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VOL. 29, NO. 14 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1970
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Funeral services for Miss Tan
nle Maude Ellis were conducted
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1970 at 3:00
p.m. In the Smith's Funeral
Home Chapel. The Rev. John
Gray, pastor, Holmes Grove
United Methodist Church, of
ficiated.
Miss Ellis, daughter of the
late Lonnle Ellis and late Mat
tie Ellis Jones was born Jan.
6, 1920 In Guilford County and
departed this life January 31,
1970 in Greensboro, N. C.
She graduated from Dudley
High School and attended Ho
ward University and Hunter
College. She was a member of
Holmes Grove United Metho
dist Church.
She is survived by two broth
ers, Clarence and David Ellis;
one sister, Mrs. Mary Stout;
seven nieces and six nephews.
ME WILLIE WILLIAMSON
Mr. Willie Williamson, age 26
of Rt. 2, Gibsonville, N. C., died
Saturday, at L. Richardson Me
morial Hospital after a brief
illness.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Agnes J. Scipio were conducted
at St. Luke United Methodist
Church, Asheboro, N. C. on
Thursday, Feb. 6, 1970 at 1:00
P.M., with Rev. A. W. Brown,
Jr, officiating.
Agnes J. Scipio, was born
September 11, 1921 in Ashe
boro, N. C. and died Sunday,
Feb. 1 of a sudden illness. She
was the third child bora to Mrs.
Mattie G. and the late Rev.
Garfield Luther.
Mrs. Scipio was an honor
graduate of Central High Scfiool
In Asheboro and also of La Mae
Beauty College of Winston-Sa
lem, N. C. in the class of 1945.
In 1948 she was united in
marriage to Mr. Edward N.
Scipio, and for the past 21 years,
?he and her husband made their
home in Philadelphia, Pa. ,
She leaves her husband, Mr.
Edward W. Scipio of the home;
one son, Mr. John G. Julius of
Asheboro, N. C.; mother, Mrs. I
Mattie O. Luther of Asheboro,!
N. C.; one sister, Mrs. Marie
McLean of Baltimore, M?L; two!
brothers, Mr. Paul Luther ot
Asheboro, N. C. and Mr. J. T. 1
Smith's Funeral Directors ,in
charge of arrangements.
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MISS T ANNIE MAUDE ELLIS
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at >2:00 P.M. from Mc
Leansville Baptist Church, with
the Rev. Weaver Davis, officiat
ing. Interment followed in the
church cemetery, with military
rites.
Survivors are: parents, Mr
and Mrs. Paul Williamson, of
the home; seven sisters. Miss
Ruthie, Jeanett aad Mary Wil
liamson all of the home, Mrs.
Partenia Shoffner of Greens
boro, N. C., Mrs. Batty Foust of
Sedalla, N. C, Mrs. Helen Por
ter of Oibsonville, N. C., Miss
Gracie Williamson of Washing
ton, D. C.; three brothers, Mr.
Robert Williamson of the home,
Paul Williamson, Jr. of Greens
boro, N. C., and Roy Lee Wil
liamson of McLeansville; grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Williamson of Sedalla, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. AGNES J. SCIPIO
Luther of Baltimore, Md.; three
nephews, Mr. Harold Anderson
of Agheboro, N. C., Mr. John
O. McLean of Baltimore, Md.,
and Mr. Alfred McLean, Jr. of
Aaheboro, N. C. and a host of
relative* and friends.
Hargett Funeral Home, Aahe
boro, N. C. in charge of ar
rangements.
Stirring Gospel Songs
Revive Interest In
Religion At A&T
If someone had told the Rev.
Cleo McCoy just a few months
ago that nearly 500 students
would show up for a Sunday
religious service at A&T State
University, he probably would
have regarded the statement as
a joke.
But when a dedicated group
of students and faculty mem
bers decided to stage their own
"spiritual happening," the
crowds became a reality.
"I have never seen anything
like this before," said McCoy,
director of the A&T chapel.
"We haven't had crowds like
this in a very long time."
He watched with interest as
small knots of students, some
casually dressed, continued to
make their way into the spacious
Harrison Auditorium on the
campus.
Like many of the nation's col
leges, A&T had just about given
up on attempts at conducting a
regular religious service. That
is, before the unique Fellow
ship Vespers came along.
Fellowship Vespers, despite
its somewhat stilted name, is
more like jazzed up form of an
old fashioned singing and wor
ship Mrvice.
But the students say "it's
relevant" and "their kind of
thing." The principal attraction
of the one-hour service are stir
ring spirituals and gospel tunes
sung by a 70- voice student
choir.
The choir was the brainchild
of Albert Smith, youthful ath
letic director and director of the
A&T Memorial Student Union.
As a member of the campus re
ligious committee; Smith had
suggested the formation of the
choir to McCoy.
"I had an idea that we could
get some students interested in
the choir," said Smith, "But I
was really shocked when more
than 60 of them showed up for
the initial practice.
