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VOL. 27, NO. 23
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1968
PRICE 10 CENTS
Officially In Race For N. C. House Seat
Atty. Henry E. Frye of
Greensboro, N. C. pays check
for filing fee to clerk at Guil
ford County Board of Elections,
while Mrs. Frye looks on. Atty.
Frye is seeking nomination for
one of county's seats in North
Carolina General Assembly.
Poplar Grove School P-TA Collects $2,238.75;
The Event Was A King And Queen Contest
(James Bell and Alvarado Ful
ler named King and Queen of
Poplar Grove)
Parents and patrons of the
Poplar Grove School Commu
nity collected a total of $2,238.75
evening of March 15 to be used
for school enrichment programs
for children at the school. The
special event was the annual
crowning of King and Queen of
the Poplar Grove School P.T.A.
Over 300 parents and com
munity leaders were on hand to
hear reports of their efforts and
register their support of the
school, faculty and its program.
James Bell and Alvarado Ful
ler were tops among the 16 con
testants reporting a total of
$513.53. Other contestants and
amounts reported were as fol
lows: Fred Donahue and Eunice
Troxler, $415.56; James Scales
and Jane Guy, 300.32; Micheal
Brown and Rhonda Hopkins,
$258.00; Clark Graves and Te
resa Hayes, $207.99; Ted Rober
son and Janice Buie, $204.85;
Reginald Watlington and Sylvia I
Woods, $175.00, and Howard
Richardson and Merrill Bass,
$163.50.
Special features of the pro
gram included a solo by Mrs.
Pauline Rankin, music by Miss
Gwendolyn Bell, greetings by
Mr. Marion Strickland, intro
duction of contestants by Mrs.
Virginia Little, crowning of
contestants by Mrs. Jessie Rich
ardson, presentation of gifts by
Mrs. Marie Donahue, and finan
cial reports by Mr. M. R.
Holmes, principal of the school.
BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH NEWS
By O. F. GUI
The Rev. Dr. M. Arthur Camper
Men's Day Speaker at Bethel .
Men's Day will be observed
at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Sun
day, March 31. Rev. M. Arthur
Camper of Baltimore, Md., will
be the guest speaker during the
morning worship service, at
11:00 a. m.
The Rev. Camper was born in
Baltimore, Md. He was con
verted at an early age and
joined Trinity A.M.E. Church
there, where his parents were
members.
He was educated in the public
schools in Baltimore, Lincoln
University o f Pennsylvania,
where he earned the A.B. and
B.D. degrees. He has done fur
ther study at Virginia State and
the University of Virginia. The
degree of Doctor of Divinity
was conferred on him at Kit
trell College. He has done grad
uate work at A. and T. State
University, where he earned the
degree of Master of Science.
Dr. Camper has pastored in
Maryland, Salem and Hampton,
Virginia, and Winston-Salem, N.
C. He taught at Carver School
and was principal at Hollins
Elementary School in Virginia,
and served as Counselor for
Financial Aid in the Office of
Admission and Placement at
Morgan State College In Balti
more, Maryland.
As President of Kittrell Jun
ior College, Kittrell, N. C., Dr.
Camper greatly Improved the
curriculum and scholarship ad
vantages during his tenure
there.
Our speaker has also written
several musical compositions,
and was presented in a "Modern
Creative Concert Recital" at St.
James A.M.E. Church In Win
ston-Salem, N. C. while he pas
tored there. AH music in the
concert was selected from works
composed by Dr. Camper since
1991.
Dr Camper Is now the in
structor in special education in
the Baltimore School system, and
serves as associate pastor at
Trinity, his home church. He is
married to the former Miss
Anna Mae Cooper who nobly
assists and encourages him.
They are the proud pavents of
four talented children.
Artis Boddie and Arthur Al
len will serve as chairmen for
the Men's Day program. The
Male Chorus of Bethel will fur
nish music.
r ' At 7:30 p. m., a panel discus
sion will be conducted on the
sublect. "What Is Black Power?"
