St..Joseph "s Trustees Vote Priority Stand
TWO BOYS FOREST HILLS CREEK DROWNING VICTIMS
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OFF TO BAPTIST ALLIANCE
Shown boarding plane Friday,'
July 10 for Tokyo, Japan, en- |
route to The World Baptist
84-Year-old Bethue-Cookman
Brad Wants To
Commutes 156
Miles Each Day
For Ten Years
DAYTONA BEACH FLA,-
A recent Bethune-Cookman
College graduate from the class
of 1970 joined the ranks of job
seekers this month. Elijah Love
joy Brown of Ocala at 84 is the
schools history.
The foreign language major
wants to teach Spanish. He said
"I know I can do it because I
had no trouble keeping up with
the youngsters in classes."
For two years he commuted
156 miles a day from Ocala to
Daytona Beach in a 10 year
old car. "I was determined to
make it this time," Brown said
He explained that his educat
ion had been interrupted many
times since 1911.
Completing the eleventh
(See GRAD page 8A)
43 Masonic Grand
Meet In Boston, August 12-16
Schedule to Make Tenth-Year
Pilgrimage to Founder's Grave
TULSA, Oklahoma For
ty-three Grand Masters of
Prince Hall Masonry, represent
ing 400,000 of their brethren
in the USA, Bahamas, Central
and South America and por
tions of Asia and Europe, will
gather in Boston, August 12 to
16 in their tenth-year pilgrim
age to the grave of their
founder, Prince Hall, according
to announcement by Judge
Amos T. Hall, Tulsa, execu
tive secretary of the conference
of Grand Masters, Prince Hall
Church Seeks to Purchase Land
Near or Adjoining Its Property
In a meeting held hero Mon
day niyht by the trustees of
St. Joseph's A M. E. Church,
it was voted unanimously that
the church would not surrend 1 -
er its right of priority to the
purchase of additional land
near or in its vicinity.
On several occasions efforts
have been made by the church
to purchase additional land ad
joining the present structure
to be used for much needed
additional parking area and
play ground space. Presently
the grounds or additional land
are being held by the Urban
Renewal or Redevelopment
Alliance to be held there arc
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Crews. Rev. E. T. Browne, Pas-j
tor, Mount Vernon Baptist
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Masons of America. Head
quarters will be the Parker
House.
Aside from laying of a
wreath upon the grave of
Prince Hall, who with four
teen other Negroes in 1775,
was the first Negro to be ad
mitted into the Masonic organi
zation in America, Dr. Hall
says they will have other dut
ies. These will include as they
declare in the announcement
"to plan together wavs and
(See MASONIC page 8A)
Commission to be sold or leased
to a proposed shopping center.
It was the unanimous opin
ion of the trustees and others
present, that St. Joseph's, be
cause of its more than 100-year
location, should have priority
in he purchase of additional
land over that of a commercial
structure.
In addition to members of
the trustee board, several
members present expressed the
feeling that St. Joseph's should
take a stand for its right to
purchase the much needed
i land, even if it meant an ap
i (See ST. JOSEPH'S 8A)
Church and Dr. Rose Butler
Browne, wife of the pastor.
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MISS BULLOCK
Paintings by Local
Artist on Display at
UNC Student Union
Paintings by Mable C. Bul
lock of Durham are now on
exhibit at the Gallery of the
Carolina Student Union at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and the show
will be up until August 15,
1970.
The Carolina Union is lo
cated at Raleigh Street and
South Road.
The hours are: Sunday 11
a.m. • 11 p.m.; Monday
through Friday 7:30 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. •
12:00 p.m.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Miss Bullock teaches Art at
(See ARTIST page 8A)
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VOLUME 49 No. 29
formal Opening Of Church
Homes Held At
Two Ministers
Join Hands to
Build Project
THOMASVILLE - 1964
was a desperation and anxiety
for the black people of Tho
masville, North Caorlina. Mass
demonstrations 'and a list of
demands presented to the £ity
council failed to produce any
results that could be seen.
Housing was listed as the num
ber one problem and was
described as the root of the
social problems.
