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VOLUME 41 — NO. 51
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DURHAM, N. C—27702 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1964
PRICE; IS C«nt.
NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
f
Pushes Talent Hunt For
Careers In
On 'riicsday, December 8, T. B.
McCknny, Ivor, -Vireinia, left by
Pan Amorican Airways for Libe-
ri.'i, Wes'. Africa, where he will
tpeni! two months assisting in set-
tinss lip a modern program and
lirotediiro in improving the food
anil nniinal production at Lott Ca
rey Mission, Brewervillc, Liberia.
McClrnny .vill join Bernard Ben-
.»on, a recent graduate of A, and
T. College, who majored in Ani-
ni.'il Hush;indry and Agriculture.
Iti the summer of 1960 Benson was
as.si”iii'd to the modern farm of
T. B: McClenny, Ivor, Virginia, to
study mddern techniques and
methods in swine production. As
a result of this cooperative ven
ture, McClenny became interested
in Benson's plans to return to his
home in Liberia and proceed to
direct the Bopolu Farm Project.
McCfenny offered to assist in the
purchase of a Tractor arid modern
equipment and to go to Liberia
and assist Benson in the develnp-
ment of a modern food productin
plant under the sponsorship of the
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mis'sipn
Convention. ;
In 1947 by an act of the Libe
rian Legislature, the Government
of Liberia granted to the Lott Ca
rey Convention fifteen (1500) hijn-
dred acres of land to develftp a
missionary and educational pro
gram.
Thi above photo showt Mc
Clenny being 'sxtcndad a Bon
Vcyage by Dr. Wendell C, Som-
vllle, Executive Secretary of
the Lott Carey Convention.
KM ANCIPATION CELEBRATION
Ce^bration S^et Fur
St. Josephus AME Jan. 1
A ))ro;;ram observing the 102nd
annivera.'ry of the Emancipation
I’n-tlamHtion will be held Jan. l'
at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s AME
Church ,wi'th’ Dr. M. C. Atl*n,
prrxiflent of Virginia Theological
S'miliary and College, LVnchburg,
Va.. as the main •--jaker.
Tho pro::ram is being sponsored
hv I lie Interdenominational Miiiis-
t i'ial .Mliance of Durham and
Vicinity. L. P. Perry, president ol'
th" clliancc will preside. ,
Twelve leading citizens' Will
1)1 ip” one to three minute ' srect
i'i';s on behalf of the following:
rdiicatli.n. Dr. Theodore R. Speig-
ncr: City of Durham, J. S. Stewart;
politics, Kllis D. Jones, Sr.; frater-
nitii's, W. A. Clement; Durham
r.iijini'ss and Professional Chain,
ThciKlorr R. Speight; beauticians.
Mis. Callic Daye; press, Louis E.
Aiisfn; North Carolina Mutual
Lilr -Insurance Co., A. T Spaul
ding. president: North Carolina
Ci.lloge, Dr. Samuel P. Massie,
pre.sident; NAACP, the Rev. J. A,
Brown: Labor. Guy Mazyck, and
Mechanics and Farmers Bank, J.
DR. ALLEN
H. Wheeler, president.
•Miss !!?'iee Bolden will read t!ie
Emancipation Proclamation and
the Rev. E. T. Browne will intro
duce the speaker.
Music '.vill be provided by St.
Jo.seph’s thoir.
Boys Needed For
Sc0tttin|:* Proj^ram
Scriiting seeks to-develop in
youth of all ages a real Scout
spirit through an active pro
gram with pledges and promises
to follow. These pledges offer
a boy a continuing growth in
ever-expanding ideals. It is QrCs
kind of challenge that scekj! t®
develop the boy into a soliij
citizen in his home, communityi
and in the nation. ~
The Durham Distiict No.'41
needs 300 Cub Scouts, • .Ho*'
Scouts and Explorers. aUin^
with 25 adults, to reach ib
goal.
