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VOL. 29, NO. 32 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1970 PRICE: 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Rev. W. D. Johnson, age 79 of j
611 Martin Street; died Tuesday,1
June 9th, at Moses Cone Hos
pital following a brief illness, j
He was the pastor of New Zion
Baptist Church until he retired,
several months ago.
Funeral service was held Sat-!
urday, June 13th, 2:00 P. M. at
New Zion Baptist Church. Bur
ial followed in Maplewood Cem- :
etery.
The family received their
friends at Brown's Funeral Home
Friday evening from 7-9.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Chineeda Madkins John
son; two step-daughters, Mrs.
Louis Canady and Mrs. James
Williams of Greensboro; one
step-son, George Madkins of
Boston, Mass.; sisters, Mrs. Eu
dora Chapman and Mrs. Jose
phine Chapman, Zuni, Va.; Mrs.
Ella Gladden and Mrs. Elmira
Washington of Newark, N. J.;
three brothers, Abraham and
THOMAS M. BENTON, JR.
Funeral service for Mr. Thom
as Matthew Benton, Jr. were
conducted at Hargett Memorial
Chapel, Greensboro, N. C., on
Tuesday, June 16, 1070, at 3:00
p. m., with Rev. C. M. McCul
loch officiating.
Thomas Matthew Benton, Jr.,
son of Mrs. Mary Curtis Benton
Whitsett and the late Thomas
Matthew Benton, Sr., was born
November 25, 1949 in Guilford
County, North Carolina, and was
dead on arrival at Moses Cone
Hospital on June 13, 1970, at
the age of 20 years.
He was a graduate of Rena
Bullock High School.
Survivors are: his mother,
Mrs. Mary Benton Whitsett;
stepfather, Thurman Whitsett,
both of the home; three sisters,
Mrs. Laverne Bearden of Cleve
land, O.; Misses Bonita and La
donna Benton, both of the home;
one brother, Herman Benton of
Greensboro, N. C.; grandfather,
Herman Taylor of Greensboro;
10 aunts, 8 uncles, nieces, neph
ews, and a host of relatives and
friends.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of arrangements.
HB. GARDENER GERRINGER
Mr. Gardener Gerringer of
Gibsonville, N. C., died at his
home Sunday, June 14, 1970,
after a sudden illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, June 17, 1970, at
4:00 p. m. from Faith Baptist
Church, with the Rev. T. J.
Foster, Jr., officiating. Burial
was in Gibsonville Memorial
Park in Gibsonville.
Survivors are: one sister, Mrs.
Sadie Holt, and one aunt, Mrs.
Esther Troxler, both of Gibson
ville, N. C., and a host of rela
tives and friends.
Hargett Funeral Service In
charge of arrangements.
REV. W. D. JOHNSON
Major Johnson of Newark, N.
J., and Frank Johnson, Zuni,
Va.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
THOMAS MAHAND
Thomas Mahand, age 32, died
Monday, June 8th, in New Ro
chelle, N. Y., a former resident
j of Greensboro, N. C.
Funeral service was held Sun
day, June 14th, 2:30 p. m, Sev
enth-Day Adventist Church.
Burial followed in Maplewood
Cemetery.
The family received their '
I friends at Brown's Funeral
Home Saturday night from 7-9.
I Survivors include mother,
Mrs. Mary M ah and; nine broth
ers, George Mahand, Mt. Ver
I non, N. Y.; William Mahand,
| New Rochelle, N. Y.; Jim and
, Ed Mahand, Alabama; Jesse Me
hand, Ohio; Ben and Willie
Mahand and Glover Harris of
Greensboro, N. C.; John Harris,
! Bronx, N. Y.; four sisters, Mrs. ;
1 Dorothy Edwards; Bronx, N. i
I Y.; Mrs. Blossie McLean, Mrs.
j LeVern Rozier, and Mrs. Ma
! gretta Mdore, all of Greensboro, j
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
GENERAL HOLTEN GASTON
Mr. General Holten Gaston, 1
age 55, husband of Mrs. Mary
H. Gaston, former resident of
Greensboro, N. C, died Friday, j
June 12, 1970, at a Philadelphia \
hospital, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held j
Wednesday, June 17, 1970, at '
2:00 p. m. from Hargett's Me- J
morial Chapel, with the Rev. |
Allen Kebschull officiating. Bur
ial followed in Maplewood Cem
etery.
Survivors are: His widow,
Mrs. Mary Hopkins Gaston of
Greensboro; mother, Mrs. Mit
tie Stover of Greensboro; two
sisters, Mrs. Birdie Gaston of
New York City and Mrs. Aman
da Adams of Greensboro; two
uncles, James Ridley of Ashe
boro, N. C., and Hamp White
of Greensboro, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Service in !
charge of arrangements.
Sedalia Community
The families of the Sedalia
Community have for many years
had an active hand in helping to
make the schools and community
a better place in which to be
trained and to live. The late
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
Founder and first President of
the Palmer Memorial Institute,
established that practice many
years ago.
