High Point
THE TRIBUNAL AID
^ (H^(£ RcHtd&Lp-h
FSU Trustee
Chairman Dies
In Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE - The
chairman of the Fayette
ville State University Trus
tee Board, Dr. George L.
Butler, has died at the age
of 53.
Dr. Butler, a prominent
Fayetteville dentist, died
January 8, in Fayetteville of
an apparent heart attack.
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons,
■Jr., Chancellor of Fayette
ville State University ex
pressed shock at his board
chairman’s passing.
“We are all shocked and
sadden. Death is never
timely. He will be greatly
missed. He was a great
man and his death is a loss
to Fayetteville, the state
and the country,” said the
FSU Chancellor.
A native of Fayetteville,
Dr. Butler had served as
chairman of the trustee
board since 1971. Active in
civic and community affairs
he served one term on the
Fayetteville Civil Service
Commission and was reap
pointed to the Commission
in 1972.
Jackson F. Lee, mayor of
Fayetteville and vice-
chairman of the FSU Board
of Trustees said, “I’m
shocked, of course. I’ve
only had the pleasure of
working with Dr. Butler for
a few months. He was an
outstanding gentleman. He
made many contributions to
the FSU board and the Civil
Service Commission of
Fayetteville.’’
Butler received his early
education in the Fayette
ville public schools. He
attended Hampton Insti
tute, Hampton, Virginia
from 1947 to 1949 and
received his Bachelor of
Science degree from Fay
etteville State University in
1950. He received the
dentistry degree from
Howard University
He taught school and was
a principal in the Cumber
land County Schools from
1948 until 1950. He
established his dentistry
practice in 1955.
In addition to his
leadership role at FSU,
Butler was a member of the
Board of Trustees at the
First Baptist Church in
Fayetteville.
He was active in
professional dental organi
zations, serving on the
Executive Board of the Old
'North State Dental Society
and was president of the
organization from 1966 to
1967.
Butler, a World War II ’
Veteran, was a member of
Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity, the North Carolina
Dental Society, the Ameri
can Dental Society, the
American Dental Society,
the American Dental Asso
ciation and the Fayetteville
Business League.
He was the recipient of
many awards during his
career including a Service
Award from the City of
Fayetteville, the Achieve
ment Award from the FSU
Alumni Association, the
Citizen of the Year Award
from Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity and the Past
President’s Award from the
Old North State Dental
Society.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Mae B. Butler; two
daughters. Misses Janice
and Dianne Butler of the
home; his mother, Mrs.
Bertha Butler; three broth
ers, Ersent, David and
Enoch Butler, four sisters,
Mrs. Louise Freeman, Mrs.
Annette Norris, Mrs. Paul
ine of Fayetteville and Mrs.
Ruth B. Stokes of Rocky
Mount.
VOLUME 1, NO 34
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1974
15 CENTS
PRESS RUN 6000
SPECIAL SERVICE HONORS
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
^9 Jlao^e /J
by Gay Payne
The setting was reminiscent of
the late ’60’s, early ’70’s when
Blacks and whites had gathered
for the cause- Civil Rights.
They gathered again for a
cause, different than before but
somewhat similar. This time the
races gathered to celebrate the
birthday of a fallen Civil Rights
leader, while paying tribute to his
life and to his accomplishments.
These people had come to a
memorial service for Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., held Sunday
evening in Memorial Auditoriun
on the High Point College campus,
which was sponsored by the
American Friends Service Com
mittee, the High Point Ministerial
Alliance and the High Point
Minister’s Conference.
The service, which resembled a
mass meeting of the 1960’s was on
the order of a regular church
service- singing, prayer and a
sermon. The entire program was
funneled into the direction of
King’s idea that “the brotherhood
of man can become a reality.”
The highlight of the service was
a taped recording of Martin Luther
King’s speeches and sermons.
Among these was his famous “I
have a dream...” speech delivered
in Washington, D.C. in the mid
‘60’s.
A sermon dialogue was given by
John Trotman and Jackson Pyles
was a summation, reiteration and
restatement of the challenge King
gave to the world- the challenge
of the equality of all men.
Also, the purpose of the
dialogue was to “seek, inquire,
and investigate the forces which
animated his (King’s) life and to
show the greater purpose of
service by King.
The greatest motivating force in
Martin Luther King’s life, as
brought out in the sermon
dialogue, was an “Inambiguous
commitment to non-violence.”
Non-violence was explained “as a
way of life; the potential to change
unjust conditions and to redeem
the hearts of those who profit by
these (unjust) conditions.”
The choir, which was ecumeni
cal and interracial in nature, was
surprisingly, but significantly
made up of persons about 25 years
and older. When one thinks of the
realm of the height of the Civil
Rights movement, the age of the
people in the choir reflects that
these choir members were mature
enough to have understood the
movement and to have participat-
5UBSCRIPTION CONTEST UNDERWAY
THIS WEEK^S LEADERS
Adrian Lacks Hi{h Point 8 Subscriptions
Marl( King Stokesdaie 8 Subscriptions
» ' - ■ •' *1,*^
■ f
4
-a
ed in the ’50’s and ’60’z status quo
practices.
The challenge thrown out to the
audience paralelled with the
message of the non-violent
prophet himself-- the message of
love, peace and equality.
In the words of challenge which
were taken from Martin Luther
King’s book. Where Do We Go
From Here the audience heard of
the need “+o learn to live with
each other in peace being the only
hope of the community the nation,
and the world.
Yes, once again they came.
Blacks and whites joined
hand-in-hand singing the song
which had brought the races
together before-- “We Shall
Overcome”.
The near capacity crowd at
Memorial Auditorium was re-
minescent of the struggle past and
the obstacles still needed to be
overcome.
A&T Develops Yet Center
Today, nearly 1,000,000
Veterans are enrolled in the
Nation’s colleges and other
post-secondary institutions.
It has been only recently
that colleges have taken a
closer look at Veterans
Education and tried to
develop a viable program
suitable to meet the needs
of Veterans and their
problems. Not since the
end of World War II have
any innovative efforts been
made to deal with the
complexity of problems
faced by the Veterans of
this country. If is just
recently that we find
Veteran Affairs Programs
staffed with persons who
are abje to relate to the
desires, needs, and pro
blems of Veterans as they
embark on their pursuit of
excellence in the academic
world.
Vietnam Veterans today
represent approximately
8,000,000 ex-servicemen.
Many of these returned
with a college education
well underway, and many
more returned lacking a
high school education and
marketable job skills. Some
returned shattered, angry ,
and depressed by perma
nent physical and psycho
logical disabilities, with
drug dependencies, other-
than-honorable discharges,
conflicts of conscience, and
with other disabilities.
Others returned with a new
sense of maturity, personal
insight, and clarity of life’s
goals and purposes.
One of the chief concerns
of the Nation today is the
large number of Veterans
who are not taking
advantage of their educa
tional opportunities. Less
than forty percent (40%) or
60,000 of North Carolina’s
Veterans are taking advan
tage of the Veteran
Education Program. Ano
ther startling fact is that
less than fifty percent
(50%) of North Carolina’s
Veterans who have not
completed their high school
education are taking advan
tage of the educational
benefits available to them
Continued on Page 8
SUPPORT THE ADVERTISING MERCHANTS OF THIS, YOUR NEWSPAPER!