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St;nford L Uarren ^Public Library '’T'^r'yofctcvUlo St 7~Vi TIMES Opens New Contest With $5,000 In Prizes ★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ N. C. MUTUAL NAMES ARCHITECT t]M0 VOLUME 38 — No. 36 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1962 RETURN REQUESTED PRICE; 15 Cents WOUNDS 7 DURHAM GET» BOWUNO raVER — Opening of Coltog* Lana* • aaw bowling •flay in Durham last Friday l»ajjrlws and noyicai alike fttom thtougliout the dty. Typical of tliota taking ad- rantaga of the first opportu nity offered southside resi dents *0 enjoy the sport was the trie above. Rip Alston, radio station announcer, popular singer "Little Willie John" and Roosevelt Lips comb. —Photo b7 Purefoy Hillside and Merrid(‘M()i6f|!.To Open Schoolboy Season ^aiurday By Lindsey A. Merritt Coach Russel^ E. Blunt ^4 his aides will unveil the 1962 Editlrn of the Hillside High School “hornet” gridders lor local sports fans .Satflrday nigfit at Durham County’s Memorial Stadium, at 8 p. m. Man Captured After Melee In Winslon-Salem HIGH POINT — A Winston- Salem man who lied Two shots during a melee at a paric here Monday mght, slightly wound ing seven persons, was shot and wounded by a park policeman. He wa's iaentilled as Lonnie Geptry, 27, a Negro. The shoot ing occurred at Washington Ter race Park, a park lor Negroes. Park Policeman Fank B. Ma- •on, 4;, also a Negro, said Gen try was among a number of per sons dancing at the pavilion. An ■rgument broke out, the officer •aid and Gentry pulled a pistol arid fired two shots. The bullets ricocheted off the concrete floor, •lightly wounding three men and four women. Mason said he rushed to the pavilion when he heard the ■hots and called td Gentry to •top. He said Gentry pointed- the pistol at him. He drew his own pistol and fired point- blank at Gentry, knocking Gen try’s weapon aside at the same time. Gentry ran from the pavilion, then collaspsed. Doctors said he had a good chance of recowry. An ^Ifana^ed 0,000 persons were im the park at the time, most from out of town. The event will pit two local teams in their season’s home opener when the hornets face Durham County”s Merrick-Mo- ore Tigers for a school-boy" grid extravaganza. Blunt’s chargers started the season last week-end on an out ing to Winston-Salem where the Carver High eleven edged out a close 28 to 26 victory in an intersectional classic. i The Hillsiders, though defeat ed, turned in a stellar perform ance against he 1961 Western Conferesace champs, but missed the ‘sweet victory’ when conver ^ sion ■ attempts after two TD’s were foiled by a determined Carver crew. Saturday night’s game will mark the second meeting of the Hornets and the Tigers since football was initiated at Merrick- See HILLSIDE, 6-A PRmClPAL IK N. Y Mrs. Nell Baldwin Rice, former Durhamite, has been promot ed te tlie priaelpalship of a pubUe school in Toaken. She Is first Negro principal in that city, fee details, 2-B. DR. RIVERA Former N. C. Physician Dies In Yonkers, N. Y. YONiKERS, N. i:. _ Dr. Alexander McAllister Rivera, Sr., 78, who started practicing dentistry in Durham, N. C. in 1909, died here Siuiday. He had been ill for several months. A native of Wilmington, N. C., he was the son of the late Thomas and Eliza (Williams) Rivera. TTie elder Rivera was among the pioneer undertakers of the state. Dr. Rivera practiced in Dur ham alter finishing the Howard University Dental School. Later he moved to Greensboro, N. C. where he practiced until 1931 when hie moved to Yonkers, Nfew York. He was among a small group of Negroes who activated a pro- See l»MY8ICIAM, 2-A SEE COLUMN 1 New Car, Color TV To Be Given To Big Winners The management of the Car olina Times announced this week its Ati'nual Sub.scription Contest with three big prizes at stake. First prize to be award ed will be a brand new Ford Falcon, second prize will be a brand new Color Television and $300 in' cash will be given away as the third prize. All non-prize winners will be paid 20 per cent of- the total amount of subcrl- ptions. Mijmifiatipns for the contest Ere now o|^a . the oppn- |tng date lor Ttijeit* ull-oul- effort of the three prizes set for Sept ember 24. The contest will last for eight weeks, closing prompt ly at noon on Saturday, Novem ber 24. 'This year’s contest will be dif ferent from in that i^ will b^ .M^idc open to both , men-lind iwMnen ar^ will likev^se b& o^en* to ciny and all persons. . , i . Those dfesitiri^ to leitiElr the| contest may do so by simply writing in their name and ad dress on the Official Nomination Blank located on page 6-B of this issue of the Carolina Times and mail or bring it to the of fice of the Times at 436 E. Petti grew Street where they will bo mailed or given full details for the contest. Famous Calif. Firm Selected The internationally known architectural firm of Welton Bcckett and Associates has been retained by North Carolina Mutual to design Its new home office building. Announcement of an agree ment with the Los Angeles firm was made this week by A. T. Sprulding, president of North CarollnB Mutual. Spaulding statc.