—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JAN. 15, 1966
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The Durham Housing Authority Chairman
This editorial is being written Tues
day evening, January 11, a few hours
after Durham's Mayor R. Wense Gra
barek disclosed that H. Edward Gwin,
chairman of the Durham Housing
Authority had resigned his post with
the authority because of "conflict of
interest." Thus, for the third time
there is thrown into the lap of the
authority the, responsibility of naming
a successor to the retiring chairman
from among its remaining members.
Thus for the third time members of
the, authority are called on to appoint
the senior member and vice chairman
of their group, a Negro, to the chair
manship position or again break faith
with their conscience by by-passing
Kim to name a-white person instead.
Let the're be np mistake about it.
there is more at stake in the Housing
Authority resignation matter than the
mere naming of a successor to the re
tiring chairman. We think there is be
ing weighed in the balances the con
fidence in and the rsepect for the
Housing Authority of a third of this
city's population that must not be al
lowed to be fotind wanting if Durham
hopes to retain its position of inter
racial goodwill in the eyes of the peo
ple of this nation.
Rightly so, justly so and in fairness
to all concerned, the Durham Hous
ing Authoritv chairmanship should go
to J. J. Henderson. X'ot because he is
a Negro but because of his qualifica
The January 19 Meeting NCC Trustees
According to latest reports the trus
tee board of X. C. College will again
go in labor at a meeting scheduled for
Wednesday. January 19. Whether The
occasion will remain in a miscarriage,
a new birth or a downright abortion
remains yet to be seen. One thing is
certain, no family has ever awaited
the outcome of a blessed event with
moer Interest than that of the XCC
Alumni Association. As a result of
the keen interest that has developed
over the outcome of Trustee
Board meeting 011 January 19, its ac
tion is heing awaited with abated
breath by alumni from one side of
the nation to the other.
Jjever before in tbe hi»tory of XCC
has so much in behalf of so mahv
been placed in the hands of so few.
Tilings Ton Should Know
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tions which include his seniority as a
member of" the authority, his training
and experience as a businessman and
his position as vice-chairman. For it is
certain that Durham's 30,0 CX) or more
Negro citizens will not easily under
stand why the treasurer of the largest
Negro business in the world and a
man of such high integrity and char
acter, by-paised by his
associates on the Durham Housing
Authority for no other reason than
he is a Negro.
We think the Durham Housing Au
thority chairman appointments on the
past two occasions are typical of
southern morals and indicative of the
weakness of southern integrity. That
there is a lack of forthright leadership
in the organization itself is probably
due to the fact that, like most such
positions in Durham, they are handed
out with the understanding that the
recipient is to become a puppet with
the string being pulled from the usual
hidden source.
In spite of it all we trust by tV
• time this editorial is read that the
Durham Housing Authority will have
done the forthright thing by elevating
its vice-chairman to its chairmanship.
By so doing it will sound the alarm
for a new day in Durham, a day that
will be entirely from that
exhibited by the former mayor of this
city who openly opposed such an ap
pointment several years ago.
Truly the XCC trustees can be said to
have a date with destiny. They and
they alone have the opportunity to
turn X. C. College's blackest moment
into its finest hour.
In the meantime, conditions at XCC
are reported to be growing from bad
to worse, \yith no apparent end in
sight, unless the trustees decide on
January 19 in favor of a new birth
instead of an abortion or a miscarri
age. Truly next Wednesday should be
a day of prayer for all alumni and
friends of XCC. On that date, fate
will take a walk with destiny, its twin
brother, at XCC, to keep an appoint
ment with truth, courage and wisdom,
The hour is 10:00 A.M. "My Lord
What A Morning?"
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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
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"The spirit comes to the aid
of our weakness". Rom. 8:26
Weakness is the key word
in man's nature and existence.
