Another plaza planned From Page A1
The land on which Eastway
Plaza would sit is owned by the
city and has been vacant for the
last 13 years, Mr. Brandon said.
Appraisers are presently trying to
tack a dollar amount to the land,
he said.
J. Allen Joines, director of the
city's Development Office, said,
"We suspect that its value is
between $15,000 and $20,000 an
acre, and that's based on a recent
appraisal of the New Walkertown
(Market shopping center loca
tion). This site is a little rougher
in typography, so it won't be val
ued as high as New Walkertown."
This project represents an
opportunity to provide much
needed economic development in
East Winston, said Mr. Brandon,
who worked with the city's Com
munity Development program for
16 years before leaving to seek
his own fortune after he'd been
"bit by the entrepreneur bug." A
year and a half ago he opened a
barbecue restaurant.
"I saw the need (for develop
ment) in East Winston-Salem a
long time ago, before it hit the
newspapers," Mr. Brandon said.
"I guess it's just a blessing from
the Lord to be working on a pro
ject of this caliber."
He has spoken with represen
tatives in the city's Development
Office and they have been quite
receptive to the project, Mr. Bran
don said.
"We're securing a bank loan
and some UDAG (Urban Devel
opment Action Grant) funds from
the city and ... we will put some
money in ourselves/* Mr. Bran
don said, adding that he will offi
cially present his proposal to the
city Board of Aldermen during its
June 5 meeting.
"We plan to buy the property
straight out from the city," he
continued. "We don't want some
thing where the city can come in
on the tail end and own 20 per
cent of the project."
Mr. McDonald and Brenda
McDonald Poage, his daughter
and manager of McDonald's
Cafeteria, said they are impressed
with Mr. Brandon's plans and
look at the venture as a way for
them to expand the family busi
ness . Adjoining their cafeteria is
the Best Western McDonald's Inn,
a 15, (XX) square feet motel with
105 rooms and five levels. The
McDonald goldmine is located in
West Charlotte, the city's predom
inantly Afro-American section,
but has attracted members of all
races, Mr. McDonald said.r The
cafeteria is known for its "home
style" cooking. It serves break
fast, lunch, dinner and late night
suppers.
"This is the way we're going
to grow, by finding people in their
hometowns who want us there,"
Mr. McDonald said.
"I think it's a great plan," said
Mrs. Poague. "1 think it's really
fascinating and i think you all
(Afro-Americans in the city) will
greatly benefit from it."
Although some projects
planned for East Winston have
had difficulty getting loans from
financial institutions, Mr.
McDonald and Mr. Brandon said
they aren't anticipating those
problems.
"I've approached some banks
in Greensboro and it looks pretty
well," Mr. Brandon said, adding
he decided to talk to banks in that
city because more minorities are
in that business there.
"You don't have to beg any
more for money," Mr. McDonald
added. "These institutions want
us, they need us now. All they
needed was someone like me,
who went in and made a success
of my business - by the grace of
God ? and now they are begging
to give me money.
"They (whites) are realizing
there's money out there in the
black community and they're
eager to take chances and try ft
out. Money is going to open up
and begin to fall out of the sky for
btaclc^eople."
Mr. Brandon admits that,
with a success story like Mr.
McDonald being in on his project,
he shouldn't have a problem
acquiring finances for the plaza.
Mr. McDonald has been in the
food business since 1937. On the
average, his cafeteria serves about
1 ,000 people per day.
The first level of the facility
will be built on about 19,000
square feet, Mr. Brandon said.
The meeting center, taking up
700-800 square feet, will be locat
ed on the second level, he said.
Service-oriented businesses ?
barber shops, beauty salons, video
rental stores, real estate offices,
specialty boutiques and profes
sional offices ? round out the rest
of the plaza's occupants, he said.
A market analysis, feasibility
study and revenue projection has
been done on the planned facility
and those items will show the city
and* financial backers that theirs
is a serious endeavor capable of
making millions, Mr. Brandon
said.
His is the second major
developmental project planned
for East Winston, and Mr. Bran
don said he hopes other Afro
Americans will follow suit. New
Walkertown Market, a communi
ty shopping center to be located
off New Walkertown Road
between Gerald Street and
Dellabrook Road, is being devel
oped by Turner Development Ser
vices.
"i don't foresee another shop
ping center as competition," Mr.
Brandon, 45, said. "I see it as
complementary. It makes you do
a better job. We, as blacks, need
to learn and appreciate that. We
also need to learn how to net
work. We hope this project will
educate black people that it may
be inconvenient, but it's necessary
to do business with a black."
Mr. Brandon said he had
hoped the project would be com
pleted and ready for business by
December 1989. However, after
consulting with Mr. McDonald,
he conceded that the cafeteria
portion would be ready by the
spring or summer of 1990.
"There's no way we can lose
with this project," Mr. McDonald
said, "with his (Mr. Brandon's)
knowledge of this area and
because he puts God above every
thing he does."
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Versell Fuller files Chapter 7
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Leigh Rose of 1040 Arbor Road,
Mrs.Elsie D.Popkinof 740 Arbor
Road; MtSk Deborah Coleman King
of 2883 Robinhood Road, and Mrs.
Restitution was ordered in the
amounts of $1,930 for Mrs. McGill,
$4,297 for Mrs. Popkins, $1,000 for
Mrs. King, and $500 for Mrs. Rose,
according to Mr. Miller. Mrs. Rose
had claimed losses of more than
$142,000.
