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By Donna Oldham
Staff Writer
441 may be. closed righ
now, but 1 won't be closet
forever," is the reaction o
Willir Stevens to the closinj
of his men's clothing store
J. Henry's, because of un
paid bills.
Stevens, who opened th
store in 1977, is being sue
by jwp ,pf his clothin
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Governor Jim Hunt Tue<
first black to the state At
Commission. He appointet
Henry Frye (D-Guilford)
sion.
Frye, a Greensboro lav
the state House of Repres
1968 until 1979. He was th
serve in the General Asserr
century. Frye was elected t
-1980.
"I'm proud to appoint
caliber of Henry Frye to
Budget Commission,*' the
"He's one of the most resp
of the General Assembly. 1
of service in the legislature
business make him intin
Leaders Told:
Monev
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The North Carolina
Secretary of Commerce told
loc61 education leaders last
week that schools, technical
colleges and universities in
the area must begin training
students now for the industry
of the future,
microelectronics.
D.M. "Lauch" Faircloth
said during a news conference
attended by officials
of all of WinstonSalem/Forsyth
County'*
educational institutions thai
4'schools should focus or
math and science courses
because of the extreme
shortages in the areas ol
technical personnel.
Faircloth predictec
4'enormous" growth in th<
field of micro electronic:
over the next five years witl
over 75,000 new jobs possi
ble.
"There is a necessity fo
a better educated work an<
management force. W
U.S.P.S. No. 067<
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deputy C.M. Lynch, right, checks
Checks,
E. Wii
distributors for non- ]
payment of monies owed <
them. He has until Feb. 18 -i
1 to get the money for one of !
3 his judgements or his store !
f inventory will be auctioned i
I off-to the-highest bidder by ,
the Forsyth County
- Sheriff's Dept., according :
to Deputy C.M. Lvnch.
c Lynch and three other
d deputies arrived at Stevens'
g store Monday morning and
Name*
iudget ]
?day named the with the worki
ivisory Budget he'll do a grea
i State Senator Hunt also na
o that cornmis- commission,
Wilson. Mrs. ]
/yer, served in tive in civic an
entatives from member of t
e first black to Carolina Boar<
ibTy Tn the 20th chairwoman oi
n thQpnotp in ^
V HIV Ufciiuiv 111 Iy L^AtVUUVC V
Governor H
a man of the ments to the '/
the Advisory sion are Chai
Governor said. Knox-and Sta
ected members (D-Stanly), an
rlis many years Hunt announe
and in private the commissioi
lately familiar
in Silicor
must be prepared and we (
1 hope and plan to see North t
Carolina develop in a better i
I planned and developed way 1
i than the "Silicon Valley," i
; an area in California, the ]
center of the microelec- '
, tronics industry," he said, 1
adding f * what we need to do j
i is to move into this new I
area in a dignified manner 1
on a plan where we know 1
what we're doing," he said.
? The secretary said that I
t the micro electronics in- !
1 dustry is much broader has- 1
? ed than people realize and {
- as examples he named 1
f several industries in the '
state which depend on i
1 highly based technology ]
* such as Western Electric, !
s Westinghouse, ITT, AMP,
i IBM and Northern i
- Telecom.
"North Carolina has lost i
r 30,000 textile employees in
i the last five years while texe
tile products have increas
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over inventory sheet for J. I
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aston
presented him with the two
executions and after taking
inventory of the available
stock, closed the store until
Stevens can come up with
the money, or until the
judgement expires.
"I have dealt with Mr.
Stevens about other
judgements in 1980, and
we've always worked
together to come up with a
solution. We've bent over
Panel
ngs of the budget. I think
t job on the commission."
imed the first woman to the
Mrs^ Betty McCain of
McCain has long been acd
political affairs. She is a
he University of North
j of Governors and former
' tbe N.C. Democratic Parommittee.
[unt's other two appoint\dvisory
Budget Commisdotte
Mayor H. Edward
tte Senator Jim Garrison
Alh#?marlp Kucinocc r?-i n n
t AIV/VUIUI IV VJ UOI I IVJJIIiai 1
ed that he will recommend
i select State Senator KenSee
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i Valley
rd. It is up to the academic
md educational comnunities
to prepare people
for the typeof work they
vill be expected to do,"
Faircloth continued,
'North Carolina is the 10th
argest state in the nation
ind the growth has been in
:he counties. We have
highly dispersed popula
n I a
Lion, ne saiu.
Although Faircloth
focused on the proposed
530 million Microelectronics
Center of North
Carolina located in the
Research Triangle, he said
that potential micro electronics
industry is a
possibility for WinstonSalem
because of its
"highly industrial atmosphere."
"The quality of life, the
opportunity and the educational
facilities in this city
make it the ideal atmosphere,"
he said.
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NSTON-SALEM, N.C.
Henry's with another deputy.
Debts
Store
backwards, but this time,
we're out of time and he's
out aLraoney," said Lynch.
According to Lynch's accounts
arid~sherifPs department
records, customers
have given Stevens in excess
of 150 bad checks and
numerous fraudulent credit
card transactions which according
to Lynch doesn't
help Stevens' situation?
"He has worked real
hard to overcome his problems
in the past, but his
customers are his wotir
enemy,*' Lynch said.
Stevens said that trying to
collection the checks and
the charge-card purchases
has been highly unsuccessful.
"I have taken out warants
on people and 1 have
aken neoble to small rlaimc
ourt but I still haven't been
ible to collect. "But," he
idded, now I am wiser, and
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?Voter
Pays
Detroit ? Advance
statistics from the Bureau
of the Census indicate an
NAACP registration and
get-out-the-vote drive
played an essential role in
raising black voting totals
in the 1980 Presidential election.
