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Words of Wisdom When a man is old enough to do wrong, he should be old enough to do right also. —Oscar Wilde Education is not something to prepare you for life. It is a continuous part of life. —Henry Ford VOLUME 4ft No. 34 2 Ave Killed On Ems/- Wf.st **★★*★* * + + * N. C. STATE USHERS IN 46th ANNUAL CONVENTION I I * J%. y A GROUP OF MINISTERS of the AME Church dispalying a picture of the architect's draw ing of the new $400,000 stu dent union building now under construction at Kittrell Coif Fayetteville's Firs To Interdenominational Confab FAYETTEVILLE - The First Baptist Church of Moore Street at Ray Avenue of fayetteville will serve as host to the Forty-Sixth Annual Ses sion of the Interdenomination al Ushers Association of North Carolina August 20-23. Host Austin To Be Men's Day Speaker At Mt. Vernon August 30 One of the s ecial occasions at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church is the annual Men's Day Serv ice. The service will be held this year on Sunday, August 30, at 11:00 a.m. The speaker for the occasion is L. E. Aus tin, Editor of The Carolina Times. Editor Austin is widely known as a dynamic speaker. Mt. Vernon is the largest Baptist Church in the city. The pastor is the Rev. E. T. Browne. jjM mk I ft \t| a .....J jH ■pf*" - JH HIHkI HPHPRd B^-^H I I THC PRINCIPAL ADDRESS of the Retreat held at Kittrcll Col lege recently was delivered by Bishop E. D. Jordan, Director of Urban Minstry of the AME Church. Bishop Jordan is the son of the late Professor and lege. In the picture from left to right are Dr. Philip R. Cou sin, pastor of St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church; Dr. L. G. Hor ton, president of Kittrell; Bishop G. W. Baber, prelate of pastor is Rev. C. R. Edwards. The opening program, pre sided over by President Clifton Stone, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with devo tions led by Vice President J. D. Rooks, following the registration period which will open at 11:00 a.m. Recess and lunch will beat 1:30 p.m. Following the seating of delegates, the minutes of the previous annual session will be read by Mrs. Esther Haywood, secretary. Mrs. Louise Harvey will lead a discussion of the expansion program. She will be assisted by Mrs. Clara Ballen tine, Mrs. Marie Evans and President Clifton Stone. The Thursday evening ses- 1 sion will be presided over by Richard L. Cogdell, president of the Fayetteville Ushers Union. The welcome program will include remarks by Maroy Mrs. I). J. Jordan of Durban;. Prof. Jordan was a member of the faculty of North Carolina Cnetral Uniaasity for several years. (Photo by Purefoy) Che Cargjup Cteo I the Second Episocpal District; Bishop E. D. Jordan and Dr.. , Melvin Chester Swann, pastor ■ of Waters A. M. E. Church of Baltimore, Md. (Photo by Purefoy) Charles Holt; Rev. H. C. Halg ler, Pastor of the Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church. Other numbers on the program will be a solo by John W. McQueen. Welcome remarks will also be brought by Prof. E. E. Miller and Rev. Walter McLaurin. Two musical selections will be given by Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church with response by Prof. E. T. Artis of Durham. Vice President J. T. O'Neal will preside over the Friday morning session. At 10:15 a.m. (See USHERS page 8A) UDI Receives $300,000 Check To Help Start Builders Factory The United Durham, Inc. (UDI) has received a check for $300,000, but president Nilas Thompson says he is more con cerned now about some photo graphs. The $300,000 will help the UDI start a factory to build modular homes. These are factory-built houses that can be built sturdily and inexpen sively, thus helping solve the problem of finding homes for ownership bj low-income families. Thompson says UDl's housing consultant, M. L. Harris, and an industrial en gineer, Sam Jones, are at work on designing plant lay-out, lo- Local Youth Brings Soap Box Title To State For First Time By MARCIA WILLIAMS For the first time in Soap Box Derby history, North Carolina has a winner, Dur ham's Samuel Manor Gupton emerged from a field of 262 to win the 23rd All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio