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VOLUME 42—No. 14 DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1965 PRICE: 15 CenU
Local YWCA To Launch Drive
1000 New Members April 24
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Must Be For All People
Last Rites to be Held White Rock
For Former Durhamite Saurday
Funeral services for ' Marcus . |
George Christmas* Jr., will be
held at Wtesf ,ftock Baptist Church jK '
Saturday, April 10 at 2:30 pm. QT '
A former rctideriV of Durham.
Christmas was living in Wilming- B
ton, Del., whefce he died Monday, . \
April 5, after suffering a heart
He was a son of the late I!cv. • *
Marcus George Christmas, Sr., tod TO
the late Mrs. Susie. R. Christmas.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Rebecca C. Weatberford of Ral . /
eigh, Mrs. Henrietta Pazmino of
Metaire, La., Mrs. Jochebed C. Lo- ,
cust of Durham and two brothers,
Col. Joseph A- Christmas of St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, and
Stephen G. Christmas of Wash
ington. . CHRISTMAS
The family will be at the home
oj Mr. and 'j®? B - Locjist, lpO r Lawson Street.
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N. C. College Professor to Head
Southern Sociologists Society
A North Carolina College pro :
feasor the presidency of
thC SouthorA Sociological Society
recently, bcconilrig the second Ne:
gyp to ever head the 30-yefr old"
organization.
Bir Joseph HI.-, ttimes, professor
sociology and chairman of the
Department of ' Sociology at NCfc, .
assumed the presidency of the
organization at Hs annual meet
ing held Thursday'through Satue
cjay, April 8-10, at Atlanta, Geor
| gU's Americana Motor Hotel.
The late Dr. Charles S. John-
I son, a profcafcor and later presi
dent at Fisk University, was the
first Negro president of the' sfr- !l
ciety wheu ne served during the
Guardsmen who recently f»arti
cipetej ffl Hi# er( inflation's week"
•fid held In Greensboro. The Ri
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Dr. Himcs, who '.vas elected
presidentelect. at the society's
Asheville, meeting last year, is
completing the year as president
elect and automatically assumes
the office for the coming -society
year.
. A native of Jefferson City, Mo.,
he .received the.A.B. and M.A.
degrees from Oberlln College and ,
th« Ph.D. from the Ohio State I
University. 1
Himes' professional experiences |
include positions with the Ohio j
Conference on Social Work I
Among >{egroe«, ( tjie_ Qhio State I
; tTflfveWt? Department of J St>dol ; I
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veri'iefe n®*»lyw«ds having be
ctftie husband' and wife in late
December.
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WASHINGTON 1 Pre den,'
Johnson in an uiiprecedente
meeting of his Cabinet and Agency
heads last Thursday '.arned that
"... there mulst be equal treat
ment, equal respect .equal serv
ice—and equal support—for all
American citizens; regardless of
race, or sex, or region, or reli
gion."
The President said that he
•vanted this message communicat
ed "to every office and officer,
whatever their rank or position,
of the Federal service and to take
all appropriate measures to assure
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Exhibit Al
CHARLOTtE—Otis A. Williams
art instructor, West Charlotte
Senior High School, will serve as
exhibit coordinator at the Third
Annual Art Exhibit sponsored by
the Mechanics and Farmers Bank
of Charlotte. The exhibit will be
held April 5-0 during regular
banking hours in the bank build
ing at 101 Beatties Ford Road.
The exhibit is open to the public
There b no charge for admission.
A native of High Point, Wil
liams holds the Bachelor of Sci
ence degree in Fine Arts for N.
C. A. and T. College and the Mas
ter of Education degree in Art
from Pennsylvania State Univer
sity.
Williams holds memberships in
the North Carolina's Teachers
Association; Charlotte Mecklen
burg Teachers Association; Na
tional Art' Education Association:
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; YMCA;
B 0. E. of W.; and is a life mem
ber of the National Art Educa
tioii Association. At West Char
lotte Htgh, Whttt M his beeh an
*rt teucer for eighteeu years, Wil
Dr. Rose Butler
Browne to Head
2-Wk. Campaign
Nearly 100 women arc being en
listed as workers by Harriet Tub
man Branch YWCA for its mem
bership drive which will open
April 24 with a goal of 1,000 new
members.
Dr. Rose Butler Browne, long
time educational, civic and reli
gious worker has been named
membership chairman of the
event which will continue for ap
proximately two weeks. Working
with her will be some 30 cap
tains, '*ho will meet April 30 to
launch plans for the drive, and
an estimated 60 lieutenants.
National YWCA Week, sched
uled for April 18-25, will coincide
with part of the drive period.
Harriet Tubman Branch YWCA, I
eestablished in 1922, offers a var-j
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• John S. Stewart
Council Term In
John S. Stewart, president of
.lutual Savings and Loan Associa
ion, said he will seek a fhitd
erm as Third Ward alderman on
the City Council.
