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VOL. 29, NO. 44
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1970
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Greensboro Man Killed
In Single Car Accident
Forrest Dale (Buddy) Dar
nell, II of 1819 Joyce St., was
apparently killed instantly when
' his car slammed int j a concrete
support of the Merrit Drive
undeipass on Interstate 40, Sun
day morning, Sept. 13. A police
report said his car was traveling
east on 1-40 at a .lign rate of
speed. He was alone in the car
at the time of the accident.
Mr. Darnell, son of Mrs. Rhin
nie Darnell and the late Forrest
FORREST D. DARNELL, II
D. Donnell, Sr., was born in
Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 17,
1937 and was dead on arrival at
Moses Cone Hospital on the
morning of Sept. 13, 1970, four
days before his 32nd birthday.
Before coming to Greensboro,
he was a member of Mt. Mariah
i Baptist Church in Richmond,
| Indiana. He served on the Deac
! on Board there and in Greens
| boro he became an active mem
ber of St. James Baptist Church.
He was a Marine veteran of
the Korean War and was em
ployed as a machine operator
for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Funeral services were con
ducted on Thursday, Sept. 17 at
2:00 p.m. at Smith's Funeral
Home Chapel, with Rev. Prince
E. Graves, Pastor of St. James
Baptist Church, officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Barbara C. Donnell; his mother,
Mrs. Rhinnie Darnell of Colum
bus, Ohio; three daughters, Lyn
ette, Sherry and Amanthia;
three sons, Garry, Richard and
Forrest III; sisters, Mrs. Doro
thy Gilmore and Mrs. Nevada
Shoffner both of Greensboro,
N. C., Mrs. Harriet Caldwell,
Columbus, Ohio^ Mrs. Lome.
Newton and Mrs. Patricia Mar
tin both of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Mrs. Almeta Cox, Cleveland,
Ohio and Mrs. Delores Smith of
Japan; brothers, Dr. George Mc
Clung, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr.
James Mclver, Greensboro, N.
C. and Mr. Samuel Mclver of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Smith's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
GREENSBORO MOURNS LOSS OF
PROMINENT SCHOOL TEACHER
Funeral services were con
ducted for Mrs. Eloise Logan
Penn on Monday, Sept. 14, 1970
at 4:00 P.M. in the James B.
Dudley Senior High School
Auditorium, 1200 Lincoln St.,
Greensboro, N. C., with the Rev.
Howard A. Chubbs, Officiating.
Mrs. Penn. daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Uriah H. Lo
gan, was a native of Fort Worth,
Texas. She departed this life
on Friday, Sept. 11, at her home.
517 Martin St.
A graduate of Fisk Univers
ity, with a major in music, she
later earned her Master's De
gree in Music Education from
the Columbia University School
of Music. In 1922 she joined the
Greensboro City Schools as a
music teacher in Washington
High School and as supervisor of
music in several of the ele
mentary schools.
Other school systems in the
state also used her as consultant
to their music education pro
grams. For many years she was
In charge of the music program
at Dudley High School, and
MR8. ELOI8E LOGAN PENN
when Dudley's band director was
inducted as director of a Navy
band in World War II, Mrs.
Penn was the school's band di
rector during the war years.
When the war ended, Mrs. Penn
was named full-time supervis
or of music for the city schools,
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Educators Visit Industry
Armand Richardson (stand- 1
ing, right), chairman of the de
partment of electrical engineer
ing at North Carolina A&T State
University, was one of a select
group of engineering educators
from 27 colleges and univers
ities who visited the Michigan
Power Pool Control Center last
week as part of an Education
Industry Conference of Electric
Power Engineering sponsored by
The Detroit Edison Company.
Richardson, whose wife, Ruth,
accompanied him on the trip
to Detroit, makes his home in
Greensboro.
The MEPPCC, incorporating
one of the nation's most modern
and sophisticated computer op
erations in power systems, con
tinuously monitors and directs
67 generating units in 13 powei
plants of Detroit Edison and
Consumers Power Company, the
two principal members of the
Michigan Electric Power FooL
Richardson is shown here
with (left to right) "Jerome Mei
sel from Wayne State Univers
ity in Detroit; George R. Sell,
University of Misconsin; and
Neal A. Smith (kneeling) of
Ohio State University. The in
structors are examining a nar
rated display, utilizing sequen
tial back-lighting to depict
movement of electricity and
changing power sources, of the
345,000-volt lines and major
generating plants of the Michi
gan power companies. The au
tomated schematic reflects how
the computers select the proper
power sources and transmission
circuits to achieve the maxi
mum in economy, efficiency,
and reliability in meeting cus
tomer needs at any point within
the electric system.
The four - day conference
which ended on Thursday, Sept.
3, the 20th annual meeting of
its kind, was held in Detroit
and offered members of the col
lege teaching profession a special
opportunity to examine and
evaluate practices in the man
agement of a large electric power
business.
Aside from the visit to
MEPPCC, the conference includ
ed tours of other Edison facili
ties and meetings on research
and development activities of
the investor- owned electric util
ity company.
Bennett College Chaplain
To Preach
The first Sunday Formal Ves
per Service at Bennett College
scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 20,
at 4:00 p.m. will feature partici
pation by members of the Col
lege Choir, directed by Mr.
Frank Boulware, the new Col
lege Organist, Miss Susan Dil
day, and a special sermon by
the Rev. Peter E. A. Addo,
whose topic will be "Prodicala
Who Don't Return." Special
readings will be given by Miss!
Linda Silver, a senior Chemistry
student. The ushers will be
members of the Senior Marshall
Board, President, Miss Carolyn
Prince, also a senior student.
A special reception has been
planned in the Student Union
by the students for Christian
Social Concerns led by Miss
Mabel Guillard, a junior stu
dent.
Chaplain Addo is a versatile
? Continued on Page 4 .
$1.4 Million Communications Center
Unveiled At A&T State University
When the new semester gets
underway at A&T State Uni
versity September 21, the prin
cipal new addition to be unveil
ed on the campus will be the
ultra modern Crosby Commun
ications Center, completed this
summer at a cost of more than
$1.4 million.
According to Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, A&T President, the new
facility represents a major step
in strengthening the University's
offerings in the humanities.
"This new building should
facilitate our developing more
balance between education,
science, social science and the
humanities," said Dowdy.
An important feature of the
building is the fully equipped
Little Theatre, with a New York
stage and an auditorium to ac
commodate 371 persons.
The auditorium is connected
to the section housing the class
rooms and laboratories by an
enclosed sky-lit passageway,
which also doubles as a student
lounge.
The facility's 18 classrooms
are expected to be used primar
ily for instruction in English,
speech, drama, reading and
foreign languages.
Besides the regular class
rooms, ( the center also has three
seminar rooms and 12 labora
tories for the teaching of foreign
languages, reading and speech.
Crosby Center is equipped
with facilities for the production
of closed circuit television pro
grams and lectures. It will also
provide space for WANT, the
campus radio station and an
educational media laboratory.
(Continued on Pace 4)