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duke UHWERSU UBB eached On City Shopping Center ★ ★ ★ ★ ir 'k ★ ★★★★★ NeC GETS 5 NEGRO TRUSTEES Ji^ Cawii^s €ini^0t lyi^E^UTH UKiBMi^c5|| VOLUME S7—No. 33 DURHAM, N. C, SATURbAY,^ AUGUST !*, 19^1 Return Postage GuarantMd PRlCEt If QmU Ushers Move To Fayetteville For Annuat Times Beautician Queen Leaves For Bermuda Mrs. Martha Rowland, third pUc! winner in the Carolina Ttmes Beautician Popularity con- tfest, enplaned for Bermuda Satur day for a one weelt’s stay. The trip was part of the prize •he won for placing third in the annual bcau'icians’ popularity contpst sponsored each year by tht TIMES. Th^ popular rurham cosmetolo gist polled 2.229,000 votes in the contest, which ended last Novem ber. Mrs. Susie Weaver, of Chapftl. HjU, wAs first, and Mrs. Quincy -DHnisflfllrt' lypls; piaeerf c^eond. Mrs. Howland, on operator at iTip Top Boauty Shop in Durham, ^as accompanicd to Bermuda by •Mrs. Thelma McNeil, also of Dur ham. Frosh to Report At N. C. College On September 13 The 1961-62 school term will open here for Freshmen on Sep tember 13, it was announced to day by Dr. William J. Holloway. Classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, Setpember 25. NCC has received a record num ber of applications and inquiries, raising speculation that the 1961 class will approach 700 students. They will formally be welcomed to the campus Wednesday, Sep tember 13. Two days of testing will follow, with placement examinations in English, French and reading scheduled for Thursday and math- amatics, psychological and per- ionality test to be administered on Friday. A tour of the campus has been arranged for Saturday, followed in the evening by a mavie in the B. N. Duke Auditorium. Religious flctivties and a recep tion given by staff members in the department of home economics have been planned for Sunday, See FROSH, page 6-A 106 YIARS OLD-^i. Vihnta Clavtr givM har bv^and, car an affaetienai'a hvi on Mi 106th birthday. Tti* Glevar*,. marrlad iA«ra than SS.' yaars, calabrattd a quiat birthday on August 12. Fathar 23 chil* dran, Olevar is a formar cross- tfa eut.ar for the Seaboard Rail way. Mrs. Glover ii 76. The ttory on page 4-B listed the .Olover' last name as Cooper. Cooper is the name of the street' on which tn*y live. The TIMES re grets this error. Appointment of Three New Profs At N. C. College is Revealed A Clarkton, North Carolina na tive, is among three professors re cently named to the Education Department at North Carolina Col lege, president Alfonso Elder an nounced this week. He is F. G. Shipman, who will be in Adminnistration and Super vision. Others named were Thomas J. Mayberry and Sherwood Augur who's specialiiy is Education Phi losophy. All’ three new teachers are candidates for the doctoral degree. Mr. Shipman earned his B.A. degree from Livingstone College and the M.A. degree from Boston University. He is a candidate for the Ed.D. degree at George Pea- twdy College, Nashville, Tenn, Shipman has taught at Fisk Uni versity and was principal at schools in Rowland and Lumber- ton. He also taught for one year in the public school system in Clarkton. Mayberry comes to North Caro-, lina College from Alabama State College where he served as Dean of the College of Secondary Educa tion and Arts and Sciences and Director of Secondary Student See PROFS, page 6-A Group to Gather For Yearly Meet Thursday More than 500 ushers will con verge on the city of Fayetteville on August 24-27 for the 38th an nual session of the Interdenomi national Ushers Association of North Carolina. The Astpciation meetings are slated to be held at the Second Baptist Churdi there. Kicking off tlv* three-day session will be registration of Meg#tes and officers and appointinent .of committees. E. Austin, pfesi dent of th» body will preaid^ The Thursday aftoi aoon seiHor with J. T. O’Neal, vice presi^tnt, presiding, will ieature regl»tr«*ion of new chufches, aeating ^le gates, reading of the last nMnuf^s, ^sup>rvisorf.