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6A —THE CAROLINA THUS SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1068 «- 4 ' % ft. 1 * I „ ■ hi" in 1 KT Jm 1 fc a.. .. » «» ■K , f tCH -i mm M w yJj i H , ! y jr / -ir*» v Iff" AS THE WORLD PASSES BY Awe-stricken little the Gate City (Greensboro) gazes in amazement as long graduation North Carolina Garden Time By M. E. GARDNER Dept. of/Horticultural Science N. University "Omnis jGallia in tres partes divisa est." This is about all I seem to remember about the Latin I was required to take in high school. Trans lated it means - "All Gaul is divided into three parts." I can vouch for the correctness of the English translation, but if I am in error about the Latin, some of you Latin scholars can correct me. As was ancient Gaul, the good Old North State is also divided into three geographi cal parts: trie Coastal Plain, the Piedmont and the Moun tains. School is out; it is travel time so let's take a trip and j explore the diversity of beauty j and progress from sea level to the highest peak in eastern America. I doubt if all citizens | realize that North Carolina is j the only state along the East- . ern Seaboard in which you can find these vast differences in ! •elevation." This makes North Carolina i WBtBHKBBBBSBBM DISTAFF DISTRESS-- These Aetna Life & Casualty photos illustrate variety of accidents that can plague careless office workers. Top: Rushing in corridor produces painful "traffic accident." Lower Left: Bending back instead of khees strains lower back muscle. Lower Right: Failure to shut off paper jammed machine jeopardizes fingers. line of AAT State University passes by. Degrees were pre sented to 517 students at 77th unique because the nature of the topography provides wide variations in climate, a multi plicity of soil types and a con sequence wide range of plant materials. In faajt you can grow, somewhere within the state, practically all of the plants to be found in the Tem perate Zone, as the growing season will range from 180 days in the high mountains to 250 days the coast. V Try this one. Board a helicopter on top of Mt. Mit chell, gain altitude to 500 ft. above the peak, then set your course for Nag' Head, main taining level flight. When you arrive at your destination, you will be 7,184 feet above the surf of the Atlantic Ocean. And, you will still be above the good earth of the Old North State. If you decide that you would really like to discover North Carolina, try a trip from Manteo to Murphy. The trip will be over 500 miles and there are so many interesting stops between the two points. As you travel east, the 'mountains will merge into the r^M>£g M|ihl I jrinHl annual commencement last Sunday. (Photo by Curtis Pe ters). rolling Piedmont and the Pied mont into the Coastal Plain. As you cruise along, at a safe speed, you will be thrilled to observe the diversity of beauty and the march of progress in this great state of ours. New Books At Public Library FICTION' ' Braider—Color From a Light Within Frankau—Over The Mountains Mather—One Summer In Between f Murdock—The Nice and the Good Steele—Where She Brushed Her Hair, and Other Stories NON-FICTION ! Cannon—The President's Cook book Denbeaux The Premature Death of Protestantism Douglas—Florida: The Long Frontier : Fribough—The Bill of Rights ; Gillenson Billy Graham, and | Seven Who Were Saved Support for Poor People's June 19th Mobilization is Growing NEW YORK—Support for the June 19th Mobilization to Support the Poor People*! Campaign la growing among labor, church, liberal and civil rights groups, it was announce ed today by Bayard Rustin, national coordinator of the Mobilization. Rustin reported that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple and the National Urban League have urged their local affiliates to give full coopera tion to the Mobilization, which wiljgpbring thousands of people to Washington to back pro posals to eliminate poverty. NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilklns, in a memoran dum to the group's branches throughout the country, said that "The NAACP has agreed to cooperate and to lend its available resources in the com mon effort," and urged them to give "all the cooperation you can in the speedy and ef ficient arrangements of trans portation from your city to Washington and back." In a similar memorandum, Whitney M. Young, Jr., Execu tive Director of the National Urban League, told his local and regional directors that "the League will do everything it can to assure the success of the June 19th mass demon stration." Rustin also announced" a tremendous outpouring" of support from the labor move ment. He said that the United Automobile Workers were sending 2,000 members to Washington and that the Trans port Workers Union are organ izing 20 busloads. The Greater Washington, D. C. Central La bor Council, AFL-CIO, has also endorsed the Mobilization. Other trade unions that Rustin said were participating included the American Federa tion of State, County and Mu nicipal Employees, the Inter national Union of Electrical Workers, the American Federa tion of Teachers, and the United PackindMW Workers. MRS. SAUNDERS Completes Nursing Course At Durham Technical Institute Mrs. Lena Saunders, wife of Rev. L. O. Saunders, former pastor of Emmanuel Church, Kent Street, recently complet ed the nursing course at Dur ham Technical Institute. She received her license from the State of North Caro lina and is now residing with her family in Hickory and is employed at the Richard Baker Hospital in Hickory. .