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VOL. 26 - NO. 1
Two Sentenced To Life
ROCKEFELLER AND WAGNER
SPONSOR NAACP DINNER
NEW YORK Governor Nel
son A. Rockefeller and Mayor
Robert F. Wagner agreed today
to serve as sponsors of the
NAACP’s fifth annual national
Freedom Fund Dinner here May
20.
The gala SIOO-per-couple affair
will honor the Rev. Fred D.
Shuttles worth, formerly of Birm
ingham, Ala., a militant freedom
fighter who has endured beat
ings, arrests, bombings and other
intimidations.
Rev. Shuttlesworth now pastors
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. George D. Cannon, general
chairman of the dinner commit
tee, announced that Broadway
stars Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis
will present excerpts from their
current comedy success “Purlie
Victorious.”
Dr. Cannon indicated that the
sponsoring committee, which is
still in formation, includes dis
tinguished citizens from many
areas of the country.
New Yorkers include Dr. Ralph
J. Bunche, Dr. C. B. Powell, Rab
bi Judah Cahn, Allan Morrison,
Mrs. Eleanor Rooseveelt, Mrs.
Channing Tobias, and Edward R.
Dudley.
Also Andrew Weinberger, Ar
thur B. Spingam, Mrs. Amy
Spingam, J. Raymond Jones, A.
Philip Randolph, the Honorable
Kenneth M. Phipps, and Vassal
Thomas.
Additional New Yorkers are
Mrs. Robert C. Weaver, the Hon
orable Walter H. Gladwin, George
K. Hunton, Algernon D. Black,
and Mrs. Louis T. Wright.
Others are Mrs. Daisy Bates of
Little Rock, Ark.; Theodore Ber
ry, Cincinnati; Dr. Allan Knight
Chalmers and Mr. and Mrs. Kivie
Kaplan of '■'rton; Chester I.
Lewis. Wichi , Kan.; and Z.
Alexander Lcdhy of Nashville,
Tenn.
Also participating are Dr. Ben
jamin E. Mays of Atlanta: Dr.
James J. McClendon, Detroit: Dr.
J. Leonidas Leach, Flint, Mich.;
Dr. Harry 7 Greene of Philadel
phio; and Dr. Lillie M. Jackson of
Baltimore.
Still others are Earl P. Dicker -
son of Chicago; Nathaniel S. Col
ley of Sacramento: Dr. George D.
Flemmings, Fort Worth; Joseph
G. Kennedy, San Francisco; Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Baker Lewis. Old
Greenwich, Conn.; and Samuel
NAACPSTOPSBIAS
IN RESTAURANT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Mrs. Ma
bel Condy, owner of a restaurant
here, was found guilty in Justice
Court this week of discriminating
against Jonnie McKinney, vice
president of the local NAACP.
Mr. McKinney attempted to be
served at the Dine-a-Mite case
twice. Mrs. Condy threw up her
hands the last time saying, “Get
out, I can’t serve you!”
Her fine of SSO and costs was
suspended. I
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’ MISS SIMUEL MISS LEACH MISS TORENCE
PLANNING COMMITTEE—Brenda Leach, a member of St. James AME Church, has
been named president of the Easter Sunrise Planning Committee. The committee meets each
Monday at 7 p.m. in Central YMCA to work out plans for the event which will be held
Easter Sunday at 5:40 a.m. in City Auditorium. Karen Torrence of Grace Covenant Pres
byterian Church is vice president; Carol Simuel of Hill Street Baptist Church is treasurer
John Howell of First Baptist Church is chairman of arrangements; Ronnie O’Kelley of
Central Methodist is publicity chairman; and Fenton S. Cunningham HI, of First Congrega
tional Church is program chairman.
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Baird Now With
Sheriff'sJlepl.
Mr. Alfred Baird of 48 Morrow
Street has been appointed Deputy
Sheriff. He makes the fourth
member of his race that
L. E. Brown has with his staff.
Mr. George Bishop, -Mrs. Tenelle
Homes and Mrs. lola Byers have
been members of the Sheriff De
partment for the past four years.
