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VOL. 27, NO. 37 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
MB. MAJOR B. HOLLOW AY j
Mr. Major B. Holloway, age
81, an instructor of automotive
technology at A&T State Uni
versity, died Wednesday, June
26th in the Veterans Administra
tion Hospital, Durham, N. C.,
alter a brief illness. He lived at
2207 Ashley Street.
Funeral service was held
Saturday, June 29th, 1:00 p.m.
In Richard B. Harrison Audi
torium on the A&T Campus.
Burial followed in Beechwood
Cemetery, Durham, N. C.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lillian Bullock Holloway; sons,
Major Holloway Jr., Herbert
Holloway, Joseph Holloway,
Quentin Holloway and Reginald
Holloway, all of Greensboro, and
Harold Holloway, Takli Air
Force Base, Thailand; four
brothers, Joseph S. Holloway,
Jr., Charlottesville, Va., Quentin
Holloway, Greensboro, Hilliary
Holloway, Philadelphia, and
John Mills Holloway, Raleigh.
N. C.; and five sisters, Mrs. An
na Morris, Mrs. Margaret Ar
lington and Miss Lily Hollo
way, all of Philadelphia, Pa.,
Mrs- Roxie H. Moore, Char
lottesville, Va., and Mrs. Jose
phine Brower, Greensboro.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. C. S. HATCHETT
Final rites were held Wednes
day, July 3 at Trinity A.M.E.
Zion Church for Mrs. Carylee
S. Hatchett of 1802 Larkin St.,
who died Sunday at Moses Cone
Memorial Hospital after a few
days serious illness. Rev. Cecil
Bishop, pastor officiated and
burial was in Maplewood Cem
etery.
Mrs. Hatchett is survived by
her husband Sam Hatchett, 3
daughters: Mrs. Agnes H. Whar
ton, Mrs. Doris N. Watkina both
of Greensboro and Mrs. Helen
H. Hawkins of Jackson, N. C.;
4 brothers: Rev. Robert Sharpe,
Caldwell and James Sharpe all
of Greensboro and Cicero Sharpe
of Jacksonville, Fla.; 3 sisters
Mrs. Willie Mae Roberson, Miss
Connie Sharpe and Miss Beulah
Sharpe all of Greensboro, and
her step-njother Mrs. MoOie
Sharpe of Greensboro.
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of service.
MR. LONNIE W. BELL, JR.
Mr. Lonnie William Bell, Jr.
age 20 of 4911 Troxler Road,
Greensboro, N. C. died Thurs
day morning, June 28th at L.
Richardson Memorial Hospital.
He was in an auto accident June
21, 1968.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, June 30th at White Oak
Grove Baptist Church, at 3:00
p.m. Burial followed in the
church cemetery. Rev. R. L.
Moore, pastor, officiated.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Bell of the
home; four sisters, Mrs. Kath
erine McMurtry of Detroit.
Mich., Mrs. Virginia Patterson
of Greensboro, Miss Ruby Bell
of Detroit, Mich, and Miss Wil
helmina Bell of the home; one
brother, Sherman Bell of the
home, and one half brother, A. C.
Hendrick of China Grove, N. C.;
fourteen aunts, ten uncles, three
nieces, a host of other relatives
and friends.
The family met their friends
Saturday night at Hargett Fun
eral Home from 7 to 9.
Hargett Funeral Service In
charge of all arrangements.
MR. JOHN FRANK McNEIL
Mr. John Frank McNeil, age
49, of 401 Gillespie Street, died
Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at L.
Richardson Hospital.
Funeral services were held
Sunday night, June 30 at 7:30
p.m. from the Hargett Memorial
Chapel. Rev. Isaac Harris of
ficiated and burial followed in
the Maplewood Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Annie Bell McNeil of the
home; two daughters, Miss De
lois McNeil and Miss Betty Mc
neil both of Fayetteville, N. C.;
one brother, Lonnie McNeil of
Philadelphia, Pa.; seven grand
children; a host of relatives and
friends.
The family met their friends
from 7 to 9 p.m. at Hargett'a
Funeral Home.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MR. CHARLIE GRAT
Final rites were held Wednes
day, July 3 at St. James Baptist
Church for Mr. Charlie Gray of
1115 Ogden St., who died Satur
day at L. Richardson Hospital
aiter several years of illness.
Rev. Prince Graves, pastor, of
ficiated and burial was in Pied
mont Memorial Park.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Mabel T. Gray; 4 brothers, An
drew, and Leroy Gray both of
Seneca, S. C. and Thcmas and
Samuel Gray of Washington,
D. C.; 9 sisters, Mrs. Mattie
Cherry of Seneca, S. C.; Mrs.
