VOL; 23; NO. 42
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1964
PRICE 5 CENTS
BENNETT COLLEGE ADDS ELEVEN
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS THIS YEAR
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Announcement of the addition
of 11 persons to the faculty and
staff of Bennett College were
announced this week by Presi
dent Wllla B. Player.
Traveling the greatest distance
will be Dr. Frank H. Hand,
who will be coming from the
University of New England in
Australia, where he served as
head of the English department.
Coming as exchange professor
from India will be Dr. Anna
Chandapillai, from Isabella Tho
bura College, at Lucknow. She
is no stranger to this country,
however, having earned her
Ph.D degree in mathematics at
the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Hand, a native of Lon
don, holds the M.A. degree from
McGill University of Canada,
and earned his doctorate at the
University of Paris. He has con
tributed widely to professional
journals.
Miss Marilyn Fardig, of Har
brr^ ' m. presently working to
wuiu ir - ,toJ. . .
history at Urrton 'ineoi
Seminary in New York / City,
will be the college's second
Wood row Wilson ? Intern. She
holds degrees from Oberlin Col
lege and Columbia University.
Mrs. Sudie D. Sides, of Fair
born, Ohio, has been named to
the history faculty. A graduate
of Woman's College in Greens
boro, she received her MA. do
gree from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hlli,
where she has also completed
all course work for her doctorate
In history.
Also from Chape Hill comes
Marvin C. Mood, of Vineland, j
N. J., who received his M.A.
.degree there after graduation
i from Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at Blacksburg, Va. He
will teach political science.
Joining the English faculty
will be Mrs. Virginia A. Tucker,
of Greensboro, formerly of San
Antonio, Texas, who received
her M_A. degree from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro, following gradua
tion from Southwest Texas
State College, and Miss Mildred
Jackson, of Spearsville, La., a
graduate of WUey College.
Returning In the areas of hu
manities and speech will be
Fred A. Eady, a graduate of
I Howard University who receiv
ed his "M.A. degree from New
York University. Mrs. Necla
| Boyers, of Greensboro, a grad
uate of Central State College
l-?t' WiTberforce, Ohio, will be
Rimming instr?' tor and direct
health and pi?yslcal education
building which will be dedicat
ed in October.
The "Rev. A. Knighton Stan
ley, of Greensboro, a graduate
of Talladega College"' and of the
Yale University Divinity School,
joins the religion and philoso
phy faculty. Mrs. Libble Lof
ton, of Greensboro, a Bennett
graduate, will be in charge of
the materials of learning labora
tory for -teacher education.
Tar Heel Youth Wins Scholarship
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Arrustns Robert Chavls, Jr.
A 17-year-old North. Carolina
youth has won a specall $500
regional scholarship for Negro
4-H Club members.
He Is Argustus Robert Chavls
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. 'R.
Chavls of Wlnton. .
Young. Chavls was selected
for the acholnrshlp In competl-"
tlon . with 20 other cutatendltlg
4-ITen Iran 11 southern ^stat**,
according .to Dr. T. . C. BlnlocJc,
state 4-H Club leader. . r.
A veterans of seven years In
club work, Chavis has carried
a total of 34 projects in pea
nuts, corn, soybeans, hogs, to
bacco, cotton and gardening.
These projects have resulted in
products With a gross value of
$40,113.
* In fact, Chavis has assumed
full responsibility for running
a GS-acre farm since both par
ents work away from home.
Profits from the farm have been
applied toward home improve
ments and as savings for* a col
lege education.
Chavis has been a county
medal winner in field crops,
tractor safety and soil and water
management projects. He placed
first in the district 4-H tobacco
demonstration on two occasions,
and has placed second and third
in* the' state contest. ? -
,ln ? 1962,,- -he was awarded a
scholarship to attend the New
Farmers of , America Convention
In Atlanta,- Ga.
?ln addition to his 4-H Club
.work, young Chavis is assistant
superintendent of his Sunday
<sdbool ~?and a Sunday school
teacher. He ranked fifth out of
ftfclaaf of; 129 in his graduating
cTita at the Calvin Scott Brown
'High -SchooL ?
