Speight's Automobile Service Holding Grand
Opening of New Station at Pilot & Fayetteville
The new Speight's Automo
bile Service Station located at
Pilot and Fayetteville Streets,
boasts of modern facilities and
services, second to none in a
city of an ever increasing num
ber of new enterprises.
The new location of the Pure
Oil Distributor marks another
milestone in his journey along
the line of reliable and de
pendable service over the years
to car owners of the Durham
community.
Prospective customers ar
riving at the modern structure
for the first time, no doubt
will take for granted, the pres
ent business establishment.
They probably will not realize
or think too seriously about
the time and labor that have
spent over the the years to build
a name of efficient and de
pendable service which ultima
tly spells the difference be
tween those who survive in
business and those who do not.
In 1940, when gasoline was
priced at 23 cents per gallon,
Theodore Speight with one
helper opened his first service
station here at 422 E. Petti
grew St. Building a career of
dependability from the begin
ning resulted in the continuing
increase in business and the
need for expanding the physi
cal plant. Tire recapping, wheel
alignment and balancing were
added services made available
at the first station.
By 1945, the second location
at 500 Fayetteville St., was the
answer. At this time, Theodore
was joined by his brother Char
lie, who had recently returned
from military service.
In 1961, the brothers, in
partnership, opened a station
at 901 Fayetteville St., known
as Speight's Southside Service.
Many other service improve
ments such as tire recapping,
fulltime mechanics, and meter
ed fuel oil delivery, were add
ed to the ever expanding busi
ness. More recently when the
auto inspection law was enact
ed, Speight's met the qualifi
cations to become a licensed
Safety Inspection Station.
Melvin Speight, Theodore's
son helped his father in the
business, stopping only for two
year period spent in the serv
ice and later attending A&T
CONGRATULATIONS 10..
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THEODORE SPEIGHT
College in Greensboro where
he received further training in
the field of auto mechanics. He
is now an active partner in the
business.
Speight credits much of his
success to his active participa
tion in all phases of commu
nity activities and fiving out
the company's motto, '*A Busi
ness With A Soul."
Among
he has held in civic participa
tion are included: the past
presidencies of The Durham
Business and Professional
Chain, The Durham County
PTA, The Mount Vernon Bap
tist Church Credit Union, mem
ber of the Durham County Zon
ing and Planning Board, mem
ber of New Hope Sunday
School and BTU Convention,
-Clement
Continued from front page
at White Rock Baptist Church.
The Scholarship Memorial
Fund was established by a con
tribution from Doctor Spauld
ing to the White Rock Baptist
Church. Contributions are made
each year to the Scholarship
Fund, which has enabled many
students to attend Shaw Univer
sity, Raleigh. Dr. Spaulding
was President of North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
1923 until his death 1962. He
was a Deacon and Chairman of
the Board of Trustees at White
Rock.
Clement was educated at
Avery Institute. Charleston.
South Carolina, Johnson Smith
CHARLIE SPEIGHT
Trustee of the General Baptist
Convention of North Carolina,
member of the Durham Mer
chants Association and the
Chamber of Commerce, mem
ber of the North Carolina Serv
ice Station Association, the Na
tional Business League, mem
bership in Lodge No. 28.
For the past several years,
Speight's Auto Service has sold
products to the athletic depart
ments of Hillside and Merrick
Moore High Schools at reduced
rates. , ,
The welcome mat spelled in
"service" is out at Speight's
new location where car owners
may expect to find one of the
six available car service ports
open and ready to provide
courteous, reliable and effici
ent attention to your needs.
University; South Carolina
State College Law School, Rut
gers University; Graduate of
Life Underwriters Training
Council and Instructor; Instruc
tor, North Carolina Mutual's
Management School and Life
Insurance Agency Management
School.
He has been with the, North
Carolina Mutual since 1930
serving as: Agent—Charleston,
S. C. District; Assistant Mana
ger—Charleston, S. C.; Special
Agent—Charleston, S. C.; Man
ager—Savannah District; Exe
cutive Assistant Manager; Man
age r Charleston District;
Manager—Newark, N. J.; Dis
trict, Manager Los Angeles
District; North Carolina Mu
tual's Manager of the Year —
1953, Member of—Uia—Presi.
dent's Club—l 963.
He is also a member of the
Board of Trustees Johnson C.
