?? The future Qutiook* Keep Up With The Times ? Read The Future Outlook! VOL. 24, NO. 19 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1965 PRICE 5 CENTS BETHEL AME CHURCH NEWS Men's Day Bethel Church will observe Men's day Sunday, March 28. The speaker for the morn ing worship service will be Dr. P. R. Cousin, President of Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C. Music will be furnished by the Men's choir of Bethel. An interesting program is being planned for the evening ser vice to be held at Browning Chapel Methodist Church at 700 p.m. Officers and Chair men for Men's Day have been named as follows: Over-all Chairman ? Artis Boddie; Co-Chairman, Ber nard Mitchell; Secretary ? P. P. ? T h o m p s o n : Fi Robinson, Chairman; J. H. Holt, Warren Dorsett, Martin V. Cooke. Monroe Snipes, and J. D. Henry. Program Committee ? B. VV. Harris, Chairman; R L. Summers, and Monroe Snipes. Publicity Chairman ? Charles O. Gill. Organization Com mittee ? Arthur Allen, Chair man, Rev. L. S. Penn. Music Committee ? K. W. Verble, Chairman. Ushers Committee ? Tames Fuller, Chairman. Each member is asked to , contribute the sum of $10.00. District Conference y._, The"' Greensboro District Conference will convene at Bethel A. M. E. Church at Reidsville, N. C., Thursday and Friday, March 4 and 5 The Choirs of Bethel of Greensboro will render music for the Thursday evening ser vice. Laymen's Day Laymen's Day will be ob served Sunday, March 14. dur ing the morning worship ser vice. Prayer Meetings Union Prayer Meetings are being conducted each Wed nesday evening at Shiloh Baptist Church on South Ashe Street, involving mem bers of Trinity, Shiloh, New Zion and Bethel Churches. A blessing is in store for all who attend. An invitation is ex tended to all. Thank You The Chairman and mem bers of the Winnie Lewis Missionary Circle of Bethel are grateful to the many friends who contributed to make their 10-Friend Rally held February 25, a grand success. An interesting And timely program was presented by Mrs. Ethvel Anderson our Missionary Society President at Bethel. The program was held at Ray Warren Recrea tion Center on East Lee St. A Luncheon The Pastor's Aid Club of Bethel will be entertained at a Luncheon Sundav. March 14, at 1:00 p.m. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. |ames Slap py, 412 Bovd Street. Anniversary The Gospel Choir of Beth el will observe their anniver sary Sunday March 14, 3:00 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church on South Ashe Street. Quarterly Conference The Second Quarterly Con ference will be held Monday. March 15, 8:00 p.m. Dr. G. S. Gant, Presiding Elder of the Greensboro District will pre side. All Boards, Departments and auxiliaries of Bethel are urged to submit reports to the pastor by .Tuesday, March 9. Please cooperate. Circle Meeting Mrs. Florence Kesler, 824 Logan Street will be the hos tess for the Winnie Lewis Missionary Circle Thursday, March 11, at 8:00 p.m. All1 members are requested to be present and on time. Bake Sale The Winnie Lewis Mis sionary Circle will sponsor a "bake sale" Sunday, March 7, and Sunday, March 14 follow ing the morning worship ser vice. Cakes, pies, cookies, nip cakes and brownies will be offered. Condolence Members and friends of Bethel were saddened to learn of the passing of Mrs. Earl Fields in Raleigh, N. C., sister of Mrs. Ida Belle Wil kins and Artis Boddie. May her family derive Some mea sure of comfort in the know ledge that we share their grief with them. Catherine F. Gill Church Reporter. Aggies Nix Post Season Basketball Tournament Bid The AAT College Aggies will not participate thij year in any post season basketball tourna ments. That was the decision announc ed late Tuesday by Dr. William M. Bell, AAT athletic director. He stated that the Aggies had been invited by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to compete in a regional playoff game, or games, with high ranking mem ber institutions in the Associa tion's District 29, but declined the bid. "Our team 1s Just tired after a rugged season", Bell said, '"and \ wishes to get back to the bookc.** Winter quarter examinations at! the college coincided with the | suggested playoff date. The Aggies won the CIAA Vis itation title with a 15-3, con ference record, (18-5) overall; reached the finals in the con ference tournament held last week in Greensboro, before los ing to Norfolk State College, completing the season with 20-6 mark. | -mahi AotAe. TO OBEY YOUR. TRAFFIC LAW*. "Bye Bye Birdie" To Involve Several Depts. At A.&T. College A musical comedy, "Bye Bye Birdie," to be produced at A&T College soon will involve "cross the board" participation by sev eral departments at the college. The play, written by Mike Steward, with music by Charles Strouse and the lyrics by Lee Adams, is to be staged by the A&T Richard B. Harrison Play ers. The showing date, Monday evening, March 29, is a feature of a series of programs schedul ed as a part of a week of festiv ities to be conducted in connec tion with the inauguration of Dr Lewis C. Dowdy, as sixth presi dent of the college. Dr. J. Marshall Stevenson, as sociate professor of English and director of the Harrison Players, told reporters last week that be sides a cast of forty-persons, the sources of the A&T Colleges Symphony Band, directed by Walter F. Carlson, Jr.; voices from the A&T College Choir, di rected by Howard T. Pearsall; costuming, supervised by Mrs. Anne Davis of the Department1 of Home Economics; scenic de signing by the A&T College De partment of Art, Leroy F. Holmes, chairman, and