VOL. 28, NO. 1
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1968
PRICE 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
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MRS. ELEASE M. BLEDSOE
Mrs. E lease M. Bledsoe, age
50 of 802 Arlington St., died
Monday morning, October 28th
at L. Richardson Memorial
Hospital following a brief ill
ness.
Funeral service will be held
Friday, November 1st, 3:00
P.M. at Grethsemane Baptist
Church, Rev. W. H. Hall pas
tor will officiate. Burial will
follow in Piedmont Memorial
Park.
' The family will receive their
friends at Brown's Funeral
' Home Thursday evening from
7 to 9.
Surviving are her husband,
Archie B. Bledsoe; four sons,
Richard, Cornelius, and Archie
Bledsoe, Greensboro, James
Clinton, Patterson, N. J.; . four
daughters, Mrs. Willa Chavis,
Newark, N. J., Mrs. Kathleen
Thompson and Miss Janice
Chavis, Greensboro, Mrs. Elsie
Thompson, Okinawa; three
brothers, Joseph Moore, De
troit, Mich., William Moore and
Rev. Cornelius Moore, Far
rell, Pa.; five sisters, Mrs. Ma
ble Comer, Detroit, Mich., Mrs.
Luella Pledger, Norfolk, Va,
Mrs. Lovie Johnson, Lamar, S.
C., Mrs. Rosa Gilliard and Mrs.
Serlena Boulware, both of
Greensboro; twenty grandchil
dren.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. JOHN WESLEY HALL
Mr. John Wesley Hall, age
53 died at L. Richardson Me
morial Hospital October 27th
following a brief illness. He liv
ed at Route 3, Box 243, Greens
boro.
Funeral service was held
Thursday, 4:00 P.M., Collins
Grove United Methodist Church,
Rev. John Gray pastor officiat
ed. Burial followed in church
cemetery.
The family received their
friends at Brown's Funeral
Home Wednesday from 7 to 9
P.M.
Survivors include three sis
ters, Mrs. Delores B. Grissom,
Greensboro, Mrs. Nellie Hamp
ton, Washington, D. C. and
Mrs. Mary Brlttian, Richmond, !
Va.; three brothers, Frank
Hall. Detroit, Mich., William
Hemry Hall, Greensboro and
Nathaniel Hall, Guilford Col
lege, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Veteran's Corner
NO. 43
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 infor
mation on veterans benefits
may be obtained at any VA
office.
Q ? My son is being discharg
ed from service next month
and I want to be sure he keeps
bis veterans insurance. I re
gret that T dropped mine after
World War II. What does he
have to do?
A ? Servicemen are now cov
ered up to $10,000 while on ac
tive duty and for 120 days
thereafter by Servicemen's
Group Life Insurance. Unlike
after World War II, however,
they cannot keep tills insurance
a* veterans insurance. Instead,
| within 120 days after being
' separated from service they
must convert their SGLI poli
cies to policies with a commer
cial company. Nearly 600 com
oanies have been approved by
the VA to offer converted.
If your son has a service
connected disability, he may al
so be eligible for $10,000 special
insurance through the VA that
can be in addition to or in the
place of his converted SGLI
coverage. He should check with
his nearest VA regional office
I after he gets out of service con
; cerning all of his veterans bene
fits.
Q ? X am a veteran attending
college under the G. I. Bill and
clan to be married in the near
future. Can I claim my wife as
a deDendent for an increased
educational allowance from the
Veterans Administration even
though she will be working?
What documents do I have to
submit to VA?
A ? Yes, you may claim your
wife as a dependent regardless
of whether she is working. As
a full-time student your VA
educational 'assistance allow
ance under the G. I. Bill will
be increased from $130 to $155
a month.
You should tell VA immedi
ately when you are married,
since your increased allowance
will be dated from the time
VA - Is notified of your mar
riage. Then as soon as possible
you should furnish VA with ?
copy of the public record of
your marriage. VA must have
a copy of this record before It
can pdy you the increased al
lowance.
