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GOSSIP OF THE MOVIE LOT BV CALLA SCRIVNER FOR ANP COLE SINGS LES H!TE THEME SONG DURING IMPRESSIVE RITES HOLLYWOOD Faithful friends of famous band leader Leslie "Le. ’ Hite crowded the chapels of the beautiful Angelos Funeral Home to pay their last respects to the well-known musician last week Nat "King" Cole, long-time friend of Hite, sang the bandleadn na tionally-known theme sung. It Must Have Been a Dream", dtu mg the musical service held at the chapeL A Rosary \va> held pi an- to the service, Hite, s co-partner in the Hite- Fain Artists Agency for many years, was also known for his ma ny musical contributions. He died I A ?|' ; jgMji. ' •■ 1 ty^BE/lfc ' \.V ; '^^^^^' y V>^fe^^- J -ft..w‘*^«^^'r>' t ’ V^'-v t '. T k^ij-' -»!•'•; ,; ' r -" * 'v’&T^T '*' C '^- iSßßfefe&g ’ **.’ • *_ . • • ., ■ •’-• ~ -'••-'•• • • --■ ~~- '• ’ -• CLASS IN STUNTS AND TUMBLING Shown above is a Shaw University class in stunts and tumbling. Front row center * Carolyn Mack, a freshman of Raleigh; does a split ; Yvonne Ed wards, Doretha Williams doing back-heads. In center Dorothy Savage, Janet Upchurch and Lina Foust doing mounts on Lanue Johnson, Bishop Stallings, and Robert Tinner in the background. Instructors are Mrs. Vivian M. Sarisom and Coach Robert Jack son. Masco Young's Notebook THELMA CARPENTER, who's making an impressive comeback at top clubs, has two new tunes on Coral Records called “I'll String Along With You" and “Don’t Wor ry ’Rout Me.” MAJOR ROBINSON, the na tionally known tan columnist, already has big headache-prob lem with his new radio show in New York. An interview and news show, originating from the popular Palm Tavern it ha« a list of several hundred celeb rities anxious to help Major get off to a good start, but the nightly show can only accom modate a few at a time. CUTE BARBARA McNAIR. the singer, was among the first to sign a recording contract with Nat "King” Cole's new recording com pany. BABATUNDE OLATIN.fi, currently working on his doc torate degree at New York Uni versity, is creating as much ex citement in the ’fiON as a sim ilarly academic scholar named Katherine Dunham did in the ’4o’s when her dance troupe was the talk of the nation. PEOPLE ARE TALKING about MOUNT HOLYOKE BOUND - Those six Bennett College students, accompanied by Clef* mcs> Whiteman, college organist, are shown jmi before departing tor Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass,, where they are participating in a two-week student exchange program be tween the two institutior,s. Left to right : Misses Elizabeth Riggs, junior, of Camden, N. ].; Fred die Shikes, senior, of Thomasville, Go.; Joenelle Brown, senior, of Charleston, S. C.; Carolyn Snead, junior, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Alice Aitall, junior, of Jamaica, BWI, and Leslie Doty, junior of Dallas, Texas. Theatricals | Feb, 6 at St, John's Hospital in Los Angeles. Active pallbearers were Elmer ! Fain, Hitt s partner in the Hite- Fain Agency; Peppy Prince, George Orendorff, Marvin Johnson, Alton Redd and Parker Berry. Anions the honorary pallbearers a-( Edciie ‘ Rochester” Anderson, Nat Kins" Cole, Benny Carter, Or ville Metzger, Julius Crouch, Frank Ta ley. Charles Laurence and Paul | Howard. j A native of Los Angeles since 19- | 24, Hite lived with his wife, Lee Lite at !’O2l S Redondo Blvd. He ! is also survived bv two brothers, a I sister and several nephews. IT h STINE OPENS AT INTERLUDE | Billy Ft kstiine headlines a com j pletely new show at Gene Nor- I man's Interlude on the Strip this I week. bn-,v no sparks flow at New York’s Apollo Theatre, despite the fact that vocalist Tommy Hunt and the Fiarningos voca! aggregation were headlined on the same show. It was the first time the two had been billed together since Tommy left the Flamingos to work as a single almost one year ago. BROOKS O’DELL, the fast rising east coast singer, is sporting a new hair style which he rails the "Peppermint Twist", which he says he’ll dis < arrt in a few days for another one tagged the "Duke of Earl.” GEORG IE WOODS' big show at, Philly's newiv remodeled Uptown Theater—now called the most fab ulous theater in the east—is head lined by Ike and Tina Turner, the Ikettos. Tommy Hunt and Chuck Jackson. WHEN SINGER JAMES BROWN and his press agent met in Baltimore, Md. at the, Rova! Theater, they settled their differences, worked out new arrangements and shook hands—cancelling all plans of any legal action. Said Brown: "II was all a misunderstanding caused by my business mao- Rounding out a highly entertain ing show will be comedian Henry Young and exciting drummer Lou Bellson’s orchestra. VIENNA BOYS CHOIR WILL RETURN TO PHILHARMONIC The famous Vienna Boys Choir, founded more than 450 years ago, will return to the Philharmonic Au ditorium Feb. 23. The unique group performs works of Mozart, Haydn. Liszt, Bruckner and Beethoven. JACK WEBB MOVES TO WARNER BROS. Dragnet producer Jack Webb will make his future television and motion picture productions at War ner Bros, starting March 4. His next Television series will he called “True”. According to rumors the new script should enjoy the same popularity * the famous "Dragnet" series. ager who misunderstood sny instructions.’