Lincoln Hospital Asks Equal Pay to Ease Financial Crisis
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RALEKH OK'S POOL INTEGRATION
City Council
Votes to Open
ilitv to At!
RALEIGH — Raleigh’s public
swimming pools will be reopen
ed this spring on an integrated
basis, the City Council indicated
Monday. The Council unanimous
ly passed a resolution reopening
the Chavis Park (Negro) and
Pullen Park pools "to the pub
lic”. No mention was made ot
{ntegrstion, but Mayor W. G.
Enloe commented after the meet
ing that “the public" includes all
raccs.
The two public pools were
dosed when four Negroes, using
tickets purchased by a white
companion entered the Pullen
Park pool shortly before a
Qouncil meeting August 6. The
Council, after long discussion,
voted to close the pools, with
John Winters, only Negro doun-
eiiniBn, and John Coffey voting
•gainst the closing.
No further action on the
pools was taken until Mo.nday.
The matter camo up when City
Manager W. H. Carper remark
ed that some maintenance work
^l^uld be necessary if the pools
w-cTo to be reopened.
Mayor Pro Tem Reid made
the motion for reopeping the
poils “to the public” and all
Council members voted in favor
of the resolution.
No definite pool openning date
is set by the City, but the parks
are usually opened in late May
each year.
Taylor Fails
To Pay $20,000
By Deadline
GREENSBORO — Herman L.
Taylor, Raleigh attorney, faced
a two year sentence Friday, be
cause he failed to pay a $20,000
fine. *
A federal court judge handed
Taylor a suspended two year
sentence last year after he was
convicted on income tax charges.
One of the conditions of the
suspension was that he pay the
tine by January 17. 1963.
Taylor failed to pay the fine
and the active sentence was im
posed by Judge Edwin M. Stan-
See TAYLOR, 6-A
VOLUME 40 — No. fi
DURHAM, N. C., SATUF(t>AY, FEBRUARY 9, 1963
RETURN REQUESTED
PRICE: 15 Cents
White Rock to Honor
Missionary Sunday
The Senior Choir of White
Rock Baptist Church wilt hon
or Mrs. Essie Trice during the
Church’s-Evening Services, Sun
day, February 17, at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Trice is one if the oldesi
members of the Church. She is
well known throughout the
City of Durham as a Missionary
Worker. Her contribution to
White Rock Baptist Church has
been outstanding,
are actively associated with the
Church on the Deacon Board.
Trustee Board, Senior Choir*and
other auxiliaries.
The speaker for the occasion
will be Frank W, Scott,- Director
of Lincoln Hospital.
MISS. U. REJECTS 2ND NEGRO
Boy, 11, Rescues Schoolmate
Tii i Pearson School
Air Force Vet
taking Case to
U. S. Courts
SEEKS MORE FOR CHARITY GASES
Ijncoln Hospital Facing Crisis
Linduln hosj>ttal officials asked
Uie Durham bounty Commission
ers this week to incrcass its daily
rate for charity patients as a
moans of helping the Durham
medical institution reduce its con
stant deficits._
The Commissioners listened fb
tile hospital’s requests and took
then! under advisement.
Appearing before the Commis
sion for the hospital were John
H. Wheeler, and Dr. Clyde Don
nell, and Dr. Lennox Baker,
board members, and Frank W.
Scott, director.
Speaking for the board Wheel
er pointed out that the hospital
incurred a loss of approximately
$41,0C0 last year on charity pat
ients.
He explained that the hospital
provided 8,815 days care for char
ity patients at a total of over
$177,000 last year but received
only $136,174 from all sources for
such care.
The results left the hospital
with a deficit ,of $41,006.84, he re
ported.
Durham Man
Shot in Quarrel
Over Work
Thomas Green Swaringer, 83
year old white night watchman
of 007 Vickers Ave., was charged
with shooting a fellow worker
at the site of a downtown con
struction project here early
Sunday night.
Police said Clcphus Daye, 40
year old Negro of 608 Willard
St., was shot twice after an al
leged argument with the watch
man.
Detectives quoted the watch
man as saying that the shooting
occurcd at the site of the Jack
Tar Motor Lodge at the corner
of Parrish and Corcoran Streets.
