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VOL. 32, NO. 26
DEATHS AN!
MR. FORREST 8HOFFNER
Mr. Forrest Shoffner, age 71
of 840 Vance St., died Friday, i
May 26, 1972 at L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital after a brief
illness.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 29, 1972 at 4:00
P.M. from Hargett Memorial
Chapel. Burial followed in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
Survivors are: one sister, Mrs. |
Juanita Sellars and brother,
James Shoffner, both of Greensboro;
numerous nieces, nephews
and a host of other relatives and
friends.
Hargett Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. ELIZA R. GRAVES
rvrrs. rsnza ?. uraves, age 102
was pronounced dead upon ar-1
rival at the Moses H. Cone Me- i
morial Hospital Friday, May 26,
1S72. She resided at 109 Cottage
Grove Ave.
Funeral services were held
4:00 P.M. Monday from White
Oak Grove Baptist Church. Burial
followed in the church cemetery.
She is survived by 7 grandchildren:
Mrs. Louise Johnson I
and Mr. Nathaniel Logan both
of Philadelphia; Mrs. Mattie
Vanstory, Mrs. Catherine Troxler,
Mrs. Marie Williams all of
Greensboro; Mrs. Eva Vanstory
of Brown Summit; Mr. Robert
Wallington of Philadelphia;!
numerous great-grandchildren; |
a host of other relatives and ,
friends. |
Hargett Funeral Service in ,
charge of all arrangements.
MR. HOWARD RIGGINS 1
Mr. Howard Riggins, age 69
of 2700 Buchannon Rd. died
Monday, May 29, 1972 at the 1
L. Richardson Memorial Hos- 1
pital following a sudden illness. 1
Funeral services will be held
2:00 P.M. Friday at Hargett Me- 1
morial Chapel. The Elder Syl- 1
vester Galloway, Assistant Pas- (
tor of the Rescue Temple '
Church of God in Christ will 1
officiate. Burial will follow in '
Piedmont Memorial Park.
He is survived by his wife, '
Mrs. Vera G. Riggins of the |
home, one daughter, Miss Eula
Riggins of Greensboro, one
grandson, Mr. John Riggins of,
Jamaica, N. Y., four granddaughters,
Miss Shirley Riggins
of Bronx, N. Y., Mrs. Betty
Baker, Mrs. Yvonne Bryant,
Miss Eva Mae Riggins all of
Greensboro, eight great-grand j
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children; one niece, Mrs. Myrtle
McLean of Greensboro, a host
of other relatives and friends.
The family will greet their
friends on Thursday evening
from 8-9 P.M. at Hargett Memorial
Chapel.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MRS. MAGGIE S. JOHNSON
Mrs. Maggie Sarah Johnson,
age 80 of 200-A Huffman St.,
died Tuesday, May 30, 1972 at
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, June 3, 1972 at 4:00
P.M. from Hargett Memorial
Chapel, with Rev. G. M. Phelps, j
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uiiiciaiing. Esunai will lollow in
the family plot in Piedmont
Memorial Park.
Survivors are: three daughters,
Mrs, Louise J. Crump,
Mrs. Anna Smith, both of
Greensboro and Mrs. Sadie M.
Diggs of Springfield Garden, N.'
Y., two sons, John Johnson of
Mebane, N. C. and Horace Bar-1
ker of Greensboro, 4 grandchil-]
dren, nieces, newphews and a
host of relatives and friends.
The family will greet their (
friends on Friday evening fromj
8-9 p.m. at Hargett Memorial
Chapel.
Hargett Funeral Service in
charge of all arrangements.
MASTER LARRY GWTNN
Master Larry Gwynn, 5 year
old son of Mr. Thomas C. Gwynn
ind Mrs. Nanie Collins Gwynn
of 307 Craig St. died at Moses
Cone Hospital Saturday morn- i
ing, May 27th following a brief
illness.
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 29th, 2:00 P.M.,
Sweet Gum Baptist Church,
Caswell County. Burial follow-1
jd in the church cemetery.
Survivors include beside the1
parents, sister, Miss Angelia
Gwynn and brother, Thomas
Curtis Gwynn, Jr.; paternal
grandparents, Mr. Willie Gwynn !
?nd Mrs. Melba Gwynn of Burington,
N. C.
Brown's Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
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JUNE 3RD
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NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDv'
Dudley High Holds
Commencement
J The Forty - Sixth Annual
Commencement of the James
! B. Dudley High School was held
on Wednesday evening, May 31,
1972 at 8:00 p.m. in the gym.
The program was as follows:
Prelude, Dudley Concert Band;
Processional, Dudley Concert
Band; Invocation, Rev. Donald
Beaty; Ave Maria, Choir; Address,
William J. Furcron,
Chemistry Instructor, Grimsley
High; Don't Be Weary Traveler,
Choir; Presentation of Diplomas,
Announcements; Alma Mater;
Benediction and Seven-Folo
Amen; Recessional, Dudley Concert
Band.
The speaker, William J. Furcron,
warned the 338 graduate
of the danger of using drugs.
Guest Speaker At
Bethel AME Churcl
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The Rev. Mrs. Lucy M. Jame
Reverend Mrs. Lucy M. Jame
wui De me speaKer ior m<
Thirty-Second Anniversary ob
servance of the Winnie Lewi:
Missionary Circle of Bethe.
A.M.E. Church, Sunday, June 4
at 3:30 p.m.
Mrs. James was born in Hallsboro,
N. C. At the age of twelve
she wa's converted and joined
the church. Later she found jo)
working with the youth, choir
and usher board.
In 1954 she was licensed and
ordained as an Evangelist in the
A.M.E. Church. Mrs. James is
one of our powerful speakers.
She gives her service wherever
she can to "build up and bring
the lost to the light."
Mrs. James earned her B.A.
Degree from Winston - Salem
Teacher's College. In 1961 she
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lY, JUNE 2, 1972
DR* WILLA B PI
H.E.W/S HIGHEST
Dr. Willa B. Player, Director ti
of the Division of College Sup- tl
port in the U.S. Office of Edu- p
cation, has been awarded the 1!
U. S. Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare's Distin- tl
guished Service Award. g
Dr. Player earned the award, T
HEWs highest, for outstanding H
leadership that has greatly S
strengthened higher education B
and contributed to mutual re- IS
spect between black and white b
institutions. Under her direc- tc
tion, the colleges and universi- gi
A&T STATE RECEI
IN FEDERAL GRAF
By Richard Moore v;
The value of research at A&T
State University, which has w
grown from $3,000 to nearly $3 U
million in the past five years, n
received another important boost tl
this week when two professors fj
were awarded federal grants totalling
$275,000. $
The two new projects are both y
being funded through the U. S. , g,
Department of Agriculture's Co- ' w
operative State Research Ser- j
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Developing Institutions
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966 to 555 in 1972.
Dr. Player also administers
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and the Institute and Short
'erm Training Programs for
[igher Education Personnel.
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forth Carolina, when she was
rought to Washington in I960
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Awarded a grant of $146,781
'as Dr. Myrtle Smith, a pro:ssor
of home economics and
utrition. She will investigate
le clothing needs of low income
imilies.
The other research grant of
128,838 was awarded to Dr. C.
1. Seo, also a professor of home
:onomics. She will investigate
'ays of improving the quality
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