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VOL. 27, NO. 43
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1968
PRICE 10 CENTS
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR
MB. ANDY POWELL
Mr. Andy Powell, age 55, died
Saturday, August 10, following
several weeks illness at the Ev
ergreen Nursing Home. He lived
at 717 Bingham Court.
Funeral service was- held
Tuesday, August 13, 3:00 p. m.
Brown's Funeral Home C. apel.
Rev. W. R. Small, Baptist evan
gelist, officiated. Burial followed
in Piedmont Memorial Park.
Survivors include his wife
Mrs. Rosa Lee Powell, of the
home.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. GEORGE RUSSELL
CLEGG
Mr. George Russell Clegg,
age 82. died at L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital Friday, Aug.
9. He lived at Route 11, Box 237,
Greensboro.
Funeral service was held Sun
day, August 11, 5:30 p. m., Ra
leigh Crossroad Methodist
Church. Rev. J. W. Jones, pas
tor, officiated.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park. The family re
ceived their friends at Brown's
Funeral Home Saturday from
7-9.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Lula Clegg; two sisters,
Mrs. Lula Dowdy aod Mrs. Han
nah Austin, both of Carthage,
H. e.
Brown's Funeral Directors ir,
charge of arrangements.
MR. JOHN HENRY
ROBINSON
Mr. John Henry Robinson
died at his home, 311 Gillespie
Street, Friday, August 2, fol
lowing a brief illness.
Funeral and burial services
were held in Warrenton, N. C.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Arthur Rea Williams,
Greensboro, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
Charge of arrangements.
MBS. SUSIE MCCANTT
Mrs. Susie McCanty, age 55
of 1016 Eastside Drive, died
Wednesday, August 14, 1968 at
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hos- j
pital. I
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, August 18, 1968 at Har
gett Memorial Chapel at 3:00
P.M. Reverend Samuel J .Boyd,
pastor of Christain Fellowship
Church of God will officiate.
Burrial will follow in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Marie Durham, of
Greensboro, N. C.; one son, Mr.
Charles Benson .of Charlotte, N.
C.; two sisters, Mrs. Liza Mc
Culloch of Charlotte, N. C. and
Mrs. Bessie Dean of Buffalo,,
N. Y.; one brother, Mr. James
Pearl of Charlotte, N. C.; one
grandson and 2 granddaughters :
all of Greensboro, N. C.; nieces
and nephews, other relatives
and friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MR. WILLIE PERRY
Mr. Willie Perry, age 55, died
Wednesday, August 14, at L.
Ric ardson Memorial Hospital,
following several months illness
He lived at 3209 Freeman M>11
Road. Funeral service w;ll b
held Saturday, August 17, 4:00
p. m., New Zion Baptist Church.
Rev. W. D Johnson, paste- wi!1
officiate. Burial will follow in
Piedmont Memorial Pa^k. T'-e
body will remain at B*-ow?'
Funeral Home until the hour of
service.
Survivors include one b^the
Jim Perry, and one sister, M"
Pearlie Hinton. both of Greens
boro.
Brown's Funeral Directors i"
charge of arrangements.
MRS. ANNIE WEATHERLY
Mrs. Annie Weatherly, age 68
of 1100 Pisgah Church Road,
died Thursday, August 8, 1968
at L. Richardson Memorial Hos
pital.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday, August 11, 1968 at St.
Paul Holiness Church at 3:00.
Reverend Ibella Slater, pastor
officiate. Burial followed in
White Oak Grove Cemetery.
She is survived by two daugh
ter*, Mrs. Lucille Cheek and
Mra. Belle Graves, both of
Greensboro; five sons, Willie of
Greensboro, Earnest of Wash
ington, D. C., David, Sylvester
and Clarence Weatherly all of
New York; 27 grandchildren;
15 great - grandchildren; one
half-sister, Mrs. Gertrude Isley
of Greensboro; other relatives
and friends.
The family met their friends
at Hargett Funeral Home Satur
day night from 7 to 9.
MRS. ARDELIA MILLS
HAZELTON
Mrs. Ardelia Mills Hazelton,
age 65 of 1704 Willow Road,
died Thursday, August 8, 1968
at L. Richardson Memorial Hos
pital.
Funeral services were held
Monday, August 12, 1968 at Har
gett Memorial Chapel at 2:00
P. M. Reverend Walter Roe of
ficiated. Burial followed in Ma
plewood Cemetery.
She is survived by her hus
band, Mr. Eddie Hazelton of the
home; two daughters, Mrs.
Maxine Cromatie of Bronx, N.
Y., and Mrs. Lucille Bowers of
New York City, N. Y.; five
grandchildren; six great-grand
children; a host of other rela
tives and friends.
CROWNED QUEEN
Mrs. Wesley Clark of 1411
Lincoln Street was crowned
Queen of the Federation of Gar
den Clubs of North Carolina at
the 19th Annual Convention held
at the Jack Tar Hotel, Durham,
N. C., by Mrs. John A. Spauld
ing, the outgoing queen 0f the
Federation.
The GI Bill helped educate
118 Congressmen.
Veterans' Corner
NO. 34
Editor's Note: Below are au
thoritative answers by the Vet
erans Administration to some
of the many current questions
from former servicemen and
their families. Further informa
tion on veterans benefits may
be obtained at any VA office.
