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VOLUME 49 No. 19
Plans Now Are AvaiUtble For Uniting Nine Denominations
WOMEN'S COUNCIL CALLS FOR BLACK WOMAN'S DAY
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A FORMAL COMMITMENT to
lease a total of 43,350 square
feet of office space in the Citi
zens Trust Company building
In Atlanta, Georgia was an
nounced by General Services
Administrator Robert Kunzig.
Present in Washington for the
Citizens Trust Gets Committment Lease
30,350 Square Feet Of New Building
One Of The Most
Modern To Be
Developed by Race
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Atlanta City Councilman Q. V.
Williamson today hailed the
formal commitment made by
the General Services Adminis
tration to Citizens Trust Com
pany, a wholly Black-owned
Atlanta firm, to lease 30,350
square feet of office space.
Williamson said that the
five-year lease with option to
renew for an additional five
years now being formalized
with GSA Administrator Ro
bert Kunzig, is "the most signi
ficant action, from the stand
point of business, that any
Administration has ever taken
to assist growth and economic
development in the Black com
munity."
The space, located in a 12-
story bank building, one of the
most modern to be developed
by Blacks in this country,
will be occupied by the South
east Regional Training Center
of the Internal Revenue Serv
ice. Previously, GSA has leased
12,00 feet of SDace in the
(See BUILDING pafe 2A)
$25,400 Goes
To A&T Prof
For Research
GREENSBORO - A $25,
400 research grant to conduct
atmospheric studies on the cri
tical metal uranium was award
ed Tuesday to a professor in
the School of Engineering at
A&T State University.
Dr. Reginald L. Amory,
dean of the school, said the
one-year study will be conduct
ed by Dr. B. M. Botros with
funds awarded by the Union
Carbide Corporation. A&T
has been granted a special li
cense from the state for the
handling of the uranium.
Botros' research will be con
cerned with the effect of sur
face treatment on rate of re
action of gases with uranium.
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion, which let the original con
tract for Botros' study to
Union Carbide, is greatly inte
(Sec RESEARCH page 2A)
announcement were: (left to
right) Clarence L. Townes, Jr.,
Assistant to the Chairman, Re
publican National Committee;
Dr. C. R. Yates, Chairman of
the Board, Citizens Trust Com
pany; Joel Stokes, Vice Presi-
First Calvary to
Pay Honor to
Mothers Sun.
First Calvary Baptist Church
will pay tribute to the mothers
of the church Sunday in a
special program, "Honoring
Motherhood", in which the
women will take the lead.
At the 11:00 A.M. Worship
hour, Miss Ruby 3. Grissom,
a teacher of the Lyon Park
Elementary School for a num
ber of years and who has
contributed largely to the suc
cess of many families in that
school and church community,
will deliver the Mother's Day
message. She will be presented
by a former pupil, Mrs. Clau
dine D. Lewis.
Music for the occasion will
be furnished by Mrs. A. L.
Thompson who will dedicate a
(Sec HONOR pif« 2A)
St. Paul's President To Retire Post After
20 Years Of Service
LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. -
Dr. Earl Hampton McClenney
announced today "a firm deci
sion to retire" -- after serving
over 20 years as president of
Saint Paul's College here -- "at
the earliest practical date."
Dr. McClenney first advised
the college's Boare of Trus
tees of his desire to relinquish
his arduous post in late 1967 f
His present decision was
made known to the board at it&
annual meeting on April 3 and
the members then agreed with
reluctance to accept it. The
board has transmitted to Presi
dent McClenney a "resolution
of profound gratitude "for his
"devoted and loyal service ...
for the benefit of the college."
(Complete text of resolution
below).
Previously, at the urgings of
trustees and numerous others,
including high officials of the
Episcopal Church, with which
Saint Paul's is affiliated, Dr.
McClenney has twice deferred
retirement, the second time to
September 1970 or sooner if a
successor was selected before
Chi t Eums
dent, Citizens Trust Company;
Robert J. Brown, Special As
sistant to the President; Lori
mer D. Milton, President, Citi
zens Trust Company and Rob
ert Kunzig, Administrator, Gen
eral Services Administration.
