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' f V ^ ~ - J! - .- ? % the magazine se Winston-Salem Chronicle/Section B i * Kx l^Kl 1 m i ov if ^f- * W^^BK'm VRV ' ,' :V - ^r *p*C^ ^H .s- * \^ ^Bt '?- \ = Vi ; W - ' -^ril _ |^ ''Ef-:=",Si.aSs^ii She Made It Home ? In her first real acting role, Stephanie Barber, who plays Dorothy in the musical "The Wlz", wowed the audiences during the recent performance at the Little Theater (photo by James Parker). o Rescue squad holds drawing In an attempt to raise money for equipment anc the Southeast Winston Volunteer Rescuc especially appealing to football fans. The fund-raiser includes three homecoming packages. The main package is a dinner for two at i local restaurant, limousine service to and from the ^ s v * iSSll^Kl restaurant and a choice of tickets for either a Wak< Forest or Winston-Salem State University homecom The second is a free hair design at Conrad's Haii Design, and the third is $75 in cash. Plau Waitprc cavc hp pamp nr> u/ith fhp irlpa hp^anci V/ IV*^ UIWVI J J IIV VUIIIV up "IHI VI IV IV?VU I/VVWUJ^ of its appeal. "At homecoming, people like to eat, enjoj themselves and dress up and look good," say; Waiters, who is sergeant of operations for the rescut . squad. t4I thought this would be an attractive package for the many people in this area who like tc go to the homecoming games." ^ , But Waiters adds that the real purpose of the pro ject is to raise money. "We have 1500 tickets that are $3 apiece," he says "If we can raise $4000, we can buy things like man v nequins for our CPR program and other important "/ ' equipment that we need to make the rescue squac more effective." The tickets are on sale now through Oct. 14. The) 9 can be purchased at the Southeast Winston Volunteei Rescue Sntiad station. Rolls Rnvce Nioht f~!lnh Doleman's Men's Apparel, Conrad's Hair Desigr and The Record Boutique. The winning tickets will be drawn Oct. 14 at the GOOQ9 ClG&Il Reynolds Health Center Cafeteria. Waiters adds that the fund-raiser is also a way oi Shantana House den* maintaining an even closer relationship with the com- also hit, which all se< munity. done. Young counter Mrs. Mattle De Berry, right, a former volunteer with the YWCA before program's budget was cut, still finds the time to visit elderly reside such as Lillian Wardlour (photo by James Parker). ction Features, Snorts, Lifestyle The dream live By ROBIN ADAMS Staff Writer W/Vl 0n tk/Mican/4c r\f - " iivii uiv/usoiius \Ji pvJUl 1UIU Washington next weekend to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1963 March on ?j Washington, representatives from WinstonSalem will be standing alongside them helping to relive Dr. Martin Luther King's dream and to help reshape the future of black America. The Rev. Carlton Eversley said that many loca^organizations, including the NAACP, Black Political Action League, Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates, Triad Citizens Concerned For Central American, Forsyth Association of Classroom Teachers, Communication Workers of America, Community Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, National Organization for Women and the Central Labor Union of the AFL-CIO, have actively been involved in planning the local _ participation in the^Aug. 27 march. In hopes of getting more people involved, the Forsyth County Coalition, the group Our Neiohborhoodie Northamp By EDWARD HILL JR. Staff Writer Northampton is a neighborhood that is searching for its own identity. Because of its geographical location, it is often either associated with other neighborhoods or missed altogether. "When I tell people I live in Northampton, the first thing I have to do is tell them what it's close to," says Harry Freeman, mm ????? ?? i ?? awwvsw Mvwmiiftasj: * * n "7" t*-~" . * . , ^^VV * * ' v JP;|M ... . Fun onstrates her pitching skills and later show sms very impressive to James Young. Not with a feat of his own as he does his w I Despite cuts, i By ROBIN ADAMS Staff Writer I I just try to spread a little joy and a little sunshine," says Mattie DeBerry. Mrs. DeBerry, 71, and a recipient of the Volunteer of The Year Award, has been catching the city bus lately visiting many of the shut-ins who were once served by the YWCA's Older Adults Program. The program has been consolidated with other programs, says a YWCA board member, and will be handled by one person. Nancy Adams, director of the program, and her staff were laid off July 