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ELKS RAISE $42,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
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VOLUME 12 No. 32 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, IMS PRICE: 15c
Registration Drive In
Mississippi Increases
Eyewitness
Report Tells of
Voter Interest
(Special to The Carolina Times)
PRENTISS, Miss—A political
"breakthrough" has come to
Mississippi. In view of the re
cent Voter's Right Act, Negroes
have been removed from Voter
Registration Books since 1955
have been filing to the Regis
trars to qualify themselves as
voters of the State.
The Jeff Davis County Branch
of NAACP and The NAACP
Summer Projects sponsored a
county-wide rally last Sunday
to encourage Negroes to regis
ter. The program was held at
the Green Grove Baptist Church
with Dudldy Hathorn, President
cf the local NAACP Branch
presiding. Words of welcome
were given by Mrs. Julia D.
Barnes, local branch secretary
and a retired teacher.
The aims and purpose of the
meeting were given by Miss
Althea T. L. Simmons, Director
of NAACP Summer Projects.
The introduction of the guest
speaker was made to the over
flowing audience by G. L. Cur
re nt, NAACP Director of
Branches and Field Administra
tion.
The keynote address was giv-
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JAMES
Young Boy
Meets Sudden
Death on Bike
Seven-year-old Richard Don
ald James, 111 was fatally in
jured about 6 p. m. last Satur
day when he was struck by an
automobile while he was rid
ing a bicycle on Otis Street
near Alton Street.
James, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. James, Jr., of 202
Weaver Street, died at Buke
Hospital about nine o'clock Sat
urday night. James was first
taken to Lincoln Hospital but
was transferred to Duke.
Police filed charges of man
alaughter against Theodore
Headen, driver of the car. Head
en, who resides at 2607 White
Oak Drive, will face a prelimi
nary hearing in Recorder's
Court Monday. Headen, 40, -was
released under SI,OOO bond.
Investigating officer, E. N.
Glasgow said the James boy
was struck by Headen's auto
mobile south of Otis Street
when the boy pulled out of a
driveway into the path of the
automobile.
Funeral arrangements had
not been made at press time
awaiting the arrival of James'
father who is stationed in Viet
Nam with the United States
Army.
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LARKINS
DR. J. R. LARKINS
IS AUTHOR OF
NEW BOOK
RALEIGH—Dr. John R. Lar
kins has announced the publi
cation of ALCOHOL AND THE
NEGRO—EXPLOSIVE ISSUES,
on October 1, 1965. This book
is concerned with the impact
of alcohol and the Negro on
some of our major institutions
—religion, the economy, poli
tics, and government. The his
tory and patterns of use of al-
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CR Group Charges 16
Hospitals
WASHINGTON Charges of
racial discrimination were filed
here today against 16 federal
ly assisted hospitals in eight
southern states by the NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational
Fund and the NAA'CP.
In a letter to John W. Gard
ner, secretary of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare, Jack
Greenberg, Legal Defense Fund
director-counsel, and J. Fran
cis Pohlhaus, NAACP Washing
ton Bureau counsel .asked that
"appropriate action be taken
to insure immediate compliance
with the nondiscrimination pro
visions of Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and depart
mental regulaions."
In Raleigh, Rex Hospital is
accused of refusing to admit
Negro in-patients ,and having
no Negro physicians on its staff
and no Negro students in its
school of nursing.
FIVE N. C. HOSPITALS
INVOLVED
Named in the complaints
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WILCOMINO NIW FACULTY
members at Livingstone Col
lege—Left to right Dr. H. W.
Thompson, Mrs. Thelma Ran
Officer Justice Resigns From
Police Force After 14 Years
Owen W. Justice, who joined
the Durham Police force Sept.
1, 1951, has resigned effective
Sept. 15 to take a position with
the North Carolina Board of
Paroles as a parole officer.
Justice is married and the
father of two sons, Owen Jr.,
who graduated this year from
North Carolina College and is
now employed with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture in
Stockton, Calif., and Perry, a
rising senior at Hillside High
School. He is a member of Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church.
The officer and his wife also
have a one-year-old adopted
daughter, Terry.
Mrs. Justice is a nurse and
is employed at the Methodist
Retirement Home.
MVP AWARDS TO BE MADE SAT.
