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6 THE CAROLINA TIKES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1SS2 Durhams' Black Community : A Mixed Bag By Milton Jordan Durham's black com munity spreads all over - town. : .. According to informa tion from the Durham Planning and Communi ty Development Depart ment, there are 25 neighborhoods '"' in Durham with 50 or more black population. These neighborhoods range from the old to the relatively new, from those that began black to others that tipped. Some of the names are familiar. There's Lyon Park, West End, Fisher Heights. Hillside Park and Emory Woods. Others may not be quite so familiar. They include Hayestown, North Albright, Birchwood Heights and Oakridge. The black people who live in these neighborhoods range from the very 'rich to the very poor, from the very young to tlic very old, and they live in homes thai range from the ultra modern to the ram shacklcd. Almost 1800 blacks live in subsidized housing. Durham's black com munity is a mixed bag in more ways than one. Most blacks live in three general areas in Durham: the Central, South Central and Southeast districts, ac cording to the City's Economic Development Strategy. In this report. Your City Council TWO-WEEK CALENDAR the three areas , are described thusly: , Central encompases the downtown loop, as well as the surrounding area extending west toward Duke University's East Canv pus, north past Durham Athletic Park and Little, Five Points, east past the Edgemont area and south just past the East-. West Expressway. a; According , to the report, this area is 58Ve average ' annual household ' income of S15.2951 This population that is 95 ft black has a 4.7ft H unemployment rate, and 48ft of them are high school graduates. The area has a 7! ft dependency rate. ; While these three areas have the city's highest concentrations of blacks, another three areas have less than 30ft. They are: East, 6ft t Southwest, 5ft, and North 10ft. black, has an average an- There are also three nual houshehold income areas that have 30ft Of of $10,742, a 9.4ft unemployment rate, 30ft high school graduates and a 64ft dependency rate. The dependency rate refers to the percentage of people in the area who are either children or senior citizens. South Central a primarily residential area extending from the Cen tral Area, south and southeast to North Carolina Central Univer sity and the beginning of suburban development and the city limits in that direction. According to this report about 99ft of the people here are black, 25 ft are unemployed, though 29ft have high school diplomas. The average annual household income is $10,876, and the area has a 98ft dependency rate. Southeast Here is the old money, with an v .& A 3 '-'vvv v October 4-15. 1982 The Durham City Council will hold a regular meeting Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers ot City Had. The meeting it open to the public. CRy Government meetings scheduled during the next three weeks in clude: ' MONDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1982 7.30 p.m. CITY COUNCIL MEETING f , , y ; i (Council Chambers 1st Floor) 7:30 p.m. GROUNDS & WATER CONTROL COMMITTEE OF THE FRIENDS OF WEST POINT (Personnel Brieling Room 1st Floor) TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1982 10:00 a.m. PLANNING ft ZONING COMMISSION (Council Chamberslst floor) 3:30 p.m. CETA A0VIS0RY COUNCIL (Council Committee Room2nd Floor) 7:30 p.m. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (Council Chambers 1st Floor) 7:30 p.m. FACILITIES ft DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE FRIENDS OF WEST POINT (Personnel Briefing Room 1st Floor) WE0NESDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1982 9:30 a.m. COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE (Council Committee Room2nd Floor) 10:00 a.m. SUBCOMMITTEE ON CABLEVISI0N FRANCHISE (Council Committee Room 1st Floor) 10.00 a.m. SUBCOMMITTEE ON PROCEDURES FOR APPOINT MENTS TO COMMITTEES. B0AR0S. AND COMMIS SIONS , "i (Attorney's Conterence Room2nd Floor) -THURS0AY. OCTOBER 7. 