choreo graphy by Mrs. Eleanor Gwynnj of the Department of Physical Education. ) NAACP Launches Membership Drive The Greensboro Branch of the National Association For The Advancement of Colored People held its membrship Campaign meeting Sunday, February 28, at the United Institutional Baptist Church. B. J. Battle presided over the program with the Invocation by Reverend Otis L. Haris ton. A Special Appeal was made by Ezell Blair, Sr., Vice President of the group. Dr. George C. Simpkins, President, introduced the speaker, Mr. Robert J. Brown B. and C. Associates, Presi dent, of High Point, N. C. The membership Cam paign was conducted by Jo seph W. Mitchell, Chairman. The Captains received their Working Kits. Music was furnished by the Senior Cho ir of the church under the direction of S. Edward Graves. Meeting Planned The Program Committee of the Rowan Baptist Sunday School Convention will meet Saturday, March 6, at 11.00 a.m. at St. Stephens Baptist Church, Bowen Blvd. Wins ton-Salem, N. C. with Rcv ernd J. R. Samuel as pastor. Members from Greensboro attending are Mrs. J- T. Hariston, Mr. W. N. Nelson and Mr. Jos. I. Barber. TT?F FT7TTTRF OrTI.OOK A&T Gets $45,000 Grant for Operation Of Institute for Elementary Teachers A&T College has been award- 1 ed a grant of $45,000 by tho U.S. Department of Health, Educa tion, and Welfare for the opera tion this year of a Summer In-, stitute for Elementary Teachers ! of Disadvantaged Youth. Receipt of the grant was an- 1 nounced this week by Dr. Lewis | C. Dowdy, president of tho col-| lege. He said Dr. Leonard H. Robinson, dean of the School of Education and General Studies, had been appointed as director! of the Institute and that Donald P. Addison, assistant professor of sociology and social psychol- , ogy, will serve as associate di rector. Dr. Robinson said that, among others, the Institute has for its production will include the re objective to: acquaint teachers with current testing and other tools available now in assessing pupils in terms of ability and personality; to provide teachers with opportunity to learn more about the values, attitudes and .behavior of parents of disad vantaged youth, and to acquaint teachers with current develop ments and techniques in social psychology and group dynamics that have proven effective In helping culturally deprived yruth to reach higher levels of de velopment, and in developing higher levels of cooperation among the -parents of disad vantaged youth. The Institute will be conduct ed for eight weeks, beginning on June 14, and extending through August 6. The enrollment will be re stricted to 30 teachers from the elementary level. Participants will receive stipends of $75 per week, plus allowances for de pendents at $15 per week and waiver of tuition fees. Participants may procure grad uate credit for the courscs upon prior arrangement with the A&T College Graduate School. Applications should be filed on special formii available by writ ing or calling Dr. L. H. Roblu son, Institute director. - Sixty Bennett College Students Told To Search For New Truths Sixty Bennett^College sttttfef ents, cited for academic achievement, were told to "search for new truths to put new meanings into your lives" at the third annual spring honors convocation Friday. Speaker was Miss Margaret Hickey, of St. Louis, Mb., businesswoman and public affairs editor of the Ladies Home Journal. Citing the hunger around the world, "not only for food but for knowledge," Miss Hickey challenged the honor ees to give of themselves in helping the world to solve its problems. "No woman knows her own destiny," she declared. "So much of womans' life is con cerned with caring for and caring about the lives of oth ers. Your patterns of leader ship, however, should not be to imitate men, but to be yourselves." r ' She 1 1 ged the students to keep abreast of the changing times, adding "my wish for you is that the day may come when you will help the rest of us to live in a warm and com passionate world." President Willa B. Player, who presided, presented cer tificates to SO freshmen, 17 sophomores, five juniors and eight seniors. Freshmen were required to have maintained an average of 2.0 for one se mester; sophomores an aver age of 2.2 or better for three semesters; juniors, 2.3 or better for five semesters and seniors, 2.4 or better for sev en semesters. ton, Texas; Li'ricti ^umhafffc^ Brooklyn, N. Y.; Bertha Bur- ? ris, High Point', N. C.; Aretha Butler, Eastover, S. C; Rossie Caldwell, Orangeburg, S. C.; Tonye Cathcart, Hilhboro, N. C; Glenna Chavies, Montclair, N. J.; Josephine Dula, Lenoir, N. C. Cynthia Frierson, Florence, S. G; Svonne Ganies, Norfolk, Va.; Edrice Glass, Atlanta, Ga.; 'Janet Harrell, Franklin, Va.; Forestine Herbin, Greensbo ro; Rena Holloway, Lincoln ton, N. C.; Elieen Holmes, New Haven Conn.: Barbara Jackson, Richmond, Va.; Che rie Jones, Danville, Va.; Cyn thia Kirk, Goldsboro, N. C; Carolyn Lowery, Clover, S. C; Paula Martin, Danville, Va.; Johnnie Montgomery, Greensboro; Marilyn Pannell, Roanoke, Va.; Gloria Parker, Sanford, N. C.; Lillian Pin der, Titusville, Fla.; Lorraine Polk, Newark. N. J.; Ethel Saunders, Washington, D. C; Marshalyn Ycargin, Green ville, S. C. Sophomores Kate Aseme, Nigeria; Glo ria Benson, Columbia, S. C.; N. C.; Patricia Faison, Nlew Bern, N. C.: Wilma Griffin, Columbus, Ga.; Theresa Hall, Washnigton, D. C.; Mary Jacobs, Mebane, N. C.; Barbara Lake. Graham. N. C.; Sharyn Marshall, At lantic City, N. J.; Rowena Mc I Daniel, Lynchburg. Va.; Pra (Contlnued on Page 8)

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