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by Rudy Anderson
Staff Writer
Mrs. Mazie S. Woodruff,
after being sworn in Monday,
became the first black and
only the second woman ever to i
serve on the Forsyth Board of
County Commissioners.
Also taking the oath was
Fred D. Hauser, the retiring
' personnel manager of R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Hauser was elected to serve as
the board's new chairman,
replacing Dr. Julian Keith.
Hauser had served as the
board's chairman for four
years before losing his* bid for ?
reelection in 1968. Dr. James
N. Ziglar, the third new board
member, was also sworn in,
thus . rounding out a solid
?' Democratic sweep of the
board. All will serve four year
terms.
Mrs. Kurtz
Last week the SuperinS
tendant of the Winston-Sa!
lepi Forsyth County School
; Board, Dr. James A.
- Adams, initiated dismissal
! ; procedures against Mrs.
<!| Judith C. Kurtz, a teacher
is at Hall-Woodward Elements
tary School, after "careful
;ii investigation" of the facts
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Mrs. Woodruff
Superior Court Judge,
William Z. Wood, who swore
the three in, said of Mrs.
Woodruff's election to the
board, "We've come a long
way since the time I storied
practicing law here 25 years
ago.
In a recent meeting two
weeks ago of the Beta Alpha
Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda
Sorority at Reynolds Health
Center, Mrs. Woodruff, as
guest speaker, again called on
Recommendec
surrounding an alleged
incident between her and
several of her students on
Nov. 22, 1976.
The alleged incident in
question involved the
slapping of at least two of
her students during periods
of what was termed
uncontrollable violent rage.
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Chief, Thomas A. Surratt in a
public statement recommend- o
ed early this week that five
officers involved in an alleged ??
unwarranted shooting incident ^
last month be dismissed. d
The shooting incident re- 1
portedly occurred in the t
Morningside and Columbia d
Terrace areas. No one was c
injured, but?there- were (
reports that pets, such as dogs \
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all parties concerned to help ii
make the community schools P
the best possible. This r
howev.er is only one of the P
areas in which Mrs. Woodruff
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plana iu tuutciiuaic net
efforts on the board.
She has repeatedly called
for health care for all the ^
citizens of Forsyth County,
saying, "It seems that dhly
the very rich or the very poor
can get adequate health care.
That must be changed." She
said, I'm going to be very
active in searching, for s
industry for Forsyth' County c
that will provide decent s
employment for the county's tl
citizens, and at the same pay r
attention to our^ environment a
and help us keep it safe." E
Mrs. Woodruff also said she ^
would be pushing '"to stop s
spot zoning." She was s
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I to be Fired |
The incident took place
almost three weeks ago and F
since then the parents of F
two known children have >: -1
filed warrants for Mrs. ? '
Kurtz' arrest. She has been ;j: *
sighted with assault on 2
a child under 12. (
If she desires, Mrs. 1
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nd cats were killed. The five
olice officers were together
t the time of the shooting,
itnessessayrand theirpatrol~
ars left unattended. All the
fficers were white.
An investigation of the
icident was conducted by
dajor J.E. Masten, Commanler
of the Operations Bureau,
'he investigation revealed
hat there had been misconluct
on the part of the five
fficers. The five officers are
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fernon, T.W. Spainhour, and
).E. Wheaton.
The statement said, 4These
fficers did engage while on
luty and in uniform in certain
ctivities which were directly
n violation of city personnel
lolicies and departmental
ules and regulations." It said
lersonnel policies and departPomrenke
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by Rudy Anderson
Staff Writer
In an apparent attempt U
tave off the growing public
oneern over police profesionalism
and integrity, after
his latest disclosure of police
nisconduct by five officers in
. shooting incident, Norman
Pomrenke, Asst. City
danager for Public Safety,
aid Tuesday he "would not
tand by and have the entire
orce (police) demeaned "for
he action of a few in the
lepartment.
Pomrenke said that he was
>roud of the department and
>roud, to be associated with
he men and women on the
orce. He said the department
vas not running from the truth
ind at the same time carrying
>n the 44business of providing
professional protection and
service without complaint."
Pomrenke said that this
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mental rules and regulations."'It
said also that due to
the sustaining of the alleged
?activities and-the gravity of
the misconduct, it becomes
necessary for me (Surratt) to
concur with the recommendations
to dismiss the officers.
The officers were suspend
ed for ten days without pay to
allow sufficient investigative
time for "official certification
of the appropriateness of the
proposed dismissals and for
the appeal process to be
invoked, should the officers so
choose."
Whether the officers actually
killed any animals has not
been determined nor why the
incident ever took place. If the
officers decide to appeal the
recommendation for dismisall
answers to some yet unresolvSee
Police, Page 2
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Norman Pomrenke
incident should be brought
into focus, that this was "but
one incident to which our
Public Safety Department
responds in a year's time."
The Police Department has
also been linked to alleged
impropritiqs in the Madge
Roberts case and to taking
pictures of people in front of
the courthouse as well as this
latest incident. All these
occurred during this year.
Pomrenke said, "It has ?
See Pewenke, Page 2