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. V VOL. VII NO. 21 U.S.P.S. No. 06' HBHBHH ? Sources ?PBU Silent ?n <Y' -^m By Donna Oldham m*~?a*""--*? I Mum's the word about 11 plans to relocate the Patter- ' J*ft'' son Avenge VMCA to J| another location while 1' B& >j|B negotiations continue about ^&wTv ><*& '***1 is ushering us out, we knew it was coming," a source xi>aid j- , , u l ^ . u r. HAIR radio station has had a close 10 ihe Paiterson "Y r . . ... , ? for a telegram that will be pr< ? - . Luther King, Jr., birthday the S rQ? 2 The telegram is approximately Foster Corel By Mari Wooden Staff Writer o Two members of the Foster Parent Association said that the $10 increase in monthly payments approved Mon day night by the County Commissioners was not enough. "We thank the Board of Commissioners for the $10 inu... - -?- ' s.1 wasc, uui u > 11v.jt cnuugn, ana wnn me nigh cost ot living we'll have to ask for more money," said Velma Hopkins, foster parent, after hearing the County Commissioners' unanimous vote approving the increase in foster care monthly payments." The proposal ihai was pre^enied lo lhe Commissioner* by the Foster Parents Association last July consisted of a $25.00 increase in monthly payments, three clothing allotments of $75 to be given at the beginning of the school year, at Christmas and at Easter and to be given food stamps." For the past several weeks it appeared doubtful that the County Commissioners were going to give the foster children in Forsyth County an increase in monthly payments. "I feel better this morning, said Gerald Thornton, Director of Forsyth County's Department of Social Services, "1 was worried at first. It's like 1 said in the beginning, I had confidence that tVie Commissioners would lake care of the children, I just didn't realize that it would go into overtime." "Probably the thing that I feared most was that they (Commissioners) would play around by saying they would give us $5 now and $5 in about six months," he said. "Perhaps to some people the $10 was a lot of money, but from my financial standpoint that wasn't a drop in I Humbert Remembered tjentleman With By Donna Oldham rr if "He was a gentleman ir every sense of the word, bu p he still had his sergeani y;' ; Ashford recalled his friend Sarge r< ~ v* Humbert, was per- k sonally responsible for Sarge training thousands of it masons during his over 40 dable, more than anyone i< years in the organization I've ever known," Ashford, E died January 6 at his home a member of Bivouac p on Gerald Street. Lodge #513, said. "Sarge was one of the Humbert, who was a h finest fellows 1 ever met. He member of Ionic Lodge No. d | was energetic and depen- 72, was an instructor for the A i.-?* Special Dr.Kin< _ g~We~ Win sto n - SaierfTX '910 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. I' *- -J^&l * * ^ n open telephone line for 3 days in order to get signatures esented lo singer Stevie Wonrfer in honor of Dr. Martin it will be celebrated nationally on Thursday, January 15 > 35 to 40 fepf long and contains over 2,000 signatures. i 7ees Boosted the bucket,'* said Reba Archie, outgoing president of the Foster Parent Association and former foster parent. Ms. Archie continued, "To be perfectly honest, I don't see why Gerald Thornton raised so much hell about the $10 that won't even help a bit with the cost of living so high. That whv t D9I/P liri mi/ li/'nncn '* - - - ? - .* " T V up J IIVWII.lVi Other agenda items voted on by the Commissioners atMonday's meeting included consideration of a request for "compromise of 1980 county late listing penalities to be given to several residents of Forsyth County. The Commissioners voted 3-2 to compromise 25?7o ($1.00) of the penally against Mrs. H. Clifton of Kernersville- who was erroneously taxed for an automobile that she didn't own. ."I've been listing my taxes in Kemersville for the last 10 years and I want to know why there are so many cards that must be filled out. There is such a mess\vhen you go to list taxes. The tax people only listed half of what I own and then listed some things that I don't even have, she said, adding, "I would like to sec the tax office get a back-up system to be used as a second guarantee that people have paid their taxes." , Commissioner Grady Swisher, in response to Mrs. Clifton's remarks, said, "Anytime you have 167,000 listings to contend with there are bound to be some errors. I think on a whole the tax people have done a magnificent job." The Commissioners also voted 3-2 to compromise the penalty against Wake Forest University from approximately $3,000 to $763.66. C.O. Holder, assistant controller at the university said that the tax forms were sent, and that the university has had an excellent past tax See Page 2 Sergeant Ways lasonic order. training of future masons. "I was an instructor for "He was strict when it le masonic order and I came to the masons and doiught him. He took my ing your job, but he was a lace as an instructor for nice fellow," Eaton recallhe masonic lodges," cd. "He was unusually ^shford said. loyal to his lodge; his lodge Another mason who and his work in the lodge members Humbert fondly were his life," Ashford /as Francis. Eaton, who said. new him for 20 years. Humbert was a 33rd "He was a quiet type of degree mason, as high as a idividual and rather com- mason can go. The next :al if you knew him," step is an honorary degree. ;aton, a member of Olym- "He had a way of giving ic Lodge #795, said. you a round about answer Both men agreed that when you asked him