Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina • 19

Winston Salem North Carolina Journal and Sentinel Paris Loves Bridgers Old Slater Teachers Jazz Pianist Visits Home Awaits New Site Use of Time Aaron Bridgers at the piano Your Child in School Scales in to and Wyomia head People and Places it MRS Atkins to Give a 3 One Act Plays Newlyweds Receive Blessing Campus Displays Art of Classroom approach to this phase of At Patterson at 4 I Phillips Teach pupils Bobby James Claudette to Chaun and Mrs Harrison mother of New in New mother action on whether to become Vrban League Guild the class comrqit a special study of at hand MRS LAWRENCE OLIVER was Mignon Hughes their class work All were utilized in items made with plastics mosaic tiles textiles casts wood copper and enamel stencils cop per enamel and jewelry faculty is as MISS INIS DULA to Raleigh Johnson dio the The Dramatic Club of Atkins High School' will present three one act plays at 8:15 pm riday in the school auditorium to open the drama season for the 1959 60 school year The plays are: "Happy by Thornton Jr 72 ac and jets Children groups to learn the Elementary teachers must have more than a knack for reciting and writing the three for their pupils in modern schools Students at Winston Sa lem Teachers College learn this in their junior year through a course in industrial arts Results of their work during the fall quarter are now on display in the ine Arts building on cam pus The general public is wel come to attend a free display of the work in the art stu dio from 9 am until 5 pm Mon day Roland Watts and Mrs Eva Miller taught the courses It covered work in woodwork the graphic arts and the crafts or the first time the study also in cluded plastics The basic aim of this work is to teach students the nature of industrial arts as taught in pub lic schools to give them practical experience in the use of materials and in knowledge of this field to help students prepare and plan instructional sheets on such proj ects and to give students basic fundamentals of design Each student completed at least four projects and completed a notebook Projects and ideas sub mitted by the students make up the exhibit The display held Thursday and riday will be open for the last time Monday Works on display include visual art charts easel clocks book and magazine racks pillows album covers chests and jewelry plus other useful articles As teachers the students will teach their pu Staff Photo by Tom Pitts INDUSTRIAL ART WORK Instructor Roland Watts and Miss Runetta Mcarlin look at lamp on display at industrial arts exhibit Thus they began a story of ad venture not only with trees in particular but plant life in gen eral Mrs Mcadden and Mrs Marjorie Lester student teach er from Winston balem ers College helped the make new discoveries As with typical units classrooms this unit helped the young people in all phases of their study in addition to science The third graders climaxed their work with trees by presenting an original slut Mighty Oak which covered many things they had learned Annette Sutson was narrator The children made exhibits of uses of the various parts of the tree covering food nuts milk spices rubber maple syrup cork homes and a variety of useful products Refreshments featuring tree products fruit cake and coffee for adult guests and cocoa for children were served These classrooms are typical of those in city schools today Staff Photo by Howard Walker SCIENCE IS Raymond Johnson and Wyomia admire replicas of space age missiles and vehicles made by their classmates know and realize that we do not know all there is to know about the atmosphere and a i travel but neither do the scien tists They are still discovering and exploring and so are The class unit was divided into three parts the atmos phere stratosphere tropos phere and ionosphere rockets and planes and space age satellites worked in facts Raymond ed a panel in the final discus sion Other panelists were Mi chelle Dover Priscilla Black mon Maggie Smith Evon Bor row and Sarah Hunter Students wore space hats Their art works were displayed in the room Pupils of the third grade class of Mrs Aurelia Mcadden at Carver Crest School were more interested in the earth than in the air so they studied a unit on trees The little ones wanted to know what makes a tree tick pils to reproduce some of the items College students displayed a flair for vivid colors and a mod ern The Sportsmen will meet 7:30 pm Monday at the Patterson Avenue YMCA At this time mem bers will make a final decision on the choice of an emblem for proposed blazers for the group Members also will place orders for their blazers Wilder by Doug lass Parkhirst