T .Vo\ 20 Mwg?B55> * W^wlW :"^al Jt&yg M&g^m f atv ^M j r WA Alderme Latham, p board mec rezone a i chronicaH; "I'm Ji By Allen Johnson Managing Editor , An elderly Winsion-Salem woman who resides at Highland Homes complained to the Board of Aldermen Monday night that it has not been sensitive to -the needs of elderly citizens. Motel Angers By Yvonne Anderson ~ Staff Writer A quiet controversy evolving from a dispute over what constitutes noise has developed between the ??management of the Clem-_ ? I 1 / \ V ' \ niuns rv. a 111 a u a inn ^ w cm / and Mrs. Ruth Furches of 3801 Lomond St. in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Furches believes that she, her family (irjcluding four children) and guests were treated rudely and unfairly when she held a birthday party in one of the Inn's banquet rooms on Nov. %. Mrs. Furches asserts that the continued annoyance of the manageNewell J Gov. Jim Hunt has named Virginia K. Newell of Win?tnn-Sal#?m tn thf* n#*w ly created Hazardous Waste Management Commission. Newell is chairperson of the mathematics/ computer science department at Winston-Salem State University and a former mathematics professor at Shaw UniverBh \ By Yvonne Anderson J Staff Writer J Black pcpplc all over the / country faced difficult f times, economically politically and socially as _ the Reagan administration initiated its economic recovery program in 1981.' Many programs and agencies designed to help % ? * -' 1 1 c riqst U.S.P.S. No. 067 ? -? VI-:M Jl|5iP' * " n Virginia Newell, and VI resident of Rainbow Hous ?ting Monday night. The b single-family dwelling in y 111 children. Tin talking to you, Mrs. Burke," Jones said as she addressscd the board. "You're about the only one on there who's going to help anybody." Jones in particular charges that the city did not provide as many curbs in East Winston for wheelchair residents as it should. ^ - ~ Incident }, Disturl ment and two Forsytff County Sheriff's deputies resulted in her leaving the 11111 n c ^<1 U n lo/-\ J r ?~ mm. 1IC1VJ ai.MJ I CIIICU IUI the occasion at six a.m. "Th'ey kept complaining about noise," said Mrs. burettes. "First it was children. They said my children were throwing food in the lobby. Then, after we moved to our suite, they started complaining about noise,"- she added. Mrs. Furches said that her children, who range in age from 8 to 19, were with her in the banquet room at the time of^^he^coniplaint and: after bcTng asked -to turn down the music suite, her husband did so. oins Con sity in Raleigh. She is also a member of the National Council of Negro Women and currently serves as an alderman for the Ea$t Ward in Winston-Salem. v Her term on the commission will expire Nov. 1, 1983. The commission was created by the 1981 General Assembly, at Gov. Hunt's urging, to develop a techick Self-i minorities out of depressed tivino r'nnrlitinm viprp wiped out. 1982 shows few signs of hope to relieve these conditions and more and more, black folk arc looking to each other instead of Washington for spiritual, as well as economic support. Here in Winston-Salem, the question of the degree > \ w. I Lon-i "Serving th 9in wir HRBB^iv^'-. H^v: *'* V i'^PI Ivlan Burke listen and poi e Inc., pleads her case durl oard denied Rainbow JHous Ar dirt ore to a home for tl ting My j Jones also requested"^advice from the board on what the elderly can xJo to offset cutbacks in federal aid by the Reagan ad-^ ministration.' "Our elderly folks are upset," she said. Third, Jones requested that the city's housing authority consider moving t In Clem l>s Local * The manager of the Ramada Inn,D. C. Lawrence, contends that 1 I the Furches party was loud and th^f she was not treated any differently than any other guest would be in the same situation. "We didn't treat her any differently than any other guests," said Lawrence. "They were keeping a lot of noise. We don't care who they are, if they're keeping a lot of noise, then we are going to ask them to quiet down and if that doesn't work, then they will be asked to leave." ' * Sergeant Ken Thomas of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Department was nmission nologically advanced and environmentally clean system of waste management for North Carolina. The commission consists of 15 members-eight ap pointed by the governor, one by the speaker of the house, one by the lieuteSee Page 2 Help: Ar of black unity and support draws different responses among community leaders, but all agreed that unity is necessary for survival. / Thomas Elijah, director oj the local Urban League, cites a need for more support for black -t5\v n e d businesses in the community. "Black businesses basicai V" Sale e Winston-Salenv C< JSTON-SALEM. N.C 11 s g I ^r"" " ider as Peggy ng the regular e's petition to tie families of [Vil/la the collection of rent for Highland Homes residents closer to where they live. i "It's too much for elderly 1 folks to go all the way up to ' 29th St. on the bus," she said. "Somebody could kill us at Piedmont getting off the bus." \ 1 r\ ?