Fire, police departments
to celebrate black history
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The city's Fire and
Police departments will hold
Black History Month pro
grams this week.
On Friday, Feb. 18, at
11:30 a.m.. the four surviv
ing members of the city's
first integrated fire station
will be the guests of honor at
the Fire Department's Black
History Month Celebration.
It will be held at the Diggs
Gallery, 601 S. Martin
Luther King Jr. Dr., on the
campus of Winston-Saleln
State University.
Raphael O. Black, Willie
J. Carter, Robert L. Grier
and John Roi Thomas, the
surviving members of the
group of eight black fire
fighters the city hired in
1951 . are scheduled to be at
the celebration.
2011 marks the 60th
anniversary of the establish
ment of the integrated fire
company in 1951 at Station
No. Four on Dunleith
Avenue. The eight black
firefighters joined seven
white firefighters who vol
unteered to served with
them. It was the first fire sta
tion in North Carolina to be
Alean Sims
integrated.
Speakers at the celebra
tion include Mayor Allen
Joines; Northeast Ward
Council Member and Mayor
Pro Tempore Vivian H.
Burke, the chair of the
Public Safety Committee;
East Ward Council Member
Derwin L. Montgomery and
Fife Chief Antony Farmer.
The Winston-Salem
Police Department will
honor a retired detective, a
community supporter, and
the winners of its Black
History Month coloring and
essay contests during its 2nd
annual Black History Month
Celebration at 3 p.m. on
Sunday. Feb. 20 at the Hanes
Hosiery Recreation Center,
501 Reynolds Blvd.
At the program, retired
Police Detective Alean Sims
will be recognized for her
contributions. Sims served
the Police Department for
more than 28 years and was
one of the department's first
female African-American
detectives. Mattie Young, a
resident in Cleveland
Avenue Homes who has
invested many years in help
ing the Police Department
reduce crime in her commu
nity, will be presented the
department's Community
Service Award.
The school children who
won the department's Black
History Month coloring and
essay contests will also be
recognized, and the Wake
Forest University Gospel
Choir will perform.
Both events are open to
the public. Mayor Allen
Joines and Mayor Pro
Tempore Vivian H. Burke
are slated to speak at both
events.
Fresh Fire Worship to
celebrate anniversary
SIM CIA I . TO THE CHRONICLE
Fresh Fire Worship
Center will celebrate its
Fourth Church Anniversary
from Feb. 20 - 27.
Speakers will include
Apostle Brenda J. McCloud
ot Greater
Tabernacle
Worship
Center on
Feb. 20 at
4 p.m.;
Bishop
A n d r i a n
Starks of
World
Vision
Jessup
International Church of
Greensboro on Feb. 23 at
7:30 p.m.: Pastor Shannon
Jessup of Second New
Bethel Church on Feb. 24 at
7:30 p.m.; and Bishop
Manwell Grady of Potter's
House of Greensboro on
Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Anniversary events will con
clude on Sunday, Feb. 27 at
4 p.m. with Bishop
Cremedy and Temple of
The McClouds
Glory Ministries of
Winston-Salem.
Fresh Fire Worship
Center is a ministry that
believes in family and
equipping individuals for
success in life through the
word of God. Pastor Phillip,
and First Lady Michette
McCloud serve as senior
pastors.
The church is located at
20 Barber St., off South
Main Street and behind the
Nitty Gritty Restaurant.
For more information,
call the church at 36-833
4208.
IN MEMORIAM
SCALES
On February 12, 2011,
Jenny V. Snow Scales
passed away at
Regency Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga. She was
one hundred years old.
Ms. Scales was born in
Winston-Salem, NC,
attended local schools,
and graduated from
Winston-Salem
Teachers College, now
Winston-Salem State
University, with a B.A.
in Education. Upon
graduating, she taught
in various Forsyth
County schools. She
married James Henry
Scales of Tobaccoville,
N. C., and moved to
New York City, where
she was employed as a
Librarian while attend
ing Columbia
University. Moving to
Bridgeport,
Connecticut, she again
worked as a
Librarian, then resume
d her teaching career as
a Home Economics
teacher in the public
school system for over
twenty years.
Mrs. Scales was prede
ceased by her husband
of 49 years* James
Henry Scales. She is
remembered with love
and admiration by her
daughters, Snow
Suzanne Scales Turner
of New Haven, Conn.,
and Kate Scales Little
of Atlanta, Ga., grand
sons Jerome Turner of
Connecticut, Warren
Turner of Tennessee,
Khari Little of Atlanta,
Kimani Little of
Washington. DC and
two great grandchil
dren, as well as nieces,
June Soares and
Beryl (Bobby)
Mankins of Winston
Salem, Sadie Miller of
Connecticut, Addie L.
Martin of Maryland,
Mary Louise Mims of
Henderson, Otellia
(James) Steward of
Georgia, nephews
Richard (Betty) Snow
of California, Robert
(Annetta) Wells of
Alaska, Preston (Jean)
Wells, Sr. of Virginia,
James (Patti) Payne of
Florida, and other rela
tives and in laws.
A Memorial Service
will take place on
Saturday, Feb. 19,
2011, at 1 p.m. at
Saints Home United
Methodist Church,
1390 Thurmond Street,
Winston-Salem, NC
with Rev. Ronnie
Roseboro officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests a con
tribution to Winston
Salem State University
in her name.
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