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Rev. Edwards Holds To Lead As Holy IJimd Contest NeSrs End
Contestants Gird
For Closing Date
Monday Noon
Tho big hour is Monday, noon,
April 27. At that time tlio curtain
will rins ciL'vn on UiP Carolinii
Times big Ministers I’ljpiilarily
Cwitcst for 19(i4.
At stalip as tlic piizps f.-i Ihrop
ministers receiving the !iiKliCi.t
MwmHtr uf votes arc three airplane
'round trips. The first and qraiid
prkf is a free airplane round-trip
t» the Holy LantI;, the second
prize is a free airplane round-trift
l« Bermuda, the third is a free
airplane round-trip to the Nev
York World s Fair.
The contest manacer is urging
ail contestants to get tiwir f'nal
tfports to the office of the Caro
lina Times, 436 E. Pettigrew Si. >
O'r in the mail by Monday, noon |
April 27. j
On hand at the office of the j
Tirnes special help has ijc ii added i
Is receive all reports Monday ;
noon. Immediately thereafter tab-;
ulatton of 'he ’"inal reports wili
begin, ^
^ In order to give auipli? imc foi'|
a cWrect and detailed tabulation;
ot each and every leVuri the con-'
test manager wishes to announce
that the winners will not be an j
noiinced until the follywini! week I
issoe pf May 9, when a story and
fKctures of all three of the win I
ners will be published in the Car-1
olina Times,
This week saw the four leading i
contestants still battling it out for
honors with Rev C. U, r.;l
wards of Fayetteville still clinp-ngl
tenaciously to the top position |
Close behind as usual was Kev i
J, H, Costen of Uockv Mount. |
Continuing his rapid pacc as ?
top contender was Rev. R, W. Per
ry of Sanford. So hard has iio/
See CONTEST, 2A
NAA^olSrk
Anniversary of
Sciiooi Decision
NKW YORK — Over 100
branches of the National Asso-1
elation for the Advancement of]
Colored People, in as many i
communities throughout the,
country, ar^ planning to ob
serve Sunday, May 17, as “Free
dom Sunday,” according to Rev.
Edward J. Odom, Jr., NAACP
national church secretary.
The observances, to be con
ducted by churches and organi
zed religious groups in coopcra
tion with the NAACP, added
Mr. Odom, will be to celcbrate
the 10th anniversary of the Su
preme Court decision banning
segregation in the public schools.
Programs on that day will be
Xfroven around three themes,
itr. Odom decared: the current
status of public school education
for Negroes — North and South;
community reaction to the de
bate now being staged in the
Senate over thp civil rights bill;
and local promotion of voter
f*|ftetration drives among Negro
ertlzens.
NAACP branches Mr. Odom
safM, have been urged to sponsor
commemoralive st*rvice», plan
public mass meetings and orga
nize prayer marches to their
city halls.
Among NAACP branches that
have already announced “Free
dom Sunday” observancr. plans
are Prince Edward County, Va.;
Washington, D G.: Greenwood,
Mi^.; Oakland, Calif.; Savan-
G«.; Seattle, Wash.; Memp
his, Tenn.; Minneapolis, Minn.;
MHaml, Fla.; Columbus, Ohio;
Austin, Tex,: Springfield, Mass,;
Louisville, Ky,; South Bend,
Ind,; Wilmington, Del.; Lynch-
burf, Va,, and Au^u^ta, Ga,
JAPANESE INDUSTRIALISTS
VISIT NCC—With th# North
Carolina College Admlnittratlon
Building and a statue of Dr.
Jam«« E. Shepard in the back
ground, Dr. Cecil L. Patteraon.
iscond from left, conducts a
group of Japanese visitors on a
tour of the Durham campus.
Representatives of Teijin
Limited, the visitors are, from
left; Y. Mitsuishi and H. To-
nami of the firm's Products De
velopment Institute in Japan
and Y. Watanabe, New York
representative of the firm.
