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VOLUME 41 — No. 42
Halifax
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Of 1964
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DURHAM, N. C—27702 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1964
RETURN REQUESTED
PRICE: IS Cent*
Youth Winner
4-H Club Honor
FARMER
WARREN AND MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Durham Woman First Of iV. C.
its Recepttonist For First Lady
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Durham Girl Featured by Wash.
Post for Scholarship at Howard
In her capacity as a member
o{ the official Reception Commit
tee from the Durham County
Democratic Executive Committee
to meet Mrs. Lyndon Johnson anti
her patty. Miss Ellen Warren, vice
chairman of the Whitted Precinct,
chalked up a “first” for this area
As a participent in receptions for
the First LaUy ia Durham, Bur
llnRton, and Greensboro after
btfarding the Lady Bird Special in
Durham, she became the first Ne
gro woman in the tarheel area
to".serve in such a capacity.
Miss Warren, when asked what
she and the First Lady talked
.about, stated that "Mrs, Johnson
showed considerable interest in
my long record of participation in
the political affairs'ttt Durham
County, and encouraged my con
tiriued efforts in bphaW of her
husband, Lyndon JoltnSnn, for
president of our country,”
At the present time Ml.ss War
ren is involved in a .pvai^ive regis
tration drive taking
out the City and Cl>iim hi 0«r-
h»m. Workers ar«, Wtll ,o4j|>ani7.ed
and supplied with.H*«a. Ijills and
voter refiistration (lntprm»l|on.
Precinct by precinct, every door
will be knocked on aiid evA-J pos
sible voter will be urgrt, to exer-
Sec WARREN 4A
Sylvia M. Sloan, a IHirham na
tive who is a .slraiglit-A student
at Howard 'Univorsify, ‘Washingtdh,
is the subject of a feature in the
:* nday, Octobcr 18 issue of The
Washintgon Post newspaper.
The feature, which was written
by Elizabeth Shelton, occupies 21 .
”;olumn inches in the paper and i
arries a two-column photograph i’
of Sylvia. It outlines conditions
which led her to choo.se Howard
■vei' the 34 other colleses to which
she >as offered scholarships and
points ont that she was valcdicto
rian to a cla.ss of 2.‘i8 on gradu-
iit'on from Hillside High School.
Dauqhter of M. A. Sloan, vice
president in charge of homt- office
■psrations at North Carolina Mu-
Mial l.ife Insurance Co., Sylvia
sttendcd the (iovcrnor's School for
Gifted Children in 196.'?, and is
the grand daughter of W. J. Ken-1 Post story begins, “is hardly ex-
nody, Jr., chairman of the insur-j poctcd to be a social buttferfly.
Joe Whitaker
One of 39 to
Get Free Trip
HALIFAX—Joseph Daniel Whit
aker, 17, has become the first
North Carolina Negro ever to
win a position as a delegatt- to
the National 4-H Club Congre.ss,
The son of Mr, and Mrs. Daniel
Whitaker of Halifax wa.s one o.'
39 Tar Heel hoys and girls '.vho
have been selected to share the
to|5 slatf 4-TT Clnh TmTlors for t984
Winners in that category and 25
others are the state’s official dele
gaics to the National 4-H Club
Con"re.ss in Chicago. November
28-Decembei' 3, along with six
other winners to be announced
later,
Whitaker’s expenses on the ti;jp
will be paid by International Har
vester Company.
D. J. Knight. Halifax County
Exten.sipn Agent, jaid white and
colored 4-H’ers have competed to-1 (lima b^aiis, field poas and tur-
gether on the state level for three nip groen), dairy, poultry, can-
ve.rs now. He .said that for the
f-rst two years, Whitaker Iner I fjcyfjpn
to win in the achievement cate |
gory hut fell short of victory. Thi? ! Ho has made 14 state exhibit.^,
vear the boy switched to the agri- j exhibited the grand champion
CORE Director
Will Address
Noted Minister Slated for White | Area Session
Rock's 98th Anniversary Program
melons, commercial vegetables
The Rev. Moses .N'cwsome, pas
tor of FirsOjj liapti.st Churcli,
Charleston, West^ Va,, will serve
as gue.st minister at Wliite Kock
Baptist Church on Sunday. Octo
ber 25 at 11 a.m.
His appearance is being held in
connecliim with the cliurch's 98th
aniuvcrsary which is bcinii ob
served this month.
A native of Ahoskie, who has
; trem pastor at Pirst Baptist sinc^^
I 1941. Rev. Newsome i.s a graduate
; of Shaw University anil the Grad-
I uate School of Theology, Oherlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio. He is the
first Negro cho.sen president of
the Charleston Ministerial Asso-
I ciation, and is also president of
the West Virginia Baptist Sunday
School Convention.
In addition, he is a member of
the executive board of the West
Virsinla -CouDCil of Churches.
