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RALEIGH —George H. Esser,
Jr., Executive Director of the
North Carolina Fund,.'speaking
at Shaw University Monday
morning, informed some of the
nation's top experts on Urban
Affairs that "Recently I spoke
of a developing crisis within
our cities and our country; a
Frank W. Scott Resigns As Director of Lincoln Hospital
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SOME CONSULTANTS of the
third annual Human Relations i
Institute sponsored by White
Rock Baptist Church. Left to
right are: Rev. Lorenzo A.
Lynch, pastor; Dr. Carlyle Mar
Andrew Brimmer Addresses
Real Estate Brokers Feb. 16
Former NCC Coach Undergoes
Acute Appendicitis Operation
Herman H. Riddick, Profes
sor of Biology and former foot
ball coach at North Carolina
College is recovering in Lin
coln Hospital after an opera
tion for acute appendicitis.
Coach Riddick was admitted
to the hospital Monday morn
ing. His friends at first feared
the attack of appendicitis as a
heart attack, because a heart
attack led to his retirement of
coaching duties in 1965.
Dr. James W. Younge, Ath
letic Director at North Carolina
College said Riddick appeared
to be recovering satisfactorily
when he visited him in the hos
pital Tuesday.
Greensboro Attorney
N. C. House of R
GREENSBORO-Atty. Hen
ry E. Frye, of Greensboro,
announced Wednesday that he
will be a candidate in the
forthcoming Democratic pri
mary for a seat in the N.C.
House of Representees.
Frye stated in a press con
ference at the Hayes-Taylor
YMCA that, "The greatest sin
gle problem facing Guilford
County and the nation is not
the war in Viet Nam, crime
in the streets even liquor by
the drink." It is I believe,
the growing differences be
tween the haves and the have
nots-those who enjoy the
good things of this American
way of life and those, who
for various reasons, do not,
said Frye.
Frye said, if elected, he will
devote his time and attention
to bridging the gap between
the "haves and the have nots."
"I want to urge the partici
pation of the poor in the po
litical process-registration,
voting and organisation,"
stated Frye. "I want to con
vince him that they can have
a voice in their government
and that their voice can be
heard, perhaps louder than in a
street demonstration.
The young attorney, who
crisis which , both challenges
this nation's top economic poli
cies and democratic
'•and brings into dramatic-focus,
|as njjver before; the. critical
issue of race and poverty and
full equality for all our citi
zens."
The keynote speaker for the
ney, Executive Director of In
; telfpreter's House, Lake Juna
j luska; the approximately 500
■ persons attendisg the Institute,
D. S. Coltrane, Chairman of
the North Carolina Good Neigh-
RIDDICK
FRYE
also favors public kinder
gardens, bus transportation for
city students, more special pro
grams for secondary schools,
and special training programs
for teachers said he would like
to see new industries for the
state.
"If elected, I would favor
the state working to bring in
new industries, with good pay
ing said Frye," and not
advocate seeking to sell North
Carolina as a state with lots of
opening session of "The Urban
Crisis and the Negro College-
A Consultation," being held
in the Ballroom of the Student
Union Building at Shaw, Esser,
who has directed the N. C.
Vund for five years, was, for
seventeen years, with the In
stitute of Government, Univer
bor Council; Mrs. F. V. Alli
son, Professor of Physical Edu
cation, North Carolina College;
Ben Ruffin, Executive Di
rector of UOCI.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Leon
Cox, Executive Director, Na
tional Assocition of Real Estate
Brokers' Inc., announced in
Washington this week that An
drew F. Brimmer, member of
the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System will
speak to the members of the
Board of Directors and their
Mfsts at a dinner at tht New
™rk Hilton Hotel, Friday
night, February 16.
Mr. Brimmer, the first Negro
to serve on the Federal Reserve
Board was nominated by Presi
dent Johnson on February 28,
1966. The Senate unanimously
confirmed his nomination and
the President signed the com
mission on March 4, 1966. Mr.
Brimmer, a Fullbright Fellow,
received the Ph.D. Degree from
Harvard University, concentrat
ing in monetary economics and
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cheap labor.
Frye also said he would
work to encourage employers
to hire and promote on the
basis of merit and ability.