All-Out Attack On
Bias Called For 1
DAYTON, Ohio. More than
200 delegates attending an NA
ACP regional leadership training
conference here, March 23-24,
heard the Association’s general
counsel, Robert L. .Carter, call for
“an all-out attack on school seg
regation in the North.”
The Negro child enrolled in a
substandard school in the North,
he said, "suffers the same debili
tating phychological and adverse
social effects as the Negro child
in Jackson, Miss.”
Others participating in the
school workshop were Miss June
Shagaloff, NAACP special assist
ant for education; Arthur John
son, executive secretary, Detroit
NAACP branch; and John Ward,
administrative assistant, Indian
apolis NAACP branch.
A political action workshop fea
tured Horace Sheffield, of Detroit,
vice president of the Negro Amer
ican Labor Committee; Mrs.
Gladys Herron, Chairman, politi
cal action committee of the Toledo
NAACP branch; and Carl Fuqua,
executive secretary of the Chi
cago NAACP branch.
Herbert Hill. NAACP labor
secretary, led the workshop on
employment opportunities. Other
participants in this session were
Harold Williams, executive secre
tary, Cleveland NAACP branch,
and Frederick B. Routh, execu-1
! tive director, Michigan State FE-i
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ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY. APRIL 7,1962
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Above from left to right: Ray
mond Washington, C. L. Coore,
•Valter Smith, kicharo White,
Matthew Miller, Willie Maples,
Harold Cave, Nathaniel Woods,
Herbert L. Wright, NAACP
youth secretary, outlined a pro
gram of direct action for the more
than 100 young delegates attend
ing the conference. Joining him
in conducting this session was
Granville Reed, president of the
Central State College NAACP
chapter.
The Association’s church secre
tary, Rev. E. J. Odom, was the
principal speaker at the ministers’
luncheon.
11. L. Wright Resigns As
NAACP Youth Secretary
NEW YORK. Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the Na
tiinal Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, this
week announced the resignation
of Herbert L. Wright, the Asso
ciation’s youth secretary since
1951.
In accepting Mr. Wright’s resig
nation, effective April 16, Mr.
Wilkins noted that the period of
his incumbency “has been one of
growth in membership and of in
creased program activity . . . I
am sure our young people join
the National Office staff in thank
ing you for your work.”
Mr. Wright’s letter of resigna
tion said he had decided to ac
cept a position with “a newly es
tablished foundation which offers
greater opportunity and a higher
salary.”
His work with the Association,
he said, “has been productive and
personally gratifying.”
Louis Bell, Bennie Lake, Henry
Logan. Absent from picture,
Herbert Moore.
Coach C. L. Moore and his
Champions were the guests of the
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New Voter Campaign
Seen As Propitious
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5 NEW YORK Commenting on
■ the expanded voter registration
campaign, Roy Wilkins, NAACP
executive secretary, said this
’ week:
; “The launching of thb cam-
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time following the United States
Supreme Court ruling Monday
that apportionment of legislative
districts is subject to Federal
court review. That ruling makes
possible the removal of a stagger
ing political handicap which has
been imposed on White and Negro
' city dwellers. Most of the gains
. in Negro registration have been in
; the urban areas Where the indivi
t dual’s vote counts least under
. slch archaic systems as the county
> unit plan in Georgia and other
devices elsewhere to pepetuate
rural domination of the states. An
■ accelerated drive to increase the
. Negro vote in the South thus
■ takes an added significance and
' opens up the possibility of a re
; generation of regional politics and
■ a revival of the two-party system.
The ruling also gives added in
centive to Negroes to register and
vote.”
District Os Columbia
: NAACP Seeks Members
WASHINGTON. An enthu
siastic rally kicked off the 1962
membership campaign of the Dis
trict of Columbia Branch of the
NAACP here Sunday at the
Metropolitan AME Church, with
NAACP Executive Secretary Roy
Wilkins as the main speaker.