Boys not rogistored in Scouti
ing were invited to a C'liristmas
Party Saturday, Dec. 19, at thf
W. D. Hill Recreation Center.
E. L. Kearney
Chairman of Organiza
tional and Executive
Committee
WASHINGTO.V, D. C.—The Na
tional Medical Association's newly
created Council on. Talent Recruit
ment held a one-day conference
recently with top officials of the
U. S. Office of Education in Wash
ington, D. C. on ways to imple
ment the Association's program
to rccruit more talented Negro
youths to careers in Medicinc and
public health. Dr. Edward W.
Brice, Director of the Adult Edu
cation Branch of the Office of
Education, -I/. S. Department ol
Health,^ Education and Welfare,
was host to the confererrce. Dr.
Edward S. Cooper, of Philadelphia,
Pa., is Chairmatl of th^ NMA Coun
cil on Talent Recruitment. The
Council is composed of fifteen
members that are widely dispersed
throughout the country.
The recruitment program was
promulgated tjy NMA Prpstdent
Dr. Wm. Montague Cobb, at the
Association's 69th annual' conve:
tion la.if August in Washingt
D. C., when he pointed out thtJ
the Negro population represented
the largest untapped talent pool
and that the NMA was particularly
fitted to discover and motivate
gifted youngsters at all education
al levels; from elementary school
through college.
Speaking of the recent confer
ence. Dr. Cobb s(i.d i>nij.,.of the
principal tai'gets would be the
gifted underprivileged youth who
might otherwise fail to receive
sufficient motivation, and that the
l>arrier of low economic status to
I development of the talented was
recognized as a major problem. To
assist in this problem, Dr. Cobb
, recommended to the NMA conven
I tron In August the establishment
j See NMA 2A
Final Rites Held Eor Mrs. Dorolhy
S. Manley on SpiiMn Campus
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. Dorothy
Shepard Manley, tho wife of Presi
dent Albert E. Manley of Spelmah
College, and tlu> daughter of the
late Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Shepard,
and the stepdaughter of the lute
.Mrs. Mary Shepard of Durham,
died, after an extended illness, on
Friday, December 18. 19(i4. Serv
ices ‘.vere held at 3:00 P.M. on Sun.
day, December 20, at Sisters Chap
el on the Spelman College cam
DUS. Interment was in Durham, on
Mon., December 21, at 3:(K) p.m.
Mrs. Manle.s-, a native of Dur
'nm. wh ro slie rweived her elc-
mx'itTaTy and secondary cducattoni
^s a graduate of P'isk University
nd received a degree in Library
Service from Hampton Institute.
She served as librarian at Knox
ville College, Knoxville, Tennessee,
und at North Carolina College,
Durham. On March K, 1043, shf
was married to Albert Manley,
who at the lime was dean of in
struutioii at Noiili Carolina Coh
lc«e.
In the spring of 1U53, w'.ii'ii liei
MRS. MANLEY
NAACP Asks U.S.
Ban on Job Bias
Construction
( I.K\’KI.ANI) — ('haruiiig that
Al'L-CIO buildinu trades unions
in tliis city "liuve imposed a Nor
dic closed shop ill Federal con
work, ' th National
iici.'*VMiii lor the ,\ilvancenuiit of
Coluicd People ha.s appcaletl t'l
llic I'i'dcral ^overnnii'lit to. stoi)
this (liscriiiiiiuition iiy cancella
tion ol tlie contract, if necessary.
In addition to callin.s for fedi'ral
intervention, Itcibcrt Hill, NAACl’
lahol' secietaiy, said at a news
Two Hotels and
Two Motels Open
Doors to All
I N'ATCIIEZ, .\li.ss.—Publi'-'accnm-
j mdilations for all, heeame a fact
I ill tliis southwest .Mi.ssissippi seat
of racial conflict, Friday, Dec. 11,
, wlu'ii 27 nu'inliers of tho National
■ .\-sociation tor tlie Advancement
! (il I'oliiii'd I'eiipic soccc.ssfnlly dcs
.M'.L;rc.u;aU'il Uvo liotils ;ind two.
niotels.
1.1 d liy I'liarles F.\ers, N.\A('P
.\l:ssissi|i|)i field director, the
i;roiip scciircd rooms in tlie Holi
day Inn and Diimas liiverview mo
tels anil till' .\lhcrt I'lck mid Fola's
hotels. Till’ party also ate lunch
at tile lattci- esialiiishnient.
