Carl E. High:
Raleighi te ‘Most Outstanding’ Among 1;,300 Students
Invitation
Extended -o
Read Paper
Miss Shirley A. Baldwin, a senior
pre-medical student at St, Augus
tine* College has been invited to
present a paper at the ]sth Annual
Eastern Colleges Science Confer
ence at Syracuse University, Ithaca,
N Y., on May sth.
Mis* Baldwin’s paper “Irradi
ation Studies and Some Nutri
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MISS SHIRLEY BALDWIN
H<maJ Requirements of Bacil
lus subtili*”, m the results of
research done at Ttiskegee In
stitute this past summer
through a fellowship sponsored
bv the National Science Foun
dation.
She is a 195? graduate of the Fu
quay Consolidated High School ano
nt St. Augustine's is a member of
the following organizations: Who’s
Who, Natural Science Club. Pre-
Alumni Club. Altar Guild, Sunday
School teacher, Big Sister’s Club
tnd Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
NO Baptists
To Raleigh
Next Week
The annual one-day All-Baptist
Assembly will be held at the Fust
Baptist Church, Raleigh, Reverend
C W. Ward. Pastor, on Thursday.
May 4
The speaker for the occasion
ie the well-known lecturer, Dr.
Vernon .John* of Philadelphia.
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il. High
Ora lor For
Attorneys
A nominee, favorably recom
mended by the Guilford County
Democratic Committee for Asst.
AHy. Genetal in the Federal Mid
dle District Court, was guest speak
er for the monthly Raleigh Bar As
sociation s luncheon Friday.
Atty. Major High, a practicing
«ttorney in Greensboro, native of
lebulon, and graduate of the Uni
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NEW OFFICERS OF CROWN AND SECPTER CLUB—At the recent Crown and Scepter
mmtmg held at St. Augustine's College, the following high school students were elected to office.
Nsw officers are, front row, left to right: Frederick McNiel, vice president, Harnett High School;
Miss Sherrial McMillan, secretory, Ralph J, Bunchs High School; and Wade Chestnut, president,
Williston High School. Back row, left to right: David Solomon, treasurer, Artasia High School;
Mitm Artiaton King, assistant secretary; P. S. Jones High School; and Harvey Taylor, reixrter,
Woodington High School.
Me Sure To Cast Your Vote in The 3§ay 2 Election* MV® Your Stuty
THE COROLINIAN
VOL, 20, NO. 29
Involves 11-Year-Old Girl:
Minister Faces Rape Rap
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Nit. iltig. To Take fiver
Profierty 111 Mos'pitai
Aged Cleric Charged With
Statutory Assault In NC
By J. B. Barren
ROCKY MOUNT A seventy-year-old retired Baptist
preacher was bound over to Edgecombe County Superior Court
without privilege of bond by Judge Norman Gold in City Court
April 20 on the charge of statutory rape of an elcven-year-old
girl after the finding of probable cause by Judge Gold.
The Rev. D. L. (Doc) Law
rence of 315 Park Avenue re
tired a few year* a£o from
the pastorate of Hart’* Chapel
Rapt -1 Church near Tarboro
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TOP U. S. ATTORNEY
Attorney Genera! Robert F.
Kennedy ha s named Cecil F.
Foote, above, of San Francisco,
for the position of Federal Dis
trict Attorney of Northern Cali
fornia. Poole is the first /Vegro
to hold such a portion in the
continental United States. He is
■urrently legal assistant to Cali
fornia's Governor, Pat Brown.
(TIPI P T -mTO).
after sereins- there for more
than a scare of years. Previ
ously. h»- hod served hi her
churches in the area as pas
tor.
Policemen I G Dickerson and
W. O. Moqre testified against
Lawrence at the hearing, along
with an 11-year-old girl, alleged
victim.
The girl allegedly admitted re
lations with Lawrence on the dav
of the arrest, aitho Lawrence de
nied any improper conduct to of
ficers.
Reportedly, the child’s mother
lad caused an investigation to be
nade which led to the apprehen
sion of Lawrence in the home of
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State News
Brief
GETS SCHOLARSHIP
DURHAM —• The University of
Omaha has awarded George T.
Thorne, assistant business manager
at North Carolina College, a schol
arship to attend a short course in
college business management at
that institution next summer.
The grant to Mr. Thorne is a part
of an award to the University by
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RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1961
MISS PERRY " Mi Min H I
Valedictorian , Salutatorlan;
2 Leaders Named For
Ligon’s Class Os 154
Misses Lloydine Perry and Sa
rah Kate Smith, top-ranking stu
dents at the J. W. Ligon High
School will serve as valedictorian
and salutatorian.' respectively, of
the 19fi! graduating class at Lig
on when 154 senior students re
ceive their diplomas.
