Matty Speakers ToMte Heard:
Ministers To Hold Scout Meet Here
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VOL. 20. NO. 49
Trio Killed In Collision
Future Lack Os Manpower Cited:
Bias Charged In Job Training
Only One
Survivor
In Wreck
PINNACLE—A car carrying two
couples swerved across a highway
and crashed head-on into a tractor
trailer truck here Friday night.
Three occupants of the car were
killed and the other was critically
injured.
Those killed were Armieo L. Ed
wards, 24: Manny J Graham, 25;
ond Miss Ola Mae Bennett, about
24.
Miss Barbara Rutledge. 17, was
listed as critical at a local hospital
with a head injury. All of the vic
tims were from Winston-Salem.
Eye-witnesses said the car
had been swerving back and
forth across the road for sev
eral hundred yards. The truck
driver, Ralph Gunter, was nn
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Relationship
Conference
Planned
The Raleigh Ministerial Alli
tnce will sponsor a "Relationship
Conference" for the Wake Divis
on of the Occoneechee Council,
Soy Scouts of America, on Thurs
-3a y, September 21. The confer
mce will start at 7:30 p. rn. in
Scout Service Center on Wade
Avenue in Cameron Village.
According to R. N. Howard,
president of the Alliance and
local Boy Scout executive,
m&ny citizens of Raleigh and
Wake County have been invit
ed to the meeting who may
not be working direetly with
Scouting.
The Reverend W. A. Perry, pas
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FACES DRUNK RAF—A slow
mwving comedian who starred
in a series of motion pictures
with the late Will Rogers step
ped tmt oi character in India., -
apolis, Ind., last week. Shown
above is Lincoln Perry, who was
jailed on a drunk charge. Mov
ie goers may remember Ferry
best as “Stepin Fetchit.’* He was
arrested after a high-speed
chase by police. (UPI TELE-
FACES DRUNK RAP—A slow
ffiiwvine comedian who starred i
in a series of motion pictures
with the late Will Rogers step
ped not of character in Indian
apolis, ind., last week. Shown
above is Lincoln Perry, who was
Jailed on a drunk charge. Mov
ie goers may remember Perry
best as “Stepin Fetchit," He was
arrested after a high-speed
chase by police. (UPI TELE
PHOTO).
RALEIGH. N C., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1961
CEIENT KIDNAPS ATTORNEY lrvins Powell Is escorted into Greenwich police
station Sept. 13f/i by Detective Walter Fogg after he was arrested early Sept. 13 th at his home.
Powell is accused of kidnaping former Assistant U. S. Attorney Morton S. Robson and holding
him at gunpoint for more than four hours. Powell a securities broker, has been represented by Rob
son in a securities and Exchange Commission litigation and apparently there were some differences
of opinion over Robson s handling of the case. He was held without bail and booked on a fugitive
from justice charge. (UPI PHOTO).
Local Man Held In Knife Death;
Victim Dies As Officer Arrives
Raleigh Defective Sgt. Jeff (
Sloudemire. answering a complaint
that a man had shot at Willie Wat
kins, 2.6 of 714 South Bloodworth
Street, found Watkins as he stum- j
bled out of 33 West South Street,
bleeding profusely and the officer
tried to save him with a tourni
quet
The victim died shout five min
utes after the officer arrived Sun- :
day morning, however.
Detective Stoudemire manag- j
ed to handcuff Herbert Cole
man of tbe South Street address
in the confusion over Watkins’
death. Coleman is facing a
charge of murder.
Coleman, said to be drunk, told j
conflicting stories about events |
leading up to Watkins’ death. The ;
alleged facts of the case are:
A group of men began playing j
cards at Coleman's house at noon
Saturday The game continued un
til about 4:30 p.m.. when an argu- j
ment began
Watkins reportedly started a fight !
in which Coleman was slightly cut. j
Cloeman then proceded to go out 1
and get a gun.
Coleman is alleged to have come !
back with the gun and shot at Wat- I
kins and a South Carolina resident. |
but missed both.
