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Be Sure fo Cast Your Vote in Saturday's Primary VOLUME 49 lB Durham Business College Breaks Ground For Dormitory NATIONAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION WEEK PLANNED 36th Annual Observance Slated For May 11th Through the 16th CHICAGO—The National In surance Association will spon sor its 36th annual National In surance Week May 11-16 it has been announced from the home office in Chicago. Theme for this year's special drive to increase the level and quality of insurance coverage is "We Always Cared—We Al ways Will." The 1970 goal of the association is S9O million in new business. According to an association spokesman, while sales are of utmost importance, the cam paign will also point out the contributions of black-owned and operated life insurance companies to the well-being and improvement of ghetto residents from the founding of these companies to the present day. The National Insurance As sociation is a trade association supplying supportive services to its membership consisting of 43 black owned and operat ed life insurance companies doing business in 31 state, and the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islasds. These com panies have combined assets White Rock to Observe Family Week Sun. with Special Services White Rock Baptist Church will observe National Family Life Week Sunday, May 3 with a series of special sermons and discussion groups aimed at answering many questions concerning the problems of family life. Dr. Odel R. Reuben, presi dent of Morris College, Sumter. South Carolina will preach at 11 a.m., with the services being held in the B.N. Duke Auditorium on the campus of North Carolina Central Uni versity. Beginning at 6:15 p.m. Dr. Robert E. Cushman, dean of Duke Divinity School,will preach the evening service. This service will be held at St. Joseph AME Church. A series of study-discussion groups will highlight the after noon sessions of the observ ance. Leaders for these discus- HUD Representative Talks To Builders And Trade Assn ill mm U n# KM | Mgml 1 | jpf - J|f jl| -:.|k k mm j fjfc. ; y q* KNB^as, IIAbH Mm wU fin 1 ' *■! B ' % I [ if, . | I 11 in CONTRACTORS MEETING Leaders in the recent discus sion during the regular Build ers and 1 Trades Association meeting were, left to right: of nearly $450 million, income of $l2O million, insurance in force of $2Vi billion, reserves of $334 million and a work force of approximately 12,000. At its annual convention in July, the NIA will begin cele brating fifty consecutive years of service to its members. President of the association is Jesse Hill, Jr., vice-president actuary, Atlanta Life Insurance Co. of Atlanta, Georgia. Execu tive Director is Charles A. Davis of the National office in Chicago. National Insurance Week was conceived in 1934 as a way to increase the level and quality of insurance coverage of American families, boost sales of all member companies through a full national effort. A. J. Ruffin, vice president and chief underwriter, Virginia Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., is credited with introduc ing the idea of the annual "week" as a coordinated ef fort to be coducted 1 nation wide. The first campaign, held in 1935, produced $3.75 million in new business. 4s? v REUBEN sion groups have been chosen from a group of parents who have been meeting for three months to discuss and study the Christian responsibilities (See FAMILY page 8A) William Edwards, Foundation of Cooperate Housing; Ellis Allen, Project Outreach; Miss Laurette West, Low Income Che Car^tiiiaCiiaco II i | jj I ■ 3 MRS. BETTY TOOLE Hillside Vocation Clubs Hold Annual Banquet Thursday BY PHILLIP JONES TIMES STAFF WRITER Students, employers and city school officials congratu lated each other for a job well done during the annual banquet of the Cooperative Office Occupations and Distri butive Education Clubs at the Durham Hotel-Motel, April 23. The presiding officer was Quinton Hart, president of COO. Charlotte Hight, presi dent of DECA, made the introduction of guests and pre sentation of certificates. The coordinator of the Cooperative Office Occupation is Mrs. Shirley Herbin, who is a new member of the Hillside teaching staff. The guest speaker was Mrs. Betty Toole, Placement Coun selor of IBM Corporation. Her topic was "Cooperation". She is a graduate of North Carolina Central, where she graduated cum laude. She also has a double major in pyschology and French. She has been with Housing Development; James Lemon, HUD; and Alfred Clark, president of the association. (Photo by Elliott) DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1970 IBM for 5 years. She said that cooperation has a new and special meaning for young people. She quoted from another author when she (See HILLSIDE page 8A) Grandeur, Warmth, Surprises Mark Vocational Ed. Banquet By Milton Jordan, Times Staff Writer The annual Employer-Em nlovee banquet put on each year by the vocational educa tional classes of Hillside High School had its moments of grandeur, warmth, and even a few surprises thrown in for ex tra measure. In a day when there is much devisiness throughout our land, this event was a glowing bea con, a breath of Spring, in this winter of discontent. Vocational education, de spite its stigma of the past, is one of the more practical and Members of the Builders and Trade Association heard a spe cialist from the Department of Housing and Urban Develop ment give them insight as to what they can do to overcome some if the problems teeing minority contractors. James R. Lemon, Technical Assistant Specialist with the Equal Opportunity Office of HUD is assigned to the Atlanta Office. He told the general meeting of the contractors that his department is doing every thing it can to see that many of the bigger contractors use minority group sub-contractors on jobs over which HUD has controlled. Mentioning also the possibility of making available to organizations such as this detailed information of all HUD projects in a given area, Lemon stressed that communications breakdown was one of the basic problems. He also mentioned the pos sibility of developing a list of minority contractors across the country to be used by equal opportunity specialists