World In l*ir(nres
PLANNING COMMITTEE The four persons shown in (his pic
',nre werr in charge of (hr arrangements for the sesquicenlennial cele
bration. They are !-r: Urv. ('. (V. Ward, pastor; .t. W. Veargin. his
torian; W. C‘. Davenport, co-chairman and Mrs. Nora Evans Lock
hart. chairman.
DEACONS Shown are members of the 1962 Deacon Board of
f irst Baptist. These men serve as administrators of the business of th>
church, in cooperation with the pastor. When one proves himself
worthy of becoming a deacon in a Baptist church he is believed te
have attained a high position of service.
DEACONESS One of the main Boards of any Baptist Church
Is the Deaconess Board. Much of the success that has come to First
Baptist, during its 150 year history, has been due to the work of the
Deaconess Board. The persons shown above are members of the 1962
EDUCATION COMMITTEE First Baptist was one of the pio- j
necr rhurches in Christian Education, in the state It has one of the
best equipped and commodious buildings to be found anywhere. Its
education program has gained wide favor. The persons, on this pic
ture, constitute the Education Committee.
GROUP LEADERS—Most well organized churches find that group
leaders keep a fine relationship between the pastor, officers and mem
bers. First Baptist’s membership is divided into 10 groups. These per
sons are the current group loaders. They carry a message of good
cheer to sick, distressed and delinnuent members.
MOSELEY JONES CHOIR The Moseley-Jones Choir is one oi
the many singing aggregations of First Bantist. Its history is deep
rooted in the church. The name denotes recognition to the devotion
of the departed members and serves as a criteria for potential musical
devotees It is named in honor of Dr. George T. Jones, John Moseley
and Miss B eetle I). Jones.
JUNIOR Ur>rtf.»ts the attitude of ushers usually protrays the
spirit and temperment of the pastor and congregation. In order that
friends and visitors of First Baptist might get the right impression
of the atmosphere, the selection is very important. These young peo
ple are members of the Junior Usher Board. They are, under the super
vision of the officers of the Senior Usher Board. I
ROBS COLLEGE OF $6,000
Youth Attacks Police In Lockup ’
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VOL. 21, NO. 19
( A Stands! Firm
On IT Criticism
Vance Seeks
Presidency
Os State Elks
Alphom.o Vance of Raleigh, ha*
announced his candidacy for the
office as State President of the
North Carolina State Association
of Elks of the Wo. Id.
In a meeting held on February
11, the past Exaulted Rulers Coun
cil. which consists of Past and
Present Exalted Rulers of all
Lori res in the Fifth District of
North Carolina, voted unanimously
to endorse Vance for this high
office when the convention con
venes in Washington. North Caro
lina in May.
Vace. a member of the Fidelity
Lodge No. 277 of Raleigh, N. C.
for 30 years, has served every of
fice in the Lodge. He served as
exalted ruler and membership in
creased from 15 to 65.
During his two .rears in of
fice, the Lodge paid all in
debtedness and had a large
sum left in the bank at the
end of his term. He also put
the iodgf in a burial league
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/First Meffro llMoitk Takr#
Mel iff on tAh hvtj 1 o trs
Monroe Court Agrees
To Take Williams
Testimony
In Cuba
NEW YORK Two important
developments have taken place in ,
the fight to save four fighters a
gainst Jim Crow from trumped-up
kidnap charges in Monroe N. c.
One was a t«tback. the other was
an advance.
The setback was in the fight of !
Mrs. Mae Malloy, 35, against ex
tradition from Ohio to North Car
olina. At a court hearing March 1
in Cleveland an appeal against
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle’s order >f
extradition was lost, bail was re
voked and Mrs. Mallory was taken
into custody. Common Court Pleas
Judge Thomas J. Parrino, however,
announced that the extradition
order would be stayed 30 days thus
permitting the filing of an appeal
to a higher court.
In Monroe the prosecution, hop
ing that Mrs. Mallory would oe
extradited, had secured postpone
ment of the trial of three young
men defendants, scheduled *.>r
Feb. 19. to May 7. However, the
court has agreed to the appoint
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, ODDS-EHOS
| BV ROBERT G. SHEPARD
"Br not dismayed''.
PUSH THEM ASIDE AND
MARCH ON
Two years ago one of Raleigh's
most outstanding white pastors, ad
dressing a gathering at t.he Biood
wortn St. YMCA told his listeners
that if they did not change their
tactics, the African nations who
were just emerging into citizenship
would have their complete freedom
before the American Negro receiv
ed his.
