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VOL. 28, NO. 35 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
BAPTIST EVANGELIST DIES
Rev. King Virgil Cheek, Sr.
Rev. King Virgil Cheek, Sr.,
age 65, of 1201 S. Benbow Road
died at a local hospital Wednes
day, June 18, following several
months Illness. He pastored in
several cities in North Caro
lina during his many years in
the ministry. He is the father
of two college presidents, Dr.
King V. Cheek, Jr., Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh, N. C., and Dr.
James E. Cheek, Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C.
Funeral service was held
Sunday. June 22, 12:30 p. m.,
Providence Baptist Church.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park,
Other survivors include his
Widow, Mrs. Lee Ella Cheek of
the home; daughter, Mrs. Helen
C. Dean, Greensboro; Albert C.
Cheek, Houston, Texas, and
Franklin Cheek, Knoxville,
Tenn.; one brother, John Cheek,
Newark, N. J.; four sisters,
Mrs. Priscilla Rosser and Mrs.
Louise Burges, Littleton, N. C.,
Mrs. Margaret Burges, New
York City, and Mrs. Phebie
Parker, Suffolk, Va.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MB, CLYDE MITCHELL
Mr. Clyde Mitchell, World
War II veteran, age 56, died
en route to a local hospital
Tuesday June 17, following a
brief illness. He lived at Route
3, Box 300, Greensboro^ N. C.
Funeral service was held
Sunday, June 22, 3:00 p. m.,
Collins Grove Methodist
Church. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include one son,
Ellis Mitchell of the home; two
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
Thompson and Mrs. Marie
Waddell, both of Greensboro,
and six grandchildren.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. V1ZENA J. CRAWFORD
Mrs. Vizena Jane Crawford,
age 33, died at a local hospital
Tuesday, June 24 from acci
dental burns. She lived at 707
Rugby Street. Funeral service
will be held Saturday, June 28,
2:30 p. m., Brown's Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial will fol
low In local cemetery.
Survivors include her hus
band, Walter Crawford of the
home? mother, Mrs. Janie D.
Brown, Gastonia, N. C.; three
sons, Walter D. Crawford, Jr.,
Robert Crawford and Napoleon
Crawford; two daughters, Hazel
and Valarie Crawford, all of the
home; six sisters, Mrs. Helen
?Clawson, Baltimore, Md., Mrs.
Uzelar Tait, Long Island, N. Y.,
Mrs. Tryphenas Bratton and
Mrs. Charlotte D. Brown,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Evelyn V.
Edwards and Mrs. Pearl
Brown, Gastonia, N. C.; two
brothers, William J. Brown,
Gastonia, N. C. and Joshua
Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. MELVIN D. YOUNG
Mr. Melvin D. Young, age 70,
died Friday, June 20, at a local
hospital following a brief ill
ness. He lived at 215 East Bragg
Street. Funeral service was held
Monday, June 23, 4:00 p. m.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in Maplewood
Cemetery.
Survivors include one brother,
R. R". Young, Greensboro; two
sisters; Mrs. Louise Miget, At
lantic City, N. J. and Mrs.
Frances Young* Norfolk, Va.
Brown' Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. ERNEST CARTER
Funeral services for Ernest
Carter, age 19, of Rt. 2, Box 828,
Brown Summit, N. C., who died
Tuesday, June 23, 1969 from
injuries received when he was
struck by a train on the Rudd
Hawkins Road, will be held
Saturday at 2:00 p. m. at the
Chapel Hill United Methodist
Church, in Rockingham County.
He was employed by the Guil
ford County Board of Educa
tion.
He is survived by three sis
ters, Mrs. Shirley McCain, of
Brown Summit, Mrs. Cleo
Lindsey and Mrs. Ernestine
King, both of Greensboro; four
brothers, Bobby, Billy Leo and
Charles Carter, all of Greens
boro, and Edward Carter, of
Brown Summit.
The family will meet their
friends at 1225 Ogden Street.
Hargett Funeral Service will
be in charge of arrangements.
A & T Alumni
Contribute $35,000;
First Woman Named
President
The A&T State University
National Alumni Association
turned over $35,000 to the Uni
versity as a partial payment of
the 1969 Annual Giving Cam
paign goal.
