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VOLUME 42 No. 42 DURHAM, N. C - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1965 ~ PRICE: 15c
School Employees Strike May
Close Some City Schools
According to a report to lo
cal newspapers Wednesday by
the Durham County Health De
partment, no irregularities were
discovered in the schools as a
result of the walk-out of 200
or more cafeteria and mainte
nance workers here Tuesday.
The workers quit their jobs
following a refusal of the City
Council to take action Monday
night favoring their request for
increased wages and improved
working conditions in the city
ichools.
Dr. 0. L. Ader, director of
U. S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR GEORGIA
PARK SEGREGATION CASE THIS WEEK-END
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed
ucational Fund attorneys this
week will appear before the
U. S. Supreme Court to chal
lenge the segregation policy of
a Macon, Ga., park.
Jack Greenberg, Fund direc
tor-counsel, will head a team
of lawyers presenting the case,
which bears a strong similarity
to the situation at Girard Col
lege in Philadelphia. Pa.
Coincidentally, the man with
whom Greenberg argued many
Legal Defense Fund cases be
fore the high court will also
Argue a Supreme Court case
today.
U. S .Solicitor General Thur
good Marshall, who Greenberg
cuceeded at the Legal Defense
Fund, will be appearing to
argue a case for the Federal
government.
The Legal Defense Fund suit
is in behalf of five Macon Ne
groes, who are seeking to over
turn lower court rulings that
use of the facility may be
limited to whiles.
The park, known as Bacons
field, was established in 1911,
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RIV. TKRRY
Installation of
West Durham
Pastor is Sun.
Installation Services will be
held at the West Durham Bap
list Church for the pastor,
Rev. Frederick D. Terry, Sun
day, November 14.
The Rev. R, M. Pitts, pastor,
Shiloh Baptist Church, Wins
ton-Salem, will be the guest
speaker at the 11:00 A.M. wor
ahip services with E. T. Artis,
presiding.
Dr. Grady Davis, pastor,
Union Baptist Church, will
preach the Installation Sermon
at 3:00 o'clock and representa
tives from Duke University, N.
C. College and various civic
and business organizations will
appear on the program. Rev
E .T. Browne, pastor, Mt. Ver
non Baptist Church, will pre
side.
A reception will be held at
the close of the afternoon wor
ship service.
the Health Department, gave
the report following visits to
at least half the city school
lunchoorms. His statement dif
fered, however, from that of
Charles Hobby, Central Labor
Union president, who indicct
ed that persons not holding
health cards were being em
ployed in the plare of striking
cafeteria employees.
It is reported, however, that
seven cafeterias in the city
school system have been closed
because of lack of employees.
It is also reported that in sev
Former NCC Instructor to
Address Omega Meet Sunday
Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, As
sistant Director of the Neigh
borhood Youth Corps, Wash
ington, D. C., is scheduled to
deliver the principal address
Sunday, November 14 at 11:00
a.m. at White Rock Baptist
Church as members of Beta
Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc., observes their
Annual National Achievement
Week Program.
Thorpe's remarks are slated
to be centered around the Fra
ternity's National Theme,
"America's Responsibility for
the Development of Human
Talent," and will proceed the
regular Sunday morning Ser
mon by White Rock Pastor, the
Rev. Loreno A. Lynch.
C. C. Sapulding, Jr., Basileus
of Durham's Beta Phi Chapter,
is also scheduled to appear on
the program with an explana
tion of the Achievement Week
in Retrospect.
Lindsey A. Merritt, Editor
and Associate Historian, and
Chairman of the Achievement
Week Committee ,is scheduled
to introduce Thorpe.
Dr. Thorpe is a magna cum
laude graduate of North Caro
lina College with the class of
1958, and attended Michigan
State University on a Veterans
Administration Scholarship af
ter receiving his master's de
gree at NCC in 1958. He was
awarded the Ph.D. degree in
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AETHER—HaroId W. Alexan
der, standing, diracror of Hii
North Carolina Col lag# News
Bureau, checks a script with
the college's two radio news
reporters before a broadcast
over Durham's Radio Statlen
er a 1 instances inexperienced
personnel is being used to fire
school boilers, which is in vio
lation of the law, the infor
mant stated.
In spite of the efforts to keep
the cafeterias operating and
the building supplied with am
ple heat, it is predicted that
should the weather become
colder than at present several
of the schools may be forced
to close rather than risk boil
ers being operated by inex
perienced firemen.
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OR. THORPE
counseling and psychology at
Michigan State U. in 1961.
Following his completed stud
ies at Michigan, he rejoined
NCC as an assistant professor
of Psychology in June of 1961,
and was appointed as the col
lege's First Dean of Students in
February of 1962.
In the spring of 1965, Dr.
Thorpe joined the administra
tive staff of the Neighborhood
Youth Corps, Washington, D.
C., as Assistant Director.
The Durham native is a mem
ber of White Rock Baptist
Church, and is married to the
former Miss Lula Glenn of
Kanapolis. The Thorpe's have
two children.