VOLUME 41 — NO. 16
DURHAM, N. C., 27702, SATURDA,Y, APRIL 25, 1964
PRICE: IS Cents
Religion, Race, Community
Meet Set For Tuesday April 28
Three Distinguished Speakers to
Keynote Interracial Conference
Funderburg, Fitts In
May Primary Election
Two prominent'Negro citizens
of Durham lile4 :iheir, entries
with the M po
tions shortly before the
ling for entry in the May 30
Democratic Primary,
Dr, Howard M, Fitts, Asso
ciate Professor of Health EdU*
cation at North Carolirm Collei^
is seeking a seat on tiie Durhiuin
County Board of Eklucation. Df.
Fitts, a native of Wilson, holds
the B. S. and M. S. P. H. degrees'
from North Carolina College
and the degree of Doctor of
Education from Columbia Uni
versity. He is a veteran of World
War II iiaving served in Africa,
Europe and the Philllpines, and
sincp moving to Durham in 1954.
has been active in civic and reli
gious circles. His professional
affiliations include membership
in American Public Health As
sociations: The North Carolina
Public Health A.ssoclation; The
American Association for Heal
th Physical Education and Re-
See PRIMARY, 2A
FUNDERBU.^e
FITTS
The Dti'rham Ministers Asso
ciation will sponsor a City-Wide
Conference on Religion, Race,
and Conyxunily on Tuesday,
.\i)iii 2'u. at ti\e Fir.st Presbyte
rian Church on East Main Street
\v
Corp, will be. tliL‘ iealiiri'd ,spoa-
ier at 7:00 p.ni. at tlio Baptist
Center. He will speak on the
•subject, "Human Relations In
Indeo-Chri.sliaii Perspective."
At 8:4.'i p^i. Til,. lli«lit Ri've-
PROCTOR
and the Baptist Center on Alex- |,rcnl ThoTiias Augustus FralTiir
ander Avenue. | Bishop Co-Adjuter, Episcopal
Tho purpose of the Conference , Diocp.sp of North Carolina will
is to provide the members of bring the closing addrc.ss for the
the religious community of Conference. He will speak on
Durham with an opportunity to thp subject, “The Church Giving
dlscti,'?,^ their problems in human Creative Leadership in Racial
relations in the context of fcl-1 Crisis,” This portion of the Con-
lowship and mutual respcct,j^erenc(, will also be conducted
and to intcrprci. the Biblical at the Baptist Center on Alexan-
message on race. jder Avenue.
Tlircp distinguished speakers Dr, W. R. Grigg, Sccertary, p.m. at the First Presbyterion' the First Presbyterian Church,
are schedutoel fo keynote vsri-1 Department of Interracial Co- Church. ’' ' ’ This Chufch will also host a
ous sessions of the Conference, j operation, Baptist State Conven-| At 2:15 p.m. Dr. J. M. Price panel at 3:00 p.m. entitled “Re-
Dr. Samuel Dewitt Prector, As-i tion of North Carolina, will j will conduct a Bible study en- volution in Human Relations.”
sociate Director, The Peace speak to the ministers at 4:451 titled, "The Biblg and Race,” atj See MEET 2A
Seeks Seat In N.C, Legislature
DAVIS
New York Parole
To Speak at N. C.
Frank L. Caldwell, Commis
sioner of the New York State
Board of Parole, will speak at
10 a. m.. May 1, in North Caro
lina Colli'go'.s B. N. Duke audi
torium oil the seventh annual
observancp of Law Day, fI S.A,
Tlie prDgiam will be spim-
sored by the NCC Student Bar
A.s-snc ation,
Mr, Caldwell, after comulet-
ing hicli seiionl in Dnnver, Colo.,
attended Ihe University of Cali
fornia and earned a bachelor's
degree at West Virginia Stale
College. He was graduated cum
Inude from (he University of
Denver Sciiooi of Law in Sept-
S'-f CALDWfel.i, 4A
Board Head
College May
1
Last Rites Held
Here For J. H.
Davis on Wed.
John Henry Davis was funera-
lized here Wednesday, April 22
at White Rock Baptist Church,
with the Reverend Miles Fisher
officiating. He died at his home
on 'Monday, April 20 after 12
years of illness.
