The AC Phoenix
February 1998
Pase 23
Northwest Sponsors 3rd Annual
Valentine Gala
Northwest Child Development Council
invites the parents, teachers, and childcare
workers of its centers in Forsyth, Stokes,
Davie and Yadkin counties, along with
local civic and business professionals to
their 3rd Annual Valentine Gala to be held
on Feb. 14 at the M.C. Benton Convention
Center. Believing that it is vitally impor
tant for the adults who are caregivers to
young children to take time to nurture and
strengthen their own personal, social and
professional relationships. Northwest
began two years ago, for its 25th
Anniversary, to sponsor an annual benefit
gala where fun, food and fellowship make
for an exciting evening.
This year’s festivities will begin at 8
p.m. with soft music, delicious hors d’oeu-
vres and fellowship during a social hour.
The ceremonial portion of the evening will
start at 9 p.m., and will include brief
remarks by Northwest staff, board chair,
and Woodruff and Hills family members.
The program will be co-hosted by Janet
Ray, an early childhood consultant, and
Reverend Seth Lartey, pastor of Goler
Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church. A com
missioned work by a local artist (the first
of three pieces on theme “Children First”)
will be unveiled during the program.
Limited edition prints of the commissioned
work will be on sale following the ceremo
ny. At 9:30 p.m., the Phase Band will
begin performing such hits as: “Killing Me
Softly,” “Exhale (Shoop),” “My Girl,” and
“I Feel Good!”
Finally, beginning at 10 p.m., the first of
three cash prizes will be awarded. Turn in
your gala ticket stub to enter a drawing to
win $150, $250 or $500! You must be
present to win. Other prizes to be awarded
during the evening include: a vacuum
cleaner valued at $150, a two-night stay at
the Adams Mark Hotel in downtown
Winston-Salem, caviar, and champagne.
Gala proceeds benefit a scholarship fund
providing educational grants and emer
gency child care assistance to Northwest
teachers and the families they serve.
Through the Woodruff-Hills Scholarship
Fund (so named to commemorate the lives
and legacies of two local women - Mazie
S. Woodruff and Barbara Behrens Hills -
whose advocacy on behalf of Forsyth
County citizens empowered those who are
underserved and gave them hope).
Northwest invites the local community to
partner with them and “build a community
Samantha Muhammad
"Love is the only force capable of transforming
an enemy into a friend."
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that cares and puts children first” by sup
porting the gala through ticket purchases
and your attendance.
Since early 1971, through coordinated
efforts with state agencies such as the
Office of Child Development, the Office
of Day Care Licensing and the Department
of Social Services, Northwest has spon
sored center programs in Forsyth, Davie,
Stokes and Yadkin counties. Currently
Northwest has 12 locations which serve
children from infancy to school age. All
centers in Forsyth County have an AA rat
ing, meaning they have lower staff/child
ratios as mandated by the state’s child care
licensing standards. (Child development
professionals have determined that
staff/child ratios, along with the education
al level of the day care directors and teach
ers, most directly impact the quality of
child care services.)
For gala ticket information, call Debra
Jarrett at 727-1215, extension 23.
Contributions to the Woodruff-Hill
Scholarship Fund (make checks payable to
NWCDCAVoodruff-Hills) may be mailed
to: Northwest Child Development
Council, Inc., 530 North Spring St.,
Winston-Salem, NC 27101-2729.
Back Down
Memory Lane
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ficient and rely on one another. One of the
several prominent Black businesswomen of
her time is Mrs. Nannie Kilby. Mrs. Kilby
erected “The Kilby Hotel” in 1910. The
Kilby Hotel is a handsome brick structure
located at 627 E. Washington St. in High
Point, NC. This landmark hotel is presently
owned and operated by the third generation
of the Kilby family.
Approximately 14 years later, in 1924,
C.T. Woodland gathered all the individual
black business owners together and said:
“Let’s get together and start a real bus ser
vice here in Winston-Salem.” With sincere
effort and perservance, on May 24, 1926,
Bus Inc.,” was born. This marked the
largest black owned and operated trans
portation system in the world. The organi
zational structure consisted of: C. R.
Peebles as president, C.T. Woodland and R.
R. Morgan as vice presidents and J. H.
Hairston, treasurer and E. T. Miller, secre
tary. For 36 years The Safe Bus Company
served the black community faithfully. But
in 1972, Winston-Salem’s transit authority
bought Safe Bus and benefited handsomely
from our hard work - again!
During the legacy of The Safe Bus Co.,
numerous smaller black owned businesses
began to thrive. Harris Cab and Camel Cab
was in full swing. Thomas L. Hooper
opened one of the first black grocery stores
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