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VOL. 28, NO. 41 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLII..., . nx DAY , AUGUST 15, 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS
FIRST BUCK AND WHITE OWNED
MAGAZINE COMPANY
The first interracially owned
and staffed magazine company
has been formed to produce
"Equal Opportunity," a new
magazine for minority college
students seeking career oppor
tunities after graduation.
John Miller III, who is white,
is the President of the Equal
Opportunity Publications, Inc.
publishers of "Equal Opportun
ity, and Alfred Duckett, who
is black, is Vice President and
Editorial Director. Both have
rich backgrounds in the pub
lishing fields.
"By being interracially own
ed and staffed," said Mr. Miller
and Mr. Duckett in a joint
statement, "the magazine will
be offering the best possible
mix of ideas and reactions cov
ering one of today's most vola
tile socio-economic problems ?
black man in the predominant
ly white business world."
The annual magazine, due
Funeral Service Held
MRS. ELECTER J. HEDRICK
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mrs. Electer Joyce
Hedrick on Sunday, August 10,
1969 at 3:00 P.M. at Jones
Chapel Baptist Church, Reids
ville, N. C.
Mrs. Hedrick, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William Joyce
was born in Guilford County
in the late 1800's. At an early
age she connected herself with
the Jones Chapel Baptist Church
where she served faithfully un
til the end.
Survivors are her husband,
Jessie W. Hedrick; five daugh
ters, Mrs. Nannie Neal, Mrs. I
Ruth Yeows both of Greens
boro, N. C? Mrs. Nellie Rich
ardson, Mrs. Bertie Aihe both
of Reidsville, N. C., Mrs. Artls
Leach of Burlington, N. J.; four
?ons, Wallace McClain of Reids
ville, Jarious Hedrick of
Greensboro, Jeremiah Hedrick
of McLeansville, and John Na
than Hedrick of Burlington, N.
J.; four nieces, three nephews
and a host of other relatives and
friends.
Smith's Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
December 1969, has these ma
jor objectives:
1. To build confidence for its
readers in truly being accepted
in the business world by offer
ing them strong editorial con- 1
tent covering job opportunities
from every conceivable angle
with articles by prominent
black and white authors and
experts.
The lead article in the first
issue is entitled "Mind Your
.Own Black Business' by former
baseball great Jackie Robinson,
now a successful franchise busi
nessman. The article answers
the current minority cry for "a
piece of the action" in franchise
operations.
Among the others featured in
the issue are Georgia State Sen
ator Julian Bond; Henry Ford
III, head of the National Al
liance of Business, the organiza
tion seeking to accelerate mi
nority employment; Rev. Jesse
Jackson, Director of Operation
Breadbasket, the economic arm
of the Southern Leadership Con
ference, and Whitney Young,
Executive Director of the Na
tional Urban League.
I 2. To offer a directory of cor
poration profiles of cftnqmnte*
who are actively seeking mi
nority college students for ex
ecutive training positions.
Over 200,000 black college
students will have access to
"Equal Opportunity" through
more than 2,000 outlets includ
ing 1,000 college placement of
fices, bookstores* libraries and
other meaningful outlets.
In hailing the significance of
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Re'hel News
Union Prayer Meetings
The Union Prayer meetings
are being held at Bethel Church
each Wednesday night in August I
at 8:00 p.m. Come one, come j
all, a blessing from God awaits
you there.
Tom Thumb Wedding
Rehearsal
Participants in the 'Tom
Thumb Wedding" to be pre
sented at Bethel Church, Fri
day, September 12, will meet
at the church Saturday, August
16 for rehearsal. Parents please
have your children there on
time, at 5:00 p.m. Mesdames
Eva Slappy, Pauline Kestler
and Rosa Brittian are in' charge.
Tickets for the wedding are now
on sale for 25c.
Youth Program
The youth of Bethel Church
will have charge of the Morn
ing Worship Service, Sunday,
August 17, at 11:00 a.m. The
Bethelites will sing, and other
youth will participate.
A Day At The Beach
The bus for Atlantic Beach,
South Carolina will leave from
901 Bluford St., Saturday, Aug.
23, at 11:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
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O. C. Smith and Lena Home
LENA'S GUEST ? Lynamic singer Lena Home hosts O. C.
("Little Green Apples") Smith when she headlines the first
American network television special of her own ? "Monsanto
Night Presents Lena Home" ? to be colorcast on NBC -TV Wed
nesday, September 10, 10-11 p.m.