Officers said three witnesses
said they saw Swaringer shoot
Daye twice after the two men
got into an argument over the
lighting of flare bowls at the
construction site. Daye was shot
through the wrist and In the
thigh. He was reported in “gopd
condition” at Duke Hospital late
Sunday night.
Officers quoted Swaringer ai
See QUARREU, 6-A
It wiis pointed out that the
bounty authorized payment for
only 5,307 days for charity pat
ients yet the Department of hos
pitalization authorued admission
of 828 charity patients, who con
sumed a total of 6,066 days,
“Tms'resOired ilT l-WlST-i
days of charity patieilt care for
which the hospital received no
pav.
In addition, Wheeler pointed
Continued from front page
out that Lincoln hospital receives
a lower daily rate from the Coun
ty for charity patients than tlo
Duke and Watts hospitals. He said
the county pays $22.13 per day
for charity patients at Lincoln,
'.vhile Duke reeeivi s $26.74 an-’l
Watts $27.74 from the County for j
such cases. j
Wheeler asked the Commi.ssion. |
ers to take necessary steps to as |
sure the trustees that the hospital |
will be adei^ateiy compensated I
for charity patients. I
Dr. Lennox Baker, member of:
the staff at Duke and trustee . at i
See LINCOLN. 6-A i
JACKSON. Mississippi — Dewey
Greene. 22 year old navy veteran
who is seeking to enroll at the
University of Mississippi, was
forced to take his case to the Fed-!
eral Court of Appeals this week. I
Groene, who could become the
second Negro to enter the Missis
sippi school, had his request for*
admission turned down by Federal
distriat Judge Sidney Mize early |
this week.
Greene had sought to ha,ve the
district court over rule University
of Mississippi registrar Robert H-
Jis who turned down Greene’s ap
plication on the ground that hia
:S'ad^8 were not good enough, II
A ^aduate of Bro»d Stre«H High.
Sclxonl in Greenwood, Gtefl|lb has
■ittentfiHf Mfisls»1tit»r '■Weafimta!
itollege, a state-supported Nesro
Institution at Itta Bena, Mississip
pi, for the past two quarters.
Greene first applied for admis
sion to Ole Miss on Octobor 4,
1962. In his application, he stated
that he wte 'billing to enter “as
a transfer student, or. If neces
sary, as a freshman for the sec-
1962-63 beginning In February,
1963.”
On November 18, 1962, Greene’s
application was rejected by Robert |
B. Ellis, the University’s registrar,.
with the following comment: ... I
•’the limited level of achievement
indicated by your school records
and the fact that aoplicants forj
transfer are accepted only from
,'ully a('?redlted colleges makes It
ntcessary to deny the application
at this time.” |
Greene’s record, however, meets
.ill of the requirements for ad-
nission as set forth In the Uni 1
versitys current catalogue. I
Ellis also indicated that the pub-'
liclty given to Mr. Green’s appll-|
caticn had also been taktn into
onslderation by the University.
See AIR FORCE VET. 6-A '
SHE REMEM3ERS — This is a |
racant photograph of Mrs. Jan- |
ni* Robinson Nevill* centena
rian of l^lifax County, who was
born on* year baforc flit out
break of the Civil Wer. At 103/
Mrs. Neville is still sb!e to vifall
with minimum assistance and
cm remember Civil War inci-
•ienls of her childhood.
T&QQP PAS8t»tf^
103 Year-Old Halifax County
Woman Remembers Civil War
EDITOR'S NOTE — One | ROCKY MOUNT — A woman
ymau ago^piesidsnl 1 whp, remernbers standing in the
From Drowning
Durham’s W. G. Pearson ele
mentary school has a full-fledged
herol ,,
Ho is 11 year-old Sonny Sutter-
field' of 908 Ea^t Pettigrew St.,
and a student in Pearson's special
education class. '
Sonny savod the life of his
school mate, six year old Garnie
Freeman when he rescued the
youngster from the icy waters ol
a. stream near th*; school last
weok.
Aftur the story of his rescue;
made the rounds of the commu ■
iiity and the school, Sonny has be-
ome one of Pearson school’s most;
;)opular students.. His teachers |
snd close friends, lleani with pride i
,vhen S^Joalt o^ Sqnn.v^s feat. i
’ is how’^V alj'na^Sfcned: t
A HERO — l.ittle Garnie Free-
min looks up at his rescuer, 11
year old Sanny Satterfield, who
!,aved h-fo ft_m - :./
of a stream r»e»r thsir
In Durham last weak.
