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Kentucky State Elects Hili New President
Hill Picked
To Succeed
R. B. Atwood
FRAHKrOHT, Ky. — Dr.
Cul M. Hill hu bMn alacted
pr*tid«nt of Kenhickr Stai*
Celteg*, dt wa» reported here
ihli week.
Or. Hill lucceeds Dr. Rufui
Atwood, retiring preiident of
Kentucky State who had reach
ed the mandatory retirement
affe.
. The new president ii a form
er dMu Of the faculty at Tenn-
e«|ee $tate A. and !• Univeriity.
He Iho taught chemistry at
A- and T. College, of Greeni-
boro.
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DK. BROWNE
VOLUME 38 — No. 34
DURHAM, N. €., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1962
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REV. BROWN HOME AGAIN
—Rer. iamei A. Brown,
pattor of Ebeneier Baptist
Church, displays sourenirs of
his 17 day trip through South
ern Europe and the Holy Land
at his home early this week.
He is holding a stone he re
covered from the sea of
Galilee. Other sourenirs shown
in trays in front of him are,
reading counter • clockwise.
sea shells and stones from the
Dead Sea, stones from the sea
of Galilee, currency and coins
from Isreal, Rome and Greece,
sand from the Ml. of Olires,
chunks of earth and stone from
the Garden of Gethsemaire,
and branches from Olire trees
in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Lying in center is a candle
from the city of Bethlehem.
photo by Purefoy
Brown Back, Loaded With fioly
Land Memories and Souvenirs
^APEL HILL — .!
i)r. ,l^e BuUer Browne, 4
D^rliain, ' plximin'ent educator'
ilM MUgiotis leader, will be
t^ored by ^he North Carolina
t^^denominational Ut^efs As-
ilKtstJon' Tn the' ~ organtzatlon^
■^Ual state convention here
will be given a
i&o)al Oitation as the Ushers
‘Vdmkn of' the Year” by State
' ^fesident L. E. Austin.
/tThe award will be given at
itSe climax of the convention
mr •Sunday.
spokesman for the Ushers
sftid this week that the organiza
tioi) is “extremely, proud to have
ch'osen such a fine example of
Ahierican womanhood as Or.
Browne” to honor.
A. special citation prepared
by Ushers describes Dr. Browne
as a “humanitarian, civic and
religious leader," and as an out
standing advisot', to youth.
Dr. Browne, wife of the Rev.
X, T. Browne, who pastor’s Mt.
Vernon Baptist church, is pro
fessor of education at North
Carolina College.
She was instrumental in the
Mtablishment of a complete re-
Jigious program, tailored for
youth at Mt. Vernon.
In addition to her work at
the church, she is or has been
chairman of the program com
mittee of the Whitted School
PTA, District chairman of the
Bright. Leaf. Council of Girl
See USHERS, 6-A
Mty Jet^
In burhyii
A new recreation facility
bolwing is expected to open for
Durhamites next Friday.
Officials of the College Plaza
Bowling Lanes, now nearing
completion on South Fayette
ville St., said the facility will
be open for the first time on
Friday night, Aug. ai at eight
o’clock, j
It was reported 90 per "cent
complete at mid-week, with only
parking area improvement re
maining to be finished.
The new facility will feature
24 lanes with automatic pin-
spotting equipment, a snack bar
and a pro shop.
The building, covering an
area of 21,000 square feet, is
air-conditioned.
It is the first of a series of
buildings proposed for the Col
lege Plaza Shopping center on
Fayetteville St., it was built by
the Greenberg construction com
pany.
Arrangements for its lease
have already been made, and
the bowling alley will be
operated by Southern bowling
See BOWLING, 6-A
■The Rev. James A. Brown re-
on JunjSM
, 'irtei
tsom th« h^Mnric
' Biblical sites of the Holy Land
*ind wearing broad smile.
“It was simply wonderful,”
|ibe i^emarked as he clasped the
hand of Carolina Tinves publish-
e^il|. E; ^^stlit who greeted him
m his arri|al, at th« ,PurhaiYi-
ifeleigh airport ^uiiday after-
Boon.
Negroes Slighted
C'R Report
Disputes N. C.
Jobs Claim
GREENSBORO — The North
Carolina Civil Rights Advisory
Committee issued a report on the
I percentage of NIcgroes employed
by the state which contradicted
one issued earlier by the State
Personnel director.
