"V Jt 22 Wiqst VOL. V NO. 43 22 PAGES THIS Black Bai A group of prominent citizens has asked the state's ? oldest and largest black bunk to open a branch Tin? m nstnn ^afr?m "" > ? '""" " '" " 'flie board of direcfdrs of Mechanics and Farm#?rv of Durham, Raleigh and Charlotte met Thursday June 14 to decide whether or not to locate a branch here. "We have met with a group in Winston-Salem to discuss the feasibility of building a branch in Winston Salem and we feel encouraged by the talk that there is - sufficient support there," said Joseph J. Sansom, president of Mechanics and Farmers Bank, in a < - Ak iSXPOOU^K^C-w#?v< ^il? ?Vv?vJB f" i * - X ID X I lmMB A_ *^4JmjSB 8 'Id 191 QHttoi*. ' Take the Plu It's time to dlv? into m summer of minded with recreational variety which can be found calendar to fan all over the city. Beginning this week, page 9. ^he Chronicle provides the leisureSalesman Fa< By Yvette McCnllongh Staff Writer TKo rAQ/4 !/*!? ? ? ^ 'A * m iiw ?uou ivj uiv Lv/p iui juiiii Luvcn nasa i occji an easy one. He has had to overcome as a disadvantaged youth, = discrimination-^ 4md-several iinancial? setbacks- before? becoming manager of Parks Chevrolet's-New Car r Department, one of the few blacks in the area in that ^ position. i Just when I was about to write off much of our younger generation as a bunch of goof-offs, something happened the other day. j My son and 1 were preparing to sit down to some hot 1 black-eyed peas that evening when I heard someone at ^ the front door saying, "Hello." Wintnn ini/>o frn tvi mit m/Mifk I " W/mh t iping juivv iiviu uijr iiiuuui, l , iiuw wuu j could that be?" Arriving at the screen, I looked out to see a teenager whom I placed at about 15 or so admiring the little intercom box at the side of the door. "Hey, that's neat," he said. "Does it work?" "Nope," I replied. "What can I do for you?" "I'd like to cut your grass," he said firmly with a look over his shoulder to highlight the fact that it did indeed need cutting. I couldn't argue with his astute observation, but I did explain to him that I had already formed a pact with one of the neighborhood youth to keep the grass cut. ! "I'll give you a better price," he replied. "How much does he charge?" . * "Well, we pay him $5.00." "I'll do it for $4.50," he said in the best spirit of salesmanship. I was tempted, but I weighed the savings against the trouble I would cause myself by breaking the agreement and decided to stick with my current cutter. "Where do you live," I asked. * tl "Over on Patterson," he replied. He's really hustling, g I thought to have come all the way around the block and half-way up the street seeking lawns to cut. ^ I urged him to keep on up the street and he would a probably find a yard or two to cut. He gav? a poHte, fj "Thank you," and continued to the next house. Sure enough, a few minutes later, I heard the roar of t( the lawn mower and glanced out to see him mowing like ^ crazy. v Now, there's one young man who's creating his own f jobs program, I thought. r John Templeton a V ' on-Sale "Serving the East Winston Co ; WEEK WINSTON. nkMay N Winston Salem residents may remember Sansom as the first?hlflrlr manu.iM.. u/ > '?1 ?r?;;vV?~ - ' , McotianiM and i afmeu Duiik lintji bj^lh uP *4fi hiHIImm according to its1978 annual statement. -*4t experienced a 10 percent increase in its deposits during the . year. R. Lewis Ra^, the attorney representing a group of prominent black citizens, is circulating a petition to present to the State Banking Commission of the Mechanics and Farmer's board approves the branch coming to Winston Salem. WM Freedom Fund dinners heard ^^^^1 SI |j Earl T. Shinhoster tell the pric fj^vvijp^p ip i iic pnee 01 irccQom Shinhoster said during his Fri< 1,000 who paid $10 apiece f dinner of the local NAACP official told the enthusiastic c the NAACP and other organi and time. OFCl Shinhoster, an articulate i I I who left a position on the i Busbee to take the Atlanta Recreation Outlook, a number of young executiv< i activities. Look Cor It on executive director Benjamin H During a Chronicle intervi quipped, "Freedom isn't free ces Hard Roa Lovell is a native of Pilot Mountain, although he lived in Winston-Salem for a short time during his youth. Growing up in Pilot Mountain was very difficult for him educationally because the black kids didn't have access to a school. ?? 