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VOLUME 40 — No. 3
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1963
RFTUBN REQUESTED
In AIM $30,000 M
t^C JUdNQ ANO SHL0BT —
' Morllt C«r«lina College tt*sh-
.^n L«on Pendarvit, a music
'.jnft>}or from North Augusta, S.
looks up wonderingly at his
^i^orlng classmata, tiichard
'^Iny" Siigh, a chemistry
^«r from Newijer.yi 0. C.
dimiuiiil'r* Pcndarvis, who
' 5 ft., 4 fend a half inches
1^ irtighs 110 lbs., is dwarfed
by Sligh's 6 ft. il Incn, 234*
pound site-.
Vice-President of the freilv
man class, Pendarvis Is a mem
ber of the freshmin honors
group, the colUge clioir, and
the college band. SUgh Is a
promising tnckle on Coach
Herman Riddick's Eagle foot
ball squad.
k St. Joseph's
Relative Refuses To Support
Alibi Of Laurinburg Sisters
PRICE- IS CenU
To Public Sun.
\The T3urhaiiff “ ponifiiIttee' dri
N^gro Affairs will Aold its 281h
Cnntiiil publM? mating at the
Sty Joseph AME Chyrch Sun-
dl»y, January 20 at 4i00 p. m.
'’The m6e£lng will tonsist of
annual reports of the aecomplish
mbnts of the oVganiisation dur
btg 1982, presented by the chair
men of five sub-committee.
Music' will be furnished for
tfie oc^asion by the rehouned
Morth Carolina College Choir
uhder the direction of Professor
Samuel W. Hiil.
With Dr. C. Elwood Boulware,
^ the Organization’s executive sec
retary jjresiding, the program
>■ will be formally oponed wjth
the invocation by the Reverend
A. L. Thompson, Pfesldent of
the Interdenominaliional Minis
terial Alliancc and. pastor of the
First CJalvary Bapclst Church.
Summary reports from «ub-
committees op education, em
ployment, youtli :act^viities, lagal
-jft^;j|Bt|on, ^ivic affairs, and political
pction will be given by their re-
•pective chairmen, Dr. Howard
L, Fitts, and Rev. J. A Bro\vn,
K. B. White and F B. McKissick,-
Walter Riley, M. H. Thompson
and W. A. Marsh, L. B Frasier
See MEETING. ^A
laurinburg — Another
section of two spinisters’ rags-
to-riches yarn unravelled Mon
day with the arrival of a letter
from the police department tof
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Pinky Polston, 50, who with
her sister, Truemiller, 52 has
been charge with stealing about
$30,000 from an undertaker had
tried to explain her wealth by
saying that a niece from Grand |
KMUids had sent her $18,000 on
September 1.
But the niece, who turned
out to be a sister denied the ^
story. Now the sisters have i
been charged w.lth coittpiracy as
Grand Rapids ' offi^r^
to Laurinburt poll^ Monday j
tellihg them mat Ihff sister, Mrs.
Carrie Little Poison Hgdgen/
says that she has never seen
$10,000. I
The letter said: “She (Carrie)
has a daughter, Patsy Ann War-1
ren, 16, living with her grand- j
Wilkins Elected
T0 Direct NAACP,
For Another Year,
NEW YORK — Arthur B. I
Spingarn, veteran civil rights
lawyer of New York City, this
week began his 24th year as
president of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored people, Mr. Spingarn
was re-elected to the post, by
the Association’s Board of Di
rectors at Its monthly meeting
here January 7. |
Re-eleoted to serve with Mr.
Spingarn were Bishop Stephen
Gill Spottswood of the AMEj
Zion Chflitch, Washington, chair
man of the Board of Directors;,
See WILKINS. S-A I
Rises in N. C.;
of Ruling j
Special to the times
A report was released this
week showing thai school dese
gregation in North Carolina in
creased by 400 per cent during
1962. I
Meanwhile, on another dese- j
gregation front. Caswell County i
awaited the outcome of a feder-1
ai court order banning segrega
tion in the school sysem after
Jan. 22. i
The report on North Carolina
school integration ,was issued by
the Souihern Education Report-'
ing Service. It said that 901 NT”
gro students were enrolled in
white schools. The total North
Carolina school population was
f|iit^n, as 1,142,029. |
lli^lf!y-J)wb schools in 17 systems
had integrated classes in some
degree. i
In 1961, the report showed!
only 203 Negro pupils were en-
S;e SCHOOL, 5-A |
mother in Laurinburg. Carrie
has occasionally sent her, daugh
ter $10 or $15. She has never
sent any other relative in your
city any money and has never
seen $10,000.
“Carrie says that on January
5, 1963, she received a phone
call from James McLaurin, a
cousin, who asked her to tA
See SISTERS, 5-A
Frye Sworn
As Assistant
iiilK''' llrl»| jf
GREENSBORO — Henry' |C.
