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Family fondlj
By JOHN HINTON
Chronica Staff Writer
Police Officer A1 Charles
Kinard often played games with
his daughter, Cariita, when she
was growing up.
"I was the only child," she
says. "1 was very doee to my
father. He spent a lot of time
with me."
Kinard had left his East
Winston home for about an hour
"I didn't want him riding thi
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on Sept. 9, 1961, before he was
killed in a traffic accident.
"I didn't want him riding that
motorcycle," says his widow,
_ Ruby K. Kinard. "1 was afraid he
was going to get hurt."
Kinard was the only black
among the 12 law enforcement
officers who have been killed in
the line of duty since 1895.
Kinard and the other officers
were honored May tS by the
Winston-Salem Police Department
and the Forsyth County
Sheriff's Department.
Kinard, 41, suffered head injuries
when his three-wheel
Working isfi
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Reginald L. Johnson, the new
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Arts Council, is a workaholic. He
says so himself.
"1 love to work," he said in an
interview last Tuesday. It's my
escape. 1 get very involved in anyand
everything that I do.
"I'm a perfectionist," he continued.
"So I don't mind putting
in time in my work to insure that
things are going to be the right
way or right quality. I'm more of
a quality person than a quantity
perspn."
It may be a good thing that
JohAson, 42, is this way, because
for the last few months, he has
been functioning as the program
coordinator, the assistant program
coordinator and the director.
And he said that until another
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By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
For years Joseph E. Bradshaw
has collected bits and pieces of
Winston-Salem's history. And
for year* he has done it mostly
with his own time and finances.
But Bradshaw, a retired history
teacher, recently received financial
help from the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation Inc.
Through a $2,000 grant awarded
to United Metropolitan Baptist
Church, Bradshaw will
assemble a pictorial history of
black Winston-Salem.
?The grant will allow Bradshaw
to purchase materials he might
need in putting together his exhibit.
Bradshaw said that he will use
the money for film and research
materials.
"This is the first time that I
have asked for any money,'* he
said. "Up to this point, I have
been financing myself
: : Bradshaw said thathe plans Uncollect
pictures1 -fronrbitck4.
families in Winston-Salem.
"That's the only place we can
find this history," he said.
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picture collection, but he
wants more items to add to the
exhibit.
His collection includes pictures
of Walter Lance, the city's first
elementary school built in iht city.
Bradshaw said that at the moment
he does not know where the
exhibit will be displayed.
He added that once complete,
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motorcycle collided with a car at
Fourth Street and Highland
Avenue at 9:41 ajn., according
to the Sept. 10, 1961, edition of
the Winston-Salem Journal and
Sentinel.
Kinard was pronounced dead
on arrival at Kate Bitting
Reynolds Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Kinard remembers that
tragic Saturday morning almost
25 years ago when her husband
it motorcycle. I was of raid he
Ruby IC, Kinard
was Vffled in the acckknt.
"A DO lice officer cinu to our
house and told me that he had
been killed/' Mrs. Kinard said in
an interview last Friday. "I was
in thnrk fnr a lnng ft hap.
pened so quick. That was the first
accident he ever had."
His daughter, Carlita K.
Shepard, said she was shocked
and disturbed about the death of
her father. "We really do miss
?him," said Mrs. Shepard, who?
was 12 years old at the time.
Kinard was thrown from his
motorcycle and apparently struck
his head against the sidewalk, the
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program coordinator is found, he
will continue doing the work of
three.
He doesn't mind, though,
because he has spent all of his
adult life working. His sevenpage
resume proves this.
But Johnson, a Winston-Salem
native, hasn't always been this
way. He said that when he was a
teen-ager, he was wild and into
any- and everything.
His rescue came when he and a
number of other young people
- were taken under the wings of
some caring people at the Patterson
Avenue branch of the JfM"I've
always said that\they
were my saving grace," he said.
"They sort of put me on the right
road and guided me.
Once on the right track,
Johnson kept busy.
Before coming to Winstonceives
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Joseph E. Bradshaw
the exhibit will not be a one-time
display but- will. J>e_for_jise_
anytime.
Bradshaw is a member and
trustee of United Metropolitan
Baptist Church.
" -Hie vMay
9 roeetin*of-the^ 'off.
trustees of the Reynolds Foundation.
"We really believe that the
community ought to feel indebted
to Mr. Bradshaw for what
he's done to preserve that history
almost single-handedly," said
Thomas W. Lambeth, executive
director at the foundation.
tributfon to this community/' he
said. "There's a story in how he
single-handedly worked over the
years and did without a lot of
help. V .
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ankle said. He was not wearing a
safety helmet. 'They said it was a
freak accident," said Mrs.
Shepard, an employee in the
telecommunications department
at RJR Nabisco Inc.
"Safety helmets were not required
then," Mrs. Kinard said.
Safety helmets are now required
for police officers riding motorcycles.
The accident occurred when
Kinard swung his motorcycle to
the right, attempting to pass a car
driven by Sylvester Reddic, a I
black man. The vehicles collided
the. car turned onto Highland J
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Kinard lived with his family at
598 Morrison St. The street was '
renamed Kinard Drive in 1965
after 31 residents petitioned the
Board of Aldermen to change the
name to honor Kinard.
Raising far ^hild alone and F
managing her home was difficult S
for her, Mrs. Kinard said.
"I didn't think 1 could handle ^
it," Mrs. Kinard said. "It hasn't j
been easy." i
Kinard joined the police ]
department in June 1949. "He
liked lielping people "with their -j
problems," Mrs. Kinard said.
"Parents would call him to ask <
him for his advice."
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Salem to work as program coor- 1
dinator of Urban Arts in 1984v 1
Johnson lived in Boston.
