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STATE* NEW HOMEMAKERS HONOR THREE HERE Shown above is a scene re
worded (form# the anmtal meeting of the state' s Naw Homemakers, which attracted some 1.500
member*. Two of the state’s most outstanding home economists and a vocational agricultural sup
ervisor were honored in special ceremonies. Shown on the stage at Raleigh Memorial Auditori
um last Saturday morning are. left to right; A Bennett College student, who represented Mrs. Lou
rs* Street, honoree, of Bennett', Miss Brenda Turner, pinning rose; Mrs, g, Yancey fen av, hon
ora*, former head of the home economics department at Shaw University here; Miss Ruth Pope;
mod W. T Johnson, honoree, supervisor of vocational agriculture at ANT College. Greensboro, in
met' *ho*m Mim Mahle E. Evans, home, economist for the American Institute of Baking, who was
mam speaker. ( STAFF PHOTCS BY CHAS R. JONES).
1,500 Mew Homemakers Honor
Three At Raleigh Convention
Ot 'ter I.HOO members of North
Carolina New Homemakers of
Amends chapter# met vn Raleigh
last. w°ek for their annual conven
venteon under the leadership of
Mrs Mar re € Moffitrt
In spec tel ceremonies, three
e«t«#an<Hng heme economist#
Wheeler
(ommcnh
iln Hiring
WASSMmGToir'a C North
Carolina wM have a reformation
fm «h* hiring of Hegroes by com
panies What, haw government con
tract* if it te within the powr of
Jbhn. H Wheeler. Durham, N. C.,
benkar, who is a member of the
FTesitteevt's Committee or. Equal
Job QppcriiWMtto
#*r. Wbeeier m«i with the
wbtoit here Tsesdky, at the
White Soane and heard Preei
4rwt John F Kennedy say hk
Adtateteten&iton would work in
weeieroea apteit”, b»t also
“«wi Arran)**#” to e*»d “once
%m£ tear *St" dWrtemnation tn
Fadeea* «mpkmn«>nt and by
Wwaw Mag bweinee# with the
%K>n Dtarham Sor hhe
gMtenlfts, Mr. Wl»!er made a
jhrWgWbA sbakeeaent tshat North
Wteoitoa him onty t» eetahtolh a
feoNTtytrirD on page t»
BAhikiOAuuU Eli ifi US I ASM • —■ T his gruop of teen-agers, who mobbed the Brooklyn Pa-
r Amount Theatre, to see. singer Johnny Mathis, are apparently unconcerned about the police as
signed to keep them in check. Mathis made one personal appearance on the Paramount's stage,
which is the reason for all of tine enthusiasm shown on the youngster's faces last week. (UPI
PHOTO).
Tuesday* April TS* is Primary Election* Mirny*. Be Sure To Vote
wet* swarded honorary state
membership (n the NHA. These
included Mrs. Brpnda Yancey
Jervay, formerly chairman of
the harm economics department
at Shaw University: Mrs Louise
Streat of Bennett College, and
W T Johnson, supervisor of
vocational agriculture at A&T
College m Greensboro
Norma Fleming, a student at Ol
ive High School of Moi canton won
ihe right to campaign for the na
tional office of secretary
New State officers for the 1961-
6f term include: Naomi Spence.
Harnett High Schocol. Dunn, presi
dent: Alice Lemon. Pamlico Coun
ty High School. Bayborn. vice-pres
ident. Henrietta Gorham. P S.
Jones High School. Washington,
secretary: Diana Neely, Lincoln
Boy Scout
Exposition
Is Planned
Around NI.OOO Cub Scout*. Boy-
Scouts and Explorers, including
some 1.500 Negro scouts in the Or
coneechee Council Boy Scouts of
America are expected to take part
in one of the greatest Scout Ex
positions" ever held in the Coun
cil on April 29th.
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High School. Bessemer C ty treas
ure*- Mildred Foster. Davie Coun
ty T*-air,lns School. Mocksville. re
porter. Fdith Autry. Merriok-
Moore Htgh Srhool. Durham, pa* -
liamentarian; Brenda Carpenter,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE ?)
Hr. Trou §»
ItllkilMCS*
%Vk. Ora lor
Ffa Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity, Inc will observe
its annua! Bigger and Better Busi
nfss w eek during the week of Ap
ril 16-23. The week's observance
will climax with a public program
to be held at The First Baptist.
Church Sunday. April 23rd, at 3.00
pro.
Dr Cornelius V. Troup, president
of Fort Valley State College. Fort
Valley. Ga . will be the speaker.
Dr. Troup is well qualified as a
speaker and educator He is a pro
duct of Morris Brown College, At
lanta. Ga.
