AFRICANS ADOPT CITY AS "HOMETOWN”—Shown
above are the three African students residing here as guests ot
Raleigh residents. From left to right are: Gabriel Shamu, Miss
Marie Nwanze and Elton R&zemba. (See story on this page).
Raleigh Residents Are
Hosts To Three Africans
Three African students have a- \
dopred Raleigh as their "home
town” and Dr. Ellen S, Alston.
Mrs. Primrose Jackson, Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Jarnigin and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles G. Irving. Sr., as
their "parents” during visit to the
United States.
Miss Marie Teresa Nwanze ■
of Asaba, Nigeria shares the
home activities of Dr. Ellen S.
Alston and Mrs. Primrose
Jackson; Gabriel Shamu of
Makwiro S. Rhodesia, Africa
is living with Mr. and Charles
G. Irving Sr., and Elton Ra
eemba of 'Penhalonga S. Rho
desia. Africa with Mr and
Mrs. D. M. Jarniagin.
This visit is arranged by the
Experiment in International liv- j
lng. After this “learn by living I
introduction to America the stu
dents will enroll in mid September
at Bennett College in Greensboro. I.
Morehouse College in Atlanta. Ga.. j
and Hampton Institute, Hamp- ;
ton, Va. . j'
The African students are mem- i i
.1. W. Dobbs, Masonic
Head. Dies In Atlanta
BY ALEXANDER BARNES j
ATLANTA. Gs.—Just, as planned
in life, the body of John Wesley j
Dobbs, high fraternal personage, j
campaigning politician and orator |
par-excellent, made its way through j
Auburn Avenue Saturday morning ■
to Big Bethel AME Church, where j
it was viewed by people from all
walks of life
At high noon, in true frater
nal fashion, the last ceremon
ies for the fallen leader began.
Re requested a short service
Important
Notice Given
On Draft
I
The members of Wake County !
Draft Board (Selective Service) 1
urge that all men get their files
up-to-date, as required by law.
Every man bom on or after Aug - j
ust 30, 1922. is required by law to i
be registered, whether they have i
been in service oi not If he has
not contacted his board within
the past 6 to 12 months, do so
immediately, either in person or
by letter.
Every man is required by law
to have in his possession at ail
times a registration bortiflrate
and notice of clansif ica> ton,
and if he does not have these
documents he should contact
his hoard at once in order to
obtain them.
(CONTINUED < N PAGE Vi
Assault And
Rapa Charges
Claimed Here
A 29-year-old Garner woman toia
police this week that she was raped
and robbed Saturday night, by three I
men.
Mrs. Lee Mae Richardson, of
Garner. Rt. 1, approached Offi
cer Ralph Johnson about 5 a m
Sunday on East Martin St. She
said the 3 men accosted her
about 9 p.m. Saturday. They
robbed hsr of S4S and each tap
ed her, she said.
Mr*. Richardson said the man
didn’t threaten her but she added
that she was to frighten to resist
them Two of them left the scene
When the third went to sleep Share,
she left and went to look for a po
licman.
The woman who admitted she’d !
been drinking, said that she could i
not recall where the incident hap- I
pe»:ed. 1
bers of a group of almost 250 men
and women from 18 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa who came to
the United States in August un
tier three new American univers
ity scholarship programs adminis
tered by the African American
Institute.
They will attend some 150
universities throughout the U.
S. on full four year scholar
ships. Tuition is provided by
the universities, room and
board by the International Co
operation Administration and
grants by their home govern
ments.
The students were selected in Af
rica by African and American ed
ucators cooperating through the
African American Institute. They
traveled from Africa to New York
on chartered planes and a student,
ship with a shipboard orientation
program arranged by the Council
on Student, Travel. Now they are
living in communities throughout
the country with families select
ed by the Experiment in Interna
tional Living.
and the two persons he select
d. Rev. H. L. P.earden, pastor of
Big Bethel and his long-time
friend, Dr. William Holmes
Borders, presided and deliver
ed the eulogy, respectively.
