U, JMiV t w * . Vc ** future Keep Up With The Times ? Read The \}V ,, .... / zu/"r7-A ^ ;iJ. ^?X<A V oylPJio. ? " ,i VOL. 28, NO. 8 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1968 PRICE 10 CENTS wt4Pf Coronation Wednesday, December 25 is set aside for the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the year, 1968. This day, that toe recognize as Christmas, is a day of coronation which had its beginning at the inn where there was no room and during a very busy season In which no one was aware of the coming of the Christ Child. Mary was taken to the stable where the Christ Child was born. All of the saints and Biblical characters had arranged themselves around the Christ Ch ild because they were told of His coming by the prophet Isaiah some 400 years previously, and only the saints were aware that He was the Christ Child, since the scene of His birth was such a poor, crude setting The Gospel of Luke gives a better picture of most of the Christ Child's activities during the 33 years He remained in the flesh on earth because Luke was always classified as the "Great Doctor," which he emnhasized in most of his writings, internal, external and spiritual. The spiritual side of the Christ Child is where we get the name "Santa Claus" which means "giving". Many of the children of today deny that there is a Santa Claus, but still they desire to accent the gift in the spirit which we say His birth lies upon V?s. toe have many coronations festivities with symbols rpipnino as the Christ Child in our churches and schools. We exchange pi'ts with one another and with many who still do not believe that the Christ Child reiavs in the souls of hitman b efnos today. Because of the life they live, there are still many, many Christians who are serving Christ "over voider" and can't see the Christ here within themselves and their surroundings. That is to saw. "after my death. I will, wear the golden s Up pers and walk in the streets of pearl in my long white robe where I will be with the Christ Child who was in the flesh on earth for 33 years." ' The Christ Child stated at his death that he toould reian aaaiv in the living flesh for all those who h?lleved in him and for those who have served Him, have a aiH of sacrifice to the poor and needu friends and loved ones from their heart, be cause those who beliewe in Him, dwells with Him and He dwells with them. "Yea. to him' that hast shall be given. Yea. to him that hast not. even that which he seemeth to have, shall be taken away and given to him that hqst." Christmas . December 25. is celebrated on the day of the week when we all come together and render nraise of thanks giving in spirit in our sanctuaries. And all of our churches should be overrun this Christmas Day. especially by those who beliewe in the birth of the Christ Child. How are you going to spend this day? Where are you going to spend this day? In what name should this day be glorified to you? Will it be fust another day? What seems to be so pathetic to us when we speak about the exchange of gifts in -he family is that so many mothers and fathers don t know where their child is and seem to care less. Mothers often make a sacrifice of a Httte token of some type and say ing to the child, "I do this because I know your bones, flesh and blood came from me." I have heard many mothers say that no mother ever gave birth to a child and forgot it, regardless of her actions. In as much as Mary brought the Christ Child her ton. a God in the stature of Man, therefore, I believe every parent, re gardless of how poor or how sophisticated they may be, t hey should think enough of their own child to remind him that his blood, bones andl flesh came from them and that is not enough. Think of those whose parents have passed away and they know not where a Christmas cheer is coming from. We are sorry that toe do not have the space to remind our readers of the many golden opportunities that they have in glorifying this occasional date and sharing with others in a Christ-liJce manner. "7 "LORD, when Thou seest that my work to don?. Let dm not linger on. With failing powers, Adown the weary hours, A workl cm worker te a world of wort. " , with a word, i nr.:. ww iw Ar vV.' V- ->' t '* " V- . ?* ... . HAROLD E. WEBB TO HEAD A & T ALUMNI STUDY GROUP Philadelphia, Pa. ? Harold E. Webb, Raleigh, N. C., assistant coordinator of the National De fense Education Act, North Caro ling Department of Public In struction, will head the Self Study Program for the A&T State University Alumni Associa tion to be conducted next year. The appointment was an nounced by Howard C. Barnhill, Charlotte^ N. C., national presi dent of the alumni group at the winter meeting of its Executive Committee held here at the Sheraton Hotel last Saturday. Webb, a 1949 graduate of the university, serves as president of the Raleigh Citizens Association; President of the Raleigh Pan Hellenic Council; Chairman of I the Raleigh Bi-Racial Efforts I Toward Employment; and Sec- j retary of Greater Raleigh Op- j portunities for Work (GROW). Barnhill said that Webb, with his committee, will examine ev ery facet cf the alumni jjrogram I at the university and make rec ommendations to increase the effectiveness of the Alumni As sociation. The Executive Committee voted resolutions which approved final plans for reunions of classes with numbers ending in 9, from 1909 through 1959 next June; congratulated alumni who had recently earned outstanding achievements including: Henry E. Frye, a member of the N. C. House of Representatives; Mrs. Elreta M. Alexander, Judge of Greensboro Municipal Court; Robert