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[ win ~ VOL. V NO. 51 Can't G( On Ist of By Yvette McCuUongh - Staff Writer About 20 families living in the 1400 block of Oak Street in Kimberly Park Projects have not been receiving their mail for the last two months including first of the month assistance checks. Evelyn Thomas, spokesperson for the residents, said that they* first began having trouble when the city closed down Wilson Street two years ago. Their address was changed from Wilson ?treet to Oak Street. Postmaster John Schoolfield told the Chronicle that the problem stems from the residents not notifying people of their change in address. ^ "The Housing Authority wanted the* numbers and the name of the street black college sports An exciting new sports feature will app Chroaicle starting this issue. It's all ab college sports, and will be written by vetei writer and nationally syndicated column cooper. Cooper, 24, is a sportswriter for the Ta (Fla.) Democrat newspaper, where h Florida A&M and other tblack colleges, working for The Democrat, he worked Wilmington (N.C.) Star-News, covering hi and college sports, and stock car racing. He attended the University ^>f North Wilmington for three years before m Tallahassee. He is now completing his dej at Florida A&M. Cooper's weekly sports package "Blac Sports" appears in 40 weekly and daily ne around the country. In addition to writing a column for the each week, Cooper will provide the Chroi an "Ask Barry" question-and-answer feature that will let you ask any questions have concerning black college sports. C< also be providing other sports features. tn_ t_ o l ?i i nis wee* v^ooper nas wniien a column Jeffires (former South Carolina State hea coach), who is now head coach at Wichita becomes the first black man to land a hea coaching job at a mostly white universil Cooper has prepared a football tidbits f and a "Ask Barry" question-and-answei We think you'll like his writing. r I w I Sean WUldni, ] ? the violin be hi Virtuoso School sponsoi Winston-Salem youth who've I year old project 4 ston-* 0 "Serving tl 20 PAGES st Mail; I Month 4 chanced." SehnolfiHri c?iH "W#? ^a.r0 __ . ... ?? ? < ? T V HUT V 0 C told the Housing Authority twice to notify the residents about their change in address. "Since they changed our numbers many of us haven't gotten our checks or our food stamps," Mrs. Thomas said. "On check day, if we receive them, it's past 4 or 5 o'clock and most of the banks and things are closed." j Mrs. Thomas said that since their mailman was changed about two months ago they have been having j additional problems. "Some of the residents, in addition to receiving their mail late, have been rec 1 ceiving their mail opened," Mrs. Thomas said. "Also some of our mail is , See Page 9 I "1 Klan in \,l I Military 1 1 Attacked | NEW YORK Citing several incidents of Ku Klux Klan activity by military personnel, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'irth has called on the Defense ear in the Department to stop mem... . bers of the armed forces out black . ... _ anort. from joining hate groups * d such as the KKK and the ,kt Barry Nazis. ? . "There is no room within illahassee e covers armec* forces of the . United States for organized Poor to 6 . . , . bigotry and extremism, * declared Nathan PerlmutS ?? ter, ADL's national direc^ - tor, in a July 26 Jetter_io_ Defense Secretary Harold ? loving to ~ ? J? 0 , Brown. jree wor The Klan's "history of . r racial and religious bigotry, k College violence and disorder" is wspapers well-known, said Mr. Perl. mutter, adding that only Chrotticle . ? .. .. . J i ? recently ten individuals tticle with / , .u . A. ( . were found guilty in Ala- ( bama of Klan-related vio- 1 i that you . . \ ... lent crimes. 1 x)per wi ADL said it was express ing concern about Klan ' on Willie ?. .. .. .. - . , j i? activity in light of reports 5 d football .. . ? . K \ that KKK units have been 1 State and .. ... KT ? active in the Navy, Army, 00 a Marines, and that recruit- 1 ing of Klan members is * eature underway within the Air * r column. Force t Mr. Perlmutter observed there have been reports of v . See Page 2 > H , t Jr ' * |M W WSSU Photo by Roland S. Watts j 10, concentntM Intratly on each note with ] ib learned to play during the Junior Arta ed by Experiment til Setf-Rellance and i State Untveretty. WQldns fa one of 300 Men expoeed to the fine arta daring the ] t. See story on page 14 . * Salem ( ie East Winston Community Since 1 *TNSTON-SALEM, N.C. > 'vs&S . rv#x/ ^t* JTp" <JT^" * - vcy \ . \ vv:'' '* * * . lr ?. '*!*. ' r lt * ? * " t ' * 4k .A f."" ,-/vV> ' Y v% ' rt-v. , ^ "'' ?] Staff Photo by McCulloug A Long One Mrs. Yellow Jewel of Dellabroolt Road displays her 1 Inch string bean which she grew oat of a garden In !m backyard. Mrs. Jewel plans to shellac the bean and enti it In the Dixie Classic Fair. l | One of the disadvantages of this yob is the running intc :onstant evidence that black lives don't hold a lot ol /alue in many quarters, including among some blacl :olks. That makes it all the more gratifying when one come! icross a situation when the reverse is true. There's t special touch to this example. I'm referring to mj ive-year-old niece, Stacy Wellman. For the past few weeks, she has been in the Duk< University Hospital battling the hereditary disease cysti< ribrosis, an illness which systematically turns the lunf issue hard and fibrous, rendering the tissue incapable o1 urning air into oxygen. Eventually it becomes inpossible to breathe. The disease usually acts quickly, killing many infants ifflicted before the age of one. But Stacy developed veil, quickly getting over brief attacks and giving hopt :hat she would live to see the day when doctors woulc ind an effective treatment. However, colds and pneumonia upset the- delicate valance in her~body chemistry around the