Winston-Salem Chronicle
vXTV No. 23
Saturday February 4, 1978
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A Community Develop
ment Program will be held
iday, February 6th, in
City Hall Council
Ichambers to discuss Win-
|ton-Salem’s CD program
Housing Assistance
I for the next three
_ jl years.
The meeting will be a
[public hearing with citi-
Lns and the Board of
[Aldermen discussing
r ideas on Community
[Development.
One group particularly
jiterested in this meeting
the East Winston
Neighborhood Revitaliza-
1 Corporation, a group
Ihal wants to rehabilitate
louses, while providing
B-the-job training to the
ird-core unemployed in
[housing rehabilitation.
The target area for the
[organization is the neigh-
Iborhood bounded by Four-
jteenth Street on the
■North, Hattie Avenue on
Khe East, Twelfth Street to
Jthe South, and Jackson
lAvenue on the West. Of
Ihe 46 homes in this area,
they contend that all but
Ihree can be rehabilitated.
■Twenty of the homes are
■owner-occupied; the re-
Itoaining 26 are investor-
|owned property.
A memorandum from
Idly manager Orville Po-
|wel! dated January 23
Incidents An^er Heakh Center Advisors
Reynolds Board Demands
Action From Commissioners
Wiletta Gladden and Shelby West were two of Winston-Salem's representatives to
the 70,001 National Convention in Washington, D.C. iast week.
70, 001 Wins Honors
At D.C. Convention
by Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Writer
The Winston-Salem
Chapter of 70,001 sent six
young representatives to
the national convention in
Washington last week,
and came home with four
teen awards.
, . . ' „ , in national competition for
■contains staff proposals ... . ,r ,
|for the Community Deve- ‘I*® Presentation of a
See Funds, Page 2
ties. They received the
Bronze Chapter Award in
recognition of their ef
forts.
70,001 is an organiza
tion designed to meet the
employment and educa
tion needs of young peo
ple who have left school
'This is the second year before completing twelve
we've attended the grades, and are unable to
obtain regular employ
ment. 70,001 helps enrol-
lees get jobs, and helps
them prepare for high
school equivalency diplo
mas in their off-hours.
Wilbert Fields, who has
passed his GED test since
his return from Washing-
convention,” says 70,001
director Aldrenia Gaither,
"But last year we just
went to observe.”
The group placed third
scrapbook and explaining
the organization’s activi-
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Roots Of Conflict-Part 111
Palestine Becomes Israel
By Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Writer
The third installment in a four part series
I explaining the conflict in the Middle East.
I The transformation of Palestine from a predom-
Ijnantly Arab land to the Jewish state of Israel in
5 than half a century is a phenomenon that
would not have occurred without World
■ War H. The combination of social upheaval in
I *^ope and World sympathy for the Jewish
jsurvivors of the Nazi holocaust provided the
l everage for the occupation of Palestine without
I intervention from the world powers.
When Adolph Hitler came to power in one of the
nets of his Nazi philosophy was the extermina-
inn of non-Aryans. In the concentration camps
See Palestine, Page 2
Committe
Tables
BBAL
Request
The Black Business Ac
tion League had its second
hearing before Winston-
Salem aldermen Tuesday,
when the board’s finance
committee considered the
BBAL’s request for
$14,000 to continue opera
tions until other funding
comes through.
The finance committee
failed to reach an agree
ment on the matter of
funding, so the matter will
be taken before the full
board at its regular meet
ing for further considera
tion.
‘‘We had all the infor
mation that the board
asked for the last time,”
said BBAL director John
ny X Williamson. ‘‘In fact
they commended us on
the appearance of our
proposal this time.”
He blames West Ward
alderman Robert North-
ington for the finance
committee’s failure to ap
prove the grant. Northing-
ton indicated that he was
not sure of the purpose of
the organization.
Williamson comment
ed: ‘‘Mr. Northington did
not understand the rele
vancy of our program. I
think it’s because of his
background and his party
See BBAL, Page 2
ton, won a 2nd place
trophy for his Jobs Man
ual. Twjana Conrad and
Shelby West took second
place in the team radio
commercial competition,
performing a promotional
commercial before a panel
of judges which included
professional disc jockeys.
Miss Conrad also re
ceived a certificate of mer
it for her performance in s
sales demonstration.
‘‘I was supposed to be
selling cosmetics,” she
explained. ‘‘And I demon
strated the products on
Shelby. I was supposed to
See 70,001, Page 2
The Reynolds Health
Center Advisory Board vo
ted in its meeting last
Wednesday to send repre
sentatives before the
Board of County Commis
sioners asking that steps
be taken soon to resolve
the conflict between Rey
nolds Health Center and
the Health Department.
They fear that the situa
tion is adversely affecting
the efficiency of the health
center.
