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2B -THE CAROLINA TIMES Saturday, Oct 28, 1972 fFrom black By JOHN HUDGINB One can never over-empha size the importance of mile female relationships in our com munity,. Perhaps the most fundamental institution in any community is the family, and for that reason much of what happens in that community is tied to the internal stability wuich usually stems from the family. What is of importance to us is that "family" does not stop with the typical wife-hus band-children unit, but rather extends to all those activities that add to the survival of a people. In short, Black people like any other people, will continue to have children and those children must be pro vided for in one way or another The family and through its children, provide the basic source of continuation of any community. Thus, at the core of any community drive such as a thrust for liberation, male-fe male relationships which ulti mately affect the family are important. Before I con tinue, let me define the term "family" as I use it. "Family" implies the working together of a Black man and a Black woman to create a future, to contribute to our liberation, and to survive. This is accom panied by mutual sharing of emotions, knowledge, intimacy, creative ability, and commit ment. In my opinion, mar riage is optional as defined by the church and the state, but the relationship itself nas the primary importance. We tend to encounter dif ficulty when we try to dis tinguish between Black man, Black woman and just male female. For too long man hood and womanhood have been defined for us. For many of us, manhood is equated with studhood and womanhood with the ability to have babies. Thus our essence becomes defined below our belts and notabove. Thus many Black male-female relationships end when the act is completed and the babycomes What we must begin to relate to is a concept of manhood that deals with power and con trol. He who exercises control and determination in his life has taken the first step toward manhood. The second aspect is to assume certain responsi bilities and to be able to carry them out effectively. This is when the problem arises. For most males in this society, the above is a matter of fact. For Black males, the job is twice as hard with only half as many opportunities. Thus when we see this kind of man we are in deed looking at a superior man. The Black male who assumes and carries out the responsibi lities of manhood is indeed a superior being because of the nature of the environment ■WItW Continued from front page at research, education and re gulation of water supply have decreased as our concern for water pollution control has in creased. Funds for research training and regulation have been focused on municipal and industrial waste treatment, to the virtual neglect of effort in the water supply field. "At the federal level, while billions of dollars are being ap propriated for efforts in water pollution control, the commit ment to water supply is minis cute," Okun said. "This may be partially rectified if Con gress passes the Rogers Bill which would identify a federal commitment to public water supply programs." North Carolina is one of the few states where a clean water bond issue commits almost as much resources to water supply as to water pollution control, he pointed out Another problem, whose "solution" may be worse than the original problems in Okun's opinion, is that of so-called , "dying" rivers and lakes such as Lake Erie. This condition comes about when waters are plagued by an overgrowth of algae. This is called eutrophication. It occurs when a body of water becomes well nourished from an inctfase in essential plant nutrients. Among the most important of these are carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. And because in most instances only the phos phates could be controlled, na tional attention has been fo- which he must overcome. What we are told to over look is that in our community the superior Black man always existed through a superior Black woman. The concepts of this country do not aford Black power apart from teamwork (for lack of a better word). What we as a people do always demonstrates that duality. Black men and women always play complimentary roles. One can not exist without or apart from the other. We are too often driven along the line(rhetorical) that our man must be kings and our women queens. This is both flattering and nonsensi cal. Kings and queens do not exist in an oppressed community Beauty(physical) has no value in terms of control