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VOLUME 38 — No. 8
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1962
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Ceremonies Set For Opening
Charlotte Unit Of M&F Bank
Ribbon-Cutting l{ites To Be Held
March 1; Fund^urg Heads Staff
NEW HltLblDE BANU UNIFORMS
A 4MW lobk will come to HUl-
High Scho^ri Band this
I 7**r ' M bandkihaa’ shed the
oM band uniiormt for
ibna n*w bnes. Shown model-
lB(r th* new uttUo^s which
.t«ui 'Came in lbi» week are
Lean Creed, senior and band
4ta»*ei«, of 1306 Roiew^ood St.
Chuyl Smith, alio a
senior and bead’ naajorette of
1012 Plum St. TJif band uni
forms are midaifeht blue with
royal blua jtrifto. The jackets
are decorataii with sitrer but
tons, a sihrM-wbite citation
card over the left -shoulder
and white waist belt. The caps
are -midnigbt blue with reyal-
blvte trim and are decorated
with a six-inch plume and a
silver musical lyre. Majorette
uniforms, consist of white,
thigh-iength skirts trimmed in
blue. Tbe blouses are white
with a. midnight blue vest de
corated with 18 . silver bells.
They will wear six inch white
bats topped with silver plumes
and white boqts.
photo by
Bvery minister has probably i Land. , '
dfiaiueJ rf someday taking a trip I In adaitirtirHj> thp firat place
to the Holy Land.- W6il no* you round trip to the Holy Land, the
An make your minister’s dream
test sponSOreS by the CABOLINA
itWES.
contfcif is -caUed the Min
isters’ Vacation Popularity Con
test. It is a contest by which
each TIMES reader can vote his
favorite minister to the Holy
TIMES is offering for second
•prize~~a round trip~ vacation 'trr
Bermuda and for third prize, a
round tiip vacation to New York.
Here’s how the contest works.
On page 5-A of tljjs issue appears
an advertisement announcing the
big contest. To nominate the min
ister you wish to win, simply fill
ih his name and address on the
nomination blank and mail or
bring the blank to the CARO
LINA TIMES.
See MINISTEKS, 6-A-
CH ARIxyrTE — The
Mechanics and Farmers Bank of
Durham and Raleigh will open
a Charlotte branch at Beatties
Ford Road and Trade Street on
Thursday, March 1 at 9:00 a.m.
A special ribbon cutting cere
mony at 8;45 a.m. will precede
the tMmk’s business day.
A E. Spears, Charlotte bus
iness (nOn and civic leader, is
vice president in charge of local
operations. Spears headed a
local group of sponsors who In
terested officials of th/B Negro
owned and managed firm to
move' here several months ago.
The bank’s Charlotte ex-
ecutivev committee of manage-
, in.
John H? Moore, R. C. R|Obia^
son, President Bufus W. Perry
of Johnson C. Smith University,
W. H. Moreland, and C. H.
Beckwith.
■ Construction is rapidly near
ing completion on the new. $160,-
QQll tw^(L_8l»lX^J8oinnarL._brick
building that will house the
bank on the first floor and the
Alstrict^ffice of the North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance
(^mpany on the second floor.
The E. L. Laxton Co. of
Charlotte is general constructor
of the building which was de
signed by Atlanta architect
Edward Miller.
L. D. Milton, president of the
Citizens Trust Company, At
lanta, Ga., the nation’s largest
Negro operated bank, will speak
during a dedication program at
Johnson C. Smith University’s
«hapel at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday,
March 4.
of offices of tt>e
A PILL A DAY FOR MONICKA
fcaeps the doctor away—This
B*w wrsion of the old adage is
to apt one for little Monicka
Louise Guui. 7. shown holding
Mm bottle containing liOOO
IpUIs. approximately three
year's supply for her according
to Medication she must have.
Menicka suffered an attack of
, riiaumatic fever recently and
Is being treated ^tt N. C.
.Memorial heapital. She must
protected against future
hreet of infections, and doctors
prescribed daily one pancillin
ilets until she 1* 21, which, ac*
ording to TIMES staff artth-
c> amounts to ovate 5.000
piUs. Safely past the dangers
of the attack. Monicka has re
sumed Usr iMmlkf lUe 'ai a
second grader at Pearson
elementary school where tea
chers describe her as "alert"
and "playfuL" She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam 8. Gunn^ of 1009 Glenn
St.. and one ~of six children.
