I Page A6-The Chronicle, Thursday, August 30, V Close-Up Firemen fighting By AUDREY L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Nationwide, said Clarence Everhart, captain of the Marshall Street Engine Company No. 1, fire fighters are killed most often during false alarms. Locally, fire protection costs the city $645.36 each time a truck pulls out of a station, said Mary Johnson, assistant fire marshall in chatge-of com education-. -She-said ^ tilat cost '"isn't the primary concern of fire officials, preventing false ? alarmc ic 1 A l~? : J ^ uiuiiiij u. 111 s,y it udii^ciuu^, JUI1I1MJI1 NillU. Last Thursday, for the third year in a row, members of Engine Company No. l's fire fighting and aerial team played softball with the youths of Kimberly Park, hoping to maintain an open line of communication with them. There were numerous false alarms in the Kimberly Park neighborhood several years ago, particularly on Derry and Trade streets. Former Capt. Steve Sloan, now a batallion chief, came up with the idea of establishing a rapport with the neighborhood kids, educating them on fire safe ty ana prevention, and at the same time putting an end to the false alarms. "There was a marked decrease in the number of false alarms in Kimberly Park," said Everhart. "It's (the softball game) a fun thing for us and we think it's a fun thing for the neighborhood. "It lets them know we (fire fighters) are actual people,Hhe said. "Now if they pull a false alarm, they'll be pulling a false alarm on a friend." Terry Carter serves as coordinator for the com murmy activities fcngine Company No. 1 is involved Social Notes Haith-Jackson-1 The Haith-Jackson-Gunn se- v cond annual family reunion was I held Saturday, Aug. 18 at the * j home of Mrs. Guyrene C. Haith | of 3131 Flanders Drive. **1^1 "Accent the Occasions" was * * raHr | the theme for the reunion, which * \ | featured a carnival with a clown. ~ I v: d W Jennifer Brock was the host. Festivities continued with Sunday worship service at Middle ^ Mr Jfjm ? Fork Christian Church, where ( the Rev. William D. Elder is the Family members traveled from jfefc Plantation, Fla.; Napersville, 111.; Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta, Ga. and Columbus, Ohio. Local family members attending the reunion were Irene P. Hairston, Olivet Bynum, J.O. Williams, Mrs. Modesta Earl, Vashti McNeil, Mrs. Virginia Wiseman and the Rev. and Mrs. William D. Elder. 75 persons attend s Mamie Moore and William their home. McGill were hosts of the second Rounding ou annual Singletary family reunion a dinner for fai Aug. 11 and 12. iriends at the Festivities began with a cook- cafeteria on E. out at the home of Mr. and Mrs. The dinner Harold Moore of Whitfield brief progran Drive. selections by th ^ "7"""*' wd frier\4s were in attendance. -Local- -guest The Moores also hosted a lawn Bessie Allen, i breakfast Sunday, Aug. 12 at and Mrs. Jack People On The Move Robinson given As a part of Winston-Salem Robinson said State University's Faculty Study return, I hope Grant Program, assistant "It's just a s business professor Vernon Robin- doesn't end so< son has left for Washington, ... Piedmont D.C., where he will study at moted Fknie George Washington University. supervisor-mail The 28-year-old Los Angeles Sept. 1. native will work toward obtain- Roundtree, ing his doctorate in information mont in July 1( systems technology in the univer- and has held I sity's three-year Doctor of within the conBusiness Administration ? Pro- and mail room gram. position was bi Once he completes his studies, As supervh Robinson, who has been a Roundtree will member of the WSSU faculty for planning and ii two years, will return as a full mont's systemprofessor. and for staffinj "The university is growing," sonnel in the m i i \' 384 Pec Community Calendar, Close-Up, ; false alarms in. He said he believes the false alarm nranks are basically done "just for fun." Since the fire fighters have begun to go into the Kimberly Park area (on the fire engines) and develop a fellowship with the kids, Carter said attention has been tuned in more to the fire fighters, rather than on causing trouble for them. "They (the kids) like to see the lights," Carter s at &-' - itafecv -thrirtla y - * * J A ik jfl K The Haith-Jackson-Gunn Family 1 n? 1 i econa oingietary reu Mrs. Rudy Anderson Jr., Mrs. t the reunion was Glennie Hall, Miss Piccola Marnily members and row, Mrs. Mabel Hairston, Mrs. University Place Nettie L. Williams, Mrs. Beatrice Third Street. Sanders, Mrs. Ida Bohannon, also included a Mrs. Viola Gibson, Mrs. Virginia 1, with musical Marshall, Mrs. Peggy Bell, Mrs. e Ebemett Gospel Geraldine Evans, and Elder Moses E. Scat and family. Jill Williams, Mr. Ohio; Norfolk, Va.; ; Davis, Mr. and Washington, D.C.; California; " BAmI WBlU hame the program Robinson Fulton 3ner... " Airlines has pro- tion. T. Round tree to Roundtree is a native of I services effective Winston-Salem and received an associate of science degree from 29, joined Pied- Forsyth Technical Institute. She 374 as a mail clerk is presently enrolled in the High several positions Point College Continuing Educaipany's print shop tion Program and plans to comi. Her most recent plete her degree in business ad yer's assistant. ministration by May 1985... jor-mail services, ...Dorothy G. Fulton and J. be responsible for Lynne Upshaw have been elected nplementing Pied- assistant vice presidents at wide mail services Wachovia Bank and Trust. % and training per- Fulton, a native -of Winstonlail services opera- Salem, has been with Wachovia A m >ple Social Notes, Community News E2v^ A-j^1 HM wx ^ v,'Si- jj^^fl ^flL Jm] "\ i^flg^^fl^^t3WWflr*m? B i. Jr>-i x^r" / ' / ^V ^-tSj ^^^fl -?? -^j^^y^ny Br \J^Sla^2SMflHi*^&^V^?iHi The Firefighters and the Kimberley Park softball week, during their third annual match-up, that att (photo-by James Parker). t*. timistic at the start about whn wnnlH win ^ ti^. breaking game to lead in the 1-1 season standing. Gov. Jim Hunt, on a campaign swing through Winston-Salem, stopped by to warm up the mound before the game got underway. A suited Deputy Fire Chief Pete Harless hit a grounder for the fire fighters, but opted to let one of the tee-shirted ball players run the bases. Fire Chief Lester Ervin was also on hand to cheer the team on. Kimberly Park's team captain was 15-year-old Tim Deberry. "This is fun," he said. "Anything's better than staying at home doing nothing." fes reunion *' i-'in I ^M - - ?0 J *?>< K\t^ Florence, S.C.; Harrisburg, Pa., and New York. Gifts were presented to Mrs. Moore, to Mrs. Altheia Singletary of Winston-Salem (the I oldest living family member) and Washington, D.C., the youngest family memhff 11 nt i n&* riiiiunl pi! by B R.J. Reynolds and Mechanics I and Farmers Bank. .... H Upshaw Smart since 1969 and is manager of the support unit in data processing in I the Information Processing I Group. Upsha'w joined Wachovia in 1980 and is a cash management | consultant in Corporate Banking. I She is a native of South Brunswick, N.J., and a graduate of Duke University... ...Winston-Salem native Cheryl Bradshaw was recently hired as a special education coordinator at Northern High School Please see page A9 II * * I i ^?I?: % ^b^** a^pS^Sw^K^^Mfb^jt . bb ^ hJsl^^ \ fl n^^Hu ' "^L JP EZffj^^^^WjLp^^**.^ ?? < v ijv^ II %SIHI BBBBUBt BUBBL _VtA^fc' iJBwL... 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