beyond in timacy. To tell a Black wo man she is a queen is to lie to her, likewise with the Black king. What we need more of are committed Black men and wo men who understand reality and operate in that context. We need images; but unfor tunately, we have become ob sessed with such. Jesse Jackson is esteemed by many Black women because of his appear ance too often, not his ability. Black men are drifting to a point where we are more con cerned about a woman's ap pearance than the content of her mind. Both tendencies are pointless and impractical. Yet there are a few Black people who have escaped this trip. We recognize that the change must come not in the bed but in the streets just as we recognize that a beautiful slave is no better than an ugly one. What does this point to as male-female relationships are concerned? Simply that the first revolution must take place in our community. We must understand quite simply that within the next 60 years(at the most) both of you will be very dead. What is important is your impact upon the minds of our youth, and your impact upon those things that oppress us. If we understand the real ity of our living together, then we have strength to deal with our situation. If we have illu sions about the person that we sleep with, then those same il lusions will hamper what we do when we leave that house. Black men are not kings, but they must be effective and re . sponsible. Black women are not queens but they must be effective and responsible. Your mother was not the sexiest wo man alive, but she made you what you are so it is with the mother of your children. Your father was not Sweetback, but he did what he could for you, so it must be with the father of your children. cused on them "Because about half the phosphates In domestic waste waters originate from synthetic detergents, a solution that quickly caught on was removal of phosphates from synthetic detergents, " Dr. Okun said. "Politicians find such a so lution attractive, because en acting a law banning phosphates in detergents carries with it no political penalty, involves no increased taxes and can make them all look like 'good guys'." Okun said this approach is far too simple and in fact poses a threat to the health of the public. To begin with, several key 1 conditions must be present for ] eutrophication to occur. The water must • •Contain essential nutrients -Be slow moving. •Be shallow, relatively clear and exposed to mush sun i l«ht. These conditions seldom oc cur, and almost never in rivers. Some 85 percent of the U.S. population do not make any contribution to the problem, Okun noted. And of the re maining 15 percent who do contribute to the "problem," phosphates are not always the critical nutrient. Some 30 percent discharge their waste waters into the ground where phosphates help to serve as fertilizer. Another 55 percent in large cities discharge their treated wastewaters into the ocean through major rivers. Even where eutrophication might be a problem, removal of phosphates from detergents is not likely to be measureably beneficial, Okun said. iflw Carofcfl Time |F. § | Feature Page | JB B WLL | \ vbntk i m ip ■ A I WILSON Writers By GEORGE B. RUSS Miss Pheobe, the blue and white church bus at ÜBC is still making the Durham scene and taking loads of bows. One wonders if Miss Pheobe would be the recipeint of so many friendly bows if she could speak up at times. How-be-it, Miss Pheobe is filling the bill for our gypsy-spirited church family. The busy Russ-Sanders Singers are able to fill a num ber of engagements that might otherwise be canceled if it weren't for the perky, Miss Pheobe. Recently, the Tuss- Sanders Singers were able to serve, along with Rev. Essix Fields, the Friendship Holy Church, at Mill Grove and, return to ÜBC's parking a— rea in time to share in the felicitations being bestowed upon Mr. Graver Wilson, Jr., in an appreciation Day Ser vice, sponsored by the Grady Davis Choir. It goe6 without saying that Graver is a super-star person ality. Your guess is correct, he is really one of his kind that habitates this earth every mil lennium. Believe it or not, at ÜBC., there are no "hang ups I with ÜBC's young, male organist. He is "in" with every one. Perhaps the sauve musi cian's success stems from the fact that he sees ail, hears ail, tells nothing he sees or hears. The eistedfod was presided' over by Mrs. Doris P. Holland; and a score of other persons, enthusiastically added their ta lents in songs and readings to insure Graver's Shining Hour a gainst failure. Mrs. Wilson com posed a paper