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VOL. 27, NO. 4
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1967
PRICE 10 CENTS
Start Grid War Early
Athletic Directors Dr. James
W. Younge of North Carolina
College (left) and Dr. William
Bell of A&T State University
(right) give playful tug for pos
session of huge trophy to be
awarded to winner of annual
toot ball game between the two
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Thanksgiving Day Football Game
A St T Aggies vs N. C. Eagles
By Richard Moore
Although the current season
has been a frustrating one for
both A&T and North Carolina
College, an explosive football
game is expected when the two
arch rivals meet here Thanks
giving Day.
"We know that records go out
the window when these two
teams meet," said Aggie head
coach Bert Piggott. "There are
no favorites in this game."
With a 2-5-1 record, A&T
hoi s a slight edge over the
Eagles who will come into the
game with a 1-6-1 record.
A record crowd is expected to
be on hand for the 37th game
between the two CIAA foes. The
Aggies will be trying to extend
the 18-15 margin they hold in
the series. Three of the games
have ended in a tie.
The Aggies this season were
"late bloomers", having started
without an experienced quarter
back and with freshmen in sev
eral key slots.
A&Ts offense did jell at mid
season and the Aggies have a
capable backfield in quarterback
Merl Code, halfbacks Willie
Pearson and Aaron Patterson,
and fullback Richard Arm
strong.
In upsetting Virginia State
last week, the Aggies showed
they have a lot of potential. De
fensively, A&T will be led by
Klvin Bethea, Henry Frye, Den
nis Homesley, Daryle Cherry
and Lorenzp Pearson.
The Eagles, coached by James
Stevens, have three very tal
ented quarterbacks in sophomore
Herman Matthews, junior Terry
Cole and senior Walt Funder
burk.
Matthews is an excellent pass
er and runner who has sparkled
in North Carolina's attack all
season. Matthews' favorite tar
gets are sophomore end Julian
Martin and Gilbert Smith. Other
veteran Eagle players are full
back Roger Foust and Gilbert
Smith, Willie Ray Taylor and
Thurman Jones.
A&T and North Carolina were
both beaten by Morgan State,
Maryland State. The Aggies tied
Johnson C. Smith, a team that
beat the Eagles and A&T downed
Virginia State, a team that dead
'ocked with the Eagles.
Making their final appearance
for A&T "Vrill be seniors Henry
Hipps, Homesley, Carmle El
more, Bethea, Tom Alston and
Willie Vaughn.
Smith Named Bursar At
A&T State University
Jonah Smith, 35, former ad
ministrator of Community Hos
pital, Martinsville, Va., has been
appointed bursar at A&T State
University.
A native of Smithfield, N. C?
Smith graduated from A&L in
1957 with a degree in business
administration. He served for
two years in the U.S. Army.
Smith was administrator of
Good Samaritan Waverly Hos
pital, Columbia, S. C., for six
years and assistant administra
tor at Greensboro's L. Richard
son Memorial Hospital for a
year and a half.
He is married to the former
Miss Alstyne Foreman of Aiken,
S. C. The Smiths have two sons.
Jonah Jr., 4, and Gregory, 20
months old.
rivals Nov. 23. Watching are
Miss Fern Matthewson, "Miss
North Carolina College" and
Miss Patricia Mobley, "Miss
A&T."
Law student Assists
In NCC Campus
Ministry
Durham, N. C. ? Alfred Tal
madge Lile has been named
assistant to the director of the
United Campus Christian Min
istry at North Carolina College.
L le will work with the Rev.
Herbert H. Eaton, director of
the UCCM.
A native of Donora, Pa., Lile
is a graduate of Chicago City
College, Chicago Teachers Col
lege, Howard University, and
Bethany Theological Seminary.
He is a junior at the North Caro.
lina College Law School.
He has worked in the field of
counseling and served an inte
rim pastorate in Okomulgee,
Oklahoma.
Durham, N. C. ? Dr. Albert N
Whiting, president of North
Carolina College, proposed the
establishment of new institutions
to be called "colleges of applied
science and public service" at
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Funeral Services Held
For James Alphonso Lee
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mr. James Alphonso
Lee on Wednesday, November
15, 1967 at 4:00 P. M. at Smith's
Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. J. W.
Tynes, pastor emeritus of Provi
dence Baptist Church, officiated.
Mr. Lee, 66, of 1213 Pearson
Si., died Monday at L. Richard
on Hospital.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Virginia Lee; a son, Robert
J. Lee of Philadelphia, Pa.; a
aughier, Mrs. Ruth L. Cook of
'Vashington; sisters, Mrs. Lillian
L. Humphrey, Mrs. Polly Tyler
~nd Mrs. Bessie L. Draw, all of
")ct' oit, Mich., Mrs. Winona L.
i'lctchcr of Kentucky, Mrs. Viola
L. Ferguson of Greensboro;
ivothers, J. Kenneth Lee and
-\lvis A. Lee, both of Greens
joro, and Henry F. Lee of Day
tona Beach, Fla.; 'and a sister,
\nne Holly of Greensboro.
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Mr. James Alphonso Lee
Burial was in Maplewood
Cemetery. Smith Funeral Ser
vice in charge o? arrangements.
L. Paul Murray Named Executive
Head of N.C. Crippled Children Fund
Chapel Hill ? L. Paul Murray,
a native of Massachusetts and
or the past seven years a resi
ient of Florida, has been named
Executive Director of the North
Carolina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, "the Easter
Seal Society." Murray assumed
lis position with the Society
November 1, at their headquar
ters office at 311 West Rosemary
Street in Chapel Hill.
A graduate of the University
of Massachusetts with graduate
studies nlso at Springfield Col
ege in Massachusetts, Murray
has had ten years working ex
icrience with Easter Seals in
Connecticut and more recently
fts Deputy State Director/ of the
lorida Society for Crippled
Children and Adults. He is not
> complete stranger to North
'"'arolina having been stationed
at Camp LeJeune for part of his
'nur years in the Marine Corps.
He is a life member of Sigma
\lpha Epsilon fraternity and
with his wife and four children
will make his home in Chapel
Hill.
L. PAUL MURRAY
According to Dr. Thomas B.
Reid, Jr., Jacksonville, President
Oi! the North Carolina Society,
"Our Easter Seal Society is
pleased to have a person with
the experience and background
that Paul Murray has to con
tinue our efforts on behalf of
crippled children and adults."
Negro Civil Rights Administrator
Opposes Separatism
Durham, N. C. ? A highly
placed Federal civil rights offi
cial. Thursday urged Negro stu
dents to prepare for life in an
integrated society, rather than
joining a "separatist" movement.
Harold B. Williams, assistant
director of the Office for Civil
Rights of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare,
said, "We are looking for prog
ress, not retreat I hope that as
.you decide which way to go
next, you will elect to move for
ward among the avenues of edu
cation, economics, and politics as
a contributing part of society.
"The best way to influence
lecisions that affect your lives
is to rise to the level at which
decisions are made," the Negro
civil rights officer said.
Williams told his audience of
high school teachers and stu
dents attending the annual Re
source-Use Conference at North
Carolina College, "In my opin
ion, the Negro youth who pre
pares himself only for life in a
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