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Winston-Salem Chronicle ^IV.No. 27 Saturd^ March 4, 1978 “More than 25,000 weekly readers” 28 Pages ★ 20 Cents ★ NAACP Restricts Aid To ^Members Only^ Yvette McCullough Staff Reporter ‘ ‘The NAACP strives on membership and it is im portant that black people support it," Patrick Hair ston, president of the which breaks down to One doctor for every 4298 blacks,” Bailey said. ‘‘The average black male lives to the age of 62 compared to 69 for the white male. The average black female lives to the white counter photo by Nottingham Janet Martin Angela Diaz Debs To Be Presented Winston-Salem branch of age of 70 compared to 79 the NAACP remarked at for her the NAACP's member- part.” ship banquet last Tuesday night at Staley’s Restau rant at Northside. ‘‘Anyone that does not have a membership card win not receive any help from the NAACP, not during my administrat ion.” Haiston said. The banquet was held to kick off the NAACP membership drive and was coordinated by the membership chairman Larry Womble. The key note speaker for the dinn er was Beaufort Bailey, a member of the Winston- Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education. ‘ ‘There are 16,000 blacks eligible to vote in this county and until the entire team join we can’t play the game,” Bailey said. “Tell the people of our nation that the only way to prevent genocide is to be necessary.” Bailey said that blacks should strive for a political program of equality and parity. “We’re behind and the gap must be closed,” Bailey told the group. ' ‘In business we don’t have equality or parity for what we’re spent financially so we don’t control our bus iness wealth.” He also sited that that infant mortality rate for Black was 30 per cent compared to 17 per cent for whites. In the area of education Baiiey said that the aver age black only finishes 9.4 years of school compared to 17 per cent for whites. In the area of education Bailey said that the aver age black only finishes 9.4 years of school compared to 12.1 for whites. Bailey said that blacks should not ask for total black programs but pro grams that Tienefit all Americans. or the Democrats are holding the bucket if the bucket has a hold in the bottom,” Bailey said. “Blacks provided Pres ident Carter with the votes needed to get him elected and in 13 states blacks were the margin of vic- “It doesn’t matter tory. We elected them whether the Republicans now we must collect from them.” -f ■ } ■ '. ,.,V/ '■C ' •' ^ V .. ■' . Mayor Wayne A. Corpening sigi^ a proclamation making April 4tli ‘‘Martin Luther King, Jr. Honor Day,” observed by Rev. Raeford Thompson, Ms. Judy Rashid, and Cecil Hilliard. Mayor Signs Proclamation Honoring Dr, Martin Luther King On Saturday night March 4, 1978 at 8:30 p.m. at the Benton Con vention Center, twelve lovely young ladies will make their debut to socie ty. This annual affair is iponsored by the Alpha Beta Chapter, a business Elaine Wall, Miss Angela Virgine Diaz, Miss Donna Ontene Matthews, Miss Debra Genise Goodwin, Miss Prenessa Maria Mickens, Miss Natalie Ann Haizlip, and Miss Kirsti Louise Crockett. He sited the lack of black doctors and the lack of education as problems affecting blacks today. “Their are 1.6 per cent trained black doctors. The honor day will fea ture a ceremony before the Hall of Justice and a evening program in WSSU’s Kennedy R. Wil liams Auditorium. Cecil Hilliard indicated that he has contacted Raleigh — The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has and professional sorority, joined a lawsuit attempt- The debutantes who will be presented are: Miss Janet Pearl Martin, Miss Angie Elaine Be thea, Miss Glenda C. Mc Mahan, Miss Barbara Ijnn Young, Miss Linda Elaine Rabb, Miss Terri ing to block the expendi ture of public funds in Gaston County on a pri vate school, according to NCAE President Linda Rader. After a vote of its Board of Directors, NCAE has filed a friend of the court brief in support of James F. Hughey against the Gaston County Commis- By Sharyn Bratcher Staff Reporter A proclamation desig nating April 4th as Martin Luther King Honor Day was signed by Mayor Wayne A. Corpening in the presence of represen tatives from various seg ments of the black com munity. Rev. Raeford Thomp son, spokesman for the group, explained that the commemorations on April 4th would be a combined Clayton C. Lovell has effort of many facets of become the first Winston- the Winston-Salem com- ^904 munity. Also present at one of the the signing were Cecil -ri-niifatQnHir.T v^nnor Hughey is appealing to private schools. That has Hilliard, WSSU student - Carolina bv a ruling by Superior Court been NCAE’s position for body president, Ms. Judy q Javcees many years, she said. Rashid, representing the .. T.r„,oU r,lront,nol T^fh^‘^fh'?