and Seek by Neil Greene A former hit on Broadway Happy Journey to Camden and describes what hap pens to the Kirby family when it takes a drive from Newark to see "Big now married The cast includes David Jackson as the stage manager Virginia ulton as Ma Kirby Reginald Jones as Arthur DeOla Jones as Caroline John ielder as Pa Kir by and Rosetta Jones as Beulah originally a tele vision play describes two sisters Hannah played by Artie Allen a woman with a secret and Louise played by rances Johnson What happens to them when their niece Alice played by Madaline Arnold comes to live with them brings on excitement and suspense Claud ette Gwynn portrays Mrs Clay ton is an allegorical tragedy in which four pallbear ers learning that a called destroyed their de ceased friend seek out Death What happens makes an eetle and somewhat violent drama rank McMillan James rank lin David Jackson and Sylvester Johnson play the seekers Also in the cast are Jonn ielder Wilson Gaston Little and McCorkle Mrs lonnie Anderson advisor is director She sisted by Gwendolyn Wilson stage manager Sandra Barber props Bobby Wilson stage crew Mil dred Alexander makeup Robert Moorman lights James McCor kle sound effects and Betty My att costumes Sunday Morning December 6 1959 Page A19 Staff Photo by Tom Pitts A KING The king (Robert Cole) sits at tentively as the prince (James Rice) kneels and speaks The guard (Moses McKay) watches carefully ployed by the Department of De fense Naval Personnel in Wash ington Mr Oliver is a graduate of Mor gan College now studying toward a degree in psychology at Howard University in Washing ton He works in psychology at the National Institute of Health at Bethesda Md Music at the reception was by Miss Gwendolyn Bailey at the or gan and Alphonso Mills as soloist Assisting the par ents as hostesses were Mrs Caesar Mrs Spurgeon Griggs Mrs Emma Hood Mrs Cook and Mrs' Jamima Valentine Wife etes Husband To Surprise Party MOUNT AIRY Mrs Gilmer ranklin and 17 guests welcomed Mr ranklin home last Tuesday evening with a big surprise birth day party Amid a colorful set ting the group frolicked ate din ner and gave presents A turkey dinner was served Guests included: Mr and Mrs Ezra Hatcher Mr and Mrs Nathaniel McCar ther Mr and Mrs Alvin Rawley Mr and Mrs Aubrey Banner Mr and Mrs Willie Holland Mrs Annie Long Mrs Myrtha Hatcher Mrs Lillian Doss Mrs Nellie Hughes Buster Jones George Stewart and Joe Log gen Science is the the big if you want to be in the know in elementary school today Children of all ages are taking their science courses seriously' in local schools If the teachers cannot tell all the answers the chil dren are ready to start a proj ect to find the answers At the ourteenth Street School children in the fifth grade class of Mrs Margaret Neely became so entranced over the words "The Space they had to find out more about it So they started a unit called and Air Raymond Johnson became chairman of tee to make the Question The young people climaxed their study recently with a com plete resume of the results of their studies This unit also helped the class in language arts art social studies writing and arthmetic Raymond ex plained: Mrs Mary Compton of the Poin settia Club was crowned Miss YWCA at the Patterson Avenue YWCA Coronation Ball on riday Nov 27 in the gymnasium She had a court of nine attendants She received a gift certificate Mrs lora Patterson Miss YWCA of 1958 59 crowned the new queen irst attendant was Mrs Burlie Bailey of the Marian Anderson Club Second attendant was Mrs Dorothy Graham of the (Do It Yourself) Club Other con testants finished as follows: Mrs Blossom Myers of the Naciremas Mrs Clementine Bo hannon of the YW Wives Miss Stella Bradshaw of the Sophisti cates Mrs Mary Carter of the Silhouettes Mrs Mary air Mob ley of the White Rose Club Mrs Edna Wade of the Ettes and Mrs Mary Webb of the Sewettes Music was by Boone and his Birdlanders Mrs Manderline Scales chairman of the adult ac tivities department of the YWCA directed the coronation march and presented the awards Mrs Romelia Mason of 708 2514 Street was hostess to three house guests during the Thanks giving holiday season One was Donald Butler of Waterford Conn a freshman at Winston Salem Teachers College The other two came to Winston Salem for the first time to see him They were Mrs Anna Butler of Waterford Conn his and Miss Blanche James York City his sister Miss James is a model York Both she and her A historic building the old Peo Choice AME Zion Church entered a new phase of its rug ged existence last week It was dismantled and placed in storage When it regains an active new life it will become a part of the Winston Salem Teachers College