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Funeral Services Held For
Mrs . Evelyn A ? Mainier
Funeral services were con- 1
ducted for Mrs. Evelyn Alleene j
Mainer at United Institutional ]
Baptist Church, Greensboro, N. j
C., Thursday, August 17, 1967 1
at 4:00 p. m. The Reverend Dr. j
Charles W. Anderson, Pastor, j
officiated. Burial was in Maple
wood Cemetery.
Mrs. Evelyn Alleene Mainer,
daughter of the late Mr. Thomas
R. Dillard and Mrs. Ida Dillard,
was born in Greensboro, N. C.,
December 18, 1922, and departed
this life Sunday, August 13,
1967. She was married to the
late Mr. Walter Clarence Main
er.
She attended the Washington
Street Elementary School, James
B. Dudley High School and Ben
nett College. She was a member
of the United Institutional Bap
tist Church. She was employed
by the Agricultural and Techni
cal State University.
She is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Ida Dillard of the
home; two daughters, Mrs. Ca- i
mille Miller and Miss Hilda !
Mainer; one sister, Mrs. Jean- 1
MRS. EVELYN ALLEENE
MAINER
nette Harrison; one grandson,
Master Gerald Wayne Miller,
Jr.; one aunt, Mrs. Cora Ranger,
Washington, D. C.; one uncle,
Mr. Richard Robinson, and a
host of relatives and friends.
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Negro Democrats In Mississippi Win
Historic Election Victories
Washington, D. C. (Special) ?
Negro Democrats voting heavily
in the Mississippi Democratic
primary election Tuesday racked
up historic victories as 16 o f
their . candidates won public of
fices never held before by Ne
groes in this century. Several
close contests put other Negro
candidates in a position to win
in run-off elections.
The winners in the primary
who will take office are:
Claiborne County
Supervisor: William Matt Ross
Constable: Leander Monroe
Justice of the Peace: Alexan
der Collins
Chancery Clerk: Mrs. Geneva
Collins
Coahoma County
Justice of the Peace: Rev. Dan
Ferguson
Jefferson County
Justice of the Peace: Mrs.
Martha Lee
Justice of the Peace: Willie
Thompson
Constable: Earlie Lott, Sr.
Supervisor: Sylvester Gaines
Marshall County
Coroner: Osborne Bell
Constable: McEwen Walker
Justice of the Peace: James
M alone
Justice of the Peace: Robert
Jones
Adams County
Justice of the Peace: Rev. W.
S. Scott
Constable: Sandy Nealey
Wilkinson County
Supervisor: James Jolliff, Jr.
Among Negro Democratic can
didates seeking victories in run
off elections are:
Claiborne County
Sheriff: Calvin Williams
Coahoma County
Supervisor: R. L. Drew
Justice of the Peace: J. W.
Wright
Copiah County
Supervisor: John L. Chase, Sr.
Jefferson County
Sheriff: Will T. Turner
Supervisor: Claudie Bailey
Wilkinson County
Sheriff: Mon C. Allen
Supt. of Education: Anselm J.
Finch
Supervisor: Tom Griffin
Madison County
Sheriff: Arthur Robinson
Supervisor: Robert Chimuk,
Jr.
Constable: Frank Williams
Supervisor: W. E. Garrett
Circuit Clerk: Fred Singleton
Marshall County
Sheriff: Alfred Robinson
Jefferson-Davis County
Constable: David Hall
Justice of the Peace: Victor
Mall
The passage of the Voting
Rights Act in 1965 by the Dem
ocratic Administration under the
leadership of President Johnson
opened the door for Negroes to
register and vote freely in Mis
sissippi. When President John
son signed the act only 28,000
Negroes were registered. On
Tuesday, it is estimated that
over 200,000 Neeroes in Missis
sippi were registered and most
of them went to the polls.
Rev. Cecil Bishop
To Head Rights Unit
The Rev. Cecil Bishop, pastor
of Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church,
was elected chairman of the
Greensboro Human Relations
Commission Tuesday.
Bishop, a member of the com
mission for one year, was
elected unanimously at a spe
cial organizational meeting at
the public library Tuesday after
noon. He succeeds Joseph L.
Berry, whose term on the com
mission expired Tuesday.
Bishop is also chairman of the
commission's recently appointed
committee seeking to relieve
tension which might lead tc
civil disorder in Greensboro. He
expressed his reluctance to ac
cept the chairmanship because
of his work with the committee.
In accepting the position,
Bishop noted that "there will be
many problems of complexity
to deal with in the days ahead."
He pledged his best efforts to
? solve those problems.
Elected vice chairman was
Mike Fleming.
The commission also wel
comed three new members: at
torney Henry Isaacson, insur
anceman Herbert Reese, and in
vestment consultant Joseph
Wernick. They fill vacancies left
by Berry, Mrs. Ruth Spruill, and
Jim Culberson, Jr.
The board voted to continue
the work of the special commit
tee headed by Bishop and in
structed the committee to pre
pare a suggestion as to whether
it should be made permanent.
The next session of the com
mission was set for Sept. 6 at 2
p. m. in the City Council cham
ber of the Municipal Building.
