DURHAM'S OLDEST NEGRO CHURCH TO CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL OCT. 26 Declares Peace Corp Director Calls For New System Of Selection WASHINGTON, D C—"The Peace Corps is lily-white and we've got to change that," Peace Corps Director Blatchford said Monday in an interview on Boston's "soul station." WILD Blatchford said that upon be ing appointed l Director of the Peace Corps he discovered that the Peace Corps selection pro cess has been unintentionally discouraging applications from members of minority groups. "To begin with, a 16 page application would frighten any one, but particularly those who haven't made a career of filling out forms as have most middle class Americans." he pointed out. "Then there is the reference system. The Peace Corps re quires a large number of writ ten references and members of minority groups are often from backgrounds in which their friends and associates are un familiar with or reticent about filling out government forms. Consequently, many applica tions from members of minority groups never get processed l . They lack the proper number of references," he said. Blatchford noted that the re sult of this system has been that black Americans who ap plied for the Peace Corps were three times less likely to be selected He also said that in the past training has not been geared to the needs of minority group members. He stated that the application form will be simplified and re duced in size, and references obtained either in person or by phone where necessary. "We are not looking toward a quota system of any kind We don't even keep records ac cording to racial background, although everyone who has (See PEACE CORPS 10A) President Names NCM Insurance Official To Urban Renewal Post * '/ m HK^ tJvmHm «HHRHP6MHIHMHR mmm HONORED FOR LANDSCAP ING—Murray J. Marvin (left) representing North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, received a Certificate of Merit Award l from Secretary of Agri NCCU Homecoming Oct 31 With Crowning of Queen 'A New Name in Progress' will be the theme of North Carolina Central University's annual Homecoming Week which begins Friday with the coronation of Miss NCCU, Miss Jean Wright of Richmond, Va. The coronation will be held Friday, October 24, at 8 p.m. in B. N. Duke Auditorium. A reception will follow at 8:45 p.m. in the Alfonso Elder Student Union. On Tuesday, the Alfonso Elder Student Union will be Wkt Carwla Cnures TRUTH UNBPlqced^] VOLUME 48 No. 43 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1969 Whitney Young Jr. Blasts U. S. War Effort In Vietnam ■pj|M CHARGED WITH i.730 FELON IES—These 24 students of San Fernando Valley State College in California are on trial in the Superior Court, Los Ange les. for acts allegedly committ ed during campus disturbance last November: From left, front row—Lidwina Apo (Hawaiian), culture Clifford M. Hardin (right) during ceremonies in Washington, D. C. on Wednes day (October 15) for the 17th Annual Landscaping Awards Program of the American As the site of "An Hour with Miss Homecoming." The time of the reception for Thelma Craig, Miss Homecoming, a Monroe senior, is inderter mined. At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday the Maroon and Gray Day Fashion Show will be pre sented in B. N. Duke Auditori- Activities on Halloween night will Include a Hippie Mock Funeral at 7 p.m. in B. N. Duke, a bonfire at BJ3O Arnold Boyd. George Brady. Benjamin Caraveo (Mexican- American), Archie Chatman and Jethro Collins; second row —Vaye Crockett, Eddie Dancer, Deardis Davis, Robert Dyer, Larry Hardison, Arrinta Hollo way; third row—La Frida Jami son, Howard Johnson, Arthur sociation of Nurserymen. The company was cited for the un usual landscaping design and maintenance of the grounds of the North Carolina Mutual Building. p.m. at Upperclasswomen's Dormitory, an "NCCU turns 'U' On" event at 11 p.m., and an outdoor social and dance which begins at 11:30 p.m. either in the Upperclasswo men's Dormitory area, or in case of inclement weather in Women's Gymnasium. 'Activi ties will move to Women's Gymnasium at 3 a.m., when the Dawn Dance begins. An alumni open house and hospitality hour , will be held (Sp» HOMECOMING 10A) Judge Jones, Jr., Schelton Jones, Marian Kindle, Robert Lewis; Fourth row—Linda Ni chols, Marita E. Pette, Yvonne Robinson, Leaman Scott, Mi chael Wrice and Sharon Emory. All are being defended by NAACP lawyers. Marvin One of Three Blacks on Task Force WASHINGTON, D. C. The President this week announced the establishment of a Task Force on Urban Renewal. The task force, another in the series to make recommendations for 1970 and beyond, will be chair ed by Miles L. Colean, a con sulting economist in Washing ton, D. C. The task force will examine the current status of the federal urban renewal pro gram, evaluate the results of its operations to date, and make recommendations c o ncerning the