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"PAPA" JONES
Chronicle Profile
He's Papa To
Neighborhood Kids
The majority of young people in the community call him
"Papa". "That's because I keep them straight, make them say
please and thank you," Papa said recently.
James Authur Jones was born in Reidsville, March 2, 1912
and moved to Winston-Salem with his family in 1919. "We
moved over on Sycamore Street," Jones, the oldest of foui
children said.
Jone's family was not extremely poor during his early
childhood. His father worked for R.J. Reynolds. He attended
Depot Street School on Patterson Avenue and Slater School.
Jones said he liked school but when he was 15 his father and
mother separated. As a result he never finished. "1 finished the
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were tough then," he says.
The job Jones got was with the Crystal Ice Company. He
stayed there for 20 years. He received his first prison sentence
in 1949. "I was selling liquor and got caught," he said with
anguish. "I had to do it to make ends meet. At that time there
weren't any good jobs for blacks here."
Jones was a custodian while in prison. "I had a six-mile area
to police up, but it wasn't so bad," he said.
After serving his time he went to work for R.J. Reynolds and
stayed there until 1959 when he bought a building on First
Street and Cleveland Avenue. He ran a successful grocery store
there until the 60's.
He became a little more serious when he talked about moving
from his store. A large smile disappears and he clinches the
ever present cigar even tighter between his teeth.
"Redevelopment moved me out," he said. "They called
themselves buying me out, but 1 didn't get a fair price. I fought
them by myself. They said they wanted the corner but I felt they
should pay me for my property."
Jones took a large hand and ran it over his wavy hair, then
continued, "1 was going to take them (Redevelopment
Commission) to court but 1 found out I would have gotten the
same thing they offered me in court. Eventually, I would have
had to move anyway. They had scattered my customers all over
town. Now they're building houses over there," he added.
Jones said the disappointment of losing his store led to his
second prison term. "1 got to where 1 didn't care and I had a
famioy to keep up," he pointed out. He was again charged with
selling whiskey and again sentenced Jo prison. He lashed out at
the federal court where he was sentenced saying, "I was treated
unfairly in federal court. They gave me 18 months time and five
years probation. I'm still on probation. In federal court they
push and shove you around and if you're a man you won't take
that.
After serving his time Jones returned to his store on 14th
Street. He purchased the store in 1972. He says the thing that
stopped him from selling liquor was his making up his mind to
stop. He says he's a much happier man now and business is
good.
He still does not like the idea of probation, however. 44When
you're on probation you're not free. I think it violates a person's
rights." Jones says he likes his probation officer. "It's not his
fault I'm on probation, it's the judges. My probation officer is a
^ nice guy."
Jones is married to the former Miss Thelma Trusedale. The
young people of the community refer to her as "Mom". They
have two children, Harry James 18, and Harriet Evon, 15.
Jones says the thing he is working for now is to give his
children a college education. "I don't want them to have to
struggle and be mistreated like me."
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Winston-Salem Chronicle
Men No 1
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1 think if a man can have
more than one wife, why can't
a woman have more than one
husband? I feel a woman can
love two men the same as any
man can love two women.
Why do men feel that they are
so much better than women?
Right or Wrong
Dear Right or Wrong,
It is not legal in this country
for a person to have two legal
living spouses at the same
time. But if it were possible, a
woman should have the right
to have as many spouses as a
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man. 11 is possioie ior an
individual to love more than
one person at the same time
regardless of the sex of the
individual.
Some men feel they are
better than women because
they believe that the male is
the superior sex but they are
extremely wrong.
Dear Liz,
I will soon be getting
married to a very wonderful
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