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RENEWING FRIENDSHIP
Vice President Hubert H. Hum
phrey and Bishop J. D. Bright,
Sr., of Philadelphia, and Sen
Vice Pres. HHH Gets Wide
Ovation At AME Quadrennial
Former Carolina Times Carrier
Approved for Doctorate Degree
Claiburne B. Thorpe, a na-
tive of Durham and a former
carrier of the Carolina Times,
was successful recently in pass
ing his final oral examina
tions for the coveted Doctor of
Philosophy degree. Dr. Thorpe
majoring in sociology and
carrying a double minor in
psychology and economics was
approved for the Ph.D. at the
New School for Social Research
at New York.
In line with the traditions of
that school his speciality is
research methodology and sta
tistics. The title of his disser
tation was "Status, Race, and
Aspirations," A Study of fac
tors Influencing High School
Students to Enter Professional
or Technical Occupations.
In the work Or Thorpe ex-
plored the idea that Negro
family structure is of such a
nature as to cause a switch in
the roles of the sexes. He says
this is related to the/ Negro
revolution and to riots in the
city.' The Negro mother or
wife, even among the so-called
hish class, dominates the fam-
:ly anef Negr». girls are soci-
alized for leadership within the
DMA ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
FOR FIVE FATHERS OF THE YEAR
Nominations are being ac-1
cepted for the five 1968 Dur
ham Fathers of the Year, it
was announced Sunday by a
spokesman for the Durham
Merchants Association which
annually sponsors the occasion.
Hie five local fathers will be
announced on May 26 and re
sidents are urged to send their
recommendations no later than
May 13, to the specially se
lected judging committee
which is- organized by the
DMA.
The nominating committee
is composed of persons not
closely associated with the
local merchants group and can
be reached by sending ballots
Last Rites to Be Held Sat. For
J. R. Mitchell at St. Joseph's
Funeral services for J. R.
Mitchell, 70, prominent usher,
will be held Saturday at 2:30
p.m. at St. Joseph's A. M. E.
Church. Rev. Lorenzo Lynch,
pastor of White Rock Baptist
Church will direct the serv
ices.
Mitchell for a long number
of years was a member of
White Rock Baptist Church
where he served as an usher
for over 45 years. He was re
cently honored for his long
years of faithfulness to the
church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lucy Mitchell; two daughters,
Mrs. Esther Jenkins of Elms
ford, N. Y. and Mrs. Josephine
ior Bishop George W. Baber, of
Washington, D. C. renewed
their friendship at the 38th
Quadrennial Session of the
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household. He agrees with the
contention that power in the
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i white faml 'y tends to be even "
I ly distributed between wives
j and husbands because the tole
j ranee of the women for sexual
! abstience gives them an ad
j vantage in the bedroom but
control of the purse strings
the husband the advan
tage elsewhere. Economic seg-
See THORPE 2A
to: Father's Day Selection
Committee, P. O. Box 688,
Durham.
Suggestions may be entered
by children, relatives, neisi
bors or acquaintances of a par
ticular candidate.
Specific details on this
year's Fathers' Day entertain
ment have not yet been ap
proved but are in the planning
stages.
Last year, the DMA treated
winning fathers to a tour of
Seyrrour Johnson Air Force
Base; a fishing trip to More
head City and / a dinner at
Hartman's Steak House.
See DMA page 2A
Plummer of Durham; two sons,
James R. Mitchell of Bronx,
N. Y. and Joseph Mitchell of
Durham; two sisters, one
brother, eight grandchildren
and one greatgrandchild.
USHERS TO HOLD REGULAR
MEET AT LINCOLN MEM.
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Durham Ushers
Union will be held at Lincoln
Memorial Baptist Church Sun
day, May 12, at 3:00 p.m. Hlgh
litfit of the meeting will be a
Mother's Day Program with
Mrs. Beulah Pratt as speaker.
There will also be remarks
by by Rev. N. P. Brodie, patsor
of Lincoln Memorial.
AME Church last week in Phil
adelphia. the Vice President
was given a rousing reception as
a keynote speaker.
6,000 Delegates
Shout Approval
For President
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Vice
President Hubert H. Humphrey
received his first group "en
dorsement" for the Presidency
at the 38th Quadrennial Ses
sion of the African Methodist
Episcopal (AME) Church.
The endorsement came dur
ing remarks by Senior Bishop
George Baber, following a
speech by the Vice President
before the Conference in Phi
ladelphia. : ,■ rr -» -
When Bishop Baber exclaim
ed: "I hope and pray that Hu
bert Humphrey will be our
next President," most of the
6,000 delegates and visitors
jumped to their feet and ap
plauded and shouted their ap
proval.
