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ERNIE'S SPORTS SPOT By Emit Iozraa
THROUGH BLACK EYES By Eitt Tarmar
VOLUME 51 -No. 13
DURHAM, N.C. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1974
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NCCU Federal And Private Grants
Reflect Drop In Non-State Support
11 Grants Are
Halted During
Fiscal Year
John H. Lucas,' Hillside principal, assumes the NCAE presidency.
Jofan locos, Hillside Principal
Assumes Duties As ft!GE Pres.
John H. Lucas, who assumes the NCAE presidency
Friday night, April 5, is a native of Rocky Mount. He
has been principal: of Hillside Senior High in Durham
since 1962. He served this past year as., NCAE vice
presidentpresident-elect.
The North Carolina Association of Educators
(NCAE) was formed in 1970 when the former black and
white associations merged. NCAE has an all-time high
total membership of 58,048 this year.
NCAE Is organized Into 191:
local units in 15 districts.
Policy is set by the
Representative Assembly made
up of delegates to the annual
state conventions. Policy is
implemented by the board of
dlrectora ind.tl WCAEUff.
A. S. Webb Is Reappointed To
The Commission of Correction
Dr. Larnie G. Horton,
Special Assistant to the
Governors for Minority Affairs,
announced that Governor Jim
Holshouser has reappointed
one Black and named two
others to serve on State Boards
and Commissions.
Horton said that the
Governor has reappointed A.S.
Webb to the Commission of
Correction, and made two new
appointments, Dock Brown of
Halifax, North Carolina and
Ms. Tommie Young of
Durham
Webb is Executive Vice
President and Secretary of the
American Federal Savings and
Loan Association of
Greensboro, a position he has
held since coming to this state
from his native Greensboro,
Alabama in 1959. He is a
graduate of Tuskegee Institute
High School in Tuskegee,
Lincoln Hosp.
Accredited By
Joint Comm.
Lincoln Hospital has been
accredited by the Joint.
Commission on Accreditation
of Hospitals (JCAH) according
to Larry T. Suitt,
Administrator.
This accreditation, which
covers from 1974 to 1976, Is
the result of an on-site survey
made by field representatives
of the Joint Commission's
Hospital Accreditation
Program (HAP). Accreditation
Indicated that this facility has
. chosen to operate according to
standards set by JCAH and
that the facility has, in the
main, met these standards,
The standards, published as
the Accreditation.. Manual for
Hospitals, set forth optimal
achievable goals of excellence
against which a facility can
measure itself and be measured
by the Joint Commission's
survey. . ,
Lincoln hospital is one of
(See LINCOLN Page 7 A)
Alabama, Hampton Institute in
Hampton, Virginia, and
completed studies at the
Graduate School of Savings
and Loan, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana. He is
also former Chairman of the
Greensboro Human Relations
Commission.
Dr. Horton said that Dock
Brown has been named to serve
on the State Drug Advisory
Council. The 44-year old
Brown is Vice President of the
Halifax County Chapter of the
NAACP and the Board of
Deacons, First Baptist Church,
Roanoke Rapids. A . Shaw
(See HOLHOUSER Page 7A)
The president is chairman of
the board.
Serving as executive
secretary is Dr. A.C. Dawson
and E.B. Palmer, who is
associate executive secretary.
Members include all levels
of education public schools,
community colleges and
universities. They include all
kinds of professional
educators, teachers,; principals,
superintendents, professors,
counselors, librarians, coaches,
vocational teachers, supervisors
and others.
Lucas is a graduate of Shaw
University. He holds a master's
degree from North Carolina
Central University. He holds a
certificate of advanced study in
administration and supervision
from New York University and
has done further work at New
York University and the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Lucas is studying
currently at Duke University.
Lucas has served as teacher,
guidance director, basketball
and football coach and
administrative assistant during
his career. He was prinicpal of
Orange Street Elementary
School in Oxford in 1952. He
later served as principal of
Mary Potter High School in
(See LUCAS Page 7A) '
Cicero Green
Finishes UMC
Exec. Course
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Green, Jr., vice
pesldent-treasurer, North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Durham - is
scheduled to receive"? the.
certificate of completion in
The Executive Program
graudation exercises on April 5
at the University of North
Carolina School of Business
Administration at Chapel Hill.