Miss Perry, whose mother tea
ches science at Ligon, entered the
last marking period with a 93.5
average and Miss Smith with a
90.8 average for their four year
stay at the school. Both students
will be guest, speakers for the class
night exercises,
Miss Perry has been a*
honor student for the pa*t 2
years and has participated in
many extracurricular activ
ities. Her club activ ties In
clude: the National Honor So
ciety, Mu Alpha Theta, Y»
Teens, N, H. A, student coun
cil, and the glee club, Recent
ly she attended the regional
music contest held at Wise,
She has received various honors
“Ride-In ”
Attempt
Thwarted
JACKSON, Miss < ANP > Four
Negro College students last week
were arrested on breach of peace
charges for theu- unsuccessful at
tempt to ride in “white-only" seats
on a city bus. This is the second
demonstration on the part of Ne
gro students here to end color
bars in recent weeks.
Jackson police identified
the four as George Anne
Washington, 20, of Jackson;
Doris Ruth Bracey, 19, of Ray
mond; and Walter H. Jones,
18, of Forest, students at Jack
son State College; and John
ny Barbour, Jr., 21, of Green
wood, a student at Campbell
College here.
Chief of detectives M. B. Pierce
said the students were released
on SSOO bond each. Bonds were
posted by Dr. W. E. Miller and
Cornelius Turner, both Negroes.
Tire two men and two coeds
boarded a city bus on Capital St.
in the main part of downtown
Jackson. They said later they
planned to ride to the Municipal
Park Zco.
Before the bios left, police were
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during her four years at Ligon
Some of them include, having tin
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H ER
The five-day weather forecast
for Raleigh, hcsinnine Thursday,
April 21, and continuing through
Mav 1. is as follows
Temperatures will he near or
somewhat above average with lit
tle day-to-day change. except a
cooling (rend is expected near Hm
end of the period Scattered show
ers are expected to occur o-rr the
weekend, averaging one-half inch
or more. Normal rfgh and low
temperatures will he ?5 and 52 de
trepec.
CUBAN EXILES IN TRAINING Somewhere in the
Caribbean: Two members of the anti-Cast.ro forces are shown
training at an unidentified base. This picture was taken just a
few days before the invasion of Cuba, which began April 17 th.
(EL PAN AMERICANO PHOTO FROM UP!).
President
3! College
gives Plans
The building and property of St
Agnes Hospital here will be take i
over by Saint Augustine's Colics ■
President James A. Boyer of th
college announced Tuesday.
Ait .ajjrr,*ment, finder whJcb
the direction <>f the hospital
was separated from the col
lege's board of directors in 194?.
provided that the college could
resume control of the hospital s
property any time the faciliiv
ceased to operate, Dr. Boyer
stated.
Prior to that time, the college
trustees had controlled the hospital,
K,nce 1896.
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Librarians
Honored By
Groups Here
The librarian, Mrs. Mollie Hus
ton Lee. and members of the staff
of the Richard fl. Harrison Library
here, were honored at a testimon
ial dinner staged Tuesday night
and sponsored by the Zc-ta Phi
Bets Sorority of the city. The event
was sanctioned by some 26 groups
and organizations in Raleigh and
vicinity. *
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Citation Set Friday For
Ex-Ligon Honor Student
DURHAM President Thomas H. Henderson of Virgiau
Union University has been named keynote speaker the anowei
observance of Awards Day at North Carolina College at Durham.
PRICE 15c
Soma 300 NCC students will be
honored for outstanding curricular
and ex-tra-ourncular activities in a
day-long celebration on May 13. Dr.
Henderson's address will represent
the highlight of a series of events,
including assemblies, installation
ceremonies, and an honors dance
The school has an enrollment of
approximately 2,300 students.
Dr. Norman Johnson, chair
man of the Awards Day Com
mittee. said here last week that
the College’s emphasis on a
chievement emphasises “our
concern for all-around excel
lence in the pursuit of quality
education “ One of the features
of the celebration will be the
awarding of a Hamilton Watch
to Carl High, Raleigh senior, as
the "most outstanding student”
at NCC. High is an honor grad
uate of the J W. Llgon Junior-
Senior High School here and is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
High, Sr., of E. Hargett St.
V
CARL E. HK.H
Sanford's
Assistant
Is Heard
"Ther® are frontiers all over the
world and they are both oppor
tunities and battlegrounds, stated
Tom Lambeth, youthful adminis
trative assistant to Governor Terry
Sanford at the opening session of
the N C. YMCA Youth Conference
held here last weekend Sessions
wore heid at the Bloodworth Street
\MCA and the J. W. Ltgon High
School.
“The New Frontiers are ev
erywhere —• in the inferior
schools of North Carolina, in
the land of the Bant* where
opportunities are scant and
wherever people are hopefuily
seeking greater opportunities in
education employment and
other areas of life," Mr. Lam
beth continued.