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tioii grant
ack history :
very impressed,'* he said. "We're
delighted we could help in a
rather small way to support his
work."
Valeria L. Lee, program officer
at the foundation, said that
the foundation was impressed
with this particular request
because the history and culture of
the black community would be
spotlighted and given due attention.
"This was a way of making
sure that the black community's
history is an integral part of
Winston-Salem's history," she
said. "We saw the project as
something that should be supported
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In considering whether to fund
a project, Ms. Lee said that the
foundation tries to find projects
that will have a special benefit or
-impact-in-the-stateand 4ocaHy^
"We looked at this project and I
said it was really important to I
preserve that part of the history 1
of this city," she said.
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the spring and one in the fall.
Individuals cannot apply for I
grants. Any non-profit agency
that qualifies for federal exempt I
status or any institution such as a I
church or school is eligible to ap- I
ply, she said. I
The Rev. J. Donald Ballard, I
pastor of United Metropolitan I
_Chur$hKsaiti Monday ihat he^did I
grant imtft W fiad i^oken i&
Bradshaw about it.
Ballard said that he had recently
received the letter from the
foundation notifying the church
that the grant was approved.
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served as treasurer of the
Winston-Salem Negro
Policemen's Club.
"He was liked by the blacks
Ind^the whites," Mrs. Kinard
said. "He would talk with the
(offenders) first before he did
anything else. He tried to lead
them in the right direction."
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npted him to leave Boston,
vhere he had a pretty successful
:areer for about 15 years in prop-am
administration and arts
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Johnson managed the campaigns
of Kevin H. White for |
nayor of Boston in 1979, i
vlichael Dukakis for governor in
1982, and Edward Kennedy for j
J.S. Senate in 1982, in Boston's
ninority communities.
Johnson also worked in city 1
government during White's ad- 1
ninistration. When White decided
not to seek re-election,
fohnson said that he had to t
ledde to remain and work for <
mother administration or to go
elsewhere. He went elsewhere.
Johnson said that he left i
Boston because he was tired of
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"I wanted to get back to the 'i
community and back to dealing
iirectly with people," he said. "I
had pretty much become a
bureaucrat.
"The opportunity to come here
as program coordinator for UrCl
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The following public bud<
Chambers of City Hall, locate
HEARING
Finance Committee
Board of Aldermen
(Adoption Hearing)
Copies of the proposed FY
branches of the Public Library
m ? ?? ? i
to d p.m. weekdays.
The proposed budget, total!
for tKe City of Winston-Salerr
30, 1986. The proposed bud<
Revenue Sharing Funds.
All oltlzens will be given an
use of all funds, including Fe
total proposed allocations by
be spent within those catego
Service Area
Community Development
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Protection
Transportation
Human Resources
Recreation and Culture
General Government
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A World War II veteran,
Kinard graduated from Atkins
High School. He attended N.C.
A&T State University in
Greensboro for two years.
Kinard attended First Baptist
Church and was a Mason and a
member of Olympic Lodge 795.
Mrs. Kinard and Mrs. Shepard
are proud of Kinard. "He was a
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ban Arts came about, so I decided
to take that opportunity," he
said. "I felt that I could offer
some of my skills and experience
to the city of Winston-Salem.'
Johnson had similar work experience
whenjie worked as community
relations director for the
Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs
in Boston.
"1 used to visit Winston-Salem
about nine or 10 times a year,"
he said. "Whenever 1 was dowp
here on a visit, I stopped by the
Arts Council."
He said that he and then direcL
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Lor 01 uroan Arts Lynwood
Oglesby established a rapport.
"When the position became
available, he called me and asked
if I was interested/' Johnson
said.
^As program coordinator of Urban
Arts, Johnson's duties include
coordinating programs
such as the Art-Is House,
Mayfest and neighborhood programs;
overseeing the production
of the Urban Arts newsletter and
courses offered through Urban
ITY OF WINSTON-SALEM
FY 86-87
IBLIC BUDOET HEARING
jet hearings will be held in
d at First and Main streets.
DATE
June 18, 1986
June 28,1986
86-87 budget are available for p
and at the Budget Office, Roorr
Ing $145,509,860. for the fiscal v
i was presented to the Board o1
get for 1986-87 includes the u
i opportunity to present oral an<
deral Revenue Sharing Funds.1
' Service Area and the Federal I
lies.
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PROPOSED BUDOKT
Total Fun
$12,088,oe
. 40,828,91
- ; 26,946,31
21,125,3(
1,869,9(
13,492,51
29,158,6*
> tbtAL: $145,609,?
Thomas W. Fredericks
Budget & Evaluation Director
P.O. Box 2511
Wlnaton-Salem, NC 27102
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good husband and father," Mrs. ,
Shepard said.
"He was a good provider," r>
Mrs. Kinard said. "I will always
think about him." ' * '.
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me that whatever I do, I should
be the very best," said Mrs.
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Arts programs; and promoting
the integration of Urban Arts in \
the arts community.
Winston-Salem is rich in the'
f?fv
arts, Johnson said. f
4That's one thing that drew
me back hero," he said. "That
and the opportunity to assist with
further development and enrichment
of the arts.
44To be in a position to offer
assistance not only to established
organizations but to up-andcoming
artists and cultural
organizations is that much more
of a challenge," he said. 441 feel
that 4,, tore ..the ^ill^and ^
background to be able to, wQnc.r iah i
with these DeoDle." "
'When the opening became
available for director of Urban %
Arts, Johnson seized the oppor- ,
tunity.
Johnson said he knew he could
do the work of director, having
served as acting director during . r>
the interim when the Arts Coun- <;
cil was looking for Oglesby's ! >
replacement.
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TIME
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ear beginning July 1,1986, - ;
f Aldermen on Friday, May
se of $508,080 In Federal?^ 4?j
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