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r— THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL «, I*7 6A Ikf xS jUjH !■ * ' J I J^m NEW SCHOLARSHIPS - | Dr. L. A. Rorrence, Ar kansas AM and N's vice ! pres hi* nt for admin- \ titration, accepts JCOOO > Scholarship started by Carla Thomas PINE BLUFF, Ark. -Miss Cirla Thomas, popular Star re cording star, presented Ar kansas AM and N College with a SIOOO cheek last week to (tart • Cala Thomas Scholar- j ship Fund. This represented the first of a series to be es- ; bbshed bh the popular voca- list. The occasion was the Fifth | Annual Women's Day Con vocation for which Miss Thomas i was principle speaker. Miss Thomas, the daughter erf WDlA's (Memphis) Rufus Thonvas, a graduate of Ten nessee A and I and currently | pursuing a Masters de;re« in , English Literatuure at Howard Unversity, spoke about Wo m*n; M*«ting JOth Can- . fury Challenge. 0 In doing so, she acknowledge the woman's struggle for •puality ... g"for centuries women have been regarded as nothing more than hon ored chattel. It seems incre dulous today in 1967 that it was less than 50 years ago, one gen eration, that women in America won the right to vote". . Miss Thomas said. • • • "THI ROLE of black women in American history is an even wore sorrowful she added. Miss Thomas then noted. . . "the world knows the names of Susan B. Anthony, Jane Ad dams, Margaret Sanger and COME ON OUT TO HARRISS-CONNERS' Spread During Our Bonanza Roundup And Get SURE SAVINGS PONTIAC—Cat* lln* coupe, Atr-Coadli|ggg 64 BYBCANE, 4-Door 1395 65 IMPALA—4-Door 1495 19IQI; 1)5 CHEVELLE —Sport Coupe, PowergUde 64 CHEVELLE—Sport Coupe, PowergHde *2195 64 IMP ALA—gaper Sport White 1695 65 MUSTANG—4 Bpeed Traaa. '1895 65 MUSTANG—• CyL Alr-Condittoned 1895 64 COBVAIB —Low mi leaf e, Bloc 995 ffM TEMPEST Lemaao—4 Speed Traoamla- IMP ALA-—4-Door 1995 PHONE DURHAM 544-1716 CHAPEL HILL .... 942-3116 • OPEN'TIL 9 P.M. HARRISS CONNERS - JmAHHfMBT ■■ ■ W M IP M JBSamSaM HH 1 ftiiW 1079 Ohiml HIM - Duifcom SM. check from recording star, Carta Thomas, to establish the first of a series of Carla Thomas Scholarships to be established by the vocalist. i Eleanor Roosevelt. America is •,that finer society because they ■ all lived and worked." I "But," she added, "out of the womb of our heritage, we have Igi ven this country Phyllis jWheatley, Harriet Tubman, So- Ijoumer Truth, Mary McLeod Bfttiune and Gloria Richard son." i Miss Thomas, who was also jhonored guest at a luncheon | following the convocation and [ who rendered some vocal num ' bers at a "Women's Day dance presented a "Woman of the Year" plaque to Miss Jewell | Mitchell, a junior from Agus |ta Ark. "Finer Womanhood ! Awards" were presented to [Misses Alice James a senior j from North Little Rock, and Lucille Henderson, a senior [from Dumas, Ork. Rights hearing set for San Francisco WASHINGTON The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights an- I nounced this week that it will | hold public hearing in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Are*, beginning May 1. The purpose rf the hearing i will be to collect information ; , concerning civil rights problem* Tin the Bay Area counties o San ■ j Francisco, Contra Costa, Ala ■ meda, San Mateo, Marin, So j noma, Napia, Santa Clara acd I I Solano. With Our Men In the Service Airman First Class Harry M. Higgs, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Higgs of 113 Stokes St., Durham, has arrived for duty at Blytheville AFB, Ark. Airman Higgs, a navigation equipment repairman, previ ously served at Yokota AB, Japan. He is assigned to the Strategic Air Command, Ameri ca's long-range nuclear bomber and missile force. The slrman is a 19®4 gradu ate of Durham High School. • • • Staff Sergeant Willie L Pat terson, son of Mrs,* Ida J. Pat terson of 202 Beacon St., Dur ham, is a member of the U.S. Air Force's 833 th Supply Squad ron at McConnell AFB, Kan., that recently won the title as most outstanding supply unit in the Tactical Air Command (TAC). 'Black - fared' bank bandil found guilty BALTIMORE Black - faced bandit Charles F. Wagaman, 34, New Stanton. Pa., was found guilty by a federal court jury this week in the $23,045 robbery of the Rose dale Savings atxi Loan As sociation. .U.S. Attorney Thomas J, Kenny told the nine - man, three-worn an jury that Wag-' aman covered his hair and blackened his skin with a cos metic preparation in an at tempt to lead witnesses to be lieve that he was a colored person. Wagaman was arrested the night after the Dec. 2, 1966 robbery of the Rosedale Sav ings and Loan Association, near the Club Troc at 400 E. Baltimore St. • • • BALTIMORE POLICE offi cers testified that when ta ken into custody Wagaman had in his possession $8,249 5959 in his pockets and 17.290 in a brown