The thine that seemed 1o disturb
the distinguished speaker most was |
the destiny of the American Negro I
and particularly the Southern Ne- ;
gro. Warning his audience against I
ti f.tors .1 c.-i within tncir own j
ranks Who would try to throw up
road blocks in the path of freedom j
defenders, the speaker urged the j
gafhemg not to let these detractors ■
stop them, “Push them aside and j
march on to freedom” was his stir
ring admonition.
This warning and tliLs admont- j
lion came to our mind when the !
|
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North Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N C SATURDAY, MARCH in. iqft?
YOUTH WAN 7 b lO KNOW - These young pickets, who
; Are picketing the new w ing of the Charlotte Memorial Hospital
; want to know why city and federal government money was used
I ; n the construction and yet it is segregated. Thev want to know
| why Negro patients are not admitted like other patients and why
! Negro doctors cannot practice like other doctors, who passed the
same state examinations.
BELMONT Church cm
Sunday when Martin Anthony
C. man, was given the final vows
Tire ceremony, cutting him oil
from the outside world, for life
was the first ever administered to
a Negro. Boags is said to have
made up his mind about 4i years
ago- while attending high school,
in his native city. He read what
the duties of a monk*were'and de
cided that he would be happy and
dedicated to the work.
lie begins his dav’s work
with prayer at 5 a. ni. and will
continue through until 11 p.
m. He has been assigned to the
library, as a bookbitidrr. and
also be an aid in the treasur
er’s office, helping with the
bookkeeping,
The ceremony climaxed four and
one-half years of training, which
kept him out of communication
with the outside world. Abbot Wal
ter A. Coggin, who performed the
ceremony, said that he was not
GOING INTO ANOTHER WORLD —Brother Martin, by
which name he shall forever he called, is shown kneeling before
Abbot Walter A. Coggin, in Belmont Abbey Cathedral as he took
the vows, making him the first Negro to become a monk, Sunday.
Brother Martin will have no connection with the outside world,
the rest of his life. His name is Martin Bongs and he hails from
Charleston, S. C.
xles moved nearer their goal here
Boags 22 year-old Charleston. S.
i, as a monk at Belmont Abbey.
quite sure that Martin was willing
’ to pay the price that it costs to be
come a monk.
His dedication to the work anl
the way he deported himself, while
| in training, proved to the higher
i ups that he had decided to go all
lire way and thus become a symbol
of purity. His association will be
'only wilh his fellow monks. His
! father was present and saw hm
i accept the vows. The elder Boags
took pictures o( the ceremony. It is
I believed that this will be the last,
j time that he will have an oppor
| tunity to see his son.
He chose to live forever in a
i closed religious fellowship and in
u a community inhabited by men of
| similar convictions. He is bound to
■ a life of chastity, obedience and
1 1 poverty.
Leaders Rap
Stand Taken
By T Board
I Despite the buck-hand stop aimed
I at it by the Board of Management
iof the Bloodworth Street YMCA
j for the Raleigh Citre n? A.-socia
-1 lions published criticism of some
! practices, of the United Fund, the
| Association in its regular meeting
| on March Ist. overwhelmingly rc
'affirmed its backing of the report
> of its special committee " his-fc had,
j aftei a sli iy covering a period of
12 years, issued a report charging
jr ' United Fund v. ith bias and dis
! criminatory practices,
i The only persons taking the floor
|to defend the "V board at this
meeting were two of the persons
j who had helped formulate the reso
i lution which, among other things,
: called the findings of the Associa-
I tion. '‘untrue*', "untimely” and
| "misleading”.
The Association directed this
| special committee to continue with
I its work and voted down an a
j mendment that would have deleted
that section of tine committee’s re*
i r,ort which proposed that the op
i-ration of._*]'!!;„turd in areas of real
pubic need should be taken over
by publicly operated agencies.
Tiiis was one of the items in the
Assceiaton's report which had
seeminglyu raised the ire ot some of
the members of the YMCA Board.
However, it was brought out that
this specific proposal was offered
!as an alternative because of the
allegation that the United Fund was
i protected in its actions and prac
tices because the agencies partici*
| rating with the Fund and sponsor
ed by the Fund are considered to
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Man Saves Entire
Family From Fire
HIGH FOUNT The hand of
mercy over stepped racial bounds
here last week when Albert Ellison
; rescued a white family from a fire
that, enveloped a two-story frame
| buildine that housed 14 people.
