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Winston-Salem Chronicle
The Twin City’s Award-Winning Weekly
Vol.XIII,No. 46
U.S.P.S. No. 067910
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Thursday, July 9,1987
50 cents
34 Pages This Week
Carver head faces questions
ByCHERYL WILLIAMS
monicle Staff Writer
A group of African-American parents who have
[liildren at Carver High School are concerned about
Ike appointment of a new principal to the school.
The parents say their concern is with the selection
piocess and that they know little about, the new
principal and his qualifications.
Robert F. Clemmer, the former principal at Philo
Middle School, was approved as the new principal
of Carver at the city/county school board meeting
Monday night.
L. Janies McDaniel, Carver’s former principal,
Fe have not had, in the three years I’ve
tien associated with Carver, sturdy educa-
tioral leadership. It’s time for us to get it.
Our children need it and deserve it. ”
—Pauline Fulton
*as reassigned to Latham Elementary School .Zane
E.Eargle, city/county school superintendant, could
101 be reached for comment to determine whether
lie reassignment was a demotion.
The two were among eight people the board ap
proved for principal positions.
Parents say they are not sure what kind of leader-
skip that Clemmer will provide.
‘1 can only speak for myself and what I say
[(fcls nobody’s view but my own,” said Pauline
Fillon, whose son will be a senior the upcoming
diool year.
Mrs. Fulton, speaking in an interview Tuesday,
lid that she ha’s nothing against Clfimmer, but she
Kds to be assured that Clemmer can make the
Ah from being an adminstrator at a middle
thool to being one at a high school.
“There is a great difference between the develop
ment of high school children and middle school
children,” she said. “My concern is how will the in
dividual deal with the special needs of the high
school student? What sort of educational
philosophy will he bring to the school if his training
has not been at the secondary level?
Clemmer could not be' reached for comment by
presstime.
Mrs. Fulton and another parent who asked not to
be named charge that the former principal did not
provide the kind of leadership they felt the school
should have.
“We have not had, in the three years I’ve been
associated with Carver, sturdy educational leader
ship,” Mrs. Fulton said. “It’s time for us to get it.
Our children need it and deserve it.”
The parent who did not want to be named said
after the school board meeting, that she had pro
blems with McDaniel’s administrative leadership.
“It has not been present,” she said. “The students
have suffered academically as a result.”
The parent, along with Mrs. Fulton were among
about seven parents who attenfled Monday’s school
board meeting.
The parent said that she had written to
Superintendent Eargle, Assistant Superintendent
Annie Hairston and School board member
Beaufort O. Bailey, expressing her concerns.
Mrs. Hairston said that parents had contacted
her during the year with individual concerns about
Carver, but she would not comment further.
Mrs. Fulton said that she is willing to work with
the new 'pfrincipai. But he has ijts work cut out for
him, she said.
“I think he (Clemmer) shoul4 be given the oppor
tunity to show what he has to offer,” she said.
“There are certainly areas at Carver 1 feel need to
be improved, must be improved, for students to get
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‘Ahhhh
Doris Cobb and her family take a break from the recent high temperatures in the downtown
area with the aid of some cool drinks (photo by James Parker).
Vandals feast on Winston Lake Y
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Lawyers ask fo? continuance
By MARDELL GRIFFIN
Crironlcle Staff Writer
The case against two area
attorneys charged with
assaulting their pregnant
former secretary has been con
tinued until later this month.
Gary Devon Henderson, 37,
of 1244 W. Fourth St. asked
the court on Tuesday to
postpone hearing the case. He
cited conflicts in his lawyer’s
schedule as the reason for re
questing the delay.
Judge William Reingold
Sranted the motion and set Ju
ly 28 as the new court date.
Henderson and Robert
Ernest Winfrey, 36, of 2806
Deerwood Drive, partners in a
legal firm, are charged with
assault on a female.
The two men were served
with summonses on June 26.
The documents state that Win
frey held Beverly Reid Cor-
pening, 31, of 1582 Longview
Drive while Henderson slap
ped her face and struck her
twice with his fists.
Winfrey has denied the
charges. Henderson has refer
red all comments about the
issue to their legal counsel, Joe
Williams of Greensboro.
Williams said his clients are
“absolutely innocent of all
charges.”
Williams also said
postponement of the action
was necessary because he had
35 other cases pending in
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THIS WEEK
CLASSIFIED
BIS
COMICS
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EDITORIALS
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ENTERPRISE
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FORUM
AS
LEISURE
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MOVIE REVIEW
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GUOTABIE: “So long
as blacks are rarely found
in newsrooms, editorial
posts, management jobs
and ownership positions,
the nation’s media wiii be
cut off from a significant
and rising portion of the
popuiation, and their in
tegrity wiii be caiied into
question.”