LENA HORNE TALKS ABOUT T. V.
Hollywood ? Lena Home,
preparing for the first Ameri
can network television special
oX: ** nH ?be pre
fers working on television to
the posh supper club circuit
she's followed for many years.
Miss Home's special ? "Mon
santo Night Presents Lena
Horne" ? will be colorcast on
the NBC Television Network
Wednesday, Sept. 10 (10-11 p.m.
PDT-EDT; 9-10 p.m. CDT).
Lena's guest stars will be David
Janssen (of "The Fugitive"
fame) and rhythm-and-blues
singer O. C. Smith.
"Television lets you stay in
one place, or maybe two or
three places, and they're all
lovely placcs to be," said the ]
singer. "It's much better than I
living out of a bag on the road j
all the time."
The "two or three places"
Lena referred to include, of
course, New York and Los In
geles, where she maintains I
permanent homes. The third is j
another of her favorite televis
ion towns, London. While she
visits the English isle whenever
Bishop Nichols
To Preach at
St. Matthews Church
Bishop D. Ward Nichols of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, New York City, will be
guest preacher in St. Matthews
on Sunday, August 24, 1969 at
10:55 A.M. Worshipping with us
at that time will be the Taylor
Family which will be holding
its Reunion in Greensboro. You
will want to welcome our guests
and hear this great preacher and
outstanding churchman in St.
Matthews. Mrs. Rosa Taylor
Winchester is a member of the
family. The Winchesters will
host the Reunion.
she can, she recently relinquish
ed her London flat as "econom
ically impractical."
Miss fiorne's fondness for a
somewhat settled existence may
be traced, no doubt, to her
perpatetic past as the always
moving offspring of a show bus
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Negro Named Director
Of Veterans Adm.
The selection of Dr. Howard
W. Kenney to become director
of the Veterans Administration's
northeastern medical region was
announced by Donald E. John
son, Administrator of Veterans
Affairs.
The first Negro named to the
high-level Regional Medical Di
rector position. Dr. Kenney will
be the highest ranking Negro
physician in the history of the
VA.
Dr. Kenney, 51, medical di
re9tor at the John A. Andrew
Memorial Hospital of Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama since Aug.
19G5, will assume his new post
on October 6. From his office
in Washington, D. C. he will
supervise 33 VA hospitals and
three independent outpatient
clinics in the 11 northeastern
states. With a combined bed
capacity of 28,000, these hos
pitals annually provide hospital
care to more than 150,000 vet
erans.
A VA official between 1953
and 1965, Dr. Kenney resigned
his post as director of VA's 950
bed hospital at East Orange,
N. J., in 1965 to accept his
present position at Tuskegee.
His VA service started at the
Agency's hospital in Tuskegee
where he rose from assistant
chief of staff to hospital direct
or. _
Dr. Kenney earned his B.S.
degree at Bates College, Lewis
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MR. JOHN HARSHAW CELEBRATES
102ND BIRTHDAY
Rev. and Mrs. Zollie Dunn's
home, 2209 Briarlea Road, was
the scene of a birthday celebra
tion for Mr. John Mac Harshaw
who was born 102 years ago.
The activities took place Aug.
7, 1969.
Mr. Harshaw, Mrs. Dunn's
grandfather, has lived with the
Dunns since 1957. There were
two sons, ten grandchildren, and
twenty-eight great grandchilcT
ren to join in the celebration.
Mrs. Alice- McCain presented
a short program which consist
ed of prayer by Bishop G. W.
Rice, solo by Miss Albertine
Williams, and remarks by Rev.
Mrs. J. E. Ewings.
Dinner was prepared by Mrs.
Dunn, Mrs. Mabel Barnes, Mrs.
Doris Dickens and Mrs. Imo
gene Goldston. Mrs. Ruth Mock
and Mrs. Peggy Richardson as
sisted in serving the guests.
The affair was very gayful and
"grandpa" certainly enjoyed it.
There is an old saying, "Bread
Is the staff of life." Maybe
"grandpa" has proven this, be
cause he never eats without
bread even if he is served pan
cakes.
Mr. Harshaw came to live
with his graddaughter thirteen
years ago when his daughter
passed and Mrs. Dunn plans to
MR. JOHN HARSHAW
care for her grandfather as long
as she is able.
"Grandpa" has received let
ters from President Nixon,
Mayor Jack Elam of Greens
boro, and the Rev. Sam Sox, a
Lutheran minister congratulat
ing him.