The tv o then went to the po
lice station and signed a war- j
rant against Coleman for as
sault with a deadly weapon and \
WEATHER
The five-day weather forecast
for fiaieigh, beginning Thursday,
September ?1, and continuing
through Monday, September 25, it,
as fo'.'cw,:
Temperatures will average a tew
degrees above normal PaMy
cloudy and warm, weather is ex
pected to prevail Thursday. Ap
proximately one half inch if rain
fall Is predicted fluring the period,
It should be cloudy most of the
time. Afternoon and evening show
ers are forecast. Normal high and
low temperatures will be BC and
68 degrees. I
returned to Coleman’* house.
When Coleman found Wat
kins starting into his home.
{Someone bad taken his pistol
away from him), it is at this
time that the fatal stabbing
took place.
State News
-IN—
Brief
EX-CONVICT FACING TRIAL
ROXBORO—Sam Evans, 32-year
eld parolee faces trial on charges
of rape, kidnaping and assault with
a deadly weapon in the abduction
last week of a young girl.
Indictments were returned
against Evans by the Person
County Grand ,lury and Sheriff
C. C, Hoileman said he prob
ably win be tried at the Octo
ber 30 term of the Person Coun
ty Superior Court, The incident
occurred last week,
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ISSUES CALL 'FOR KNOXVILLE
ALUMNI
RALEIGH—If you are a former
student of Knoxville College in
Tennessee, the Rev. D. N. Howard
ol 817 Rosernont Avenue he a
would like to hear from you. All
‘‘K Ceans” who live in North Carc
'ina should contact him at once.
Plans sie now being made for the
homecoming activities.
* * * *
DRIVER DIES IN WRECK
ENFIELD A compact car
pulled out to pass a wrecking
truck osi V. 8. Highway 301
Friday and slammed into a
truck loaded with bricks. The
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The detective walked in, at that
point to serve a warrant on Cole
man for assault, ironically.
ENROUTE TO EUROPE FOR VACATION Congress
man Adam Clayton Powell and his wife prepare to walk up gang
plank leading to the. SS United States Sept. 14th prior to their
sailing for a European vacation. (.UPI PHOTO )
J.H. Wheeler
Sees“ Sad
Harvest”
“Their excuse for not giving cer
tain types of training to Negroes is
that ‘they are not ready for it,’
commented John H Wheelr Wed
nesday when he was interviewed
by The CAROLINIAN for further
comment on his appearance before
the N. C Advisory Committee or
Civil Rights here Saturday.
“The State should take positive
action to invite Negroes to train
in its growing system of industrial
training schools," said Mr. Wheeler
who is president of the Mechanics
and Farmer Bank of Durham and
Raleigh.
A member of President John
F. Kennedy's Committee on
Equal Job Opportunities. Wheel -
er told the group that there is
evidence that the industrial
program is bowing to a “desir
able attitude - ’ in darning Ne
groes training because there is
no job orinortunities in the field
for which they train.
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ODDSOS
BY ROBERT G SHEPARD
“Humble yourselves !n the
sight of the Lord.”
WOULDN'T YOU THINK"
W T e think that persons who de
liberately spread alarm and seek
to upset and disturb people unduly
are engaged in a very dangerous
and ' useless activity. Alarmists
serve no good purpose.
We are not alarmists, we believe,
however, that a cairn appraisal of
facts concerning any situation is
always in order.
We don't suppose any nor
mal. intelligent person will de
ny that this nation is now fae
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DR. TRENT IS BANQUET SPEAKER Dr. William J. Trent, Jr., executive director of the
United Negro College Fund, was the main speaker last week at St. Augustine's College's Faculty-
Staff Banquet. Shown, left to right are: A. E. Brown, Dr. Trent and Dr. James A. Boyer, college
president.
PRICE 15c
Executive Director Os UNCF Is
Speaker At Faculty-Staff Meet
The Faculty and Staff Orienta
tion and Planning Conference end
ed at St. Augustine's College on
September 14th with Dr. William J.
rent. Jr., executive director, United
Negro College Fund, New York, N.
Y., as guest speaker at the Faculty
and Staff Banquet.
St. Augustine’s president, Dr
James A. Boyer, introduced Dr.
Trent.
Dr. Trent spoke on “Negro
Church-Related College In The
South and its Responsibilities”.
