r -- r T i~? n " .HIM ? i .?* " ?? H?V ? 1 ' "?-???? ^1 'ADl By Art Blue when Ray opened his Staff Writer first fish martket with $25 and 25-pounds of In 1974 a man started, fish on credit. After working on a dream. To- working as an assistant I day that dream has to the veterinarian at the materialized into a Boulevard Animal business enterprise, con- Hospital for 18 years, sisting of two .fish' Ray became frustrated markets and three with the job and quit. "1 seafood restaurants. love animals and have Bill Ray has spent several of my own," said many hours of hard Ray, "but 1 just got fed work and a lot of faith to up with the owners of the make his venture pay animals that were off. Ray's Bone Fish brought to the hospital House markets and and I couldn't take it any Ray's Soul and Seafood more." restaurants are growing He got the idea of businesses in Winston- opening the fish market Salem with plans to ex- when, as a sports fisher ^anu iu umci cilice in uic mail un wccrciius, nc I near future. found he never had The dream started in enough fish from his I the" basement of a: catch to go around for grocery store on Cherry all the neighbors and I Street near 25th Street friends who wanted J) w^ti-^Ji^ . -^00 JjP jMKa&MAB * v)?#JHk|H|A|MflH|H^BV^ Septembe Mrs. Hattie Vaughn celebrated her 70th birthday Sunday friends, a// o/ w/jo /icrve birthdays in Septmeber. Pictured Ora L. Griggs, sister of Mrs. Vaughn (standing), and Mi Jeffers Joins Hospital As By Art Blue Winston-Salem native Calvert B. Jeffers, D.V.M., has joined Dr. Martin G. Lorber at the Boulevard Animal Hospital the general _ practice _ o f_ veterinary medicine. Jeffers, a graduate of Atkins High School in 1957, % mtL received his B.S. degree in Jeffers' biology from Tuskegee Institute in 1962 and returned He joined the Army i to Winston-Salem to work "1963, as a medical la as a lab technician at specialist and worked in tY Bowman Gray School of research laboratory at Fo Medicine after graduation. Gate-Boggan Reuniot The Gatewood-Boggan Cassic B. Young o sixth annual family reunion Wadesboro, and Carolim was held Sept. 13, from 2 to Leak of Lumber/on, 6 p.m. at the Benton Civic Special guests were Tor and Convention Center. Elijah, executive director c the Winston-Salem Urba Hosts for the reunion l.eagik, and Evangeli; wcic Joe Gatcwood and Fthcl I indscy, pastor c - r , 1 ? ? ' 1 I nmn Dontii Mary Bcthca, both ot i k?i>uiu Winston-Salcm. Church. New officers for next Immcdiaiely followir year's family gel-together 'he reunion, a surprise bi were elected, they arc prcsi- 'May party was given f< dent, James Ralliff of Caroline Leak, by h Durham; vice ptesident, daughters, Mary Bethca i Elizabeth Banks of Fayet Forest Hill Avenue ar tevillc; seetctary, Wilma Elizabeth Banks of Faye Booth of Charlotte; ami tevillc. assistant secretary. M.uy Approxinately 80 peop Bethca of the city. attended the event. Nc Ot hi r family member- year, the reunion is to among III guests were held in C harlotle. V ream Come them. "My rent was due to "1 used to bring my increase on the first of fish back and give them the year and 1 was still in away and 1 never seemed a basement. 1 felt my to have enough to go business could increase if around no matter how I had more exposure and many 1 caught. That's the new location looked when 1 got the idea of more promising. Since opening a store and let- the rent was better, 1 felt ting the people come to I would be getting more me," said Ray. for my money," said So, with $25 and the Ray.. 25-pounds of fish, the Business did increase dream was born. Things with the change of locaweren't a huge success at tion and the freshness of first. "I only had three the seafood Ray offered or four customers the to his customers. He first week, but I was staved at the Underwood determined to succeed," location for a year until Ray said. Business did he was displaced when pick up slowly and on the area was cleared for Christmas Eve, Ray redevelopment. In late moved from the base- 1975, Ray moved his fish ment of the grocery store market to its present to a more visible location location at 14th Street on 14th Street and and Cherry. The dream Underwood Avenue. was to have several sue * iTi tffl -^q&y ^5r 1 r Birthdays v, Sept. 14, by hosting a party for her sister and two clo< are (L to R) Mrs. Hat tie Vaughn, Mrs. Hettie Talbot, Mr 's. Cora Broome. Local Animal Veterinarian Knox, Ky., until his he studied veterinai discharge in 1975. medicine. After leaving the Army, Graduating in 1972, Je Jeffers worked for the fers received both a Doct< Seagrem's Distillery in of Veterinary Medicir Louisville, Ky., as a pro- degree and a B.S. degree duction supervisor from Agricultural Science. 1965 to 1968. It was while working at the distillery He and his wife Patric that he decided he wanted have three children, Mon to be a veterinarian, so it age 15; Calvert III, age 1 was back to Tuskegee where and Jennifer, age eight. I Convenient Bank Around FitsInVfour Pocket Now you can bank anytime ? day or night, because we'll be keeping your banking hours. 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Patterson and Glenn He came back everyday Ave. in July, and the sethat week and suggested cond market, located in I start selling fish din- the Ogburn Station nersj' said Ray. Shopping Center, openWhen the barber shop ed two weeks ago. next to the fish market "My business is built moved, Ray secured the on faith, hope, and location and spent a year charity," said Ray. "We working late into the _practice that with every night remodling the in- customer that walks terior for a restaurant. through our door, we Native Practic practice of local dentist, Dr. ^ degree from North Carolina ^ and entered the Universitv Qf Flummer North Carolina School ot Dentistry, graduating in 1979. Plummenworked at the Reynolds Health Center for s year before joining Oliver this past August. Experiencing a close and personal association wit! I zo^dCRvaw HANE Audlo/Visu : WOR1 Septembc Time: 10:30 y (Audio/Visual Sei f. ? 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