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Time Magazine Cites Martin King As ^^Man Of The Year^^
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Mri. Dorothy G. Johm, seere-. past year.
Miry to Ihe U. S. Army ROTC | It was Ihe seventh such award
l^tachment at A. and T. C0I-; Mrs. Jones has received since
was this week cited with | employment 11-years ago.
Danartment of the Army \ Lt. Col. William Goode, pro-
Students of Duke
And NCC Favor
New Protests
Official^ of the Durham NA-
ACP and CORE chapters an-
Dounc,ed this week that students
i of Duke University and North
Carolina College will joinr in a
"Freedom March To Chapel
Hill" Sunday, January 12. The
marchers are expected to leave
Ihe campuses of Duke and NCC
promptly at 12 noon and will b(
joined by other members of the
community.
The march is being 'tagcd in
support of the proposed public
accommodation and fair employ'
ment practices ordinances of
Chapel Hill.
A spokesmaa o( the march
stated that, “The gradual pace
of this Journey is a reflection of
the gradual pace of America to
wards a true realization if it?
ideals. We ask you our fellow
Americans, to walk with us on
Ithis journey — if not in deed,
then in spirit—to the end of the
road, through ammonia and jail
cells, to a society where every
American citizens can patronize
every American business.”
Ontataiidilig Employee Rating j lessor of military science ^d in
CfrtifiGat* for outstanding per- j charge of Ihe Detachment, makes
Hrmance at the post during the { the presental.ion.
Whitney Bolden Named District
Manager ofvNCM Durham Office
Whitley W. Bolden, Staff
Manager on the Durham District
'has been named Acting Man
ager of this District effective
January 1, 1964. He will replace
W. L. Cook who has been)-pro
moted to Assistant Agency Di
rector and transferred to t h i.
Home Office.
Thg announcement was made
by William A. Clement. cJlU.
Vice President Agency Director,
ttolden began his insurance (are
er on the Spartanburg District
In 1934, under the jnanageri^hip
of his ’ father G. W. Boldei^
In 1941' Bolden joined the
Agency Directors’ Staff as Spec
ial Agent and served in thi.-:
capacity until 1 9 5 3, when he
was assigned to the Durham Di
strict as Staff Manager. He
brings to his new position' ex
perience, dedication, loyalty and
an outstanding record as a Com
pany employee. Boien is a gradu
ate of Claflin College, of LUTC
and a trip winner to New Yom
and to the Cloudburst in At
lanta, all in the same year. Hr
Is a member of St. Joseph's AMt
Church, and is married to the
former Miss Ruth Young, As
sistant to the Treasurer in the
Home Office. They are the par
ents of one child, a son.
In Buncombe'
New Plan of
Desegregation
Announced
ASHEVlLLE—A new thrre-yp^r
plan of desegrfigation for th? Biiu
combe County Schools was an
nounced here Tuesday by the
3oard of Education. Implcmcnta
Hon of the plans will be on Ih
b4iiis of geography in makini* is
il(nment of pupils to the 34
whonls of the countv.
The Board, agropd lo begin thj
fuignment of pupils, accord'nj,
ip the plan in grt'i'.cs of on-
through eight in 1965, one through
10 in 1906 and one through 1*
in 1967.
The new segregation plan i.
being instituted in order to c m
ply with a petition of Ileubpn J
Bailey, attorney for the pla';i
tifti. Prior to Dailey'fi action t'l
Board was assigning Negro chil
dren on the basis of race.
' At the beginning of the school
term iMt fill 13 Negro pupils wei"
enroll«4 at Haw Creek School.
M«vU>usly ill white is the firs*
iB -iatagrati&g the county ktbo.>i>
Livingstone To
Celebrate 85th
Anniversary
SALISBURY — The eighty
fifth annual observance o i
Four>der’s Day at Living.stone
College will be held here Tues
day, February 11th according to
information released by Dr. S
E. Duncan, president of the col-
le'ge. The date for the observance
has been chart^ed from Monday
F’ebruary 10th, birthday of the
founder. Dr. Joseph Charle
Price, to allow more ministeri
and leaders to attend celebra
tion.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Presi
dent of Morehouse College, At
lanta, Ga., will be the featured
speaker at the observance to be
held in the Jame^ Varick Me
morial Auditorium at 2 p. m.