Q ? My sister is married to a
World War I veteran who draws
100 per cent service-connected
disability compensation. As his
health is extremely bad and he
is in his 70's, I am concerned
about her financial welfare in
the event of his death. Will she
be entitled to any benefits as
the widow of a disabled vet
eran?
A ? Possibly. If a veteran dies
as a result of a service-con
nected disability, his widow is
eligible for death compensation.
This amounts to $120 monthly,
plus 12 per cent of the monthly
basic pay now being received
by a serviceman whose rank and
years of service are the same as
those of deceased veteran.
If the veteran's death is not
the result of a service-connect
ed disability, the widow may be
eligible for a pension from the
Veterans Administration. De
tailed information may be ob
tained from the VA Regional
Office where her husband's vet
eran records are kept.
Q ? I am a war veteran but
have never asked for any bene
fits from the Veterans Adminis
tration. Can I get a free med
ical examination?
A ? Medical examinations are
made by VA only in connection
with an application for some
sort of benefit, such as hospitali
zation, or to determine if a con
dition is service-connected. The
VA is not permitted to give a
veteran a free examination for
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JOHN W. DILLARD
HONORED
John W. Dlllard, veteran prin
cipal in the Madison-Mayodan
(N. C.) City Schools, has been
honored twice by having a new,
integrated elementary school
named in his honor and by be
ing named principal of the new
ly created Junior high school,
the lone such school in his city
to serve all races.
A&T ALUMNI GIVING RISES
800 PERCENT IN 5-YEAR PERIOD
DAVID W. MOKEHEAD
5KADS A&T ALUMNI
FUND DRIVE
Da\id W. Morehead, Greens
b-ro, N. C., as chairman of the
A&T State University Annual
A1 mni Giving Program, in five
years has increased the fund
over 800%. He is secretary of
t^e Greensboro Hayes - Taylor
YMCA, and an alumnus of the
?miversity.
Gifts to A&T State University
by its Alumni Association have
increased more than eight times
during the last five years.
This information was included
in the year-end report released
this week by the University Of
fice of Alumni Affairs. The re
port showed that alumni gave in
the Annual Fund a total of
$?58, 802.32. approximately $51,500
more than the $7,332.74 they
gave the university in 1964.
The 1968 contribution was a
record gift, marking the climax
of a steady rise in alumni giving
since its beginning at A&T back
in 1956.
The mainspring behind the
A&T Alumni Giving Program
is soft-spoken David W. More
head, a Greensboro native and
executive secretary of the
Haye=-Taylor YMCA, and who
serves as national fund raising
chairman for the alumni group.
When Morehead was ap
pointed to head the campaign
in 1965, things began to happen.
Total alumni giving jumped 62.9
per cent from a little over
$13,000 in 1964 to $22,120.98 the
'ollowine year. The program has
been moving fast ever since. In
1967 A&T alumni gave $38,302.31
for a 73.1 per cent increase.
There was a $20,500 increase in
1968 over 1967.
Morehead, who has had years
of fund-raising experience with
the local "Y", and in which each
year his own campaign has ex
ceeded its goal, gives all of the
credit to a corps of volunteer
workers in the alumni group
who live in every section of the
country ? from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and from Texas to
Wisconsin.
He also gives lots of credit to
the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
which through the Cooperative
College Development Program,
of which A&T is a member, in
1965 offered a matching gift of
up to *33.000 on a dollar-for
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HARLEM CULTURAL FESTIVAL
AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Last Sunday, Harlem return
ed to its Motherland as Tony
Lawrence's Harlem Cultural
Festival before a crowd of 15,?
000. By far the most colorful of
his first three productions, Law
rence, the producer and director
"ave his many fans and admirers
another exciting and fun-filled
show.
Naturally the center of attrac
tion for the afternoon was Mir
iam Makeba, the internationally*
'amcd singer from South Africa.
D"e?sert in a beautiful beirre
African gown with black senu'n
dpsiens and a bla<-k t?rban. Miss
Makeba san<? a medley of tunes
both in Fn?lish and her native
t^ntnie that ker>t the a"dipricp
li<-t"nin0 fo?- sixtv min"tes
Amonff the more familiar w??-p
"Trrvint is TjOvp". "Pata Pais"
"Who Nppds T.ovp", and thp
her repetolre were Jeremy Tay
Iflf'c "A Pfopp o* sontf
in Broodwav bit "Walt a
and "Mao One Nada" n ?r?-i>711
lnr> fnnp madp r>on"lar bv Sergio
Mpndps' vocal ?rrono.
All in all, Miss Makeba gave
a convincing performance and
Harlem loved every minute of it.
The La Roque Bey Dancers
and Drummers, a group of most
ly high school students from the
local area, were very impressive
with their interpretive African
dancing. Formed 12 years ago,
they have grown to become one
of the most popular and respect
ed groups of performers in Har
lem. Last year in an appearence
at Town Hall, these youngsters
received excellent reviews by
both the press and Mayor John
Lindsay. They have also appear
ed at the Appollo Theater, Expo
'67 and the World's Fair held In
New York three years ago.
Also appearing Sunday was
Irwin C. Watson, a young West
Indian-born comedian who has
all the ingredients to become one
of America's top names in this
field of entertainment. In one
of his anecdotes, he said he used
to have a phobia about flying in
airplane. His mother tried to
convince him that when the
Lord decided it was time for htm
to go, there would be nothing he
could do about it. Replied Wat
son, "Yeah that may be true,
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