4,500 Teachers Begin 3-Day Meet 80th Session Underway; Many Activities Planned The 80th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Teachers Associa tion will be held in Raleigh, Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday, March 23, 24, 25. Four-thousand, five-hun dred teachers of the 11,500 mem bers of the association are expect ed to participate in the three-day convention. The thirty-eight sec tions and divisions will hold ses sions at Shaw University, Ligon jiF^l i ' I \ i r. ' « :■ : ; MRS. STOLBERG Demonstration Clubs Hold One-Day Meet Here The 19th annual session of the State Council Meeting of Home Demonstration Clubs got under-* way here Wednesday morning with Mrs. Lizeiette Pearsall, pres ident, presiding Mra, Permilla Dunston gave the organ medita tions. The audience sang “God Bless America.'' Rev, Cleo M. Mc- Coy delivered the prayer. Mayor W, G. Enloe told the women how pleased he was to have them in the city a.nd how all Ra leigh looks forward to having them come even- year. Miss Ruth Cur rent brought greetings from the State Extension Service. District presidents, Mesdames Lucille AIs (CONTWUED ON FACE 2) W. H. Fuller, Educator, 1$ Eulogized BT CHARLES R. FRAZER If, #s in the old days, the church bells tolled the departure of those who traveled on. they would today sound the knell of one of the old est and most highly respected citi sens of this community —W. H. Fuller who died during the week end. A graduate of Shaw Univer sity with the A R. degree in the class of 1899, and perhaps the sole survivor of that class; a holder of the master of arts degree from Co lumbia University and an honorary masters from Shaw; a teacher and principal sn the public school sys tems of Wake County and the city of Raleigh, and a teacher at the State School for the Deaf and Blind —these aervices covering a period of nearly a half century—W H. Fuller leaves behind an enviable record of service to mankind. Fun eral services were conducted at the F*irst Baptist, Church here Wednes day at 4 p.m. The Rev. C. W. Ward, pastor, officiated. AS a student, under the old re ecONTWtrSD ON PAGE S) UNIQUE EXCHANGE PROGRAM HELD AT LIGON Seven domestic exchange stu dents recently enrolled at Ligon School here. They were snapped as they enjoyed an informal “Get- Acquainted" session. They are (left to right) Miss Sylvia Baugham, Bladen Central High, Eliza bethtown: Wilbert Horne, Booker T. Washington High, Rocky Mount; Mrs. Thelma T. Daley, Student Council Advisor; James McCorkle, Atkins High, Wimton-Salem; Miss Gloria Crawford, Atkins High; Bennie Alston, Booker T. Washington High; Miss Brenda Dawson, a Ligon senior; tom Camille Parker, Booker T. Washington High; Miss Patricia Gill, secretary of the Ligon stu dent council and state secretary for the North Carolina Association of Student Councils; Miss Claudia Highsmith , Bladen Central High; and Miss Delete Johnson, reporter tor the J. W. Ligon ttudent council. High School, Washngton Junior High School, and St Augustine’s College. Highlights of the convention will include special recognition for the past presidents ®f the last eighty years, thirteen of the now living past presidents will be present to be honored and the other five will be rep (CONTINtTED ON PAGE 2) DR. NABRIT Welcome Teachers Area Links Conclude Convention Pointing out that Freedom and Education were the frontiers of the Links in a Changing World, delegates to the Southern Area Meeting closed a two-day session here Sunday. The social activities began Fri day night with » dance at the Ber ry O'Kelly Scnool. Registration was held at Benson Library, St. Augus ( CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> State lews —IN— Brief RALEIGH Laymans Sunday will be observed at the First Con gregational Christian Church, Sunday at the regular morning worship hour. Several laymen ol various churches will speak. The theme; "The Layman And His Church.” Mrs. Dorothy Curtis of the First Congregational Church, and Cecil Flagg of the Wilson (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) The Headline h Near, . Remember To Register And Vote State Clubwomen Protest Parking Fee THE COROLINIAN VOL. 20. NO. 24 Patient 9 * Husband Excited: Raleigh Medic Urea W Would-Be Assailant Is Jailed BV CHARLES R. JONES Dr. James E. Thomas, local physician with offices at 510 S. Person Street, told a CAROLINI AN reporter Tuesday night that he didn't think he would press charges against Sarn Jones of 230 F, South Street, who allegedly threatened the medic with a knife Monday night, causing him to