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. .y th* n«xt b«(t thing li to g«t
'Mndtr • tpray of w«t*r, at th«M
did. Sine* Hi* Durham
a^lM WMth«r h*« com* uiid*r
influ#nc* of • Boriwuda
Mgh pj-*Mtr* tytlitm with, hM,
hii^d day*,'this Kan* hat«%**n
i^inMatMlK-oftwt in tli* wading
MH of th* WMUmI Pa^, lo-
?AFTER 12 YEARS
cat*d behind th* John Avary
Boyt Club on Proctor strict.
Mrs. Agn** Pinchbacft, dir*«tor
of th* playtround, s«WviMt
th* wading pool which' is oquip-
p*d with two thowor i*t* which
•pray walor to dalight. of th*.
n*l«hb«!jMW^ cl^S«n. I*. t)i»
top ph*to, a group of youngttari
cavort In th* pool |u»t aftor
th* spray had buf^n tumad on,
In bottom photo, young bodi*t,
g*fMng accCttomad to th* pool
fingort of wat*r playing on thoir
(Mil, joak in th* cooling w^Htr*.
St4ff pbtttw iff •oHwfMf^U
1st Leader Retires
After 12 y«an as presid^ht of
School and.
8^ Convention, the Rev. Miles . _ i i
I'kjifk Fisher, pastor of White Rock I THE WAR THAT MADE US FREE-PaPt I
Bl^ist Chiurch, retired at the 84th
tiMiM session of the convention
at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
thft’week.
The Rev. Fisher was honored
with a gift in appreciation of his
te^yices. T. R. Speight has been
elMted to succeed him.
Other officers elected at the
convention: were; Dr. Minnie T.
Forte, Durham, first vice presi
dent; Miss Lucille Jones, Chapel
Hill, second vice president; Miss
Peggy Hogan, secretary, succeed
ing Mrs. G. M. Williams who had
served for many years in that
capacity;
Mrs. Ella True, asst, recording
tecret.ary; Mrs. Georgia Barbee,
auditor. James Allen was elected
president emeritus of the conven
tion. .
Added to the executive board
were Rev. 3. A; Brown and L. W:
Reid. Other bdard members were
The Revs. J. R. Manley, J. H.
Jones, James Stew&rt, C. E. Mc-
Lester and William Fuller, Mrs.
'X2. B. Mctester, A. L. Filmore,
Georgia Barbee, Pecola Hogan, Na
thaniel Mayo and Lewis Caldwell.
The State. Baptist jSunday School
Convention is set to be held in
Chiirlotte.at Shiloh Baptist Church;
Aug. 8-10. Theme for the conven
tion will be "The Bible—A Blue
print for Cllristian Living.”
The opening day address will be
ddivered by the Rev. Miles Mark
Fisher of White Rock Baptist. The
Rev. O. R. Burston will deliver
the annual address.
Wednesday’s program will be
highlighted by the Annual Address
by E. M. Butler, president of the
itate convention. The evenihg ser
vices will be spotlighted by key
note sepaker Louis E. Austin, pub-
li^er of the Carolini) Times.
highlighting Thursday’s program
wAl be the James F. Wertz Orato-
rldal Contest of which Miss Cla-
riiM Cljristmas is director and
Mrs. Lillian Pittman is associate.
The Losers Seem
Proudest of All
Edi lot's No?.fl: Boginnhtg this
w**k, th* TIMES will pro**nt
a sari** of articios on th* Civil
War by th* diitingui(h*d wrlt*r
and historian Varnon Johns. Dr.
Johns has don* consicWrabl* r*-
s*arch into th* liv*s of aboli-
‘tionists, and Is proparing a book-
longth story on th* Ilf* and
tim*s of John Brown. H* is also
editor of Second C*ntury, a
■n*w magaxin* davotod to aspocts
•f Nagro Ilf* In th* socond cen
tury •ft*r *mancipation. Th*
MriM on th* CWII War wlH b*
continued n*xt w**k.
The Civil War, which is one
hundred years old this annum,
ranks easily among the most deter-
mining struggles in human his-
By VERNON JOHNS
tory. The nation which remained
undivided as a result of the vic
tory of the Union has salvaged
world civilization once in the last
fifty years and helped to salvage
it the second time.
The great political benefit from
the result of the war was Union,
a nation Undivided. The great
moral benefit was liberty.— the
emancipation of four million
slaves.
One of the oddities of this cen
tennial is its most enthusiastic
celebrant. The North does not
seem over enthusiastic. The victory
in festrospect does not seen^. so
impressive after one hundred
years as it did when it was snatch-
See WAH, page 4-A
Poor Tochers on the Way Out
In N. C., State Official Declares
The era of poor teachers in
North Carolina is fast coming to
cn end, an official of the State
Depatrment of Public Instruction
declared in Durham this week.'
