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GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, 6 ' 6, 1967
PRICE 10 CENTS
A&T Alumni Accept $75,000 Goal
In Annual Fund-Raising Campaign
A goal of $75,000 has been
accepted by representatives of
the 48 chapters of the A&T
State University Alumni Asso
ciation.
The money is to be raised in
the alumni association's annual
campaign which opens this week
and extends through next March
SI.
More than one hundred vol
unteer workers partcipated in a
three-day Alumni Workshop in
the University's Memorial Un
ion last weekend. These per
sons heard a plea for support by
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, president
of A&T.
Dr. Dowdy urged alumni sup
port in a campaign to give
$335,000 during the next five
years. This is approximately
one-third of the million-dollar
goal set by the University.
Participants in the Workshop
responded to Dr. Dowdy's plea
by turning in personal pledges
of more than $8,000 towards the
1968 effort.
The group, which included
national officers and the presi
dent and fund-raising chairman
from each of the alumni chap
ters, heard plans for the 1988
Annual Alumni Giving Pro
gram.
The Workshop, which had for
its purposes to: provide volun
teer workers with proper tech
niques and procedures in fund
raising; establish goals for
achievement which would con
tribute to success in 1968 Alum
ni Giving, and to develop uni
formity in methods, schedule
and reporting, drew participants
from every section of the nation.
The three-day event, held on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
September 29 and 30 and Octo
ber 1, featured as chief clini
cians: W. Tom Bost, Jr., director
of Alumni Annual Giving, Uni
versity of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. C.; and Robert
J. Sailstad, director of public
relations and development, Da
vidson College, Davidson, N. C.
Other participants included:
James T. Speight, Washington,
D. C.; Sampson Buie, M. B.
Graeber, and Henry Frye, all ol
Greensboro; and David W
Morehead, Greensboro, chair
man of the 1968 Alumni Giving
Program; and Eugene H. Pres
ton, Washington, D. C., vice
chairman.
Also appearing on the pro
gram were Dr. F. A. Williams
and Ellis F. Corbett, director
and associate director, respec
tively of the A&T Office ol
Planning and Development.
NCC Nursing Students
Get 1.15,000 In Aid
DURHAM, N. C. ? Financial
assistance to ten students of
North Carolina College's De
partment of Nursing totals $15,
000 this year.
Five of the students receive
traineeship grants from the
Public Health Traineeship Pro
gram of the U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
They are Mrs. Levia Walton,
Greensboro; Miss Cora Jones,
Kinston; Miss Constance Jones
and Miss Gladys Latimer, Jack
sonville, Florida; and Miss Jac
quelne Lewis, Pensacola, Flor
ida.
Receiving grants under the
North Carolina Medical Care
Commission Professional Edu
cation Program are Mrs. Lucy
Glymph, Charlotte; Miss Jeanne
Woodard, Durham; and Miss
Margaret Jefferson, Greensboro.
Mrs. Catherine Garner, Gar
ner, receives scholarship funds
from the American Legion Edu
cation and Scholarship Program,
and from the North Carolina
League for Nursing.
Chi Eta Sorority, Inc., a na
tional nursing organization, of
fers a scholarship held by Miss
Dorothy Sanders of Durham.
A department spokesman said
the total of financial assistance
was the highest in the history
of the nursing program at the
school.
BETHEL A M E CHURCH NEWS
Annual Woman's Day
The Annual Woman's Day
will be observed at Bethel
Church, October 22. Mrs. Aleece
Faulkner and Mrs. Mable
Wright are co-chairmen for the
event.
Mrs. D. A. Johnnson, wife of
a former minister at Bethel, and
teacher in the public school sys
tem of Durham, N. C. will be
the guest speaker during the
1 1 :00 o'clock worship services.
A very unique and interesting
program will be presented at
7:30 p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
Floral Club
The monthly meeting of the
Floral Club of Bethel A. M. E.
Church was held Sunday, Sep
tember 24, with Mrs. Ida B.
Wilkin? as hostess in her home
of/ McConnell Road. Mrs. C. F.
Gil', presided.
Activities for the year were
discussed and plans made to
crrry out most of the activities
named.
Members present were Mes
dames Johnny Bowden. Mary
Miller, Aleece Faulkner, Alice
Eenton, Beatrice Goss, Marion
Edwards, Berma Wilkins, Ida B.
