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St. Aug.'s To Get $2.5 Million From Ford Foundation
$500,000 0!
A FAMILY SHOHb ITS GRIEF - New Y'ork - Mrs. Jackie Robi.’ison Is assisted bj- son, David
(Lj^ and Rev. Dr. Jesse Jackson as she leaves Riverside Church October 27 after fineral serv
ices lor her famous husband. Jackson delivered the euloc3‘for the maii who broke baseball’s
color line. (UPI)
Zebulon High School’s Black
Students Register Grievances
ZEBULON - Some 90 black studenls and their parents held a meeting
Aith ofncials of the Zebulon School here Monday, Also present
*ere members from the Wake County School Board.
The incidents began last week
when many black students boy
cotted classes. Of major con
cern to the blacks students is
the allegation that school elec
tions should no longer be based
on the racial quota system,
which reflects the 50-50 Hack-
white ratio ^t the East Wake
County SchoH.
H was reported that black
students at the school gave
written statements, saying that
other grievlances led up to the
boycott of classes. They de
clared that on Monda} of this
week, physical attacks b> teach
ers upon students of both races
took place.
As to the free election sys
tem, H. Wat-ne Bare, assistant
superintendent of l^ake County
Schools, told the students that
Airon Fussell, supenr.tender.l O" Pl*™ >*«
of the schools, had requested ^ other tn early fall,
that the students not hold elec- declared that neither
tlons until after the board meets
on Monday. November 13. Fol
lowing Monday night’s meeting,
the students requested a special
meeting with the board, prior
to November 13. Bare said there
seems little chance of that.
Robert L. Duncan. school
principal, said he knew of only
twt) limk^ts in whldi a white
teacher hit a Hack student.
incident had racial overtones.
Both Dimcan and Bare said
the charges of abuse and Ine
quities in punishment seem to
be minor. Duncan said that
sttider.ts were not able to give
specific Instances when asked
about these Issues at Monday’s
meeting.
A white teacher did slap a
black student '*for being
(S«-c 31CB SCHOOL i*. 2)
AME Zion Bishop Feted
At Fayetteville Banquet
Mrs. Bethea
Dies: Rites
FAYETTEVIIXK Friends
co-workers, church leaders and
government officials joined
together Friday night. Oct 27.
at the Downtowner and built a
stn^ case against the old
Bishop Waclor was elevated
to the exalted position of the
.AME Zioo Church at the
General Conference, held in
Mobile. Aia . in May of this
vear He is a nauve of
week, physical attacks by teach
ers upon students of both races
took place.
As to the free election sys
tem, K. W'aj'ne Bare, assistant
siperhtendent of Wato County
Schools, toU the students that
ruTiu £jiuii LTioiiup 1 ou;u
At Fayetteville Banquet
Mrs. Bethea
Dies; Rites
Set Saturday
Mrs. Ruth Mooie Bethea, a
veteran school teacher in Tar-
boro .*'nd the Edcombe Cowty
area, who lived at 644 E.
Lenoir Street. Raleigh, since
her retirement, died early
Tuesday at Wake Memorlail
Hosplt^. She was also a writer
of ftie Eastside Reminders
column for The CAROLINIAN
for several years.
Mrs. Bethea's father, the late
Dr. Moore, was the founder
and first president of Eliza
beth City SUte
Unlv., where
memorial serv
ices are con
ducted for him
each year.
Fweral serv
ices will be con
ducted at 11 a.m.
Saturday at thewps. BFTHEA
Davie Street United Presby
terian Church with the Rev.
J. H. Brown, pastor, officiat
ing.
Mrs. Bethea, an active woman
in the civic, social and re
ligious life of Raleigh for many
years, was a past sectJoiul
leader for the National As-
soication nf College Women,
to vtiicn she was most dedi
cated.
FAYETTEVILLE • Friends,
co-workers, church leaders and
government officials joined
together Friday night. Oct. 27.
at the DowTiiowner and built a
strong case against the old
saying. ‘'A prophet is without
honor in his home” when they
look part in an inlroductor;'
banquet for Bishop & Mrs J.W.
Wactor
Carmichael
Forming New
Black Party
Mrs, B^hea Is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Da-
Mila- BETHeA, P. 21
CRIME
B-EAT
BY ROBERT N. TAYLOR
W ASHINGTON, D.C. - speak
ing at Howard University here,
Stokel> Carmichael, popularl-
zer uf the Black Power move
ment of the late 1960's, has
announced the creation of •
Black political organization de
signed to fight **the twin evils
of capitalism and racism.”