The study, based on a
sampling of the population,
showed the black vote last
year reversed a downward
trend-and climbed from
48.7 percent of eligibles in
1976, to 50.5 percent in
1980. The highest black vote
in recent times was 58.5 percent
in 1964. The complete
report will be released later
this year.
Both the white and
hispanic voting percentages
of eligibles failed to show
any gain during 1976 and
iv?u. i ne same ou.v percent
of the eligible white vote
was recorded in both elections,
but the hispanic
percentage of those eligible
dipped from 31.8 percent
four years ago to 29.9 percent
last year.
"We estimate nearly half
a million new black voters
were registered as a direct
result of our nationwide
program, and another half
A
Community
Saturday, February 14, 1981
70 Yearsc
before being fired six months ago said, "she (Estridge)
didn't try to teach us anything."
According to Ms. Lash, "we were told that we weren't
following the new job description and we were put on (
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Cherryview 1
Mad at Thefts :
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By Donna Oldham j,
Staff Writer
Residents of Cherryview Manor say they are sick and a
tired of the high number of burglaries in their j
neighborhood and want something done about it. s
The residents' complaint* came during a meeting bet- t
ween the Cherryview Homebuyers Association and a
^representative of the Crime Prevention?Unit of the 4
Winston-Salem PolicT Department. ~ *
According to Clyde Cutler, president of the HBA, c
residents in his comniunitv know who I'nmmiic Srpot- ^
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ins but in his opinion, the police are not doing all they can (
to apprehend and catch those responsible. t
"This situation is at a serious stage. They are breaking v
in two or three houses every week and the police haven't t
been able to come up with anything," said Cutler, adding (,
that the situation has gone on over a period of several j|
years. j
Cutler said that he and other residents know that 4
neighborhood teenagers are responsible for the robberies (:
but so far, none have ever been caught in a home or with b
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Drive
million as an indirect result Fj' jl
of our media campaign,"
Joe Madison, Director 1
the Detroit-based NAACP li
Voter Education Division, jjj
said. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
grouping voted, accounting
targeted this group and cen- ?%
tion last year increased "*
from 146 million in 1976, to
157 million in 1980. The
composite voter turnout Bernard Angelo Ussery, a 1
percentage, however, re- preparing to help tear up the o
mained at 59.2 percent for Oddfellows will lake over the s
both elections. dfellows is planning to move i
Women S
By Donna Oldham
Staff fyriter
Seven black, female employees of Amos Cottage
Rehabilitation Hospital with approximately 70 years of
service to the institution combined, have been Tired
because their supervisor claims 'They didn't know their
jobs."
The women, all -patient care attendants, told the
Chronicle Tuesday that they were victims of many kinds
Of discrimination and had endured what ihpv pqIIpH
ing treated like dirt," under the supervision of Denise
Estridge, clinical supervisor for Amos Cottage.
Frances Lash, 52, who had been employed at Amos
Cottage for 20 years before she was fired last week said
that when Ms. Estridge joined the staff, 4<ouf troubles
began."
"We were never called together and told the rules and
regulations. In fact, she walked around for two whole
days and never introduced herself or said who she was. I
had to find out from someone else," said Ms. Lash.
Portia Allen, who worked at the hospital for six vears.
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> tilI Fired
three months probation. When the first evaluation came I
was shocked. 1 had never in all my years been given a bad
evaluation until then. 1 was told that if I pulled up by the
second evaluation, then I would come off probation
When the second time came, the evaluation was worse
and she fired me and the others."
Ms. Lash continued, "she refused to let us read the
evaluations from the nurses. I went to the nurses and they
said they had given me a good evaluation, but Denise
wouldn't let me see what they said about me. When some
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Elderly Lose^
In COG Pullout
\
By Mart Wooden Another loss to the coun
Staff Writer ty should commissioners _
decide to withdraw from
Withdrawal from COG COG would be the county's
Council of Governments) voice in the priority setting
ould cause Forsyth County process for local projects
o lose approximately funded by the Appalachian
1300,000 in federal and Regional Commission
tate grants for the elderly. (ARC).
During the Forsyth Forsyth Technical Yn~
Tounty Commissioners stitute, Bowman Gfay
weekly briefing meeting last School of Medicine, the
Thursday, Joseph W. Winston-Salem/Forsyth
3rimsley, Secretary of the County Sellouts'?Career
slorth Carolina Department Center and the renovation
>f Administration said "the of the old Carolina Theatre
iging program appears in are a few of the recipients
eopardy of interruption of ARC grants which in the
ihould the county last, .four years total some
withdraw." S3.i million
Grants for the elderly Grimsley's report also
hat would be lost include point&out that withdrawal
*Meals on Wheels"^ (Food would inevitably result in zr ?
lelivered to the homes five "lower degree of coordinalays
a week), Trans-Aid tion between county and
bus and van transporta- other units of government
ion), "Home Health Ser- and public service within
ices" (part time nursing or the region,
herapy), "Chore Service" The county would lose
cleaning house and runn- assistance from COGV
ng errands) for elderly liv- staff in areas of local planting
at home, and ing, housing planning and
'Homemaker Services" grant assistance,
support services) provided The county's withdrawal
>y the Experiment in Self would mean a loss of
leliance. See Page 2
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rearing it Up
Vinston-Salem resident, hangs from scaffolding while
Id Salads Plus building at 420 Trade St. The International
pot when renovation is complete. The home office of Odhere
from Baltimore.