Students from A. and T. State
Unlversitv and Dudlev Hitrh
School will apoear on the panel.
A Question and answer period
wltl follow. The public Is es pe
el all v Invited.
Sa?Hftalal Tea
The three Stewards Boards
of Bethel Church will sponsor a
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John C. Scarborough In Race For
County Commissioners Post
John Clarence "Skeepie" Scar
borough, III, a third generation
Durham citizen, today an
nounced he would seek a seat
on the County Commission in
the May 4 primary.
A native of Durham, Scar
borough, 30, is Assistant Mana
ger of Scarborough & Hargett
Funeral Home, Inc., with which
his family has been associated
I since 1888.
In a statement accompanying
his candidacy, Scarborough said
"The crises which confronts our
community today can best be
solved by broadening the base
of the policy making bodies
which plan the guidelines fov
our local, county, state, and na
tional agencies.
"I believe that the experi
ences which I have had as a
citizen in the Durham commu
nity for many years in addition
to my formal training and wide
contacts would enable me to
make a constructive contribu
tion to the improvement of life
for all citizens in the Durham
community. As a businessman, I
am sensitive to the problems of
attracting industry to our area
and in developing more jobs for
our people. If elected, I will
serve without favor to any seg
ment of the Durham popula
tion; on the contrary I will
studiously acquaint myself with
the issues that confront our
community, and I will act at all
times in the best interest of the
overall Durham community."
Scarborough is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Scarborough, Jr.
of 1406 Fayetteville Street, and
the . grandson of J. C. Scarbor
ough, Sr., who is also the foun
der of the Scarborough Nursery
School. The younger Scarbor
ough was born in Durham on
September 14, 1937. He was ed
ucated at Westtown Preparatory
School, Westtown, Pennsylvania,
Palmer Memorial Institute, Ohio
University, North Carolina Col
le e, (BS, 1960) and Eckels
College of Mortuary Science.
Active at many levels in the
community, Scarborough is a
junior steward at St. Joseph's A.
M. E. Church and a member of
the church's I ayman's League.
He is also a member of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternltv, the N. A.
A. C. P., the One O'Clock
Luncheon Club, tve Durham
Committee on Neero Affairs. In
addition he is a Pr^e and Ac
cented Mason, Doric Lodge No.
28, Cons'story ?18, Shrlners,
Zafa Temple No. 170.
Other activities include As
sistant Adviser of Explorer
Scouts, Post No. 105, Junior
Chamber of Commerce, member
of the North Carolina Adv <"0-y
Board of AmHi'a^ce Ferv:ce,
Assistant Secreta'-y of the ram
pus Hills Community Council,
Durham Business and Profes
sional Chain, Member of Advis
ory Board of Operation Break
through.
He is married to the former
Clara Richardson, of WrnJell,
North Carolina, and they re"ide
at 1802 South Alston Avenue.
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91OODM0BIU IS
come/
A silent prayer for peace at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
Arlington cemetery. About 3,000 persons joined in the service led
by (1. to r.) Rev. Martin Luther King; James Abernathy, assistant
to Mr. King; Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, President of The
Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Rabbi Abraham Hes
chel of the Jewish Theological Seminary. The meeting was spon
sored by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam.
Symbols uttered the unspoken word. The Torah Scroll, which
had belonged to President John F. Kennedy is carried by Rabbi
Eisendrath. He had presented the Torah to the late President at
a White House ceremony in 1961 on behalf of the UAHC. ?
Following the assassination, the Kennedy Family temporarily
returned the Torah to the UAHC Religious Action Center in
Washington to hold until the completion of the John F. Kennedy
Memorial Library where it will And its permanent home. The 200
year-old scroll previously belonged to the founder of American
Reform Judaism, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, who brought it from
Bohemia vj^hen he came to this fountry to escape religiou?.pjj;n*
cution. . ? - ? x