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VOL. 28, NO. 37 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT INJURIES
FATAL TO JULIAN S. PLUMMER
JULIAN STANLEY PLUMMER
Julian Stanley Plumtner, 37,
died in the emergency room at
Moses Cone Hospital six hours
after his arrival there Sunday
night following a motorcycle
accident in Old Huffine Mill
Road some 10 miles north ol
Greensboro.
Plummer, who arrived at the
lospital about 8:30 p. m. Sun
lay, died at 2:35 a. m. Monday
if severe injuries of the legs
ind lower back.
Highway Patrolman P. M.
Smith said Plummer's motor
cycle left the road on a curve,
apparently after the guard bar
lit the road surface, and threw
?lummer about 35 or 40 feet.
The motorcycle traveled on into
a creek. The accident, he said,
appened at 7:50 p. m.
Plummer, who lived at 2211
New Castle St., was a printer
and was formerly a history
cacher at Madison High School,
Madison. He was a veteran of
the Korean War.
Funeral was held at 4 p. m.
at Brown's Funeral Home
Chapel on Wednesday, July 9.
(Services were conducted by the
I Christian Scientist Reader.
Mr. Robert L. Hannon, Jr. Died Sunday Morning
As A Result Of Injuries Received In Auto Accident
JWR. ROBERT L. HANNON,
JR.
Mr. Robert L. Hannon, Jr.,
nge 24, died Sunday morning,
July 6, as a result o f multiple
injuries received from an auto
mobile accident three miles
v.outh of Lexington, N. C. He
lived at 1033 Pearson Street.
Funeral service was held
Thursday, July 10, 2:00 p. m.,
United Institutional Baptist
Church. Dr. C. W. Anderson,
pastor, officiated. Burial fol
'owed in Piedmont Memorial
Park.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Marie Hannon, Greens
boro; parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Hannon, Sr, Greens
boro.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
I charge of arrangements.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MR. TRACEY MEADOWS
Mr. Tracey Meadows, age 61,
died at a local hospital Friday.
July 4, following a brief illness.
He lived at 913 Caldwell Street.
Funeral service was held Mon
day, July 6, 4:00 p. m., Brown's
Funeral Home Chapel. Rev.
Cecil Bishop, pastor of Trinity
A. M. , E. Zion Church, offici
ated. Burial followed in Maple
wood Cemetery.
Survivor? include his widow,
Mrs. Florence Meadows of the
home; mother, Mrs. Lizzie
James Walton, Greensboro; one
daughter, Mrs. Mary Gardner,
Greensboro; son, Tracey Mea
dows, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; one
step-son, Charlie Cherry, of
Greensboro; twelve grandchil
dren.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MR. EUGENE G. HOUSTON
Mr. Eugene Gray Houston
age 93, died Wednesday, July 2
following several months of de
clining health. He lived at 627
Watson Street. Eastern Star
rites were conducted Friday
night, July 4, 8:30 p. m. at
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel
by Magnolia Chapter No. 23.
Funeral service was held Sat
urday, 3:00 p. m. at St. Mat
thews United Methodist Church.
Rev. J. B. Bethea, pastor, offi
ciated. Burial rites were con
ducted by St. John's Masonic
Lodge No. 12, Prince Hall af
filiation at Maple wood Ceme
tery.
Survivors include one step
sister, Mrs. Clara Gaston, In
dianapolis, Ind.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
First Negro Is Named
To City's ABC Board
Alexander Parker
Alexander Parker, 36, of 1614
Ross Ave., owner of three
Greensboro barber shops, will
resign from the city Human
Relations Commission today to
accept appointment to the
Greensboro Alcohol Control
Board.
Parker was named to the
board by the City Counci Mon
day as the first Negro appointee
in the 18-year history of the
board. He will succeed Pete
Davenport, whose term has ex
pired, and he is to serve until
July 3, 1972.
A Montgomery County na
tive, Parker is a graduate in
accounting from A&T State
University. He is a trustee of
Shiloh Baptist Church, a direc
tor of the Family Service and
Travelers' Aid Association and
secretary-treasurer of Commu
nity Funeral Service, Inc.
Veterans' Corner
(Editor's Note: Veterans and
their families are asking thou
sands of questions concerning
the benefits their government
provides for them through the
Veterans Administration. Below
are some representative que~.es.
Additional information may be
obtained at any VA office.)
Q ? I understand that a law
was recently passed which in
creases the amount of a direct
loan which the Veterans Ad
ministration can make to a
veteran. If so, what is the new
amount?
