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Williams, Swann Finish Second,
Third in Times Ministers' Contest
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WILLIAMS
REV. M. C. SWANN
Pioneer Durham
Resident Dies
■I servicc* for Robert E.
Iwto, one of Durahm’s pioneer
fMU«aU, were held on Wednes
nisht at Ebenezer Baptisi
Church, a church he helped ti)
organize SO years ago.
The Rev. J. A.
! ,,Brown, pastor, de
livered the eulo
gy. O r a V e side
rites were held at
the Beechwood
cemetery Thurs
day morning m
11 O’clock.
Seate died at
Sravely sanitorium in Chapel
Hill on Sunday, April 15. He wa,
81.
He had been in declining health
(or Uie past several years.. He
luffered a heart attack in 1B56,
made a recovery, but became il)
ll^in last February.
Seate is one of the city's ear-
liMt residents. Born wi May 9
1881 in Alton, Vi., son of the late
Aaron and Fannie Jones Seate,
be came to Durham in 1887.
Ht was married to the late Me
linda Hedgespeth in 1W7. They
bad seven children, six of whoa
survive. He later married the for
mer Miss Ruth Mcride, who alsc
tarvive him.
Seaie worked for liggett anc
Myen Tobacco Company for SO
See SEATE.. S-A
The Rev. J. A. Brown, pastor
^ of Ebenezer Baptist Church of
' Durham, outdistanced hia closest
A contenders in the closing mo-
I ments of the Carolina Times
I Ministers Popularity Contest
I here Saturday and went on to
I win the Grand Prize, «n air
I plane round trip to the Holy
Land. Rev. Brown polled
total of 4,034,000 points. Second
prize winner, and airplane
round trip to Bermuda, was the
Rev. W. L. Williams of Weldon,
pastor of the St. Matthew A.
M. E. Church. Rev. Williams
polled an actual total of 3,556,
000 points; with the third
prize, an airplane round trip to
New York, going to Rev, M. C.
Swann of Duiiwm, pastor of the
St. Joseph A. M. Z. Church who
polled an actual total of
3,442,000 points.
So heavy was the voting in
the closing hours of the contest
that in spite of the employment
of extra help, tabulation was not
completed until 2;00 p.
Wednesday. Members of the
committee were W. J. Walker,
Chairman, Durham, executive
secretary. Southern Fidlity In
surance Company; Rev. J. W.
Smith, Vice Chairman, Pastor
of the Covenant nreM>yterian
Church, Durham; Henderson
Lee, Durham, representing Rev.
J. A. Brown; Rev. T. P. Duhart,
pastor St. James 'A. M. S.
L Churd), ChapM HiU, i«ipeas»nt-
[ ing Rev. W. U WilHaswi —^
U Miss S. Xr BalleyT Dmtein, ro-
the running unttt the md of
the contest were Rev. Wilson W.
Lee of Statesville; Rev. Johnny
W. Barnes of Durham, and Rev,
Edgar J. Love of High PoiHi
After « canvas of the ballots
the special committed announced
its flndtogs ate signecTa sttte-
mcnt confirming the tabutetion
of the record, as kept 'b^ the
coijtMt manager. ■ 4 j i
All ballots and ^necorilif will
be held In the office of- The
Carolina Times for 30 days for
inspection by any contestant or
representative who desire to do
so.
Just when each winner will
make the trip won In the con
test will be announced in sub-
seqi^t issues of The Carolina
Times as soon as the informa
tion is available.
Contractors in
Durham Form
Organization
The formation of a new build
ing trades organization, known
as the Durham ContractoTB As
sociation, was announced here
this week.
The organization Includn con
tractors in all of the building
trades, including general and
special contractors.
Announcement of the forma
tion of the group was mai« by
its president, W. D. McN^.
It marks the first time in Dui>
ham that Negro contractors
have aIUe4 thetnselvee into one
organization.
The AMOclatlon's president
McNeil explained that the
ganization was formed to "en
lighten Its members to new
building methods and techniques
so that they can better serve
the public.”
The group meets once per
WMk, on Thursdays.
It currently boasts a roemfoer-
hlp of 28, including most of the
prominent contractors In the
building trades In t% Durham
area.
Besides McNeill, th^ Aasocia-
tion has elected a slate of ex
ecutive officers, who ar* E. C.
Pratt, secretary; Lewi* Owens,
treasurer, and R. E. Pafe^ ehlq>-
laln.
B. H. Thornton, John Mc
Laughlin and Thomu Jcdmioa
See COMTllAeTOU, il-A
VOLUME 38 — No. 16
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1962
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Durham Expresses Concern
Over Principal’s Retirement
Poor Health Forces Holmes To
Quit as Hillside High School Head
AT TEACHERS CONVENT
ION — Charles Francis Qravss
(cfintex^ —tetizad
oUna tsacher, receives first
certificate honoring retttsd
members of the teaching pro*
fession from hit former pupil
W. R. Collin* (left), of Smith-
field, outgoing president of the
NCTA. Looking on at right is
R. H. Toole, principal of
Lockhati school, of Knight-
dale, chairman of the com-
mittee which made awards to
retired Ibachers^ Scene took
placs at the NCTA conventr
Ion in Raleigh last week-end.
At bottom Governor Terry
Sanford is shown delivering
opening day address to the
(convention^
PARKER
—^photo by Rivera.
Winston-Salem's Dr. Lafayette
Parker Heads Teachers Association
FAYETTEVILIiB — A sub-1 Teachers Association, it was an-
stantial v^te by the 11,500 nounced at the Saturady mom-
megnbers of the North Carolina] See CHURCHMAN, 6-A
Durhamites expressed keen
concern over the choice of a re
placement for Hillside principal
Harold Holmes and heaped
praise on his administration here
this we^.