The very essence of our crea
tureliness is weakness. And
man's universal search for God
is a recognition of his weak
ness. In our weakness we cry
out for help. With Job in his
weakness we all cry out at
times. "Oh that I knew where
I might find him." Under the
crushing burdens of our ac
knowledged weakness we cry
out for help. Man in his utter
weakness has been in search
of God's Omnipotence. Weak
we would lay hold of an ap
propriate the source of un
limited power as found in God.
Thus God has promised and
sent the spirit to help us hu
man beings in our weakness.
The spirit has come to man
in his weakness to be his help
er. Every human being ought
to realize his or her need of
a help. Everybody needs some
helper above the human scene.
Thus God promised man in his
dire weakness a helper. The
Holy Spirit, the helper has
come. And this God-promised
helper gives us to know that
we are not in this battle and
struggle alone. And what a
-Kaplan
Continued from front page
of Directors.
When Kaplan was appointed
to head the life membership
drive, the NAACP had only 221
life members. Largely as a re
sult of Kaplan's efforts the
number of SSOO NAACP mem
bers including subscribing as
well as fully-paid members,
had increased to more than
18,000 by the end of 1965.
The new NAACP president is
also the donor of the annual
Kivie Kaplan Life Membership
awards which are presented to
Association units doing the
most outstanding job in solicit
ing life memberships during
the year. The first awards were
presented in 1958.
-Warns
Continued from front page
it clear that much work re
mains to be done and that he
fully intended to enforce the
law. He said: "The message of
the Act and the heart of our
policy under the Act is simple:
If the local registrar will not
register qualified Negroes ful
ly, freely and conveniently—
as is his responsibility the
law calls on me to send in fed
eral examiners who will. Or, to
put it another way, any quali
fied Negro citiien who wants
to register and to vote will be
registered."
-N. C. C.
Continued from front page
Inc., publishers of The Caro
lina limes at Durham, and in
1964 received the Distinguished
Service Award of the High
Point Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Mrs. Ferguson is a former
school teacher, hospital dieti
an and home economist, a for-
Weakness is the Key Word in
Man's Nature and Existence
consolation to know that you
are not alone. And thank God
that we" do not have to be
alone. God has given man a
helper in his weakness. Do you
have your helper in this pre
carious, uncertain journey?
Why would you stand alone
then? Why would you go on in
this difficult struggle alone in
these crucial times. God Al
mighty has given you a helper.
The Spirit has come to aid us
in our weakness. God Di
vine power to supplement your
human weakness.
Thank God this power helps
us to overcome in our weak
ness. Man energized by the
power of this Divine Helper
can overcome. Now we can
truly say in spite of our great
weakness We Shall Overcome.
Man the weak vessel has
been been filled with Divine
power. Man in his weakness
has been connected with the
dynamo of heaven. Now, thank
God, we do not have to live
in weakness. God in the won
der of His Mighty Power has
come to aid us in our weak
ness. And this helper will
make weak creatures strong,
to endure and overcome. Paul
called this power the whole ar
mour of God. Then let us put
mer member of the State Board
of Education and served on the
Board of Trustees of the Uni
versit yof North Carolina for
16 years.
Hunt, a native of Massachu
setts, is a member of the Ral
eigh Mayor's Community Re
lations Committee. He received
the B.S.M.E. degree from Wor
cester Tech and also attended
George Washington University.
He is chairman of the board
of Signetics Corporation.
Baynes has served on the
North Carolina College Board
of Trustees for 16 years, is a
past president of both the
Greensboro and Durham Cham
bers of Commerce and is a past
president of the Durham Ro
tary Club.
-Rites
Continued from front page
S. C. She as tducated at Bar
ber Sootia College, Concord;
Knoxville College, Knoxville,
Tenn.; and Columbia U.
Survivals include: her hus
band: two sons, Henry George,
U.S. Department of Interior,
Washington, D. C., and Dr.