Station WSRC. 1
Entitled "NCC In the News,"
the program, which Includes
headlines, nefwe. sports, and
social events related to the
campus. Is aired for five min
utes Mondays and Fridays just
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ON WATTS STAFF —The Caro
lini Times was informed this
week that Dr. C. Durham Gran
dy of Durham has been admit
ted to the staff of Watts Hos
pital. Admission of physicians
to the Watts Hospital staff is
customarily made by a (bint
trustee - medical conference
committee. Dr. Crandy is the
seventh member of his race
to be admitted to the staff of
Watti Hospital.
Hits Station's
Policy of
Discrimination
NEW YORK, N. Y. The
American Civil Liberties Union
has asked the United States
Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict of Columbia to set aside
a decision of the Federal Com
munications Commission re
newing the license of Jackson,
Mississippi TV Station WLBT,
and instead to order the FCC
to hold a public hearing on
charges of racially discrimiria
tory programming made against
the station.
The civil liberties organiza
tion disclosed today that it has
submitted a friend of the court
brief to the appellate court in
support of the United Church
of Christ .Aaron Henry, presi
dent of the Mississippi Branch
of the NAACP, and the R«v.
Robert L. T. Smith. The UCC
represents a group of residents
of the Jackson area who, in
April 1964, opposed FCC's re
newal of WLBTs license. They
claimed that the station in all
its programs on racial quea-
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Tha raportari ara, from laft:
Collin* Babar, a tophomora
from Durham,«and Collin D.
Bull, a sanior from Wilming
ton.
NAACP Fund
Raising Drive
In Full Swing
NEW YORK The annual
Freedom Seals campaign of the
National Association for the
Advancement of' Colored Peo
ple got under way last week.
Directing the special winter
fund-raising effort for the 13th
straight year is Miss Bobbie
Branche of the NAACP Nation
al Office.
The Freedom Seals, used to
decorate Christmas cards and
gifts, are sold primarily
through local NAACP branches
and youth councils in cities
throughout the country, and
through the NAACP National
Office, 20 West 40th Street,
New York City.
Sale of Freedom Seals, in
recent years, has become a
major source of income for the
NAACP during the months of
December and January, accord
ing to Miss Branche. In 1964,
example. Freedom Seals ac
counted for $99,369 or six per
cent of the NAACP's total in
come for that year. In 1963,
sale of Freedom Seals netted
$78,966.
Freedom Seals have not al
ways occupied such a promi
nent place in the NAACP's in
come picture, however. In
1952, when Miss Branche as
sumed direction of the Free
dom Seals campaign as one of
her many duties in the Na
tional Office, the top figure
was $35,000. Nevertheless, that
was a long way from the S2OO
collected from the first cam
paign in 1927.
NATCHEZ, MISS.
BOYCOTT TO
CONTINUE
NATCHEZ, Miss.—Undismay
ed by the threat of economic
reprisals, Negro citizens 6f thi»
old Mississippi river front city
have agreed to continue their
effective boycott of downtown
merchants until their demands
are met.
The increasing effectiveness
of the NAACP-sponsored boy
cott prompted a group of white
businessmen to threaten dis
charge of all their Negro em
ployees unless the boycott were
called off. They also said they
would call upon housewives to
fire Negro domestic help.
Charles Evers, NAACP field
director for Mississippi who has
been leading the demonstra-
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30th Annual Session NCNW
To Feature Family Life Roles
WASHINGTON, D. C.—"The
Negro Woman in the USA:
New Roles in Family and Com
munity Life" will be the theme
of a conference held in con
nection with the 30th Anniver
sary Convention of the Nation
al Council of Negro Women,
Inc., November 11, 12 and 13,
at the Sheraton Park Hotel in
Washington, D. C. The Wom
en's Bureau of the U. S. De
partment of Labor will co-spon
sor the conference.
Miss Dorothy Height, Coun
cil President, said, "the meet
ings 'will mark a new begin
ning for the united efforts of
women face of the chal
lenging new day."
Mrs. Mary Dublin Keyser
ling, Director of the Women's
Bureau, will open the confer
ence sessions on Thursday
morning, November 11, speak
ing on "The Negro Woman at
Work: Gains and Problems."
In the afternoon, Dr. Samuel
Bullock, A psychiatrist on the
staff of Temple University Hos
pital, will speak on "The Ne
gro Family."
Friday morning, Mrs. Esther
Peterson, Assistant Secretary
of Labor and Special Assistant
to the President on Consumer
Affairs,, will speak on 0 "Con
sumer Affairs Women's Re
sponsibility." The reactor pan
el consists of Paul Rand Dixon,
Chairman, Federal Trade Com
mission, Mrs. Edna DeCoursey
Johnson, Baltimore Urban
League and Miss Emily Reed,
Chairman, American Home
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FOUNDER'S DAY PARTICI
PANTS—Shown before North
Carolina College's 18th annual
Founder's Day arc these plat
form guests and participant* in '
tha observance, which honor- [
ed the memory of the late Dr. |
Hundreds are Expected In Raleigh Saturday
For "Cooperative Trading Post" Meeting
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FIRST CALVARY TO HOLD ANNUAL
MEN'S DAY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14
The annual Men's Day pro
gram of the First Calvary Bap
tist Church, Rev. A. L. Thomp
son, Pastor, will be held here
Sunday, November 14. Guest
speakers for the occasion will
include Dr. Frank Raker of the
Duke Divinity School who will
preach at 11:00 a.m. and the
Rev. J. R. Woodward, Distri
butive Education Coordinator
at Hillside High School. Rev.