“The Grand Master" as he u'as
■ known throughout the state said ne
loved “Sweet Old Auburn” so much
and had so many interesting expe
riences on it, until he wanted his
body carried through there as his
last tribute to the thoroughfare that
! he helped to make famous. It W'as
on this street that he thundered
forth so many times for the aid of
his peoole and the hope of s better
America
He svas best known as Grand
Master of the Prince Hall Mas
ons and held that office for a
number of years. He is said to
have toid his friends and asso
ciates that be would not be a
candidate to succeed himself
this time and is believed to
i
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OLDEST WOMAN IN PEACE
CORPS bliss Madge Shipp,
the oldest woman selected for
the Peace Corps, admhtes the
diploma she received August 31,
at the close of her Peace Corps,
training at lowa State Uni vers -
l ity. Miss Shipp, a 55-year-old
| school teacher from Detroit,
: Michigan, will fee sent to St.
■ Lucia in the West Indies. (UPI
'TELEPHOTO).
By Jehovah’s Witnesses:
World’s JEnd I^rediciefl
10 Swim In N. C. State Park Pool
Bi
VOL. 20 NO *7
‘Witch Doctor' Is Murdered
Defendant
Says Life
Threatened
OAKBORO A 57-year-old
Rockingham resident with a rep
utation as a "witch doctor” was
shot and killed as he allegedly
advanced on the home of Johnny
Houston, near here with a drawn
pistol, Saturday.
Stanly County Sheriff Sam M.
Dry said the killing took place at
Houston’s home on Shuford Bur
ris' farm, located four miles west
of Oak boro.
Dry' stated that Houston report
ed that the “witch doctor” had a
pistol when he opened the dooi
and fired with a 22 caliber pistol
The alleged "witch doctor,"
Vernon Haley, was found by
officers ten steps from the
doorway of Houston’s home
with four wounds, apparently
made by a .22 caliber gun.
Johnny Houston is being held
in the Stanly County Jail In lieu
of SIO,OOO bond on a. change of
second dagree murder.
Houston is said to have told the
sheriff that Haley had previously
threatened him.
(CONTINUED OjT PAGE 3)
Facility
integrates
Quietly
ALBEMARLE Ten Negroes
from Badin spent several hours
Monday afternoon swimming in the
public pool at. Morrow' Mountain
State Park near here.
Park Supt. Cedric Squire*
said there were no incidents. He
said it was the fourth time in
the past month that Negroes
had used the swimming facili
ties without incident. Previous
ly. tne pool had been used by
white persons only.
“Nobody has apparently paid the
Negroes much attention, at all,"
Souires said.
He said the group on Labor Day
was larger than any previous time
Six Negroes were In one group,
four in another.
Previously Used Poo!
Negroes previously had used th*
,T i new Mountain pool on Satur
day. August 5; Wednesday. August
9, and Saturday, August 12. Attend
ance at the park, Squires said, has
been off some this summer, but he
said he did not. know whether it
could be attributed to the Negroes’
State Hews
--IN—
Brief
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
MEET SET
RALfciGH The Raleigh Cen
tral Group of Alcoholics Anony
mous will held a discussion meet
ing or the problem of recovery
Wednesday at 8:00 p. m. at tl 3
Bloodworth Street YMCA All
persons who feel the need of help
in overcoming the use of alcohol
are invited to attend.
An open meeting for fami
lies and friends of alcoholics
who desfcre help in under
standing the problem are in
vited to attend the A.A meet
ing to be helped on Friday
evening g?MJ p. m. at the Y.
NCC PROFESSOR TO
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
DURHAM—The Board of Trus
tees of the University of Illinois
has announced the appointment
tcoKYoroan*on pags »
RALEIGH. N, €., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1961
PEACEFUL INTERGATION IN ATLANTA—Here are the Negroes who macomelutty ana
peacefully integrated Atlanta Public Schools , August 30. Shown at a news conference after their
first day at school, they are (front 1-r): Madelyn Nix, 15,; Mars' McMullen , 16; Donita Gainem, 16;
Willie Jean Black, 15; and rear (left to right)- Rosalyn Walton, 16; Lawrence Jefferson, 17
Martha Ann Holmes, 17; and Arthur C. Simmons, 16,. Not shown fa Thomas Welch, 1-6. S&PI
PHOTO).
