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1 " Stiinford L '.iarren Public Library Pcyotteville St 7-1/. »AWORO L WA^n public LIBRAit, 1201 FAYETTEVIU.E ST N. C TRUSTEES. MNISTERS IN ROW OVER SHAW U. * ★* ****** ****** ****** N. C. Mutual Agent Sells $1 Million In 9 Months A GUIDE TO THE BEST IN Home Furnishings And Appliances IN THE DURHAM AREA SECTION B Salesman Sets Record In First Year With Firm Earnest Davis of Harrisburg, Pa., has become the tirst North Carolina Muliial LUe insurance Company saleiiinan to produce oVer a million dollars in sales In a njne-months period, it was cnnounccd this week. Davis, a salesman attached to the North Philadelphia district, IJUrned in $1,006,500 worth of Mies in a period beginnmg with September and endmg in June. . It was the Pennsylvania sales man’s first nin*, months (jvith the company. • • - W. A. Clement, Vice President •pd Agency Director of the lirm, described Davis’ achieve- Ment as “tremendous.” “This is an unusual record,'" t|e said. It is outstanding for reasons. First, it is the first ttme that we have had a sales- nan to pay for this volume of business in a nine months period, Md secondly it was accomplish- See SALESMAN, 2-A pPERA ST Ail IN CONCERT Hiss, Dobbs Thrills Durhamites Mattiwilda Dobbs, interr.atior,- aily famous opera soprano, thrill- a capacity audience at B. N. nuke auditorium ^t Nosth ^aro- lilna College Monday night in her concert in Durham. TfSlei DoMmi sang a program ji woilcB from Ger/ ttttn, Spanish^ Italian and Ameri-' otn composers. At the end of the two hour Oi^ncert, she was forced by an etithusiastij audience to return fwo encwes. - Among the highlights of the Itogram included two Negro l^irltuals, one of which, “A City Called Heaven, “was sung unac- eVmpanied, and two arias. aThe audience was perceptibly! noved by the cmotiati which, came i&ough in the spirituals. SThe audience appejircd to re. ^ve a deep appreciation of her iSfeat natural ability and artistry lA her performance of two arias “tjna Poco Sa,” from Kossini’s “Barber of Seville,” and “Cara Nome,” from Verdi’s Rigoletta.” “Cara Nome” is from the role of Gilda, one of Miss Dobbs’ favo rites. Th» first portion of her pro gram consisted of early classical works from pens of Bach, Handel and Purcell. She sang works of Mendelssohn and Brahms in the g'>:ond portion and a group of Romantic songs from Spanish com posers Bernado in the third sec tion. A fourth scction featured Louisiana Creole arrangements by See DOBBS, 2A t VOLUME 38 — No. 21 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1962 RETURN REQUESTED PRICE: 15 CmU Bishop Beaten By Racist AME2 Prelate, 67, Hospitalized In Louisville TOP CORN GROWER—Pictured h*T« it Hubert Lynn, of Route 1, Durham, who was declared aecoitd piece winner in the an nual Slate Corn contest for 1961. Young Hubert wa* singled out for the honor during the annual •tate 4-H Convention held at A. Mid T. College in Greensboro recently. Hubert produced a total of 130.9 bushels of com on one •ere ol land last year. He is a iesid»nl of the Mt. Sinai conv- jnunity. MISS DOti^ King Welcomes Probe Into Fla. Savings Firm ATLAOTA, Ga.— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, declared this week from his Atlanta office that he would welcome an investigation into his role surrounding the granting of a charter to the Franklin Savings and Loan As sociation in Miami. “I would be happy to co operate with 9n investigation of the part 1 played in helping the Franklin Savings and Loan As sociation in securing their chart er. In fad, I invite it. The call I made to Mr. McMurray was n'othing more than a character recommendation, something I am called on to do every week. There never was anything se- See KING, 2-A LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Pro- tests poured in from all over the country after Bishop C. Ewbank Tucker, integration leader was severely beaten in a white man at his home here. The incident occured on Sat., June 24. The A. M. E. Zion bishop, who is chairman of Louisville CORE, said he was certain the beating resulted from his militant activi ty against segregation. The 67 year old prelate is also a director of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, a Southwide interracial organiza tion working to end segregation and discrimination. CORE, SCEF' SNCC, SCLC and other civil- rights groups protested to JBlayor Williajn O. Cowger and 'iieed an' Investigitlon by tBe Department of Justice, Washing ton. A woman who lives next door found Bishop Tucker Injured in hig home when she went to see how he was getting along. Mrs. Tucker, a member of the Ken tucky Legislature, was on a ■^peSKthg loiir TnlHe T3eep 'South and had asked the neighbor to look after the bishop.