in their dealings with white companies. Those attending the meeting questioned Lemon extensively (See HUD page 8A) $650,000 Building Scheduled For Completion By September Two Story Brick Dorm to House 208 Students By FLOYD WOODARD (Special Correspondent) Construction of a $550,000 dormitory complex at Durham Business College got underway recently with an official groundbreaking ceremony. This new project, the second dormitory endeavor in three years, is expected to be com pleted by the beginning of the fall term in September. Hous ing 208 students, the two story brick, solite block and con crete building will be located directly across from the col lege's administration and class room building on Fayetteville Street. Plans for the new facility were launched late in 1969 and were finally completed January of this year with a formal sign ing of the various contracts. Financing for the project will be handled by issuing dor (See DBC page BA> realistic areas of our educa tional system. It couples the orty with practice. Its very foundational principle is co operation, a comodity greatly lacking in the other areas of ed ucation. A student, enrolled in either cooperative office oc cupations, or distributive edu cation are given the opportu nity to take a peek into the broad world they must face as adults, thereby acquainting them with thv responsibilities that go along with adulthood. If one is to judge the ability to apply practicality to a situation as opposed to expounding the ory, then these students are better prepared to face life (See FETE page 8A) Shepard Pupils To Fete Retiring Principal Wed. James M. Schooler, Shepard Junior High School Principal and Mrs. Virgie Jones Davis, teacher will be honored by the Shepard Junior High School Modern Dance troupe, Wednes day, May 6, at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. The program entitled "Our Best To You," includes: "Be Still My Soul," "Mexican (Tea berry Shuffle)," and "Th e Blue Danube" which will be dedicated to the principal. Ded ications to Mrs. Davis include: "Let It Be Me," "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen," and "Life Goes On." Guest artists appearing on program are Joyce Peace, De nise Dailey, Deborah Kollack, Clarisse Lipscomb, Deedgra Fo zard, and Ronald Brown for mer Shepard students who are now currently enrolled in the Hillside High School Dance Group. Mrs. N. E. Boston, and Mrs. M. W. Miller are directress and co-directress of the troupe. -*« V-. ?"* « i GROUNDBREAKING CERE-, M 0 N Y Construction on a I 8550,000 dormitory complex at i Durham Business College got ' underway this past week with an official groundbreaking cere mony. This is the second dormi- j tory building project in a three j year period for the school. The new building will house > Local Bkck Banker Named To Advisory Committee, Nat'l Mortgage Association WASHINGTON - John H. Wheeler, President of Mecha nics and Farmers Bank of Dur ham, North Carolina, has been appointed to the 1970 General Advisory Committee of the Fe deral National Mortgage As sociation by FNMA President Oakley Hunter. Wheeler was also a membe of the 1969 committee. The purpose of the com mittee, as explained by Presi dent Hunter, is to advise the management of the corpora tion in all matters related to its activities in the field of housing and home finance. "The General Advisory Committee," President Hunter stated, "is composed of leading business executives from throughout the nation who serve without compensation. Their extensive knowledge end (See BANKER 8A) African Problems Myths Discussed In Studies Workshop Several aspects of the Black man's plight in Africa was dis cussed last Tuesday by an au thority on the subject during a social studies workshop on Afro-Amkrican Studies at Hill side Hioh School. The authority was Dr. J. Congress Mbata of Cornell Uni versity in New York, and a na tive of Johannasburg, South Africa. He pointed out that one of major problems in Africa is the fact that 12 1/2 million of the land while only 6 mil lion whites control 87 percent of the land and basically every thing else. Myths popular to Africa and its people were attacked and debunked by the visiting pro fessor. He cited specifically the "myth of cruelty", the idea (See STUDIES 8A) Words of Wisdom ★ When you folk you only soy something you know; whan you listen you learn what someone else knows. — Anonymous To know how to refuse is as important as to know how to consent. — Baltosar Gracian 208 students and will be a two , story brick, solite block and j concrete structure located di- j rectly across from the college's administration and classroom ! building on Fayetteville St. Participants in the ground- , breaking ceremony are from j left to right: C. A. Jefferson, I RECEIVES AWARD—Dr. How ard Fitts, North Carolina Cen tral University faculty member is shown receiving the James E. Shepard Hamilton Watch North Carolina Central Hosts United Nations Association Meet NEW DEAN Dr. Annette Lewis Phinazee, newly ap pointed! Dean of the Library School at North Carolina Cen tral University, poses before the columns of the Universi ty's James E. Shepard Libra ry. PRICE: 20 Cent* i Chairman of Business Adminis tration Department: Mrs. L. JL Harris. President: J. W. Hill. : College Administrator; and P. jD. Harrison, Chairman of De partment of secretarial Sci ence. Chairman of Department | Secretarial Science. (Staff Photo by Woodar'i: Award, the highest honor ex tended by the University on Awards Day. (Photo by Elliott) John W. Haider man, H. R. Lieberman, and Dr. Shephard Jones will serve as panelists on "The Middle East and the United Nations Association on May 6. The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be held, according to custom, on the campus of North Caro lina Central University. The Fall meeting is traditionally held at Duke University. The dinner meeting in the NCCU cafeteria is being planned by Mrs. Leonard H. Robinson and Mrs. Daniel G. Sampson, NCCU faculty mem bers. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Sampson are in charge of arrangements and resenatioM. Haider man, Lieberman, and Dr. Jones represent the faculties of three universities (See GROUP paga 8A)
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