Two Second Prizes to be Awarded in Ministers Contest
N. C MUTUAL SET TO START NEW BUILDMG
Statesville's
Harris Declared
Prize Winner
VOLUME 40 — No. 19
DURHAM, N, C, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1963
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PRICE* 15 CenU
Warner Scores
Of Many Negro
Biggest'
Gain
Candidates
Four Win, Four
Lose In Races
Throughout N. C.
From Times Dispatches
Rf'osovnlt Warner, prominent
of tlie two second prizes which' businessman, of Orange County,
will be awarded, llev. A. D. Mose- recorded the most spectacular Rain
REV. HARRIS
An unprecedented occurence in
the Carolina Times sccond annual
Ministers Vacation contest result
ed this week in a decision to
award second place prizes.
The Rev. J. C. Harris of States
ville was declared a winner of one
ley, of Durham, will receive the
other.
The situation resulted from the
'receipt of a report from Rev.
Harris after the official audit oi
tlie contest 'f/as complete and win
ners announced.
Contest officials said the report
boosted Rev. Harris froni fourth
place t% second. He actually nosed
of the several Negroes who 'were
entered in city elections through
out North Carolina this week.
Warner polled the hi3hest num
ber of votes in the Hillsboro city
elections to win re-election to hir
scat on Board of Commi.ssioners.
As a result, he is expccted to bf
appointed Mayor pro-tem.
An unusually large field of Nc-
out the official sccond placc win- gj.Q candidates, perhaps the lirgeri
ner by a few points. | sjncc Reconstruction, were entrefi
L. E. Austisi TfMIiiS publisher,' c*ty election racc^ throuijhou!
explained although the report did, the state,
not reach the contest officials un I
til after audit ha4 been made,
that it bore a postmark prior to
the Monday nOon, April 29 dead
line and was therefore eligible.
Contest officials subsequently
ruled that a duplicate place prize
be awarded to Rev. Harris.
The results of the decision will
see two sccond place prizes, free
trips to Bermuda, awarded to the
Reverends Moseley and Harris.
Rev. J. H, Peppers, of Durham
.j), wh6 will celebrate 28th anniver
sery. Details, 5-A.
Four gains and as many revcr.
ses wctP* tJMWded' ip ihe
races in which Negroes *erc en
tered on Tuesday.
Aside from Warner g victory in
Hillsboro, incumbents Carl Rus
sell, of Wiston-Salem, and John
Winters, of Raleigh, and newcomei
Thebaud Jeffers, of Gastonia, won
elections to the cjty councils.
The Rev. Ruben L. Speaks sur-
large seat on the Durham Counci),
but must face another election oi:
May 18.
In one of the most startling re
sults, Waldo Falkoner. veteran
councilman of Greensboro, lost hi.'
bid for re-eletion to a third trem
Falkener barely missed, however
placing eighth by 16/ votes. The
top .seven were clectcd.
Falkner’s loss left Grensborc
I without a Negro Councilman fo;
I the first time since 1931, excep*
I for a period between 1955 and
1959. Dr. William H. Hampton,
was the first Negro to serve on
the Greensboro Council.
Observers credit his defeat to
a split among Ne^ro voters of the
See CANDIDATES, 6-A
Lincoln
An 'A'
Facility Regains
Health Grade
Lincoln hospital has been given
a rating of "A” by the Durham
County health department, it was
revealed this week.
Ihe ‘‘A’* rating was issued by
the health department after itJ
regular inspection for the second
quarter.
Earlier, the hospital had been
given a “C" rating by the health
department. Reportedly, the low
er rating, which was issued for
the first quarter this year, was
given because of the hospital's
methods of handling food.
Dr. 0. L. Ader, health director,
said the hospital was given a
grade of 96 in the last inspection.
He said it was «ne of the higest
ever earned by the institution.
