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Durham Businessmen Urged to Sef Ex0mple for Youth
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A.MiX CHURCH OPENS MEET IN DURHAM
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Auto;^Contest Closes-with Big Final Surge by Leaders
Winners to 69
Announced on'
November
The Carolina Ti
ar^ual autombile,
to a close Monday
4II- of the contWV'mtden
m^c a tremendous (urg* Iti r^-
PQfta prior 4o the deadlim Mon-
dsjfe, •'
' Thfi size of the fln>l reportf
ht|d Times contest officials. stfU
occupied at press time checking
rej^ilts. Company officials te-
p^ted this year’s contest out
Vtci{»ed the previous one held
lad i»U.
' '^^ouncement of the thfec
bit] prize winners will made
iB^jixt weeic’s issue of tbe news-
pimc follovring an audit of Uis
rcnUw . \
stake is the grynd prize of
* l^w Ford Falcon. It will be
aimfded to the first pl^c^ wln-
Two other big^pri^es will
b4 given to second at|4 third
finishers. They aTf mink
and a portable telfiTision
prizes will be •mrjed at
^Iftlme of the Shrlnera all-
sty/ bigh ychool football game
on December 7., , /j
Cgpteat officials aald at mid-
wi(9^thC]r are hopeful that the
cf^klng of reports would' b
c(unpleted by the first of
^ that an audit of the W
•uns could be made next
^LudUing
P4^ of WiUiapi J.' Wincit, 1.'
d. l^nderbuTg antt Bav. L.
l1)pmpson is schedal^
an independent audit
si^ before the winner an-
m)unced. ■'
Mrs. Syminer Day# aftd Mr*.
EMher WUey l\ad aUg^'a Alp
and tuck race Mor fltafr-'l^ce
going into the fmal They
ware being closed by,
M. T. Artis and Uh. ,9^ Kd-
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VuLUiVll:, 40 — No. 45 DURHAM, N. C—SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1963
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Mass Funeral Held for 3 Tots
Fatally Burned as Home Razed
NCC ALUMNI QUEEN AND
COURT —North Carolina Col-
■•■k't *'Misa AlvmnI,” her aHtn-
dahH/ aitti their ^ticorfi poM
during hsiitlme at the cellegt's
HemeeemJi^ game with tha
Sh>«> . UnlversHy Mars Satur«
My.'l.e}tMrs. Idna
L. tacton, WfsMngton, O. C..
chaptar, *e«^nd runner-up: Sam
uel Becton; Mitt Mildred Hayet,
|’57, "Mitt Alumni," th* Philii-
delphia, Pa., chapter; Blat)o
Smlih; fnd Mitt Minnie Wiiten.
Wintton-Saiem, chapter, first
runhat-up. —NCC ' Phete
NCC FOUNPE.^- ^
Hwse North Cirelln^|£|Wl|a
fIMcials and platferm gSl^lk.e
^IPMi in a «roup the
ihHtq-’- lith annual Fau^der't
■kg ortvo^tiofl Mond^. (.eH^fo
True Educati
1^1 Ur
Knight at
^ address by Duke Univer-
ally President Dougla* M.
Keigbt and the awarding 6t an
l^M^ary Doctor of HuinWiUles
dMrae to Mrs. Trent «^nr
highlightlTfg eventg In the
■ln^^nth anxiual observSlKe
I^ftrth C:arolina Coliege'a Found-
er>| Day Monday.
convocation, hoooflai t^e
uif ■ and career of tbr Ifta
JMMBS E. Shepard, founder of
fOUege in 1910 a«d lt« joeat-
d«u until 104l^conveiya(l tha
Cytale’s B. N. Duke au4tto*tudi
attracted a stliAIAfTnaili
alienee of studeilta ao4 knmg-
BMring the program^ which
Dr. Bascom Baynes ohatoaMi ol
- Saa NCC p«l H ,
right; Dr. Bascom Baynet, ehair-
man of the cellege^t^,^ard ol
trusteet; On Jamet H; ^emtni,
Profetter of urology at Duita
University; Mrt. Mary Trtnt
Semant, who received the hon
orary degree Doctor of Human-
itlet at the program; Dr. Alfonto
Eldar, retired NCC pret!dent;
and State Sen. Claude Currie, of
Durham—NCC Photo.
Showdown in
C-R in Danville
•ATLANTA, Ga. — A five-mar
task force from th> Atlanta offices
of the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference headed for Dan
vHle, Va., this week tq join a sixth
staff member of the organizatior
in what may shape up as an all
out desegregation ghof^down in th-
Virginia textile center.