1982 2:30 p m FINANCE COMMITTEE (Council Committee Room2nd Floor) 7 00 p.m. RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Personnel Brieling Room 1st Floor) FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1982 8:30 am SUBDIVISION REVIEW BOARD (Inspections Conterence Room3rd Floor) MONDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1982 1 00 p.m. COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SELECTION OF WARD 6 ' '?'';. "SEAT (Council Committee Room2nd Floor) 2:15 p m. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - (Council Committee Room2nd Floor) 7 30 p m. CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Council Committee Room 2nd Floor) TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1982 10 00 a m t BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (Council Committee Room2nd Root) WEDNSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1982 NO MEETINGS SCHEDULED THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1982 10:00 a.m. C0MMITTEE-0F-THE WHOLE (Council Committee Room 2nd Floor) FRIDAY; OCTOBER IS. 1982" 8 30 a m.; - SUBDIVISIONS REVIEW B0AR0 (Inspections Conference Room3rd Floor) ; NOTE: M meetings are held in the City Hall. 101 City Hall Plaza unless otherwise indicated. Additional meetings may be scheduled alter this hst is submitted for publication. Free parking is available ' during the Council Meeting in the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage, located across Mangum Street Irom City Hall. The City Council meeting will be carried Ive en CABLEVISI0N CHANNEL 8. . Any Citizen wishing to be heard on agenda matters, please call 683-4186. City Clerk's Office, to place your name on the speaker's , list more black population. They are: East Central, 33ft, Northwest, 30ft. and West, 30ft. In almost all of these areas' where one finds black people, one also tends to find vastly dif ferent groups, of blacks. For example, one can find a few wealthy blacks living in the Central area, where the average income is just over $10,000. But by the same token, one can find some poor blacks living in the Southeast area where the median income is more than $15,000. These areas are all broken down into those 29 neighborhoods where 50ft or more of their residents arc black. Housing conditions in these neighborhoods range from extremely well housed to barely livable. For example, in neighborhoods such as Fisher Heights, Emory Woods and Riddle Road, more than 80 of Legal Notices NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM C0UNIY CREDITOR S NOTICE HAVING 0UAI IFItn .is the .id mihistratrix ol I he stole ol John nie Preston Johnson ol Durham County. North C.irolin.i the undei siqned dons hetehy notify per sons, firms and corpoulions h.iv inq claims against said estate to present I ten to the uiidrasinned or her attorney Alhnrt I Willis co MAI ONE BROWN and MAI THEWS0N . P A Post oltice Box 867. 705 Kent Street Durham Norlh Carolina ?770? on in betote the 30th day ol Match ll)81 m ' this notice wilt he pleiileu ti.ii ul their recovery All persons indented In said estate will please make immwliiit! payment to the under sninnr! at the address ol the Administrate (liven below . (his Mm :'3rd day ol.Seplemlmi 198? Cissik I i;i lohnson Adminisliatnx P 0 Bx8h7 Durham Norlh (Minima ?770? PUBI ICAflON DAM S The Carolina limes Octobei :' ) 16 ; m.' NORTH r.AROIINA DURHAM COUNTY NOTirt TO CRI III TORS The iinrieisuintiil having iliialitied as Txnr.uliix ol the I si iltt ot Tifidntick I) Suill IHii:i!isi!d late i Duili im County Not Mi Caiolm.i tins is o'lttly ill pet sons linns and r.nuvit .iImhis ti.iv inn, cl.nms .Miiiitsl the eslate l'i ') liihil them In the iiiftli'i sinned jt WO W icliovt t Bank Hiiililinit Duili. hm Ninth r.iiotini :Vitl 'in oi heliHe the ;'nit d iv Annf I'M! oi tins notice will he plnail-f nd m li.ii nl lliett lei.'tivivv All dim . sons nidetiled In tin; est lie will, please m ike inmiedi ittr imviiiwii I Ins Hie ;iHt it iy 'it Itrtnhi!' I')B? . " MAI III I sunt I xiiciitiix it tiie I slain it I ledenrk It Suill I tiiiene (' Binnks III Allot nny at I aw till) Wachovia Hank Buililinii Dtiiham North CiioIhu ?()! the residences are in ex cellent condition. By contrast, in Edgemont, East End, St. Theresa and West End, 30ft or more of the houses need substantial rehabilita tion. '.'..fct,-5,.,,--..