flee his own office and take refuge in the office of a fellow doctor. Dr. Thomas signed a warrant a eainst Jones upon the advice of investigating officers. He said (CONTIENUKD ON PAGE 2) Leader Os Sit-I:s To City Sun. The Reverend David Carter, lead er of the Orangeburg, S. C. student sit-in demonstration, will be the mam speaker at the installation mass meeting of the Raleigh Citi zens Association, 3;30 p.m, Sunday (March 27) at the Martin Street Baptist Church. Rev. Carter will be introduced by Father J. N. Green of St. Augustine’s College Rev. Carter, along with hun dred* of students were jailed for their part tn the mass pro test against racial discrimina tion in public eating establish ment* in Orangeburg last month. Carter and the other demonstrators refusing to ac cept the many offers of hai! tendered them, chose rather to serve the 30 day* jail sentences meted out to them. Other features of the Palm Sun day program include, remarks by Ihe Reverend John Fleming on the purpose and achievements of the association. Mr Fleming is the immediate past president of the {CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> f '' .. tv---, ;■ -, y v..; . GOVERNOR ADMIRES PRESIDENT'S MEDALLION Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina, right, admires the medalhon presented to Dr. Samuel D. Proc tor, left, upon his inauguration last week as president of Ad&T College. Henry A Scott, who read the charge from the trustee board, looks on from center. The medallion, especially struck for the occasion, was designed by A. M. Rneria, Jr., of Durham. Dr. S. D. Proctor Inaugurated Sentence Meted In Col's lleatlt NEW BERN—Two men charged in the robbery-slaying of s white Fort Bragg paratrooper last week were given lengthy prison terms. One of the defendants plead ed guilty to manslaughter and the ether was convicted by a .jury of manslaughter, Tuesday (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> CAROLINIAN ADVERTISERS —“ ,BUY f,ROM IHEM PAGE S Horton s Cash Stuff PAGE 3 Peeoies Grill A Hotel Green Cleaners Penney'* G. v Tucker A Bro*. PAGE 3 John H Winters . PAGE » A&P Food Store* Surcflt Seat Cover Center Cameron-Brown Co. Mother ft Daughter Stores PAGE 1’ Bloodworm St. T > Home Ridgeway's Opticians Carolina Builder* Corp. Cavenes* Insurance Agency 7-Cp Bottling Co. GiKop. motor Finance Co. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. ol Raleigh Warner Memorial* Deluxe Hotel PAGE 11 Patterson Travel ~'rvlce Shoe Mart Staton's Motel A Restaurant O. W. Dodd Sheet Metal Work* Bankers Fir? Insurance Lawrence Bros. Co. KtmbreU'g, Inc. Stephenson Music Co. PAGE 1? Raleigh Loan Office Betty Gay Basse Jeweler* C A M. Promotion. Helltft-Levine Tee on Club RAtEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1961 GREENSBORO—Dr. Samuel De- Witt Proctor was inaugurated as fifth president of A&T College in brilliant ceremonies here last Sat urday morning, March 18. Terry Sanford, governor of the State, 40 college and univer sity president* and delegates from more than 500 other insti tution* and learned societies were among the special guests who attended the affair. In his inaugural address Dr Proc tor told Ihc audience of 3,500. that A&T College has an important stake in 'three formidable fron tiers” . . transition of the Negro . . . the chance taking place in the South . , . and the need for a sup {CONTtNT ED ON PAGE 21 i Sutter 1 * Shoe Store ! PAGE 14 i Goodman'* Ladle* Shop ! 'lldars Muffler Shop Webster A Hicks drill electrical Wholesaler*, Inr Marilyn Shoe* Stephens Appliance Co. sAP Products PAGE IS lohnson * Jeweler# Jean * of Raleigh Wins Grill Maos Piano Co. Raleigh Furniture Co. PAGE IS Caraleigh Furniture Co. Newsome Roofing Co. t lark Art Shop ! She ruin-Williams Paint 1 L p Bottling t o American Credit Co National AM Interior Raleigh Paint ft Wallpaper to McClellans swain Awning Co. W. T. Grants l ong Meadow Farm* PAGE n Pep*i-CoS* Boitling Co. Charles Dept, (store Turner’s Florist PAGF. !9 Firestone Store* Dove Music Co. Jeffery’s Grocery Carpet Center Dunston's Texaco Service Station Hudson Belli Bakers Shoe Shop New York Case Sunshine Bakery Jack ft Jill Children s Shop Capita! Bargain Store First Ctttgena Bank * Trust Co. PAGE 14 Standard Concrete Products Co. Acme Realty Co. Dunn’s Esso Service Raleigh Funeral Home Hunt General Tire Co. Lawrence Bros. Co. Carrel! Coal Co. Taylor Radio A. TV St.tics Raleigh Seafood Co. Branch Banking St Trust. < Ptggly Wiggly Dentist Heard Hr » Legislators The Old North Statp Dental So ciety attended the Legislative hear ing