Senior
Citizens Group
Racial Insults:
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Denied
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beating me with clubs and again and started pulling
- ByTrellicL.Jeffers
; It seemed for a brief
period that the Coor
dinating Council of Senior
Citizens would get an ad
ditional budget appropria
tion of $9K100 Thursday
June .18, at a special
meeting of the city's
finance committee, when
Councilman v Paul Vick
made, a motion to Jrant;
thtet non-city agencies .
the senior citizens. groups
the Coalition of Battered
Women and the Durham
Day Care Council addi
tional funds to total their
original requests made
during the 1981 budget
process to the Durham Ci-
ty Council. j
.After the motion,
however, Cjty Manager
Barry Del Castilho, in a
surprise report, told .the
councilmen present that a
surplus . franchise tax
(heck recently received
had been $36,000 less than
he had calculated. At the
regular council meeting
Monday night, June 15,
Del 'Castilho had reported -$53,000
in surplus funds,
and the council had voted
to hold a special meeting '
of the finance committee
in order to consider addi-j
tional budget items, and it ;
had accepted " - a v motion ' :
' from Councilman Pledger
to use the $53,000 to!
finance some of the agen-i
cies whose , requests v for :
funds had been denied. ;
After Del "Castilho 's
report, the motion to v
grant additional money to '
the three agencies failed;
on a 5-4 vote.
W.L. Bradsher,
spokesman for the Coor-.
dinating Council of Senior
Citizens, said that the
group has been given a
$300,000 grant from the
federal government which '
is contingent upon 1 1 .2
or $34,000, some of which ;
may be in kind services.
He said the money was ;
needed to employ eighty
senior citizens. j
When questioned about '
the city's denial of the .
senior citizens' request for
funds, Del Castilho said,
"The City simply does not
have the money. We asked
the County Commission,
to give half of what they
needed and the City would ,
give the other half. They
tun butts," he said.
V Mrs. Tern Smith said,
'raw tnem beating my
husband and I went to see
what was happening. . I .
said, 'that's my husband.
.You re going to kill my:
husband. - Why are yoii
beating my. husband like
that'." . ;
Mrs. Smith said Rodri
quez responded to -, ner
and twisting ray arms.' I
'- asked him why was he
' pulling my arms? He said,
' 'I'll - break your arms,
;b- He thea handcuffed :;
'me. :..;v..:-rv,.A.,n ;
' She said a black officer
told Rodriquez to let her t
go." He also' released her ,
from the handcuffs.
Mrs. Smith said Rodri-;
quez then pushed her into,
question by "pulling my ' ,'tht squad car. She said,
hair and oody slammmg
me onto Dowd Street. I
almost got, hit by a car.
The driver stopped and
helped me ; up. Then
Rodriquez "grabbed rhe
Sun Gives Triangle
A Hot Foot
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
can afford it. They havej
the Research Triangle
Park."
The group asked for
and was granted $4,800
from the County Commis
sion, and it was ap-,
propriated $9,100 in the
city's original budget. i
"These senior citizens
don't want to beg. Theyj
are not asking for han-j
douts. They want a chance!
to work," Bradsher said, j
The finance committee!
also voted Thursday mor-'
ning to increase water and
sewer rates 17 Vo for
residential users and 52
for large consumers, '
Bull City
Joins Qlean
City Program
"June is bursting out all over". That's what someone
once put in a song, but on June 22 here irivthe Triangle,
the only thing that seemed to be bursting out all over
was the mercury in the thermometers.
The. Raleigh-Durham- Airport recorded its hottest
June 22 on record with a high of 100 degrees at 4 p.m.,
marking the highest reading there in nearly four years.
(Some unofficial readings in the area reached as high as
HO4.)
The early morning RDU low of 77 degrees was the - ceremonies
highest "low" ever recorded at the weather station.
. The heat was prevalent all over the area as air condi
tioners, cars, 2nd .water systems struggled against the
oppressive early summer blast of tropical air.
A westward extension of the Bermuda high pressure
system has been the main culprit in keeping
temperatures well above normal thus far this month.
The average June high is usually around 88.
While many residents have asked if this heat is merely
a barometer of things to come in July and August, the
National Weather Service says that it's difficult to tell.
Very hot weather in June was extended into July and
bevond during the summers of 1980L '77, 8..and,54,
By Donald Alderman
The Bull City joined 222 ,
other communities across
the country Tuesday as
Durham became a partici
pant of the nation-wide
Clean Community
System.
Certification
were held at
the Ramada Inn. About
100 persons attended.
The beautification pro
gram is sponsored by Keep
America Beautiful. The
program's gist "is to
change the attitudes which
make litter acceptable,"
said Bill Massey, eastern
regional director of Keep
America Beautiful.