leather briefcase. Taking the stand in his own defense. Wagaman tes tified that he was walking along Baltimore St. on the night of Dec. 3 and was looking for "a friend in the Baltimore area who he wished to visit before com pleting trip„. to Pittsburgh,, Wagaman said that. the briefcase in his possession contained an assortment of soiled shirts and thfrt he took it to the Club Troc and asked the manager to hold it for him until he returned. The manager of the club placed the leather briefcase on a beer cooler. Court records show that an informer told police that Wagaman was in the vicinity of the club with a large amount of money. WHEN OFFICERS con fiscated the bag they discov ered that the serial numbers of 47 of the 1 bills matched the numbers of bills, taken in the robbery tbe loan' association. Wagaman's defense attor neys contended that someone put the money in the bag af ter it was entrusted to the manager of the club. Arresting officers also testified that when Waga man was taken into custody he bore traces of a "black substance" around the neck and the ears. Also found among Waga man's effects was a cosmet ic coloring device in a dark brown shade. ... r v $23,000 was taken In the robbery and federal agents who handled the investigation theorized that Wagaman had already met with and divid ed the proceeds of the rob bery with the two accom plices. CAmmr o, • FACTB M r >ur roc KE T i rmuinwusiiiß Latest in t*o mtw* of »Utot K«l fohrtnte VMM ittmd by tHo Bureau of tHo CNWT, U.S. Depart MOAT OF COHMMTM. WeM OVER 300 page* —"» coIor— PROTON! errant. author iiat.ve stalTvlicft on •11 major faceli OF the economic and local ttPtcture of th* United Slatoo . population. education. hooMh government. prftev labor, mcoma. *tfare A* fen»A recreation egruH U '» induttry. toencr and other tubfecli 30 page* of cham and grepftt . . 469 ilet.ii.cel tablet brief narretrve dnenpftonof fh«U S •ntbomid 19«OT tISO mi mro POCKIT M NMI ™ ISL TO Superintendent of Document* Any U.S. Department of 'WA WWIWMOB Government Printing Offko Off Commorce Fiofd Office ua.a ■■■ F WMMnflon. D.C. 20402 ' EndoMd 4 f (cMck, monty o*d«f. Sopt Ooc, coupon!). Or cftorga my Oopoctt Account No. - ; nEr MKM co»i«) * Fockot IM, Mi 01*. IM7 ; j| H (o>ll4/)«t7) M lIM Mch. c%. •«»•* r» ———— Alnnan Glenn K. Albright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delma R. Albright of Graham, has been selected for technical training at Sheppard AFB, Tex., as a U.S. Air Force aircraft mainte nance specialist. The airman recently com pleted basic training at Lack land AFB, Tex. His new school is part of the Air Training Command whleh conducts hun dreds of specialized course to provide technically trained per sonnel for the nation's aero space force. H " v ~fl IHmHHL/.JBMHBBI BENSON Captain Dwight M. Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Benson of 1801 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, has been decorat ed with the U.'S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Nor ton AFB, Calif. Captain Benson was award ed the medal for meritorious service as an assistant opera tions officer at a forward U.S. Air Force combat base in Southeast Asia. He was cited for his outstanding skill, know ledge and duty performance. . He is now at Norton with the Air Force Inspector General Activity. mftm SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Air man Earl L. Suggs, whose mother, Mrs. Edna M. Hall, resides on Rt. 1, Deep Run, has been selected for technical training at Sheppard AFB, Tex., as a US. Air Force con struction specialist. The airman recently com pleted basic training at Lack land AFB, Tex. His new school part of the Air Training Com mand which conducts hundreds of specialized courses to pro vide technically trained per sonnel for the nation's aero space force. Dixie must mix schools Ihis fall NEW ORLEANS The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday or dered all grades in all public schools in the Deep South de segregated by this fall. 11 decreed "a unitary school system in which there are no colored schools and no white schools, but just schools. "School segregation is 'in herently unequal' bv any name and wherever located. ' The 12-judge court, in an 8-4 decision, ordered boards of education to give prospec tive students a choice of schools in the system, and to use facilities, including buses, as feasible to help get each to the school of his choice. The ruling covers Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis sippi. Texas and Florida, as well as the Canal Zone. • • • yS' THE COURT RULED: Pupils must be assigned to schools in all grades, includ ing kindergarten, without re gard to race or color starting with the 1967-68 school year next September. No student can be excluded from any school activity, in