The practicing attorney
served as an assistant U.S. Dis
trict Attorney, and also tav%ht
law at N.C." College. He Is a
1953 graduate of A and T Col
lege, and a 1959 graduate of
the University of N.C.
Frye, who Is a native of
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sity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill.
Using as his subject, "The
Urban Crisis," he continued,
"In Washington and through
out the iand, public officials,
businessmen, the professionals
and the average citizen have
reeled in disbelief and in de
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VOLUME 45 No. 7
$1 Million Granted Negro
Mortgage Company In Phila.
Ronald Foreman Appointed to
Durham County Draft Board
Ronald C. Foreman, reitred
executive of North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com
mny was appointed to the Dur
ham County Selective Service
*Snard according to announce
ment recently made by Mrs.
Rheud°lle Cates, chief tlerk
for the board.
Mrs. Cates was advised of
the appointment from President
Lyndon B. Johnson in a letter
from State Selective Service
Director William H. McCach-
Foreman succeeds another
former N. C. Mutual executive
who has been retired from the
board due to age, under new
regulations governing draft
boards across the nation. W. J.
Kennedy, Jr., former President
of the life insurance firm re
tired from the draft board at
Dr. James E.Kirkland Quits As
Minister Union Bapt.ln Phila.
Former Pastor
White Rock
Resigns Post
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dr.
James E. Kirkland pastor of
the Union Baptist Church at
Fitzwater and Martin Sts., in
Philadelphia, announced hi s
resignation here Sunday, Feb.
4, following his sermon. Dr.
Kirkland has held the pastorate
of the Church for nearly half
a century, having come to
Union Baptist from the White
Bock Baptist Church of Dur
ham, North Carolina.
The Announcement came
less than a week after the
church membership defeated
the pastor's slate of candidates
for the trustee board by a vote
of 430 to 275.
At a joint meeting Monday
night the trustee board voted to
call a special meeting of the
membership for February 26,
at which time they will recom
mend that Dr. Kirkland's resig
nation be accepted.
Dr. Kirkland said his resig
nation would become effective
on Sunday, April 28.
In his text of rcgination Dr.
Kirkland stated, "More than 44
years ago, I was called to .the
pastorate of this church. Dur
ing this period I have endeavor
ed to deliver the whole coun
sel of God. I have not pleased
everyone, but it was and is and
ever shall be my purpose to
please God."
"I have no ill will or bit
terness in my spirit toward
•nyone. I have had my joys
and my sorrows, but through
it all, with your prayers, God
has sustained me and now, with
his blessings upon all of you,
I herewith submit my resigna-
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fense when confronted with the
I failure of their past efforts to
meet the problems of urban
communities. And beneath the
cries for law and order and the
demands for remedies, the
urban poor can be heard—in
sistent, angry, bitter . . . voices
crying for a positive response
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1968
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the end of 1967 in accordance
with the new regulations.
Foreman, 68, was associate
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TOKEN OF APPRECIATION—
Scoutmaster Nathaniel B. White
(left) presents a token of ap
preciation on behalf of the
White Bock Baptist Church
Hillsborough Minister Files
Candidacy For
The Rev. Bennie Austin
Mack, 39, of Hillsborough,
pastor of Baptist churches in
Hillsborough and Durham,
filed this week as a candidate
for the Orange County Board
of Education.
He has been a resident of
Hillsborough for the past 12
years and active in religious
and educational groups in the
community. He is a native of
Durham County. Currently, he
is pastor of Crossroads Baptist *
Church in Hillsborough and
the Lakeview Baptist Church
In Durham. He b married and
the father of three school-age
children.
. from a confused society." .
1 lie cited the fact that dur
ing the past year, 83 persons I
were killed, 2,000 injured and
! 10.000 arrested in mob disord
; c.rs in more than one-hundred
I cities. ''Today, Esser declared,
I "we must acknowledge that the
! crisis is HERE, threatening the
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-A
major breakthrough in housing
for Negroes in Philadelphia
Federal Savings and Loan As
sociation agreed to accept
mortgages, submitted by Negro
owned and operated American
Bond and Mortgage Company,
totaling one million dollars.