^Aeetin« ai^ f ing orUiie BoaM^Vf iSirecfi Highlighting Thursday eVentng’s program will be spvotj(1 welcome speeches, spotlighting Robert H. Butler, mayor of Fa.vetteville. Dr. W. T. Holland, president of the Ministerial Alliance; E. E. Miller, and Miss Emma Holmes. Other program participants include Rev. W. Watson, Miss Carolyn Blac^, fSe' R\|th - IjUke AME Zipn Church Cliair. T6' open Friday’s program, L. E. Austin will conduct a discus sion: “Mortgage Retirement Plan.” Burch Coley, Assn. treasurer, will report on the Ushers’ Home in Franklinton. Mrs. Gertrude Wilds, president of the Arts and Crafts Department will preside over the Friday after noon session. The focus will be on fashions at this meeting as exhibits of' fashions in dress, crafts, and music will be present ed. The exhibits will be judged and prize given to the tops in etch category. Dr. Rose Butler Browne, Chair man, Department of Education at North Carolina College, will be See USHERS, 6-A LARKINS HaccARD THOMPSON “GENEROUS SPIRIT Sanford Hikes Muriel Rahn's Death Number of Negro In N.Y. Is Mourned Miss rahn NEW YORK — Muriel Rahn, noted soprano, was not only “ad mired for her beautiful voice but also loved for her generous spirit and willingness to use her great talent to aid worthy causes,” NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins said in a telegram of sympathy to her widower, Dick Campbell. Funeral s«rvices for Miss Rahn were held ai St. Phillips Protestan Episcopal Church in New York on Awgust 11. She died in Sydenham Hospital here on Augus* 7 after a protracted illness. Wilkins recalled that Miss Rahn had always be^n responsive wh«r called upon by the NAACP to par ticipate in programs and contra bute her talents. Her husband. Casipell, a producer and director, has also aided NAACP causes. Durham Integration Appeals To MAYBIRRY SMWlWAh MEBANI Cynthia MebaneJ^o Represent Durham In Ushers* Contest Miss Cynthia Mebane, 13, of 704 Pickett St., will represent Durham in the Annual Oratorical Contest at the Interdenominational Ushers Association in Fayetteville Aug. 24-27. Cynthia, an eighth grader at Whitted Junior High School, will speak from the topic, “Charity Begins at Home and Spreads Abroad." . She won the trip to the State wide convention by topping other speakers in a local contest it St. Mark AilE Church wherf she |t- tend!i. .'Appeals for 133 Negro students whQ have been denied reassign- meat to predominanteiy white schools by the City Board of Edu- caKon, ,wiH be heard Monday night ' at 7-30 in the basement auditorium of the Fuller School, LeV riannen, school superinten dent ahnounced this week. The hSrinis wift be open to" tRe pii?^ ■4.—- v. : • . hearings may be tif^ued late*Monday and-resumed Ti^eitlayi mbrhing if thfe ^it«ation w^'lranted it, Hannen added f|ie a^efls include one student wh'ote reassignment - request was not submitted early enough for tbe Board’s previous hearing. \All-but two of the 135 applica tions' submitted this year are ap pealing the Board’s decision. Of the ,136 total, six were denied be cause of geographical location of the schools and homes concerned. Tlie remaining 129 applications were denied because they were not submitted on the forms pro vided by the school for reassign- meat req^iests. See APPEALS, 6-A j NEWS IN BRIEF lUNC Prof Jqins jR^hf For Can Braden's Release WORSHIPFUL MASTER— The Rev. J. W. Barnes, Baptist min ister and Hillside High School teacher, was recently elected Worshipful Mister of the Dor cas Ledge, 460, of Free and Ac- c«ip*«d Masons. The Durham Masons also elected additional new officers. See page 3-B. jmong flw persona appointeded hr Goversor Sanford to the North Carolina -Collese trustee board. The appointments were an- nouneed tkis week by the Gover nor's office Sanford picked Attorney M. Mii>*h Thompson, of Dtirham. Dr luhn R. Larkin, ol Raleigh, and ''r. Reginald Hawkioii of Charlotte -IS new members of the NCC trus tee board. Ite reappointed Dr. J. M. Hub- ‘iNml. flf'BurhMi. to aiMttKr term an the board. Dr. W. W- ^r»eo, UKiversity fit North Civulina admifiMtytor. Was he fifth persoD ||ijiui»im this fwHe,, Dr. .Kenvir nlh^ another term (tie farus>> I 'ees, " " , The additions of Thompson. Lar> I kin and Hawkins to the NCC trus- I tees brings the mtmber of Negroes A Univerbity J" the board to