Durham To Host NAACP Annual Session
Miss. Negroes Challenge Desegregation On Two Fronts
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IN CEREMONIES held in the
home office, Joseph W. Good
loe, left, president of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, congratulates from
left: L. B. Porter, associate ac
tuary; Mrs. Bertha Jordan, gen
3NCM Representatives
At 42nd Underwriter
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company represen
tatives Edward J. Halfacre, Ed
ward J. demons, and Edward
J. Martin were awarded the
coveted Chartered Life Under
writer resignation at the 42nd
Annual National Conferment
Exercises of the American Col
lege of Life Underwriters
in Washington, D C.
The American College of Life
Underwriters grants the CLU
Designation to persons engaged
in activities relating to the in
suring of human life values
and who pass a series of pro
fessional examinations and
meet the stringent experience
and ethical requirements of the
College. This year 2.000 men
and women were awarded the
designation, bringing to 21.454
the number of people who have
received it since the College
was founded in 1927
Edward J. Halfacre joined
North Carolina Mutual as as
sistant agency director when
Unity Mutual of Chicago
merged N. C. Mutual in 1962.
He is a graduate of LIAMA's
53rd Agency Officers School,
attended Roosevelt College in
Chicago and served as an in
structor of the National Insur
ance Association School in
Agency Management for 1967,
1968 and 1969.
Edward J. Clemons joined
North Carolina Mutual in 1955
as a combination agent after
finishing Clark College in At
lanta. In 1960 he was promot
ed to the position of staff man
(See HONORED 2A)
Law Enforcement Policies of Attorney
General Is Questioned By NAACP
NEW \ORK—u, s. Attorney
General John X. Mitchell this
week was asked to reveal
whether "ull the government's
'moral, political and economic
power' is not at the disposal of
Negro citizens demanding an
end to segregated schooling."
The pointed question was put
to the Attorney General by
NAACP Assistant Executive Di
rector John A. Morsell follow
ing Mr. Mitchell's speech to
3,500 local and state police
officials at the opening session
of the International Associa
tion of Chief of Police in Miami
Beach on Sept. 29.
In that speech, Mr. Mitchell
said that the Nixon Admini
stration "will marshal all its
moral, political and 1 economic
power to support law enforce
ment officers in our battle to
defeat crime."
"At the same moment." the
NAACP executive said in a
telegram to the Attorney Gen
eral, "the head of your own
Civil Rights Division, Jerris
Leonard, told a news confer
ence that the Administration
would find it impossible to
enforce a court ruling requir
ing (that) black school children
get Immediate enjoyment of
(See LAW page 2A)
eral clerk; Calvin Pruden, as
sistant to the agency director;
and Edward Bowser, computer
operator on the successful com
pletion of the Life Office Man
agement Association courses.
Porter received the designation
Mrs. Asa T. Spaulding to Deliver
Ebenezer Women's Day Address
Ebenezer, Baptist Church
will observe the fifteenth cele
bration of '''omen's Day here
on October 12 and will feature
an address by Mrs. Asa T.
Spaulding at the 11 a.vn. ser
vice.
The theme "The T: nitv of
Church Women in a anging
'Vorld," will be the main em
phasis of 11 Irs. Spaulding's mes
sage.
A native of Tuskegee, Ala.,
'rs. Spaulding is a graduate
of Talladega College where she
received a B. S. Degree in
music is presently a member of
the "'hite Rock Baptist Church
choir. In addition to holding
membership and offices in
numerous civic as well as re
ligious organizations, she i; the
founder of the Durham wo
men's group known as Women
In Action for the Prevention
of Violence and Its Causes.
Music will be rendered by
the Women's Choir of Ebe
nezer, under the direction of
Mrs. Mary Mayo, and also by
Mrs. 711 a "ayes of St. Mark
AME Zion Church who will
be featured as the guest soloist.
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FIRST CLASS NOW— Anthony
E. Antonelli is congratulated
on his promotion by the Army
to Sergeant First Class. Lt.
Colonel D. W. Chance, USA,
of t eiiow, Life Management
| Institute and Mrs. Jordan and
I Messrs. Pruden and Bowser
i completed Course I of the In
| stitute's program. At right is
IM. A Sloan, CLU, vice presi
dent, Home Office Operations
MRS. SPAULDING
Rev. W. E. Daye, minister
of Ebnezer, along with the
program committee extends an
open invitation to the public.