-:. ,r. Edgemont has by far the worst housing condi tions overall, wi'th about 63ft of the structures either needing substan tial : rehabilitation, ' or delapidated. But the vast majority of Durham's black neighborhoods ; have housing that is basically sound. This is even true in ' neighborhoods that are perceived to be basically poorer neighborhoods. There are a lot of children living in those houses. According r to 1980 census material, and a 1981 report on Durham's black children, done by the Black Child Develop ment Institute, about 25ft and just a little over 17,400 blacks in Durham are children, from infan cy to 17 years old. This works out to about two children per household. Contrary to the ha- tional figures, about 54ft of Durham's black children live with both parents. Nationally, ac cording to census figures, about 45ft of the nation's black kids, live in single parent homes. , And so it appears that Durham's black families are tighter knit, belter housed and are not near ly as poor as they are often represented to be. But the total picture is still not as pretty as it could be. As a matter of fact, it is paradoxically wrong. Most of Durham's black children live in two-parent homes, but by the same token, Durham has a teenage pregnancy rate that is three times the national rate for blacks. For ex ample, in 1979, there, were 237 babies born in . Durham to young black ' girls between the ages of 10 and 19 years old. In this same age group. NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM COUNTY CREDITORS' NOIICF HAVING QUAl trill) as l he ad imnislratoi ot the Estate ot Mary I ee Johnson M.h kham ol Durh.im County North Carolina the under sinned does heieny nohly .ill pei sons lirms and corporations hav mq claims aqainsr said estate in ptesent them In the undersiqned im his altoinev filenme M Mat Ihewsim II ;cn; MAI 0NF BROWN ft MATTHEWSON P A Post 0ttir.fi Box 867 70S Kenl Street Dm ham Norlh Carolina on oi helix e the I tin day nl Mjir.l) t'M't or Ihis notice will he nleaded m hat ol Iheir tecovety All poisons indebted lo said est ate will please make immediate imvmiriii to ihe iindetsitmed al Inn addiess ol Ihe Administialnr oiven Iml'iw I his die 10th day of Seplomhei I'm:' lliiah I hshet III Admmisliatot Is' tie 'it M nylon lohnsnn M 1 1 n a in Ihh:."' - 1117 I ryelleviHeStituj. I)iiiii.i'ii N'Klliriiiinn:'707 I'llBlirAtlON DAMS the (Minima times Seplenthei It IH ."i iidntiei :' iih;' XpiAp r A f -i' I -Snkh rrn r. f ( ffi,i hi ii . m ,s mmi n m mwrn SOME OF DURHAM'S BLACK CITIZKNS are very poorly housed, while others live In lovely homes, but Ihe vast majority of Ihe black' communi ty is adequately housed, according lo oily planning department reports. there were 195 abortions. About 50ft of the in fants born that year were born to unmarried girls. And in another type of paradox, the Orange Durham YMCA Coali tion Against Battered Women . reports that nearly half of the victims they see are ' black yomen. In almost every, instance, according to, the Coalition, the perpetrator is a black man, cither a husband or a boyfriend. In addition to that, according to the Coalition, 80ft of these women are married : 80ft have children, and 6ii the average the women come from lower middle class homes. Connie Renz. the Coalition's director, adds: "Our statistics cer tainly indicate that domestic violence is,, a problem in Durham, but they do not reflect the true incidence. An added statistic would be that ihe Durham County Courthouse hears 9 to 18 assault cases per day. manv of which arc 0 ii domestic rejated." - But all Ktesc are symp toms. What is the real problem? . "I think that the big gest problem," said Dr. Valora Washington Smith, and education specialist, "is that we do not take a systematic ap proach to cither studying or solving ' our problems." br. Washington Smilh says that blacks in Durham tend to "fire from the hip too much." They don't go after the hard data that will clear ly identify the problem and lead to the develop ment of a sensible and workable strategy for solving it. "I think that we get so caught up in the emo tionalism of it all," she said, "that we overlook ' the need for hardcore research, and Ihe necessi ty of planning and being able to sustain a pro tracted struggle." And so it seems thai while the black com munity, its leaders especially, plan lo spend a lot of time playing what one man