The Civil Rights Committee
report said that only about 10.8
percent of the employees in 88
state agencies are Negroes.
The report said the percent
age of Negroes employed by the
state is “significantly lower”
than the percentage of Negroes
in the state population.
Only about 10.8 percent of
the employees in 88 states
agencies are Negroes, the report
said, while Negroes constitute
approximately 25.4 percent of
the total population.
State personnel director
Walter Fuller three weeks ago
handed a report to .Governor
by the state’’wa^ ’higS^ ®^
the percentage in the state’s
population.
Fuller commented that the re
port showed that North Caro
lina ' does not discriminate
See JOBS, 6-A
"t. will certainly have a great
dbal to t^l my people about
ncHir,” the fibebezCr Rai>tist
Church paator said.
Ifcv. Bto^n'^ i foMr ei^ine
Unjfted Airline ship touched
down at Durham-Raleigh short
ly after 2:30 p. m. Sunday, end
ing an 18 day trip which had
carried him through six coun
tries of southern Europe and the
near East.
The popular Durham minister
won the trip as first prize in
the Carolina Times recently
concluded “Ministers Popularity
Contest.
He was given a send-off by
his congregation and friends on
his departure on July 31. It
included a reception, a con
ference with Mayor E. J.
Evans, and a. motorcade to the
airport.
Although Rev. Brown toured
the cities of London, Paris,
Rome and Athens, in addition
to the Holy Land, he was most
articulate in his decriptions of
sights in Holy Land.
“Most of the sites of Biblical
interest are on the Jordan
(Arab) side of Palestine,” he ex
plained.
“Palestine is a divided coun-
See BROWN, 6-A
J
VEARING COMPLETION —
This photograph, taken • few
«ayi ago, shows exterior cen-
(Iruction of the College Plaaa
Bowling Lanes nearing com*
pletioB. Located on South
Fayetteville St., the facility,
first ft IfesroM ta Durban,
is to open next Friday, Aug.
31. It is the first in a seriea of
buildings proposed fer the Col-
laga Plesi Shopping canter.
ALEXANDER
Alexander Begins
Duties as NCC
News Director
President Alfonso Elder an
nounced this week the appoint
ment of Harold W. Alexander as
Director of the News Bureau
at North Carolina College.
Alexander comes to NCC from
the Fort Valley State College,
Fort Valley, Georgia, where he
was Public Relations Director
and Associate professor of
English.
A native of Macyir-^erofcia,
Alexander did hisytmdergraduatc
studies at For^Valley, later
going to the State Univrrsity
of Iowa for his master's degree,
He has done pre-doctoral wori^
at Iowa University.
In addition to iiis teaching at
Fort Valley, he has also served
on the faculties of Texas
Southern University. Tougaloo
Southern Christian College.
Florida A. and M. University
and Jaclcson State College,
Jackson, Mississippi.
His professional affiliationa
hiclude the College Language
Association, Professional Photo
graphers of America, the Amer
ican College Public Reliitions
Association and the Columbia
Scholastic Press Advisors Aa-
See ALEXANDER, 6 A
Statesville Cops
Arrest Twenty
In Demonstration
STATESVILLE _ CORE haa
charged Statesville police with
“brutality” in connectioli with a
mass demonstration staged here
Sunday at the Howard John-
aon’s restaurant.
A statemeqrt from CORE
spokesmen this week said Pat
ricia Long and Paul Ramsey,
teen-agers, werq-assaulted with
police clubs as they were arrest
ed.
A total of 21 arrests were
made by police on.Su'hdty dur
ing the demonstration. More
than 300 persons took part in
the actloi^.
I
First to be arrested was Rev.
B. Elton Cox of High Point, who
is a CORE field secretary. Next
was Dr. Hawkins, a local Pres
byterian minister who had urg
ed the group to continue sing
ing and then Doris Castle, a
CORE member from New Or
leans.
A rally protesting both the
brutality and the arrests waa
hek) that evening in front of the
Jail and. another at midnight at
the First Baptist Church. James
FanMer, .national CORE direc
tor, addressed the rally and
then sent protest wires to
Governor' Terry Sanford and At
torney General Robert Kennedy.