Shortly after the public school
was established in the commu
nity in 1937 by the Guilford
County Board of Education,
many of the families, old and
young, began helping in their
way :
a. They purchased tht shrub
bery and made most of the
playground equipment for the
Primary Department;
b. They purchased a Bell &
Howell movie projector for the
school and the community;
c. They helped to establish
the hot lunch program by
bringing canned foods from home
and groups of women came to
the school daily, prepared and
served the food, and other proj
ects too numerous to list.
Recently, the Senior Citizens
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AUDREY COLEMAN
Miss Teenage Contest
The annual Miss Teenage
Golden Bell contest was present
ed by the Golden Bell Garden
Club at the Southeast Branch
of the Y. W. C. A.
The program consisted of a
display of talent by the contest
ants, presentation of the contest
ants with escorts, crowning of
the Queen, presentation of
awards, and a record hop by
"Moby Dick" of WEAL.
The three top winners were:
Audrey Coleman, Queen, crown
ed by last year's winner, Gloria
McKay; second place winner
was Shelia Mitchell, and third
place Laverne McKay.
The purpose of the contest was
to reach our goal for the project
at L. Richardson Hospital. Our
goal was reached and the project
has been completed.
We would like to thank our
many friends for their help and
support, and wish you would go
by and see the project.
HEW Grants A&T $30,000 lo Conduct
Summer Prngram For Needy Youth
By Richard Moore
A&T News Bureau
GREENSBORO, N.C.? A com
prehensive sports program for
over 400 disadvantaged youth
from the Greensboro and High
Point area got underway Mon
day afternoon at A&T State
University.
The five-week program is be
ing made possible through a '
$30,000 grant from the U. S.
Department of Health, Educa- !
tion and Welfare and supple- i
mental funds from the City of !
Greensboro.
Dr. Roy Moore, chairman of
the Physical Education Depart
ment at A&T and director of
the program, said the project
is a part of the National Sum
mer Youth Sports Program,
sanctioned by President Nixon's
Council on Physical Fitness and
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA).
The national program was
started in 1969, but the A&T
project is the first approved for
North Carolina.
"This program is designed to
expand theopportunities for many
of the deserving youth of our
community,' said Moore. "We
want to help these youngsters
learn good health practices and
become better citizens. We also
hope to illustrate how univer
sities such as A&T can become
more relevant in solving of the
problems of community life."
A full program of sports ac
tivities will be conducted for the
youngsters Monday through Fri
day from 12:30 p. m. to 5:45
p. m. by the A&T physical edu
cation staff and coaches, assist
ed by 22 college students ma
joring in physical education and
recreation.
Included in the program will
be instruction in gymnastics,
swimming, track and field,
dance, tennis, basketball, wres
tling, and football.
Moore said besides the physi
cal activities, free medical
screening and a hot meal in
the University's dining hall each
evening will be provided for all
youngsters from disadvantaged
families.
In addition, members of the
Social Service staff from Greens
boro will provide counseling for
the youngsters' parents.
"While the program is open
to all area youngsters," added
Moore, "we feel that 90 percent
of the participants will be from
disadvantaged homes."
The A&T program was high
ly endorsed by both Congress
man Richardson Preyer and
Greensboro Mayor Jack Elam.
Moore said additional volun
teers are needed for the pro
gram. Persons interested in
helping out we asked to contact
him at Moore Gym.
Youngsters Interested in the
program were to report at the
A&T Memorial Union Monday
at noon. Free bus transportation
will be provided for youngsters
of Claremont Home^ Smith
Homes, Morningside Homes,
Caldwell School and J. C. Price
School.
Six A&T Graduates, Two Others
Establish Black Bank In Gieensborn
GREENSBORO, N. C.? The,
training ol black professionals
in the banking business is ex- i
pected to be an important out
come of the opening of a new
bank in Greensboro.
Approved last week by the |
National Comptroller of Cur- 1
rency was the Greensboro Na
tional Bank. It will be the first
black-owned national bank in
' the city.
A spokesman for the new
bank said that the required Ar
ticles of Association have been
filed in Washington. He said
the date of the bank's opening
will be announced in the near
future.
Founders of Greensboro Na
tional Bank are eight prominent
citizens of the area, including
six graduates and former stu
dents of nearby A&T State
University.
Signers of the original appli
| cation were Atty. Henry E. Frye,
| a member of the North Caro
lina Legislature; James Burnett, i
owner of Burnett's Sanitary j
Cleaners; Ernest Canada, own
1 er of Canada Construction Co.; |
W. Edward Jenkins, architect;
A. N. McCoy, vocational agri
culture teacher in Rockingham
County, N. C., and Dr. Durel
Long, a dentist. All formerly at
tended A&T.
The other two founders are
James E. Smith, administrator
at L. Richardson Hospital; and
Bishop Wyoming Wells, presid
ing bishop of Greater North Ca
rolina Conference of the Church
of God in Christ.
According to present plans,
the new bank will be construct
ed on the corner of Market Street
and Murrow Boulevard, near
the black-owned Cumberland
Shopping Center.
Under the original application,
the bank will be capitalized at
$700,000, divided into 70,000
shares which will be sold at a
price of $10 per share.
A bank spokesman said the
organizers hope to own only a
small portion of the shares ot
stock. The remaining shares will
be sold in small amounts to the
general public.
At present, Greensboro has one
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