% Ancient JVB« STRAIGHT KENTUCKY BOURBON * '095 ¥% 60 £ PINT Wjjkl TVTQT. nuton Kornwrr nunn mair m mm ©uicifiT M( OUT co.. ruMFotr, nr. These are all AFL-CIO affili ates. Rustin said that addition al labor support is expected. Among the religious groups that have pledged full coopera tion are the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Jus tice, the Department of Social Justice of the National Coun cil of Churches, and the Coun cil for Christian Social Action of the United Church of Christ. Russell Memo. Presents Men's, Women's Day Hie Russell Memorial C. M. E. Church, Durham, pas to red by Reverend Charles R. White, presented its Annual Women's Day and Men's Day Programs cm May 19 and 26, respectively. Miss Helen D. Jamison, a Mathematics Teacher at Mer rick-Moore High School, an honor graduate of Talledega College, Talledega, Alabama; a Departmental Superintendent and a Sunday School Teacher at Russell Memorial delivered an inspiring Women's Day mes sage. Her theme was "Woman hood." The Reverend Mrs. Carrie Fowler supplemented the morning's service with an in spri spirational message at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Corrine Lsws, Captain of the Women's Day Rally, is commended for an outstanding job. On Sunday, May 26, the Reverend Herbert H. Eaton, Director .of United Campus Christian Ministry at North Carolina College, Durham, reci pient of B. S., B. D., and Master of Sacred Theology, former pastor of the famous Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, spoke in a dynamic manner at the 11:00 a.m. service. His theme was, "The Role Of Politics is Religion." Henry Cherry" was overall ®| Florshelm Men f Look Forward To Fathers Day • As fine a gift as any man could receive! * * 1 ■BlW' 1 r he luck V man wtl ° rece ' ves Florsheim Shoes Ok ' or ather ' s ' s S ett ' n ß more than a simple vVV^V^—expression of appreciation. He's getting Ameri &K4HU ca's finest value in quality shoes. He's getting 76 years of prideful experience. He's getting the shoe recognized by more Americans as being the quality shoe. He's getting shoes which, for craftsmanship, style, material, supreme. think! Giva Dad for than M»' tUnkum ujla 'l99i '27'5/ MoU Imptriml tt)lti*ii** SHOP 9 DOWNTOWN ' V ,' jfl «0 YEARS AFTER Shown here are members of the class of 1928 of Livingstone College who held a class reunion at the 1968 convention. L-r, Dr. William (Bill) M. Poe, Detroit, Mich., who presides over the Detroit District of the Michi gan Conference, A.M.E. Zion 9 Negroes in U. S. Academy Graduating Class Among the First Classmen (seniors) at the United States Military Academy scheduled to be graduated on Wednesday, June 5, were nine Negro cadets. They are: S. E. Flowers, Jr., Victor F. Qrircia, James T. Ifoward, Larry R. Jordon, John T. Martin 111, Leroy B. Outlaw, Benny L. Robinson, Wilson L. Rorie, Ralph B. Til don, Jr. This is the most Ne groes to graduate from- the Military Academy in its his tory. Negroes have been admitted to the Military Academy since 1870, with the first being ap pointed from Tennessee. Dur ing the period 1870 through 1967 (i.e., the classes of 1874 through 1971) a total of 126 Negroes have been admitted of whom: The first Negro graduate chairman for the Men's Day. Under his excellent direction, the men reported a total of ■s9,6slVßß. The women, ably directed by Mrs. Corrine Laws, reported a total of $3,264.00. Church and a candidate for the bishopric at the 1968 General Conference; William (Bishop) Gilliam, general president of the National Alumni Associa tion of Livingstone College and North Carolina Mutual execu tive; Wallace (Cotton Mather) Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., who was Henry O. Flipper, Class of 1877. Hie highest-ranking Negro graduate is Lieutenant General (USAF) Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., who in 1967 became Comman CATS TO VIE AGAIN FOR CROWN The first domesticated cats arrived in Europe from Egypt about 900 B.C. on the ships of Phoenician traders. The actual ancestors of most of the cats who live in U.S. homes were brought during the 1790's by Euro pean colonists and traders. Recognizing the esteem and affection in which cats have been held down through the ages, Kitty Fan Cat Litter has launched, for the third year, its search for the All-American Glamour Kitty. This contest, which reaches from coast to coast, is open to all kinds of cats. Pedigrees aren't requited. The event runs from January 1 through April 30, 1968. Entry blanks may be found in special ly-marked bags of Kitty Pan Cat Litter, sponsors of the All-Amer ican Glamour Kitty Contest. All I the contestant's owner has to do I is fill out the form, write in 100 words or less why his cat should be 1968 winner and send along a "glamour" photograph of the cat. a .A "* «e H Essays and pictures will be judged to select the 36 Regional Winners who will receive certi had not been on campus since 1928. He is also in the Intelli gence Division of the Philadel phia Navy Yard, and Eric Mo Coy, retired member of the Philadelphia school system. McCoy delivered the alumnr address at the college com mencement. der of the 13th Air Force with headquarters at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. General Davis was graduated from the Academy on June 12, 1936. ; ■■■■■■ ficates, Glamour Kitty jewelrv and coupons for the product.
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