Frye. 30 year old Negro attorney
of Greensboro, was sworn
Thursday, January 11, as a
sistant to United States
torney W. H- Murdock of/ D’
ham, prosecutor for the Mi
District of North Caroltrj/a. /.
The. ceremony for the former
Air Force officer was held in
the. federal courtroom in Greens
boro where oath of office was
administrated by Federal Judge
L. Richardson Preyer.
Frye is the first Negro to
serve in this capacity in thSs
state.
NEW board member WEL
COMED — Newly elected
Member, A. W. Williams, (r.)
President of the former Unity
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Chicago, is congratu
lated by A. T. Spaulding, Pre-
sicient as Senior Vice President
& Secretary, J. W. Goodloe,
looks on. Williams was also
elected a Vice President when
North Carolina Mutual and
Unity Mutual entered into a
Reinsurance Agreement.
FIVE-WEEK-OLD
BABY FOUND DEAD
IN BED SUNDAY
Thg'Sunday Morning death of
a five week-old Negro baby has
been attributed to pneumonia by
Dr. D. R. Perry, county coroner
The little boy. son of Mary
Allen Barbee, 17, of 513 Car
rington St., was found dead In
his bed at 8 a. m. Sunday, ac
cording to a written report by
Patrolmen H. H. Cameron and
J. E. Allen.
The child’s mother was quoted
as saying the Infant “appeared
In a normal condition “when she
fed him at 2 a. m. The child’s
father was listed as John gus-
sel Barbee.
North Carolina Mutual Elects New
Director in Annual Meeting
I N-orth Carolina Mutual Life
: Insurance Company elected a
new director and reported its
assets to lie more than $76,000,-
000 at the annual policyholders
meeting of the firm, held at the
home office in Durham on Mon
day. I
President A. T. Spaulding,
eoWA ^LANMERS The
0Mup tkown hore made plans
for the nknua] meeting of tbe
* Purham Committee on Negro
Affairs at tlie organicniion's
regular setiion last week. The
■nnucl meeting will be held
Sunday affcrnoon' U SI.
Joseph's 'AME Church. Pic
tured 'aire, standlnif^ l«ft to
right, J. PMd Pra«, Phtt Htr-
rb, Atfr. M. Hugh ThomptOn,
N. B. White. C. E Boulwaie,
W. O. Daye, the ReT. J A
Brown, Atty. F. B. McKlssick,
J. H. Wheeler, D. E Moorc,
Howard Fltls, Ellis D. Jcnss,
Atty.- William A. Marsh, Jr.
Seated ar* naner Riley, Mrs.
D. F, Reed, Mrs. J S Stray-
horne, Mrs. Bessie McLaurin
and Mrs. Maria Clayton.
Chosen Site of
AMEZ Confab
WILMINGTON — Bishop R. ■
L- Jones, chairman of the Board
fof Bishops, AME Zion Church,
announced at the winter meet
ing of the board that the 1964 ;
general cortference would be
held at Jones Tabernacle Church,'
Indianapolis, Ind., May 1964. |
This ended much speculation'
In the circles of the denomina
tion, due to the fact that the j
commission,' charged with the
responsibility of selecting the !
place for the Quadrennial meet, I
is said to have favored Wash
ington, D. C. However, it was
reported that Brooklyn, N. Y.
was the choice. Later-it was re;
ported that it would not be held
there and a new flte was being
considered.
There were those who favor
ed Washington, other looked
with favor on Durham, N. C.,
See CaNFAB, 6 A
made the annual report to the
stockholders on Monday. ,
In it, he pointed out as high
lights of last year's operations
the completion of preliminary
planning for the erection of a
new $5 million home office
building in Durham, the acquisi
tion of a Chicago insurance firm
worth Over $3 million in assets^
and the posting of over $1 mil-|
lion in sales by two of its agents. i
A. W. Williams, former presi-[
dent of Unity Mutual Life In-i
surance Company, of Chicago,)
was elected a member of the
board of directors at the meet
ing. Williams had previously!
been taken into the firm as a
vice president following comple-|
tion of negoglations for the ac
quisition by N. C. Mutual of^
Unity Mutual.
President Spaulding also re-j
ported that architectural plans
for the firm’s planned new home
office building has been sub
mitted by the Wekon Buckett
architectural firm.
The plans were released by the
company last week.
Installation of a new automatic
computing system during the
year was also touched on dur-
iiig President Spaulding’s re
port. The firm installed a Uni-
vac Solid-Slate Step System
Computer last March.
Besides William, three others
were Fe-elected to the t)o.ard of
directors. They are W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., E. n. Merrick and
See N. C. MUTUAL, S-A
DR. OAVIS
Dr. Davis Suffers
Attack Enroute
To His Office
HIGH POINT — The body of
Dr. Murray Brooks Davis, 52
year old physician of High Point,
was recovered from 20 feet of
freezing water at 2 p. m. Mon
day six hours after his car bad
plunged into an arm of High
Point Lake.
