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Winston-Salem Chronicle
Yol. IL. No.' 34
Saturday April 22, 1978
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Compromise Averts Block
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By Sharyn Br^itcher east Ward, still voiced her
Staff Writer opposition to the grant.
A resolution proposed “The Northeast Ward
by Alderman Jon B. De- has not been given fair
Vries has apparently consideration,” she told
averted - or at least the board. “Therefore I
suspended — the throat of cannot be in agreement
black leaders to block the with this package the way
city’s application for a it stands.”
grams in East Winston, possible sources of fund-
with the emphasis on re- ;j,g rehabilitation loans
habilitation, rather than grants
on demolition. -A major .Grants for housing re
study of the housing habilitation for elderly or
needs in North and North- low-income owner-occu-
pants.
Winston, investigating -The dissolution of the
Redevelopment Commis
sion. The city of Winston-
Salem and the aldermen
would then teike over its
function.
-The formulation of a
city-wide housing policy
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loibers of the East ^K^nston Restoratioii Association meet with Alderman
a Newell to discuss their concerns.
.eft Out Of CD Plan:
last Winston Complain s
BY Yvette McCullough
Staff Reporter
iBat infested, roaches
Iwling in every crack,
1 the walls and
Jces in the backyard.
description of a
rror movie — but of the
inelife of Steve Jackson:
nan who wants some
inges made.
;lc8on along with
|er families along Ca-
(ron Avenue, wants to
why their homes
Iren’t included in the
nunity development
project.
A meeting was held
Tuesday evening by the
East Winston Restoration
Association at St. Bene
dicts to discuss the situ
ation with Alderman Vir
ginia Newell.
Jackson has been living
on Cameron for three
years. He said rats, ter
mites and spiders are
common place in his
home.
“In the summer time
we have bugs, snakes in
the backyards and some
Children at one of several NW homes.
orthwest Child Care
uf f ersF rom F und Cutoff
ly Vvette McCullough
Staff Reporter
lie Northwest Child
elopment Council may
fer a loss of $510,000 in
ids next year according
fa Director Susan Law.
is an 84 per cent
nction in funds for
978-1979, The loss in
ads would result in 28
iff positions being elimi-
ed, the loss of trans
lation, Health Servi-
field trips, and the
®e visitor program
aid be terminated.
Ilia year the Council
»ved $450,000 from
Appalachian Regional
aaission, $600,000 in
lla 20 funds, $125,000
the state and
26,000 from arious
'ties. Next year they
aid only receive
.900 mJKtle 20 ftimls.
lorthwest Child Deve-
“lent is a private, non-
Davie, Forsyth, Stokes
and Surry. The daycare
facility operates under fe
deral guidelines and funds
are needed in order to
meet the federal staff
guidelines.
Law said that Governor
Hunt is committed to the
continuation of the ARC
Child Development Pro
jects and encourages them
to seek additional resour
agency that serves
‘dten in four counties.
ces.
Law has written Sarah
Morrow, Secretary of the
Department of Human
Services asking that the
department request funds
from the North Carolina
General Assembly for
ARC Child Development
Projects administered
through Human Resour
ces.
ARC projects are inclu
ded in the state budget in
amount of $617,607. The
request would raise the
1978-79 budget to
$2,354,760 to ease the
budget deficit.
Law said that children
in the program wiU not be
hurt but that the overall
quality of the program
would diminish.
“We will stiU try to
provide fuU services that
we offer now as equaUy
weU as we’re doing now,”
Law said.
Law seiid that she is also
requesting $100,000 from
the county government for
next year.
‘ ‘ County government
has supported Northwest
ChUd Development,” Law
said. “However city go
vernment has never given
a dime to Northwest.”
Law said that Adminis
trative staff would also be
cut in half.
“I don’t care if the
children are poor, black or
white, they need the best
society has to offer,” Law
said. “Any investment in
children is weU spent.”
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$3.5 million grant from
the Department of Hous
ing and Urban Develop
ment.
When the Community
Development Block Grant
was brought up for con
sideration at Monday
night’s meeting of the
Board of Aldermen, Vi-
Mrs. Burke was the one
dissenting vote. Larry Lit
tle later commented that
his support had hinged on
the resolution proposed by
DeVries.
The resolution calls for:
-Evening or Saturday ses
sions in May to amend the
grant; -Expansion of Com-
Reynolds Park Advisors
Petition For More Funds
vian Burke, of the North- munity Development Pro-
people have snakes in
their houses,” Jackson
said.
In the wintertime, Jack-
son said that the homes
get really bad because it’s
hard to keep them warm.
' T use about 100 gaUons
of oil every one and half
weeks in the winter,”
Jackson said. “I had to
put cardboard around the
door to keep the wind
out.”
“You could see right
through the holes in the
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By Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Writer
Members of the Rey
nolds Park Advisory
Council have filed a peti
tion with the recreation
department asking for
more money to make re
pairs at the Reynolds Park
Recreation Center.
“We just want our fair
share of the pie,” said
John Elder, a member of
the council. “I don’t know
why other places are be
ing funded and we can’t
get funded.”
