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VOL. 29, NO. 31 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1970 PRICE : 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
RONNIE LAMONT HARRIS
Master Ronnie Lamont Harris,
age 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Harris ol 2415 Phillips Avenue
Apartment H, died Saturday,
June 6, 1970 as a result ol being
run over by an automobile.
Funeral was held Wednesday,
June 10 at 4 p.m. at the Brown
ing Chapel United Methodist
Church with Rev. Prince Graves
officiating. Burial followed in tie
Piedmont Memorial Park.
He is survived by his parents,
six brothers, James Wilkerson,
Vernon, Maurice, Ramone, Tony
and Marvin Harris all of the
home; three sisters, Regina,
Sylvia and Azaleas Harris all
of the home; maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Azaleas Wilkerson
of the city; three uncles, one
aunt and a host of other relatives
and friends.
The family met their friends
at the home and the body re
mained at Community Funeial
Home until the hour of service.
Ronnie was a second grader
at Bessemer Elementary School
here in the city.
Community Funeral Services,
Inc. in charge of arrangements.
MB. ALBERT E. HOBTON
Ms. Albert E. Horton, age 49,
died at L. Richardson Memorial
Hospital Sunday, June 7th fol
lowing a brief Illness.
He lived at 220 Cottage Grove
Avenue.
Funeral service was held
Thursday, June 11th, 4:00 P. M.
in Brown's Funeral Home Cha
pel. Burial followed in Pied
mont Memorial Park.
Survivors include the wife,
Mrs. Lottie Mae Horton of the
home; step children, Mrs. Vera
Aikens, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs.
Frances Miles, Burlington, N. C.,
Mrs. Corene Jamison and Miss
Cheryl Parks, Greensboro, and
Arlington, Edward and Frankie
Parks, all of Greensboro.
Brown's Funeral Director's in
charge of arrangements.
MBS. MOZELLE
FARRINGTON
Mrs. Mozelle Farrington, age
65, of 1006 Vance Street, died
June5, 1970 at Moses H. Cone j
Memorial Hospital after a brief I
illness.
Funeral services were held !
Tuesday, June 9, at 3:00 P. M. j
from Mt. Olivet A.M.E. Zion |
Church. Interment followed in
Collins Grove Cemetery.
Survivors are: husband, Mr.
Ed Farrington of the home, 1
son, Charles Farrington of Tu
cson, Arizona, 2 adopted son3,
Willie and Timothy Ray Far
rington of Greensboro, mother,
Mrs. Ida Keck of Greensboro,
1 sister, Mrs. Annie Mae Perry
of Greensboro, 1 daughter-in
law, Mrs. Velma Jean Farring
ton of Tucson, Arizona, 3 aunts,
5 uncles, 2 grandchildren, 3
nieces, 7 nephews and a host of |
relatives and friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
PAUL, EDWARD SPRINGS
Mr. Paul Edward Springs, age
18, of 1406 Kingston Road was
dead on arrival at Moses Cone
Hospital Friday, June 5th after
drowning in a pond in Wood
mere Park.
Funeral Service was held Mon
day, June 8th, 2:30 P. M. at St.
Paul Baptist Church. Burial fol
lowed in Piedmont Memorial
Park.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Springs;
sisters, Mrs. Neely Hampton and
Miss Kathryn Springs of Greens
boro; and William, Israel, Ken- j
neth, Beverly and Michael
Springs of the home.
Brown's Funeral Director's in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. ELIZABETH BROWN ,
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, age 04, !
died at L. Richardson Memorial
Hospital Wednesday, June 3rd
following a brief illness.
She lived at 802 Macon Street.
Funeral service was held Sun
day, June 7th, at 4:00 P.M. in
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed In Maplewood
Cemetery.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Lula Collins, Wilson, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Director's in
charge of arrangements.
MISS VIDA ELAINE ALLEN
Miss Vida Elaine Allen, age
14, of Route 1, Brown Summit,
N. C., died Sunday, June 7, 1970
at Cone Memorial Hospital after
a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, June 9 in Chapel Hill
United Methodist Church, with
the Rev. W. I. Napper officiat
ing.. Interment followed in the
church cemetery in Brown Sum
mit, N. C.
She was a ninth grade student
at Northeast Junior High School.
