Chapel Hill Board Denies Youth Admittance .»
Sir. Brandis Quits For Good
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Raleighite Elks*National Beauty Queen
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North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL 18, NO. 49 SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER >. 1959 RALEIGH N. C. PRICE !2c IN N. CL; ELSEWHERE 15e
Ingrams Once Faced Cha in
Doomed Trio Goes
Family Os
Three Now
Out Os Jail
MXLUSDGEVTLLE. GA. A
gray-haired woman, who was in
volved in a murder case that was
exploited by the Communist Party
lor a, number of years, was releas
ed from prison last week after
sarong almost 12 years of a life
sentence
Mrs. E-osa Lee Ingram 54 was
greeted by her two sons, Wallace.
2 7 and Sammy Lee: 25. who were
released earlier in the day from
the M tchel! Prison Camp at Ca
miila Ga The three had been in
prison for almost a dozen years
for the slaving of t Schley County
white tenant farmer. John Strat
ford, over a mule that had stray
ed.
When she was freed, Mrs,
Ingram said she held "No
thina against nobody. The bur -
den haa done feli off me I
feels hke I can live happy now
—me and my children.”
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Chuck Berry
To Forfeit
Miss. Bond?
3&JCHMOND. Va.—Negro rock >.
roll singer Charles "Chuck" Berry
said Sunday a group of white teen
age far.* turned on him after a j
dance in Meridian. Miss., called him
a "smart nigger” and accused birr. !
of asking a white girl for a date
Berry, arrested and charged j
with disorderly conduct after
the incident Thursday eight
insisted It wae a "mtsnnder
ttasding” hut indicated he
would forfeit the $l5O bonis he
posted before he was escorted
out of town
Berry 25 married and the father
of two children in St Louis ap
peared here Saturday night at a
rock 'r roll show.
He told his version of the Meri
d'aa incident to newsman-disc joc
key Tom Mitchell of radio station
WANT, Richmond
Berry admitted he ran out of
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J.&9 TEAKS IK THE MINISTRY Two St Augustine's College
«T&*«***B few made plans for , joint celebration of the fiftieth an
sivers&ry ©f their ordination to the sacred ministry of the chord*, Fr., i
tasae*- Salter white, right, of Saint CnriMs’i Episcopal Church,,
St. Augustine*. Florida and! Dr. Robert J Johnson, left, of St. Mark’s!
fcjiseopa! Church, K ilson. North Carolina, announced plans for joint {
celebration at St. Cyprian’s Church on September 6, with Dr. Johnson 1
de.irerin? sermon and on September 18th si St. Mark’s with Fr.
statterwhite delivering she sermon Artileaetm Safterwhlie atitl Dr. !
Johnson ware eiara-mates at St. Aufius’me’s, Bishop Payne Divinity j
£C„o©., and were ordained deacons and priests at the same. time, j
Beta sire members of the. board ©f trustees of St, Augustine's College.
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NINETT-SIX-TEAR-OLD GROOM AND HIS BLUSHING BRIBE Mo. Jam** Frierson. *O.
blushes after receiving the traditional marriage greeting from her huabstsd at their marriage ceremony
j on Sunday At extreme left is the Rev, Norman Mate belli who performed the eeremonv Ducking next to
| him with » big smile on his face is Deacon Ben Barrett, the bestnsa®. Evidently, the spectators are also
; enjoying the proceedings. (Staff Ffcote by GLEN MITCHELL).
Gr00m,96, Takes Bride Os
60 In Raleigh Ceremony
BT GLEN MITCHELL
On Sunday, August 31, an un-1
usual incident occurred at the lit
tle white church on Smithfield
Street, A 96-year-old widower,
probably older than any who had
witnessed the occasion, married a ’
i 60-year-old widow
The widower James Frierson I
Gang War Victim's Rites
Conducted On Wall Street
NEW YORK (ANP)—The teen
'■ re Negro girl gunned down on a
.-treet on the lower east side last
Sunday when warfare broke out
between two juvenile ganrs had
her funeral Thursday night >_r the
I richest and most famous church
m the city
The final tights were eon
dur.tsd for Theresa Gee 15 at
Trinity Church where Alexsu-
of 511 Smithfield Street, chalk
ed up his third marriage a* he
and his bride spoke their mar
riage vows before the Rev. Nor
man Mitchell at the Mount
Nebr Baptist Church, It nt
the second marriage for the
former Mrs, Susie Easterling
of 52F Bragg Street.
