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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.
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"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
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