New Pastor of Kyle Temple to
Fill Pulpit Sunday Morning
Rev. D. L. Blakey, newly-ap
pointed pastor, Kyles Temple
A.M.E. Zion Church will fill
the pulpit Sunday morning.
The Rev. Blakey comes to Dur
ham from Rocky Mount, where
he fulfilled a long dream of
the denomination when he led
the congregation to the build
ing of a $195,000 edifice.
He is a veterato" minister,
having pastored in Birming
ham, Ala., McGhee, Ark., At
lanta, Ga., Belmont and Lexing
ton, along with Rocky Mount
in North Carolina. He is a
graduate of Livingstone Col
lege and holds a B.D. from
Southeastern Seminary. He also
attended Hood ' Theological
Seminary and Johnson Smithes
Religious Department. He com
pleted a course in Pastoral
Care at North Carolina Baptist
Hospital. He is a member of
the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
a Mason and an Elk.
Rev. Blakey is manager of
AA't TO MEET THURSDAY
The Hayti Chapter of Alco
holic Annonymous will meet
at 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, No
vember 18, in the library room
of W- D. Hill Recreation Cen
ter on Fayetteville Street.
Jame* E .Sheperd, founder o4
the college.
From left: John H. Wheeler,
Durham banker; Alan Pifer,
' acting president of the Car-
I negie Corportaion of New York
| and principal speaker for the
REV. WOODWARD
Woodward will preach in the
evening at 7:30.
In addition to being on the
faculty at Hillside, Rev. Wood
ward is pastor, of the Kesler
Temple A. M E. Zion Church
of Henderson.
Special music for the Men's
Day program will be furnished
by the Male Chorus of the
church.
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the A.M.E. Zion Publishing
House, Charlotte, and reported
that bids for a new publish
ing building will soop be open
ed and construction started.
Mrs. Blakey is expected to ac
company him here Sunday. She
is a member of the Edgecombe
County School System. He is
a member of the many father
and son preaching teams found
in the AME Zion Church. His
father, the Rev. W. F. Blakey,
*s a presiding elder in the
Western North Carolina Con
ference and lives in Charlotte.
occasion; NCC Praaidant Sam
uel P. Mania; Dr. Jamas T.
Taylor, NCC alumni rapreaan
tativa; and John S. Stewart, a
member of the Durham City
Council.
RALEIGH Hundreds of
businessmen, educators, labor
leaders, and civil-rights group
representatives are expected to
be on hand Saturday, Novem
ber 13 at Shaw University in
Raleigh, for the unveiling of
a ''Cooperative Training Post"
plan for creating cooperatively
owned shopping centers in
fifty North Carolina counties.
The trading coops (much like
general stores) are intended to
offer Negro citizens better
credit, and fairer shopping op
portunities, at the same time
opening up new jobs in the
coop stores for local citizens.
The coop plan was developed
by a group called the "Plan
ning Committee on Economic
Security," led by Floyd B. Mc-
Kissick, of Durham, National
Chairman of the Congress of
Racial Equality.
McKissick describes the coop
system as a "plan designed to
enable the Negro to help him
self and a plan to save money
on the purchase of food and
other necessities of life, and
to work cooperatively with vo
ter education and civil rights
movements. It is a plan to
establish more than five hun
dred jobs within a two-year pe
riod."
The Planning Committee on
Economic Opportunity has in
vited to the meeting represen
tatives of the North Carolina
Teachers' Association, NAACP,
CORE, SCLC, SNCC, The North
Carolina Publishers Associa
tion, representatives of the Old
North State Medical Society,
attorneys, businessmen, and
others. McKissick says "While
this conference is geared to
ward advancement of the Ne
gro, it is by no means to be
interpreted as solely and ex
clusively for Negroes. Indians
and whites, as well as the la
bor unions, are expected to
play a vital part in the func
tioning of the conference from
start to finish.
The Shaw Conference is
sponsored by the Planning
Committee on Economic Se
curity, with the assistance of
the North Carolina Fund.
North Carolina
College Adopts
Speaker Plan
The North Carolina College
Board of Trustees, meeting in
special session Wednesday,
unanimously adopted the
speaker policy propsed by the
special committee of the State
Legislature concerning visit
ing speakers at state Institu
tions.
Bascom Baynes, chairman of
the institution's board qf- trus
tees, in a wire to Gov. Dan
K. Moore, indicated that the
unanimous adoption was in the
form of a resolution.
NCC joins several other state
sunnorted institutions in adopt
ing the proposal.