called the "numbers game of local politics' many, many other problems do not get the attention they need to move toward a 'solution. When that situation will change boils down to one emphatic statement Dr. Washington-Smith made, her own personal solution: "Durham needs some new black leadership." Help Wanted r i Durham County and City Youth The Durham Employment and Training Office, located at 212 N. Mangum St., is now accepting ap plications for a Youth Program that will provide part time employment and educational opportunities. To be eligible, you must be a high school drop-out bet ween the ages of 16-21 and economically disadvan taged. If interested, applications can be picked up ' Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00 p.m. DEADLINE DATE -November 1, 1982. The Durham Employment and Training Office is an Equal OpportunityAffirmative Action Organization and does not disciminate on the basis of handicap In the admission of any programs or activities. Mechanical Drafter Prepare detail, layout, assembly and outline draw ings. Must have excellent inking skills. Associate Degree in Mechanical Drafting or equivalent required plus related drafting experience. Permanent or tem porary positions available. For nromnt consideration, tend resume to Personnel Manager. S PERRY CORP.. P. 0. Box 2211, Durham. "3""'- " "'"'"- tuuhr: Ml, i An Equal Opportunity Employer MANY YODNC BLACKS in Durham are busy trying to belter themselves, and lend lo give ihe black community a bright future. Dental Assistant Completion of an approved dental assistant course or completion of high school course work and one year of on-the-job training as a dental assistant, and required X-ray training when needed. Salary range: 9.264-13.644. For an application please contact the Employment Division, 111 Pettigrew Hall. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. (919) 962-2991. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE AC- BONsEnmoyi) ; - IH, MINORITY BUSINESSWOMAN OWNf D BUSINESS SOI ICH ATI0N OR Allen and Son. Inc . general conliactor solicits vour nwlerial quotation and subbids on (t) Rocktlsh Cteek Wastewatei rre.ilmenl Plant bid on October 13. 1982 at 2:30 p m and (?) Rockfish Cieek In lerceplor bid on October 14. 198? at 2 30 p m lor the City ot Fayet leville Public Works Commission Areas ol work included in these pro jects are site work, seeding, pipe laying, manholes, crtncrele'work plastering, reinforcing steel placement, glass and glatnq tile work and masonry Please submit your bids prior to noon on Ihe day ol thn bid it by telephone (919868-3151) or written bids may be addressed to P 0 Drawer 1867. FayettevMle. NC 28302 It you are interested you may obtain more information by contacting our Estimalinq OeiMilmenl Equal Opportunity Employer. Kir by Distributing Co Presents RUG SHA MP00 Telephone: 477-7050 .Durham, Simply preview the fabulous New Kirby Henfage- Nothing to buy. just look. " . , , 3209 Guess Road Formerly located at' J1$N. Gregson O Machinists o Electricians o HVAC Ibchnicians o Electronic Technicians Instrument Technicians A leading consumer products manufacturer is seeking a limited number of skilled trades people to fill permanent positions for the start-up of a new manufacturing plant located in the central Pied mont region of North Carolina. Positions involve multi-craft responsibilities. Top pay and benefits company paid pension plan company paid dental insurance company paid medical company paid life insurance company paid temporary disability prof it sharing paid holidays paid vacation r I Qualifications: 3 or more years experience in one or more of the above trades Stable work record 9, Able to relocate to thacentral Piedmont region of North Carolina .- -HOU TO APPL5- Individuals who can meet the requirements should fill in this form and mail to: DEPT. 9482-A, co Durham Carolina TimesP.O.Box 3828, Durham, North Carolina 27702 NAME , : ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP )- PHONE U( I I am applying for the position of .'v":- j I have ' ' years experience in the above trade Only applicants who can meet the requirements will be contacted ' for Interviews. - ' j ' Hiring company la an Equal Opportunity Employer MFH
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