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VOL. 27, NO. 51
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1968
PRICE 10 CENTS
DEATHS &ND FUNERALS
LUTHER BRANDON
Mr. Luther Brandon, age 90,
of Route 5, Brown Summit, N.
C., died Monday, Oct. 7 at
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hos
pital. Funeral services will be
held Friday, Oct. 11, in Halifax,
Va., at Brandon Chapel Baptist i
Church at 3:00 p. m. Burial
will follow in the church ceme
tery.
He is survived by: two
daughters, Mrs. Mabel Beatty
of Greensboro and Mrs. Marbel
Linseombe of Orlton, Va.; two
sons, Claude Brandon of Orlton
and Albert Brand of Brown
Summit. N. C.; 30 grandchil
dren. <4 great-urandchildren, 1
great -great- Grandchild, a host
of other relatives and friends.
T*>e fnmilv will meet t^eir
friends Thursday night at Har
gett Funeral Home from 7 to 9.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MR. MATTIS SMITH
Mr. Mattis Smith, age 48, of
1202 Salem Street, died sud
denly Sunday at the L. Rich
ardson Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at Hargett Memo
rial Chapel, at 3:00 p. m. Burial
will , be, held Sunday at 2:00 p.
m in the Gibbs family ceme
tery in Garland, N. C.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Hazel Cannon Smith of
Greensboro; four sons, Carl
Smith, Raymond Smith and
Denard Smith, all of Greens
boro and Freddie Lamb of Fhi
ladeliJhia. Pa.; one daughter.
Miss Helen Lamb of Philadel
phia- his mother. Mrs. Missouri
Smith of Garland, N. C.; one
sister. Mrs. Lillian Gibbs of
Garland.
They will meet their friends
at Hargett Funeral Home on
Tuesday evening from 7 to 9
p. m.
Hargett Funeral Service to
charge of all arrangements.
MISS KELLIE GANT
Miss Kellle Gant, age 07, of
1919 White Street, died Thurs
day, Sept. 28, at L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital. Funeral ser
vices were held Sunday, Sept.
29. at Hargett Memorial Chapel
at 3:00 p. m. Rev. Walter Rich
mond officiated. Burial fol
lowed In Locust Grove Ceme
tery, Brown Summit, N. C.
She is survived by: four
brothers, Rev.' James Gant of
Buffalo, N. Y? Mr. Curley Gant
of Mountclair, N. J., Mr. Wil
liam Gaht of Greensboro, N.
C? and Mr. Truman Gant of
home address; three sisters,
Mr*. Emper Wilson of Dan
vffle, Va., Mrs. Tora Ingram of
Greensboro, N. C., and Mrs.
Carrie Jenkins of Newark, N.
J.; a host of other relatives and
friends.
Hargett Funeral Service to
charge of all arrangements.
MR. ROBERT BASS
Mr. Robert Bass, age 49, of
905 Baron Walk Street, died
Monday, Sept. 30, at L. Rich
ardson Hospital. Funeral ser
vices were held Thursday, Oct.
3, at Hargett Memorial Chapel
at 2:30 p. m. Rev. Garland Mc
Ivery of Kingdom Hall of Je
hovah Witnesses officiated.
Burial followed in Piedmont
cemetery.
He is survived by: his wife,
Mrs. Millie Vaughn Bass; four
daughters, Darlene, Helen, Lin
da and Beverly Bass of the
home address; three sons, Rob
ert Jr., Jerry and Phillip Bass;
three brothers, David, Greens
boro, N. C., Allen of Detroit,
and Jasper of Danville, Va.;
one sister, Miss Lois Bass of
High Point, N. C.; his father,
Elijah Bass of Brown Summit,
N. C, and a host of other rela
tives and friends.
The family met their friends
Wednesday night at Hargett
Funeral Home from 7 to 9.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MRS. MAGGIE DAVIS
POSTON
Mrs. Maggie Davis Poston,
age 86, of 300 W. Camel Street,
died Thursday, Oct. 3, at her
home. Funeral service* were
held Monday, Oct. 7, at Hargett
Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p. m.
Rev. J. W. Tvnes officiated.
Burial followed in Maplewood
cemetery.
She is survived bv: three
daughters. Mrs. Novella Corn
well of Shelby. N. C., Mrs. Hat
tie Poston Wilson and Mrs.
Ethel Leath, both of the home:
one . son, Lonnie Poston of
Washington, D. C.; 20 grand
children, 3 7 great-grandchil
dren, a host of other relatives
and friends.
The family met their friends
Sunday night at Hargett Fune
ral Home from 7 to 9.
MR. DAVID HILL
Mr. David, Hill, age 42, died
Saturday, Oct. 5, at L. Rich
ardson Memorial Hospital fol
lowing a brief illness. He lived
at 5 Routh Court.
Funeral service was held
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 3:00 p. m.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. W. H. Hall, pastor Geth
semane Baptist Church, offici
ated. Burial followed in Maple
wood Cemetery. The body re
mained at the funeral home
until the hour of service.
Survivors Include two sisters,
Mrs. Janie Young, Greensboro
and Mrs. Sally West, East
Orange, N. J.; two brothers,
James William Hill, Washing
ton, D. C., and John Wallace
Hill, Dallas, Texas.
