Black Chamber to salute founders
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Ed McCarUr
Miriam McCarter
The Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce will hold
several programs this week and next week.
This evening (Thursday, Feb. 20) at 7 p.m. at Carolina's
Vineyards and Hops, 1111 S. Marshall St., a mixer will be held.
Members and non-members are welcome.
In observance of Black History Month, the founders of the
Winston-Salem Black Chamber, Ed and Miriam McCarter,
along with other charter members, will be feted on Monday,
Feb. 24 from 7-9 p.m. at Carolina's Vineyards and Hops. A dis
play celebrating the city's current and former black business
successes will be on display and light refreshments will be
served.
On Tuesday, Feb. 25 from noon-1 p.m., the Chamber will
host its first "Lunch-n- Learn" program at the Enterprise Center,
1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Shawn WiHiams of the
Wealth Management Division of Mechanics and Farmers Bank
will discuss financial issues relevant to businessowners and
ministry leaders. The cost for lunch is $10.
Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce memberships
and renewals are $50 for the month of Febuary.
For more information, call Randon Pender at 336-575
2006.
Photos by Lay la C iarms
Above: Mistress of
Ceremonies Angela
Wilder recognizes
Magnificent
Seniors members
(from left): Leo
Adams, Lillie Love,
Oshia Reid and
Doretha Shannon.
Left: Attendees help
themselves to a
sumptuous spread.
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The 74-year-old entre
preneur and R.J. Reynolds
retiree said he selected
Hospice as the beneficiary
of the $35-a-plate event
because he has experienced
the organization's good
works firsthand.
"My wife died in
2000," explained the father
of five, "(and) they were
there with us, every step of
the way."
Adams has many fond
Valentine's Day memories
of his late wife Jeanette.
"Valentine's was a very
special day for her and I
because we got married at a
very early age. My wife
was 15 years-old when I
married her, and I had just
turned 18," he related. "We
didn't have a lot, but we
really celebrated, her and
I."
The ball brought back
bittersweet memories for
many attendees. Gloria
Mclver said her last
Valentine's Day with her
longtime husband William
was perhaps her most
memorable. Mclver said
she thought her husband
had forgotten to buy her a
gift.
"Everywhere I went in
the house, he had written
on little sticky notes. He
had written little love sto
ries all over the house,
everywhere he thought I
would go," she said of her
husband of 17 years, who
passed away suddenly one
week later. "...I still have
them up. 1 didn't take them
down."
That small gesture
proved to be far more valu
able than anything money
could buy, Mclver said, and
was indicative of the sur
prise and intrigue that
marked their happy union.
"I had a gorgeous mar
riage. 1 don't know whether
you can call something per
fect or not, but I think my
marriage to my husband
was perfect," declared the
mother of four. "He was so
supportive. My husband
was an excellent man and a
good provider. I do miss
him because he was such a
good man."
Marian McGainey said
friendship has been the
basis of her relationship
with Charles Wilkins, a
Reynolds retiree who
accompanied her to the
ball.
"We're just very good
friends, and we like to trav
el and do some of the same
stuff." noted McGainey. the
retired executive director of
an American Red Cross
chapter in California. "I
think friendship is really
the hallmark ... to me,
that's so much more impor
tant than anything else."
Jim and Beatrice
Truesdale, who have
enjoyed nearly five decades
of marital bliss, say com
mitment is one of the keys
to making the love - and
the relationship - last.
"One thing most people
don't understand, they say
marriage is 50/50. but mar
riage is not that." said Mrs.
Truesdale, a retired AT&T
employee. "Marriage is
100 percent. You've got to
bring 100 percent of your
self into that marriage.
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There has to be a lot of giv
ing and taking."
"We're both churchgo
ing people," her husband
added. "That has held us
close together, too, our
faith."
The remnants of last
week's winter weather kept
some would-be attendees
away, but Magnificent
Seniors vice president and
co-founder Lillie Love
deemed the Sweet Heart
Ball a success nevertheless.
She hopes it will help the
club attract more members.
"We're hoping with this
event we can get more
members," said Love, a
retired nurse. "...We want
to do something that was
very constructive to be able
to help our fellow men in
our community."
For more information
about the Magnificent
Seniors, visit w^'v, .magnifi
cent seniors.com or contact
Lillie Love at 336-608
4419.
Jim Truesdale with his beautiful wife, Beatrice.
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Shirley Penn pins a commemorative pin on veteran
William Smalls that was presented by Hospice in
honor of his military service.
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some significant docu
ments they have and learn
about the whole process
of preserving," said
Yolanda Bolden, the man
ager of the Malloy/Jordan
East Winston Heritage
Center, whose digitization
station is used 10 to 12
times each week.
The free sesource not
only provides families
with a more carefree way
to access their material,
but offers a chance to save
family memories in our
ever-evolving digital
world. Photos and old
papers can age and deteri
orate and slide projectors
and VCRs are rarities.
In addition to scanning
and converting wedding
programs and family pho
tos into digital files,
Bolden said she's seen
job-seekers use the station
to digitalize their resumes
and a DJ utilize the equip
ment to transfer his cas
settes to CDs.
The digitization sta
tions were purchased in
2010 by Library, in part
nership with Wake Forest
University, with a federal
grant administered by the
State Library of North
Carolina. The stations,
which are also at the
Central, Walkertown and
Lewisville libraries,
include a large flat bed
scanner and a slide scan
ner. Once scanned, images
may be saved in a variety
of digital formats, includ
ing jpegs and Jiffs, and
then burned to a CD,
saved to a USB thumb
drive or emailed. The sta
tions also feature equip
ment that play and record
all or parts of cassette and
VHS tapes, allowing them
to be burned onto CDs or
DVDs. The two machines
record as the cassette or
video is playing, so a two
hour video will take two
hours to record. The
machines are for personal
materials only; recording
copyrighted material like
television shows or
movies is forbidden.
The branches have dif
ferent time limits for sta
tion use. At
Malloy/Jordan, patrons
can sign in to use the sta
tion for an hour, with
more time allotted if oth
ers are not waiting. The
Central Library requires
users to have a library
card and be issued a pin
number to use the station
for a maximum of two
hours. The Central
Library has recordable
CDs available for pur
chase; most other branch
es require patrons to bring
their own CDs, DVDs or
thumb drives.
Visitors use the sta
tions themselves.
Librarians are available to
give a brief tutorial. The
Lewisville Library offers
45 minute instructional
classes and allows visitors
to reserve time to use the
station online. Lewisville
Branch Manager Merrikay
Brown said the Lewisville
Historical Society and
other patrons are putting
the station to good use,
but she's hoping more will
take advantage of it.
"If you're a historical
society that has a lot of
things that you want to
archive, if you have fami
ly photographs and VHS
video and maybe audio,
it's a real good thing
where you can put the
time in, but you can do it
for free," she said.
The Central Branch's
station is in the North
Carolina Room, an area
devoted to local and state
history. The room, which
stores microfilmed peri
odicals and city directo
ries that date back a centu
ry, is popular among pro
fessional and amateur
genealogists searching
their families' histories.
The digitalization station
is right at home in the
North Carolina Room,
according to supervisor
Billy King, as it gives
people a chance to pre
serve and share their own
history.
For more information,
call the Central Library at
336-703-3070,
Malloy/Jordan at 336
703-2950, Lewisville at
336-703-2940 or
Walker town at 336-703
2990.
Photo by Todd Luck
Yolanda B olden (right) with M alloy IJordan library
assistant Alicia Clinton.
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