SU'RAMENTO, Calif.
Although denying he was the
father, soul singer James
Broun has agreed to pay SSOO
monthly child support for 20
years to the son of the former
president of his San Francisco
(an club.
The settlement of the suit was
announced Tuesday. The singer
«hs accused by Mary Brown,
30. no relation, of fathering the
Iwiy in a San Francisco area mo
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child, Michael Deon
Rniwii. k nn» year nld.
Deputy Director, Defense Com
munications Agency Operations
Center offers the congratula
tions to Antonelli, a Network
Controller in the Center. Ao«
Cfoe Carw|a Cimco
VOLUME 48 No. 41 DURHAM, N.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1969
Over 600 Expected To Attend
NAACP Meet Here Oct. 9-11
Durham Hotel
To Be the Site
Of Gathering
The 26th Annual Conven
tion of the North Carolina
State Conference of Branches,
NAACP, will convene here
Thursday, October 9, at the
Durham Hotel on Corcoran
Street.
Kelly M. Alexander, state
president, will officially greet
delegates following the 11 a.m.
opening and devotion. Rev. I.
Quency Newman of Columbia,
S. C., will deliver the luncheon
keynote address. A freedom,
gospel and spiritual inspiration
al program planned for the
evening will feature an address
by Rev. Julius C. Hope, presi
dent, Georgia State Conference
of Branches and pastor of Zion
Baptist Church, Brunswick, Ga.
Several area choirs will furnish
musical renditions.
All Friday sessions are sche
duled for the Durham Motel
and Hotel. In addition to vari
ous meetings, reports memori
al services, and presentation of
state officers, the registration
of youth delegates will open
at 8 a.m. also. Andrew Small,
president of state youth coun
cils and college chapters; Diane
Dawson, president of the Dur
ham Youth Council; and
Robert Steele, chairman of
youth work committee and ad
visor, will welcome the dele
gates. Kelly Alexander, Jr.,
Charles McLean, Bruce Tyson,
and Miss Carolyn, will extend
greetings and responses to the
youth.
Friday afternoon sessions
will also feature the convention
plenary with Mrs. Ada Ford
presiding; the meeting includ
ing discussions on NAACP in-
(See NAACP page 2A)
tonelli lives at 710 N. Vermont
St., Arlington (Antonelli is son
of Tony E. Bone, 1027 Lynn
Rd., Durham.)
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KELLY ALEXANDER
Stat* President
Rhode Island C
Building Dr. Ros
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DEDICATION of the Rose But
ler Browne Hall at Rhode
Island College, September 28,
was of unusual interest to mem
bers of the faculty and student
NCCU To Host Resource-Use
23rd Annual Meet Hovember 13
North Carolina Central Uni
versity will be the scene of the
23rd annual meeting of The
North Carolina Resource-U 8 e
Education Conference on No
vember 13. The one-d'ay confer
ence will feature two major
addresses, a Student Sympo
sium, and fourteen Conserva
tion-Environmental Education
Workshops.
Dr. Theodore R. Speigner, is
NCCU Director of the Division
of Resource-Use Education and
State Chairman of the Confer
ence.
The keynote address for the
morning session will be de
livered by the Hon. Benjamin
Brown, Representative to the
Georgia House of Representa
tives, Atlanta, Ga. His address
will be delivered at 11:00 A.M.
in B. N. Duke Auditorium.
The first general session of
the State Conference will be
held In B. N. Duke Auditorium
at 9:00 A.M. It will feature a
Student Symposium by seniors
and juniors from participating
schools on, "Is There A Need
For Black Studies in the High
Schools?"
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ALEXANDER BARNES
Host President
body who gathered to do honor
for the occasion. Shown In the
picture at RIC from left to right
are Dr. Joseph F. Kauffman
Rhode Island College Preal
Dr. Martha T. Henderson,
Senior Associate, Environment
al Education Division, The Con
servation Foundation, Wash
ington, D. C., will be the prin
cipal speaker for the Adminis
trators' Workshop.
