Page A6-The Chronicle, Thursday, December 6,
Close-Up
Parks sees art as
By IRENE PERRY
Chronicle Staff Writer
The artistic works 01 a genius were brought to
Winston-Salem last week when the Urban Arts
Council sponsored <4A Weekend with Gordon
Parks."
Last Friday evening, a reception was held at the
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photographs, which were on display at Gallery 214
at Winston-Square. The show, entitled "Gordon
'7 /ttfve so much to say that I can spend
another lifetime saying it. "
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Parks Retrospective Exhibition of Photography,"
was viewed by more than 250 persons during the
opening night festivities.
The exhibit has been shown worldwide and spans
Parks' entire career, reflecting the eventful life of
an extraordinary man.
Anthony Brett, chairman of the Urban Arts Ad'
visory Board, presented Parks with a commemorative
plaque and read a proclamation from
Mayor Wayne Corpening declaring Nov. 30 as Gordon
Parks' Appreciation Day.
"Parks is an outstanding role model," Brett said.
"He demonstrated through achievements that one
can reach beyond his circumstances."
Lin wood Oglesby, the master of ceremonies,
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Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cuttirell Sr. of Welcome <
50th wedding anniversary with a Dec. 1 banquet
Salem Hilton Inn and a Dec. 2 reception at G
Church. The festivities were hosted by the co
Bertha Jones, Betty Hairston, Joan Crawford, W
Claude Cuthrell Jr., David Cuthrell and Larry Cui
the children's spouses and the couple's 27 gn
and Mrs. Cuthrell also have 16 great-grandchild
Hamilton celebrates first birthd;
Richard Vance Hamilton Guests feasti
celebrated his first birthday on cake and other
Saturday, Nov. 17, at the home guests includec
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. India K. Brim,
Richard Hamilton. Corie and Bers
Carver High to present concerts
The Carver Music Department at Ashley Mil
will present a Christmas concert before Carver
at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. faculty.
17, sponsored by the school's The Carve
PTA. Honors Choru
Mrs. Frances S. Weaver is the TV station W]
choral director. Day at a time j
The department also will per- ed. The perfoi
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Funding symposium set for A&l
GREENSBORO ? More than make a special j
a dozen federal and state agencies meeting,
with millions of dollars to award Agencies re]
for research were expected to par- symposium wei
ticipate in the 11th annual Ex- - U.S. Departmei
tramural Funding Symposium at Urban Develc
N.C. A&T State University, Patterson Air
which started yesterday and will National Aeror
conclude today. Administration
More than 50 representatives Cancer Institi
and area university and college Resources Resc
faculty members were expected to University o
. participate in the symposium. National In
the National
Marvin Watkins, director of vironmental He
the Office of Research Ad- N.C. Board
ministration at A&T, which Technology, tl
sponsored the meeting, said the ment of Tramp
symposium wouia proviae racui- tional Science
ty members a chance to discuss N.C. Arts Coui
research ideas with represen- Endowment fc
tatives of the agencies. U.S. Army Res
Mendy L. Gragg, manager of Federal Aviatio
contract support for Battelle- the Environm
Pacific Northwest Laboratories Agency an<
in Richland, Washington, was to Biotechnology <
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photographer's humble beginnings.
Parks, born in a small Kansas town to a poor farming
family, became a director of major motion
pictures and won an Oscar. Although he never
graduated from college, he has received IS honorary
doctorate degrees and numerous awards for his
writing, photography and musical compositions.
He first received recognition for his
photography, which became well known during his
20 years with Life magazine.
He was the first black man to win a Julius Rosenwald
Fellowship to study photography - an event
that changed his life. He used the fellowship to go
to Washington in 1942 and work with Roy Stryker
on the Farm Security Administration's program to
photograph America during World War II.
Parks photographed piercing, exceptional scenes
of America and other parts of the world - from
Bessie Fontenelleh in the welfare office to Bettina
modeling Paris fashions. His photograph^ have
portrayed Harlem Street gangs, the American civil
rights movement and personalities such as Gloria
Vanderbilt and Muhammad Ali.
Parks said he thoroughly enjoys writing poetry
and presently considers writing to be the most important
thing in his life. When he decides to write a
book, Parks said he first writes several volumes of
poems.
"I don't want to be remembered as the name of
Gordon Parks," he said. "I want to be remembered
in books, music, writing or painting ... writing is
inuai unpuruiiii iu me. 11 is my greaiesi mrui.