Bryant George, associate chair,
man of the division of church
strategy. Board of National
Missions, United Presbyterian
Church, USA; three sisters,
Mrs. Eunice Orr, Washington,
DC.; Mrs. Charlotte Cooper,
Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Phyl
lis Thomas, Philadelphia, P»;
three brothers, Robert J. Jones,
Philadelphia, Rev. Warren C.
Jones, Vienna, Ga., and Rev.
J. T. Jones, Charlotte.
-Good Year
Continued from front page
tlon before you, our assets In
creased slightly over $330,000
during the year 1988 now total
ing 90,434,915.46 for a new
high. This asset growth is im-
Mr REV. HAROLD ROLAND
on the "Whole Armour" and
become winners for Jesus.
Without this power we are
weak victims but this power
makes us victors for God.
This power gives us to know
that he that is in us is greater
than he that is against us. So
we go forth as daring and
courageous souls with the back
ing of the Spirit's power. The
odds, looking at it from the
human point of view, seem
overpowering but we know that
the battle is our. With this
helper we know that if God be
for us who can be against us.
Isaiah talks about this pow
er in connection with the Suf
fering Servant as being like
roots growing out of dry
ground. Men look at this pow
er in wonder, and amazement
ind they ask how can it be.
It seems to be the very essence
of weakness but in the final
fruits it is the greatest power
in all the world. Oh what a
mighty power we have as help
ers in our human weakness.
Truly in our weakness the
Divine Helper makes us wit
nesses for our God and His
Christ. God does not lesv« us
in weakness. He gives the
spirit as our helper.
portant because it reflects the
continually greater role of ser
vice our Association plays in
the economy of our community.
Despite vigorous competition
for savings among all financial
institutions, during 1965 the
net savings funds taken in by
Mutual Savings amounted to
$272,241.00. This inflow brought
our total savings balance to
$5,282,867.00, up over 5 per
cent from last year."
It was further revealed by
President Stewart that "Mutual
Savings paid its savers $208,-
765 in dividends during 1965."
In addition to this service the
Association ''made a total of
$1,109,858 in home loans dur
ing 1965 which represents an
increase of approximately 7
per cent," said Mr. Stewart.
The president also reported
that work, on renovation of the
new home office site purchased
by the Association is progress
ing nicely and is expected to
be ready for occupancy in
April.
Before ending his report he
paid a glowing tribute to the
founding fathers who organ
ized the Association for the
purpose of promoting thrift.
Resolutions of acts and pro
ceedings were read by Wm. J.
Walker, Jr., with a report of
the nominating committee be
ing made by W. J. Kennedy,
Jr. The name of N. B. White,
president of the Service Print
ing Company was presented
and approved by the stock
holders to fill a vacancy on the
Board of Directors. White is a
graduate of Hampton Institute.
Since coming to Durham sever
al years ago, he has succeeded
with his associates, Day Reid
and his brother, the late
George Daniel White in build
ing one of the largest and most
successful job printing com
panies in the state.
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To Be Equal
By WHITNKI M. YOUNG J*.
Year Of Opportunity
SINCE Inevitably a bit of the past ii always found in the
present, and to some degree influence* the future, it is
well to reflect on some of the significant event* of 1965
In civil rights now well-established aa America's utua
serious domestic problem.
On the negative tide, there wai the unfortunate need
for continued demonstration* throughout the South, to
dramatize the still-entrenched resistance to a new national"
morality and consensus expressed in the
1964 Civil Bights Law. These demonstra
tions pointed up not only the continuing re
luctance to grant the Negro equal oppor
tunity in voting, "but called attention to the
aeries of wanton murders of both white and
Negro civil rights workers murders that
revealed a congenital cruelty and an animal
like behavior on the part of a few white
citizens. The entrenched resistance was
evident also in the tragic lack of courage
and conscience on the part of many persona
who for the moat part remained ailent
Still on the negative ride, we witnessed a growing ten
dency in the North to ignore or to rationalize overcrowded,
unspeakable segregated housing conditions, which in
evitably give rise to segregated and inferior schools and
inferior community services. Far too many people use the
riots of '64 and "Watts '65" as excuses not to become serious
ly Involved in the struggle, but rather to withdraw from It
and to indict 19-million Negro citizens for the desperate aa
tions of a few.
