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VOL. 23, NO. 28
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1964
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Way nick Cites Urgency Of Better
Employment Opportunities
The urgency of meeting prob
lems of better employment for
Negroes in North Carolina was
outlined last week at A&T Col
lege.
Speaking was Capus Waynick,
special assistant to the Governor,
who appeared before a meeting
of the North Carolina Good Nei
ghbor Council.
"Unless the nation can adjust
its employment opportunities," he
said, "to meet the upcoming needs
for minority groups, we are head
ed for real trouble."
He told the group that the cur
rent and tremendous output from
the nation's industries will be in
adequate to meet the challenges
which face it.
"I. am afraid for the white ma
jority," General Wyniclc continu
ed, "if it fails now to give justice
in employment to the Negro mi
nority."
He said the United States tor
mented the current social revolu
tion by showing to the world
.that man can live more abundant
ly, by the ?luU use of Its man
power in the production of goods
and services.
"We cannot survive," he told
the Council, "if ten per cent ol
our people continue to march the
streets in protest and with thou
sands of others standing by in
support, unless we make drama
tic changes."
Concluding, he said, "This state
.is great enough in hoart and mind
to meet the tremendous chal
lenges it faces at this hour. This
Council is trying hard to lift the
overburden so that twenty-five
per cent of North Carolina's pop
ulation, Negroes, can express
themselves in its progress."
Another speaker, Dr; Vivian W.
Henderson, professor and chair
man of the Department of Eco
nomics at Fisk University, Nash
ville, Tennessee, serving this year
as visiting professor at State Col
lege, said the Negro has made sig
nificant economic strides since
World War H, but the economic
gap has widened between them
and whites.
(He explained that whites had
also made economic progress, and
more.
A&T Symphony Band In
Concert On Sunday
The A&T College Symphony
Band will present its annual
spring concert on Sunday.
The program is set for the Har
rison Auditorium beginning at
, 6:30, P.M.
. Walter F. Carlson, Jr., direct
. or of bands, will conduct the 70
piece group in a variety program
which will include groups of
. marches, sami -classical literature
>? and music' by the masters. He
will toe assisted by J. J. Williams,
assistant director.
The publtc is invited.
He brought a ripple from the
group when he cited figures to
show that the income gap widens
between Negroes and whites as
the Negro gains more education
and training. He said figures show
that Negroes with eight-years of
schooling will earn $71,000 less
than whites in a lifetime, or 57 To;
after 12-years of schooling, $125,
000 less,, or 48% of that of whites
with the -same training, and, after
16-years of schooling, $215,000, or
42% of that of whites.
He said that the employment
plight for the Negro will probab
ly worsen before it improves, un
less major offsetting factors are
employed. He mentioned massive
education and training programs
and immediate large scale public
effort to diminish unemployment
among Negroes, as possible cor
rective measures. ?
Other speakers appearing in
cluded: Hugh M. Raper, director,
Employment Security Research,
N. C. Employment Security Com
mission; 1 Fred Eason, education
al ''supervisor,' Department of!
Community Colleges, * and Dr.
Horace Hamilton, professor of
rural sociology, State College, all
of Raleigh, N. C., and R. E. Jones,
State Agent, A&T College Exten
sion Service.
The Council heard a report on
progress in High Point by Irving
Hamilton, vice chairman, and Mrs.
Howard Marsh, both of the High
Point Human Relations Commit
tee.
I caas "lit! GREEK LIGHT ,
WOMAN'S DAY AT CELIA
PHELPS METHODIST CHURCH
Woman's Day at Ceiia Phelps
Methodist Church, Sunday, April
26, was highlighted in the morn
ing service with an address by the
president of the Woman's Society
of Christian Service of the church,
Mrs. Ada M. Tonkins. The after
noon service was highlighted with
an address by the Greensboro Dis
trict president, of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service, Mrs.
K\ -W; Jones of Reidsville.
Music for both services was
furnished by the Women's Choir,
with Mis. Jacqueline Kerr, Pi
anist. Vocal solos were rendered
at both services by Miss Nellie
Mobane.
Members of the local church
appearing- on the program during
the day. were Mesdames, Mary
Mebar.e, . who v;rcjjided iia, the
morning; . Pearl Siler, Johnsie
Moore, Patsy Ann Stroud, V. M.
Allen, Emma Herbin, Willie Mae
Cathey, Alice Mebane, Margaret
Free, Johnsie Alston, Patricia
Wiseman, Mary .Herbin, Myrtle
Crutchfield, Beatrice McClammy.
Ushers were Mesdames Catherine
Tonkins and Louise McGibboney.
Proceeds for the day were ap
plied to the Building Fund of
the church.
James Brown To Headline Galaxy
Of Record Stars At Coliseum
Probably the greatest group ol
rhythuin and "blues singers ever
assembled on the same bill will
appear in Greensboro at the Coli
seum Wednesday, May 13, head
ed by James Brown. James
Brown, famous as both a singer
and instrumentalist, has practical
ly made record history in that
each time he changes his style,
he becomes more successful with
larger audiences.
A favorite performer all over
America, James Brown's fellow
performers in this show include
an all-star list otf recording artists.
