LBJ "Unhappy” With
King’s Protest Plans
' v ' WASHINGTON - President
Lyndon Baines Johnson doesn’t
think much of Dr. Martin Lu
there King Jr.'s plans to stage
a massive demonstration in the
nation’s capital this spring.
The President did not speci
tically opposed the planned
"camp-in." However, he did
indicate that "legitimate means
of persuasion" would be better
than try to "stop the function
ing of the government,’ which
"also is seeking to end dis
crimination and improve em
ployment and housing condi
tions."
Mr. Johnson added that he
hoped the civil rights move
ment would use its energies in
a "more productive and a more
Memorial Services For
Dean Os Women Held
CONCUKL) - Mrs. Cecilia
Marie McCoy Mercer, Dean 01
Women and-Director of Student
Services of Barber-
Scotia College, succumbed in an
Atlanta, Ga. hospital after an
extended illness on Thursday,
Feb, 1
Memorial Services were held
on the College campus at 3 p.
m. on Thursday and a quiet
period was observed throughout
the campus from 2 until 5 p. m.
Memorial services were held
for Mrs. Mercer on Saturday,
Feb. 3, at 2 p. m. at the Rad
cliffe United Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, Ga. The Rev.
James H. Costen presided at the
services. Noted individuals
spoke of her contributions in
various capacities: Dr. Harold
N. Stinson, President of Still
man College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
as a Churchwoman; Dr. J. Lyn
wood Gresham, President of
Barber-Scotia College, as an
Educator; Mr. Charles W.
Francis, Boggs Academy,
Keysville, Ga., as a Counsel
lor, and Dr. Bryant F. George
Director of Internal Operations
and Administration of Mission
Strategy and Evangelism, Unit
ed Presbyterian Church, USA.,
New York, New York, as a
Friend.
The active pallbearers were
Rev. James H. Nelson, Rev.
Edward M. Miller, Rev. John
Ellis, Rev. Joseph Jones, Rev.
P. A. Patterson, and Dr. Lio
nel H. Newsom, the immediate
past president of Barber-Scotia
College. Interment followed the
services at the South Vier Cem
etery,
Mrs. Mercer was the daught
er of Mrs. Kate D. McCoy and
the late Reverend Albert B,
McCoy. She was born in Ameri
cus, Georgia and after finishing
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effective manner."
ur. King plans to build a
settlement of chanties amid the
cherry blossoms in the nation’s
capital to highlight the protest.
In addition, lie has warned
that the Democratic National
convention in Chicago will be
picketed this August, if the D,
C. marches fail to bring desir
ed results.
The civil rights leader said
he would "probably’ journey
to Chicago to demonstrate if
Congress fails to heed demands
for economic programs for the
poor.
He blamed Congress’ failure
to respond to economic prob
lems in urban areas for "caus
ing riots.’
the McKay Hill School, later
named the A. B. McCoy Public
School in honor of her father,
she attended Haines Institute
in Augusta, Georgia. When her
parents moved to Atlanta, she
matriculated at Atlanta Univer
sity where she received the
Bachelors degree and later the
Masters degree in Educational
Psychology. For six years she
was Dean of Students at Morris
Brown College and one year
served as asslstat Dean of
Women at Spelman College. She
later came to Barber-Scotia
College where she served for
seven years in many capacities
and among them were Dean of
Women and Director of Stu
dent Personnel Service .
Her affiliations included
being a member of Alpha Kap
pa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Her survivors include her
husband, Dr William S. Mer
cer, pastor of the Radcliffe
United Presbyterian Church
and Mrs. Jean McCoy Davis,
head librarian of Barber-Scotia
College.
Colonial
Declares
Dividend
NEW YORK - Directors of
Colonial Stores Incorporated,
415 - store Southeastern and
Midwestern supermarket chain,
today declared a regular quart
erly dividend of 35 cents a share
on common stock.
The regular quarterly cash
dividend of 50 cents per share
was declared on outstanding 4
percent preferred stock.
Both dividends are payable
March 1, to stockholders of
record on Feb. 16.
Colonial Stores, with head
quarters in Atlanta, has opera
tions in the following states:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Kentucky, Maryland, North
Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia.
