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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.
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By Yvonne Anderson ~
Staff Writer
A quiet controversy evolving
from a dispute over
what constitutes noise has
developed between the
??management of the Clem-_
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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
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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
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times, economically
politically and socially as
_ the Reagan administration
initiated its economic
recovery program in 1981.'
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designed to help
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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.
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County Sheriff's deputies
resulted in her leaving the
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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
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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
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The manager of the
Ramada Inn,D. C.
Lawrence, contends that
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 '
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$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
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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
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he was promoted
through the ranks to ad- I
mini*trati(vc assistant, direc- I
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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
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"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
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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.
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"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,
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rnberance for Dr. Martin
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ion of the birthday of Dr.
to more effectively deal
the local NAACP, Mutter
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pkins. "We will' keep approximately
the same level
;>f 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
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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
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