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Keep Up With The Ti jfu VOL. 8, NO. 40 Poinro'c Dl I Ulgu O I I City Council Votes Against Rezoning On Benbow Road , City Council Tuesday votei against rezoning a 40-acre trac of land off BfcnboW Road for usi as site of a 256-unit Negro hous ing project. By a vote of three to two, thi council turned down the petitioi % of W. H. Weaver Constructioi Company for rezoning the are; from residence A to apartmen usage. The council disposed of the re zoning matter in 20 minutes Council members Mack Arnold falge Holder, and Mrs. C. W Dwiggins voted against the re zoning, and Mayor .Ben Cone am E. L. Faulconer voted for thi measure. Robert H. Frazier, who hat t earlier stated his opposition t< 0 the rezoning, was absent fron Jr'. the session, and Roy Morgan de' elided to vote, staling that hi owned property in the affectet " area. After the vote was taken, Morgan told the council that ht would have voted for rezoninj ."V ' had he ncjt.hacl an interest in thi . property. He^terpied- the rezon ipgTjaatter^'lp^e.of the most heat-^d Jights.^council history."^MOTe-ttiaj^Op spec^t^rs, mos r" ' ' ^ were , pvesent - -at'-*the special sessior . * - held in the Courtroom at city hall "> Major opponents of the rezonv ,i- ing were Negro residents of Benbow Road and adjoining areas " ' and several white residents neai ~ the ,sije of the.proposed.lNegr< housing project.- Anunexpected move was made 'i. before, the special session, wher jYY city council-members were served with an injunction restraining them from-passing the rezoning measure' without a three-fourth; vote. ' ' .,f The injunction was issued bj Judge TP. Donald Phillips, anc required the interested parties to appear before him at< 2 p. m Tuesday. The injunction was 'asked by N. E. Hargett, Jr. Marriage Performed At Shaw The marriage of Miss Lucille Elizabeth Brown to Clarence J Elliott Tuesday afternoon, August 16, at 3:30 "o'clock in University Church, Shaw University, was announced recently. The ceremony was performed by President Robert P. Daniel of Shaw The-, bride was given in marriage by her father, John A Brown of Statesville. She wore a street length' dress of azure Kliin !? lonn ?ritk an off-the-face blue felt hat and other- navy blue accessories and a corsage of pink roses. The maid of honor, Miss Dorothy Mae Elliott of Vass, sister of the groom, wore a gray crepe ? street dress with a V-neckline ! and dark brown accessories with 'Continued on Page Four) 4 " i 4 mes! ? tur GREENSBORO, N Tciai r.i i n jcnoui ri Gets Nev i t I J. EARL WHITLEY > J. Earl Whitley, former pri t cipal of the Florence Elements ? school, has been appointed . County Superintendent E. 1 . ruui, as supervisor 01 iNegro I ral schools of Guilford Coun t Prof. Whitley is a 1932 gradu; s of A.' &.T. College .urthr field i natural sciences. His first po tion after graduation was that . principal of Benson Elements . school in Benson, N. C., which : held for two years. During tl f time the faculty was composed ) six teachers. In 1935 he was a pointed to the principalship' ; Florence Elementary and Hi i school in Guilford County, su . ceeding Walter McNair. He ser r ed in that capacity for 14 yea with the exception of thr 5 years, 1943-46, at which time served in the U. S. Army as sj , cial instructor in a special trai I ing corps, and one year at C 5 lumbia University at which tii he received his Masters degi s in Supervision and Administi tion. He has also done furtt study toward a professional c< tificate. During Prof. Whitley's prim palship at Florence school, t teaching staff grew from a fi-v teacher school to a nine in 19' and from a non-standard hi school to a standard in the 'sai year. Through his administrati he has been able to organize a more coherent school commu ity through the cooperation the Parent - Teacher organiz tions, and especially the P.