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—THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JAN. 13. 1968
Hats Off At Funerals
We don't know who, when, where
or why the custom was ever started
for the men of a bereaved family to
keep their hats on at a funeral being
conducted in a church. About the
only thing we are sure about the cus
tom, which is still practiced to a less
er or greater degree in many sections
of the country, is that it is about the
silliest it is possible to invent or
imagine and should be opposed by all
intelligent persons whenever or
wherever it is resorted to.
It is our feeling, if an undertaker
or mortician will not do so, that the
officiating minister of a funeral is
decidely within his bounds, when he
observes men wearing their hats in
side a church during a funeral, to
politely ask them to remove them,
either publicly or privately.
We Are Anxious Too
Welcome Vice President Humphrey;
and welcome to Mrs. Humphrey too.
Mr. Humphrey is the Vice President
of the United States and quite natu
rally the entusiasm we show in our
welcome is well to be expected for
America has shown friendliness and
a profound interest in the endeavors
of our country.
We would however, like to give a
special welcome to Mrs. Humphrey
who is a symbol of perhaps the most
dynamic human force in the United
States American womanhood. The
keen interest shown in the daily af
fairs of the state by the American
woman and the tremendous support
the men at the helm of affairs gen
erally get from, their women (who
have the absolute freedom in choos
ing to remain unconcerned) is one of
the most impressive aspects oi
American civilization something
virtually unknown in several parts of
the civilized world.
In his brief speech in reply to that
of welcome by the Vice-Chairman of
our National Liberation Council, Mr.
Humphrey said among other things:
"We have come to listen, to learn,
and to help. We are anxious to be
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gin. . *.
Mr. Humphrey may assure the
government and people of America,
that we are more anxious to give
tjiem the opportunity than they can
ever imagine. In his exercise of de
mocracy, there is no easy, straight
forward approach if the liberty of
the individual is to be the supreme
The March of Dimes Program
Monthly bill-paying time is past.
We hope you paid them all, but isn't
something wrong? Could it be that
somewhere under the clutter on your
writing table or desk drawer is the
March of Dimes appeal to help a
child with birth defects.
Your March of Dimes is waiting
for that envelope filled with your con
tribution Your money will be chan
neled toward research, treatment and
education in the field of birth defects.
The great majority of birth defects
can be treated and completely correct
ed, if they are detected early and
given the best care known to modern
medicine.
Medical care of this high quality
is supported by The National Foun
dation-March of Dimes, now celebrat-
More Noise Than Substance
If ypu do something bad, every
body always knows about it. But, you
could go to church every Sunday of
your life, take home stray kittens and
help old ladies across the street for
ever and never find yourself a celeb
rity. The younger generation and
most particularly the older teen-age
section of it are in this position. The
lunatic fringe, the so-called "hippies,"
the LSD trippers and the trouble
maker get all the publicity. Every
adult should remember that this
Lonely Legislator
-vyHEN RIP. ROBERT G. CLARK,
38, calmly and unceremoni
ously took his seat at the opening
session of the Mississippi Legisla
ture Jan. 2, he was quietly making
history. It marked the first time a Ne
gro had served on that body since one
of Jnrrasoir DAVIS' former slaves
helped draft the state constitution
back in 1890.
11M representative from Holmes
County, who won his seat by beat
ing veteran legislator J. P. LOVE in
Every man, woman and child
should be had to understand that a
church edifice is a building set apart
and dedicated to the worship of God
and God only, and that no man or
woman is so great or has achieved
so much in life that their relatives,
male or female, are within their
rights, in paying a last tribute to a
beloved one to forget that the church
in which the funeral is being held is
God's house and should be reverenced
as such at all times and under all
circumstances.
Because the custom is out of date,
stupid and has no meaning, whatso
ever, we urge that ministers, morti
cians and all others employed in the
conducting of funerals in churches,
insist that male relatives of the de
ceased keep their hats off.
tenet of the society? Attaining the
goal is really a 'life-long' struggle
This we here are beginning. We hope
what we experience in this exercise,
will not be as painful as the experi
ences of others 'well-established' na-
tions. At the moment, however, this
remains only a cherished hope.
Much will depend on the support
those who are farther up the road
will give us; not only in the matter
of advice and material help, but more
so by the good moral influence they
are able to wield in the world through
the conduct of their own national and
international affairs.
If they fail in so doing, what hopes
have we, the toddlers, in this journey
towards peace, freedom and justice?
We are sincerely grateful for all
the help from the U.S.A. both in the
past and after our February Revolu
tion in the last two years. The fact
that the USA. gave us help even'
during the past era when our govern
ment appeared to be hostile to her
goverment, shows us that, America
believes that we are capable and will
achieve our national aspirations
which are similar ta theirs, even on
our own.
The journey may TO long and te
dious, but like the people of that
great country of America, we are also
determined to get there, by hook or
by crook.
Welcome to sunny Ghana!
—Ghana Daily Graphic
ing its 30th Anniversary. The organi
zation has nearly 100 Birth Defects
Centers at leading medical institu
tions throughout the nation.