end of lasi ^ear. There were frequent trips to the local hospital ii Statesville, where Stacy, her younger sister, oldei jrother and parents live on the outskirts of town, and tc Duke. At first, she would be back out in a few days. Then the stays got longer and longer. Since the last time she weni nto the hospital, she hasn't come out. Connected to wires and tubes all over her body, Stac) las not only battled cystic fibrosis, but also pneumonit md other infections, two heart attacks caused by fluid suildup and diabetes caused by a steady diet o1 ntravenous sugar. She has hung on despite that array of potent killers. "l don't know how she's made it; it must have been all :hose people praying for her," my mother said the othei lay. In addition to the family, at least three churches lave resolved to pray on her behalf. The churches hayi ilso donated funds to help with the constant back ^nd forth expenses incurred by the parents. ) As I write, the last word that doctors were giviWg i pain killer which would also have the effect of retarding ler breathing further. The prognosis was bleak. ( Although cystic fibrosis is likely to claim anothei ictim, there's a larger victory that's been ^on. Whenever you can get people to care about andthei person, it's a significant event. John W. Templetoi 4 .v r- < \ ~>br*on } 974" \j < 20 cenU U.S.P.S. NO Black Tc Decline Dpst*crr< i ? S By Yvette McCullough Staff Writer % I The percentage of black teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Public School system has declined 10 percent since integration, although I enrollment of black students has steadily increased. In 1968-69, the last year before total integration of the school system, black teachers made up 37 percent of the school's teaching force, according to official records. During the 1978-79 a - school year, 27 percent of the school's R teachers were black. The number of black teachers in the I senior high schools has continued to be low, with barely any gains made during |i the last 10 years. In 1970-71, 19 percent j of the high school teachers were black, m During this past school year, 21 percent V of the senior high school teachers were I black. However, in 1970-71, 28 percent of the students in the school system were ^ black and in 1978-79, 34 percent of the ^ students were black. ^ Eugene Johnston, assistant superintendent of personnel for the school' system told the Chronicle that the g school system does not try to match the __ ratio of teachers with the ? ratio of NT I ' ' % ~ M a* m . w +*- F Williams S. I ; 1-40 Disru By John W. Templeton f Staff Writer 1 There's a thick white powder covering r the floor, most of the walls, and after a ) few minutes, you, as one visits the lair of William S. Hughes, community * leader, trucker and...artist. t Those who know Hughes from his roles as vice president of the Watkins Street Improvement Association or who 1 have seen him loading or driving trucks would probably be somewhat shocked to f see the gleaming bl$ck figurines disolaved throughout the Hushes' r s o makeshift workshop at 1005 Watkins St. His medium is molding plastic, using Pa technique learned while in the army and his overriding wish is to have a shop of his own where he can market his work. The plans of Hughes and his neighbors on Watkins Street are on hold for now as they await a decision on the widening of Interstate 40. The house Hughes rents should have been torn down by now, one of a number of changes Watkins Street residents have lobbied for out of the city i t I \ icle 9 y i. 067910 tachers Since -p : jgation students. "Uur objective is to employ as many minorities as available in the market," Johnston said. "We're above the state level, because in North Carolina about 15 percent of the minorities hold teachers certificates and 27 percent of our school system is minorities, so we are above the state average at all levels." Johnson said that the low percentage of black high school teachers is because there aren't many, black secondary teachers coming out of college. "Winston-Salem State University, where we get the majority of our teachers from, did not produce a lot of high school teachers," Johnston said. "We had to get more of our secondary teachers from North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central." James Dew, assistant to the^superintendent, told the Chronicle that the law does not address integrated staffs. "The law says that all the schools in North Carolina should rationally reflect the occupational market," Dew said. "There aren't a large number of blacks on the high school level, and only about 20 percent of the blacks are applying for the jobs available on the high school level." See Page 2 i ? ' ?: ? : ' "-Ji MM ^ Spy , m l ;" r - r ?^? . Hughes vfc ptsPlans Community Development Department. Hinder the leadership of former president Les Venable, a realtor who returned to his native community before moving out of town, and current president, Mrs. Annie Bell Hamlin, the Watkins Street Improvement Association and city officials have developed a strategy for saving the neighborhood. But as the Center City Development Guide notes in the section on Watkins Street, "If 1-40 widening requires considerable land in the Watkins Street area, the long term goals for this area would be altered since the residential character along one boundary of the area would be eroded." This document goes on to say that the highway could reduce the neighborhood by a third and concludes, "This could have detrimental impacts on the remainine residences and mav tin the o j r neighborhood's already tenuous balance between viability and decline." But for that big question mark, the city and the neighborhood strategy includes: continued loans and grants for rehabilitation, paving Beaumont and See Page 2 i
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