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RALEIGH -A significant
decline in traffic deaths in
N.C. occurred in March,
Edward L. Powell, Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles,
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Commission
by James Smith
Staff Writer
With the belief that good
gpvernment must be responsive
to the needs of the
people, Mrs. Mazie S.
Woodruff announced Tuesday
that she will seek election for
one of five seats on the
Forsyth County Board of
Commissioners.
A resident of WinstonSalem
for 49 years, she has
an artiup nartirinflnt in
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the processes that created
growth and development in
the city and county for the past
*20 years.
At her press conference,
which was well attended and
held at Union Chapel Baptist
Church (of which she is a
member), she pledged to work
towards:
Improved employment
opportunities.
2. Extension of city-county
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announced recently. During
March of this year 103 persons
lost their lives compared to
121 traffic deaths during the
same period last year,
representing a decrease of
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cooperation.
3. Improved preventive
medical services.
4. Reduction of crime
throughout the county.
"I intend to work for all the
citizens of Forsyth County and
to try and bring businesses in
the county which will help
change our economic status,"
she said.
To date, Mrs. Woodruff is
not-cnn fn run in
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democratic primary. Of the
five-member board, there are
three seats which will be filled
this year. Each incumbent has
expressed their desire not to
run again.
A frequent face in most
political meetings, Mrs.
Woodruff hopes to help
update the antiquated houses
in the county.
"Too many of our people
live in substandard housing/'
she once stated.
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by James Smith
Staff Writer
After nearly two decades
with no major capital
improvements, the Patterson
Avenue YMCA is taking on a
new look at the tune of nearly
$200,000.
Marty Penn, spokesman
and a member of the Board of
Managemenfsaichar feasibilitystudy
which is concerned with
the future of the YMCA,
showed that the board of
management wanted to improve
theYMCA and try andchange
its concept.
Presently, the building is
undergoing a complete renovation.
The gymnasium has,
new fluorescent vapor bulb
lighting and a new floor with a
In N.C.
14.9%. For the three months
ending March 1976 there were
301 fatalities compared to 314
persons killed during the same
period last year, a decrease of
4.1%, Powell released the
statistics in the Highway
Accident Perspective publish^"
ed by Christine E. Bunn,
Director ot lranic Kecoras ot
the North Carolina Division of
Motor Vehicles.
Powell said these statistics
were encouraging when compared
with the February
report which showed an
increase of 1 % in traffic
fatalities. The number of
injuries and accidents continued
to rise although at a
much smaller rate than in
February. Person injured were
up 2.6% and accidents
increased by 2% in March. In
February injuries were up
16% and accidents were up
6.5%.
"We feel that our intensified
highway safety efforts are
once again having a positive
impact. The cooperation of our
citizens in the awareness of
the needs of better driving
habits is to be commended.
The distressing statistics for
February have been reversed,
but nothing less than our best
efforts will cause a continued
lowering of the death and
injury rate. Highway safety is
the way for life in North
Carolina/1 Powell concluded.
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capital improvement cost of
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nearly ao,uuu.
The lobby has been
completely renovated including
new carpet and drapes.
The conference room has also
been renovated and pine
paneled walls have?been?
idded.
Also, the YMCA has a
$20,000 membership drive
uTFderway for I97&] Of that
money, $8,000 of it will be
used to renovate downstairs
where a new cardio-vascular
preventive system correlates
with the new health club. That
$8,000 will be matched by an
additional $8,000 grant.
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Although there have been
improvements made on the
YMCA since its 52 year-old
existence, the improvements
this year will be the biggest
ever.
In changing the concept of
the YMCA, Penn said the
YMCA would like to become
more family oriented. 44We
want the people to know it's
for the family."
Some programs for families
Black Worn
Topic Of Sp
by James Smith
Staff Writer
44In the black woman, we
see her as she suffers while
being captured from her
native Africa. She survives the
humiliation inflicted upon her
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aunng passage on slave snips i
which were no more than
crates filled with human flesh
bound for sale to the highest
bidder/' says Mrs. J.D.
Ashley.
Mrs. Ashley was the
keynote speaker Sunday
during the 11 a.m. worship
service at St. Paul United
Methodist Church.
In her topic,. "The Black
Woman of Yesterday and
Today," she talked about the
suffering and achievements
which have all fallen on the
black woman.
"Christianity is credited
with elevating the woman. It
has given her a nobleness and
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include a remedial program;
voter registration, hypertension
clinic, a juvenile
delinquency intervention program
and NYPUMB (National
Young Program Using MiniBikes).
Recently^,?the executive
director of the Forsyth County
YMCA has given the local
branches a metropolitan
concept. There are presently
four YMCA's in Forsyth
County. They include Central,
Kernersville, Walkertown and
Patterson Avenue.
Penn said the Patterson
Avenue branch has suffered
some setbacks which were
primarily due to the fact that
they could not serve all the
people in the community.
Another factor has been
school integration.
It is the feeling of most of
the community that it would 1
be better if the YMCA could
be re-located. That may
happen within the next five
years, Penn said.
Of all the capital improvement,
the YMCA is presently
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a tenderness," states Mrs.
Ashley.
"It was a woman who was
the last (or among the last) to
leave the cross; the first at the
sepulchre, the first to greet
the resurrected Savior, and it 4
was to a woman that the
Savior gave a message for the
disciples to meet Him at
Galilee/'
Although black women have
come a long way, Mrs. Ashley
cited a recent story which said
See BLACK, Page 2