-T. The school, under the supervi ion of Prof. Whitley, has be approved as one of the tx equpped rural schools in Gu i ford County, which includes I modern cafeteria whch seats I pupils, multi - purpose auditc ium, audio-visual aids, intercoi - municational system, and equi ' ped science department. It serv ! the entire southwest section ! Guilford County. 1 It was during Mr. Whitle: leadership at Florence school th ? THE? ORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY m Denied I < rincipal v Position i ? ? TJ?I ..... /u i. oupirniiiu-iiueui. xuui s>aw AIL IU promote him to his p'esc-nt position. His duties are concerned with the direction and supervision of instruction in both elementary and high schools of Gulford County. Taking over as principal of the Florence school will be Prof. Victor Blackburn of High Point, I who served as principal of Gibfli sonville Elementary school. Mr. Whitley is a member of j St. Matthews Methodist Church, i and holds offices of assistant su; perintendent of Sunday school, .. secretary to the Board of Trustees, and assistant chairman of H the Steward Board. W a Woman Awarded $5,500 I In Damage Suit A , Guilford Superior Court jury Tuesday awarded a. Greensn~ boro woman $5,500 damages in iry her "nervous breakdown" suit by against two partners in a Negro taxicab company. Mrs. Ruby C. Wilcox of 1406 Y" 18th, Street, a wife and mother. ? charged that she'vsuffered shat; te?d* nei ves ar.^'re&rt-J. cygtjiish. Sl~ when she was assaulted January 30, 1948, by Leroy Pickard, driv^ er for McRae Taxi Company. ? Pickard was convicted on an la* assault charge in the case Febru,of ary 9 this year in Municipal p County Court and given a sus-1 pended sentence. !1_ Im her civ., complaint, Mrs. v_ Wilcox said her ride in the taxi, rs which included a stop for drinks of liquor against her will, gave h her a nervous breakdown. (e_ She brought suit for $10,000 n_ against Wiley McRae, John Harl0_ ris, B. W. Tatum, and D. E. Tane turn, trading as McRae Taxi -ee Company, and Pickard. _ When the Tatums failed to [e~ file an answer to her complaint, ;r_ the court clerk ordered judgment . against them by default. Tuesday's jury action was ? " against the Tatums only. A judgment signed by Judge F. Donald Phillips of Rockingham orders > them to pay Mrs. Wilcox $3,000 8" compensatory and $2,500 puni tive damages. The other actions on will be heard later. a _J "j FUSCHIA GARDEN CLUB HOLDS MEETING A. The Fuschia Garden Club held is- its regular meeting Friday night, en August 26, at the home of Mrs. -St Martin at 208 Regan Street, at il- 8:00 o'clock, a The meeting was opened with 66 a discussion on. plants for Fall ,r" and Spring, flowers and the time n- to plant them. Mrs. Martin also P- showed a lovely arrangement of es flowers in vases, and pot plants, of The president, Mrs. Fincher, gave a brief talk on' plants and bulbs, jr's The meeting closed with a deat lightful repast. J 1 Re r-, SEPTEMBER 3, 1949 ly A. and College Officii By Former Stu President F. D. Bluford of J & T. College stated that J. Cl< mont Paige, former graduate ( A. & T. College, class of 194 was not an honor student an the statement published in tl Greensboro Daily News, date Sunday, August 28, that he h< earned a Ph. D. degree at tt age of 19 is greatly embarrassir to the institution. He furthi stated that it is definitely impo; sible to earn a Ph. D. from a 1 S. degree within three years. Paige only completed his 1 Alan Murdered By Ax James Creech was killed wit an ax at his home, 1201 Gorre Street, about 5:30 a. m., Frida; September 2. The investigatir officers, Sgts. D. B. High and 1 L. Paschal, are holding Creech wife, Leoa Creech, for furthi investigation. <_reecns Doay is at tsrown Funeral Home. Funeral arrangi ments are incomplete. Brown Named On Shaw U. Staff Appointment of Bennie Brow as. Buildings and Grounds A ] sistant at Shaw University 'wi announced recently as a st( toward maintaining high phys cal plant standards at the inst tution. Mr. Brown is a gradua of Georgia State College with B. S. degree. The naming of an assistant this area was indicated as a r suit oi tremendous plant expai sion of the past several