He stated that leadership or the
part of the faculty and staff
was necessary to challenge the
minds of the students —these
young minds must he exposed
to the thought of the ages that
will prepare them to meet the
challenge of this changing so
ciety.
Dr. Boyer announced the expects-
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licdllll 111
Session
ROCKY MOUNT ln keeping
wtih Governor Sanford’s program
of Quality Education, the North
Carolina Joint Council on Health
and Citizenship is pleased to an
nounce the opening of its Second
Health Education Seminar for
Teachers. The course is designed
to provide a type of in-service
training whereby teachers may
broddon their scope of knowledge
in order to better participate in
| the whole program of quality ed
ucation.
The course content is geared
mainly toward improving
health and science instruction
in the schools. However, there
will be a close consideration
of some of the current con
cepts of basic education. Great
emphasis will be placed on
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Probation
Given In
Man’s Death
Mrs Vide Faison, 41. of Wen
dell was given a suspended prison
term in Wake Superior Court
Thursday for involuntary man
slaughter
She pleaded guilty to the charge
of fatally shooting Frank Hodge.
37, who was described as her boy
friend by officers, last March 4.
Testimony by the defense
showed that Hodge had beaten
her severely with an insect
spray gun prior to the shoot
ing. Judge C. W Hall then sen
tenced her to from three to
five years imprisonment, sus
pended for five years of proha- j
tinn,
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Women To
Support
Hlemorial
The National Council of Negro
Women held its first meeting of
the season at the home of president. :
Mrs. Gila Harris. Sunday, Septem
ber 17.
The business transacted in
cluded the naming of commit
tees and chairmen for the year.
Special projects of the Council
nil! include the Brotherhood
Food Festival of which Mrs.
Ada .Tarriagim is chairman:
Founders Day Observance with
Miss J. E. Hicks as chairman;
and support of the Mary Mc-
Leod Bethune Monument Com- ,
mittee with Dr. Ellen S. Alston
as chairman.
The election of the Beihune Me- ,
mortal is a national project. Flan- i
nee are the erection of a menu- j
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, tion of top enrollment this year at
| St. Augustine's College,
i Others appearing on the program
Dr. J. L Tinsley, Prominent
Physician, Dies At Weldon
. WELDON Dr. James A. Tins
ley, who had practiced medicine
here for the past 45 years, died in
I his sleep late Saturday night or
early Sunday morning.
Funeral services for the 72-
year-old physician will be held at
2:30 p. m. Thursday at the First
Baptist Church here. Interment
will follow in Woodlawn Ceme
tery.
A graduate of Shaw Uni
versity’s famed Leonard Med
ical School, he. is a fot*nier
president of the Old North
State Medical Society. In 19-
60, Dr. Tinsley was presented
the “Doctor of the Year" a
- He was also presented
the Distinguished Service A
ward as General Practitioner
by the National Medical Asso
ciation in 1960.
The Rocky Mount Academy o
Medicine honored Dr Tins’; v for
his service to the community and
: the Garden Club of Roanoke Rap
ids this year honored him for out
standing contribution;: in that
[field.
Two Wake
4-H’ers Win
;Tep Prizes
VARINA The grand champ- i
, ion dairy animal at the Fayette
iville District Show last week was
| shown by Howard Hood of Rt. 1,
1 Varina. Hood also won first place
! for having exhibited the most
complete record book on his ani
mal and placed third in show
manship competition.
Miss Annette Johnson of Route
1, Apex, won first place in the
Milking Contest, when she milked
j 35 pounds of milk in two minutes
She also placed second for hav
ing the best fitted animal.
Boys and girls from sixteen
counties competed in the District.
Show. It is sponsored annually by
the Fayetteville Junior and Senior
Cham Iters of Commerce
Wake County blue, red and
white ribbon winners were' BLUE,
!Miss Annette Johnson. Route 1.
Apex, and Howard Hood, Route i
I Varina. RED, Donald Hodge and
i A moo Fermi!, Route 2. Wendell
j and Wayne Rurton. Route 2. Fu
; quay Springs- %VHITE. Herbert
| Sneed Route 1, Fuquav Springs,
j The Wake delegation was ac
oompanied by W. C. Davenport.