A 12 year old boy, Richard
Mathis of Penny Rd., saw the
iDavis car pass him at approxi
mately 7:45 a. nj. while waiting
for a ride to' schfeol.
A short time later,se saw the
car strike th^%p^ wooden
irafte 'wWcti .Jjiad'tb -thtT 'Perifny
Road Bridge ai^ plunge .jnto the
icy water. % ‘ .
He finmedlately ran home .to
tell his mocher who called the
iheriff’s department.
Rescue teams from fire depart-:
ments. aided by .sheriff’s de
puties and High Point police
men. dragged the water for the
and- the body The
car was recovered at 9:45 a. nti.
and the body was discovered at
2 p. m.
Dr. Davis had spent Sunday
night in Durham attending a
neeting. He reportedly left IXir-
ham around midnight-'^hd was
on his way home when the ac
cident occured.
Exact cause of death had not
been determined. An autopsy
will be held sometime Tuesday
at Wesley Long Hospital in
Greensboro.
Dr. Davis was a memtier of
he staff of High Point Memorial
Hospital.
In 1953 he was appointed by
Gov. Kerr Scott to the Board
of Trustee at A. and T. College,
a post which he held at the
time of his death. He was a
graduate of A. and T. and re
ceived his medical degree at
Howard University in Washing
ton.
In 1957 Gov. Luther JHodges
See BODY, 5-A
New Racial
Mood Prevails
At Inaugural
COLUMBIA. S. C. — A new
mood in race relations permeat
ed the inaugural ceremoniri
surrounding Governor Donald S
Russell's formal installation a.i
state’s chief executive.
The Governor broke tradiiion
first by serving as host to an
integrated luncheon on the
grounds of the executive man
sion here Tuesday afternoon fol
!owing his inauguration.
Approximately 200 Negroes
were amoni; the estimated 10 -
000 persons who took advantage
of the Governor’s open inviia
tion “to all' to have lunch with
him following the Inaugural
ceremony.
It was the first time sfnce Re
construction th»t Negroes have
lieen entertained at the Gover
nor’s mansion in South Caro
lina.
Earlier, during his inaugur;)!
address. Gov. Russell gave indi
cations that the state may tx^
about to embark on a new po
licy toward resistance of public
school desegregation.
His speech, which laid heavy
emphasis on public education,
made only one allusion to the
issue of racial segregation.
He said:
“Of course financial need wit
be the only problem for educa
tion. There will be other and
'vauM OiffiUMlikj. we
mc»t with what ever the fui^re
holds foo- us. and we shall wvrk
peareably," accttrding to" oiir
startdards of justice and deceny.”
Many observers interpretecl.
S3C INAUGURAL, 5-A
Ushers State
Officer Dies
Funeral services for Mrs.
Hattie E. C. Jones were to be,
held at 3 p. m. Friday, January |
18, at the First Baptist Church I
by Rev. J. R. Manley. Burial,
will follow in the Chapel HiU ‘
Cemetery. !
Mrs. Jones, daughter , of the
late Rev. J. H- Caldwell and f
Emma L. Merritt Caldwell, was |
born February 4, 1894 in Chapel |
and died on Tuesday, January
15, 1963, j
She attended the Chapel HiU |
Public School and gradujUed
from the Henderson Normal Inr
dustrial School of Henderson.
She was united in marriage t»
the late Frank Jones of EfIauL
For many years she was •
teacher at the Harriston Oirov«.
Rosemary Johnson, and Ote«ks
Cros.s schools.
Mrs. Jones was a member ot
the First Baptist Church ia
See OFFICER, 3-A
Durhamite Heads
Church Group
BALTIMORE. Md. —Norris T.
.Mitchell, son of Mrs. Truemilla
1. Mitchell and the late J. E. Mit
ehtll. Sr." of 119 South St., Dttr
lam. has ttecome Head Bishop anrt
General Oversper of the Churtjh
>f Deliverance of the Apostoiit
Faith, Inc.
Mitchell began -.rorkiiu; at the
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and
was active in many ^kasnt of Mir
church’s program. A Kradiale of
tUllslde High School. Mitchell Wiu
awarded a certificate for Bibli
.'ourses at Atlanta, Ga.
Eartha KItt Wants
To Help Addicts
HOLLYWOOD — Ertha Kitt. has
ttned teadu!r ■ of ho^ cultiir«!,‘
aa4 priaibh* tfancins.
Ob.iect; 'tif raite ntoncy to
—rcBtlea wHtMa
To tte kcM AC a bongti
stie mallMli Imt ela»s
weekly II A gym in Mwrby
ly HiBs.
Hie patMtMK lluirf«riw;
mrh heitiiliiB as •rtri'^s J
itftg and Jura* Headen's
Sea WTr, A