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The Chronicle. Thursday. December 22, 1983-Page A3 ^armon Elected Party Chairman From Page A1 hiiiihihx Bielieve this woman, Earlme pirmon. can walk with as." Rumors of last-minute Jjs by white candidates for L chairmanship did not and Bob Jiarabers motioned that ^arroon be elected by ac- jamation. Therefore, the u„al procedure of roll-call „,ing was dispensed with jid Parmon was elected inanimously. Said Parmon, 40, in a prepared acceptance peech: “My fellow jeraocrats, I accept the lonor and responsibility -ou have given me with jjxed emotions - sadness lecause of the reason for his meeting: the untimely death of Joseph H. Parrish Jr.... I am likewise filled with gratitude - to each of you and those whom you represent for giving me this opportunity to serve you....” She continued, ‘‘There are those who will call me ‘the black chairman.’ I assure you that I am proud to be a black female Democrat, but I look for ward to winning your respect and to dealing with the criticisms, not because I am black and female, but because of the job I am do ing as your party chairper son. ‘‘I am calling for unity in the Democratic Party of Forsyth County,” she said, ‘‘and I will be will be work ing hard with each of you to see that we meet our goals as one of the most viable counties in North Carolina.” NAACP President Patrick Hairston said he is glad to see Parmon become chairman of the Executive Committee. ‘‘I’m glad for her and I hope the Democratic Party will get behind her and let her be the type of chairman she can be,” he said. Shedrick Adams, who recently resigned his post as 2nd vice chairman of the party to become staff assis tant to Rep. Steve Neal, D-N.C., said the Democratic Party showed ‘‘sincere affection and sup port” for Parmon. “Earline’s genius is 90 per cent hard work and loyalty,” said Adams. “I think she could have had opposition, but basically people wanted to see her get it (chairmanship) because she’s earned it.” Viewing Parmon’s vic tory from a Republican’s point of view, Vernon Robinson said he hopes the Republican Party will “make similar efforts to put blacks in leadership roles.” “1, personally, and a number of other Republicans have taken pot shots at the Democratic Party in Forsyth County and everywhere for not hav ing black folk play roles in the Democratic Party,” said Robinson, “especially since blacks are 90 percent Democrats nationally. Earline’s election shows that the Democrats in For syth County are interested in sharing power.” Also on Monday night, attorney and Wake Forest University Law School in structor Mike Wells was elected by acclamation as the 1st vice chairman, and Ralph Mason of Kernersville was chosen, 486-280.5, over Mose Belton Brown as 2nd vice chairman. Ifllllllllill*"""""""""" Year Of The Doll From Page AI IlHItHHIIIIIIIil'iHllllllllilHIIIIIIIIIIMIIillllllHIIIIItllllltllliaillllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllillllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiMlltliiiilMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllliillllllllllllillllMlltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll black version as well as a Mack friend. “There are more black lolls out on the market and hey are going quickly and here is a demand for hem.” said sue Gordon, a ales clerk in the toy depart- lent at J.C. Penney’s. ‘We have black Barbie tolls and they are selling at .good rate.” Both Childs and Gordon aid that all the Cabbage >atch dolls at their stores, lOth black and white, have old out. ‘People will buy a Cab bage Patch doll no matter [what the color,” said philds. A salesclerk at Barr ington’s at Hanes Mall said that the store has not had a difficult time “adopting out" the black Cabbage Patch dolls or the original black “Little People,” Xavier Roberts’ original handmade dolls that sell for MHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIiMllilllllllllllllllillllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllKIIIIIIIIKIIIillllllllllMIliillliniliillinillllllllllillllllllllllll Local Muslims NliiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiniiidiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii $125-$300. “We had about two or three black original Little People and they all sold well,” she said. “Most bbrV nprhT;)ip adopt the c- c, uui A'e had a black lady from Tennessee who adopted a white doll. I think it was for her grand daughter.” A quick check through the mall revealed that, while black dolls may be in de mand, they are not as readi ly displayed as white dolls. In fact, one store had a front display featuring a variety of white, Indian and Oriental dolls, but no black ones. And most printed ads feature the white dolls and occasionally add a picture of the black counterparts in small inserts. And a black parent said that she noticed that it was difficult to find the black dolls. Jane Penn, who has four children, said that she went to East Winston Shop ping Center looking for black dolls but could not find any. “1 thought that, since this was a black neighborhood, the stores would have black dolls, but they didn’t,” Mrs. Penn said. Though the Penn children don’t make a fuss about black or white dolls, Mrs. Penn said she makes it her duty to buy both. “We just make it our business to get them some black dolls,” she said. Over the years, Mrs. Penn said she has noticed a change in the looks of black dolls. “They used to look so ugly and, for a child to want a doll, the doll should look good,” she said. One shopper said that she does not have any children or grandchildren, but has always pujscfiased dolls for other children in her family. “I used to buy my sisters’ children black Shirley Tem ple dolls years ago and they looked as pretty as the white ones,” she said. “If I had children, I would have bought them black dolls because I wouldn’t want them to grow up thinking white was the way to look.” William Sheppard, who has a four-year-old son, said he buys both black and white male dolls for his son and would do the same for his daughters if he had them. “If I had a daughter, I would buy her both black and while dolls.” Sheppard said. “My sisters had both.” As for the children’s views, it simply depends on the child. Said 11-year-old Sylvia Bonap.arte:., ‘.