Array of Dignitaries Set for N. C Mutual Ground-Bred^fig
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RALEKH DEMONSTRATIONS SCORE ViaORY
Foreign, National
Luminaries to be
At Friday Event
An array of international, na
tional and local dignitaries were
scheduled to take part in (round
brealting ceremonfes for North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company’s new $S horns office
building Friday.
The ceremony is scheduled to
be held at noon on the site of
the new structure at Duke and
Chapel Hill streets.
Some of the dignitaries ex
pected to take part in the cere'
mony include 8. Edwud PmI.
Ubffrian AmbaaMAscr tanatoi
B. Ev«r«tt Jordan, State In-
■uraac* ComnUasiaiMr Edwin S.
Lanlar; and th* daufbtor of .tk«
company's faundkt.
The ceremony will be priwed
«d by a 16 minute concei‘t by
the North Carolhta College
band. The Rev. Melvin C.
Swann, pastor of St. Joseph’f
A. M. E. Church and vice {H'esi
dent of the Durham Ministeria)
Alliance will give the inv6ca
tion.
A. T. Spaulding, president of
North Carolina Mutual, wiil
deliver a welcome addrcK for
grthe ceremony.
LIBERiAi;! AMBASSADOR
Brief speeches from representa
tives of all segemeats of the
international, nattonal, state and
local Iif« will be givfpn^ Included
will be remarks fjpm 'Uberla’t
ambassador Peal, .ifienator Jatr-
dan. Commissioner !: a n 1 e (
George Kirkland, .cbMnnan of
tlie County Commiasionen.
Also, Dfi. Charles A. Jlay,
presiderit oi the Durham Busi
ness and Professional Chain; 4.
Wesley Lewis, presideilt of the
Durham Chamber of Commerce;
John H. Wheeler,, president' of
Mechanics and Famers Bank
and representing affiliated in
stitutions and the Durham Com
mittee on Negro Affair^; Dr. Al
fonso Elder, president of North
CaroIinF"Collfife; "Dr. HerBCfT
Herring, Vice President of Duke
University; Guy Mazyck, repre
sentative of local labor unions:
the Rev. A. L. Thompson, presi
dent of the Indehominatioiial
Ministerial Alliajice; and Watts
Hill. Jr., president/ 6f Hoitie
Security Life !ts«ranc4 Com
pany, whose main' office is lo
cated next to the North Caro
lina Mutual’s building site.
FOUNDER'S 9AUGHTIR
Some 15 persons, including
the daughter of/ the company’s
founder, company officials, and
civic leaders will take turns in
' (shoveling lihe flrst earth for
^V;)e company’s n«w building.
They Include Mrs. Martha
Merrick Donnell, daughter of
John Merrick, one of the com
pany’s founders; W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., chairman of North
Carolina Mutual board of trus
tees; North Carolina Mutual
president Spaulding; George V.
Allen, president of the Tobacco
Institute and Duke University
trustee; Mayor E. J. Evans; J.
S. Stewart, City Councilman;
Labor union leader Mazyck
Rev. Thompson; and North Car
olina Mutual District office re
presentatives C. B. Johnson,
Mrs. Jocelyn Peters end E. J.
Clemons, Atlanta, William Lee,
Richmond, and William Hard
away, Chicago; and Andrew C.
Epps, president of the North
Carolina Mutual Forum.
BUILDING READY IN IMS
Kennedy will deliver a closing
speech for the ceremony.
J. W. Goodloe, senior vice
president and secretary of the
company, will preside over the
activities.
In addition to the North Car
olina College bandi the Hillside
high sc1kk>1 special chorus, and
the Niorth CarM|pa College
choir will furnish special music.
Work on the 14 story structure
is expected to be completed in
1965. The site for the building
was formerly known as “Four
Acres,” home of the Benjamin
Duke family. It was purchased
tjpt a cost of $3 million.
Coroner Hules Out Fouf Play Suspicion
In Suici^ Death of Young Durhamite ir-1
Witness Reportsi ~
Seeing Woman
Take Fatal Dose
BULIETIN Durham Counfv|
9»r»n«r Die. D. R. P*rry saM lata —
ari
thit^ wMk thaf hii findlnat in an
•utopciir cenduttMl on Hi* bady of
Mrs. Alnna Gera indhcatad that kar
imth Kara SiMday yjm
Was II planned murder or con-
tempUtcd suicide that claiincd the
ife Of Mrs. Alona Gore, 24-year
jl(i Negro, on Sunday> May 12.
