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-8 1 WELL GOO TUP YFAR. YOU SHOULD s;juld aax our - Almost ovep , how "have THING S BEEN IS RE PEHTIN& . ITS TIED UP ALL 4 TH6 PHC4& UNES 1971 Was A VEARj I EVEN HEARD ABOUT SCME CAT MAMCO SANTA CLAJS YMO IS MOUIKJO INONMy TURF' imaqwe wr; TUYINGTO BROCHURES WO PKKA REALTY N SBCTT. THEV ARE. GETTING " HAKDJO OMD ,ALL THIS CWME. YACAT0f4 TVVREt.... CCEr4SORD- 4 f AT., DrCEfR 24,1377 TI'S CAr.CLf"AT: 1 ' 'gXWWMwwwa r.r....f..11..lrrnr..0.r y . .r..( ,-.,, rwlvU V-W Mil V ' J M3U R EM MEE.RED YCJJR VACATION TlM?'fV CU MATES-1 , til - . : , aiiIRv, - " . . llillillf IK" : ' KK iv : Li ( illlllll- .. kk sISlp ''- . I,. ; ' , , ,K K' I " ' , , f ' " fAr J ' rn CARING AND SHARING - That's what it's all about as the Durham County Fos ter Parents Association held its Christmas Party for. Foster Children on Tuesday, December 20 at the Army Reserve Center. (Photo by Kelvin A. Bell). , CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE -enjoyed themselves at the Durham County Foster Parents Association Christmas Party for Foster Children, Tuesday, Decenv ber 20. More than 50 children in foster, care were in attendance at the function held at the Army Reserve Center here. (Photo by Kelvin A. Bell). reiiad fu::di:ig is questioned Continued From Page 1 Dan I Pearson, Assistant City Manager for Commu nity Development, contacted H"7 "In tho Fullness of Time a Prince of Peace" A 1977 Prelude to Christmas By Asa T, Spaulding, Sr. Whil , coming events may cast their shadows before' c gmeVLiajid jail .signs. may.. point, in the direction of" the' happening,' it is only "in the fullness of time" that the" great historic events which change the course of history take place. For it is then that God, Time, and Man are conjoined, and pregnant 'History delivers a person or persons of destiny. 4 Thus, recently in the Middle East again, another signi ficant landmark of history was pinpointed by two former enemies; one an Arab and the other a Jew. Today, millions are hoping that both possess the necessary faith, ' courage!, will and determination to "move the mountains" of long standing hatred, distrust, and resistance separating them and their peoples; and to establish in th'eir places . binding bands of friendship, love and trust which can hold them and their peoples together permanently. For man alone, this may be an impossible task; but with God and man working together, all things are possible! . , So, following the period of "shuttle diplomacy" in the , Middle nast, tne voice ot uoa ir and go for us on a mission Who will dare to think the unthinkable and to believe the unbelievable? Who is sufficiently courageous to attempt v to make the impossible, possible; and committed enough to the cause of peace on earth and goodwill toward all mankind to die for it, if necessary? Sometimes it takes martyrdom to open . history's gateway to IMMOR TAUTY!" , Following the hearing of the voice - the conception, and the necessary period of gestation, one Anwar Sadat of Cairo, Egypt answered saying: "Here am I! Send me! Send me ! Make me an instrument of thy will through which the sunlight of Hope and Love may shine through the dark clouds of hopelessness and hatred and reveal the blessings , of PEACE!" . . ' , : : ' Whether it be in the worst of times or in the best of times, God always seems to have "a ram in the bushes" in the times of great need. So on Saturday, November 19, 1977, the Arab, Anwar Sadat, with the commitment and courage of a martyr, left Cairo, Egypt on his "Mission of Peace" to an enemy country not knowing what the con sequences of such an act might be. . "' At approximately 9:00 A. M. Eastern Standard Time, President Sadat's Special Boeing 707 touched down on the runway of theBen GurionAirport in Israel. . When the President of Egypt descended from his plane and put his foot on Jewish soil, surrounded by high rank ing government officials and other dignitaries with beam ing emotions of anxiety, eager expectations, and uncer tainity showing on their faces and in their behavior, it was a high moment of history charged with electrifying emo tions. - '. -,".: :;'''::J. . . .,, While watching the many kaleidoscopic views of . history in the making, the voice of one's heart was moved to echo the words: "What hath God wrought? He hath indeed moved in mysterious ways m performing His won ders of battling down walls of prejudice and hatred of thousands of years, standing, and within the twinkling of an eye of history!" i ' What was impossible two weeks earlier, had become a reality on November 19, 1977 because of two former ene mies, one an Arab and the other a Jew, wanted it so! The extending and clasping of each others hand of friendship,' on behalf of themselves and their peoples, marked the be ginning of a new era of hoped for Peace in the Middle East 4 at a time and place to be long remembered. There still remain many difficult days of negotiations ; ahead. But God grant that these two giant pioneers for' , Peace may evet remain faithful to the task undertaken, no( matter what other detractors may say or do! For the fate of - millions hang breathlessly upon the ultimate' accom-j, plishment of their goals. .. j As we approach this Yuletide Season, may we catch the spirit of President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin. and join their ranks and work i to usher in the day of -"Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward all mankind!" This is my devout wish for you and for me. Amen! Amen! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for All! this week, said he hid for gotten that the Council had asked for an evaluation of the home repair program, saying, "l have not initiated any cried out: Who will come of Peace fraught with danger? special review. But, by and large, they have made pro gress in approving grant and loan applications." The slowness of the Re development Commission approving grants and loans and the quality of workman ship were the two areas of review requested by the coun cil. Production of grants of up to $5,500 by the Re development Commission, Pearson says, have been at such a "high level" that the funds will run out before the end of the fiscal year if the t approval frate is not slowed down'r '" . 1,1,1 ''' ' Since the July mandate from the council to review the rehabilitation program, Pearson says he does not remember inspecting any of the houses for the quality of work. Inspections, he says, are done routinely by the Redevelopment Commission's rehabilitation specialists who certify that the work has been done. The city's mini mum housing inspection divi sion, Pearson says, also in spects the finished house. But John Parham, head of the city's housing inspec tion division, says his depart ment inspects only to deter mine if minimum housing , violations have been repaired and not for the quality of work. ' Finance Committee member Clarence Brown, telephoned Tuesday, said he was concerned about the pro blems of the rehabilitation program and will "inquire into all those related pro blems including whether the Redevelopment Commission is the appropriate agency." John Parham, head of city housing inspections, also questioned if the Redevelop ment Commission is the appropriate agency, saying that coordination of the re- habitation is a problem with inspections within his agency, monitoring within the city's community "development staff, and .the actual work being done at the Redevelop ment Commission, Parham'? says the program would .work better under one agency,; " Just how the Redevelop ment Commission is manag 'ing ' the $0.93 million in Community Development funds is difficult ' to , deter mine, particularly' 'since its executive director, Bert Perry; refuses to make available to the press names and addresses of homeowners and investors ' my sincere thanks and grati who have received loans and tudfr to the many persons grants under the program. He ;ifwho' ' demonstrated 1 concern also i refuses to make avail-'1 ' for iri during my stay in the able information on' the - hospital and the lone period amount of money contracted to businessmen who have re; paired houses 1 under' the'" federal program. The requests were ; made pursuant ' to the federal and state freedom of : information acts. Perry in formed THE CAROLINA TIMES that his attorney, Dan Edwards, advised him not to ' .release .. the ; information,' which Perry said is being sent to the Redevelopment Commission members. Z WHILE... VACATION U'r::1;' :"' leader Of IVifmingfon 10 NEW YORK - The Rev Benjamin F. Oiavis, heroic leader .of the Wilmington 10, victims of North . Carolina "racist justice",, was granted, in absentia, the first award of the William L. Patterson Foundation at a luncheon in the Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, December 11. The award ! consisted ' of. a ' commemorative plaque and a cash award of $1500. Pre sent to receive the award for Rev. Chavis was his mother, fi Mrs. Elizabeth Chavis of Oxford, North Carolina. Dyrd's Shifts Dfacfi fo Forest (Jiffs Durham Coinmiffee Concerned .. Byrd's Food Center has begun' some action, it's mana ger says, to alleviate the lack of blacks at its' Forest Hills store. A subcommittee chair , man of v the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People will discuss the store's hiring. Richard Price, Bryd's manager, related to THE CAROLINA TIMES Tuesday that the produce manager at Wellon Village store has been transferred to the Forest Hills stores and that Bryd's is seeking to hire another black, part-time, as a cashier. Last week, THE CARO LINA TIMES