The group was dispatched tc
Danville on orders from Dr. Mai
tin Luther King, Jr . SCLC presi
dent, following a reque.st for aic
from the Danville Christian Pro
gressive Association, an affili»(
of affiUate of SCLC. The Danvillr
organisation complained that the
city has shown a .itubborn resis
tance to meeting a six-po*nt dese
gregaton program requested by
Negroes tinCe last June foUowmj
4waoartration| thei*-
J
Members of the ta..k force are.
.Mrs. Dorat y Cotton, Director Citi-
■onship School. Mr. and Mrs. Jai
Jevol, Field Secretaries at large-
John Gibson, assists t to SCIX>
Program Director; Rev. Aiher*
Dunn, Alabama Field Secretary-
and Rev, C. T. Vivian. Director o
SCLC Affiliates, who preceded th
?roup to Danville. Their Job wil
be to lielp the Negro community
understand the philosophy o
non-violence and prepare them ir
the techniques of non-violent pofci
tivg action.
If they are unable to bring about
reconciliation of the grievance*
of the Negro community, SCLT
plans to send a second and larf.e>
group to the city for a second
stage of organization and planql^
Sm DANVIU.I,
Parents Left Home Moments Before
Disaster; Half of Family Wiped Out
Mass funeral services for three
small children who died in a fir*
in Durham late la.st week wer'
held on Saturday. Dead are Mar
gretta Lenora Jones, 6; James E
Jones, Jr., 4; and Mward Leond^
Jones, six months.
The victims 'Were" children ol
Mr. and Mrs, J. E, Jones, of 12V‘
Morehead avenue. They met theii
deaths last Friday when a fir'
swept through their three roou
home.
The fire broke out just after th*
children's parents had left horn*
early Friday. The father w^ wait
ing dn klMafby c
aad
'tore
baby:
Fire de^rtinent officials belifve
the flames started from an over
heated stove
The tire wiped out nearly half
of the Jones familv. Only tw
children escaped the flames, Anet*
Louise, five, and Cynthia Lorraine
Jones, two. They were rescued by
a neighbor R, C. RaAord wh'
spotted the fire.
Radford, on seeing fthi blsze
raced into the kitctjen iM iat'
one bedroom, grabbed lUp two oi
the sleeping Infants, ,'one unde*
each arm, and took them outalde
Intense heat from the 'flames^ pre
vented him from returning for th.
other three children. !
CIAA-SWAC
MGame^n,
Tex. Postponed
The scheduled fpace bowl foot
ball game between the CIAA
champion and the SWAC champ
ion has been postponed until
19S4, it i«arD«d this
for H(
ton„ ‘Hexaa la December bad
been poatponad until next year
until a new miUioa dollar dome
corered stadium i« completed.
Tti«' new utadium will replace
the current football arena used
in Houaton, Jnperson stadium.
The CIAA reported officially
this week tbft the bowl game
had won approval by the JNation.
al Colltglata Athtetic Associa-
tion. ,
Official! jq£ the CIAJ^ and
SWAC tnkUA olit detaill of the
b6wl gsift^ liitt y6af. It Will pit
the champioB ol each conference
in the game '((tiiuially.
The SWAC la composed of col-
See g4Mi, e-A
Hospital Jiin Crow is Struck Down
By Ruling of Fourth Circuit Court
NCC Law Prof
Gets Advance
Degree at NYU
Milton E. Johnson, associate oro
fessor of Law at ."Ncvth Carolin.
College, has been granted the
LL.M. degree (Masters of Law'
from New York University, it wa
revealed this week.
Johnson was notified by th
school recently that the degref
was granted on Oct. 28. Forma
conferring of |the degree ma.
■4»come St the school’s winter convo
cation.
Johnson complete work on the
See DEOREI, 6-A
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal
appeals court issued what is be
lieved to be a far reaching deci
sion last week barrisg segrega
tion in hoapitals which accept
federal money.
The U. S- 41h Circuit Court
of Appeals, in a 3-2 decision,
ruled here Friday that any hos
pital which accepts federj^l Hill-
Biirton construction funds must
open its staff and facilities to
everyone, regardless of race.
dme actioa came on a case
broaght by Greensboro Negrc
resio^^ a^aiOit two hospitals
in thatTlity, Moses H. Cosne Me
morial, and WMley Long Com
munity Hospital.
The fuit vas originall|r enter
ed by a group of Negro phy*f-
ciam and patienta in Greens
boro, but later they were jo^-
ed by the Justice Department
who intervened on their behalf.
Although both hospitab have
permitted some desegregation
See HOSPITAL, 8-A
Theater Suit
Formally Ends
An integratioa suit fKsinst th>
Carolina Theater in Durham wss
formally ended last week when
Judge Edwin iUnley dismissaf*
the action with th* aotytion that
the theater had he«ii dMegrefated
The Judge oriarett t>-a defend
ant, Abercrosjb^Bite^prJses, Inc.
to pty costs M tta ai(it.
