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Marjorie Shepard, daughter of founder, receives citations for her parents from W. A. Clement
Chancellor Whiting. Left of Mr. Clement is Dr. P. R. Cousin.
A house fire has touched off controversy between some citizens of Durham
and the City. .
, This past Tuesday, the home' of Thomas Johnson, 1107 Gillette Street was
set aMasa by some unknown cause. It is believed that arson was involved and
Durham police arrested Kennedy Lewis, Jr., of 311 1 LaSalle Street on
suspicion of arson wtiBa investigators determine the exact causa. Lewis is now
being held In lieu of $10,000 bond.
. But the center of the controversy stems from the fire hydrant located on the
corner of Gillette and Murphy Streets.
When a fire truck tried to get some water from h, they found it to be BONE
DRY. In the meantime, the firemen used the 400 gallons of water that is
constantly stored in the firetruck(s) until a hydrant on Petti grew Street was
tapped with the 1,000 foot feeder line. Petti grow Street hydrant was 600 feet
iway.J Just as ail the water ran out of the truck, the line to the Pettigrew Street
hydrant was being connected. The lapsed time in which no water was available
for the blaze was between 30 seconds to a minute, according to one source.
" According to the fire chief, "Captain J. A. Letzing, the fire was reportedly
fully under control and the lapsed time caused nofurther damage to the house.
SOME RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SAY IT DID.
Fire hydrants in Durham art inspected twice a year by the fin deparbnawt
When a faulty hydrant is found, a report Is made to the cfty water works
department The hydrant on Gilette Street was inspected in September or
October and was found to have a broken stem done, metal piece that connects to
the top of the hydrant so that the line could be opened with a wrench) wee
broken, ft was reported, YET NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT BY THE
WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT!
About a year ago, the residents of the area had complained that the hydrant
at that location had been removed when the EastWest bypass was being built
and hadn't been replaced since then. Some time later, a new hydrant was
installed on a two inch water line (the standard for hydrant lines is SIX inches).
Had the stem not been broken, the hydrant was stll inadequate.
According to city engineer. Ken Wright the delay is caused because the
department had no one contracted to do this and similar jobs around the City of
Durham. The six inch lines were scheduled to go under Murphy Street over a
year ago.
THE CAROLINA TIMES wants to know when those responsible ere going to
get results!
f!CCU Names
Founder And Wife
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To Hflll Of Fani6 yoimE 53 - NUMBER 41 Durham, north Carolina Saturday, November 8, 197S price: 20 cents
Dr. Boulware. (third from left) being presented honorary degree by Chancellor Whiting. Left is Dr.
Cousin and right. Trustee Board Chairman W. A. Clement
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Rev. Harold Cobb delivering the Benediction in the Circle before the statue of Dr. Shepard.
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Miss DeEdgre Fozerd end Jonathan Davis as they participated
in the Founder's Day Convocation.
JACKSON NAMED TO NBC POST
NEW YORK- the appointment
of Alfred Jackson as Manager,
Oganization Development,
Nationa) Broadcasting Company,
was announced recently by Roy A.
Cheney, Director, Organization
Planning and Development, NBC.
Jackson joined NBC last April as
Administrator, Management
Development.
Previously he was with the
Grand Union Company where he
held positions m store operations,
personnel Administration and
management training and
development. He was a member, of
. the corporate personnel staff and
Manager, Store Training and
Management Development, when
he left (0 join NBC,
A native of Washington, D. C,
Jackson attended Fisk University in
Nashville, Tenn., where he received
a B.A. degree in 1964. Since
' graduating, he has supplemented his
education with further study in the
areas of Economics, Management,
Personnel Management and
Training and Development.
An active participant in
community affairs, he is a member
of the Board of Trustees of
Bloomfield (N.J.) College, President
of the Better Human Relations
Council of Bloomfield, a member1
' " of tKe Human Relations "Plahriirig
Committee for the Bloomfield
public schools, and Chairman of the
Educational Opportunity Fund
Community Advisory Board of
. Bloomfield College.
