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Vol. Vlll No. 40 Bittersweei ?? That's H Veteran: Their V By Ruthell Howard Staff Writer At American Legion Post 220, black war veterans laueh *in Hrinirc and enjoy, amid clouds of smoke and throbbing disco music after completing the order of business for the day. But laughter and liquor still doesn't wash away their bittersweet memories of being black soldiers at war in a "white man's army." At a rap session at the post recently, the veterans discussed their mixed / emotions about war, the military and reinstating the draft, and reminisced their combat experiences. George C^son was drafted in 1943 into World War II. "1 knew 1 ..g 9* ? / n^| ? %. <* M^l jm l *^'^^ I^hkI 3k9e h Marchers In the Southern Chr County residents outside Sh pilgrimage marched through 1 t By Ruthell Howan r a _ r# sit a ? sian writer The Winston-Salem Police Departme torily recruited and promoted minorit Ward Alderman and Public Safety Burke. "At the present time," Burke said, 41 with what I see as far as minority recru mobility is concerned. I would hop deliberate problem of holding back." Chronicle Camera " Is Mov R? I aTa nita A Iclnn t/IATl mil ? y wiayw < I9l^y lllll Staff Writer box offic . seeing rr black act Black moviegoers make up significa 30 percent of the film-going patroniz population and spend over made by An Old- F By LaTanya A. Isle Staff Writer mr Have you ever gone to the ,superm fresh produce, noticed that the price and decided instead to buy canned cheaper but has been stripped of mucl value? Well, People's Market Day ma solution to that problem. Saturday, June 5 from 6:30 a.m. i ' % ? ?-j l \ . ?. inston "Serving t U S P S. No. 067910 low Black s Describe iew Of Service was going anyway," Cason said, "so I had to make the best of it. Besides, it was a chance to see the world." But Cason remembers black and white soldiers being segregated on the boat coming back from the war. "ooing over to the war," he said, "we had 6,000 or more blacks and whites together. They were depending-^ on us during that time." But coming back was a different story. Cason said black soldiers dealt with discrimination from white soldiers and from whites in England, where "they didn't like them black < boys taking over." 1 "You got used to it," he said. I "When we got back to America, we i . ' ^ ^ Bj^ B J I r - ' ' -'' ' * v;;i fl H j^^^MBRHHHH arching For Freedom istian Leadership Conference j^jlgrimJ Uoh Baptist Church for a mini rail) East Winston to Galilee Baptist Chun ke Criticizes i The^police force pn women among a total there is a problem recruiting blacks and nt has not satjsfac- "There must be ies, says Northeast "because we give coi Chairman Vivian a nice-size city and v seems they should b< 'I'm not impressed Burke said she doesi itment and upward reluctant to be poli< e that it is not a * and have to arrest (juiiicmcii wuuia ie 'Hit List' J lion annually at the ly white performers a :e. But they are not geared toward tovies that feature audiences, ors and actresses in In response, the m nt roles, instead office of the NAAC ing films that are decided to boycott a whites, feature on- films, to be release ashioned Ba y Shiloh Baptist Chun Highland Ave., close directly from farms a purchase at 20 to A arket to purchase prices, s had skyrocketed According to the R< produce, which is of Galilee Baptist Ch h of its nutritional munity service projec iy help you find a black farmers who ? businesses in the la intil 7:00 p.m. at income people from r -Sale he Winston-Salem Community WINSTON-SALEM, N C. The Times Have Changed didn't inquire about segregation because we thought it would be difterent, but it wasn't." Cason said hfc egretted going to war "after we got I} : I age gather along with Forsyth l Sunday evening before the eh (photo by Alan Guthrie). Police Hirii esenttyr employs 48 blacks and three I of 278 officers. Burke said she feels in the department's approach to minorities. something wrong," Burke said, mpetitive salaries. Winston-Salem is ve have many opportunities here. It i doing a better job." n't feel the problem is that blacks are :emen in their own neighborhoods other blacks. "I feel* more black decrease crime in the black lustified? ,nd are summer, that do not white employ blacks either in production or in significant ational roles. "P has The Chronicle last Thurslist of day asked Winston-Salem d this See Page 8 rgain-Peopl ch on the corner of 12th St. and to 40,000 pounds of fresh produce, cross the state, will be available for 10 percent below the supermarket ev. Howard Wiley, assistant pastor urch,People's Market Day is a com:t designed to provide a market for ire unable to compete with bigger rger markets and to allow lowerurban areas to purchase fresh pro m Ghpt Since 1974" Thursday* May 27* 1982 B^w^9 ?? ' f^v^ ' ' * i ^*53 I Things aren't quite what they used to be In the armed women ? to cast their lot with Uncle Sam In a p Reginald