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by Rudy Anderson
Staff Writer
The owner and president of
Sam's Gourment, Inc., lost a
recent bid to have his name
dismissed as a defendant in a
$150,000 suit filed by Ms.
Alinda Foote. The suit was
filed against Sam Pappas and
two former employees at one
of his several businesses.
The suit was filed in U.S.
Middle District Court here in
August 1975. In the suit Ms.
Foote alleges she was refused
service and told to leave the
Canterbury Lounge at the
Club Haven Shopping Center
on June 16, 1975 because she
is black. The Canterbury is a
card membership club. In a
recent interview Ms. Foote
recounted tne events tnat toon
place that night.
Ms. Foote, 34, now a deputy
sheriff with, the Forsyth
County Sheriff's Department,
Lounge by friends who held
membership cards. Her
friends were white. The
establishment was crowded
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and upon entering, Ms. Foote
said they seated themselves
and waited to be served.
Waitresses Darinda Guardino
was stopped as she was
passing to wait on other
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customers. Mb. rooie saia
that when they started to give
the waitress an order she
asked them if they were aware
of the "black rule."
Asked what that meant, the
waitress reportedly said that
blacks were not allowed in
Runoff Electi
by James Smith
Staff Writer
Residents throughout North
Carolina will return to the
polls Tuesday (September 14)
for a second primary election
,..?whichJ*. the ..result- jqC- the.
' August IT eteuihm.
In Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County, the race is for
the remaining two seats on the
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by Rudy Anderson B
Staff Writer b
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On August 16th this year, a
:he corner of Free and Willow s
n the Happy Hill Garden n
section of Winston-Salem. Mr. tl
Grier had been to this area ^
many times before, selling his a
odds and ends off the back of a tl
van he had converted into a "
mobile community-type stoire. 3
Everyone in the area, for that b
matter, many in the city knew s
him. But on this particular b
day, and in this particular s
place, he was dealth an 1
unlucky hand by fate. t<
Grier made two stops that 0
day on the same corner, h
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there and that she (Ms. Foote) .
would have to leave.
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by Rudy Anderson v
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The president of the local c
chapter of the NAACP last
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Ion Sept. 14 I
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Forsyth County Board of *
Commissioners. e
The three candidates who t
are running for the remaining r
seats are Grover Shugart, 1
Mrs. Mazie S. Woodruff and
James N. Ziglar, Jr. *
Inihe last election, only one 1
received a majority of votes to
1 secure one of three Democra- !
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See Election, Page 2
tnrday September 11,1976
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lusiness must have been good t
ecause he was there that ^
lorning and later the same (
fternoon. He noticed two >
lales?neat?where?he?was (
elling that morning, but did i
ot pay that much attention to >
hem because he knew them. 1
Vhen he returned in the i
fternoon the same two were <
here but still he gave them no
lotice. Grier said that at about <
:15 it started to get dark i
ecause of an approaching i
torm. Everyone except the i
wo males began to look for <
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licuci, iiiusuj in iiicn iiuiucs. ?
"he two males just continued i
o sit and watch the activities i
f Mr. Grier, one from the
iwn and the other from
orch.
One of the males apiroached
the truck and went
o the window, to purchase a
>ag of potato chips. Then he
sked for another. As Mr.
Trier was turning his head to
;et another bag from the shelf
le had made for his
inick-knacks, he was shot, in
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; Affluent ]
reek blasted young affluent '
lacks in the area for not
aking a more active role in
ivil rights activities. 1
In a stinging statement to
he Chronicle, Dr. J.T. <
dcMillan said that "apathy j
oday toward the movement is ;
10 better than it has been in
he last six years." He cited as i
vidence the poor showing
lack voters made at the <
ecent primary elections. He 1
ndicated that in one area of 1
he city, voter turn out was so 1
iad that less than 10% of the i
egistered voters even bothStwrClrHJ*-WXCii *
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"If we are ever going to get
anywhere, we must get off of
aur seats," he said.
He said the more affluent
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:he neck on the left side. He
vent down. His truck was
>pen and his two assailants
valked in. They noticed that
jrier was trying to get up. The -
nan who had just shot him
valked over to Grier and shot
lim again, this time in the
ight side of the neck at
extremely close range.
Although mortally wounded,
Grier never lost consciousness
and said that he heard his
attacker say, "Get everything
and let's' get out." They
cleaned him out and took,
according to sources close to
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uic case, a vciy suusiauuai
amount. An exact figure was
not given. Within minutes of
the'attack and robbery, Grier
was on the way to the hospital,
but not before giving police a
detailed account of what
happened. But to date no
arrests have been made, no
report has been filed sincethe
initial investigation, no suspects
have been brought in or
listed in what has been
See Robbery, Page 2
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id Blasts
Blacks
our young black citizens
become the more ''callous*'
they become. Obviously upset
by the mere mention of it, he
added that the NAACP and all
other civil rights organizations
set less support from the
young than they do from any
nther viable involved sea
ment.
"The irony of it is," he
continued, "the young have
protitted the most, in jobs,
housing, schooling, legislation,
and they are just not
returning the support."
Financial support is desperMcMillan's
words, "a racist
court in Mississippi has
leveled a SI.2 million suit
See NAACP, Page 2