Saturday afternoon. His winning time was 27.22 seconds. Jtjt The thirteen-year-olw son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gupton will be in the eighth grade at Carrington Junior High 1)1 ritHA.M. N. ('., SATURDAY, AK.I ST 22 1970 Racial Justice Committee Calls For State Black Solidarity Day In Oxford Local Woman Stabs Man to Death Saturday The Durham Police Depart ment this week charged Annie Percell, 22, of 908 Halifax Lane with the butcher knife slaying of 24-year-old Larry Broadie of 1003 Ramseur St. Durham policeman D. J. Farmer said he went to 908 Halifax Lane at 1:43 a.m. Sat urday and found Broadie ly ing dead at the' bottom of the porch steps with a knife wound in the upper right chest. Farmer also stated in his report that he found Annie Percell in the residence and she told l him she stabbed Broadie with a butcher knife because he pushed her while she was standing in her front door, and then threatened her with a straight razor. Farmer reported' he found the butcher knife and an open straight razor near where th«fc, man had fallen. Durham detectives are con tinuing their investigation. Final rites for the slain man were held Wednesday, August 19, at Scarborough Funeral Chapel with the Reverend R. M. Rowdy, officiating. Survivors include: his moth er, Mrs. Dovie Hill; father, Willard Broadie; hi s step mother, Mrs. Frances Broadie; seven brothers; three sisters; ten aunts and seven uncles; one grandmother; one grand father, and a host of relatives and friends. eating a site for the enterprise and developing ways to trans port the homes to sites throughout North Carolina. "Yes, It took us a little longer than we expected to get the OEO check," Thompson said, "but our plans for the supermarket are pretty much on schedule." The UDI president said he is most concerned that Class A (low-income) UDI shareholders get their pictures taken some time during the next two weeks. "The pictures will be used for identification cards for the supermarket," Thompson (Soe UDI, page 8A) School this fall. In addition to the $7,500 scholarship, top prize in the derby, Gupton received the Ail-American trophy, an offi cial derby wrist watch, a jack et, a silk racing uniform, a camera and several other gifts. It was a good week for North Carolina Youth, who were more competitive than ever; before. Champions from Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Charlotte and Hickory won their first heats Saturday. A MINOR William H. Minor Jr. and Larry Long Meet Death Here Instantly William H. Minor Jr., 18, of 713 Buchanan Ave., and Larry R. Long, 19, of 1301 Jackson St., were killed Instantly late Saturday when they were hit by a car driven by Woodrow Wilson Walston, 23, of 1008 Colfax St., police said. The two were struck by the car as they walked along the East-West Expressway. According to police reports the Walston vehicle was travel ing east on the expressway and hit the two pedestrians W'IO were walking in the left hand lane just before mid 1 - ni ;ht. Wilson was charged with two ccunts of manslaughter in con- Thousands Salute Ailing ' Brown Bomber 'I With sls WHITE MASONS FRATERNIZE AT BOSTON MEET BOSTON A new prece dent was established in Ma sonic circles this week in Bos ton when top officials of white Masonry visited the Conference of Prince Hall Masons being held in Boston at the Parker House. Guests of the Conference of Grand Masters at their middav luncheon were Dr. Winthro k i Wetherbee, past master of St. And/e Lodge of Boston; Her bert H. Jaynes, grand master of Masons of Massachusetts; and George A. Newbury, sovereign (See MASONS, page 8A) | Raleigh champion, Joseph Edwards, Jr. was the first to check into Akron, making this the fifth consecutive year the Raleigh winner has been first. Six of the first 10 champs to check in were from North Carolina. Derby Week was high lighted by a "Banquet For Champions" at the University of Akron, a parade through downtown Akron and a parade around the track In which Lome Greene of "Bonanza" I LONG t nection with the accident, po ' lice reported. i The vehicle invloved, reg ! istered to Operation Break t through, suffered S3OO damage, r according to police. I Funeral service for Larry Long will be held