The speaker was Dr. Charles
Carroll, State Superintendent at
Public Instruction. He was addres
sing a seminar at North Carolina
College’s Summer school on Wed
nesday.
Carroll predicted thjit Gov. San
ford’s “quality education” program
Would enable the state to dis-.
pense with poor teachers.
“I have no reluctance in saying
^hdt one of tiie main reasons I
stipporfed this program was to
try t6 induce' enough good people
to cohie into education to allow
superintendents and principals to
exercise selectivity ' in employ
ment.
“If a person is not doing a
good job of teaching, that person
should not be retained. But there
must be a supply from which to
select better teachers.”
He indicated that the increased
Se^ TIACHCRS, page 4-A
WSTG’S ATKMS STEPS DOWN
Veteran Colte^
Prexy to Remain
As Teacher
WINSTON-SALEM—pr. Ftancis
L. Atkins, president of Winiten-
Salem Teachers College since
1034, announced his resignation
Tuesday.
He will remain at the college in
a teaching position this fifll.
vAnnouncement of the collie
president’s retirement from the
executive post came at the end
of the board of trdstees meeting.
Dr. Atkins told newsmen he had
been thinking of stepping dovra for
some time.
T. Winfield Blackwell, tfhair-
man of the Winston-Salem trus
tees, said an interim replacement
would be named for Dr. Atkins
this week. ,
A new president of the college
will be elected later by the sciool’s
trustees.
In explaining his action, Dr. At
kins said he would reach 85
December, the compulsory age for
state employees. He added that he
felt he should resign before the
See ATKINS, page 4-A
Durham Woman
Honored By
Calantheans
i .
^Mrs. Hattie JeQ^ins, a longtime
nMiMe.of Durham, and an active
ni^ber of the Court of Calanthe
Fraternal organization, was hon
ored at the . AnQual session of
North Carolina’s Pythians and Ca
lantheans Grand Lodge and Court
for 1961, Tuesday at the Mt. Ver
non Baptist ChurclT.
In saluting' Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs.
Clara Williams Nesby, Grand
Worthy Counsellor labelled her
as “one of the saints . . . who has
contributed zealously and unsel
fishly to promote fraternalism.”
Mrs. Jenkins has been a mem
ber of the organization for more
than 40 years, much of that time
she spent as Grand Register of
Deeds.
Also saluted as a “grand and
noble woman of fraternalism” was
See CALANTHE, page 4-A
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VOLUME 37—No. 29
DURHAM, N. SATURDAY, JULY 22, INI
PRICEt IS Cmte
STATE NAACP HEAD SAYS:
Appointments OK, But..’
Alexander Says
Far Reaching
Moves Needed
APPOINTED — Dr. Gerald A.
Edwards, profossor and chair
man of th* ChMnittry D*part-
.m*nt, A. and T. Coll*g«, Gr**nt-
boro, was last wa«k namad by
Gov, Torry Sanford as a mom-
b*r of th* Advisory Commission
on Atomic Enorgy of North Ca
rolina.
I
nie president of the North Caro
lina NAACP described the ap
pointments last week of two Ne
groes to state boards as “good,”
but said they were not enough.
“The appointments of Dr. James
Seabrook and Dr. Samuel Duncan
to the Employment Security Com
mission and the State Board of
Public Welfare are good «ppoint-
ments, but they certainly do not
meet the demands of the Negro
people at this time,” said Kelly
M. Alexander in a message from
Charlotte to the TIMES.
“Negroes are still waiting for
the Governor to appoint qualified
Negroes to salaried positions to
take a firm stand against discrimi
nation in employment in state
government,” Alexander said.
“I’m quite sure that the unequi
vocal support Negroes of the St^te
gave the Governor (in the elec
tions) deserves more than the ap
pointments which the Governor
made, and there are many more
departments in State Government
we would certainly appreciate see
ing opened to qualified Negroes.”
KENNEDY GREETS NAACP—
Above are, left to right. Bishop
Stephen Gill Spottswood, chair
man of the MAACP Board of
Directors; President Kennedy;
Joel Spingarn, NAACP prssl-
dentiy and Roy Wiikihs, *xceu-
tiv*- Secretary of thej NAACP,
Th* NAACP m«mb*rs abov*,
along wi.ti 57 stat* dir*ct>
executiv* board m*mb*rs f d
other NAACP officials w
gr*ot*d warmly by th* Pr**id«u
in th* Oval Ro(Mn *f th* Emcw-
tiv* Mansion last W*dn*«day as
the NAACP Ftgaf^r* mad* a
sp*cM MnvMition trip to Wash-
iagNM t* confer wUfc the Pr—i
'4*«t. til* President f*afWi iwd
liis strong posilioa mm civil
rights. Following a di*cM*aion,
the PresidMit *scortod them to
Lincoln's bodroom and pointed
out artiolas of historic interoat.
