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The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11
First Negro To Hold
Such Post In Virginia
Stote's Second
Largest County
Sets Precedent

ARLINGTON, Va. - Lu
trelle F. Parker, attorney ane
civil engineer who became
member of the ArlinQto,
Planning Commission late il
1859, has been named chair
man of the county agency.
Arlington has the secont
largest population (l63,4O1) O
all Virginia counties. The new
chairman has the highes'
county office held by a Negro
in northern Virginia.
MIR. PARKER is a native o.
Newport News. He studied
engineering at Howard Uni.
versity, where he lee ture.
part-time, and law at George.
town University. He also has
been a student at the Naval
Reserve Midshipmen's School
at Cornell University.
The lawyer-engineer is. q
patent examiner for the U. S.
Department of Commerce.
HE is president Of H o +
man-Boston High School P
ia here. The Parkers have
three sons.
The new chai r m a n was
pleased when the county a.
dopted its master planning
program last year, but he was
disappointed because the Ar
lington Board of Supervisors
failed to create an urban re-
newal commission or put the
matter to a countrywide vote.
HE NOW is plugging for a
private urban renewal to take
over rehabilitation of out
dated areas, and for improved
transportation.
Mr.. Parker favors improve
ment of homes and businesses
in low density areas. Su c h
action, he contends to remove
much of the pressure for large
apartment house construction.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11

The Alcorn Wesleyan Guild
gave a dinner party at which
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11

MRS. DOROTHY GORDON
GRAY, who for the past II
years headed the Department
of Home Economics and
Teacher Education at Alcorn
A. & M. College, Lorman,
Miss, this week announced
her resignation from the col
lege position, effective, July
Is, 1862. Before going TO Al
corn, Mrs. Gray developed the
College Department of Home
Economics at Tougaloo Col
lege and many of the out
standing Home Economist in
the state are products of her
leadership She will take up
teaching duties in Home Eco
nOmicS at the new j. E. John
son High School, where her
husband, Mr.. G.. E. Gray is
principal.
Attesting to the high re-
CARDS and respect in which
Mrs. Grey is held, by both
President Boyd and members
of the faculty, were the fol-
lowing social courtesieS shown
before her departure from the
campus:
The Alcorn Wesleyan Guild
gave a dinner party at which
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11
OPENING
BAPTIST
CENTER
formerly Children'S Nook
232 E. Bell Street

formerly Children'S Nook
232 E. Bell Street
Phone FL 2-13I1 or 354-4156
Miss Gertrude It. Hart, Dir.
Activities: Pre-Primer work
for 5-year old. Creative Arts,
Singing, Rhythm Band, Music,
Bible Stories, Helping with
Chores, Story Telling, Eating
Sleeping, Play, Sharing, How
to get along with one another,
Religious Training and many
useful things for the young
child, including trips on the
train, etc.
Ages q 51z Years Old
Monday through Friday
100 A. Nj. To $3.50 p. Nj.
Transportation
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Regular services each End
and 4th Sunday at IL: a. m.
and z: p. M, come one, come
all, you are welcome. Aur
sick and shut-inS are Sister
Sarah and Mary Ethel Rauls.
We pra yfor these and all 9TH
er shut-ins a speedy recov-
cry and our sympathy goes
out to the family of Mrs. Nina
Smiley Shannon, also to the
family of Mr.. James Stovall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Williams
and two sons, Darrell Kieth
and Randy and Mrs. Clara
Milissa Williams of Inkster,
Mich, spent last week in the
home of Mr.. Rankin, Farley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Far
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11

she was presented a beautiful
crystal flower dish. This af-
fair was sponsored by Mrs. M.
G. Dunbar, president. Mrs.
Gray was vice president of the
Guild. The Division of Voca-
tional Education held at a get
together presented her a
Sterling Silver Bud Vase.
Parmi Nous Bridge Club had
a Surprise Bridge Party and
presented lovely plastic in
sulated ice bucket. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coleman entertained with
a sea food dinner, several 9TH
er friends presented lovely and
useful gifts.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11

God does not comfort us to
make us comfortable but to make
US ON forters. - Alexander
Novel;.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11
5000 Ghonions protest
effort to kill Nhrumoh

ACCRA, Ghana (ANP) -
More than 5000 persons
staged a massive protest
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11