Wilkins, Catherine Gill, Charles
Gill and Dr. W. T. Wilkins.
The hostess, assisted by her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Berma
Wilkins, served a tasty repast.
There will be no formal meet
ing of the club in c'ober due tc
the Woman's Pnv nh-"-".?n-?v
1,000 Jobs In ? wo Days
Any time a civic undertaking
produces 1,000 jobs in two days
for young people from low-in
come families, it rates a salute
from leaders in Governnment
and everyone else concerned
with today's most urgent social
and economic problems. In Tex
as, where many things are big,
the City of Houston's recent Jab
Pair racked up a huge attend
ance of young people, and about
1,000 of them were successful in
finding jobs with Houston em
ployers. Some had been looking
lor jobs all Summer and said
they doubted if they would have
found one if it had not been for
the Fair ? shown in progress
above at the Sam Houston Coli
seum. Inset photo (bottom left)
shows Ray Miles being inter
viewed by Charles W. Arm
stead, Houston District market
ing representative of Humble
Oil & Refining Company, which
hired 65 young men and women,
the largest number of jobs sup
plied by any one company. An
other six applicants received
jobs from the Esso Production
Research Company, a subsidiary
Oi Humble. Vice President
Humphrey later called t'.'.e Fair
"a unique innovation in good
business and good citizenship,"
and Secretary of Commerce Al
exander B. Trowbridge said it
offered "an excellent example
of what forward-looking leader
??! ip, with loyal support of civic,
Industrial and other organiza
iori!i, can do in encouraging and
omoling a vital program from
which everybody benefits." The
-ponnsors included community
action and human - relations
o"ps, unions, welfare agencies
and other government officials
and agencies, and the City of
Housuton, in cooperation with
the city's major business organ
izations and scores of individual
business firms.
on October 22, the regular
meeting day of the club. All
members will meet with the
treasurer for a brief conference
Sunday, October 8, immediately
following the morning worship
services at the church.
Inspirational Service
Guests at Bethel Church Sun
day, October 8, at 4 p.m. will be
the Rev. W. H. Hall, Pastor of
Gethsemane Baptist Church on
Gorrell Street, Greensboro, N.
C. The Church Choir, Ushers
and members of the congrega
tion will accompany their pastor
to Bethel for a real inspirational
service. Rev. Hall will be the
speaker. All are welcome to
this service to see and listen to
this choir sing some real good
soul-stirring songs.
Stewardess Board Dinner
Stewardess Board Number 1
of Bethel Church will serve din
ner at the church following the
morning worship service, Sun
day, October 8. Dinner anyone?
Ebony Campaign Progresses
The Ebony Campaign spon
sored by the membership of
Bethel Church is now in full
swing. Reports were made Tues
day night, October 3, at 8 p.m.
by 8 of the 10 Captains and
their workers during the second
report session.
For Ebony, Tan, Negro Digest
and Jet, contact any member of
Bethel, or any one of t!ie ten
captains who are soliciting sub
scriptions. The captains are:
Mcsdames Dorothy Freeman,
Anne Sprtiiel, Marion Watson,
Patsy McDonaly, Aleece Faulk
ner and Catherine F. Gill.
Messrs. Phillip Cole, E. E.
Nance, Eugene Kestler, and N.
E. Hargett, Jr.
Mr. Kestler was the prize
winner of the week, having re
ported the largest amount of
subscriptions; with Mrs. Doro
thy Freeman winning second
place, and Mrs. Marion Watson,
third place.
Subscribe or renew your sub
scription today at this special
low price. We need your coop
eration for the success of the
Campaign.
Bethel To Observe
Homecoming Day
Bethel Church will observe
"Homecoming Day" Sunday, Oc
tober 15. The guest speaker for
the morning worship service will
be the Rev. Tyson Nelson, the
campus Minister at Maryland
State College, Princess Anne,
Maryland, at 11 a.m. Music will
be furnished by the combined
choirs of Bethel.
At 3:30 p.m. the Rev. J. E.
Greene, the Pastor of the A.M.E.
Church, Yanceyville, N. C., will
be the speaker. He will be ac
companied by the church Choir,
Ushers and members of his con
gregation. The afternoon service
is being sponsored by Mrs. Anne
Spruiel for the Building Fund
at Bethel. Friends and well
wishers are cordially invited to
attend these services. ,
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