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VOLUME 60 NUMBER 28
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JULY 17. 1932
. TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
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.when there are so many people . . .suffering."
Mmiiiniity Team Up
To Fight Budget
Crisis .
Jwere receiving $55,000 a
; year from the Communi-
r . . t-v t : r- j ;
caught in, the crunch of , 7 hi hZ
h,.Hart ruts . took . administered by the city.
By Hayes Thompson
; A black organization,
free
r my mrmrirr
Church, won Ihe Mi
Gardcn.s-Fdgemont Community Center,' He then generously refused Iri accept
the prize of a freelnp to, the Bahamas, letting the C enter use Ihe money in its
programs. The Center raised about $1800 in the contest.' Phniohjr sil MavfWd
federal budget cuts, took
' the bull by the horns and
: decided to go to the
black community' to get
the money.
. Thus, the Friends of
Edgemont-Few Gardens
Center launched its
:-v Minister's Popularity
( Contest with a goal of
" raising about $1500.
They ran the contest
1 three .months, raised
about $1800 and got an
extra boost when the
minister whowon dead
, ed not to take the
.trip to the Bahamas, but
! rather to let the com-:
munity center use that
money. ' '
.Thus did the project
? that started out slowly in
April wind up proving
that a black organizaiton
can appeal to the black
community for financial;
help and get it. '
, Part of the reason for
the response is that the
community center is ap
parnetly an important
resource in the Few
Gardens-Edgemont
neighborhoods.
"We provide educa
tional counseling to the
' kids," said Mrv Joan -
But the city told us that
the funds ; would be
discontinued , because
they could . only be
allocated to areas that
still have physical pro
blems to solve."
Thus the Minister's
Popularity Contest was
an effort to rescue the,
center and its program
from .disaster.
First, the
neighborhood group
who called themselves
"Friends', of the center
designed the contest, and
came , to The , Carolina
times to ask the
newspaper to help adver
tise and promote the
i funraising effort.
Thereafter, in each
peek's issue of the,
: newspaper, there was a-
large ad that explained
the; contest and reported
the ministers who were
leading in votes.
To vote, a person had
to send in a dollar with
each ballot.
During the final weeks
fof the contest. Rev. B.A.
Mack, pastor . of
Morehead Avenue Bap-,
tist Church, iwas listed
HKI PINC ( HII.DRKN TO I KARN is one of Ihe major efforts oi.thc Few
Ciardens-Kdjiemonl Community Center. Here some youngsters are in a sum
mer tutorial class. MMk,Sfe,M.fkM
H DC Hires Former Corporation
Head As Consultant
By Donald Alderman
In a surprise move, a
The organization will
j. i : i .:it. jfivxi in. m surDnse move, a . . . . - .
riv!AT1C3alrfheMore:.yalrATeirinr-fipttst
inisler's popularity , (;n.esl sponsored b: lhe:Few "center, "and we try-to ncHn So 5"id
pouring of popularity"
Michaux Courts Ramsey Supporters,
Valentine Claims Black Support
By Joseph E. Green
, Many of Roxboro's
lawyers and others who
: formerly supported Jim
Ramsey in the '2nd
- District congressional
. race, now work to get
" Mickey Michaux elected
to Congress as the first
black representative
from North Carolina in
almost 100 years, accor
ding to high level
Michaux campaign
aides;
Ramsey, who finished
third in the three-man
field for the" Democrat it-
elected member of Con
gress fromx the rural
south in nearly 100
years. . t .
Ms. Gill,' who coor
dinates all of the local ef
forts for the Michaux
campaign, said that
former Ramsey
volunteers have come in
to their ' organization
since the primary elec
tion, where 1 Ramsey
finished a distant third
behind the two other
candidates
In the primary elec
tion, , Michaux received
i'ncarly 49,000 votes while
of former. Ramsey sup
porters working for
Michaux.
He characterized the
district's political com
plexion as being
"moderate to conser
vative" and said that he
thought that, Valentine
would win the run-off.'
' "We have black sup
port in the eastern por
tion pf the district as well
as in Durham," he said,
"the black community
-believes tn good govern
ment just like the white ,
community does."
Pully said that during
act as a catalyst Tor com
munity interaction; We
; also try to help kids who.
have become involved
with the law, and we try
to act as a liaison bcl-
ween the schools and the
homes, especiall if a
child is having problems
in school."
But those efforts
teetered on the brink of
disaster earlier this year
when more than 60 per
cent of the center's
operational budget fell
to the federal cutbacks.
"At one time," Ms.