.Lilvlngstone College was found
ed at Concord, N. C. in 187rf
and known'- as Zion Wesley In
.1‘itute. Its first sessions were
held in t^e parsonage of the Big
Zion Hill A. M. E. Zion Church
in that city. Later it was moved
to its present site and the name
changed to Livingstone College
to honor the memory of Dr.
David Livingstone, missionary.
expI6rer, philanthropist and hu
manitarian who ga're hi« life for
the people of Afi'ica and whose
son, Robert, fou^t with the
union forces during the Civil
Whj* and tvar buried int thfe Na
tional Cemetery in Sbllsbiiry.
Composed 6i * (iollege of Li
beral Art* a n'd t Theological
Seminary, Livingstone has a corn
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Now
Bank’s Resources
Over $13 Million
Little federal
Plan" Debate
To Be Broadcast
F^r members of the North
Carina General Assembly will
det>liie the pros and cons of the
proposed “Little Federal Amend
ment" to tii« State Constitution
In a special IN MY OPINION
program ont WRALrfV (Channel
5) Sunday, Jan. 12, a 6:30 p. m.
The program will precede by
just two days statewide ballot-
i n g to approve or disapprove
changes in constitutional proce- |
dures for legislative reapportion |
ment of the Tar Heel Legisla
ture. I
Senator Robert Lee Humber |
of Pitt County and Senator
David Clark of Lincoln County
will debate in favor of the am
endment; Representative David
Britt of Robeson County and Re
presentative George Uzzell of.
Rowan County will voice opposi
tion to the amendment.
Eiich side wSIl have equal
time to state their views and to
answer questions posed by the
opposition and the program mo
derator.
WRAL-TV’s Director of Pub
lic Affairs, Sam Bread, will
moderate.
Capitol Broadcasting Co.,
operators of WRAL-TV and
WRAL Radio in Raleigh, is of
fering the one-hour program to
all television and radio station;
in the State as a public service.
IN MY OPINION programs
are produced by WRAL-TV un
der the supervision of Sam
Beard.
Wheeler Reports
Steady Growth
At Annual Meet
In spite of inclement weather
the annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank was held here,
IVTonday evening, January 6 at
7:30 in the lobby of the bank
in the presence of a large and
enthusiastic gathei-ing.
In addition to local stockhold-
er^, several were also present
from Charlotte and Raleigh, the
two other cities in which the
bank maintains branch offices.
Also present were officials and
employes of the main office, lo
cated here at 116 W. Parrish
Street; the Charlotte office 101
Beatties Ford Road and the Ra
leigh office at 13 E. Hargett
St.
The report to the stockholders
was delivered by J. H. Wheeler,
president of the bank, who point
ed out that all three offices of
the institution had experienced
a sizeable increase in resources
See BANK, 3A
I. 0. FUNDERBURC
Cashier
At left Is I, O. Funderburg,
cashier of the AAechanics and
Patmers Bank, who was one of
th^^main participants the an-,
nua^ stockholders me^iny^ of
the bank he^d here,- January 6.
In the cental is Vice President
J. E. STRICKLAND
Vice President
J. E. Strickland, and manager
of the Raleigh branch, who pre
sided over the election of the
Board of Directors. Strickland
j^'also gave a report of the suc
cess being experienced In the
Raleigh office. At the right is
A. E. SPEARS
Vice President
A. E. Spears, vice president and
mgr. of the Charlotte branch.
Mr. Spears reported for thj
work in Charlotte and gave re
marks concerning the splendid
growth the bank is' experianciAg
in that city.
SCLC Gains Major Break-Through in Williamston;
Desegregation Demands, Reached on Eight Fronts
Trailways Agrees
To Hire Sixteen
Negro Drivers
^ PHILADELPHIA —Tho Natinna'
Association for the Advancement
of .Colored People ha.s secured ;
oledgp from the Trailways Bu‘
Company, one of the nation’s larg
cst, to take on 16 Negro driver,
when hiring is resumed ii*
March.
