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VOL. 29, NO. 11 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1970 PRICE : 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MRS. WILLIE M. WILLIAMS
Mrs. Willie Mae Williams,
age 52, died at her home, 1124
McGee St., Thursday morning,
January 8th following a brief
Illness.
Funeral service was held Sun
day, Jan. 11th, 3:30 P.M. from
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed In Maplewood
Cemetery.
The family received their
friends at the funeral home
Saturday night from 7-9.
Survivors include son, Clakin
Craig, Roxboro, Mass.; daugh
ters, Mrs. Doretha Alston,
Bronx, N. Y.; sister, Mrs. Flo
rlne Jackson. Ft. Bragg, N. C.;
?ix grandchildren.
MRS. MAGGIE L. SWEPSON
Mrs. Maggie L. Swepson, age
73 of 2022 Anthony Ct. died
Tuesday morning, Jan. 13th fol
lowing a brief illness.
The body was carried from
Brown's Funeral Home Thurs
day morning, to Varlck Chapel
A.M.E. Church, Ashevllle, N. C.
where funeral was conducted.
Burial followed In Sunset Ceme
tery.
Survivors include one son,
William David Swepeon of the
home; three grandchildren.
The family received their
friends at Brown's Funeral
Home Wednesday evening from
7-9.
Brown's Funeral Directors In
charge of arrangements.
MR. JESSE DOUGLAS
Mr. Jesse Douglas, age 69,
died at L. Richardson Memorial
Hospital Thursday morning,
Jan. 8th following a brief ill
ness. He lived at 510 Boyd St.
Funeral service was held Sun- i
day, Jan. 11th, 1:00 P.M. from j
Hayes Memorial United Holy .
Church. Burial followed In
Maple wood Cemetery.
The family received their
friends at Brown's Fuml
Home Saturday evening from
7-#. '
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Mary Douglas; son, Theo
dore Douglas, Newark, N. J.;
three daughters, Mrs. Florence
Blount, Greensboro, Mrs. Bead*
Barahill, Newark, N. J? Uks
Virginia Douglas of the hAta;
step sons, William and Jesse
Bratton, Newark, N. J.; seven
teen grandchildren; two broth
ers, Willie and Andrew Doug
las, Washington, D. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MBS. LILI.IF. b. SIMMONS
Mrs. Lillie Bell Simmons, age
67, a former resident of 805 Ox- 1
ford St. died at N. C. Cancer
Institute, Lumberton, N. C. Mon
day, Jan. 12th following several
years of declining health. The
body was brought to Brown's
Funeral Home.
Funeral service was held Fri
day, Jan. 16th, 3:30 PJ A. from
Hayes Memorial United Holy
Church. Burial followed ,in
Piedmont Memorial Park.
Survivors include Mrs. Bessie
Myrick, Greensboro, grand
daughter, with whom she made
her home; daughters, Mrs. Sadie
C. Tucker, Mrs. Alberta Scott;
sons, Jessie and J. C. Jones, all
of Philadelphia, Pa.; five grand
children and thirteen great
grandchildren.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
EXAMINER SAYS HEROIN
POISONING KILLED YOUTH
The Guilford County medical
examiner ruled Wednesday, Jan.
14 that 19-year-old Philip Mc
Lean died last Saturday from
heroin poisoning.
Police said earlier that they
suspected some kind of drug
and that the left arm of the
youth bore needle marks.
Dr. Allan Coggenshall, medi
cal examiner, reported that blood
samples taken from McLean
"showed he had taken some
heroin" and that a package of
powder taken from his clothing
was "unquestionable heroin".
The tests of the blood and
powder were made at the N. C.
Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill.
Police said McLean, son of
the Bev. and Mrs. Charles B.
McLean, was found critically ill
early Saturday at his home and
was dead on arrival at Moses
Cone Hospital at about 4 a.m.
Phillip McLean was the al
leged slayer of Sherwin Wins
ton, July 20th who died from
pistol shot wounds at L. Rich
ardson Hospital.
Detectives are continuing in
vestigation of the case In hopes
of finding the source of the drug.
Mr. Phillip McLean, age 19,
of 328 E. Lee St. was dead on
arrival to the Mooes H. Cone
Memorial Hospital on Saturday, I
January 10, 1970.