Another highlight of the an
nual meeting here last weekend
was the election of the Associa
tion's first woman president.
She is Mrs. Julia S. Brooks, a
Philadelphia teacher, who will
head the Alumni group for two
years.
Other officers elected are Eu
gene Preston, Washington. D.C.,
first vice president; Jimmie I.
Barber, Greensboro, N. C., sec
ond vice president; B. H. Thorn
ton, Durham, N. C., treasurer;
Mrs. Veda Stroud, Greensboro,
secretary; and attorney Walter
Johnson, Jr., parliamentarian.
At an awards banquet held
Saturday night at King's Inn,
the association, composed of
some 10,000 members, present
ed its annual national service
award to Attorney Henry E.
Frye, only Negro member of
the North Carolina Legislature.
The national achievement
award was presented to the Rev.
Jesse Jackson, national director
of Operation Breadbasket, an
affiliate of SCLC.
In his remarks to- the group,
Jackson said A&T may become
the institution in America "to
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Mrs. Mable Orrell,
Mrs. Mable Orrell was re
cently honored by being desig
nated the Woman of the Year,
of the United Institutional Bap
tist Church. She reported more
than $200 for our Building Fund
Drive.
Mrs. Orrell is a native of
Bladenboro, N. C., where she
graduated from the Spaulding
Monroe High School.
Mrs. Orrell resides at 1406
Randolph Street, with her hus
band, Mr. Frank Orrell and
their five children.
Mrs. Orrell is very active
and a strong supporter of the
total program of the church.
She is a teacher in the Chil
dren's Division of our Church
School, member of Ward No. 4,
the Ever Ready Chorus, and
Assistant Director of the Hour
Woman of The Year
of Power, which convenes each
Sunday morning at 7:27.
We are happy, therefore, to
salute Mrs. Orrell as Woman
of the Year for 1969-70.
Famous Black Chamber
Trio To Present
Program At A&T.
Area music lovers will be In
for a very special treat when
the famous New World Trio,
three noted black musicians,
appear in concert at A&T State
University Thursday, July 10.
The concert, to be presented
at 8 p. m. in Harrison Audi
torium, is the first program on
the third annual summer ly
ceum series.
1 The New World Trio was
formed in 1967 and has already
drawn rave notices in appear
ances in New York City and
other places.
For its program, the trio of
fers a varied selection of duets,
trios and sonatasj-and concertos
from the baroque, classical,
romantic and modern periods.
Members of the trio are
Harry Smyles, former first
oboist of the Cleveland Conser
vatory of Music; and Harold
Jones, first flutist with the
American Symphony Orches
tra, directed by Leopold Sto
kowski.
The concert at A&T will in
clude "Trio Sonata in C Minor"
by Quantz, "Suite for Flute and
Oboe" by Ulysses Kay, a black
<Conttnue<1 on I'h m- ?
Baby Contest at New Zion Baptist Church Raises $1,179.05
The Senior Usher Board of
the New Zion Baptist Church
held a baby contest Sunday,
June 8 at 3:30 p. m.
Shown in the picture are
(reading from left to right):
Mrs. Ruth E. Coleman and her
baby, Debra Kay, who was
sponsored by her grandmother,
Mrs. Lizzie Coleman and who
raised $400.00; Mrs. Claude
Williams and baby Yvette Wil
liams, sponsored by Mrs. Cora
Howard, raised $170.00; Mrs.
Charles Browning and her baby
Angela LaShaun, sponsored by
Mrs. Virginia Headen, raised
$129.00; Mrs. Deloris Bratcher's
baby Rodney Roosevelt Brat
cher, who was sponsored by his
grandmother, Mrs. Francis.
Bratcher, raised $206.00; Mrs. I
Martha Greene and her baby
Bonita Greene raised $126.25 j
and the sponsor was Mrs. Em
ma Cokley; Mrs. Charles Si
mons, Jr. and baby Kimb?rly
Simmons and sponsor, Mrs.
Irene Lewis, raised $147.80.
The total amount raised by
the group was $1,179.05. Rev.
W. D. Johnson, pastor.