Abraham's Lincoln issued the
famad Emancipation Proclama
tion, which legally freed all
American Negro slaves. In
connection with centennial
year of this event, the Caro
lina Times is seeking informa
tion on any Negro living now
who was born before or dur
ing the fateful year. The fol
lowing article describes one^
such North Carolina, Mrs.
Jannie Neville of Halifax
County Articles and pictures
On others who were bam dur
ing or before Emancipation
will be carried during the
centennial year. Readers to
share informaWon they may
have on such individuals wiih
the TIMES.
door way as a child and watch
ing civil war soldiers pass to
and from recently celebrated her
103rd birthday.
She is Mrs. Jannie Robinson
Neville, a native of Halifax
county .wlio now lives with a
son there. /•
Mrs. Neville reached her ll’3rd
year on January 6. She can still
walk with ease and has a good
portion of her sight and hear
ing.
The centennarian was a little
over one year old when the
Civil War broke out in April,
1961. The Emancipation Pro
clamation, freeing her and mil
lions like her was issued five
days before her third birthday.
Mrs. Neville was born on
Jan. 6, 1860 in Halifax county
See WOMAN, 6-A
■ftc
1 ^ A stream, running under the
* 300 block of U«istead street he-
I liinJ P..ar.son school, became iced
I vor during several days of sub-
I i'reezing temperatures recently
I jnd had bocome a favorite play
i spot for Pearson students on their
way home from school.
Yami" Gajiiie Freeman started
tp watir gcToss t.*ic thinly coated tec
covering last week but the weight
J his body caused the ice to
See RESCUES, 6-A
Wilma Rudolph's Huhby, KCC
Stu«te!it, tlriet ion Divorceiyw
Unified Voice
Is Urged in
StafesviHe
CASWELL DEFENDAHT —
Jatpar Brown (canter), charged
w!|h tlightly womiding fwo
whita men in Cbbw«1I Cbunty
during th« fir*t etay court
orderad tchool inlegrallen at
YaneayTllle, it shown here
conferring with two North
Carolina NAACP official* who
are providing him with atsls-
lanc* In th case. At left is
I Chartas McLean, oi' Winstoa-
Salem, slate NAACP field
■ecretary, and right it N. L.
Oregg^ of Greensboro state
NAACP treasuror.
Jurors Picked
For New Trial
I Of Gastonia Man
1 GASTONIA — Six more
I jurors were cho.sen Tuesday,
i bringing to nine the number
i picked to bear the second trial
j of Dr, Harry Duff Riddle, 44
I year old white physican charged
in the fatal knifiilg of a young
Negro.
A list of, 100 more special
venire-men was drawn Tuesday
he secopd day of the trial-swell
ing to 340 the list of prospective
jurors. All who have been seat
ed are white men.
Dr, Riddle was tried last May
in the slaying of Negro Leonard
Pulton, 27. of Gastonia. That
trial ended in a hung jury which,
when pol'-;d. revealed a 10-2 vote
tor acquittal,
Patton iied last March 9 after
a fi?ht with the doctor, whom
he had accused of not respond
ing cuickly enough to a call to
‘rePt his mother.
At the first trial, the doctor
'estified that Patton had twice
'•■•’d abusive language ov,?r the
telfphone. Dr. Riddle said the
fight started when, after treat-
I with home address 704 Earlj'ng the woman and finding that
I Road. She fills a position left' '’er case was not an emergency.
I ’^icanlt by the restiffn^lion of | He asked Patton to take back
Mrs. Lydia S. Galbraith last his allegedly abusive words, and
I summer due to ill health. Patton refused.
( Prior to her acceptance of t-he )'“r the the doctor
i position she was a member of took Patton to a hosoital. where
I the facult.v of Green Bethel he died several hours later.
School. Bowling Green, of which Judi*-" William J. Bundy of
I George Miller, Of Gastonia, is Grponville is presiding. So-
prlnclpal- Mrs. London’s mother llci^'hr Max Childtrs is being
! was the late Mrs. Lula Lawings Pssisted bv Donald Ramseur.
