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I Even hours after the up again, and ensuring
8 flames that destroyed that the gasoline stored
( Vine's Cleaners had beneath the building did
? subsided, police cars and nut ignitu.
~^7~|fire trucks still encircled The business, located
1 the shell of the building at PattersoiTAvenue and
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Two of the many winners: Mrs. Mildred Bachelor
and Mrs. Katie Hatcher.
Garden Club Council
Hosts Flower Show
The Fourth District "Today is all we have
Garden Club Council let us make it the best,'
presented its 1977 Flower urged Fourth Distric
Show, Saturday June 25th Garden Council presiden
in Benton Convention Romelia G. Mason.
Center: Mrs. Thelma Sfiial]
The show, whbae theme journalist of th Bake an
was "Summer Fantasy-,-Spade- Garden Club
offered an enchanting served as General Flowe
variety of floriculture and Show Chairwoman, assis
. horticulture?grown?by?ted hy Mrs. Ellflwort
members of the eight
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participating garden ivirs. meinm oranu
clubs. See Garden, Page 2
? 'Miss Black N. C.
Pageant Draws Near
July 8th is the deadline for applicants to the
Miss Black North Carolina Pageant to be held in
__ Winston-Salem in August. The pageant,
sponsored by the Phi Omega Chapter of the AKA
Sorority, will select the young lady who will
represent the state at the Miss Black American
.Pageant in California to be televised later this
year.
The competition is open to high school
graduates between the ages of 18 and 25, who are
single and without children. Entrants in the state
pageant should have had previous experience in a
local competition, such as Homecoming Queen, or
college sweetheart.
An applicant may nominate herself or be
sponsored by local businesses in her area.
Application forms may be obtained by calling
919-723-0984.
The contestants will participate in a preliminary
pageant the second week in July, and then in the
state pageant in early fall.
The prizes for Miss Black North Carolina and
her court will be scholarship money to further
their, education. Pageant spokesman Virginia
Newell stated that the projected amount of the
winning scholarship is $1,000. The net proceeds of
I the state pageant go to the United Negro College
Citizens Can
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Combat Crime
How safe is Winston- 4,^43 for 1977.
Salem? Police Officer E.C. Pop
According to the figures stated that this is th
compiled by the Planning second consecutive yei
and Research Unit of that crime has decrease
Winston-Salem's police in Winston-Salem. "19'
department the crime rate was a bad year/' sa;
is slightly lower this year Pope, perhaps because
than it was at the same the recession which led
time last year; 4.528 an increase in theft,
reported crimes for mid- Larceny accounts f
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Saturday July^2, 1977 ? Suite t
roys Vine\
Liberty Street, was part The fire started about
of a bull,^ complex 10:30 Monday-morning-w
nofPatterson
A ventre Gro* Vine was transferring
eery, J.B. & Sons gasoline from one conBilliards
and the Ebony tainer to another in the
Fratwrnity?Club, nil" ox? unckui the cican^ro <-i'he?
which~suffered extensive pilots light?of" the ~hot
damage. 7 water heater caused the
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t Vernon Jordan, caught here in a listening n
^ the keynote speaker at the "Urban League
Opportunity Banquet.
! Jordan Addresst
I Opportunity Bar
l, by Sharyn Bratcher and H. E. Staplefoote, the
Staff Reporter" retired associate director
of the YMCA.
i Vernon Jordan, a nat- C.W. Temples of Fairionally
rnhim- child Industries, Inc. and
nist and executive director R?L. Jones of IBM were
of the National Urban cited for Special Services
League, delivered the to the Urban League,
keynote address at the his address, Mr.
