GREENSBORO PUiiLIC LIBRARY 1 Etiivt Outlook G'triro Graene St. CAt\r 2r"AC2 The Times ? Read The Future Outlook! VOL. 26, NO. 46 ui^i.iiocujku, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 PRICE 10 CENTS '68 United Fund Campaip Seeks $1,240,545 The 1968 United Fund Cam paign for the Greater Greens boro Area will seek $1,240,545 this fall for the support of United Fund member agencies next year. The record goal, announced by United Fund President N. P. Hayes and Campaign General Chairman Jim Melvin, repre sents an increase of $77,443 ? or 6.0 per cent ? over last year's goal. Final Rites Held For Mrs. Hattie Finney Mrs. Hattie Wright Finney Mrs. Hattie Wright Finney, 55, of 422 North Dudley Street died Saturday, September 2, 1967 at 3:00 p. m. at the An thony Rest Home on Plsgah Church Road after an extended i illness both at her home and at the L. Richardson Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Finney was born in Guil ford County, Greensboro, on March 25, 1912. Since her youth, she was a member of the United Institutional Baptist Church where she served most often as a Bible School teacher. She was a retired school teacher, having taught science at the high school In Liberty, North Carolina where she taught during most of her teaching career until her illness about 1955. She was active in her school community as a Girl Scout leader as well as admired and respected by the community for her tireless efforts to upbuild the youth of the community. She was a graduate of the Agricultural and Technical Col- i lege from which she received the B.S. degree in chemistry. , She was a devoted niece of Mrs. | Nannie Minor, also of the United Institutional Baptist Church with whom she made her home. The funeral was held Monday, September 4, 1967, In the chapel of Brown's Funeral Home with Rev. J. W. Tynes officiating. Her survivors Include Mr*. Golden Graves, mother, of Greensboro; and Mrs. Nannie Minor, aunt of the Montgomery Rest Home of Blscal, North Carolina. Hayes and Melvin said the in crease is necessary to take care of the normal growth in the programs provided by the United Fund member agencies. "The Greater Greensboro Area has seen tremendous growth during the past year, and as a result agencies must expand their programs to take care ol additional needs brought on by this growth," they said. Also, the recommended alloca tion to the American Red Cross was increased over this year due to increased national commit ments of the Red Cross for mili tary personnel in Vietnam and in the area of disaster services. The agencies to be included in the campaign are the same 35 agencies the United Fund is supporting this year. Also in cluded is Greensboro's share of a special one-year grant to the National Council on the Aging from United Funds in North Carolina. The goal, set by the United Fund Board of Directors, is based on recommended alloca tions submitted by the United Fund Budget Committee follow ing careful review of agency re quests for 1968, Hayes and Mel vin said. Agency requests for 1968 to taled $1,218,886. These were re duced by the budget committee to $1,178,518. A contingency pro vision of $62,027 to cover losses due to deaths, transfers and un collectibles makes the total goal. The goal represents an in crease of 73,571 above support provided United Fund agencies - during 1967. The official dates for the campaign are October 2-17, but many campaign units will start soliciting prior to Oct. 2. The Torchlighters, firms which hold advance campaigns, started their campaigns on Sept. 5 and are scheduled to be completed by Sept. 15. Campaign report meet ings are scheduled for Oct. 10 and 17. Last year's campaign goal was $1,163,102, and it was over scribed by S68. In 1965 the goal was $954,414, and the amount raised was $1,007,000. During 1964, $970,000 was raised toward a goal of $956,125. The recommended allocations for 1968 are: American National Red Cross, Greensboro Chapter, $173,058; Boy Scouts of America, General Greene Council, $?2,638; Chil dren's Home Society of North Carolina, $40,809: Community Health Services, $42,794. Family Service-Travelers Aid Association. $67,335; Girl Scouts. N. C. Piedmont Council, $48,480; Greensboro Association for Re tarded Children, $10,250; Greensboro Cerebral Palsy School. *89.702. Greensboro Community Cen ter, 18 460- Greensboro Commu nity Council, $33,976; Greens boro Nursing Council. WO. 129; Guilford County Mental Health ! Society, Greensboro Chapter, $5,157. Greensboro Legal Aid Foun dation, $15,555; Salvation Armyi (ConHniierf on Pair p Wesleyan Service Guild of Tioga 'NASSAU, Bahamas ? Mem bers of the Tloca Wesleyan Ser vice Guild of Tior* Methodist Church and the Twl* Mothers Clnb are pictured on the steps of the popular Montaru Beach Hotel In Nassau. They were on a visit to the Bahamian capital, arranged by Henderson Travel Agency. Representing Hender son In the Tonr Leader, Mrs. M. B. Richardson (second from left, front row) of 1517 West Pike, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Among those pictured were representatives from 8alnt Lou is, Missouri; Greensboro, North Carolina; New York City, New York; Camden and Willingboro, New Jersey. During their stay tn the sunny tropics, they enjoyed sunbathing, swimming, shopping and sightseeing. ? (Bahamas News Bureau pho tograph by Lorenzo Lockhart.) UNC School of Social Work Names Riddick Instructor Chapel Hill ? The University o? North Carolina School of So cial Work has received a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity in the amount of $15,317 for a field instruction unit in community action ac cording to Dr. C. Wilson Ander son, Dean of the School. Dean Anderson listed two ma jor purposes of the project: to ! increase the knowledge and skill of existing community action personnel through collaboration with the UNC School of Social Work and to provide a commu nity action field training unit in connection with graduate pro fessional education in commu nity development and commu nity problem-solving to train personnel for community action agencies. W. L. "BUI" Rtddlck, XI, a native of Hertford County, has been named field Instructor for the school's unit in commuunity action. Prior to this, RiddKek was deputy director of Coastal Progress, Inc., an anti-poverty agency with offices in New Bern. He received the B.S. degree in agricultural engineering from A&T State University in 1961. In 1966 Riddick received a mas ter's degree from N. C. State University in adult education, i His work experiences include W. L. "BUI" Biddick, II 3% years with the Agricultural Extension Service as an assistant agricultural agent in i; Person County and field counselor lor Neighborhood Youth Corps in Asheville for a period of about 9 months. Five second - year students now working toward masters degrees in social work with ma jors in community organization will be placed in community ac tion agencies across the state during the first year of this proj ect. The major objective of this field work is to give practical experience to students in com munity organization along with the theory being presented in the classroom. Student placements are: John Freas, Orange-Chatham commu nity action ? Carrboro; Gerald Allen, State Planning Task Force ? Raleigh; C. O. William son. Experiment in Self-Reliance ? Winston-Salem; Carolyn Car ruth, Charlotte Area Fund ? Charlotte; Tonio Lasater, Gull ford Community Action ? ? Greensboro. Prof. Morris Cohen, project director and chairman of the Community Organization Seq uence in the School of Social Work, and Riddick will provide consultation with the commu nity action agencies and be re sponsible for the student's learn ing experience. Willow Road Community Missionary Circle The Willow Road Community Circle will hold its regular meeting Sunday, September 10, in the home of Mrs. Rosella Headen, at 920 Cottage Grove Ave., at 3:00 p. m. Mrs. Katie McGibbony President Mrs. Rachel Turner Reporter.

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