Police Review Board Concerned
Abjout Image in Community
L Some want a black
to be vice chairman
By DAVID L DELLARD
Chronidt Suff Writer
In its first official meeting, the
Citizens Police Review Board
decided to keep a distance from
police and remain sensitive to issues
affecting the black community.
The majority of board members
(9 to 2) voted not to participate in
the police ride-along program for
fear of appearing too close with
police.
"We don't want to give the
com munily the impression that
we're in bed with the police," board
member Robert R. Sowers said.
"That would be (the community's)
perception.There's too much to be
lost and nothing to be gained."
Board members were con
cerned with the community's per
ception of their seifeitivity to
African Americans. Rick W. Gray, a
black member, suggested the board's
leadership be distributed across
racial lines.
"To keep both sides of the com
munity in mind, 1 think that if we
have a white chairman, then the vice
chairman should be black," Gray
said.
"It's a matter of perception,"
said white board member Charlie C.
Bolton. "That's something we
should think about."
Chairman Tom Lowe, who is
white, said that still wouldn't create
balance because there were no rules
set aside for women.
"I really don't care who it is,"
Gray continued. "I think the nomi
nating committee should keep that
in mind because we would have to
answer to the public."
The nominating committee,
made up of Gray, Bolton, and Bea
L. Ackenbom-Kelly, a female mem
ber, will present nominations for
vice chairman at the next meeting.
Board members were also given
lips to help them answer questions
from the media. Assistant City
Attorney Angela Carmon instructed
the board to keep their comments to
a minimum and not to discuss com
plaints in public because they would
be reviewing matters that could
result in disciplinary action against a
city employee.
The board will have a mock
trial at its next meeting on June 24
to give board members experience
at hearing complaints.
Virginia Stewart (left) presents gifts to flower show judges.
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Ch larks Shore's "Curly Boston Fern" won the Hor
ticultural Excellence Award.
"It's a Small World Flower Garden " won an award
in the Youth Division.
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Katie Hatcher's "Roadside Beauty" won the Award vf
Distinction. It also won the Best in the Show Award.
Doris Hartsfltld's^A Joyous Easter " won the Trf
Color Award.
The Fourth District Garden
Council Holds Flower Show
The Fourth District Garden
Council held its Annual Standard
Flower Show last Saturday at the
Rupert Bell Community Center. The
theme for the show was "The Magic
of Spring." It included a memorial
service honoring deceased presi
dents of the council and the federa
tion.
Virginia Stewart served as
chairperson of the flower show.
Edythe Williams is the president of
the Fourth District Garden Council.
The judges for the show were
members of the Garden Club Coun
cil of Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County. They were: Robert McMil
lan, William Dixson, T.C. Ffx,
Robert Churchill, R.F. Jones, James
Price, Bruce Adams, Fred
Smithdeal, Charles Hauser and
Robert Chambers.
Exhibits in the Design Division
were staged in a niche 32 inches
wide, 40 inches high and 18 inches
deep. There were 12 exhibits using
fresh plant materials in Section A of
the division and 12 using dried or
tinted plant materials in Section B
of the division.
A design by Doris Hartfield
entitled "A Joyous Easter" won the
Tri-Color Award for the best design
in Section A of the division using
fresh plant materials.
Katie Hatcher's "Roadside
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Beauty" won the Award of Distinc
tion for the best design in Section B
of the Design Division using dried
or tinted materials. The entry also
wort the Best of the Show Award.
Hartfield's and Ruth Washing
ton's "Two Special Ladies - Cele
brating a Birthday" entry won the
Creativity Award for the best of the
table settings for two using a 36^
inch round table.
Ch lories Shore's "Curly Boston
Fern" won the Horticultural Excel
lence Award. Shore also won a
Merit Award and 20 ribbons for her
various entries.
In the Youth Division, Valencia
Watson's "Miniature Magic in Air/'
a miniature hanging design in a geo
metric construction, and Christine
Upson's "It's a Small World Flower
garden," a replica of a Flower Gar-^
den, won first prizes in the division.
A solemn ceremony honoring
deceased presidents of the Fourth
District Garden Council and the
North Carolina Federation of Gar
den Clubs was also held.
Deceased N.C. Federation pres
idents honored were Madie Hall
Xuma, Mamie Faithful and Romelia
Mason. Fourth District Garden
Council presidents honored were
Thelma Smalls, Romelia Mason and
Janie Thomas.
Lecture Series to be Held
The East Winston Branch
Library will hold a lecture series
June 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. nightly. Top
ics to be discussed include "How to
Save the Black Family" "How to
Save the Black Church," and "How
Black Fathers Should Relate to the
Male Child."
The lectures are free and open
to the public. For information call
V.L. Brooks at 721-1004 or 724
7646.
Area Business from page A1
the total community," Lee said in an
interview this week.
Lee, the only black General
Motors dealer in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia, is suc
cessful because he offers himself
challenges: he plans to rank 50th on
the list next year, and by 1998 he
says he hopes to become the No. 1
black automobile dealer in the
nation.
"I'm trying to be a role
model for African Americans," Lee
said. "I refuse to fail. I'm not a
rocket scientist, but I know how to
make things happen."
Joe Louis Dudley Sr., chief
executive officer ofl)udley Prod
ucts, was out of town and unavail
able for comment
Other North Carolina compa
nies also made the list. Metrolina
Dodge Inc. of Charlotte was ranked
No. 13 with sales at $43 million
annually. Plaza Ford-Lincoln-Mef
cury Inc. of Lexington ranked No.,
100 with sales of SI 3 million.
Country Glub from page A1
me."
Sterling Jarden, manager of
Forsyth Country Club, located at^
1301 Country Club Road, did not
return repeated telephone messages
at his home and office.
Joining a popular country club
is not chcap. A one-time initiation
fee for joinihg any of the major
country clubs, including Forsyth
Country Club, can range between
$15,000 and $20,000.
William H. Tatum, president of
the local National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, said the country club's admis
sion of a black member is not sig
nificant.
"I would think it's something
that a lot of blacks arc not aspiring
to want to be a part of," Tatum said.
"I don't think it can be seen as a sig
nificant gain to us. Black people
have a lot more to accomplish than
wanting to be a part of the Forsyth
Country Club. Some people might
care about it I couldn't care less."
Poitier
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others.-:
But perhaps just as impres
sive as the star-studded list of
celebrities was the contribution
from a local corporate sponsor.
James W. Johnston, chairman
and chief executive officer of
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
attracts will spend $3-$4 million,
and that it was important to make
sure the visitors "have a Rood
time so they can't wait to come
back."
The 1989 and 1991 festivals
attracted more than 20,000 peo
ple. The festival is a mixture of
announced at the kick-off event a
$125,000 contribution from his
company. .
"The National Black Theatre
f , V
Festival deserves our support," he
said, because the festival
"focuses national attention on
Winston-Salem."
He saiu that the festival
performances, workshops, semi
nars and informal gatherings.
Larry Leon Hamlin, the pro
ducer and artistic director of the
festival and founding director of
the North Carolina Black Reper
tory Company, said: "This is
indeed going to be the most
exciting festival to date."
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