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was officially bestowed upon
Willie Dominey during the
'40s. by Rewnmd A. S.
Croom. Thi -whN the title
wit given, is of great
significance at this time
because many nave forgotton
how it came about.
William Dominey wis the
recipient of the appellation at a
time when group captains were
being tganized to raise fundr
fur the present edifice, at 904
N. Roxboro Street. A long list
of Captains had been assigned
to various groups, in fact, the
congregation had beti. divided
into groups and a single
captain. Mr. Dominey. was left
without a list of persons to
work with. This was a sad state
of affairs: a g man. a useful
person, an individual interested
in helping "th pastor put over
his program" had been
shutout. This was not a matter
"to be slept over." therefore,
without any hesitation. Rev. A.
S. Croom made him
Captain-at-large. And shortly
thereafter, he was issued a
scroll bearing his credentials.
William Dominey. u member of
the Union Baptist Church
Glendale Avenue- is hereby
authorized to solicit aid from
the public and friends to help
us on our financial drive. We
sincerely appreciate whatever
you do in this way- signed,
Rev. A. S. Croom, pastor.
Names appearing on the
first scroll issued include: Nu
Tread Tire Co., Morgan S. S.
Lunch Southern Uniform and
Towel Sen-ice, Kelly Tin
Service. li-ci strial Supply Co.,
Willie Roberson Store and
Liberty Warehouse where he
worked for a quarter of a
century. During these years,
Dominey was fondly called
"Snowball". At one time he
appeared in the Feature
Section of the Durham
Morning Herald. After working
for a local tobacco warehouse
for 18 years, seeing farmers
come in and get "high money"
for their tobacco, William
"Snowball" Dominey decided
to grow some tobacco for
himself. The four plant which
he was growing between the
sidewalk and the street in front
of Liberty Warehouse on
Riggsbt Avenue were healthy
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FORGIVE AND FORGET
There is ureal sweetness
in furi(ivenesii; it's balm for
the sears in life. Without it.
there is mi quiet room in
your mind to escape to for
peace: there is only a room
janitlint: with tension.
Nobody can live creatively
if he cannot forgive his own
blunders and imperfections.
He's more likely to suffer
from insomnia at nitiht and
fatigue during the day. Once
you ar- able to forgive your
self, then perhaps you can
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specimens or (mora zo
tobacco. "How're you going-to
sell that tobacco without an
allotment card" a passerby
would tease him; and.
Dominey would reply with a
joviality that was typical of
him (hiring those years, "oh ,
he would laugh, "I'll go to
Washington and get that".
Snowball had no intention to
actually selling his tobacco.
Those were the years when
folk lived leisurely, enjoyed
passing the time of day
laughing about little things.
Our Captain-at-large,
William Dominey was ordained
deacon, on June 20, 1966, and
has served as faithfully as he
has served as "Gleaner".
The church has long since
abandoned the Group Captain
System for Fund Raising, but
Dominey continues to make
reports of cash donations
collected from friends and an
occasional program that he
sponsors to inflate his exiguous
gleanings.
The once regular monthly
reports have dwindled to every
now and then, however,
William Dominey continued to
punch in-report his gleanings.
This type of faithfulness,
persistence and willingness, to
serve as (Japtain-at-large, is
noteworthy and should be
highly appreciated by the
entire Union Baptist
Congregation, and to a small
extent there is profound
appreciation by some.
However, changing times,
changes in methods and
procedures have obscured the
once urgently needed service.
Now adays, the pronounce
ment of a report from the
Captain-at-large gives rise to an
understandable number of
quizzical expressions upon the
faces of many congregants
howbeit, Dominey's splendid
efforts should not be brushed
aside with platitudes. Now that
reason is established for a
Captain-at-large, perhaps, a
Recognition Service will be
held and a formal dissolvement
at an authorized
Captain-at-large will follow.
Dominey has not only done
a good job, but, he has
followed, to the letter, a charge
bestowed upon him that has
outlived the memories of
many.
Miss Madie "broke the
spell" by telling hrr good
friend that she bad to
skidaddle; "1 reckon mister
Ben thinks I have gone off my
rocker 'n forgot all about
him."
Mrs. Beamon knew when
she worn out her welcome,
therefore, she bade her "bat
brain" friend adieu; "I know
you ain't got Ben Pratt on your
little mind, Madie Perkins.
Your brain is working over
time figgering out some way to
get to Willie Deal. Well, for
what good it ought-ah-do but
wont help bad matters one bit,
Willie Deal ain't what the
hootie-owl left behind when he
flew the coop."
