Words of Wisdom
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A failure ii a man who hat blundered, but i*
not able to cash in on the experience.
—Elbert Hubbard
VOLUME 49 No. 38
Former Durhamite Named To U- S. HEW Position In N.Y.
Durham Police Charged With Brutality
N.A.A.C.P. Executive
Hits Separate Schools
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MAYORS GREETED Th« Hatcher of Gary. Indiana.
North Carolina Voter Eduea- Mayor Lee delivered the key
tion Project's Director, John note address and Mayor Hatch-
W. Edwards greet Black Ma- er addressed the closing ses
yors—Mayor Howard Lee of sion.
Chapel Hill and Mayor Richard
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HONORS FROM IU DC It —Dr.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor (coo
ler) received an honorary doe
tor of humane letters degree
from Rider College recently.
BBC Student Claims He Was
Beaten Here By Black Officers
By CHARLES BOWMAN
In recent week*, college
students have been returning
to college to pursue their edu
cation. Here In our "Black
Community", there are many
Hack students of various
backgrounds and Ideas. How
em, the fact still remains that
they are all students trying
hard to gain an education and
benefit themselves and all
other black people in the pro
cess.
Here In Durham and all over
the world, there Is what haa
been so called "Campus Un
rest." It Is a problem that
wIU take time and understand
ing by both students and
He'a shown hare with George
R. Hill, (left) chairman of the
Rider board of trustees and
Dr. Frank N. Elliott, Rider
authorities to work out.
Recently, there hsve been
acta of "Police Brutality" on
college students. Everyday one
can pick up a newspaper and
read of police brutality. It hap
pens in New York, It happened
at Kent State and Jackson
State. It happens all over the
world. However, we are not
talking about all over the
world, we are talking about
Durham, North Carolina. We
are not talking about a White
Police beating a Black Youth,
but of a Black or a so called
Black Police beating a Black
Youth. This incident recently
occurred In the Akt parking
lot where three Blacks, no let
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20th Century
Uncle Toms Are
Blasted at Meet
SELMA, Ala. -In an
apparent reference to Roy
Jans, NAACP . Director of
Branches Gloster B. Current
decried the recent advocacy of
separate schools In the South.
Addressing the Alabama State
NAACP Conference on Sep
tember 28, Current said:
"After all that we fought
for, all the gains wrested at
such peat peril..along comes
a 20th Century Uncle Tom,
appearing in Mobile, muddy
ing the waters by advocating
separate school districts and
sdhoal boards. We will have
none of this," Current said.
In t wide-ranging speech,
covering problems of blacks in
the present day, Current ticked
off numerous recent accom
plishments of the NAACP. He
noted that the civil rights or
ganization had exerted its pres
sure to make it possible for
Vietnam veteran Poindexter
Williams to be buried in a for
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president. Proctor Is former
president of two universities
and a former Peace Corps ad
ministrator.
The Unlimited
Gospel to Be
Presented Sun.
A very highly sensitized
afternoon of Gospel Musical
Entertainment la scheduled for
Sunday afternoon Sept. 27,
1970 at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, FayettevlUe Street at
2:80 p.m. with the combined
efforts of the Community. Bap
tist Mixed Chorus and the very
popular (non-recording) ' Mt.
Zion Gospel Chorus along with
(See GO&PHL, page 9X)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1970
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tors of the Harriet Tubman
Branch of the YWCA, Miss
Joan E. Alston (L), Teen-age
Director and Mrs. Linda K.
Norfleet (R), Adult Director
Women's Day Observance At
St Mark AME.
The annual Women's Day
Observance will be held Sun
day, September 27, at fSt.
Mark AME Zk>n Church. The
day'* activities will begin with
church school at 9:30 a.m.
Mrs. Esther S. McNeill, re
cently elected associate Dean
of St. Augustine College, will
be the guest speaker for the
11 o'clock services.
Mrs. McNeill, before her
recent appointment, held the
position of Director of Secon
dary Education, Vance Coun
ty Schools, Henderson.
She received her A. B. De
pee from Livingttbne College
(See ST. MARK page 9A)
Hillside High Parents-Sfudents-
Teachers Ass'n Elects Officers
Hillside High School's new
ly organized Parent Student
Teacher Association elected
officers Tuesday and began
planning a year's activities.
Dr. Charles A. Ray, chair
man of the Department of
English at North Carolina Cen
tral University, was elected
president for the year. Ray
had been serving as temporary
chairman of the nominating
committee.
Tuesday night's activities in
cluded the formal dissolution
of the school's former PTA
with the reading of minutes
by Mrs. Emma King of the
former PTA's last 1969 school
year session.