future direction of the pro gram. The eleven man Task Force on Urban Renewal has three Black members: Attorney Mar jorie M. "Lawson of Washing ton; Murray J. Marvin, Director of Corporate Planning at North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in Durham; and Dempsey J. Travis of Sivart Mortgage Company of Chicago The focus of the work of this Task Force will be with the planning and implementation of the human considerations con nected with urban renewal rather than the loan and grant provisions of the legislation. Fewer Smokers WASHINGTON —The average person is smoking four or five packs of cigarettes fewer this year than in 1968, according to the Agriculture Department. Economists said in ■ "to bacco situation" report smok ing-health publicity and rising cigarette prices are driving down the average use .of cigarettes. PRICE: 20 Cents Asian Conflict Seen as Cause For Division NEW YORK - For some time now I have viewed this country's agony in Vietnam with a sense of deepening distress. Day after day, month after month, our involvement in the war on distant Asian soil has sharpened the divisions and frustrations among the people of this country as no other issue has in recent history. I am totally convinced that Vietnam is tragically diverting America's attention from its primary problem - the urban and racial crisis - At the very ttuie that crisis is at flash point. I am totally convinced that Vietnam has increased tensions in the United States Armed Forces as a direct result of frustrations and bitterness growing out of this war. What started out as the best exam ple of racial teamwork is rapid ly eroding and is adding to the already severe tensions in the black community. I am totally convinced that this war has an extra dimen sion for black people that it does not have for many whites. We are suffering soubly. We are dying for something abroad that we do not have at home. At the same time we are victims of backlash among the white majority - a backlash greatly sharpened by the ten sions of the war. By a strange twist of human folly the groups that are most at odds in our country today - whites and blacks from working class and poor families - are those whose young men are dying in disaproportionate numbers in (See YOUNG 10A) HUD Official is Speaker at KC Groundbreak'g KITTRELL—SamueI C. Jack son, Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development, De partment of Housing and Urban Development will be the prin cipal speaker during Fall Con vocation and Groundbreaking Exercises at Kittrell College. "The College That Cares" will be the theme for the one day exercise which begins 11:00 a.m. Wednesday. October 22, and the public is invited to hear Mr. Jackson in the Reid Gymnasium on campus. He will be addressing students and guests primarily on Kittrell's giant leap forward developing a new "System of Instruction." Jackson, a graduate of Wash burn University and the Wash burn School of Law, brings to HUD a long and distinguished record both as a lawyer and public servant. In addition to his responsibilities as Assistant h Secretary for Metropolitan at I mm, Jackon serves as General (See HUO page 10A) St. Joseph's Observes One Hundredth Yr. St. Joseph's AME Church, the oldest Negro church in Durham will begin its one hun dredth anniversary celebration Sunday, October 26. From humble beginnings in a grassy field, St. Joseph's has grown in the past century to a i most impressive edifice at 804 ' Fayetteville Street. Only six members were on the rolls Au- i gust 20, 1869 when Rev. Edian Markham officially organized j St. Joseph's. Markham, who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Durham, was a self educated ex-slave that follow ed a call to missionary work to the Tarheel State and Dur ham. Arriving here in 1868, Markham purchased from Mrs. Minerva Fowler a parcel of land on which to erect a church. He later donated the land on which the St. Joseph's Church now stancts. The original building was a log structure, and the first name of the church was Union Bethel. However, officers of the church later laid plans for a brick structure to be renamed St. Joseph's. By this time, Rev Markham had left to serve in another field, leaving the church with fifteen members. The founder was followed by Lewis Edwards who was later succeeded by George Hunter. Hunter built the first frame church. This was followed' by another more stately frame structure before a brick build Mrs. Nannie L. Stewart Union Bapt. Speaker The Union Baptist Church pastored by Dr. Grady D. Davis will present its Annual Wom an's Day services Sunday, Octo ber 26 at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. respectively. Mrs. Nannie Leonard Stewart of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church will be the guest speak er at 11:00 a.m. service. Mrs. Stewart received her B.S. die- W *•" liv MRS. STEWART gree from State