Holmes’ retirement was an
nounced Wednesday by City
Schools Superintendent Lew W.
Hannen. He said the veteran
school official was stepping out
because of poor health.
Holmes has been ailing for the
past several weeks. He has been
confined to his home after ~a
^y at the hospital.
“I’m suife the hoard of educa-
if l^ng make eveiy^
JTitenWin
challcwge,” said city council-
iMh John S. Ste\mt.
“We certainly hope the board
will make every effort to search
the field to bring in a top flight
See HOLMES, 6-A
HOLMES
BEAUTIES of the TIMES-I
PEGGY JEAN CRUMPTON
It.ct-
' m i
W-s
/'
"BeauHes of the TIMES" wUl
featurs each weak a young
girl selectsd by a special com
mittee chosen by the staff as
embodying most, the traits
which make for feminine
beauty. Entries must be high
scho>l senii
foe «Ute oMM* ke
aoeompanled ' the entrant's
name of parents and a brief
descr^tion of the entrant's
hobbies and ambitions. Photo
graphs most be In bl
white and on gli
This week's wii
titlV Miss Pegg
is a.
ing u>uinf
music enter
Regional Meet
Of Sorority To
Open At NCC
The seventeenth annual meet
ing of the Southern Regional
Conference of the National
Sorolty of Phi Delta Kappa will
convene In Durham on April 20
North Carolina College.
The Durham Beta 2^ta Chap
ter, of which Mrs. Julia W. Har
ris is Basileus, will serve as the
host chapter. Mrs. Martha H.
Johnson is Regional Chairman
for the conference.
The meeting will continue
through April 22. Convention
headquarters will be in the
Education building.
The theme for the conference
Is “Facing New Frontiers.”
See SORORITY, 6-A
^^^Appeal is Filed itt Durham
Hitchhikers
Police in two states are
searching for two white hitch
hikers who reportedly command
eered the automobile of a North
Carolina College professor who
had given them a ride, drove
the car across the state line In
to South Carolina, put .blm out,
then drove on.
Raphael N. ’Thompson, 35, In
structor In the Conunerce De
partment at Nor{h Carolina Col
lege, reported the Incident to
police at Walterboro, S. C. Sun
day afternoon, shortly after the
two men had put him out.
Thompson survived the ordeal
unhurt and returned to Dtirham
early this week where he re
sumed his duties at North Car
olina College.
Af ,id-week, South Carolina
Ibv .aorcement officers had not
See CAR, 8-A
D. A. JOHNSTON
CHECKmO THE CONTmt
BKSULTS ~ Mehired above
h a ^edal audUfag team and
tepresentatives of tfie three top
tanking eoatastatota elMcki»g
the final tabulation ia Hm
contest. Left to: right are Miss
t. t. BsBey, representing 4ie
Rev. Mrivin C. 8waaa> Wil
liam J. Walker, chairman of
tfie auditing tsam Rev T. P.
Duhart, representing Rev. W.
L. Williams; Henderson Lee,
representing Hev. James A.
Brewnj and Rev. J. W. Smith,
vicehairman of the team.
—pheto by Purefoy.
Johnston
Suddenly
In Greenst)oro
! OREEN6BORO _ Rev. D. A.
iJohnston, pastor of Bethel
;A. M- E. Church, Grcenrtwro
idled at hia home here Thursday
^morning of a heart attack,
j Rev. Johnston, had t>een suf
fering of a heart ailment for
Ihe part several monttjhs and
had been released from the hos-
jpltal about two weeks ago after
undergoing treatment.
-He formerly was the pastor
jof St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church,
iDurham where he served for
nine years before taking over
!the pastorste of the Greensboro
charge.
His wife, Mrs. Verdellc Jen
nings Johnston, a teacher In the
{city schools of Durham, was in
urham at the time for her hus-
ind’s death. Other immediate
irvlvors of the deceased are
daughters, Doris .and
iretta Johnston. ^
Arrangements for the funeral,
hich will be held In Greens-
iro, were Incomplete at press
:ime ’Thunday.
The Durham school 1
tion case now moves to^
S. Circuit Court of appel
This was the status
legal situation this week when
attorneys for 275 Negro plain
tiffs in a suit seeking admission
to white school filed notice of
an appeal from a ruling by feder
al district Judge Edwin Stanley.
Stanley dismissed the case
last Wednesday with the state
ment that he had no other alter
native since, in his view, plain
tiffs were not interested In pro
tecting theiir individual ri^ts.
Attorney C. O. Pearson, one of
the plaintiffs' attorneys, reveal
ed that an appeal will be take^\
to Fourth Circuit Court of Ap- '
peals.
In issuing his ruling this week,
Judge Stanley said:
“All that is being sought is
a declaration by the court that
the Durtiam city schools are bei-
Ing operated on a racially dis)«^ '
criminatory basis, and injunct
ive reUsl.
“Th^ simply want nothing
more or less than a general
order of desegregation, and in
See JUPPEAL, 8-A
Former Home
Agenf Pleased f
At Suit Outcome
A former home demonstra
tion agent of thp N. C. Agricu- f
lature extension department who |
sued^her former boss said here (
this we^ she was satisfied with
Judge last month
a consent decision
awarding Mrs. Mildred Bright
Pavtoa, $1 as token payment
of In a $90,000 suit
wbl» .M* bad brought agala#.
B. Jones, supervisor
the Negro home demonstr^tlMi
agents ttt trorth Carolina.
-The -Judgement In tlMi'
down by
Edwin M. Stanley last m
Middle District Court la
boro.
Mrs. Payton
See >LEi