Ellison was passing the building
and saw smoke coming from it and
walked over to investigate. He ob
I served Joe Esley standing at an
| upstairs window. It was then that
j the frightened man. had the piece
:of mind, to drop a mattress out
! the window. Ellison put the mat
i t ress over his head and Esley drop -
ped his 5-month-old baby to safe-
I ty.
Elsey then dropped his 2-year
old daughter on the mattress Hr
then lowered his wife far as he
could and then dropped her onto
the mattress. Ellison wobbled un
der the weight of the woman but
was able to land her safely, She
complained of being a little “shook
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State News
|
Briefs _
LIVINGSTONE STUDENTS
APPEAL CONVICTIONS
SALISBURY Thirteen of 17
Livingstone College students were
convicted Thursday of trespass fol
lowing demonstrations against sc- i
gregation at two movie theatres, !
Rowan County Court Judge ;
George Burke sentenced each to 30
(lavs in jail or to pay a fine of $25
and costs. Each of the 13 appealed
to Superior Court and ported
bond Four ethers were dismissed
because tine warrants were defec
tive
COP ACCUSED OF BEATING
MAN, FREED AND MAN JAILED
WADESBORO A jury of five
white men, and e Negro acquitted
Anson county rural polceman Odis
Bridges on Thursday of charges of j
beating Edgar F, Sturdivant, 40- j
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PI
JOHN ERVIN SANDERS
HOSPITAL
OBSERVATION
SUGGESTED
i The essence of the bible saying.
The way of a transgressor ...
i hard" could certainly be applied
j to the actions of John Ervin Sail
'd ers. who allegedly lost his mind,
jin the city lock-up Monday, after
! he had been sentenced for a senes
I of crimes.
He faced assault charges of sev
j eral natures. He is said to have
I gone on a rampage with a long
bladed knife and wedded is so reck
lessly until Lawrence McNeil was
i cut from the back of his neck to
j the left corner of his mouth., He
jwas also charged with using a
knife on Mrs. Juanita Green Fowl
ier, and as a result she us alleged
I to be without a. nose
The crimes did not really regis
j ter with Sanders until he w as sen
i tenced by Judge Pretlow Win
i borne, in City Court. Monday
morning. The 19-year-old youth
jwas convicted of carrying a con
! coaled weapon and was given a 90-
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PRICE 15c
Daniel-Strassner Feature
First Baptist Celebration
The services of the seaquicenten- i
j niel celebration of the First. Bap- j i
j list Church will feature Dr Robert.!
P. Daniel, president of Virginia i
jState College, Sunday. 11:00 a. m, j i
j He will speak on the “Unfaltering i 1
j Trust." ’ i
i He will be the second president! l
i of Shaw University to appear on I
| the program. It is to be remember- 1 *
ied that he served as president of ;
the Baptist college for sometime !
j and was very closely connected ’
j with the First Baptist Church.
I President W. R. Strassner is!
j scheduled to speak Thursday night j
'and will talk about the “Debt and
Duty to the Founders".
| The Shaw head will tell what a
| great, contribution that the found- 1
era and others made in the estnb- -
j lishing of the First Baptist Church !
(and bringing it thus far. He wi.l |
I also tell what we owe them for i
j this feat and what our duty is to j
i their memory and the church. j
An anniversary banquet, is book
Republicans In Open Bid
For North Carolina Vote
DURHAM ln reply to a ques
tion asked him by a CAROLINIAN
representative, at a press confer
ence Saturday, Congressman Wil
liam E. Miller, chairman, Republi
can National Committee, said that
if President Kennedy wanted lo
Put a Negro in his cabinet, that he
(Miller) knew several hundred Ne
gro lawyers who were better qua
lified than "Brother Bobby’ to be
attorney-general.
He also said that due to the fact
that Health and Welfare Admini
strator Abraham Rjbicoff was go
ing to resign and go back to Con
neticut and ran for the United
States Senate, and this was another
spot that he could place » Negro
in, if he were really sincere in
wanting to name a Negro to his
CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
— BUT FROM THEM
page *
Joe Mtiroiok’s Promotion
Eureka Realty Co.
Horton's Cash Store
Cbonias Food Market
PAGE S
Mechanic.’ & Farmer* Sight.
Tire Sales A Scrvir*
PAGE 5
Hudson-Belli gfirdv
PAGE 6
Major Finance Co
American Credit Co.