After many discussions in
City Hall that failed to pro
duce results, First Baptist
Church, Church Street of
Thomasville, voted to attack
the housing problem in 1965.
The church was guided by theii
minister, Reverend W. E.
Banks, who at that time was
also the State Director of
Youth Work for NAACP. St.
John's United Methodist
Church, under the leadership
of Reverend Glenn Brooks,
joined hands with First Bap
tist and the two churches be
came involved in the 221D3
rent supplement housing pro
gram.
There was a multitude of
obstacles that had to be over
come. These included over
coming hostilities of the citi
(See MINISTERS page 8A)
Omegas to Hold
Annual Meet in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -The
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania will be
the scene of the 53rd Grand
Conclave of the Omega Psi-Phi
Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, inter
nationally known educator and
minister, will be featured along
with forty (40) voices at the
worship service Sunday morn
ing, August 2, 1970, at Point
State Park.
"Omega Meets the Public"
is scheduled for Sunday,
August 2 in the Grand Ball
Room of the hotel 1:30 to
4:30 P.M. Some twelve (12)
organizations working with and
in the Black community will be
represented. This new feature
is designed to hear from the
public what Omega Men can
do in the whole question of
"Black Awareness."
Samuel C. Jackson, Assis
tant Secretary for Metropoli
tan Planning and Development
and General Assistant Secre
tary in The United States De
partment of Housing and Ur
ban Development, along with
Abaaham S. Venable, Director
of The Office of Minority
Business Interprise of The De
partment of Commerce, will be
featured at the Symposium
scheduled for Tuesday, Au
gust 4 centered around the sub-'
ject "The Government and The
Ghetto."
Secretary Jackson will speak
from the subject 'The Govern
ment and The Ghetto" as it
relates to housing. Director
(See OMEGAS page 8A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1970
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THOMASVILLE CHURCH, REV. BANKS (Instt)
36-Voorhees Stude
For Dormitory Rio
face Five-Year
Prison Term
If Convicted
. BAMBERG, S. C. - Thirty
six Black students from Voor
hees college in Denmark, S. C.
went on trial here this week
for alledgedly 'rioting' during
an administration building
takeover list year.
As the trial began, support
ers of the students' efforts to
make the Episcopal-run school
a relevant Black educational in
stitution for its student body
of 800 Blacks issued an urgent
appeal for financial contribu
tions to help offset high legal
fees.
The alledged action took
place on April 29, 1969. At
that time, 75 students took
over the building and presented
a list of demands to then col
lege president John F. Potts.
The proposals called for nu
merous changes including a
Black studies program and
higher wages for janitorial, ca
fateria and other non-academic
school employees.
Potts agreed to the de
mands, affixing his signature.
(See STUDENTS page 8A)
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SCARBOROUGH NURSERY
SCHOOL CONTESTANTS
Scarborough Nursery School
Parent Club Contest for King
and Queen of Nurseryland re
cently given at Pearson School
was very successful. Orlando
Holeman, (center), reporting
the highest amount raised, was
Vivian Parks Accepts Position As
United States Fund Planning Chairman
Vivian Parks has accepted
the position of chairman for
the United Fund's Planning
Committee, according to an
announcement made by fund
President William A. Clements.
Mr. Clements, stated, "To
have a competent person, of
Mr. Parks calibre combined
with his vast knowledge of the
needs and desires of the com
munity is indeed an asset to
the United Fund and comm
unity as a whole.
The Committee, an Ad Hoc
group for the present, will func
ion as an advisory, priority-set
ting body which will help the
local fund revise, rechannel and
strengthen its objectives in
order to meet the needs of the
entire community-both public
and private, Clements said.
As Chairman, Parks will be
a member of the United Fund's
Executive Committee and will
begin recruiting members of
the Planning Group immediate
ly. -
The Committee's primary
purpose, Parks said, is to re
view Durham City and County
as a whole; isolate needs in the
social, health and welfare areas;
pinpoint those needs in the
Fund and its agencies, and to
crowned King. Ricky Morrison
was runner-up. Both contest
ants received $25 United States
Savings Bonds.