An ambulance was summoned to
t204 S. Roxbero. St. around 4:15
,'.M. The patient, Mrs. Gore, wa^
4keii to Lincoln Hospital, but wat
irenounced dead on arrival.
Solicitor Dan Edwards Tuesday
ire.v up an order directing Ur. J.
J, Gunter, pathologist at Watts,
tospital, to perform an autopsy on
he body and report his (indinfs
to him.
i'uUctman O. W. JusUce, who
Irst antiwered the call to' tho vlo-
im's h««e^ quoted a witness, Bc^
Meyers, as raying she saw iihc
/oman swallow a quantity of
'.lee'piog pills about 2:30 p.m. How-
vcr, the witness, Betty Meyer'
OMhl not be located by policc
ionday night. Justice said.
Dr. D.- R. Perry, Uurha.n C3un-
y Cwoaer, said the wom>*n ap-
jreaHy cwitaiiMe4-«titclle." ll«wi
ycr the oftrAher did nA ruTe out
ccidcntal death or foul play,
ice WITNiSS, 6-.
VOLUME 40 — No. 20 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1S63
RETORN REQUESTED
MAP ST]|IATEGY IN EAST in tha cantai ara Elllii D. Jonas, dren out of school in protasi
END SCH&OL ISSUE —Xead- promin*nt civic laadar and busi- over the board of cd{catl09's
•cs of th* East End School boy- nessman oi Jha i^ait;||||pid oom*>i)pci^n .lo ut» a po^yUon ^
colt tra plctl>rai hara prior K'fn^uiiity, and Atty. Yfoyd ^ | Miitel f0i‘ doubia aesJros.
a meeting with mambara of tha I Kisfick. spokatman for ttia of tha lant was daatroyad by
Mayor's Human Relaiions Com- j group. Parents of the com-' a fira savaral wc«ks ago.
mittaa aarly this wack. Shown munity ara kaaping thalr chil-
MRS. GORE
PRICE: 15 Cent*
IN TARBORO
Prominent Va.
Youth, 17, Kills Mother Because
She Refused Use of Family Car
TARBORO — Willie Rufus youth as he drove into Tfrboro
Thigpen, 17 year old Negro and" Sheriff
nth grader at Carver High' said Thigpen adK>ined
School in Edgecombe County kilUngs. He was charged
was arrested here late Thursday j with murder and jaiie^ without
night. May 9, and charged with privilege of bond,
the shotgun slaying of his
mother and 15 year old sister.
Sheriff Tom Bardin stated
that Thigpen told a campanion
at 8 p m., he inteded to kill
his mother because she had tak
en his driver’s license. ^oN-3ALE\i _ The
About 8:30, the boy went to Rev. Ciikrles E. Tyson, pastor
his tenant fdrni house, shot his ; of Asbury Temple Methodist
^mother, Mrs. Mary Ruth Thig- church in Durham, is ^nroll-
'jj'en ift’ tlie *ch5St, -Orr twwtog Lla *ed* ■ tn th^? 'j6rrent c^Ss of
sister, Dprothy, starting to tele- ^School'of Pastoral Car* at North
phone police, |ie fired through Carolina, Baptist Hospital in
a window and killed her. | Winston-Salem n
A deputy sheriff arrested the See REV. TYSON, 6-A
Loeal Pastor Enrolled
Ir P'xstoral Care Class
At t 5 Hospital
Penn, Takeslife
ROANOKE, V>. — Dr, Harrj
'cnn, 61, nationally known dcii
‘ist and civic leader, died of a
^If-lriflicted bullet wound in the
'lead on Thursday morninp!, May
According to police, his son
farry t. Penn, Jr., discovered the
«dy in a pool of blood on the
loor of the office located in the
’cnn Building on Center St.
A .38 calibre pi.stol was found
Hsarby. The son told police he
'new of no reason why his father
vould commit suicide.
Dr. Penn was last seen alive at
'uproximately 5:00 p.m. Wednes
day.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday, May 11, at First Baptist
Church. Rev. Emmette Green, pas-
or, officiated. Burial was in Lin
coln Cemetery.
Surviving are his >vife, Mrs. Le-
tita S. Penn; one son, Harry T.