He holds the master of arts de
gree from Atlanta University, At
lanta. Ga. and the PhD. degree
ifrom Ohio State University.
Dr. Troup held several outstand
ing positions before eoming to the
presidency of Fort Valley State
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■• ••’' ~ : • • ' ' ‘ - ■ ;
VOL. 20. NO. 27
Dc ' Tied Convict Gets
Stay Os Execution Here
First Freedom Dinner Big Success
......, | —^
IN i tiio in PH ANT MOOD Garlanded with flowers, Ju
liu* Nyerere, slated to become the fir at Prime Minister of Tan
ganyika on May Ist, is carried by supporters at the close of a two
day constitutional conference recently. Tanganyika, a. United
Nations trust territory, which Britain has administered since 1919.
is to become independent on Dec 2Sfh. I°6l. The achievement of
independence this year is a personal victory for Nyerere. (UPI
RADIOTELEPHOTO).
Attorneys To File
Again For A Wrt t
The State Supreme Court ruled
that Elmer Davis. Jr., will not he
executed, as planned, in the gas
chamber here Friday.
It was decided that. Davis, »
Charlotte resident, he granted a
stay of execution so that his law
yers may carry another appeal to
Federal courts.
His appeal already has been
parried to the 11. S. Supreme
Court. It refused to consider the
appeal from a decision of the
North Carolina Supreme Court
upholding the death sentence
for murder which Davis receiv
ed in Mecklenburg Superior
Court.
Davis' lawyers, Charles B Bell
and W. B. Nivens petitioned the
State's highest tribunal for a stay
of execution so that they might
ODDS-ENDS
BY ROBE.IT G. SHEPARD
"Walk in tlie Spirit and you
shall not fulfil! the lust of the
flesh.”
LEST WE FORGET
''Vengeance is mine," saith the
Lord, 1 w ill repay ” We have al
ways liked that scriptual text.
Many times it has prevented us
from trying to “pay back” those
who had wrongfully misused us.
We will never advocate doing evil
for evil.
On the other hand, we think
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| apply for » writ of habeas eorpts*
in Federal District Court.
In granting the stay, the court
specified that the proceeding* be
instituted within ten day#.
The death sentence was meted
out to Darts in the September 20,
1959 murder of Mr*. Foy Bell Coop
er. Her body was found in a mau
soleum in Charlotte's Elmwood
Cemetery.
Bi'Racial
School Bd.
Appointed
GRAHAM The appointment
of a bi-racial commute to oversee
the operations ot the new con
solidated high school in Alamance
County i* looked upon by some as
a step in the right direction, but
whether this is enough is being
questioned by many.
The fact that a bi-racial
committee was appointed to
look after the operations of
(his one race school seems not
to answer the decision of the
United States Supreme Coart.
It could not be ascertained a,#
to why the committee would
not be asked to look after all
the schools !n the county.
The special treatment to this
particular school is said to have
been made after a request was
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RALEFGM, H. C , iATURDAY, APRiC, 15, 196 t
Secretary
05 Region
Speaker
Score.! of civic and cn i 4 rights
leader* from the Raleigh area were
present at the First Baptist Church
in Raleigh for the first annual
Freedom Dinner last Friday eve
ning The dinner was sponsored by
the local Branch of the NAACP.
Mrs. Ruby Hurley, southeastern
regional secretary of the NAACP,
was featured speaker, and the late
Dr. W L-. Greene was honored in
a special in memonam tribute read
by the Rev. John W. Fleming.
Dr. Grad,;' Dsvie served as mas
ter of ceremonies snd Dr. Margue
rite Adam# introduced Mm, Hur
ley.
Ralph Campbell, praised far
his ou tots riding leadership in
behalf of civil rights and **
president of the Raleigh Branch,
named the Raleigh organisa
tion# who have mtboerfbed to
Life Membership in ii?e NAA
CP. .Among those receiving
special mention w ere the Links,
the Martin Street Baptist
Church (the only church in the
Raleigh area) and the Raleigh
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sig
ma Theta Sorority, whose final
installment wiw recently paid,
Mrs Ralph (June Kay) Camp
bell receved a plaque as outstand
ng Mother of the Year from Mrs.
Harvaleigh White, a member of
(CONTINUED ON PAGE S)
WEATHER
» i \
The five-ds\ weather forecast
tor Raleigh, beginning Thursday,
April !4. and continuing through
Monday. April IT, 5* as follows:
Temperatures win average near
norma). The high and low torn
perature* expected are II and ts
degree*. There wilt not he much
day -to-day change in the tempera
tures. Showers are expected dur
ing the middle of the period which
should average one-half Inch or
more.