Roosevelt Lipscomb, presi
dent of Lipscomb's Promotions,
announced this week that his
company will award trophies to
the Most Outstanding Lineman
and the Most Outstanding Back
in the Hillside-Merrick-Moore
J. D. Lennon Assumes Post as
Principal of Little River School
John D. Lennon of Durham
began the 1965-66 academic
year as principal of Little Riv
er School in Durham County.
Lennon, a resident of Dur
ham, is a native of Wilming
ton where he received his early
education in the public schooli
of that city. He is a graduate
of Hampton Institute, Hamp
ton, Virginia, and received the
M.S. degree from the Agricul
tural and Technical College at
Greensboro. He pursued courses
to quslify for his present posi
tion at the North Carolina Col
lege at Durham and also at
North Carolina SUte Univer
sity at Raleigh. He holds the
North Carolina Principals' Cer
tificate issued by the State De-
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kin, Miss Alpha Mao Thomp
son, Mrs. Robert L. Clayton and
> Dr. S. I. Duncan. Second row,
• William Turner ond Loßoy L.
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JUSTICE
football game.
The awards will be made
after the game Saturday night
at the Durham County Stadium.
Lipscomb plans to make this
presentation an annual affair.
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LIMNON
Hondo r—n. Not thewn ara R.
L. Clayton, John D. Marahall,
11, Waltor I. Brown, Jr., and
Joan M. Wolr.
Antler Herd
Raise Largest
Sum in History
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Through
the enthusiastic support of
Grand Exalted Ruler, Hobson
R. Reynolds and Grand Daugh
ter Ruler, Nettie B. Smith, the
Elks Department of Education
raised $42,000 for scholarships
in 1965, its Fortieth Anniver
sary, according to George W.
Lee, the Grand Commissioner
of Education.
Lee stated that this was the
largest amount t>f money ever
raised in a single year since the
organization of the Department
forty years ago. "This money,"
he said, "has been raised
through State Presidents; also
through dedicated men and
women, many of "whom gave
when they needed help them
selves; through Assistant Grand
Directresses, Regional Direc
tors, and Local Educational
Groups who went out in the
rain atrd the storm to raise
money to help others while
many of them suffered from
the same blight of poverty and
the lack of opportunity." -
One of the largest contribu
tions made to the effort was
SI,OOO given by Doctor L«roy
R. Weekes of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia who graduated from
Howard University on an Elks
Scholarship in 1935; from How
ard Medical College in 1939,
and who is today a member of
the Board of Examiners for the
State of California.
In the past the Elks Depart
ment of Education has granted
on an average of seven new
scholarships each year, but this
year Lee stated, "We will ex
pand our scholarship program
to include the financing of 43
new scholarships involving an
outlay of $54,000 yearly, which
includes the forty students al
ready on the Elks Scholarship
Roll. Financing scholarships is
an old story with the IBPOE
of W, Lee said. In the past half
century our Department of Edu
cation has raised in excess of
two million dollars and given
out more than 1,500 scholar
ships. The money has come
from rich and poor and is con
crete evidence of the capacity
of the colored people to help
themselves."
States that led in the drive
to raise $40,000 in a single year
are: Alabama, Arizona, Califor
nia, Connecticut, Florida, Geor
gia, Illinois and Wisconsin, In
diana, lowa, Kentucky, Louisi
ana, Maryland, Michigan, Mis
sissippi, Missouri, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Caro
lina, Tennessee, Texas, Wash
ington, and West Virginia. To
these states I say "Thanks for
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Movie Actress
D. Dandridge
Found Dead
HOLLYWOOD—The body of
Negro singing actress Dorothy
Dandridge, 41, was found in
her Sunset Strip area apart
ment Wednesday by her mana
ger Earl Mills. The determining
cause of the death was not im
mediately explained.
Lt. David Hamilton of the
Sheriffs Homicide squad told
newsmen: "No foul play so far
have been indicated. It could
have been either accidental or
natural. Naturally, the body ha*
been taken to the eoroner for
a complete autopsy."
Mills, who had been Mis*
Dandridge's manager for 14
years, said he went to her
apartment to admit fitters who
were to measure her costumes
to be worn at an opening at
Basin Street, East, in New York
City next week. After finding
a chain on the door upon his
arrival, Mills obtained a ciw
bar and broke the door open.
