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In what many declared was

one of the best sessions of thePrince Hall Grand Lodge ofFree and Accepted Masons ofNorth Carolina ever held inthe history of the organization,

the 95th annual meeting heldat the Mt. Vern-on BaptistChurch here December 13-15,

came to a close, Wednesday

afternoon, following the elec-tion of officers.

With the exception of Grand

Secretary and Grand SeniorWarden, all officers were re-

elected. In the office of GrandSecretary Fred Alexander ofCharlotte was replaced by C.M. Winchester, Greensborobusinessman. Elected to fill thepost of Grand Senior Warden,

made vacant on account of theillness of Wilfred Bynum of

Kinston, was Milton Fitch of

Wilson.

JOIN NURSE CORPS Theie |four seniors in the A&T Col- jlege School of Nursing were

last week commissioned as se-

cond lieutenants in the U. S. jArmy Nurse Corps. In the

group from left to right are: jElizabeth J. Waddell, Sanford; jBarbara J. Hyatt, Badin; Ber- |nice L. Mitchell, Greensboro,

and Rosa Ward, Bethel, take |

the oath administered by Lt.Col. Harold L. Laniw, profes-sor of military science, incharge of the Army ROTC De-

tachment at the college, as

Mrs. Naomi W. Wynn, dean of

the School of Nursing, looks on

from richt.Under the arrangement, the

girls begin immediately earn-

I

ing pay at the rat* of a Mcondlieutenant, or approximately$341,000 per month, and willcontinue upon reporting foractive duty when they gradu-Me in May. The Army Nur»«Corps also assumes, and haisince the beginning of theirjunior year, costs for tuition,

books and all fees.

The election was presided

over by Bishop H. B. Shaw of

the A.M.E. Zion Church. The

other sessions of the GrandLodge were presided over by

Worshipful Master Clark S.

Brown of Winston-Salem. Thet966 session will be held in

Wilson. Artis Fired As Principal OfCounty School For 'Padding'

A First At HarvardBOSTON History is being

made at Harvard University

with the election of coloredstudents as first and secondmarshal.

Barry L. Williams of NewRochelle, basketball captain,

was chospn marshal, and JohnA. MeCluskey of Middletown,Ohio, football quarterback, wasmade second marshal in classelections.

YANCEYVILLE Following

a "routine check" by State De-partment officials here lastweek, charges of falsificationof pupils attendance recordswere made against Earl T.Artis, principal of Stoney

Creek Elementary School, a

unit of ttye Caswell County

School System. Artis was re-lieved of hfs duties as princi-pal at, the close of the schoolon Dec. 7 and Mrs. Agnes8.-owning, a teacher in theschool was appointed actingprincipal.

A voluminous report was

submitted by the auditors on

instructed by him to removethem.

Artis was in his eleventhyear as the head of the schooland was its first and only pdin-

cipal since it was opened dur-ing the 1954-55 school term. At

| the time eleven teachers wereL brought in from seven one andfwoteacher schools of thecounty, along with two teach-ers from a four-teacher school.The school then began opera-tion as a 14-teaeher school, In-"hiding grades 1-8. When Ar-tis was dismissed the schoolhad 14 teachers.

the situation at the school, in-cluding signed affidavits byeach of the teachers to theeffects that all "padding" ofthe records were ordered byArtis. Evidence to the effectthat the principal instructed Ithe teachers to keep the at- jtendance high and absentees ,

low was reported to have been jgiven by Mrs. Agnes Browning, jwho stated that "we all knew iwhat he meant." One teacherstated that she was given a list 1of names at the opening of <school by Artis who instructed jher to enroll these names and 1 1keep them on her rolls until I

PRINCIPALS who participated

in the Eighth Annual EnglishLanguage Arts Institute heldat Saint Augustine's College re-

cently. Reading, from left toright are Dr. Leslie L. Guster,

assistant director of Commis-sion on English; Dr. EdmondDandridsie, North CarolinaState University, Raleigh; Mrs.Joycelyn Goss, associate pro-fessor of English, Virginia

Stat* College at Norfolk, andRobert B. Whit*, Jr., NorthCarolina Stato University at

Raleigh.

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Pres. Of State NAACP UrgesSupport For 50-50 Campaign

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Diggs Escape Injury

K. AlexanderMakes AppealWil'n Address

WILMINGTON Kelly M.Alexander, President of theNorth Carolina Scate Conference of the NAACP, speakingat a Civil Rights Meeting spon-sored by the WilmingtonBranch NAACP on Sunday, De-cember 12, requested that Ne-groes and other citizens dis-play their concern as to thebombing in Charlotte by sup-

porting the 50-50 Membership

and Financial Campaign whichis now in progress in NorthCarolina. Alexander said thatthere is no better way to showthose who are responsible forsuch vicious and . brutal actsyour feelings about the bomb-ing than to act now to increaseMemberships and Financialsupport of the NAACP.