Birth defects are a problem which
has burdened mankind for so long,
with so little attention, that many
feel nrthing can be done about it.
As a result, thousands are needless -
If deprived of a chance to lead useful
lives. Too many children and adults
are needlessly limited by severe men
tal or physical handicaps or are
doomed to isolation in institutions.
Every year 250,000 American ba
bies are born with birth defects. Tftey
urgently require help. Do your part
by giving to the March of Dimes.
minority of the younger generation
is not indicative of the ambition, in
telligence or solid accomplishment of
the vast majority of young people
As a publisher, Don Robinsoh of
The American Press observed it
might help if publications," . . . wovjld
tell more about some of outstanding
achievements of young people and
stop encouraging the mentally un
balanced by giving them the lime
light"
a close race, told newsmen after the
opening session that he thought his
white colleagues had given him a
"very warm" reception, all things
considered.
When the House adjourned for the
day, several legislators stopped at
RKP. CLARK'S desk, shook hands and
introduced themselves. A majority
of the members, however, simply ig
nored the new lawmaker.
RKP. CLARK, a teacher-coach at a
JOURNAL AND GUIDt
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How Tb Help Youngster
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Make The Hippie Scene
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By PATRICIA McCORMACK
NEW YORK (UPI) Reso
lutions for parents aiming to
help adolescents make the hippie
scene during 1968:
% • Don't complain when they
shower only once a week, then
only once a month. They are
working up to a constant state
of dirtiness. Why should you
interfere?" It would abort their
hippie ambitions to insist on
cleanliness.
• Keep your mouth shut
when the pontificate about how
ikkening it is to have such
"gross"' for grotesque parents
who lead regular lives, pay their
bills, worry about not being able
to give their children everything.
Keeping quiet won't be hard. In
homes of children headed for
hippieland, parents and children
suffer from a communications
gap. They can't talk together
much. a
• Give them lots of sym
pathy when they come down
with fake illnesses more and
more frequently Sundays at
church time. And don't act sur
prised or upset when they an
nounced they're dropping out
of the church "of your
choice."
• Be kind, too, when child
invites a real hippie or a fake
one to spend the night at your
house. Above all, don't act
shocked at the language, the
clothing, the way you're ig
nored. Children know best. To
interfere would place a perma
nent create in their psyches.
• When they preach freedom,
especially for themselves and
from moral codes you handed
them, nod your head in a maybo
yei, maybe-no manner. Don't
call child an ingrate; don't kick
him in the teat of the pants. To
show you're a loving parent,
why not raise hii allowance after
*och a speech?
• When they play records at
the maximum volume at a time
you requested them toned down,
smile and say it really sounds
better very loud. They won't
know about the plugs in your
ears. After all, they don't look
at you very much anymore.
• When they start wearing
beads and second-hand clothes,
and let their hair grow and
grow, pretend you don't notice.
They're just trying to get your
•ttentioo, especially since the
lingo gap it so intense that you
hardly talk together at all any
more.
• When you're lucky enough
to get their attention, recall how
you suffered during the depres
sion. Why your parents were so
poor, sometimes you had holes
in your shoes, tops and bot
tons!
Sometimes you didn't have
enough to eat You considered it
• great week when you had two
ice cream codes.
REMIND these wonderful
children of yours that you will
slave night and day so they
won't have to know the horrors
of economic deprivation. s Hand
them everything so they will
never know neither want nor
the value 9f the dollar.
• When they start to stare
and shuffle in a humped-up con
dition instead of • straight wtfk,
raise some questions about LSD,
or ghie-sriffing or pot.
When they say they're trip
ping now and then because "all
the kids tr doing it," pray that
This, too, will pass."
DON'T CALL to their atten
tion medical reports showing
that tripping can mak4 them
hallucinate permanently, It's
none of your business.
Heavy ?tems Make Light News
'Wife Too
Auto For Sale-Cheap
By STUART GORIN
RAIEIGH (UPI) A cou
ple of "heavy" items provided
some "light" news during 1967
in North Carolina. One was a
"too fat" wife, and the other
turkey.
"My wife's too fat. Volkswag
en for sale cheap," said an ad
in a Wilmington newspaper.
THE NEXT day another ad
appeared. It read: "For sale
cheap used car and husband
both slightly dented."
A used car dealer in New
Bern came up with a novel ap
proach. He offered a free two
story frame house with the pur
chase of a used car.
BUT THERE was a catch to
it he wanted to keep the
land, and the building was con
demned. Whoever would buy
the car would have to'pay to
have the house demolished.
North Carolina's, frog reputa
tion took a great ieap forward
in 1967 when the state entry
won an honorable mention in the
Calaveras County frog jump
jubilee in California.
Dapper Dan Tar Heel was the
entrant's name.
MEMBERS of the General
Assembly took time out for a
hot and heavy softball game dur
ing the summer of 1967, and
the House roundly blasted the
Senate 7-0.
