Negro Named Chairman Demo Executive Committee In Miss.
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HONOREES of the Durham
Association of Retiring Teach
ers Association and Superin
tendent Lew Hannen are shown
looking on as Mrs. Katherine
- C Thomas, one of the retiring
Dr. Frederick Patterson To
Deliver NCC Finals Address
Dr. Frederick Pat
terson, president of the Phelps-
Stokes Fund and founder of
the United Negro College
Fund, will be the principal
speaker for commencement
exercises at North Carolina
College, Sunday, May 26.
Dr. Patterson was president
of Tuskegee Institute from
1933 to 1953, and since that
time has been involved in the
Phelps-Stokes Fund, first as
director and then as president
of the coordinating organiza
tion for many programs in
higher education.
He Is a graduate of lowa
State College, with a Ph.D.
degree from Cornell University.
His honorary degrees are
from New York University,
Funeral For Former Durham
Resident Held in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM - The
funeral of Percy Rivera, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Rivera of Durham was held
at St. James A.M.E. Church
here, Saturday, May 18, at
2:00 p.m.
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Ass'n of Classroom Teachers
Honors Retiring Personnel
The North Carolina College
Cafeteria was the scene, Friday,
May 17, of the annual Durham
Association of Classroom Tea
chers' Banquet, honoring retir
ing personnel.
The honorees were feted
with music by John Gattis and
two solos by Mrs. Latelle
Vaughan, accompanied by Mrs.
Louvenia Wilson Parker, Presi
dent of the North Carolina As
sociation of Classroom Tea
chers of the North Carolina
Teachers Association. Her
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honorees, is presented a gift,
along with other honorees, by
Mrs. Andolia Eaton, president
elect. Those in the picture from
left to right, are Mr. Hannen,
Mrs. Ethel T. Bradshaw, hono
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DR. PATTIRSON
Morehouse College,' Wilber
force University, Atlanta Uni
versity, Howard University,
Rivera was born In Wilming
ton where he resided with hia
parents until and after they
moved to Durham. It was in
the latter city that he grew
up and spent the early part of
his life.
After finishing the public
schools of Durham, he attend
ed Bennett College from which
he graduated, finally going on
from there to Brown's Em
balming School of Raleigh. He
was licensed as an embalmer In
1919.
Forty-six years ago Rivera
became a resident of Winston-
Salem where he was connected
with the Howard-Robinson
Funeral Home until his death.
In addition to his profes
sion, Rivera was an active
member in the religious, civic
and social life of Winston-Sa
lem and the state. At the time
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theme was "Teaching a chang
ing Profession," on which she
elaborated very profoundly.
The honorees were Mrs.
Ethel T. Bradshaw, C. C. Spaul
ding School; Mrs. Katherine C.
Thomas, Hillside High School;
Mrs. Naomi Thorpe, Pearson
School and Samuel Dudley,
Whitted School.
Others who appeared on the
program were: Mrs. Eva M.
Pratt, President of the East
Piedmont District of North
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ree; Mrs. Eaton, Samuel Dud
ley, honoree; Mrs. Naomi
Thorpe, honoree and Mrs. Nan
cy R. Rowland, president of the
Association.
(Photo by Purefoy)
Shaw University, Tuskegee In
stitute, Virginia State College,
Lincoln University (Pa.), and
Xavier University (La.).
He has taught veterinary
science and agriculture at Vir
ginia State College and at
Tuskegee.
Among the many awards he
has won is the rank of Knight
Commander of the Republic
of Liberia, given in 1965.
Dr. Patterson is chairman
of the board of trustees of
Bennett College and the Na
tional Business League and
from 1961-63 was chairman
of the ComntaH%&t3Btf> er
and Technical Education for
the Republic of Liberia.