CHAPEL HILL LAD IS NAMED TO
N. C. GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR 1970
LAURINBURG - It was
announced here this week that
Scotland County will have two
representatives at the Gover
nor's School to be held in
Winston-Salem this summer.
John Frederick Dunn, 16-
year-old son of Dr. and Mrs.
James R. Dunn, will attend
the school and specialize in
the field of natural science.
John is president of his class
at Scotland High and is one of
its leading pupils. He is a Boy
Scout. His father is a local
surgeon.
Kenneth Edmonds, 16, and
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Edmonds of Chapel Hill is a
pupil of Laurinburg Institute
who will attend the school.
His field is mathematics. Ken
neth is a member of the junior
varsity basketball team and al
so a member of Alpha Kappa
fraternity. He is a freshman at
the institute.
The Governors School for
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then.
Informed sources indicated
agreement was reached tnat Dr.
McClenney's retirement would
not be effective prior to Sep
tember 1, 1970. He was in
vited, it was further learned,
to be available thru the early
fall as a consultant for the
administrative transition and
the important sessions of the
Triennial Episcopal Church
General Convention in Hous
ton, Texas, next October, and
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1970
25 Million Mem
May Result From Efforts
COCU Expects
Completion of
Move By 1972
PRINCETON, N. J. - A de
tailed plan for uniting nine
American denominations in
one 25 million member church
is now available for study by
the churches and the general
public, the Consultation on
Church union (COCU) an
nounced.
An initial press run of 100,
000 copies of the document
which could form the basis for
the "Church of Christ Uniting"
has been completed, COCU
said. Orders are being filled.
Participating churches in CO
CU include:
African Methodist Episcopal
(See PLANS page 2A)
Gifted students was begun
during the administration of
Governor Terry Sanford in
1863 and is designed to give
gifted high school students of
junior and senior rank oppor
tunity to study in their special
areas.
Kenneth's father is principal
(See SCHOOL pace 2A)
EDMONDS
to assist with the completion
of the institutional self-study
for the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools a re
quirement every ten years for
re-accreditation.
Dr. McClenney has the
board's alternative proposal
under study, it was learned,
but has not modified his plan
for "earliest possible" retire
ment. From another authori
tative source it was learned
that he is seriously considering
another major position within
the Episcopal Church's pro
gram of Christian higher educa
tion, involving a number of in
stitutions.
Meanwhile, a committee
authorized by the Trustee
Board to canvass for prospec
tive successors and recommend
one or more candidates to the
full board, which has final
elective authority, is known to
have interviewed several out
standing persons. To date, no
official word is available as
to its progress. This committee
includes representatives of
(See RETERES page 2A)
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THE PRESIDENT PRESIDES—
Dr. Roee Butler Browne (2nd
from left) newly elected Presl
dfent of the Durham YWCA
Board of Directors presided at
a joint meeting of the Board
of Directors and the Harriet
Tubman Branch Committee on
Administration at a dinner
N.CJH. VP Addresses
Business, Professional labor Club
Speaking at the 16th Anni
versary Banquet of the "Busi
ness, Professional & Labor
Men's Club" in Wilmington
today, William J. Kennedy, 111,
Senior Vice President of the
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, stated,
"When the educational, politi
cal, and social opportunities
afforded by the black revolu
tion are examined on balance,
it becomes eminently clear
that we have lost sight of the
necessity of economic develop
ment as the touchstone for
meaningful, long range growth
and progress. I do not intend
to minimize the value and
meaning of. the right to an
equal education, the need for
representation in government
on every level and the necessity
of sustained efforts in the
social spheres. But, the name
11 the game in the market place
FSU LIBRARY RECEIVES
GRANT—North Carolina's State
Beautician's and Cosmetolo
gist's Association, meeting at
its 31st annual convention in
Fayelteville, gave Fayettevil'e
meeting at the Branch.