.•\lonn with K\(Ms, the lii-racial
j .Allison, Jacks,111 N;\,\('P presi-
1 drill; (ieor.L;!' Metcalf, Natchez
j.N.\A('l’ presideiil: iind hvii oiit-of.
I state ininisteis l!i v Malcolm
niTyd, Episcopalian from Ditcoit
and a (,'atliolie priest froiii Intliana.
The remainder of (he party -was
comprised of local per.siins and
llios(‘ troiii Jae kson.
There were no incidents al-
llioii:4h re|)orters and cameramen
were driven away from Kola's Ilo- ,
tel.
In November, an NA.\('l’ Toiiir
broke racial barriers in McConih
anil in July, a special ,NA.\( P
Hoard conimitte did tho same in
•lackson. Meridian, Laurel, lliloxi
and (iiilfport.
Ini.sba.^d a.ssnnied tlu^ pre.
of SiH'lnian ('olle:.;e, she to
tile diltie.i us wife of the ol-
'■ See MRS. MANLEY,
eonferenee here,. Dec. 17, that
NA.ACP lawyers were exiiloring
avenues to lirini; le;;al action
a'lainst the discriininating unions.
telii;rani to Secretary of
l.alior W. Willard Wiltz. signed
l>y Hill and Harold 11. Williams,
executive secretary ol the Cleve
land NAACP llraiieh, asked that
the. President's . Coinniittee on
K 1 II a I Kmploymeiil Opportunity
See BAN, 3A .
NCNW President
Receives Award
White Minister Called
As Pastor Negro Chuch
RALEIGH—A 34-year-old minis-'
ter, now holding a pastorate in St.
Ijiuis, Md., will probably become
the second white minister to sorve
a Negro church in North Carolina
hej’.inning next month according
to the Rev. W. R. Walls, modera
tor of the Cape Fear Presbytery.
The minister, the Rev. Frank
W. Iliitehin.ion, was appointed pas
tor of Davic Street United Presby
terian Church Saturday, Dec. 19
by the Cape Fear Pre.sbytery. Rev.
Wall.) said Monday that Rev. Hut-
ehips'on had not formally signed
the call to Davie Street but he
was expected to do so. He will be
the second white minister to serve
a Negro congregation in the .state
if (ie does and, aIII begin duties
Jan. 1. The other is In Asheville.
I.a.st July the church’s pulpit
was vacated by the Rev. J. Oscar
.\icCloud who resigned to take a
position with the United Presby-
to'ian Synod in Atlanta, Ga. Since
, tliat time the church, which has
160 oii the roll, has been served
bv George Walters, a student in
his .second year at Southeastern
Semina’-y.
“I think it’s great,” said Wal
ters in reference to Hutchioson's
appointment. "It's good evidence
that the Negro commualty is more
See MINISTIR, 2A
Massie in Second Place Tie In
Speech Contest at Durham High
Bobby Tyndall '^lon first place-
in the annual Voice of Democracy
Speech Contest held Dec. 9 at
Durham High School. Tieing for
second place were Herb Massie, a
son of North Carolina College
president Samuel P. Massie and
.Mrs Massie, and Susan Nichols,
The competition was sponsored
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Entrants were required to speak
on “The Challehge of Citizenship.’’
Eleven students pArticipated in
the event and the three winner?
were given cash awards. The first
place winner will now participate
in a regional contest.
In charge of Uic . contest was
Mrs. Laurie Beuhler, speech teach
er at Durham Hi^h.
REPORTS SHOW
MEASLES TO BE
SERIOUS DISEASE
NEW YORK—The November-De
cember issue of World-Wide Ab
stracts of General Medicine report.'
that 1 child in 15 suffers a poten
tlally serious complication «s a re
suit of common measles. This
figure was arrived at by examining
records of more than 53 thousand
English children who contracted
the disease irilthe 1963 English
epidemic. Some 3.500 had coitipli-
cations, )2 of whom died.
