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| *Drs. James P. Comer and Alvin
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| A community waits for help, page 11.
| Three big pages of sports, beginning
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Bethea Tapp
' By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
Greg Bethea, a former county management
analyst, has been appointed Forsyth
County's intergovernmental relations
coordinator, Acting County Manag
er Ed Jones announced this week.
Bethea, who is black, assumes the
position?Jones held before ^becomingacting
manager. BetheaVnew salary4s$18,295.
Jones told the Chipnide, ''Greg's the
best qualified person for the job; his
primary responsibility will be providing
assistance to the manager. There are so
many things occurring that I just need
more help."
bethea will also revive ffie county's
grant seeking effort, said Jones. The
acting manager said that even when he
held the position, he had not been able to
spend much time working on grants
because of other duties assigned him by
County Manager H.L. "Pete'* Jenkins.
The new coordinator holds a B.A. in
political science from North Carolina
Central University and a masters in
public administration from UNC-Chapel
Hill. He joined the county as a
management analyst trainee in Septem^
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By Sharyn Bratcber ved the end
Staff Writer Fast Winsto
A plan to train skilled labor- Association ,
ers while rehabilitating kins Street ]
housing was presented at Association,
last Thursday's community Salem Urbar
development meeting by Forsyth Tech
Les Venable, president of "Themeasu
the Watkins Street Impro- ed in this pr
vement Association. cost less ar
The plan, called the "WI? more changc
NSTON?Salem Urban tional assist?
League/East Winston Co- licies,Venable
mmunity Development Tra- According to
ining and Housing Rehabi- the project wi
litation Project, has recei- Recruit, sc
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ibers to whip 1 The bill? originally sponso
a,' page 4. I Augustus F. Hawkins, D-Cal
| drew heavy support from majc
F\ Poussaint | AS passed by Congress, the
1 adults and 4 per cent unemp
find out the I report annually on stePs takei
1 Congress, and the Federal Re
"V" | goal. The brill was amended i
? provision that inflation be redi
| Mrs. Coretta Scott King, p
, on pige 13. s umbrella group of 85 national
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of national economic plan
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ber, 1975. i
County Commissioner Mrs. Mazie ?
Woodruff, a long time advocate of more
black hiring in county government, said i
of Bethea, "I'm real proud of him." She jj
added, "I'd like to see more of it (black
hiring at top levels). It did strike Mrs.
Woodruff as odd that Jones rwould *
appoint someone to his old position i
? befoie kiiowtng~wfcether he mightT$turn ^
to it, although she acknowledged his need 4
for additional staff aid.
Jones Is likely to be appointed to the ?^
vacant position of assistant county mana- L
ger upon the return of Jenkins from an I
extended illness. When asked whether
the appointment of Bethea meant Jones
would-not return to his old post. Jones 1
replied, "1 guess so." However, he said I
any decision on the assistant manager** |
post would be up to Jenkins.
According to county personnel director
Reginald Luper, Bethea is still classified
in the professional class fdr equal I
employment opportunity purposes. As of
June 30, 1978, county statistics show 77
blacks out of 363 (21%) in the profession- I
al class. County statistics list four blacks i
in ftie rop classification, managers and |
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s For Rehab
lorscment of people in the classroom and z>
n Restoration on the job in basic con- |
and the Wat- struction skills, emphasiz- |
Improvement ing carpentry, and includ- |
the Winston- ing introductions to such
i League, and areas as painting, plumb- |
nical Institute, ing, electrical work, roofing |
ires represent- and drywall finishing.
oposal would These workers would reha- =
id accomplish bilitate houses in East
s than tradi- Winston or other commun- |
d housing po- ity development areas to
i stated. "at least the minimum |
the proposal, standards of housing code 1
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| 1 By John W. T?
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? PAYNETOWN--Mitchell Thon
of his newly-painted and pan
County unincorporated commi
.. ... reaction of a recent visitor wh
lately.
"This fellow came by who 1
about two years/' said Thornp
Thompson lives?,' he asked.
Next to Thompson's house is
center which houses a Head
provides space for community j
Both the renovation and t
possible through community
^ tained by the county with thi
Economic Development Comi
agency which covers Davie, Fo
m Yadkin Counties.
V Since 1976, NEDC has mad
r ments and housing repairs
\ Counties under the non-me
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pvruun 01 uic community uc
said Joe C. Matthews, directi
oto by Bratcher Application for other counties h
when you need The commission also administei
le was getting program in the counties,
r -own. "There's more substandard
paper Winston's been waiting for"
hrey-Hawkin
?By John W. Templeton ?#?
Staff Writer *
mphrey-Hawkins full employment bill consider the
ng to work."
red by Congressional Black Caucus member Rep.
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sm. llUUtM H. Humphrey. D-Minn..
t black organizations and labor groups.
bill sets as a national goal 3 per cent unemployment for
loyment overall by 1983. It requires the President to
n to reach that goal and requires-the executive branch,
serve Board to work in harmony towards achieving that
in the waning hours of the 95th Congress to include a
iced to 3 per cent by 1983. J
resident of the Full Employment Action Council, an
organizations which led the lobbying effort for the bill,
the passage of this bill a major achievement in the area
ning...It is much more than just a jobs bill."