Humbert's military training something, even when he uring World War I in the had that stern look on his irmy carried over to his S^e Page 2 J MMailMiiMiiwnU 1 g Section Inside " Saturday, January 17, I98l Blacks C T^V _ 1 j^eveiopin^ N Center, G By Donna Oldham Staff Writer Money...or the lack of it, could keep a group of local :>laek developers from having significant input in an Hast Winston Shopping.Center. The group, the East Winston Local Development Corp., Inc., had expressed their interest in developing a shopping center on Clarcmont Avenue to several officials and had submitted a preliminary proposal, according to a spokesperson for the organization. However, the developers became upset last week when they learned that a white developer from Minneapolis, Minn., was coining to Winston-Salem to look at the possibilities of developing the shopping center. x 441 can't get any concrete information as to why he was here or what happened because we weren't invited," said John Duncan, one of the developers. Duncan continued, "we have been meeting with the city, and they didn't even inform us that he was coming, I Ki Vi ^PTvK \ W^lSHBfc" 9*W I I l|i^J^i J m In B^2/^PiS5^W Jfcj I JanuaryL5. is. IIl hdnziin L uiht -- ^ - -- ^ ? ? i r* 14 # XvMOC /w cooperation with the Winston-Salem Chronicle, Mayor I s/?rts a proclamation for Martin Luther King Day. King's I national level. With the mayor from left to right are Rt Charles Kitnhrough, Larry Womble and Tom Elijah, Urh Patrick Haii A Man of M Rv Dnnnn Olrihnm Staff Writer "We were always under-employed., .unemployed under every president. No president has had full employment for black people, so we will suffer some yes because when you talk about conservativism it means just what it says, to conserve." "If they cut back in aids to education then all the black ran inct ahout r!ncr> Kapihco QT\ nf ~ll ?u^ ? JU.1. HWVU< VIVTJV I'VVUIJ IV 7U p\-l vtlll V7| all I I IC students who go to black colleges get some kind of aid. If they cut health care, that would hurt black people. Affirmative action, well, we're already unemployed and underemployed, that would hurt us. We're going to suffer, but we're not going to suffer anymore than we did under President Carter or anybody else. I just don't see it." CHRONICLE-What are you least pleased with in terms of how the city/county branches of government are run? HAIRSTON-"The sensitivity of city and county government to their responsibility to hire blacks on an equal basis. I am very dissatisfied with the employment records of both the city and the county and the county more than the city." "We are taxpayers and the government should be fair, government should lead the way. City and county government should lead the way to equality, especially in f 20 cents 22 pages this week apable of * ourt???:~~ i, OHUJjpiHg, roup Says would hale 10 think that the city is less than honest in their dealings," Duncan said. Duncan said that one reason his group might not gel to develop the shopping center, which is located on approximately nine nere?. of UnH A - ! - iuiiw v/11 vidiClllVMII /AVCIUIC, IS because his group is non-profii. Winslon-Salcm Mayor Wayne A, Corpening agreed. "Somebody's got to put up some money." The mayor said thai he hasn't made up his mind about any developer but Corpening did say, "my only interest is in putting up a shopping center in East Winston." Duncan said that he believes that his group is more0 than capable of developing the project and that they should be given a chance and support by the city. There is no question about whether we could handle the project given the proper assistance and time, but money starts getting in the way every time when you start talking about black folks trying to develop something," Duncan said. o See Page 2 > W<Ml mj I bfl ^Ny^ ^Jfc r King Day in Winston-Salem Wayne A. Corpening, flanked by black community leaders, Hirthrlnu mm //-?? ih??>i It '" 1? ?'-' ' ' - '' , w,, ?uf.nuijy Ij, wm uv ceieoraiea on rne local and >v. C. Harold Gill, NAA CP President Patrick Hairston, an League executive director. ston: [any Moods employment. Now, if they don't do this, then any other manufacturer or employer will feel that hey, this is the way you do it...you hire a few blacks, you put one black up there to say no to the other blacks, where previously you had a white man saying no to them and everything is alright." CHRONICLE-Okay, but the county, and you were present at all the meetings, said that they have reevaluated the personnel departments and that they have increases of x number of blacks and minorities over the past 10 years, what do you think about that? HAIRSTON-"It depends on where you place blacks. The county's overall employment record and its black employees are in menial jobs. The top county government is as lilly white now, as it was 10 years ago, and it's not really changing." "Department heads arc still all white. It's very simple. If you have a white department head, with a secretary who's black, you say that you have a black in management where in realitly, they're only a secretary. We're talking about department heads all over. But, we get carried away with numbers. If you look at the country's re-evaluation report that they gave us, nobody can really understand it. I mean, we have a copy and it's just a group of figures it never tells you what position blacks hold or what department they work in. We're caught up tn a thing where the country is playing a lot of See Page 8 < t
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