He is a member of the board
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WALKER ADORISSCS HILLS IDS O. I. BOSSES' BANQUET
Hillside D. E. Banquet Held
At NCC Cafeteria May 21
Paul T. Walker, Employ
ment Services Representative
of the North Carolina Good
Neighbor Council, was guest
speaker in the observance of
the Hillside High School Dis
tributive Education Bosses'
Banquet. The affair was held
in the North Carolina College
Cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. on Tues
day evening, May 21.
Businessmen, personnel di
rectors, civic leaders, and edu
cators who have worked with
Hillside Distributive Education
Department were honored for
their cooperation in attempting
to help train some of the high
school youth in the various
distributive occupations.
Others who took part in
the program included Lew W.
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NAACP Dir.
Is Chosen For
Important Post
JACKSON, Miss. - Aaron
Henry, president of the Missis
sippi State Conference of
NAACP Branches, and Charles
Evers, the Association's field
director in this state, are
among several Negroes elected
delegates to Democratic coun
ty conventions scheduled for
May 21.
Chosen at the precinct con
ventions on May 14, they were
started on the way to possible
election as delegates to the
Democratic National Conven
tion at Chicago next August.
However, they will have to
survive contests at the county,
congressional district and state
levels in order to achieve dele
gate status at the national con
vention.
Negro participation in the
series of elimination conven-
Qons is in response to a rT
quirement laid down by the
national Democratic Party at
its 1964 convention in Atlantic
City. That convention adopted
a resolution requiring bi-racial
representation in state delega
tions to future national presi
dential nominating conventions
of the party. Failure to comply
with this regulation could re
sult in refusal to seat the dele
tion.
The Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party declined to
participate in the series of
elections. In 1964 this predo
minantly Negro party challeng
ed the seating of the lily-white
regular Democratic delegation
to the national convention. It
was this challenge which led to
the adoption of the new regu
lation.
HAYDEN TO RETIRE
""Ninety-year-old ..Senator Carl
Hayden said he plans to retire
early next year. The Arizona
Democrat has served 57 years
in Congress, longer than any
other man.
Reverend Herbert H. Eaton Men's Day
Speaker at Russell Memorial Sunday
Russell Memorial CME
Church, pastored by Reverend
Charles R. White, will present
its annual Men's Day, Sunday,
May 26, at 11:00 a.m. The
Reverend Herbert H. Eaton,
Director, United Campus
Christian Ministry, North Caro
lina College, will be the guest
speaker for Ruaaell's Men's
Day Service.
The speaker received the B.
S. Degree from North Carolina
College in 1960. In 1956, Ho
ward University awarded Re
verend Eaton the Bachelor of
Divinity Degree. He received
the Master of Sacred Theology
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VOLUME 45 No. 21
Leader Of Poor People's Campaign
Blasts The American Way Of Life
Atlanta Life
Announces '67
Gains in Assets
ATLANTA, Ga.-"We wel
come the recent announcement
in the insurance industry by
some of the nation's largest
insurance firms revealing plans
to make mortgage money avail
able to Negroes in ghetto
areas." Thus spoke President
Norris B. Hemdon in address
ing the Atlanta Life Insurance
Company's Annual Stockhold
ers Meeting.
"The total amount of life
insurance of the company in
force as of December 31,1967
amounted to $204,700,000; as
compared to $195,100,000 at
the end of 1966.
"The premium income of
the company totaled $11,986,
000 for the year, up from
$11,558,000 in the previous
year.
"The total assets of Atlanta
Life Insurance Company as of
December 31, 1967 wert just
under $70,000,000, $69,952,
000; as compared to $68,259,
000 as of December 31, 1966.
"Benefits paid to policy
owners and their beneficiaries
in 1967 reached an all time
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DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1968
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SAFE DRIVER Earlie Laws
highest award winner of the
Central Carolina Fanners truck
drivers who has driven for the
company 17 years without a
chargeable accident, was
among those honored last Fri
"No Accident" Truck Drivers
Honored at Annual CCF Affair
Twenty-nine CCF truck
driven who have driven a total
of 155 years without a charge
able accident were honored
Friday night, May 17. The
awards were presented at the
annual Central Carolina Farm
ers truck drivers' safety award
dinner at the CCF cafeteria in
Durham.