A ? Under a law signed by
President Nixon on June 6,
1969, the VA may now make
direct loans up to a maximum
of $21,000. The old limit was
$17,600.
Q ? My father is permanently
and totally disabled due to a
service-connected disability in
curred in World War XI. I am
19 years old and married. Am I
eligible for educational assist
ance from the Veterans Admin
istration?
A ? Yes. Marriage does not
affect your eligibility to VA
educational assistance if you
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Asks Equal Enforcement
EVERS TAKES OVER AS MAYOR,
WILL DONATE $75 PAY TO CITY
Fayette, Miss. (UPI)? Mayor
Charles Evers, starting his first
working day in office, launched
a clean-up drive Tuesday and
instructed his all-black police
force to enforce laws firmly but
equally.
The 46-year-old civil rights
leader wasted little time in get
ting down to business as Missi
sippi's first Negro mayor of a
biracial community since the
reconstruction era.
He presided over a four-hour
meeting of the newly elected
all-Negro Board of Aldermen,
appointed several Negroes and)
one white to city posts, and an
nounced he would donate his
first year's salary as mayor to
the town's sagging general fund.
Among the first official acts
of the board was to repeal a
resolution passed in 1957 by the
former all-white administration
endorsing racial segregation
The new board adopted a reso
lution promising to enforce law
"without distinction or discrim
ination due to the color of skin
or beliefs of persons.;*
The resolution said it would
be the board's "affirmative dutv
.to foster an atmosphere of tran
quility and equal opportunity
for persons of all color and be
lief."
An estimated 5,000 jammed
into Fayette Monday for the
historic swearing in of the new
administration but most of the
crowd had gone by Tuesday
morning and the streets of the
sleepy town wre quiet again
The board meeting was held at
City Hall in the center of the
two-block-long shopping dis
trict.
The job of mayor is a part
time position, paying only $75
a month, and Evers plans to
remain as state field director
o the National Association for
the Advancement of Colore!
People (NAACP) in addition to
new duties. He took over as
NAACP director in 1963, suc
ceeding his slain brother Med
gar Evers who was killed by an
Jssassin in Jackson.
Evers said he planned to de
vote much of his time to seek
ing new industry. He started a
clean-up drive which includes
laulmg off old abandoned cars,
earing down unoccupied shacks
. increasing garbage pickups
f-om two to three times a week
The board also passed an or
dnance prohibiting loud juke
boxes after Evers said it was a
disgrace for people to go to
urch on Sunday morning and
hear these joints with music
plaving."
Some local whites feared
vers election would cause fur
ther exodus of whites from the
own, but the new mayor vowed
e flid not want an all-black
town. He said he would appoint
qualified whites as well as
blacks to city posts, but nearly
all of his initial appointments
were Negroes.
Evers admitted he had been
having trouble finding local
whites who were willing to
serve in his administration al
though former Mayor R. J.
Allen and others have offered
to assist the new board in an
advisory role.
Evers selected Andrew Van
derson, a 36-year-old Negro
school teacher, as chief of the
town's four-man all-black po
lice force. Evers said he hoped
later to name one or two whites
to the force.
Negroes also were named city
clerk, fire chief, and superin
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Local Resident Dies
At The Age Of 102
MR. JOHN LOMAX
Funeral services were held
for Mr. John Lomax of 1411
East Market Street. The funeral
was held Sunday, July 6 at 1:00
p.m. at the Temple Chapel Bap
tist Church, Charlotte, N. C,
where the Rev. F. C. Pinkney
officiated.
Mr. Lomax died at the age of
102. He was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lomax, and
was born November 17, 1867 in
Calhoun Falls, S. C. He de->
parted this life Thursday, July
3, 1969 at his Greensboro resi
dence.
He leaves to mourn: five
daughters, Mrs. Annie Turman
of the home, Mrs. Carrie Miller,
Charlotte, N. C., Mrs. Daisy
Lomax and Mrs. Mary Lomax,
both of Washington, D. C., Mrs.
Viola Lomax, New Yorlj, and
Mrs. Emma Lou Henderson.
There are two sons, Bishop J.
V. Lomax, New York City, and
Mr. Rubin Lomax of Hones
Path, S. C.; 13 grandchildren,
4 great-grandchildren, 1 great
grert-grandchild, and a host of
other relatives and friends.
Grier Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. Inter
ment was in York Memorial
Cemetery, Charlotte,' N. C.