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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
—“ ,BUY f,ROM IHEM
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Horton s Cash Stuff
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Peeoies Grill A Hotel
Green Cleaners
Penney'*
G. v Tucker A Bro*.
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John H Winters <fc t«,
Dillon Supply Co.
Major Finance Co.
Skwtew Drive-In
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Mechanic* A Farmer* Sa.uk
Joy'* American Grill
Blount's 7-Day Market
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O'Neal Motors, Inc.
Sanders Motor Co.
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s. M Young Hardware
C. Kar! Llrhlman
Colonial stores
Washington Terrace Apt
Modern Finance Corp.
R. E. Quinn Furniture C>.
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A&P Food Store*
Surcflt Seat Cover Center
Cameron-Brown Co.
Mother ft Daughter Stores
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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
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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.
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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
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i Sutter 1 * Shoe Store
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i Goodman'* Ladle* Shop
! 'lldars Muffler Shop
Webster A Hicks drill
electrical Wholesaler*, Inr
Marilyn Shoe*
Stephens Appliance Co.
sAP Products
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lohnson * Jeweler#
Jean * of Raleigh
Wins Grill
Maos Piano Co.
Raleigh Furniture Co.
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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*
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Pep*i-CoS* Boitling Co.
Charles Dept, (store
Turner’s Florist
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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.