' Jackson and his wife, Clarice, '
live in Bloomfield, N. J., with their
three children, Michael, Karen and
Damien.
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ALFRED JACKSON
North Carolina Central
University enshrined the names of
its founder and wife as the first
' members of the North Carolina
Central University Hall of Fame on
Monday, November 3 at its 28th
annual Founder's Day Convocation
and on the 100th anniversary of Dr.
Shepard's birth.
Dr. James Edward Shepard and
Mrs. Annie Day Shepard, both of
whom died in 1947, were the
moving forces in the birth and early
development of the institution of
higher learning.
The NCCU Hall of Fame was
created to mark the university's,
50th anniversary as a senior
state-supported college. North
Carolina Central University became
the nation's first black
state-supported university: with a
liberal arts orientation in 1925,
when Durham State Normal School
became the North Carolina College
for Negroes.
tH;J $hept4rwhoTU' born,,
November 3, 1875, founded "in
1910 the National Religious
, Training School and Chautauqua.
He led the school as its president
during five years under that name,
eight years as the National Training
School, two years as Durham State
Normal School,, and 22 years as
North Carolina College.
He was a native of Raleigh and a
graduate of that city's Shaw
University, where he received his
professional training as a
pharmacist. He was a leader of the
International Sunday School
Association.
Mrs. Shepard, who married Dr.
Shepard in 1895, worked closely
with him during the university's
early years. She served as Matron of
the Dining Hall for a brief period,
but for most of the years of her
association with the university held
no title.
As the president's wife, she was
remembered as a guide and
counselor to two generations of
students.
Mrs. Shepard was the author of
the lyrics to the university's Alma
Mater. Those words, which begin
"The sloping hills, the verdant
green, the lovely blossoms'
beauteous sheen," are still sung
today at every athletic event and
formal university convocation.
The principal address was
delivered by The Reverend Phillip
R. Cousin, Pastor of St. Joseph's
AME Church, Durham. The
Invocation and Benediction were
by The Reverend Harold Cobb,
Pastor, West Durham Baptist
Church. William A. Clement,
Chairman of the NCCU Board of
Truestees conducted the induction
ceremony. Chancellor Albert N.
Whiting presented a Tribute to the
Shepard Family,. Other participants
on the program were Miss Celia E.
Davidson, organist, Lena McLin,
Marion Wiggins, Paula Harrell, Miss
DeEdgra Fozard, "Miss NCCU",
Jonathan Davis, president, Student
Government Association, Miss
Vatara Copeland, C. Bruce Butler,'
Howard Hansen, the NCCU Choir
under the direction of Charles H.
Gilchrist and the NCCU Bano,
under the direction of Dr. Joseph
T. Mitchell
AWARDED DEGREE
Dr. C. EUwood Boulware, a
member of the Durham City
Council, received the honorary
degree, Doctor of Humane Letters,
during the' Founder's Day
observance Monday. He was
presented by Dr. Leonard .rH
Robinson, Vice Chancellor for
-Academic. Affairs end the degree 1
was conferred by Chancellor
Whiting.
. Dr. Boulware is a retired
member of the university's
mathematics faculty, which he
Joined fat 1943 He has Served as
acting chairman of the mathematics ;
department.
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DURHAM VOTERS
ELECT NEW MAYOR
BOULWARE
CAVIN
Durham voters elected City
Councilman Wade L. Cavin as their
new Mayor on Tuesday of this
week with a resounding 68 per cent
of the vote against 32 per cent for
incumbent Mayor James R.
Hawkins.
Incumbent Councilman C. E.
Boulware won third place in the in
the at-large race Mrs. Isabelle Budd,
a newcomer placed second and
incumbent Councilman John C.
Martin led the ticket.
Disappointing to many citizens,
was the loss by Mrs. Josephine
Turner and James T. Hawkins for
two of the at large seats.
The Durham Committee on the
Affairs of Black People had
endorsed Cavin for Mayor, A.
Carrol Pledger, who won in Ward
Two; Wade H. Penny, Jr., who won
in Ward Four, Boulware, James T.
Hawkins and Mrs. Turner.