Speaker for the meeting was
Jeff B. Wilson, Director of In-
Dr. J. Hope Frankli
Smith Commencement Address
Noted Historian
Finals Speaker at
101 st Program
CHARLOTTE - Dr. John
Hope Franklin will be the
speaker at the one hundred
and first Commencement pro
gram at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity on Sunday afternoon,
May 26, at four o'clock.
A distinguished educator,
lecturer and author, Dr. Frank
lin is Chairman of the depart
ment of history at the Univer
sity of Chicago. He has been a
member of the Board of Direc
tors of the American Council
on Human Rights and the
United States National Com
mission for UNESCO.
Dr. Rufus P. Perry, presi
dent of the University, will
award degrees to 165 candi
dates for graduation, seven of
which will be from the Theo
logical School. The Commence
ment program will be held in
the gymnasium.
n>e Senior Class program
will be in Biddle Memorial Hall
on Friday evening at eight
o'clock. The annual spring
meeting of the General Alumni
Association is scheduled for
two o'clock on Saturday after
noon in the Memorial Union,
with Zoel S. Hargrave, Jr., pre-
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lay night at the safety award
dinner given at the CCF Cafe
teria in Durham. Presenting
rhe awards on behalf of CCF
is G. B. DeLoatche, General
Manager.
formation and Safety, North
Carolina Motor Carriers Asso
ciation in Raleigh. Wilson
stressed the importance of
truck safety and commended
the award winners for their
outstanding safety accomplish
ments.
Presenting the awards on
behalf of Central Carolina
Farmers were G. B. DeLoatche,
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NCC Student Bar Names Winston
Salem Senior New President
R. Lewis Ray, a first-semes
ter senior law student, was
elected president of the 83
member Student Bar Associa
tion at North Carolina College
Law School. He received 64
per cent of the votes in a three
man race.
Ray is a graduate of Win
ston-Salem State College and
A & T State University and
has also studied at the Univer
sity of North Dakota. He is a
veteran of the U. S. Air Force
with service as a senior aircraft
control and warming radar ope
rator. On campus, he is a mem
ber of Omega Psi Phi Frater
nity and Alpha Phi Omega
National Service Fraternity.
In Winston-Salem, Ray has
twice been elected Magistrate
of the Justice of the Peace
Court. He is also a real estate
broker, insurance broker, tax
consultant and a notary public
and owner of R. Lewis Ray
Real Estate & Insurance Co.
Other officers elected by
the law school's student body
were Eugene Tyler, first-year
student of Bronx, N. Y., vice
PRICE: 20 Cents
SCLC Director
Says 50 Million
Not Reached
MIAMI—A top leader of the
Poor People's Campaign charg
ed tonight that the "American
way of life" did not reach 50
million Amarirans
The Rev. Andrew Young,
executive director of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, told the national
biennial convention of the
American Jewish Congress
here:
"The message we bring to
Washington is that:
"We are locked out of the
economy. We are deprived and
exploited in the richest nation
in the history of the world.
"We are not represented in
the political life of this nation,
for our votes are controlled
and corrupted against our own
best interest and we must vote
for whatever party or persons
in power in order to survive.
"The educational system of
the nation does not educate
us.
"Agriculture does not feed
us or provide land for us to
feed ourselves.
"Business does not employ
us.
"Labor unions do not re
present us and labor legislation
does not protect us.
"Housing programs do not
provide for us."
Rev. Young, who is second
in command to the Rev. Ralph
Abemathy, leader of the cam-
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president; William Proctor, first
year student of Baltimore, Md.,
treasurer; and Sylvia Gilford,
flrst-year student of Washing
ton, D. C., secretary.
Ray says that he expects his
organization will Increase to
more than one hundred mem
bers next year because the law
school has already received
more than 300 applications for
the 1968-69- flrst-year class.
World Communist parlpy is
set for Nov. 25.