entitled "Gra ver", this was read by Miss A nnie M. Dunnigan: As a young boy, Graver has always had a benovelent attitude towards his family and everyone with whom he wants to feel that he is helping someone. Graver never asks for much nor for no great re— ward; he just wants to feel that he is needed and will help in •Sniior Continued from front page reporters and editors affirmed the value of the seminar and expressed concern about how to "get the message out, telling it like it is, with the kid gloves off." Besides saying they would write about the seminar and the issues, the group discussed possible stra tegies which they individually and as a group might follow. Among those mentioned: A clearinghouse for news and other material on Africa, particularly Southern Africa; the black press bong prepared to check "distortions" in news and interpretation in "all me dia", the need to get the story about Southern Africa on television and radio as well as in print; plans to urge black press editors and publishers to develop better coverage of Af rica through such means as visits by reporters and pooled arrangements for per ma nan t correspondents; suggentions that the black press consider recommending, in editorials and other ways, possible support of groups in the U.S. that might channel aid to liberation move ments. The group said they would like to have updating on Sou thern Africa in future seminars, perhaps in a year, and perhaps in a place other than New York. whatever way he can. At an early age, Grover joined Union Baptist Church. He went right to work. He is still working and enjoys his work very much. In 1964, Grover wpn a Na tional Piano Playing Audition Award. In this award, a special reward was written. It read "An excellent beginning; keep up the fine work." Yes, this was only the beginning. In 1967, Grover attended the University of North Caro lina in a Junior High School Choral workshop. He was very successful in this venture. In 1969 and 1970, he at tended the Youth Bible Camp of Raleigh. During his last year there, he was greatly awarded for being an all around stu dent out of an immense crowd of other children attending the Bible camp. Grover graduated from high school on June 9, 1970. On April 10, he was presented a Certificate of Merit by the Department of Religious Edu cation of the East Cedar Grove Association. On June 7 of the same year, Grover was presented a plaque from the Christian Board of Education of the Union Bap tist Church which read, "To Grover Wilson, Jr. for dedi cated service." In 1971, Grover was given a certificate by Governor Ro bert W. Scott in appraciation for performing for a Capitol Heritage Festival. He is now a student at North Carolina Central Univer sity. Yes, Grover, in his young years, has found that hard work, dedication and faith in God is the Key to success. May God continue to bless him and may he continue to strive to do his best to the honor and glory of God's name. He is truly a son of which his father, his sister and I are very proud. The commended the idea of seminars on other interna tional affairs and UN-related issues for many kinds of media. -VEP-Sayj Continued from front page "Voting is a right," Lewis asserted, "not a privilege. The only requirement which should be attached to the right to vote is that the prospective voter be at least 18 years old and a citizen of this country. To re quire a citizen to leave his job, spend tkne and money driving to the county seat(as is the process in most southern states) and hassle with unnecessary registration forms is an incre dible impediment to the demo cratic process." "With the present outmoded system," Lewis concluded "private groups such as the Voter Education Project, the Youth Citizenship Fund, the League of Women Voters, the Student Vote, the Urban League and other organizations Engaged in voter registration must spend their limited resources encou raging citizens to comply with indefensible regulations. This is a waste of resources. With universal registration, this tre mendous reservoir of monjy,* time, and effort could be used in citizenship education, en abling presently voiceless citi zens to cast their ballots with effectiveness and sophistica lon Me, low Ji . . ByOBOKOSB.RUSS . ■ . .