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' IWY291981 Atlanta Children-Youths Wear A Grn Rtbbon Dead. f 28 Missing. . ,1 Murderer(t) Still Not Found , . Words Of Wisdom ' Obt ckief waat hi fife b somebody wto shall ike as do what we caa. Ralph Waldo Eawrsoa Pfeaty of hoaest aiea aever discover the truth their obstiaacy prevents. David Seabary VOLUME 59 NUMBER 22 , DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1981 TELEPHONE (919)682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS Mack Opposes eaiersMiip Est Coemities i By Trellie L. Jeffers The N.C Black Leader ship Caucus voted at its regular meeting Saturday, May 23, at Whjte Rock Baptist Church in Durham, to send a resolu tion to the N.C. General Assembly opposing the splitting of counties in its redistricting, reapportion ment plan. Among the several plans presented to draw up new congressional districts, one has gathered momentum in the General Assembly that would split counties so that a given county may be separated into two districts. The NCBLC believes that such a plan would "deny equitable represen tation" of voters' living in counties affected by thej plan, if adopted. The resolution sent to' the General Assembly reads as, follows: "Whereas, historically attempts have been made, to deny equitable representation to all citizens regardless of race, creed, sex or national origin; and "Whereas, the members of the Legislature are now considering various pro posals for realigning the congressional districts; and . equitable representation of the citizenry." Other actions taken by the group opposed Social Worker and Occupational Therapy bills; opposed House Bill 902, which, if ,1 passed, would dilute the powers of the Insurance Commissioner; supported House Bill 915 which would make the selection of a jury more represen tative of the people; sup ported Gov. Hunt's Highway Tax Bill, a bill that would boost the pre sent tax on gasoline. The NCBLC plans to hold its annual meeting July 1 1 , at St . Augustine's College, Raleigh. One of MOTS Split the keynote speakers will be the D.C. Represen tative, the Honorable Walter Fauntroy. The NCBLC consists of black elected' officials, representatives of political groups, and blacks who are employed in state and local government across the state. Hillside Commencemen t to Feature Attorney Washington 4" f Attorney Judith E. Washington will be the keynote speaker for Hillside High School's eighty-fifth commenceT ment ceremonies to be held June 5, at 8 a.m., at Durham County Memorial Stadium. Among Hillside's Class of 1981, numbering 233, are Attorney Washington's twin sons, Kevin and Ken neth Washington, both honor students, who will introduce their mother as speaker. Attorney Washington's topic willy; be "Determination: frhe Key To Success". A "noted speaker throughout the state, Mrs. Washington is also the author of several ckAlarlv law rpvifW flf- ticles; the most recerft ot ' . . c; . " V . f i i M . North Central Legal Assistance Program in Henderson. Program participants include Principal John H. Lucas, presiding and awarding diplomas along with Superintendent Cleveland Hammonds; Ms. Emily Ann Page, in vocation; Ms. Katharine Minpt Channing, recogni tion of guests; Mrs. Josephine D. Clement, chairman, Durham City Board of Education and The Honorable Harry E. Rtfdenhjzer, mayor, City of Durham, greetings; Ms. Kimberlv Jo Battle, salutalorian; Ms. Miriam Teresa Blalock, the class motto; Ms. Angela Tanrta Hinton, valedictorian; Ms. Alicia Rose Daniels, senior class president, presentation of class gift; Dr. Thomas Bass, member, Durham City School Board, benedic tion. Instrumental music by the famous Hillside High School Concert and Sym phonic Bands, will be under the direction of Clarke E. Egerton, Jr. Mrs. Gloria S. Timberlake will direct the vocal music. 14 HI: sss - i ii V , J.....sy fin :J--"" V mm m Jf 4 -4 - m 0' i;1 h i '! ' the Howard university' Law Journal: Anhortor graduate of Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte, and North Carolina Central Universi ty School of Law, she has done graduate study at Harvard University and held a Reginald Herber Smith Community Law Fellowship for two years. She is presently employed as a staff attorney with Durhamite Award Given HHS Senior - !.''- utilize techniques which could deny equitable representation; "Therefore, be it resolved that the North Carolina Black Leader ship Caucus opposes those plans which would spttr counties andor utilize non-contiguous county : boundaries in the for-' mulation of districts or any other plan that would have the effect Of denying Local NTA To Sponsor Career Awareness Fair Plans are being for mulated to sponsor the biggest and most complete career awareness fair ever believed to be held in North Carolina. This ef fort is being undertaken by The Research Triangle Chapter of the National Technical Association for the Durham City Schools. Already, the enthusiasm surrounding the planning for this event has drawn inquiries from school districts in nearby areas. Dr. Vernon Clark, chairman of the local chapter, stated that the idea was readily received by Durham City Schools