Equal Opportunity Bam- Jordan expressed hope
quet given by the that the Carter adminisWinston-Salem
chapter of tration will fulfill its
T^omio nromises toward minor:
LI1C Uiuail iA^aguv. r
The banquet, which ties, and praised the
took place Thursday, June actions of MY. Carter,
23rd at Behton Conven- which are so different',
tion Center^ featured Sflid Jordan, from the
League president George "Imperial President" of
E. Hill as master of not long ago.
ceremonies, and was also Still, Jordan expressed
the occasion of the disappointment in "the
League's awards presen- Administration's Game
tations. Plan," saying that it
Gordon Hanes, Chair- offers too little, too late for
man of the Board of the the needs of black people
Hanes Corporation re- and poor people.
ceived this year's Distin- Jordan suggested six
guished Service Award. programs which could
Outstanding Citizen- benefit the country by
ship Awards went to directly attacking major
Forsyth County Commis- national problems. He
sioner Mazie Woodruff, suggested: 1) Ending
Velma Hopkins, food unemployment with a
services director of the federal job-creation proReynolds
Health Center, gram; 2) An over-hauling
tPouncy Cops"Office
Officer Roscoe 0. Poun
cey 01 Lnt; w nistuu-oaiciu
Police Department receivconvention
of the
|e ment Officers Association, *
Forsyth County was jfl
" well represented at the "0fflcer of the Year;
'f convention, with 5 of their Ro-coe Pou
V1 number elected as officers
t0 in the organization for sheriff's department wa:
tft77-78. elected vice-president o
or Sgt. Oscar Vaughn, Jr. the N.S.L.E.O.A. Harr
of the Forsyth County James of Alcoholic La\
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gasoline furrtes to ex- plained
-thv^.-buBdiin uilH his ^ntgnl tha firn. flaying |i>
clothing in flames. He that tnere weren t
was hospitalized with enough firefighters on Sjj
extensive second degree the scene, and the
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Some members of the hfclp from the crowd to 23$
black community com- See Fire, Page 2 T1
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IMelinda P
- Melinda Pace, presi- j
dent of the Goler Tenants'?<
Association, won her third
round in court against the
management of Goler
Metropolitan Apts., who
are trying to evict her.
The case was decided
by Magistrate J.C. Lewter
after hearing evidence
presented Tuesday, ?T*\ne
22 in Magistrate's Court.
The first suit filed
against Ms. Pace charged
her with failure to comply
the rules
apartment complex, and
damage to property, was
dismissed by Magistrate
^5B|^^??^3HHI Harold Thomerson for
.. ^m* _____mTB| ^ac^ ?* evidence. _ v
, The May 16th proceedlood,
was \ xm tT
P . ings against Ms. Pace was
Equal decided in favor of the
_ Goler management, and is
-y^|- ~ now being appealed.
^ o Mjfw -m a g-w 1 Herman Stephens, attorJUJ\J
lAslM/M ney for Melinda Pace.
iquet Golden Frin
- o7,h?? .m, . w?h? N C. Human
' minimum income level for (CCNS)
all families; 3) the gay ^ evening
revitalization of urban to of you. j-m Golden
?areas ^through a e eral p,.^^ National Program
i land bank and a federal Director of the Southern
housing trust fund; 4) a Christian Leadership Con.
national health program; ference <SCLC) and some
5) a crime control call me an agitator. I'm
program; and finally a very proud to be an
national youth program to agitat?r. But today I want
improve education and to bring your attention to
* . , something that is troublprovide
job slulTs and ing ;thls state and
employment for young . troubling the Black cornpeople.
munity and the intemat_
-?. ional community across
Vernon Jordan, a native the wor,d This is the
of Atlanta is a graduate of wilmington 10. The
DePauw University and wilmington ,10 seem to
the. Howard Umvers.ty have a ial ^terest or
Law SchooL He has wag caused tQ haye a
served on the National M interest ^ ^
Advisory Commission on councili this Human
Selective Service, the Relations Council of the
American Revolution Bi- State of North Carolinai ^
Centennial Commission, thflt back m .?1 th went
the Presidential Clemency . . ?
r. j i . t A , . J into Wilmington on a
Board, and the Advisory . e u
? ' o i o request of the Human
Council on Social Security. Relations Council or the
Jordan is probably best Good Nei hbor Council at
known for his newspaper that
time. I was hoping
column To Be Equal that th[S councU ^
which is nationally syndi- could take this under
ca e ' advisement and please
take some action, to
_ A 155 recomment to the Gover\T*nor
^at P^don with
innocence those people.