I Hood. ! G«sfonta Negro lawyer retained
j Mrs. London’s preparation for bv the Patton family.
the position was earned at' A, The courtroom, which seats
l and T. College of Green.shoro. nbout 150. had approximntely
! where she gr^dua'ed "'ith both !iO si'-ctat^^ toda:’, half
) See GASTONIAN^ 6-A i them Negrov-a.
William Wftrjl. husbijnd' of
famous track star Wilma Ru
dolph, could not be reached for
comment here this week on news
that his .wife has begun action
to .obtain a divorce.
Ward is enrolled as a junior
at North Carolina College.
-Taros^HnaoipB tiroke ^thr news
of^HeV divorce -«ic|ibn last week
inci^atyille, Teftn. where she is
a'^to.i^t at 'Tennessee State A,
ai|pt,.^nlversity.
to Miss Rudolph, an
a^&RNJ^as filed on Jan. 22 on
l^^,^ha'lf seeking a divorce
f^S^'jSar husba.nd on grounds o£
"tfiioial cruelty”
STATESVILLE — “Hello
fellow warriors, for if this is
true anywhere, it is h'ere in
Staftesviile, where you are wag
ing this war for freedom," was
the greeting given by Calvin D.
Banks NAACP program direc
tor as he addressed the regular
Tfie couple met on the ’Tenn sponsored by ihe
essee State campus where both „ . ^ ^
were enrolled in the fall of 1960
shortly after Miss Rudolph had
See WILMA, 6-A
Gastonian Is
Named to Post
In Cleveland
I My MAUDE M. JEFFERS
I GASTONIA — Mrs. Martha
I Hood London, daughter of the
Rev. John Hood, age 107, of 302
I North Pryor Stree, Gastonia
and wife of James London,
Shelby has been appointed super
visor of schools of Cleveland
Couniy.
, She began her work February
1st and has an office in Shelby
Last Rjjes Held
for Man Killed
&t Duke Univ.
Funeral service for Thomas
Hickson. 114 Moline St., were
held Thursday at Scarborough
aci Hargett Funeral Chapel,
Hickson, 44 year old laborer,
was killed here early Sunday
night when he tcH’ into a coal
chute at the Duke University
heating plant located bshind the
hospital. He was pronounced
dead shortly before 8 p- m, by
Dr. P, J. Loguge. a Duke
ohvsician.
Rescue workers using acety-
liene torches cut their way to
‘he body after Hickson’s foot
was seen by Nello Hutchins, a
fellow employee shortly after
6:30 p. m. Hutqhins said he
noticed that Hickson had failed
to return from the chute and
‘hat he began a search of the
♦hree-story heating plant.
Dr, D, R( Perry, Durham
Coroner, said Hickson died of
Inuries received in the fall. He
said deaih was accidental.
Siatssville Branch of the
NAACP.
Tlae group heard Banks deny
the existence of “extremist
views" among local Negro citi
zens as frequently charged by
leaders of Statesville's while
community.
Banks said,”' apparently any
Negro who seeks any change in
extsung racial conditions is an
extremist. It seems that the
only way to avoid this label is
to stand by quietly and permit
conditions to remain as ^Uiey
are.'’
Banks has providing cd^oulta*
tive service to Staiesville's-l«ral-
ers for the past sevend months.
He suggested that thare be no
time wasted calling names lor
the delay in creating a tji-racial
commission as has been pro
mised. "but Instead, we find a
way to accomplish the same re
sult."
':lt is elear, he added, “that
in Statesville’s white power
structure there are many shades
of opinion running from “rabid
segregationists and constrva-
See STATESVILLE. 6-A
Liberisn Prexy's
Life' ThreateMd
MONROVIA. Liberia — Presi-
Hlckson had been an emplo.v^>e dent Wiiliam V. S. Tubman re-
of the plant for approximately
four years.
• Surviving arc his wife, Mw.
Mildred Hickson; two daughters.
Mrs. Clementine Blanding and
Miss Reta Faye Hickson; three
Thomas. Jr., Leon
Connip Ray; his nwther.
portedly isaited orders for tight
security measures foUawing the
toiling of ww pwiujnrt
to be a ptot on tw lite.
Liberian NatioMl
arreated several
and lichwd a cache of i
Mrs. which they a«.v
of ??osa Hlck‘=ar« r>f Ljiesville and
1 four graadctuldreu.
to b* uMd agaiaai Hi,
elual