The “C” rating was the first
Lincoln hospital had gotten in
the memory of veteran staff mem
bers of the institution. It norm
ally earns a rating of “A”, it was
pointed out. »
Gets
Rating
CROOM
JRBAN RENEWAL SITE OFFIC£, prc-ieets with Mr*. Ch4prlie Swift ferred with Mts. Swift at*d her
.-0«;,P#rry.„(s^e|J ta4T) e^v4(fji;|tra4rifl^)
five directvf 'ti the Durham Re- j ef the Urban R«Mwal Relocinon
development Corp*rati«n. Ioq]cs staff. Ulysse* McManun (standing
cvd* plans for relocating persons' right) and Miss Josephine Boyd
staff shortly a||oi
■stajT^ movfo~lnto
for the r^fation
its permanent
site oHice at 506 Fayetto^tlie St
Relocation work will be coerdinat
displaced In the urban renewal I (standing, left) look on. Perry c*n i ed from the site office.
Go. College Students
Birming'm Race
Troubles May be
Near Solution
BIRMINGHAM — Hopes for an
end- t0,.-the largest - siitjtle dertif»fr'
stration over racial discrimination
in the United. States appeared
brighten^, at mt^-w,^ek after Ne-
gr(i-r:el#ii^ agt;e^;io call a 24
hour^ triK!?i(oi» the urgli»«S^j^e
Kennedy '(i^'niinlstration. ‘
t
Final Rites Set
For Rev. Groom,
Durham Cleric
Ground to Be
Broken bi
May 17 Rites
Ground-breaking ceremoniM for
the new, high rise borne office
building for North Carolina Mu
tual life insurance eompany are
scheduled for noon Friday, !Hay
17.
The ceremany wjll take ptace on
the site of the propoeed new
.'trueture. at the comer of Chapel
Hill and Duke streets.
Although details of the cere
monies were not available this
week, it is expected that foreign,
national, state an-i local dignita
ries are to take part in the cere
monies.
North Carolina Mutual purchas
ed sometime a^ a tract of land at
the downtnrjrn interaction for it.>i
home office. The tract was at one
time known as “four acres" and
served as the home place of the
late Benjamin N. Duke.
The land was obtained by .V. C.
Mutual at a cost of approximatelv
S.3 million.
Construction work on the cmn
pany's new home office is to get
started this spring. N. C. Mutual
officials said the new building, to
consist of 14 stories, would be
ready by 1965.
Total cost of consniction js esti
mated at $3 million.
Three Durham
Rev. Dr. Ananias Samuel
Crootn, pastor of Union Baptist
Church, died Wednesday morn- TeacherS Hoxiored
ing at his home 309 Alton St. :
Funeral ser\'ices for Rev. A. S. On Retirement
Croom will be held Sunday
2:30 o'clock at Union Baptist j
Church with the Rev. William M.
Mrs. Pearl H. Cordice. Mrs.
I Madge T. Hargraves, and Mrs.
„ .. .! Lula F. Jackson, teachers retiring
the Durham City School Sy»-
tem, were honored at a banquet
in
Church of officiating. Burial will
follow in Beechwood Cemetery.
Tbf body will lie in state at tiie.
church from T o'clock • urfni the
hour of the funeral.
Rev. Croom was born in
Lenoir County. His parents were
the lait Emperor and Nancy
Croom.
He graduated from Joseph K.
Brick Normal and AgricuIturiH
School and attend^ Virginia
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mass with | students would be withdrawn be
Jrawals of students protesting the j fore the week ends.
>uster of two of their fellow class-1 The mass withdrawals were in
IHOUGN PARHAM FAILS...
Voters
Claim Victory
HENDERSON — S. G. Parham,i gro voter turn-out at “better than
insurance executive. *lost his bid 70 percent.”
to become^ the first Negro Mayor I Parham rcccivcd 885 votes, al-
in the South Tuesday, but a most all of which came from all
spokesman for the Negro political Negro or predominantly Negro
action organization Which backed prcciticls.
Parham said the group was pleas
ed with the overall results oi
Tuesday's city elections.