A
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Reigning as "Miss A&T State University" during
the 1968-69 term is the lovely Miss Shirley Smith of
Greensboro, N. C. A senior sociology major, Miss
Smith is a majorette in the famed A&T Marching
Band, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
She plans a career in child research.
GREENSBORO CO-ED TO REIGN
AT ANNUAL A&T HOMECOMING
I Lovely Miss Shirley Smith, '
a senior sociology major at 1
A&T State Univ&rsfyy, will
reign as "Miss A&T" at the
University's annual Homecom
ing celebration November 1-3. j
I
Miss Smith and Calvin Mat
thews, president of the Stu- |
dent Government Association, ?
will participate in the mile-long
parade scheduled for Saturday
morning at 10 a.m. and also in
the half-time pageantry at the
game between A&T and un
defeated Morgan State in Me
morial Stadium at 1:30 p.m.
"Miss A&Ts" attendants will]
oe Miss Clementine Donahue,
Greensboro; Miss Deborah
Newman, Arlington, Va.; Miss
Doris Moore, New Bern, N. C.;
and Miss Brenda King, Martins
ville, Va.
A full round of student and
alumni activities will get un
derway on the campus Friday
afternoon. The student pep
rally will be held on the steps
of the Memorial Union at 6:30 |
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"MISS A&T ALUMNI"
Mrs. Gwendolyn Holt Cherry, '54, Instructor in
mathematics at A&T State University Is the 19M-89
"Miss AAT Alumni." She won the honor In a fund
raising: contest sponsored by the Greensboro Gate
City Chapter of the A&T State Cnlvertty Alumni As
sociation In support of the 1999 Annual Alumni Giv
ing Program.
President Signs Bill
President Johnson signed in
to law Oct. 23 a precedent-sett
ing bill giving education and
training benefits to widows of
men who died ? and the wives
of veterans who are totally and
permanently disabled ? as the
result of military service.
W. R. Phillips, Manager of
the Winston-Salem Veterans
Administration Regional Office,
said that after Dec. 1, 1968,
when the new law goes into
effect, these wives and widows
will be eligible for the same
Veterans Administration educa
tional assistance now available
to the sons and daughters of
veterans who died or are perm
anently and totally disabled as
a result of military service.
"This marks the first time
in the history of veterans' ben
efits in the United States that
widows and wives will be au
thorized a VA educational as
sistance allowance," Phillipa
said.
Payments will range from
$130 a month for full-time
training (up to a maximum of
36 months) to $95 for three
quarters time training and $60
for half-time traising.
The new law, PL 90-631, also
gives veterans separated from
service after Jan. 31, 1955, one
and-one-half months of educa
tion and training entitlement
under the current Post-Korean
CFI Bill for each month of mil
itary service after Jan. 31, 1955.
This is a change from the pres
ent ratio of one month of en
titlement for each month of
service.
Unchanged, however, is the
maximum of 36 months of en
titlement.
Under another provision of
the law that goes into effect
the first of December, veteran*
with 18 months or more of ser
vice after Jan. 31, 1955, who
have satisfied their military ob
ligation, will be entitled to 36
months of VA educational as
sistance.
Other provisions of the new
taw:
? Increase from 38 to 48
months the aggregate period
for which a veteran may re
ceive educational assistance
under two or more Federal
veteran benefit programs.
? Authorize -the payment of
the VA allowance to veterans
in flight training on a monthly
rather than quarterly basis.
? Permit three-quarters and
half-time farm cooperative
training with proportionate re
ductioins in the VA allowance
paid for such training. Current
ly, a veteran employed In re
lated agricultural work who to
enrolled in farm cooperative
training must take a minimum
of 12 clock hours of institutional
agricultural courses a weak.
The new law authorised VA
benefits for nine and six hoar
schedules.
The monthly average of vet
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