The Statesville rally was one
of three held at Howard John
son’s restaurants in North Car-
See DIMONSTRATION, 6-A
CORE Continues
Campaign In
FAIR BEAUTIES — The
pretty oollection ef girls from
tovaral Piedmont counties will
h* Tieing for the title o^
"Mhs Piedmont!' at the an^
nual Chatham County Fair, to
open September 3 at Pitts-
boro. Shown here are, left to
right front row, Brona Cheek,
Ramsueri Jeanne Luther,
Asheboro; Kvelena Johnson,
Btaleyt Barbara Buriletta^
Chapal Hilli Charlette Mr-
Pougle,. Chapel. Hl)l On tha
second row in tha same order
are Marjorie Lassiter, New
Hill: Luclle Rodgers, Pitts-
boro; Shirley Siler, Siler City;
Joyce Marsn, Beak Creek; and
Loretta Brady, last year's
winner of the "Miss Pied
mont'' title. Miss Brady and
the runners-up In last year's
contest will grace floats In a
twlight parade to be held at
5:30 p. m. on Labor Day, open
ing day of this year's fair.
Durliam's Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church Burns
Mortgage In Special Sunday Afternoon Ceremony
Oak Grove Baptist Church set
fire to its mortgage papers in
special ceremony at the Dur
ham church Sunday afternoon,
climaxing a several years cam
paign by the church to complete
payment of construction costs.
Mrs. Nola Lockiiart, who was
crowned “Queen” at the end oi
the church’s final fund drive,
was given the honor of setting
fire to the papers which had
been placed in a special contain
er for the burning.
The mortgage was presented
to the pastor Rev. Z. D. Harris
by J. J. Henderson, aasistant
vice president of North Caro
lina Mutual Life Inmirance
company.
T!.e church was completely
see BURNS, 6-A
Shelton Sworn In
On Orange County
Welfare Board
HILLSBORO — S. N. Shel-
t)Dn(, Agiculturai Agent for
Orange County in Hillslsoro, was
recently sworn in a« a member
See SHELTON, 6-A
A CHURCH BURNS ITS
MORTOAOE — Mrs. Nola
Lockhart (in white gown and
headpiece) Is shown just afler
she igniled scraps of th*
mortgage on the Oak Grove
Frea Wil! Baoti^t Cb'irch
building. The scene toak place
Sunday as tha church held a
special ceremony to oalobrata
the retiring ef it mortgaged
indebtedness. Standing beside
her is Oak Grove pastor Rev.
Z. D'. Hairia. Looking on in
background are, left to right.
Miss Mary Sranch, Mr*. Mary
Hoo!:er, Mrs. SalUe WlllUnu,
Mrs. Murray Saif, Mrs. Betty
Dunstan, Mrs. Callie OlUis
and Mrs. Lucy Harris.
—photo by Purefoy
th« axcJuaion of NegrMa
from Howard Johnson's restau-
ranta in four North Carolina
cities thla week, and in the pro
cess attracted comment from a
national aource.
Demonatrations ware held
over the week-end at Durham,
BU>t«nrilla,
lelgh.
Some 32 persons were arrest
ed in tiM wake of tlw actions,
most of them at Statesville.
In the meantime, former
North Carolina Governor Luth
er Hodges stated from Waah-
ington, D. C. that the restau
rants placed themselves in a
bad poaition by refusing to
serve Negroes.
Hodges now Secretary of
Commerce, was a one-time part
owner of Howard Johnaon’a
restaurants in North Carolina.
CORE officials promised “no
let” uplnr the campaign to open
chain restaurants and hotela
along major highwaya.
The demonstration at Statea-
ville provided the mc^t action.
Some 20 Negroes were arreated
during a demonstration by more
than 200 at the Howard John
son’s reataurant near that city.
^In Raleigh, aome 300 peraons,
mostly Negroes, withstood the
continual spray of water from
lawn sprinklers at the Howard
Johnson'a restaurant there to
state a demonstration.
One person was arrested in
See CORI, 6-A
THREE PLEAD
GUILTY IN
POISON CASE
WARRENTON — Three per
sons charged with murder and
conspiracy in the posion death
of a Warren County man plead
ed guilty at a preliminary hear
ing here Friday.
The three are Mrs. Vance
Perry, Ss, of Warrenton; John
Henry Harris, 26, of Warrenton;
and Maggie Alston Williama,
S4, of Franklington.
Mrs. Perry is charged with
murder and corapiracy to
murder in the July 18 death of
her busband Vance Perry.
Mrs. Williams and Harria
pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
murder.
All were arrested three weeki
ago after an investigation by
agenrta of the State Bureau of
Inveatigation and the Werren
and Franklin County po&e«
See POISON, 6-A