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VOL. 28, NO. 5 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS
Dedication of lew Smith funeral Home
On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1,
at three o'clock, Dedication
Services will be held at the new
home of Smith Funeral Service
of Greensboro, Inc., which is
located at 512 Asheboro Street.
A program has been planned
with a number of Greensboro
ministers and officials scheduled
to participate.
Mr. E. E. Smith, Sr., started
his career in the funeral profes
sion in 1932 with Rev. R. C.
Sharpe of Sharpe's Funeral
Home. In 1946, he became a
partner in Sharpe Funeral
Home and the name was
changed to Sharpe & Smith
Funeral Home. During this time
most of Rev. Sharpe's time was
taken by the ministry and Mr.
Smith did most of the funeral
home business.
In 1952, Rev. Sharpe sold his
interest to Mr. Smith and the
home was renamed Smith's
Funeral Service of Greensboro,
Inc., with Mr. E. E. Smith, Sr.
as president, treasurer and
chairman of the board; Mrs.
Ella M. Smith as vice president
and secretary. With the move
to the new location, Mrs. Smith
became executive vice president
and Herbert W. Smith, Jr. the
vice president of the firm.
The building is of brick struc
ture with the first floor com
plete with wall to wall carpet.
The chapel has a seating capa
city of 148, with a private fam
ily room in the chapel with a
seating capacity of 22. There
are two slumber rooms and
two family rooms, all on the
first floor along with office
space and an attendants quar
ters.
The entire building has beau
tiful chapel music coming
through an intercom system,
and is completely air condi
tioned for hot weather comfort.
This most modern facility is
well located with off-street
parking. The ground floor or
basement has a modern prepa
ration room, storage space,
casket display room, furnace
room and garage.
After the Dedication Service
on Sunday, Dec. 1, there will be
open house Dec. 2 through Dec.
8. You are cordially Invited to
attend both.
STAFF OF FUNERAL HOME
E. E. Smith, Sr.
President and Chairman,
Board of Directors
Mrs. Ella M. Smith
Executive Vice-President and
Funeral Directress
H. W. Smith, Jr.
Vice-President
Wright Miss Wells Mrs. Reese Greenlee Mrs. Crosby
Asst. Dir. Organist Organist Ass't. Dir. Secretary - Receptionist
Toon*
Ass't. Dir.
Mrs. Htre*
Beautician
Haita
Attendant
Mrs. Cunningham
Beautician
Davis
Attendant
THF VETERANS CORNER
Editor's Note: Veteran* and
their families are asking thous
and*, of questions concerning
the benefits their Government
provides for them through the
Veterans Administration. Be
low are some representative
queries. Additional information
may be obtained at any VA
office.
Q ? I receive a pension from
the Veterans Administration.
With my November check I re
ceived a questionnaire regard
ing my income for 1968 and
1969. Since my income is what
I estimated on last year's ques
tionnaire, must I return this
new questionnaire?
A ? Yes, It is particularly im
portant that you return the
-questionnaire you. received in
early November.
(Cottttnuad on Pi* I)
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
mn. miLLCUGE BROWN, SR.
Mr. Milledge Brown, Sr., age
59, of 1016 Cottage Grove Ave
nue, died Thursday, Nov. 21, at
L. Richardson Memorial Hos
pital following a brief illness.
Funeral service was held
Saturday evening, 8:00 p. m.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. W. D. Johnson, pastor of
New Zion Baptist Church, offi
ciated. Burial service was held
Sunday, 4:00 p. m., Pleasant
Grove Baptist Cemetery, Edge
field, S. C.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Easter Brown; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Julia Westmoreland,
Greensboro; two sons, Milledge
and Nathaniel Brown, Greens
boro; two brothers, Jim Brown,
Edgefield, S. C. and Coley
Brown, Columbia, S. C.; three
sisters, Mrs. Henrietta B. Sims,
Greensboro, Mrs. Elizabeth An
na Brown, Edgefield, S. C. and
Mrs. Ada Mae Nixon, Augusta,
Ga.. 14 grandchildren.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. FRANCIS O. COLE
Funeral arrangements are in
complete for Mr. Francis O
Cole, age 88, of Route 1, High
Point, Florence Community,
who died suddenly Monday,
Nov. 25, 1968.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mary Yourse Cole of the
home; five sons, Francis Cole.
Jr., Garland Cole, James Cole,
Leroy Cole, all of High Point,
and Thomas Cole of Germany;
three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Wil
liams of High Point, Mrs. Myr
tle Ealy and Mrs. Annie Smith,
both of Hempstead, N. Y.; seven
brothers, Rev. Wyatt Cole, Os
car Cole, Kermit Cole, all of
High Point, David Cole, Lee
Cole, Herman Cole, all of
Hempstead, N. Y., and Lester
Cole of Baltimore, Md.; six
grandchildren; other relatives
and friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. HENRY ISLEY
Funeral services for Mr.
Henry Isley will be held at 1:00
p. m. Friday at Hargett's Me
morial Chapel. Burial will fol
low in Piedmont Memorial
Park.
He was a veteran of World
War II and was educated in the
public schools of Greensboro.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Cora Wharton Isley of
New York; one sister, Mrs.
Nettie Warren of Brooklyn, N.
Y.; two brothers, Robert Isley
of New York and Ernest Isley
of Greensboro; two uncles,
George and William Wharton,
both of Greensboro; one ne
phew, Charles People^ of
Greensboro; other relatives and
friends.
The family will meet their
friends at Hargett Funeral
Home on Thursday evening
from 7 to 9 p. m.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
A and T STATE UNIVERSITY
BKTHUNE-COOKMAN
CONCERT CHORALE WILL
Ai-PL.AU AT HARRISON
DECEMBER 2
Some 36 young men and
women, members of the Be
thune-Cookman College Concert
Chorale from Daytona Beach,
Florida, will perform in Harri
son Auditorium on Dec. 2 at 8
p. nf. The concert is sponsored
by Dr. Howard T. Pearsall and
the Music Department. The
choir's repertoire includes clas
sical and religious songs, Negro
spirituals, and folk songs.
Under the direction of Thom
as D. Demps, the group has
become internationally famous.
Demps received his musical
train'n" from Bethune-Cook
man College, Teachers' College
and Columbia University. He
has taught music in the public
schools of 'Florida and is called
ur>on frequently as an adjudi
cator at many local festivals. A
?ormer member of the Bethune
Cookman Concert Chorale,
Dprnoi Rantr professionally with
?he de Paur Chorus of New
York City under the outstand
ing conductor, Leonard de Paur.
The Concert Chorale consists
of men and women representing
nearly every major field at the
college with the department of
music contributing the majority
of members.
Featured soloists are Yvonne
Talton, contralto. Accompanists
for the chorale are Orville Law
ton, a sophomore music major
from West Palm Beacb, and
Sonja Wilson, a freshman mu
sic major from Sarasota.
A&T OFFERS
SHORXmAjnd COURSE
Tne Department of Adult
Education and Community Ser
vices at A&T State University
has announced that a non-credit
course in shorthand will be held
at the university beginning De
cember 4. B. W. Harris, chair
man of the department, said
the course will be open to be
ginners and to persons who may
wish to refresh their skills.
He said the class will meet
Tuesday and Thursday evenings
from 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. and will
be taught by Mrs. Onnie A
Whitelow, a graduate of North
Carolina College.
Persons interested in enrol
ling in the course are asked to
contact Mr. Harris in Carver
Hall. The first session will be
held on Dec. 4.
Prices will tumble if hog
numbers build up too fast, ac
cording to extension specialist*
at NCSU.