Miss Madie didn't allow
Hattie Beamon's discursive
remarks to disturb her thread
of thought, she walked away,
tossing mere words over her
shoulders; "I'll dig you later
sweet potatah." And away she
went, head held high, chin
jutting, toes pointing straight
ahead. She wanted to take a
furtive glance in the direction
of Deal's sausage ven but she
wanted to keep Hattie
Beamon's suspicions as far
removed from the truth as
possible. So, she discreetly
added a little more bounce to
her hips and hurried toward
Bayborough Heights. The
noonday sun was beaming
dov i furiously and long before
she reached the busy
thoroughfare, two blocks from
where she had left Mrs.
Beamon. Tiny riverlets of sweat
was trickling trom under nor
hat, down her neck into the
neckline of her dress, besides
her hips were weary of
wobbling and shan't pains were
1
jabbing her waistline She was
thinking of Hattie Beamon and
her lashing tongue. The art of
castigation needed no constant
cultivation by Its adherent; no
matter the time of day, Hattie
lamblastod the best of 'em. If
the woman ever conceived a
kind thought about i.nyone,
the moment it reached tip of
her tongue, it came off the
assembly line a red hot
aspersion.
Miss Madie was absorbed in
trying to analyze her "so called
friend" when the blue and
white van passed her. The
waving hand of the driver
startled her out her day
dreaming. She couldn't tell
much about how the man
looked but she had to admit
that he waved the friendliest
hand she had ever noticed on a
man. ' She wasn't much on
reading dancing fingers but
there was a pleasure of sorts in
wondering what the band
waver was like. Was he fat and
short? Tall 'n skinny? A teasing
brown or a hairy old goat? She
loathed a man with a bushy,
wiry moustache, hairs growing
out of his nostrils and ears. A
man with dancing, free for all,
fingers should be something
nice to look at, she told herself
she walked sprightly toward
the steps of Apartment 2-A.
"Mister Ben" would be all
ears to hear a detailed report of
what she had seen and heard,
therefore, she gently forced all
thoughts of the waving fingers
to an upstairs' cubby-hole of
It's no dark secret that sea
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It saves overweight charges and
cuts down on tipping and extra
luggage taxi tariffs.
Drip dry and no-ironing tex
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of (Sod's plan, thai you an
uniuue anil have value as a
human being. You must un
l'-i -i. mil thai as a human
being you aren't perfect. Se
vour successes, cherish I hem
See your faults, and forgive
them.
Too many persons waste
their lime obsessed with ha
tred for those who have hurt
them. Hut isn't it about time
to forgive and forget? Once
you do that, (hen you can
make plans and set goals and
work at the very satisfying
projert of making each day
a life in itself, of living, driving,
loving, challenging . experienc
ing each precious day of your
life.
Drink in the Kweelneiw of
forgiveness--of yourxelf and
others. Forgive a parent, a
friend, a loved one. for the
errors in the past. Forgive
the hurt that they caused
you Forget it by loving in
the present -now !
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her memory and brought to
the forefront of her brain a
story Out should put "Mister
Ben's" suspicious mind at ease.
The narrative she had in mind
should put the old rudder to
sleep for twelve hours, at least.
Her patient was, apparently
absorbed In a game of solitary
when she entered his room.
"Well do-daddy -do-- you
ain't ah bit worried about me
I'm scrabbling like a silly
goose trying to get back to
you," She didn't expect him to
answer nor did she expect him
to toss the playing cards at her.
"Hold It! Hold everything,
honey-bunny-boo." She
wanted to add, "more boo
than honey," but she decided
that thai was the wrong time to
emancipate herself with truth;
so, she began gathering up the
dbg eared cards. Some day
"Mister BenY'temper tantrums
were going to get his behind
blistered. She thought as she
leaned over him to retrive
other cards scattered in the bed
covering. Then suddenly
everything went red, followed
by a rainbow of colors flashing
in vivid tones of yellow, pink,
blue and green. She opened her
mouth to scream but no
audible sound issued forth,
only a thunderous roaring
filled her head.
'-Mister Ben" was croaking
like a frog and, kicking wilding;
throwing his bonyparts closer
to the edge of the bed. The
impulse to roll him back into
safer zones was uppermost in
her mind, however, her reflexes
refused to brake his fall. She
just stood frozen in a daze;
shocked by the assault to her
jaw by "Mister Ben's" flaying
fist.
In an effort to quell the
noise inside her head, and
assauge the burning pain, she
covered her face with hex
trembling hands. -Continued.
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SPORTS SCENE
HOUWOOD BEAT
YOU'RE MAKING ME
RICH Los Angeles: Boxer
Ken Norton points a finger at
Mu hammed Ali, with the
remark "you're making me
rich", as the two signed for a
12-round rematch to be held in
Los Angeles 910. Norton, 28,
won the non-title decision over
Ali, March 31st, in San Diego,
a fight which made the 31
year-old former World
Champion suffer a broken jaw.