Gibson have improved very
much and Mr.. c. Hopson is
better at this writing. Please
send your news to Route g.
Box 90-Jackson or call 939-
1891.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-08-11

ley, Mr. Troy Williams is the
grandson of Mr.. Rankin Far,
ley.
Revival will begin at the
Temple Holiness Church Mon
day night, Aug. 9th, service
each night at z: p. m. The
Rev. M. Newsom of Lorman.
Miss, will be the guest speak
er. Rev. j. o. Rials, pastor;
Mrs. Mary Farley, secretary.
OUR THOUGHT: st. Matt:
9:37-38 - Then saith he
(JesuS) unto his disciples -
The harvest is truly plenteous.
but the lobourers are few:
pray ye therefore the Lord of
the harvest, that he will send
forth labourers into his har-
vest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21
Man Indicted
On Murder
Charge

A Washington man was In
dicted on a first-degree muir
der charge by a District grand
jury yesterday.
Other indictments included
one on a manslaughter charge,
four on robbery charges and
three on narcotics charges.
The jury indicted Harold
Mosely. 40. of the 2200 block
of NJ street NV, on a first
degree murder charge for the
fatal stabbing of J. T. Harmon.
A, Of 2451 Alabama avenue
Sc, during an argument OH
July %.
Joseph w. Bailey, %, of the
600 block of Forty-siXth place
Sc, was indicted on a man.
slaughter charge in the fatal
shooting of Reginald Harvey.
%, of lis G street NV, on
July %.
Indicted on separate robbery
charges were James w. Owens.
10. of the 900 block of Tenth
street NE: Maurice o. Thorn
as, 10. of the 1900 block of
Carrolburg street S.W.; Ed
ward j. T. Dotson, "a, Of the
100 block of I street Sc, and
Quinard R. Hiligh, 81, of the
POO block of Eighteenth street
NV.
Named in the indictments on
narcotic charges were James R
Walker. 80, of the 100 block
of Fifteenth street NV, Ethel
E. Woody, 30, of the 100 block
of Fifteenth street NV. and
Floyd H. Mcintosh, &c, Of the
1900 block of Jackson street
NE.
Ronald Hadley Stark. "a, of
the Bronx. N. Y, was indicted
on a charge of giving false in
formation on his application
for Federal employment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21
Gross Doubts
Cost Allotted
For Cedar Hill.

The House has decided the
l4-room mansion of a former
slave can be fixed up for S25.-
600. But Representative Gross
Republican of Iowa. doubts it.
The slave. Frederick Douglass.
escaped and later became the
United States minister TO Haiti.
In 1874. he moved into Cedar
Hill, an impressive hilltop home
in AnacoStia commanding a
view of Washington.
This home, at fourteenth and
w streets Sc. would become
part of the national park SyS-
TEN under legislation cleared
by Congress.
The House yesterday after
noon put a $4,000 ceiling on
public costs of rehabilitation.
The original Senate bill called
for appropriations of such
funds as would be necessary to
put the place in shape.
Mr., Gross looked over Cedar
Hill on the week end. The
refurbishing JOB looked more
expensive than the House limit
to the Iowan.
Representative Rutherford.
Democrat of Texas, said the
Interior Department had eSti-
mated rehabilitation costs at
slightly under $4,000. The
house and property. with the
exception of tract leased to
the Glen Garden housing devel-
opment. would be donated to
the Government by the Ma
tional Association of Colored
Women'S Clubs and the Fred
erick Douglass Historical ana
Memorial Association, accord
ing 10 both the Senate and
House versions.
The House also passed and
sent to the Senate three bills
to sell slices Of Federally owned
land and one to transfer $4,000
square feet at Silver Hill to
its volunteer fire department
and rescue squad.
The sales at fair market
value would be of two and a
half acres at Sunnyside road
and Rhode Island avenue in
Prince Georges County to the
Red Cross for a chapter house;
10 acres in Greenbelt to the
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
for a new church school; and
a rim of a hill crest above
Suitland parkway to the Moose
for access to their chapter
house from James street in
Prince Georges County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21

The Astroet is behind the cloud bank at J-5-
exactly 189 nautical miles from Chicago.
How can we be so sure?
Because that's where the Astroiet captain says
he is.
And he isn't guessing.
His"189 nautical miles comes from new device
now in use on every Astrojet we fly. This device is
called DINE (for Distance Measuring Equipment.
1t gives your captain continuous distance readings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21

is from virtually any destination.
1t might interest you to know that the FAA has set
deadne requiring all jet airIiners to use DINE. But
Astroets have always had this extra navigation aid.
Of course, when it comes to locating the right
Astroetforyou, American has another device that's
almost as fast as DME-and it has dial, too.
It's cinch to use You just dial Executive 3-2345
and we answer.
Or askyour travel agent to do tforvou.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21
War Ace Is Director
OF AT Flight Safety

