Words of Wisdom
There are people who, if they ever reach
heaven, will commence at once looking for their
own »et. — Josh Billing M
We cannot well do without our sini; they are
the highway of our virtue.
—Henry David Thoreou
VOLUME 49 No. 35
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N. C. Teaching Specialist Joins
Staff of Education Laboratory
Mrs. Jacqueline Westcott, a
specialist in teaching techni
ques with the North Carolina
State Commission on Higher
Education Facilities, Raleigh,
has joined the staff of the Re
gional Education Laboratory
for the Carolinas and Virginia
(RELCV).
RELCV President Everett
H. Hopkins said Mrs. Westcott
will be a program associate in
the laboratory's junior and
community college division.
Her primary responsibility will
be to assist college teachers in
individualizing their classroom
instruction.
A&T Graduate to Direct UNC-G
Special Student Services Project
GREENSBORO - An A&T
State University graduate his
been hired as director of a
Special Services Project de
signed to provide assistance to
disadvantaged students at the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, Chancellor Jame*
S. Ferguson announced today.
He is Ernest Griffin, who
since Nov. 24, 1969 has been
project director of Operation
Mainstream, a Labor Depart'
ment program offered through
the Guilford County Economic
Opportunity Council.
Before heading of Opera
tion Mainstream, Griffin was a
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RATID IN VIITNAM Lt.
Colonel Harvey D. Williams,
(right), won eight (8) decora
tions during a recently com
pleted 12 months tour of duty
in the Republic of Vietnam
while serving as Battalion
Commander of a Field Artillery
Battalion and Deputy M of »
Corp* sized Field Force.
Colonel Williams was the
recipient of the highly coveted
Legion of Merit for exception*
MRS. WISTCOTT
The laboratory's junior and
community college division is
working with a three-state con
sortium of 17 two-year colleges
to improve instruction.
A native of North Carolina,
Mrs. Westcott was graduated
with honors from Fayetteville
Slate University in 1951. She
has done graduate study at
Johns Hopkins University and
received her M.A. degree in
curriculum media from North
Carolina Central University in
1969.
Mrs. Westcott has had 14
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MUFFIN
, ally meritorius service while
, serving In consecutive positions
, of great responsibility. In ad
. dition, he was awarded the
. Gallantry Cross with Silver
r Star by the Government of the
! Republic of Vietnam for hero
i ism during combat, the Bronze
> Star for exceptionally merito
t rious achievement in fire sup
port coordination during the
, battle of Dak Seang, and 5 Air
I Medals for exceptionally meri
. torious schievement during
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"11/on7 it Damn About
Whe Federal Law "... Gresham,
NCCU Law School Receives Award
Only 9 Schools
Have Achieved
Similar Honors
The Law Students Division
of the American Bar Associa
tion its Annual Convention
August 10-14, 1970 St. Louis,
Missouri awarded a plague to
the School of Law, North
Carolina Central University in
recognition of Outstanding
Membership Achievement. The
American Bar Association
awards plagues to those law
schools whose membership in
the Law Student Division is
70% or more of its school
enrollment. Of the 145 Ameri
can Bar Associations approved
law schools in the United
States, only nine law schools
have achieved this honor.
The plague was awarded to
the School of Law of North
Carolina Central University at
the Annual Banquet, Tuesday
evening, August 11, 1970.
John Jacob Astor IV built
four of the largest hotels in
New York before he died is
1912.
100 Black Raleigh
Women Form Investment Corp.
RALEIGH A group of
more than 100 black business
men and women in the Raleigh
community have pooled their
talents and money to form
Investron's Incorporated. The
organization is an outgrowth
of The Raleigh Business and
Professional League now
headed by Dr. King V. Cheek,
Jr. President of Shaw Univer
sity.
Cheek said that the corpo
ration grew out of a strong
desire by concerned Black en
trepreneurs who were in
terested in boosting the eco
nomy of Raleigh's Black citi
zens, and making opportuni
ties available for Blacks in-
i aerial flight. He is shown re
i ceiving congratulations from
Brigadier General C. M. Hall.
Colonel Williams is married
' to the former Miss Mary E.
i Glenn of Rougemont and is
■ the son of Mrs. Addie M. Wil
! liams, 1603 Fayetteville St.,
■ Durham, and the late Matthew
. D. Williams. He is a gradmMe
i of Hillside High School ('46)
r and West Virginia State Col
- lege ('SO).
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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1970
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STATI AND CITY OFFICIALS
AT CHURCH CONFAB—When]
the quadrennial sessions of the
General Convention on Christ
ian Education and) Christian
Youth Assembly of the AMEZ
Church met at Livingstone
College recently, an array of
state and city officials were
terested in the business world.
Investron's Inc. intends to
make loans available to strug
gling young black businessmen
and women and invest in other
ventures which will strongly
improve the economy of the
Black community of Raleigh.
The first meeting of the
Initial Board of Directors of
Investron's Inc. took place on
August 12, 1970. Board mem
bers are: Purdie Anders; Dr.
King V. Cheek, Jr.; Harold E.
High; Dr. N. M. McMillan;
Durham County Register of
Deeds Bars Mixe
Reports brought to the of
fice of the Carolina Times here
Tuesday afternoon that A. J.