The League pci.sscd out slips
bearing a slate of candidates for
which it had pnaonsed. Appearing
Parham ran thii'd in a field of on the slip were the names of
\four candidates for Mayor. W. II. Neathcry, G. S. Eastwood
However, a spokesniari tor the O. II. Freeman and James E. Har
Vance County Voters league, alrjs. All were ncwcomers.
political action group among Nc | However, all were successful in
groes, said "we are satisfied witli up.sctfing incumbents in the racc
iiatus began here this week at
javannah State College.
More than 100 studen's haJ
withdrawn from the slate-support
:d institution by earl:' this '*eeK
ind observers predicted that all!
protest to the dismissal of one of
the school's professors. Dr. Cleve
land Christophe, and the expulsion
of student leaders Bobby Hill and
James Brown.
James Brown, president of the
,ut about 46 of the school's 1,14: | NAACP;s Georgia youth confer'
I ence and Bobby Hill were expell
ed from Savannah State College
here this week for protesting dis-|
missal of a civil rights-minded j
professor.
College President Dr. W. K.
Payne announced that Dr. Christo
phe. professor economics, would I
not be returned
next year.
The students cit,:'’! Dr. Christo-
phe's military history during his
two years at the college and said
his recent application for the po
sition of superintendent of Chat-
h a m-Savannah schools angered
many of the area's white citizens.
However, other reasons were
given for the dismis.sal.
■,\liat we have done."
He pointed to the large turn
out of Negro voters for the elec
tion; the number of votes cast
for Parham; and the fact that the
ticket of alderman candidates en
dorsed by the League won in
every race except one.
More than 800 Negro voters arc
thought to have taken part in
Tuesday’s election. The estimated
Negro registration in Henderson
is approximately 1,200.
The League estimated the Ne-
cxccpt Eastwood. He lost by a nar
row margin, dropping the race to
A. M. Liobler, 1,428 to 1.277.
Neathcry defeated incumbent
Opie Frasier, !z,431 to 1,408; Free
man turned out incumbent A.
J. Finch, 2.484 to 1,249; and Har
ris upset incumbent R. B. Hard'
son. 1.934 to 1,807.
Parham, 'Aho gave up his seat
as alderman in his bid for the
Mayor's post, is a district managei
of North Carolina Mutual Life In
surancc Company.
NAACP Forming
Freedom March
For Slain Man
NEW YORK—The NA.\CP exe
cuted a - three-pronged maneuver
this week aimed at clearing the
way for the Freedom Walkers who
are finishing the protest walk ini
tiated by slain Baltimorean Wil
liam Moore.
From New York, Roy Wilkins,
(hp Association’s executi'.’s secre
tary, called on President Kennedy
and the JusUcd Department to "cn
sure protqttn/n of American citi
zens who seek only fre^ u.se of
public highways.”
From Chattanooga, Tenn., the
Association dispatched a mobile
canteen truck, driven by Korean
War Veteran Lawrence Curry, to
escort the '.valkers and supply
food.
From Atlanta. Ga.. the Associa
tion dijpatchcd Filed Secretary
Vernon Jordan to work with
NAACP units along thb way in
preparing their communities fo"
the Walkers.
Meanwhile, the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc., has accepted legal defense of
the Freedom Walkers and has
pledged to'take all legal steps
needed to guarantee their consti
tutional rights.
Curry, 27, ‘drWcr of the Asso
ciation’s mobile unit, has had an
outstanding NAACJP record in the
area of voter registration. He is SESSIONS—As children pass to
a disabled veteran. ' and from school. East End tom'
Prior to announcement of the
truce Wednesday, the Rev. i»Iar
tin Luther King had led a series jofj union'uiuversUy
m_ass demonstrations in tl^e cicy ■
during which j approximately 2,400
Negroes, 'including hundreds oi
children were jiailed.
to the faculty ( Special troops of state police
I and firemen playing high pres
sure streams on the crowds of Ne
\ groes and police dogs had been
used by city officials to check
the demonstrations.
The demonstrations began on
April 3 and became intensified in
the past few days.
