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Even though the numbers paint a grim picture, one thing the
black woman shouldn't do Is despair, says Dr. Myrna Williams, a
Black women must consi
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer Pj T
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Single hi .acv wompm ho .
some thinking to do.
With the current shortage of available
black men, both nationally and in Winston- But the situation i
Salem, some black women may never find There are alternatives
permanent mates. "Given the statistic
Russell bucked system
as 1977 write-in hopeful
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
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Carl H. Russell Sr. may not I
have become W ins ton-Sal em's
: first black mayor in 1977, but he
: put up a good fight.
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alderman, waged a write-in campaign
after he lost to Wayne A.
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votes in the Democratic primary,
: received 5,946 votes, Corpening _ , _
5 883 Carl RusseH
The other two Democrats - jost jn t^e run-off by 3,383
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.* Butler - garnered 4,854 and 701 feel satisfied, so I
; votes, respectively. started a write-in campaign,"
"I beat him (Corpening) RusseW said? "1 had 16 years on
decisively," the 76-year-old the Board of Aldermen. I had
Russell said during a recent inter- chaired the Public Works and
Public Safety committees. I felt
Hut nnt Hitficivniv mmioh ft\r able to be the city s mavof.M
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By CHERYL WILLIAMS raised its concerns on Oct. 6, it
Chronicle Staff Writer has had only one meeting with
school officials.
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By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer
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Mazie S. Woodruff, the lone
black county commissioner, of- ~
ficially declared her write-in candidacy
Tuesday.
"I stand before you today to
affirm that I will participate as a
write-in candidate for the Forsyth
County Board of Commissioners,"
Mrs.* Woodruff said.
"I will bring to the board the unique
understanding of the con-~
cerns of women, blacks and other
minorities.'*
Mrs. Woodruff, the first black
and second woman to serve as a
commissioner, made her announcement
at a news conference
at Union Chapel Baptist Church.
; About 50 Woodruff supporters .
attended.
Mrs. Woodruff finished third
in the May Democratic primary
behind winners John H.
i Holleman Jr. and Wayne
Willard. She now faces Holleman
and Willard, as well as
Republicans David L. Drummond
and Roger Swisher, for
two seats on the board.
Campaign organizers Ricky
Russell and Tracy Singletary
distributed sample write-in
ballots at the news conference.
They said that voters must write
Mrs. Woodruff's full name on
the ballot and at least an abbreviation
of the office she seeks.
If people vote a straight
Democratic ticket and write in
Mrs. Woodruff's name, then
votes for Holleman and Willard
will be canceled, said Kathie C.
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I dissatisfied
system's actions have not been
sufficient.
"We don't have any bones to
pick," she said. "We have a problem
we want solved."
One parent registered a new
complaint. Barbara Thomas said
her son was disciplined unfairly
on Sept. 24.
Mrs. Thomas said that her son
told her that a white girl at the
school had made derogatory
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The Board of Elections will
give write-in instructions on
Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Main
Public Library on Fifth Street,
. Mrs. Cooper said.
Holleman and other
Democratic leaders say that Mrs.
Woodruff's write-in campaign
will split votes among the
Democratic candidates and allow
Drummond and Swisher to win.
"This county cannot afford to
have two more Republicans on
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the board,'' Holleman said.
"That is not good for black or
white people." J
Mrs. Woodruff said she is unconcerned
about the fate of
Holleman and Willard. "That is
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DA candidates
say they've got
black support i
By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer
Both candidates for district attorney
say they have solid support
in the black community. 1
"There has been a number of
people who say that they are supporting
me," said Joseph J. Gatto,
the Republican. "They have
indicated that they had some pro- I
blems supporting my opponent." j
Gatto faces Democrat W. War- 1
rcn Sparrow, who defeated incumbent
Donald K. Tisdale in
May's primary, largely on the
strength of black votes.
Gatto listed as his black supporters
Bill Tatum, an unsuccessful
candidate for the city/county
school board and * a
former convener of the defunct
Black Leadership Roundtable;
North Ward Alderman Patrick
T. Hairston, and former Alderman
Larry D. Little.
When Gatto spoke at a
breakfast forum Oct. 18 at
Reynolds Cafeteria, several
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