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VOL. 29, NO. 37 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1970 PRICE: 10 CENTS
A&T School Dean
Tapped For
N. C. Education Post
The dean of the school of edu
cation at A&T State University
lias been appointed by State
Superintendent of Public In
struction Dr. A. Craig Phillips
to serve on the state Early
Childhood Education Advisory
Council.
The appointment of Dr. S. J.
Shaw was recently announced
by the State Board of Educa
tion.
Shaw said the appointment
represents unlimited opportun
ities for A&T as well as per
sonal satisfaction. "I am pleased
to be one of the 26 appointees
from across the state he said,
"but it also means A&T will
get in on the basement floor of
the organization process."
Shaw and other appointees
will review the inclusion of kin
dergarten as a part of the public I
school system while also con
sidering making the first three
grades of elementary school
more flexible.
This fall the university will
begin offering courses towards
degrees in lower elementary ed
ucation (K-3). A team of state
education officials are expected
to review and approve the pro
gram during October.
In December of 1969, when
six experimental kindergarten
centers were opened across the
state, Shaw was appointed to
review the process at Saxaphaw
Elementary School in Alamance
County.
Dr. Evenlyn Segal, director
of the Institute for Child and j
Family Development at UNC-G, I
was also appointed by Phillips;
to serve on the advisory group. ;
MR. JOHNNY J. HARRIS
Mr. Johnny J. Harris, age 37
died Sunday, July 26th follow
ing a brief illness. He lived at
409 Boyd St.
The body remained at Brown's
Funeral Home until Thursday
morning at which time was
taken to Shocker Chapel Baptist
Church, Warren County, N. C.
for funeral and burial services.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Dolly Mae Harris, Warren
ton, N. C.; son, Johnnie J. Har
ris, Jr., daughters, Diana and
Millissa Harris, all of Warren
ton, N. C.; brothers, Wilbur and
James Allen Harris, Warrenton,
N. C.; sisters, Mrs. Vergie Wil
liams, Warrenton, N. C., Mr*.
Sadie Harris and Mrs. Mable
Plummer, New York City, Mrs.
Lizza Harris, Louisburg, N. C.,
Mrs. Bessie Mae Lee and Miss
Timpie Harris, Englewood, N.J.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Signing To The Tune of $275,000
Representatives of four all-black firms are pictured above
with Assistant Postmaster General Ronald B. Lee (center) as they
review professional services contracts totaling more than $275,000
recently awarded to them by the Post Office Department.
Left to right are: Cleveland Thomas, Vice-president, Pacific
Training & Technical Assistance Corporation, Washington, D. C.;
Lawrence Johnson, President, Johnson & Associates, Inc., Wash
ington, D. C.; Mr. Lee, Assistant Postmaster General for Planning
& Marketing; Charles F. Keiiam, President, Optimum Computer,
Inc., New York City; and Charles H. Price, President, Price, Wil
liams & Associates, Washington, D. C.
The contracts were awarded under auspices of the Small
Business Administration's program as an effort of the Nixon Ad
ministration to stimulate growth of minority enterprises. During
the past year, the Post Office Department has granted approxi
mately $3 million worth of contractual awards to minority-owned
enterprises, including various manufacturing, printing and main
tenance contracts.
P. 0. DEPARTMENT. AWARDS CONTRACTS TOTALING MORE THAN
$275,000 TO FOUR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
Four minority-owned firms
have been awarded professional
services contracts totaling more
than $275,000 by the Post Office
Department, Postmaster Gen
eral Winon M. Blount has an
nounced.
The contracts were awarded J
under auspices of the Small
Business Administration'* pro
gram to stimulate growth of
minority enterprises throughout
the United States.
The largest contract among
the group, valued at $106,000,
went to the Lawrence Johnson
& Associates of Washington, D.
C. The firm will perform mar
keting research studies for the
Department and will evaluate
various postal products and ser
vices.