superintendent Dr. Cleveland Hammonds and the Board of Educa tion; chaired by Mrs. Josephine Clement, Dr. Frank B. Weaver, associate superintendent for instruction, was ap pointed by Dr. Ham , monds as liaison person between his office and the sponsoring group Both parties sec this, as a unify ing partnership that fur ther enhances effective in volvement between jhe ci ty schools and the. com munity, a concept that the superintendent has ad vocated quite strongly. Planning and related committees, composed of various segments of the community, have organiz ed, and. are initiating their course of action., A site selection committee will soon recommend a loca tion for the fair, which is expected to be a local school gymansium. Mid- .October -is the anticipated ; date for the fair. Plans call for students of designated grade levels to be transportged to the ex hibits and to talk with role models representing, diverse fields of interest. Dr. Clark says that"1 technical assistance is be ing provided by the Pro methcans, Inc. a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. Dr. Dorothy Jenkins, pro ject coordinator for the Promethcans, recently . visited Durham to discuss early planning for the fair. This assistance was made possible by Dr. Thomas B. Bass, a member of the Durham City School Board. The Durhamite Club honored Miss Angela Hin ton at its fourth annual scholarship affair on Saturday, May 23. the event was held at the In ternational Inn, Washington, D.C, and was attended by over 700 Durhamite members and supporters. The Durhamite Club, headquartered in Washington, was formed to promote excellence among local high school' students and to 'lend a hand' where needed. It is comprised of Hillside graduates who now live andor work in and around the District of Col umbia who seek to keep strong their lies with home. . The award is given to a deserving high school senior in Durham each year who has excelled and maintained an above average grade in all sub jects during high school. Miss Hinton, the only child of Mrs. Jean Hin ton, is graduating as valedictorian of her class numbering 233. In addition to her school activities. Miss Hinton holds a part-time job. after school. Her honors include scholastic awards in mathematics, French and band; a special award from the American Academy of Achievement Salute to Excellence; and the Durham Civitan Award. She is a Com mended Student of the National Achievement Scholarship Program. She currently holds, or has; held, (he following posi tions: vice president, Stu dent Council; member, National Honor Society; Honorary Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, as a result of having attended the Governor s Who's Who Among American High School Students; Society of Distinguished Young High School Students; 19S0-8I Calendar Committee for Durham high schools. She has been accepted for matriculation at Princeton University, Duke Univer sity and the University of North Carolina. Dr. Elizabeth Bell Yodng, Speech and Language Specialist and a graduate of Hillside High School, gave the welcome address. Other program participants were Henry Gillis, Ms. Thelma Brown. Robert McCoy, Fred Sliced, Ms. Jessie Ex um and Mrs. Cora O'Neal Dixon. R. Edward Stewart, ex ecutive director for UDI Community; Development Corporation of Durham, accepted the certificate in Washingtonfor Miss Hin ton who could not attend because of the illness of her mother. The presenta tion was made by Mrs. Cora O'Neal Dixon, a member of the Awards Committee. Past recipients of the Durhamites Award were: Miss Tara Fikes, Miss Greta Johnson and Andre Smith. The Durhamites of ficers of 1981-82 are: Mrs. Pearline Chisom, presi dent; Ms. Doris Edwards, vice president; ' Ms. Thelma Brown, cor responding secretary; Theodore Mebanc, finan cial secretary; Henry W. Gillis, treasurer; Ms. Lynette Chambers, parliamentarian; Stephen Starks, sergeant -at -arms; Mrs. Margaret Faucctle, historian; Robert McCoy, chaplain, Fred Snecd, ' Samuel Harris, members-at-large. School; U I J - - Durhamites Award Winner Miss Angela Hinton (second from left), valedictorian of the Hillside High School Class of 1981 . receives scholarship certificate from R. Edward Stewart on behalf of the Durhamites Club of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Rhonda Lewis, guidance counselor at Hillside (third from left) and John Lucas, principal at Hillside proudly look on. Group Opposes Editorial Black Child Development Week Observed By Donald Alderman A family fun fair, four thirty-minute ' live radio broadcasts, as well, as a live forum and a banquet, marked the Triangle Area Black Child Development Institute's observance of National. Black Child Development Week, May 17-23. The first annual MeetingBanquet was held Thursday, May 21, in the Shaw University Stu dent Union. Ms. Charlotte Purvis, a human develop ment specialist of the North Carolina A&T State University Extension Ser vice Program, addressed the crowd of nearly 100 on the topic, "Black ChIdcenv In America: Their Life Ain't Been No Crystal Stair Either." Ms. Purvis used a four pronged approach to sup port her contention that life for black children