the campus on which it was born This building located for years on the northwest corner of Var grave Street and Stadium Drive was taken down to make way for the new North South Expressway It is the original Slater Indus trial Academy founded in 1892 The old Slater is now Winston Sa lem Teachers College Dr Atkins president of the college and a former student at the original building an nounced two months ago that the college would accept the building and re establish it as the home of its religious education courses Challenge Accepted The Slater chapter of the WSTC Alumni Assn voted last week to accept the project as its chal lenge for the coming year Mrs Vera Pitts Sadler president an nounced the following plans for the rehabilitation of the building: 1 The Slater chapter has donat ed $200 from its treasury to get the effort started The chapter will now conduct a drive to raise the needed funds to reconstruct the building 2 The Slater chapter signed a contract with the McCuiston Co of Winston Salem to dismantle the building and move the materi als to the college campus This material will be stored and cared for until the building is recon structed 3 The new structure will stand just west of Carolina Hall between that building and the Columbia Heights Elementary School Letter to Graduates 4 A letter from the Slater chap ter has been sent to all grad uates of Slater and to all former students of that school asking for donations Mrs Sadler and officers of the chapter are guiding the project Other officers are Oscar oy Sr vice president Mrs Etta Timlic Hill secretary and Cicero Penn treasurer The original school was founded in 1892 on the corner of Vargrave and Stadium Drive It was named after John Slater a Philadel phia philanthropist interested in education in the South He made the largest single contribution making possible the establishment of the school or a number of years the John Slater und helped the school through finan cial crises In 1895 the North Carolina state legislature awarded a grant of $1000 to the academy with the understanding that it would be gin to train teachers The state increased its grant each year Becomes State School By 1905 the trustees and the state Board of Education agreed to let the state take over the school Its name was changed to Slater State Normal School The state legislature voted in 1925 to change the name from Slater to Winston Salem Teachers College The school then became a four year college instead of a two year normal school During the intervening years the school had expanded and moved to its present site two blocks east of its original loca tion The original school had be come the Choice AME Zion Church The church in turn was forced to move when the North West Expressway project was begun Today the building is now in storage awaiting a new life as college religious center Staff Photo by Howard Walker DESPERATE AUNT Artie Allen as Hannah attacks her niece Alice played by Madaline Arnold in Engagement Of Nurse Is Told Mrs Johnsie Dula of Morgan ton announces the engagement of ner daugnter Miss Dula of Winston Salem cey Duren son of Mr Hosea Duren of 1632 Avenue Miss Dula is a graduate of the Kate Bitting Reynolds Hospital School of Nursing She is now em ployed at the hospital is a student at Living stone College in Salisbury The wedding will take place Dec 20 By Luix Ovcrbca Staff Reporter A settled down adventurer that is Aaron Bridgers at times in his life a guard a hotel worker and an oil worker but today a combina tion Parisian and American a pianist by profes sion a rench cook in recreation Bridgers a native Twin Citian was a Thanksgiving season visitor in Winston Salem as the house guest of his sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Samuel Les ter Speas of 918 Camel Avenue He also spent some time with his father Wal ter Bridgers of 2017 14th Street While in the South he also made a short visit to Orange burg SC to see another sister Mrs Waltena Josie of the faculty of South Carolina State Col lege He left Winston Salem Tuesday for New York to become the accompanist for Claudia McNeil of the in the cast Bridgers plans to return to Paris rance where he has lived for the past 1114 years and has become one of the most popular and tal ented jazz pianists He was introduced to the piano in Winston Salem because he was too small and too weak to blow the cornet His father was a band leader and wanted little Aaron to play the cornet The boy could not make it So the father sent him to Prof John Diggs now of the Winston Salem Teachers College faculty to learn to play the piano Today that puny boy is more than six feet tall and weighs more than 200 pounds Plays for