* LARRY STEELE, who's “Smart Affairs of 1962", starring comic Dick Gregory and vocalist Danita Jo, is a smash success in the mid west, has more than twice the en gagements he had last year at this time—and many east coasters are already pouring in reservations for his summer-long stint at Atlantic City’s Club Harlem. SOLOMON BURKE, the At lantic Records star of “Cry To Me" fame, asked that a, cor rection be made about Philly deejay Kae Williams buying a piece of hi* personal manage ment contract. “Mikki Lea is still my only persona! man ager,” he said, "and nothing’s been signed with Kae, who was my first- manager. Bat I will say that we’ve been doing some talking with Kae.” Today's Poem FORESIGHT BY WILLIAM HENRY HUFFF For Associated Negro Press We- must foresee that which is brewing Along the way which we must, go If not it might be our undoing And lead to trouble, want and woe. Unless we think about tomorrow— The good or evil it may bring- We surely shall encounter sorrow Which always is a dreadful thing. SONG STYLIST AT BENNETT Miss Frieda Lee, song stylist from Pennsylvania State University, is shown as she entertained the Bennett College community Saturday night at a “Jazz Festival ” sponsored by Omicron Eta Chi, home economic club. Harry Belafonte Begins Concentrated Recording Sessions On T wo New Albums NEW YORK—Harry Belafonte is currently engaged in one of the most concentrated and ambitious recording projects of his eareeer. He is presently at work on two albums of his own for his produc tion company, Belafonte Enter prise, Inc., to be released through RCA Victor. He has also started a third recording project, “An An thology of Negro Music”, produced by his company and in which Beia fonte will share his participation with other leading artists. The "Anthology" series, which has been in the preparation stage for over a year, will contain ten sides of music, and some narra tive tracing the musical history of the American Negro. The music in the "Anthology" Miracles Set Box Office Record With $50,000 CHlCAGO—Nothing like it has been seen in this town for many years. The crowds drawn to the southside Regal theatre last week to see the show headed by the fa mous Miracles quartet set a box office record of $50,000, Rated, the hottest quartet in the nation today because of their best selling records, the Tamla artists were in peak condition as they closed the hour-long show with tunes such as "What's So Good About Goodbye”, their latest, and “Shop Around”, last year's hit tune which hit the 1 million sales mark, earning for them a gold record. Several theatre ushers remarked Miles Davis Says Opposition By Whites Made Him Successful NEW YORK (ANP)-—White peo ple who severely critcized him at the outset of hfs jazz career were really doing him a favor, trumpet ist Miles Davis declared in a fea tured story titled "Self-Portrait” in the current issue of Esquire Magazine, According to Davis, sometimes described as a controversial mu sician, the opposition given him by white people really made him suc cessful. "They make it so hard for you that a long time ago I got mad and made up my mind to be two. Ifeiafoiatc Family On Goodwill Tour NEW YORK <ANP)— Harry Bel afonte, his wife, Julie, and their children, David, 4, and Gina, five months, departed for a 10-day trip to Tunisia, Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 13th. The internationally famed folk singer and his family will spend a few days in Switzerland before continuing on to Tunisia, where they will spend approxi- Band Clinic AtA&T Successful GREENSBORO More than 300 youngsters, members of school bands in 13-Piedmont counties in North Carolina, participated in the annual Central District Student Band Clinic, held at A&T College on Saturday, Feb. 3. The one-day session was a warm up in preparation for district and the State Band Festival to be held later this spring. The clinic was conducted under the supervision of C. A. Edgerton, Chapel Hill, clinic chairman, and 3. Y. Beil, High Point, Central D : . trict chairman of the North Caro lina Band and Orchestra Directors Association. The urogram was climaxed with Williams, president of the Wirs bsnds conducted by Walter F. Carl son, Jr., acting chairman of the A&T College Music Department and director of bands, and J, J. Wil liams. assistant director of A&T band*. L. C. Dowdy, acting president of the College, welcomed the group at the opening program, and the activities concluded with a meeting of the Central District band direc ted will cover the period from the first days of slavery in the Ameri can colonies up to the beginning of the Twentieth Century, at which point tnstsrumental jazz entered 1 the field . Some of the artists who will be heard in the album, in addition to Harry Belafonte, are: Gloria Lynne, Bessie Jones, Valentine Pringle, Mariam Makeba and three mem bers of the Belaionte Folk Singers, Ned Wright. Roy Thompson and Arthur Williams. Presently negotiating with Bela fonte Enterprises for their partici pation in the "Anthology" are sing ers Joe Williams. Odetta, Mahalia Jacksonand Leon Bibb. Described as the most complete i that the ovation accorded them was j the greatest they had ever heard j given any performer there, j Out of action the past few weeks ] because of the illness of Claudette | Robinson, the female member of j the outfit, this was the group's ! first appearance since her recov ! ery. Plans are now being formu ! luted for them to embark on their ! first European tour tit is spring in | answer to requests from overseas ] promoters who relay the word that j their discs are frantically ..sought