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Shootout
A total of 58 Cab Scoots from seven packs competed In a basketball Shoot-Oat at tb
Oar Lady of Mercy gymnasium on Sooth Main Street. The boys competed In sheeting
passing and drlbblfaig with some special Instruction from Wake Forest Peacoi
basketball players AJvfs Rogers and David Morris. Eight Year eld winners wen
[bottom row, left to right] Julian Reese, third, Pack 869 Mt. Zton Baptist Church; Titr
Fuller, second, Pack 901, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Dey Saints; and Ear
Langley, first, Pack 899, Boys Club. Nine year eld winners are Jamie Cox, third, Pad
712, Ptney Grove Methodist Church; Eric Roy, second, Pack 901; Eric Laaleu, first
Pack 750, Feldland Moravian Church. Ten year old winners are Rodney Cooper, third
Pack 869; Sam Richardson 10, second, Pack 869; and Shawn FarvoR, first, Pack 89!
Buddy Hayes, assistant district commlsloner and program co-chairman,
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City Increases Black
Professionals to 20.8%
By Patrice E. Lee N|H|H||||HHK^^B| **nt manager for adm
Staff Writer nistration and personn
The city of Winston-Sa- To increase the chanc*
lem has met its goal of AHPf *bat a black applicant w
increasing the number of be considered for* thoj
black professionals to 19.1 positions, the .city pos
per cent of all professionals openings with the Emplo
employed by the city but ? . ment Security Commissio:
the dty has lost some black *be NAACP and the Urbi
technicians and public safe- s ~ ' league and profession
ty personnel according to -A journals, Beaty said,
figures released by offi- For the quarter endii
"We're still experien- . professionals employe
cing some difficulty with 11 iipafv were black while only 12
recruiting black and female 6aty cent werc black
applicants" for civil engi- systems analysts," said A- February 1975, when affi
neering, and program an<J lexander R. Beaty, assis- See Page 2
> Girl Accidentally Ki
By John W. Templeton Chronicle what she had
Staff Writer were my cousin anc
to the fish market."
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A four-year-old Winston-Salem girl was shot to death 1I,CJ IV4V
after her four-year-old brother found a gun while the two doors on both sides, ^ si
^were left alone in a parked car* last Friday. her home Saturday. "N
Dead on arrival at Forsyth Memorial Hospital was over *n*? *he ^ront sea*
Timecca Rosemond of 218 East Drive. A hospital the 8unspokesman
said she had been shot through the heart . .. . .
.A, ,0 ... .... He just thought it w
with a .38 caliber bullet. M ?
Mrs. Linda Spain, the mother of both children, told the rSl ^a.1T?' . ?W.eVC[u*
K ^ son first tried to stop the
went into the market for
cH c steve Hair'an emp
\ i ",tJ 7*VL i A. \ r Ji' Market, recalled the s
1^ CN> $ *L A. ^ ^ walking in and said she
i||| came back and said call
;ff ^v/ //*^? ^ 5/. 5 Apartments community
~ (T^ ~S / vCTA /V / \. t J lived with her mother
;:;?ii| Y During Saturday, neighl
* - wJ ; bereaved family.
- - i can't help-but think that in some way a today' s kids
are very lucky, when it comes to the type of toys they ? *erno?n in * e mor<
have at their fingertips. This past Christmas the market "ncra ^ ome. wa
was flooded with all types of games, dolls and electronic
gadgets. It's unbelievable whalthey have come out with Survivors were her fa
^ today. - mother, Mrs. Linda S|
However it's a shame that most kids don't know how Rosemond of Greensboi
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WINSTON-SAL
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Revi
By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
City planners are reviewing
the proposed development
of 50 duplex units just
behind a street of new
single-family homes on Underwood
Avenue following^
complaints from residents.
The Housing Authority
had tentatively accepted a
proposal from the Fortis
Corp. to build the units on
6.9 acres, south of 14th
Street between the avenue
and Old Cherry Street on
the west.
Twelve of 15 families
living in the 16 new units,
also built by Fortis, peti>
tioned Alderman Larry D.
> Little, D-North, and city
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; NAACP G<
For Voter
t
i By John W
Staff
If
the rocks during the ne
Hairston walks up and i
vote, it's not a gag.
It's a dead serious effor
black registered voters
NAACP, of which Hail
president, and the Wi
Association,
j. "We're going to be in
ej on Friday^ijKLSaturdayj
on Sunday," said Hairstc
5S Kick off for the push
HI Volunteers began canvas
^ to 9 p.m. as the weekday
ts "We won't stop until
Hairston.
The NAACP leader s
and voter participation i
essential to political prof
"We ought to have
jg commissioners, two blac
two in the legislature,"
5(j within the grasp of bla?
5 and Forsyth County.
jn During the 1978 gener
of black voters turned
Kennedy and school boa
both narrowly lost their
illed
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learnea 01 ine trageuy; im
1 her boyfriend when they wei
Is in the back seat, locking th
le added during an interview j
ly little boy must have climbc
and rumbled around and four
as some kind of play toy," sai
ifter the shooting, she said h<
: bleeding with a towel and the
help.
doyee of Winston-Salem Fis
;cene: "The little boy can
shot herself. They ran out at
for an ambulance."
d residents of the Lakesi<
where young Miss Rosemoi
and step-father, Jerry Spain
bors took up a collection for (1
held for the youngster Tuesd
e Memorial Chapel of Gilmore
ke was held Monday night
ther, Alonzo Fletcher of the ci
jain, two brothers, Anthony
ro and Pecos L. Rosemond ofi
rry Spain.