Louise Earl of Brooklyn, N. Y.
and Mrs. Alberta Landam of
Columbus, Ohio.
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of service.
The Veterans Administration
pays out $2.3 billion annually in
non - service-connected benefits
to needy veterans, widows and
parents of veterans.
The Windsor Center Is The 4th Of July Attraction
The big July 4th activities will |
be held at the Windsor Com - 1
munity Center. They will begin j
at 10:00 A.M. in the swimming j
pool with the regular city-wide
children featuring back strokes,
race-swimming, high-diving and
several other activities in the
swim line. These swimmers will
range In ages from 8-12.
In the big air conditioned
gymnasium, the teenagers will
feature dancing and several .
other in-door activities. The
adults will feature card games
In the private club rooms.
The big competition ball game
will be held in the afternoon, at
the corner of Lee and Duke
Streets, under the lights. Over
1,000 hot dogs will be given t*
children twelve years old and
under.
Several churches throughout
Guilford County and North Car
olina will hold picnics at the
Center, starting from 9:00 A.M.
9:30 P.M.
LOCAL MEN ELECTED
TO VW SALES GUILD
Edward H. Alexander, general
manager of Alexander Motors of
Greensboro, Inc., today announc
ed the appointment of three of
the VW dealership's salesmen to
membership in the Volkswagen
Sales Guild.
Wilbur C. Berry, Charles F.
Campbell, and Julius H. Vaughn,
all of the Greensboro VW deal
ership, were among 104 VW
salesmen from 5 mid-Atlantic
states whose sales accomplish
ments were recognized at a
special awards banquet June 29
in Washington, D. C. The local
trio received plaques and lapel
pins as new members of the VW
Sales Guild, a professional or
ganization of VW salesmen from
throughout the United States.
Guild membership recognizes
both outstanding sales accom
plishment and the quality of as
sistance which salesmen provide
VW owners before, during, and
after their purchases.
All three local men are North
Carolina natives. Berry, of Rt. 2
in Greensboro, was born in
Pleasant Garden and served
with the U. S. Army before he
joined Alexander Motors. He has
been a salesman there for the
past five years.
[ Campbell is a Greensboro na
tive and resides at 1512 Summit
Ave. He Is a veteran of Army
service during World War II,
and has more than eight years
of auto sales experience.
Julius Vaughn, also a Greens
boro native, graduated from
Rankin High School and has
been a VW salesman with Alex
ander Motors since August, 1964.
Vaughn resides at Route 2 in
Brown Summit, N. C.
The three new Guild members
are all married and active in
local civic affairs. Berry has
been director of the Guilford
Wildlife Club for three consecu
tive years and Campbell is ac
tive in P.T.A. activities. Vaughn
has been club director for the
Northeast Civitan Club since the
group was organized five years
ago.
I VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
A Community Vacation Bible
School was held in our Commun
ity at 401 Banks Street from
June 17 through June 28, 1968.
This school, sponsored by the
Childrens Mission, was a special
effort for the benefit of the chil
dren out of school who do not
attend church. Sessions were
held daily from 9-12 A.M. All
children aged 6-12 were invited
to attend. Mrs. Galveston Mc
Neil, Director of Children's Mis
sion is a member of Shiloh Bap
tist Church.
DRIVE SANELY
May we wish you a safe and
happy Fourth and remember
safety begins with you ? on the
highway, in the home or where
ever and however you celebrate
the holiday.
THE BASKETBALL CLOWN
HAS HIS SERIOUS SIDE
By George Usher
Middle Island ? "I consider
myself an athlete . . . It's boring
sometimes . . . You play in two
frames of mind . . Joe Byers,
af Greensboro boy, was saying
to the seniors in his wife's class
in creative writing at Longwood
High.
Joe Byers, 27 and a former
varsity basketball player at
Shaw University in Raleigh,
N. C.( is a professional basket
ball player of sorts. He gets paid
to play guard for the Harlem
Astronatus, an all-Negro team
j similar to the Harlem Globe
I trotters.
The Astronauts ended their
six-month season last week. "We
played three college schedules
(about 75 games), traveling
100,000 miles by bus all over,"
Byers said. "I only saw my wife
for two weeks in that time."
Mary Byers, a teacher of Eng
lish at Longwood High, decided
to draft her husband for an In
terview in her creative writing
course. A few of her, students
had done stories on sports be
fore. Now they would do a fea
ture story on her husband.
Joe Byers isn't a well-known
sports figure, but he is a big
man to the youngsters in Gordon
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