On« child in 1,000 suffered cn-
See MEASLES, 2A
Urged to Support
Sheriff Rainey
JACKSON, Mi.ssissippi—The new
president of the Mississippi Sher
iff's Association told the annual
meeting of the group. "Sheriff
Rainey needs our help,”
Sheriff Charlie Capps, Jr.. of
HolmOs County, spoke to tl"' law
men December 9th, one uny l>e-
fore Rainey and his deputy Cecil
Price were freed by a United
States Commissioner.
Capps said, “'You know .sheriff
Rainey has that hearing over in
Meridian tomorrow, I'm sure sher
iff's would appreciate any of you
being over there—even if it’s just
to be with him.”
Rainey and Price both -attended
the two day meetins the Asso
ciation held here.
The peace officers passed a
resolution commending J. Edgar
Hoover, FBI Director, and pledged
coQperation and assistance to him
collectively and individually.
Two agents of the FBI address
'd the group. Roy K. Moore, spe.
iai agent in charge of the Jaf-k
■on Office, spoke in closed ses-
-ion on “The Role of th- FBI in
'Jivi! Bights Matters in Mississip
li," and special agent Roy Mc
Daniels addressed the group oh
"Psychological Factors in Riot
Control.”
The Peace Keepers al.so heard
1 speech by the new head of the
State Sovereignty Commission
Earle Johnson, who told them
that Misslsslppians should be cotji-
niended foi* the restraint shown in
the face of "an unwarranted inva-
ision by ouUide civil rights groups ’’
IMRAN TEMPLE—NOBLES and
DAUGHTERS—Arc thown in for-
9lh annual Debutante i fate. Daughter Ell'iabsth Wllien it
Anderson recently. Herm- Illustrious Commandreis.
J. B. Harran Foto
mal attire and regalia as they pre-1 an K,..,'Ci4reah Is Illustrious Poten |
Nobles and Daugiitsrs Sponsor Tri-City Debutantes
Bali at Henderson's Yancey Elementary School
By J. B. HARREN |
HENDERSON — The dccurace i i
gym of thr? L. B. Yanrey Eicmen ‘
tary School here was the setting j
for the recent 9th annual Delju- j
tante Ball which formally present-1
ed twenty-five lovely high school \
girls fiom the Henderson-Oxford-j
lx>uisburg area to society under
the sponsorship of the Nobles and'
Daughters of Imran Temple and
Court A. E. A. O. Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, Herman K I I- ’
Teath, Illustrious Potentate, Box
14, Oxford.
Dt. Elizabeth WiI.son is lllustri ,
ous Commandress of Imran Court
No. 55., Dts. Lottie Parham and
Be.atrice Wflson are first and sec- .
ond. Lieut. Commandress, respect- |
ively.
Dt. Elizabeth WiI.son and .M I..
Mitchell introduced the dbes and
their marshals. Potentate Gilrrttth
crowned Miss Gladys Fo'ivlcr,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford
Fowler. Miss Fowler's marshal
was James Hughes. Her sponsor j Margarette BuMuck, Peaeola Tay.
was Mrs. A. B. Branche. Runner-1 li.r, Barbara Kirkland. Mary C.
attendiHits, in order, wcrc.pWilliauis, Mary_ Marable. Marion
Mi.sses M^'rion Cheatham, Bes.sie Cheatham. Carolyn Nevino, Mary
Marie Perry, Lucy Hester and Jane Williams, Itebecea Teriy,
■Elaine Walker. Marshals to attend-' Christine Thomas, Evelyn Marro'.v,
ants were: Cornell ISrandon, Coy' Patricia Holdon, Cenice Carroll,
Gene Dunston, Elijah Holman and Johnnie M Williams, Gladys Kow-
Cleveland Kingsberry. ler, (ineen; Be-ssie Marie Perry,
Dts. L. A. Parham and C. 11. Theresa Peace. Patricia Taylor,
Singleton awarded tlu' prizes and Elaine Walker. Sandra Wright, (’a-
the debs sang "Melody of Love." rolyn Wortham. Bronotte Martin,
before, taking their formal swing Krnelle Eaton, Respective niar.shals
to the music ol the Counter Points were: Ed. Oakley, Elijah Holman,
Combo. ' Jes.se il. Carter, Obrien Sutton,
Participating schools were Mary George Yarborough, Harden Perry,
Potter High. J.'Morris, princi- Robert Harrison, Ervin Jones, Cor-
pal, Oxford; Henderson Institute, nell Brandon, Erskin Hawkins,
L. E. Spencer, prin., Henderson; > Moses Brown, Tou.s.saint Walker,
Riverside Union School, C. A, Har Raymond Burrell,. Thomas Yar-
ris, prin,, Louisburg; Hawley High, borough, James Tisdale, Raymond
D. 0 J.ratherberry, prin.; and Per- Terry, John A. Hatchett, James
son Albion High, C. D. Keck, prin., I llughes. Coy Gene'Dunston, Alon-
Franklinton. j za Hudson, James Merritt, Cleve-
The ro.ster of debutantes includ- land KingsberrV, Ira Daye, Jr., Ed
•ed: Misses Tonya Kaye Redding, j Loo Davis, James Rou.se, Fred A.