Mr. Miller said the bankruptcy
petition was filed in response to the
civil suits filed by Mrs. McGill and
Mrs. Rose. He said that the Integon
Corporation had filed the suit
against Mrs. Fuller in behalf of Mrs.
McGill.
"Since they were unsuccessful
in sending her to jail, they are tak
ing another tact, " said Mr. Miller.
Mrs. Fuller's case turned into a
cause celebre as many Afro-Ameri
^ans-raHied to her defense and
charged that she was being unjustly
accused. Her supporters maintained
that law enforcement officials
allowed Mrs. Fuller's accusers -- all
of whom are white -- to search Mrs.
Fuller's home.
The supporters also accused
law officers of trapping Mrs. Fuller
into signing a confession.
A group called Black Women
for Justice was formed to assist
Mrs. Fuller. The organization,
chaired by Dr. Dolly McPherson,
associate professor of English at
Wake Forest University, held sever
al rallies and collected donations to
ftggisj in Mrs. Fuller's defense.
Mr. Miller expressed disap^
pointment at the poor level of finan
cial support
muster.
"She got a lot of vocal support,
but not many people were willing to
help pay her legal expenses," said
Mr. Miller.
He acknowledged that some
people in the Afro-American com
munity were not happy with Mrs.
Fuller's plea of "no contest," but he
said that Mrs. Fuller was not finan
cially able to fight a long legal bat
de.
"I believe that (the lack of finan
cial support) is because so many peo
ple in the community don't under
stand the plea (no contest)/' said Dr.
McPherson. They assumed that it
means guilty and it's interesting that
they didn't make that assumption with
Dr. McPherson said that Black
Women for Justice had been on
hold for about two months while
she finished writing a book about
local celebrity Maya Angelou ?
who had also rallied to Mrs. Fuller's
defense.
"Next week, however, we will
plan some other things to raise
funds for Mrs. Fuller," said Dr.
McPherson.
Under the Chapter 7 petition,
Mrs. Fuller will continue to pay her
other creditors and to make restitu
tion, said Dr. McPherson.
Thompson announces appointment of Vickers as director of education
Chancellor Cleon F. Thompson A native of Ridgeville, Ala., Dr. Vickers joined WSSU's school systems across the state. She
Jr. recently announced the appoint- Dr. Vickers earned her bachelor's department of education in 1969 also has served as a program evalu ?
ment of Dr. Lelia L. Vickers as degree in English from Miles Col- and has taught reading and school atorfor the National Council for the
director of the division of education lege and her master's degree iiL psychology. Her professional expe- Accreditation of Teacher Education^
at Winston-Salem State University, reading from Atlanta University, riences include serving as a consul- - Programs. Dr. Vickers also is the
The appointment becomes effective She received her doctorate in read- tant for the State Department of author of several articles in the area
July 1. ing from Duke University. Public Instruction and for several of reading.
Applications for hardship transfers to be available beginning June 12
New applications for hardship
transfers from one school to another
in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School System will be
available beginning Monday, June
12.
Students are assigned to school
based on their parents' residence.
Board of Education policy permits
hardship transfers based on four
categories of hardship; health of the
student, not parent; permanent
change of residence; severe hard
ship; and working parent child care
for students in grades K-8.
Transfers are subject to severity
of documented need, available
space and the racial composition of
the school or grade level requested.
No transfers will be granted based
on preference or convenience alone.
All application forms will be
available beginning Monday, June
12 at any school and at the
Administrative Center, 1605 Miller
St. Instructions and information
about eligibility, required documen
tation and appeal procedure are pro
vided with the forms.
Parents should mail the com
pleted application in the envelope
provided to the Office of Student
Services - Pupil Assignment and
may expect a decision by mail with
in two or three weeks.
A notarized signature is
required.
Incomplete required documen
tation will delay processing.
Two Winston-Salem residents among Morehouse College grads to hear Boesak
Carl Lee Cloud III and Kerry
Doran March of Winston-Salem
were among the 1989 Morehouse
College graduates during com
mencement ceremonies held Sun
day, May 21.
Mr. Cloud received a degree in
communications and Mr. March
received a degree in economics.
Dr. Allan Aubrey Boesak,
director of the Foundation for Peace
and Justice, Kasselsvlei, South
Africa, was the commencement
speaker. He is known throughout
the world for his preaching and out- calaureate sermon Saturday, May
spoken stance against South African 20.
apartheid.
Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, execu- Family members and friends of
tive minister of Abyssinian Baptist the graduates from the Winston -
Church in New York and a More- Salem area were on hand for the
house alumnus, delivered the bac- commencement activities.
Free clothing giveaway announced
The Lillie B. Johnson Mission- out any forms, etc. Just pick out
ary Circle of the St. Peter's World what you need and they're yours.
Outreach Center will be giving
away free used clothes and shoes
for men, women and children Satur
day, June 3, at 9 a.m. at 1031 N.
Highland Ave.
You will not be required to fill
Minister Gladys Lowery is
president of the Missionary Circle.
For more information call 722
2285.
Russell Agency works with PLANTomorrow
The Russell Agency is working
with the PLANTomorrow commit
tee to develop materials launching a
tree-planting drive to replace coun
ty trees destroyed by a tomado and
thunderstorms May 5.
The PLANTomorrow commit
tee was founded by Winston-Salem
residents Prnay Shaw and Randolph
Homer.
For more information call Tim
Webb at 727-0314.
The committee plans a county
wide fall planting festival.
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Insurance Co.
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Insurance is handled and
processed by local agent
Jack C. Ibraham , State
Manager and Life-time
Winston-Salem resident.
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