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i * -»S1 *v 1 *' -i ic .-*•■ : yif. !i**» ' FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT-Miss Dorothy Dandridge, vivacious international singer and actress was reported as having been found dead in her West Hollywood California apartment some'lme Wednesday morning. Sheriff’s detectives told newsmen that death could have been accidental. Miss Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for her work In Carmen Jones. *'*<% ■ ■■ " \ . i ■ v &». ' «r* <r > r*- - , f i i f: & EASTERN STAR QUEEN - M s, Druscilla Grier, Charlotte, who won the high honor of "Queen” of the “Brides' Contest” Tuesday night, September 7, at the Mt. Slant Holy Chu'ch, when she reported that she had r. lsed ?. ,2 74.34 foi the edu cational scholarship fund. /#****» "' ' s&Or f v f|/ ,% ,$ * , \ -t'# , v .i l I V '*& ’« . ( if q . pMm \\ j. i' r| VJ • v.f',.- -7 *jb i ; -.y SCENES AT EASTERN STAR CONVENTION HERE - Scenes at 84th annual session of the Grand Chapter, Order o' Eastern Star, held at M>. Sinai Holy Ch inch, Sept. 6,7, and 8, with Ruth Chapter, No. 2, as host. Reading from top down. The elected officers who will serve for the ensuing year are, 1-r, Mrs. Flora Grantham, Clinton, Grand Co:n"iandress; Mrs, Marea Singletary, Sanford, Rec. Secretary; Mrs. L. Barbara Taylor, Cleveland, Ass::. Grand Matron;'Mrs. Maggie L. Strong, Ayden, Grand Matron; Mrs, Ruby Jones, Chapel Hill, Director, Brides’ Con'est and Charles E. Costner, Gastonia, Grand Patron. 2nd picture shows the appointed officers who will assist in administering the affairs, 1-r, Mrs. C. Irving, Gastonia, Grand Organist; M "s. Carrie Spauld ing, Rocky Mount, Committee Chairman; Rev. K. P, Battle Rocky Mount, Grand Trustee; Rev. A. C. Cook, Asheville, Associate Grand Patron; Mrs. M. Gidney, Bowling Springs, Committee Chairman and Rev. A. E. Hudson, Goldsboro, Grand Chaplain. 3rd picture is that of the deputies who will supervise the work of the districts. Mrs. Emma Howell, Dum; unidentified; Mrs. Doclna Dunlap, Hamlet; Mrs. Emma. Kelley, Hamlet; Mrs. Essie Sutton; Mrs. Elizabeth Tilley, Winston Salem; Mrs. Marguerite Trott, Salisbury; Mrs. M. Karris, Rocky Mount; Mrs, Mary B„ Hawkins, Henderson; Mrs. Dala Rogers, Holly Springs; Mrs. Jessie B. McClain, Charlotte; Mrs. Ethel Hansberry, Asheville and Mrs. Ethel Davidson, Catron. Ambulance Service Ending Raleigh's three Negro fun eral homes Joined three white ones here ‘Tuesday in notify ing the City Council and the Wake County Board of Com missioners that their ambu lance sendees will he discon tinued effective midnight Sunday, October 81. Raleigh Funeral Korns. Capitol Funeral Home and Lightner Funeral Home Join ed Penning tem-Smith, Brown- Wynne, and Mitchell Funeral Homes,, ir. sending this decis ion to the two governing bod ies. The matter has been re f»*s AMBUUfIfCe, s*. s> Negro Entertains White Neighbor As MOLOTOV BOMBS STRIKE NC HOME THE CAROLINIAN VOL. 24, NO. 43 OES Aids Education |r #** ♦♦ ♦ -#t a **m at a a it Raleigh Man in Hospital, But FACES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Mother Os Eight Dies In Crash Officials at the Raleigh Funeral Home informed a CAROLINIAN newsman at 10:45 a. m. Wednesday that funeral arrangements for Mrs. Earline Wright Williams, 39, killed Instantly at 9:45 p. m. Saturday night, September 4, are still incomplete, pend ing arrival of other members of her family. dren was a passenger in a The mother of eight chil speeding car that went out of control and overturned about 500 yards east of the city lim its on Hmhway 64. Mrs. Wiliams, of 1015 S. Wilmington Street, died of a skull fracture and other in juries of the head, stated Wake Coroner Marshall W. Bennett. State Highway Patrolman Robert Barefoot, who investi gated, said the car, '‘appar- driven” by Theodore Roosevelt Bridges, 31, also of 1015 S. Wilmington Street, left the city at a speed defi nitely exceeding the speed limit. The driver lost control and the car overturned in the median (a patch of grass separating the four - lane highway). Bridges, who Is still a pati ent at Wake Memorial Hospi tal, will be charged with man slaughter upon his release, according to an official at the Highway Pa'rol Station here. He is being treated for lace rations of the feet and his condition was “good" on Wednesday, September 8. ac cording to a nursing official. Barefoot said the 1957 Ford left skid marks of 632 feet Teen-Dems Will Hear