Penn, Jr., and one daughter. Miss
Mary A. Penn.
School Boycott Gains
Momentum in Durham
The three weeks old boycott
of East End elementary school
gained momentum this week
with repeats of attendance at
the Durham school falling off
I to loss than one third of the
! enrollment.
I Attendance at the school
early this week was reported
I at 170 students. The school’s en
rollment is 750.
At issue in the case is the
objection of parents to the con-
I tinued use of part of the, build
ing for double sessions.'. The
Board of Education decided on
^thls plan in Ohe wake of a
fire three weeks ago which de
stroyed over half of the school’s
plant.
I The Rev. A. D. Moseley, a
. spokesman for the boycotting
parents, said they did not objcct
to using surviving portion of
the building for classes, but
I wanted students whose class
rooms were destt'oyed in t h e 1
fire transferred to other near
by schools which have vacant
class rooms’. I
I In the meantime, the Mayor’s |
Committee on Human Relations
I intervened in hopes of effect-1
ing a settlement of the pro-1
blem this week. The Com- j
mittee and a group represent- '
I ing the East End parents held
two meeting early this week, ^
but there were no reports of pro-1
gress' made during the talks.
Also during the week, Sena-i
tor Claudie Currie, of Durham, j
introduced a bill in the state
legislature aimed at waiving
legal requirements to permit
I speedy construction of the
school. .. I
I Currie said his biQ was de
signed to enable the rebuilt
school to be ready for use in the
, fall. I
Man Gets 25>30
Years In Slaying
OF Lacy McCoy
James H'iiify Savoid plead
ed guilty to second-degree mur
der Tuesday in Superior Court
and was sentenced to 25-30 years
in prison for the March 7 slay
ing a Lacy McCoy, 39 year old
Negro of Glenn St.
Detective Frank McCrea testi
fied that Savoid, 27 year old
Negro of W, Enterprise St.,
fired once at McCoy “just to
scare him” as he was leaving the
home of Shirley Adams, 308 E.
Enterprise St., at approximate
ly 10:50 p. m. on Thursday,
March 7. Savoid fled the scene
of the slaying and was arrested
later at his home.
GA. SENATOR VISITS ALMA to hU alma meter lait Friday
MATER — LeRoy Johnson where he delivered ttict main
(left), first Negro elected to the address for a student awards
Georgia State legislature since day program. Johnson, a gradu-
Reconstruction, is shown here' ete of ^thi* NCC Law school,
with North Carolina College I laid the South is making pro-
president Dr. Alfonso Elder dur- gress in the problem of race re-
ing the young lawmaker's visit lations.
All Rank Within First Five
Rve Ok'd by Duke Are Top-Ranking Students
WHrti
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The first five Negro high
school graduates who will be
admitted to Duke Uiniversity
this fall are the top ranking stu
dents of their respective classes.
This fact was disclosed in a
survey of the five, identified,
this week by the Carolina Times.
The students lo be admitted
are Mary Mitchell and Nathaniel
B. White, Jr., of Hillside High,
Durham; Gene Kendall, of Dud
ley High, Greensboro; Cassandra
Elisabeth Smith, of St. Anna's
Acadcmy, Winston-Salem; and
Wllnelmln* Matilda Reuben, of
The Mather j^Sehool, Beaufort, S.
C.
All with receive scholarships,
the 6xact amountis of which were
not disclosed. However, it was
revealed that the amounts of the
scholarships will vary in each
case, depending upon n'.-ed of
the student.
I The three girls are the first
I ranking students in their schools.
Miss Mitchell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie L. Mitchell,
I of 916 Plum St., Durham, is
j valedictorian of Hillside high
I school’s graduating class of 208.
j She is the third of five chil-
J dren in the family to enter col
lege. An older brother and
sister are honnor students, one
at A. and T. College in Greens
boro, and another at North Car
olina College in Durham.
H-er mother is employed at
Southern Triform and Towel
Company in Durham and her
father works at the Durham
plant of the American Tobacco
Company.
Miss Smith, 17, has posted a
straight “A” average at St.
Anne’s to rank first her class
at the Winston-Salem parochial
school. S^^ daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Smith,
of 3000 Fondly Road.