Part of the reason for Moni-
cka's quick zetum to a nor
mal life is due to medical re
search provided for in part
by funds raised by the Heart
Fund Association. Durham's
heart fund drive will climax
with Heart Fund Sunday.
Feb. 28.
Ervin Js Asked
To Eye ISG Bias
Dramatic Action
To Come at Polls,
King Declares
Speaking in Puerto Rico where
lie is on a lecture tour, Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., champ
ion of Negro civil rights in the
United States, predicted voting
“stand-ins” will be the next
damatic integration weapon
used by his peope.
Interviewed at ■ a TV press
conferencfe,*'“Pico a Pico”,King
also said;
See KING, 6-A .
WASHINGTON. (UPI) — A
Republioan senator Tuesday
urged Congress to protect Ne
gro soldiers and National
Guardsmen from segregation.
Sen. Kenneth B, Keating of
New York made the plea at the
opening of a Senate Judiciary
subcommittee study on the con
stitutional rights of servicemen.
He asked Chairmen Sam J.
Ervin, D-N. C., to give particular
attention to reported discrimina
tion, especially in the National
Guard.
Ervin had intended to ^eal
largely with whether the will of
Congress has been ignored in the
issuance of summary dishonora
ble discharges without courts-
material.
But Keating said the -segrega.
tion matter was more important.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Nobel Winner, Pauling, at NCC
Nolxjl Prize winner. Dr. Linus
Pauling, and his wife, Helen,
have scheduled a series of ap
pearances .at North Ci^roUna
College, including a vesper mes
sage by Dr. Pauling Sunday,
March 4, and a Forum address,
ajnd several lectures, Monday
March 5.
Dr. Pauling was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in
1954.
His addresses and lectures at
NCC are expected to deal with
both his scientific interests and
disarmament.
GRANT FOR CONGO
WASBINGTON (UPD—The
United States announced Mon
day a $15 million grant to the
United Nations for economic aid
to the Congo. It was the first
uuvb cootrlbution in 1962 t6 Um
Congo program, but the country
has granted $27.9 nuilion ia
previous years.
MISS. SEEKS ALLEGLANCE .
JACKSON, MISS. (UP*) —
The House passed a bill Tuesday
requiring that the .state’s public
school children t>e taught a
pledge of allegiance to the Miss
issippi flag along with a similar
pledge to the American flag.
The proposed pledge states
that “I salute the flag of. Miss
issippi with pride in her history
and achievements 'and with con
fidence in her future under the
guidance of almighty God.”
ASK VOTING RECORDS
MOBILE, ALA. (UPI) —
Federal District Judge Daniel H.
Thomas ordered registrars ia
See^RlSFS. 8-A
house Irdm 5 to 9 Sun
day.
The bank and insurance com-
See BANK, 6-A
Rise In Charlotte’s
'Economy Foreseen"
CHARLO'TTE — The Char
lotte economy is • on the vierge
of a “tremendous boom” iti the
opinion of two officers of the
Mechanics and Fanners Bank; of
Durham and Raleigh.
John H. Wheeler of Durham,
president of the firm which will
open Charlotte offices here at
Beatties Ford Road and Trade
Street on March 1, and A. E.
Spears of Charlotte, vice presi
dent in charge of the new
branch, expressed their optimism
here this week about the city’s
economic outlook.
Touring the new two story
brick site at 101 Trade Street,
the two men said they decided
to start the branch after
“hundreds of local citizens” in
terested us in “the great potent
ial of the Mecklenburg-Char-
iotte area.”
In a joint statement, Wheeler
and Spears said, “We have been
encouraged by the many demon-
See CHARLOTTE, 6-A
DEPUTIES INSPECT DUEL WEAPONS
Durham County police de
puties Harry O'Briant. left,
and Buck Watson display
weapons used in a gnn duel
this week in which two Dur
ham men were injured. Both
weapons are 16 guage single
barrel shotguns. O'Briant is
holding the weapon used by
Earl Farmer of Fayetteville
Rd.. who was engaged in the
gun battle with Robert Gar
rett, of Dunn St. Farmer's
gun was a bucanner-type wea
pon with a sawed-off handle.
Both men were injured and
taken, to Lincoln Hospital.
However, Farmer fled the hos
pital before he could be given
treatment and police are pre
sently in search of him. The
deputies said both men had
been charged with assault and
battery with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. Their cases
will reach the grand jury
sometime this week.
Outlawing of Local Option In
School Case Puzzles Dixie Officials
ATLANTA (UPI)—The U. S.
