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VOL. 29, NO. 35
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1970
PRICE: 10 CENTS
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MR. RUDY V. HUTTON
Mr. Rudy Valley Hutton, age
35 of 316 Aloe Road, died Sun
day, July 5, 1970 in Ocean City
Beach, North Carolina.
Funeral service was held
Wednesday, July 8, 1970 at
Raleigh Cross Roads United
Methodist Church, with Rev. J.
W. Jones, officiating. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Survivors are: one sister. Miss
Madageline Hutton of Greens
boro, N. C.; four brothers, James
Hutton of the home, Gilbert and
Roland Hutton both of Greens
boro, N. C., and Joseph Hutton
of High Point, N. C.; seven
aunts, Mrs. L.ula Clegg, Mrs.
Daisy Caldwell, Mrs. Carrie
Caldwell, Mrs. Ruth Miller,
Mrs. Doris Jeffries all of
Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. Ida Al
Ired of Jamestown, N. C., and
Mrs. Allie Chavis of New York
City; four uncles, Cicero Gil
reath, Andrew Gilreath, Mont
gomery Gilreath, and Alfred
Gilreath all of Greensboro, N.
C., a host of nieces, nephews and
other relatives and friends.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. LESSIE M. JOWERS
Mrs. Lessie Marsh Jowers,
oge 71 of 326 Green St., Ashe
boro, N. C, died Saturday, July
4, 1970 in Randolph Memorial
Hospital.
Funeral was held Tuesday,
July 7, 1970 at 2:00 P.M. from
Wesley Chapel AME Zion
Church. j
Survivors are: three sisters,
Mrs. Snodie Green of Asheboro,
N. C., Mrs. Lelia Staley and
Mrs. Mary Richter both of
Washington, D. C.; two brothers,
Rufus Isley and Nance Isley
both of Ramseur, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MR. ROBERT SHAMBERGER
Mr. Robert Shamberger, died
Sunday, July 5, 1970 at his
home, 701 Tucker St, after a
brief illness.
Funeral service was held
Tuesday at 4:00 P.M. from
Wesley Chapel AME Church.
Survivors are: wife, Mrs.
Evelyn Shamberger of the
home; one daughter, Mrs. Lo
retta Woodle of Asheboro; one
son, James N. Shamberger of
Asheboro; five sisters, Mrs.
Mamie Williams of Asheboro,
Mrs. Girlia Roberts of Sanford,
N. C., Mrs. Ollie Orr of Detroit,
Mich., Mrs. Emma Mattox of
Chester, Pa., and Mrs. Alberta
Brower of Robbins, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MR. WILLIAM L. HOPKINS
Mr. William Lawrence Hop
kins, age 31, a former resident
of Greensboro died in Durham,
N. C., Friday night, July 3rd.
The body was brought to
Brown's Funeral Home where
funeral service will be held
Saturday, July 11th, 4:00 P.M.,
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
The family will meet their
friends at the funeral home Fri
day night from 7-9.
Survivors include mother,
Mrs. Faroa Hopkins Woods of
505 S. Benbow Road, step father,
Elwood Woods; sister, Mrs.
Mary Ruth Woodland, Newark,
N. J.; brothers, Rev. Lary Hop
kins, High Point, N. C., Charlie
Hopkins, Durham, N. C., Harvey
Hopkins, Chcago, 111., Ervin
Hopkins, Seattle, Wash.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. SWILLER ERWING
Mrs. Swiller Mae Bostic Erw
ing, died Saturday, July 4, 1970
at her home 721 Tucker St,
after a brief illness.
Funeral service was held
Wednesday, July 8, 1970 at 2:00
P.M. from St. Luke's Baptist
Church in Ellerbee, N. C.
Survivors are: mother, Mrs.
Connie Owens, stepfather, Mr.
Charlie Owens both of the home,
two brothers, Robert and Her
bert both of Asheboro, N. C.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Minority business firms are
"getting the business." The VA
has contracted for or, is in the
process of negotiation for $2.5
million worth of goods from
minority-owned firms.
Forcing Of Whites
To Teach Blacks
Can Be Damaging,
Says Educator
The forcing of whites to teach
in formerly all-black schools can
have a damaging affect on black
students as it relates to their
learning of standard English, a
noted language expert said in
Greensboro last Thursday.
