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WOMAN SHOT FOUR TIMES, DIES,
SUSPECT ARRESTED AND JAILED
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MRS. MARY LEDBETTER
Mrs. Mary Ledbetter, age 35,
died Thursday, August 27th at
her home, 2703 Patio Place, Apt.
C.
Mrs. Ledbetter, an employee
of Cone Mills Revolution Plant,
was found dead in the hallway
I of her home by one her chil
dren.
Police said she was shot four
times, in the forehead, below
the jaw, in the right upper arm
and in the chest.
Police arrested and are hold
ing James C. Wrenn of 1112
Morris St. in connection with
the shooting.
Funeral services wtre held
Monday, August 31st, 1:00 p.m.
Brown's Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. Carolyn Brooks, Char
leston, S. C., Miss Tammy Led
better and Miss Jacqueline Led
better, Greensboro, N. C.; sons,
Alvin Ledbetter, Jr., Baltimore,
Md., Larry Ledbetter and Ed
ward Ledbetter, Greensboro, N.
C.; mother, Mrs. Gladys Thack
er, stepfather, Wilbert Thacker,
both of Greensboro; sisters, Mrs.
Barbara Ann Cook and Mrs.
Emma Lee Jefferson, Greens
boro; brother, Marvin Lee Love,
Greensboro, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
BISHOP GEORGE W. RICE, DIES
NOTED RELIGIOUS LEADER
DIE8
Bishop George W. Rice, age
60, of 1406 Ivey Heights, elevat
ed as Bishop In 1968 of the
United Church of God and pas
tor of Mt. Zion United Church
of God died Friday night, Aug
28th at N. C. Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill, N. C. following
several months illness.
Bishop Rice served as pastoi
In Forest City, Ahoskie, Troy,
Charlotte, and Cedar Square In
Randolph County. He was a
graduate of Moody Bible In
stitute in 1938.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Sept. 2nd, 2:00 p.m.,
Mt. Zion United Church of God.
Burial followed in Cedar Square
Church Cemetery, Randolph
County, N. C.
Survivors Include his wife,
Mrs. Ruth M. Rice of the home;
sons, George Jackson Rice and
James Henry Rice, both of
Greensboro; sister, Mrs. Maggie
BISHOP GEOBGE W. RICE
Ervin, Greensboro, N. C.; ten
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
MRS. MAGGIE P. McTIER
Mrs. Maggie P. McTier, age
88, died at her home, 1701 Wil
low Rd. Thursday, August 27th,
following several months Ill
ness.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, August 30th, 2:30 p.m.,
Elm Grove Baptist Church,
Rockingham County, Burial fol
lowed in church cemetery.
Magnolia Chapter No. 23 Or
der of Eastern Star conducted
Graveside Rites.
Survivors include son. Frank
McTier, Greensboro; daughters
Mrs. Layler Allen, Mrs. Bertha
Cook and Mrs. Gecola Ratliff,
all of Greensboro; two sisters,
Mrs. Myrtle Lee Millener, Wash
ington, D. C. and Mrs. Goldle
Cummin gs, Reidsville, N. C.;
brother, Morgan Parker, Reids
ville, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
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LAWRENCE M. CAMPBELL
Former Local Youth
Makes It Good
Lawrence M. Campbell, s
former resident of the city and
a student at Lincoln Jr. Higt
who now lives in Nashville,
Tenn. is making it in a Dig waj
there.
Lawrence as a sophomore
was a member of the Student
Council of Pearl Sr. High School
and also a member of the E!
Capitan Civic and Social Or
ganization. As a junior he con
tinued his extra activities bj
being elected President of tht
Junior Class, a member of tht
Student Council for a seconc
year, a member of the Junioi
Varsity Basketball team whc
finished second in the city. Aisc
he was elected President of the'
Student Council for the academic
year of 1970-71. This is tho high
est student office in the school
He accomplished all this whilt
maintaining an A average ic
school.
This summer Lawrence at
tended a Student Council Work
shop In Lebanon, Tenn. from
August 2-7. Also he attended a
Community Leadership Camo
sponsored by the Red Cross
from August 17-22 in La Vor
gne, Tenn.
He is the son of Mrs. Par
thenia Campbell of Nashville,
and Mr. Edward L. Campbell
of Winston-Salem, N. C. The
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Campbell of Greensboro
and Mr. and Mrs. Felix Law
rence Jr. of Franklin, Tenn.