The new- oiganlzatlon will be
loiowT as the All-African Peo
ples' RevolUlonary Party
(AAPRP) and will apparently be
headed by the TrLnidad horn
Black acth ist.
Carmichael, addressing a
standing room only audience
at his alma mater's iroo-seat
Cramton auditorium, stated that
the organization would seek to
“introduce a new «^elal orde-
which, bj' its ver.. deflnltton,
must de^rov the social order
rampant In the world today,
healed by U.S. Imj-erialism.''
Quotbg liberally from the
writings of the late president of
Ghana. Osarvefo Dr. Kwame
Nk.Tniah: Sekou Toure. presl-
i»rr l.thMUHAIi K J)
Bishop Waclor was elevated
*0 the exalted position of the
AME Zion Chiirdi at the
General Conference, held in
Mobile. Aia.. m May of this
year. He is a native of
Cumberland County and spent
his childhood days in the area.
He attended Livingstone Col
lege and Hood Tneological
Seminary, receiving degrees
from both.
He was ordained to preach in
the Central North Carolina
Conference and pastored many
of its churches. He had a very
successful pastorate at Fair
Promise AME Zion Church.
Sanford, and went from there to
New York City, where he built
Hood Temple into one of the
leading churches in the de
nomination. His pastorale was
interrupted when he did a
•stretch" in the army.
He returned to HooJ and hen
(Ser ZiO.S' Bib iOP. P. 2)
Mrs. D. High
•Appreciation
Cash Winner
There was only one winner In
The CAROLINIAN'S Apprecia
tion Money feature, tn wblcfa
three persons may win money
in the amount of $10 ezch.
These names appear on the
Money page, wblch Is always
located on the back page of the
first section of this newspaper.
Mrs. Delia High, 805 Tower
Street (in the Oberlln section),
was the luckj' w*lnner of money
last week. Her name was found
In the ad, sponsored by Na
tural Health Foods, located at
8 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh.
Don't forget to search the ads
for your name this week.
(Srr APPilt-CLtTlON. P 2)
Ralrich'ft Offlclai
« Police Files
PDTTOK'S KOTC: ThU rclBOUi
or feAtore is procured Id (he pub
lic interest srith an aim towards
eilBUnatinf its contents Niitnrr-
ous indlMdualv hate requested
that they be civen (be considera
tion o( o^rrloektnr their UAiat
on (be police btoiler. This v e
wonid Uke to do. Howeser, it is
not our position to be iudee or
Jury- We merely publish (be tarta
as wr find then reported by the
arrestlnc officers. To keep out of
The Crime Beal Coltunns, inereljr
Beans not belns rettstered b> «
poUre officer In reportmc bis
ftadlnfs mhUe on dul' So sim
ply keep off the "B.otur” and
yon won't be In The Crtme Beat.
STABBED IN CHEST
Melvin Leroy Tcasly. 38. 316
Love Lane, told Officer B W.
Harris at 10:06 p m.. last
Saturday, that he was lying on a
couch in hrs living room when
James Prlvett,. 32. address
unlist^. came by and stabbed
him in the chest Mr. Teasly
could not give the officer any
indication as to why iie w-as
subbed. The man. wt.o suffered
a puncture in the left chest wall
*and a small cut. said he would
sign an assa'ilt with a deadly
weapon warrant against Fri-
vet!
(See CKMi: UCAr. P 2)
HONORARY BOY SCOUT CHALIMAN - Washington - Larry
Brown, sensational running back of the Washington Redskins,
Octo! er 31 was named honorary chairman oi the Annual Bo>-
Scout “Good Turn Day" Clothing Drive for Goodwill In
dustries. The clothing drive Involves some 50,000 6o>' Scouts
in the W ashington L. C. ar' Posing in front of the Good
will headquarters are, LTH: « W'ayne Ferrell, 12, Oxon
Hill, Md.; lArry Brown; Scott Sandall, 13, Arllr«ton, Va.;
and. foreground, Steve Nolly, 6, Annandale, Va. (UPD
In Local, State, County, National Offices
Total Has
Candidates State Views
Been Received
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 32 NO.
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. Ifl73
Saint -Augustine’s Col
lege of Raleigh, has been
selected to participate
in the Ford Foundation
prograin of major as-
sis.ance to selected pri
vate black colleges. Dr.