^monrv Community of Al- officer for WachLa Bank tend that the money jslam, and Rodney Sumler should be spent to provide ^ho represented Patrick weekend see "age 2 Hairston of the NAACP. Wake Forest University representatives in con nection with Dr. Martin Luther King services planned there, in an effort to correlate all the diffe rent activities plaimed for April 4th, the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassina tion. “We should do more than commemorate him,” Hilliard stated. “We must also try to continue the work that Dr. King be- See Page 2 NCAE Joins Lawsuit Jaycees Name Lovell Outstanding Young Man sioners. Attorney James Fuller filed the brief in Wake Copnty Superior Court case because NCAE be lieves that public funds should not be diverted from public schools to Judge Sam J. Ervin III that an appropriation of $48,068 by the Gaston Coimty Commissioners to the private Dyslexia School of North Carolina was for a legitimate public purpose. President Rader today said NCAE is joining the Mrs, Eaton Honored At Black History Day Program Yvette McCuUough Staff Reporter Mrs. Dorothea Eaton, District Supervisor of the Winston-Salem Recrea tion Department was konored Sunday at 14 Street Recreation Center ss part of the center’s first Black History Day Re- tognition program. Mrs. Eaton has been with the Recreation De partment of since 1955 and received a plaque in tMognition and apprecia tion of her service. “1 am very grateful for *hat you have done,” Mrs. Eaton said. “I wil Aerish this for the rest of ■ny life.” Also on the program, was Robert Eller, Special Recreation Supervisor for Winston-Salem who gave the history of black re creators in the city. In Eller’s talk he noted that black playgrounds in the city were first started in 1919 by S.A. Smith and R.W. Brown and the first black recreation play ground was 14 Street in 1925. The first full-time black recreation directors were Roscoe Anderson and the late Rupert BeU. The contributions of various Afro-American artists in the ' American Culture were presented by Dr. Henry Michaux, a member of the staff at North Carolina Central University. Dr. Michaux noted that one of the foremost black artist of our time was Robert S. Duncanson. Duncanson is noted for lanscape painting and was generally accepted throughout the mid-west. His work glorified nature and in his work he made nature just an important as people. Other artists discussed by Michaux were Ed- monia Lewis, Henry 0 Tanner, Charles Whie, Hale Woodruff and Jacob Lawrence. Edmonia Lewis was a See Page 2 Dorothea Eaton accepts a plaque presented to her by CharUe Hinnant in recognition of her service in the W-S Recreation Department, at the Black History Day Program Sunday at 14th Street Recreation Center. & Trust Co., received his at a program held at the Hilton in Wilmington. The nominees for the Five Outstanding Young Men Awards are judged on the basis of contribu tions to the community, evidence of leadership a- bility, and evidence of personal or business pro gress. Mr. Lovell’s impressive list of achievements in cluded: Director of the Experiment in Self-Reli ance, an organization of which he is now president; Director of the Salvation Army Boys Club; Urban League Director; March of Dimes director; Childrens Center Director; and Chamber of Coimnerce director. He cited his 1976-77 presidency of the Win ston-Salem Jaycees as his most rewarding exper ience. “1 feel that my partici pation in the Jaycee or ganization was the driving force in allowing me to achieve the things for which I received the a- ward,” Mr. Lovell com- Clayton Lovell mented. Besides being the only Jaycee from this area to be named to the awards list, Mr. Lovell was the only black to be given the honor this year, and pos sibly in the 19 year history of the award. The nomination of Clay ton Lovell, submitted by his local Jaycee chapter, says: “Clayton’s involve ment in his community cuts across all lines from serving on a Chamber of Commerce Task Force to nailing up “storm win dows” in an elderly per sons home. He is concern ed, and his is involved.” , The nomination also credits him with; walking over 60 miles and raising $900 for the March of Dimes; sellin™ 1,000 jars of jelly forth- 4. C. Jaycee Burn Center; and serving as a member of the exten sion team for the Twin City, East Salem, and Camel City Jaycees. Clayton Lovell began his banking career in 1964 as a teller with the Chemi cal Bank New York Trust Co. While he attended the American Institute of Banking in New York City, he worked his way up from teller, to head teller, note teller, and collection teller. In 1967, he joined Wachovia Bank & Trust Company as an Audit Trainee, which soon led to his assignment in Win ston-Salem as Assistant Local Auditor. From there he moved to Assistant Cashier in the Retail Banking Department. He went to the Trade Street Office as Assistant Mana ger in 1971, and Manager in 1974. One year later he was given the title of Assistant Vice-President. In 1975 he was transfer red to the Personnel De partment as Salary Ad ministrator, responsible for Wachovia’s statewide salary programs. He has held his present position of Personnel Officer for the Northwest Region and the Trust Division since October 1977.
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