Two Black Mayors To Speak In Durham September 19
Words of Wisdom
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I have never known a man who died from over
work, but many who died from doubt.
Mayo, M.D.
VOLUME 49 No. 36
Community Corp. Faces Operational Struggles To Survive
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Tenant Steering Committee
Supports Propose Change
Housing Auth. Personnel
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MEMBERS OF THI CORPORA
TION look on as lifeguard
vacuums swimming pool. Left
UOCI Comes To Aid Of Tenants
Of Damar Court
Residents of the Morreene
Road Community are completing
their third year of operating the
swimming pool at the housing pro
ject
This self-help project began in
October, 1967, when the Durham
Housing Authority announced
plans to convert the swimming
pool into a spray pool. Initially,
Damar residents were sparked by
the announcement to get together
and make plans for keeping the
swimming pool in operation under
the direction of residents.
A major reason for the resi
dents' eagerness to keep the pool
in operation is the isolation of the
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50TM DTI NURSING CLASS—
Seventeen women completed
the one- year practical nurse
education program offered by
Durham Technical Institute in
late August, thus becoming the
90th class to graduate from
the program since it was found
ed in 1048. All of the women
took their clinical training at
Duke Medical Center, and all
' to right are: Mrs. Catherine
Brown, Mrs. Patricia Stover,
Miss Gennie Mangum and Ger
Durham community, Damar resi
dent! felt a real need for recreation
facilities for all members of their
community.
The Durham Recreation Depart
ment turned down a request from
Damar Council members to run
the pool; recreation officials said
the particular kind of pool at Da
mar did meet the Department's
specifications.
During the summer of 1968,
the pool operated by a committee
made up of Damar residents and
members of the over-all Durham
community. The summer was a suc
cessful one, and profits from the
pool were used to pay for legal
but one havt joined the Duke
staff since graduation. Comple
tion of the D.T.I, course en
ables the students to take the
state examinaion leading to the
desigantion "licensed practical
nurse." Shown after graduation
ceremonies are, left to right,
first row: Miss Pat Smith, in
structor at DTI, Mra. Mary C.
Adams, presidtont of the N. C.
€bt CarSSpi Clm&
ald Garner. Not present are
William Foy, Betty Foy and l
Joyce Carrington.
work involved in getting a charter
for a new corporation. Assisted by
the Durham Legal Aid Clinic, the
Da mar group soon obtained a char
ter for a corporation which was to
be called the Damar Community
Recreation and Improvement Cor
poration. The Corporation is made
up of residents from Damar Court
and formerly the Duke Married
Student Housing Complex.
Incorporation meant that the
tenants were able to operate the
swimming pool. They also were en
abled to operate a laundromat,
which had been part of the deal
whereby the Housing Authority ao
(See COMMUNITY page 10X)
Licensed Practical Nurse Or
ganization, Miss Yvonne Landis
of Creedmoor, Mrs. Maxine
Owens of Durham, Mrs. Sandra
Upchurch of Durham, Miss
Beverly Beatty of Durham,
Mrs. Shirley Ford of Roxboro,
Miss Marilyn Blake of Durham,
Mrs. Eva Farrar of Chapel Hill,
Mras. Doris P. Crowder, execu
tive Secretary of the NCLPN
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1970
Favors Hiring of Black Deputy
Director and Executive Director
The Tenant Steering Com
mittee supports the proposed
changes of the Durham Hous
ing Authorities Personnel Poli
cies as presented by the two
Black Commissioners, E. W.
Midgette and Artis Plummer.
We agree that the plan propos
ed by the Durham Housing Au
thority is another case of mal
practice and discrimination
against Black people.
Our committee also sup
ports Charles Tillman in the
position he has taken in our in
terest, We believe that Tillman
is deliberately under fire from
Mrs. Asa T. Spaulding Chosen
To Receive '7O Carolinas Award
It was announced here this;
week by Milton Harrington,
president of Liggett and My
ers, Inc. that Mrs. Asa T. Spaul
ding has been chosen to re
ceive the 1970 Carolinas region
citation award presented by
the National Conference of
Christians and Jews. Harring
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MRS. SPAULDJNG
organization, and Mrs. Louise
J. Gooche, instructor at DTI.
Second row: Miss Gloria Webb
of Durtiam, Miss Agnes Mc-
Neill of Erwin, Miss Cynthia
Atkins of Durham, Mrs. Antoi
nette Dorsey of Durham, Miss
Veronica Mason of Rougemont,
Mrs. Lola Farrow of Chapel
Hill, Mrs. Queen Mcßae of
Durham, Miss Brenda K. Por
the Administration and the
chairman of the Commis
sioners. This action is mainly
due to this interests been un
justifiably mistreated had it not
been for Tillman's efforts. The
tenants at Damar Court are ap
preciative of his support in the
development of the first
Tenant Neighborhood Corpo
ration in the country.
