Chronicle Profile She'd rather be By AUDREY L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Velma Friende could probably tell you where every crack and leak is at Atkins High School. She's been there for 35 years. Four of those years were spent as an honor student A .. . ai /\iKins, who went on to graduate class valedictorian. The remaining year^have been as a teacher and director of guidance? However, this is the last, she'll see of Atkins, at least from behind the desk she's occupied for 19 years as the director of guidance. At 55, she's going to a new school. Beginning this' fall, Friende will become the director of guidance at Mt. Tabor High School. "I feel rather sad about leaving Atkins, but 1 consider it a new challenge," she says. A graduate of Bennett College in Greensboro, ? Friende earned her master's degree at North Carolina, A^TrState University- and , later cama>. bo<4>- lo Winston-Salem, where she landed her first job teaching her favorite " subject, French, at "old Carver," she says. When guidance counseling was introduced in the early 1950s, Friende says she found herself intrigued with the new system of relating to and directing students. But as the guidance counseling movement grew, the veteran educator says she was well on her way to being prepared when she was placed in guidance in 1965. "1 was fascinated by the individual attention I could give students," she says, "so I started taking courses in counseling." I Mineral Springs hosts awa The 1984 Awards Day math award; Sharyl Spell, I Program was held in the "daughter of Mr. and Mrs.?t Mineral Springs Junior Floyd Holmes Jr., and Dirk I High School Auditorium on Willard, son of Mr. and d May 30. Dr. J. Ballard, Mrs. Ernest Willard, were c minister of United winners of the science f Metropolitan Baptist awards; Tonya Styers, / Church, was the guest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. ^ speaker. Thomas Styers Jr. and C Steven Davis, son of Mr. Tracey Hawkins, daughter i and Mrs. John Davis, was of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas c awarded the Bruce E. Tark- Hawkins, were winners of I ington Trophy for the the social studies awards; * highest grade point average; and Wendy James, Terry Crews, son of Mr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 and Mrs. Oouolas Cesnris. Frank lam#?c ar?H PKric?in 1VI V'lll IJIIIIV I rcceiyccj , tfce^ Citizenship Culbreth, daughter of Mr. i Trophy; Raymond McCall, and Mrs. Mike Culbreth, I son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray- were winners of the . mond McCall, outstanding language arts awards. i achievement award; Candance Dixon, i Grayson Horn, son of Mr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. i and Mrs. Jim Horn, and David Dixon, was the win- < Mona Eastes, daughter of ner of the band award; 1 Mrs. Martha J. Eastes, Kimberly Blakley, daughter ( were the winners of the of Mr. and Mrs. Garland 1 -I Deltas honor members : In of observance of May undergraduate chapter of Week, members of the the sorority at Shaw. Winston-Salem Alumnae . A . r ~ .. c. ? Wilson, a graduate of Chapter of Delta Sigma . ? TL To -i ii Fisk University and intiated Theta Sorority recently 3 . . honored sorors who have therf' ? a re? " *?"from ttre'-'Charlottc-Schoof?sahited. System. McClennon, also a Shaw c Ma* Weekare graduate and initiated !?rors Paullette Everette, there, is a retired teacher Consuel a Greenwood, L c ?u wr Ruth Washington, Julia from the Winston- _ , . ? ... ^ . c , /T? .. Johnson and Eddis Rein- ? Salem/Forsyth County . s . , e . _ dhardt, who serves as N School System. . . _ w , chairperson. Soror Modesta Both Booker and Mc- Earl is president of the Clennon were instrumental Winston-Salem Alumnae in starting the Chapter. Business college accepts graduates ! s National Business Col- Campus while pursuing her lege has announced that studies in the Real Estate Selena Renee Valentine and Management Program. Sharon Washinton has been accepted at National Washington is a 1984 Business College in graduate of North Forsyth ' Koanoke, Va. High School and is the ! Valentine is a 1984 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r graduate of North Forsyth Isiah Washington. She will High School and is the also attend the Roanoke daughter of Mr. and Mrs. campus pursuing a career in Wallace Gaither. She will the business management attend at the Roanoke program. 9 T helping students Friende was later certified in counseling and has made her mark there since. She was recently awarded the Tom Elmore Award at Wake Forest University for her dedicated work and service to the profession. Although she and her husband, the late Billy Friende, had only one child, Billy Jr., who is now a practicing attorney, there's^always been a special place in her heart for the young. 