One of Americas leading
fighter aces of World War II
has been named Director of
Flight Safety for the United
States Air Force.
Brig. Gen. Jay T. Robbins.
who lived in Alexandria while
spending year at the National
War College in Washington. has
reported to Norton Air Force
Base, San Bernardino, Calf, to
assume his new post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-21

from ground positions along your route.
DINE sends out radio pulses from the Astrojet to
ground beacon. This beacon can be as far away as
200 miles. The beacon automatically transmits
return pulse the instant it receives one.
A special DINE circuit on the Astroet instantly
converts the time between sending and receiving
pulse into nautical miles.
No matter how cloudy it is, your Astrojet captain
need only glance at the dial to find out how far he
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-07-06

ernor acted under orders of Don
Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New
Spain. For reasons now obscure,
the expedition never reached its
destination.
Individual Spanish shippers
occasionally cruised about the
Chesapeake Bay area. In 1869 or
1860, the brother of principal
Indian chief of Ajacan gave
himself up to Spaniards sailing
in the vicinity and was taken to
Spain where he was baptized
and given some education. He
received the name of Don Luis
de Velasco, Spanish viceroy in
the New World, who was his
sponsor and benefactor.
In time King Philip ordered
the return of the young Indian
to America. He was accompanied
by members of the Dominican
order of priests who instructed
him further in Christianity. 1t
was Philips purpose to Chris
tianize Don Luis fellow tribes
men when opportunity present
ed. Also, the king doubtless hop
ed eventually to establish col
ony in Ajacan.
The story of these and sub
sequent events is detailed in a
book. "The Spanish Jesuit Mis-
sion in Virginia, 157O-72," by
Clifford M. Lewis, S. j., and
Albert ]. Loomie, S. j., largely
in translations from Spanish
sources.
The first colonizing or Chris
tianizing expedition left Havana
in the summer of 1866 with the
Bahia de Santa Maria-Chesa-
peake Bay-as it's intended des-
tination. There were 80 soldiers
and two Dominican friars in
the party, along with Don Luis
the Christianized and supposed
i ly friendly Indian.
The friars were from missions
in Peru and New Spain, or Mexi-
CO, where the climate was warm
and life was pleasant. From such
surroundings they had been sent
to St. Augustine, then newly
settled. There, they had suffered
hunger and other hardships of a
primitive land.
Now they were headed for an
even more primitive region; and
they didn't like it. They manag-
ed to draw other members of the
expedition into conspiracy to
say that, because of stormy
weather, they could not reach
the Bahia de Santa Maria. The
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FETE TO MARK
KNOTS ISLAND
FERRY SERVICE
Currituck c o m missioner
Allocate $500 to Fesfivi-
Ties Sept. 4

The start of ferry sevice be-
tween .Currituck County and
Knots Island in September will
be marked by a gala celebration
plans for which were taking
shape this week.
The Board of County Com
missioners, meeting Monday
allocated $500 to the celebra-
ton, expected to be held Sept. a
The money was voted to pay for
a fish fry, a highlight of the
event.
Whether the festivities will
take place on the mainland O,
on Knots Island remains to be
decided, Ruritan Clubs in Mo-
yock, Shawboro, Poplar Branch
and Currituck Courthouse and
the county's Is home demon
stration clubs are expected to
work out plans for the event.
To be invited are Governo,
Terry Sanford, Congressmar
Herbert Bonner of the First N.
c. District, Chairman Merrill
Evans of the State Highway
Commission and other officials
md dignitaries, as well as the
general public.
Authorized in May
Operation of the ferry was
authorized by the State High
way Commission in May, and
the $125, 900 contract for it set
the completion date as August
"a. No date for the beginning of
actual operations was set, but
the Currituck County schools
open Sept. a and it is assumed
that the ferry sevice will begin
then.
The ferry will relieve school
children and others of the neces-
sity for long trip by highway
through Virginia in order to
reach North Carolina, and will
end the long isolation of the
Knots Island community from
the home State.
The request for funds for the
celebration was presented to
the commissioners by Mrs.
Walton Brumley and Mrs. Hope
Williams of Knots Island and
Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderlin, Curri-
tuck home agent.
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SPANISH PRIESTS BUILT
CHESAPEAKE SETTLEMENT
BEFORE RALEIGH'S DAY
Mission Near Present Site Of Yorktown Might
Have Led to Colony Hostile to England If
Indian Medicine Men Hadn't Stirred Up
Deadly Trouble for Visitors