Burton explained, "we ,
Rev. Mack forged ahead
and wound up winning
by a narrow margin.
His generosity in
refusing to accept the
Bahams trip ; is
characteristic, according
to his church members
and others who knowihe
minister well.
"I ius"t couldn't sec
myself going off to the
islands and enjoying
myself,"! he said, "when
there arc2 so many people
in Fcwj Gardens and
other, : j neighborhoods
who arc1 suffering."
Score Box For
Minister's Popularity
Contest
nomination for the 2nd
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UlSiriC! COngrCV.IUIl.il Valnnlin rn, n,l .i.- '.!- .u- "
scat, has rcluseu to en- mhunt anf Bmivk -. ua
""'; lint uijtuiii.aiiun iiau
received 25,000 votes. If difficulty getting
Michaux had received literature delivered that
about. 4,000 additional
votes he would have
avoided a run-off.
Ms. Gill said that the
large number of former
Ramsey supporters, now
volunteering for
Michaux. felt that he
(Michaux) was more in
tunc with the political
direction of the district,
which she characterized
as being "liberal to
moderate".
But Bill' Pully, a
spokesman for Valen
tine, said that he did not
know of large numbers
dorse cither Michaux, a
Durham lawyer, of I.T.
Valentine, also a lawyer,
. from Nashville.
Michaux and Valen
tine will face each other
in. a July 27th runoff
election because
Michaux, who finished
first in the balloting, fail
ed to get a majority of
the vote. '
According to Ms. Pat
Gill, a high level
Michaux aid, Ramsey
supporters, from all
across the district arc ac
tively i; supporting
Michaux's attempt ' to
become the first black
Second Primary
Notice ,
The Second Primary is July 27.
Polls are open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Only registered Democrats may vote.
The deadline for applying for'absentec ballots is 5
p.m., July 22.
One-stop absentee voting is available until 5 p.m.,
July 22 at the Board of Elections.
The deadline for receipt of the absentee ballots by
the Bdard of Elections is 5 p.m., July 26.
Unaffiliated voters cannot vote in this election.
. For more information, call the Board of Elections,
682-5745.
was contained in Valen
tine labeled envelopes.
We had to resort to scrt-
ding out materials in un
marked envelopes, he
said ; ", ' ;1,
He did not accuse
Michaiix or Ramsey for
holding up the Valentine ,
literature, instead he laid
blame on the steps of the '
postal service.
Gill said that Michaux
was touching base' with
black if ministers and ;
funeral home directors
throughout the district.
Traditionally, black,
funeral home directors
have been pivotal in get
ting out the black vote in'
communities where there '
arc large black popula
tions, It is not an uncom
mon sight to sec large
numbers of blacks going ,
to the polls In limousines
that have been loaned to,
black candidates.
According to Ms, Gill,
the Michaux effort to get I
elected has attracted the
attention of large . ha-;
tional daily newspapers.
, "They think this is;,
real Important," said
Ms. Gill who worked fpr(
former President Jimmy,
Carter, "we have to do
: Minister
Rev. B.A. Mack
Rev. J.C. Cheek......
Rev. David Bell
Or. Alexander Moseley
Bishop Klroy 1-cwis. . .
Rev. John Monroe
Rev, !,W. Barnes
Rev. I-.H". Whelchel...
Rev. Kdward Bell.
Rev. Fjirle Thorpe.
Votes
. . . .500
. . . .480
....406
...212
..,.121
....105
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-Submitted by Ms. Joan Burton
Kdgemont Community Center
Jul I2.P)X2
.doesn't : need &i I two
downtowns has teamed
with an organization that
wants to develop Hayti
as a major commercial '
district.
Peter Saitta, former
director of . the
Downtown ' Durham.
Development Corpora
tion, the pseudo-private
group that helped
engineer the downtown
civic center plan recently
"approved by voters, has
signed a one-month con
sultant contract with the.
Hayti Development Cor
poration. The Hayti Develop
ment Corporation is a
non-profit group that is
attempting to help
spearhead the redevelop
ment of Hayti, a former
black residential and
commercial district that
was destroyed more than
10, years ago by urban
renewal.
Both Saitta and HDC
executive director.
Nathaniel (Buddy)
White, Jr.. confirm the
new consultant arrange
ment that was made
'possible by a city con
tract with HDC that
went into' effect July I,
Under the citv con
tract. HDC gets $65,000
over the next year and
will be able: (o give its
opinion oil development
proposals that the city
gets for-lhc Hayti area.
HDC has also" hired
Melvin ' Walls, an urban
planner, under a similar
one-month contract .