The acreemcnt was icackied Ias
f/eek at' a conference attended by
representatives of the local
NAACP branch, headed bv Prcsi
dent Cecil B. Moore, and official;;
of the bus company.
Earlier, in New ■ York City
Safeway Trails, a division of the
natlori-wide Trailways system, an
nounced plans to “aggressively
seek Negroes and other minorit:
gr6up members as employees.’*
A spokesman said that the lin
initially -pians to hire nine Negro
^riv(ir«, tte ticket agents,
mechanics, four or five informa
tion clerks and additional porter
in New York City.
Following the agrcem>nt. here,
See TRAILWAYS, 3A
Pictured al>eve are members of
the Coffee and Talk Croup
which meets once each week to
discuss various social problems
confronting the community.
Mennbers of the group endeavor
to act in an advisory capacity to
underprivileged citizens of rhe
community, especially where the
welfare of children are concern-
Reading from left to right those
in the picture, and seated, are:
Mesdames Charles Swift, Miriam
Kyles, Bessie McLaurin and
Louise- Cider. Standing, Mes
dames Al Thompion, Bettie
Grant, Rev. David Nicicerson,
Mesdames Desta Turner, Pearl
Cordice and Don Meyer.
Dr. Charles DeBerry ^
Report Reveals That 119 Have Withdrawn From
Bethel A. M. E. Church In City of Greensboro
Dr. Charles DeBerry, fofmer: total of 119 members have with-
Chairman of the Trustee Board
ai'd Building Fund of Bethel
AME Church of Greensboro, iiT-
formed the Carolina Times th^^
week that contrary to recent
reports released by the pastor
the Rev. P. B. Walker and
published in the January 4 is-
eue of the Carolina Times to
the effect that there Is no splil
or uphea'vel at Bethel and that
the church is in a settled state
of affairs, the church is torn as
under from one side to the other
with turmoil and strife with
the pastor aa the bona ot con-
itention.
]!>eBerry also stated that tbi.
V . t) i u ; I .1
dravjiri from the church and
have vowed that they will not
return until Rev. Walker is re
moved from the pastorate. The
withdrawn members are now
plM a
Mehwr
Taylor Mefaorial YWCA on
Market Street and have already
secured the services of a min-
isler not connected with the
AMJE Church.
Among the former oflicet’s of
Bethel besides himself, were
reported by DeBerry to have
vtrlthdrawn are: Dr. Virgil
Stroud, Bernard L. Mitchell,
Ooiniey EWalow, Lorenzo Ander-
iiou, W. H. Kttstkr, D. .L .*.£
edge, all trustees. Former Ste
wards who have withdrawn are
Vernard Pope, Major Reid, Fre^
Hamilton' and R. L» Summers.
DeBery also in formed the
Times that at a recent meeting
of the Official Board of Bethel
Rev. Walker referred to the dis-
guntled group as jackasses. He
ajso stated that prior to the
wi^drewtal a petition requesting
Bi^op Greene to replace Rev.
Walker with a new minister was
taken to the North Carolin|! .^-
nual Confluence in Wilmington
but the Bishop rebuffed the peti
tion with 'the remarlis that he
was bein£ .threatened.
, WILLIAMSTON — January
4th — Aftdr alreost slK months
of Demonstrations Williamston
North Carolina, demands for
segregation of public facilities
were partially met last week by
this city’s admin'istration, which
agreed to abolish discrimina-
tion against Ncgfoes in eight
specific areas.,
Ti’e demonstrations, whiqh be
gan on June 30t.h under tlio lead
ership of Southern Christian
Leadership Conference Field Sec
r(jtary, Golden A. Frinks and
Regional RepresePtative, H.
LeGarde, uitiinatcly led to an
economic boycott by tlie city's
Negroes who constitute more
than 50 per cent of thp popula
tion of this coastal city of some
6,000 persons. This, according to
leaders in tlie area, was a major
factor in causing the city to make
desegregation change.s.
