CONGRATULATIONS HERMAN L. FORBES
High Point
Thonasville
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VOLUME II. NO. zo
NOVMBER 13, 1974
15 CENTS PER OCPY $5.00 PER YEAR
STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR
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HIGH POINT - Beginning November 11, 1974, the
City of High Point Water and Sewer Department will
be testing the sewers in town to look for leaks and
illegal connections to the sewer system. To do this
they will be blocking off sections of sewer, and then
pumping smoke into the sewer pipe. If there is a leak
in the sewer line, or a downspout or other outlet
illegally connected, the smoke will be forced from it,
and will come to the surface to show where this
problem is located.
Should citizens have basement drains which have
not had water in them for some time, or any drain
trap in their house from which the water has
evaporated, it would be known that this line would
no longer be acting as a trap, but, rather as a vent to
the sewer (see attached diagram). Citizens are
advised to ensure that all the drain traps within their
homes are filled with water. If the traps have dried
up and are acting as vents, the smoke from this
detection operation might well be forced up from the
sewer, out of the drain, and into the house.
It should be definitely noted that this smoke IS
NOT HARMFUL to your health, it is stainless and
will not leave an odor.
The testing program will begin with the northeast
section of the City, and the crew smoking the sewer
lines will attempt to notify each house prior to the
beginning of the operation in each area. To ensure
that your house is ready for this smoke detection
process in the case that the crew should come when
you are not at home, please see that your trapped
drains do have water in them. That is all that you
need to do, and the operation will be able to proceed
along its scheduled route.
HIGH POINT -
Herman L. Forbes, a
sixth grade teacher at
Parkview Village Elemen
tary School, High Point City
Schools, is North Carolina’s
Teacher of the Year for
)Q7S.
The announcement was
made by State School
Superintendent Craig Phil
lips at the State Board of
Education meeting in
Raleigh. Phillips called
Forbes “a dedicated teach
er who has drawn praise
from his peers, his
students, his community,
and now the State as a
credit to the teaching
profession.”
A veteran of 35 years m po^bes, 57, is somewhat
the classroom, Forbes will ,f a rarity in North
represent North Carolina in Carolina, where only about
12 percent of the elemen-
the National Teacher of the
Year award program spon
sored by the Council of
Chief State School Officers,
the Encyclopaedia Brifan-
tary teachers are males. He
says of teaching, “The
education of children
should be directed at
nica Companies, and the helping them develop their
Ladies’ Home Journal.
abilities to the nmximuni.
Triad Area Residents
so that they can think and
act for the good of
themselves, the group,
society, and the world.”
Born in Greenville, N.C.,
Forbes received a bache
lor’s degree from Shaw
Universitj, a master’s
degree from the University
of Michigan, and has done
post-graduate work at N.C.
Central University, A&T
University, and UNC-
Greensboro.
Forbes was one of the
first black educators to
teach in an all white school
in the High Point City
School system, and he also
spent some time as director
of the system’s federal
programs.
Besides teaching in the
classroom, Forbes has been
active in civic and educa
tional organizations includ
ing the High Point Business
and Professional Men's
Club, YMCA Carl Chavis
Branch Board of Directors,
High Poinbt Men’s Prayer
Club, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and has sponsored
safety patrol activities for
the past 28 years. He is an
active member of the North
Carolina Association of
Educators.
He is a deacon and
organist at the Mount
Vernon Baptist Church,
High Point. Forbes and his
wife Mary live in High
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Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Recognition presented to
“Teacher of the Year”, Herman L. Forbes [left) by Mr.
W. Harris [right].
Point. Mrs. Forbes teaches School, also in High Point
at Montlieu Elementary City system.
Compliments To Area Black Elected Officials
HIGH POINT - The High Point Volunteers to the
Court Program will have orientation for new volunteers
on November 19th and 21st at 7:30 P.M. at the First
Presbyterian Church, 918 N. Main Street. Judge
Elretha Alexander will be the guest speaker on
November 19th.
We encourage anyone interested in Volunteers to the
Court to attend.
HIGH POINT - A demonstration of the art of outdoor
cookery is on tap for those attending the Boy Scout
Roundtable on Monday, November 11, 1974. At the
same time as the Boy Scouts are cooking, the Cub
Scouts will be making plans to bring an “Old Fashioned
Christmas” to the Packs in the High Point District.