White, who has headed
the nonprofit organiza
tion since Its inception
late last year, would not
say what the .two con
sultants will be paid. But
their job .will be to plan
the broad scope of work
the .corporation .will
undertake during the
one-year, life of the city
contract. White also said
that at least one fulltime
staffer will be hired, and
possibly two' or three
part time staff persons as
well within the next cou
ple of months.
But Saitta's assign
ment comes as a surprise
because earlier this year,
while he was still dircctoi
of ' the Downtown
Durham Development
Corporation. ' Saitta
viewed the HDC Hayti
development proposal as
bci ng d i rcct ly com -pctitivc
with what the ci
ty is trying to do with its
downtown revitalization
program.
The Downtown group
officially went out of
business June 30.
The recently approved
$10.5 million bond,
referendum clears the
way for the city's center
piece ' .downtown
that
civic center, a privately
developed hotel and of-
put oaiua now says ne
has changed . his mind '
about the impetus of the
HDC Hayti plan,, and
the impact it could have
on downtown develop
ment. "The Hayti Develop
ment Corporation plan
goes well beyond what
one perceives as the
traditional downtown
concept," Saitta said:
during an interview this
week. "True. they, have
some commercial
development in thdr
plan, but they also have
industrial, institutional
and residential aspects' in
their plan."
Meanwhile, in another
development that could
have an impact on Hayti.
the Durham Business
and Professional Chain,
a longtime black
economic and business
organization, is con
sidering an attempt to
i develop a shopping
. center at the corner of
Lake wood Avenue and
South Roxboro Street.
The Chain, working in
the fourth month of a
six-month city contract,
proposed development
of. the shopping center,
according , to Chain
director Ervin Allen, Jr..
to facilitate negotiations
with eight black
businesses that still must
be relocated under the
Hayti urban renewal
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Chapel Hill School Plan Disrupts Community
i Joseph .. Green ;
A white female school
superintendent who has
s directed the Chapel, llill
Carrboro school system
for little more than a
year - is splitting- the
school district along
racial lines, according to
both black and ,;white
teachers and parents.
The - teachers and
parents claim that. Dr.
Pamela Mayer's move to
implement a co-principal
plan at one, of the
system's two junior high
. schools in the coming
school year is an example
of programs and prac-
announced by the
(ices
...i,-. r-.. AiA tmx ' .superintendent which
and I. know we can di ' y PCOP1 behev are
it.:
not in the best, interests
of the total community.
Dr. Mayer, who came
to North Carolina alter
having been an ad
ministrator in Ihe Orlan
do, Florida"' school;
system, received strident
crit icism at a school
board meeting last Mon
dav nigh for her leader
ship of the 5,200-studcnt
svstcm in Chanel Hill.
' Mrs. Pat Dalton. a
white teacher and a
spokesman for the local
chapter of the American
Federation of Teachers,
told the seven-member
"school ; board that Dr.
Mayer had a pohcy of
making decisions
without getting adequate
advice or "input" from
professional teachers,
administrators andi
counselors. - ' . r t
"We (the American
Federation of Teachers)
are disturbed that there
is reorganization in our
schools," Mrs. ;., Dalton
said, "without involve
mcnt from teachers."
; At issue here is a plan,
annroved on a" 4-3 vote
She pointed out that
the system's junior high
schools: have undergone
two studies in the past
two years to determine
how to improve inst rue-
students, many other
people see this move dif
ferently. ;
Fred Battle, for exam
ple, a parenr whose
children attend the
tion for students in the Ju.n.io.r hiflTSchool that
junior high grades. .
"This is a very critical
period for these
students." said Dr.
just about two weeks ago Mayer; "and we have to
that wouia . put co- determine ways that we
principal' at 3 Culbrcth can better deliver ser
. Junior High School. ' ; vices to them. 1 think it is
According to -time we stop talking, and
Mayer, the co-principal begin implementing
approach, with the new these things."
principal to be in charge But "Vmile Dr. Mayer
of instruction, is a plan contends that her co-
designed to "....give us a principal plan is merely
will have the two prin
cipals beginning this fall,
told the board he thinks
.the two (; principal
concept is a slap in the
face of the black com
munity. .
' The present principal,
W. W. Edmonds, U
Mack, and under the new
concept, he would be in
charge of administra
tion, while the new prin
cipal, who is likely to be
ii:
way to place additional designed to help improve wnl. in charge
focus on o.ur instruc- the junior high school's 'of h KhooPs instruc-,
tional proarams."
ability to educate
its, (Continued On Page 6)