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Greater 'WimtonmSaleni pargam Davs %t>insd:iy. SntmU.ty. Jan.3l.Ft'h laiid? UNIV. OP i;c-c::3iAL3 D^PT room £05 VilLEO:; LIB.;Arfi 0.-4 A CHAPEL HILL. HG 27514 SEPT. 19T9 80 81 Winston-Salem "Serving the Winston-Salem Community Since 19 74” J ,VI NO. 23 22 Pages This Week WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 20 cents U.S.P.S. NO. 067910 Saturday, February 2, 1980 ’ity Refuses to Supply Water to Family By Yvette McCullough Staff Writer old man and his family, which includes a I th old baby, living in Piney Grove have been water October because they have been *afford the charge city officials are demanding. O'Neal and his family have had to rely on ,rs toting water to them since his well went dry lecond time in October. The O’Neals of 4500 larden Road have not received water from the city . annexed into the city in 1966. In order to get I the O’Neals would to spend at least $435 to get " and at least $1700 total. ■sTdents voiced their concerns about the O’Neals 's Syvilla Walker,who is in a similar plight, night at the Piney Grove Neighborhood tion meeting. Aldermen Virginia Newell, Larry id Jon Devries attended the meeting. Herman and Larry Womble of the Human Relations ■sionwerealso in attendance. Valkerof 4510 Grove Gardne Road is still getting erfrom a well. The residents did not realize that d to request water and did not seek to get water out two years ago. City officials said that once a ime Watch gns Don't care Crooks By Patrice E. Lee Staff Writer pite an increase in the number of Neighbor- Watch groups, a convicted housebreaker says igns proclaiming membership in such a group ate not much of a critpe deterrent, might scare a rookie,” says the perpetrator of to a dozen housebreakings. “When I see king like that, I know that no one is going to be ing a house for 24 hours a day, ’ ’ he said during terview in the Forsyth County Jail. He was held in connection with an armed robbery and d to talk, provided that his name not be used, vet, the veteran said that there are effective security measures that can be taken which will lost burglars. ny burglars like to work close to home because can easily monitor their neighbor’s activities vethear conversations about valuable merchan- and this seven-year veteran is no exception, he majority of black people like to be seen and you to know what they have,” he said. “For pie, if someone has a new component set either ' probably mention it in conversation, (’I got brand new component set’) or they’ll blast their They’re going to want somebody else to hear le said. 'tilings with sliding glass doors and terraces trong inducements to burglary. “All them d be torn down, ” he said. “Most people don’t See Page 16 Staff Photo By McCullough Wade O’Neal of Grove Garden Road la In thjg vrocesa of gel clly water. O’Neal and his family have been withont B trench to lay pipes, so he can be rot^^ If be can water since November. family is annexed into the city it is up to the family to request city water and sewage. After the two families requested city water they were told that 51 per cent of property owners would have ' to sign over the right of way. Since the city could not get the right of way the residents were told that they could not receive water because of the location of the houses. The lines have now been laid, but the residents would have to pay an initial fee of $435 before they can be connected. The residents are on a fixed income and would like to be charged the same rate other Piney Grove residents paid when they were first annexed. “I’m not looking for them to give the water to me,” O’Neal said. “I’m just looking for a fair price. “I think I should pay what the other residents paid when they got water. ’ ’ Larry Womble told the residents that he was very concerned about the plight of the residents, especially the O’Neals who are without water. “Mr. O’Neal is being denied a bare necessity to live,” Womble said. “He shouldn’t have to be carrying water, it is not fair, he’s barely able to survive. ‘ ‘This is something you should not have to bear, these are emergency conditions especially with a three month See Page 16 Joe's, Liberty Lead Grocery Price Survey By Patrice E. Lee Staff Writer A sam;:’ of 20 grocery items costs about $3 more at Joe's-FiniS Frxtdi than.at the next highest store, Liejerty Foods, according to a Chronicle market basket survey. The survey was prompted by two women, Yvonne Hinton and Peggy Witherspoon, who conducted their own survey the week before with the same result. “’It is outrageous that these policies should be perpetrated in an area heavily populated by elderly, fixed income inhabitants. The really crowning injury is that Joe’s services, for the most part, a black clientele, that,, for lack of transportation, cannot patronize food stores offering more reasonably priced goods,” says the former patrons. At Joe’s, the selected items $32,38; at Liberty Foods, $29.73; at Big Star $28.85; at Winn