The upcoming match is
expected to set a new
California box office record.
The man in the background is
announcer Chick Hearn.
SAMMY DAVIS, Jf
getting a lot of brickbats these
days and bitter queries like,
"Whither goest thou now,
Sam"? says he's nonetheless
proud that he was named 1973
"Man of The Year" by the
Disabled American Veterans.
And he says he'll be a -mugging
and a - juggline as usual when he
walks onstage at the DAV's
52nd Annual National
Convention in Miami on
August 16 to receive his "Man
of The Year" award. The kudo
went to Sam, said DAV
officials, "for his important
contribution towards
improving the lot of the
combat GI".
BILLY DANIELS aU set to
follow in the footsteps of
Godfrey Cambridge and take a
rote in the stage play,
"Norman, Is That You".
Openers next for Broadway.
CambuVtge has been playing
the ro in Detroit.... Hon
Robak, the guitar offerings of
George Pritchett and the piano
sounds of Slg Millonzi. Other
Milwaukeeans spending time at
Summerfest include Buddy
Montcomery. Berkley Fudge,
Awakening, the UWM Stage
Band and Manty Ellis.
Some of the best jazz talent
in the immediate area will
make return engagements to
the Jazz Oasis. These include
the big band sound of Jim
George foreman, The Great White Hope
NEW YORK, NY - June
14- The boxing, the search for
a Great White Hope is
constant- as much for finanrial
reasons and racial. Now, says
the current issue of SPORT
Magazine, boxing has its man,
even if he happens to be black.
George Foreman won the
Heavyweight title In his first
craok at it. Contrast thai, with
Joe Walcott, SPORT suggests,
who fought professionally for
21 years before he won the
title.
Great White Hope? Ever
since he stood up in the ring at
the Olympics in Mexico City
and waved an American flag,
while other athletes were
waving clenched fists, a lot of
people have been calling
George Foreman a credit to his
country. How does Foreman
react? "I like clean-minded
people", he admits in the
magazine, "women that respect
men, and men that respect
women. I don't smoke, and I
don't drink".
Foreman could always hit.
But it took a Jot of teaching
and careful managing oh Dick
Sadler's part to get him ready
for his night in Jamaica. Suvs
Sadler in SPORT: "I picked his
opponents so he could adapt to
any style". Another thing
Sadler, did was to do his best to
keep George off the television
screen while he piled up his
37-win, 34-knockout record. It
paid off. Foreman sacrificed a
lot of big purses, but got a
$385,000 gumntee for the
FrazieV fight. SPORT judges
that his next title fight will
bring George the lion's share of
a purse that could go as high as
$10 million.
Meanwhile, Foreman spends
his spare time going around,
trying to set things right,
talking to youngsters, urging
"them to' complete their
education. "But I'm most
happy about my mom" , he
concluded In SPORT. "I'm
proud that I have a mother to
be proud of and to be proud of
me. Buyin' that big oP color
TV with the pushbutton, that
was the biggest thrill of my
life. That was like the world
championship. No, that WAS
the world championship".
48 NBA Records Set in 1972-73; 1 1 Records Tied
NEW YORK - The
incomparable Wilt Chamberlain
set 18 National Basketball
Association records in 1972-73
and a total of 48 new marks
made their way into the record
books, NBA Commissioner
Walter Kennedy announced
Saturday.
Moreover, 11 other records
were tied, official statistics
compiled by the Elias Sports
Bureau revealed.
Chamberlain, 36-year-old
center of the Los Angeles
Lakers, now has the distinction
of being the only player in
NBA history to hit more than
70 percent of his shots for an
entire season. His field goal
percentage in 1972-73 was a
fantastic .727.
It was the ninth time he led
the Association in field goal
percentage. He also led in
rebounds for the 11th time.
For the most part, Wilt's
new entries into the NBA
Guide were extensions of
career records -- some of which
may never be duplicated.
He now has 31,419 points,
47,859 minutes played, 12,681
field goals made, 23,497
attempts, 11,862 attempts,
23,924 rebounds and a 30.1
points per game average, all
new plateaus for future stars to
challenge, and for Chamberlain
to extend in 1973-74.
Nate Archibald of the
Kansas City-Omaha Kings set
records for most assists in a
season (910), most consecutive
games with 10 or more assists
(14) and most games in a
season with 10 or more assists
, (56).
One of the more surprising
records set was a team assist
mark by the Boston Celtics -
2,320, bettering the record of
2,249 set by the Milwaukee
Bucks in their championship
season of 1970-71.
John Havlicek ranked
seventh and Jo Jo White 10th
among the assist leaders, and
six Celtics had more than 200
assists each, a tribute to true
team play. Los Angeles had
2,302 assists, also bettering
Milwaukee's mark.