The choir's repertoire consists
of many of the songs familiar
in ' the rural and urban black
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Protect Plants
From Winter Damage
Guilford County Agricultural
Extension Agent, John D. Car
roll reports that local homeown
ers have had excessive damage
to trees and shrubs during the
extremely cold weather in Jan
uary. He suggests that all home
owners should be sure to pro
vide adequate winter protection
for their plants. The amount of
protection needed depends upon
the natural hardiness of the
plant and the severity of the cli
mate.
Extreme cold will cause twigs,
sterna and branches to freeze.
Too much moisture low or se
vere cold often causes winter
killing, particularly In ever
greens. Moat winter moisture
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A&T WINS $15,000 G.E. GRANT
TO AID ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Officials at the A&T State
University School of Engineer
ing were notified Friday that
the school has been approved
for a grant of $15,000 over a
three-year period from the Gen
eral Electric Foundation.
Announcement of the grant
was made to A&T president Dr.
Lewis C. Dowdy by Dr. Donald
J. Watson, secretary of the
foundation. He said A&T will
be given $5,000 a year for three
years.
Watson said that the funds
are being made available to
the dean of the A&T School of
Engineering for faculty develop
ment and improvement or for
support of students as the par
ticular needs of the schools dic
tates.
He also said that the General
Electric "Foundation will work
closely with the American So
ciety for Engineering Education
to help the school obtain effec
tiveness from the funds.
"We are indeed pleased with
this grant," said Dr. Reginald
Amory, dean of the A&T school.
"Since this is somewhat of an
unrestricted gift, it will enable
us to enrich our fast growing
programs."
The ASEE has been working
with A&T and other predom
inately-black engineering col
leges since 1965, arranging fac
ulty exchanges between those
colleges and certain major en
gineering schools for the shar
ing of ideas and experiences.
A&T has had this kind of ex
change program with Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. This pro
gram was one of the factor*
which helped A&T in getting
its accreditation- last July by
the Engineers' Council for Pro
fessional Development (ECPD),
highest accreditation agency in
the nation for engineering edu
cation. The A&T school is one
of three accredited engineering
schools in the state.
"One of the greatest needs
of the predominantly-black col
lege," said Watson, "is for funds
to attract faculty, and retain
faculty in light of the recruit
ing efforts of better financed
institutions."
Additional Records Expected to Fall
During 25th Annual CIAA Tourney
A number of .individual and
team records may fall at the
25th annual CIAA Tournament
to be staged in the huge Greens
boro Coliseum Feb. 26-28.
The eight teams selected for
the three-day playoffs will in
clude some of the nation's top
small-college basketball stars.
Already a shoo in for a tour
nament berth Is high-scoring
Maryland State, the only un
beaten team in the conference.
The Hawks are in the top 10
of both the Associated Press
and the NAIA poll.
Two other nationally ranked
teams, North Carolina A&T and!
Elizabeth City, are also making
a strong bid for a chance to
compete in the tournament.
The other explosive team with
a good chance to make the tour
nament is hot-shooting Norfolk
State, coached by Bob Smith.
One record which could easily
fall during the tourney is the
single - game scoring mark.
Maryland State, Norfolk State
and Elizabeth City are current
j ly leading the nation In team
! offense and A&T is among the
| top 20 teams.
| The current record is 134
points, set two years ago in
the tournament's finals by the
Spartans.
Possibly participating in this
year's tournament will be three
of the nation's prime pro pros
pects. Maryland State's Jake
Ford, the Vikings' Israel Oliver,
Norfolk State's Johnny McKln
ney and A&Ts Lonnie Kluttz,
are expected to attract a bevy
of scouts to the tourney. i
Meanwhile, balloting for the
all-time great All-CIAA Tour
nament team was being con
tinued by a blue ribbon panel
of athletes, coaches and fans.
Announcement of the team is
expected to be made on Feb. 15.
The all-time great team will
be special guests of the Tourna
ment Committee during this
year's playoffs and will be hon
ored at a luncheon sponsored
by Commercial Credit Company
on Feb. 28.
A&T PROFESSOR PICKED
FOR TRIP TO RUSSIA
Dr. Howard F. Robinson, di
rector of institutional research
at A&T State University, was
elected this week to join a group
of agricultural economists in a
study-tour of Russia next sum
mer.
Dr. Robinson, also a professor
of economics at A&T, will at
tend the Conference of the In
ternational Association of Agri
cultural Economists to be held
in Minsk, Russia Aug. 24-Sept.
2.
"I am very happy to receive
this honor of representing my
profession, my university and
my country," said Robinson. "It
is an opportunity of which any
of my peers would be proud."
Robinson's attendance at tha
conference is being made poo
sible by a grant from the United
States Council of the IAAS, at
which he is a member.
Following the conference, ha
will Join a group of agricultural
economists from higher educa
tion government and pi W ate
ndustry on several study toon.