■ ' % The causticity of Gladys' t6ne disconcerted Chad more than the insinuation she had made regarding his usefulness, the inevitable show-down was at hand and he was woefully unprepared to face up to the rituation. Striking back was his fkst impulse, but upon se cond thought, he cringed in silence. Gladys read through the transparency of his defence and moved forward fast and furiously; "I had nothing to do with having you dragged here." Chad dampened his parched lips with his tongue in slow deliberate strokes. "You have a beautifuPplant hare, lady. Did you plan everything by yourself?" "Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies—give me some peaches and I will make make you some pies." Gladys flung angrily over her shoul ders as she sped from one table to another, pretending to check recipes. Once more Chad recoiled into his shell of silence. "Why the cat got your to ngue act?" Gladys' tone was sneering. Chad remained stacked a gainst the warm, steel metal of the sink; "I am thinking." His tone was nondescript. He had uttered three words, no more, no less. Gladys rechecked tomor row's production sheet; "Chad you aren't what the bears grab bed at." Chad left the sink, "where is your scrub bucket and mop?* "No need trying to change the subject." Gladys answered lamely. The recent vigor had suddenly left her voice. She was remembering that she had no clean up crew. "I have a man coming in first think in the morning, Chad. Thanks just'the samfe." She disliked having to take down, be kind, even for a moment, to her for mer husband. Chad was hungry; the pangs of hunger churned his intes tines and his tast-buds throb bed for food. "My stomach thinks I gone an a strike, Mrs. Hodges." Gladys' first impulse was to sound alarmed, deeply con cerned; there was nothing more heartrending than hear ing a child or man admit hteir hunger. However, she recanted, listened to the screams of her hurt pride; "I wasn't sure what your ailment is, Chad. You look like something the cats dragged in. To be honest, I have seen alley-cats who look better than you." Chad grunted and schuffled his tired, sore feet toward the stool where he had left his hat, coat, tie and shirt; "Oh, well, where I am going it pro bably doesr't matter if I am starved or full as a tick." Gladys reached the stool first and stood between Chad and his haberdashery. "What has happened to your man hood? Or, is your greif of such magnitude that it is tearing you apart?" "Come off the buzzard roost, Gladys, you're no judge and jury!" Chad shouted thro tion." Since the cut-off date for voter registration for partici pation in the November 7 elec tion has pasaed, the VEP has been engaged in a regional ef fort to get out the vote. Each of the 126 local registration projects, funded by the VEP in 1972 as well as past years, is j being encourgged to continue to mobilize volunteers and maintain viable organizations to bring minority groups to the polls in mgssive numbers on November 7. The Voter Education Pro ject , Inc. is a private, nor partisan, non-profit corporation i based in Atlanta, Georgia. •ROTC Continued from front postal cleik, Gravely entered active tervlce again in 1949. Du ing the Korean War, he served aboard the USS lowa and the USS Toledo. He transferred from the naval reserve to the regular Navy in 1965. Gravely's first command war ugh clenched teeth. Gladys resented being shou ted at; and, she felt belittled perched on Chad's incongru ous "buzzard roost." Momen tarily a smog settled over her brain and she stood void of re taliatory timber. Suddenly, her fists began pounding his chest, and she was screaming: "You egg-sucking dog! How can you • stand here and tell me, I'm perched on a buzzard-roost?" Chad pushed his enraged wife gently away from him. And the results couldn't have proved more devasting if ..he dellberatley shoved her across the room. Gladys sprang upon him with the ferocity of a con ored cat; "you no tail-bear!— You bastard! I will kill you." Chad moved out of range of Gladys' flying hands, and scratching fingers. "You're crazy, woman." "Get out! you poor excuse of a man!" "Cool It!" "Cool my eye. You have, a nerve barraglng In here trying to take over!" "Ah! Shutup. You're too good to do right." Chad jer red. "Don't you dare crawl in here like a snake in the grass and give me a hard time. You 're ready now to move in on a good thing, you son-of-a-she schocking-son-of-a—." Her voice snapped off with a burp ing sound. Chad was mad as a red hornet—and hungry, too. This was a bad combination to reckon with a black man. So, she sought the haven of safety rather than become the party to a pair of knuckles. Chad watched the storm subside and was relieved that he had not been called a son of-a-bitch. Going to the stool, he retrieved his belongings. "1 am sorry, you fell about me the way you do." Chad, I feel nothing about you. You've made an awful mess