Benjamin F. Pavton, of
ficer in charge. Higher
Education and Minority
SINGLE COPY iSc affairs of the Ford
Shot In Temple With Pistol
Blau Slain Here
U. S. Elk Leader Is
Foundation, slated in his
letter that Saint .Augus
tine’s College has the
potential of achieving
new levels of institu
tional vitality with the
assistance the Ford’s
new program can give.
-According to Dr. Pre-
zell R. Robinson, col
lege president. $500,000
has already been gii-en
to the institution.
Motive 1$
Unknown In
City Death
BY STAFF WRITEK
-A 41-year-old Bronx,
New York black man.
by way of Raleigh, al
legedly shot and kill
ed a 34 year old New
Jersey white man, who
formerly lived in the
city, early Saturday,
according to Raleigi.
DOlirtf* rennrfs The
New York black man,
by way of Raleigh, al
legedly shot and kill
ed a 34 year old New
Jersey white man, who
formerly lived In the
city, early Saturday,
according to Raleigh
police reports. The
shooting occurred at
the home of Bruce
(Sec MAN' SLAIN. P. Z)
Views Told
From Prexy
To NC House
Funeral Is
Planned For
Saint AugwMtfoc'f win be pn>-
vkfod with about $3.5 rnllUoD
over the nest five years. The
exact amotnt win depend igxxi
bow w^ the College demon
strates a seriousness of pur
pose in achtei’tng a set of ob
jectives to be agreed tgx>r. by
officials of the CcDege and the
Ford Fotsidathoo.
Nat’l Shrine
WINTON - W'lLiaa (BU)
Brown. asslstaH to Grand Ex
alted RulerHabsonR. Reynolds,
who lived In Wlntoo, N. C.,
died FrMa> afternoon, October
27, after a C019U of years
of Illness at minor periods.
Mr. Brown was known ^broagh*
out the SUte as
one a the moat %
devoted Elks in
the country. He
was married to
the sister of
Hobson R. Fey-
Dr. Prezdl R. Robinson, Pre
sident of Saint Ai«ustloe's,
stated that be Is dee^ ap-
preclvtlve cf the ccnfidetice tnat
the Ford Foundation has shown
k) Saint Augustine’s. *^'e have
over the past six years stress
ed academic excePence and
sotad businass management."
WUh these folds from Ford,
we intend to use tt wlsriy
where It win serve best. We do
not intend to make any drastic
ebanges in our program, rwt
strengthen our academic and
physical areas."
Saint AuT'^k’-ce’s, afeur-year
liberal arts College will c^e-
brute its lOOth Anniversary In
who lived in W'intoo, N. C.,
died Friday afternoon, October
27, after a coigde of years
of Illness at minor periods.
Mr. Brown was knowntbrough-
oul the State as
one of the most y
devoted Elks in
the country. He
was married to
the sister of |
Hobson R. Rey
nolds, Mrs. I
Susan Reynolds
sound bustnesc management."
W'lth these fwds from Ford,
we Intend to use tt wisely
where tt win serve best. We do
not Intend to mzke any drastic
dunges In our program, but
strengthen our academic and
phj'slcal areas."
brown
V (for Vote) Day Is only five
iays away as The CAROLINIAN
goes to press with various can
didates seeking offices, from
the Presidency to the State
House of Representatives.
The way seems to be clear
in the voting next Tuesday for
either incumbent President
Rldiard M. Nixon or president
ial aspirant. Sen. George S.
McGovern of S. Dakota Both
men have expressed th«*lr
stands OT several matters, from
ending the seeming endless war
In Vietnam, to women's libera
tion. Now tt is up to the na
tion's voters, including over
seven mlllloa black adults.
As late as Wednesday, guber
natorial candidates, Hargrove
(Skli^r) Bowles, Democratic
candidate for governor of the
stale, and James (Jim) Hols-
h-user, the GOP’s choice for
that high office, were still on
campaign trails, wooing voters
who might vote for them. On
Tuesday, Bowles called for pro
perty tax breaks for the elder
ly poor. Holshouser said on
the same day that he would
like to see the pilot caiL-er
educatlix) programs expanded in
the state.
In the race for Untied States
Senator are Durham's Nick
Calif'tnakls, a Democrat, and
Jesse Helms, a Raleigh busi
nessman. Ca^ianakls held the
office of *th District Congress
man, and Helms Is vice pre
sident of a Ralelgh-based tele
vision station. However, Kick
HOMECOMING QUEEN - Miss Georgette Dent, a jimlor at
Gamer Senloi Hi^ S^iool, vas crowned bomecoml-ng queen
at half time ceremonies 1^ Friday. Miss Dent was selected
for the honor ly a majority of the voters at the school.