A prologue to the English set
Elements on Roanoke Island was
written some Is years earlier
in the Chesapeake Bay Country,
about 100 miles to the north OF
the Raleigh colonies. 1t was
written by Spain on direct or
sders of Philip II; and it ended
jim sudden tragedy.
Columbus discoveries brought
Spain immense riches in gold
sand silver from Mexico and
South America, loot from the
8Aztecs and Incas. Early in the
sixteenth century, conveys of
treasure ships began moving
+eastwardly across the Atlantic
to the homeland.
It wasn't long before Spanish
navigators discovered that by
following the Gulf Stream from
the tip of Florida along the
.seaboard to Cape Hatteras, they
could make much better time
than by direct route across
the ocean.
4 The Gulf Stream swings
Sharply eastward from Hatteras
and gives ships a steady, gentle
push toward Europe, even when
winds fail. On the other hand,
on the trip westward, winds and
currents favor the navigator on
the southerly route - approx
mately the route that Columbus
followed to the New World.
Spanish explorers as well as
those of England and France,
early skirted the shores of
North America looking for in
dications of gold or other readi-
ly accessible riches. They found
none. Thus, settlement of the
region was delayed. However, it
wasn't before the Spanish treas
ure ships began attracting pir-
ates: and it soon became appar-
ent to Spain that a base some
where on the coast was needed,
if they were to be checked.
King Philip gave orders in
1858 for the establishment of
such an outpost. Other matteers
intervened, however, and it was
a good many years before any
thing was done.
In 1865, Spain founded st.
Augustine at the north end of
the Florida peninsula after obli-
terating a French settlement
there. The following year, Gov
ernor Menendes di Aviles of
Florida dispatched an expedition
bound generally for the Ches-
apeake Bay area, known to the
Spaniards as Ajacan. The gov
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sz-"seSSSN
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton
Wescott of Manteo a daughter,
Cindy Lou, on July 1 in Me-
mortal Clinic, Manteo; weight
five and a half pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. D.. E. Williams
of Portsmouth, Va. announce
the birth of z pound 2 ounce
son, Dennis Earl. Jr,. on June
19 at Portsmouth. Va, Naval
Hospital. Mrs. Williams is the
former Mary Burrus of Halter
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WHITE MARLIN
TAKING HOOKS
OFF OREGON

