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GOOD READING IN THIS ISSUE PREGNANCY PLANNING ft HEALTH By G. Riggsbee CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. L. Kearney WRITERS FORUM By George B. Rom YOUR MIND By William Thorpe LOVE ME, LOVE MY WIFE By George B. Ross DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mrs. Syminer Daye VOLUME 50 No. SO 2 Accused Student Murderers Acquitted I !. 1 1 . " if a a If vj |HH|v.-.vr«i v -' ■ f mm M • wm lif »-j Kk> Jf f I A HluYj V ' a m\i ~>? I imj^k inllilllllllllllHy ' : iflllllllllllll^^ Ladles Club Donates To Help House For its Thanks giving project, the Magnificent Ladies Club donated food to Help House. Ibis club was organized in March 1971, with a membership of twelve. The purpose of the club is to promote and provide acitivitiea and projects that will make for organized social outlet. As a group of black wom en, encourage the spirit of good feel, ings, fellowship end well-being, educa tional, and spiritual enlightenment. pffe.4 t ) RBV. HIOM Mount Vernon Baptist Church Calls Pastor Reverend Percy L. High of Braddock, Pennsylvania, had accepted the call to the Mount Vernon Baptist Church and will assume his new pastorate on January, 2, 1972. He suc ceeds the late Reverend E. T. Bfowne who died earlier this year. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina he received his A. B. Degree from Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina and the B. S. Th. Degree from the School of Theology, Vir ginia Union University, Rich mond, Virginia. He has done advanced study in Pastoral Counseling and Religious Edu cation. Presently he is pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church Braddock, Pennsylvania and is Supervisor, Urban Youth Nu trition Program in cooperation with Penn State University. Prior to going to Braddock he pastored the First Baptist Church, Oxford, North Caro lina. Meetings are held bimonthly at club members homer Officers are President, Grade L. Jones; Vice-President, Iris Fisher 1 ; Secretary - Treasurer, Miss Yvonne Smoke; Ass't. Sec.-Treas., Mrs. Lindell Worsley, Program Chrxn., Mrs. Joyce Bullock-Miss Stephanie Smith; Public Relations Committee, Mrs. Georg ette Parker - Mrs. Blodeaner Brown, Social Chairmen, Miss Gayle Brown-Mrs. James J. Henderson is Named Chrm. Hampton Trustee Board By JOHN MYERS James J. Henderson, vice president of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, as long time vice-president of Hampton Institute in Hamp ton, Virginia was elected chair man of the Institute's Board of Trustees in the fall meeting on the Institute's campus. Hendeison succeeds Arthur Howell Jr., grandson of the founder of the Institute. Dr. Howell will serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Institute. Hendeison is the first black man to serve as chairman of the Board of Trustees in the Institute's 104 year history. Judge Joseph B. Williams, Administrator of Model Cities in New York City, also a black, will succeed Henderson as vice chairman for the Hampton Board. Henderson, a 1932 graduate of the Hampton Institute, has been a board member for the previous 20 years. In October, fl 7/ ■ 7i , Mml.l MB Tf *•'» ' | wn - t ANNUAL GIVING COMMITTEE— LocaI AAT Alumni make plans for their 72nd Annual Giving Campaign. Members of the Annual Giving Committee are shown as they finalize plans for the fund raising activity which will provide money for matching scholarship funds at A&T. The Aggie Bulldog an A&T Chf Barbara Satterwhite; Membership Chair men, Mrs. Rebecca Lookhart; Parliamen tarian, Miss Jamat Daye. Left to right: Grade Jones, Joyce Bullock, Janet Daye, Stephanie Smith, Yvonne Smoke, Georgetta Parker, Blon deaner 1 Brown, Iris Fisher. Nofc shown are Mesdames Lindell Worsley, Rebecca Lockhart, Barbara Satterwhite, Gayle Brown. 1969 he was named chairman of a special commission estab lished by the board to serve as an agency to find qualified candidates for the tenth President of the Institution after the resignation of Dr. Jerome H. Holland, present U. S. ambassador to Sweden. In 1968 Henderson was award ed the Centennial Medal by his Alma Mater. The Centennial Medal is the highest award given by Hampton Institute for services rendered to the school. Henderson's present term of office will continue until 1975. 