Geo. L. P. Weaver Elected Chairman Governing Body ILO
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Over 250 Nearo DeleaatesNamed To Demos 1968 Meet
CROWNING THB QUBIN of
the 31st National Convention
of the Housewives League is
Mrs. G. J. Rogers, National
Mrs. Dorothy He
Elks "Lovejoy Aw
NCNW Head To
Get Prize During
Nat'l Meet in N. Y.-l
PHILADELPHIA - IBPOE |
of W National Award goes to
Mrs. Dorothy Height. "The
Lovejoy Award, the highest
recognition given by the Im
proved, Benevolent, Protective
Order of Elks of the World,
will be given to Mrs. Height,
President, National Council of
Negro women." It was an
nounced by Hobson R. Rey
nolds, Grand Exalted 1 Ruler of
the nation's largest predomi
nantly all-Negro fraternal or
ganization.
"The Lovejoy award, given
during the occasion of the
IBPOE of W. National Con
vention, which will be held
this year in New York City,
is given to the individual who
the Elks believe has made an
outstanding contribution in the
field of human services, irre
spective of race." Reynolds
stated, "in keeping with the
spirit shown by Lovejoy who
braved the wrath of the bigots
of his day, to take a stand for
human dignity, despite lo6s of
his business and his place in
the community. It was difficult
in Lovejoy's day to stand for
justice for all men, and it is
getting to be just as difficult
for persons to take such a
stand today. We believe Mrs.
Height is one of those who has
shown a willingness to assume |
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SCIMft * ROM »1»T COMViM
TIOH of the Housewives League
of America, Inc. which con
vened here at the Jack Tar
Hotel July 14-18. Theme of the
convention was "Economic
President. Others, left to right
are: Mrs. M. B. Brewer, Presi
dent, Washington League; Mrs.
Rogers, Mrs. Blanch Webster,
Woolworth Promotes McCray
Manager Major Chicago Store
CHICAGO, Promotion of
R, M. McCray of Gary, Ind.
to manager of a major F. W.
Woolworth store in the Like
Meadows Shopping Center,
Chicago, has been announced
by G. W. Nelson, the com
pany's vice president for the
North Central Region.
McCray, who began his ca
reer with Wooiwoith'i 17 yean
ago, has been manager of Wool
worth store in Gary. Previously
he had completed his manage
ment training in five stores as
assistant manager.
A native of Heathman,
Miss., McCray is a graduate of
Wendell Phillips High School
in Chicago. He is married to
the former Pearl Clay of Gaily,
Ala. They have four children
Weaver Chosen at Recent Labor
Meet in Geneva, Switzerland
WASHINGTON - George j
L-P Weaver, Assistant Secretary |
of Labor for International Af
faire and a long-time labor '
movement administrator, has
been elected chairman of the |
Governing Body of the Inter
national Labor Organization :
(ILO).
Housewives League of America Inc. in Four Day Convention at Jack Tar Hotel This Week
Growth Generate!, Power, Pres
tige, Power, Progress.
The picture at left shows W.
A. Clement, Sr. delivering an
address on "Citiaens Night" at
St. Joseph's A M. E. Church
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the queen, Mrs. Devera Ed
wards, donor of the trophy,
and Mrs. Pearl Coltrane, sec
ond runner-up.
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McCRAY
Linda, 18, who attends Ho
ward University in Washington,
D. C.: Margie, 17; Robert, 16
and Paul, 14.
Weaver has Spent almost his
j entire working life in the labor
[ movement, gaining extensive
j experience as an administrator
in the fields of civil rights and
| international labor.
He went to work for the
! Congress of Industrial Organi
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Monday night. Others, left to
right are: Ed Stewart, Project
Outreach; Mrs. M. D. Leak,
Local Treasurer; Mrs. G. 3.
Rogers, National President;
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VOLUME 45 No. 29 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1968 PRICE: 20 Cents
White Physician Fined SIOO
For Slapping Negro Woman
Dr.B.W. Pshyk
Found Guilty of
Assault Wed.
Dr. B. W. Pshyk of 2700
block Chapel Hill Rd. was
found guilty of assault and
fined SIOO.OO and cost last
Wednesday in District Record
er's Court for striking Mrs.
Betty Faucette, Director of
Consumer Education for Oper
ation Breakthrough. Hie
charge grew out of a complaint
filed by Mrs. Faucette last
Monday, July 15, who stated
to a reporter that on that day
she and Mrs. Azerine Johnson
a Breakthrough Neighborhood
Worker took three ladies to a
Foods and Nutrition class at
the Welfare Department.
attempting to park in the park
ing lot on the side of the
courthouse, Mrs. Faucette,
who was driving, had to stop
because a truck was blocking
the path of her car. When she
tltod to (0 around the truck
she saw another car coming
and stopped again. Although
the other car had adequate
space to pass, Mrs. Faucette
backed her car even more to
let the other car pass.
According to Mrs. Faucette,
as the other car passed, the
driver, a white man; yelled at
her. The ladies in the car were
laughing and talking and Mrs.
