f Page A12-The Chronicle, Thursday, May 3, 1984 IMMiMlltMHMHtWMIHMHHMHWWIIIMmitWMKMHIHHWWWIIMIMIIIIMmilUnillMIMIIillll School board From Page A11 lltmilllttllllllltllllllltlMIIIIMIIMIIMIUttllMtttMtllllttlMMttlttMltMIMMMMIHMMMMMIMIM tional education program at their honor, Wood said he Griffith Middle School, thought renaming the Because Griffith is located scholarship in honor of on the same campus with Sheppard would be a Griffith Elementary, some memorial to him. board members expressed *heard a report fTom concern as to how to Friende on the possible separate the two schools. location of an attendance heard a request from district for Kimberley Park board member John Wood Elementary. The school, to change the name of the which will stress Cash-lbraham Scholarship mathematics and science, is to the Dr. William F. Shep- accepting applications from pard Scholarship, the board students who don't live in chairman w ho died several the district but would like to months ago. Since both attend the school. Thomas H. Cash, a former The next school board superintendent, and Prince meeting will be held May 7 lbraham, a former member at 7:30 in the auditorium of of the board of education, the school administration have buildings named in building on Miller Street. II Roundtable From Page A1 IIUIimillllllllllllltlllllllllllllimillllllllltllHIIIIIIHIUIIIIItlMIIMIIINIIIIIMMMIIIIIIIIHIIII "At this time in history, we felt that we had no alternative. A vote for Jesse Jackson is a vote for power and for leverage and it's a vote for renegotiating our takenfor-granted status within the Democratic Partv In addition, Graves said, the issues Jackson addresses are issues that are and should be of importance to black people. * The Roundtable's endorsement of Gilmore for governor was not expected, however, since much of the organization's membership is involved in rival campaigns. Roundtable member Larry Womble is cocoordinator for Rufus Edmisten's gubernatorial campaign in Forsyth County while another Roundtable member, Victor Johnson, helps coordinate the Eddie Knox effort locally and has^appeared on television commercials supporting Knox. "After looking at all the candidates," Graves said,* "we came to the conclusion that Tom Gilmore's posi* tions were more reflective of the issues of the Rev. Jesse Jackson than anyone else in the field. His history of supporting issues and concerns of the black community overshadowed the other candidates. Specifically, he has advocated the abolition of second primaries, which he has been against for 10 years', and, second, he has called for the abolition of the death pepalty. "If the black community fails to support progressive white candidates like Tom Gilmore," Graves said, "we will end up discouraging progressive whites from seeking office in the future." Graves added that the Roundtable acknowledges the merits of Edmisten and Knox, though it maintains that Uilmore is the best choice, based on the issues. The Roundtable also endorsed James B. Hunt Jr. for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Stephen L. Neal for Congress, Carl J. Stewart Jr. for It. governor, Betty Ann Knudsen for secretary of state, Richard D. Barnes for labor commissioner, James E. Long for insurance commissioner, Meyressa Hughes Schoonmaker for Court of Appeals judge and Henry Frye for associate justice in the state Supreme Court. Only Frye received unanimous support from the Roundtable's members. 44The other folk received the endorsement in some instances because they were the lesser of two evils or because they were the best candidates in the field," Graves said. "Neal, Hunt, Barnes, Schoonmaker, Stewart and Long fit in that category." Voters may support three candidates for county commissioner, but the Roundtable only endorsed two: Mose' Belton Brown, a teacher, and Pat Hairston, former president of the local NAACP. The only other black candidate in the field is Willie E. Smith, a retired business school operator. None of the three incumbents seeking i c-cictuun 10 me Doard were endorsed. For register of deeds, the Roundtable endorsed the Rev. C.E. Green. "Green is one like Hairston," Graves said. "He has worked hard in this community and has been an active member of the Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates. People say he is not qualified, but the lady who had it (the office) for decades only had a high school diploma." n For school board, the Roundtable gave nods to the three black candidates -- Gordon Slade, William Tatum and Evelyn Terry -- as well as white incumbent John W. Wood. Mickey Andrews, a candidate for District Court judge in thc-21U- Dkstek^wa^iidnwirtiiiikiiMiiir nun m ?lr opnf tombum" R-. Kflson Kciger "waaofftr Artargwon 6TWE~~" local endorsements involved black candidates. That, Graves said, also is in keeping with the goals of the Roundtable. "Hairston, Tatum, Green and Terry have earned the support of the Roundtable and, indeed, this community," Graves said. "Slade and Brown are newcomers to politics. They are intelligent, sincere and hard-working. One of our purposes is to help develop and nurture new leadership and it is important that they be given an opportunity to serve." Graves said the Roundtable endorsed Wood because, during the last two years, his votinc record has heen mn. sistent with the desires of the black community. "In our opinion, he has seen the light," Graves said. In 1982, the Roundtable did not endorse Wood, who was defeated. Later, however, he was appointed to fill a term vacated by Tom Womble. As for the endorsement of Andrews, a member of the NAACP since 1967 and a local advocate of rights for poor and black people, it was simply the right thing to do, said Graves. The Roundtable's endorsements, Graves said, are important to the local black community. "We feel that history has shown that, in the past three elections we were involved with (the 1982 primary and general election and the 1983 city-county bond referendum), the black community is respectful of the Roundtable's sincerity and analyticial skills and abilities," Graves said. "People respect our willingness to take a stand when others in our community either fail to or dare not to." V Kit -5 SPECIAL DAILY RATE^t ? SANYO -J. I? I I $Q99 9 Per Week g-- N**a*^^ I LOW 1 I LOWliR ^LOWEST* % ..<^1 Public Sc 10 years Winston-S l\ N.C* State Forsyth Y League of N.A.A.C.P inage a few tricks while . M . 0 the Martin Luther King * Member & is will take place at the i. (Photo by Roscoe Man USB 1 f L < Magic Chef. V|^q HINT If! 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