S«« TlfHOItf.
DIGNITARIES AT AME ZiON
MMT —Gov. Terry Sanford (sec-
oi(li from left) greets A.M.E.
Z|oh church officials and Mayor
R. W. Grabareic prior to the
Governor’s address before the
Central N. C. Confernce of the
church now underway in Dur
ham at St. Marie’s A.M.E. Zien
Church. Shown with the Gover
nor are the Rt. Rev. R. L. jo.-i'ss,
of Salisbury, Sanford, Mayor
Grabareic, Rt. Rev. W. J. Walts,
of Chicago, senior bishop of the
church, and Rev. R. L. Speaks.
DR. RANDOLPH
Pr. Raiidoipli
inounces.
itirement
t>r. R. P, Randolph, a practic-
ing physician in Durham since
1935, -#hose office is located at
1504 Fayetteville Street, has an
nounced his retirement from
private practice effective Dec-
emb*i?Tl, 1963.
He will continue to serve as
director of student health serv
ices at North Carolina College,
a position he has held since
1960. He has been associated
with the college medical serv
ices, since 1955.
A native -of Richmond, Vir
ginia, ^fciere he attended public
schools and graduated with a B,
S. degft-e from Virginia Union
Unive/sily, Dr. Randolph receiv
efi his professional education at
See RANDOLPH, 5-A
Governor Terry Sanford Addresses
Teslimonial for Bishop R. L. lones
Chain Dinner
Hears Address
By Wheeler
Durham’s Negro business ami
professional community was urged
to set an e.Xiimple of courace an!
ingenuity for youth by one o
the city’s mo.st succes.sful biisines'’
and civic leaders Monday night
He was J. 11. Wheeler, president
of Mechanic.? and Farmers Bank
who addreslstd the annual dinnii
of the Durham Business and Pm
fessionSl Chain.
“To limply say to school drop ^
outs, 'prepare y(^rselv»,s for the|
futlire’lis a rathet empty Slid void*
kind of appeal. We've got to hav
symbols of success, daring and in
genuity to convince our young peo
pie to want to achieve. We’ve got
to have our people willina to risk
their capital and invent in new
opportunities,” the bank president
insisted.
The dinner held at the W. D,
Hill Community Center formally
launched the Chain’s annual ob
servance o2 Trade Week. Some
150, persons attended the event
The dinner ai.so honored Atty
Floyd McKissick and his family
and several veteran Durham busi
nessmen.
High ranking Chain officials dP
dared the event an outstanding
success. Some 150 persons attenc^
ed the dinner, including several
new residents of the ciiy wnu
See CHAIN, 2 A
, The 83rd annual session of the
Central North Carolina Confer
ence, A. M. E. Zion Church,
which opened at St. Mark
Church Tuesday brought to the
city some of the outstanding
churchmen area and the
denoipiruitiOEf. *
The Conferanc* is composed
of churches extending from Sil
er .City to Selma and from Hen
derson to the -iSputh C%r()lii)a
line, just below Gibson. It k a
part of the second episcopal di
strict, presided over by Bishop
R, L. Jones. There are five pre
siding elder distticta, Raleigh,
Fayetteville, Sanford, Laurio'
burg and 5.i*rham,°iupervised by
Revs. T. J. Voun®, 3. W. Hatchm')
C. V. Flack, D. G. G)over an^
J. A. Brown.
The theme of the meet “The
Church and Wosld Redemption;
Through •' Inter-Church MovtF
ment” permeated the three-time
daily sessions.
The meet opened with a com
munion service Tuesday night.
The Rev. Richard Woodward de
livered the sermon. Bishop
Jones and the presiding ]Elders
were thg celebrants. An impres
sive memorial service was con
ducted Wednesday morning.
Thg Rev. T. H. Harris deliver
ed the noonday sermon and Bi
shop Jones delivered his episco
pal address in the afternoon
The Wednesday activities when
more than 350 delegates, support
es and friends braved a down
pour of rain to attend a testi
monial banquet, given in honor
of Bishop and Mrs. Jones at
Schraff’s Country Inn, at 8:00
See AME ZION. 6-A
J’
McKIMICK FAMII.T OET»
AWJUID — Mrs. Fl«rd McKk-
slek right) accepts pi»
qua from I. It Holmes duriog
0urkasB Business aad PiafaafU^*'
at Chain dlaaer an Monda7 aight
as ether mesibers ei McKlaatak
family look ea. Standing at laft
ef Holmes an oldest dau^UMS
Ja;aelfa and JUdrea. la
ef them ace Taw*ger broHier
Floyd, aa4 CbalrmaiM.
ywangaat a tha tfaiighters.
—PlwlD bf P»nt90i