He said the program
was no :ntereo arouno
'He carried me to the
magistrate's office,
pushing me down . the;.
: hallways and in and out of'
elevators. I asked why he
continually pushed ' me.
He said, 'I love to beat on
women. I love it. I love it.'
" Mrs. Smith said, "I then
asked him about , my
rights. I said 'aren't you
going to read me my
rights?' He said, 'lady,
you have no rights. You're
, in my custody now,'-1 war
finally read my rights,'
long after I had been ar
rested," Mrs. Smith said.
Robert Smith said of
ficers failed to state his
.right's, also. "I was ar
rested, taken to the
hospital and back to the
magistrate's office before
my rights were stated,"
Smith said. 'v.-.
A crowd reportedly
formed after the beatings
had occurred and the ar
rests were made, throwing
objects at passing
motorists. The crowd was
said to have been compos
ed of various community
members, as well as people
who were already at "The
Spot".
The four arrested said
they plan to press police
brutality charges against
Officers Martin and
Rodriquez.
A judge issued a tem
porary restraining order
closing "The-Spot".
, Seven injuries resulted :
as a result of the incident;
five were motorists.
Several witnesses say
they will testify in court on
behalf of those arrested,
saying police could have
handled the situation in a
more professional and
dignified manner.
The ' Smiths said their '
church and several area in
terest groups are in
vestigating the, occurrence. '
.... v firy
Private
Meetings
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., ceter), Secretary of Housing and Urba De"0"?
scheduled to address the U.S. Conference of Mayers in XouisYllle, Keatncky UbI
week, arrived a day early to hold private meetings with mayors. Pictured wttli Fierce
are: Mavor Arthur Clark of Waltham, Massachusetts (left) and Mayor Theodore
Mann of Newton, Massachusetts.
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Where Is The Pride At Durham High?
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
Recently, I was reading
an interesting article in the
Greensboro Daily News
concerning the decline in
attendance at high school
athletic events in that ciyt.
This brought to mind an
even more interesting
story that has been taking
place right here in
Durham over the past
decade or so and that's the
decline in attendance at
Durham High Bulldogs'
games.
For years, Durham
High was the biggest
school in Durham and,
along with that, carried a
fierce pride in it's athletic
teams. But since the early
1970's, the attendance has
fallen to embarrassingly
low levels. Often more
than not, Durham's four
other public high schools
(Hillside, Northern, Jor
dan and Southern) out-
but Jufte heat waves of 1959, "64 and '69 were followed snorwe ciean-up, cam
by more normal summer readings, a weather spokesman paigns but rather a- long-
term rtn.nninn nrnnrom
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High was an all-white
school .with over . 1400
students. Even when the
first token blacks ap
peared there, it was still
considered the 'class'
school in Durham. Many
of the affluent whites and
later blacks sought to send
their children there. DHS
received more coverage
than any school in
Durham at the time.
By the mid-1960's,
Durham High had a
sizeable number of blacks
who attended under the
'freedom of choice' in
tegration plan and it was
at this time that the school
had a resurgence in
athletics. Between 1964
and 1969, the Bulldogs
were a perennial state
power in football and
basketball. In 1966, two
football games between
DHS and Raleigh
Broughton drew over
loyal "alumni" plus newly
integrated student bodies
to their games, the crowds
supporting DHS became
smaller and smaller.
By 1975, DHS was vir
tually all black as much of
Durham's white and mid
dle class black population
migrated away from the
inner city in favor of new
growth suburban areas
north and south of town.
Northern, in time,
replaced Durham High as
the biggest high school in
town and they enjoy a hef
ty following plus winning
teams, on the average.
At first glance, it seems
easy to pinpoint the fall of
DHS attendance. It's got
to be white flight, right?
Maybe to a certain extent
but that's not the whole
story.
Sure, many whites may
no longer attend DHS
games because they "can't
been true at DHS.
For some reason, many
DHS grads choose not to
support the Bulldogs after
they walk out of there for
the last time their senior
year.
Like Hillside, Jordan,
Southern and Northern
also have vocal and sup
portive alumni. Why not
DHS? Only a Durham
High grad (which I'm not)
can answer that.
The Greensboro article
said that another reason
attendance is down in the
larger North Carolina
cities is that there's more
to do than in smaller
towns, plus many high
schoolers now work. This
may be true, but it still
doesn't quite explain the
sagging gates at DHS,
even when they make the
state playoffs in football
and basketball.
During the past Holiday
4dra Athe'. BuHdogs v2S ,QQO '.. fans -and massive
industry, but things have not reached the critical stage
yet.
The rest of this week promises to be a little cooler
with highs "only" in the low 90's.
waste management.
