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VOL. 27, NO. 17
GREENSBORO, N' Gj%e6jje. " T>JA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1968
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FOOTBALL SPECTACULAR ? The Royal Crown Cola Co., Columbus, Ga., and the New Pitts
burgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Pa., combined efforts this month for the fourth consecutive year to
honor outstanding football players from the nation's predominantly Negro colleges and universi
ties. The players were honored at the annual All-Amerlcan Football Banquet held In the Pittsburgh
Hilton Hotel. Some 300 persons attended. At top left. Morgan State College (Baltimore) Football
Coach Earl Banks admires the 58-lnch national championship trophy presented his Bears. The trophy
Is symbolic of the mythical *67 gridiron crown. At Banks' right is Chuck Smith of Royal Crown
Cola Co. Top right, banquet speaker, A. S. (Jake) Gaither is surrounded by an abundance of foot
ball talent. Gaither Is head football coach at Florida A4M. Grouped around Gaither (left to right)
are Noland Smith, rookie kick-off and pant return specialist, Kansas City Chiefs; Willie Richard
ton, All-NFL flanker, Baltimore Colts; Otis Taylor, all- AFL flanker, Kansas City Chiefs; Lem
Barney, all-rookle defensive back, NFL Detroit Lions; Major Hazelton, 1967 Courier All-Ameri
can, Florida A4M; and Bob Hayes, all-NFL sp'lt end, Dallas Cowboys. Hayes also is a member
of the Royal Crown Cola marketing team. Smith, Richardson, and Barney, along with the New York
Jets' Sherman Plunkett, were winners of the Willie Gallmore- John Farrington Memorial Awards
flven annually to the top rookie and veteran players In the AFL and NFL. Hazelton was cited as
Intercollegiate "back of the year." At lower right, New York Jet tackle Plunkett receives the
Gallmore-Farrington Award from Ed Bell (left) of Atlantic- Richfield Corporation. BeU Is a former
University of Pennsylvania All-Amerlcan who la'er starred In both the NFL and AFL. Grambllng's
Eddie Robinson was cited as "coach-of-the-year." Bottom, the 1967 All-Amerlcan team. Seated
(left to right) John Outlaw, defensive back, Jackson State; Daryl Johnson, defensive back, Morgan
State; Major Hazelton, defensive back, Florida A&M; FJvin Bethea, defensive guard. North Caro
lina AAT; William Kendricks, defensive guard, Alabama A&M; Alfred Beauchamp, defensive end,
Southern University; Harry Sharper, defensive end. Virginia 8tate: and Robert Reeves, lineback
er, South Carolina State. Standing (left to right) the offensive team ? Charles Williams, halfback,
Arkansas AM AN; David 8nead, center, Tnskegee; Edward Tomlin, fullback, Hampton Institute;
David McDanlels, flanker, Mississippi Valley 8t?te; Elmo Maples, end. Southern University; Henry
Davis, guard, Grambllng; Willie Banks, guard, Alcorn A&M; Tommy Funches, tackle, Jackson
State; Arthur 8hell, tackle, Maryland 8tate; and John Eason, end, Florida A&M. Not shown, Eld
ridge Dickey, quarterback, Tennessee 8tate; Clinde Humphrey, tackle, Tennessee State; Robert
Atkins, defensive back, Grambllng; and Carlton Dabney, tackle, Morgan State. Humphrey won
"lineman -of- the- year" honors and Atkins was cited as "speclallst-of-the-year."
$100,000 Grant Given A & T
For Student, Faculty Assistance
A&T State University has
been approved for a grant of
$100,000 from the Burlington
Industries Foundation here.
The award was announced at
the university Monday afternoon
at a luncheon meeting of more
than 40 corporate executives of
industries and firms in the
Greensboro area.
The funds from Burlington
will assist A&T in its campaign
to raise $1 million for scholar
ships, faculty fellowships and
the endowment fund within four
years.
At the luncheon, Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, president of A&T, said
that his university's alumni
have agreed to raise one-third
of the money, and that A&T
hope- to receive one-third in
similar challenge grants from
other industries and firms in
the Greensboro area. Dr. Dowdy
said the other funds are ex
pected to come from foundations
and corporations outside of
North Carolina.
In announcing his firm's gift
to A&T, E. R. Zane, a Burlington
Industries director, said the
money would be In addition to
the oth$r (fronts which A&T Is
alreadv receiving from Burling
ton Industries.
Dr. Dowdy said the gift from
Burlington Industries will be a
big boost in helping the univer
sity to reach its goal.
"We are proposing to solicit
challenge grants from business
and industry and foundations In
the city and throughout North
Carolina to stimulate giving on
the part of our alumni," he said.
"We believe that this kind of
effort will go a long way in as
sisting us to develop and main
Graduate Fellowships
Available For Study
At A&T State U.
A&T State University has
j been awarded four graduate fel
> lowships to be used to prepare
prospective teachers for elemen
tary schools.
The fellowships, granted by
the U. S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, offer
each recipient a stipend of
S2.000 and $600 for each eligible
, dependent.
Dr. Darwin T. Turner, dean
of the Graduate School at A&T,
said the fellowships cover the
period of study required to ob
tain the master of science de
gree in elementary education at
the university.
He said that candidates for
the fellowship must hold a bac
calaureate degree in elementary
education and must have taught
less than one academic year.
Further Information and appli
cation blanks are available from
Dr. Turner at the university.
tain an excellent educational
program."
At a meeting of the A&T Uni
versity Foundation earlier in the
day, Zane was elected president
of the Foundation and Moee
Kiser, general manager of Guil
ford Dairy Cooperative Associa
tion, was named vice president.
Other new members named to
the board were Bland Worley,
Dr. Alvin V. Blount, Jr., W. O.
Conrad, Oscar Burnett, Joseph
M. Hunt, Jr., L. Richardson
Preyer, all of Greensboro, and
Howard C. Barnhill of Charlotte.
N. C. Gubernatorial
Candidate To Speak
At A & T Service
Gubernatorial candidate and
civil rights leader Dr. Reginald
A. Hawkins of Charlotte, will
be guest speaker at the annual
Men's Weekend at A&T State
University Sunday, February 18.
Dr. Hawkins will speak in the
university's Harrison Auditori
um at 11 a. m. on the theme
"The Role of Males in a Chang
ing Society.",^
The Men's Council, sponsor of
the three-day celebration, has
scheduled a banquet in Murphy
Hall on Friday at 7:30 p. m. and
a dance in the Memorial Student
Union immediately following
the banquet.
Dr. Hawkins, a native of Beu
fort, N. C., is a graduate of
Johnson C. Smith University
with the B.S. degree and the
B.D. degree and Howard Uni
versity with the D.D.S.
He has been a practicing den
tist in Charlotte since 1948, ex
cept for a two-year period when
he served a? a captain in the
U.S. Army Dental Corps. He is
also an ordained minister of the
United Presbyterian Church, U.
S. A.
Dr. Hawkins instituted the
first civil rights action in Char
lotte to protest segregation at
the Municipal Airport. He was
a leader in the school desegrega
tion crisis in the city in 1957 and
he filed the first professional
civil rights suit against the Sec
ond District and North Carolina
Dental Societies.
He is past president of Old
North State Dental Society, im
mediate past president of Char
lotte Medical Society and chair
man of Civil Rights Committee
of the National Dental Associa
tion and Old North State Dental
Society.
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Veterans^o^ the VA pension
rolls who are so seriously dis
abled that they need regular aid
and attendance are eligible to
receive )100 a month in addition
to their pension, according to
the Veterans Administration.