Tennessee
Group Gets
Injunction
CINCINNATI, Ohio fANTD—Th»
United States Court of Appeals,
sixth circuit, last week ordered *
district judge tn Memphis to grant
a preliminary injunction to prevent
eviction of several hundred Negro
,'harecroppers from their rented
land in Haywood county, Tenn.
The Civil Rights Division of the
"ustice Department had asked for
the injunction on the grounds the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Maid Shoots
Another In
Money ‘Fuss’
WINSTON-SALEM (ANPt Po
lice said one maid shot another
over a $5 debt on the third floor
of City Hospital last week. Some 60
patients are quartered on that floor,
but no one else was hurt.
Miss Thelma May Tindal, 35, wrs
charged with assault with a .32
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' DR. P. K. DUTY
Outstanding
Physicist At
St. Aug.'s
Dr. P K Dutt, visiting professor
of Physics and Mathematics si St.
Augustine’s College was sn active
member of the team of experimen
tal physicist* who constructed the
first cyclotron of India ‘The Cal
cutta University 37-inch Fixed Fre
quency Cyclotron.”
He was s. member of the per
manent research staff and was
rwrpotwdbf* for Ute development
(CONTINTTED OK! PAGE Si
300 Youths
To YMCA
Conference
More than 300 delegates from
over the state are expected to at
tend the 31st Annual N. C YMCA
Youth Conference to be held in
Raleigh April 21-28, it has been an
nounced by K. L. Radford, YMCA
executive, director.
The meeting will be 00-sponsored
by the Blood worth Street YMCA
and the .1, W. Ligon High School.
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CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
■ Rnv FROM THEM ———
PAGE 2
Morton s Cash Store
Thomas Food Store
S. M Kavelin*
PAGE 3
Appliance Center
Gug Russo*
Dove Music Co.
PAGE 5
Efird's
Hudson Balk
Electrical Wholesaler*. Inc
Mechanics A Parmer* Bank
Sunshine Bakery
Carter's Inc.
PAGE S
Lighiner Funeral Home
Danker* Fire Insurance Co.
Lawrence Bros. Co.
Tee Off Club
Macon's Barber Shop
Central Drug Store
Umstead’t Tranfer * Grocery
8. M fount; Hardware Co.
Correll Coal Co.
Civella Beauty College
Firestone Stores
Raleigh Savings A Loan Ass'*
PAGE 7
Weaver Broc. Rambler
O'Neal* Motora. Ine.
Sanders Motor Co.
Sanders Tractor D1 virion
Excellence
Os Chapter
Mentioned
The 1 W Ligon High School w*
one of ton schools selected through
a grant setup by the United Stale*
Office of Education. Department m
Health. Education and \V> lfam. un
der the provisions of tit Ip VII of
the National Defense Education
Art. for a nation-wide investigation
of student eounei! activities that
was riled as being outstanding
Mrs T T Dairy, advisor of
the Student Council at t ignis
for 3 sears*. Isas received nony
u nvTfMm cin pagf ;>
! Crown And
Scepter
Meet Sat.
Over six hundred high school
honor students will meet pn Saint
Augustine's College campus. Satur
day, April IS for the annual meet
ing of the Crown and Scepter Hon
ors Club
Wiley Davis, executive sec
retary, announced that Dr.
Samuel D. Proctor, president
of AAT College, Greensboro,
will be the main speaker. The
theme is: "Adjustment of T»-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
State News
Brief
CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO HOLD
10H ANNIVERSARY
RALEIGH—The First Congrega
tional Christian Church will cele
brate its 10th Anniversary under
tha Pastorship of the Reverend
Howard Cunningham, Sunday. Ap
ril 16. beginning at the 11 00 o’clock
worship hour.
(CONTINUED ON TAGS IS
iPAGE *
i Colonial Stores
' Washington Terrace
| t Karl Llchtnian
j Modern Finance t orp.
i K. E. Quinn Furniture To.
First Cltirens Bank Sc Ttusl C*.
PAGE 9
A&P Stores
Taylor Radio A TV'
j iiranch Banking A. Trust Co.
Cameron-Brown
Johnson Lambe, Inc.
PAGE 10
Ridgeway's Opticians, toe.
7-L’p Bottling Co.
ntllon Motor Finance Co
Watson’s Seafood & Poultry Ch*.
i Bloodworth St. Tourist
Deluxe Hotel
Warner Memorials
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Raleigh
PAGE 16
Kiinhrell’s
Amhurn Pontiac, Inc.
Piggty-Wiggly Stores
Standard Concrete Product* Co.
Lawrence Bros. Co.
Raleigh Funeral Horn®
Raleigh Seafood
Hunt General Tiro Co.
Lincoln Theatre
Bunn’s Esso Servio*
Acme Realty Co.
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