! County Agricultural Agent, and
jM. W. Askew, Assistant County j
Agricultural Agent.
|
I — CAROLINIAN —— *
advertisers!
——-——-—-BUi FROM l HEM *
PAGF ?
Horton Cash Grocery
Gem Watch Shop
Capital u-e A Coal Compare In;
PAGE 3
Electrical Wholesalers., Inc.
Washington Terrace Apartments, Inc.
Anderson's Uphoisterv
Raleigh Tire Terminal
Umstead Transfer A Grocery Co
Mechanics A- Farmers Bank
PAGE 5
Ounston's Texaco Service
Raleigh Imao Office
Hudson-Rplk
Larrv’s Cut Rate Gro A Mkt
PAGE 6
Thomas Food Market
Pierce Music Company
fl W Bwi( Roof its '• A- «(,.«! st,,t; S i
, * median Home Products
Pa pita! Vacuum Store
’ O’Neal Motors. Inc.
•Toy’s American Grill
'•hoe Mart
Capitol Bargain Store
Raleigh loan Office
; Newsome Roofing Company
G. s Tucker & Brothers, Inc,
! Bwffsloe A Company Builders
Freezer Fresh
Browning Barker Shop
PAGE 7
l Auto Discount, Company
iPAGE 8
| Colonial Stores
I C. Karl Uchtman ,
were Miss Vivian Irving. Rev and
Mrs. D, N. Howard and A. E.
Brown
- Dr. Tinsley had served in sev
eral state positions, banns been
appointed by governors.
The physician was a trustee of
First Baptist Church
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs Gladys T. Gr-’-.r.e and Mrs.
Horten.se T. Andersen two sons
Janies A. Jr., and Re in-i’d Tins
ley; and one granddau.-hfe;
Last Rites
Held For
Mrs. Stewart
WASHINGTON. D C Fun
eral services for Mrs Rubj Sula
Stewart, wife o: Bishop W A.
Stewart, sth episcopal district. A.
M E. Zion Church, who died at
her horns Saturrf •••. : , an ex
; tended illness, wore h p ld at Union
Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church. 23rd
& L. Siren.'-, lira hrv, Tu ’sdav.
1 P. M . With Rev. Co- L Smith
presiding.
Bishop S. G Spotfswood deliver
ed the eulogy and pointed to the
iact that she represented true
, Christian living and her life was
■ one that could well be copied by
! those who followed after her He
told how she reared sc--on c.hil
jdren and was the who > t i s«rug
; gling young minister.
Mrs. Stewart was !min in
Monroeville. Ala., and all- nrled
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Virginia
bpeatver I o
NC Sunday
DURHAM The women of st..
Mark AML Zion f. arc!-, will cele
brate Woman's Dev September 24.
when Mrs M- nu G Warren, Sup
ply Captain. Woman’-" Home and
For> i g n Missionary Society.
, Portsmouth. Va will b p the guest
speaker at the 11 00 o'clock mom
-1 ing service.
The plans rail for *n ill out
effort on the part of the
women to promote a program
that wit! form, attention on
the needs of Latin America
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Tire Distributors
Taylor Radio A TV Service.
; First Citizens Bank & Trust to.
! K E Quinn Furniture Co.
iPAGE c
i As p Food Stores
jTire Sales A Service Company
Standard Concrete Products Co
i Town A. Country Furniture
|S. M Young Hardware Company
Branch Banking A- Trust Co
! PAGE to
jPepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Raleigh
1 Watson s Seafood A' Poultry Co., Inc
I Dillon Motor Finance Co.
Seven-tip Bottling Compar •
• Carolina Builders Corp
| Ridgeway’s Opticians, fisc
; Bloodworth St.. Tour st Homo
! Ocluyr Pofel
1 Warner Memorials
i PAGE 15
j Fisher Wholesale Company
(PAGE P.
j Piggly Viggly
I Hunt General Tire Company
I Dunn’s Esso Service
‘ Acme Realty Company
I Lincoln Theatre
Ambassador Thcarte
Raleigh Seafood Companv
l Rhodes Furniture
oiscount Used Furniture
Lawrence Brothers Company
Casco (Solomon Re is)
] Champion Atfantte Tire Cmet
i Raleigh Funeral Home