Dixie, $2,8.01; at Food Fair,' $27.45; at the Discount House, $26.51; and at Food W’orld, $23.43. Ali the stores did not have all the items. (See chart on page 20 for details.) Joe’s management defended their, pricing policies. Keith Choplin, director of operations at Joe’s Bowen Boulevard store, said that number one sellers, like Del Monte catsup, are sold below cost but the store's markup is based on wholesale prices. “Basically we have no control over (prices at the) warehouse,” he said. SeePage20 Getting Acquainted Ten-year-old Christopher Mack gets to meet pro football quarterback Dong Williams, the Grambling graduate who has led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the National Football Conference championship game in only his second year, during a meet the players session in the C.E. Gaines Athletic Complex at Winston-Salem State University. The affair was part of the Black College Ali-Americans weekend In Winston-Salem sponsored by the Sheridan Broadcasting Network. See pages 4 and 13 for more on the gala. ^11 Signal Set to Turn On Staff Photo By McCullough oiulW, Templeton Staff Writer ■lewly-installed traf- y® at the intersec- ^flfemont Avenue Walkertown Road an electric [Pto begin operation, “gtothe city traffic Williams said, waiting on Duke to provide the elec- going to 80 under ground ““derstand they^re figure out how to ready to go as % finish,”^ he Second light slated for Winston Lake Road latns another is due to be "" U.S. 311 at New Walkertown Road and Winston Lake Park Road as soon as equipment is deli vered. The Claremont Avenue light was installed as a result of a study of the Claremont Avenue traffic problems last summer. Another. study by the traffic engineering division has .produced a recommen dation that a left turn lane be drawn on Liberty Street southbound at the intersec tion of 14th Street. However, there was no recommendation on solving the bottleneck at 17th and Liberty. “Most of the problems are associated with parking and most of the parking occurs illegal ly,” said Williams. Parked cars on the east side of Liberty obscure the vision of drivers seeking to turn from 17th Street. “The regulations are there to enforce the problem, if people would abide by them,” said Williams. The traffic engineer said the 300 cars a day traffic flow from 17th Street is too low to meet the 1,200 car a day guideline for traffic lights at side streets. In other traffic business, the Forsyth County Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a secondary road during for Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. The hearing will be held in the 6th floor court room of the Hall of Justice if the regular bourdroom. During that hearing the N.C. Department of Trans portation will present its plan for paving and main tenance of public roads in the county. Bryan Staley, an engineer in the local district office of DOT, said persons not able to attend the hearing can contact either the commissioners, the district office or John K. Gallaher, the local re presentative on the N.C. Board of Transportation. Ruth Roberts, Virginia Thompson and Enla Beatty were honored for their years of service to senior citizens ESR Installs President By Yvette McCullough Staff Writer The presidents of the 25 Experiment in Self-Reli ance Senior Citizen Clubs installed last Friday in a special ceremony at St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church. Jim Phillips, spe cial assistant to Congress man Steve Ndal, was the special guest. Phillips told the capacity audience that senior citi zens were the back bone of the community. “As a teacher with Da vidson County School Sy stem for 20 years, I spent a majority of my time teach ing young people how, to be first class citizens,” Phil lips said. “You as older citizens, are-important for the young people to relate to, you are important to the community and are impor tant for just being you.” Mrs. Louise Wilson, the director of the Experiment in Self Reliance also com mended the senior citizens and the presidents. “As presidents of vari ous clubs in the city, you are leaders,” Mrs. Wilson said. “You are the founda tion of our nation and the foundation of everything started.” The installation program was dedicated to Mrs. Ka tharine Clement for her 12 years of service as a home maker, club coordinator, as organizer of the Senior Citizen Rhythm , Band and vocal ensemble. She is presently club cootdinator for ESR and through her efforts she has helped to organize 13 clubs. Also receiving certifi cates of appreciation were Ruth Roberts, Virginia Thompson and Eula Beatty for their, services with se nior citizens. The presidents were in stalled by Robert Law, as sistant director of ESR. Presidents installed for the year 1980 were: Madie Carter, A & M Club; Frank Brevard, Belview; Veola Stevenson, Bon Air; Emma Cooper, Chatham Heights; Ethel Smith, Cleveland; Whilamena Mezek, Cherry Street; Maude McCollum, See Pace 5
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