Rev. E. Franklin Jackson,
branch president, introduced his
campaign leaders and workers to
the audience and the membership
committee announced 675 mem
bers as the pre-campaign total. I
Miss. Dismisses Charges
Against Percy E. Sutton
JACKSON, Miss. Charges
against Percy E. Sutton, arrested
Freedom Rider and president of
the New York NAACP, were
dropped here this week.
Mr. Sutton and New York State
Assemblyman Mark Lane were
arrested last June on charges of
conspiring to disturb the peace.
However, since they were alone,
and not acting in concert, the
State’s Attorney asked for a dis
missal.
' Mr. Sutton was represented by
Jack H. Young, NAACP attorney
of this city.
Dr. Cannon Speaks For
NAACP In South Carolina
COLUMBIA. S. C—Dr. George
D. Cannon of New York City, re-1
cently named co-chairman of the
NAACP’s national life member
ship drive, addressed the first an
nual dinner of this state’s life
membership committee here this
A total of $1,300 in NAACP life
membership payments was col
lected during the highly success
ful affair according to Dr. Dewey
Duckett, chairman of the South
Carolina fund-raising body. Twel
ve persons pledged to become
SSOO NAACP life members.
The dinner was held on the
campus of Bennett College.
Southern News Thursday night at
the Sportsman Club. All mem
bers of the team were given
watches and other gifts by some
of the citizens of Asheville.
Woman Injured
Fleeing From
House Fire
Mrs. Ida Mae Henry of 516
Caribou Rd. received dispensary
treatment about 2 a.rp. Wednes
day at Memorial Mission Hospital
for severe right leg lacerations
suffered when she fled out a win
dow after her residence caught
fire.
The one-story, six-room frame
dwelling was enveloped in flames
When the Skyland Volunteer Fire
Department responded to the 1:40
a.m. alarm, Chief Fred Dalton
said.
Cause of the blaze, which ap
parently started on the rear
porch, has not been determined,
and damages estimates are not
available, Dalton reported.
Mrs. Bassie Logan of New York’
City was listed as owner of the|
residence. A truck from Biltmore,
Forest joined 14 Skyland volun-;
teer firemen in combatting the
blaze. ■
Police Court
Grant ones, Pine St., probable,
cause found on charge of assault'
with deadly weapon with intent]
to kill, bound to Superior Court,
under SSOO bond.
Nathanie Brown, Poplar St.,
larceny, six months on roads sus
pended on payment of costs and
restitution.
J. C. Wright, Black St., unlaw
ful possession of lottery materials,
six months on roads suspended
on payment of $25 fine and sosts.
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A BLAZE originating in a basement furnace room caused an estimated $5,000 damages
to the residence of Mrs. Mary Burgin at 129 S. French Broad Ave. The flames, whipped by
strong winds, spread temporarily to the adjoining residence of Harry Foreman at 127 S.
French Broad Ave., where damage to weather boarding and windows were set at
Damaged at the Burgin home were the first-floor kitchen, spare room and porch and’two
bedrooms on second floor. Fire Chief J. C. Fitzgerald said Ladder Co. 1 from Central Sta
tion and Engine Co. 2 from Bartlett Street Station responded to the 3:06 p.m. alarm and
reported the blaze under control within 30 m inutes after arrival on the scene. The interior
of the two-story brick residence was extensively damaged by smoke, flames and water.
STEPHENS-LEE
WINS 4-ATITLE
GREENSBORO. ■ — Stephens-
Lee High of Asheville rolled to
its first state basketball cham
pionship here Saturday night,
defeating Atkins High of Win
ston-Salem, 66-59, for the 4-A
Negro championship.
Rolling up a 21-10 first quarter
lead, the Bears held the fore all
the way, slacking off a bit in the
third period, but pouring on the
coal again in the fourth.
