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Goodloe Installed Sixth NCM President
Final Push For Lincoln Hospital Set For Sun.
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Che ?4«tf 38Drive to End atMorehead Ave.Baptist Church
latest report from ChairmanAsa T. Spaulding of the Lin-coln Hospital Campaign launch-ed here Sunday, December 10,disclosed that a total of $75,000
in cash is now in hand. Thegoal of $103,000 is expected to
be reached at a mammoth'clos-ing rally to be held at theMorehead Ave. Baptist Churchhere, Sunday afternoon at 4:00p.m
Spaulding is urging all work-ers and worthwhile citizens to
be on hand Sunday afternoonwith their final report for thehiy push which is expected to
result in the go a I being
reached.Originally the drive was
VOLUME 45 No. 1 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1968 I'RICE: 20c
T. R. Speight Named One OfPure. Oil 1967 Top Dealers$500.00 CashAward and IVAmong Prizes
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Harvey Campaign Voted TopNews Maker in Danviile in '67
THREE NCMf PRESIDENTS? |Shown here are, from left toright, Asa T. Spaulding, retir-ing president of N. C. Mutual ILh'fe Insurance Company, Jos-eph W. Goodloe. newly named |
| president of the company and\V. J. Kennedy, Jr., also a re-
tired president of N. C. Mutual.
I Both the retired presidents ex-
tended congratulations and
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great hopes for the administra-I tion of their successor. Goodloe
I is the sixth president of thecompany since it was foundedin 1898.
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DANVILLE, Va.-The newsmen
and women of the two daily news-
paper of Danville, Virginia, votedAttorney Ruth L. Harvey and hertwo political campaigns and a citi-zens Write-In Campaign on her be-half, the top new» story of thissouthside Virginia City for 1967. Inreleasing the selection of Attorney
Harvey as top newsmaker the dailypaper stated, "If any one persondominated the Danville-PittsylvaniaCounty political scene in 1967, itwas Ruth Harvey, a lawyer whogarnered no more than one thirdof the vote in three-separate elec-tions.
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scheduled for 30 days but withthe goal now in sight the chair-man is hopeful of closing thecampaign Sunday He cautionedhowever that even though thecampaign, so far, has been a
success that this is no time tolet up if the goal is to bereached Sunday and it#hopedthat every effort will be con-tinued to reach every organi-
zation or individual that hasnot made a contribution.
Persons not able to see or
contact an authorized worker
are urged to bring their con-tribution to the closing Rally
at Morehead Avenue ChurchSunday afternoon. The sameapplies to representatives of
organizations.
. Theodore R. Speight, a na-
tive of Greene County and a
Pure Oil dealer at 433 EastPilot St., Durham, recently was
named one of four top winners
Achievements Of Retiring HCMInsurance Company
in Pure Oil's "Dealer of theYear" contest, competing with14,000 Pure Oil service stationdealers for the honors.
Designed to show dealers howto better service the motoringpublic, the contest involvedall phases of service stationoperations, from greeting thecustomer to servicing his carso factory warranties would feuhonored by car manufacturers.
As one of the top four Puredealers, Speight won a 1968International Scout and a color
Itelevision set. In addition, a
cash a\vard of SSOO was splitamong his employees as anadded bonus for their activeparticipation in the contest.
Speight started in the serv-
ice station business In Durham
SPEIGHT
Joseph W. Goodloe, president.
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-ance Company was officially in-stalled this morning as the com-pany's chief executive officer in aprogram held in the home officeauditorium. Immediate Past Presi-dent Asa T. Spaulding presidedover the program in which theScripture was read by Mrs. Helen
3 Miss. WorkersPaid $3,000 AfterBeing DischargedW. J. Martin Named to Special
Assistant Position in OEO
But what Miss Harvey did dowas demonstrate the potency ofthe Negro vote. She stunned all the
WASHINGTON, D. C.-(Spe-cial) Three Negroes, former em-ployees of a Louis Dreyfus Cor-poration facility in Pascagoula,
Mississippi have been paid $3,000after complaining to the govern-ment of being fired on racialgrounds.
The firm signed »n agreement
with the Departments of Laborand Agriculture to pay the threeex-employees after a Federal in-vestigation of their complaint of
See PAID page 12
political powers in July by leading
the Democratic Primary for theCity-County Floater House of De-legates seat." She polled 8,000votes in an unprecedented August
Run-Off Primary. "When her sup-
porters launched a Write-in Cam-paign for her In the Novembergeneral election, ahe received 4,000
despite the magnitude and difficul-ties, and finished second in a four-way race.