Church Young Aaron learned the piano and the organ and became the assistant organist at St Ste phen's Episcopal Church In the meantime he was graduated from Atkins High School in 1933 He then took up various professions or jobs He worked for several hotels He also was em ployed by the Shell Oil Co Then he settled down to what he considered a good job work as a guard for the United Nations In January 1948 Bridgers took off for Paris for a three month vacation That vacation lasted for 1114 years until last June when he returned to the United States to play a 10 week engage ment at the Versailles in New York The Thanks giving week gave him his first opportunity to visit home since he went overseas I first arrived in Paris I had no inten tion of Bridgers said definitely had given no thought to playing the not for pay I In New York Bridgers had studied the piano with the late Art Tatum blind pianist and at the Teddy Wilson School Gets Job in Paris On vacation Bridgers met Moune Derivet apopular rench singer gave me my first job in Paris as her ac Bridgers said I knew it my three month vacation was up and I was still in Paris I resigned my position as a guard and stayed in He was basically an accompanist then He played for Eartha Kitt when she first became a single Inez Cavanaugh Muriel Gaines and oth ers who were popular in rance He also became popular as an artist on his own merit am a cocktail Bridgers said as he described his style method may be called relaxed jazz I am not a hot jazz Bridgers likes the style of Erroll Garner Oscar Peterson Phineas Newborn Jr and Duke Elling ton He does not copy either of them Garner is most original pure Bridgers said can do everything compose conduct he continued also is full of intelli gent As his sideline the piano became his life work Bridgers stayed on and on in Paris He took up a new sideline rench cooking "rench food is very he said America Is Amaiing America amazes Bridgers He brought with him a new rench singer rancois Barry now in Hollywood He described their first experiences with American television: is not' much television in rance We were so fascinated by the shows and commercials on television that we got sore eyes watching television all day and night Billy Strayhorn ad vised us Paris hicks that we did not have to see every show on TV So we then watched at more reasonable The fast pace of life in the United States also fascinates Bridgers He said: is a fast city but is more relaxed than America In the United States people live as if the next minute will be their last have a two hour lunch period in Paris Europe has a more restful pace of Bridgers also remarked that America is too and race our people would travel more to other parts of the he reasoned "they would discover that being col ored is not unusual They would have a better understanding of people who are different from Nevertheless Bridgers woiifd like to divide the rest of his life betvveen America and Europe This would be the ideal he concluded College Choir Plans Concert Science Spells Curiosity Mr and Mrs Lawrence Oliver newlyweds of Washington JD were honored at a post nuptial wedding blessing and re iception at 4 pm Saturday Nov 28 at the home of Mr parents Mr and Mrs Oliver of 712 Wt 25th Street' The Rev McKinley Wyatt of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Salisbury officiated at the bless ing Bishop Caesar of Kim berley Park Holy Church assisted The couple was married at 4:30 pm Saturday Oct 31 at irst Baptist Church in Washington with the Rev Tucker officiating 1 Mrs Oliver is the former Miss Mignon Norresyelle Hughes elaughter of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Hughes of Charlottesville Va She is a graduate of Hampton Insti tute and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority She is em 2 Miss Inis Dula tTo Become Bride I Mr and Mrs Eugene Dula of Kenoir announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Inis Ma ne Dula of Winston Salem to Ra leigh Johnson son of Rufus Johnson and the late Mrs Ger trude Tuttle Johnson of Winston Salem 1 A graduate of Bennett College tn Greensboro Miss Dula teaches at Diggs School 1 Johnson was graduated from Howard University He is now employed by the Post Office De partment The marriage is planned for late December Thanks jor caning BARON OIL CO Heating Oil PA 4 9442 Set for Tuesday Curtain time will come to the campus of Winston Salem Teach ers College when the TC Players Guild opens its 1959 60 drama sea son with a performance of a Greek drama at 8 pm Tuesday at ries Auditorium This will be the only perform ance of the play on campus The cast will perform on other campuses however Mrs Mabel Jessup will por tray