MaPv sflirt! rpparHlpw presiaeni Kanoy Brame
of the causes of litter. ,u l,,c specm oeautirica-
MRS. STONE
lisa Stone
Stones to Visit West Indies Island
Mrs. Mudy Stone, wife of Rev. C. R. Stone and their
daughter, Lisa, will be among the North Carolina
delegation of Ministers' Wives to leave Durham Satur
day, June 27 for Barbados. Mrs. Stone, assistant dean
of education for the North Carolina Ministers' Wives
Association, will participate in the Educational
Workshops of the National Ministers' Wives Associa
tion hosted this year by the Barbados' Wives! She has
taught the course, The Ministers' Wife A Total
Woman for the Stae Association for the past four
years. Lisa, a rising ninth grader at Hillside High
School, will join other teenage "PK's" on the trip.
They expect to return to Durham, July 5.
through constructive com
munity action, litterbugs
and thier aftermath can be
corrected. He said people
litter because of a lack of
concern for property and
because they know so
meone, else is responsible
for cleaning.
The Clean Community
System, Massey said, can
correct those attitudes by
revising sanitation or
dinances and enforcing
them as well as employing
waste management techni
ques and providing
cleanliness education. He
said the total community
must be involved in ensure
the program's success.
Contributions from the
public and private sectors
constitute the program's
$15,000 budget for this
year. The Council of Civil
Clubs raised the funds.
The group was active in
getting a Clean Communi
ty System in Durham. .
Shelton Ennis is presi
dent of the Clean Com
munity System. Mrs. B.J.
Jennings is executive coor-
tion program will get
underway immediately.
when the 'Dogs are tne
home team. Why?
The first major theory
that's put forward is that
integration and migration
patterns in Durham killed
off DHS crowds. Let's ex
amine this further.
Until 1959, Durham
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First Sermon by Ms. Shellah Scott
Ms. Shellah Dianne Scott will preach her first ser
mon at Church of God of Prophecy, 800 Grant St.,
Sunday. June 28 at 3
R.m.
She is a member of
the Church of God of
Prophecy and serves as
Youth Life Team
Director; Assistant Vic
tory Leader Band
Director Assistant
Sunday School teacher
for pre-school age;
Assistant Clerk and
Treasurer; Ad
ministrative Assistant
to the pastor; Mis
sionary Band member; ,
and Youth Adult Choir
member.
She is employed by
Mechanics and Fanners
Bank and is a student at
Durham Technical Institute majoring in Early Child
hood Education.
She is the daughter of Evangelist Dorothy Scott
Alston, associate minister at True Way Holiness
Church.
Rev. Carl Waden is pastor of Church of God of
Prophecy. !
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Murphy of Charlotte announce
the birth of art eight-pound daughter, Sommer Joy, on
June 3.
1 .
Vacation Bible School
Orange Grove Baptist Church, 505 East End Avenjie,
will hold Vacation Bible School June 29 through July 3,
nightly at 7 o'clock. All interest persons are invited to
participate. -
Missionary Services at Community
The Durham County Missionary will be held at Com
munity Baptist Church, Barbee Road, Sunday, June 28
at 3 p.m. ' '''
Mrs. Willie Sneed is president; Mrs. Lydia Vanhook,
secretary. ;
Bibla Way News
The Young Adult Choir; will sing for the Morning
Worship, Sunday, June 28 at Bible Way Apostolic
Temple, Dark Circle. The Bratcher family will
observe their third anniversary, June 27 and 28. Serr .
vice begins nightly at 7:30 p.m. Guests will be Bishop
Rogers, Pentecostal House of Prayer, Raleigh;
Gospel Singers; Edwards Singers; Mighty Royalettes;
and Eldeii Perry Foxi f :w .. 'iv.Vv
, On Sunday afternoon af 3 p.m. the guests will be
the Ebenczer Coral Ensemble, Pilgrim Chorus,
vShiloh Apostolic Temple Choir and Bible Way
choirs. - 1 ' -
media coverage
Fans poured out to see
the 'Dogs play and all was
fine in the world of DHS.
Things looked even
brighter when it was
revealed that formerly all
black Hillside and former
Durham 3-A power Nor
thern would join DHS in a
new 4-A league beginning
in 1969. Durham fans
could envision sold out
stadiums as the natural ci
ty rivals would finally play
each other. Instead,' while
Northern and Hillside
continued to draw their
black school, but what s tournament played at
happened to the black
DHS alumni? Just across
town, Hillside has always
had the support of a
strong and active alumni
who often attend the
games years after they
graduate. This has not
Durham High, Southern.
Jordan and Hillside all
had bigger cheering sec
tions than the host
Bulldogs. Again you've
got to ask why? Just
where is the pride at
Durham High?
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