The 335 delegates were officially
welcomed by Mayor W. G. Enloe,
H. E. Brown, principal of the Ligon
High School. Billy Robinson of the
Hi-Y Club and Caro! J. Hall of the
Y-Teens Club Response to the Wel
come Address was given by Fred
die Ricks, first vice-president of
the conference
New officers elected at the
business session were; Freder
ick Ford of Charlotte, presi
dent; Herman Brunson. Win
ston-Salem. t*t vice-president:
Robert Poole, Greensboro. 2nd
vice-president; Jerry Williams.
Winston-Salem, corresponding
secretary; Ernest Fullwood,
Wilmington, recording secre
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Morion s Cash Store
<.incoln Theatre
CAGE 5
Hudson Belk
Raleigh Savings A Loan Ass n
..•obnson Lambs, Inc.
Hove Music Co.
J. W. Winters & Co.
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Lawrence Bros. Co.
Standard Concrete Products Co.
Carolina Power & Light Co.
firestone Stores
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
S, M. Young Hardware Co.
Ltghtner Funeral Home
C'orrell Coal Co.
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Lawrence Bros
Sanders Motor Co.
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Washington Terrace
Colonial Stores
Lawrence Bros.
Modern Finance Corp.
R. E. Qitinn Furniture Co.
C Kar! Lichtman
PAGE 9
Branch Banking & Trust Co,
A&P Stores
Cameron-Brown
Tee Oft Club
PAGE 10
Ridgeway** Opticians, Inc.
7-Up Bottling Co.
Dillon Motor Finance Co.
Dr. Henderson, who sucee@d®4
Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor m
president of Virginia Union 5&sS!
July, i« a graduate of that kistite
tior. He holds master’s and do»-
torate degrees from the University
of Chicago.
A native of Newport New* and
the son of a minister. Dr. Mender
son taught at Armstrong High
School in Richmond from 1928 un
til 1941, when he became dean of
the college at Virginia Union Uni
versity. He was also professor of
psychology and education until el
evated to the presidency in i 960.
His community activities include
membership m the Urban League
and the Virginia Council on Human
Relations, both of which groups he
serves as chairman. He is also a
member of the Richmond Public
Welfare Board and of the Board of
Directors of the Richmond Area
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In Hampton , Va.:
4 Speakers
Will Appear
At Rites
HAMPTON, Va —A two-day pro
' gram of activities will be held on
the Hampton Institute campus Ap
ril 28-29 culminating in the mau
j suration Saturday, of Dr. Jerome
| H Holland as the ninth president
j of the college.
i Six leaders in education, eovern
i mrnt and the United Nations will
' he guest speakers at a conference
| Friday, April 28 where they will
j examine the topic ' No- Frontiers
| For America's P va-» Colleges."
j ‘The purpose of t.b® conference
| u to identify and examine frontiei
I policies and practices which should
ne considered by Amends', private
colleges as they prepare for bo'd
and imaginative leadership in th»
'ears that lie ahead." according to
Dr. William H Martin, inaugura
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Beauticians
Planning
42nd Meet
CHICAGO—Dr. Katie F Whick
ham, president of the National
Beauty Cultunsts" League, Inc., and
Mrs Louise Reaves Chapman, gen
eral chairman for the convention,
announced this wet k that final
plans had been completed for the
42nd annual convention of the lea
gue
The convention this year will
he heid In Chicago with head
quarters and sessions at the Ha
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ODDS-EKDS
BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD
LETS STOP ENFORCING
SEGREGATION
Replying to request from the
Raleigh Citizens Association that,
the rest, room facilities in the coun
ty court house and the county
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Watson's Seafood A Poultry Co.
Bioodworth Si. Tourist
iieluxe Hotel
earner Memorials
Pepsi-Coia Bottling Co. of Raiclgh
AGE U
ajor Finance to.
t,ruled Restaurant Equip Co.
American Credit Co.
Long Meadow Farms
Raleigh Furniture to.
.tilaon Furniture to.
toy's American Grill
I'ellig-Levine
Capital Bargain Store
'>kyview Drive In
R B. Stokes Concrete Contractor*
Cross Poultry Co.
Sherman Gulf Service Station
Carpet Center, Inc.
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Thomas Food Store
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Sure-Fit Seatcover Center
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Taylor Radio & TV
Raleigh Seafood
Acme Realty Co.
Dunn’s Esso Service
Raleigh Funeral Home
Hunt General Tire Co.
Sunshine Bakery
First Citixens Bank & Trust Co.
Lawrence Bros. Co,
Bankers Fire Insurance Co.
Ptßgly-W'tggly Store*
Ambassador Theatre