Auto Insurance Servlet
Wtmberley Electric Co
WAG Upholstery Company
Nina's Grin
the Fabric Shop
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
Stephen's Appliance. Company
Mann's Furniture Company
Dunstoo's Texaco Sen.de*
Capital Vacuum Store
Hunter’s Grocery
Browning Barber Shop
Joy’s American Gr'"
Raleigh Faint. A Wallpaper Co.
Kdenton Street Cleaners
Capita! Bargain Store
Peebles Grill A: Hotel
Washington Terrace Apts., 5m
Buffalo* Company A Builders
Raleigh Furniture Co.
IStudentFees
AtA&TTaken
In Daylight
] GREENSBORO A daring
thief or thieves took over $6,000
in cash and checks from the bur
-1 sar's office at A&T College,
i Monday afternoon
I. -I Prince, cashier, said that, he
; left the locked office shortly after
j noon and that when he returned
i an hour later, the class above t.he
! lock of the door had been broken
jit. was then a simple matter for
I the thief or thieves to lift the latch
! and open the door.
The money box (alien con
tained $6.261.80. with between
$l5O and S2OO of (his amount
beine in cash The remainder
was in check'.. It represented
tuition fees paid by students
for (hr spring quarter which
begins nr\l week, ‘students are
taking winter quarter exami
nations this week
C.'apt w. H. Jackson chief of
detectives, is in charge of the in
{vestimation.
I The robbery is the second at th
I college this year Several week'-
i 3so a group of students broke into
! the campus canteen taking cash
■ | and merchandise.
1. 1
Mitchell Given
Suspended Term
GREENSBORO - Judge Edwin
■ M. Stanley continued stiff fines on
- Income tax violators who he sen
i fenced Samuel Mitchell. Raleijn
' attorney, to one year in prison, on
i charges of fullin'.- to file income
tax returns within the legal time
i j limits.
: The case was heard sometime
• j aco and sentence was withheld u i
• i til March 1. The active sentence
■ j was suspended on condition that
' Mitchell pay a fine of $7.50. plus
i back faxes, penalties and interest
• j (o the Internal Revenue Service,
-i amounting to more than $6,000.
I
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ed for Charts Heights Recreation
Center, Friday night. Mrs. Neva
Evans Lockhart, chairman of the
general committee, will serve us
toatsmistress. From all indication®
this will be the highlight of the so
cial activities, attendant to the
celebration.
The week-lone commemoration
will close Sunday night with a
pageant depicting the founding of
the famed church and its history
The pagentry will be directed by
Mi's. Mildred T. James.
' wm i B
?Vy v .;y'/ ;.'v : .
WEATHER
Tiie the day weather forecast fov
the Raleigh area beginning Thins
day. March Sth and continuing
through Monday. March 12th is as
follows:
Temperatures average well be
low normal, warming some whai
Thursday and Friday, followed by
much colder weather. Rain ijkeh
a bom Saturday.
• , cabinet.
He called the president's maneu
ver to establish a new cabinet post
of Urban Affair- "the shabbiest
niece of political shenanigans Dial
has ever been proposed by a poli
; tician He also maligned the chief
: (executive for attempting to aun
j bute the failure of the movement
to the Republican- He pointed in
the fact thai the committee vas
sacked with Democrats and that
j had they voted on party Line', the
j Republicans would have been out
voted 2 to !.
| He called attention to th* fact.
| that when Dr. Robert Weaver %
name came up for confirmation by
the Senate that, the Republican*
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G s. Tucker Bros tnc
PAGE ?
1 orrell Cool Co.
tulo Discount Company
PAGE 8
Cnfooial SfOTP'v
R. E, Quinn Furniture Co
I H. Brown
PAGE 9
AAP Food Stores
Firestone St res
Branch Banking J Trusl
Standard Concrete Products C*.
PAGE 10
Pepsl-Coia Bottling Co. ot Ealcijb
Oiiioh Motor Finance Co.
Seven Tp Bottling Company
Carolina Builders Corp.
! Ridgeway's Opticians, Inr.
| Blood worth st. Tourist Home
I Deluxe Hotel
i Warner Memorials.
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l f.incola Theatre
| P SGE 16
j Rhodes Furniture
j Acme Realty company
j Piggly Wiggly
| Raleigh Seafood Company
i Raleigh Funeral Home
i Hunt Genera! Tire Company
Dunn's Esso Service
1 Central Brag Store