Married to the former Kuth G.
Bass of Raleigh. Kev. Nc'.vsome
is the father of one daughter and j is pastor at White Hoc'k.
REV. NEWSOME
cultural program category and
Tabbed the voted prize.
Whitakei- is a senior at Brawloy
High School in Scotland Neck. Tiie
Youth has been in club work sev-
i en years, completing 41 projects
in .s'.veet potatoes, swine, peanuts,
cotton, corn, cucumbers, water-
bushed of sweet potatoes at the
Northeastern district show and
sale, in 1960 and had first place
entries in the Junior Sweet I’ota
toes Division at North Carolina
Stale Fair in Raleigh lftR4. 1963
and 1.9fi2 and had the .second place
entry in 1961.
three sons.
The liev. Dr. Miles Mark Fisher
. The Congres.s of Racial equality
I (CORE) will hold its Southeast
I Regional Conference here Novcm-
' bcv 6 and 7 at Union Baptist
I Church, North Roxboro Street,
' James Farmer, Natinnal Direc-
' tor of the orisaniztaion, will de-
I liver the keynote address at a
• mass meeting Friday, November
, 6 at 8 p.m.
1 Floyd K. McKl.ssick, National
Chairman of CORE, a Durhamite,
' will preside at the Saturday ses
sion of the conference at which
^ rrpresfiitative»—f-f-w-m
I .State'S are cJ^iected. The theme
I for the twtMiaj'' meeting will be
I ‘ New Directions for the Southern
j Program.”
McKissick '*'111 also moderate a
I panel which will discuss the North
Carolina Fund, the Federal Anti-
^ Poverty Act. and' the President’s
Committee ort Hqiial Employment
Opportunities: Scheduled to serve
as panelists are David Dennis,
('ORE’S l^oifttlcl'h*'Re^oni(l Pro-
tno
gram Dir.; Rev, Anthony
See CORE 4A
Stan-
Contestants Gird for Final
Week In Popularity Race
'Would finisli In
next Monday
thQ first
could be
MISS SLOAN
Martin Luther King Calls for
Crushing Defeat of Goldwater
ancp company's board of din'ctors. ■ But it was social considerations
mathematics,"
See SLOAN 4A
NCNW to Hold
National Meet
In Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Na
tional Council of Negro Women
will hold its 29th National Con
vention, November 11-15 at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washing
ton, D. C. It will be their 28th
meeting in the natiori’s capitol.
Dorothy I. Height, ■ National
President, NCNW, fi» met with
the New York and !,Washington
ataff to finalize plans lor keynote
speakers and guests.
“The Challenge of Poverty,”
the convention theme, sets forth
the nature and scope of the 29th
Annual Convention.
A message has gone out to na
tional affiliates, local council, jun-
lor and young adult' council. Life
members are being urged to come
and share in the deliberations and
decisions and also fraternal dele
gates from organlaztlons Oclosely
related in the NCNW cause.
The Board of Directors will meet
Trt^ednesday, November 11, 4 p.m.
in the Baltimore Room and on
Sunday, November 15, 9 A.M. in
the North Cotillion Room of the
Sheraton Park Hotel.
A special feature of the con
vention will be the corner-stone
laying ceremony for Bethune
Wouse, Thursday^ November 12, at
t p.m.
NEW YORK — Declaring that/
A studious stra'ght-A freshman ; that brought 17-year-old Sylvia i
... I cal election in the history of the i
nation, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Sunday called upon Ne i
groes to give a crushing defeat to i
Senator Barry Goldwater on Nov, ^
3. I
Speaking as a gue.st prcacher at
the Antioch Baptist church in the]
Bedford - Stuyve.sant district of
Brooklyn, the leader of the South
ern Christian Ix;adership Confer
ence said that the "negative" at
titudes of the Republican Presi
dential candidate on human, poli-
NAACP VOTER REGISTRATION
DRIVE IN OXFORD—Rev. C. A.
Atkins and Mrs. Jasti* Young are
ihown ■« th«y conduct a door-to-
door canvi»t( to tncourag* people
to r*9li^r ami vott.
In tl;« Iwt tw« wtdu th«
NAACP has reglsttred over 500
new prospective veters.
The drive Is t>elnt conducted by
Eleven Bands to
Participate In
ffomecoming
A sixty-five unit parade .vhich
will he routed through a portion
of downtown Durham will be one 1
of the highlights of North Carolina
College's Homecoming celebration
tical and ronstit'itional questions | Saturday.
had compelled him to demand a Miss Mary Catherine Williams,
crushing defeat for the Arizonian, i chairman of the college’s Student
Dr, King's remarks followed ■ Government Association’s parade
closely behind a national confer- committee, indicates that the SGA
ence held a week ago in Georgia' has received commitments from
where he urged a national “Get approximately 65 groups which
out the vote” campaign among 'vill participate in the parade,
the six million registered Negro | ■''Cheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
voters. Saturday. Both campus and com-
“I can think of nothing moreioumity organizations and firms
imoortant than for all the people | will K represented by floats and
of good will to go to the polls | decorated automobiles.
