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THE ANNUAL MEETING of
the Mutual Savings and Loan
Association held at its newly
renovated home office here, 112
Parrish, Tuesday evening, Jan- j
uary 14, is reported to have j
been one of the best attended '
and most enthusiastic in the j
history of the association.
Shown presiding during the >
meeting is J. S. Stewart, presi- '
Unification 3 Leading Methodist
Bodies Discussed at AMCZ Meet
JERSEY CITY, NJ.-L»d
eis of the A. M. E. Zion
Church who were in atten
dance at the mid-w inter meet
ing of the Board of Bishops
and the Ministfers's and Lay
men's Association, Jan. 8-11
settled on the fact that the
purpose of the Methodist
ideology can best be served
by unification of the three
leading Methodist bodies,
Christian Methodist, African
Methodist, and African Zioh
Methodist.
The idea permeated the
sessions throughout the four
day meet. The address of Dr.
J. H. Satterwhite, Thursday
afternoon was centered
around the fact that the
black man's dedication to the
principles of John Wesley,
Martin Luther, and John Cal
vin had been so meshed, until
there was a vast extent of
lattitude that would enable
him to contribute much to
the on-going of kingdom
building, should the three
come together.
The bishops implemented
this ideology Thursday night
See METHODIST 8A
Summer Law Institute For Minorities
Set For Duke N.C. College Campuses
Many Expected
To Attend Joint
Meet in June
A training program to give
prospective students from
minority groups an early foot
ing in their studies for a law
degree will be brought to the[
campuses of North Carolina
here.
A four-week institute will
be conducted for 40 students--
probably all Negroes - from
throughout the Southeast. The
program will be sponsored by
the Council on Legal Educa
tion Opportunity (CLEO)
which was formed by the
American Bar Association and
the Association of American
Law Schools.
Announcement of the sum
mer program was made by Dean
Daniel G Sampson of the NCC
law school and Duke Law Prof.
Emest Gellhom during a news
conference today. Dates for
the institute are June 6 - July 3.
Gellhom emphasized the ef
fort is designed exclusively for
students from minority groups.
Hie ABA sponsors other pro
grams for underprivileged stud-
See INSTITUTE 8A
dent of Mutual Savings, who
was abundant in his praise for '
the loyalty of the sharjeholders,
employees and officials of the I
association.
Those seated in the picture |
and reading from left to right ]
are Shareholders: D.
B. Martin, G. W. Cox, J. J.
Henderson, Carrie Vereen, and
B. H. Ingram. Seated inside the
Last Rites Held for Mrs. Ruth
L. Knox at St. Joseph's Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ruth L. Knox were held Satur
day, January 11 at 1:00 p.m.
at St. Joseph's AME Church
with Rev. Philip R. Cousin of
ficiating.
Mrs. Knox, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. David Black
burn, was born in Hermanville,
Mississippi, April 19, 1915.
She was educated in the
Chicago public schools, South
ern Christian Institute and In
diana and University. She was
employed as director of the T.
A. Grady Community Center.
Survivors include her hus
band, L. S. Knox; two daugh
ters, Ruth Shirley and Mildred
Elizabeth Knox; one son, Dr.
Charles D. Knox of Washing
ton, D. C.; one brother. Dr.
Geo Blackburn of Indianapolis,
Ind.; and four sisters, Mrs.
Deetsy B. Gray of St. Louis,
Mo., Mrs. Alice B. Cowan of
Indianapolis, Mrs. Bernlce B.
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SUMMER PROGRAM IS AN
NOUNCED North Carolina
College Law School Dean Dan
iel G. Sampson, left, and Duke
Gellhorn announce a Jointly-
University law professor Ernest
railing from, left to right are:
William Jones, director; N. B.
White, director; C. C. Spauld
ing, Jr., director and F. V. Al
lison, secretary-treasurer. Seat
ed at the left of President
Stewart is A. T. Spaulding, re
tired president C. Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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MRS. KNOX
Holmes and Mrs. Edwyne Mc-
Keelye, both of Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Interment was in Glennview
Memorial Park.
sponsored summer project for
preparation of minority group
graduates for legal education at
a recent NCC press confer
ence.