4'1 do have that innate desire to help children," she says, "and with the advent of integration, a lot of the black students are in the background. The masses are being hurt and the dropout ratio is increasing. I "I think mv sensitivitv tna-arH (half ?- : ? j " mi w uivil ^1 UUltlUS Ji what keeps me going," says Friende. "I empathize with them. I sympathize with them and 1 do what I can to help them." The daughter of a property manager and a mother who gave up her teaching career to become housewife and mom to Friende and her three sisters and KrrrtK^TW| nn tl^hllHrPn Gf the J family would receive an education. "They instilled in all of us a desire for education," says Friende. The result of the Hayes children was two teachers, a financial counselor and an attorney, she says. Out of the four of them, Friende is the one who made the front-page headlines. When the county's public schools first integrated in 1971, a random selection was made to move black teachers into predominantly white schools. Friende was in that random selection and moved to R.J. Reynolds Senior High. The local NAACP protested. "I stayed there two days," says Friende. "I never did unpack my things. They all stayed in the trunk of irds day llakley, was the winner of ? I he chorus award; Gregory I B B I !)orsey, son of Mrs. Lucinla Lawson, was the winner Hpl. Vnita Galyean, daughter of f jVi * ? ? At. and Mrs. Robert jaiyean, received the Str- "i \ ^ *.v,x ngs Award; Lynn Morris, SpCw. laughter of Mr. and Mrs. fpltW* Marvin Morris, was the ^ * vinner of the home Dr. Zane Eargle, superin economics award; Elizabeth Salem/Forsyth County King, daughter of Mr. and Health Award to Eddie 1 Vlrs. Thomas W. King, eceived the typing and of the physical education business exploration award; award; Tracey Williard, Fames Franklin, son of Mr. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ind Mrs. Jerry Franklin, John Williard Jr., and Edvas the winner of the jour- die McDaniel, son of Mrs. lalism award; Cherri Kier, Versell Fuller, were the winiaughter of Mr. and Mrs. ners of the health awards, Leslie Kiger and Anthony and Brent Stanley, son of Doles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Carolyn Stanley, was Robert Cdles, were winners the winner of the draftman'. a lJi?M?>ii^ ' 0^B^Hp^v^H .eft to right, Annie H. McClennon, Margaret Boo *Iot pictured is Laura Fox. -1 yi r" ii ~ Tl i 11ii i ifc?* mriiiiiBw<^>i4mgf? n^?W4 Shop thoso W1mton>laltm proa itorti... 1. Satt Winttort Shopping Cantar, S. K-Mart Ptaia, S70 Claramoot Avaoua 2S70 Patara < 2. 2S83 North Ltbarty Straat % MS South M 3 loahrwartn'a Plaia, 3S14 Aaynotda Bd 7 K-Mart thpg 4. *? W4.tf.t~. S.r.4. ...and p., Sale prices good thru Sun. MasterCard, Visa or Choice. Open < c+ r - mmWM ww > I ^BBr vHHiBBHMflBBBBbriMft''''^1"*'^ m i uwidMB Because Velma Friende is so sensitive to the ne leave them and go into school administration (p my car." At Atkins, Friende played an important role in seeing that the school remained accredited once the "approved" rating was lifted from black schools in the South. Before then, black schools were approved, and not accredited, she says. She chaired accreditation steering committees at Atkins in 1978 and 1983. She has also steered a many students in the right direction, she says, including Howard Shaw, now a guidance counselor at the school system's Career tendent of the Winston- ^ S" Schools, presents the ^^H|H |v VlcDanlel. ^^^BSHf|| ship award. Peyton T. Hairston, principal of Mineral Springs Junior High School, presented the awards. The ceremony was attended by several school administrators and many parents and community f I K I ! ft i ^ ^ m ^&: :*<> ker and Marian Wilson. Lldren's styles. ITm^ -?8B nple... I1 jS * >. 'o : $1A your m m ^ GO >ring and summer handbags I 1 \ special group.. S3 and 85 | At ?rMk Parkway tt., La?t?Qion when you g So experience th? f stor?? awarywhara. Ai rvenings & open Sun. l-6pm. V The Chronicle, Thursday, June 7, 1984-Page A7 A ft S2Hp^^H|i|^Bb/'' *T^^ ;;>v uflHIIPMBSBSSHSfc^ ^^^VHRBHHHHHBMMr * ;cd8 ot the youth, she says she could never ihoto by James Parker). Center, Happy Hairston of the Los Angeles Lakers, Ike Hill of the Chicago Bears and numerous others who are doing well in various areas. It has been suggested by higher-ups in the field of education that she join the administrative ranks, but she says not only would it be a bother, it wouldn't allow her to be in direct contact with the students. "I don't like the concept of administration," says Friende. 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