the title role of a woman who wanted to bury her dead brother in spite of a decree that it was not to be done Mrs Arlene Pinnix plays Ismene the sister who believes in obedience to the law Herbert Stover portrays Creon Dr Joseph Patterson is di rector Miss Elva Jame4 is sponsor of the guild The Winston Salem Teachers College Choir will sing in its an nual Christmas vesper at 4 pm next Sunday at ries Auditorium This program the feature attrac tion of the campusholiday season is open free to the general public Dr James A Dillard will di rect the 70 voice chorus in its first big program of the cur rent school year James A Derr will be the accompanist In the program the choir will sing as its major effort from Randall new of the Holy This will be the first performance of a section of this mass in the Win ston Salem area Dr Dillard said Soloists also will be featured in this concert Lloyd to Hear AcademyChorus The Salem Academy Glee Club will appear in concert at 2:30 pm today at Lloyd Presbyterian Church on Chestnut Street near Seventh Street This will be the Glee an nual Christmas program for years a at Lloyd Spon sored by the church the program is open to thp general public The Academy gives this program in appreciation of a church mem ber who is an employe Mrs Julian Burroughs is director of the choir of voices Miss Carol Doxey is companist The musical afternoon is open to the general public Rev Hairston To Speak for Rally Saints Home Methodist Church will close its annual benevolence rally with a special service at 7:30 pm today Guest speaker will be the Rev Samuel Hairston He is pastor of the Pen Hook Baptist Church in Pen Hook Va He is also as sociate minister of Beulah Bap tist Church of Winston Salem DIAL PA 2 8117 CLARK BROWN UNERAL HOME EMT SEVENTH STREET rm Reasonable and Dependable Service PTA Donates $1000 to Aid St An overflow crowd jammed the basement of St Ro man Catholic Church last Wednesday as the parent teacher group of St School changed its name donated funds to school and made plans for the future The group voted to change its name from a PTA to a Home School Assn in line with the pol icy of the Roman Catholic eese The association voted following'gifts: i Raincoats for the safety patrol $500 to help establish a foreign language course Spanish in the school and $500 to purchase books for the school library Basic ideas for the annual car nival scheduled for May were approved The program for the year will include: January guest speaker on building character in the home and at school ebruary pro gram by the St Academy Glee Club March a talent show featuring parents and April clean speech essay contest finals Officers for the current year: 'joe A Livingston president Mrs Louise Wilson vice presi dent Mrs Amanda Green secretary Mrs Nina Steele as sistant secretary Mrs Narvie Larke membership chairmanWalter Baron treasurer and Mrs Haywood Dunlap program chairman MARY COMPTON I queen of ball enjoyed their stay in the Twin City and plan to return i The Edith Cavell Nurses Club will meet at 7:30 pm Monday at the home of Mrs Hooper Jr of 1233 Highland Avenue This will be Christmas party time and members will exchange gifts Mrs Alberta Singleton will be co hostess The Bowen Park Home Demon stration Club will hold a pre Christmas party at 7:30 pm Mon day at the home of Mrs Helen Nichols of 3700 Branch Drive Parents Teacher Assns of the city have planned a variety of pre holiday meetings for the com ing week Primary pupils of Kimberley Park School will entertain in a one act operetta Rich Girl (Who Was at 7:30 pm riday as part of the Christmas celebration A primary chorus and the Glee Club will support the operetta with song The cast will include Yvonne Lowery as the little rich girl Catherine Banks as governess Shirley Pankey as matron Bev erly McIlwain as queen Roslyn Black as love and hosts of snow birds sunbeams and others Mrs Mozelle Johnson and Mrs Olivia Neely are directors Dr Hauser is PTA president Refreshments will be served after the program The Mebane PTA will give its annual Christmas play at 7:30 pm Monday in the school audi torium Parents and teachers will perform in "Come to The cast includes: Mrs Ruth Stokes as Anna Mrs Gwendolyn Greene as Lois Mrs Sally Miles as Mary the Rev State Alexander as Lucius John Meredith as Barak James Wallace as Penuel Jimmy Wilson as Joseph and James Little and Vance Gilliam as shepherds Before the PTA meeting the Mebane Grade Mothers will meet with their president Mrs Charles Crosby at 7 pm Monday in room 110 The Carver Crest PTA will meet at 7:30 pm Tuesday in the school auditorium This will be a regular business session with no special feature Everyone will sing