The complete unit, at 20 song
stars, is backed by the James
Brown Orchestra, conducted by
Paul Williams, and emceed by
King Coleman, popular comic.
James Brown, ?whose first re
cord release "Please -Please
Please" began an unbroken string
otf hit records unmatched in the
record industry, is a great favo
rite here. After vocal, successes
like "Try Me", "Bewildered",
"Good, Good Lowin' " he turned
to Instrumental^ with similar sue
' * V * . . ? . I
cess. His "Night Train" is still
one of the best-selling instrumen
tal records in the country. Recent
ly, adding strings to his backing
and trying his hand at ballads,
he released "Prisoner of Love"
and "These Foolish Things" and
increased his audience immeasur
ably. Musically speaking, James
Brown just can't do anything
wrong.
He is probably the most excit
ing performer to come on the
scene in the past ten years. Re
cord fans in this area will have
an evening of thrills in store.
They'll hear Solomon Burke,
Garnet Mimms, Dionne Warwick,
The Tama, The Orlons, Otis Red
ding, Anna King, Tirrvmy Shaiw,
Dean and Jean, King Coleman,
Comic MC, Bobby Byrd, Johnny
and Bill, and The Famous Flames.
And that's only a small part of
the story. The Biggest Show of
Stars for '64 ? Spring Edition is
slated to be a bigger and better
show than most record fans could
believe possible.
Tickets are on sale only at the
Coliseum Box Office.
YMCA Executive To Deliver A&T
College Baccalaureate Sermon
A top 'executive in the Young
Men's Christian Association of
America will deliver the sermon
at the A&T College Baccalaureate
Services.
Dr. Matthew G. Carter, assist
ant director, Association Press,
National Board of YMCA, New
York City, will speak here on
Sunday, May 24. The program
has been set for the Charles
Moore Gymnasium, beginning at
11:00 AM.
A native of Danville, Va., the
speaker is a graduate of Virginia
Union- University and has had:
graduate study at Columbia Uni-J
versity and Union Theological :
Seminary. He has held executive'
positions with the YMCA in !
Richmond, Va., Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, and Columbus, Ohio, '
prior to assuming his present post, i
Tlie baccalaureate services will
set in motion the weeklong 73rd
annual commencement program
for the College. Other events
scheduled for Sunday, May 24,
induce: Hie aiuiual joint con
cert of the A&T College Choir
and the A&T College Symphony
Band on the front campus laiwn,
beginning at 5:30 P.M., and the
annual reception for graduating
seniors, alumni and friends of the
College, given that evening at
7:30 o'clock by Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, president of the College,
and Mrs. Dowdy. That event is
to be hedd in Cooper HaU.
The finals program, set for the
Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday,
A&T ALUMNI SET ANNNUAL
MEETING
The A&T College General A
luimni Association will hold its
annual meeting here on Saturday,
May 30. The meet is set lor the
Carver Hall Auditorium, begin
ning at 9:00 A.M.
The official call, issued this
, week by Howard C. Barnhill,
Charlotte, N. C? president of the
Association, said the organization
j will be called upon to vote on im
portant new' legislation and to ap
prove a new campaign which
would lead to the construction
of a national headquarters build
ing. Barnhill said that ample land
area for the nerw structure has
already been procured.
Nearly forty-chapters, located
in North Carolina and principal
aities in the East and Midwest,
will present their annua} financial
reports in sujuport of the Associa
tion's Scholarship Fund.
The opening session, the annual
Alumni Dinner, will be held at
the Greensboro Hot Shoppes on
the previous evening, Friday,
May 29, beginning at 6:00 o'clock.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, president
of the College, will deliver the
dinner speech.
May 30, at 3:00 P.M., will feature
the main address by Dr. Charles
Wesley, president of Centra]
State College, Wilberforce, Ohio.
Earlier in the day, at 9:00 A.M.,
the A&T College General Alumni
Association will hold its annual
meeting.
"NEGRO WRITERS FACE CHAL
LENGE," SAYS BO N'T EM PS
A&T College students were told
last week that the modern day
Negro writer faces a big chal
lenge.
Speaking was Ana Bontemps,
noted noveist and poet, who de
livered a main address during
the observance of Humanities
Week.
He used as his subject, "Ameri
can Negro Poetry," the title of
his latest book, published late in
1963.
"The chalenge of the Negro
writer in the second century of
freedom," he said, "is to attempt
| to consolidate in the heart of. his
? reader what lias ji>een won irv' the
I mind."
Services Held
i
JAMES ALBERT YOURSE
Funeral services for James Al
bert Yourse were held at St.
Matthews Methodist Church on
Wednesday, April 29 at 4:00 p.m.
Rev. John G. Corry, pastor, of
ficiated.
James Albert Yourse, a native
of Rockingham County was born
November 22, 1890 and departed
this life in the Moses Cone Me
morial Hospital April 27, 1964.
A Greensboro resident for near
ly 50 years, he was a member of
St. Matthews Methodist Church
where he served on the Steward
Board.
Surviving are his wife: Mrs.
Ollie Yourse, one brother, George
Yourse; two sons, Clarence and
Wiley Yourse, three grandchil
dren, nieces, nephews and many
relatives and friends.
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.