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Volume41,Number 19 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, January 15,2015
Election Results Challenged
NAACP incumbent president ousted
in Saturdays state-monitored contest
BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
Members of the
Winston-Salem branch of
the NAACP elected a
new leader Saturday in
an election monitored by
the state office, but an
appeal of the results is
already being readied.
Isaac "Ike" Howard
was elected president,
defeating current presi
dent S. Wayne Patterson.
The other winners were
Doris Herrell, 1st vice
president; Harry James
Jr., 3rd vice president;
Stephen Hairston, assis
tant treasurer; and Jim
Shaw and Linda Sutton,
who won executive board
seats.
But Patterson is call
ingT\the results null and
voin because he says two
eleation rules were bro
ken! First, Patterson said
votes should not have
been taken using a legal
pad. Some form of elec
tronic voting or printed
ballots should have been
used, he believes.
He also said cam
paign literature was
passed out inside of the
election venue - the
NAACP Enrichment
Center - in violation of
established rules.
Patterson and branch
Executive Director Rev.
Dr. Marcus Barr said that
members of the branch's
executive committee
filed an appeal Monday.
They are also asking the
National NAACP to
intervene.
It was Patterson who
called for the election to
be delayed in November
so that the state could
over see it. He said then
that oversight by the state
office would quell any
concerns about tampering
or rigging.
Patterson and Barr
say they saw Howard and
another person passing
out campaign literature in
the building during the
four-hour voting period.
"This information
was being circulated
while people were voting
which is in direct viola
tion of the NAACP con
stitution," Patterson said.
Daphne Holmes
Johnson, the nomination
committee chair for the
local branch, said the lit
erature, which Patterson
and the others say urged
voters to choose Howard
and other candidates,
never should have been
allowed in the auditori
um.
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Rudolph Boone plays the trumpet with the band dur
ing his service in the Army.
Noted
band
directors
honored
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
The band rooms at local historically black high
schools may soon bear the names of legendary band
directors.
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of
Efiucation will hear a proposal on Jan. 27 to rename the
bfih&xooms at the three existing Big Four schools -
which were originally created for black students during
segregation - for the band directors who shaped the
music programs at each school. The band room of the
old Atkins High School, now Winston-Salem
Preparatory Academy, will be named after Harry
Wheeler Paislev Hiph
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School, now Paisley IB
Magnet School, will
have its room named for
Bernard Foy Sr., and
Carver High School's
band room will be
named after Rudolph
Boone. .
Boone, the only liv
ing honoree, taught at
Carver for 25 years. He
retired in 1985 after 30
years in education.
Carver's longest serving
band teacher, Boone's
noted career included
teaching at 27 schools
and winning several
Family Photo
Bernard Foy Sr.
Teacher of the Year
awards.
"My proudest contributions are in the students I have
taught, just seeing them go out into the world and doing
quite well," said Boone, who counts current band direc
tors, attorneys and the school system's chief academic
officer. Dr. Kenneth Simington, among his former stu
dents.
He said this is a long overdue honor for Foy and
Wheeler. He said they were outstanding musicians and
community leaders. Foy, who passed away in 1984, was
the first band director in the early 1960s at Paisley. His
children, Bernard Jr. and Jocelyn Foy, both fondly recall
the Rock-A-Rama student talent shows he conducted in
which students would imitate Stevie Wonder. Aretha
Franklin, James Brown and other stars of the era.
Foy was known for his perfect pitch apd the formi
dable bands he directed. Jocelyn Foy saicj her father had
an uncompromising standard of excellence for his stu
dents.
"His expectation of you as a musician is also his
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New WSSU
chancellor hits the
ground running
BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
Dr. Elwood Robinson had begun
his duties as chancellor of Winston
Salem State University even before
his official Jan. 1 start date.
"I've probably been working for a
while," Robinson said last week
from his cam
pus office.
"Once I
accepted the
position, I
think the tran
sition started
taking place
immediately
by just learn
ing more about
the institution
and tmnKing
about the institution strategically.
Now, it's about doing the work. I'm
kind of in an assessment or evaluation
mode at this point."
The 58-year-old said his first
week was as hectic as he anticipated
it would be. He had scheduled many
meetings in advance.
"I've been trying to meet with my
executive staff and set up a bunch of
meetings," he said. "For me, this has
been a personal orientation to the uni
versity and meeting with as many
people as I can, as quickly as I can."
There has been great buzz about
Robinson, who left his position as
provost ? and vice president for
Academic Affairs at Cambridge
College in Massachusetts to lead
WSSU, since his hiring was
announced late last year. He is a prod
uct of historically black universities,
having earned a undergraduate from
N.C. Central and a master's degree
from Fisk, both in psychology. (He
also has a doctorate in the field from
Penn State.) Robinson spent more
than 20 years at NCCU, first as a pro
fessor and then an administrator. He
See Chancellor on A7
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Dr. Elwood Robinson's first official day on the job was Jan. 1.
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Sawtooth to feature exhibit of work by ex-offenders
BY TODD LUCK
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"Release: From Stigma to Acceptance," an exhibit that showcases the
talents and struggles of ex-offenders reintegrating into society, will open
this weekend at the Sawtooth School for Visual Art.
The exhibit is comprised of art, prose and poetry by ex-offenders of
Project Re-Entry, which offers pre- and post-release services to ex
offenders. Wake Forest University's Humanities Institute and
Department of History are exhibit partners. Students in the Public
History course are curating the exhibit and conducted audio interviews
See Showcase on A7
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