Board chairman C.P.
Booker and board member
Linwood Davis hoped to
have a briefing with the
county commissioners
February 2nd, because
they feel that no progress
has been made on the
matter since last July.
At that time, Nicholas
Meiszer, then county ma
nager, drew up a proposal
recommending that the
health center be placed
under the direction of the
health department, with
Dr. Thomas Dundon in
charge of both. The Rey
nolds Health Center Advi
sory Board opposed this
merger, recoimnending
instead that the facility be
maintained independently
of the health department,
and accountable to the
County Manager and the
Commissioners.
The county commis
sioners have made no
decision in the matter,
saying that they are wait
ing for the county mana-
See Reynolds, Page 2
Attorney Harold L. Kennedy and his wife Annie Brown Kennedy chat with fellow
Democrat Ernest Logemann as they wait for the official announcement that
Kennedy has been chosen to succeed Richard Envin in the N.C. House of
Representatives.
Kennedy To Succeed-
Erwin In N.C. House
By Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Writer
The votes from predom
inantly white precincts
were the deciding factor in
the selection of Attorney
Harold L. Kennedy, Jr. to
complete the unexpired
term of Richard C. Erwin
in the North Carolina
House of Representatives.
Kennedy and former
alderman C.C. Ross were
the only two candidates cinct chairman and vice-
nominated at the meetmg chairman. Only about
of the Forsyth County 80% of the precincts were
Democratic party’s execu
tive committee last Thurs
day night in the old court
house. Each of the coun
ty's 80 precincts were
given one vote for every
50 votes cast for Gov.
Hunt in the 1976 election,
with the votes to be evenly
divided between the pre-
[l-rj Mrs. Barbara K. Phillips, president elect, Alpha Kappa Alpha; Mrs. Benetta Washington, wife of the
mayor and special assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor; District of Columbia Mayor
Walter Washington; and Miss Bernice I. Sumlin, national president, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Celebrates 70th Birthday
Washington, D.C.-Al- Norman, the two living
pha Kappa Alpha Soro- founders were present.
rity, Incorporated founded
in 1908, celebrated its
70th anniversary with de
dication ceremonies at
Rankin Memorial Chapel,
The window, designed
by Alpha Kappa Alpha
member Lois Jones
Pierre-Noel, Professor
Emeritus of Design and
Howard University, of the Watercolor Painting, Col-
National Archives of Al- lege of Fine Arts, Howart
versity, over 600 members
and guests witnessed
Miss Bernice I, Sumlin,
national president of the
sorority, present a $50,000
check to Dr. James Cheek,
Howard University presi
dent, for the archives to participation in
be housed at the Moor- mental affairs
One of the highlights of
the Founders’ Weekend
Celebration was a lunch
eon saluting Alpha Kappa
Alpha women in govern
ment. Honored for , their
ser'ice to mankind and
govern-
were;
pha Kappa Alpha and the
stained glass window
commemoratijig the 16
founders. Mibs Norma
University, was executed
by Douglas Phillips,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Returning to the site of
Boyd and Miss Lavinia their birth, Howard Uni-
land-Spingam Research Yvonne B.
Center to preserve into
perpetuity the records and
documents of the 70,000
membered organization.
of
Burke, mem-
, UiiiiL;U States House
Representatives; Car-
See Sorority, Page 2
represented at the meet
ing, and many of those
had only one representa
tive, limiting them to one
half of their allotted votes.
The final vote was
35814 to 255 in favor of
Kennedy, who must now
be formally approved by
Gov. Hunt, but according
to state law, the governor
is required to appoint the
nominee of the executive
committee.
‘T am proud to be on
the team that is going to
Raleigh,” Kennedy told
the group after the results
were announced.
He will have to run for
re-election in November in
order to retain the seat.
His opponent C.C, Ross
has already indicated that
he will also run for the
seat. Kennedy ran for the
N.C. House in 1968, but
was not successful. When
his appointment becomes
official, Kennedy will be
the second black ever to
represent Forsyth County
in the House. The first,
Richard C. Erwin, recent
ly resigned the seat to
accept his appointment as
judge on the N.C. Court of
Appeals.
Many leaders in the
black community ex
pressed surprise at the
defeat of C.C. Ross in the
election. Ross’ experience
as alderman, and his com
munity support were ex
pected to win him the
nomination.
‘‘I was surprised at the
results,” one black pre
cinct official noted, ’ ’ and I
think Mr. Ross was sur
prised, too. I think a lot of
people lied to him about
how they would vote.”
Harold L, Kennedy, Jr.
has practiced law in Win
ston-Salem since 1955.
His wife Annie Brown
Kennedy and son Harvey
L. Kennedy are also pract
icing attorneys in the firm.