-i in his an- Sne ARCHITBCT, 2-A NAACP LIFE MEMBERSHIP FOR LABOR — Rev. William H. Fuller (center) displays NAACP Life Membership plaque awarded to Duilham i>ayt^ pioiident of local 208, Labor Union 208 at a special Rev. Fuller is president of the ceremony held in Durham on { Durham NAACP. Monday. At lett is Wslter O. I —Photo hy Purefoy In Labor Day Event Labor Union Hears Appeal For Continued Fight For Race Justice L. Speeks, who delirers^d the main sddriss for Local 208's Labor Day program. Is shown hare. Durham’s local 208 of the International Tobacco Workers Union heard an appeal to press forward in the struggle for racial justice handed out an award to one of its veteran mem ' bers and received a life mem-1 bership in the NAACP in a i special Labor Day program on' Monday. M^e than 300 members of the UD^ feathered tor the program Hiltntde hiflf •jjhool's cafetiirla Monday aftet'sovn. , - They heurd- the Rev. R. L. Speaks, pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion church spell out the conditions of freedom, indus- triousncss and willingness to struggle lor the.se things as necessary conditions for pro gress in today’s world. The Union honored one of its | veteran members, E. J. McCoy, i for his long years of service to the local. | 1 McCoy was presen i,erl a special citation and. a plaque by union I official Roy Trice, The organizati)Dr( alfo racaiv. • pJuiiae tforiif Durham N1AAC!P prftfdent ifie Rev, Wil liam Fuller, denoting the com- pletition of its purchases of t .f. •• (.’.NinN 2-A . (M..CHBUL Durham Man Is Elected To Lott Carey Position WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Rev. E. A. Parham, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Colum bus, Ohio was reelected presldeni of the Lott Bapt. Foreign Mimionary Convention meetng here in its sixty fifth annual ses sion at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, August 27-31, the Rev. C. T. Murray, Pastor. Other officers elected to the parent body were: Dr. J. C. Hairston, first vice president, Pittsbugh, Pa.; second vice presi dent, Dr, M. It. Wilson, Nijw York, N. Y.; recording secretary. Dr. J. J. Freeman Norfolk, Va.; assistant recording secretary, the Rev. Charles W. Ward, Ra leigh, M. C.; statistician, the Rev. L. J. Shipman, Charlotte, N. C. and t>r. A. W. Brown, Rchmond, Va, treasurer. Mrs. M, M. Ransome, Rich mond, Va. was elected to head the Woman’s auxiliary. Others officers^of the Women’s depart ment include Mrs. J. S. L. Hol loman, vice president a large, Washington, D. C.; vice presi dent selected by the ladies are Mrs. N. I. Scarborough, Colum- i>us, Ohio; Mrs. Mary J. Ruck er, Winaton-Salem, N. C.; Record ing secretary, Mrs. Margaret P. Kelly, Phildelphia, Penn,; Cor responding secertary, Mrs. Le- £ee LOTT CARiY, 2 A Funeral Rites are i^lanned For 1. E. MHchell Funeral services tor John' E. .Wfoheil were scheduM Is field o« Friday, September f. It S.-30 p ,tn. at Mount Vernon daptist Church. Rev. E. T. 3rowne officiated. Mr, Mitchell died on Sunday, Septernljer 2,_«t^LlncQln Hot )iUl. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Trutnilia P. MUchell, and five children, William G. Mitchell, and Elder Morris T. Mitchell oi Baltimore, Md„ Mrs. Rosa E. Jackson of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Majoric Leon Johnson and Miss Doris M. Mitciieil o{ Durham, N. C. HONORED FOR SERVICE TO LABOR — E. McCoy, left, accepts plaque from labor union leader Roy Trice dur ing special Labor Day pro ram celebrating the 2Sth an- ni. Oisary of Durham local 208. McCoy was the local's first delegate to the Interna tional Tobacco Worker* meet ing 1938. He is one of the oldest members of the union, which was formed in 1937. —Photo by Purefoy Funeral Services Held For Two Prominent Durham Residents Funeral services were hold on Wednesday, Sept. 5, for James K. Borland of Linwood Ave. Mr. Borland was l)orn in Hillsboro, N'. C. the oldest son ol Stephen and Carolyn Bor land. He was engaged In grocery' business until retirement. ; For more than fifty years, he ' was a memt>er of Saint Joseph’s A. M. E. Church and was a slass leader. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary Borland, two gandchild- „ I fen. John and Gloria Cecelia, For Mrs. Hattie KinK|four sisters, Mrs. Maggie Sales, MrSj^ Dora Bolding, Mrs. Annie L. ‘ Kensley and Mrs. Lessle Henderson, two brothers, Wiley Borland and Sterling Borlaod. MUi. KING Final Rites lo Be Heidi Final rites for Mrs. Hattie B. Woodard King, wife of Rev. J« T. King, will t>e held on Sunday See KING, 4-A NCC Expects Biggest Class This School Year Authorities at North Carolina College at Durham indicate that the institution is preparing tor possibly the largest enrollment in the college’s fifty-two year history during the ’ 1062 6.1 school year. According to information re leased by Mrs. Frances M. Aiglcson, registrar, a swelUi^ freshman class of approximate ly 1000 may contribute to an overall enrollment of about 2.'),000, some 200 more than en rolled during the first semester See NCC IXPICTS, 4-A BORLAND Three Face Trial In Poison Deaths WARRJJNTON — The trial of Petronia Parry on a cliargc of murdering her husband and of John Heuy ^rris and Maggie Willianu, alias Maggie Alston, on charges of conspiring to com mit murder was scheduled for the term of Wanen County Superior Court beginning here Tuesday. All the defendants are Negroes. The three were arrested sev eral weeks a«o alter an investi gation into the poisoning death of Vance Perry. AJl three plead ed guilty to chargM of murder and conspirinfg to commit mur der. n»ey were r^dered held with out bond by Recordws Court Judg« Julius Baoicet.
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