The 50-50 Campaign is a pro-ject launched by the StateNAACP to protest the dastard-ly bombings of Alexander's

LAGOS, Nigeria?U.S. Rep.Charles C. Diggs, Jr., D.Mich.,and his wife escaped injurywhen a brick was thrownthrough the wind shield oftheir car, authorities said here.

WINCHESTER

home and other Civil Rightsleaders in Charlotte, by secur-ing 50,000 members and rais-ing $50,000 to continue thefight against prejudice and ra-cism.

Alexander informed the Wil-mington audience that vigor-

ous efforts should be made byNegro Responsible leadership

to combat discrimination in thebody politics of North Carolina

See MASONS 8A

The demonstrators apparent-ly thought the car belonged

to a Nigerian minister.

Eligibility ForMembership InNCTA Related

RALEIGH?The question of"Who is eligible for member-ship in the North CarolinaTeachers Association," was an-swered December 4, when theboard of directors met at theheadquarters in Raleigh andadopted the following stand-ards: Active membership,teachers (public, private andhigher education institutions),

principals, supervisors, helpingteachers (4-year college gradu-ates), teacher aids, substituteteachers (4 year college gradu-

ates,) kindergarten and nurseryschool teachers (4 year collegegraduates). All must be prop-erly certified. Also agriculture

and home extension agents, re-tired teachers, educational sec-retaries, food service personnel

See ELIGIBILITY 8A

NEA Conference in Raleigh toDiscuss Problems of Teachers

RALEIGH Major problemsin teacher education, includingthe reason good teachers get

away or go away, will comeunder scrutiny December 17-18,in Raleigh, at the conferencesponsored by one of the Na-

tional Education Association'smajor Commissions.

"Remaking the World of the

Career Teacher" is the theme

of the meeting to be held by

the NEA's National Commis-

sion on Teacher Education andProfessional Standards (NC-

TEPS). Second in a series of

eight regional conferences, theRaleigh meeting will open atthe Sir Walter Hotel on Friday,

December 37, with Hollis A.Moore, Jr., vice-president for

academic affairs, George Pea-body College for Teachers,

Nashville, Tenn., as principalspeaker.

These regional meetings arescheduled during the next twomonths in major cities to bring

in some of the top brains innation for "no-holds-barred"discussions on the need forbold changes in the pattern

and concept of career develop-

ment of teachers.Teahers and administrators

at the Raleigh meeting willcome from seven states?Ala-bama, Florida, Georgia, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Ten-nessee, Virginia and PuertoRico.

Discussing the ground rulesfor the conferences, Don Da-vies, executive secretary of theCommission, says certain par-ticipants have been asked toprepare papers containing"proposals or ideas for solu-

tion to some of the most vex-ing and persistent probelms"in teacher education. These pa-pers will be discussed at thebeginning of each meeting by

a three-member panel and theideas generated will serve fordiscussions that follow.

Ass'n of DeansAnd RegistrarsSet for Miami

CHARLOTTE?The ExecutiveCommittee of the National As-sociation of College Deans andRegistrars have set March 13-16, 1966 for their 40th annualmeeting according to Registrar

E. M. Thorpe, president of theAssociation. The meeting willbe held at the DuPont PlazaHotel in Miami, Florida.

The Executive Commitee ofthe Association met on thecampus of Johnson C. SmithUniversity last weekend toplan the program. The themefor the meeting will be "High-

er Education and the Great So-ciety." The program will in-clude outstanding speakers,workshops, and a question-boxsession.

Mayor Robert King High ofMiami will welcome the dele-gates. Dean Thomas D. Jarrettof Atlanta University will re-

spond to the welcome address-es.

During the three-day session,the delegates will take timeout for a boat cruise through

See DEANS 5A

N. C. KLAN No. 2

MAN SAID TOBE A SUICIDE

GRANITE QUARRY Au-thorities attempted to deter-mine here Monday whether a

high-ranking officer of the KuKlux Klan died accidentally onSaturday or took his own life.

Grand Klaliff Grady B. Mars,41, was found fatally injured

at his home Saturday by hiswife, who told officers sheheard a shot. Mars, second incommand to Tar Heel GrandDragon J. Robert Jones, was

shot with a .38 pistol.

Mrs. Mars said she was inthe kitchen when she heardthe shot. She turned quickly,she said, in time to see herhusband fall through the bed-

room doorway, a bullet in histemple. He died enroute to a

hospital in nearby Salisbury.Mars recently invoked the

fifth amendment in refusing

to answer questions before theHouse Un-American ActivitiesCommittee which is Investigat-ing the klan.

Testimony during the com-

mittees hearings revealed thatMars was one of five paid em-

ployees of the klan in NorthCarolina and made $l5O a week

See KLAN 8A

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dr.Adolphus W. Anderson, Sr.,Executive Assistant to the

Grand Exalted Ruler of theImproved Benevolent Protect-ive Order of Elks of the Worldwas buried at the Arlington

Memorial Cemetery on Wed-nesday, December 15.