"After talking to a Wftr- njunv
i>er of my ffiends and
I have decided to r\ln for re
-lection ,to the City Council. 1
' These friends reptesen|eJ #
cross-section of the community,
■ including many varying interests.
1 "Relying on their advice, 1 feel
■" I should make this effort to coh
'* tinue my service on the council.
"With my long past experience
' on the council as a background,
i I feel I can serve the people well
And I hope to continue a record
e of service which I fpel has been
'■ progressive, and which has tried
V to serve all the interests of the
citizens of Durham,
e "I want to express my gratitude
e to those friends who have express
ed their confidence, and to pledge
k To Sponsor 3rd Art
t Charlotte Branch
s, | liams is chairman of the Fine Arts
e Department.
is Williams resides at 2105 Saint
d Luke Street 'Aith his wife, the
y former Hattie Cherry and two
k (laughters, Cassandra, 18 and De
i(> nisc, 13.
r For the past three years the
]. Mechanics and Farmers Bank has
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; Brooklyn Minister Speaker For
: Mt. Gilead Revival April 12-16
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The Rev. Dr. Hylton L. James,
pastor of Bercan Baptist Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y., will he ttic evwv
-1 gelist during revival meetings to
s be held at Mount Gilead Baptist
Church, April 12-16.
Long active in religious circles
and a well known speaker, Pr.
James 'xjll preach Monday through
f riday evenings at. ft p.m. He ■is
a native of Richmond, Va., and an
i alumnus of Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Va, and Virginia Vnioa
Graveyard Bias
Hit By CORE s
Rev. Elton Cox
HIGH POINT—"How can we
continue to be buried in a segre
Hated graveyard and hope some
day to rise and to live eternally
in an integrated heaven?"
This "A as the question raised by
the Reverend B. Elton Cox, CORE
Field Secretary and a local resi
dent. regarding the fact that Ne
groes here have been buried only
in the all-Negro Greenhill Ceme
tery. But Rev. Cox's policy in thi«
case was one of action, not just
words.
Hf proposed to dramatize thr
situation' by a bury-in, in which
demonstrators clad in black would
solemnly march into an all-white'
cemetery carrying a coffin labeled:
"Let Us Bury Segregation." At the
sapne time a Negro would attempt
to buy a lot in the cemetery.
The "bury-in" never took place,
however, because the North Caro
lina Attorney-General issued a rul
lag that the local cemeteries must
be integrated. The ruling asserted
that the Civil Rights Act of 1964
doe» cover cemeteries.
DURHAM CIVIC
CHORAL SOCIETY
IN CONCERT SUN.
The Durham Civic . Choral So
ciety will present its Spring con
cert oji Palm Sunday, April 11,
at 4:00 P. M. in the Duke Univer
sity Chapel. With the Triangle
Symphony- Orchestra, the Choral
| Society will present Giovanni Ga
| briell's ."In Eccleesiis" and Che
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to Seek Third
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STEWART
my bost efforts to fulfill that con
' fidcncc.''
Stewart was first elected to the
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sponsored the art exhibit in Char
Iqtt* to expose creative works of
talented students in art to the
community. According to bank
officials, the program is also de
signed to encourage and guide
the broadest possible participa
tion of community residents in cul
tural activities.
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, University, Richmond. He has also
studied at the Lutheran Seminary,
' PMtatfeiphra, Pa ".trad 6«th-Sho
lem, NeW York City.
Pr, James holds honorary doctor
of divinity degrees conferred in
194 3 by North Western College
of Maryland, and in 1957 by Vir
ginia Theological Seminary and
College.
The Rev. A. p. Moseley is pastor j
at Mount Gilead,
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URES—These North Carolina Col
lege teachers are shown follow
ing an annoncement by President
Samuel P, Mass.e of changes in
U. S. FEDERAL
Court Asked
Freedom Button Pupils
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JACKSON, Miss.—The NAACP .
Legal Defense Fund this week
asked the Federal Court here to
order the reinstatement of about
300 Negro students who were sus j
pended from their Issaquena
County schools two months ago
for wearing freedom buttons.
The buttons were alledgedly dis
turbing the school."
In the same suit, the Legal De
j fense Fund-sought desegregation
of all Schools in Issaquena and
Sharkey Counties, which share
certain facilities.
The suit was filed on behalf of
the largest number of children—
-198 ever to join in such an action.
This large number reflects a
rapidly growing, concern On the
•>art of Mississippi Negroes for
'rttegrhted; education. Adcdrcting
'o local observers, the freedom
button issue awakened many par
?j»ti fo the need for remedying
the' injustices" of the"presMlt'situ
ation.
The students began wearing
freedom buttons on January 29.
After two days of warnings, the
suspensions began. Despite re
peated meetings with school offi
cials, efforts by parents to have
their children readmitted ended
ir> failure.
