4-TKE CAROLINA TIMES' SAT.r JANUARY 9, 1882
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Christmas Cheer For Others
Again the Nobles and Daughters of Zafa Temple No. 176 and Zafa Court No. 41 happily
prepared and gave Christmas boxes of food and other goodies to fifteen needy families who
otherwise may have had a bleak Christmas. The Nobles expressed the wish that their efforts
made Christmas merrier and that the new year will be brighter for the recipients. From left to
right are: Nobles Long, Moore, McMillon, Burnett, Burton; Illustrious Potentate J.r.
Tucker, Nobles Hill, Gilmore, Fields, Laster and Murchinson.
Sweep
Tornadoes
Through
Durham Area
Bus Service
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
The year 1982 may be
still in it's infancy, but
already Mother Nature
has made headlines in
Durham and it's metro
area.
On January 4, bet
ween 7:00 and 7:30 p.m.,
several small, short-lived
tornadoes passed
through a corridor just
north of Durham knock
ing down and uprooting
trees and disrupting
power in the
Willowhaven section and
Bahama. ... '
The twisters swung to
earth during , a series of
heavy thunderstorms
which were passing
through the Triangle
Area. The storms, ac
companied by heavy,
gusty winds, reached as
high as 49-mph at the
Raleigh-Durham Air
port. The first tornado was
sighted by the public in
Hillsborough, twelve
miles west of Durham.
Possibly the same storm
was sighted by a Public
Safety Officer in Nor
thwestern Durham
County a short time
later.
One resident of
Durham's Willowhaven
subdivision said that she
was still shaking an hour
after the twister passed
through that
neighborhood.
The Durham tornado
then took a northeasterly
path "south of Eden
Lakes just north of the
city causing some minor
damage there. The storm
moved on to Bahama,
ten miles north of
Durham and damaged
several barns and trees
there.
Other areas of the city
reported high winds that
shook some homes at the
time the twister touched
down.
The Durham storm
cell then weakened as it
moved north into
Virginia.
Tornadoes were also
reported near Oxford.
The freakish weather
was caused by a deep low
pressure over the
midwest which spawned
the storm lines and tor
nadoes throughout much
of the southeast.
The tornadoes, which
brushed Durham were
generally small and
localized in nature,
typical of most North
, Carolina twisters.
Chamber Kicks Off
Year-Long Drive
The Greater Durham
Chamber of Commerce
has announced plans for
a year-long membership
campaign in an effort to
recruit new members for
ihc Chamber in .1982.
The , meifibership
development program
lot 1982 will utilize a
variety of recruitment ef
forts." The "President's
Club" has ; been
established to provide
'volunteer avwstanvc to.
the Chamber throughout
ihc year. Members of
this important member
ship recerutiment club:
William Dix (WDBS
Kudio). Bruce Rand
(Touehe Ross & Co.).
George W. Kane, III
(Attorney), Eddie
Lanham (North Carolina
National Bank). W.A.
Gctelmann , (Durham
Coca-Cola Bottling
Co.). Jack B. Penny. Jr.
(Guaranty State Bank).
Ms. J.orie Leelh (First
Union National). James
M,. Turner, (Mechanics
and Farmers Bank), Jim
Morion (Planters Na
tional Bank). 'R. A.
"Tony" Stephens
(General .Telephone Co.
of the Southeast), Afex
Rivera (North Carolina
Central University), and
F.V. Allison. Jr.
(Mutual Savings & Loan
Association). Other
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development efforts .
planned for the year in
clude the Loaned Ex
ecutive Program and
"Blitz Day - 82". The
Membership Department
of the Chamber will also
be extremely active in the
recruitment of new
members.
Any firm of individual
interested , in either
assisting the Chamber
with the, 1982 member
ship recruitment pro
gram or becoming a
member of the Durham
Chamber should contact
Bill Baucom. Jr. at
682-2133.
Birthday
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holiday in honor of Dr.
King has gathered
momentum across the,
country. At present;
nineteen slates observe
Dr. King's birthday with
a legal holiday, along
with hundreds of cities
and towns; classes at
most black universities
arc suspended; memorial
services arc held at col
leges, churches and other
institutions; several ma
jor labor union contracts
provide for a paid legal
holiday on. January 15:
marches and rallies arc
held across the country;
and. some even lake the
holiday for themselves.
The theme for The
King-Center's 14th an
nual birthday celebration
- is MComc Home1."
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betrayed them.
Steve Schewel of the
People's Alliance said
Tuesday the group is
considering an appeal to
the state utilities com
mission. He said the
group will also closely
monitor the effect of no
night bus service on
workers.
As was pointed out at
the meeting, Schewel
said it would have been
best for the council to
study alternatives before
cutting the service.