‘Sometimes I like black dolls, but I like the while ones the most because they look better From Page A1 In his support of lackson, Farrakhan, a graduate of Winston-Salem State University, urged all nembers of the Nation of [slam to register and vote, a practice that was against the teachings of Muhammad. We as blacks,” says Griggs, “have gone through a period where a lot of us felt that the electoral pro cess was the salvation for our people. That has not been the case.” us then. Farrakhan just see this as a ingboard to put organization in may spr- his the Nelson Malloy, an outspoken member of the Institute, agrees with Griggs. “There may be good points about the electoral process on the local level, such as the election of our black aldermen “ says Malloy. “But black people supports Jackson in all of have been running for of- his efforts as a presidential fice since Reconstruction hopeful, he believes and it didn’t bring about Jackson’s wishes to any significant changes for eliminate unemployment limelight by jumping on Jesse Jackson’s band wagon.” Griggs says that even though his organization Sheppard Elected Chairman From Page AI MUillllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitlllllllll helm as chairman, Sheppard made three promises to the board. “I promise to be fair, open and I will try to come to every meeting,” he said. Sheppard’s victory pleases a number of black leaders. “1 told you he was the man I thought should get it all 8long,” said Walter Marshall, vice president of the NAACP. .The total board also saw Monday night, for the first lime, a draft of its new policy on affirmative action for minority and women’s business enterprises. After a brief look at the policy, the board voted to send iltiack to the policy committee for changes and clarifica tions. Marshall thanked the board for finally initiating an af- [fi^ative action policy, but expressed some discontent that the policy included women. “1 have some question about classifying a white female ^_a minority,” Marshall said. “White women are in a majority in this country, but in this policy they are con sidered a minority. I don’t think you can put them (white l*9men) on the same basis with a black minority.” In other business, the board voted to allow ninth-grade [students to attend seven of the eight newly-organized four-year high schools. h also approved four architectural firms to handle con- r'l BUILDING ON L^YOUR ROOTS struction at Ashley, Carver, Cook, East Forsyth, Glenn and West Forsyth schools. Hines-Norlhup-Ersoy will handle the construction at Ashley and Carver; Hammill- Walter Associates the construction at Cook and East; Newman, Calloway, Johnson, Winfree the construction at Glenn, and Fred W. Burner Jr. Associates the con struction at West. Board member Beaufort Bailey abstained from ap proving the list of architects, because none of them are minority firms. “A minority firm applied but was refused,” Bailey said. “And I want the record to show that I am voting against the methodology used in selecting the architects and not the architects.” But bBoard member Mary Margaret Lohr said she was approving the list because “they are all located in Forsyth County and will give jobs to both black and white inside the county.” Board members John Holleman and John Wood also voted against the list of architects. ex-lax; “The Family Friend’,’ helps your body help itself. Ex-Lax helps get your Ixxly's own natural rhythm going again. Gently. Dependably. Overnight. That's why more families use Ex-Lax- Chocolated or Pills-than . any other brand. Make it your Family Friend. Read label and follow direclion?. ® Ex-Lax. Inc . 198.1. than the black ones.” Sylvia said that white dolls usually have longer and easier-to-style hair than the black dolls. “If they made them look better, I would play with them,” she said. But sisters Shana and Nikki Harding disagree. Both said that they will be getting dolls from Santa Claus this year and that they want them to be black. Said Shana: “I want a black Pink and Pretty Bar bie.” Said Nikki: “I like black dolls because they are pret ty.” Va to 72 off Shop these Winston-Salem area stores. 1 Eitt WIntlon Shopping Cintor. 570 Clirimont Av*nu* 2850 North Llbirly SIrMt 3 LMhminn't Plaza. 3614 Raynoldi lid 4 2942 Waughtown SirMt 5 K-man Plaza. 2670 Patan Craak Parkway 6 825 South Main SI . Laiinglon 7 N-mart Shpg Ctr . lailngton .and Pic'n Pay stores everywhere. Not all sizes in every style. Sale prices good thru Mon. MasterCard or Visa. Open evenings. Closed Christmas Day. and other socioeconomic problems of black Americans are virtually im possible. “We (Institute of Islamic Involvement) would hate to see black people fooled by the same electoral process they were fooled by before,” says Griggs. “This system is beyond individual personalities bringing about significant economic changes for black people.” IlHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllilllllilllllllllllilllllllllllllllllillllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllO Man And Woman Of The Year Your chance to say, ‘Thank you.’ Last year’s Man of the Year, Alderman Larry D. Little, and his wife Glenda (photo by James Parker). Once again the Chronicle solicits your aid in selecting our Man and Woman of the Year. The nominees should be local residents who have made significant contributions to progress in the black community in the past calendar year. Though we realize the holidays are a busy time of the year, we think you’ll agree that the five or 10 minutes it takes to fill out this form is well worth the recognition your nominees deserve for their efforts. The winners will be announced and profiled in our January 26 “Year In Review” special edition. Nominations may be returned by mail to P.O. Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102 or in person at the Chronicle offices at 516 N, Trade Street. Please print legibly and be as specific as possible in describing your nominees’ accomplishments. ■Womiin of the Year- Nominoe’s Name Nominee’s Addrass. Occupation Nominee’s activities, memberships, affiliations • Please explain briefly why you think this person deserves to be “Woman of fhe Year." Attach an additional sheet if necessary. Ynpr Namft Your Address Yniir Phnnn Nn - Hnma Work Your Signature Man of the Year — Nominee’s Name — Nominee’s Address. Occupation Nominee’s activities, memberships, affiliations Please explain briefly why you think this person deserves to be “Man of the Year." Attach an additional sheet if necessary Ynirr Name Yniir Address Your Phone No.: Home Work Yniir Slgnatiira
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