% r r*-* r\ % I /% * - 4 * ' - r?iuv,iuiaii Ldl I y LllllC \ See Page 2 * mons Family j working tor the Ramada Inn that night and accompanied Lawrence to the Furchcs suite on each occasion. "She (Mrs. Furches) was asked several times and didn't obey," said Thomas. "We came back two more times and they were loud, about the loudest group we've had out there in a while." But Mrs; Furches says she has witnesses who will back up her allegations. Mr. Joniest Moses, a guest at the party, said that he was not aware of any problems with Mrs Fnrrhpc' children, but noted that the See Page 2 David Tfiompklns r e We Wi \ k 1 y survKvc on black i patronage/ /he said. "The problem is that black businesses don't reach out < to other markets. You've | got to be competitive and | have a good, marketable | product. We've got to work Jiligently in tsz to maKe i sure that the black ' businesses come up to those < standards necessary to com > X- . J* \ m Gty^i immunity Since 19 74' Thursday, January 7. 1982 B|Pp^ - ''"^M iL Bh^_. ^9 ^ l ^1 ^B^I HLj H'IIIh'ii rr""iM||" ' '-"jp Mayor Wayne E. Corpening proclaimed Frldi Luther King Jr., in Corpening's office at city Hall 01 witness his signature. The proclamation said, amor King it would behoove us to pause and consider th with the problems of our future.** From left to right i Evans, owner of radio station WAAA, Evelyn Tern Larry Little. 71110 XT All xiiuiupiviiis ncr ) By Yvonne Anderson October. The Houseing Staff Writer Authority's Board of Commissioners appointed The New Year has brought Thompkins, who was then the first black executive the deputy director of hoOsf director of the Winston- ing in the city, salem Housing Authority A graduate of North n the person ,of- David L. Carolina A&T State rhompkins. 1University, Thompkins, 49, Thompkins replaced joined the agency in 1956 as lames K. Haley, who sub- manager of Kimbcrly Park nitted his resignation in housing complex. From lling To Support 9 pctc in all maskcts." there is a definite feeling of Jim Hanslcy, head of optimism as Winston saw Vanguard Investments,, was the election of four black so pessimistic of the idea of* Aldermen in 1981. After the blacks supporting black ballots were*.tallied, a call busWsses tj)at he declined Jor unity of the aldermen to tommeat directly. was, made , and all four "My views would be so aldermen have ^said negative that I wouldn't previously that the\ wilt want to see them in print," work for unity among said Hansley. themselves as well as with On the political front, other members of the A ... . ? oijici *25 cents v. Denies Rainbow / i Board Aid Pa By Allen Johnson r * Managing Editor f The Winston-Salem Board t of Aldermen quietly ap- t proved increased relocation aid to Liberty-Patterson c residents in a Jan. 4 board < meeting that was otherwise r anything but quiet. I The aldermen unanimous- t ly passed an aid package t ^tauclTincludesi ? a $24,864 contract with thej Experiment in Self- , Rtffiance to provide reJocat i an counseling for residents from an office to be located in the neighborhood. and an increase in the relocation allowance for ' rlicr\l r/?c irlAnic fp; ifTi Viiopiuwvt VJiVIVIIlJ II VIII $200 per family to $700 ( The package had been en- i dorsed 0 earlier by the j > board's finance and public works committees. I Other items on the agenda had a much rockier path to 5 traver. 1 Following a marathon ' debate before a packed and > extremely vocal gallery, the 1 board rejected Rainbow House lnc.'s petition to ^K>:';:'- y^\.:;: ?$2?i >*^|||^ ^ : ly, Jan. 15 as a day of remei i Tuesday,Jan. 5 as local civic ig other things, "On the occas e lessons of our past in ordei ire: Partick Hairston, head of if, Father,Michael Curry, Gum * v Housing / he was promoted through the ranks to ad- I mini*trati(vc assistant, direc- I / tor of operations, and i Deputy iOirector, where he i was ip charge of all the Authority's budgets and i daily operations, handling f funds in excess of $10 { ' iwtinim>sannually. .t '"We dAnot expect any in- a crease si in budget Ourselve i ^t^ard. - t "J tend to think that on some points we are scry i unified and on others we *. need a lot of work," said \ North Ward Alderman * Larry Little. "I don't think 1 that there are enough < meeting^ between those r Who are designated av leaders. Politically, we've 1 been unified on voting at ! ? V fe ] 24 Pages This Week jouse OKs v A LCt ? ezone an Ardmore house rom a single-family home o a rooming house for the amilies of seriously ill paients. Following a spirited iebate between proponents )f the rezoning and nembers of the Ardmore Neighborhood Association, he board voted 5-3 against he petition. Related Editorial On Pg. 4 / < "Are vou Kuiim tu stait a ? Jomino effect?" said ezoning opponent and \rdmore resident W. H. Huner during discussion ?rior to the vote. "I wish y'ali would just ioften your hearts," ;ountered Mary Jones, highland Homes resident vho supported Rainbow blouse. In a prepared statement, See Page 2 ^ * t ' J Mi <+\M p|^ f>* ||M| f k: -if maintenance, management and service." Thompkins studied housng management at Wake -orest University, the Jni versify of Georgia and he Institute of Government it the University of North See Page 2 - ^ s?, K imcs, but wc need unified strategies. This year, some mportant elections are ;orping upvfor the school ->oard, the county commissioners and the State douse. We need to sit dow n ind discuss these things low." . But Patrick Hairston, lead of the local chapter of See Page 2 . .' 'J