MR. JAMES H. MORRIS
Mr. James Hackett Morris
age 47 died at Wesley Long Hos
pital Saturday, August 29th fol
lowing a few days illness. H<
lived at 205 Brooks Court.
Funeral services were heU
Tuesday, Sept. 1st, 1:00, Brown'i
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial
followed in Maplewood Ceme
tery.
Survivors Include sisters, Mrs
Rebecca M. Shore, Mrs. Minerva
Craig, and Mrs. Elizabeth Ben
nett, all of Winston-Salem, N.
C.; brothers, Carl Morris, Wins
ton-Salem, N. C. and Lee Mor
ris, Walnut Cove, N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
1,00ft FRESHMEN TO SWELL RANKS
AT ANNUAL OPENING AT A. & T.
NOTED RELIGIOUS LEADER,
A faculty-staff institute Sept.
10 on "Revitalizing University
Governance" will signal the
opening of fall activities at A&T
State University.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, presi
dent of A&T, announced that
more than 450 faculty and staff
members will gather for the
daylong sessions.
Three days later, more than
1,000 freshmen will arrive on 1
campus to begin a full round
of Freshman Week activities. ?
Upperclassmen are schedulec
to begin arriving on Septembei
16 and registration will be held
September 17-19. Formal class- !
es for the more than 3,800 stu
dents will begin on Monday,
September 21.
A highlight of the opening
conference will be the annua
state of the university message
by Dr. Dowdy. The faculty and
staff will then attend several
workshops concerning recom
mendations received during the
University's recent visit by the
regional accreditation commit
freshmen students will be held
Monday, September 4 in Rich
ard B. Harrison Auditorium. On
September 17, the new students
will be guests of the Student
Government Association and the
annual freshman talent show
will be held September 18 in
Harrison Auditorium.
Tne concluding activities for
the week will be the annual
freshman worship service, con
ducted September 20 by the
Rev. Cleo M. McCoy, university
chaplain; and the President's
Reception at 6 p.m. in the Me
morial Student Union.
Dowdy also announced thai
the University's ultra modern
communications building will b?
opened in time for the new
term. Completed during the
the summer at a cost of more
than $1 million, the building
has special facilities for radio
and television instruction, lan
guage laboratories and a stage
and an auditorium for drama
productions and rehearsals.
The University's School oJ
Nursing will resume its use of
The Black Panther Party Position On
The Murder Of Alex Rackley
The position that the Black
Panther Party takes is that the
pigs murdered Alex Rackley. II
must be understood that the
murder of Alex Rackley and
the frame-up of Bobby Seal*
and the entire Connecticut State
Chapter of the Black Panthei
Party as well as Landon Wil
liams and Rory Hithe is a very
carefully constructed plot put
into action by the F.B.I., C.XA.
and various Justice Department
task forces. George Sams and the
pigs are responsible for the
murder of Alex Rackley. In re
lationship to this fact, questions
arise such as: Why did Judge
Mulvey squash the subpoena to
get the F.B.I, arrest records so
that the defense could produce
evidence as to the police role in
the murder of our party mem
ber, Alex Rackley? Why did
Mulvey squash the subpoena for
the F.B.I, surveillance records
of the New Haven Panther Party
office, thus hiding the pigs' role
in this whole frame-up? The
people must see and understand
this. The people must also ask
why did the pig state's attorney
Markle vigorously object to
Warren Kimbro testifying to the
fact that George Sams was ac
tually a "bodyguard ? hench
man for Stokley Carmlchael."
Sams, and Sams alone; gave
the orders to shoot Alex Rack
ley. Sams terrorized almos
everyone in the New Havei
Chapter. This fact has been
made very clear through th?
testimony of even the state's
witnesses. Most of the member!
of the New Haven Chapter wen
young and impressionable s<
they believed George Sams wai
correct in the things he did aiui
said because he constantly stat
ed that he was sent out by Na
tional Headquarters. The Black
Panther Party stated that Ales
Rackley was a member in good
standing with the party and we
maintain that position. The on
ly persons to assume that he was
an informer are George Sam*
and Warren Kimbro.
Black people need only to
look at history to see how their
leaders and organizations are de
stroyed. Malcolm X stated be
fore his death that he had thi
best organization for Blad
People in the Western hemi?
phere and niggers destroyed it
We will not allow our party to.
be destroyed by the pigs.