1 ?^The black people if* Pilot Mountain had to make their? ] school,? Lovell said.?"The black families got together and started a high school for blacks.'' 1 T 11 coi/4 f V* r? !?IUW "W I llli 11 f'ttrfr Turn* goal of getting 10,000 signatures." Ray said. "1 drafted the petition and we have suggested the proposed site of ttre^brarrch to be tocared~righT beside Winston Mutual Lift1 Insurance company on 5th and Cleveland. Bay saiLVirnrrTrrrTnr^tiTDjrn.acrnTTTTTnrriM/riis n>ri milt Sansom. the branch managers from all their branches and members of the board, June 2, at Shiloh Church to see if the idea >vould interest them. He said Sansom agreed to take it to their board. The first group approached Greensboro National Bank black owned bank about the possibility of building their branches in Winston- Salem, Ray said. * . "Greensboro National Bank wanted us to build our eedom Isi eader Tells Banqut Temple ton 'riter the the I NAACP regional director I e tag for freedom. day address to almost or the annual fundraising The civil rights_ , the struggles zations would take money and energetic 28-year-old staff of Ga. Gov. George |||iflil|||[iEjBk ' based post, is one of a ss recruited by NAACP ooks to take key posts. ShinhOSt0r ew earlier in the day, he I," while recounting some S66KS n6lp id to theTop / Contracted tuberculosis ne moved back home to the south. He didn't have a job so he made his living by washing cars and charging people $10 per car. In 1958 Lovell and his brothers opened a dry cleaning business in Pilot Mountain. The business thrived for /ears until around 1 Q6.1 _ ZZ ==trlrrTt*63~rwaretected president of the" Sony County VAACP which put me out of business,"'Lovell said. 'On Monday I went around to mywhite clientele, they old me not to come back and soon I was out of >usiness." "I didn't resent any of the things happening to me, I ust thought of them as stepping stones to my success," ?ovell continued.- ob with Hull Dobbs which was located at Seventh and .iberty. Within 90 days he was the fourth best salesman >ut of 24. He stayed at Hull Dobbs for four years before he went o work with Parks Chevrolet. He received bonuses very month for being one of the top salesman and has .^,4 ? J: 1 : c ? cvcivw a uidiiiunu in a pin ror nine years tor being a top alesman, from the club of Chevrolet salesmen, the egion of Leaders. He was assistant manager for one year, before ecoming manager of the New Car Department in May. "My attitude is if it wasn't for the customer I wouldn't e in business," Lovell said. "If you help somebody and o extra things for people, you're planting a seed and eople will treat you right, all down the line." >sopher ;h Times .u~ -? ~r ? ... - _muv.iv, wmi me jjrdtc ui bMii among trie blind, i man who keeps well Home said only one in five nformed. blind persons actually read ] read Braille, listen to Braille in the state. rv or radio and to the / w 4 , r ,i D . .. , Most people go blind ralkinc Book - a series of , ... ? , f . . . . when thev re adult and ecords which together , . . * . , ? ? don t take the time to learn :onstitute a book-length . u __ . . m w e it. said Home. "That 20 nanuscript, said Home. . K. . .. , per cent is usually blind \mong the periodicals , ... , , " . . .. ? .. from birth and has attended vhich are available to him r . . . , . _ _ ? . * . one of the state schools for ire Time, U.S. News and . ... , ^ ^ . the blind. World Report and Reader s Oigest. Home himself is a gradAlthough one might con- uate of the Gov. Morehead ider Braille a fairly comon - See Page 9 r \ oracle J U.S.P.S. NO. 067910 Saturday, Jane 16,1979 ' wi n City $400,000," Ray said. "Mechanics and Farmers will build buildines for us and we won't h*v# tn nut nn a?v 0 ? - ? ? i -r capitafc-^ -* ^ 1 p. nf""r.rffnrk"jn Nsfinn?1 flqnV Vat< ~ Parks has had more than