Detroit and Cleveland had
89 assists in a March 28 game
which went into overtime,
another new mark.
Philadelphia made the
record books with the most
games lost in a season (73),
lowest percentage (.110), most
games behind the division
champion in a season (59), and
longest losing streak (20).
Jerry West of Los Angeles
eclipsed six all-time records in
the playoffs - most points
(4,453), highest scoring average
(29.3), most field goals
(1,620), most field goal
attempts (3,451), most free
throws made (1,213) and most
assists (969).
The Buffalo Braves scored
58 points against Boston in the
fourth quarter last Oct. 20,
smashing the record of 54 set
three seasons ago by Atlanta
and Boston.
Hal Greer of Philadelphia
increased his record of most
games played in a career to
1,122 regular season contests.
And Oscar Robertson of
Milwaukee owns three new
entries in the record book
most free throws made, career
(7,482), highest career assist
average (9.7), and most career
assists (9,441).
Ancient camttaries contain
ing thousands of embalmed
cats have bean found all over
Egypt. .
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Prof .Jim In
Twin Roles
Indianapolis (UK) During
the evening James C. Porter is
a professorial type. The rest of
the day he operates Jim's Mara
thon service station.
On the campus of Indiana
Purdue University he teaches 50
women two courses called 'Tow
der Puff Mechanics." Each
course Is Introduced by Martha
Allison of Marathon Oil Com
pany, with which Prof. Jim is
associated. Mrs. Allison explains
Marathon's public service pro
gram for women In her Intro
duction called "Power Puffs
and Pistons."
Prof. Jim says the course re
lieves the women aged from
20 to 60 "of the usual embar
rassment when discussing me
chanical matters with men."
But after the classroom study,
his students spend two sessions
"under the hood of their cars,"
so that they can approach a re
pair shop with the attitude:
"Mechanic, beware because
" MW I'll know What you're talk
ing about." y
Williams left Son! nag far a
post as Coast rep for
Encore... Photog Harry Adams
took a dimensional photo of
the Gordy girls, Gwen, Anna
and Esther, at the Diana Ross
show at Caesars Palace in Las
Vegas that's got to be the very
best. Adams was the official
picture- snapper at the affair,
where Will Tusher of the
Hollywood Reporter lurked
somewhere unseen in the
audience to gather those
beautiful words he wrote about
Miss Ross utter.
THE WELDON girls have a
lot of talent, and especially
Maxine, who sings regularly
here at the Etc. But before
Maxine got into the song bag,
her sister Ann paved the way.
And what a way! Ann used to
sing around these parts some
years ago, but she went up to
the S. F. Bay area to get into
acting with the American
Conservatory Theatre.
Recently she got tired of
dramatics and returned to sing.
Her L. A. return debut at the
Cabaret was soul-nourishing.
The girl's a pro, and she
pleases. Caught Raymond St.
Jacques mere on Ann's
opening night, along with Billy
Davis and Mike Mathis, Betty
Rhodes from "Jacques Bel ..."
and Dee Dee Warwlcke,
Dionne's sister. Dee Dee is
happy about her new Mercury
release, "All That Love Went
to Waste".
BILLY ECKSTINE
tendered special tribute by
ASCAP for his 35th year in
showbiz and his "outstanding
contribution to the music
world as a pivotal figure in jazz
music history". And talk of
jazz history, Leonard Feather
is working with MCA to revive
some old Decca masters
featuring The King Cole Trio
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BOSTON CELTICS General
Manager, Red Auerbach (L)
shows off Celtics' top draft
choice, Steve Downing (R) at
contract signing (67). The
Celtics signed the 6-foot-8
center from Ii
Indiana to a multi-year
contract.
when the late Nat Cole was
only 19 years old...D'Urville
Martin, touring the "Book of
Numbers", made a Lt. Colonel
in San Antonio, Texas. Martin
will soon produce his own pic,
"The Perpetrators", written by
Able Jones, and to be filmed
by MGM... Amalgamated
Advertising set a deal with
Warner Brothers to advertise
"Cleopatra Jones" in 70 of the
nation's top black newspapers.
Tamara Dobson, star of the
flick, left on a national tour,
accompanied by her
mother.. .Earth, Wind and
Fire's new Columbia album,
"Head To The Sky:, is a thing
of beauty, and especially with
its hit single, "Evil". ...Ron
O'Neal shows his acting grit
and gusto in the new "Superfly
TNT". And author Alex Haley,
who did the screen play, shows
great promise as a scripster.
Roscoe Lee Browne also
glitters with his spectacular
acting talents in the movie, and
the music of Osibisa is
memorable. It is one picture
black critics should see before
criticizing.
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