"It is a mistake to force teach
ers to teach in integrated
schools, said Dr. Kenneth John
son, an associate professor of
ethnic studies at the University
of California at Berkley. "This
kind of arrangement damages
the kids and too much of this
has been done already."
A noted socio-linguist, who
has lectured at more than 50
colleges, Johnson is in Greens
boro to help prepare white and
black teachers to work in inte
grated situations.
He is a consultant for a fed
erally-sponsored institute at
A&T State University. More
than half of the participants are
white.
"Many public schools have
made a mistake in trying to
stamp out black dialect," said
Johnson. "You don't do it like
that. What we should do is be
gin teaching standard English
as an alternate language for
disadvantaged children, not as a
replacement."
He said educators generally
have the wrong idea of what
black dialect is.
"When you study this dia
lect," said Johnson, "you find
that it has its own sound sys
tem and grammar. It works for
blacks, but the problem is that
blacks have to learn to work in
a white world."
"What we have to do," he
added, "is to focus on the dif
ference between black dialect
and standard English. This dif
ference doesn't mean inferior
ity."
Johnson said he believes that
people are beginning to under
stand this language problem be
cause of the increasing com
munication between the races.
He said public schools are
having successes teaching stan
dard English to disadvantaged
children, using some of the tech
siques used to teach foreign
languages.
Johnson said that educated
blacks also have something to
learn about teaching ghetto chil
dren.
"We have been trained to use
the same techniques as whites,"
he said. "We need some addi
tional training too."
New rehabilitation treatment
technique to promote self-con
fidence in long-term mental pa
tients will be used throughout
VA's hospital system. Based on
simulated social systems, the
program has been proven suc
cessful in five years 'of tests.
MISS SYLVIA ALEXIS SMITH
Over 5,000 People Witness Crowning of First
Miss Black North Carolina - Sylvia Smith
Miss Sylvia Alexis Smith was
crowned Miss Black North Car
olina, Sunday. July 5, at the
Greensboro War Memorial Sta
dium. Miss Smith is a college
graduate of Hampton, Virginia
and is presently working on her
master's degree at N. C. Cen
tral University. The 22 year old
queen represented the city of
Durham.
Miss Smith was chosen as one
of the five finalists out of forty -
one girls. The other finalists
were: Miss Hilda Freeman of
Rutherford County, a student at
Bennett College; Vivian Gunn
of Durham Connty, a graduate
of N. C. Central University;
Phyllis Ledbetter of Bull City,
a student at N. C. Central Uni
versity; and Clennis Noble of
Raleigh, a student at Winston
Salem State University.
Miss Smith will represent
North Carolina in the Miss Black
America Pageant at Madison
Square Garden in New York
City, August 28, 1970.
The Beauty Pageant and Rock
Festival was a most successful
event, attended by well over
5,000 people, many out of town
ers. Photo by Paul Murdock
A&T Students Conduct Survey Of
Black -Owned Businesses In City
A survey of black-owned
businesses in Greensboro is be
ing conducted by students at
A&T State University.
"This will be a feasibility
study in support of our develop
ing Business and Economic De
velopment Center," said Dr. Sid
ney Evans, chairman of the De
partment of Economics.
"We want to determine the
present status of all black busi
nesses in the Greensboro com
munity," said Evans. "We hope
to show a need for business and
economic development for the
black entrepreneur so they may
have their rightful piece of the
economic pie."
"Black businesses have been
exploited throughout the years,'
added Evans. "They have long
been suffering from the in
equalities of the corporate struc
ture businesses, state, county
and local redevelopment pro
jects and legislation. It is
through this median that black
businesses have been faltering,
that is turning over money, but
not maximizing profits."
The A&T survey will be con
ducted by Lawrence Reeves and
Thurman Watson, senior busi
ness administration majors
Evans said after the survey,
the University plans to publish
a directory of all black busi
nesses, to identify problem areas
and to conduct formal classes,
seminars, institutes and work
shops jointly with black busi
nessmen.
\ Dr. Florentine Sowell, chair
man of the Department of Busi
ness Education at A&T, also
plans to conduct seminars on
management problems.