2 Charlotte Men Arrested In Shooting SALISBURY - Two Charlotte men were arrested here Sunday and charged in connection with a shooting incident on East Innes Street here on the night of Nov. 28. James Anderson Jr., 31, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill resulting in serious bodily injury, and O'Neal Green, 22. Sheild Plaques are mementoes to be given by the national body to alumni contributors. Member shown are from left to right: Ralph Hester, James Hill, Constance Caldwell, Louise Couch, and George Scott. The com mittee members not present were Annie An drson and Mary Harris. DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1971 HENMRBON 93rd Anniversary Of Doric Lodge Set For December 16th The Ninety-third Anniver sary of Doric Lodge no. 28 will be celebrated with the Twentieth Annual Banquet on Thursday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bull City Elks Home, 2311 South Al ston Ave. The banquet speaker will be Clifton Stone of Carr boro. He is the President of the State Interdenominational Ushers Association and is a native of Chatham County. (See LODGE page 11A) By JAMES VAUGHAN Early this week McGrue Booker and Larry. Hatten breathed deep with relief, em braced their mothers and Attorneys Kenneth Spauldings and Edward Brawley. The two NCCU football players were acquitted of first degree mur der charges in the slaying of Ollie J. Spraglin, also a fellow student of Plainfield, N'. J. Following their acquittals, Committee Named To Guide Economic Growth Of City Civic Leaders Hear Consulting Firm Official A seven-man steering com mittee, appointed by Durham Chamber of Commerce Presi dent Victor S. Bryant, Jr. has been named to help guide the future fortunes of downtown Durham. Bryant made the an nouncement of the formation of the special committee at the Chamber's Board of Direc tors meeting held at the Dur ham Hotel on Wednesday, November 24. The committee members are Nello Teer, Jr., President of ip* Nello L. Teer Company, John Wheeler, President of Mechanics and Farmers Bank, J. Richard Futrell, Jr., Vice President of North Carolina National Bank, E. J. Evans, President of Evans Enterprises, Robinson O. Everett, Durham attorney and Chairman of the Durham Redevelopment Com mission, Watts Hill, Sr., Chair man of the Board of Central Carolina Bank, and Watts Carr, Jr. (ex officio), President of Southland Associates. The formation of the steer ing committee is the result of a Blue-Ribbon meeting held in Durham on November 11 at which Durham business and civic leaders heard a report from Phil Hammer, President of Hammer, Greene, Siler As sociates of Washington, D. C., an internationally known eco (See CITY page 11A) Lincoln Center Topic of Dec. WIAPV Meet The Lincoln Community Health Center will be the topic of the December meeting of Women-In-Action for the Pre vention of Violence and Its Causes, Inc. at the Chapel Hill Street YWCA on December 13, at 8 p.m. Describing the low-income family health care program, which is located at Lincoln Hospital, 1301 Fayetteville St., will be Dr. Evelyn I Schmidt, project director, and Mrs. Carolyn Thornton, direc tor of social services. Dr. Schmidt is a graduate of Duke University, and re ceived her medical training at the Duke School of Medicine. Prior to her return to Durham, ■he was Chief of Pediatric Am bulatory Services, Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Schmidt has lec tured and published extensive ly on the health problems of children, especially disadvant aged ones. Both "Head Start" and the Peace Corps program (See LINCOLN 11A> the two students immediately returned to their former resi dents at Chidley Hall, NCCU, withdrew their possessions and left the city. Hatten and Booker had faced the murder indictment and were held in Durham County jail since Oct. 9 on the night of Spraglin's death from beatings received on O' Kelly Field at the college. Hatten, 20, of Winston- Dental Services Via Campmobile By Dr. Bowen A much needed dental serv ice for many areas in Eastern North Carolina is being pro vided for by Dr. H. Curtis Bo wens of Durham by use of his Campmobile. The need for dental care became apparent to the Dentist as he realized that with the exception of New Hanover County, none of the counties had a black dentist. Further, he pointed out that there are less than 90 black dentists in N. C. and more than half of these are over 65 years of age. Dr. Bo wens pointed out that when he realized the lack of adequate dental care for children in the area the idea struck him about the use of a campmobile and to equip it as a mobile unit. Equipment found