Garner Lass Is Chosen
As "Miss Homecoming
i%te C.iNJI..ATek. P, 2)
GARNER - GarnerSenlorHigh
School turned out strong fen*
homecoming actlvlttes this
year, which Included crowning
this year's Queen, Georgette
Dent. She ts the first black
Homecoming Queen.
The activities got under way
Friday afternoon with a parade
down Main Street. The
marchers pushed off from Gar
ner Elementarj at 2 p.m.,
strutted doAT) old Garner Road
and wheeled bark up Main
Street.
The Senior High Band, with
a complement of flag holders
and majorettes led off. They
were followed b}’floats and cars
of beautifi’T girls. Including all
four horn, .omlng queen con
testants and Miss DECA, Wanda
Davis.
The four finalists in the
Homecoming Queen contest
were (Senior Class) Eva High.
Kim Jarrell, (Junior Class)
Joette wilder and Georgette
Dent. Miss Dent was crowned
q'jeen during half-time activi
ties.
The homecoming game w’as
preceeded by a mass pep rally
at the school, followed by a
procession down to the High
Sdiool field.
The Ti ojaiij pla' ed a hard
game, but lost to the Jordan
Falcons. 14 to not’.lng.
lace t./iaL.xLr LVSS. P. 2)
Brenvn, who survives him In
Wlnton.
Brown will be funerallzed it
the recently-completed$2-mU-
llon Remolds Shrine and will
be the first person funerallzed
since the Shrine was dedicated
on Saturday, October 21.
Mr. Brown, although 111, was
present at the national dedi
cation cf the Shrine in booor
of his brother-in-law.
AniuiK hts other survivors are
a sister, Mrs. Julia Brown De-
lany, formerly a professor of
English at Saint Augustine's
College here for manv vears.
He was assigned to the 7th
Episcopal district, comprised
of conferences In North Caro
lina. He decided to move back
home and now lives here. He
also, along with his wife, join
ed Shad>' Grove A.iLE. Zion
Church, from whence he began
his mlnlstf)'.
The banquet was sponsored by ’
Evans Metrc^ltan and Mat
tocks Memorial A.M.E. Zion
Saint Augustine’s, afour-year
liberal arts Ctdlege will ede-
brate tts 106th Anniversary In
F^iruary. The College fully
accredited has an enronmmt of
1442 students who come from 19
states and H foreign coisitrles.
The CoUwe has operated with
a balanced budget for (he past
six years.
tn 1970, Saint Augustine's
laundied a 10-year, $30-mU-
(S«t ST. ACG.*8. P. 2)
NAACPFor
Merger And
Ward System
(arc LLK
The Kalelgh-Apex Chapter of
the NAACP voted in tts month
ly meeting, held last Sunday
at St. Ambrose Episcopal
Churdi, to endorse the school
merger and reorgantzaflon of
the etty council.
The Rev, Dr. C, W. Ward
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
LUMBEE INDLAN PROTESTS - Lumberton, N.C. - A Lumbee Indian, Larry Klbby does a dance
and signs outside the Roberson County School Dosrr* office here O^ber 31. Some 300 Indians
protested outside the sdiool board offices, chaining that Federal fixids earmarked for Indian
education have been misappropriated and that they have lost control over their sdiools. A court
Injunctian forced them to leave the grounds while representatives met with school officials
October 31. (I'Pl)
tVixon Vetoes Jobs
BRIGCS HARDWARE
For Everything In The Ha4dware Line
National Black News Service
Washington - President
Nixon has vetoed the $3.5 bil
lion program enacted by the
Congress to promote more jobs
and economic de/elopm. itlnan
economy where 4,8 million A-
merlcans stUl are without work.
Hack Americans will be
q>eclal victims of the presi
dential \*e(o since official gov
ernment statistics show thst
unemployment among blacks Is
twice the 5.5 percent rate for
the work force as a whefe.
The Katlooal Urban Iwague’s
research department calculates
that the actual rale af job
lessness among blacks Is twice
the 10.2 percent offtelal rate -
or almost four times the rate
for white workers.
President Nixon vetoed the
Public Works and Economic
Oevek^ment Act Amendments
as part of his campaign to
h^d ’otal federal 9>endlng to
$250 bttllon In the current fis
cal year.
hi his veto message, the Pre
sident said the programs to
create more jobs through the
(S«i KIXO.H VEIOCI, P. 2)
DON’T FOHOET to go To the polls AMD VOTI TUISDiV. Hfll/HIBffl 7 "1