- Bishttp 'tucker’s left bye was almost closed, he had deep cuts on his face and headland he was half-conscious when taken to Jewish Hospital by police. Police at first said he ap- See BEATEN, 2A PRETTY MODELS — Winners in the diew rerue at the an nual HOTth CwoUm 4>lf Club Wa>k olisaiiianea, belii' week at A. and T. College, model t)|aii piiia winning pro- Tl«« M* from ''Wipilj M»mtT IKMlnMT, Warrenton, second placa win ner; Jacqueline Jonea, FaYetia- vllla, stat* «kampiea an4 IMtU Circuit Court Wants to Hear Durham School Case Again RICHMOND, Va. — The Dur- more, Md. ham school integration case will be reargued, along with cases from two other localities in the region before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals next Monday. The rearugments were sched uled by the Circuit Court’s chief Judge Simon Sobeloff, of Balti- MISS B. B. MEADOWS Durham Teacher Wins $100 Colonial Stores Contest Prize Miss B. B. Meadows, of 601 Linwood avenue, was one of the winners of a $100 cash prize in the Colonial Stores current “Sf>ell Cash” contest in Dur ham. She was congratulated on her winning the prize by Colonial Stores officials Saturday as they presented her with the prize money. “I had no idea I would win," she said. See WINS, 2-A The Durham case, along with cases from Charlottesville, Va. and Caswell County, N. C. were first argued before the Circuit C9urt. tn Asheville during the June term of the Court. All centered on use of pupil assignment laws. Judge Sobeloff's order for the rehearing gave no detailed rea son for the request. The order said only “for reasons appearing to the court.’’ It set off speculation that dis agreement between the judges might be the reason for the re hearings. Normally, only three of the Court’s five judges sit in any one case, but all five are sched uled to sit for Monday’s re arguments. The Durham case involves some 272 Negro children who See COURT, 2 A Bishop Jones To Speak In Durham Sunday Bishop_R. L. Jones, who pre sides over the second district of the A. M. E. Zion Church, of which the Durham area ia a part, will visit here Sunday July 15. He will preach at Long's Memorial Church Cook Road at 9;15 a. m. He will be the guest mimster at Kyles Temple Church at 11:00 a. m. This will be his first official visit to Long’s Memorial and will be the first time that he has been the speaker for the morning lervice See JONES, 2-A North Carolina Teachers Body Appoints Kew Executive Secretary LYONS HOSPITAL BIAS LEXINGTON — The NAACP of Davidson CounFty has begun an investigation into charges of racial discrimination and segre gation in facilities of the Lexing ton Memorial hospital, it was reported this week. A communique from an NAACP official said complaints have been registered by Negro citizeas of the area served by tha hospital for a number of ()«• HOSPITAL. 2-A. RALEIGH — The Board_ of Directors of the North Carolina Teachers Association voted un animously to elect Dr. Charles Ljrons, Jr. as Executive Secre tary to succeed the late Dr. William L. Greene. Dr. Lyons is a native of Edgecombe County, North Car olina. He earned his Bachelors degree from ^aw University in 1949, his Masters from Ohio State University in 19.’i2 and the Ph.D. degree from the same institution in 1957. Lyons has taught in the Ra leigh Public Schools, was Asso ciate Professor at Grambling College in Grambling, Louisiana and Is presently Dean of the State Teachers College in Eliza- bethy City, North Carolina. *. He will be available to begin his duties as Executive Secre tary on August 1- The Board feels that to climax the year and a half delay in making a select- ion Is amply Justified in the choice of X3i’. I’Tr.j. Swann Attends AMfi Meetings In N. Y, Revr Melvin Chester Swaiui, Minister of St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church, has been in New York since Wednesday of this week attending the Bishop’s Council and the (ienerai Hoard of the A. M. E. Church which convenes at Greater St. Luke's A. M. E. Church on Amcrstet dam Avenue, New York -City Rev. Swann aiarticipatcd in the tianei discussion auring the rr gular session of the. Council on Wednesday, July 4. The subject was “Stewardship for the .Minor ities." During (he dinner sewion at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Kev. Swann made two reports as Secretary of the Pension Hoard to Dr. J. E. Beard^ Secretary Trca surer. Pension Department of the A. M. E. Chunch and the Pen tion Board, Bishop E, L. Hick Chsirm-.!:. Convention Orders Strassner Rehired DAWSON RALEIGH — A full scale tug of war between the Baptist Con vention, Shaw University tru.s- tees and alumni has developed over the firing last week of the school’s president Dr. William R. Strassner. Dr. Strasssner was let out by th trustees in a special iiKuHinf’ at the school on Friday, June 22. Last Friday, the executive con mittee of th6 Baptist Conventior issued an filtimatum to the trustees to rescind its firing of Dr. Strassner or face a cut oft of Convention funls. The com mittee also called a special meet Ing of the general Baptist Con vention for July 17 to approve the ultimatum. Two days later, a committee of the General Alumni Assoeia tion Issued a statement in sup port of the trustees' action. In the meantime^ it was re ported that Dr. SIrn.ssncr refused to resign. An informed source said that when he was approuth ed by trustees aimut taking his old job as Dean of tlie scliool cf Religion, he replied that the only job besides President that he would be interested only in , a chancellorship. The ultimatum issued by the Baptist Convention's executive committee was couched in the form of a resolution adopted by that body in a