J. Brown, High Pooint, N. C., assistant to President-elect Richard M. Nixon; David W. Morehead who recently was giv en the Nat Greene Award for outstanding leadership by the Greensboro Chamber of Com merce; and Hornsby Howell, head football coach at the uni versity who has been named "Coach of the Year" by the NAIA, District 20. The group also elected to hon orary membership Mrs. Evelyn A. Taylor, secretary in the A&T Department of Buildings and Grounds, since 1948 and who for the past eight years has served as chairman of the Department's Fund Raising Committee for Annual Alumni Giving. HARVEY JEROME COBB Harvey Jerome Cobb, infant, of 1003 Ardmore St., died Dee. 12, IBM. Graveside services were held Sunday, Dec. IS, at Pied mont Memorial Park. Be Is sur vived by his mother, Jennie Cobb. ' v Hargett Funeud Service tan charge of arrangement* DEATHS AND FUNERALS MRS. NETTIE J. McADOO Mrs. Nettie Jones McAdoo, age 69, of 327 Cumberland Street, died Friday morning, Dec. 13 following a brief illness. Funeral service was held Sunday, Dec. 15, 2:00 p. m., St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Prince Graves, pastor, offici ated. The family received their friends at Brown's Funeral Home Saturday evening from 7 to 9. Survivors include two sons, Harry and Leroy Jones, Greens boro; four sisters, Mrs. Dorthy Davis, Mrs. Thelma Haywood, Mrs. Louise Shavers and Mrs. Margie Ferree, all of Greens boro; one brother, Aaron Gray, Greensboro. Brown's Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. MR. JULIAN NEVILLE Mr. Julian Neville, age 78, riird Saturday morning, Dec. 14 following a brief illness. He lived at 1116 Cottage Grove Avenue. Funeral service was held Thursday, Dec. 19, 2:00 p. m., Brown's Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in family plot, Maplewood Cemetery. Survivors include one bro ther, George Neville, of the home. Brown's F*uneral Directors in charge of arrangements. MR. MARION BILLINGS Mr. Marion (Slick) Billings, j a?e 64. of 1015 E. Washington | : Street, died Sunday, Dec. 15 at j j I, Richardson Memorial Hos- j ' pital. ! Funeral services will be held ! j Thursday, Dec. 19 at Hargett ! < Memorial Chapel at 2:00 p. m. i Burial will follow at the Pied mont Memorial Park. Rev. C. I W. Anderson, pastor of United Institutional Baptist Church will i officiate. He is survived by: his wife, : Mrs. Ruth Jones Billings of the home; two daughters, Miss Lot 1 tie Billings and Mrs. Nina Mae ; ' Cobb, both of Greensboro; five sons, Andrew and Sevelie, both j of New York City, William. Le roy Richard and Danny Billing!, all of Greensboro, N. C.; two nephews, five nieces and a host of other relative* and friends. The family met their friends at Hargett Funeral Home from 7 to 9 Wednesday night. Hargett Funeral Service In charge of all arrangements. MR. NATHANIEL BENNETT Mr. Nathaniel Bennett, age 34, of 2849 Camborne Street, died Monday morning, Dec. 16, at L. Richardson Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Dec. S3 at New ZIon Baptist Church, Peachland, N. C. In Anson County. Burial will fellow In fhurch cemetery. He is survived by: his wife, Mrs. Ada Ruth Bennett of Mc Commickville, S. C.; two daugh ters, Patricia Ann and Yvonne Bennett of South Carolina; one son, Wayne Nelson Bennett o 1 South Carolina; his mother, Mrs. Nellie Bennett of Greensboro, N. C.; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Vir ginia Reid and Mrs. Mabel Ruth Wilson, both of Greensboro, and Mrs. Shirley Ann Smith of Oak boro, N. C.; four brothers, John Henry Bennett, Perley Haywood Bennett, Fletcher Martin Ben nett and Bobby Nelson Bennett, all of Greensboro, N. C.; a host of other relatives and friends. The family will meet their friends at Hargett Funeral Home Saturday night from 7 to 9. Hargett Funeral Service in charge of all arrangements. MRS. LELA W. HILL. Mrs. Lela W. Hill of 704 Penn sylvania St., Greensboro, N. C., died Thursday, Dec. 12, 1968 at L. Richardson Memorial Hos pital. Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 15 at Hargett Me morial Chapel. Burial followed in Piedmont Memorial Park. Rev. S. L. Fogle officiated. She is survived by one son, Nathaniel Hill; two daughters-in law, Mrs. Mary Hill and Mrs. Annie Mae Hill; one grandson, Willie t Douglas H>11, pTl of Greensboro; one granddaughter, four great-grandchildren; aunts, uncles and cousins of Charlotte and Lancaster, S. C. Hargett Funeral Service in charge of arrangements. ANTHOLOGY OF NEGRO POETRY IN PREPARATION Julian M e s s n e r announces the preparation of an anthology to be called Negro Voices, with Beatrice M. Murphy, well known Negro poet and writer, as editor. Miss Murphy invites Negro poets, under thirty, to submit their poems directly to her at 117 R Street N. E? Washington, D. C. 20002. It is the feeling of both the publisher and the editor that today's youth speaks eloquently and passionately for the bluctc people, and that they need only an opportunity to be heard. Negro Voices hopes to meet that need. A self-addressed, stamped en veope for the return of unac ceptable material must be In cluded. Poems that have been published, either in magazines, newspapers or books, are eligi ble, but the name of the publi cation must appear on the script. Poems should preferably be typewritten, one to a page. There are no restrictions as to form, subject matter, or length. No script will be considered after April 1, 1969. The American Friends Ser vice Committee announced the signing of an agreement with the Zambiah govemmen begin a self-help housing gram in Zambia.

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