When all was done, the House
sent flowers of condolence to
the upper chamber. But they
were second-hand flowers some
body dug out of a trash can in
Republicans Make Same Pitch
According to a right-wing publication called "The Republican
Battle Line" exactly the same argument is being used by Rep. Robert
Wilson of California as a reason for making contributions to the
G.O.P. Congressional Campaign Committee. The campaign forCoo
gress is most important this year, voters are being told, because the
Congressman you elect may chose the next President.
It is always dangerous to tnake smug assumptions about what
a maverick candidate might or might not accomplish. While it ia
true we have not elected a third party candidate—and that prospect
still reipains unlikely—we cannot assume that a third party candidate
could not affect the outcome.
Nor can. we assume that the election will not be dote, eve«
though the Republican nominee is, .not yet known.
In 1801 the election did go to the House of Representatives,
which chose Thomas Jefferson. In 1825 it chose John Quincy Adams.
What we forget is that in 1960 it came'awfully cloae to choosing
between Nixon and Kennedy. The Democrats won only by a hair's
breadth—and there waa no Third Party candidate.
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p.S. When they become
regular hippies, blame yourself.
Everyone knows hippies drop
eut of middle-class families be
cause their parents don't under
stand them!'
the dffice of the state Demo
cratic chairman.
A BUSINESSMAN in Ply
mouth planned a big three-day
fire sale to clear out merchan
dise which had been slightly
damaged in a fire.
The promotion was all. set
when he had to cancel hirplans.
The night before the sale nearly
everything was destroyed in
another fire.
ANOTHER fire broke out in
Snow Camp, and the firemen
couldn't put the blaze out. It
seemed that the more water
they poured into the building,
the hotter the flames grew.
They finally discovered what
was wrong the fire was being
fed by liquor from a moonshine
still inside.'
IN WILMINGTON, a storm
knocked down a woodpecker
nest and the eggs rolled on tha
ground. A blue golf ball which
someone had forgotten lay near
by.
The mother and father wood
pecker tried for several days to
* hatch the golfball, completely
ignoring the eggs. \
THE SADDEST story of the
year comes from Monroe, where
a hatchery had the plumpest gob
bler in the state. ■
Tar Heel Tom weighed 68
pounds, won the state fair coo
test, and seamed to be a sura
thing for the national Fat Tur
key Contest.
But shortly before tha finals
Tom died of obesity.
THE WAY
I SEE IT
By DAVID W. STITH
LOOKING BACK
For the past two weeks this
column has dealt with two
rather touchy subjects. The
first dealt with the failure and
hypocrisy of the Black Power
structure and was entitled
"How The Mighty Have Fal
len." The second column, pub
lished last week, dealt with
the failure of the Negro Middle
Class to become active in work
ing towards equality. We called
it "The Failure of the Negro
Middle Class."
As you can guess, there have
been mixed reactions to these
two columns.
Let's take the first column.
Far more readers called in ex
pressing their approval of the
statements made in the col
umn. Of course, there were
those who agreed with the
facts presented bift felt this
columnist should not "wash
our dirty linen in public." Now
if anyone is naive enough to
think that the white community
in Durham believes that all Is
peaches and cream within the
Negro community they had bet
ter forget it. Let it be said,
first, that I am going on rec
ord again as being in favor of
racial unity—but not a unity
enforced from above which
means blind acceptance of the
will of our so-called leaders. I
would like very much to see
the dirty linen washed private
ly but because of the lack of
willingness to do this on the
part of the "old guard" we
must wash our linen where we
can. It also must be said that
this information is not dirty
linen. "Hiese are not situations
of which we the general public
was not aware prior to our pub
lishing them. They are well
known to the citizens of Dur
ham, being a matter of public
record and having been pub
lished in various news media
Not a single person has dis
agreed with the information re
ported in this column of De-'
ceraber 30. Those who com-
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plained based their complaint
on the. assertion that the col
umn pointed to a lack of unity
within the Negro race. It is
point'ess for us to continue
pretending to have a unity that
does not exist.
It is time for us to grow up
politically. Most powerful poli
tical units today are not single
unified blocks but colaitions.
We need to be able to crticize
ineffectiveness in our own
leadership and to..unite, when
necessary, to speak on issues
which affect the Negro com
munity as such. To criticize
is not to eliminate the possibil
ity of unity.
Last week's column was as
well received as was the for
mer. There were, however, a
few in the middle class who
felt we were not fair to them
since they were actively in
volved in the struggle for
equality. But they must even
admit that they are few—espe
cially outside those who are
directly involved with the poor
through their occupations, for
example, employees of North
Carolina Fund and Operation
Breakthrough.
The general attitude of the
middle class is often that ex
pressed to this columnist by a
well known Negro citizen "I am
a fence straddling Uncle Tom,
a machine man, and I only
move when the machine
moves." Such attitudes do not
leave open the possibility of
real constructive planning and
activity.
To those whose attitude dif
fers from this, I give my en
couragement and urge you to
continue your efforts.
Ga. solons set
housing push
ATLANTA Two black
representatives say they'll
push for two kinds of open
housing bills. Representative
J. C. Daugherty said today he
will push for a state-wide
open housing law this year,