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VOLUME 49 No. 17 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1970
Durham Native Chairs New York Academy
Of Medicine Annual Health Convention
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RETIRES FROM MT. GILEAD
TRUSTEE BOARD —David M.
Gilmore after 47 years of
service as a member of the
Mount Gilead Trustee board.
Gilmore (left) receives plaque
from Dr. A. D. Moseley, pastor
of the church as Mrs. Estelle
Gilmore, wife of the honoree
looks on. •
Speaker for the occasion
was Dr. Jesse L. Allen, for
"I Wouldn't Wish New York On
Anyone" Joys Br
NEW YORK - "I wouldn't
wish New York on anyone," a
Black priest from Brooklyn de
clared as he suggested in a ma
gazine article released today
that Blacks migrate to a few
Southern states in order to gain
political strength and economic
independence.
"It is possible within the de
mocratic process for Blacks, by
migrating to a few Southern
states, to become a majority in
those states and to have con
trol politically," Father Albert
McKnight of Lafayette, Loui
siana, contended in the current
issue of Redbook magazine.
This political strength would
help to build and reinforce
Meharry College Pathology Department
Chairman Funeralized Wednes.,
NASHVILLE Funeral ser
vices were held at 3:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22, in Nash
ville for Dr. Horace Merion
Frazier, 42, chairman of the
Department of Pathology at
Meharry Medical College.
Dr. Frazier died suddenly
Saturday afternoon April 18 in
Baltimore while attending an
Alumni Affairs Committee
meeting. He apparently suffer
ed a heart attack.
Sevices will be at First Bap
tist Church, Capitol Hill, in
Nashville with the Rev. Kelly
Miller Smith officiating. Inter
ment will be in National Ceme
tary. Also a memorial service
will be held in the Meharry Me
dical College amphitheater at
11 a.m.
A native of Greensboro, N,
C., Dr. FYazier had lived in
Hashville for many years with
his wife and son at 641 Noc
turnae Drive.
merly of Durham and now as
sistant superintendent, pupil
personnel service, Norfolk City
Schools.
Special tribute was paid Gil
more by Dr. Joseph Campbell,
♦ru»tee of the church. J. W.
Hill president, Durham Busi
ness and Professional Chain,
Theodore Speight, Doric Lodge
28 and l Mrs. Gaynelle Curtis,
the family. Lewis N. Owens,
Black economic strength ac
cording to Father McKnight,
who believes a strong base for
economic change could thus be
built.
Father McKnight said the
South would be better than an
area of the North for the sug
gested migration "because it's
the South where life is more
natural and which looks for
ward to development."
Father McKnight has al
ready seen Blacks gain consi
derable progress in the South
through Southern Consumers
Co-operatives, an organization
which he developed in 1962
that has enabled Blacks in
He completed his medical
education at Meharry in 1953
and served his internship at
Hubbard Hospital. He later
served his residency in patho
logy at the University of Chica
go, becoming the second Ne
gro to complete a residency in
, that particular specialty.
In July, 1954, he was ap
pointed an American Cancer
Society clinical trainee docto
ral fellow in the department of
pathology at the University of
Chicago.
He became assistant profes
sor of pathology at Meharry in
1957. A year later he became
acting chairman of the depart
ment and in 1962 became
chairman of the department
and professor. He was also di
rector of the Division of Medi
cal Technology.
He was instrumental in the
development of Matthew Walk
er Health Center and the multi
chairman of the trustee board,
presided.
Gilmore also was one of the
organizers of the Usher Board
and Boy Scout troop of the
church and served as its first
chairman. He was a Sunday
School teacher, financial secre
tary, usher, chairman of the
Property and Every Member
Canvass Committee. He is a
mason.
Louisiana to pool their efforts
in a fight against poverty.
The approximately 2,000
members of Southern Con
sumers Co-operatives, many of
them poor, have managed to
accumulate over $200,000,
which has already done much
to improve the quality of life
for Blacks in Louisiana accord
ing to the Redbook article.
The co-op's funds have been
raised through membership in
vestments by Blacks who can
ill-afford to part with the mo
ney, but have faith that their
investment will eventually
bring profit, if not to them, to
a cousin or a neighbor or some
body they know.
phaiss screening program at
Meharry. His suggestions and
research were an integral part
of the planning of the compu
ter-assisted center which will o
pen in July on the Meharry
campus.