Mills said he found Miss Dan
dridge dead on the bathroom
floor, clad in a blue nightgown.
Mills reported Miss Dan
dridge had been in high spirits
desplt a slight illness. Se re
turned Tuesday from a vaca
tion trip to Mexico and went
to a doctor who told her that
her foot was broken. Mills re-
NEW NCC HISTORY TEACH.
ERS —Dr. Earlie E. Thorp#,
rip.ht, chairman of the North
Carolina College Department of
Negro Named Mgr.
Of Wachovia Bank
WINSTON-SALEM Roland
H. Hayes, a former employee
of Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, has been appointed man
ager of the Wake Forest Office
of Wachovia Bank and Trust
Co.
The announcement was made
last week by Meade H. Willis,
senior vice president of the
financial concern.
Hayes, who is married to the
I former Barbara Spaulding of
Durham, is the father of two
sons and a daughter. He move*
up from assistant manager of
the bank's Church St. Office,
a position he held for two
years.
Born in Winston-Salem and
an honor graduate of Winston-
Salem State College, Hayes has
been with Wachovia since 1952
| and is experienced in lending,
bank operations and branch
management. He has complet
ed studies at the American In
stitute of Banking and studied
business administration at
Wake Forest College.
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ported Miss Dandridge was to
have a temporary cast fitted
Wednesday but did not appear
at the doctor's office.
Miss Dandridge, in show busi
ness since she was able to talk,
began her career as a vocalist
in a band. She rose to success
in such movies as "Porgy and
Bess" and "Carmen."
In recent years, she had com
History and Social Icrtnct,
chat* with three nfwtomari to
the department at the college's
faculty institute, held last weak.
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HAYES
Hayes is a member of the
hoard of managers of Patterson
Avenue YMCA and president of
the Diggs School PTA. He has
also served as vice chairman
of the special gifts division of
the United Fund.
plained of financial reveraee al
though she continued to work.
She filed for bankruptcy in
1963 claiming she had debts
totaling $127,000 and she had
been earning $90,000 a year
previoualy.
Miss Dandridge divorced her
second husband, John Denison,
a restaurant owner, in IMS.
The couple had no children.
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ar*. from left: Earl R. Edward*,
Dr. Arnold H. Taylor, and Mlm
Gladyt Marl* Fry.
NCC Students
Begin Week of
Orientation .
More than 1,200 freshmen
and new students began a week
of orientation activities Wed
day nesday evening, Sept. 8. at
North Carolina College at a
welcoming program 'which be
gan at 7 o'clock in B. N. Duke
Auditorium.
According to John L. Stew
art, acting dean of students,
during the week students will
take proficiency tests in mathe
matics, English, and reading In
addition to physical and psy
chological examinations. They
will also meet their advisors and
will receive counseling in their
3ings wheeou Lelr: htmamtr
aras of special interest.
Thursday through Saturday
will be devoted largely to test
ing, sessions on registration pro
cedures, and the taking of pho
tographs for I.D. cards.
Activities over the weekend
will include worship services,
movies, entertainments spon
sored by the Student Govern
ment Association, and a recep
tion by the facutly and staff.
Monday and Tuesday, stu
dents will take physical examf
nations and have conference!
with their advisors.
Freshmen and transfer stu
dents will register Wedneaday,
Sept. 15.. Returning students
will register Thursday through
Saturday, and classes begin at
8 a.m., Monday, Sept. 20.
Sheriff Clark
Fined $1,500
By Fed. Judge
MOBILE, Ala.—Sheriff June*
C. Clark, who received national
notoriety during a Selma march,
was fined f1.500 by. Federal
Judge Daniel H. Thomaa last
week.
The sheriff was fined for con
tempt of court and his partici
pation in a incident which con
tributed to racial tension de
spite a court order which had
been Issued against fomenting
racial tension in the city.
Several months ago, Sheriff
Clark arreated hundreds of
demonstrators during a voter
registration drive. He then
made them- inarch for about
four miles while Sheriff Clark
rode alongside them in a car.
Several members of the group
marching were struck with cat
tle prods on the marrh.
Negroes then brough suit
suit against Sheriff Clark,
Muring him with contempt at
court The court held the mat
ter under advisement.