has not been or is "a crystal stair". She cited child health statistics, profes sional and volunteer ex periences, observations in her current vocation, and writings of children to il lustrate the veracity of her topic. The Family Fun Fair was held Saturday, May 23, at Raleigh's Chavis Park. The event allowed (Continued on Page 12) Dr. Robert Ghirardclli. vice chairman of the Durham City Board of Education, read a state ment at the beginning of the regular school board meeting Monday night. May 25, opposing an editorial published in the Durham Morning Herald on May 21. The editorial alluded to a "woman of education, determination, in telligence and wit" who had alleged to the paper certain deficiencies in the city schools that "she and her group were going to investigate." The editorial also pointed out that the "group, for the most part, was black". Dr. Ghirardelli's state ment read, in part: "I want to make it clear that I take no issue with the news reporting, nor with editorializing about deci sions policies, events, statements or anything of reasonable substance. But . when a scurrilous collec tion of innuendos and complaints, from an ex tremely non representative source, is dignified by the elevation to the status of the Herald's lead editorial, the community's trust has been betrayed, and the principle of a free and unfettered press perverted." A letter to the Herald editor which referred to the editorial as "irresponsible jour nalism," from the Educa tion Sub-Committee of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, was also read. The letter stated that "while it did not question parents' right to quest :on , the quality of theii children's education or the right to make documented charges against a school system," it did question the motives of parents who had by passed the proper channels for niak- Middle School Lauded By City School Personnel By Trellie I.. Jeffers Teachers who were members of the Middle SchoolJunior High School Concept Commit tee reported Thursday, May 21, at Rogers-Herr School, that their work as committee members had changed their attitude toward a middle school. Speaking at the second 'public hearing on the mid dle school, this one for school staff and personnel of the Durham City Schools, Mrs. Harriet Wright, a teacher at Fayetteville Street School, said that she had become "convinced that the mid dle school would best serve the needs of our children." "The middle school takes into account the' developmental skills of our children. It takes into account that children are human beings with human problems," said Mrs. Wright. Barry Rice, principal of Brogden Junior High School, also spoke in strong support, of moving to the middle school. A.J. Howard Clement, III, the committee's chair man, said he, too, had been a strong advocate against the middle school, but that during the com mittee's research, had concluded that the middle school was more child oriented as opposed to subject oriented, and that this is more conducive to ten to fourteen year olds; that there arp more sur vival skills- taught; and that there is greater em phasis placed on answer ing the question: "What is happening to me?" The educators who had attended Thursday's hear ing had questions which centered more on im plementation than what had prompted the com mittee's recommendation for a middle school. Questions on cost factor for staff training for teaching in the middle schools were asked, but the committee said that these were questions the city school board would have to answer if it decid ed to recommend the mid dle school concept. "I am confident that our school board will do whatever is needed to do the best for our children." said Clement. One person who attend ed the hearing wanted to know the reason for sear ching for a new concept. Clement responded, "There is always a desire to improve the school system so as to make it better serve the communi ty." A ing such complaints. The letter also poin'cil out i hat "those who w.wh quality education sIumiIJ sock it through a c!w relationship with ilu-ii educators and educational groups in their coniinmii ty." The Hospital Training Program pro idctl through the Durham Cit Schools, and coordinated by Duke l)iiiwiit Hospital for children h are infirm, was oxemew ed at Monday night's board meeting. The program enables nurse-teachers to go into a home or hospital to teach children who are unable to attend school and who must often, because of il lness, remain out of school for an extended time period. . Mrs. Betty Kelly, whose child uses the service, told the school board. "I com mend the Durham City Schools for having such a program; it has done so much for my child." Nurse-teachers who -attended the meeting were Mrs. Lottie Key. Mrs. Helen Cajonis, Mrs. Lin da love and Mrs. F'hel Bounsell. Some of the pupils the nurse-teachers seru have never attended school, yet they have been taught to read. The school board also voted to extend the lease of the Whitted Junior High School building to Operation Breakthrough for five additional years, and to award a contract for thv repairing of the roof on. the Shepard Junior High School gym. nasium.