Urban Renewal Body Seeks Time to Study Effect
Of Proposed Center on One Planned in Mid-Hayli
The controversial Greenberg I porarily lulled this week as the
Shopping Center issue was tem- City Council delayed action for
Two Durham
Men Were First
Job Holders
RALEIGH — Two Durham men
were the first Negroes appointed
to major boards and commissions
in North Carolina, a check of state
records revealed this week.
’They are W. J. Kennedy, Jr.,
chairman of North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company’s
trustee roard, and William Rich,
retired administrator and present
ly consultant of Lincon hospital.
This information was pointed
out by Dr. John Larkins, member
of the State Welfare Department
sUiff.
Dr. Larkins also called atten
tion to the fact that prior to the
appointments of Drs. Seabrook
and S. M. Duncan last week, five
other Negroes had been appointed
by previous North Carolina gov
ernors.
The TIMES listed only four last
week, based on information fur
nished by Graham Jones, press
secretary to Governor Sanford.
However, Jones referred the
TIME^ to: Larkins, whom he de
scribed as “an authority” in this
matter.
The TIMES’ listing last week
omitted Dr. Murray Davis, of
High Point, who was appointed
by Gov. Hodges in 1057 to the
Prison Commission.
Kennedy’s appointment, by Gov.
Cherry In 1945 to the Recreation
Commission was the first made of
a Negro to a major state agency.
The late Kerr Scott added two
more appointments during his ad
ministration, tapping William Rich
for the Medical Oare Commission
in 1049, and Dr. Harold Trigg
for the Board of Education in the
same year.
In 1055, Kennedy was picked
again, this time by Gov. Hodges,
to serve on the Board of Higher
Education. He was relieved of his
See TWO, page 5-A
three weeks to allow a market
analysis of the areas involved.
AHWen Stubbs^ attorney for 4be
Gretnbecg, said his client agreed
to the tl^ree-week deliy to whicb
the ,Rel^velqpment Cpmmissiog
sought to have the survey made.
Greenberg is seeking to build a
shdppiAg center on ' FayetteviBe
Road near Mutual Heights. The Be-
development Commission and th*
Durham Business and Profeasionat
Chain, representing some 139
small Negro merchants, had re^
quested time to have a market
ability report made to determia*
whether the Negro cQmmanity
South Durham can support tbi*
center and another sfaoppinf cen-
See CENTER, page 4-A
LISTEN, GOVERNORI—Dr. Sam
uel D. Proctor, president of A.
and T. College, talks while Gov
ernor Terry Sanford of North
Carolina listens and makes
notes. Th* action took plac* fol
lowing the appeoranc* of Gov.
Sanford as main speaker at «
prograin ot tiie annual Confer
ence of Teachers of Vocational
Agricul’.ur* *h*ld last we*k at
A. and T.
BOYCOTT OF FIVE STORES CONTINUES
The selective buying program
aimed at five Durham stores Is
continuing, a spokesman for the
Durham Youth NAACP chapter
related this week.
The five stores, charged by
the NAACP with using di»
criminatory hiring and customer
‘ policies, are Robbins, A. and P.
and Winn-Dixie Super Markets,
Walgreen's and Royal Ice Cream
Company. %
John Edwards, president of
the Durham Youth NAACP,
urged Negro shoppers te stoy out
of the stores ‘*e«en thewgli there
are no pickets in frent of them.**
See BOYCOTT, page 4-A
NEWS BRIEFS
14 in Charlotte
3 in Greensboro
Are integrated
GREENSBORO — Three mor^
Negro pupils were assigned to
Gillespie Park School. Giveiirtw-
ro's only desegregated sdiooL thin
week by the city board of ednet-
tion. TlRie had beea SI reassign
ment re|uests. Mark Leroy Bowen
was assigned to the fourth grade
and Byron Keith Bowen to the
second grade. They live at IBM
Britton St. Sheila Patricia Blair
of 3005 Si' Beobow Rd. was
mitted to the eighth grade.
With the assignment ot the p»
pils to Gillespie Park, desegrated
in 1067, 17 Negroes will attend
the school this faU. Five will re-
tuni form last year. Five were as
signed this spring and the how*
assigned four to tte sch^ receat-
ly after review^ a nuMiate at
court.
M ASSI«NB» TO CHABLOrni^
SCHOOLS
CHAUXmE_ FowtMB
students were a*nltted I*
pmdemieeidir white
sehoeti thjii ««ek hr
MteidBnJMra Coun^ H
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