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4 Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursday, July 31,1986 Roots you can tow - i mi nion," she said. "Nothing in our past takes away from wanting t ancestors were and what their accomplishments i most natural human instinct." The humid air hung heavy and quiet during Somerset Place, which was home to 300 slaves wh< broke out. But during the Homecoming, the site w Littlejohns, Honeyblues, Collinses, Blounts and ot from as far away as California, Connecticut and < They'll listen to African drummers, sing spirit blues band Mand ... EAT!'* as Mrs. Redford says i about 500 core descendants. Friends, local whit* terested people are invited as well. Making The Connection , "It's almost like a healing event," she said.<"Il some instances, we were left feeling disconnected "Now we can feel whole and complete, know w were, know what they did, where they lived, which in, what family they were facing, who lived closc house, and who worked in the fields." She said a feeling of alienation has led many An try to connect with their African origins, but ti where our truer vested interest lies." Inspired by Alex Haley's "Roots," Mrs. Red research in 1976, spending seven years going thr bills of sale and deeds of trust and talking to desce: IIIIIIHIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIItlltlltllllllllMIIIMtailltlllllllltMltfllttltlllltlltllltnWtttMtMMt School bus drivers bus driver compensation and benefits. "The (Budget and Finance) Committee met on July 18," member Gerald N. Hewitt told the board. "We had a rather lengthy discussion about what happened. Most of us were disappointed more r .l :?i ?? iiiuucj uiu nui vuiiic ii vim iiic vuiiimissiuncrs. Superintendent Zane E. Eargle said the benefits represent a promising start. "I feel we have at least begun to address the needs of bus drivers,'* he said. "We would like to do more." Beaufort O. Bailey, the lone black school board member, said he is glad that the board was able to give the bus drivers some of the benefits they wanted. "I'm concerned that we go back to the county commissioners and request the balance so we can offer the bus drivers full benefits," he said Tuesday. The beginning salary for bus drivers last year was $4.55 per hour. With a 5-percent increase granted by the state this year, the salary increases to $4.78. Bus drivers in the system also will receive $4.60 a I day as a travel supplement. * But the board felt that was not enough, approving 26 cents more to increase the beginning salary to $5.04, at a cost to the system of $96,250. Previously, bus drivers had no benefits, no mat ter now long tney had worked. The system wants to attract more adult bus drivers by changing this. Adult drivers who have driven in the system for three or more years will be provided nine paid holidays each year at a total cost of $47,720. Drivers who have been with the system for 10 or more years will be offered free health coverage at a total cost of $32,400. Plans for apartment "We are not going to let them ments is crucial b create anymore slums)" Hairston ty Parkway is a said. ' thoroughfare, W< The plans call for the cons true- Womble said tion of 48 one-and two-bedroom units at a cost of $40,000 each. * Each apartment would include an 9 outlet for an air conditioner, a washer connection, a stove and a refrigerator. Missing from the plans are carpeting and a connection for a clothes dryer, although basketball and tennis courts, sidewalks, parking lots and mailboxes are included. Another concern among aldermen is that the city may not be getting its money's worth. East Ward Alderman Virginia K. Newell and South Ward Alderman Frank Frye said that the $40,000 price tag for each apartment is too high. ??T ' - i am uui sure wc are getting u,? Jj what we pay for/'said Frye, who *xarT owns a realty company. at m Womble said central air condi- PL tioning and carpeting should be J1 p|| included because of the high price Food of the apartments. "As it is now, Wthe price is too high," he said. "We want it to be something that we will be proud of," said Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian W Rurlr* a1e/\ . - ?. m ?m a^winwi " V tuJV VTWll something that the residents will" - be proud of." 8CM Womble said he wants the No Appoi design of the apartments to show some creativity. 44We want something that shows some imagination and is not the run of the mill," he said. The appearance of the apart ^ f *h From Page A1 _ whom still live near the former 3 o Know wno our - . . . .? A. were Th?f. fh? ?f itt taod* Fof ^ P"1 three W were. 1 net s tne fornuuion with records from ^ M ^ Jt t Her research includes about en th? rivii War mo#t ?* w^ch have intertwined ill overflow with * V,Ute ^ ther descendants owner* ,k rermanv around Lake Phelps, about 30 .1*1* HflL tr? a developed in 1785 by Josiah Cc uals, dance to a who jnjMd >hn, n a newsletter to . ? ' ~ ' ? and other in- So^erset' , _ Slaves spent two yean diggi Phelps to the Scuppernong Rivi boats that carried crops and sup :'s saying that in 'Investment Protection' and incomplete. ho our ancestors Collins, his son Josiah II ind j i cabin they lived ing slaves, including a large pure at to the manor Edenton that brought Mrs grandparents - Peter and Elsy I terican blacks to By 1860, Josiah Collins III w ia? ?? A : i_ ^ ? !