New pastor
comes to Shiloh
,? Evangelist Dorothy Johnson of
Brooklyn, N.Y., will pastor Shiloh
Apostolic in Old Town beginning
Feb. 19.
~ Evangelist Johnson is a native
of Winston-Salem who has lived in
New York since 1959.
She is a licensed nurse in New
York and has preached throughout
the New York area. She and her hus
band, Benjamin, have five children.
New Faith Chapel Holiness Church
to host District Quarterly Assembly
The District Quarterly Assem
bly of New Faith Chapel Holiness
Church will convene through Feb.
19 nightly at 7:30 at the church,
which is located at 1419
Waughtown St.
The speakers for the week
will be Thursday, Minister Lee
Faye Mack, founder Back to Life
Center; Friday, Larry Richardson,
pastor of Back to Bible Holiness
Church; and Sunday, at 4 p.m., Dr.
Lawrence S. Tate, founder and
general overseer of New Faith.
Elder Ibny D. Williams is the
presiding officer.
The host pastor is Dr.
Lawrence S. Tate.
Aldermen chastise service
board you have no written report,
you come here and talk off the top
of your head," Burke told Clayton.
On behalf of the committee,
Burke asked Clayton to present an
employee handbook to help the city
better understand how his company
works and how he communicates
>fith his workers. Clayton said Blue
Bird doesn't have an employee
- handbook.
" MWe have a lot of papers that
we go over with them that list off
tjiieir duties," Clayton said in an
interview, adding the drivers are
required to sign those checklists.
?? Public Safety Committee mem
bers became concerned with the
operation of the city's taxi service
l?st month when a driver's taxi per
mit was stripped because he was
^Hdicted to alcohol, said Alexander
? Beaty> a city manager.
k "The taxi driver reported to
work after consuming what he said
>yas a couple of beers, two or three,
$k! the taxi inspector, a member of
$e police department, happened to
Be there," Beaty said. "He (the driv
er) said something implying he was
addicted to alcohol and the inspec
tor took his permit."
The driver went to the alder
man asking that his permit be rein
stated.
"The city required him to be
tested to determine whether he was
an alcoholic dependent and he was
n't," Clayton said.
Alderman Martha S. Wood
? asked Claytorr wharhis^ompany*5~
policy is concerning drivers thought
to be using alcohol or drugs.
"We discharge them," Clayton
responded. x -
"Is there any wri&en policy as
to the rules and regulations pertain
ing to drivers who drink or use
drugs?" Wood asked.
Clayton dodged the alderman's
question saying the city taxi driver
? permit test and application outlawed
drug or alcohol use on the job. He
?admitted^ Blue Bird has no written
policy on the matter because it's
common knowledge that users will
be immediately dismissed.
He admitted he isn't satisfied
? With the service his company is pro
viding to city residents. Offering a
remedy, Clayton said the city
should allow individuals to pur
chase their own vehicles to use as
taxis, . . and let them be put in
business themselves. I think we'd
end up with much better people,"
Clayton said.
"If all cabs are owned by indi
vidual drivers what would be your
function?" asked Alderman Lynne
S. Harpe.
Clayton said he would operate
as a dispatcher, directing vehicles to
taxicab patrons.
According to the city ordinance
adopted June 18, 1984 any individ
ual or partnership can operate a taxi
service if the entity has a certificate
of title, granted by the Board of
Aldermen, to engage in vehicle for
hire businesses and an ownership
title.
The ordinance created the
-office of taxicab inspector^ who is
-appointed by Police Chief GLL.
Sweat. Clayton complained to the
aldermen about being limited to
four times a week during which
applicants can take the taxicab driv
er permit test. Those appointments
are set for 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. on
Tuesday or Thursday.
"I don't think they allow
enough time," Clayton said. "That
needs to be addressed. I think
there's going to have to be some
changesjnade to get more taxis on
the street. U's (taxi driving) not
something people desire to do in
this day and time."
Because the inspector has other
duties, it's difficult for him to spend
a lot more time handing out taxicab
driver permitsTSweat said. Howev
er, he will talk to Clayton to deter
mine if other times will better suit
The rugged and untidy appear
ance of some taxi drivers could
cause patrons to hesitate about
accepting rides, Harpe said.
"A lot of drivers look like . . .
not the type of drivers that I would
put confidence in," Harpe said, ask
ing Clayton why drivers are not
required to wear uniforms. y
Drivers are given one free hat
with the Blue Bird logo and are
asked to wear it while on duty,
Clayton said. They also are asked to
wear a blue or white shirt and a
light weight jacket is available for
drivers to purchase. However, no
uniformed dress is required. The
city ordinance does not require a
uniform, but states that H Drivers of
vehicles for hire shall be clean in
dress and in person."
"I think that's a good idea. We
probably need to instigate that, have
some resemblance of a uniform,"
Clayton said.
Clayton said he expected his
company to provide better service
because of a new $180,000 comput
er system which will dispatch
drivers to designated locations.
"Before it was a dispatcher's
voice telling drivers where to go.
He was giving them the trips and _
sometimes his tone created animosi
ty between the dispatcher and the
drivers," Clayton said. We don't
have that problem now and I think
well have better morale.
The committee directed Beaty
to conduct a study of taxi service in
other cities to determine if the city
had enough taxicabs to service the
area.
"I don't think it's a matter of the
numbers of companies, but how
many cabs," Beaty said.
"Today we have enough units
to serve the city," Clayton said
Tuesday. "On the average we do
have enough,' it's just on the
evenings or the weekends when we
have a high demand and a lot of
people have to wait for service."
"Blue Bird has been the only
major taxi service company in Win
"ston-Saiem. The companylias^per
ated in the city since 1928, Clayton
said.
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About faith, courage, self-determination and the freedom of choice. About a proud people from
whose sons and daughters have come rich contributions to every dimension of our nation's life.
From Beale Street to Broadway. From Selma to Montgomery. From the March on Washington to
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