Nov. 3," Dr. King said. “This isj Included will be twelve campus
'he most critical and crucial elec-.and three off-campus floats and
'Ion in the hi.story of the nation. twonty-t'Ao campus and four off-j
I don’t hate Goldwater. 1 don’t campus automobiles.
'.i.'ite anyone. But I believe that In addition to the NCC march-
Goldwater really believes in uhat mg band, the following school
he has been saying.” ' bands will participate: Hillside
The great moral and spiritual High, Durham; Wbitted Junior
leader of the American Negro, High, Durham: Merrick-Moore,
said that there was something Durham: Lincoln High, Chapel
deeper involved in the election Hill; Wicker High, Sanford; Ca.s-
than the candidacy of Senator well County High, Yanceyville; the
Goldwater. He called it “Goldwa- Colored Orphanage, Oxford: .lohn-
terism,” I son County Training School,
He said the Senator has on-■ Sniithflcld; and Hender.son Insti-
dor.sed a philosophy that could | tute, Henderson,
destroy the nation. A defeat by a' Drill teams representing the A.
t With;.tlie'final reports of all, ed the management will Imve ad-| them
active contestants in the C'aroliiii. j ditioiiul help ou hand during thcjpiace
Times fourth annual Beatltiiian.s i clo.sing hour on next Monday. i made.
Popularity Contest scheduled for| Still holdin,g the first place by 1 xhe contest manafi&r again
noon. .Monday, October 2-t the con-|a nairiiw margin was Mrs. Nancy] urges all active contestants to
tc.st nianagur was preparing this | P. MtKo\ of Lillington. So close I ,„aii or bring their rt?ports before
week for any surprise, upset or ' behinil Mrs, .\IcKoy was Mrs. Mon- ,,r by the closing time whith again
(larkhorsc entry that might hap-|tez Bates and Miss \ ictoria Moore ' jjj noOO, Mo'nday October 26. Ho
pen at the closing hour. To make | of Durham and .Miss Gloria Han- ajs,, wishes to remind all iontest-
assurance that all tabulations will' kins of Soutlipoit that no sure ' ants x^rder to give ample
be correctly and properly record | prediction as to which one of for the correct tabulation of
the ballots of all active contest
ants that the winners of the priz
es, a mink stole, an airplane
Continued on page 4A
NAACP TO ME;ET
AT GETHESEJilANE
CHtJR(;H SUNDAY
TtiS; .JfftBular monthly meeting
of the local branch of the NAACP
will held Sunday, October 25,
i at 4:00 p.m. at Gethesemane Bap
tist Church on Roitboro Street of
which Rev. V, E. Bro'A’n is paitor.
Principal speaker for the oc
casion will be L. E. Au.stin, Pub-
I Usher of The Carolina Times, who
will stress the importance of vot'
ing in the coming election.
The NAACP solicits the attend
ance of the public.
Edward LIftleietin, local coordi-j small majority would not be and T. College Army ROTC, the
natM, and John Idwards, NAACP
FUlf SeeretmV^^ large.
J
enough becau.se that would leave A. and T. College Air Force
"Goldwaterism,” and "Goldwater-, ROTC, and the Shriners will also
isnj" must be totally defeated. Sc' PAP-ADE i.*.
i ST. MARK CHURCH
TO HOLD MEN’S
DAY SUNDAY
St. Mark AME Zion Cht)rch, pa.«-
tored by the Rey. lawpenee Mill
er, will hold Men’s ^ Day, Sunday,
October 25.
Guest spieakpr'at the 11:00 a.m.
worship service ■will be Dr. hiirry
V. Richard.soh, presfdAt of Ihter-
denominationar Theological Cen
ter, Atlanta, Q'a.
At the 3:M p.m. aervice Dr. 8.
P. Massie, Jr,, president o| North
Carolina College-, wBI ffeliver an
A QUEEN 19 CROWNED—Norfb | college's McDougald Gymnasium, addre.ss, and at .7:30 p.m. an in.
Carolina Collage President Samuel i The coronation preceded a round spirational program directing at
P. Massie la shown crowning Miss of Homecoming festivlfle* which I tentioh to men’s activities in the
Mary Jane Logan, a senior psychol-1 culminate on Homecomin|^ Day, church, will be held,
ogy major from Beln»ont, e« "Miss j Saturday, October 24, when the General rhairman of Mtn’s Day
North Carolina College' during NCC Eagles meat the Maryland is B. T. McMfllon, and program
clabowte ew^wonis! Pilday In the; State CoHusc Hcwks In ctaiiwo Guy Masj’cfe-
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