The reason the Tenant
Stewing Committee has not
met with Oldham is due to his
negative attitude and his un
willingness to honestly arrange
(See HOUSING page 10A)
i; ~ n will serve as chairman of
*i presentation dinner to be
held in her honor October 6
at which time Brooks Hayes,
chairman of the Governor's
Good Neighbor Council will be
guest speaker.
Dr. David Hyatt of Now
(See AWARD page 10A)
HARRINGTON
ter of Murfreesboro, Mrs. An
nie Bell Howard of Durham,
Mrs. Lois Boone of Durham,
Mrs. Georgia Jones, chairman
of practical nursing education
at DTI, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Jones, past president of the
Duke LPN organization and a
member of the first DTI nurs
ing class.
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RECIPIENTS OF STANDING
OVATIONS The Supremes
sing "Someday We'll Be To
gether" as a part of their act;
however, they have already
come together in the opinion
Hatcher And Lee To Be Main
Keynoters At Lea
Mayor Richard Hatcher of
Gary Indiana and Mayor Howard
Lee of Chapel Hill, North Caro
lina, will be the principal speakers
at the North Carolina Voter Edu
cation Project's Fourth Annual
Leadership Training Conference in
Durham, September 19th. Mayor
Lee will deliver the keynote address
at 9:30 ajn. at the Durham Hotel.
Mayor Hatcher will address the
closing session at 5 p.m. in the B.
N. Duke Auditorium on the cam
pus of North Carolina Central Uni
versity.
John W. Edwards, Director of-
North Carolina Voter Education
Project, said the purpose of the
one day conference, "is to bring
together Black leaders from across
the state to discuss ways on how
they can participate more effec
tively in the political system".
Edwards stated that invitations
have been extended to both poli
tical parties to send Black repre
sentatives.
In addition to the speaches by
(See MAYORS 10A)
BAHA'I WORLD
PEACE DAY TO
BE OBSERVED
On September 20, members
of the Baha'i Faith in more
than 500 American communi
ties will sponsor and observe
World Peace Day to spread the
recognition of America's spiri
tual destiny to raise the stan
dard of peace in the world.
A series of public meetings
sponsored by the Durham
Baha'i Community will be held
Sept 16 thru 20. On Sunday,
Sept. 20 a symposium will be
held at which Howard Lee,
Mayor of Chapel Hill, Rever
end Grady Davis, Pastor of
Union Baptist Church, and
Mrs. Tereh Cowart Smith, an
International Baha'i lecturer
will speak on "Avenues to
World Peace." This meeting
will be held at 4:30 p.m. at
the YMCA Trinity and N.
Duke Streets.
A program of the arts,
(See BAHA'I page 10A)
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jammed packed opening at thethe country since Jean Terrell
Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.joined the legendary group;
It's no secret that the girls but now, they've gotten their
have been getting their thing act together and nothing can
together for several weeks ofstop them now.
Gossie Harold Hudson Receives
Ph.D. in American History Field
Gossie Harold Hudson
is the recipient of the Ph.
D. Degree in the field of
Amierican History at the
Ohio State University, Co
lumbus, Ohio, September
4, 1970.
His Masters Thesis, "Ne
gro Historians View the
Causes of the Civil War",
was received at North
Carolina Central Univer
sity.
While matriculating at
the University of Ohio, he
worked as a Teaching As
sociate for two years. And
continued his affiliation
with Phi Alpha Theta and
Pi Gamma Mu, Honor So
cieties.
He has accepted a posi
tion as assistant professor
in the history department
at Southern Illinois Uni
versity, Carbondale, Illi
Ronald Barbee Passes North
Carolina Bar Exam; Joins Firm
Ronald Barbee, a recent 1970
honor graduate of the North
Carolina Central University
School of Law, passed the
North Carolina Bar Examina
tion which was given on Au
gust 4, 5 and 6 of this year.
Mr. Barbee will be practicing
law in Greensboro, where he is
now an associate of the law
firm or Frye and Johnson.
While at North Carolina
Central University School of
Law, Mr. Barbee was editor-in
chief of the North Carolina
Central Law Journal. He also
received the annual award for
the student graduating with the
highest scholastic average in
his class.
Mr. Barbee, a native of Dur
ham, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Barbee, Sr., of 207 West
Geer Street. He is married
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He is married to the for
mer Florence Oelories Mc-
Call. They are the parents
of two children, Gossie
Harold and Florence Eliza
beth.
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