He was also extremely ac
tive on committees of the col
lege.
Portsmouth, Youth
Attends Institute
BOILING SPRINGS, Pa.
Henry Lanier Smith of 2228
Lansing avenue, Portsmouth,
Va., was one of 67 outstanding
student leaders from 19 col
leges and universities in Penn
sylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, West Virginia and the
District of Columbia wVio par
ticipated in a three-day Mid-
Atlantic College Leadership In
stitute at Allenberry here re
cently.
Smith is a government ma
jor at Howard Univtrsity.
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Honored in NY
By Associates
NEW YORK-Dr. John W.
V. Cordice, Jr., former Durham
resident and son of the late Dr.
John W. V. Cordice, Sr. served
as chairman of the New York
Academy of Medicine Annual
Health Conference held April
23-24.
Cordice, a member of the
Academy's Committee on Me
dicine in Society, is also a Prac
ticing surgeon as well as secre
tary of the Queens Clinicial So
ciety.
According to Dr. Cordice,
the 1970 annual conference
keynoted the role of commu
nity participation in achieving
equity and excellence in health
care. He stressed that mean
ingful community participation
in education, health care, ur
ban planning and other impor
tant social services was the is
sue in question.
"In keeping with the tradi
tion of annual health confer
ences of the New York Acade
my of Medicine, we provided a
forum for frank discussion of
See CORDICE 10A)
Fayetteville State
University Set For
Installation of Pres.
FAYETTEVILLE - Fay
etteville State University has
set the inauguration of Presi
dent Charles "A" Lyons for
May 3, Dr. M. S. Frierson,
Chairman of the University
Inauguration Committee; an
nounced recently.
Dr. Lyons assumed the FSU
presidency August 1, thus be
coming the eighth executive
officer of the institution.
Dr. Lyons came to the
Fayetteville State post from
Howard University, where he
served as director of admis
sions. He is a native of
Conetoe, and did his under
graduate work at Shaw Univer
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HONORS PROGRAM DIS
CUSSED—Dr. C. H. Rudisili,
director of the honors program
at the University of Wisconsin
at Madison, chats with NCCU
faculty members during a cof
fe hour at North Carolina Cen
tral University Thursday, April
TAKES OFFICE Brigadier
General Daniel (Chappie)
James, U. S. Air Force takes
office as Deputy Assistant Sec
retary of Defense (Public Af
fairs) as the oath is adminis
Beauticians Complete Plans
For Fayetteville Convention
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N. C. Mutual Official, Norfolk
Minister Speakers at Ml. Olive
W. A. Clement, Senior Vice-
President of North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany will be the principal
speaker at the cornerstone lay
ing ceremony of Mt. Olive A.
M. E. Zion Church April 26 at
2 p.m.
Clement, a career employee
of Mutual, beginning there in
1934 as an agent, was named
agency director in 1961, and a
year later was elected vice pre
sident. He became vice-presi
dent in charge of field opera
tions in 1966, and assumed his
present position last year.
9. Dr. Rudisili, also associate
dean of the College of Letters
and Sciences at Wisconsin, was
on campus to discuss the NCCU
honors program, headted by
Undergraduate Dean Cecil L.
Patterson. On the NCCU honors
team with Dr. Patterson are
tered by Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird. Mrs. James
and son Claude look on. In a
brief ceremony which preceded
this, General James was pro
moted! to his present rank. Both
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CLEMENT
Married to the former Jo
sophine Dobbs of Atlanta,
Georgia, Clement is the father
of six children, and also has
six grandchildren.
Following the cornerstone
laying ceremony, Mt. Olive will
conduct its annual revival, be
ginning April 27 and extending
through May 1.
Speaker for the revival will
be Dr. R. A. Council, pastor,
Metropolitan AME Zion
Church, Norfolk, Virginia.
Dr. Council, son of an AME
Zion minister, is a native of
(See SPEAKERS 10A)
Vernon Clark, biology; Mrs.
Jean N. Scales, English; and
Mrs. Minnie T. Spaulding, Eng
lish. Shown in the photograph
are, from left, Mrs. Willa Lew
is,, Mrs. Minnie Spaulding, Dr.
Rudisili, and Mrs. Sadie Wash
ington.
ceremonies were witnessed by
distinguished guests, including
Members of Congress, repre
sentatives of the national
news media, Department of De
fense Officials, and others.