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Vandals have struck at the Winston Lake YMCA
located on 901 Waterworks Road and the destruc
tion is costing thousands of dollars.
Executive Director Norman Joyner said that in
late June, the YMCA had damage done to several
vehicles.
Joyner said that on Wednesday, June 24 he
found 21 windows broken out of two buses.
The facility’s van had all of its windows broken
also, he said.
“This is the first time we have had any kind
of vandalism out here at the “Y” since we
opened up.’’ - Norman Joyner
“This is the first time we have had any kind of
vandalism out here at the “Y” since we opened
up,” Joyner said.
The Winston Lake facility opened up on Water
works Road two years ago.
Joyner said that according to the investgating
police officer, the vandalism probably occurred ear
ly on June 24.
He said that the two buses that were damaged are
on loan from the city/county school system.
The YMCA, he said, is responsible for repairing
the buses.
The cost of repairing the buses and the van was
approximately $2,500, Joyner said.
The vandalism of the buses and the van also
greatly impacted on the Day Care and the Youth In
centive programs.
“The programs combined serve just about 2(X)
kids,” he said. “The programs got altered for two
to three days because we only had one bus to
transport tlie kids.”
As if this wasn’t enough, last Tuesday morning
the same van that had been repaired was found van
dalized again, this time with all its windows broken,
including Che front windshield. The frames of the
windows were also damaged.
“We had just gotten that van back Monday and
then the windows were broken again,” Joyner s”’?!
last week. ' ,
Six of the lights in the faci(4ty’s parking lot-^;_iJ
also been damaged.
The cost of repairing the van is expected to je
$1,3(XJ, Joyner said. He said t'e did not have a c ist
yet on repairing the damaged lights.
“I think it is disturbing to think we have an in
dividual or individuals who 'J'ould destroy the pro
perty we have and interfere with the programs we
are trying to provide,” he said. “They should
recognize that it hurts the community and the peo
ple who use the YMCA.”
Joyner said that the police department does make
periodic checks on the YMCA as part of its regular
rounds. He said that he has asked the police depart
ment to make more frequent checks at the facility.
Joyner said that spending money to repair un
necessary vandalism is a waste.
“It hurts us to use dollars to pay for this wheri we
could be using those dollars to pay for programm
ing,” he said.
Joyner said that from talking to directors at other
YMCA branches in the area, the vandalism pro
blem seems to be unique only to the Winston Lake
branch.
Qst Of A Two-Part Series
Absentee owners, investors cause of E. Winston housing woes
IEDWARD SHANAHAN
To The Chronicle
Ebe extent to which absentee
‘Hers or real estate investors
'®ol residential property in
Winston is seen by many in
'African-American communi-
® a prime cause of the poor
'using which plagues East
inston.
balso is the reason why leaders
Ibe East Winston community
"pushing so vigorously for the
"“■ruction of more single
s’ll)' homes and more programs
■encourage homeownership.
Absentee landlords own the
says African-American
’eloper William H. Andrews,
""Eing of East Winston. “The
* records speak for
"■Pselves,” he said. “I’ve
known that for years and years.”
“Anythirig that you don’t
own, you don’t have an interest
in,” says Joycelyn Johnson of
the East Winston Restoration
Society. “If I don’t own the pro
perty, what’s the incentive?”
“I think the more we can en
courage moderate-income people
to become homeowners, that’s
the key,” says former Alderman
Larry Little, who as chairman of
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the Board of Aldermen’s public
works committee often had to
deal with landlords about hous
ing code violations. When in
vestors own most of the housing.
Little said, “you’re going to have
a dilapidated community; tenants
don’t take pride in keeping up the
property and investor-owners are
interested in one thing - getting
the most return.”
Little, who is now studying
law, said, “It’s not just whites
who own run-down housing;
there are blacks who are
slumlords too.”
He also said that sometimes the
real estate firms which manage
rental housing were more dif
ficult to deal with than the actual
investors in rental properties.
Alderman Virginia Newell,
whose ward covers much of East
Winston, puts it this way: “I
think it’s the desire of every man
or woman to live in a home that
they own,” adding that much
more needs to be done to pro
mote homeownership in East
Winston.
She said she feels the city is
making progress on the housing
front, particularly because the
current board is “rambunctious”
and “we are pushing the city. We
have done a lot with housing, as
much as any other city of its size.
I have to give this board credit.”
Little adds: “The city is mav-
ing, but not as fast as I’d like to
see it move.”
Meanwhile, as the city con
siders a new long-range plan for
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