Gresham, Register of Deeds
of Durham County, hu
again refused to issue license to
a couple because of race prov
ed valid here later in the day
when the office of the regis
ter was questioned about the
matter by telephone.
When it was again called to
Gresham's attention that the
federal law gave U. S. citizen*
the right to marry Irrespective
of race, creed or color, the re
gister's reply was "I don't give
a damn about the federal law"
and slammed the receiver in
the face of the newspaper re
presentative.
The first such case of the
Durham County Court or Gre
sham's office came to light
several months ago when the
local office refused to issue
marriage license to a couple for
similar reasons, and they were
forced to go to Virginia to ob
tain same where they were
thereafter happily married.
North Carolina's largest
school district, Charlotte-
Mecklenburg, has been grant
ed until Sept. 0 to institute a
desegregation plan requiring
the busing of about 20,000 of
its 83,000 students.
on hand to welcome the 1,200
delegates. Shown here are left
to right: Louis J. Harrison,
President of the Salisbury-Ro
wan Chamber of Commerce;
Ozell K. Beatty, Councilman
and Livingstone College Profes
sor; Lieutenant Governor H.
Patrick Taylor. Jr., Wadesboro;
Attorney Samuel S. Mitchell;
John V. Parham; Oscar S.
Smith, Jr.; Cleon F. Thomp
son; William H. Ward and Dr.
John W. Winters. It was at this
meeting that acting officers
were elected and the books
were opened to welcome addi
tional shareholders.
Some 100 additional share
holders were welcomed, pur
chasing at least one share of
stock and some shareholders
as many as two and three.
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NIW BASIL BUS Jamas S.
Avery (right) of Scotch Pkdns, i
New Jersey receives congratu- 1
lation son being elected Grand
Basileus of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraterenity from the outgoing
head of the fraternity, Ellis,
F. Corbett of Greensboro. Mr.
Avery, a public relations man-
The Rev. Harlee H. Little, Di-'
rector of Development and
Convention Coorditator; Salis
bury Mayor Paul Leake Bern
hardt, and Dr F. George Ship
man, Livingstone College Presi
dent. The two groups held 1 a
week-long meeting on the Salis
bury campus.
LAST RITES HELD
IN N. Y. MON. FOR
L. SOUTHERLAND
Funeral services for Lafay
ette Southerland. 59, formerly
of Durham were hi.ld Monday
at 1 p.m. at the White Funnral
Home in Brooklyn, N. Y,
Southerland attended public
schools in Durham, and was a
member of White Rock Bap
tist Churlh.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Connie Truitt Rob
inson; his mother, Mrs. Eva
Southerland of Durham; two
brothers, Horace and William
Southerland! Jr.; three sisters,
Mrs. Gladys S. Kregg, Miss
Alma Ruth Southerland and
Miss Virginia Southerland; and
a stepson.
ager for Humble Oil and Re
fining Company will preside
over the 45,000 brotherhood
during the 1970-71 year. Mr.
Corbett who served two terms
as Grand Basileus is Director
of Development for North Car
olina A&T University.
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Housing Aulh.
Charged With
Discrimination
The Durham Housing
Authority has to prepare a de
fense for charges that is prac
tices racial discrimination and
that it approves of racial dis
crimination in the past.
The charges come from
within the Authority's ranks,
from Commissioners Artis
Plummer and E. V»\ Midgette.
Both are Black men.
The Board of Commis
sioners will take up the
charges at the next regular
meeting.
Midgette and Plummer, who
serve on a board with three
other Commissioners (all
white), issued a statement at
last week's meeting. The state
ment specifically concerned a
new proposal to re-structure
the Authority's operations.
(See HOUSING SA)
Fisher Memorial Host to Annual
i Convocation of Western N, C.
The first annual convoca
tion of the Western North
Carolina Convocational Dis
trict of the United Holy
Church of America will con
vene at Fisher Memorial
United Holy Church, 420 East
Piedmont Avenue, Sunday,
September 6-13. Bishop A. W.
Lawson is the host pastor.
The new district, which in
cludes the Western Central and
Sanford Districts was pro
claimed December 10, 1969
by Bishop W. M. Strobhar,
General President of the
United Holy Church, accord
ing to the law passed in 1967
by the general church.
The following executive of
ficers will be installed by
Bishop Strobhar on Monday,
September 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Bishop A. W. Lawson, Preri
dent; Bishop N. M. Midgette,
Vice President and Dr. James
4 AMEZ Boards
To Hold Meets
In 1971 and 72
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bi
■hop F. S. Anderson, secretary,
Board of Bishops, A.M.E.
Zion Church, announced here
this week that four national
meetings of the denomination
had been set for 1971 and
1972.
The Board of Bishops and
the Ministers' & Laymen's As
sociation will meet in Tampa,
Florida, Janutiry 1971. The
quadrennial session of the Wo
man's Home & Foreign Mia
sionary Society will convene in
Buffalo, N. Y... The Connec
tional Council 1971 meeting
will procede the meeting of
the women, by three days, in
the New York Oty.
The Gbneral Conference is
slated for Mobile, Ala., May
1972. This will be the flrrt
time that the law -making body
has met in the deep south
for wuite sometime. According
to Rev. M. H. Strickland, pa»-
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Teamer, Assistant to the Presi
dent.
Other Bishops, general
officers of the United Holy
Church, along with outstand
ing civic representatives, will
participate in the installation
service.
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