Vote Exec The Capital City Teen-Dems will hold their Second Practi cal Politics Workshop Satur day, September 11, at 1809 E. Davie Street from 10:30 a. m. to 4:30 p.m. Melvin Palm er and Miss Constance Daven port will co-chair the work shop. The Fourth Congres sional District Teen-Dem Chairman and president of the Capital City Teen Derns, Miss DeAnne Newell, will hold their first meeting at 2:00 p. m. Mike Davis co-chairman will head the meeting since the president and chairman, Miss Newell is moving to Win ston-Salem. State President Ed Groom, and his entire executive com mittee are expected to attend. The Alamance County Teen- Dems Club will send more than ten members to partici pate in the workshop. Mrs. Ruth Cook will intro duce the keynote speaker, “Mrs. Registration of Wake County”, Mrs. Martha Mc- Laughlin, at 11:30 a.m. Her topic will be "Teen-Dems and Voter Registration." She is executive secretary of the Wake County Board, of Elec tions. Schedule: 10:30 a.m. Regis tration; 11:00 a.m., General Session, Ed Croom, Teen-Dem State President; 11:30. Work shop Session. "Teen Denis and Voter® Registration” Introduction of Speaker,. Mrs. Ruth Cook: Keynote Speaker, Mrs. Martha Mc- Laughlin, Wake County Reg istrar. 1:00 p.m., Teen-Dems Let’s East, Sandra Gill-Hazel San ders; 2:00 p.m., 4th Congress ional District Teen-Dems Meeting, DeAnne Newell, Chairman, .Mike Da,vis, Co- Chairman; Candy Baker, Sec fß«S ‘WBSW-ISRSSS, 8». Si North Carolina s Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBEITiI, 1965 MAYOR pound WITH PRIDE - Mayor M. Growe, of Rich mond, Va., center, points with pride to the program of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention in its 63:h annual session where he welcomed them io the city of Rich mond, Va, At left is host pastor, the Rev. R. 1,. Taylor, the Fourth Baptist Church, the meeting was held and Dr. W. C. Sommerville, right, e vomit tv-- - ■■■cn-l - ■! Wash ington, D. C. accepts the mayor’s greetings on behalf of the convention. Rev. Hairston Succeeds Seif As loft Carey Head RICHMOND, Va.—Dr. J. C. Hairston, pastor of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa,, was elected president of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Con vention succeeding himself for the first time here at the six ty-eighth session of the or ganization meeting with the Fourth Baptist Church, the Rev, R. L, Taylor, minister, HER NOMINATION OPPOSED Dr. Virginian Lewis, an aid to schools Supt. Benjamin C. Wil lis was nominated to be assistant superintendent for integration, here, Albert Raby, convenor of the Co-ordinating Council of Community Organization, called the nomination "a travesty” and said he hoped the board of ed ucation would not approve it, (UPI PHOTO) Rev. Chick Gets Moore Appointment FAYETTEVILLE Rever end C. A. Chick, Fayetteville, has been named by Governor Moore as a member of the board of trustees at the Fay etteville Technical Institute, Reverend Chick has had many years of experience in the field of education and in dealing with the public in general. He has held such po sitions as assistant pastor un der Reverend Adam Clayton Powlell, Senior, of the Abys sinian Baptist Church, New York; dean of instruction, Morris College; dean of men, Benedict College and also at Virginia Union University. Currently he is serving on the boards of Cumberland a *av, emest, a*. »> August 30th through Septem ber 3rd. Other officers elected were Dr. M. L. Wilson, of the Con vent Avenue Baptist Church, New York: first vice-presi dent: the Dr. R. M. Pitts of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Winston-Saiem. N. C., second vice-president; Dr. Jasper Freeman, of the Queen Street Baptist Church, Norfolk. Va., recording secretary; Dr. C. W. Ward, of the First Baptist Church, Raleigh, N. C., assist ant recording secretary; Dr. A. W. Brown, of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church of Richmond, Va.. treasurer; Dr. L. J. Shipman, Second Bap tist Church, New Castle, Pa,, statistician Dr. W. C. Somer ville, Washington, D. C., is the convention’s executive secre tary. Mrs. J. L. S. Holloman, Washington, D. C . was chosen by the Woman’s Auxiliary for the second time as its head. Others elected to this depart ment included Mrs. Agnes Jordan, Newport News, Va., vice-president-at-large; Mrs, N. L Scarborough, Columbus, Ohio, first vice-president; Mrs, W. J. Rucker, Winston- Salem, N. C., second vice president, Mrs. M. P. G. Kel ly, Philadelphia, Pa., recording secretary; Mrs. Levery Hobbs, Philadelphia, Pa., correspond ing secretary; Mrs. Ruby F. Marshall, Washington, D. C., treasurer; Mrs. G. O. Bullock, Washington, D. C., treasurer emeritus; Mrs Ellen S. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., chairman of the executive board: Mrs. Ja nie Garland, Washington, D, C., co-chairman of the execu tive board: Mrs. Bessie R. Hairston, Pittsburgh, Pa., sec retary of the executive board; Mrs. C. E. Griffin, Supt. Yeung People's Department and Mrs. Barbara W. Wring field, Pittsburgh, Pa., assistant superintendent. Regicnald Dalton ot Dur ham, was returned as direc tor of the Laymen's League and Miss Mary Louise Walker, of Charlotte, N. C., was se'.ect ed by the young people tc di rect them for another year. Executive secretary Somer ville’s report showed a total fßee VQTT CAMS'?, M. T, i.>i»nerstMre* tot the nest five -ivy*, Thu.-sfSsy through Monday, will average three to sieves degree* below svrmal, Cool night* are expected to ptovail most oj the woekena with high and Sow tempera ture* being 83 and «Z degree*, aalnfall wtil he heavy over the weekend sr.Cl toward the end of the period, totaling one-half to one Inch or mere. PRICE 15 CENTS Over 500 In Raleigh For Talks The 64th annual session of the Order of Eastern Star closed here Wednesday, after three days of activities, with out and reference to the Ku Klux Klan or the violence that rocked eastern North Carolina a few days ago. The assembly did rise to the occasion when the Brides' Contest, directed by Mrs. Ru by Jones, Chapel Hill, Wed nesday night, dropped $8,921.- 29 into the hopper for worthy students to complete their ed ucation. The Order has spon sored a Student Loan Fund for a number of years and this is believed to be the lar gest sum ever collected for the fund. The fimd is made available to junior and senior college students and no interest is charged to the borrower. There is a time limit on re payment, but this, too, is be lieved to be hinged upon the employment status of the bor rower, after graduation, rt was not ascertained as to whether the money is avail able to members of both races or not. The Central Orphanage of North Carolina, located at Oxford, of which the Rev, T. H. Brooks is the president, was also the beneficiary of approximately $2,800.00. It is to be remembered that the in stitution is aided yearly by the Masons of the State and the Eastern Star is an auxili ary of that Order. The first service was held Monday night and Mayor tSe® OEB AIDS, P. 2> Wilmington Residence Bombed WILMINGTON— The home of a Negro. Thomas Gore, was the scene this week of the tossing of tw T o Molotov Cock tails, reportedly by a white man. Local police officials stated two soft drink bottles, filled with gasoline, were thrown against the home of Mr. Gore by a white man. Gore and a white neighbor, J. C. Holliman, were sitting in the front of the Gore home when they saw a Caucasian in an alley nearby, headed to ward the rear of the residence, authorities stated. The man is alleged to have struck a match and threw one of the lighted bottlese against the front porch, striking a brick column. The first bottle exploded into flames, then the second was tossed. No damage was re ported from either explosion. Holloman and Gore said they ran after the bomb thrower, whom they said pull ed a knife, got into an auto mobile and fled the scene. The flames were smothered by neighbors as police began an intense search for the un identified man. Death Os Apex Boy is Probed APEX The body of 16- year-old James Arthur Mor gan, of Route i, Apex, was found beside the Seaboard Air Line Railroad tracks, two miles south of here, early Sunday morning. Tire death, is being investigated by Wake County Cororaer Marshall W. Bennett, who stated the boy was struck by a train, but apex roy. p. r 5 HELD IN PLYMOUTH SHOOTING - Authorities who Imposed military-like security on this racially tense town last weekend, charged a 33-year old logger with the pistol shooting of 45-year old George Williams, a white man, during street fights in Plymouth on the night of August 31. Shown above, and charged with intent to kill was Albion Arrington, left, of Plymouth. Police said two other men are still being sought In the stabbing of Clarence Adams, which occurred about the same time. (UPI PHOTO). Gunman Is Bound Over In Plymouth PLYMOUTH Albien Ar rington, local colored