UKCt n.ODLWu ryDuu unvuu TO 2 7 1969 J lie future oil Keep Up With The Times ? Read The Future Outloom 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 (Continued on Page ?> 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