Survivors are: her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Allen
of the home, Paternal grand
father, Thomas L. Allen of Fay
etteville, N. C.; maternal grand
father, Harvey Whitsett of Brown
Summit, N. C., and several
aunts, uncles and cousins.
Hargett Funeral Service in !
charge of arrangements.
BENNETT COLLEGE GRADUATION SCENE
Audrey Wright, a graduating
senior from Freetown, Sierra
Leone, West Africa, is all smiles
after graduation ceremonies atl
Bennett College. She is talking '
with Dr. Isaac H. Miller, Jr. and
Mrs. Anita F. Allen, Washington,
D. C. School Board President,
who made the principal address.
Mrs. Allen Bennett Commencement
Speaker Urges Dedication
by Douglas D. McAdoo
The challenge hurled at the
126 members of Bennett Col- j
lege's 1970 graduating class dur- J
ing commencement ceremonies
in Pfeiffer Chapel Junel, was'
to go out into the world and j
force an "imperfect system" to
work for them if they are going j
to help with the solving of the
ills in American society.
The speaker, Mrs. Anita F. i
Allen, President of the Board of
Education in Washington, D. C.,
a city she described as a pro
foundly troubled city, listed four
ways to accomplish this: (1)
through politics, or mastering the
system, (2) perserverence, or
don't quit now, (3) positive pro
gram, which^ is to say, know
what you want, and (4) prayer
? that speaks for itself.
Calling herself a practical wo
man, Mrs. Allen said that sitting
as president of the school board
she sees education, public school
systems, and the Negro commun
ity through these glasses. And
the question often asked is "not
how shall we bring about quali
ty education, but, rather, shall
we have education at all?" And
she added, The question, too
frequently, even in some of our
colleges, is "will we be able to
keep the schools open today?"
Calling quality education "that
which enables each individual
to maximize his ability to func
tion in his roles as an individual,
as a family member, and as a
citizen in a community and in
the world," she said that we gen
erally understood the personal
part of education rather well.
But quoting W. E. B. DuBois,
she said those of us designated
as the "Talented Tenth" need to
put more stress on functioning
in the community in the fullest
sense, and being sensitive to
one's and others environment.
To the graduates she said,
"I would hope that your educa
tion has equipped you to deal
with that what might conceiv
ably happen, with what is pos
sible, and if it is not too far out
to say, with what ought to hap
pen."
From Carter G. Woodson's
"The Miseducation of the Ne
gro," a book written in the 1930's
but whose content is relevant
today, she offered this quota
tion:
"Real education means to in
spire people to live more abun
dantly, to learn to live with life
as they find it and make it bet
ter, but the instruction so far
given Negroes in coleges and
universities has worked to the
contrary. In most cases such
graduates have merely increased
the malcontents who offer no
program for changing the unde
sirable conditions about which
they complain. One should rely
upon protest only when it is
supported by a constructive pro
gram."
"Within this framework," Mrs.
Allen continued, "an educated
woman is one who not only
knows about social issues, but
is willing to act for the better
ment of the larger world of which
she is a part. The framework
explained provides that educa
tion for the Negro shall deal
with the social problems of our
communities and prepare grad
uates who can contribute to the
solution of our social ills ? un
employment, slum housing, in
adequate education, family dis
solution, and crime in the
streets." And she added, "The
implications for our acceptance
of this framework call for re
evaluation of all traditional pat
terns of doing things that the
so called 'establishment' has fol
lowed down through the years."
She reminded the class that
there are those who are saying
that the probems we face today
are too great, that the tensions
are too much for us, and that the
times are against us. "But," she
said, "I have great confidence
that you and others who are
coming out of college will use
that which we have available
to us ? the political system, per
serverence, positive programs,
and prayer to lift up with us the
masses who still have no part
in the wealth or glory of this
nation."
Mrs. Allen told the graduates
that "as you go from this place,
go with concern, go with love,
go with dedication. But do not
forget that the society which
has bred you has right to ex
pect that you will be committed
enough, involved enough, to
make a difference where you
live."
Anniversary Observance
The Senior Usher Board of
I Bethel A.M.E. Church will ob
' serve their 58th Anniversary
| Sunday, June 21 at 4:00 p.m. The
; Rev. Marion Jones, Pastor of
Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, ot
| Asheboro, N. C. will be the
' speaker. He will be accompanied
: by the Ushers, Choir and con
| gregation of Wesley Church.