Faucette could not really dis
tinguish what the man said,
but she yelled "shut up" back
at the man.
A few minutes later. Mrs.
Faucette, who was still waiting
for a parking space, noticed
the driver approaching. When
he reached her car he asked
what she had said and when
she answered he reached into
the car and slapped Mrs. Fau
cette, hitting her hard enough
to knock her glasses off and
set out of her earrings.
See FINED page 10A
Mr. Clement, Dr. A. N. Whit
ing, President, North Ctrolina
College end F. V. Allison, Sec
retary-Treasurer, Mutual Sav
ings and Loan Association.
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FOR BUILDING FUND—Rev j
E. H. Whitley, (third left to I
right) pastor, Mount Olive A.
M. E. Zion Church receives a
SIOO.OO contribution for the
Church's Special Building Fund
Mt. Olive AME Zion
Combined Choirs
Have^Xnniversary
The combined choirs of the !
Mt. Olive A.M.E. Zion Church
celebrated their 6th anniver
sary, July 7 at 3:30 p.m. with
W. D. Ford serving as master of
ceremonies.
Participating on the pro
gram were the Oak Grove Male
Chorus from the Oak Grove
Freewill Baptist Church, the
Mt. Olive A.M.E. Zion Church
Gospel and Male Choruses and
a guest soloist, Mrs. Cora Mc-
Fadden who was accompanied
by her brother, Leon Cole of
the West Durham Baptist
Church. The scripture was read
by Mis. Maggie Siler of Mt.
Olive and prayer was led by
Brother Walter Davis of the
Union Baptist Church.
See MT. OLIVE page 10A
At right are participant* in
the opening session of the
League's Convention. Lett to
right are: Mrs. Gordon J. My
att. Silver Springs, Md., who
| from Lawrence Turner, Sr., j
I president of the_ combined
choirs who made the gift from
funds raised during their re
cent 6th anniversary observ
ance program Other officials !
Former N. C. Physician is First
Negro Naval Medical Officer
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The
Navy has picked a former Hen
derson, physician as the first
Negro medical officer for pro
motion to the rank of Captain.
He is CDR Paul Stewart Green,
who is currently stationed at
the U. S. Naval Hospital in
San Diego, Calif.
CDR Green* entered the
Navy in December, 1954. He
had been in private practice
in Henderson before that.
Bom in Manson, he received
an M. D. degree in 1944 from
Howard University in Washing
ton, and a B. S. degree from
Shaw University, Raleigh, in
1939. .
The new Cffptain-selectee is
the son of Mrs. Roxanna Jen
brought greetings from Vice
President H. H. Humphrey;
Mrs. J. DeShaxor, Local Chair
man of the Program; Mrs. L. Z.
I of the organization looking on I
are Miss Gwendolyn Moore, I
•secretary and James Ford, vice j
president.
(Photo by Purefoy) j
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GREEN
kins Green and the idle S.
Paul Green of Manson, and
Sec GREEN page 10A
Williams, Director of Nurse* at
Lincoln Hospital. J. J. Hender
son, N. C. Mutual Life Insur
ance Company; Dr. Rose But-
N. Carolinians
Elected at State
Meet in Raleigh
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Over 250 Negro delegates, dou
ble the 1964 number, will par
ticipate in the 1968 Democra
tic National Convention, ac
cording to reports as of July 15
from the 27 states and the
District of Columbia where del
egates have been chosen.
Thus far 228 Negroes, 139
Delegates and 89 Alternates,
have been reported with Michi
fpn in the lead with 26 Negroes
-19 as Delegates and seven as
Alternates.
In the 11 states of the Old
Confederacy thus far 73 Ne
groes have been listed - 33 Del
egates and 40 Alternates.
In releasing this preliminary
report, Louis Martin, Deputy
Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, called
particular attention to Negro
political development in the
South. Martin said:
"We are going to have the
largest delegation of Negroes
from the South that has ever
participated in a national con
vention of a major party since
Reconstruction. Further, the
increased registration, as a re
sult of the 1965 Voting Rights
Act, will enable Southern Ne
groes to play a significant role
in the 1968 election."
Martin continued: "The
constructive work of the Spec
ial Equal Rights Committee of
See MEET page 10A
N. C. SUFFERS
$1 MILLION
RIOT DAMAGE
RALEIGH - The fire in
surance industry says damage
from riots in North Carolina
following the assassination of
Dr. Martin Luther King
amounted to $1.2 million.
The Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau disclosed the estimate
in proposing a $1.45 a million
annual rate increase to cover
such losses.
Charles E. Hibbard, man
ager of the bureau, told the
insurance commissioner that
the losses included $200,000
in Raleigh, $40,000 in Char
lotte, $400,000 in Durham,
$5,000 in Goidsboro, $3,100
In Greensboro, $250,000 in
High Point, $21,000 in New
Bern, $15,000 in Reidsville,
$200,000 in Shelby, SI,OOO in
Wilmington and $5,000 in Wil
son.
ler Brown, 1
neu woman.
M. T. Horton
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