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VOLUE 46 No. 3
N. C.Mutual Assets Reported
Over 98 Million At 1969 Meet
Significant gains for the
operation of N. C. Mutual
Life Insurance Company dur
ing 1968 were reported by its
president, Joseph W. Goodloe
at the 70th annual meeting of
the policyholders held in the
home office auditorium here,
Tuesday, January 13.
Highlighting the 1968 an
nual meeting was the election
of the Rev. Leon Howard
Sullivan, pastor of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church of Philadel
phia, to the company's board
of directors.
In commenting on the elec
tion of Rev. Sullivan to the
N. C. Mutual Board, Goodloe
said:
" "The Reverend Leon
Howard Sullivan is, in my
opinion, our nation's fore
most exponent of practical,
grass roots black capitalism."
"His work has attracted
the attention of both of the
leading presidential candi
dates. Both President-elect
Nixon and Vice President
Humphrey as well as the late
Senator Kennedy has person
ally toured the several institu-
IHAUGURAL RIANS Of PRES. -ELECT
RICHARD M. NIXON INCLUDE ALL RACES
Nation's Capital
Set for Massive
Ceremony Mon.
WASHINGTON - The
Inaugural of President-elect
Richard M. Nixon will re
emphasize the theme, first
stated after his election vic
tory, of bringing America's
citizens together in a unified
and progressive way. The
theme Forward Together en
visions the President Elect's
intent of progress and social
harmony during his tenure
in office.
In portraying the President
-elect's intention to bring us
together, the 1969 Inaugural
Committee has full participa
tion of the nation's major
ethnic groups in the planning
and direction of inaugural
activities as well as in the par
ticipation at all receptions
and ceremonies. For the most
part, the greatest number of
minority group participants
are Blacks.
At the top as Vice-Chair
man of the Inaugural Com
mittee, are the Honorable
Walter E. Washington, Mayor
of the District of Columbia,
and the Honorable Howard
Jenkins, member of the Na
tional Labor Relations
Board.
Chairing the business
oriented Concessions Com
mittee is Berkeley G. Burrell,
owner of Burrell's Superb
Cleaning Chain and President
of the National Business Lea
gue. Hie Concessions Com
mittee seeks businesses to
provide basic services for the
parade, to sell souvenirs, and
to cater at one of the recep
tions. At this time, Black
businesses which will work
during Inaugural activities
are Chez Maurice, which will
cater the Vice President's
reception at the Smithsonian
Muaeum; the House of How
ard will be the concession
See INAUGURATION 8A
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 196
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tions organized by Reverend
Sullivan under the auspices
of the Zion Baptist Church
in Philadelphia. The OIC Cen
ters, (Opportunities Industri
alization Centers) formed to
train the hard core unemploy
ed, were the first of their
kind in the United States.
They are considered as a mod
el to. efforts elsewhere in the
See NCM page 2A)
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ENGLISH CONFERENCE—
North Carolina students Charles
Council, left, Beverly Bailey,
second from left, and Gail
Stokely, right, discuss the in
Naming Of Nichols To Sonior Bishop
Post Is Opposed By AME Laymen
Many leading ministers i"
and laymen of the African I
Methodist Episcopal Church
expressed themselves at being
up in arms and horrified at
the recent action of the Judi
cial Council in replacing Seni
or Bishop George Baber with
D. Ward Nichols, who was
suspended from the bench of
bishops of the A.M.E. Church
for eleven years before his
recent restoration.
It is reported that after
his suspension the Episcopal
Committee at the General
Conference in Philadelphia
recommended the expension
of Nichols from the church.
Hie facts supporting the re
commendation of the Episco
pal Committee, however were
never read. Instead, Nichols
See NICHOLS 8A
Detective Cox Passes Suddenly
As A Result of Heart Attack
Funeral services for Detec
tive Clyde L. Cox, 53, who
died suddenly at his home
here 400 Pekoe Street, Tues
day, January 14 at 6:30 p.m.
of a heart attack, will be held
at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Friday, January 17 at 2:00
p.m.
Detective Cox was one of
the first Negroes to be em
ployed by the Durham Police
Department around 26 years
ago. Since that ime had he
served with distinction and
was highly respected both on
and off the police force of
Durham.