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WINTER SEMINAR - Shown above are the
speakers who took part in the Baptist Stu
dent Union Winter Seminar, held in the Shaw
University Student Union Building. Left tc
right: Chestyn Everett, who spoke or
“Christianity and the Nitty Gritty; ” Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Cotield, “Whereas the Power
of the Ministry?”: the Rev. Robert Bender-
EEOC Director
To Speak At
J. C. Smith
CHARLOTTE - The only wo
man who serves as a regional
director of the Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Commission
will speak at Johnson C, Smith
University during the Eleventh
Annual Women’s Week pro
gram, Thursday, Feb. 29, 10
a. m.
Mrs. Marie B. Poston, direc
tor of the Washington, D.C. re
gional office of EEOC, will ad
dress the chapel assembly on
the closing day of the program.
The Washington region includes
the states of Maryland, Dela
ware, West Virginia and Vir
ginia. She became one of five
Negro regional directors and
the only woman reg))onal di
rector after twenty years serv
ice with the National Labor Re
lations Board. Her assignment
with the NLRB as field investi
gator and examiner, included
New York City, Washington,
Detroit and San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
The program will begin with
a vesper service on Sunday
evening, Feb. 25, at the Uni
versity church. Mrs. Leon C.
Riddick, director of Communi
ty Development of the Charlotte
-Area Fund, will be the speak
er.
At the Tuesday morning as
sembly, a group of women stu
dents will present a program
on Negro Women in American
History. Awards for outstand
ing services by women students
will be made at this program by
Dean 0. H. Davis.
On Wednesday evening, Mrs.
Lou P. Benson, a counselor with
student personnel services, will
be the dinner speaker for the
young women at the Barclay
cafeteria.
A charm session will be con
ducted by Mrs. Florence Doby,
operator of Tina’s School of
Charm, at seven o'clock on
Thursday in Biddle Memorial
Hall.
NCC Graduate
Given Award
DURHAM - Air Force Ser
geant Rufus Werts, Jr., a 1964
graduate of North Carolina Col
lege, has been awarded the dis
tinctive service ribbon in con
nection with his service on the
staff of the U. S. Air Force
School of Aerospace Medicine,
Brooks Air Force Base, Tex.
The school staff was present
ed the Air Force Outstanding
Unit Award recently during
ceremonies commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the fa
cility.
Sergeant Werts, a scientific
assistant at the school, is a 1958
graduate of Highland High
School, Gastonia, He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Werts
of Gastonia. He received a
B. S. degree in biology at North
Carolina College in 1964.
War Victim
Buried in NJ
Lance Corporal Paul Edward
Christmas, USMC, who was
killed in Vietnam, Jan. 31, was
buried in New Jersey, Satur-
day, Feb, 10 .
He was well
known in Raleigh
and lived here
for a number of
years and at
tended J. W. Li
gon High School.
He moved to
Newark, N. J.
and attended
South Side High
School, from
which he grad
uated.
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CHRISTMAS
He is survived by three sis
ters, and a brother, Miss Juani
ta Christmas, Raleigh; Mrs.
Patricia Christmas Rogers and
Miss Agnes Christmas, all of
Newark, N, J.; John Christ
mas, also of Newark, N. J,
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RALEIGH, N C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY. 17. 1968
St. Aug.’s NY Alumni Stages Dance
NEW YORK - The N. Y.
chapter of St. Augustine’s Col
lege Alumni will stage Its an
nual fund raising dance, on Sat
urday March 2nd, according to
Peter G. (Pete) Holden, Sr.,
the Club’s hard working Presi
dent.
Net proceeds from the affair,
which will be held in the Club
La Chose, 7th Ave. and 154th
will be used to boost the a
boce Club’s scholarship fund.
Alumni from the Raleigh
Episcopal College will dance to
the music of koss and his 800-
Southeastern Business College
“Business Education Doesn’t Cost,
It Pays’’
David W. Stith
David W. Stith, President
603 S. Alston Avenue, Durham, N. C,
goloos and the fiance will begin
at 10 p. m.
The N. Y. alumni, one of
the stronger chapters in St.
Augustine’s ever expanding Na
tional alumni network, is head
ed by the above mentioned Pres
ident; Eutace Burnett, vice
president; Mrs. Shirley Mor
gan Tunstall, secretary; Miss
Annie Edwards, treasurer; and
Misses Eunice Tucker and Em l
ma Williams membership co
ordinators.
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