A fantastic July run of whit
marlin has swum into one of th|
brightest fishing years in Dan
COAST history. The white SCRAP
pers are now being taken il
quantity near the western edg|
of the Gulf Stream, 80 mile
east-northeast of Oregon Inlet
More than 80 of the fightin|
billfish were boarded by angler
from Oregon Inlet-based fishin|
cruisers on Monday and Tuesda|
Of this week.
High winds and a stationar|
front lowering over the coas|
prevented an anticipated recor|
catch of the white monsters o|
July 4th; but determined angler
are expected to be hooking 'el|
again, in large numbers, by SAT
urday.
At Hatteras, the big fishin|
news over the past week wa
made by dolphin and king mack
erel. Charter boats were bring
ing the headliners into submi 4
sion from the Atlantic; and
fine run of Spanish mackerd
and blues was reported by cap
tains trolling Hatteras Inlet.
Spots and blues were taking
the hook with regularity bd
meath the bridges of Dare unit
Tuesday when an angry north
easter sent fish to the bottom
and anglers indoors.
Stanford White of Mann
Harbor has reported that onl]
fair fresh water fishing over tn
past seven days, but noted tina
croakers were taking the bai|
near the Croatan Sound Bridg|
until Wednesday.
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BIRTHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Midget of Manteo a daughter.
Cheryl Lynn, on June 80. in
the Albemarle Hospital, Eliza
beth City; weight seven pounds,
three ounces.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Midget of Manteo a daughter,
Carrie Gertrude, on June 27,
in the Albemarle Hospital, Eliz-
abeth City; weight six pounds.
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to the priests and to rescue
Alfonso, if possible. It was sue
cessful on both counts.
Arrived in the Bahia de Santa
Maria, the Spaniards were for
tunate enough to find friendly
Indians who told them the youth
was in the hands of a chief, also
friendly, not far away. In a few
days they succeeded in contact
ing the chief and arranging for
Alonso's release. With him came
friend, an Indian boy, and the
two were. taken to Spain.
During his two-year stay in
the wilderness, Alfonso had al.
most forgotten how to speak
Spanish. However, in time he
was able to give an account of
what had happened; and this
was set down by Spanish chroni-
clers and preserved for posteri-
ty. Among the chroniclers was
Juan de la Carrera, whose mar
rative is the chief basis of this
account.
Carrera's account includes an
amazing incident in connection
with the slaughter of the priests
in the cabin on the York River.
He wrote that after the mas
sacre the Indians, plundering
the premises, came upon a small
chest. Expecting to find valua-
bles, they broke it open and
found instead a book of the
Holy Scriptures, a missal, devo-
tional books, rosaries, small sta
tues, hair skirts, disciples" and
a crucifix.
Three of the Indians, examin-
ing these objects, suddenly fell
dead. The others fled in terror,
Thus ends the story of Ajacan.
AS in the case of the later Roa-
noke Island settlements, it is
interesting to speculate what
the outcome might have been
had the priests come earlier in
the season, prepared with seeds
and tools to till the soil, grow
a crop, and maintain themselves
in the wilderness without de-
pendence on anyone.
Spain made no further at
tempt to colonize or Christianize
the North Atlantic Seaboard
Nor did she seriously challenge
the French and English who
came to settle a few years later
The English, at least, long fear
ed such a challenge; but in re
Prospect it is evident that ths
Spanish empire to the south wa'
too widespread and vulnerable
to justify military measures o1
the size needed to dislodge the
English, who were becoming
planted firmly in America ant
meant to stay.
There are some who, reading
the story of Ajacan, sugges'
that the Don Luis who is a cen
trail figure in it may have beel
the father of that PowhataI
whom the jamestown colonist'
found ruling over an extensive
domain in 1907. The relative
ages Of the two men appear II
support that possibility, and th'
fact that Don Luis was a mem
ber of the ruling family lends
a little color to it, but that il
about all.
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Don Luis became restive. Final
ly he told the priests that hi
had to pay a visit to kinsman
a journey of a day land d half
but would return Soon. They
saw his leave with misgivings.
Time passed, and Don Luis
did not return. Finally, early in
February, 1871, Father Juar
Baptista de Segura, who was in
charge of the enterprise, sent
three priests to interview Don
Luis as to his intentions and to
ask for help.
Apparently still their friend,
Don Luis greeted the priests
cordially and promised to follow
them back to their dwelling
place. He did in fact return to
the York River mission, but not
in the spirit the priests had been
led to expect.
On Sunday, February A, Don
Luis and several other Indians
ambushed the returning priests.
A shower of arrows killed two
of them outright. The third,
wounded, managed to escape in
to the woods; but the Indians
hunted him down and killed him
the next day.
Led by Don Luis the Indians
then approached the Jesuits' ca
bin and asked for axes with
which to cut wood for them.
Suspecting nothing, the priests
handed them over.
Instead of cutting the pro-
missed wood, the Indians sudden
ly sprang upon the priests and
hacked them to death. However,
they spared the youth, Alonzo,
knowing that he was no priest
and therefore no threat to their
cherished idols.
Weeping, Don Luis watched
the burial of the five slain after
they had been stripped bare.
To this day, we do not know
whether in fact he had come to
hate the visitors and instigated
their slaughter, or whether he
acted under pressure of the thief
of his tribe and the medicine
men.
The priests had not been for
gotten in Spain. In the spring
of 1871, a ship laden with pro-
visions arrived in Ajacan. A
search for the priests was un-
availing. of course; and when
the Spaniards saw Indians strut
ting along the shore, wearing
Jesuits' cassocks, they sensed
that disaster had overtaken the
missionaries.
AS the snip neafe0 ,Cne SnOre
the Indians attacked. Before
they were driven offs the Span
iards succeeded in capturing two
chiefs. They then sailed for Ha-
vana. On the way, one of the
captives jumped overheard and
was not seen again. The other
was taken in chains to Havana
and questioned about the fate of
the priests. He told his captors
little except that the youths,
Alfonso, was still alive.
In the summer of 1872 ano-
ther expedition was sent to Ala
can to learn what had happened