Christmas carols at Diggs School The Diggs PTA will meet at 8 pm Tuesday in the school auditorium Other wise this will be a business as usual session Hop for Collegians I An evening of fun for vacation ing college students will be spon sored by the College Alumni )0 pm Wednesday Dec 23 at the Masonic Hall This pre holiday hop will be for college students only Admission will be by invitation hr college identification card only Guests will contribute a free will offering? Music will be by Boone end His Birdlanders To Discuss Men's ORMAL WEAR or Rent SAMS co: 534 Liberty St The Winston Salem Classroom Teachers Assn will hold the sec ond phase of its special study for the year of Teacher at 3:30 pm Wednesday in the auditorium of Diggs School This program to be presented as a panel discussion followed by questions from the floor will be open free to the general public It is part of the national program of the Department of Classroom TeacLers of the National Educa tion Assn Hudson Barksdale of Spartan burg will be moderator He is a member of the Advisory Council of the NEA Department of Classroom Teachers He has served as a member of a national study conference on of Teacher The panel will include: Dr William Self assistant su perintendent of instruction in lo cal city schools Barber of Garner president of the North Carolina Teachers Assn Togo West assistant principal At kins High School Miss Lula Sum merville elementary supervisor in Winston Salem city schools and Mrs Manderline teacher at Atkins Based on Study Each panelist will coWr a phase of the topic based on study of a recent report by anNEA Study Conference and onjjnde pendent research a Mrs Edna Cotton Richard ex ecutive secretary of the Statd De partment of Classroom Teachers in Raleigh will introduce the moderator The Rev Kelly Goodwin of Mount Zion Baptist Church will give the invocation Alphonso Mills local teacher will sing In presenting this project the local Classroom Teachers Assn hopes to complete another step in its goal to present it before the NEA Department of Classroom Teachers The NEA in coopera tion with state groups is encour aging local groups to achieve greater professional growth through special studies and 'proj ects our areas of study are open: 1 Improvement of professional status 2 special service to mem bers 3 improvement of instruc tion and 4 public relations': Local Goal Local classroom teachers' are working toward improvement of instruction The Winston Salem chapter achieved its first step by provid ing stage decorations for the Classroom Teachers Assn of the Western District in keeping with the theme of Teach er Wednesday's panel is the second step Before reaching the national level the project must pais examination of the State Depart ment of Classroom Teachers and finally the Southeast Regional De partment of Classroom Teachers To pass the regional body the project must show that the prob lem involved has been solved or is in the process of solution If this can be done the Twin City group will present its proj ect to the NEA William Earl of Atkins High School is president of the Win ston Salem Classroom Teachers Assn Mrs Bessie Allen of (he ourteenth Street School facility is program chairman Her com mittee includes Mrs Katherine Meroney red Parker Mrs Mary McCurry and Mrs Connie Greenwood TL Aides Elect Alartlia Young Mrs Martha Young was elected permanent chairman of jhe Urban League Aides last Mon day as the group voted to be come an organization with dues She had served for the past two years as temporary chairman Others elected to office with terms beginning Jan 1 1960 are Luix Overbea vice chairman Mrs Hazel Scott secretary Mrs Mabel Wooten assistant sec retary and Dr Nancy Ganna way treasurer At the first meeting in J960 it will give a complete report on its TST (Tomorrow's Scientists fend Technicians) fund and take action on whether to become an Swearingen To Address Hungry Club Urban renewal and what means to Winston Salem will be discussed at 12:15 pm Wednesday at the regular meeting of the Hungry Club at the Patterson Avenue Guest speaker will be Mason Swearingen director of the local urban renewal program He will discuss what Winston Salem has done so far in this development program and what the city plans to do during the coming year After giving his talk Swearing en will answer questions from the floor Persons wishing to hear Swear ingen may telephone the YMCA for reservations All Hungry Club meetings are open to the general public Sava at HORWITZ The Working Bafgaio Store Best Goods at Lowest Prices 300 OURTH it Pattenon v' flRJdkP loll 'IS 111 Wil Jill VL si y' 1 loyjl fiK 191 'A wS: a HUKlEk JiiKiBni "''A I Phillips I.