*U .1 ?i ruucriwa is nwui cwuiina, wiui staves. soldiers and took about 170 slavi Iford began her Franklin counties "to protect tl ough plantation ford. ndants, many of Elsy Littlejohn and four o From Page A1 V 5 ... The budget adjustments were approved without much discussion Monday night. But at the earlier Budget and Finance Committee meeting several board members said they regretted that they couldn't offer bus drivers more. "It's an area that we have overlooked for years," board member Thomas C. Voss said at that meeting. "It's time we took action locally. We can't wait for the state." ?Before the board had approved the budget adjustments Monday night, several bus drivers voiced their concerns and urged the board members to approve the bus driver package. Mabel Johnson told the board that she has been driving a school bus for 15 years without any benefits. "There are other part-time personnel with this school system who work only four hours per day and receive part-time benefits," she said. "Does this seem fair to you?" Another bus driver, Kim Saleeby, told the board that bus drivers are in the same situation with low pay and no benefits thaiithey were in 20 years ago. r "As I'm sure you are aware, there is a desperate need for drivers for the upcoming year," she said. "For the pay that we receive, and the absence of benefits, it's amazing that there are any reliable drivers at all." The school board hopes that the package approved Monday night will help the system ease its shortage of bus drivers Earlier this month, the school system launched a campaign to attract about 100 new drivers. The shortage of bus drivers is being blamed partly on a June 6 school bus accident involving a S From Page A1 imuiimmimnimmiuiiniwimminiiiiiiiiiMiiittmmiiiiii?iwiiiwuwiiiimmw ecause Universi- construction of single-family heavily traveled homes or duplexes. "This is the omble said. city's first venture into something he prefers the like this," he said. "We want a ! EADN rACL Cash Paid for Each Donati Earn Up to 80 Dollars a Month WINSTON-SALEM PLASMA CENTEI "Helping People Help Others" 425 N. Trade Street 725-9774 MEMBER OF THE WINSTON-SALEM CHAMBER OR COMMERCE ou know: PLASMA donors must pats a thorough physielan-admtntst i before donating, as well as pass other specific medical orl ch donation. ASMA centers must be approved and licensed by the Food itration. ASMA centers are inspected on en annual and unannounce I & Drue Administration. ASMA canters mutt foiiow strict Pood & Drug Administrate ONOR SAFETY and PRODUCT QUALITY. Get FREE Check-Up Donate 2 Times a Week Mini-Examination by a Doctor on 1st1 . Receive Cash After Donating iENINQ LAB WORK NOW AO ntments Necessary BY THB Hi HOURS: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tues., Thurs., Fri., S Wed. 10 e.m. to 6 p.m. For Just a Nttlo of your tfcno, you can bo o tremendous hol| . ' ' v i * * * ; ,870-acre plantation and own some Somerset. One o: its, she has been bolstering that in- helped Union so e state Department of Archives. soldiers arrived t< 1,600 names and 20 family lines, plantation minist That was the y< itoric site, and the history of its by a Union sok nore accurately. The plantation overseer to Collii miles from the Atlantic, was first illins. A year later he imported 80 Revealing N< it 100 U.S.-born slaves already at She said her be ng the six-mile canal from Lake rcads uke fiction sr. Other slaves operated the flat- edition primarily tplies along the canal. Mrs. Redford popular beliefs at slaves living in n< often lived in or T. 1-1. T?t -1 ? p wMfvu ju?uui in cononucG ouy- literacy for sl&vc base from the Littlejohn family in school and a mi . Red ford's great-great-great- money and that c -ittlejohn - to Somerset. "Collins* meth as the third-largest slaveholder in keep families togi But in 1862, his family fled Union siave, he bought m inland with them to Orange and bought the husba heir investment," said Mrs. Red- eliminate disciplii on keeping famili f her 13 children remained at the genealogical s 16-year-old driver. The bus overturned, injuring 35 children. Susan Carson, the system's school-community relations coordinator, said that some parents are apprehensive now about letting their children drive buses. Another reason for the shortage may be the rise in the graduation requirements for students from 19 to 20 credits, Ms. Carson said. Driving a school bus takes up two periods a day? wiu iiuwiiu icwcitc uiujr uiic trcuii lur ii( snc sua* The school system is trying to increase the public's awareness of the driver shortage through media publicity, Ms. Carson said, as well as word of mouth. Ms. Carson said that two groups seen as having the.best potential to fill the system's needs now are housewives who are mothers of older students and college and technical school students. Driving a bus is a good way for the mothers to supplement their family income, she said. In an effort to stir interest, the superintendent has sent Jetters to mothers of its high