cluding athletics, because of race or color. All school facilities and meeting rooms which are open to non-students "shall be open to all persons." Race or color must not be • factor in hiring, assigning or promoting teachers, ex cept to correct the feffects of previous faculty and staff segregation. THE COURT said it was not condoning neighborhood schools in the north and west, which practice de facto segre gated neighborhoods. But it said that no cases in volving "that sort of school system" had been brought before the sth Circuit Court. The court ruled that if co lored citizens are ever to en ter "the mainstream of American life, they must have equal educational op portunities with white chil dren." THE COURT HELD that •chool officials "have the af firmative duty under the 14th Amendment to bring about an integrated school system. "It is not enough," the court said, "for school au- SR&&RB schools. Spring Time And Art \ Mk .Jbl Bstifl| ML _,.. y; Iflf H . B m y^w%s b jh { atr*;- ? • ?/■ J^^MA B FE*£|M 'PLUBBB ML JBI ■ B 'YITW IBP*'' 1 IB ■ Btoifll B ifl ,^bH B L^B I I' ii ' n^, iw ■ ONE-MAN SHOW - Mill Rita Bennett, left, Coocvrd, N.C., who gave a one-man tat ••'• • ?•'•••;«••: • ' ~ASi I Asl nm S i*- .' ;-. ~> v» I > -J •.■■■. ' j| *' ; HI 1. Ugl I I] -^m&|B I • «&>#**& 6 sK;' Kfe,. H* a dB BHMr B B B Km Ki ■ , ■■BBH9 B B B Q9 . ' B DHB B ■ • , JPL .B {* M A ■ H *| I. „'.. UGANDAN VISITOR M»** Felicity Muganwa, left, of Uganda Is in America ai special guest of the American Wonun la Radio and Televlilon and the State Department. 100-Year-Old School to Close in High Point HIGH POINT —The William Penn High School, founded in 1867, as The High Point Nor mal and Industrial School by the Quakers of North Carolina, will be closed in the Spring of 1968. An integrated high school will replace Penn. ° The William Penn High School has long been consider ed one of the leading Negro high schools in the South. It has graduated a number of stu dents who have become pro ductive and outstanding citi ens in the High Point com munity and the nation. The closing of William Penn has struck a kind of sentimen tal note throughout the High Point community. Those living in the community who have graduated from the school, will silently reminisce of days gone by when the school closes its doors for the last time. The current principal at William Penn, S. E. Burford, is an energetic and resourceful man who has" been principal at Penn for thirty-three years. Former students describe him as competent, prudent and a host of other adjectives all complimentary. Prior to Mr. Burford becom ing principal, there were two other principals, A J. Griffin and E. E. Curtright. Some of the' ftigh Point citizens sltill' stMg^th«/' , praiseS of these two educators. This sort of sentiment concerning William I art abow at Bennett College i recently, explains tome of I.her work (particularly the | ART DISCUSSION - Nortl CaraUna Callage graduate Ckarka L. SmJtk (enter) She It shown here with B. F. Slsk (D-Caiif), and Mrs. Goh Thean Chye of Malasta at a reception re cently held at the State Department. Miss Mngan wa will study and observe Penn prevails throughout the community. It is this sort of prevailing sentiment which stimulated the William Penn High School Alumni Association to make plans for a massive reunion of all William Penn graduates from across the nation. The alumni association is making plans to have the grad uates come back to William Penn for a reunion in the Spring of 1968 when the regu lar graduation ceremony is held. Mr. Burford said, "We hope to get every student who has graduated from William Penn to come back to the 1968 gradu- xJeLtSoifv^K • ,-i -• yr, * ** Phone 682-5426 I one painted on both tide;, i.l .foreground) to two stu- I dents, Misses Audrey Blay- 1.l explalac the ftaer petite of .■ work by A. B. Jackeon to ait itadeat Willi«m V. H«r broadcasting techniques In major U.S. cities during her three-month stay. In Uganda Miss Muganwa is responsible for the produc tion of children's pro grams for the National Service. ation ceremony." The alumni association is making an appeal to anyone knowing a William Penn grad uate to send the name and address of th 6 person to Mrs. Fairma Robertson, 724 East Washington Drive, High Point, or to the school. After more than 100 years, the doors of William Penn High School will close for the final time in the Spring of 1968. "The Spring of the year," com mented one former student at Penn, "isn't that ironic—this is the time of year when most structures open their doors, but dear Ole Penn will close hers forever." lock, Albany, Ga., and Sha ron Gittens, New York City. rl» awl Mr«. Sadie Hnghley during aa exhibition of - works by Jaeksoa at the eoOece
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