MARKET STREET Y TO HOST
TRI-STATE SPORTS FESTIVAL
Negro To Run
For Sheriff In
ENC County
PLYMOUTH. For the first
time in memory of residents, a
Negro has announced as a candi
date for public office in Wash
ington County.
The announcement came from
Cary Brown, Jr., 35, who pur
chased an ad in the Roanoke
Beacon to state he is running for
the Democratic nomination for
sheriff in the May 26 primary.
Brown has not yet formally filed
with the board of elections.
Sheriff Paul Basnight has an
nounced as a candidate for re
election.
TO PICKET SENATOR
STROM THURMOND
OMAHA. Neb. The NAACP
will picket a Cold War seminar
here, April 6-7, at which South
Carolina Senator Strom Thur
mond is slated to speak. '
It is sponsored by the local
Chamber of Commerce. Lawrence
McVoy, local NAACP president,
said, “We don’t need any racist
from outside the state bringing
their white supremacy ideas into
Omaha.”
NAACPWinT
Brewery Employ
ment Victory
CINCINNATI. The NAACP
won a major victory here this
week when the Wiedeman Brew
ing Company hired four Negro
driver salesman; one laboratory
technician; two display men; four
apprentice brewers; and three of
fice girls.
; The firm previously employed
one Negro out of 450 workers.
Based in Newport, Ky., it is the
largest and had the worst em
ployment record as far as Ne
groes were concerned.
William F. Bowen, local NA
ACP president, announced launch
ing of a three-state drive to se
cure jobs in the brewery industry
only two weeks ago.
LATEST
NEWS
PUBLISHED
BREVARD. Annie Mae Wil
liams of Brevard Wednesday was
sentenced to two years in prison
after she was convicted in Su
perior Court as an accessory to
the murder of Harold Mooney,
34, on March 2.
Paul Williams, no relation, and
Mrs. Leola Mooney Tuesday were
given life sentences after they
entered pleas of guilty to first
degree murder.
Mooney, well-known Negro
trainer of the Brevard High
School football team, was found
hacked to death in his home. A
machete, which officers testified
split the victim’s head, was
found near by.
The Market Street YMCA will
play host to four other ‘Y’
groups in the Tri-State YMCA
Sports Festival next Saturday.
In addition to the Market Street
YMCA, others taking part in the
1962 affair will be the Hunton
Branch YMCA of Lynchburg,
Virginia, the Chestnut Street
Branch of Portsmouth, Virginia,
the Hayes-Taylor Branch YMCA
of Greensboro and the Patterson
Avenue Branch YMCA of Win
ston-Salem.
The festival events will in
clude senior basketball at Ste
phens-Lee High School, junior
basketball at the Asheville Cath
olic High School, table-tennis
singles and doubles for interme
diate and young adults, weight
lifting for 18-year-olds and up.
volley ball for 21-year-olds and
up, all in the YMCA building,
and billiards for intermediates
and young adults in the Ace
Billiar-'
A “shirt and tie”
social -for the youth
particip Stephens-Lee
High S< on Sat
urday p.m.
NAACP
Paref's Fla. Jim
Crow Charge
MIAMI. Fla. The NAACP is
investigating charges of discrim
ination against stricken welter
weight Benny Paret, when he took
his family to a zoo four days be
fore he left for New York City
asd his ill-fated fight.
Paret has been hovering near
death as a result of a merciless
beating received in defense of his
welterweight crown.
Mrs, Paret said that the family
was not allowed to enter the zoo
because of their race.
“We can’t go back to Miami,”
she said, ‘because Benny likes to
take the boy (Benny, Jr.) to dif
ferent places. Benny came out of
that zoo crying. It was the first
time I ever saw him cry,” she said
in New York.
Meanwhile, Father Theodore R.
Gibson, president of the local
NAACP, is conducting an inves
tigation.
Robert Saunders, NAACP field
secretary in Florida, said the or
ganization will take the matter
to Gov. Farris Bryant.