Brown's Funeral Directors In
charge of arrangemeat*.
More than 8,000 medical re
search projects 'are underway
at 146 VA hospttate.
Full Round of Activities
Planned For
A&T Homecoming
Planners of the annual A&T
Homecoming Weekend this
week released an impressive
list of activities to be held for
the university's students, re
turning alumni, and guests.
"We intend to make this the
most gala event ever held in
the city," said Dr. James Pen
dergast, chairman of the event.
A&T's Homecoming Week
end, this year, will be held
Nov. 1-3. Highlight of the event,
of course, will be the rough and
tumble CIAA football game be
tween the Aggies and defending
champion Morgan State.
But for the hale and hearty,
there will be something to do
almost the entire weekend. The
celebration will get underway
Friday at 3 p. m. with Alumni
registration in the lobby of the
Momorial Student Union.
The final event will be the
annual Alumni Worship service
in Harrison Auditorium, Nov.
3 at 11 a. m. Speaker will be
the Rev. D.-G. Speller '36, pas
tor of St. Francis Baptist
Church, Detroit, Mich.
An innovation this year will
be the annual Alumni Lecture
Series to be held Saturday at
10 a. m. in the main ballroom
of the Memorial Union. This
year's lecture will be given by
Dr. Walter C. Daniel, chairman
of the division of humanities
at A&T.
Other events of interest to
alumni include an open house
at the Aggie Boosters' new
"Fifth Down Club" located at
Memorial Stadium, Friday at
7:30: a Continental Breakfast at
Red Carpet Room, Saturday at
9 a. m.; and the President's
Annual Reception after the
game in the Memorial Union.
Advance tickets for the foot
ball game may be purchased at
the A&T Bookstore in the Me
morial Union; at booths on
campus; and at the stadium on
the day of the game.
Student Newspaper
Wins Top Honors
In National Contest
The Register, weekly student
newspaper at A&T State Uni
versity, has been awarded an
AU-American rating in the an
nual competition sponsored by
the Associated Collegiate Press
at the University of Minnesota.
The Register won the associ
ation's highest rating in com
petition with more than 500
student papers from colleges
and universities across the na
tion. The entries were Judged
on -the basis Of content, writing,
and makeup.
Notification of the Register's
award was sent this week to
Mrt. Loreno Marrow, advisor
and Stanley Johnson, who
served as editor-in-chief for
the paper.
Role Pleases Switchboard Operator
! Mrs. Vivian Harrison,
switchboard operator at A&T
State University poses at
1 ultra-modern new console
Ever try to interview a
switchboard operator while she
is working? That's quite an ex
perience, and even more of a
chore if the operator is petite
Mrs. Vivian H. Harrison of
A&T State University.
Mrs. Harrison, one of the
university's daytime operators,
manages ever to keep a pleasant
smile, in spite of the steady
stream of calls she handles.
"I find this is interesting
work," said Mrs. Harrison.
"Most people don't know what
operators have to go through.
For one thing, you have to get
used to the different types of
voices. Some are pleasant and
some are harsh."
Mrs. Harrison's pleasant
voice punctuates the apparatus
a thousand times a day with
"A&T State University, may I
help you?"
"No one has bothered to
count the calls, but I figure I
must get over 1,000 calls each
day."
Mrs. Harrison spends the
brief moments when one of the
amber lights on the console are
not flickering, handing out tel
egrams and special delivery
installed this week at the uni
versity. Mrs. Harrison lives
at 707. Oxford Street, Greens
boro.
mail to the countless students
who troop hourly to her com
partment on the first floor of
the university's administration
building.
A native of Siler City, N. C.,
Mrs. Harrison now lives ill
Greensboro at 707 Oxford, St.
She has been a switchboard
operator at A&T since 1964, but
prior to that she worked in the
university's library.
She is a graduate of A&T
with a U.S. degree in clothing.
Mrs. Harrison is an accom
plished designer and seamstress,
but admits, "I dont have too
much time for sewing now."
Mrs. Harrison first worked
part-time on the switchboard
when one of the operators be
came sick. Later she was of
fered the position full-time.
She is married to Clayton
Harrison, a mechanic for Dixie
Sales in Greenshoro. Mrs. Har
rison is a member of the Ca
thedral Choir of Trinity AME
Zion Church.
Mrs. Harrison's philosophy
about her job: "If you are nice
to people, people will be nice
to you."
FIRST REPORT MEETING FOR
UNITED FUND VOLUNTEERS HELD
MOSE RISER, IK.
The initial remits of the
work of some 2,000 United
Fund volunteers will be
learned Thursday at the first
report meeting of the 1969
United Fund Campaign for the
Greater Greensboro Area.
Mose Kiser Jr., campaign
general chairman, said all cam
paign volunteers are invited to
attend the report meeting to be
held at the Statler-Hilton on
West Market Street.
Campaign reports will be
taken until noon to be tallied
by auditors. The meeting will
start at 12:30 p. m. with a
luncheon sponsored by 17 busi
ness firms which sponsor all
meals held in connection with
United Fund campaigns.
Campaign officials report
that many business firms and
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