The daily paper went on to say,
ATT'Y HARVEY"Miss Harvey's primary performan-ces, while not good enough to win,
is expected t<) make the Negro vote
more sought after in the future.Miss Harvey's showing was the
most stunning political news of theyear because it was so unexpec-
ted."Attorney Harvey, upon hearing
the news stated, "That this is really
a tribute to the Negroes of DanvilleSee HARVEY page 12
American Tob. Co.Reidsville Plant StillOpen for Business
WASHINGTON?Secretary ofLabor Willard Wirtz has ap-pointed Willis J. Martin, 44,
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-1 portunity to the Administrtor
I of the Apprentice-| ship and Training.
In his new post, Mr. Martinj will be the chief advisor andprogram director in the Bureau
I in matters related to nondis-' crimination in apprenticeship,
i He will "provide overall direc-j tion to the Bureau's team of
1 industrial training advisors who
1 maintain liaison with minoritygroups and communities, and
he wil coordinate informationcenters in large industrial
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R. Jones, manager, Policy ServicesDivision and a solo rendered by
Edna B. Thompson of the com-
pany's Data Processing Division.The Litany, especially compo-
sed foe the occasion, was lead by
Reverend Lorenzo A. Lynch, pas-tor, White Rock Baptist Church.One of the more significant peti-tions read in part as follows:"Grant, O Lord Thy gifts of leadership to our new President JosephWaverly Goodloe;. . .Assist him inhis many deliberations with an atti-tude of open-mindedness to theviews and insights of others, com-
fort him in the inevitable lonelinessof his position of top leadership.."
In accepting his new position,Mr. Goodloe said:
"I am indeed fortunate to re-
ceive the torch of leadership fromour retiring president. His achieve-ments are well known. The only
difficulty is that he has held theSee CITED page 12
REIDSVILLE The Ameri-ca n Tobacco Company an-nounced Thursday that itsReidsville Branch and Leaf De-partment are open for businessand will continue normal op-erations despite the fact thatsome employees have not cometo work because of claims on
the part of officers of the To-
bacco Workers ' InternationalUnion that Reidsville I>ocal 192is on strike.
While the Company has ex-
ressed no opinion as to the?galitv of the strike in Reids-
See AMERICAN page 12
in 1840. In IM4, he moved intoa service station at the cornerof Fayetteville and Pettigrew
and became a Pure Oil dealer.
He moved into his present
location in 1967.He is married to the former
Miss Mary Leach and they
have five children, two em-ployed by him as assistantmanager and as bookkeeper.
Speight is an active civicworker. He is a member of the
board of directors of New Hope
Missionary Baptist Association,
the New Hope Sunday School
and Baptist Training UnionConvention, is a member of
Community Baptist DeaconBoard, a member of the Execu-
tive Board of General Baptist
Convention of North Carolinaand the Lott Carey Convention.
He also Is a member of the
board of the John Avery Boys
Club; Harriet Tubman Branch,YWCA, Doric Lodge (Masonic)
No. 28. Durham County Plan-ning Board; Durham Business
and Professional Chain; Chain
Investment Corporation; and
the One O'Clock Luncheon
Club.
areas. -
He succeeds the late Stanley
W. Fink 10 the $18,400 post.
Mr. Martin, a native of De-chard, Tennessee, has been onthe staff of the Bureau since1966, working on equal oppor-tunity programs and problems.
A former coal miner, he
MARTIN
earned a bachelor of sciencedegree in education from Blue-field State College in West Vir-ginia, and a law degree fromGeorgetown University. He alsocompleted two years of gradu- 6
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CELEBRATING THEIR 50THwedding anniversary here dur-ing the yuletide season were
Mr and Mrs. VV. J. Kennedy,Jr., of 620 Dupree Street. Mr.Kennedy is a retired president
of N. C. Mutual Life Insurance
Company and Mrs. Kennedy is left to right, Mrs. Margery Gil-the sister of the late C. C. lard of Birmingham, who playedSpaulding who was also presi- the wedding march at the Kerf-dent of N. C. Mutual up to the nedy wedding; Mr. and Mrstime of his death in 1952. Kennedy; Mr. and Mrs. RobertShown congratulating tha Ken- Clay, Mr and Mrs. J. H. Lucasnedys in their home are from and Mrs. Lee Smith.SSO Million
Fund Meet SetFor Henderson Dr. Ralph Aberna
To Peace MissionHENDERSON-The SSO MillionFund Committee of the CottonMemorial Presbyterian Church ofHenderson, will conduct a fellow-ship day, Sunday, January 14. TheUnited Presbyterian Church ofAmerica is at present in the midst
of a 50 million dollar capitol im-provement drive. In light of theoutstanding service that the churchhas rendered to cMzens in the area
it is felt that the churches involvedrfiould set aside a day to rededicatetheir effort* to the worship of.Godthrough service to man. During thisday the role of the church in the
home and foreign mission fields
will be reviewed and emphasis will
be placed on the need for financial
support of the SSO Million Fund
Drive by the churches participating.
