GREENSBORO P'JoJC L!6ftA2>" ^Jh empire QuUook* <Sr he Times ? Read The Future Outlookl VOL. 28, NO. 40 G jRO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS FRED CUNDIFF, NEGRO, TO ASSUME POSITION OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS By Owen Lewis Greensboro Public Schools .. ? FRED CUNDIFF "I view this new assignment as the most challenging of my life, and certainly I will do everything physically possible to justify the confidence placed in me by the board." That's what Fred Cundlff said as he reared back in his chair and chewed on his glasses. On Aug 18, he will assume the posi tion of assistant superintendent of administration in the Oreensboro Public Schools. He Is the first Negro to hold an as sistant superintendency in the local school system, and he is one of a select few in the state of his race who hold positions at that level. Cundlff, 43, has directed fed eral programs for the disad vantaged in the city schools ?ince 1966 as director of Title I programs under the U. S. Ele mentary and Secondary Educa tion Act of 1965. Elementary counselors, school social work ers, reading teachers, special ed ucation for emotionally disturb ed children, cultural enrichment activities, free lunches, psycho logical services and nurses have been provided in 14 schools un der Cundlffs direction. Cundlff is five feet eight Inches tall and has a wiry ap pearance at 164 pounds. He has a cafe au lait complexion, close cropped hair and a thin mus tache. He is a natty dresser, who likes bright colors. His chief diversion is golf ' ? "an avid duffer" he calls himself. He Is soft-spoken and deliberate In his conversation. His sense of humor is keen, and he enjoys an occasional practical joke. In the assistant superintend ency, Cundiff will administer the city schools' freedom of choice pupil assignment plan, coordinate student teaching as signments, complete state and federal reports relative to the operations of the school system, conduct long range planning and take on a variety of admini strative responsibilities that fall outside the range of duties of the other three superintendents, whose areas are instruction, personnel and business. The four positions are coequal. In response to questions con cerning student unrest, Cundiff commented, "When we attempt to held children to think criti cally, analytically ? even crea tively and they demonstrate an attempt to do this, we can not tune them out." "I do not feel that they are j saying, 'We want to run the J school,' but I do believe they | feel they are entitled to a genu ine opportunity to be heard, and that their opinions will be con sidered in the decision-making process," said he. A native of North Wilkesboro, Cundiff worked in Chatham Manufacturing Co.'s blanket mill in Elkin before serving in Burma in World War II as an Army staff sergeant in the Corps of Engineers. After the war he attended Ohio State University. Then his childhood sweetheart, Hyla, lur ed him back to North Carolina and he got his degree from Winston-Salem State University. Later he earned the M.S. in education from A&T State Uni versity. Mrs. Cundiff teaches the ourth grade at predominantly white Vandalia School, and they have two sons. Freddie, 15, and Roderick, 8. They live at 1816 Curry St. Cundiff taught at Washington Elementary School from 1953 until he took the Title I director ship in 1068, He taught in all the upper grades, because the principal, the late John Leary wanted him to have a variety of teaching experiences. reflect ?n the things that have happened to me I would say that Mr. Leary was the moving factor in my getting a graduate degree and continu ing in education. He saw some thing in me. He always pushed me, always expressed confidence in my ability. He persuaded me to take the Title I directorship when Mr. (Philip) Weaver (late superintendent of city schools) offered it. I missed him when this opportunity came, but I think I did what he would have advised. He was great ? a hu man relations expert." Cundiff has been a member of the predominantly black N. C. Teachers Association since 1953 and served two years as vice president of the Greensboro unit. He is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, St. James Presbyterian Church, the I board of directors of Hayes- ? Taylor WMCA and of Greens- ' boro Little Theater. He also serves on the education sub- 1 (Continued qq Pige 4) Black Soldier Denied j Burial In Hometown White Cemetery Birmingham, Ala. ? The 16 year-old widow of a 20 year old black soldier, killed during a search and destroy mission in j Vietnam, has been told that she j may not bury his remains in an all-white Alabama cemetery. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), through cooperating at torney Oscar W. Adams, Jr., this week asked for a prelimin ary and permanent injunction here in U. S. District Court. Pvt. Bill Henry Terry volun teered to serve in the U. S. Army in September of 1968; six months later he was shipped to Vietnam. He was dead four months after arrival overseas and less than a year after volunteering Anticipated Death Pvt. Terry, father of an 11 month-old son, had a premoni tion that he would be killed anc asked his wife, Margaret, and - his mother Mrs. Jimmie Lee, to see that he be buried in Bir mingham's Elm wood Cemetery His body was returned to his native Birmingham under the customary military escort. "The military," the LDF said in its complaint, "learning of the deceased's wish to be buried in Elmwood Cemetery, escorted the body there in the company of the plaintiff mother and plain tiff wife." The grieving women asked to purchase a grave site. They were turned away. "Having no alternative and having already made arrange ments for the funeral," the LDF told the court, the women "ar ranged to have Bill Henry Ter ry, Jr, buried at a Negro ceme tery on July 19, 1969." LDF Attorney Adams said that the deceased's body will be exhumed "if this court declares that Elmwood Cemetery wrong fully abridged plaintiffs' rights." R?'M News Holy Communion Service The Holy Communion Serv i ice will be conducted at Bethel I Church Sunday, August 10 at I 11:00 a.m. The service was post poned from Sunday, August 3, the first Sunday in the month, due to the absence of the Pas tor, Rev. L. S. Penn, Sr. who ! was on vacation. Laymen's Meetln* Among the Laymen of Bethel Church attending the Eleventh Biennial Session of the Con nectional Laymen's Organiza tion were Mr. and Mrs. Comey Enzlow. The session was held August 4-9 in Memphis, Tenri. Guest Speaker at Bethel The Rev. T. Campbell, the Pastor of St. John A. M. E. Church, Fairmont, N. C. will be the guest speaker at Bethel Church, Sunday, August 10, at i (Continued oo Pifi 4) Crowning of Trinity Mother Raises $1,177.65 Mrs. Julia Stradford Craw "ord was crowned Trinity Church Mother recently in a CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNOUNCES EXAMINATION The Civil Service Commission :as announced a new examina tion for filling Treasury En | Xorcement Agent positions. These I jobs are in the Bureau of Cus- ' ? toms, U. S. Secret Service and | the Internal Revenu Service, ! and are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The positions at Grades GS-5 ($6,176) and GS-7 ($7,639). All competitors are required to take a written examination in several subject matters. About four hours are required for the test. The minimum age limit for these positions is 21. The examination announce ment containing the description of the work, education and/or experience, and physical re quirements and application forms are available in the Civil Service Office, Room 231, U.S. Post Office^ Greensboro, N. C. 27420. Applications will be accepted by the Interagency Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners in Atlanta until further notice, and the examination will be scheduled from time to time as applications are received. contest held at Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church. She was crowned by Mrs. Nettie Houston who was Trinity Mother of 1968 Mrs. Julia Crawford lives at ;.t)2 Huffman Street. She was born in Chester, S. C. From her first marriage with Rev. E. D. Stradford were born five chil dren, four of which are living. They are: Mr. Eddie Stradford, Jr. of Greensboro, N. C.; Mrs, Magalene McLendon of Balti more, Md.; Mr. Willie Stradford of Charlottesville, Va.; and Mr. Allen Stradford of California. Mrs. Crawford later married Mr. H. Crawford. Mrs. Julia Crawford is very active in religions and civic or ganizations. She is president of Stewardess Board Number One and is a member of the Finance Board of Trinity Churoh. She also has regular attendance In the Churoh Sunday School and is a member of the Courts of Calanthe. In the contest, Mrs. Crawford raised $419.25. The other con testants in the contest were: Mrs. Florence Henderson who raised $225.25; Mrs. Eunice Caldwell who raised 9219.25; Mrs. Aimy Foster with 9214-54; Mrs. Beatrice Careloek who raised 979.65; donations of 922.75. The total amount raised was 91.177-65. Rev. Cecil Bishop, pastor.

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