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VOL. 29, NO. 19 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1970 PRICE: 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Vernetta C. Davis, age
39 former resident of Asheboro,
N. C., died Friday, March 6,
1970 at Freedman's Hospital in
Washington, D. C., after a brief
illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3:00 P.M. from
St. John's Baptist Church in
Asheboro, N. C., with the Rev.
E..T. Lee of Baden, N. C., of
ficiating. Burial was in Mt. Cal
vary Cemetery.
Survivors are' five daughters,
Miss Jacqueline Hines, Miss
Gloria Hines, Miss Veronica
Hines, Miss Donna M. Hines,
and Miss Patricia Hines; two
sons, Bobby and Ricky Hines
of Asheboro, N. C.; four sisters,
Mrs. Esther Cheek and Mrs.
Blanche Hedrick of Asheboro,
N. C., Mrs. Ruth Morrison of
Washington, D. C., and Mrs.
Dotsy Shamburger of Greens
boro, N. C.; two brothers, Web
bie Chandler of Norman, N.
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MR. F. F. FLORENCE
Mr. Ferdinand F. Florence,
age 71 of Rt. 2, Brown Summit,
N. C., died Monday at L. Rich
ardson Memorial Hospital alter
? brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 2:00 P.M. from St
MR. CHARLES H. GRAVES
Mr. Charles Herman Graves,
of 2209 Tuscaloosa St., died
Thursday at L. Richardson Me
morial Hospital after a brief ill
ness.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3:00 P.M from New
Light Baptist Church with the
Rev. F. A. Hargett, officiating.
Interment followed in Maple
wood Cemetery with full Mili
tary Rites.
Survivors are: Widow, Mrs.
Frances Watkins Graves of the
home; one daughter, Miss Fran
da Kay Graves of the home;
four brothers, John, Rev. Prince
Graves and William H. Graves
all 6f Greensboro, N. C., and
Levi Graves of Washington, D.
C.; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Val
entine of Arlington, Va., and
Mrs. Almeta Martin of Wash
ington, D. C. and a host of rel
atives and friends.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MBS. VERNETTA C. DAVIS
C., and Elsie Chandler of Dur
ham, N. C.t and a host of rela
tives and frienda.
Margett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Thomas Chapel Holiness Church
with the Rev. Norman John
son. officiating. Burial followed
in the church cemetery.
Survivors are: his widow,
Mrs. Notre E. Florence of the
home; six daughters, Mrs. Cath
erine Genningg of the home;
Mrs. Doris Jessup and Mrs. Al
berta Hughes, both of Brown
Summit, N. C., Mrs. Rosa Lane
and Mrs. Ella Carter both of
Reidsville, N. C., and Mrs. Vir
ginia Anderson of Baltimore,
Md.; two sons, Mr. Malvin
Ferdinand Florence, Jr. of Brown
Summit, N. C., and Mr. James
Florence of Bronx, N. Y.; one
sister, Mrs. Odetta Enoch of
Roanoke, Va.; two brothers, Mr.|
Lafayette Florence of Roanoke,
Va., and Rev. S. T. Florence
of Summerfield, N. C., 36 grand
children, one great grandchild,
nieces, nephews and a host of
relatives and friends.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. LOLA COLSON
Mrs. Lola Colson of 4119 Holt's
Chapel Road died Saturday at
the Moses H. Cone Memorial
Hospital.
Funeral services were held
3:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10,
1970, at the Bethel A.M.E.
Church. The pastor, Rev. S.
Penn officiated. Burial followed
in the family plot of Maple
wood Cemetery.
She is survived by one son,
Raymond Colson of the home;
two daughters, Mrs. Mildred
Neal and Mrs. Louise Cardwell,
both of Greensboro; one sister,
Mrs. Louie Benton of Greens
boro; several nieces and neph
ews.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
Editor J. F. Johnson was In
the hospital last year on his
birthday, which la March 12th.
Black P anthers Aired
In T.V. Special
The Black Panther Party, an
avowedly revolutionary organi
zation of black militants viewed
by some blacks and whites as a
valid instrumentality for "blaqk
power" and feared by others as
a threat to American society,
will be the subject of "The
Panthers," a special in the ABC
News "Now" series. The pro
gram on the Black Panthers will
air on Monday, April 13, it was
announced by Thomas H. Wolf,
ABC News Vice President in
Charge of Television Documen
taries.
Host and narrator for "The
Panthers" is award - winning
ABC News commentator Ed
ward P. Morgan.
The Panthers rank as one of
the most over-publicized and
j under-comprehended organiza
tions in America. Their rhetoric
and their actions aften seem to
run counter to one another. Re
action to them by white America
? both good and bad reaction
? tends to be emotional, super
ficial and powerful. Internally,
thdy can truly be said to be so
secretive that when talking of
membership numbers, "those
who do know, don't say ? and
those who say, don't know."
