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\ ?v I" tvoi. n, ;' ,11. - ' I ? ; Ij^H^FJi M Ife^ k^1 >>^.' ;. |; igM* %fc' '?X : , ;V EIQah "H|l" Jackson receives ti and dedicated services rendered - ? . Former To Pri c hv rnliari FUpf Staff Writer A group of Winston-Salenv boxers with more than 100 . years of ring experience are working together to regenerate an interest in the^sport % here. In an interview earlier this week Whit Lowrey and Bobby Giles 2 former fighters A MA A A A /!? %/% 4-1% wnu aic spcaiucauuig LIIC Seminars to I For Minority The State Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE), Opportunity Industrialization Center (OIC), the National Association of Accountants (NAA) and the Durham Business and Professional Chain (DB & PC) will sponsor an eight week business management seminar at the OIC office in Raleigh. The Business Management Seminar will be conducted each Tuesday night at 7 p.m. beginning January 20, through March 9, 1976. Courses will be offered in ?? Patron ' L WINS! "*wiN?fowS55l5^c!^ " . "" v' ^' ... WtSm *, y .? .. ,-,^ff^| *3 jjw -^ Efafl ?JHHk Bk^S^Efix'**^^ 4-?' vards recently for outstanding I as a Labor Organizer. Fighters nmnto Rn VIIIVIV l/V program said they plan to take boxing all over the city to get people ?involved .in the program. The two ex-fighters said the> have already started a boxing program with^he^kidof center director James Garner at the Reynolds Park Gym. About 30 boys ages 7-25 are presently enrolled in the program. Be Held Businesses taxation as it relates to sole proprietor, partnership, corporations and the individual, recordkeeping, financial statements and a special session dealing with Business Deve lopment Organizations which can render the following free services to small businesses: Accounting & Bookkeeping Services, loan packaging, management assistance, technical assistance, assistance to contractors, tax assistance, financial statements, marketing and 8 (a) certification. See SEMUNAK rage iz ize Equa roN-3 EliU Citizens by Azzie Wagner Staff Writer More than 75 people gathered last Friday night at the Holiday Inn North to honor Elijah Jackson, pioneer labor organizer, upon his retirement at the first A. Philip Randolph Institute Testimonial and n?.. * ii^vugiiiiiuu ua^ uauijuci. Jackson was presented awards for Outstanding and Dedicated Services Rendered as a Labor Organizer. The Plan xing Lowrey, who has been boxing since he was nine years old says boxing will help kids in many ways. "It teaches self r discipline, respect, and builds character. 1 know the reason I don'Ismoke ordrink today is because 1 was a boxer." Giles, who fought professionally, trained under Sandy Sadler, former world feather weight champion, and Austin Benjamin. He has won golden glove awards in feather i j i* i < ? . < weignt, ngnt weignt, ana welter weight competitin. Giles says, boxing will take kids off the street and give them something to do. It took me off the street and made me a man." Both men added that they are not looking for professional fighters. 4 4We are not only going to teach and promote boxing but we want to act as friends, counselors, and tutors to the kids involved." Lowrey adds. Giles pointed out that "the program unlike some other boxing programs in the city will encourage kids to participate in other activities such as basketball, football, chess etc., plus boxing will aid in any other sport." See FORMER BOXERS Pg 2 1 i yp|Wf ?<MW ALEM ah Jackson Honore ; Receive awards * were presented by John Newman, president of the Winston-Salem Central Labor Union, and Norman HilL Executive nirprtnr nf A y ? ? ? W w W? V -w ^ w w VA ? ? ' Philip Randolph Institute, on behalf of the Institute. Avery Flynt, president of the local Chapter for twoyears, served as Master of Ceremonies. Following The Rev. Cedric Rodney's invocation and Mrs". Mazie Woodruff's welcoming remarks, the guest speaker, Dr. Jerry Drayton, told a spellbound audience: 44 It is commendable as well as honorable that this evening we have assembled here to do justice to a deserving pioneer in the labor movement; and to give to a man flowers that are I V ^ :: ? $} ^ ^ ' \ This little tot is definitely waiting fat Thanksgiving turkey or perl Black Coll Grait Fn RALEIGH, N.C.: Grants totaling $90,000 from The Sears-Roebuck Foundation will be distributed to 40 < colleges and universities including Shaw University in Raleigh and five other institutions in the state. The total grant was nity Advei 4 liL November 29, 1975 d Awards as alive as he is. This way he can smell them and appreciate ' the beauty of them* We should give men their flowers now!" Other awards were presented to the following people for scivitcb rcnucrca in me community in conjunction with jthe A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Board of Elections: H.B. Goodson, Mrs. Lillie M. Carson, Mrs. Lottie Connor, John Newman, Mrs. Clara Tatum, and Mrs. Catherine Hines. Family of Elijah Jacksoq attending were: wife, Mrs. Velma Jackson, son, Elijah Jackson, .Jr.; Rev. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. James Adams, and Mrs. Elease Wells of Wilmington. Wtte. : ' \v; ?' Vy * Mmi Pi; : r" -* v' a ~r- ?i?.::s-.r; V9 I ; for something. It's either that haps Santa Oaas. eges Get im Sears presented in Atlanta by the Foundation on November 12 to The United Negro College Fund. Accepting the check for redistribution to member institutions was Christopher F. Edley of New York, executive director of UNCF. See Black Page 6 rtisers V .. ?__ _
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