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GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1 Lih^nsbot-0 B PRICE 10 CENTS
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Nation Monrns Death
01 Martini ? King
The Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr., Nobel Peace Prize civil
rights leader, was shot fatally
in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday
night while leaning over a sec
ond-floor railing outside his
motel room.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
"I and all the citizens of Mem
phis," Holloman said, "regret
the murder of Dr. King and all
resources at our and the state's
command will be used to ap
prehend the person or persons
responsible."
The 39-year-old Negro lead
er's death was reported by
Frank Holloman, director of
Police and Fire Departments,
after he had been taken to St.
Joseph's Hospital.
Police broadcast an alarm for
"a young white male, well
dressed" who was reported to
have been seen running after
the shooting.
I Later they reported two per
sons had been picked up several
blocks from the scene of the
shooting.
Still later, the police reported
a Browning automatic rifle with
telescopic sights had been
dropped by a fleeing suspect.
1 Four thousand National
Guard troops were ordered into
Memphis by Gov. Buford Elling
ton after Dr. King's death. A
curfew was imposed.
(Continued on Page 8)
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
Mr. William McKee, age 95
died at L. Richardson Memorial
Hospital, Sunday, March 31st fol
lowing several years illness. He
lived at 1050 Armstrong St.
. Funeral service was held
held Wednesday, April 3rd, 3:30
P.M., New Light Baptist Church, 1
Rev. S. G. Griffies pastor of
ficiated. Burial followed in Pied
mont Memorial Park.
The body remained at Brown's
funeral Home until the hour of
service.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Arnetta McKee; six daugh
ters, Mrs. Gwendolyn Sellars,
Miss Hilda McKee and Mrs.
Connie Johnson, all of Greens
boro, Mrs. Arnetta Jessup, Ashe
boro, N. C., Mrs. Marline Feas
ter, Baltimore, Md. and Mrs.
Rosa Lee Mathis, Newark, N. J.;
four sons, Jonathan and Roger
McKee of Greensboro, Jona Mc
Kee, Richmond, Va., William
McKee, U. S. Army; twenty- ,
four grandchildren; one sister, |
Mrs. Essie Butler, Greensboro;
one brother, Arnett McKee, :
New York, N. Y.
Brown's Funeral Directors in ,
charge of arrangements.
MRS. BEATRICE MITCHELL
Mrs. Beatrice Mitchell, age 59
died Sunday, March 31st at L.
Richardson Memorial Hospital
following several months illness.
She lived at 1019 Moody Rd.
Funeral service was held
Thursday, April 4th. 4:00 P.M.,
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church.
Rev. J. B. Jowers pastor offici
ated. Burial followed in Pied
mont Memorial Park.
The body remained at Brown's
Funeral Home until the hour of
service.
Survivors include husband,
Robert Mitchell; one daughter.
Mrs. M^rie Hudson, Greensboro;
seven grandchildren, two great
grandchildren; one .sisters, Mrs.
Annie Hopkins, Greensboro;
three brothers, Mark Scales,
Kansas City, Mo., Charlie
Scales, Reidsville, N. C. and
Thomas Scales, Washington, D.
C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
PATRICK D. JARRELL
Patrick Donnell Jarrell, 2 '
month old son of Mr. Charles
and Mrs. Barbara Jarrell died
in Randolph Couoty Hospital,
Asheboro, N. C. March 28th fol- ?
lowing a brief illness. He lived
at Rt. 1, Randleman, N. C.
Funeral service was held
Sunday, March 31st, 2:00 P.M.
St. Peter Methodist Church,
Randleman, N. C. Rev. Edward
Burnett pastor of Emanuel Holi- '
ness Church, Asheboro, N. C.
officiated.
Burial followed In church
cemetery, Randleman, N. C.
Survivors include beside his
parents, one brother, grandpar
ents, paternal and maternal
grandmothers, and great great
grandfather.
Browns Funera'l Directors in
charge of arrangements.
LEONARD NELSON
Mr. Leonard Nelson age 49 of
Pearson St. died Friday, March
29th at L. Richardson Hospital.
Funeral services were held
200 P.M., Thursday April 4:th at
Hargett Memorial Chapel. Rev.
Harris officiated. Burial fol
lowed in Maplewood Cemetery.
He is survived by two chil
dren, Leonard Nelson Jr. and
Jacklene Nelson of Greensboro;
two sisters and one brother.
(Continued on Page I)
Mrs. Mary Jane Crawford
BENNETT COLLEGE
SPRING CONCERT
The Bennett College Choir
will present a Spring Concert on
Friday, April 5, 1968 at 8:00 p.
m. in the Annie Merner Phifer
Chapel. As a feature of the pro
gram, Mrs. Mary Jane Craw
ford, director and vocalist in
her own right, will singe the
"Biblical Songs by Antonjn De
Vorak."
Mrs. Crawford received a
Professional Diploma from
Teachers College at Columbia
University in 1963 in New York
and studies privately with Lilli
Wexberg and Otto Goth. Mrs.
Crawford is a member of the
National Association of Teach
ers of Singing.
Chief Troy W. Herbin Of
Athens, Ga. Is Visting Here
Troy Webster Herbin, SDC
USN (Ret.), son of Mrs. Mary
Herbin and the late Rev. Joseph
H. Herbin of Freeman Mill Rd.,
and husband of the former
Mary E. Pound of Athens, Ga.,
are spending several weeks in
Greensboro with relatives. They
are enroute to their home in An
napolis, Md., having arrived
here March 19, from California
where he was discharged. They
will remain here until the GGO
Tournament is ended. A Golf
fan, himself, and a versatile
player, he plans to attend, the
fete.
A graduate of the James B.
Dudley High School, he enlist
ed in the Navy immediately fol
lowing graduation, with the
class of 1945. Herbin has served
in many fleet of the USN and
and was returned from Viet
Nam in January, 1968. He was
attached to the Joint Army and
Navy Mobile Riverine Force of
Coronado Amphibious Base, Cal
ifornia, which operates in the
Mechkong Delta. He served as
Chief on The River Flotilla, a
ship's story that was shown on
television last fall, from Viet
Nam.
While serving in Viet Nam, he
was awarded The Viet Nam Ser
vice Medal (second award) and
the Republic of Vietnam Cam
paign Medal. Prior to the Viet
Nam Conflict, he holds the Good
CHIEF TROY W. HERB IN
Conduct Medal with Four
Bronze Stars, the World War
II Victory Medal, The European
Occupation Medal, The National
Service Medal and the American
Theatre of Operations Medal.
He retired March 1. 1968, at
the Naval Receiving Station,
Treasure Island, California.
Like most veterans, he speaks
little of the war in Viet Nam,
yet, he has said that the United
States position in Viet Nam is
worth while considering the ig
norance and poverty of the na
tives for the most part.
(Continued on Pagfl 8)
Gulf Gives $5,000 To Shaw
J. R. Timmerman, Raleigh, N.
C., District Sales Manager for
Gulf Oil Corporation, presents
a check for $5,000 from Gulf to
Dr. James E. Cheek, President
of Shaw University, Raleigh.
The gift was given to help Shaw
build a new library, and was
made under Gulf's Aid to Edu
cation program which annually
distributes $2 million to institu
tions of higher learning in the
United States. At left is John
W. Winters, Chairman of Shaw'3
Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee, and at right is Gulf Sales
Representative Clydell Johnson.