Accent On The Positive
But —serious as these negatives are—the positive de
velopments of 1965 are stil the more significant and Justify
beyond quesction the optimism we should feel for the fu
ture. The passing of the Voting Rights Bill, I predict, will
mark the most telling blow against intolerance and bigotry.
Since public officials conceive it their first duty to ba
elected, the greatly increased Negro vote will go a long way
toward discovering decent and moral qualities among pres
ent and prospective officeholders. ,
The affirmative actions of the Administration, sup
ported by the unprecedented words and deeds of President
Johitson, have given a,new respectability and urgency to th«
issue of civil rights. The various poverty programs—public
as well as private—however unjustly ma.ligned and however
inadequate (quantitatively and qualitatively) have been
meaningful. These programs are ample evidence of what
can be achieved with more experience and more resources.
If the victims of poverty and oppression are given the voice
they deserve in the control and administration of such pro*
grams, how much more we could achieve!
The increased concern and positive action on the part
of a great many of the country's leading businesses, even
though still far from adequate, does reflect a turn in the
road, not only in employment and training policies, but in
the Important influence, this sector has on community atti
tudes and institutions.
A Role In His Destiny
Most encouragiagjn 1909 was the desire shown by the
Negro citizen to play a constructive role in his own destiny.
Evidence was provided to indicate that ghetto youth, given
the opportunity, would rather build than burn would
rather work than k>a£. Negro adults demonstrated their
ability and their capacity to participate intelligently in the
policy-making and in the administration of remedial, cor
rective, self-help programs.
, j In 1965, unfortunately, we heard too much et the
tragedies and the cruelties; ot the hopless and the angry.
We heard too little orf the cooperation and the successes; of
the barriers that had been removed and the doors that had
been opened.
Nineteen hundred and sixty-five had its negatives ajid
Its positives—which simply means the year had some bad
people and some good people. As we look to 19M we have
expectant hope* that the lew who do bad, and the tew who
do nothing, will be outweighed in numbers by the peat
many who do something. This is an opportunity lor in
dividuals. and lor the entire nation.
One hundred and ninety
eight years ago (1788) on
Monday of this week the
founder of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church was born. He was
James Varick who was the
first bishop of the church.
Other events of historical
interest to be remembered
this week are as follows:
JANUARY 11—Alexan
der Hamilton (1737-1828),
friend of freedom, was
born. *
Haiti gained its indepen
dence from American occu
pation in 1948.
JANUARY 12 An lm
portan' confe' ence was
called by General Sherman
at Savannah, Ga., in 1865
with free Negro leaders to
ascertain their statu* and
From Day to Day
Siicea of raw peachea, ap
ple or banana won't brown
if dipped in orange or lemon
Juice.
One medium-sized tomato
will give nearly one-half of
a day'a requirement of vita
min C and generous amounts
of vitamin A.
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MK. YOUNQ
their objectives for more
complete freedom.
JANUARY 13 Shlloh
Presbyterian Church, the
first Negro Presbyterian
congregation, was formally
recognized and taken over
by the New York Presby
tery in 1822.
JANUARY 14 _ Ethel
Waters' great dramatic tri
umph was acclaimed by
critics in 1939 for her role
in "Mamba's Daughter."
JANUARY 15— William
Pickens (1881-1934), ora
tor, author and fighter for
equal fights, was borh. He
served a number ot years
on the staff of the NAACP.
JANUARY 1— Jefferson
Franklin Long took his
oath in 1871 as the only
Negro congressman from
Georgia
Seamstresses should take
a few minutea off each half
hour for the aaka of their
eyes. Clofre work over a long
period of time can put a
strain on eyes and orte way
to ieaaetf the fatigue la to
glance off Into the distance
for a moment every new
and then.