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VOL. 29, NO. 17 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1970 PRICE: 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mrs. Edith Marie
Noble on Wednesday, Feb. 25,
1970 at 4:00 P.M. from Shiloh
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Otis L. Hairston, pastor, of
ficiating.
Mrs. Noble, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Long was born
in Greensboro^ North Carolina
April 15, 1930 and departed this
life February 22, 1970 at L.
Richardson Memorial Hospital.
Early in childhood she joined
Shiloh Baptist Church and sang
with the Junior Choir, also, was
affiliated with the church school
department. She attended J. C.
Price elementary In Greens
boro, N. C. and completed her
high school work at Lincoln
Academy, Kings Mountain, N.C.
She is survived by a husband,
Mr. Fred Noble, Sr., three sons,
Fred Noble, Jr., of Louisville,
Ky., Maurice Noble of the home,
and Reginald Noble of Pisgah
Mr. William F. Woo ten, age
69 of Rt. 2, Glbsonville, N. C.,
died Monday at Alamance
County Hospital after a brief
illness.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2:00 P.M. from St
John A.M.S. Methodist Church,
in GibsonviUe, N. C., with the
Rev. Johnnie Greene, officiat
ing. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Survivors are: his widow, Mrs.
Annie Payne Wooten of the
home; two sons, James William
Wooten of Philadelphia, Pa.,
S/Sgt. Bethel Reid Wooten of
U.S. Air Force, daughters, Mrs.
Annie Mae Simms, Mrs. Bertha
Lee Fowlks, Mrs. Mary Clau
dine Woods all of Baltimore,
Md., and Mrs. Gladys Melvenia
Thomas of Glbsonville, N. C.,
five sisters, 14 grandchildren
and a host of relatives and
MR. FRED D. HARRISON
Mr. Fred Douglas Harrison,
age 55 o t 1809 White St, died
Friday at Moses H. Cone Me
morial Hospital after an ex
tended illness.
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Funeral services were held
Monday at 3:30 P.M. from Ea*1
MRS. EDITH MARIE NOBLE
Forest, North Carolina, parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Long of
Greensboro, N. C. and a large
number of relatives and friends.
Smith Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
MR. WILLIAM F. WOOTEN
friends.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
j White Oak Missionary Baptist
| Church, with the Rev. G. H.
Brooks, officiating. Interment
followed in Piedmont Memorial
Park.
j Survivors are: his wife, Mrs.
Naomi Harrison of the home;
six sons, Julius Harrison of
Brooklyn, N. Y., Robert Harri
son of Staton Island, N. Y.,
Vernon Harrison of Brooklyn,
N. Y., George Harrison, Charles
Harrison of Greensboro, N. C.,
and Reynard Harrison of the
home; two sisters, Mrs. Louise
Jones of East Spencer, N. C.,
and Mrs. Catherine Pruiett of
Salisbury, N. C., three brothers,
Samuel Harrison of Salisbury,
,N. C., William Harrison of
Greensboro, N. C., and Charles
C. Harrison of Los Angeles,
Calif., one great uncle, John
Harrison of Greensboro, N. C.,
and five grand children.
Hargett Funeral Home in
t charge of arrangements.
Annual Fellowship
Dinner To Be Held At
S. E,. Branch Y.W.C.A.
Mrs. Eva Clayton will give
the address at the Annual Fel
lowship Dinner at the YWCA,
Southeast Branch on March 5,
1970 at 7:00 p.m. according to
Mrs. Harold Bragg, Chairman o 1
the Membership Activities Com
mittee. Currently Field Secre
tary for the Economic Develop
ment Corporation in Warrenton,
North Carolina, Mrs. Clayton
was a candidate for the U.S.
House of Representatives in
May, 1968. She serves on the
Democratic Study Commission
and is Chairman of the Second
Congressional District Associa
tion.
According to Mrs. Clayton,
the Economic Development Cor
poration seeks to "bridge the In
formation gap for the poor and
disadvantaged. The corporation :
was organized in- response to]
the fact that the disadvantaged i
who lived in Eastern North |
Carolina failed to be significant- 1
ly benefited by the many fed
erally enacted programs. There J
is definitely an information gap
between programs designed to
assist the poor and the poor
themselves".
The EDC seeks to inform citi
zens of State and Federal pro
grams which are designed to as
sist in economic growth. The
Corporation has made it possi
ble for the poor to personally
question Federal administrators
and to speak for themselves,
describing their plight to the
public.
Tickets for the YWCA Fel
, lowship Dinner are $2.50 and
should be bought at the YWCA,
Southeast Branch or at Davie
Street YWCA, 314 N. Davie St.