She has been active in extra-
curriclar activities at St. Anne's,
where she is president of the
student government, secretary of
I thg^ senior class, treasurer of the j
french club, and meml>er of the
I campus bb^k dub. In ad-dition, I
she is president of the local
i Catholic Youth Organization and !
a member of the YWCA. i
! She enjoys bowling, swim-
I ming and cooking and Ray
' Charles recnrti*. i
Miss Smith intends to become
a pediatrician and indicated that
she would like to major in pre
medical studies at Duke.
The third girl to be accepted
is Miss Reuben, 16, daughter o(
the Rev. and Mrs. O. R. Rueben,
of Sumter, S. C. Her father T3
president of Morris College and
her mother, is a member of the
college faculty.
She is enrolled at The Mather
School, of Beaufort, a privafe
church school, where she is the
top student in her class.
Miss Rueben likes music, plays
the piano and trumpet and
wants to study for the legal
profession. She is the oldest of
four children. The other, Lucy,
13, Anna Marie. 12, and Ode~,
See STUDENTS, 6-A
MISS MITCHiWL
Raleigh Hrms
Urge End to
Segregation
RALEIGH — Msm deoKmatr»-
tions staged by hundreds ot
students here lor the p«ul aewr'
al weeks appear to have woo a
significant victory, according tn
qualified observer*.
Leaders ot the city’s biuin«n
community have t>ecn aroused to
the challeBge of the demonstra
tions and have responded by
backing a movement calling for
desegregation of the city’s down*
town restaurants and theaters.
Ea^ly this week the merchants
bureau and a group of promiiv
ent businesamea, who. together,
control a major poHion of the
city’s economic life, supported a
statement calling for the end
to segregation in government
and busine» facilities which
serve the public.
In addition,, an interracial com
mittee, composed of the city’s
moat prominent business men
and outapokea Negre leaders,
was formed to work on a solu
tion to the problem.
The committee got underway
in the wake of a statement by
a Negro leader declaring that no
sohition would be possible until
segregation in all places th^t
serve the pidiUc Is erd^.
SHOULD ACT WITHOUT DCLAY
The merchants statement call
ing for an end to segngation
(in public facilities was issued by
the directors of the Merchants
Bureau, aa organization c o no-
prising the major retail establish
ments in the city.
.. It aali^ for “the removal of
all policies tn l>oth goverftzneat
and business which desiy rights
services because of rate.”
Couched in a resohitioB adopt
ed by the bureau directors late
Monday afternoon, it said:
“God-fearing people, as re-
sponsil>le citizens, and all peo
ple of good will must face 'the
fact t^( {>eA«» ii} h^man rela-
lioos p -
“Beink charged wSh tho re
sponsibility of Qtiedng lefdep-
ship to business in the com
munity oi Haleigh, we are con
vinced w • fbould. without
further delj^, . remove all po
licies in twth Igovemment and
business whidi deny rights and
services l>ecill*e of race.
“The overriding challenge now
confronting every Raleigh t>tisi-
ness person it to do those things
that would jhirther human re
lations and Ihe continued eco
nomic growth of Ra-;igh.”
iCONOMUO KiY ISSUE
Many obiervcrs pointed to the
phrase in the statement, “con
tinued econOaifa; growth,’* as the
key reason tor the concern of
the city’s business leaders over
the racial situation.
’The merchants statement re
ceived support from the business
conununity which acted to form
an interracial conunittee to
work for solution of the pr»
blem.
’The eommittee was formed
from a girdtip some 80 busi
nessmen at the uccidental build
ing Monday. White business
leaders iachided on the cm>-
mittee were C- A. Dillon, head
of DilhMl. Supply Co., an i»
dustrial supply houso wliicb
operate* throughout the state;
Karl Hudsosu president of Hud-
son-Belk. one of the city’s larg
est departntent stores; Mel
Broughoton. Jr.. soa of the form
er Governor; Carl Reisenbach.
manager of the Raleigh J. C.
Penney stores, also one of the
city’s largest department stores;
W. H- Weatherspoon; C. C
Cameroa; Peyton Woodsoa; and
Victor Bell; sanior vke presi
dent ad Wachovia Bank.
The eommittee was suggested
by Prank Dudels, general man
ager ot the News and Observer
Publishing Co.. aM the meeting
of the altjr’s top •xecutlves was
««1M hf O. AMm Mwre. alM>
a pr—tiinii teiiker.
Wegr—I WMMi to tho co»
wMm ImMM Dr. Cbwln.
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