Also, at this meeting reports
were given by the four dele
gates to the National YWCA
Convention held earlier this
month in Houston, Texas.
Those representing Durham
in Houston, were: Dr. Rose
Butler Browne, Mrs. Evelyn
KENNEDY
is money. There is no doubt
in my mind that all of these
opportunities for blacks will be
accelerated if, at the same
time, we not only improve the
income levels of black people
through increased job oppor
State University a stipend to
be used in the Charles W.
Chestnutt Library. Mrs. Mar
garet W. Minor, left, makes the
presentation to Mrs. X. R.
Smith, FSU Librarian With
Words of Wisdom
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He who asks a question is a fool for five min
utes; he who does not remains a fool forever.
—Confucius
A man has to live with himself, and he should
see to it that he always has good company.
—Charles Evans Hughes
Drake, Miss Dorothea Burton
and Mrs. Marie Torian.
Some 2800 delegates at the
National Convention passed res
olutions concerning vital issues
of the d'ay such as pollution
war in Viet Nam. Racial Jus
tice, etc.
(Photo by Purefoy)
tunities but assure control of
funds through the creation and
development of more and
bigger black enterprises."
"Only last week," he con
tinued, "I read where Repre
sentative Henry Frye from
Greensboro, expressed his dis
appointment that more blacks
are not running for political of
fice. I submit that the reason
more blacks are not running
for the state legislature is eco
nomic-not educational or soc
ial. For, how many blacks can
afford to leave their primary
occupation for six months and
go to Raleigh to occupy a seat
in the state legislature after
they have won it?"
"A recent Department of
Labor study indicated that the
median family income for Ne
groes in 196P was about
$5,400.00 or 60% of the white
(See ADDRESSES page 2A)
them are G-r) Mrs. Georgia
Owens, Convention Chairman:
Robert Hannon, Director o£ De
velopment at Fayetteville State
Un>v ersity.
PRICE: 20 Cents
Council fo Also
Commemorate
Group Founder
WASHINGTON - Black
mothers cannot afford the lux
ury of accepting idly the cus
tomary idolization of Mother's
Day when the uncertainty of
their children's future calls for
united social action, according
to one spokesman.
This is given as the reason
the National Council of Negro
Women call for the observance
of the annual day of maternal
devotion as "Black Woman's
Day", and the week following
as a period commemorating the
life of the late Dr. Mary Mc-
Leod Bethune, the Council's
founder who died May 18,
1955.
Miss Dorothy I. Height, Na
tional President of the National
Council of Negro Women was
joined by the heads of some of
the Council's member national
organizations and also Con
gresswoman Shirley Chisholm
(Dem,, New York) and Mrs.
Elizabeth D, Koontz, Director,
Women's Bureau, Department
of Labor, in a call to America's
black women to utilize the
week of May 10 - 17 to mo
bilize for the creation of a new
image of womanpower at work
by joining the National Coun
(Seo COUNCIL page 2A)
Rev, J. Barnes
Retires Post at
Hillside High
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RCV. BAKNIS
Rev. J. W. Barnes, a social
studies teacher at Hillside High
School for the past twenty
years will retire from the teach
ing profession at the close of
this school year, H was an
nounced here this week. He is
well known in the educational
and religious circles of the Dur
ham area.
Rev. Barnes has accepted
the pastorate of the Shiloh
Baptist Church of Wilmington,
North Carolina. He and his
family will move to Wilming
ton about the middle of June.
He is a well known Ameri
can and World History teacher
at Hillside High -School, where
he now serves as department
coordinator. In the educational
circles Rev. Barnes has served
as President of the N. C. Coun
cil of Social Studies Teachers,
and as President of the Durham
Teachers Association.
As a minister, he has held
pastorates at Pin* Grove Bap
tist Church of Oeedmoor and
Terrell Creek Baptist Church of
Chapel Hill where he led in the
erection of a new edifice at
each place. Also the member
ship of both churches almost
(See BARNES page 2A>