Funeral services was held 2:00
P.M. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the
Mount Zlon Baptist Church with
the minister, the Rev. Frank
Williams, officiating. Burial
followed in Piedmont Memorial
Park. 1
! A&T Receives $2,500
Grant From American
Oil Foundation i
A&T State University this !
week received an unrestricted j
grant of $2,500 from the Ameri
can Oil Foundation.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, presi
dent of A&T, received the grant
from L. D. Thomas, a repre
sentative of the foundation.
L. W. Moore of Chicago, Pres
ident of American Oil Founda- 1
tion, commenting on the grant !
to A&T said:
"We are placing no restric- i
tions on the use of the funds
granted, as long as they are
spent currently to improve edu
cation and are not used for en
dowment purposes. Our contri
bution may be applied wholly
or in part toward research, fac
ulty salaries, libraries, training
teachers, operating costs, build
ing programs, or any other pur
poses desired." He also said that
the need among private colleges
and universities for corporate
and foundation support has
never been greater and that
"grants take oh a value exceed
ing their dollar amount if they
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The family met their friends
Monday night at Hargett's Me
morial Chapel.
He is survived by his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Charles B. Mc
Lean, Sr. of the home; two sis- .
ters, Miss Kay Frances McLean j
and Miss Hoesanna McLean, j
both of the home; four brothers, '
Charles McLean of Detroit, j
Mich., Joseph McLean of Char- ;
lotte, N. C, Samuel McLean of j
MB. PHILLIP McLEAN
Greensboro and Michael McLean
of the home; one aunt, Miss May
Bell McLean of Elrod, N. C.;
two uncles, Rev. Frahk McLean
of Trenton, N. J. and Lincoln
McLean of Wilmington, Dela.;
one great-uncle, Joe Smith of
Wadesboro; a host of other rel
atives and friends.
Hargett Funerfi 'iervlee in
charge of arrangements.
DEPUTIES PROBING DEATH
OF JESSE MITCHELL
The death of Jesse Mitchell,
42-year-old resident of Rt. 3,
Greensboro who died from a
gunshot wound received on New
Year's Eve is being investigated
by the Guilford County Sheriff's
Department.
The incident, according to
deputies, occurred at Ivory's
Club on Stage Coach Trail.
Mitchell died Saturday in Wes
ley Long Hospital.
MB. JESSE MITCHELL.
Mr. Jesse Mitchell, age 42, of
Rt. 3, Greensboro, Collins Grove
Community, died Saturday, Jan.
10, 1970, at the Wesley Long
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services was held 2:00
P.M. Tuesday at the Collins
Grove United Methodist Church
with Rev. Graves officiating. In
terment followed In the church
cemetery with full Military
Rites.
The family met their friends
Monday night at Hargett's Me
morial Chapel.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Louvenia B. Mitchell of
the home; two sons, Howard B.
Mitchell of Far Rockaway, N. Y.
and Darrell Mitchell of the
home; three daughters, Rita Lo
uis^ Cheryl L. and Stephanie
Mitchell, all of the home; three
brothers, Thomas Mitchell and
William H. Mitchell, both of
Guilford, N. C. and Spencer Lee
Mitchell of Oak Ridge, N. C.;
one sister, Mrs. Marie Waddell
of Guilford, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
Roy Campanella, star catcher of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, has
been named National Sports Chairman for the 1970 Easter Seal
Campaign. Campanella is pictured here with Lori Jean Bowen, 3,
of Columbus, Ohio, National Easter Seal Child, during a pre -cam
paign meeting In New York City. The annnal campaign of the
National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults
opens February 23 and continues through March 29.
Roy Campanella, Ex-Baseball Star
Named National Sports Chairman
For The 1970 Easter Seal Campaign
Chicago, January 14. 1970 ?
Roy Campanella, star catcher
of the old Brooklyn Dodger*
whose baseball career cam* to
an end when he was partially
paralyzed by automobile acci
dent injuries, has been named
National Sports Chairman for
the 1970 Easter Seal Campaign.
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made by Sumner O.
Whittier, executive director, Na
tional Easter Seal Society far
Crippled Children and Adults.
Campanella will appeal to sports
editors, executives and players
to help in the campaign to raise
funds for Easter Seal services
helping nearly a quarter of a
million handicapped children
and adults annually.
The campaign opens February
33 and continues through March
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