The 11 o'clock - Morning Set-vice will feature a special messageby Dr. James F. Reese, Directorof Religious Education for theSynod of Batawb*. Also featured
Institute Choir., The 4:30 pjn. Service will con-
sist of a' SSO Million Fund Work-shop with a panel discussion led
See MEET page 12
I Sac OfficialEmbarks onIVitalMission
Walter W. Twitty Named NewNCM Charlolte Dist. ManagerSPEIGHT'S PURE OIL SERVICE STATION PERSONNEL
W. A. Clement, CLU, agency
| vice president of North Carolina
1 Mutual Life Insurance Company,
j announces the retirement of Ro-
i bert C. Robinson and the promo-j tion of Walter W. Twitty to the
managership of its Charlotte Dis-trict effective January 1, 1968.
Mr. Robinson, formerly mana-
ger of the Company's CharlotteDistrict retired after thirty-six years
Born in Pee Dee, North Carolinawhere he attended the publicschools, Robinson attended A&TCollege in Greensboro. He began
"Iffcareer with North Carolina Mu-tual as an agent on the CharlotteDistrict on February 9, 1931. Hewas promoted to the position ofAssistant Manager June 19, 1933.
ATLANTA, Georgia Dr |Ralph D. Abernathy, Vi e e jPresident At-Large and Treas- iurer of the Southern Christian jLeadership Conference (SCLO,
will embark on a world-widemission for peace on January3, 1968, during which time hewill serve as delegate to the
Symposium on Peace to be heldin New Delhi, ln<lia, Jan. 14-17,
Dr. Abernathy, noted civilrights leader, Dr. Martir Luth-er Xing's top -associate, ahti- Jalso Pastor at the West HunterStreet Baptist Church in At-lanta, will be attending theSymposium at the request of >
See ABERNATHY page 12
On May 1, 1957, he was namedManager of the Charlotte District,
Robinson is a LUTC giaduate
and has won many company spon-
sored trips. He has served as a mem-
ber of the Managers. AdvisoryCouncil.
He was replaced by Walter W.
Twitty former member of theHome Office Agency Officers Styffand Special Representative aridField Training Supervisor *siiTCe1961.
Twitty was born in Rutherford-ton, in 1915 and studied for two
jity. His record with North Caro-lina Mutual consists of: Debit Ma-
nager 1939 - 1948; Special Ordi-nary Agent Representative, Char-
See TWITTY page 12
Moses Burt Elected PresidentCity Council Human Relations
, Floyd McKistick who is now Na-tional Chairman of the Congress forRacial Equality (CORE). For a time,
Carolina Fund.. New officers of the Council in-| elude Joseph J. Blum, Vice President;
jMrs. Joan Scagnelli, Secretary; andufliH.m i/watt. Treasurer. Elected
as members of the Executive Com-mittee >we Mrs. Sally Jobsii, L. M.de Jarmon, Eugene Hampton, and
'Eugene Tucker.The findings of a special com-
Dusham attorney Moies Burt wu ,elected President of the DurhamCouncil on Human Relations at theCouncil's annual business meeting
Saturday, December 22nd. He suc-
ceeds out-going President Nathanial ,White;
Burt, long |n active membw of j
with the Low-Income Housing Cor-poration In Durham. After his gra-duation from the North CarolinaCollege Law School, he went into jprivate practice in partnership with i
mittee to study the up-coming school
bond issue were discussed at the
meeting. At what appeared to bei reluctance -of X&e committee. to
take a stand, Dr. Ray Thompton
stressed the importance of the Coun-
cil's taking a definite position for 01
against the bond issue before the
referendum is held -on Jtnusry 30th.
The Executive Committee was
charged by the membership to pre-
pare a position paper that would
be distributed and made public by
(See BURT page 12)