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Mother of A&T Development
Head Passes In Southport Hosp.
j Southport, N. C. ? Mrs. Mag
gie J. Williams, 85, mother of
Dr. Frederick A. Williams, di
rector of planning and develop
ment at A&T State University,
died Sunday in a Southport hos
Ipital after a short illness.
A native of Beaufort, N. C.,
Mrs. Williams was a graduate
of Morris Brown College, At
lanta, and formerly taught
school in Beaufort.
Besides Dr. Williams, she is
| survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Olive Daniel, Southport;
Mrs. Inez Williams, Beaufort;
and Miss Mary Williams, New
Jersey; two sons, Ralph Wil
liams, Newport and B. Wil
liams, New York City; six
grandchildren and one great
grandchildren.
THANK YOU
The members of the J. A.
Booker family wish to thank
their many friends for the kind- j
ness shown them during their
bereavement.
Thank you,
(Mrs.) Irene W. Booker
A&T Husband-Wife Research Team
Win $102,000 For Study On Diets
A new research project at
A&T State University could pro
vide a breakthrough in the
search for a rapid method of
diagnosing protein deficiency in
underfed persons.
Dr. Gerald Edwards, director
of the division of Natural
Sciences and Mathematics, and
his wife, Dr. Cecile Edwards,
chairman of the Department of
Home Economics, have been
awarded $102,000 for the three
year study.
Sponsors of the project are
the National Institutes of Health,
U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
"We believe that this research
is significant in that it will aid
in understanding malnutrition,"
said Dr. Cecile Edwards. "In ad
dition, it may suggest alterna
tive methods for early treatment
of severe protein malnutrition
and provide information of value
in improving diets based on
cereal grains."
| "We are also concerned how
poorly fed persons use protein
in general," she added. "A large
I percentage of the world popula
| tion suffers from inadequate
' protein intake, particularly In
Central and South America,
Asia and Africa."
Dr. Edwards said this is true
because in those countries, cereal
grains, such as rice and corn
often provide the main dietary
staple. She said that protein
malnutrition, called kwashior
kor, is particularly prevalent in
children between the ages of
one and four.
Dr. Gerald Edwards said the
project will be called a study of
the "Metabolism of Methionine
in Protein Deficiency."
He said that methionine is
one of the amino acids in pro
tein such as that normally
found in meat, eggs and milk.
"Proteins are formed by link
ing together of several amino
acids, some of which must be
supplied by food and are termed
essential," he stated, "and others
which the body can make from
nitrogen sources. Methionine is
one of the essential amino acids
in proteins."
Dr. Edwards said that in diets
which contain a large propor
tion of foods from plant sources,
amino acid and certain others
may not be present in adequate
amounts and this may affect
growth of children and main
tenance of tissues in adults.
The two scientists said the
study will be conducted on rats.
They will induce malnutrition
by using radio-active samples
of methionine. By using the ra
dioactive samples, Dr. and Mrs.
Edwards hope to observe how
the body makes protein.
Dr. Cecile Edwards said that
the A&T project represents a
second phase of adding basic
| biochemical information which
will be useful to scientists in
the fields of nutrition, biology
and medicine. She said the first
scries of studies on the utiliza
tion of methionine, also spon
sored by the National Institutes
of Health, was completed in
1968, following eleven years of
intensive work.
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AST President Denounces Rumors
About Possible Merger With UHC-G
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, presi
dent of A&T State University, !
last week moved to calm stu
dents on his campus who were
troubled by rumors of a merger
between A&T and the Univers- '
ity of North Carolina at Greens- j
boro.
Dowdy pledged "all resources
available to me" to see that
A&T keeps its identity in the
higher education structure in
North Carolina.
Dr. Dowdy told students, fac
ulty members and residents of
Greensboro's black community 1
his position on the q-uestion of
merger is a matter of public
record and has been stated three
times in the past.
But, for the benefit of those
who had not seen his statement
he reiterated, "I am not in favor
of merging A&T with UNC-G
nor UNC-G with A&T.
"These two institutions have
different programs and serve a
different clientele. You may be
assured I will use all the re
sources available to me to see
to it A&T maintains its identity
in the future structure of high
er education in North Carolina."
"No official of the state board
of higher education, state gov
ernment, state department of
health, education and welfare
has mentioned the subject of
merger. I think the rumor is
unfounded and I ask the stu
dents and community to put
away fears and work to unite
A&T State University and to
make it a more vible force in
our society."
He said he understood the
student-faculty-community con
cern about the possibility of
merger.
Elsewhere the student gov
ernment association conducted
workshops on the merger ques
tion and other topics they felt
would be of interest to the uni
versity community.
"I can understand their con
cern about the possibility at
merger of this university with
another institution because o 1
recent reports in the press."