Mclntyre, a Vietnam survivor, and George C to fight for their country, but found segregation and r worse, even when they returned home. over there," bui lie still feels people I hadn't gone to th? should accept the draft today. could I go? There \ Ernie Hines said he felt he was do- Hines said he w ing something for his country and "if turous and thoughi Restoration Given June 3( To Leave Qa By Ruth all Howard Staff Writer / The East Winston Restoration Accnnatmn 'hoc _ - ? - w.. . tftfvviHiivii nao uvcu given until June 30 to vacate a neighborhood classroom building owned by the St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church. -Geneva Hill, president of the association, ^aid she received a letter Monday from the Rev. Morris Boyd, pastor and administrator of the church, informing the community service organization that it should have its materials out of the classroom area by June 5, and all materials removed from the downstairs office by June 30. ' The association is using the classrooms to provide tutoring for lower-grade students on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and operates ^ mini-library in the building that is npen to the children. Hill said an average of 15 youth come each day to receive tutoring services. M/t CIJ1 m rut rtut neighborhood," she said, "because blacks would have j more trust in them." 1 Burke said the police department should look at its ' recruitment plan and revise it, if necessary, to attract < more blacks. / "I have been one of the most critical people of the city's affirmative action plan," she said. ^ l Burke also feels promotions for blacks are too few. In i recent promotions one of 12 officers promoted 10 Heute- ' nant was black. Officers are required to take a promotion examination which, Burke said, few have been able to ' pass. "Police Chief Lucius Powell came here with a Lamont D. Holcombe Pearline D. Howard e's Market Slatei t T duce at reasonable prices. 44Black farmers are unable to compete with larger < businesses, who are mechanized and can sell to large I markets, therefore, they are left without an outlet to sell I their goods," Wiley said. "People from lower-income, < urban areas have no access to quality and nutritious produce at reasonable prices." ! The goal of People's Market Day is to develop a "self- < sufficient" food ?r?nsportarion and distribution service ? on a long-term basis, Wiley added, and develop the necessary skills and tools needed to survive. % / , < *? ?\ yqicle # 25 cents 26 Pages This Week forces. While slick advertising beckons men ? and eacetlme, all-volunteer army, black veterans like asoti, who saw action during World War 11, elected aclsm within the ranks of their fellow soldiers and, lArmy, whereelse?thingJ_could do.">He served in three _ vere no jobs." . wars: World War II, the Korean War as young, adven- and the Vietnam War. "When I first t it was the "best ?- - See Page 2 Association 0 Deadline ss Building ' * A - . ? * t The association was informed by Boyd that it would not be able to occupy the parish education building after f --.1 ?- - ? juiic ju wncn ne attended its meeting in February, but +fiH~saicHhe-Jtme 5 deadlineHs-teo-eariy-to removeohe Hill said the June 5 deadline is too early to remove ? the ? materials?from ? the ? upstairs classrooms Mnd called the action (by the Bev~ Boyd) "retaliation " to the association picketing the church during services over the past few Sundays. materials from the upstairs classrooms and called the ac- , tion by the priest "retaliation" to the association picketing the church during services over the past few Sundays. "1 think he is being very vindictive," she said. See Page 2 - ~ Minorities plan," Burke said, "and he thought the plan would be one where blacks would be able to pass the exam and move up in the department." But Burke said Powell was disappointed when blacks were not able to pass the examinatinn anH 441 ? ??- : ?4 ?1 ? 1 ' M.iv* i "juai as uisappumicu as nc was. Burke said if she were city manager, she would look at the affirmative action plan, look at the number of minorities in the city and then look at the number of minorities in city jobs. "Then I would have a serious talk with my department heads," she said, "and say we have to be doing a better job. Considering the gains that have See Page 3 ^ ^^ ^Pkofo Bv S?nt?n* Charles Hall Thomas Poole 4 r? c i rut aune j "Through this project we hope to speak out on how to develop skills for survival and the tools used to sustain blacks in this economic crush that affects us dramatically. It will teach us how we can rely on 'self' to provide our 3wn needs during Reaganomics," he said. Clifton Graves, affirmative action officer at Winstoniialem State University, saMthe project would create a iensc of "interdependence' between the black farmer ind the black consumer. "This project encourages a spirit of cooperation and inSee Pa%e 7
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