, VOL. VII NO. 25 *tr Forsyth County Sheriffs L Bad C Bury 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 * To B % 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 ~ m/ 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< _ i ^ _ _ L^CB 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 "Serving /I MO w| * J ^Bt> . A- /IB Q^B ^B^ ^ v' . ^B 1 B over inventory sheet for J. I , Bad 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 Page 2 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. I ; le Winston-Salem C 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 See Page 2 ?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 ( c Cherryview 1 Mad at Thefts : 1 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- ^ - J VV/..??.II 1.7 t v l/l VUI\" t 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 See Page 2 f 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 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 See Page 2 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 HfeiiyCl i 1^ ^^I I 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.