resident, charged with wounding a 45- year-old white man with a pistol druing a race riot last Tuesday night, was bound ov er for the next term of Wash ington County Superior Court after asking for a trial by ju ry. 21 other persons were al so tried and fined. Arring ton's bond was fixed at SI,OOO. A white San Francisco civil rights worker, Mike Farley, 18, was fined SIOO and costs in the Washington County Recorder’s court, on a charge of demonstrating without a permit. Farley was jailed af ter the Plymouth Town Coun cil, last week, passed an ordi nance aimed at halting dem onstrations by civil rights groups in this tense town of 5,000. Judge Ronald Gaylord presided over the court’ ses sion. The judge fined eight white persons $lO and sl3 court costs for carrying dangerous weapons for the purpose of a larming and terrifying people. Tire whites were arrested Woke 4~H Youth Gets Top Amid FAYETTEVILLE —• George MeClamb, Wake 4-H boy of Raleigh, Route 2, won the Grand Champion Trophy with his two-year old Jersey ani mal at the 19th District 4-H and FFA Dairy Show held at the fair grounds in Fayette ville Friday, Sept. 3. The animal also won a pur ple ribbon, a blue ribbon and won the number two spot in showmanship. Billy Myatt. also exhibiting his animal from Wake, won a red ribbon. The Wake delegation was accompanied by W. C. Daven port, Wake County Agricul tural Extension Agent. The animal event is spon sored by the Fayetteville Jun ior and Senior Chambers of Commerce. From Raleigh s Official Police Files; THE CRIME BEAT BY CHARLES R. TONES Angry Man, 77; Fires Pistol James Upchurch, 42, &f 838 S. East Street, told the “law" at 7:34 p.m. Friday that he and William Thomas Blue, 77, had had a quarrel one week before, and apparently Up church thought no more a bout it. However, the elderly man did not forget as Upchurch was soon to find out. Exactly one week later, Mr. Blue re turned tc the scene of the original argument, 318 S. East Street, where Mr, Upchurch lives. Upon arrival, he shot once at the complainant, but missed. Quickly Upchurch subdued the old man and took the pistol from him. Then he ealied the cops, signed a warrant, charging assault with a deadly weapon an<3 Mr. Blue was "hauled in" when highway patrolmen, sent into Plymouth to aid lo cal officers, systematically checked cars for weapons on all principal roads leading In to town. All guns and knives found were confiscated. Those arrested included two constables, one of whom requested a jury trial. Judgment was continued in the cases against one white Arlington, Va. man, James Lee Hensley, and one from Greenville, Gilbert Roger Haddock, both of whom had been charged with, carrying dangerous weapons. Four white men forfeited their bonds of S3OO each when they failed to appear for trial. They are: Aaron Waters, Les lie William Jordan, Jr., and Me Arthur Wallace, all of Pinetops, and Joseph Donald Tripp, of Kinston. (See 22 TRIALS- P. 21 City’s Rex Hospital Faces Suit WASHINGTON Charges of racial discrimination were filed here Friday against 16 federally assisted hospitals in eight southern states by the NAACF Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the N AACF. The new charges make a total of 128 filed by the twr indepen dent organization; since last February. In a letter to John W, Gar ner, secretary of Health, Edu cation and Welfare, Jack Greenberg, Legal Defense Fund director-counsel, and J. Francis Pohlhaus, NAACP Washing-ten Bureau counsel, asked that “appropriate ac tion be taken to insure Im mediate compliance with the nondiscrimination provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, of 1984 and departmental regulations." Hospitals in Alabama, North and South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Ten ts* REX HOSPITAL, 9. *> Face Smacked With A Chair Thomas Nathaniel McLean, 34, of 611 E. Davie Street, told Officers R. N. Carroll and James E. (Bobby) Daye at 2:13 a.m. Saturday, he was sitting in a booth at Staton's Case, 319 S. East Street, when someone named “Jasper” came over and started talking to McLean’s girl friend, A "fuss” started over the girl, stated McLean, and he was hit over the head with & chair. He suffered a cut on the right side of his head. McLean, whose Witness was Miss Gloria Swanson Wil liams, of 1120 S. East Street, declared he would sign a war rant against the suspect if "Jasper could be found. mt .trot® mm, 9. n
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