Enforcement will serve as Now today, a hot
state co-ordinator. summer has started. We
The Winston-Salem po- started demonstrating to
lice department contribut- day in Asheville, N.C.,
ed three newly-elected and we are going to
officials: Johnnie Landon, continue until something
chosen chairman of the is done.
| state advisory committee; We a^so went today
Cpl. George Redd, Sr. very appropriately, and
who will serve as assistant very formally, and prestate
treasurer, and Offi- sented to the Governor a
cer Pouncey, Sergeant-At- petition of pardon. We
Arms hope that you could be
very influential in having
Other Wjnston-Salem t^e Qovemor take a very
police delegates to the critical and very wide view
y <*>*vention were: Charles 0f that pardon petition and
v See Cops, Page 2 pardon those Wilmington
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the clerk of Superior Court ^
motion on the condition __ .. _
lL , w n . . Melinda Pace
tkaf Mo Ufinn rtatf nar rant
ttiab ma. a avc puj nvt
for the month of June, property, because of the
which she did. principle of "res judicaThe
third complaint in which means that
summary ejectment pro- these charges had already
ceedings against Ms. Pace been dismissed by Thomwas
heard June 22nd, and ?rson for lack of evidence,
charged her with damage could not be sued
to property and failure to ^or ^e same violations
timely pay rent. again.
Stephens objected to ?... .... ^
the charges of damage to ?ee Go'er? 2
ks Speaks "To
Relations Council ??
10. Another thing the everything else and look \
Council could do in your at y?ur . prisons. That
upward climb here, is to would be a beginning you
bring -about- * totaT"aee- We go aroundrhere^
community, and 'i think andwa got some pie on
the Wilmington 10 would the table? we've some
bring about a beginning of cake on the table, we've
this. If they are pardoned onty 8?^ a crumb when it
then the community, the comes to the under
state and the nation of privileged and the minor
course could look at North ities- S? if you will just
Carolina. ^You see when stop for one time and start
we are living in this state off again. And this is the
of North Carolina in two beginning. You are anew,
communities and . the ** y?u are ftnew this,
Wilmington 10 case "Is then you can see that the
splitting us farther assun- Wilmington 10 walk the
der. And I think a streets just like you,
telegram that I sent to this because there is no need
council's Chariman and a f?r our state to hide
copy to the Director, that a behind their responsibiliresolution
should have ties and let somebody
been mentioned here, and suffer. I
do hope you will do this. The State of North
You see if we talk about Carolina is responsible for
racism we talk about 'hat and} want J to
human relations all in the bring t0 their
same breath. 1 hear the ?ttentlonv: DonJ *? "ound happy
talks Jor_ the 'ett^g ,Ne? *ork do Itcommunities
that are Boston do it.^uss.a do rt,
doing great things but I th* Communists do it, or
have been in the struggle wh"1 y0"' Yo" do ,l
for 19 years. I find that as North Carolina citizens.
what are thinking that we , We afe ?oin* *?
are making positive gains . those roads froum
is losing. We are not ^ington Startm,g Ttl?e
really gaining we losing. ?f June ,un^ July
Because 10 years ago we <th_Jh'9 13 .^ because
a North Carolina failed to
were farther up the roaa . . , . ,
i _ i*?_ understand tnat the BlacK
man we are now. we are . ' , ,
eoine backwards The communlty 18 disturbed
state of North Carolina ?bout the Wilmington 10. '
I believe you are the
with your help as the J
Human Relations Com- v0'ce'
mission could put on a 1 was * your first
new suit of understanding meetmgwhen_^_was
Q_ j j ? 4 4 ,, started under Governor
and doing away totally _ e r , , ,?
with the double common- Ter^u Sa"fo'd and th*y.
ity, a white community, a 9fud then that they wanted
Black community, an us Put our pievmces
Indian community and all ?? 90me .Thl8 " my
of this. This is where I Plea 10 you ^day\t? put
think that your efforts h"man rlg*ts.' ,human
should be put. relations and justice up
v.,, u i. front for one time. And I
You should put away \ ., .. .
think this concil can do it.