UNC Chancellor Ferebee
Taylor will present the
certificate to Gree marking the
completion of an intensive
6-month course which began
last October. Dean Maurice W.
Lee and Prof. Rollie Tillman,
director of The Executive
Program, will present the
graduates to Chancellor Taylor.
Green completed over , 120
hours of classroom instruction,
60 hours in small group
discussions and some 250
hours of reading and
preparation during seven
different resident" perioda at
Chapel Hill,
class includes 47 business
(See GREEN Page 7A)
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PLAYEK OF YEAR
RALEIGH, N.C - Da
vid Thompson, the Associated
Frew Col&fli Basketball Play
er of the Year, honed hit skills
by playing against thaTM
boys" at Gardner-Webb College
in Boiling Springs, N.C, not far
from hU Shelby home.
Just as hit team dethroned
perennial champion UCLA in
the NCAA semifinals.
son replaced the Bruins'
Walton as AF player of the
year. Thompson received the
.vote of 128 of the nation's
sports writers and sportscast
ers to r for the 6-foot-ll Wal
ton. Nine other players each
got one vote.
"I had to learn to Jump high
to shoot over them," said the
two-time An-American, a mere
t-foot-4.
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DR. CLARK
Shaw University Conkrence
IVorbsfaop Reported A Success
Chapter presidents of the National Alumni
Association, along with interested alumni, of Shaw
University departed Raleigh this past weekend elated
over the success of the conference workshop project.
The conference theme was "Higher Black Education,
Especially as related to Shaw University." In addition to
; examining the current scene on the predominantly black
.'college and university campus, attention was given to
future directions of the more strict academic programs
i and those more directly related to the social and
Th 21st Executive Program rultural aspects of the changing American way of life.
Mr. Israel Singleton, Washington, D.C., and First Vice
President of the National Alumni Association, presided
Kennedy Reports 7Sth Year
Progress Despite Adversities
In the president's report to
the policyowners of the
NORTH CAROLINA
MUTUAL Life Insurance
Company at their Seventy-fifth
Annual Meeting here at Mutual
Plaza In Durham, W.J.
Kennedy III, said "1973 has
been a year of continued
growth and achievement for
our Company in spite of the
development of traumatic
economic and political factors
on the national and
international scenes."
Deacon ludi Honored for 49
Years Of Service To Church
Honorary services were held
recently for Alton Tuck, a
native of Durham, for his loyal
and dependable services as
deacon, since 1922, chairman
of the deacon board, since
1935. He was superintendent
of the Sunday School for
approximately 10 years, the 6
point system was Installed
under his administration. Mr.
Tuck taught Sunday School for
a number of years and was
assistant teacher of the B.B.
Rogers Bible Class. k
Mr. Tuck is a retired American
Railway Express Company
worker. Having served 45 years
and retiring in 1961. He and
his wife Bettie reside at 803
Elizabeth Street, Durham
Slants Sponsor
Sitkb Cell
Accah Drivo
Members of Gamma Sigma
Sigma Service Sorority of
'Durham College is having a
drive to raise funds for the
,flght against Sickle Cell
Anemia.
Saturday, March 30, a
telethon was held In the college '
auditorium. The community's
support was poor due to the J
hue announcement of this
project. Therefore, we are
iking for your pledget
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Moseley, left, pastor of Mount Gilead Baptist Church.
"We have been faced with
seemingly uncontrollable
inflation, food shortages,
housing problems and an
energy crisis because of what,
generously, may be termed
gross ineptness on the part of
the managers of the national
economy."
"During 1973 NORTH
CAROLINA MUTUAL, began
the celebration of its 75th
Anniversary year. The
Company, founded on October
20, 1898, was incorporated by
a special act of the North
Carolina Legislature on
February 28, 1899 and
actually began doing business
on April 1, 1899. We shall
continue to celebrate these
most significant anniversaries
for a full twelve month period
into October of 1974."
