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Three more names, including
that of one black female, were
added to the growing list of candidates
filing for the city/county
school board this week, while the
first Republican candidate for
district attorney filed in Raleigh.
Among those filing to run for
school board was Naomi W.
Jones, who filed Wednesday as a
Democratic candidate for one of
the five seats available this year
on the board.
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chairman of the Black Political
Awareness League (BPAL) and a
member of the state Black
Leadership Caucus. She is also a
member of the executive board of
the local NAACP, chairman of
the Carver School precinct, and a
commissioner with the WinstonSalem
Housing Authority. This is
her first attempt at elected public
office.
Her platform includes restudying
an elementary-school extended
day, improving bus safety and
.reviewing the discipline and
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statement.
"Although I retired from the
school system last year," Mrs.
Jones said, "I'm still interested in
children. I think I can bring
something new to the board..
"I would like to see more aggressive
involvement of the
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adopted the name William Lord.
The brothers were white, but
John Warner owned movie
theaters in Greenville's black
district and frequently booked
minstrel shows, athletic events
and other forms of entertainment
for primarily black audWh?e$." '
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was one of the hottest places for
black entertainment on the East
Coast," Albright said. Louis
Armstrong, Cab Calloway and
Earl "Fatha" Hines all played on
"the Block" on Albemarle
Street, known for its fashionable
entertainment.
Warner was known to ctrnil
around Greenville with a movie
camera, shooting footage of the
town's everyday happenings. *
In 1947, William Lord and
-* John Warner pooled resources
and began making movies. The
first, "Greenville on Parade,"
was a documentary of town life
and has been lost. The second
was "Pitch a Bopgie Woogie"
and starred Herman Forbes and
Tom Foreman, a longtime Greenville
community leader who died
in 1977. The two portrayed
chums who muse about opening a
nightclub and then dream of the
good times they would have
there.
"The film has that dream of
being a star, of making great
movies or books ? a dream that
so many people have," Albright
i said.
/ Much of the film consists of
singing, tap-dancing, soft-shoe
and mildly exotic dance routines
by scantily dressed women,
"The type of dance depicted
was the kind of thing we saw in
the traveling minstrel shows,"
said Forbes, now a retired
elementary school teacher from
High Point who was chosen
North Carolina teacher of the
year in 1975.
Before "Pitch a Boogie
Woogie" could be released to
black theaters around the country,
Warner had a quarrel with a
distributor, and the film never
got outside North Carolina j|Qd
South Carolina.
Lord-Warner Productions
dissolved in 1949,
Albright hopes to tour the state
with the film and present fectures
on black history. He has received
the support of many black officials
in Greenville.
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cess,*' she said. "Also, we need a
higher degree of school spirit
among faculty, parents and
students."
Mrs. Jones also said more
adult drivers are needed for the
school bus system. "The statistics
show that more accidents have
occurred with student drivers,"
she said.
Also filing for school board
scats were J. Warren Steen on
Friday and Phillip J. Lanier on
Wednesday. Both filed as
Democrats, bringing the number
November's elections will h^1H
March 6.
According to a press release,
-Steen has been actively involved
in the public schools. He currently
serves on advisory councils for
Community Schools and the
Developmental Economic Education
Program.
"I have only one goal," the
statement read, "and that is to
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Steen is executive director of
the Greater Winston-Salem
Chamber of Commerce Foundation
and group manager of public
affairs and communications at
the Chamber of Commerce.
Republican H. Dwight Nelson
is the first to announce his intention
to oppose incumbent
Democrat Donald Tisdale for
district attorney. Nelson filed in
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Tisdale, 44If anything, his shortcomings
have been his public
relations.'*
Nelson also said he expects
black support.
44I think I'm going to offer
black voters an alternative to Mr.
Tisdale if I get the nomination of
my party," he said.
Nelson had said in a prepared
statement that, 4'justified or not,
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the present district attorney. My
purpose ... is to restore confidence
in our district attorney's
office."
Nelson also said he will seek
" improved cooperation between
the district attorney's office and
law enforcement officialsif
elected.
Filing last Wednesday for
county commissioner was WSJS
radio announcer Wayne G.
Willard. Willard filed as a
Democrat.
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deal never was finalized.
Though Willis has been out of t
and was unavailable for comment,
at his Norfolk office confirmed
purchase the Thomasville station. I
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should be final by the end of this
cited the reasons that prompted W
buy WTNC. ~ 1 . *
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WTNC. Brickhouse said one of tl
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from Macedonia Point.
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own on business Brickhouse said Willis plans to program
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traditional gospel music.
allowing of his Brickhouse also said that it is Willis' policy to
said. "WTNC is staff his stations with personnel from within the) .
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l's location was station and will be aimed largely at Winston-Salem.
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major advan- paign, Brickhouse did say that Willis will make an
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