K Chronicle Profile He's still strivii By AUDREY WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Billy D. Friende Jr. has a habit of staring out of his Main Street office window, and it's not because of boreddm. "The first office 1 had didn't have a window," says Friende. "Now I have a window and I look out at the factories." A native son of Winston-Salem, the 33-year-old Friende attributes his success in law to the support of the community and his clients, many of whom are his friends, the ones who watched him grow up as a youngster in the Boston neighborhood near 25th and. Cherry streets, he says. "I feel like I've been successful," he says. "That's why I've been actively involved, but not so active that 1 can't run my practice and have my private life, too." Even though the only child of two teachers says he feels somewhat successful, Friende still questions exactly what it means, especially in terms of his accomplishments. "When I think about it, I'm not really sure if I know what success is," he says. "By some people's standards, I have made it, but I still think 1 have got a ? long way to go. ? "Looking at society in its entirety, I've only scrat" ched the surface," he says. "Just because I'm black doesn't mean I've made it. It's not enough for me to be satisfied ? it's my nature to strive for better." Friende admits his profession is the cause of his not being as vocal on controversial issues as some may expect him to be. But that doesn't mean he's not Community Calends 1 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 The Greensboro Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women will sponsor a. Community Black Arts ' Exhibition : highlighting the achievements of black artists in the Piedmont at the Lewis Community Center at 3110 Forest Lawn Drive from 4-6 p.m. ? The Art and Music Department of the Forsyth County Public Library will present "An Afternoon With Charles Dickens," featuring Dr. Elliot Engel, professor of English at North Carolina State University and a Dickens scholar, rrr+he-atKhtorium of the Main Library at 3 p.m. For more information call * 1J W-:20$7. ,v;i MONDAY. FEBRUARY 6 In .observance of Black History Month, the Winston-Salem Branch of the NAACP will sponsor a Read-A-Thon for all ages at the East Winston : Branch Library beginning today through Feb. 14. For more information call 727-2202 or 725-4960. Clifton Graves, affirmative action officer at WSSU will speak on the question "What are your civil rights?" at the fifth session of the East Winston Branch Library Law Series at 7:30 p.m. LOGO will be the first course of a 10-week series on personal computers at Salem College every Monday evening. For more information call 721-2607 or 721-2669. 4-H Club wins in coc Six members of the Green Brian Smart won first Street 4-H Club showed off place in the bread and their cooking skills at the cereal group in the 12-13 4-H Favorite Foods Show age category; Trina on Jan. 20 at the Johnson, fruit and Agricultural Building, vegetable group, 14-19 age Three of the clubs members category; and Michelle Mi&e first-place blue ribbon Martin, milk group, 9-11 winners. age category. PBATH CARPI SIZE 5x6 1981 FALL Big Book Prico was $41.99. Roduced to $32.99 in "P" T Was $32.99 SIZE 5x8 1982 FALL Big Book Prico $53 99 Rtducod to $42.99 in 1983 "DL "V Was $42.99 ftj SAVE an Additional 30% off Group of Men's Dress, Work or Leisure Slacks Shop EARLY for BEST Soloctton of thoso tod oti tig for the best involved in the community. "I think everyone should try to be a good citizen," he says, "especially anyone who has had a great deal of success in the community. "You have got to give something back." At St. Paul United Methodist Church, where he's been a member since childhood, Friende served as chairman of the administrative board for five yeans_ and now serves as a member of the church's finance committee and steward board. The Patterson Avenue YMCA is where he also uses his legal training as a member of the board of management. Five years ago, Friende was appointed by the mayoMo serve on the Advisory Development Committee, a follow-up committee to the city's urban renewal. He is also a legal represenative for the Chronicle. "I grew up here and by being a native 1 can appreciate some of the problems in the black community," Friende says. "1 can appreciate the Patterson Y because I went there as a kid, and 1 can see and appreciate a special need to be involved in the black community." However, the soon-to-be father, who married last summer, says there are times when he has to turn down offers of serving on various committees and boards in order to spend time with his^family, build a strong firm and give ample time to his clients. 4 A -~1. - .v. v. ^cvpic (idk me io serve on amereni things," he says, "but 1 don't have time. I gotta have a private life. If I am involved, I want to do a good job at it." As head of his law firm, which includes two other attorneys, Donald R. Buie and Renita Thompkins, V * ir From Page A6 Piano for the Atmost Beginner, a group approach designed for those who can read music, b^t feel like beginners, will be~tabght by* Dr. Nancy Wurtele at Salem College every Monday evening. For more information call 721-2607 or 721-2669. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 7 The YWCA, the League of Women Voters and the Parent Teachers Association will sponsor an Education Series Forum from 7-9 pym., with a program on "The Parent's Role in School Discipline" at the Glade Street YWCA. For more information call 722-5138. ^fDiv Ronald Davjs will lead an eight-w^k Stress Management at Salem College. Tb# a UVVII Please see page A9 Sals on SINGE R Machines Fr*#-Arm Machlne Model SS28 -C^ ^ Builtin buttonholer Unver- ' pressure system ad|usts to varying tabnc weights vM fly- ' Now Only^JI?, , $23999 Reg. $399 99 Sales End February 4th ??-I SINGER Boyd's Sewing Center I* * '? ?d Mrrnwcu uoMxrt Parkview Shopping Center *785-1800 Mm**: MA'tM. 10-4, Timet 10-T. Pn. 10-?. Sal 10-1 JO A T(#a#m?d Ol Th# Smg#f Company \ 9 7 r j timers Ntes CK rORY NTH hence you came. )m whence you came, no limit to where vou can ao" in, black American writer. ack History Month focuses ricans and their past xcellence in education, ers honor the many black ien whose contributions to 3 all realms of life have nmunity and nation what it e month ot February, we se past achievements and rtinued progress that will "?ter future for all Americans. Lftfeieu