This is the first time in
Philadelphia's history that a
million dollars has been com
mitted to any Negro controlled
organization for- any purpose.
This commit.nent agreed
Joseph J. Harris, chairman of
the board of West Philadelphia
Federal Savings and Loan As
sociation, 5225 Chestnut
Street, and Charles A. Ealy,
chairman of the board of Ame
rican Bond and Mortgage Com
pany, adds a new dimensions
to credit availability to Ne
groes in Philadelphia in the
areas of new home buying and
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scouting units to Henry W. Gil
lis. District Scout Executive,
for 20 years of dedicated serv
ice in the Cheyenne Leaf Dis
trict. Mr. Gillis is leaving Dur
The Rev. Mack is a former
president of the P.T.A. of Cen
tral Elementary School in
Hillsborough, currently chair
man of the advisory council
of the school. He is secretary
of the Orange County Minis
terial Alliance and Moderator
of the New Home and Durham
Minister's and Deacon's Union,
having served previously for a
number of years as vice mode
rator and also secretary of the
latter organization.
In commenting upon his
candidacy, the Rev. "Mack
noted his longtime and current
interest in education, pointing
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I foundations of our society and,
if it is to be solved, demanding
I all our strength and resources.
"Our free economy has slearn
ed how lb create and produce
and consume, but our demo
cratic system has not yet ad
justed a creaking and slow
moving machinery of govern
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ESSER
SHAW SPEAKER—George H.
Esser, Jr., Executive Director
of the North Carolina Fund,
was the keynote speaker Mon
day morning at Shaw Univer
sity for the opening session of
"The Urban Crisis and the Ne
gro College-A Consulation,,' be
ing held in the Ballroom of the
Student Union Building.
ham to become director of a
community action program of
the National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America in Wash
ington. D. C.
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| mental institutions and to pro-
I vide either a full measure of
opportunity to those by-passed
and made economically obsoles
cent by change in automation
and technology, or to protect
those who cannot participate
directly as productive citizens —
the aged and the handicapped."
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SCOTT
Successor to
Top Official
Awaits Board
Frank W Scott, director of
Lincoln Hospital since 1960,
Vs resigned, the Times learned
this week.
Scott's resignation is said to
be effective "around April 1."
No successor has been ap
nninted, a trustee source said
today.
The next meeting of f*ie trus
tees is scheduled for February
22. " > -
Dr. Clyde Donnell, president
of the trustees, is out
pity and was unavailable for
comment on Scott's resignation.
The Times learned that Scott
has accented an administrative
oost with the Jersey City Medi
''*l Center and the New Jersey
College of Medicine and Den
tistry.
The Jersey City Medical Cen
ter is composed at present of a
750 bed hospital. It l's part of
a medical complex that is un
dergoing an immediate expan
sion of $45,000,000. Long range
Dlans call for expansion in ex
cess of 100,000,000.
Scott is a native of Ports
mouth, Va. He received the
B.S. degree from Morehouse
College and the M.S. in Hospi
tal Administration from Colum
bia Presbyterian Medical Cen
ter in New York.
During 1942-1945 he served
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Henry W. Gillis
Honored at Boy
Scouts Banquet
The Twenty-Sixth Annual
Parent's Banquet, sponsored
by the White Rock Baptist
Church, was held Monday,
February 12 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Hillside High School cafe
teria.
The event, which was a cele
bration of the fifty-eighth an
niversary of the Boy Scouts of
America, was dedicated to
Henry W. Gillis, District Scout
Executive.
Gillis, who is an Eagle Scout
has held his position since
1948. He became associated
with, the Occoneechee Coun
cil during April of that year.
He will leave Durham,
February 15, for Washington,
to assume a position with the
National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America. In Wash
ington, he will be employed as
director of Community Action
serving as a liaison between the
Federal government and the
Boy Scouts.
Mrs. Evelyn M. Thorpe pre
sided over the banquet, which
also featured presentations by
various scout troops.
Presentation of the Artelia
T. Bryant Awards, and the
Awards in Advancements were
made by Assistant Scoutmas
ter, Ralph A. Hunt.
Reverend Lorenzo A.
Lynch, pastor of White Rocli,
made the closing remarks.