The report of the nominat
ing committee which was pre
pared by Mrs. Mai com Tyor
and R. E. Stewart was sub
mitted by Stewart. The report
was adopted as submitted ex
cept for the position of Vice
president for Seniors.
With many students ques
tioning overall procedure and
Mking for reconsideration of
the senior portion, the group
elected Van Blalock ss vice
president repreeentlng seniors.
Other vie* presidential potts
filled Included Principal John
H. LUCM; Prank Ward, parent*;
Mrs. Jaanie Lucas, teachers;
Carol Johnson, juniors, and
Karen Daye, sophomores.
Mrs. Sally Johsls, who
assumed duties September 1,
They are planning a new and
unique program for the incom
ing season. Both Miss Alston
and Mrs. Norflett are 1970
NfCCU graduates. Miss Alston
is a native of Raleigh, and Mrs.
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mrs. MCNeill
served as interim secretary for
the nominating and planning
committees, was elected secre
tary for the year and Irving
Knight, chief accountant at
NCCU, was named treasurer.
Mrs. Elva DeJarmon, pa
(See OFFICERS page 9A)
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AIM COMMUNITY CLMWIPi
HtOiKTI Two commnntty|
clean-up projects in the Home
wood-Brushton section of Pitts
burg (Pa.) were awarded incen
tive grants of IfiOO each by the
Norflett is from Fayettevllle.
Both of them are beginning
their new positions with the
hope that they will have a very
successful experience as pro
gram directors at the Y.
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Jacksonville Man
Mired In Sewer
RALEIGH Jimmy
Easter, 19, of Jacksonville,
was hospitalized recently after
having been buried up to his
neck for an hour in a cave-ia
at a sewer ditch.
Easter w«s making a sewer
connection at an apartment
site when the cave-in occuri*
ed. He was lodged sidewaya
in a prone position.
Gulf Oil Corporation recently, director of the Clean Ttmmm i
In the photo at left Walter nity Aseociation. At rifkt, Jaa.
Jackson, (Durham native) pub- A. Gimer of Operation Bet
lie relations representstive pre- ter Block arplaisa to Jackeea
sents a check to David B. Ball, how 008 will use the |BOO
ATTENTION ALJL> SUBOGK2HEBB
New Bates
For The CarottMt Thata
United State* and Canada 1 Taar ft 00
United State* and Canada S Y«n 911 AO
Foreign Coantrte* 1 Taar 17.50
Single Copy 20 Carta
Mrs. Dorotlhy T. Blackburn to
Serve as Consultant in 19 States
NEW YORK, N. Y. - Mr*.
Dorothy Toole Blackburn of
this city was appointed >is the
Propam Management Officer
of Region 2, National Center
For Family Planninf,
U. S. Department of Heiith,
Education and Welfare, 26
Federal Plaza, New York tClty
recently, Mrs. Blackburn win
work in Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands. New York Slate and
New Jersey.
In her role as Propam
Management Officer, Mrs.
Blackburn will help agencies
•establish Family Planning
(See BLACKBURN page 8A)
USIA Names Norris Gamett as
Chief of RecruHmenf Personnel
The U. S. Information
Agency announced the assign
ment of Norris D. Gfrnett as
Chief of the Recruitment snd
Source Development Division
in its Office of Personnel and
Training.
He replaces Don R. Toirey,
who hat been assigned to the
Department of State.
Since -joining USIA m i960
aa a Junior Officer Trainee,
Gamett, a career Foreign Serv
ice Information Officer, has
served in Helsinki, Dar-es-
Salaam, Moscow and New Del
hL Most recently he has been
(See GARNETT page 9A)
Missionary Union to Hold Week
Of Prayer, Study at Mt. Vernon
A week of prayer and stu
dy, sponsored by Durham
County Missionary Union, will
be held at the Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church September
28 - October 3. Theme for
tbe week is "The Role of
Mission in World Redemp
tion." Rev. E. T. Brown is pas
tor of Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Helen McCkin and
Mrs. Carrie McNair are chair
man and co-chairman as well
as teachers for tbe young
adults. They will teach "A
World To Live In."
Mrs. A. L. Film ore will act
as director and will teach the
adults in "The Dynamic
Church."
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"The Roads To God" will
tie taught to the juniors by
Mrs. E. M. Pratt and Miss
Annie Dunnigan.
The new state worker, Mrs.
Etorothy Boone Okeke, will be
piresented. She is also a re
turned missionary.
Special prayers and offer
in) js for Shaw University will
be given. The lead prayer will
be given by returned mission
ary, Miss Minnie C. Lyons.
The vice presidents of Dur
ham County Missionary Union,
Mrii. D. V. GRady, Mrs. Willa
Sneed, Mrs. Mozell Lawrence
andi Mrs. Gertrude Faison, will
gi'n; the call to warship. The
(See MISSIONARY 9A)
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