T feel just as natural as I
i der Hamilton'e fane**! xvs&
held and whose tiny graveyard
at the head of Wall Street, con
tains tombstones bearing the
names of Robert Fulton *sul
great!; who made history
TO AWAKEN All NEW TOSX
The Rev C Kilmer Myers, a
| white Episcopal clergyman who
| conducted the services, got permits
| si or to hold the funeral in fee f*m-
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Mr. C. Karl Utehmrn
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i Warner Memorial*
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KJdgeway Opticians
. could feel because I asked God to
give her to me,” said the happy
bridegroom Then he quipped, I
would so through s fourth mar
riage if it came to it.”
The bride said, “I think it is
good.” She wore a light blue,
Spanish lace dress with head-dress
and accessories to match
The ceremony at the church
was very simple No rings v ere ex
changed by the couple.
The bride and the groom were
composed as they spoke their vows,
and showed no signs of emotion
until the minister bade the groom
greet his bride. Immediately the
congregation became jubilant, and
the newly-weds envinced a spirit
of youthful glee as they attended
the reception which followed the
marriage ceremony,
Excitement and anxiety
bsnndod as the packed church
waited about half an hour ov
er the scheduled time for the
Arrival «*f couple. The ex
pectant congregation sang in
the meantime, and as the sing
ing quieted down rounds of
frantic chatter coaM be heard
from different quarter?..
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CtesSSss •sliders Stars-
I WSUSsaa’s Seafood Ca.
F»yet&aviUe Stm* Baptist Church
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StZsatim. -Lamb* Co
: !Mt«f*ed Market j
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Miss Brown Triumphs;
Battle “Elk Os Year”
ST J B. BARREN j
ATLANTIC CITY. N J. A- !
mong the 14 lovely contestant* j
entered m the 1958 IBPOEW j
''Elks i Beauty and Talent Show,
the sop winner was Miss Addessa j
Brown, of Raleigh. N. C who is a j
rising sophomore at Talladega I
College in Alabama, She received j
I-reel
Cops Raid Wake
Spots , 7Nabbed
Negro night spot* in Wake
County have become police raiding
target* m recent weeks A bat
tery of police officers cut down
on three night spots last weekend
and made seven arrests,
The spots involved were the
Blue Sky Inn and the Sociable
Club, b; j in Holly Springs, ar.d
the Cabin by the River near Gar
ner,
.4 “special detail” of law of
ficers, directed by Sheriff Rob
ert 3 Pleasants, determined
to clean up Negro night spots,
where it is alleged, “trouble
would naturally brew ” Their
clean-op program last week-
Dean Brandis Irked
Over Board's Action
CHAPEL HILL—The Chapel Hill
School Board hers saw protests
within its own rank when it re
jected for a second, time or; Mon
day night. August 31, a 10-year
old boy’s application for admission
to an all-white school.
Dr Henry P Brandis, Jr ,
dean of the University of North
Carolina, Law School, who had.
threatened to resign in a pre
vious meeting of the board
when it took similar action, fi- ;
sadly did so Monday night.
A month before the board had !
Two Bi- Racial Rapes
Are Reported In State
Lee and New Hanover county au
borities are seeking Hues to the
identity of four white men who
reportedly raped a 17-year -old Ne
gro waitress, and a 55-year-old ba
bysitter Fridav
Miss Juan.it* Palmer told Lee
Sheriff D F Holder that the two
white men forced her into * car
when she left the restaurant where
she worked Thursday right and
drove to a secluded spot where both
men raped her
Holder said the girl was hysteri
cs! when she was taken to Lee
County Hospital about 3-HO A M
Friday. He said she was examined
and released and that officers hid
not vet received s medical report.
Tfc girl told Holder she left
the restaurant by the rear door
at about 10 P.M Thursday. She
said the two men grabbed her
as she crossed a parking lot be
hind the building, forced her
fist® the ear and struck her on
the head with a bottle when
she struggled.
She said the men drove to an
old lumber mill off U S. 42! and
j both men raped her. She said they
j then drove back to the highway
; and put he? out of the ear. She
j made her way is a nearby house
State News
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Brief
RARWES REPRESENTS AMR
sign church
MIAMI Fla. The AMS 2ion
Church went on record here last
week to join the crusade to aid in
cutting down the traffic toll of
the nation. Alexander Barnes, of
Durham, N. C.. Director .of Public
Relations and Social Service, rep- I
resented the denomination as the j
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a $250 first prize purse She re
ceived the following three tro
phies' "Miss Personality”, "Miss
Congeniality," and the third for
participation.