He was born in W-tnrtsl)oro
South Carolina, August 12, 1895,
See DAVIS 2A
DA to Prosecute Onion Officials
And Employers Gfjilly of Bigotry
N!EW YORK N. Y., Eight
months of negotiations between
Nutional CORE and the New
York County District Attorney’s
office resulted recently in a com
mitment by District Attorney
H. Richard Uviller to seek grand
jury indictments against all un
ion officials and- •’employers
found guilty of racial discrimi
nation under Sections 41 and 43
of thg State Civil Rigths law.
James Farmer, National Direc
tor of CORE hailed the city de
cision as a “major vindication oi
V.'ie thousands who faced arrejst
|last summer to integrate tiic
construction trades.”
This is the first expressed wil
lingness to enforce this statute
which was originally enacted in
1913 and amended to include
employment in 1940. Negotia
tions were conducted between
CORE General Counsel Carl
Rachlin, CORE Attorney. George
Schiffer and Uviller,
Under this statute, offenders
could receive fines of $500
UNION, 4A
ist'Froni (jojkitty
Major High
Enters Primary
From Guilford
GliKKNSBOltO — Major S I)’”,".
35, Greensboro attorney, li.sl wr.’K
announced his candidiicy, l>oi;i
(iuilford Counij, fur a scat in tiie
Noith Carolina House iicpre,'>en-,
tatives, subject to the Democralic
primary to be coiuucted on Sat-
urua.v. May ao.
When the young barrister paid
his filing fee at 1J:00 a. m., Fri
day, April 17, ong hour prior to
the deadline; he became the
first of his race to seek a state
office from the county sincg re
construction days.
High will be in competition
with seven other candidates,
all white, for one of four seats
available to thg county. Local
political observers give him a
better than even chance to win
n berth on the Democratic tic
ket.
High, who has piacticed law
in Greensboro for the past 11
years, is a 1951 graduate of
North Carolina College, Dur
ham, N, C,. and received the
bachelor or laws degree from the
University of North Carolina
l^w School, Chapel Hill, N, C,,
in 1953.
He is past president of the
Southeastern Lawyers Associa
tion, chairman of the Greensboro
Democratic Precinct 7, and was
appointed, last ye«r, as a mem
ber of the Mayor’s Committee
on Human Relations.
Hie is married to the former
Miss Willie L, Carter, and the
coti.l,ie uhi, iv.v cUturi-i:.. .
JURIST IS A. AND T, SPEAKER
Judge Juanita Kidd Stout, l«ft,
judge, County Court of Phila
delphia, Phl»ad«l(Aij, Pennsyl
vania, who recently delivered a
main address at the A. and T,
College observance of Woman's
Weekend, ii greeted by Cather
ine Ramsey, center, Jackson,
president of tha Women's Coun
cil, and Mrs. E. Bernice Johjn-
son, right, dean of waman.
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Set
For Meets of Methodist Churches
CINlCINffATI OHIO — The ch", 422 Clark Street; Brown
37th General Conference of the E, Church 2884
A. M. E. Church will convene ^|nW,';_'TTOee; Chapel A. M, E.
here for a three week’s session
at the Cincinnati Garden, Wed:,
nesday, May 6, with the Rt. Rev.
S. L. Greene, Bishop, presiding.
Host minister to the General
Conference is Rev. C. E. Drum
mond, pastor of Allen Temple
A. M. E. Church, 538 Broadwajt,
Street.
Other A. M, E. Churches ‘io
Cincinnati, assisting as host to
the Conference are Bethel A.
M, E, Church, 700 . Mv(H)^rry^
itreet; St PauJ A. M, K,
Chiupctt ' Cinamon and Pogue
St. Stephens A. M. E.
(^gri^^jtockbefry and Fairfax
Str»at>i
HlflJlAllA^POUS IND.
Church ■circles, including all
dafloaUnaUons, are moving in
begining
ot^'4he S7tb 4)uadren^al ses-
iQOA. Q^eral Conference
of Ml Zloa Church,
wbteh wiU,. at Jones Ta-
May 8, It Ui
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