Dr. Samuel James Gray. They cdn> tend that afty hospital receiving state or federal funds canndt legally segregate. MAY BE FIRST CHARLOTTE—Dr. C. Warren Williams, a local physician, has applied for medical staff member ship at Charlotte Memorial Hos pital and he appears likely to be the first Negro admitted to mem bership. teCAL ROUND-UP ■ ■ 'lit; a-i’vJ ■ Victim ,Homicide Charged . A Durham County grand jury returned a homicide indictment this week against a 52-year-old matron who shot and fatally wounded a man whom she claimed attempted to force his way into her bedroom on July 4. Indicted for the murder of Aaron Massey, 1200 block Cole St., was Mrs. Beatrice Joyner, 500 block Alston Ave. Mrs. Joyner is held without bail for a Superior Court hearing. Police reported the woman told them that Massey forced his way into her home and acted as though he intended to harm her. She said he refused to leave after being asked several times. Mrs. Joyner said she then grabbed her .22 calibre revolver and shot him. Massey was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he died last Sat urday. Mrs. Joyner was taken into police custody just after the shoot ing but was not charged with the homicide until Monday. TEENAGERS TO BE TRIED 2EBULON — Three teenagers will be tried liere on Sept. 12 on charges connected with their at tempts to get service in the Zebu- lon bus station cafe. The three, identified as Retiteca Bailey, IS; Janie Louise 'Battle, 18; and Leon Dunn, 18, 411” of Nishville *re Sue BRIEF, 6 A JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TO CONVENE HERE IN AUGUST Durhatii has been selected as the site of the Mid-Summer Circuit Convention of the Jehovah’s Wit- neesses of Circuit No. 36, it was announced this' week by O. M. Stokes, presiding minister of the Durham South Unit Congregation. The Convention dates are set for August 11-13 and will be held in the Central Civic Building, the Rev. Stokes added. ‘‘The purpose of this meeting here in Durham,” Stokes said, “is to give Jehovah's Witnesses and their friends three days of ad vanced Bible knowledge and spe cial miilisterial training to lA- crease ihe unity of tha oigamza^ tion.” The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is sponsoring the assem bly for the 16 congregations which make up the circuit. All sessions will be open to the public. Members of the local congrega tion will be busy for the next few weeks calling on homemakers of this city to secure rooming ac commodations for the visiting wit nesses. Expected are 400.500. ST. MARK SCOUT TROOP AND LEADERS ATTEND DEDICATION SERVICES AT CAMP WALL Eleven Boy Scouts and three adult leaders from the St. Mark Mark AME Zion Church Troop No. 64 attended the dedication serv ices at Camp Dorothy Wall in Black Mountains, N. C., last week. Those who attended were John Wallace, John Dixon, Chappel Fel der, Jr., Hubert Taylor, Joseph Richardson, Maurice Rolack, Jas. Lee. Fred Brunson. UI. Ronald See ROUND-UP, 6-A School Board To Await Federal Court Dedsioii; The long-awaited School Boa^ action on requesta of 139 Ne(pf students for reassignmeiit tn wWt« city schoola waa postponed'. day night at the Board’s reiiaiar meeting. I Lew Hannen. school sapertntcB- dent said the board decided to postpone action on tb« regoests until a ruling has been handed down by Federal Court Jndfle Ed win M. Stanley. ^ Judge Stanley is expcctetf to make a decision “Within ■' few days" on approximately 300 papils who took their cafes to court last year after being denied transfcn to white schools. The cases wer» heard earlier this year and have be»>n pending since. Hannen told the TIMES that Ua office will make an announcemeat “well before hand" as to when the Board will aeain take np the requests. He said that the meet ing would be open to the pablic. The application of the 13S pu pils were submitted to the city Board of Education during a 1ft- day period which ended laat month. The period followed an nouncement of assignmenta in the student’s final report card. Prime targets of this year’s a^ plications are Durham High School and Carr Junior High ScbooL Hannen reported 36 are sertliig reassignment to Dtirham High and 28 -to Crrr, while only five are ap plying to Brogden Junior Hich and two to East Durham Jonior High. East Durham is the enly one of these schools which haa not been i^vi^sly integral)^ The other M r^tftOMtt'an tern- See INTEttRATION, 3-A Durliam Youth M NAACP Meet Approximately 3$ pariiia eaaa- prlsing a Jalegatiew frai the Durham Youth NAACP arsaiit- laNens are in Philidalphla this (veek whare tSey are attaMHnf the annual natienal ce«vantia» of the NAACP. The sreup left ci!v early Sun day from St. JoseplA AJN.E. Church by bus. They were accompanied h|r Atty. Floyd B. McKisaich and thrca othar adult*. Among those who were sdted* ulad to make the trif were ^ahn Edwards, Billy Thorpe, Optofl, Jean Bledsoe. Bladsoe, Alma Holland Baines, Patricia Evans, Nathan Whi:e, William Davts, PhvHls Harris, Sarah Franklin. Aedvey Mitchell, Willie WWtanw. L»- Fayatte McDonald, Clewdatte Brame and Oshom BrMsefardw PREACHING CLINIC—The Rev. Melvin C. Swann (left) and Rev. James Robinson (2nd from right) both of St.‘Joseph s A. M. E. Church in»r4 among the 15 min- the Duke University Divini^ School's Proaching Clinic which ran from July 3-14. Activities at the clinic included discwssiens, lectures, and preachiag by eeeh isters fr*m five states to attend J minister. Pictured with the ministers are Dr. Jantas T. Cl^ land hmm DMmIw tsiieel; iaii Mw BiMk J. H. WMrmp, paslar ef nient tf|irtiedisl ‘
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