Miss Brown » the daughter
of Mrs Genera P Brown,- a
school teacher in the North
Carolina Capital City. She is
a graduate of J. W, Ligoa Jun
ior~Senior High School there
She was an honor s udent and
took a part in the activities of
the school, but also found time
to be a. majorette with the
school band
BATTLE "ELK OF TEAR”
Another honor was bestowed
upon s. North Carolinian when the
Rev. K. P. Battle, president of the
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: end kept them occupied Satur
» day night and early Sunday
' morning.
: James Norris, charged with dis
orderly conduct, and Alice Dixon,
charged with carrying a coneeal
; ed weapon, were arrested at the
' Blue Sky Inn Other charges, pos
session of non-taxpaid liquor and
public drunkenness, are borne by
F. L Li scorn b and Calvin Pegram.
respectively.
Operator Albert Lee Jones of
the Cabin by the River was arrest
ed oh charges of carrying a con
cealed weapon, possession of non
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rejected -Stanley Vickers' applica
tion by a 4-2 vote The vote on
Monday night resulted in the- same
way.
Thy reason for turning down
Vickers’ request is. according to the
board, because it is working on a
plan for limited integration which
will start at the first grade in Sep
tember of next, year
Conrad O Pearson of Cur
ham. attorney representing W
fcere. had said when the appli
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and called officers.
Holder said the girl had been
able +o provide officers with
sketchy descriptions of the men
and the car
A preliminary hearing was sched
uled for Monday for two white
teenagers charged with raping a
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VICTIM’S FUNERAL HELD Numb with grief, Mrs. Walter Gee fs assisted out of New York*'* Tris
ity Church, August 27th, by her husband flight) and femoral director David Lane (left) after ftmera! ««»-
ices for the Gees’ 15-year-old daughter, Theresa, who was slain late August 23rd. in an outburst s£
juvenile gang violence. The Rev. C. Kilmer Myers, * 43-year-old white Episcopal clergyman whose pit
■«h *s in the heart of the alum neighborhood where the slaying occurred, got permission to ceeufiuet t&*
femoral in the city’s richest most famous church to an effort to spark shame and action oat of N«s»
Forks**. (CPI PHOTO)-
“MISS AMERICA” OF ELK DOM—Miss Addesa# Brown, left, a
rising sophomore at Talladega College. Talladega. A!* , has just re
turned to Raleigh from Atlantic City, N ■>,„ where she was named
"Miss America of Elkdom ” Miss Brown daughter of Mrs, Geneva p
i Brown, of E Lenoir Street, is a graduate of Ligon Junior-Senior High
School here She has also won beauty titles in the state of Alabama
Durham Admits 8:
School integration was off to a
peaceful start this week as schools
in North Carolina’s major cities,
except, in the Capital City, opened
their doors for another year.
Durham and Havelock began 1
their first year of school Integra
tion —Durham with 3 pupils and j
Havelock with 17 The Durham i
school board vaded through 221
applications before accepting 8. The
17 pupils attending the Havelock
school axe children of air ba--
personne! at Cherry Point
Winston- Salem. Charlotte, and !
Greensboro started their third J
year of school integration with j
little and m most instances no. in- :
Bus Boy cotters “Eyeing”
Now Goal In Montgomery
MONTGOMERY. Ala An or
ganization that won a world-pub- ;
Ucjzed bus boycott at Montgomery. !
Ala. has opened a drive to fcfte- j
grate classrooms in the so-called
Grade of the Confederacy ”
The Rev Martin Luther King
Jr. president of the Montgomery
Improvement Asm said this third
year since the court, victory over
bus segregation in Montgomery has ;
become the target year for class- j
room integration
The Association, which at j
traded world attention *o its
fight to? bur. integration by i
Drowns In Diver
SPARTANBURG. S C.—A 23-vear-o!d Spartanburg coustrua
lioH worker drowned here Monday in the Pacolet River.
Ernest Miller was at work Monday morning at the site of s new
bridge over the Pacolet River at the Route Nine crossing near here.
He waded into the water to remove construction forms from the
bridge and apparently stepped into a hole where the water was
over his head
udent.
Raleigh is the only Etaj.-r
city in the state that has e-.t
sought to desegregate Its
schools. Since the Supreme
Court decision only one appli
cation for reassignment to an
all-white school has bees pro
cessed by the Raleigh School
Board
The application, coming from To.
seph Holt. Jr was rejected Since
then one feeble attempt to request
reassignment was thwarted before
j the application reached the fils*
of the school board
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boycotting the city buses r.
i year sent out letters as. King
I School Foard members to make
a reasonable start" this fall
This mads Alabama the fourth
! southern state to become the site
| of current integration drives as the
fall school term openings neared
The other states were Virginia.
North and South Carolina, and
j Florida
Virginia, where "massive re
sistance" to integration was
once the political watchword,
begins its first full term of ia-
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