College, Win ston-Salem, M.A. degree from North Carolina Central Univer sity at Durham and has done further study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Columbia University at New York City. Mrs. Stewart has taught from pre-school to college critic teaching with ex tensive experience in organiz ing and guiding children and youth of all ages in North Caro lina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and New York. She is now special izing in Early Childhood' Edu cation with Emphasis on Child growth and Development Miss Annie M. Dunigan will preside during the morning service. Mu sic will be rendered by the Women's Chorus directed by Mrs. D. V. Reaves. Mrs Lucilla Fuller is chairman of the Woman's Day. A fellowship dinner will follow the mornilg service. HUD Gives Grants WASHINGTON Th e Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced grants of more than $2 million each for Monroe and Lincolnton, N.C. Th e Monroe grant of $2,083,- 824 will go toward a govern mental center area bounded by Franklin, Church, Seaboard Coastline Railroad and Char lotte. ■L ,» REV. MARKHAM |T Ik* BISHOP BABER ing was raised. The brick edifice was com menced by Rev. Chambers, and the Masons laid the cornerstone in 1892 This building was con tinued by a successive line of ministers, and was completed The Church of course, is the oldest Negro institution in Durham. The first congregation in point of time is Saint Joseph's African Methodist Episcopali It was founded in 1869, and the first church building was a little log house about a half a block from the present edifice on Fayetteville Street. The first pastor was Edium who, in addition to preaching on Sunday, taught school on week days. The second church to be organized was the White Rock Baptist. For its origin the congregation is deeply indebted to Mar garet Faucett, who about 1875 open her house to few Negro Baptists who desired a place to worship. She gave the first dollar toward a church building, which was'a small frame structure on Pettigrew Street. BOYD, WILLIAM KENNETH THE STORY OF DURHAM P. 291 -292. For the past century a great many of Durham's Negroes have crossed the portals of St. Joseph's to worship as their conscience directed. From the smallest to the greatest, none were turned away. The church counts among its membership many of the most illustrous re ligious and civic leaders of the city. Over the years, St. Joseph's has stood like a proud beacon casting its never failing light through the swirling turmoil Dr. James R. Lewis Appointed to Faculty of UNC Dental School CHAPEL HILL—Dr. James R. Lewis has been appointed an instructor in the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina here. The announcement was made this week by Dr. James W. Bawden, dean of the Dental School. Dr. Lewis will instruct in the Division of Hospital Dentistry in the Department of Dental Ecology. A native of Asheboro, Dr Lewis is a graduate of North Carolina Central University at Durham where he received the bachelor of science degree in chemistry. His professional training was completed at the College of Dentistry, Howard University, Washington. D C. where he earned l the doctor of dental surgery degree in 1968. Upon completion of profes sional training. Dr Lewis com pleted a one-year rotating den- Annual Home Office Mid-Year Confab of NIA Convenes in Fla. CHICAGO - Sixty execu tives of Negro-owned life in surance companies will pursue the subject, "How to recap ture the Black Market," when the Sixth Annual Home Office Mid-Year Conference of the National Insurance Association meets in Tampa, Fla., October 23-25, according to James H. Browne, NIA vice president and president of Cn»ander life Insurance Co. of Kansas City, jjj MAS MARKHAM Wo 2 REV. COUSIN under the supervision of Re*. J. E. Jackson. Proof of St Joseph's place in history is ample and authen ticated 1 From Boyd's History of Durham there is the follow ing quote: around it. It has weathered many storms, and is now fight ing to overcome the grasping tentacles of urban renewal. " The four day observance will begin with worship services Sunday morning. Guest speaker for the 11:00 a m. services will be Bishop G. W. Baber, of Washington. D. C. who is Pre siding Prelate of the Second Episcopal District. At 7:00 p.m. there will be a (See ANNIVERSARY 10A) DR LEWIS tal internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital. Al bany, New York. Dr Lewis is a member of Chi Delta Mu medical and dental (See*bß LEWIS page 10A) Kansas. The conference is part of the association's ongoing pro gram to raise standards and im prove practices among its mem bers. All sessions will be held at the Manager Motor Hotel. Browne will deliver the key note address at the opening session. A college president, a professor management, an un derwriting Inspections qwdn (See NIA MI«T page tOA)

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