An $85,000 contract was
awarded to the Pacific Training
and Technical Assistance Corp.,
Washington, D. C., to develop
and test a customer relations
training course for postal ser
vice employees.
Price & Williams Associates,
Inc., also of Washington, was
given a $71,500 contract to per
form various systems analysis
services for the development of
a Post Office Department mar
keting information system.
A New York firm, Optimum
Computer Systems, Inc., was
awarded a $17,000 contract to
provide a computer training
course for postal management
and planning personnel.
"The awarding of these con-|
tracts is in keeping with the
TJixon Administration's concert- 1
ed effort to give minority enter- j
prises an opportunity to partici
pate in the mainstream of our
economy," Postmaster General
Blount said.
During the past year, the Post
Office Department has awarded
approximately $3 million worth
of contractual awards to minor
ity-owned enterprises, including
various manufacturing, printing
and maintenance contracts.
In another program aimed at
encouraging increased minority
group activity, postal bank ac
counts are being opened with
approximately 25 small banks
operated by Negroes or Spanish
Americans.
MRS. MILDRED AKINS
Mrs. Mildred "Dot" Akins,
age 37 of 306-J Avalon Rd.
died Friday morning, July 24th
following a brief illness. Fun
eral service was held Sunday,
July, 26th, 2:00 P.M., Brown's
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial
followed in Maplewood Ceme
tery.
Survivors include one son,
Michael Wayne Akins; daugh
ter, Miss India Denise Akins,
both of the home; father, Willie
Collins, mother, Mrs. Alice
Hayes Collins of Brown Sum
mit, N. C.; three brothers, Roy
Collins, Brown Summit, N. C.,
Willie and Lebonus Collins,
Greensborq, N. C.; -three sis
ters, Mrs. Mary Lou Rich, Mc
Leansville, N. C., Mrs. Carolyn
Richardson, Brown Summit, N.
C. and Mrs. Maxine Richard
son, Greensboro, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Under this plan, it is esti
mated that up to $250,U00 a day
ill postal receipts will be de
posited in the banks. The cash
"float" of these working ac
counts will provide investment
capital for areas serviced by the
selected postal units.
Not Enough Books About Blacks,
Teachers at A&T Write Their Own
"The best way to get to know l
your children's books is to know j
them the way the children know
them."
That's the advice Mrs. Frank
White gave to her class in chil
dren's literature at A&T State
University at the beginning of
the summer.
Her challenge has resulted in
the writing of a collection of
original booklets and stories for
youngsters, many of them pretty
good, according to Mrs. White.
Concerned about the shortage
of children's books dealing with
black and integrated situations;
Mrs. White and her students
decided to try to do something
about it.
"We were looking for some
thing innovative," she said, "so
we decided on learning by do
ing. Normal classes usually
focus on anthologies, but don't
give young teachers a chance
to handle books."
With that in mind, Mrs. White,
who directs the reading labora
tory at A&T, sent the 15 teach
ers to research the libraries In
and around Greensboro.
"We wanted to find sources
of books by and about blacks,"
she added "and to see how wide
the coverage is for black chil
dren."
The teachers' instructions were
"to examine the books, read
them, that is, do exactly what
a child would do." Then each
teacher had to produce an orig
inal story or book for a specific
age group.
Mrs. White then gave awards
for the five best projects.
"I think this method was an
excellent way to learn how to
evaluate books," said Josie
Foushee, who teaches in Chapel
Hill. "We learned much about
books and whether or not they
are full of sterotypes."
Besides learning about writ
ing, the teachers also learned
how books are put together and
! how to produce and use illuatra
tions.
For their projects, the class
members wrote stories about
integration, teenage problems
and the usual personal problems
of girls growing up.
"This is just a beginning,"
said Mrs. White. "We hope we've
j given these teachers sensitivity
in getting blacks to know them
selves as others know them."
'"We also hope to help' these
teachers to tap the potential of
the children they teach and get
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