Smith University; The Urban
League; received the Silver
Beaver Award in S. C.; a
member of the National Coun
cil and one of the delegates of
this Council to the Scout's
Birthday Celebration to Lon
don, England in 1966; he was
the 1954 "Man of the Year"
awarded by the Charleston, S.
C. Chapter of the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity and a Mason and
Shriner.
He is married to the former
Mrs. Irma L. Robinson, they
have two sons. Atty. A. J. H.
Clement 111, Claim Supervisor,
N. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
and William J. Clement, Archi
tect, Charleston, S. C. and a
member of the Charleston
County School Board.
-Suspended
Continued from front page
Friday, July 14, after five
members of the Association's
Northwest Philadelphia branch
appealed to Wilkins to suspend
and ultimately expel Moore
from the organization.
They charged Moore with
"using the Phildelphia NAACP
office for his personal gain"
and "using vile, abusive, threat
ing and profane language . . .
toward the public generally."
Wilkins, in his letter to
Moore, used the authority vest
ed in him as executive director
to suspend Moore as president
of the North Philadelphia
Branch, pending a full hearing
as required by the civil rights
organization's cons titution.
Moore has 15 days to appeal
the charges in writing with the
NAACP national office.
Moore's troubles with the
NAACP, the nation's oldest and
largest civil rights organization,
started when the Association's
national board of directors ord
ered Moore's branch split into
five units as has been done in
other major cities throughout
the country. Moore rejected the
plan and went to court with
an appeal He lost the court
battle in Philadelphia and lat
er sought and received an in
junction from the New York
courts.
Commenting on Moore's re
fusal to adhere to the NAACP's
national policy on multi-branch
operations, Wilkins told news
men that the Philadelphia unit
was too big for one man to
handle even if he was a saint."«
-Protest
Continued from front page
soon forthcoming Durham may
awaken to find itself Involved
in a situation similar to that
now being exprienced In New
ark, Watts, and other citie«
where rioting and violence have
occurred.
As it now stands, it is the
consensus 6f opinion that, what
ever, however, all segments of
the Negro community are op
posed to the erection of an
additional public housing pro
ject in the southeastern or Ne
gro section of the city.
-Church
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school desegregation for the
present "freedom of choice"
plan, which has resulted in
only token segregation and
which the Justice Department
claims is ineffective because of
intimidation of Negroes who
exercise that choice.
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Mount Calvary Holiness Church
To Hold N.C. State Convocation
The 37th Annual North Car
olina State Convention and
Convocation of the Mount Cal
vary Holy Church of America,
Inc. will convene July 23-30 in
Winston-Salem according to an
announcement made by Bishop
Frizelle Yelverton, State Over
seer of North Carolina and
pastor of the Durham church.
The week of meetings will
begin with the convening of the
State Missionary Convention,
Mrs. Mary Louise Johnson,
State President in charge This
BERRY DALE, Fla.
TKhite and Negro rioting con
victs deliberatedly set fire to
their wooden barracks at a
remote prison camp Sunday
night, touching off a sudden
inferno that killed 37 of
them.
Only six of them were
•everely burned.'—
convention will have a two
day session, Sunday and Mon
day, July 23 and 24. The fol
lowing services are scheduled
on opening day: 9:30 Sunday
School; 11:00 morning worship;
3:00 p.m. Talent Program: 6:30
p.m. Young People's Bible
Study and 8:00 p.m. Evening
Worship.
The convention's theme on
Monday, July 24 is "The Mind
of Christ." (Phil. 2:5-8). Fol
lowing the day sessions which
will include devotions, special
prayer at noon and a business
session, the evening agenda
features a welcome address by
Alderman, C. C. Ross, Third
Ward, Winston-Salem.
The Convocation Proper be
gins on Tuesday, July 25 and
ends Sunday, July 30. The
theme is "The Believers Out
look" (Peter 3: 13-18)
BATUKDAY, JULY 22, 1967 THE CAROLINA TIMES-
BISHOP YELVERTON
State and National Church
leaders will preach during the
convocation. Three special days
are set for the week: Thursday,
Senior Bishop^—"Day; Friday,
State Mother's Day and Sunday,
State Overseer's Day. Saturday
at 8:00 p.m. a banquet honor
BISHOP JOHNSON
ing State Mother, Reverend B.
Lee is planned.
All services will be held at
Mt. Calvary Holy Church 14th
and Highland Streets, Winston-
Salem where Bishop Brumfield
Johnson, senior bishop, is pas
tor. ,
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