FAYETTEVILLE - Plans
have been completed for one
of the most elaborate conven
tions for the North Carolina
State Beautician's and Cos
metologist's Association to be
held in Fayetteville, April
26-29, Mrs. Georgia Owens,
Convention Chairman; an
nounced recently.
"Going Forward With
Christ" is the theme of the
four-day conference.
Highlighting the convention
will be workshops, demonstra
tions, exhibits, fashion shows
with a new addition this year
for student hair stylists and
banquet.
Persons attending the con
ference will worship at the
Evans Metropolitan A.M.E.
Zion Church's eleven o'clock
service, Sunday, April 26th.
Mrs. C. R. Edwards, a mem
ber of the instructional staff,
Fayetteville City Schools, will
be featured speaker at the ban
quet. Mrs. Owens said that the
banquet is open to the general
public and will be held Mon
day, April 27, at 7:00 p.m., at
the Cumberland County
Memorial Auditorium.
Awards will be presented
to the best stylist in the pro
fessional and student divisions,
and other honors are slated for
participation in the fashion
shows and exhibits.
Mrs. Margaret Minor, State
President; will deliver the an
nual "President's ! lessage" at
the opening session.
In addition, tours and other
social entertainment have been
planned for the conferees.
Headquarters for the con
vention is the Downtowner
Motor Inn, Fayetteville. Regis
tration for the confab will
commence at 7:00 a.m., Sun
CHURCH WOMEN
TO CONVENE IN
GATE SUN.
GREENSBORO - The An
nual Assembly of Church wo
men United will be held in
Greensboro on April 26-27.
The Sunday, April 26 session
will convene at 7:30 p.m. at
St. James Presbyterian Church.
The Theme: Change, Our
Choice, Our Challenge. The
Keynote Address will be made
by Dr. Margaret Shannon, Ex
ecutive Director of the Depart
ment of Women's Relations,
National Council of' the Chur
ches of Christ in the U. S. A.
The Monday, April 21 ses
sion will be held at Trinity A.
M. E. Zion Church, beginning
at 9:30 a.m. Lunch will be
served by the host church at
(See WOMEN page 10A)
New Officer is
First Negro to
Hold Such Post
DAYTONA BEACH - Dr.
Richard V. Moore, president of
Bethune -Cookman College,
Daytona Beach was unani
mously elected president re
cently of the Florida Associ
ation of Colleges and Univer
sities.
Dr. Armin H. Gropp, Uni
versity of Miami, presiding at
the final session of the two-day
37th annual meeting at the
Daytona Plaza, said, "I am
succeeded by a person much
more distinguished than I and
also the first black man to hold
this position in the organiza
tion. This is true integration of
the south."
Dr. Moore, president of Be
thune-Cookman College for 22
(See OFFICER page 'lOA)
Last Rites Held
For Howard
R. Townsend
Last rites were held Wed
nesday, April 22, at 4:00 p.m.
at St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church
for Howard Ruffin Townsend
with Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch
officiating.
Townsend, the son of the
late Leo Townsend and Mrs.
Alease Townsend, departed
this life April 19, 1970 at
Lincoln Hospital.
He attended the Durham
City Schools and A.&T. State
University. He spent two years
in the U. S. Navy. He was a
member of the White Rock
Baptist Church for many years.
He was employed in the
general service administration
of the U. S. Government.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. John Ethel Townsend;
one son, Howard Ruffin Town
send, Jr.; his mother, Mrs.
Alease Townsend; two sisters,
Mrs. Flora Pittman, of Rocky
Mount, and Mrs. Jacqueline
Hunter of Nashville, Tennessee;
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Ex-Morehouse
Prexy Smith's
Finals Speaker
CHARLOTTE - Dr. Benja
min E. Mays, distinguished
educator and holder of 24
honorary degrees, will deliver
the Commencement Address at
Johnson C. Smith University
May 7.
Doctor Mays, for 27 years
president of Morehouse Col
lege, is the author of six books
and numerous other writings.
Having retured from the presi
dency of Morehouse in June of
1967, he was elected President
Emertus of the College. He is
currently engaged in complet
ing a social autobiography
about black-white relations in
the United States since the
turn of the century.
During the 1968-69 acade
mic year TSletor Mays served
as a visiting professor and ad
visor to the President at Michi
gan State University. In Octo
ber of 1969, he was elected
to the Atlanta Board of Edu
cation in a city-wide election.
In January of this year he was
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