reported that Bryd's had no black em . ployees at its Forest Hills s. store and that cihore,; .than fifty per cent of its trade isj done with blacks. Price said the store, employs eight people, including himself. The store's managers consistently deny, any intent to discriminate against blacks, but say vacancies have been filled from an existing pool of applicants, which had o no blacks. Bryd's latest transfer of ' the black produce manager to the Fores,t Hills store de ' creases black employment at the Wellon's Village store be cause he was not replaced with a black. Jarvis. Martin, chairman of the Economic and Employment sub-committee of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, said the matter would be dis cussed and they possibly recommend action to the parent Durham Commit tee . Both the sub-committee and the parent committee meet after THE CAROLINA TIMES' news deadline, but a report on positions taken by the two committees will be reported next week. Byrd's has been operat ing in the Forest Hills loca tion, situated between the old Hillside School area and the predominantly white section Niasd To Who's ; Who - Sabrina Brawley, a student the i. School of Human in Ecology at Howard Univer sity, of 511 Denver St., Kannapoli8, (N. C), has been named to "Who's Who Among Students in American .Universities and Colleges, 177-1978:'.,, 1 ; CARD OF THAKXS t ' I; Wish to express publicly of convalescence at home. May God bless every one of you. ' v ' ' William E. Fuller In old China it was believed drinking pina resin prolonged life and youth. In a message to the Foundation from her son read by Mrs. Chavis, Rev. Chavis acknowledged the greatness of' the honor bestowed upon him and made a "solemn pledge" to "strug gle with all my might and soul to combat racism and all its manifestations." This declaration brought thun derous applause from the 500 guests present who included trade unionists, church, wo- : men's and civic groups. The international community was represented by several for nearly VA. years. Several blacks were employed in the store when it opened, but the number has since dwindled. When the store opened, its Burlington headquarters ad vertised with THE CARO LINA TIMES, a black owned weekly, but the advertise ments stopped last July . The store's supervisor Bobby Jones, said last week, that two of the store's four ' former black employees were fired because "they couldn't get their arithmetic straight, and kept coming up short." Bryd's personnel mana ger, based in Burlington, hires for the firm's 24 stores and confirmed for THE CARO If": MelkUggett Iff tP? i- B- I It' vW "TT? d . . Receives Patterson foundation missions to the United . Nations. - The William L Patterson Foundation which hasjust rounded Out its first year, has as its main objective, the ' encouragement and support of social and creative work directed toward social injus tice. It bears the name of the man who petitioned the United Nations on behalf of the black people of the , United States in the now historic document "We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People" which gave LINA TIMES that the store has no policy to affirmatively hire blacks. , This week, the store's shoppers seem to be more or less convenience shoppers, buying only a few items. Since last Friday, Bryd's store has had a few shoppers. Nearly all were black. Assis tant Manager Ron Kelly said that the few shoppers was not due to the word of the store's hiring policies getting around the Durham commu nity, but was due to people shopping for Christmas gifts before they shopped for food. Nearby Winn-Dixie and Kroger stores were bustling with trade. ' J)n quiet serenity, let us reflect on the true messes . of Christmas. May your home and family be blessed wi'Ji Lhs ' spiritual joy and happiness that His birth taught us to cherish. - With our greetings goes our sincere appreciation, BELK LEGGETT SOUTH SQUARE the word genocide global application wherever any national or ethnic group is subjected to systematic de- IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS - Mrs. Omega Parker (r), President of the Durham Chapter of Squaws presents a check in the amount of $250.00 to Claude Baker, a victim of Sickle Cell Anemia, and his father, Claude Baker, Sr. Project chairman, Mrs. Emma Harris and financial secretary, Mrs. Marian Covington look on. Claude, a Pearsontown School second grader was adopted by the Squaws as the annual recipient of their Sickle . Cell Anemia donation to financially assist the family in 1 973. The national project for Squaws, Inc., is an annual contribution to the NAACP from local chapters. (Photo by Kelvin A. Bell). liVJCTQ structkm. The Foundation is locat ed at 126 W. 119th St New York, N.Y. 10026. i
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