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—THE CAROLINA TOOK SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 10W 8A DURHAM LINKS CELEBRATE TENTH ANNIVERSARY Chapter Has 10-Year History, Service to Community of Durham Durham Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, celebrated ) Its tenth anniversary on Satur day, November 16, with a Friendship Luncheon at Hie Blair House honoring the Raleigh Chapter. Hie Raleigh Chapter sponsored the local group when it was organized in 1958. The local chapter was at the same time observing Founder's Day for National Links, the parent orpnlzation which was founded in Novem ber, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pa. by Mrs. Margaret R. Hawkins and Mrs. Sara S. Scott, and in corporated in March, 1951. Since 1952 women of this group have been dedicated to the Improvement of the quality of life and the enrichment of the mind and spirit of children and young people in every community in which a chapter texlst. Hie organization cur rently consists of 110 ch.\pters and 2100 members located throughout the United States. The local chapter has a ten year history of service to the Durham community, beginning with the significant contribu tion of the charter members under the leadership of the late Mrs. Albert L. Turner, flrst president. The first pro ject was the establish of a fund to provide milk for children in both the city and county schools who required supple mentary nourishment. The schools benefitting from this program were Pearson, Spaui ding and Walltown schools in the city and Lake View, Pear sontown. Little River and Merrick-Moore in the county. The second project, which was also begun during Mrs. Turner's administration, was the implementation on the local level of the National pro ject: The Search For and Identification, Motivation, and Guidance of Academically Talented Minority Youth. Hiis project was continued through out the administration of Mrs. H. H. Riddick, the secood pre sident of the Durham Chapter. Four young people in the Dur ham community benefitted from the program. They were selected from the tenth grade of their respective schools • Hillside and Merrick-Moore - through the offices of the Guidances Counselor and the Principal. One of the students selected from Hillside was among the first to integrate and graduate from Durham High School. These four young people were the beneficiaires of a carefully conceived pro gram for cultural enrichment. They were also guided in choosing a college, in getting admitted to the college o. their choice, and in acquiring infor mation concerning the availabi lity of scholarships. The Chap ter supplied tickets for a variety of cultural experience and funds for reading materials for the rental of special equip ment, and for items necessary for personal grooming. From 1962 through 1968 the Durham Chapter continued its program of providing mean ingful * experiences, for young shifted from the academically talented, who were finding multiple resources through other agencies, to the educa tionally disadvantaged and the culturally deprived. Local Chapter leadership during this ■' '|- V ■ I I n j Will The One j •J You Want j ;f Still Be Here i ; 1 Tomorrow? | I Don't Wait To See j % m ' 9 *' *' "**' |f X. Mate at BUMhdh «• Tel. Mt4ttt *#. 'UI • r.M. | r ■'.■ " ' period was . supplied by t?M following persons: Mrs. Vashon Eagleaon, third president, Mrs. WBUara A. Clement, fourth president, and Mis. Robert E. Dawson, fifth president. Our t ing this six-year period the following contributions to the Durham community wsse made: the purchase of books and classical records for the Stanford Warren Library; par ticipation in a story telling program at the Stanford War ren Library during the 1963 National Book Week; the pur chase of a crib and a high chair for Lincoln Hospital; the ' contribution of funds to a Brownie Scout Troup for , operating expenses and for sending two Brownies to camp j with fees paid and neceasary j clothing supplied; the contri | bution of Ainds to the local j YMCA Summer Camp Fund for Girls; the supplying of J clothing and other necessities to Children's House in Dur- I ham; and a contribution of SIOO to the Lincoln Hospital I Emergency Campaign Fund, j One of the most recent con j tributions to the cultural Ufe | of the community was Mrs. David B. Cooke's presentation of her piano pupils in a reci tal planned especially for the children in .the experimental program at Southside School. Another was a trip to Raleigh for seventeen young people, ranging in age from four to * sixteen, for the purpose of visiting the Art Galery and the Museum of Natural History. Mrs. James S. Lee arranged for the childrefr to have a special guide for their tour of the Art Gallery, a fact which added immeasurable to their understanding of the works of ait. Members of the Chapter provided transportation. The children were selected for the Chapter by Mrs. Calvin Hed gepeth, Director of Communi ty Development. Since 1964 emphasis in the Durham Chapter of Links, Incorporated has been on the support of the National Pro ' ject. Link Chapters voted at the National Assembly in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1964 to give to the Educational and Legal Defense Fund o# NAACP the amount of $75, 000 over a period of three ' years as Links contribution to the "Forward March of Social ! Justice." Through June of 1967 the organization contri ' buted $85,000 to this fund 1 and is in process of carrying its contribution to SIOO,OO. -Clash (Continued from page 6AI defensive unit is one of the finest in the conference. Stars Include tackle Lester Moore, ends Billy Gaines and d J)oug Hentz, cornerbacks Doug Westmoreland and Wendell Bartee and safety Meri Code. Westmoreland, a native of Qiarlotte, is the brother of Miami Dolphins' comerback Dickie Westmoreland. The younger Westmoreland is alrea dy coMidered a pro prospect. Code, a junior honor stu dent from Seneca, S. C., leads the team is pass interceptions with four. 3E™x ; , _1 vJH h^IB \'W|■& ■ " ' -'.> jaS^ \vM V 1 ■ 1 LINKS PRESENT BOOK—Th« president of the Durham Chap ter of The Links, Inc., Mrs; C. C. Spaulding, Jr., is shown pre senting 10 copies of Judge Ele - - mt ''i * )''• v IN CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY on Nov. 16 at the Blair House the Durham Chapter of Links had as its honored guest the Raleigh Chapter of Links. Those in the picture: Seated, front row, left to right: Mesdames W. L v Dooms, J. J. Sansom, C. D. Watts, R. P. Randolph, D. B. In support of the project adopted at the Sisteenth Na tional Assembly held In Oak land/Berkeley, California in June, 1968, the Durham Chap ter has now pledged itself to '• MEBANE LUMBER CO. ASKS YOU WHY PAY MORE? WHEH WE CAR SAVE YOU MONEY! PNow You Can Fill Your Homo With Miuic! C.L Deluxe 501/2" g*"" 0 ' E,#etrle n ■ DRYER Console Stereo .... Not ">»y yw «i)»y the magnlflclent quality of thla FREE f™ 0, th * grlcrful ' l y Un « ot this cabinet will add I u, y to your horn*. 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G. Pearson, II; seated, second row: Mesdames C. D. Grandy, J. S. Stewart, G. C. Debnam, M. Wheeler, C. C. Spaulding, Jr., C. Flagg, S. Washington, E. O. Constant, and W. A Clement. Standing, third row: Mes dames J. H. Wheeler, A. T. assume its share ot the Nation al ovgaßlzatioa's ptedp of more than SIOO,OOO to the National Urban League to as sist it in its new "Thrust" of of the book was elected Judge of the 18th Judicial District Municipal Court in the General Election held Nov. 5. Spaulding, Sr. J. S. Lee, E. Hamlin, G. Harris, W. F. Clark, P. R. Robinson, V. Irving. H. H. Webb, W. O. Kay, N. H. Harris, M. Taylor, J Delaney, C. O. Laws, E. Lockhart, W. B. Inborden, C. C. Winters. W. A. Cleland, H. J. Edmond?, J. C. Scarborough, Jr. seeking communication with and developing black ghetto leadership in order that this leadership may be its own com municator. jt||]m JlkfHl B| >Jk ' i - m D ( |t|| ||||||- IN KEEPING WITH ITS HIS TORY and program of render ing service to the community, the Durham Chapter of Links, Inc., recently sponsored a visit Arthritis Foundation Labels Book 'Misleading' CHAPEL HILL - Several North Carolina newspapers have recently carried advertise ments for a book Overcome Arthritis. The advertising re garding this book is misleading and deceptive according to Robert Pace, executive director of the North Carolina Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation. He urged arthritis sufferers not to buy the book. Pace started: "The book mitM % Value-packed, color enhanced... ItS*/ CHRISTMAS WRAPPIN6S 7 A. Pkg. of 5 rolls ...... Gift gflrf ft, Wraps, 6'x2o" 57c sgg Jm B. Pkg. of 8 rolls Gift to HI Wraps, 5'x26" 1.19 ■ ui C. 54 sheets tissue 39c Great choice... DHVEII ? DOAID Annoriment ol 228 .CIIISTIfS m&m / TUBS,CARDS AND GREETING CAIIS JpjjL PACKAGE SEALS *l"~. Wk 431 Glitter touched 'Memories t ,;*|gS^ee& o (chrtß» u S&FZi?£&E; mcnt Elegance. Unusual cards, labels with looped effects in Winter Wonder ig V • Christinas strings, land* and "Snow Ball' asit. . •- 19mP195M8 rout MOWYI WORTH MOM AT NFOOIWVODMI'B of children, ages 4 to 18, to the Art Gallery of Raleigh, from the Community Development Program, of which Mrs. Calvin Hedgepeth is director. The Overcome Arthritis is being promoted by misleading adver tising which uses our former name - The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation • and words designed to convey a false impression. The adver tising implies a cure Which does not exist. Arthritis sufferers should not waste their money (the book sells for $5.95) for information which can be ob tained free from The Arthritis children who made the trip are shown just after the had com pleted their tour of the Art Gallery and the Museum of Na tural History. Foundation. Only a physician can property diagnose and treat arthritis. Our office will send without cost a booklet, Today's Facts About Arthritis which is written by physicians, to anyone requesting it. They may write us at P. O. Drawer 311, Chapel Hill, 27514." Arthritis affects 446,000 people in North Carolina and more than sixteen million Americans.
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