"Despite the adverse
conditions developing in 1973,
North Carolina Mutal
continues to make progress.
Income for the year on an
actual basis totaled $42.7
million (A gain of $6.1 million'
or nearly 17 for the year.)
1973 year-end assets totaled
$135.7 million. (An increase of
$6.5 million.) The largest
internally generated increase in
the seventy-five year history of
the Company. And, insurance
in force increased to $1,730
(See KENNEDY Page 7A)
over the conference in a most
exemplary manner. The
luncheon address was delivered
by Dr. Vernon Clark, president
of the organization, on' the
conference theme. Response to
the address was evidenced by a
standing ovation. The
afternoon session centered
around various workshops that
were 'chaired by welt known
alumni of Shaw University.
Chairman and the interest
groups were John H. Lucas
(Durham) Academics, M.M.
Daniels, (Wilspn) University
Relations, Harold High
(Raleigh) Fund Raising,
Marjorie Scott (Raleigh)
Student Affairs, Israel
Singleton (Washington, D.C.)
(See WORKSHOP Page 7A)
North Carolina Central
University had $2,822,298 in
Federal and private grant funds
to spend during the 1973-74
fiscal year, according: to a
report from George T. Thoren,
vice chancellor for financial
affairs. The total dropped from
a 1972-73 high of $3,968,078.
The 1973-74 figure is higher
than the figure for any
previous year, other than
1972-73, NCCU records show.
Records show that the
university received 11 new
grants during the fiscal year,
totaling $148,416. Nine grants
were increased for the year,
adding another $93,013. But
22 grants were canceled, not
renewed or otherwise lost, with
a value of $439,924 and 18
grants were reduced in value,
causing a loss of $950,345.
Not recorded la the annual
report are capital gifts to the
university, Including those to
the Faculty Endowment Fund,
and gifts made to the North
Carolina Central University
Foundation.
- Scholarship ; grant made
directly to students are not
recorded, and the Federal
Guaranteed Student Loan
program is not reflected in the
figures.
A new Federal program the
Basic Educational Opportunity
Grant made direct grants
available to freshmen this year.
Financial aid records at the
(See GRANTS Page 7A)
TLC Of A Foster Grandparent
Is Of An Extra Special Quality
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ATLANTA, Ga.-Two black
hands excitedly tear open a
scrawled envelope and take out
a thank-you card, to
"Grandma" from Timmie. '
These were the same hands
that had brushed back his
matted blonde hair In the
hospial and dried the tears in
his soft blue eyes when he said,
"It hurts."
Timmie is white "Grandma
Starks," black but there could
not have been a closer bond
during Hmmie's hospital stay
had they been blood kin.
There always is something
extra special about the loving
touch of a grandparent even a
temporary one. And this
warmth and love are the extra
Ingredients that make
ACTION'S Foster Grandparent
Program in Atlanta so
successful.
The Foster Grandparent
Program (FGP) is made up of
persons over 60 who make life
a little brighter for children
(See GRANDPARENTS 7A)
April We would like to thank
(See SIGMAS Page 7A)
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'GRANDMA'S HAND ARE FOR LOVING-Mrs. Daisy Bell Spear hugs young patient n unoy
Memorial Hospital during happy moment Mrs. Spear is a member of ACTION'S Foster Grandparent
Program.
Ms. Ml Smith
Stud. Councils
Sect. Retires
Mrs. Mary Uvaa Smith,
Central District Executive
Secretary of the North
Carolina Association of
Student Councils informed the
advisors and students of her
retirement at the Central
District Convention on
Saturday at Southern High
School in Durham. Mrs, Smith
has worked with the Student
Council Organization for the
past twenty-four yean. She
organized the first Student
Council at Whitted Junior High
and at Shepard Junior High,
both schookt are in Durham.
Before the merging of the
North Carolina Association of
Student CouncUa, the black
organization, and the Iorth
Carolina Student CouncO
Congress, Mrs. Smith served as
State Executive Secretary of
the black organization At this
time she spoke to the advisors
of the North Carolina Student
(See SMITH Page 7A)
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