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VOL. 28, NO. 25
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1969
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mrs. Nannie Chavia
at Mount Zion A.M.E. Church.
Greensboro, North Carolina on
Monday, April 14, 1969 at 2:00
P. M., Reverend J. R. Cheek,
Pastor, officiated.
Mrs. Nannie Windsor Chavis,
daughter of the late Mr. Paul
and Elizabeth Windsor was born
in Caswell County, N. C. March
19, 1887. She departed this life
on Thursday, April 11, 1969.
She was a loyal and faithful
member of the Mount Zion
A. M. E. Church as long as
heal tli permitted. She was Chap
MRS. NANNIE C HA VIS
lain of the Senior Missionary
Soeipfv. member of the Stew
ardess Board, and Pastor's Aid
Soc!?tv and Bible Band.
She was united in Holv Matri
monv to Mr. John Chavis in
1910. To this union was born
sevpi children.
Surviving are her husband,
John chavis; two daughters,
Mrs. Odessa Staton and Mrs.
Rosa Watt of Detroit, Mich.;
four sons, Mr. Emanuel C.
Chavis and Mr. John Duesle
Chavis of Detroit, Mich., Mr.
Lemuel Chavis and Mr. Samuel
Chavis of Greensboro, N. C.;
two sisters, Mrs. Emma Dick of
Greensboro and Mrs. Mattie
Stokes of Ruffin, N. C.; nine
teen grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren, daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Louise Chavis, who was j
Just like a daughter to the end,
?nd other relatives and friends
to mourn their loss.
Harpett Funeral Service In
charge of arrangements.
MR. AI.VIN MINOR
Mr. Alvin Minor, age 48 died
at L. Richardson Memorial Sat
urday, April 5th following a
brief Illness. He lived at 1700
Asheboro Street.
Funeral service was held Fri
day, April 11th, 2:00 P. M.
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel,
Rev J. L. Foushee, Baptist
Evangelist officiated Burial fol
lowed in Mebane, North Caro
lina.
The body remained at the
Funeral Home until the hour
of service.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Misses Luella, Ethel Mae
and Catherine Minor; two sons, 1
Roy Lee Minor and Tony Minor,
all of the home; six brothers,
Donald, James, Archie and Ru
dolph Minor of Mebane, N. C.,
Rand Minor, Haw River, N. C. J
and Alex Minor, Wilston-Salem,
N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. MILTON WEBSTER
Mr. Milton Webster, age 58
died Friday morning, April 11th
following a lengthy illness at
Tj. Richardson Memorial Hos
pital.
He lived at the home of his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Virginia
Webster, 2121 Hunter Street.
Funeral service was held
Wednesday, April 16th, 4:00
P. M. Brown's Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial followed In
Piedmont Memorial Park.
The family received their
friends at Brown's Funeral
Home Tuesday from 7-9.
Survivors include two broth
ers. James Webster, Greensboro,
Robert Web?ter, Toledo, Ohio;
two step children, Willie Hicks
and Mrs. Fannie Mae Wiggins,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
I Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
, MRS. MAOOTE L. MORRISON
Mrs. Maegie L. Morrison, age
I 57 of 709 S. Macon Street died
at. Moses Cone Memorial Hos
n'tal Friday morning. April 11th
following several weeks illness.
Funeral service was held
Monday. Am-'l 14th. 2:00 P. M.
Trinitv A. M. E. Zion Church,
Rev. Cecil Bishop pastor offi
ciated. B'fipl followed in Pied
mont Memorial Park.
The bodv remained at Brown's
Funeral Home until the hour
of service. Survivors include
one daughter, Mrs. Alfonsa
Carnev, Oakland, California;
three brothers, David Brenon,
Columbus, Ohio, Henry Bouk
night, Chicago, Illinois, Robert
Bouknight, Oakland, Calif; one
sister, Mrs. Viola Robinspn,
Greensboro, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors In
charge of arrangements.
MR. FRANK SHOFFNER
.Funeral Services for Mr. Frank
Shoffner were conducted at New
Goshen Methodist Church,
Greensboro, North Carolina on
Monday, April 14, 1969 at 4:00
P. M. The Reverend Eugene
Black officiated. I
Mr. Shoffner was born in j
Guilford County, N. C, the son !
of the late Mr. ft Mrs. Jerry I
Shoffner.
He was a life time resident
of Greensboro, North Carolina.
He was a faithful member of
New Goshen Methodist Church 1
for many years.
He leaves to mourn; 5 daugh
ters, Mrs. Marie Goins, of the
home, Mrs. Jalander Brown,
Mrs. Beatrice Branch and Mrs.