Iby teenagers in Britain, France, I Belgium and Switzerland, some j Felling for as high as $25 each ns i they’re in short supply. , three times as good at whatever I ] decided to do,” he explained, add- I ing, “If I was white, I probably j wouldn't have had the drive," i The ability to settle for nothing i but the best is even reflected in his taste for things outside of mu sic. He says: “I can’t hardly ever find a tie I like; when I do, that pleases me. I'm pleased when 1 hit a nice note, and hear a right, sound, a good passage. I’m pleased by a shapely pair of shoes and a shapely woman ” j mately 10 days. They will be ac j eompanied by Phil Stein, Mr. Bela j fonte's producer. The trip, a non-professional one for Betafonte was first suggested ' to him by Habib Bourgiba Jr., the Tunisian Ambassador to the Unit ed Nations and son of the Presi dent of Tunisia. While in Africa the Belafontes will spend some time with President Bourgiba. Bclafonte, an active sponsor of the African-American Students Foundation and a special Cultural Advisor to President Kennedy’s Peace Corps, will, in an unofficial capacity, meet with a number of African students while abroad. At the end of their stay In Tu nisia. the Belafontes will go to Rome for a few days, where the singer will be the American repre sentative of RCA-Victor, the com pany which distributes his record ings, in the festivities surrounding the opening of a new, modem RCA recording center in that city. They will return to the United States immediately afterwards where Be j lafonte will begin work on a con cert tour of key cities in tile Unit ed States and Canada, My Neighbors L “Felll—rm wetting!l* j and ambitious undertaking of its kind in the history of the recording industry, the “Anthology” series will be an historical, cultural and philosophical study of the Ameri can Negro through the musical me dium. It is expt cted that the en tire series will be completed by early summer. RCA Victor will distribute the multi-sided LP package. SPORTS CLUB OFFICERS Shown above are officers of Durham's newly formed Bull City Sports Club, Seated left to right: John Howard, vice president; E. C. "Pops" Turner, presi dent; Boh Perry, financial secretary. Standing are ( 1-r ): E. C. Pratt, executive committee; Leroy Walker executive committee ; Asa T. Spaulding, Jr., program committee chairman; Tom Hayes, executive committee and Day F. Reed, secretary. * • * fS@Eg.tnri IJltib STRAIGHT BOURBON pint *3** 4-5 QUART RATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS COMPANY, NEW YORK. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURMII WHISKEY, U mt» THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1962 History Os Howard University To Be On Film March 2 WASHINGTON, D. C. The premiere showing of a 27-minute film documenting the history of Howard University will be featur ed during the 1962 Charter Day banquet when the University ob serves Hie 95th anniversary of its founding. The banquet will be the second of two events to be held March 2 in connection with Charter Day. The first event will be the annual Char ter Day assembly at 10:30 a. m. in Cramton Auditorium, Sixth and Fairmont Streets, northwest Tire banquet is scheduled for 8 p. m. in Baldwin Hall, Fourth and College Streets, northwest. Alumni achievement awards will be presented to five Howard grad uates during the assembly. The re cipients of the awards will make acceptance remarks during the ban quet. The assembly will be open to the public. Tickets for the ban quet are priced at $4 00. The film. Which traces the growth and development of the University, is entitled, “The First Students Sit-In Protest University Segregation j CHICAGO—Two weeks of stu | dent sit-ins outside the office of I Chicago University President Geo. i W. Beadle and at the office of the University City Realty Company ended February 6 when Dr. Beadle announced new steps to desegre gate university-owned apartments. He appeared unexpectedly at a CORE-sponsored meeting the pre vious evening which had been call ed to protest his threat of sus 100 Years.” It is a 16 mm sound, color production. Made on th* Howard campus, it includes scenes of ihe inauguration of James M. Nabrit, Jr. as the 14th president of Howard, and of the University’s 1961 commencement exercises, where Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was the speaker, A three-minute address by Presi dent Nabrit on the outlook for Howard in the years ahead is in cluded in the film, in addition to campus, classroom, dormitory and library scenes. Performances by the Howard Choir and the Howard Players are also included. Following the showing of the film at the Charter Day banquet, the movie will be available to Howard University alumni groups and clubs, high schools, and civic and service organizations throusrn out the country. It will be available for distribution beginning April 1. 1962. Requests for the film should be addressed to The Division of Information Services, Howard Uni versity. Washington 1, D. C pension against any students v bo might sit-in outside his office after that date. Addressing the meed mu. he pledged more aggressive action by the univcisitv m descun rating its off-campus apartment horn- ■ He also endorsed establishment of a committee to work on this issue, which would include representa tives of CORE and other interest ed organizations 13
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