Atlanta. Praised For Peaceful
Integration Os Four Schools
ATLANTA. (ANP)—Atlanta citi- i
tens were praised across the nation
last week for peacefully and calmly
putting aside a 100-year-old tradi
tion oi public school segregation
Rev.Wertz
SuccumbsM
Hospital
HAMLET—Church people from
throughout North Carolina, espec
ially the Baptists, flocked here
Saturday to pay a fitting tribute
to one of its veteran leaders, the
Rev. L. W Wertz, who was buried
from the Monroe Street School
Auditorium, at 2 p.m.
The Rev. Mr. Wert* died at
the Hamlet Hospital August t*.
as the result of a complication
of disease#. The body wag view
ed at First Baptist Church,
which ho built and paatored
for a number of year*. The eu
logy wa* delivered by the Rev.
J. H. Ferguson. Rev. G. B. Gil
christ presided.
Top church leader* expressed
their deep sorrow and fond devo
tion to s man who wrought well
in the religious world. The pro
cession was headed by Dr. W. R.
Strassner, Shaw University Others
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and accepting nine Negro students ■
into four previously ail-white high
, , i
tchools.
The apparent mMMsfnl
school inegfattess wm lauded
by President Kennedy and the
Attorney General. The Presi
dent opiated his newts confer
ence with a salute to Atlanta
and Georgia citizens and offic
ial * for their "courage, toler
ate, and above ail, respect for
tee law."
Attorney General Robert Kenne
dy phoned congratulations to May
or Will B. Hartefield. Police Chief
Herbert Jenkins and School Supt
John Letson.
There was no major disturbance
at any of the four high schools in-
Elderly
Woman
Found Dead
&ALIGBURY~«*b swttoUy-d*-
compomd body m m elderly wom
an was found at her river-side
shack Thursday by officer# who
had " ee» looking for her more than
three week*.
Foloice Chief D@v® M. Shuler
said th* woman wag reported mise
mg about three weeks ago. He seid
that officer* went to her home on
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3 oilman-Lamb* 00.
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Standard Concrete Co.
6tn Watch Shop
Firestone Stores
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' loodwortb st. Tonnes
■Ridgeway's Optician-', two.
7-Dp Bottling Co.
Suiiuv nioior Finance <Cp.
Watson Seafood A Pcaitcr
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W<„ -?.)- Memorials
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Pterty-Wiggly
Sure-Fit Seat Cover Center fIEF
tnwrenc* Bros Yf
IJncoln Theatre .~W
B&leigh Funeral Home , jjf
Raleigh Seafood Co. js_ *
volved, A ctasen or more sifcy po
licemen stationed st each school
prevented crowd® from forming
2 ThSavas
Flea Cops
After Wreck
A toapi® at oar tbtoveu jampad
from « stole*! oar and fled ae two
poliosmea wasas wring to stop tfeem
last week.
Officers L. A. OTtoal asid Joe
Jordan noticed the oar balag driv
en to a raektem manner about 1
am, as they ware petrolling Lenoir
Street- Th* enffiowre said that two
youths, about 18 or *8 years old,
jumped from the c®r.
The oar eraafeod kite
Stase *t SIS West Lenoir Street.
Baesaga w»a eettaasted at
to the esar and SIS to the store
I%e ear had been stolen some
time Saturday from the Thompson
Cadiflse-Oldamohil* used ear lot at
Fsyetteville and South Streets
■Valued at f? 00, it whs registered
in th* name of Millard Pseblee of
70S East Lana Street.
iiiiSF
' b* m&mm g. mmnm>
"First cent out the beam mtt
of thine own eye."
SCHOOLS ARE OFSN AGAIK
School time it here again. That
simple little statement has differ
ent meanings for different, people.
