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iloted Robe Designer Opens Hew Facilities Noted religious robe designer Henri O'Bryant has opened expanded facilities in Los Angeles' billion-dollar garment district. The new O'Bryant Enterprises plant is in the prestigious Textile , Ce ter Building, 315 E. 8th St. The company's old plant, at 1164 No. Western Ave. in Hollywood is now headquarters for O'Bryant Sales. Combined, the downtown plant and the Hollywood showrooms give O'Bryant more than 6,000 feet of floor space in Southern California. The black-owned firm also maintains sales outlets in k land (Calif.) Cleveland, New Orleans, Memphis, Atlanta and Charlotte. O'Bryant, a former Los Angeles fire commissioner, holds exclusive nation-wide contracts from both the powerful Church of God in Christ and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion V : . ' . , " ' ' If " 0 hl'f if l iCIencnt Addresses Rofcrianc f S 9 ? .; : H J J wmb waa . www w w - - w W.W 1 i 4 r h ' I f k I : . - -:i .n A lit' i j ill u ii ijj. i ).).... " ' IniiiiiiKiini i in O'BRYANT denominations. "I should have moved into the garment district years ago," says O'Bryant. "Being here for me is just like a preacher being in his pulpit. Everything I need - workers, fabrics, supplies is right at hand. I'm finally in the mainstream of the business." O'Bryant employs 30 people in the garment hub and eight in Hollywood and now can produce, 4,000 robes a month. He has capacity for contract work. Five years ago in Hollywood, he had a work force of 18 and was grossing barely $100,000 a year. At the company's current rate of growth, however, he forsees a volume of $4 million annually by 1980. V During Black History Week As a participant in the Black History Week - speakers' program) sponsored by the C ha r 1 eston County Bicentennial Commission William A. Clement, CLU, senior vice president, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, addressed the St. Andrews Rotary Club in Charleston last week. Clement told of how the young scholar Carter G. Woodson, born to former slaves in 1875 at New Canton, Virginia, began to realize that the Contributions which had been made by black poeple (and other ethnic groups) to the development of this country was being either ignored or misrepresented by historians. Woodson therefore took it upon himself to conduct special research into the neglected past of black people. As a result of his efforts, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History was founded September 9, 1915. Eleven years later the Association began to sponsor the observance of Negro History Week, now known as Black History Week. The findings of the Association have greatly enlarged the scope of American history. But getting this, information to the American people at large has been a stow process. Where classroom history books once gave mention of the black men only in relation to the Civil War and George Washington Carver, young Americans are now being told, a history that is peopled with black as well as white men. Clement traced the institution of slavery as it grew ffom the need for cheap labor. The institution of slavery gave rise to a class of aristocrats who; became a law unto themselves." The plight of the slaves turned on the inclination of his master. Some gained learning and skills at the hand of their masters, others gained only degradation and mistreatment. Nothing that some slaves were able to buy or earn their freedom, Clement observed that efforts were made to restrict contact between these free blacks and the slaves and SAT.. FEB. 22, i97i THE CAROLINA TBfT -l K V i YORUBA TRIBAL LEADER Vfaurice Wods accepts a sacrifice from a taeeling Marlene Clark who hopes to save her possessed daughter's soul in LORD SHANGO, a contemporary thriller set in the American South. The Bryanston release wilt open soon as a local theatre. that the method used most often in maintaining this boundary was the embitterment of one class against another. Meanwhile the strike for independence from England was at hand. "Black people became involved in defending the liberty of their country, despite the fact that it was impossible to harmonize slavery with the construction that all men are born free and equal." The black people were at last enlisted, for whieh the free ones earned the same wages as whites while the slaves were rewarded with freedom. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were subsequently passed," said Clement and "we the people means all of us although it has taken the Supreme Court on several occasions to explain its meaning. In Itafy. pi-oplr (jive !i' tiny keys to ward off convulsions. To Come By and Meet the "Tire Professionals" on Roxboro Road! Meet The Head of Our Staff wHjr 4 &vim M1 J 1 1 1 V"' 11 ) I II 7 See our complete line of Hercules Tires. . . . "The Best Rubber On The Road"! They're all here from the popular economy tire to the best steel-belted radial tire ever made! Come in today - Let the "Professionals" install the right tire for your particular need. wise He's a true "TIRE PROFESSIONAL"! Jim is a local man, attended Durham city schools and served our country for 4 years in the United States Air Force. Jim came to work at Rigsbee Tire Sales in 1964 as a warehouse assistant. In 1965 he was made warehouse manager and in 1966 headed our Service Department until he joined our retail sales staff in 1967. A true asset to our business, Jim has held positions of responsibility and demonstrated his leadership abilities in many ways. Jim is married to the former Tena Ladd and has one child, a daughter Toni. A great outdoorsman, Jim enjoys golf, fishing, boating and hunting. We are very proud to have him as the Manager of our Roxboro Road store and hope each of you will drop in and visit him and his capable staff. & I i i Curtis Riley, Service Manager, is shown operating the Hoffman Computerized Wheel Balancer. Albert McPhail, Tire Specialist, is shown umho the most modern up-to-date professional tue equipment. n t Morris Vaughan, Tire Specialist, is shown using the John Beam Visualiner for the most modern up to date front end wheel alignment. JU 2720 Hillsborough Rd, "The Tire Professionals "f 2839 Roxboro Rd. 1 08 Lake wood Ave. STORE HOURS: Mon. thru Fri. 7:45 to 5:30. Closed Saturday. Use Rigsbee Tire Sales Convenient ' Budget Plan or Your Favorite Bank Charge Card! Donald Lassiter (on right). Soles Representative, a true "Tire Professional" explains the many features of our Hercules Tires To Bill Limehouse.
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