Markham attempted
unsuccessfully to limit
discussions to recon
sideration of ending
night bus service. But
from the first to last
. speaker, the advice was
nor heeded:
' Inefficiency of the bus
svstem. alternatives
night service, Duke
Power's obligation to the
city, Durham's image,
and Markham's conduct
were rapped contrary to
Markham's warning to
stop discussion of mat
ters other than the issue
at hand.
Admitting that Duke
Power is losing money
on the bus system, a ma
jority of speakers said
ridership would be
substantially, higher if
the company made the
service more attractive.
Hard to read route
schedules, waiting long
times for buses and
troublesome bus connec
tions were cited as
reasons for low rider
ship. Several said the com
pany is" operating the
system inefficiently in
order to paint a bleak
picture to the council.
They said the council
should require improved
services instead of "bow
ing to the ' company's
every wish."
Robert Markham of
the newly formed
Citizens Roundtable said
that group will follow
the effect of bus serviec
elimination in an effort
to hold the mayor ac
countable' to his promise
of alternative transporta
tion. "Mass transit means
more than taking people
to work," Robert
Markham. said.
"Transporation to social
and civic affairs is also
required.".
Citizens Roundtable
was formed subsequent
to the council's
November 21 vote, Ten
community groups
organized to, help the
council and' city ad
ministration work out
solutions to divisive
'-community . problems,
including the transit pro
blem. V
v As a result , of the
. . council's vole, the. city's
transit staff will study
the effect of no night bus
service on night riders
" and make recommenda
tions to a council transit
, study' subcommittee.
Duke Power and. city
administration will also
report to the council on
two routes tor which the
council granted schedule
changes. Buses on the
heavily used routes
(Watts Hospital-East
DurhamDuke Hospital
Wellons Village) will be
reduced from four to
three, allowing the com
pany to drop One driver
on each route. The city,
meanwhile, will test the
impact upon ridershipi
Testing ridership
under reduced services
ean only present a bleak
pictures, said . Doug
Lowe of the Transpora
tion Alternative Network.
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businesses generating in
come and employment
for the neighborhood
"VesTdeMs? tJDPsr survey-
. concludes. '
According to the bond
' issue, the black com-,
' munity was, in fact,
voting for a Hayti of bet
. ter quality a renewed
verwfcimunity, not for the
destruction of roots and
heritage. ! r '
Many within the black
community ' are still
disgruntled, saying the -city-
has " reneged on -a
promise, moreover, an
obligation.
Providing a shopping
center, Industrial mall
and housing to comple?
ment ' the area is the
obligation the city has
failed to make good, ac
cording to Nathaniel
White, Jr., executive
director of HDC.
U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban
Development has
repeatedly questioned
the lack of community
development. funds fun
neled to Hayti while over
..$21 million has been
spent downtown.
Paul Norby, city plan
ning department direc
tor, said the city can
render ninety-day vacate
notices to the eight
businesses, still in Hayti
without prejudice from
HUD in order to move
forward with the com
munity development
process.
A survey among the
businesses who rent
space from the city,
reveals while that asser
tion is true, such action,
in light ; of the city's
behavior for the past two
decades, will probably
reap "grave conse
quences." Everyone agrees the
valuable land need's to be
developed. The dif
ferences are in how.
It is a positive sign that
the city has shown a will
ingness, for the first time
in many years, to aid in
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RETIREES WJ. Kennedy II, right, chairman and president of Nortn
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company congratulates two of the six persons
who were officially retired from the company on December 31. Mrs. DeNina
S. Austin, left, retired after 21 years of service, and R. Kelly Bryant, Jr.,
center, retired following 37 years of service. Other retirees not pictured include
Ms. Edna M. Mason, 41 years; Mrs. Willie B. White, 32 years; Mrs. Coyle
Williams, 33 years; and, Felix Miller, deceased, who worked 32 years for the
company. (
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the development of
Hayti, said UDI ex
ecutive director Ed
Stewart.
He said both the city's
plan and HDC's plan
have positive attributes.
However, Stewart said,
HDC's plan should serve
as a catalyst for the
area's development. He
favors an integration of
the two plans, using the
best of both.
It is the city's sudden
interest in the area that
has caused skepticism
within the black com
munity, especially HDC.
White maintains the
land must be developed
based on the original ur
ban renewal intent. He
said HDCIs plan is a
modern day version of
the original urban
renewal plan, designed,
to develop Hayti to its
fullest potential without
He said the city's plan,
as is, could possibly
change the area's
character and complex
ion. That, he said, he did
not think the black com
munity would accept.
HDC, White said, will
act as co-developers and
will oversee the area's
development. He said
preliminary talks with
potential developers
have been successful.
Despite differences,
White and Norby have
expressed a willingness
to work together toward
'an acceptable plan.
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