Both Roundtables will be held on Monday, November
11 at the High Point Friends Meeting House on Quaker
Lane. The meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. and all
scouts, scouters, and others interested in the Scouting
program are invited to attend.
HIGH POINT - The Fairview School will sponsor a
student book fair from November 13 to 15. Students will
be able to browse and purchase books. The Book Fair
will be open during the hours from 10 to 1:30. Books
will be on display in the lobby area of the school. On
Thursday, November 14, the fair will be open at 4:30.
The book fair committee invites all students, parents
and members of the community at large to attend the
fair. The fair will encourage student interest in reading
and in building home libraries. It will also contribute to
a worthwhile project, improving the school library.
The Fairview School PTA is sponsoring the event
with Mrs. E.C. Carter serving as book fair chairman.
The committee includes Mrs. Gena White, Mrs. Sue
Street, Mrs. Maxine Sims, Mrs. Rhonda Cross, Mr. Bill
Helmstetler, Mrs. Gail Lawson, Mrs. Julia Robbins,
Mrs. Osie Blue, and Mrs. Rosa Sellers.
The book fair will include attractive new books from
many publishers in all popular price ranges: wonderful
books to read or to give as gifts. The fair is planned at
this time to encourage giving books in December as
gifts. All reading interests will be represented,
including classics, fiction, biography, adventure
stories, science, nature, crafts, mystery and reference
books. The committee is working with a professional
book fair company to furnish an individual selection of
books for the fair.
WlNsTON-SALtM --
Beaufort O. Baiiey, of 112
N.E. 27 Street, Winston-
Salem, was elected last
week to the School Board of
that city.
Mr. Bailey, a democrat,
attended the local schools
of Winston-Salem, and
graduated from Winston-
Salem State University. He
later received his M.A.
degree in Education from
North Carolina Central
University. Bailey did
further study at the
University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill and also
Southern Illinois University
at Carbondale, Illinois.
Presently employed with
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity, Mr. Bailey is the
school’s Educational Media
Director.
Mr. Bailey is now serving
as president of “Old
Town” P.T.A. He is a
member of: Citizens Advi
sory Committees to the
School Board, Community
Development Commission.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
Forsyth Health Planning
Council, and past president
of St. Philips Moravian
Church Trustee Board. He
is also the 3rd Vice-Chair'
man of Region IV Citizens
Participation,
WINSTON-SALEM
For the first time, Forsyth
County will have a Black
member in the North
Carolina Legislator beginn
ing in 1975. Mr. Richard C.
Winston-Salem
attorney, will
take his seat in the North
Carolina House of Repre-
senatives.
After attending the
public schools of his native
hometown, Marion, N.C..
Mr. Erwin went on to
receive his L.L.B. degree
from Howard University,
School of Law, Washing
ton, B.C., in 1951.
Erwin is now the senior
partner in the law firm of
Erwin and Beaty. He
presently serves on many
boards and commissions
and is a member of the
Forsyth County and State
Bar Associations; as ucii
as, the Bar of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
He is a member of St.
Paul United Methodist
Church and has served on
several national commis
sions.
Attorney Erwin is mar
ried to Demerice Whitley of
Selma, N.C.* and they have
two children.
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GREENSBORO - Mrs.
Zoe Parks Barbee became
the first in two areas when
elected to the Guilford
County Commissioners.
She is, of course, the first
Black to be elected to that
post; and also, she becomes
the first woman as well.
An assistant professor at
A&T State University, Mrs.
Barbee was educated at
Smith College. Mrs. Bar
bee has been active in the
N.C. League of Women
Voters and has served as
president of the Mt. Zion
Community Civic Club. She
has been very active in civic
and community affairs in
the county. Mrs. Barbee
serves her church, the
Laughlin Memorial United
Methodist Church, as
organist and chairman of
the Council on Ministries.
Ellerbe, North Carolina,
educated at A&T State
University and UNC-Cha-
pel Hill Law School. He has
served in the U.S. Air Forcc
as a commissioned officer
and was professor of law at
N.C. Central University
Law School. A practicing
attorney in Greensboro,
Mr. Frye is also President
of the Greensboro National
Bank.
He was the first Black to
serve in the North Carolina
Legislator since reconstruc
tion.
GREENSBORO -- Attor- to begin serving his tourth
ney Henry Frye will return consecutive term.
the North Carolina
House of Representatives Frye was corn in
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and the dignity of our present must lead the way to the power of our future."
— — ADAM CLAYTON POWELL