Makes Trip to Washington
Spartanburg District Agents at Arlington Cemetery arc
shown with guard as they prepare to place a wreath on the grave
of the late President Kennedy. They are Grady Cooley, . {left)
and G. E. Ligon.
The Spartanburg District of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company under the
managership of J. E. Williams
reached its goal In a sales cam
paign conducted during the first
half of the year, and as a re
sult, the entire district motored
to Washington by chartered bus.
Highlights of the trip were a
tour of Arlington Cemetery,
where they placed a wreath on
the grave of the late President
Kennedy; sight-seeing in the
City of "Washington, and special
entertainment by the Washing
ton District E. R. Williams is
Washington's District Manager.
Associate Agency Director I 1
B. Fraiser was the featured
speaker at a luncheon held prior
to the pilgrimage to the Ceme- 1
tery. Following the tour, the '
Washington Agency held a'din-l
ner dance for the Spartanburg)
District in the Agency Room of.
the District Office. I
JOHN E. BTTtD, JR.
John E. Byrd Jr. 1404 Cun- 1
ningham St., died August 13, j
1964 at Camp Butner, N. C.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Community Funeral Service
in charge of all arrangements.
200,000 Deaths from Strokes |
The third leading cause of
death in the U. S., strokes take
almost 200 thousand lives each
year, outranked only by heart
attacks (500- thou sand deaths an- j
nually) and cancer (273-thou
sand), according to the Greens- !
boro Heart Association.
When the District visited Ar
lington Cemetery, they were
provided with a special escort
The . return trip to Spartan
burg was routed through Dur
( ham where the members of the
i District stopped to inspect the
progress of the new Home Qf
I flee building. I
DEATHS -
WILL PRICE
Funeral service will be held
! Friday, 4:00 p.m. in Smith's
I Funeral Chapel for Mr. Will
I Price, of 507 Martin 9t, who
died nt home Sunday morning
after a brief Illness. Rev. Marion
1 B. Jones will officiated and
burial will be in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Rosa Price, one daughter, .Mrs.
Willie P. King, two sisters and (
four brothers. The body will re- j
main at Smith's Funeral Home;
until the hour of service.
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements. j
NATHANIEL HOSKIN8
Graveside rites will be con,
ducted Saturday, 4:00 p.m. in ,
the Hosklns Family Cemetery .j
for Mr. Nathaniel Hosklns, age -
54 of 715% Gibson St., who died <
Saturday at Cherry Hospital i
after a short illness.
Mr. Hosklns is survived by ,
one sister Mrs. N. H. Coleman. (
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Samuel S. Thomas,
A&T Grad Receives
Degree From Atlanta
Samuel S. Thomas, former
Greensboro merchant and bail
bondsman, has received his third
college degree at the Atlanta
University Summer Convoca
tion. Mr. Thomas received a
Master's Degree in. Guidance
and Counseling. He received a
B.S. from A&T College in 1944.
He received a Masters from
A&T. in 1958..
Mr. Thomas is presently Di
rector of Guidance of Negro
Schools in Swansboro, Georgia,
Emanuel County. , . '
Active In Community
The Negro community of
Swansboro has been improved
by the many activities of Mr.
Thomas. As executive . secretary
of the Georgia Industrial De
velopment and Improvement As
sociation, Mr. Thomas has led
the establishment of a library,
a nursery and a boys' club if or
Negroes. A shirt plant employ
ing Negro women was also
established. ? * '?
\ Future Studies
Ttfrr Thomas is studying for
d egree^ .thi'ough^ a corre
' SAMUEL . 8. THOMAS
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spondence course offered by .La
Salle University. He will' take
the Georgia Bar Examination
next spring. ? ? . ? ? *
! He ,1s visiting his wife and
children who reside at 316 Re
gan St ...
Opening Dates for A&T
Set September 10-11
Dates for the opening of the
fall term of the 73rd year at
A&T College were ' announced
this week by Or/ Lewis C.
Dowdy, president
A pre-session Faculty Insti
tue, set for Thursday and Fri
day, September 10-11, will set
In motion a series of events
which will lead to the opening
?f classes on Monday, Septem
ber 21.
All freshman and new stu
dents, including those from the
Greensboro area, are to report
to the campus on Sunday, Sep
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