The Desegregation Workshop
will feature two nationally
known civil rights leaders for
the afternoon session. Dr. Ken
ne th Haddock, Educational
Branch Chief. Charlottesville
Regional Office for Civil Rights,
Charlottesville, Va., will dis
cuss "Civil Rights in Model
Cities Programs."
Dr. David Gerard is presently
Chief, Education Branch, Office
for Civil Rights, Department
of Health, Education, and Wel
fare, Washington, D. C. The
theme that he will discuss is
"Desegregation and Educa
tion.'
Other workshops scheduled
for the afternoon sessions are:
Geography, Guidance, Human
Relations, Mental Helath, Math
ematics, Reading, Social Stud
ies, Science, and Afro-Ameri
can Studies Institute. -
PRICE: 20 Cents
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CLARENCE MITCHELL
Director, Washington Bureau
dent; Mrs. Kauffman, The Rev.
Emmett T. Browne, Dr. Rose
Butler Browne in front of
the ROSE BUTLER BROWNE
HALL at Rhode Island College.
Graveside Rites
Held For Luther
Eugene Johnson
HILLSBOROUGH Grave
side rites for Luther Eugene
Johnson, who died in a fire
of unknown origin which con
sumed his home on October 2,
were held Saturday, October
4; Dr. L. W. Reid, minister of
Piney Grove Baptist Church,
officiated.
Johnson, who lived In the
house alone, was a long time
employee of Liggett and Myers,
Inc., and at the time of his
death was working at Hlnes
Liner Company of Hillsborough.
He was educated in the Orange
County Schools and became a
member of Piney Grove at an
early age.
Johnson is survived by two
sisters: Mrs. Gertrude Bynum
of Durham and Mrs. Lula Scur
lock of Orange County; one
aunt, Mrs. Maggie Holman of
Durham: one niece, two neph
ews: and other relatives and
friends.
188 Citizens
Attempting to
Register Jailed
CLARKSDALE, Mtaa. -
Here in Coahoma County, the
fescue of achooi desegregation
has ranged opposing forces
•gainst each other on two ex
plosive fronts. In Clarksdaie,
the county seat, 188 Negro
youths who attempted to re
gister at a white school on
Oct. 1 were arrested. In the
surrounding county area, other
Negroes have refused to accept
a projected desegregation plan
which they consider patently
discriminatory.
In Clarksdaie, a plan for de
segregation was laid before the
courts in 1964. Action never
has been taken on that plan.
On Wednesday, October 1, un
der the guidance of the local
NAACP, an effort was made to
register the Negro students at
a white school and the arrests
were made.
Immediately, Dr. Aaron
Henry, president of the
Mississippi State Conference of
NAACP Branches, asked in
court for an injunction to show
why the students should not
be permitted to register.
(See CHALLENGE page ZA)
Local Woman
Lauded by New
England School
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Rhode
Island College president Dr.
Joseph F. Kauffman (left) and
his wife chat with Dr. Rose
Butler Browne and her husband,
the Rev. Emmett T. Browne of
Durham, Sunday (Sept 28) be
fore the dedication of Rose-
Butler Browne Hall, a seven,
story residence and infirmary
complex on the RIC campus in
Providence.
Dr. Browne is a graduate of
RIC and has been prominent in
higher education in the South
for the past half century. She
retired from the faculty of
North Carolina College in 1969
and since has operated thet
Happy Hours Child Care Cen
ter, located at her husband's
parish, the Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church in Durham.
She is the author of "Love
My Children," an autobiogra
phy published this year by the
Meredith Press.
Young People
Invited to Join
Police League
Attention Young People be
tween the ages of 12, 13 and
14, Chief W. W. Pleasants of
the Durham Police Departnent
announces the beginning of its
Junior Police League for the
City of Durham.
A chance for young people
and police to work hand in
hand in the areas of police
work, all sports, first aid, rec
reation, city government, law
and other areas that would aid
in the building of a total united
community. •;
Requirements are:
1. Must be In Junior High
School
2. Be able to get along with
other young people
3. Willing to meet at the des
ignated times
4. Willing to obey all rulae
of the Junior Police League
5. Must have consent of Par
ent or guardian
6. No dues will be required.
All members will be Issued
(See POtICI page 2A)