Legal Defense Fund lawyers
1 Pointed out that at no time was
' I any evidence offered that the
| freedom buttons actually caused
? ( any disturbance. The suit asks
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Argosy Editor to
(Visit N.C. Mutual
I Home Office
f Henry Steeger, editor and pub
- j lisher of Argosy Magazine and at
filated publications will visit the
- j home office of the North Caro
- lfna Mutual Life Insurance Com- >
- pany on April 9, as the luncheon -
■ guest of A. T. Spaulding, presi- ;
dent.
Before coming to Durham, Stee- j
i ger will deliver an address at j
Shaw University.
Steeger received his education
at Princeton University in Nt'.v '
Jersey, and the University of Ber- •
lin. He is a former president of ;
the National Urban League; a vice
( president, • Madison Square Boys' f
Club; Lt. Commander, U. S. Coast
Guard (T) World War II; member,
Departmental Advisory Council of
the Department of Sociology and ,
Anthropology, Princeton Univer
sity; • trustee. Society for the Re- 1
habilitation of the Facially Dis-1 i
figured, Inc.; member. National j I
Advisory Council of Reading Re- j I
[form Foundation; co-founder, i
j Court of Last Resort; and a mem- i
| bef of tke Commandant's Advis- .
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. iae college s Jtudcnt Perscnne; !
| area.
From left: John L. Stewart, act
ing dean of students; President
Massle; Dr. Marion D. Thorpe j
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MRS. KHJ-SEY
Mrs; Kelsey, John Larkins to Be
Honored at Dedication Ceremonies
KINSTQN—PIans to name ami
dedicate>|wo buildings at the State
Training Bcfiool for Girls, Kins
ton, were announced by Blaine M-
Madison, Commissioner, State
Board of Juvenile Correction. Th's
program is scheduled for 3:G'O
P.M., Sunday, April 1 25.
The buildings are to be named
in honor and memory of the late
Mrs. Lula S. Ke'.sey, former
President of the N. C. Federation
of Negro Women's Clubs, Salis
bury; and Dr. John K. Larkins,
Consultant, State Department of
Public Welfare,. The late Mr?. Kel |
Key was President or the Federa-1
lion State Training
School ryy._-3lrys. was- established
and Qpera.tiv>n. During
Mps_ ; K&sey'v P>^sicfetfc.y' »:f the
Federation, the offfgefij and mem
tij?rs of« the organizfcftdn support
efforts of State officials
-fti thl& institution. Earlier,
had cst-qbl'shed and
; 6toatod an institution at Efland,
tor deliwaPm-,S'r^ ; Uur'mg the J
accessary to ■
because of fin-j
',** -Dr. oloselv with j
'fht of Negro,
yv»a »enjf'ClUbs, members of the I
Ctgfci at-fjriy;»nd jj&e r groups in
(he enactment of" legislation to
'iaSiiMiSh ffie institution and to!
to operate!
%£WVillf Uramghtcm,
the'-Gwrernor tjf North
cV{*>iini: .vWMfi, the State estab
-.aVni n tng School, is
*S*M*hiteif, ito-ci-ojiyer the principal
jp»'*rti(jipating in
Commissioner, State Board of |.
Juvenile Correction; W. R. Col- •
Un-, CLairkaa of tile Advisors i
dean cf students w.io was i, -:ii
| leave to join (he Office of Eco
i nomic Opportunity; and Rc-bert
| McAdams, acting dean ol rnen.
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LARKINS
Board; Miss Mae I). Holmes, Su
perintendent. State Training
School for Girls; Mrs. E. M. Spell
man, President, N. C. Federation
of Negro Women's Clubs, and
others.
Music will be furnished by the
Glee Club of the Training School.
Dr. Ransom Holy
Week Speaker
For St. Joseph's
Holy Week will be observed at
St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church April
11 through April 16, Rev. Melvin
Chester Swann, Minister, said this
week. The guest speaker will be
Dr. McCoy Ransom of Nashville,
Tennessee, who will preach on
Sunday and during the Aeek thru
Thursday. His subjects follow;
Palm Sunday, "The King of
| Glory"; Monday, "W h a t's at
i Stake"; Tuesday. "The Lamb for
I Sinners Given"; Wednesday, "The
Will of Him"; Thursday, Maundy
j Thursday, " 'Tis Midnight." Fol
j lowing the sermon. Holy Com-
I munion will be celebrated. Week
: ly services will begin at 8:00 P.M.
I The Senior Choir will furnish
j music on Sunday and Thursday
I evening. The Gospel Choir wi'l
sjng on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday.
On Palm Suaduy evening at seven
o'clock the Senior Choir will give
I its traditional Palm Sunday re
: cital, Joseph Mitchell, directing,
Mrs. Minnie W. Gilmer and Fred
Mason, organists; assisted by the
I Hillside High School Instrumen
tal Ensemble, directed by Eric
■ Moore and soonsored by the Senior
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