The agreeti-upon changes, as
announced by Mayor N. C.
Green^, iiiniself a target of the
aity’s Negro discontent, are as
follows;
1.) Itilcgralion of Hospitals
(wards, employment etc.)
2.) Di.scontinue annual $3,000
allocation to private library
with aim of ijuilding a public
library for use by all citizens.
3.) Businesses to adopt fair em
ployment practice (Three depart
ment stores already have iiired
Negro clerks.)
4.) Courtesy titles to be used
in addressing Negroes. ,
5.) Tax twoks to b(? integrated.
6.) .Vocational Trainkig-I n-
dustrial school to be integrated
(onp Negro, John Smalls already
has been enrolled.)
7.) Public schools, to be inte
grated l)y Septemtier.
8.) All “colored-white” signs
to be removed from public
places.
The major thrust of SCLC’s
efforts to desegregate William
ston wias provided Ijy the Wil
liamston chapter of the organi
zation whose president is Mrs.
Sarah Small. At various timer,
the SCLC chapter was able to
muster as many as 700 demon
strators in their nonviolent pro
test marches, which were resist
ed by the city’s police who al-
President SCLC
Cited for Non-
Violent Activities
CHICAGO Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., noted- Negro Inader and
president o£ the Southern Christ
ian Leadership Conference, wa
the December i.ssue of Time Masa-
named "Man of the Year" this
month by Time* Magazine, nation
ally iinown and widely read mat;
azlfie,' publtstiej In ChtcajTO^.
In citing Dr. King for its “Man
of the Year" award Time carrict'
a full page likeness of him on
its front page and followed fur
ther with four pages of a detailed
story and pictures of the life anH
work of the noted leader of hi?
people.
Included in the article of Dr.
King •was his now famous “Let
ter From a Birmingham Jail,’
written during his imprisonmcnf
last Api'il. on toilet paper and mar
gins of newspapers, etc.
Tne letter was smuggled ouf of
the jail by an aide in .small pierts
In writing about Kin? Time
said, “King is in many ways the
unlikely leader of an unlikely or
ganization—the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, a loose al
liance of 100 or so churphorienteri
groiips. King has neither th* ouir.'
brilliance nor the shtiiv admin $•
trative capabilities of the NAACP
Hoy Wilkins. He .has none of tip
sophistidation of the National Ur
ban League’s 'Whitney Young. Jr.,
lacks Young’s experience in deal
ing with higii echelons of the t/.S
business community. He has neitiv
CM' the invcntiveoess of CORE’’
James Farmer nor the raw mili
tancy of SNICK’s John Lewis noi
the bristling wit of Author James
Baldwin. He did not make his
mlirk in the enterUinment fielrl
where talented. Negroes have Ions
been prominent, or in the science
and professions 'where Neg^rpes
have, almost unnoticed, been com
ing into their own. He earns no
moer money than some plumber''
($10,000 a year), and possesses lit
tie in the way of material things. ”
Council Proposes
Permanent Bi-
Racial Group
At a meeting of the City Conn
cil held here'Kondav night Mayor
Wensc Gra)|veK was authorizes
lo appoint a'lS-ntitraoer oermanen
Bi-racial Committee to deal witt
problems which might arise frc.r
time to time in the future cencern-
ing racial matters.
After listening to and aporov
ing a report of a special studv
committee the Mayor was ask^ti
to outline its duties and respun
sibilities.
The committee's refwrt recom
mended that members of the Hi
racial committee be appointed for''
terms as follows: five for Qnq
year; five for two years and fivo
fur three years.
After the orlgitial appointraen'K
the succeeding naes will be mau'
for a period ot three years. ,
The study committee was crm
posed of J. S. .Stewart, chairmin.
Luther Barboivr and S--O. Rilev..
The propos^ $i-ratipl Cooiunit
tee will te permaniut aad'^V^I
replace the origioal bit«rim
mittoe, 4>point«fd by th« vl
and wbicb watljed s*
during the carlal -demptsU'
Ui’.t