Finally, early this week, after
several days of large scale dem
onstrations, the Kenndy adminis
trative move to intervene. Offi
given by the. Durham Association
•f Cl>asr^>Qm Teackers on Wed
nesday evening. May 1, at the
Schrafft's Cotmtry Inn.
Rev. Melvia Chester Swann,
pastor of St. Joseph's A. M. E.
Church delivered the iavoca-
tion.
F. G. Burnett, principal of
W. G. Pearson School present-
e d Rev. R. L. Speaks, toast
master.
NAACP youths circiilated a peii-
tion around campus which was cials of the Justice Department
signed by nearly 700 students including Burke Marshall, assist
Brown and Hjll, both seniors, led ant U. S. attorney general, were
the campaign. sent to the beleaguered city.^
When the pair was expelled, the On Wednesday, it was announc-
See STUDENTS, 6-A I See BIRMINGHAM, 6-A
Tnrt9tJ2~ ti5 'war ordained in |
ministry and held his first pas- j isilrati
torate at St. James Baptist
Church in Rocky Mount. He
past'bred for twenty years at
First Calvary Baptist Church in
Salisbury. From Salisbury he
came to Durham and was pastor
of Union Baptist Church until
his retirement shortly before
his death.
Rev. Croom, who had served
as pastor of Union Baptist
Church for 35 y-ears, submitted
his resignation to the church of
ficers in November, 1962 to be
come effective February 28.
1963.
Rev. Croom was perhaps the
oldest active Negro minister in
the city. He_ was moderator of
the East Cedar Grove Assocla-
See CROOM, 6-A
iratU>h!n|ere i«xtMfesM«4} by L.
W. Hannen, su^rinteodtet, 'Dur
ham City Schools^ Jeff SnUth.
pri.icipal of , Crest Street School
expressed greetings from the
principals.
The speaker. Miss Virginia
Kinnaird, NEA Association Ex
ecutive Secretary, was intro
duced by Mrs. J. B. McLester
of Whitted Junior High School.
Miss Eva L. Merritt is presi
dent ot the Durham Associa
tion of Classroom Teachers.
Other officers are Adolph Cow
ard. vice president; Mrs. Judith
Settle, secretaty; Mrs. Andolia
Eaton, assistant secretary; Mrs.
Mamie V. Alston, treasurer:
and Mrs, Dorothy Newborn, as
sociate editor DACT N e w s-
letter.
Durham Boycott is
^ Effective
Action Continued as Education
Body Rejects Petition Against Sliifts
The boycott of East End elemen . However, parents of th*? r jnv
tary school in Durham called by, muaity objected to use of the
i community leaders was reported | building and petitioaed the board
I 50 percent effective this week as i to transfer the students to va-
I the school board refused to alter) cant rooms ia other school build-
i its decision to hold double sessions in»s of the city.
I at the fire-ruined school building. | The school board rejected the
The boycott was voted by more! petition at its meeting Monday
^ than 500 parents at a meeting last and voted to continue the doitUe
'■ week held by the East End Better : sessions |rtuu
PICKETS PROTEST D Q U B L E munity and Durham NAACP mem
bars picket the East End school
in proleit of douhle s«3si"i>« •*
'ie school in the wake of a fire
which destroyed half of the
ment League to consider proposals
for action in the school crisis.
The crisis developed when fire
completely gutted the old main
scction of the school, desu-oving
the school records, offices and
key. A D. Mowley, pastor oi
Mt. Gilead Baptist church and
one of the leader* of the caou&u
nity. indicated this week that the
nues of ap»ro»thM to the
in hope* of finding » MbHOam.
ia additio*. picket* MMMMd by
half of its classrooms.
I
School board officials inspected!
the building after the fire and j youngsters ef the cegiMaily. tke
announced that doutrie sessions. NvACP and paresti teve MKhed
would be held in the portion ot at the ackoel for tkt §ati aevent
the building undamagtd by iht' days «nyi«g stgM pwy^Ung uk*
flallit.. r>,i.ku*.a .I t .fl iIk,