The opening of school brings joy,
sorrow, frustration, confusion,
work, hardship and headache* for
some; pleasure, contentment and
eae« for others. The effect depends
largely upon the part, you as an
individual, have to play in this
yt rly drama
ft hi likely that practically
all at iha assal routine anu
mechanics of operation will
prevail in the schools this year.
There will be she banal elastHi
drills, teste, ewaiainatlosis,
apart*. recreation and toMaye,
All vt which are the baste ta
gredtent* of the overall school
operation. These elements My
change i« degree but weentiiU
iy, they remain the goate, year
COOHTWDSB ON PAGE 3)
25.300 Hear
Address On
“World’s End
MILWAUKEE tANPt - "The
world has entered it* last* days,” a
Jehovah’s Witnesses leader told an
interracial audience of more than
25.300 persons at a six-day district
assembly at the Arena and Audi
torium here last week
Nathan H. Knerr, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., said there was over
whelm evidence that these were
the "last days” foretold by the
Bible and added that Chris
tendom stood In mortal danger
because it was not unified in
the name of Jehovah but only
in the fear of atheistic com
munism.
Knerr, president of the Watch
Tower Bible and Tract Society, ex
plained in this situation the mem
bers of his order stood out clearly
in biblicai prophecy as “Jehovah’s
anointed remnant,’ ’tabbed by Jesus
as “His loyal followers,” and His
“Visible organization on earth ’’
He said that. 1914 was the turning
point in history and that since then
the nations had been ‘‘in the final
chapter of old world history,” fac
ing a cataclysmic end within this
generation, to make way for miI
fCONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
WEATHER
- -
The five-day weather forecast
for Raleigh, beginning Thursday.
September 7th, and continuing
through Monday, September 11th
is as follows:
Temperatures will average a few
degrees above normal. Rainfall is
expected in the amount of one
inch. It should continue to be
warm with fair weather prevail
ing most of the time. Afternoon
and evening showers are expected
each day during the period
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LONG CONVALESCENSE Car/ F/W, S. who wasn't
supposed to live three years ago after swallowing a lye compound
for cleaning sinks, is shown enjoying a meal of meat and potatoes.
The lye burned his mouth and throat so badly he couldn’t breathe
or eat at the time. Since the time of the accident Carl has spent
most of his time in hospitals undergoing operations on the throat.
The youngster weathered numerous pneumonia attacks and dis
comforts during the treatments in Oakland, Calif. ( UP! TELE
PHOTO).
MRS, NETTIE B. SMITH
. . . Elks daughter ruler
Daughter
Ruler Os
Elks Here
Elks Daughter Ruler Nettie B.
Smith of New York City is spend
ing her vacation in the city, ac
companied by Grand Dgt. Sec
retary Buena V. Kelly of Nor
folk, Va. and Dgt. Lavima Robin
son, personal secretary to Mrs.
Smith.
They are house guests at Starks
villa Guest House, home of Dgt.
Helen Starks. Grand Auditor of
Grand Temple,
A banquet is planned in Mrs.
Smith's honor Thursday night at,
Starksvilla,
They were met at the Seaboard
Train Station by a delegation of
Elks and Daughters: Bessie Wal
lace, daughter ruler; Bessie Chav
is deputy; Evelyn Franklin Cath
erine Gill, Ida Jones. Helen Starks
Exalted Ruler Bro. Junious Hay
wood; Brothers Alfonso Vance,
State Deputy: Henry Atwater of
Chapel Hill, state chairman, eco
nomncs dept, and James Phillips
Baptists
Open i leet;
2 Presidents
KANSAS CITyTaN?>— The 5-
million member National Saptis-'
Convention USA. Inc opened her*
this week, with two national presi
dents.
Several area ministers last weed
presented a motion in Distric
Court in Washington asking it *s
appoint a monitor to supervise Hhfc
election of the organization's na
tional officers.
Object of the motion is to
avoid the confusion of !a;-t.
vear’s convention in Philadel
phia where the two presidents
—the Kev. Joseph H Jackson of
Chicago and the Rev, Gardner
C. Taylor of New York City—
were elected
“Chaos, wanton destruction of
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