Lucy M. Hester, Janet L. Peace, i See AWARD, 2A
A
NerYcar
Of Achievements
WASHINGTON, 1) C. —Dorthy I.
Hci.^ht, National I’rosident. .Nation
al Council of .Negro Wo»nen.-Inc.,
was awarded the Myrtle Wreath
Acliiovement Award, by Hatla.ssah,
tlic Women's Zionist (Jrganization
, ol America, at a recent luncheon at
till' Hotel .'\.stor in New York City.
SliO was among six distinguished
I .\mericans honored by Hadassah
' with .Myrtle Wreath Aehievement
Awards. ( "lladassah" is the He-
hrew ’.Mini for ".Myitle’') The
(itlier hoiioiees were Dr. Howard
1 Husk. Iiirector of the Institute
of Physical .Medicine and Uehalii-
j nation of Now York University
' .\lcdical c'iiter: Dr. Margaret Mead,
i noted author and curator of ethno
' logy at tlie American Museum of
I Nfltinntil lli.story; Richard Rodsei ',
iiotod composer and lyricist: Dr
.Solomon (iriiyzel. editor of the Jew-
I .See NMA, 2A
St. Joseph's to
Hold Christmas
Eve Program
Traditional Christmas services
' will be observed at St. Joseph's A.
; M. K. Church on Thur.sday, I)e-
i cember 24, at 11:0(1 P.M, accord-
; iiig to the Kev Melvin Chester
Swann, .Mrs E, 1!, Merrick will
, render Yiiletide Echoes a the eon-
' sole prior to the Call to Worship.
Assisting the Minister in the serv
ice will be l!e\- Charles Tyson of
Asbtiry Temple .Methodist Church
who will offer the Prayer and the
Rev l.arnie G. Horton of Em
manuel A. M. E. Church who will
; givi' the Christmas Litany.
Following the meditation which
will be delivered by the Rev. Dr.
Robert T. Osborn, Associate Pro
fessor of Duke University. Holy
, Communion will be celebrated with
Dr. Swann as Chief Celelirant. Ex
cerpts Irom Handel's .Messiah will
be rendered by the senior choir
with .losheph T. Mitchell directing.
' The youth choir will sing Christ
inas carols under the direction of
> Mrs. Katie Smith with Mrs. Minnie
' Gilmer and Fred Mason, at the con
sole. Dr. O.shorn is a native of Se-
^ attle, Oregon. His academic train-
I ing includes: University of Wash-'
ington. University of California at
i Ij)s Angeles, Garrett Bitilical In- '
I .stitiite, Princeton Theological Sem-
j inary. University of Zurich, Swit-
' zerland, and Ph. D. from Drew Un-
I Iversity.
He taught at Drew University as
a graduate assistant in theology.
rtiS njrmborships and pu.sitions in-
ditde: Nat'l A.ssoclation of Bibli
cal In.stnictors and as a national
plnement secretary. While in
.’(q skmiaai pjnaq av( ‘pu#ijazjiMS
Karl B»tth and Emtl Brunner, Dr.
|.(isborn has plublished articles In
Hh# R«UgiOB, Journal at
I and Religion, ind Moti^-•