Moments later, the Vice Pre-
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PRINCIPALS INVOLVED in the
recently held Project Out-
reach meeting to organize a
committee on Equal Participa-
tion in Business are shown re-
Prominent Durham Citizens
To Form
Project Outreach, a program
recently funded to provide
management training and tech
nical assistance to the small
businessman and the members
of its committee for equal par
ticipation in business had its
organizational meeting Tues
day at a luncheon sponsored
by the president of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Co., J. W. Goodloe.
Held in a private dining
room of the North Carolina
Mutual, the meeting was con
ducted by Dr. C. D. Watts,
chairman of the committee
who explained its purpose. He
stated that the committee
would be responsible for solut
ing the voluntary assistance of
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VOLUME 45 No. 19 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1968
NAACP Announces National
Lr
Voter Registration Drive
3 to 5 Million
More Negro
Voters is Goal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-"We
are launching a nationwide
campaign to register three to
five million Negro voters bet
ween now and the November
election," W. C. Patton,
NAACP associate director for
voter education projects, said
here this week. The registra
tion campaign will reach into
all parts of the country.
Statewide political action
committees already are sched
uled to meet in Buffalo, N.Y.,
May 4, in Atlanta, Ga., on
May 11, In West Memphis, Ark.
on May 15, and in Memphis,
Tenn., on May 15. Several
NAACP branches in Mississippi
have had their campaigns fund
ed for launching this month.
Campaigns will get under way
in Laurel, Hattfosburg, Tunica
and Meridian and other cities
in a matter of days.
"These political action com
mittees are being brought to
gether to prepare proposals for
orientation on organizing and
prompting successful cam
paigns," Patton said. Previous
NAACP voter registration cam
paigns have had notable success
in several areas such as Wash
ington, D. C. and the Carolinas.
A campaign in Texas registered
550,000 Negro citizens during
the early part of this year.
Other campaigns are under way
currently in Alabama, Florida
See DRIVE 2A
viewing issues the committee
should discuss. -
Left to right are: Ed Stewart,
Project Outreach Director; Al
lan Preyer, Vice Chairman of
Project Outreach
business experts. It should
also encourage members of the
non - disadvantaged business
community to provide summer
employment opportunities in
junior management and techni
cal positions for the members
of the society. The economical
needs and problems of the dis
-"i vantaged community must at
.1 times remain the focus of
the activities of the commit
tee.
F. V. Allison, president of
the Durham Business and Pro
fessional Chain, explained the
role of the National Busineas
League and how it relates to
Project Outreach through the
Professional Chain.
Other participants on the
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BURNETT
Durham To Host
Shriners, Daughters May 10-11
Zafa Temple No. 176 of
Durham will serve as host to
the 1968 annual convention
of Shriners and Daughters, De
sert of North Carolina, to be
held at the Downtowner Mo
tor Inn, May 10-11. Rev. A. J.
Holman is Illustrious Poten
tate.
Frank Burnett, principal-of
W. G. Pearson Elementary
School, chairman of the local
group stated this week that
over 600 members of the Tem
ple are expected to be in at
tendance.
The opening session of the
convention is scheduled for
10:00 a.m. Friday with regis
tration at the Downtowner.
At 8:00 p.m., a banquet will
follow, with William A. Cle
See SHRINERS 2A
the Committee; Dr. C. D. Watts,
Chairman; and F. V. Allison,
President of the Durham Busi
ness and Professional Chain,
program were N„ B. White,
president of Service Printing
Company, who gave the pray
er and Allan Preyer, past
president of The Chamber of
Commerce and Vice Chairman
of the Committee. Preyer ex
pressed his hopes for Project
Outreach and the importance
it can play in the economic
growth of Durham.
Members of the committee
•re: Mrs. Mary T. Horton, Dr.
C. D. Watts, J. H. Wheeler,
Rev. Philip R. Cousin, Edward
Lilly, Richard Arey, R. Ed
ward Stewart, Nathaniel B.
White, Allan Preyer, Nathan
Garrett, Paul F. Fenda, Asa
t. Spaulding, Dr. Albert N.
See OUTREACH 2A
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CLEMENT
Mrs. Lillie Moore To Be
Honored at Sunday Service
Mrs. Lillie Moore, the wife
of the late Deacon T. L. Moore,
will be honored Sunday, May
12, 1968, at the 11:00 annual
Mother's Day Service.
Mrs. Moore is the mother of
.two daughters; Mrs. Augusta
Jones, and Mrs. Nora Maril
Jones of Washington, D. C., an
adopted daughter, Mrs. Ruby
Jones of Fayetteville, five
grandchildren and one great
grand daughter.