of your life and I have no intention of nurdng you thro ugh an ordeaL I have had it with you. It's a pity you have to learn your lesson in findid elity the hard way." "Skip the sermon. I have learned my lesson. I am sorry." "You're sorry like cat-dung. That's so sorry the cats bury it." "Say on, soul-sister. The sun will shine in my back door some day." "Until that day, you will do your waiting at your new ad dress—you don't stay under the same roof with your fam ily any longer." "Just like that, you're put ting me out?" w Just like that, you should have known that the sins you were committing in the dark would eventually come to the light." "Chad moved mechanically toward the nearest exit, he wasn't hurt, ashamed or sor rowful; he was starving for something to eat. For the mo ment, to hell with people— they are a proud, confused mass of soul-scarred, myoptic martinets. of the destroyer USS Theodore E. Chandler. He has since com manded the USS Falgout, the USS Taussig, and the USS Jou sett, a guided missile frigate. Gravely donned the two stars a rear admiral on June 2 1971. He has been in his cur rent post since July 16,1971. i •ST.Aif«stiM's Continued from front page ton, Jr., of Rocky Mount; fresh- I man, Sydney Paskel of Newark, j New Jersev. i j Five Student Government Association representatives were installed from each class,two . associate justices from each class, and twelve on the elec ; tion commission. C. A. Haywood, dean of Students presided and conduc ted the Pinning Ceremonies. r -Groats Continued from front page nology. Raleigh, N.C. State Department of Public Instruc- YOUR A MIND VjL •TIME TO CLEAR YOUR ; A THOUGHTS T A* the month of October comes to an end next week, the next two months or this VAST should mean a lot to all of us. We should haw developed our own Individual expression and way of looking at life, and have the ability to stand upon our own feet and g» forward in accordance with dictates of our own conscious ness. Whether you are rich or ppor, you are undergoing what ever you are experiendng now because of a subconscious in ner need. If i perso* is rich, he may not be sure of a friend or relative, and may have £he feeling that all of thepn have secret designs upon hfe wealth. If a person is poor, he fe more blessed since sorrow and poverty have reduced his assodates to a realization of true values. In other words, it has deprived them of thdr world of sham and pretense tion received *13,636, James W. Carruth it project diredtor. Latest On Plan For Dedication I have received the schedule of events for the dedication of North Carolina Central's NRO TC unit this Friday. Rear Admiral Herman J. Kossler, cqmmandant of the Sixth Naval District, will ar rive in Durham by automobile Thursday, October 26. Rear Admiral Frank Corley, deputy director of Naval Edu cation and Training, arrives at RDU Airport at 10:34 Friday TOD/WS PEOPLE HAVE f r 'Matu SEEN THE LIGHT If you can find a fighter bourbon, buy ft. ANCIENT AGE '• f,% .tV 4' if V•'%' ' "»• I : " 11 » J 'i| v > •'* ij' j' I WAB-F* V ■-') * ■ *■ '■ " J , 4 P I t i \A •* 1 ■ • • ,v ft 90.3 -.tft . V -0 : Durham's* • ■ ■■■ * * . * ■■ ; v' - ■■*' f BLACK " ' jib.! I . I m -■■ ■ TT . and brought from them a genu ine expression of sympathy and" brotherly love. Some of us may have missed out on many fitoe opportunities but we can still adjust oursel ves to the circumstances that may surround us and get more out of life than we# have thought possible. At life point, it would be a good idea to dear our mind of all unnecessary fears and wor ries, and begin to visualize livii* a happy and successful life. See youradf dearly In ( your mind's eye as already doing the things you desire to do. Thto also goes for everyone, induding people who have seached or passed the t age of retirement. By doing this, it will give your subconscious mind the right mental thought picture tp pro* duce the things you desire, which will eventually bring them into real life. mornign. Secretary of the Navy, ■Joh" W. Warner and Rear Admkal, Samuel L. Gravely Jr. will ar rive at 1 p.m. Friday at RDU AirporU The Secretary of the Navy will Inspect the NROTC building here at 1!20 p.m. The dedication program will begin at 2 p.m. in B.N. Duke Audi torium. Rear Admiral Gravely will introduce the Secretary, who will deliver the principal address. At 3:30 the Secretary will leave for RDU. At tb* same time an open house will be held at the NROTC building. Rear Admiral Kossler and Rear Admiral Corley will leave Saturday morning.
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