13 in an th? effort to ward off an expected $70,000 ntt deficit. But the YWCA's action has not stopped 9 ;s: Group to joii formed to sponsor the march, has rented four buses. The buses will leave from Northside Shopping Center at midnight Aug. 25 and will return at midnight Aug. 27. The price for the round trip is $25. "There is no cheaper way to get to D.C. _ and back," Eversley said. "Lots of people can go for that price." t ?? ???? "... We still have a dream, but if we don't stop the direction (President Ronald) Reagan is taking us in, the dream will turn into a nightmare." -- The Rev. Carlton Eversley Because the march is designed to comm?mnrat? l^ina'r 1 OA 1 \y( o r r> h ftn Ill V III V 1 U I V 1^1115 ?J I / V?/ ATI U 1 VII v II Washington, many black people are concerned that so many white organizations are involved in the march, Eversley said. -Some _are concerned this might take _ away from the civil rights movement." he said. "But we still have the same dream that ? ton: Searching who lives on Butterfield Drive. "The neighborhood has been out here for several years, and very few people in other parts of the city even know about it." "This neighborhood seems like it's more a part of the county than it is the city," says Mary Lee Summers, who lives on Oak Ridge Drive. Northampton is located in the nor theastern section of the city. Included in the neighborhood are Carnation and Pressman " ,V*' ? ^K&:-. p? ^ ^^BRi':' <.' "jSgL ***' ?~?~~~ Hit *j v " ?' ?/' ?.' /s she can hands act. It was all part of the to be out- Street Recreation Center Comm alking on ihe still makes h DeBerry. "This is a part of my life," she says. 44I was doing this before I started with the Y. It's no problem for me to catch the bus and continue to touch those who are on the bus "This is a part of my life. I was doing this long before I started with the Y." - Mattie DeBerry line. This is a part of my missionary work, I'm sorry they (YWCA) ran out of funds. "They look forward to my coming in," she says. "Nobody else comes to visit them." - I : Thursday, August 18, 1983 n march King had. "We have to get involved in the things that are happening around us. We still have a dream, but if we don't stop the direction (President Ronald) Reagan is taking us in, the dream will turn into a nightmare.'* The focus of the march is jobs, peace and freedom, and black people need to be involved in all three, he said. "There has to be an interrelation between civil rights and human rights. They all affect us everyday. "Reagan has not cut the federal budget. Instead, he has shifted the money from human services to civil defense," said r* 1 _ _ AAA. I /? . I A . A cversiey. * /\ weuare motner can t get rood stamps because we are building a B-l bomber." Oftentimes, blacks don't concern themselves with the occurrences in Central America or Northern Africa, he said. "But if there is a war, we are the first to die. So many of us are in the military dying on the front lines, whereas the white men are in the board rooms making all the decisions. Please see page B4 for an identity streets and Oak Ridge and Butterfield drives. It is a quiet, well-kept neighborhood. The housing is government-subsidized and falls under the Turnkey classification. The residents are mostly working-class who fall into the low to lower, middleincome bracket. And while there is no central neighborhood group or association where residents can voice their problems, they say the lack of one does not have a Please see page B4 A ? gates* |T5.y .4% :* irTTiTnifipaprr a . :A 'iyv.: 'Ss^s i, <.;:# Wmm ^vXs- Jk jl* * ' -< * ' ?: ? * * a.4 M * 4^ ^ "WWPtk* . . i fun and games at last Saturday's 14th iunity Festival (photo by James Parker). er rounds Mrs. DeBerry says she has had calls from many people who are upset because she can no longer visit them. "A white lady who lives out near Bolton Junior High School called and was real upset because I couldn't get out to see her," Mrs. DeBerry says. "I just can't get to her. She's too far out for a woman my age to get to. And the lady walks with a walking stick, so she can't get to the bus line." The lady from the Bolton community and many others who are sick or shut-in depend on the people with the YWCA program for one of life's most precious necessities human contact. Adams says that her program served almost 1,000 people. "I'm concerned (about Please see pane B 7
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