yeai Seven buildings, including tl three-building Rex Hospital la; out, have been added within tl last four years. In addition Sha University has purchased a nui ber of houses near the camp of which five have been remo< elled and put into service as fa ulty homes. Another facultv chance ii volves the designation of I W. B. Pettiford, well know Raleigh doctor, as Universi physician. Dr. Pettiford eami his A. B. degree at Johnson Smith University and the M. i degree from Meharry Medic College. The new school physician w start under a broadened heal plan, recently adopted by tl institution,. and put into open tion for the first-time this yes Under terms of the plan Sha University students will be gi' fan pnmnrohnnciun KooHVi age for the school year. Allowances for care throuj the University infirmary, f< hospitalization at St. Agnes ho pital, surgery, prescriptions, ar special consultations are inclu< Ed under the arrangement. T1 service will be available only ' boarding students and non-res dent students living in Raleigl Special increased provisions ai made for athletes. ad The Future Outlook f PRICE: 5 CKNTH .. i . T. College a Is Embarrassed 'dent Of A. & T. S. degree at A. & T. College just one year ago. What he stated as )f being a native of Siler City, N. C. 8, in the rural area of Chatham id County is true and also his famle ily life as to the number of :d brothers and sisters he has may is be true, but it is doubtful that he iC! is in position to educate one of ig his younger brothers and sisters :r which is indicated in Sunday's ?- Daily News. It was stated in the Greensboro Daily News that 19-year-old Clemont Paige is the youngest ? Negro ever to be granted a Ph. | D. degree by any American uni' versity. It further stated that Paige received his doctorate last January from McGill University h in Canada in the field of Physiill ological Psychology, y, The FUTURE OUTLOOK staff '? made a thorough investigation , through the registrar's office at A. & T. College of Paige's whereabouts and his record at that >s time. The registrar, Prof. C. R. ?- A. Cunningham, presented us all > of his qualifications which shows that Paige was just an average C-grade student at A. & T. and was teaching at Bethune-Cookman College at the time he was said to have been studying toward a Ph. D. No reauest has 111 ever come to them for his trans j-cript to do any further study toward a masters ' degree less 'p known a Ph. D. . In 1947, which was "stated as J" being the year he received his te masters degree in Bacteriology a from the'City College in New York, Paige was a student at A. in & T. College working toward his e- B. S. a- President Bluford of A. & T. s. College .stated that he doubted ne very seriously that he had been y- invited to deliver a paper on tie *An Exploratory Investigation iw of the Commensality of the Sea e- Anemone and Hermit Crab with us Comparative Reference to the d- Existing Symbiotic Relationship C- Amorta TVTar?lri?/4? " Krxf/-?**?* 4-Virx. British Association for the Adl vaneement of Science at New >r. Castle-Upon-Tyne. m President Bluford stated that ty he seriously doubted but it may ;d be possible that the paper could C. be delivered by Paige. D. It was further stated that al Paige finished high school in New 'York, but records show in ill the registrar's office at A. & T. th College that he finished from the le Chatham County Training School a- in Siler City, N. C., in 1945, at ir. the age of 15. It is true that he w finished college in three years v- by attending three full sessions of r- summer school. President Bluford further stat;h ed that all elevation and honor jj- and promotion of any A. & T. s_ College graduate is done through ,d the recommendation of the instij. tution and no such recommenda ie tion as so stipulated in Sunday's to paper of all these credentials i-' concerning J. Clemont Paige have h. ever been called to his attention -e and as far as A. & T. knows (Continued On Page Pour)
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