The ABC News "Now" pre
sentation, "The Panthers" tries
to answer the question: What
effect and influence do the Pan
thers have on black Americans?
An important element of "The
Panthers,", is a special poll com
missioned by ABC News and
conducted by the Market Dy
namics Co. among a random
sampling of black Americans in
New York City, Birmingham,
Ala., Detroit, San Francisco and
Baltimore. The results of that
poll, which will be disclosed on
the program will give a yard
1 stick of black feeling about the
emergence of this avowedly
| revolutionary organization.
Included on the program are
interviews with many who hold
strong and varied views about
the Black Panther Party. Among
those interviews are remarks by
Georgia legislator Julian Bond,
Presidential advisor Daniel Pat
rick Moynihan, Rev. Andrew
Young of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, Cecil
Poole, former U.S. Attorney for
San Francisco, David Hilliard,
Chief of Staff of the Black Pan
thers, New York Times reporter
Earl Caldwell and John Harring
ton, President of the Fraternal
Order of Police, one of the na
tion's largest police organiza
tions.
Featured is a television essay
by WABC-TV newsman Gil
Noble on the current reluctance
of the Panthers to participate
in broadcast news programs, a
reluctance triggered by the re
cent government subpoenas of
television news outtakes, but
seen by producer Tim Knight
also as an extension of an in
herent hostility by black Amer
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JUDGE ELRETA M. ALEXANDER
GUEST SPEAKER AT ST. MATTHEWS
women's Day will be observ
ed at Saint Matthews United
Methodist Church Sun., March
15, 1970.
At 11:00 A.M. Judge Elreta
M. Alexander will bring the
message. At 5:00 P.M. the young
people of the church will pre
sent a program which will cul
minate a contest sponsored by
the women, when "Miss Saint
Matthews" will be crowned.
Judge Alexander was the first
Negro woman to graduate from
Columbia University School of
Law, New York City, and the
first Negro to be elected a judge
in North Carolina. She has liv
ed most of her life in Greens
boro, having graduated from
Dudley High School and A&T
State University. She practiced
law in Greensboro for more than
20 years before her election in
1968 as Judge pf the District
Court of the General Court of
Justice.
The public is extended a cor
JUDGE ALEXANDER
dial invitation to attend the ob
servance of Women's Day at St.
Matthews United Methodist
Church.
Rev. J. B. Bethea, pastor of
the church; Mrs. Lula Brown,
president of the Women's Society
of Christian Service; Mrs. Ger
aldine Yourse, chairman of the
Program Committee.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
TAPS AM DEAN FOR POSITION
AS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
Dr. Darwin T. Turner, dean
of the Graduate School at A&T
State University, has accepted
a new position as professor of
English at the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Turner, also a professor of
English at A&T, will join the
University of Michigan staff
August 1.
In announcing Turner's new
position, Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy
said:
"We certainly regret to lose
one of the finest scholars we
have ever had on this campus.
He has made an outstanding
contribution to the field of high- 1
er education. We wish him much
success in his new position and
hope that he will continue to
assist us in our programs."
Turner has taught a class at
the University of Michigan since
last January. A native of ~XXn-'
cinnati, he holds the B. A. and
M. A. degrees from the Uni
versity of Cincinnati and the
Ph.D. degree in English from
the University.
He first graduated from col
lege at the age of 16 and receiv
ed his master's degree at the age
of 18.
Prior to coming to A&T,
Turner had taught at Clark Col
lege, Morgan State College, and
Florida A&M University. He
has also been a part-time lec
turer at the University of Wis
consin.
Turner is the author of three
books and the editor of six other
books. His articles have appear
ed in Negro Digest, Southern
Literary Journal, Encyclopedia
Britannica and Encyclopedia In
ternational.
Groomes Bemoans Pitching Woes;
Aggies Appear Strong On Defense
When baseball coach Mel
Groomes of North Carolina A&T
says his Aggies are no shoo-in
to win the annual CIAA title,
it just doesn't sound right.
A&T has dominated the
league during the past 15 sea
sons, winning the championship
j eight of those years.
But this time around, Groomes
says he has a few problems.
"We need to find some pitch
ers," he said, "This was one of
I our problems last season, even
i though we won the conference
championship."
It is true the Aggies don't
have a wealth of hurlers, but
they do have one of the league1*
finest returning in senior Wils
ton Stallsworth.
A native of New Brunswick,
N. J., Stallsworth posted an 8-1
mark last season and was nam
ed on the all-star teams select
ed by the CIAA and District
26 of the NAIA.
"He's got a few problem*,"
said Groomes, "but I think that
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