He was bom in Clinton,
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nedham Cox.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Emma G. Cox and one son,
Clyde, Jr. of Durham; one
sister, Mrs. Beulah Fryar, of
fluence of Afro-American music
on contemporary black litera
ture with Dr. Stephen Hender
son, chairman of the depart
ment of English at Morehouse
Young Leader Declares Black
Community Must Stick Together
(By John Phelps)
Durham's black communi
ty is "tired of being told" by
the white community what
its problems are, a young
leader todl the mass meeting
of the Black Solidarity Com
mittee last Sunday night.
"Black people know what
the needs of the black com
munity are," said James
Potter, president of the
United Organizations for
Community Improvement
(UOCI). "Hie black commu
nity's ills must be solved by
black people. We can't wait
PRICE: 20 Cents
DETECTIVE COX
! Clinton and one brother
James W. Cox, Washington,
D. C.
| Interment will be at
I Glennview Memorial Gardens.
College. Dr. Henderson who has
written extensively on the sub-
ject was a guest at the col
lege for a week-long conference
recently.
for the white society to be
come Christian enough to ad
mit they are wrong.
"We must stick together
collectively, come up with
a plan collectively, and carry
out our plan with solidarity,"
he declared. "Black people
may not all think alike, but
they're thinking of the same
thing, and that's freedom!"
He pointed to the current
Selective Buying Campaign as
a major example of local
black people sticking together
and acting In solidarity. And,
See YOUNG 1A)
Assets of Local
Association
Near 8 Million
Mutual Saving md Loan
Association reported total m
sets of $7,883,929.00 aa of
December 31, 1968. Thla
marks an increase of approxi
mately ejjht per cent from
the $7,25&'802.00 reported
a year ago, the *s»ociation'»
annual report revealed today.
The report, issued by John
S. Stewart, President, showed
that savings balances held by
the institution amount to
$6,401,354.00, as compared
to $5,920,546.00 reported at
the end of 1967, this year
was far better than 1966, the
year of tight money.
A record dividend totalling
$275,637.00 was paid during
the year to account holders.
A total of $1,413,000.00 in
mortgage loans was put on
the books during 1967, bring
ing total loans to $6,876,000.
In looking ahead to 1969,
the annual report indicated
that there would be even fur
ther increases in the competi
tion for savings dollars. This
would present challenges to
the saving and loan buaness and
the real estate and housing
business. Stewart said:
"There were other factors,
too. Many families spent
more and saved less. Automo
biles, homes, color television
sets, and hard goods of all
kinds experienced soaring
sales. No doubt sofie families
were apprehensive 'hit many
have been put away in the
savings account found its way'
See MUTUAL 8A
Black Belt of
State to Be
Site of Project
NEW YORK - A plan to
formulate, design and con
struct a "New Town" in the
rural "Black Belt" of North
Carolina was announced today
by Floyd B. McKissick Enter
prises, Inc., of New York.
McKissick, a former national
chief executive of the Congress
of Racial Equality, now heads
up the company "dedicated to
the building of Black economic
power." The New Town pro
ject is one of many proposed
by McKissick's company as
premising answers to seme of
the problem besetting modern
Antrican society.
McKissick recalled that he
has been involved in discus
sions of potential applications
of New City technology to the
problems of the poor and rrino
rity groups for more than four
years, ft was among the first to
advocate construction of en
tirely new communities as an
alternative to urban ghettos
| and rural decay.
) Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman has offered his
. Department's assistance and
advice to McKissick Enter
prises in planning the Warren
County, venture, (busing legis
lation passed in the last session
of Congress authorizes federal
guarantees of bonds issued by
community organizations for
construction of new cities.
Staff numbers of McKissick
Enterprises will work with the
Rouse Gbopany, developers of
new city Columbia, Maryland,
to acquire expertise in the 'art*
of planning and implementa
tion of New Towns.
The town to be constructed
in North Carolina will be locat
ed in the so-called "Black
Belt" of the South, and one
primary goal of the protect will
be development of black urban
technological skills. As in al
federal projects, the new com
munity will be open to citizen
of all races, creeds and colors.
The enterprise will also be
Sec McKISSICK 8A