N. C. ATI) & N. C. SU To
Conduct Research On
High Unemployment
By Gloria Jones
Raleigh ? N. C. Agricultural
and Technical University at
Greensboro and N. C. State Uni
versity at Raleigh will conduct
a joint research program on high
unemployment among Negro
teenagers under a U.S. Depart
ment of Labor grant.
The study will be based on
1966 high school graduates and
dropouts in rural counties. Ap
proximately 256 youths will be
interviewed during the study.
Dr. Charles H. Rogers of the
Center for Occupational Educa
tion at N. C. State University is
the principal investigator under
the $35,000 Department of Labor
grant. The study is being co
sponsored by the Center for Oc
cupational Education.
Dr. Rudolph Artis of the so
ciology department at A&T Uni
versity will head up the work
from the Greensboro campus on
the project.
Other investigators will In
clude B. W. Harris of the Ex
tension Service at A&T, and Dr.
Christopher Green and Dr.
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G rutin Named Chairn an
Of 1967 Christmas
Sea! Campaign
Dan T. Griffin has been named
1967 Chairman of the Christmas
Seal Campaign, according to an
announcement by Thomas Mc
Knight. President of the Greens
boro Tuberculosis Association.
Mr. Griffin is Assistant Gen
eral Manager of WBIG Radio
and began his career with WG
TM in Wilson, N. C. and became
associated with WBIG Radio in
Greensboro in 1952. He was
named assistant general mana
ger of WBIG in 1956.
He is a former Jaycee; has
served on the boards of the
Greensboro Red Cross and the
Greensboro Tuberculosis Asso
ciation. He was chairman of the
first Forums Committee of the
Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce.
At present he is serving as
Chief of Emergency Information
for the Greensboro - Guilford
County Civil Defense. He is
vice-chairman of the Public Re
lations Division of the Greens
boro Chamber of Commerce,
and chairman of its Membership
Relations Committee.
The Griffins have two chil
dren and reside at 2309 Chero
kee Drive and are members of
the First Baptist Church.
"This is one of the most im
portant jobs I have ever had,"
says Mr. Griffin. "Christmas
Seals are a tradition with all of
us. but few people realize how
much pood is accomplished with
them. The money is spent here
for a sound program of Patient
Service". Education, Rehabilita
tion, Case Finding and Medical
Research."
Plans for conducting the cam
paign will be made in the next
few weeks and announced at the
September Board of Directors
meeting.
Continued surgical education
is an objective of the American
College of Surgeons. The Col
lege's annual Clinical Congress
in Chicago this year, Oct. 2-6,
will feature postgraduate cours
es, panel discussions, lectures by
distinguished scientists, research
reports, scientific exhibits, tele
casts of surgery, and medical
films.
Record Number Attends
Fappas 54th Grand
Concave in St. louis
Sc. Louis, Mo. ? Kappa Alpha
Fsi fraternity held its largest
Grand Conclave in history Aug
ust 9-12 in St. Louis as 1,026
men registered for the 54th
Gran ' Chapter meeting of the
fraternity at the Sheraton-Jef
l'erson Hotel.
Highlights of the business ac
tivities were:
? New officers were elected.
? Outstanding speakers dis
cussed the effect of black powei
on the fraternity and on Amer
ica. Speakers included Dr. Viv
ian Henderson, president of
Clark College in Atlanta, Ga.
and an outstanding economist;
Atty. Thomas Bradley, retiring
grand polemarch of the frater
; nity and a city councilman of
Los Angeles, Calif.; Raymond
Howard, a St. Louis lawyer and
a state representative of the
1 Missouri State Legislature, and
C. Felton (Zip) Gayles, former
coaching great of Langston Uni
versity now living in Muskeo
gec\ Okla.
? Delegates selected cities for
the next three conventions, Bal
timore, Md. in 1968, Charlotte,
N. C. in 1970 and Houston, Tex.
in 1971.
? Delegates voted to center
the fraternity's program around
the college undergraduate.
Ernest H. Davenport, a certi
fier1. public accountant of De
troit. Mich., was elected to suc
ceed Bradley as grand polem
arch. Bradley stepped down aft
er three years in office. Daven
port moved up from the office
of grand keeper of records and
exchequer. Others elected were:
William Thomas Carter of
Petersburg, Va., senior grand
vice polemarch; Charles Ross
Woodson III of Gamma Omicron
chapter of Chevney State Col
lege in Pennsylvania, junior
grand vice polemarch; Hillary
H. Holloway of Philadelphia,
Pa., grand keeper of records and
exchequer; Michael C. Blum of
Omicron chapter of St. John
University in New York City,
grand strategus; Henry E. Chis
holm of Upsilon chapter of Los
Angeles State College, grand
lieutenant strategus, and Wil
liam L. Crump of Wilberforce,
Ohio, grand historian.
Elected to the Grand Board of
Directors: Elbert E. Allen of
Shreveport, La., thre e-y ear
term; Charles T. Gooden of St.
Louis, one-year term, and Ezra
D. Alexander of Indianapolis,
Ind., non-voting member from
state of Indiana.
Guy L. Grant, a founder of
the fraternity from Indianapolis,
was named historian emeritus.
A project which he helped start,
the writing of the history of
Kappa Alpha Psi, was com
pleted this year with the publi
cation of the history and the sale
of the books at the grand con
clave.
David J. Billings III of New
York City was reelected chair
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