Mrs. Moore is now living with
}ter brother, Lisbon Johnson, in
Chapel Hill. Mrs. Moore has
been a of First Cal
vary for more than sixty years.
She has taught Sunday School,
a member of the Senior Choir
and Deaconess Board, she also
prepares the communion bread
for the church.
The honoree is a dedicated
Christian woman. The majority
of the members of the church
remember her as having touch-
Raleigh to Host Old North State
Medics 81st Annual Session
ROCKY MOUNT-Dr. W. T.
Armstrong, Secretary-Treasurer
of The Old North State Medi
cal Society, announced today
that The Old North State Medi
cal Society would hold its 81st
Annual Scientific Meeting at
the Sheraton Sir Walter Hotel
In Raleigh, June 11-12-13 th.
He stated that this organiza
tion was the oldest Negro me
dical society in this country
and had been meeting contin
ously on a yearly basis since its
founding. It is the foremost
purpose of the organization to
keep its members abreast of
the changing trends in medical
science and to keep its mem
bers well informed on the
many beets of present day
medical care. It has supported
the Medicare Program of the
Federal Government from its
birth and has often been called
into consultation with H.E.&W.
Authorities on the matter of
Health proposals.
The Scientific Program calls
for clinical presentations in the
field of internal medicine, ob
stetrics and gynecology, pedia
trics, surgery, geriatrics, eye,
ear, nose and throat diseases,
cardiology and the business of
medicine. Appearing on the
program will be Dr. Harvey
Allen of Winston-Salem in sur
gary; Dr. Lerov R. Swift of
Durham in ob-gyn; Dr. C. D.
Watts of Durham in surgery;
Dr. Dan Moore of Durham in
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Ed their lives when they start
ed to attend Sunday School,
She taught in the beginners
department about 55 years.
internal medicine; Dr. Charles
Curry of Durham, clinical as
sociate, Duke University; Dr.
See MEDICS 2A
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TOP NEWSBOY Vinson Hor
ton, eight-year-old fifth grad
er, and one of the youngest of
the Times newsboys, topped all
opponents last week to take
over the lead for the Cham
pionship of The Century Club
for the first week of May by
selling a total of 127 copies of
8,160 Agents
Of Negro Co/s
In Observance
The 8,160 agents of 46 Ne
gro-operated life insurance
companies, holding member
ship in the National Insurance
Association, have set a nation
wide goal of SBS million in
new life insurance coverage for
the week of May 13-18, which
has been proclaimed the 34th
annual National Insurance
week by NIA president George
S. Harris.
In his official proclamation,
Harris of Chicago reminded
member companies of their re
soordoiiity to extend tho eco
nomic services to all families.
L. B. Frasier, Agency Direc
tor of North Carolina Mutual,
is national Vice President of
the NlA's Agency Section. In
an interview with a Carolina
Times reporter he pointed out:
"National Insurance Week
was instituted by the associa
tion in 1935 as a means of
bringing the lesson of thrift
through life insurance to Ne
gro families throughout Ame
rica. Nearly ten years ago the
word "Negro' was drifted.
Our purpose remains the same.
We are now stressing the need
to close the gap between the
insurance protection enjoyed
by the average white family
and the protection held by
black families."
"Although it is narrower
today, the gap between white
and black families still exists.
Recent surveys indicate the
national average protection
per white family to be $15,000.
The average protection for
black families is estimated at
$3,000. Negro operated insur
ance companies have more
than two and a quarter billion
dollars of insurance in force
and four hundred million dol
lars in assets."
Participating agents in the
National Insurance Week ef
fete will wear lapel buttons
declaring that "Security Is
Power," the theme of the sales
promotion, which is being di
rected nationally by James S.
Isbell, chairman of the N.I.
Week committee of the NlA's
Agency Section. E. Earthmon
Fort, agency director of the
Mammoth Life & Accident In
surance Company of Louisville.
Kentucky, developed the cam
paign slogan. The theme ap
pears in a series of posters
which are designed to motivate
the agents and stimulate the
interest of the buying public.
In addition to Messrs. Isbell
and Fort, the N.I. Week com
mittee consists of Edward W.
Bailey, agency director, United
Mutual Life, New York City;
B. V. Gregory, agency director,
SuDreme Life, Chicago; R. E.
Howard. Public Relations Di-
See INSURANCE 2A
the Times for the week-end.
If Vinson is able to hold the
lead for the entire months of
May, June and July he will not
only be the winner of an extra
weekly prize of >I.OO but will
receive a free roundtrip air
plane flight to New York.
(Photo by Purefoy)