school students tilling them about the opportunity. ^ In a related matter, the June 6 school bus accident was brought up again Monday night by David L. Farrell, who had three children injured in the accident. Farrell said he is concerned that, during the accident, most of the seat bottoms came free and were thrown around the bus. Something should be done to secure the seats, he said. Morris Hastings, director of transportation for thi trhnnl cvcMm lot?r ? ? ? ....WW* ??! ?VIW HIV UVOIU lliai UK scald did come loose when the bus overturned. Hastings said it is very difficult to keep the safety latches on the seats locked because students often <mtwwimmimwmHmiimiiniinimiimmnNm?mimMimmwiH?mwmmttnm?imi first-class job." duplexes. He i David L. Thompkins, director manage the comp of the Winston-Salem Housing Townhouses w Authority, said he also favors complex resemble L* DID YOU KNOW .. _ 2,000 infant daaths hava bnn pravantad by I Immyna Qlobulln praparad from PLASMA *40 million hospital patlanta raly on PLASMA ducta aach yaar ^ 20,00 hamophlllaca in tha Unitad 8tataa raly J producad Antlhamophillc Factor concantrata <2 ? 200,000 paopla ara Infaotad with Hapatttia B Hapatltia Vaccina, praparad from PLASMA, H < raduca tha incidanca (or impact) of this diaaaa 120,000 bum vfctlma, 200,000 hsart surgary j ahook victims raly on tha uaa of PLASMA-prod for fluid and protain rapiacamant. In 1983 ovar tianta racaivad Albumin products 3 million tranafuaad patlanta raly on blood g typing aara, praparad from PLASMA, in 1963 tfi u?u for mm preparation or 12 million unit# Of I transfusion. QipiM P eople*TTTIttrta required & Drug Add basis by th? Hi on regulation* . I E/ s/istt I I DMPLCTI STAFF CH? A ? MIT ASSOCIATION FOR CHI I y MJ I This Coupon Who H i i h f them, Fred - an ancestor of Mrs. Redford's - '/ I ldiers bridle horses on July 27, 1862, when the I > confiscate horses, according to a letter from the . er. I Mr slave Lovey Cabarrus was raped in the kitchen I Her. Mrs. Redford has a letter from the slave I is describing the incident. iiaj Corto iVV CSV IW >ok on the slave families is a "good history, but it The book is coming out as a 300-page limited for the families involved in the homecoming. , 's research revealed sopie facts that counter >out slavery. While some television accounts show ?t, comfortable cabins, she found that 15 people I le 18-foot-square cabin. While the law forbade i, the Collinses provided Somerset slaves with a inister. Records show that some slaves earned >thers had considerable freedom of movement. od of management, his method of control, was to . ether," Mrs. Redford said. "If he bought a male I the family. If a female slave had a husband, he , nd, assuming a monogamous relationship would le problems. There was a great deal of emphasis : cs together, which was to our advantange in doing ' I k tudy." I IHIMUmilHIIIIIIIIMHIHIIIIHUHMUIIimiHIHMIMUMMMUIHItlHHHniWinilllHH I rH i H. unlatch them. M In other business at Monday's meeting, the board requested that the superintendent direct his staff to study of benefits and compensation for school bus drivers offered by other school systems. * J: The board also approved a motion by board . member John S. Holieman Jr. that the board ap proach the county commissioners and further ex* plain the need for many of the items that had to be deieted from the budget due to cuts. "? I "I would like for us to approach the county com* missioners and request that all the original improve^ ment items for bus drivers be funded and all im- I provement items for elementary schools be funded," he said. In other business, the board considered but did not act on a policy concerning the length of the students'school day. Under the new policy, students would arrive to school up to 30 minutes before the start of the in* structional day and leave within 15 minutes of the m end of the instructional day unless they are participating in a school-sponsored activity. School personnel would not be required to super- I vise students that arrive before the 30-minute period at the beginning of the day or remain longer than 15 minutes after school. "This primarily is an elementary-school problem," Eargle told the board. "We've had the I problem for years. Some parents through necessity or otherwise have used the schools to care for their children. We have children in some cases being delivered to school an hour before school starts. This places an additional burden on the teachers.? Eargle said that the policy would provide valuable planning time for teachers. rtfiiinitHtfnvtiimHniHvmimnmitMiniiiiuiiiiiiiimmininiintitiniinmm^aii iiHiiiwwimiwiiiimiimiwwimiiiiHmwumm?mmm wiiimmwtmiiwwiw agency would built during the 1950s, Thomlcx. pkins said. ould make the West Ward Alderman Robert i public housing lha use of Rh 4A T proon PLASMA- ^Kv tally each yasr. #? xpected to MaV Mtionta uced Albumin 2,500,000 p* BF rouping and K??% ?M aara war? MfZ' blood for o P L E V I J AN AN EXTRA $10 I I ON YOUR 1 I COND DONATION A I 9 | AppRw to New Donors of Individuals I win x uonnsa m uin ivimiui. p 'leema Canter "Halping People Help Ottwejj *e > \
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