hastilv called meet ing here last Friday. It sharply critized tlic trustees for firing of President Strassner on ijigm to tka rir inf, ’ and ' hln^ that If its re lommendations weir«> not follow ed, it would cut off its financial si^)port to the school. The r« solution said this. week Convent ion contributed $340,000 annual ly for the school. An informed source said this week that this .amouftts about 'six ■ per cent the school's total operating cost. The resolution called the Trustees’ action “premature and without documentary evideii'ce,” questioned the ethics of the act ion, and said “if our resolution is not heard and favorably com plied with, the convention may understand that the Trustees are under no obligation to the con vention and the Convention may feel . . . under no obligation to the trusteees.” The statement bore the n,imea Dawson Leaves NCC Post To Join U. S. Information Agency Dr. Horace G. Dawson, Jr. Lester Benz, pro/essor of journal associate professor of English jstn at Iowa. He also organized and director of the News Bureau at North Carolina College, has rP8ic;ied his position at the ss' joi to take an assignment v’ift iiiA United States Informa tion Agency. Dawson’s resignation from the NCC faculty became effective on June 30. He and his family left the city last week for Washington, D. C. where he will spend about six months in study and orientation In preparation for an oversaas assignment with the agency. Dawson joined the NCC staff in 1953 as an instructor in the English Department. He had earlier been a member of the English faculty at Southern University. Since 1060 he has served as associate professor of Eniflish, advisor to the campus news paper, “The Echo” and director of the News Bureau. Dawson is a native of Augusta, Ga. and was trained IRI the public schools of that city, and at Hanes Normal Institute' in G«orglB. He received his A. B. degree from Lincoln Univer sity (Pa.) In 1M9 and the M. A. degree from Columbia Univer sity in I960. He earned the Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa dur ing a two year study leave from NCC. Dawson Is co-author of "Kewv papar Adviior’a HandbMk’, the Southeastern Scholastic Press Association, an organiza tion composed of high school journalists and their advisors in North Carolina. He is married to the former Miss Lula Cole of Jonesboro, La. and they have two sons, Horace, III and Gregory. His assignment with USIA is expected to take him to an African or Aslan country. of the fallowing officers of Con vention's executive committee; Dr. H. M. Pitts, Winston-Saleni, presidenit; Dr. James Werti, Charlotte, chairman; Dr. D. B. Iledyley, Winston-Salem secre tary; Df. 0-. L. Sherrill, Raleigh, executive secretary; and Dr. R. I, Intone, Wilmington, public rfU See SHAW, 2-A NAACP Confab Faces Atlanta Segregation ATLANTA^ Gs. — Kacial segre- giition, a custom which led to th* formation of the NAACP, was the big issue facing the annual cea- vention of the organisatloa. which opened its sessions her* this week. A dally contirigent of delegate has formed each day to picket several downtown hotels which re fused to accommodate delegates to the 53rd annual convention. Although some restaurants and lunch counters are desegregated, many of the major eating and hos telry establishments remaia seg- rcgated. Most of the delegate were ing at dormitories of Negro leges and private homes. The convention sessions are ing held in the municipal audlto- rium. WMda , tary of the organltttNm, t^ porters In a atatemeat: “It is now possible for s Negro delegates to get a frsnicfurter and a cup of coffee at a downtown lunch counter or in a department store, but there is no assuranc* of a meal in downtown restau- rahtsT^ Inside the convention, the main See ATLANTA, 2-A itapt a cIL re be /f i '( Awards Given 36 Top Units At NAACP Meet ATLANTA, Ga. — Award! for outstanding achievements were scheduled for presentation to 36 local and stat* unita ot the NAACP at the annual Fre*- dom Fund and Awards dinner here, Thursday night July 5 dur ing the Associations’ 53rd an nual convention. The Ike Smalls award, pre sented annually to the branch showing the largest per cent ef membership increase over th* previous year went to the Kan sas City, Kans. branch which more than doubled its member- shit), from 1'069 in 1960 to 2,454 in 1961. The award is named for Its donor an NAACP vice president. Ten units won Thalheimer awards for exceptional program achievements. Thirteen branch- See AWARDS 2-A TO MARTINQUE Walker Gets Overseas Position WAlKIR Leroy T. Walker, track coach at North Carolina College and professor of Physical Education, was scheduled to leave the city this week frit Mtr;inkue wher* he will be in charge of prepar ing that island’s track and fleld team ,or the coming Carrlb«aa games. Walker was given the assign ment as American Specialist ia Physical Education and Athetics by the U. S. State Department In addition to helping to prewar* for the Carribean games he will be conducting clinics in piiy«ie*l education for in-aervie* and pro spective teachers. He is expect^ complet* assignment In late August. This is..th*.JMdn^imi>Mi»
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