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APAs to noti
^ ^JK The Winston-Salem Brothers
"TM of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
V the oldest predominantly black
^ Greek-letter fraternity, will
d celebrate the fraternity's
4 Founders' Day on Sunday, Dec.
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Participants will include the
graduate brothers of Alpha Pi
celebrated their Lambda Chapter and the college
at the Winston- brothers of Winston-Salem State
ioodwill Baptist and Wake Forest,
uple's children,
illie Cuthrell Sr. As part ?*" l^e celebrations, the ,
thr?ii aQ va/oII Alphas, their families and guests
indchildren. Mr. wiU attend the 11 am- worship
iren service at St. Paul United
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refreshments. The / / Mj
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, Marcus Jordan, Tf$'~! ? I Jf,
etta Hamilton. ^ ^ 3 J |.
ddle School and
students and J jlllllBBIlflll/
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KII on Christmas
ret to be announc'mance
was taped historic, antique-laden J.I*
x ia Street will be featured by the F<
,jts annual."Holiday House'-'-a^
day, Dec. 9.
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it of Housing and Council will sponsor its annual
>pment, Wright- Christmas Holiday House tour
Force Base, the on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2
lautics and Space p.m.until 6 p.m.
l, the National j^s year?s tour ^ fea^e the
ate, the Water historic J.H. Hairston home at
arch Institute of 1412 East 14th St
f North Carolina,
stitute of Health, The home is a 10-room, twoInstitute
of En- ll0USC built morc t*ian 62
lalth Services, the years 880 81,(1 is fiUed with 8nt>of
Science and quc furnishings. The ovalle
U.S. Depart- shaped, glass, front door is the
ortation, the Na- original one, as are the
Foundation, the chandeliers in each room.
ncil, the National Other antiques are the old,
>r the Arts, the wood-burning, cook stove in the
learch Office, the kitchen, high-posted beds and
n Administration, high-back rocking chairs,
ental Protection The Hairston home is one of
d the N.C. only a few historic homes left on
Center. 14th Street.
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Modern-day Renaissance man Gordon Parks:
whose photographs are the subject of a local S
graced us with his presence last week (photo I
"I find it kind of a challenge to write, but 1 think
that my rush to the typewriter says something ... If 1
had not lived and suffered, there would not be
anything to write about. 1 have so much to say that
I can spend another lifetime saying it."
Maya Angelou eloquently recited several poems
that Parks had written, calling him "my hero and
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Methodist Church. At 5 p.m., the l%r"~
Alpha brothers, their wives and
guests will gather in the Red
Room at Winston-Salem State's w\
Kennedy Dining Hall for a
Founders' Day banquet. I ^Ajtpresen
Brother fcudolplv fifiB2ri3ts, B
the state director of Alpha Phi Atty residents
Alpha, will be the guest speaker. #fth a federi
The college brothers will com- legislation bet
memorate the fraternity's -lifetlltfte^
founders, and the brothers of
Alpha Pi Lambda will || ThePoIol
memorialize the chapter's deceas- " games at 7t3C
ed brothers. It is anticipated that I players and h
60 to 75 brothers, wives and Krdr more inf<
guests will attend the banquet.
" I residents havi
i. Hairston home on East 14th
ourth District Garden Council as 1
d-wW beopen for tours on Suns
Holiday House tour ^
Before 1965, East Winston was ? Ihe^ttWfy Hi
filled with historic homes that ; WlkW hf cti
since have been torn down by ur- C'* ?
ban renewal programs.
J.H. Hairston was an officer
of the Safe Bus Co., which was
owned and operated by blacks. jp|
Each year, the 12-club council
sponsors a Christmas Holiday # The Bast
House tour featuring decorated tnitnity meetfc
homes in the community. The Hous
theme for the Hairston house is
"An uia-rasnionea ^nnstmas."
Children of the J.H. Hairston
family are Mrs. Clara Camp,
Mrs. Elsie McKoy, Mr. William MtMGMMflir
Hairston, Mr. Marshall Hairston
and Miss Gwendolyn Hairston.
All of the children and their
families plan to attend the tour. MWHppH
Mrs. Kenneth R. Williams is disiftlt/Of a
president of the Fourth District
Garden Council.
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by James Parker).
friend." %
After the reading, Parks told the his audience,
"Whatever I have done ... I did it because I wanted
to be somebody and 1 set out to do it."
He has not developed a single, basic theme during
the many years of his illustrious career. But if there
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