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VOL. 28, NO. ?8
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1969
PRICE 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUtjtRMS
JOHN KBR TON JOHNSON
Memorial rites ffor John Kir
ton Johnson were .conducted on
Thursday, March 26, 1969 at
3:00 P.M. *t The :Saint James
Presbyterian Chusch, Greens
boro, North Carolina. The "Rev
erend Julius T. Douglas, offic
iated, assister by The Reverend
J. E. McMillan.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. CICERO RHYNES
Funeral services for Mr. Ci
cero Rhynes were conducted in
the Hargett Memorial Chapel,'
Creensboro, North Carolina on
Sunday, March 23, 198S at 2:0C
P.M. Elder L. G. Rahming, min
ister of Market St. Seventh-Daj
Adventist Church officiated.
Hargett Funeral Service in
.charge of arrangements.
SISTER
'DORA GILCHRE8T LATTA
Funeral services were con
ducted for Sister Dora Gllchreat
Latta at Mt. Zion A. M. E.
Church, 1422 Huffin Mill Road,
?Greensboro, North Carolina on
Friday, March 28, 1969 at 4:00
P.T?I. The Reverend J. R. Cheek,
Pastor, officiated.
Hargett Funeral Service in |
charge of arrangements. .j
MR. JAMES HENRY GANT '
Mr. James Henry Gant, 72,
of Rt. 1, McLeansville, N.C.,
died Sunday March 30, 1969 at
L. Richardson Memorial Hos
pital, after a brief illness.
Funeral service were held
Thursday, April 3, 1969 at 2:00
P.M. from the Community Bap
tist Church In Guilford County,
N.C., with the Reverend Mc
Clain officiating. Interment was
in the McLeansville Baptist
Cemetery in McLeansville, N.C.
Survivors are 4 daughters,
Mrs. Lola Dodd of Greensboro,
N.C., Miss Pollie Shoffner of
Gibsonville, N.C., Mrs. Shirley
Willis of Elon College, N.C., 1
Step-daughter Mrs. Shirley
Herbin of Greensboro, N. C.,
2 brothers, Mr. Earnest and
Willie Gant both? of Detroit,
Michigan.
Hargett's Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. CURTIS HUDSON
Mr. Curtis Hudson, age 51 of
103 East St., Greensboro, died
Monday M^rch 31, 1969 at L.
Richardson Memorial Hospital,
after a brief illness.
Funeral service will be held
Saturday, April 5, 1969 from
Hargett's Memorial Chapel at
1:30 P.M., with the Rev. Henry
Penn, officiating. Interment will
be In Piedmont Cemetery. The
family will meet , with their
friends Friday night.
Survivors are 1 Sister and 2
Brothers.
Hargett's Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. CLAYTON HAWTHORNE
Mr. Clayton Hawthorne, 69,
of 516 Boyd Street, died Sunday
'March 29, 1969 at Moses H.
Cone Memorial Hospital, alter
a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
?Wednesday April 2, 1S69 from
Hargett's Memorial Chapel with
the Reverend C. W. Anderson,
officiating pestor of the United)
Institutional "Baptist Church, at'
1:30. Interment were in Pied
mona Cemetery.
Survivors are 1 daughter, Mrs.
Christina H. Dicks of New York
City; 8 sisters, Mrs. Beuiah H.
Young .of Greensboro, N.C., Mrs.
Carrie H. White and Mrs. Ber
?tha H. Broch both of Green
ville, South Carolina, 3 brothers;
Mr. George W., Elijah and Joe
B. Hawthorne, Jr. all of Green
ville, South Carolina, 2 grand
son and a host of other relatives
and friends.
Hargett' Funeral Service in
charge of arrangement
MRS. J OS IE R. WO MACK
Mrs. Josie flank ins Womack
of Youngstown, Ohio, formei
resident of Brown Summit, N
C. Died Thursday March 20
1969 in Youngstown, Ohio, after
a brief illness.
Funeral service will be heir1
Monday at 3:00 P.M. at the Nev.
Bethel Church of God in Christ
in Youngtown, Ohio.
Surviving are her husband,
Rev. Earnest Womack, four j
daughters, and one son all of I
the home, four sisters, Mrs. Isa- ,
belle Lax, Mrs. Alberta Brooks
of Greensboro, North Carolina;
Mis. Catherine Melton of Gib
sonville, N.C., and Mrs. Theador
Settles of Durham, N.C., four
brothers, Spencer, Julius and
Rev. W. T. Rankin all of Greens
boro, North Carolina and Mr.
Arthur Rankin of Brown Sum- i
mit, N.C. The body is at Linton ]
Funeral Home in Youngstown, >
Ohio.
Courtesy of Hargett's Funeral \
Home.