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staff to register their disaporoval.
A meetinc was held
A O
in December among all the
parties to discuss the project.
^ Bill McNeil, senior housing
planner with the City/
County Planning Board,
said Tuesday, "We are now
doing an in-house study to
see if we should rezone
single-family the whole a rea
below 14th Street." The
area has been zoned R-2, or
multi-family residential
1 since it was cleared by
urban renewal.
Mrs. Carolyn Neal of
1353 Underwood collected
the petition of disapproval.
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"we as DiacKs nave uvea
on top of each other all our
lives. We're not necessa\
>es All Out
Registration ~
. Templeton
Writer
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tc bfcr, 'lapping a scotch on
xt lew weekends and-Pat j
isks are you registered to
t to increase the number of
in Forsyth County by the
ston is the local branch
nston^Salem Improvement
the nightclubs and games
nights and in the churches
>n of the registration drive,
i was Tuesday, Jan. 15.
sing neighborhoods from" 5
1 part of the drive,
the general election," said
;ees increased registration
in the black community as
$ress.
two blacks in the county
ks on the school board and
goals h^ thinks are well
k voters in Win&ton-Salem
al election, only 26 per cent
out as state Rep. Harold
rd member Beaufort Bailey
races.
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rily opposed to subsidized i
housing but we don't want (
to see any more apartments s
over here." 1
If the duplexes were t
built, Underwood Avenue >
would be the only singlefamily
area among Kimber- j
ly Park Terrace, the du- i
plexes and the Cherry Hill
homes for the elderly.
"There are a lot of other
nlappc u/hprA th#>u rrtnlH nut
subsidized housing/' she
added. Neal said buyers
had been led to believe that
%
the entire area would be
developed as single-family.
% Fortis Corp. does own an
additonal 10 lots on the
north side of 14th Street
west of Underwood Avenue.
Dick Ruth, who heads
Childrei
Day Ca
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By Yvette McCnlio
Staff Writer
If statewide figures are a
are probably two children
care for every available spa<
County. Local observers sa;
most acute for low-income f
An official with the Nor
Development Council told t
- that there is a need for ir
Winston-Salem/Forsyth Coi
Northwest is reorganizing s
centers so they will be able t
infants.
"When we first begai
licensed and certified to sc
five year olds," the spoke!
"However today with the 1
in the public schools we doi
five-year olds, but we fii
infants up to two years.
"We are in the pro
renovatifig some of the cer
babies," the spokesperson
the renovations 1 think we
what we can."
The Northwest Child*
' Council is a private, nonI
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i Mrs. Dorothy Graham
' ^ prnented thirty-ooo photc
Covington for permanent c
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:he developer's residential <
livision, said more con- *
struction there has, been 1
leld up by slow sales for
:he first 16 units, one of
vhich is still unsold. J
"We've had a real proi_i.
_f r<? itiA 1
Diem ui iiavui^ iu ha uiv
houses up (before selling),"
added Ruth. "Light
fixtures have been stolen
and there's been * other
vandalism."
Marvin Gentry, president
of Fortis, said plans
for the duplex are at a
standstill pending the city
review. He contends that
the duplexes as designed
would fit in well.
"We presented a different
plan than the other
developers-three separate
ft Outnur
ire Space
Bgh that series <
Stokes and S
s are licensed
guide, there government i
needing day day care. "
ce in Forsyth capacity of 5
y the need is Facilities <
amilies. also finding
thwest Child three years i
he Chronicle worker with
ifant care in Department
jnty and that is a need foi
iome of their three years,
o accomodate hundred chil
ing list.
- "Wp hflvr
llf wc WC1C
;rve three-to- three years c
sperson said. infants and t
Kindergartens Bates also
n't find many waiting list <
id plenty of that they mi
child and noi
cess npt of the Same ft
iters to serve would not ha
said. "With infant she c
will be doing children woi
The coun
Development center and
profit agency
-WjL
Vheeler, director of Urban Ai
tgraphi of tbe George Black
Japlay at Wlntton-Salem Stati
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tordiy, January 19, 1980
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entrances with duplexes
spaced apart," said -Gen
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However, Mrs. Neal
glanced across the street at
the vacant land and said, "I
don't see where 50 units
could go."
Aldermen Little, who balances
the requests of the
residents with a, need for
more low-incoming housing,
is advocating a possible
change in the site of the
units!
McNeil said that would .
mean starting from scratch
in terms of getting needed
approval from the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
riber
;s 2-1
children in 1ftvie, FcJrsyth,
urry Counties. The centers
and certified by the federal
and serves children with full
rhe ^centers can serve a
05 children.
operated by the County are
a shortage for kids under
old. Eloise Bates, a social
the County Social Services
told the Chronicle that there r
day care for infants up to
with approximately several
[dreiv presently on the wait- 9
j vacancies for children over
)ld but there is a problem for
toddlers," Bates said,
said that the number on the
can be deceiving. She said
ly be able to place an older
t be able to place an infant in
imily. Because the parent
ive anyone to take care of the
an not work, therefore both
lid be kept on the list, v
ity operates the Model City
the Barbara Hilts Center.
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