Margaret Gladney all of Greens
boro, and Mrs. Gladys Daniels
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Bennett College Spring Festival Queen
MISS MARCENIA BROWN
Miss Marcenla Brown, Hick
ory, N. C. senior, has been
chosen queen to reign over
the annual Spring: Festival to
be held at Bennett College,
on May 3> Greensboro, N. O.
These 3 To Appear in Fashion Show At A&T
A&T State University coe^s Miss Rosetta Lin'm, Winston
Salem, (left) Miss Avis Hill, Williamsburg, Va? and Miss
! , v- . ^erxb"-'-.! xv'll appear in a fashion
show in the first annual Spring Week at the University,
A> 1 24-2'- The th-ee-day urogram Is being sponsored by'
thr Department of Home Koonqmics.
One of the most colorful
events ever staged by the co
eds of A&T State University
will be the first annual Spring
Weekend, April 24-26.
Sponsored by the Department
of Home Economcs, the three
day presentatons will be center
ed around the theme, "The Con
sumer Wants to Know."
Highlights of the weekend
will be a fashion show, co
ordinated by nationally-known
fashion expert Elsie Archer of
McCall's; an address by Gus
Maultsby, industrial relations
specialist for the Warnaco' Cor
poration, Bridgeport, Conn.; in
dividual workshops on cloth
ing and careers in the field of
home economics; and a special
career workshop and fashion
show for high school students.
The opening session of the
weekend will be held Thursday,
April 24 at 10 a.m. in Benbow
Hall. The keynote address will
be given by Mrs. Archer, who (
is also the author of "Let's Face
It," a very popular book on ,
good grooming for teenage girls, i
Other participants will In- j
elude Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, pres- I
ident of A&T; and Dr. C. H I
Edwards, chairman of the De- j
partment of Home Economics.
At 1:30 p.m., workshops will
be held on "The New Look in
Jewelry," by Mrs. Anto Waddell
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Mrs. Koontz To Be
NCC Commencement
Sneaker
DURHAM, N. C. ? Mrs.
TMfrnheth Duncan Koontz. Di
rector of t^e Women's Bureau
in the Department of Labor,
will be the speaker for North
Carolina'"! Colleae's commence
ment services, Sundav, June 1,
it was announced today.
Mrs. Koontz was appointed to
the po?t she now holds bv Presi
dent N'xon on February 7. She
is the first Negro to head the
Women's Bureau and was the
first of her race to serve as
president of the National Edu
cation Association. She is also
U. S. Delegate to the United
National Commission on the
Status of Women.
From 1945 until she became
president of NFA in 196R. Mrs.
Koontz was a special education
teacher at Price Hish School,
Salisbury. N. C., working with
slow learners and disadvantaged
children. She had taught be
fore that in Winston-Salem,
Landis and Dunn, N. C.
Mrs. Koontz is a graduate of
TJvinPstnne College, Salisbury,
and holds a master's degree In
elementary education from At
lanta T.T"lversitv. Other grad
uate work was done at Colum
bia Univriitv and Tndiana Uni
versitv. She has also done spe
cial work in the field of special
education for sl<iw learners at
North Carolina College.
She is a life member of NEA,
nnd was nre^ident of the asso
ciation's largest department, the
Association of Classroom Teach
ers. in in65 She is a member
of the N""A' Council for Excep
t!ona! Children, the North Caro
lina Council for Retarded Chil
dren. and the National Associa
tion for Retarded Children.
From 1965 to 1968 she was a
member of the President's Ad
visory Council on Education of
H. Jvantaged Youth.
In 1964, Saturday Review
magazine sent Mrs. Koontz and
15 other Americans to the So
viet Union. She went to West
Berlin for the NEA in 1962,
observing the effects of the Ber
lin Wall on education.
Begonia Garden Club
Presents Show and Tea
The Senior Choir of the Unit
ed Institutional Baptist Church
will present Inspirational Gospel
Singers of the Mt. Pleasant Bap
tist Church, Washington, D. C.
on Sunday afternoon, April 20,
at 3:00. The singers are nation
aly known. Mr. LeRoy Lindsey,
formerly of Greensboro, N. C.,
is a member of this group.
Rev. C. W. Anderson, pastor
S. Edward Graves in charge
The Inspirational Gospel Sing
ers of Washington will also ap
pear at 7:00 p.m. Sunday eve
ning at Mt. Olive AME Zion
Church on McConnell Road.
Mrs. Em mice Douglas, sponsor