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BOARD MEMBERS—The Mix
tion of Mr*. V. C. Turner, re
tiring financial vice-president
of the N. C. Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, and J. W. Good
loo, the company'* executive
vice president, at members of
the Board of Directors of the
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
was confirmed here, Monday
Raleigh Woman is New Scout
Director of Neighborhood 10
RALEIGH —Mrs. Lillian H.
Blanche of Raleigh has been
appointed by the Pines of Car
olina Girl Scout Council as new
field director of Neighborhood
10 in Durham. She fills the va
cancy left by Mrs. Jessie Pear
son who resigned recently to
accept a position with the Re
newal Program in Durham. In
addition to Durfiam, Mrs.
Blanche will cover Wake,
Franklin and Chatham Coun
ties.
Prior to the assignment as
field director, Mrs. Blanche
was with the Neusiok Girl
Scout Council Headquarters
from 1958 to 1963. at which
time she was transferred to the
Pines of Carolina Girl Scout
Headquarters. She has held
this position until her present
assignment. She will continue
as editor of the council maga
zine "Pines."
Mrs. Blanche's first experi
ence In scouting was as a char
ter member of the first Negro
Girl Scout Troop organized in
Raleigh. Before becoming a
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Omegas Hold 50fh Annual Conclave in Detroit, Michigan; Endorse Weaver for New Housing Program
DETROIT, Michigan The
50th annual Conclave, which
met at the Sheraton-Cadillac
Hotel December 27-30, in a
strong telegram to President
Lyndon Baines Johnson urged
evening, January 3, at the an
nual stockholders meeting of
the ' Association, held in the
Association, held In the lobby
of the bank at 7:30 p.m.
The above picture shows
Mrs. Turner and Mr. Goodloe,
left, and J. H. Wheeler, presi
dent of the bank, juit at the
close of the annual meeting
MRS. BLANCHE
professional member of Girl
Scouting, Mrs. Blanche taught
at the Heckler Foundation in
New York and the Wake Coun
ty public schools. She has also
served in the acquisitions de
partment at the library of Co
lumbia University in New
See DIRECTOR 6A
that Robert C. Weaver, Ad
ministrator of the Federal
Housing Administration be ap
pointed secretary of the newly
created cabinet office, Depart
ment of Housing Development
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VOLUME 43 No. 2
Mechanics And Farmers Bank Reports
Continued Progress At Annual Meet
Mrs. Turner and
Goodloe New
Bank Directors
It was a most enthusiastic
gathering that met in the lobby
of the Mechanics and Farmers
Bank here Monday evening,
January 3, at 7:30 p.m. for the
annual stockholders meeting of
the institution.
Present for the occasion, in
addition to local officers, em
ployees and stockholders of
the bank, were several officers,
employees; ''and stockholders
from the Charlotte ami Ral
eigh branches.
The meeting was opened
with prayer by Dr. Samuel P.
Massie, president of N. C. Col
lege. Following the prayer,
the report of the past y«ar*S
operation of the bank was
made by the president, J. H.
Wheeler.
Wheeler's report, along -with
a comparative statement re
vealed that the bank is in
sound condition with remark
able increases being made in
several areas attesting to its
strength and continued growth.
The president's report also re-
See M. AND F. BANK 6A
Mack Bailey
Dies in Atlantic
City; Rites Fri.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Mack Bailey, formerly of Dur
ham, N. C. died here Wednes
day, January 5, at 5:00 p.m.,
following an illness of several
months.
Mr. Bailey was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Bailey of Durham, where he
was born and reared. He had
resided in Atlantic City with
his wife, Mrs. Martha Bailey
for over 20 years.
The funeral will be held at
How«-,DeGrace, Maryland, Fri
day, January 7 at 1:00 p.m. A
family hour will be observed
See BAILEY 6A
and Urban Affairs.
Delegates represeting the 26,-
000-member college fraternity
were quite conscious of the
fact that 73% of the Negro
population now live in cities
DURHAM, N. C. SATURPAY, JANUARY 8, 1966
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RETIREMENT PROGRAM in
the auditorium from left to
riciit: Mri. Mary M. Saunders,
Seven Retired From N.C.Mi;
Had 267 Yrs. Active Service
Seven persons were retired
from employment with North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company effective December
31, 1965. The combined years
of service totaled 20t.
W. Lionel Cook, assistant
agency director; Mrs. Mary M.
Saunders, manager of the cafe
teria; D. Fuller Spaulding,
manager of the printing depart
ment; James F. Strickland, ele
vator operator; Mrs. Viola G.
Turner, financial vice presi
dent; G. Wendell White, super
visor, Ordinary department,
and Miss Janie H. Wilson, as
sistant manager, agency depart
ment, were honored by a spe
cial program in the Company
auditorium.