Sunday, Au ! gust 23 at Mt. Sinai Baptist i Church in Orange County with Rev. A. T. Alston officiating. ; Burial \v#!l be in the church . cemetery. Rites for William Minor, Jr., i will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Morehead' Avenue Bap tist Church with Rev. B. A. Mack officiating. Burial will be in Glennview Memorial Park. DETROIT Joe Louis fans crowded Cobo Arena 12,000- strong Wednesday night to pay a tribute to the champion, who is "not down, but only on the ropes," according to the count, Billy Eckstine, a longtime friend of Louis. They paid prices ranging from $5 to SI,OOO per seat to make up a total box office of $150,000 for the benefit of the ailing champ, who was tempo rarily floored recently by an illness which caused his con finement to the Denver, Colo., Veteran Administration Hos pital for psychiatric treatment. Louis himself, was unable to attend the tribute, ur.der advice of his physicians that the trip to Detroit "would not and Cazzie Russell of the New York Knicks participated. Upon their arrival home, Gupton and his family were welcomed by Mayor Wense Grabarek, The Curham City Council, Durham Javcees and several hundred Durham resi dents at City Ha.. Mayor Grabarek emphasized how proud Durham is of Gup ton and presented him the key to the city. It's Vacation Time Again! The Carolina Times will suspend pub lication for one issue Saturday, August 29 to allow its staff to take a vacation. Combines With SCLC in Struggle For Fairness in NC-Va. Courts OXFORD - The North Carolina-Virginia Committee for Racial Justice in concert with S.C.L.C. and other state wide organizations and leaders issue a call for a state-widr Black Solidarity Day in Ox ford, on Saturday, August 22, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Chavis Park, located on the Old Raleigh Road adjacent to the Black Orphanage in Ox ford. We make this urgent call in cooperation with the Steering Committee for Black Progress of Oxford, North Carolina in behalf of the strug gle of Black people in Oxford as well as in the state of North Carolina. JUSTICE IS DEAD IN NORTH CAROLINA Black people in North Caro lina have not received justice in the courts. Marie Hill, a Black sister \ sentenced to die in the gas chamber at 17 years old still awaits her execution. Robert Roseboro, a 16 year old Black brother is on death row at Central Prison. i Henry D, Marrow, a 23 year old Black brother recently brutally murdered, yet an all white jury found the accused (See OXFORD page BA, be in his best interests." Among the luminaries to appear on the program, billed as "A Salute to the Champ," was Bill Cosby, who recalled that Joe Louis was America's "first real black hero." Other celebrities present at ringside were Bill Russell, for mer basketball great, and Su gar Ray Robinson, former middleweight champion. The program was sponsored by the Motown Corporation, the theatrical agency and re cording company, which sup plied most of the talent for the »re LOUTS. 6A ■ ~i ■*»«-JM k> **Z3m |HI PRICE: 2fi Cento NEA Files Brief With High Court In Busing Case ""WASHINGTON D.C. - The National Education Associa tion today filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Su preme Court in the Charlotte, N.C., case which involves the extent to which elementary pupils may be bused to acheive desegregation. NEA is urging reversal of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision last May. The circuit court vacated an earlier Court in respect to desegregat ing the elementary schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Coun ty. The appeals court asserted (See BUSING raye BAj Times Business Manager is Given Leave of Absence BONNerrc Clarence F. Bonnette, busi ness manager of The Carolina Times, has been given a leave of absence to return to Bene dict College at Columbia, S. C. this fall, where he will continue studies toward a degree in Business Administration. Bonnette will return perio dically to his post during the school term. Upon completion of work at Benedict, he will return to his position with The Times. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. H. 0. Harvey of Orange burg. J9V LdUtt
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