Committee Spokesmen declared
late Tuesday night that the poor
voter turnout all over the city had
hurt the efforts.
Cavin credits "grassroots
support" for his victory.
Disfion Tofios Pofte At
Dlach tlon-Voters
SANFORD - While some black
voters in Durham were staying
away from the polls, Tuesday,
Bishop W. A. Hilliard, presiding
over the 95th session of the Central
N. C. Conference, A. M E. Zion
Church, of which Durham is a part,
warned blacks that they had come a
long way, but they had a longer
way to go.
In his episcopal address, after
reading the editorials of the two
Durham daily newspapers, in which
the whites were being warned
that blacks were taking over, he
veered from his prepared text and
said "we must become involved in
the economy and politics of this
nation or we will $ontinue to be the
tost hired and the first fired."
He told the churchmen tht i the
black children had to be educated
or they would find the door of
employment closed and the lock on
promotion frozen. He took a close
look at the economy of the blacks
in this area and told them that they
must become concerned about the
crisis that is facing the tobacco
industry. He was referring to the,
fact that subsidies are being
threatened, quotas for growing
tobacco are being discussed and
farm employment opportunities are
opening.
He saw a new day dawning for
blacks returning to the state if they
become involved in producing some
of the commodities that make life
possible, take a closer look at
politics and provide proper
education for their children.
The prelate also took a crack at
church leaders who still hold to the
tradition that young people are to
be seen and not heard in church
operation. "Church administrators
must be willing to accept change or
accept a revolution in church
circles", he said.
The conference opened Monday
and is devoting much time to
"church policy", -Choirs
from St. Mark Church furnished the
music Monday night.
Revs. L. A. Miller, L. P. Perry, C.
C. Satterfield, M. F. Ward.Lawrence
Turner and Virginia Pitchfood are
playing important roles. Alexander
Barnes, Revs. Ward Miller and
Satterfield are active in the
institutes, of which Rev. D. L.
Blakely, former Kyles Temple
pastor, is the dean.
Youth from throughout the area
will be in attendance Saturday
when youth activities will be the
main feature. Buses will be leaving
from the churches in Durham at
7:30 a.m. bringing the youth to
Wicker School, located here.
More than 1200 are expected to
attend the all-day session.
The meet will close with the
reading of appointments at 4:30
p.m. Sunday. It had not been
determined whether there will be
any pastoral changes in the Durham
area.
NCCU Library Dean Heads
N.C.
Library
Association
Dr. Annette L. Phinazee, dean of
the school of library science at
North Carolina Central University,
became president of the 1,500
member North Carolina Library
Association at the group's
convention last week in
Winston-Salem.
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Dr. Phinazee is the association's
first black president She does not
feel that the "first" is an occasion
for pride for the association.
Until 1956, there were two
library associations in North
Carolina, the NCLA and the North
Carolina Negro Library Association.
The North Carolina Negro Library
Association, which was founded by
Mrs. MoQie Houston Lee of
Durham, dissolved in 1956 with
most of its members joining the
NCLA.
' In other states," Dr. Phinazee
said, "the orderly process of
integration involved a merger of
associations like these. The
incumbent president of the larger
white associations almost invariably
became president of the
newly-formed group, with the black
president succeeding in the next
year.
"My presidency is 20 years late.
The office should have gone first to
one of those people who worked so
hard, against obstacles the white
members of the NCLA have never
known," Dr. Phinazee said.
As president-elect and first vice
president, Dr. Phinazee had the
responsibility for planning the
program for this year's NCLA
convention. The theme she chose
was 'The Pursuit of Excellence
Together."
"I am mindful of the excellence
of the former organization. As an
organization, it had speakers with
more national prominence and was
a more professional group than the
NCLA of the time. I am mindful of
the excellence of the suxvfcrirtg
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FLORENCE. S.C. - About 3.000 Macks merched through Ftorenoe. 1C streets to meet at tf 11-txy, eltyeounty
complex here to protest the shooting to death of a black man by a white dty policeman. It was the) second shooting of a
black by a whha policeman in Florence this year. :