pertaining to amending the present law governing the selec tion of tine State Board of Dental Examiners here last Thursday. Speaking in behalf of the Old North State Dental Society was Dr. R A Hawkins of Charlotte. Dr Hawkins is chairman of the Full RighLs and Privileges Commit tee of the organization. Dr. Hawkins. In his presen tation. emphasized the fact that because of his race, he and oth er Negro dentists of his race practicing in the state of North Carolina have been denied membership in the parent body ffONTTNCEB ON PAGE 21 DENTISTS PROTEST TO LEGISLATORS Shown during a “break" in their hearing before the N. C. Legislature last Thursday are lour prominent North Carolina dentists From left to right are: Drs. Watson Fowler, Fayetteville; ). M. Hubbard Sr., and J. M. Hubbard, Jr., both of Durham; and Dr. D. P. Lane, Raleigh, in whose office this scene took place. See story rm this page. (STAFF PHOTO BY CHAS. R. JONES). Kennedy Salutes Press WASHINGTON, D. C President John F. Kennedy this week refer red to the press as an “educational instrument’ in a message noting the 134th anniversary of the American Negto Press and the annua! observ ance of National Negro Newspaper Week, beginning on March IP The Chief Executive's state ment, directed to the president of the National Newspaper Puh liahers Association, John H, (CONTINUED ON PAGE ») Hospital Jobs Are Discussed The Raleigh Citizens Association last week, through a committee, an nounced it will seek fair employ ment for Negroes on the staff of tha new Wake Memorial Hospital, A local official of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, Ralph Campbell, president, in dicated the group is concerned primarily with members of the stuff at St. Agnes Hospital, which will clone with the open ing of Wake Memorial Hospi tal in April. The NAACP official also charg ed that when members of the si aft at St. Agnes applied for employ ment with the now facility, they were told that they could not fill (ho same types of office jobs which they held at St Agnes, but that other jobs were available in the field areas which would be in night work. The administrator of 8t Ag nes, Ralph C. Bartlett, said the hospital employs about 100 per son#, over half of them being nurses, nurses’ aides and or derlies. Others are office per sonnel and maintenance work ers. William S Andrews, administra tor of the Wake Memorial Hospital, (CONTENTED ON PAGE S> Officials Questioned On Charge BY ALEXANDER BARNES One could not determine whe ther the welcome words of Mayor W. G. Enloe to the more than 2,- I ;'OC Home Demonstration Club women. at Memorial! Audiotrium Wednesday morning had as much effect as the fact, that they found a 50c parking fee facing them when they arrived Consternation almost reigned as the women began arriving. They were accustomed to driving their care and buses onto the spacious let adjacent to the city-owned building and walking into the au ditorium. This was not the case this year. They found that the lot had been leased to a private busi ness and they would have to fork up the fee. They also were told that if they drove out they would have to pay a gain, in view of the fact that the parking firm did not have parking tickets. Tire matter was called to the at tention ot the CAROLINIAN and (CONTINUED ON PAGE I) Alcohol | Fatal For Two Men BURLINGTON Police officers issued a warning for whoever has a bottle of wood alcohol which caused the deaths of two persons and made seven others ill last week. The Alamance County Sher iff’s Department said three gal ions of the alcohol was found by three men who were clean ing out an old storage building here. Police said the men thought the alcohol was aged whiskey and called in their friends. One of the friends, Bennie Wade, 34, of near Burlington, died Thurs day at the Alamance Genera! Hos pital. (CONTINUED ON PAGE W PRICE 15c ODDS-ENDS BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD Jesus said have faith in God, POLICE PROMOTION We noticed that when the Inquir ing Reporter in last week s Caro linian asked one lady what she wanted a Negro city councilman (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) WEATHER The fiir day weather forecast for Ralcislt, beginning Thursday, March 2.1 and continuing through Monday. March 21. Is an follow* Temperatures will average be low normal with minor day-to dav change-, Rainfall will average above normal with ahoul one inch expected. Partly cloudy and mild weather Is expected to prevail otherwise Normal high and low temperatures will be SA and W! de grees.