in the mobile unit in cludes portable dental tools, in eluding an oral light and drill. The case also contains re- i . ..... . v % 4? Miy' iiiiF ' j£ss ; IRRI J^i MISS JUNE KELLY Miss Blaik Teenage Honorary Youth Sitkle Cell dm. Miss Black Teenage America 1971, June Kelly of Ft. Worth, Texas, is Honorary Youth Chairman for the National Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation, Inc. as announced by Mrs. Iris Pettiford Cox, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors. Said Mrs. Cox, "Miss Black Teenage America as a positive representative for today's youth will be a valuable asset to the Foundation in helping make young people aware of this crippling diaeaae which so Words of Wisdom * Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech. —Evangel There is many a man who, when he has invented a phrase, thinks he has solved a problem. —Sir Herbert Williams Salem, and Booker, 21, of Jacksonville, were charged with beating Spraglin to death by the Durham police department. Verdicts of "not quilty" was delivered Monday afternoon following a prior week of court trials in a courtroom holding an overflow crowd daily of NCCU students, area law students and many black city professionals. Testimony during the week chargeable batteries so that the equipment may be used even when electrical outlets are not available. He can treat about 25 peo ple in 12 hours as compared with about 30 patients per workday in his office. In addi tion to dental work, Bo wens is attempting to educate people to the needs for proper care of their teeth. On such field trips, the dentist carries slides, charts and other visual aids to ex plain the importance of pro per care of teeth. Such materi als also will educate parents and others who may not have taken time or the thought to look in their children's mouths. Dr. Bowens expressed the hope that he can find another mobile unit that would be large enough for him to work within the unit itself instead of having to set up his equipment (See DENTIST 11A) affects the young." During Miss Kelly's travels for the year, of her reign, she will urge young people to get tested for sickle cell and to volunteer their services to the local chapters of the National Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation, Inc. June recently returned from Hollywood, California where she filmed her prize winning role in the ABC TV series "Room 222" for a future air date, and was a guest at the Beverly Hills-Hollywood Chap- PRICK: 2M CENTO was given by several NCCU students including Robert Griggs, a writer for the college newspaper. An eyewitness, he aliedged that he saw Booker and Hatten beat and kick Spraglin on the night of his death. Further testimony accused the two students of having waited in the dark of the football field to attack friends (See ACQUITTED 11A) NCCU Choirs To Appear in Concert Sun. North Carolina Central Uni versity's Touring Choir and Women's Chorus will be pre sented in a winter concert at 6 p.m., Sunday, December 12, in the university's B. N. Duke Auditorium. The program will include traditional Christmas arrange ments in addition to two spec ial commemorative features. The Touring Choir will re peat "They Called Her Moses," first performed by them last year. The cantata by Robert DeCormier and Donald Mc- Kayle, is based on the life and leadership by Harriet Tubman. The cantata is narrated by Jairus Poston, a senior from Monroe. Choreography is by (See CHOIRS 11A) Baha'is Plan Human Rights Day Program A public program for Hu man Rights Day, December 10th is being sponsored by the Bahal Community of Durham. William Allison will speak on the theme of this year's Bahal observance of Humaa 'Rights Day, "Equality-A-Divine Stan dard" at 8:00 p.m. at 501 North Queen Street. William W. Allison is Exe cutive Administrator of Eco nomic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc., where he is responsible for the administration and management of Atlanta's anti- (See BAHA'IS page 11AJ ter of the NAACP Image Awards Dinner. She was also a guest singer on the Billy Gra ham Crusade, a national pre sentation seen over some 500 television stations across the U. S. and Canada. Interested youths (and adults) who want to work for the National Sickle Cell Di sease Research Foundation, Inc. chapter in their area should write to: Mrs. Iris Petti ford Cox, NSCDRF, 520 SU» Avenue, New York, NY 10036 for details.
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