The program was presided
over by J. W. Goodloe, execu
tive vice president and secre
tary. After citing pertinent oc
cupational data concerning the
honorees, he presented them
See 7 RETIRE 6A
of over 100,000 population and
that the trend is still toward
the cities, discussed the serious
problem of housing and came
up with the unanimous decision
W. Lionel Cook, Jimn F.
Strickland, G. Wendell White,
Mlis Janie Wilton, Mri. V. G.
Danville Attorney Named to
RAD Committee by Freeman
DANVILLE, Va. Secretary
of Agriculture, Orville Free
man recently announced the
appointment of Attorney Ruth
L. Harvey of Danville, Virginia
to the Department of Agricul
ture's Public Advisory Com
mittee on Rural Areas Depart
ment. > ,
The RAD Committe helps
the Department of Agriculture
by suggesting ways of means
of making rtiore effective the
various Federal programs to
help rural people help them
selves.
Attorney Harvey is active in
many professional, civic, socidl
and political organizations in
See APPOINTMENT 6A
that Weaver was the most
qualified person to head the
department.
The closing part of the tele
gram was as follows: "Where
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Turner, J. W. Goodloe, stand
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MRS. HARVEY
as, Robert C. Weaver is the out
standing authority in housing
and urban affairs as a scholar
and skilled administrator, al
ready engaged in housing and
Durham Atty. is Choice For
Post Vacated by James Farmer
Floyd B. McKissick, new na
tional director of the Congress
of Racial Equality, announced
here this week that the head
quarters of CORE will not be
moved to Durham "1 do not
think it would he wise to move
the operations from New
York." he stated
McKissick has lived here
since he started practicing law
14 years ago. At present, he
has associated with him as a
partner. Attorney M C. Burt,
formerly of Burlington.
Since beginning his law
practice here, McKijsick has
participated in many civil
rights movements, both nation
al and local He is a native of
Asheville and is a graduate of
N. C. College and the Univer- I
sity of North Carolina l>aw i
School. He is now 43 years of
age
He stated at a press confer
ence here that beginning Mar.
1, when he will take over the
full duties of the office of
director of CORE, that he
would have to spend most of j
U. S. Government Admits Error
In Trial That Convicted Six
NEW ORLEANS, La. The
U. S. Government has admitted
error in the picking of juries
which convicted six members
of the famous Albany Move
ment in Georgia In 1963. _
This confession of error
came during arguments before
the U. S. Court of Appeals here
on the whole question of jury
selection in the South. The
court's decision in the several
cases heard could have far
reaching effort on the jury
system, which has been under
attack because of bias ih civil
rights cases.
The unusual confession of
error in the Albany Cases was !
made by Nathan Lewin, trial |
! attorney for the U. S. Depart
ment of Justice, Washington, j
Members of the Albany Move
ment and friends throughout
the nation had been pressing I
the department for such an ad- I
mission.
Lewin asked the Appeals [
Court to upset the convictions j
of the Albany group, set aside '
their sentences, and order
new trials for them. However,
he did' not confess error in
picking ' the grand jury which
indicted them.
Attorneys for the Albany de- j
fendants contend that th e I
charges should be thrown out j
completely because there is as
much bias in the selection of j
grand juries as in the picking I
of trial juries.
See ERROR 6A
finance activities at the Fed
eral level, in an agency which
•A ill be included in the De
partment of Housing Develop
ment and Urban Affairs. We
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ATTY. McKISSICK
his time in New York.
Farmer, who -will then as
sume the head position with a
national literacy campaign,
said CORE'S financial position
has improved greatly since the
.meetng of the national conven-
See McKISSICK 6A
NCC Music
Head Named
To NEA Post
I I Dr. Kobert W. John, "chair-
I man of the Department of
, | Music at North Carolina Col
. j lege, has accepted an invita
! tion to become an advisor of
j !he Educational Policies Com
| mission, a unit sponsored by
j the National Education Asso
ciation and the American As
sociation of School Adminis-
I trators.
Organized in 1935, and op
erating out of Washington, D.
"C„ headquarters, the EPC
is responsible for "identifying
.Significant educational prob-
I lems and issues, studying them,
j and publishing recommenda
tions concerning them "
A member of the NCC facuj-
I ty since 1951, Dr, John
his and praUu
j ate defies at the University
j of Wisconsin and the Univer
j ity of Michigan, respectively,
j and his doctorate at the Uni
versity of Indiana. He will
serve a three-year term as an ■»
I advisor of the EPC which is
composed of 20 educators from
: a variety of backgrounds and
interests.
it
earnestly request President
Lyndon Baines Johnson not
only consider appointing Mr.
Weaver, but urgently request
that he be appointed.