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Faces In A packed house jammed the
Stadium for Winston-Salem
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After years of waiting and watching Winston-Salem
State University will finally get a shot at television
coverage Saturday when they take on the Elizabeth
City State Vikings in Elizabeth City. The game will
be carried regionally by ABC-TV's local affiliate
WGHP-TV. Coverage will begin at 12:30 p.m.
WSSU head coach Bill Hayes was ecstatic about the
teams TV appearance. "The TV coverage will help
our program and our school tremendously. It will
give us a big boost in recruiting and will enhance the
image of our school."
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Iter than in urban areas," saic
ipson stood on the porch houses that still have outdoc
eled home in this Surry and walls."
initv and chuckled at the Community development
o hadn't seen the house include the renovation of
rehabilitation of 34 homes
ladn't been up here for system in Danbury, a water
son. "Is this where Mr. Elkin in Oak Grove and
*1 didn't even know the Paynetown, and Banney Hill
The extent of housing probl
a brand-new community said Matthews. According i
Start program and also cent of the housing stock ii
gatherings. Counties was substandard.
he center were made figures were 27 and 24
development funds ob- "There's nowhere near er
e aid of the Northwest said Matthews. However,
mission, a five county helped, "It's the best thing
rsyth, Stokes, Surry and noted.
Thompson, who has been
e community improve- community to support the
in Stokes and Surry efforts, said the repairs to h
tropolitan discretionary reach for his own finances."
yelopment Act of 1974, "This is the biggest chang<
or of the commission. I've lived herre," he said,
ave not been approved. In Walnut Cove, Mrs. Lake
rs section 8 rent subsidy an inside bathroom, inside <
for the first time due to a C
housing in rural areas p
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The widow of (he late Dr. Martin Lt
Lenter for Social Change which bears
towards moving to a tun empioymeru e
to a job," she said in a prepared staterr
The bill has been termed "watered-c
implement its goals. However, George
tools such as budget and tax policy an<
He added that the bill now requires th<
work with the administration in setting
"in past years, particularly during the
taken steps which they knew would inci
Fed. chairman G. William Miller recen
of the bill. He said cooperation was
economy. .
Arnold Aronson, secretary of the ia
Sec
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>r toilets and holes in roofs everything
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projects in the region chuckles.
50 homes in Paynetown, and the Lo!
in Walnut Cove, a water Out she a
and sewer system outside come runn
I community centers at yelled out:
She laugh
ems in the area is massive, The talk i
to the 1970 census, 39 per lives in a n
n both Stokes and Yadkin "Oh, he'i
In Surry and Davie, the used to h
per cent, respectively. said. Miss
lough housing available," uptown. \
for those who have been I'll come b
that ever happened," he weeks ago
"She's (
active in organizing his neighbor,
community development Miss Ani
is home were- "way out of peaceful si
of flowers
;--the onliest change since interest is
It is hard
Hairston's home now has world of w
water and storm windows kind. She
D project completed there lonesome j
age 2
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Saturday October 21, 1978
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ither King and president of the Atlanta-based
his name called the bill "a necessary first step
Mtwmy" """ .
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lent.
lown" because it provides for no programs to
Clements, an aide to Mrs., King, said existing
i existing jobs programs are "very powerful". ,
c quasi-inaepenaent federal Reserve Board to
policy.
i Nixon administration, the Federal Reserve has
rease unemployment," said Clements. Current
tly supported the economic planning provisions
necessafy to avoid sudden downturns in the
:adership Conference on Civil Rights, another
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Photo by Ernie
vd quite a show, rolling up 38 points in the
on the way to a 52-21 win over the
Fayetteville State University.
lie sits on her front porch on warm fall days,
watch the kittens playing among bronze
iwers. She lives in a small, neat cottage on a
a rural oasis inside the roaring city, which is
trees and kudzu.
t have seen that porch view thousands of
her 50 years of residence there, but her
race is bright and her eyes sparkle with
n.
she hails & neighbor. "Come tell me
you've said, and everything you've done!"
> be an old woman who said that," she
"She'd tell folks, 'Ain't nobody here but me
rd.' Well, one night her house caught afire,
ime running in her nightgown- and a man
in' right behind her. One of the neighbors
'Who was that? The Lord?' "
is merrily with her visitors.
turns to weather and kittens, and, since she
development area, to landlords.
s a real nice man," Miss Annie declares. "I
ave to go down and pay, but one day he
Annie, you don't have to come all the way
rou just call me when your check comes and
y and get the rent.' Why, my rent was due 2
, and he hasn't come yet. A real nice man."
>ne of the lucky ones," murmured her
nie settles back in her porch chair with a
mile. She must have watched many seasons
and many generations of kittens, but her
undimmed.
to imagine her as a young woman in a rough
ork and winter and people who are less than
; seems timeless in an autumn haze, on a
5orch...with kittens and flowers.
Sharyn Brmtchar