five. They will join Dr. Hubbard and of Reidsvilie. reprmn- t»tion dn the~ NCC trustee ‘'toard Tciwsr^TTienem fttammiretf-taTt: ier hf Governor Sanford in ap- WASMINGTON of North Carolina pmfe^or was among a deletation of Soutbero integration leaders who took to the White l{o^is>> petitions asking IV^sident Kenneil^lo^ Tfer-TafTT Braden of Louisville, Ky., who is i serv ing a year’s Sen!r ue for con-1 "Oi»ftne^s ot tnistees to Negro tempt of the House Un-American Activities Committee. | He has alwady, increased the He is Dr. O.scar Knesler Ufcej^ tAriie«s at Win- Kenan Professor of Cfiemistr\ ait ston-Salem Teachers College and UNC. ^ aij^ T College to five. —Ch# expected that the same LEADER E1.ECT«OCUTEq£^^ t** fallowed in ap- PINE BLUFF, Ark.—Dr. r of trustees at Fayette E. Parker, president of the Pine BiMbeth aty Teachen Bluff branch of the' NAACP, was accidentally electrocuted in his home this week while working with an electric drill. Parker was a promient dentist. chain okays action Zoning Board Approves 7.3 Acres For Greenberg Shopping Project PRACTICE WHAT YCHi PREACH WASHINGTON—So that more young people can gc't “good jobs'’ Americans are urged to practice at home the justice and democracy they preach abroad. Thu9 spoks Archbishop Patrick A. O'Borle of Washington during the 46th aol See BRIEFS. 2 A Representatives of the Durham Business, and Professional Chain, the. Redevelopment Commission and Abe Greenberg reached a “happy medium” early thi.s week as all agreed to permit contruc- tion of Greenberg’s “College Plaza Shopping Center.” A reduction in ihe planned size of the Ceht'er, worked put by the representatives a few hours be fore the monthly meeting of the City Planning and Zoning Board, won th^ Board’s unanimous ap proval. The malter will be re- fcir^ed .to, the City Council for final approval. The Greenberg interests seek ing a zone change to permit erec- tirfn ’df 'the shopping center on South Fayetteville Rd., told the Zoning Board Tuesday that they would ask that only 7.35 acres of thfii; property be put into a sl)opping center zone. .IJiey initially asked for the re- zpaing. of 18 acres but the re- toniAg Was delayed nn rik^uest af the Redevelopment Commission to permit it to study the impact the center would have on the pro posed business area slated tor the redeveloped Hayti area. Allston Stubbs, attorney for the Greenberg interests told the zon ing Board that his client had met in a special two-hour session with the Redevelopment Commission and the Business and Professional Chaipi^ and had worked out a re vised request. In a letter introduced to the Board from Stubbs to the Redevel opment Commission, Greenberg’s attorney pointed out that they were seeking the revised request in the light of a market survey | released Monday by the Urban Re-1. newal body which showed that the areas involved could not success-1 fully support two shopping cen-1 ters of the sizes proposed. | The survey, compiled by the Roy | Winziick Co. of St. Louis conclud-i ed that the areas involved con-1 Sec ZONING, 6-A ! Collews. Prior to the appointments of I.arkin. Hawkins and Thompson, the Ne«’ro members of the board we(e Unbbard. Watkins and Dr. James Black of Rocky Mount. Dr. Black was not reappointed. Or. Hubbard, a prominent Dur ham dentist, was first appointed to the NCC trust«>e board in 1963. His reappointment was for an eight year term, to expire i||L, 1^. ftersoD. a former dean of thk NCC graduate school was also re- j appointed for an eight year term.. Thompson was appointed to fill the uoespired term of Edwin lones, Charlotte contractor. ' A Dit^am attorney, Thompson, i has been active In school integra- tiun cases ia DurhaiB. He is cur frently one of the attoraeys for j See BOAtO. 8-A CPA—Nathan T. Garret', sen ef Dr. and Mrs. R. O. damtt. 0 Durhant, wfs recently netifiMl ef his certificetien M f Acc«un*.«nt. Garrett ber of the D*!r«H firm. See details, column S, HtlLLSB^ GRID TICKET imiVE IS UNDERWAY aitei tampaigw g*» Miyi Mia «M«k wi.h Mrs. Mar- Mie'Deew ee iH l|r. M. Srap*#, atlrti^ '"'leaaea *MMs fcilfii at IM ad*«»rs A Hie aM V.
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