Betty Page reported the
highest amount for girls and
was crowned "Queen of Nur
seryland." Linell Allen and
Tiffany Parker were the run
PRICE: 20 Centa
establish financial priorities
within the organization's bud
getary powers.
In principle, the chairman
noted, the body will function
similarly to the Durham Com
munity Planning Council. The
council, no longer active, had
as its objective the dual pur
pose of planning for better
social services in the comm
unity by coordinating existing
services.
Currently, however, the com
mittee has few guideline, Parks
said, which dictate its final
structure.
"Essentially," he said, "what
we will be doing is planning to
meet the social needs of a grow
ing community through effect
ive planning. Any policy we re
commend will be subject to the
United Fund's approval
through action by its Board of
Directors.
When a locale is served by
several private social help
agencies, he explained, there
may occur a duplication of
services and ultimately a com
munity problem may go un
touched because each of these
agencies becomes involved only
with its own objectives and by
laws.
(See PARKS page 8A)
ncrs-up. The girls received val
uable prizes.
The above picture shows the
winners. From left to right
they are as follows: Orlando
Holeman. Tiffany Parker, Bet
ty Page, Linell Allen and Rickv
Morrison.
(Photo by Purefoy)
Double Funeral
Held Wed. at
Local Church
Double funeral services were
held Wednesday, July 15 at
3 00 p. m„ Bethel Tabernacle
for William Bowns, Jr., 9, of
813 Carrington St., and Orphe
us Rand, also 9, of 803 South
St. whose bodies were recover
ed Saturday morning from the
creek at Forest Hills Park after
they were reported missing
Friday night by their parents
The two young boys were re
ported missing after they had
gone to play in the park.
Bowns* father found his son's
body about 8:00 a.m. Satur
day morning near the bridge
where Roxboro Street crosses
the creek near the park.
Members of the Durham Fire
Department recovered th e
Rand boy's body underneath
the bridge where East Forest
Hills Boulevard crosses the
creek, about one-half mile
north of where the first boy's
body was recovered.
Police theorized that the two
boys were wading and playing
in the swollen waters caused
by the torrential rains in the
area Friday afternoon and
were probably swept down tre
creek by the fast current and
drowned. Their bodies were
caught in debris under the
bridges.
Debris caused by the rising
waters was strewn along a 100-
foot path along the creek which
flooded over quickly when
drainage from the uptown area
caused the creek to spill over
onto the surrounding lawland.
First reports indicated that
four young boys were lost, but
parents of the other two boys
later told 1 police that they were
accounted for.
National Ushers
Association to
Meet in Seattle
The National United Church
Ushers Association of America,
Inc. will convene July 27th
through July 31st at the Olym
pic Hotel - Seattle, Washing
ton .... Fourth and Seneca
Streets.
Theme: "Creativity and In
novation."
"One-cent A Week" given
by each usher has established a
scholarship fund of $30,000
- which was proposed by the
association's fifth president, R.
E. Harshaw - Memphis, Ten
nesee. National President Ray
mond A. Smith will award four
scholarships to the first,
second, third and fourth place
winners in Essay writing. The
Association has sixteen young
people in college who are re
ceiving support from this fund.
Over 1000 church ushers
(See USHERS page 8A)
Resolutions by
NAACP Cover
Whole CR Field
CINCINNATI The 2.344
delegates attending the 61st
annual convention of the N»>
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
here, June 29 through July 3,
adopted a series of resolutions
covering all aspects of the As
sociation's many-faceted at
tack upon racial discrimina
tion and ranging from foreign
affairs to internal organisation'
al matters.
Foreign Affairs: The dele
gates re-affirmed the role o!
the NAACP as "primarily a
civil rights organization." How.
ever, they went beyond pre
vious declarations calling for
"the speediest measures to
withdraw American troops
from Vietnam."
Drug Addiction: A resolution
proposed the establishment by
the government of "a compre
hensive and centrally co-ordi
nated anti-narcotics p«ogram
(See RESOLUTIONS «A)