The petition, which was
sent to the recreation de
partment, the board of
aldermen, and various
presstime that he had hot
yet received his copy of
the petition. He explained
that any additional funds
for Reynolds Park would
have to be appropriated
media representatives,
asked for funds for a
number of projects, inclu
ding:
1) Locker room repairs;
2) Repair of pool walk
way; 3) Replacement of by the aldermen,
diving board and the out- "R will be a tough
side basketball court; and year,” Jamieson commen-
electrical work around the ted. “The budget is very
pool area. tight.
The petition also caUed He explained that about
for the repair of play- two years ago the Board of
ground fixtures, lighting Aldermen approved
for the tennis courts, and $50,000 for repairs at Rey-
a sidewalk along Reynolds nolds Park. At that time
Park Road extending from the center was repainted,
Peachtree Street. new offices are built, the
Nick Jamieson, Win- floors were redone, and
ston-Salem’s director of the porch decking was
recreation, stated at See Page 2
Speaker Tells Conference:
Alphonia Perkins, of the Phi Gamma Sigma Sorority
at Winston-Salem State, was one of the participants
in the Patterson YMCA Phonathon held recently in
an effort to boost membership in the
Black Students Need
Motivation, Discipline
By Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Writer
■yi| A not us; it’s the
Patterson rr ws™
Holds Phonathon
Symposium on “The De-
The Patterson Avenue
YMCA is conducting a
membership drive and as
one of their means to
recruit new members a
phonathon was held last
Sunday.
“We have a strong
growth and we’re not
affiliated with the YWCA,
said Richard Glover Direc
tor of the Patterson Y. “In
1975 we had a member
ship of 985 and in 1977 we
had a membership of 2082
which shows growth.”
The Patterson YMCA,
which is in its 67th year,
has divided its member
ship drive into 12 teams
that will help to recruit
new members.
The teams are: The
board of management, the
retired men’s club, the
Phalanx Club, R.J. Rey
nolds, the Ebony Frater
nity, Public Officials, the
Camel City Jaycees, the Y
Family Team, the Out
reach department and
health services.
The membership
chairmans are Cupid Kel-
lum and C.B. Hauser.
Glover said that the y has
reached 40 per cent of its
goal and that presently
about 100 people are
working in the member
ship drive.
Participants in the
phonathon were: Alphonia
Perkins, Selma White,
Lucia Smith, Vereva
Penn, Vicki Moody and
Cheryl Bonapart,
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all
Job Hunters Hint:
Nontraditional Jobs
Yvette McCullough
Staff Reporter
With the unemploy
ment rate as high as it is
today and with the steep
competition among appli
cants for good jobs, even
someone who has the
experience, training and
skills may not have
enough to land a job.
Most people don’t know
how to go about looking
for a job, where to go, and
what to do after they get
there.
A good place to start
looking for a job, accord
ing to Shirley Goodman of
the Employment Security
Commission, is to go di
rectly to a company or
place of business and fUl
out an appUcation. The
next process would be to
look at the classified ads,
and third to try employ
ment agencies. Another
way would be by word of
mouth by telling people,
friends and acquainte-
nances the kinds of jobs
you’re looking for.
Goodman said that
when a person goes look-
clining Enrollment of
Black Students in Mathe
matics.”
The all-day program
featured a number of pa
nelists and guest speakers
who delved into the ques
tion of why there has been
a 40% drop in the number
of black math majors in
the last ten years.
Mr. J. Arthur Jones, a
program analyst with the
National Science Founda
tion, stated that black
students need motivation
and discipline to pursue
the study of mathematics..
The process of encoura
ging a child to study math
must begin early, Jones
stated.
High school is too late
to emphasize math, be
cause the initial choice of
general math or algebra is
made in junior high
school.
On the local level, the
school system’s lax re
quirements were blamed
for low SAT scores and
poor performance in
math.
Howard Shaw, a coun
selor at North Forsyth
High School, explained
that the Winston-Salem/
Forsyth County School
System requires high
school students to tkae
only one unit of math,
which may be a sort of
general or consumer
math.
J. Arthur Jones of the National Science Foundation
explains that the achievement of black students is
linked to the national economy and affects everyone.
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Most students, he no
ted, take this in the ninth
grade and “get it out of
the way.” Then by the
time they are required to
take the SAT for college
admission in their senior
year, the students have
forgotten what little math
they had been taught.
Shaw noted that even
though parents are re
quired to sign a consent
form approving the child’s
course selections, many
parents do not care what
the child takes, or says:
“Let him decide.” The
child often takes “fun
electives” like “Sports
Heroes,” and neglects ba
sic academic courses.
Shaw favored strength
ening the math require
ments for high school
students.
Dr. Joseph Dodson,
Mathematics Supervisor
for the WS/Forsyth Coun
ty Schools cited the de
cline in neighborhood
schools as a factor in the
math problem.
“Nobody cares whether
a kid learns or not,” he
stated. These days, said
Dodson, the parents are
out of touch with the
teachers, and no real en
couragement is given to
students.
“It is not natural for a
white teacher to care
about black kids,” said
Dodson.
This point was disputed
by a number of other
educators present, inclu
ding conference co-ordi
nator Virginia K. Newell,
who contended that each
group responds to teacher
motivation.
“It’s the teacher more
than the color,” Dr. Ne-
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