MRS. MARY B. RIGHTO WEF
Mrs. Mary B. High tower, age
57 died at her home 107 Dur
nam Street Tuesday, March
25th following a brief illness.
Funeral service wa held Sat
urday, March 29th, 2:00 P.M.
United Institutional Baptist
Church, Dr. C. W. Anderson
pastor officiated. Burial follow
ed in Maple wood Cemetry.
The body remained at Brown's
Funeral Home until the hour
of service.
Survivors include her hus
band, Paul Hightower; Mother,
Mrs. Lillie Thacker of the home;
three step-daughter, Mrs. Blon
dell Hale, Fayetteville, N. C.,
Miss Barbara Hightower and
Miss Marie Hightower, both of
Greensboro.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arangementa.
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Mr. Corbett Accepts Checks for A&T University Foundation
Heads 0/ student organizations at A&T State
University last weefc turned in first reports
and contributions to the A&T University
Foundation to be uced as scholarships for
high ability students. Those turning in checks
to Ellis F. Corbett, center, associate director
of Planning and Development are Harold
Glover, Oxford. N. C., Men's Council; Rich
ard Newkirk, Ivanhoe, N. C., Administra
tive Helpers; Miss Charley Flint, Greens
boro, N. C., Women's Council; Willie L.
Boy kin, Clinton, N. C., Alpha Phi Omega
Fraternity; iiei man Newborn, Snow Hill,
N. C., Greensboro United Tutorial Serv
ices (GUTS); and Scott Toweh, Liberia,
West Africa, International Students Asso
ciation.
MRS. RHODES NAMED PRESIDENT
OF GUILFORD REST HOME ASSOC.
Mrs. Lillian P. Rhodes, a Li
censed Practical Nurse, was I
elected Prsident of the Opera- '
tors of Guilford County Associa- |
tion of Rest Homes on March
4, at the Larricks Rest Home,
High Point, North Carolina. She
is also a charter member of the
North Carolina State Associa
tion of Rest Homes.
For a number of years Mrs.
Rhodes has operated the Rhodes
Rest Home which is located at
2217 Trade Street, Greenboro, |
North Carolina. She's also Presi- I
dent of the Juliet Progresive
Club, an active member of St.
Matthews United Methodist
Chuch where she serves as
Chairman of the Stewardess
Board. Mrs. Rhodes is quite
active in various other activities .
of this church.
She is a devoted Eastern Star
of the Magnoia Chapter, Prince
Hal Affiliation where she has
served is various capacities. Mrs.
Rhodes also enjoys membership
in the Morningside Senior Cit
Cotton Farmers Wrestle
North Carolina farmers are
wrestling with the decision of :
how much cotton to plant this j
year. Three straight bad-weath- i
er years and some changes in j
the cotton program have to be ]
weighed in the decision.
The 1969 program features |
these important elements, as
described by Jim Allgood, ex- j
tension farm management econ- j
omist at North Carolina State ;
University:
? There will be no diversion
payments
MRS. L. P. RHODES
izens Club.
There will be a meeting for
the rest home operators, April
9th at the Holiday Inn, South,
at 12:00 o'clock. All members
are asked to be present.
With Planting Decision
? The present loan rate is
maintained
? The price support payment
is increased.
"Farmers have a wider choice
on the amount of cotton they can
produce in 1969," Allgood point
ed out. "It's anyone's guess just
what size crop we will have.
The important thing for $he
farmer Is that he evaluate all
alternatives before planting
time."
Allotments will be the same
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Pesticides in Cigarettes
May Harm, Study Says
GREENSBORO, N. C. ? Three
research grants, totaing more
than $35,000. were approved this
week for statf members at
North Carolina A&T State Uni
versity.
Largest of the grants was for
$27,717 from the Council for
Tobacco Research, USA, to Dr.
H. M. Chopra, professor of
chemistry.
Dr. Chopra is investigating
the possible health hazards that
may result fom the pesticides
that remain on the tobacco
leave Ised in making cigar
ttes.
"We know that all of the
pesticides that are used to pro
tect the tobacco leaves during
growth are strong poisons," said
Dr. Chopra. "We are going to
try to determine what happens
to these pesticides that remain
in the cigarette."
Dr Chopra said his study will v
try to find out if the products
given off from pesticides burned
in a cigarette are given off in
large enough dosages to be
harmfhl to the individdal smok
er's health.
A grant of $6,320 from the
Greensboro City Schools has
been approved for Dr. Arthur
F. Jackson, dean of A&T*s
School of Arts and Sciences and
Dr. T.aMyra Davis, associate di
rector of the Institute for Re
search in Human Resources.
Jackson and Dr. Davis will
evauate the school system's proj
ects asd activities, which are
being conducted under Title I
of the 1965 Elementary and
Secondary School Act.
Mrs. Mildred Bonner, profes
sor of psychoogy, has received
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