Dr. Anderson died at hishome, 226 N. sth Street, Phil-adelphia, on Tuesday, Decem-ber 7. He had been ill sinceshortly after Elks Grand Lodge

Convention here.Funeral services were held

at Tindley Temple Methodist

Church, Broad and FitzwaterStreets, at 8:30 P. M., Tuesday,December 14. The Eulogy wasdelivered by one of Dr. Ander-son's lifelong friends, Rev. W.Winsomore Mason. The bodywas viewed at Tindley Templefrom 6 to 8:30 P.M., Tuesday.

A native of Salem, N. J., Dr.Anderson was educated in theelementary and secondaryschools of that city, and wasgraduated from the TempleUniversity College of Chiro-pody.

He served in the 351 st FieldArtillery, AEF, during World

DR? ADOLPHUS ANDERSON

Executive Assistant To ElksGrand Exalted Ruler Dies

War I, and held numerous of-fices in local, state and nation-al VFW and American Legionorganizations.

Dr. Anderson was one of >

the founders of Quaker CityElks Lodge No. 720. He servedas Quaker City's Exalted Ruler,and at the time of his deathwas a life member. He alsoserved the Elks as Past ChiefAntler of P. E. R. Council No.7, Eastern District, Pa.; waspresident of the PennsylvaniaState Association, and TO anHonorary Past Grand FT sitedRuler.

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HRrv'tFA MERRY CHRISTMAS came

early to Rev. Grady D. Davis,pastor of the Union Baptist

Church here, Sunday after-noon, December 12 at o'clockwhen the membership of thechurch presented him a Christ-mas gift box. The presentation

committee shown above fromleft to right was composed ofClaude Walker, financial secre-tary, Mrs. Celestlne Sanders,

chairman of the finance com-

mittee, Dr. Davis and Jake Sow-ell, treasurer.

W. R. Collins, retired princl-

pal of the Johnson CentralHigh School In Smlthfield, wa«

\u2666he guest speaker for the "Op-

eration Christmas" program

sponsored by the finance com-

mittee of the church.(Photo by Porefoy)

Path Cleared for Suit AgainstMass. Mayor, Police Official

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.?Mayor

Charles V. Ryan, Police ChiefJohn F. Lyons and membersof the Springfield Board of Po-lice Commissioners face trialon a complaint filed by theNAACP seeking a permanentinjunction restraining themfrom interfering with peacefulcivil rights demonstrations.

Such a trial, involving city

officials, is believed by civilrights lawyers to be unprece-dented in a northern state

court. The path was cleared

for the trial when, on Dec. 3,Superior Court Judge Frede-rick S. Pillsbury denied a mo-tion of the city officials to

dismiss the entire complaint

on the grounds that it did not

state a cause of action. Policebrutality is among the charges

included in the complaint.

Barbara A. Morris of NewYork City, and Henry Weiss-man of Springfield filed theqomplaint seeking to enjoin

Mayor Ryan and police offi-

cials.This is the first time, Steel

said, to his knowledge, "that

the tactic of attempting to en-join polie interference withcivil rights demonstrations and

to enjoin prosecution of thedemonstrators has been at-tempted in a northern state

court. By merely getting to thetrial stage, we will be convert-ing some of benefits of le-gal victories won in the Southto a northern-type situation."

URGES AFL-CIOTO ELECT NEGROTO EXEC. BODYThe case stems from the ar-

rest last August of 100 personsparticipating in civil rightsdemonstrations in Springfield

under sponsorship of the Coun-cil of Organizations for CivilRights. In ? counter-move,

NAACP attorneys Robert L.Carter, Lewis M. Steel and

NEW YORK?The NationalAssociation for the Advance-ment of Colored People hascalled upon the American Fed-eration of Labor and Congressof Industrial Organizations toinclude In its "Executive Coun-

See AFL-CIO 5A

34 NOMINATEDTO "WHO'S WHO"AT N. C. COLLEGE

Thirty-four North CarolinaCollege students have beennominated by the college forinclusion in the 1966 edition- of"Who's Who Among Studentsin American Universities andColleges," Dr. Joseph A. Pitt-man, dean of the undergradu-ate school, announced thisweek.

Selected on the basis of theirscholastic averages, leadershipqualities, and other criteria,the nominees are the following:Clifton Woods, m, Charlotte;Linda Faye Wilson, Burlington;

Richard Cagle, Pinehurst; Car-olyn Collins, Winston-Salem;Charles E. Daye, Durham; MaryA. Martin, Leaksville; NormaJ. Sutton, Kinston.

Rebecca E. Peace, Hender-son; Fred Wright, Jr., Shelby;Rosa Williamson, Charlotte;Viola High, Raleigh; YvonneAllison, Durham; Robbie Grier,Gastonia; Jacqueline Williams,Fayetteville; Joyce L. Perry,Raleigh; Margaret Hayes, Bur-gaw; Helen Reynolds, Wilson;

Madge Leach Asheboro; Lu-cille Taylor, Hollis; Judith Mit-chell, Durham; Christine Faul-con, Littleton; Garrett Weaver,

See WHO'S WHO 8A