Supreme Court’s action in out
lawin'; the Louisiana local option
schof.i law has caused uncertainty
ai .'iiif lUigr Southern officials
aii I.' . .lat effect the ruling will
have on their school statutes.
The high court's decision con
firmed a three - judge federal
court ruling in New Orleans last
August which struck down the
See PUZZLES, 6-A
PEBSONNEL FOR CHAR
LOTTE BBANqH. — Pictured
aboT* are the persons who
will staff the mw Charlotte
branch of the Mechanics and
Tmtm»t§ Bank at Trade Street
and Beatties Ford Road,
across from the Johnson C.
Smith UnivM«ltr campus,
ttmtUut March 1. left to right
Miss Delores Witherepeoa.
Bo«kk«^w> WallMt I. Tuckar^
Assistant Cashiery A. E.'
Spears. Senior Vice President;
Mrs. Mildred S. Harvey. Tell
er and Secretary: I. O. Funder-
burg. Cashien and Nathaniel
H. Lipscomb, Assistant Cash
ier. The two young ladies re
ceived special training in the.
Durham home office l>ofore
starting in Charlotte. Tucker
trained in the Durham beme
office «a4 moved to Charlett*
from the Raleigh branch. Mr.
Spears, retired district man
ager of N. C. Mutual Life
Insu#ance Company's home of-
ficOk spearheaded tiM> move
ment to bring thoi branch to
Durham. Funderburg is being
assigned to Charlotte froin the
Durham headquarters. AUo
moving to Charlotte from Dur
ham Is Assistant Cashier Lips-
cemb. Photo by Peeler
Farmer Flees
Hospital After
Shotgun Duel
A gun duel climaxing an
argument and a daring escape
from a local hopsital by one of
the wounded duelers, provided
headaches for Durham County
Deputy Sheriff officers this
week.
Deputies Buck Watson and
Harry O’Brient told reporters
this week that the Sheriff’s of
fice is on the look out for a 26-
year-oid man who had been shot
several times in the body and
in the left eye and who fled
from Lincoln Hospital before he
could, be given treatment.
The man is Earl Farmer of
Fayetteville Rd., who on Mon
day idght was involved in an
argument and a gun duel with
RotKsrt Gari-ett, 3S, of Dunn St.
Accordlhg to the depUtiM,
Garrett liad been engaged in an
argument with Miss Bessl*
Leonard In the yard of his home
when Farmer came iip and
gan arguing and both pulled
weapons..began to shoot at each
other. Farmer, according to
police, had a 10 guage shotgun.
Both men injured each other,
Farmer being shot in both legs,
his left side and his loft eye.
Both men were taken to Lin
coln Hospital for treatment, and
according to police, while wait
ing for X rayli. Farmers Jump
ed from his bed and fled the
hospital. He was still being
sought at prcsatime.
(xmflned to Linetda, Ifo clMii^^
have yet been placed agmiiwt
either man.
' City Has 15
Diirliam Leads
State in Number
Of Negro Police
Southern employment of Ne
gro police, which ^ined ground
after World War 11, has shown
little increase since 1954, a
Southern Regional report, ‘‘The
Unequal Badge,” reports.
Negro police in the South are
still “token” in number, in most
cases inferior in status and arrest
powers, only slowly and seldom
promoted, writes Elliott M. Bud-
wick, sociologist now teaching at
Southern Illinois University, in
his study of more than 100
southern cities.
At the same time, police
chiefs and city officials report
“almost universial satisfaction”
at the perfoi'mancc and inflqence
of Negro police, the report said.
The report, as it applies to the
North Carolina area, shows that
Durham has more Nigro law en
forcement officers than any
other city in the state. The re
port shows that prpgress in the
efiiployment of Negro policemen
has been somewhat slow in this
state.
Durham, appears to be tha
forerunner In the employment
area. In 1SS4, Durham had ten
uniformed patrolmen and two
Negro plain clothes men. A 1981
survey showed that this number
has increased to 13 patrolmen
and two |i1ainclothcsmen.
Raleigh’s number increaaed
only ^ by one patrolman in seven
yeai^ The IMl survey showed
six patrolmen as compared to
five In 1954. In Charlotte, the
nunifber remained the same.
There are ei^ Negro law en
forcement officers.
In 1&54, Greensboro had- nine
Negro officers. No report was .
given In the latest survey. I^ie
numbers remained the same ia
Rocky Mount and Salisbury witti
tw6 each.
The Winston-Salem number
ei Negro police i
As compared to 13 in 199
Sec POLICE, 6-A