Burke Gallery to move to Charlotte
By TE2RAO. ELUS
Chfonide Staff Writer
The Selma Burke Art Gallery, a
collection of the masterpiece sculp
tures and art work of internationally
renowned artist Dr. Selma Burke,
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The reasons for the gallery's
removal reportedly stem from Dr.
Burke's general dissatisfaction, with
the indifferent treatment the gallery
had received at the university. Also,
she was not satisfied with the deci
sion to remove Dr. Burke's name
from the gallery and to place it into
the new library as part of a display
honoring deceased local artist
James T. Diggs, who died last year
and wha wttmm processor at the
^SSU , Chancellor Cleon
Thompson received a letter from
Dr. Burke's lawyer stating that the
gallery would be removed on the
18th of May. "Thai was the extent
of my official notification about
that," he stated nl did call her, and
she told me that her attorney was
handling the situation.'' Dr. Thomp
son said Dr. Burke did not give him
an explanation about why the
gallery was being taken away.
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comment but had not been success
ful by press time.
According to Hay ward Oubre,
Selma Burke Art Gallery curator as
well as the artist's trusted friend and
a former WSSU art department
chairperson, the art gallery will be
moved to the newly dedicated Hon
ors Building on the campus of John
son C. Smith University in Char
lotte. Mr. Oubre plans to accompa
gny the gallery to its new home at
Smith/' he said. "Dr. Burke asked
me to install her gallery at Johnson
C. Smith as she had asked me to do
at her alma mater (WSSUV
Quilting helps students study North Carolina
Chrontde Staff Report
Fourth and Fifth grade students
at Rural Hall Elementary School
made all of the historical landmarks
~-?tfi-^orth-?aroltna~eome to life this
week after spending two years mak
? ing an cnonnuus quilt that hangs in
the foyer of the school. The study of
North Carolina history is a part of
the fourth grade curriculum in the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
School system.
The 5th grade students, former
? students of Mrs. Yvonne Mont
gomery, who teaches fourth grade,
started the quilt last fall. They were
anxious to show some of the things
that they had learned about and how
proud they were to be residents of
North Carolina. ?
After doing much brainstorm
ing and research, the students decid
ed on a quilt . The children found
pictures of landmarks and Mrs.
Montgomery drew them on fabric
squares. The children used fabric
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Photo by L B. Speas Jr
Fourth and fifth graders at Rural hall Elementary School pose
proudly with toochor Mrs. Montgomery In front of thetrquWt,
paint and crayons to paint the
squares. The next step was to quilt
the squares. Quilting frames were
made with the help of parent
Bernard Carpenter.
The students received a "mini"
home economics lesson so that they
could learn how to thread needles
and make small stitches.
Mrs. Anderson said "it was so
exciting to see the boys and girls
claiming ownership of their master
piece." Mr. David Fitzpatrick, prin
cipal, and Ms. Chlories P. Shore,
assistant principal, were proud of
the students. But no one was as
prdud as the students themselves.
"The project was good because
we worked on it together, H said 4th
grader Jennifer Hambright. "I'm
proud because we now all know the
symbols of North Carolina and
what they stand for." v
MLK III, Coretta King among those
trying to win release for Soviet woman
ATLANTA (AP) -- The widow
and eldest son of Martin Luther
King Jr. have given the Soviet pres
ident a written appeal seeking the
release of a Soviet woman whose
family is in Atlanta.
Coretta Scott King and Martin
Luther King III were in Washington
Friday to give Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev an award on
behalf of the King Center, which
Mrs. King chairs.
Gorbachev was in Washington
meeting with President Bush.
They joined a collection of Geor
gia dignitaries appealing for the
release of Tatiana Fesenko, whose
parents, husband, daughter and son
arrived in Atlanta $n May 17, said
Rabbi Alyin JJugarman of The Tem
ple in Atlanta.
The family says Mrs. Fesenko
spent 16 months in a Soviet prison
after complaining of military cor
ruption in 1987. She rejoined her
family, but when they received
visas to come to America, she was
arrested again.
She has not seen her family in
eight months.
Other Georgians who have writ
ten both presidents asking that Mrs.
Fesenko be allowed to join her fam
ily include Sen^Wyche Fowler,
Rep. Ben Jones and Gov. Joe Frank
Harris.
Sugarman and the Rev. Joseph
Lowery, president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference,
also joined in the appeal for her
release.
Summer Reading Program to focus on Africa
"Book a Trip to Africa" is the
theme for the 1990 Statewide Sum
mer Reading Program. Children of all
ages are invited to the Forsyth Coun
ty Public Library to learn about the
exotic sounds, unusual foods, diverse
cultures, unfamiliar Jifestyles, and_
magnificent animals of Africa.
This year's program is designed
to encourage children to read and to
use their imaginations while they
discover new interests and abilities
and share in the fun and joy of read
ing.
The Summer Reading Program
begins Monday, June 18, and ends
Saturday, July 28. Each participating
child will receive special materials
designed just for this year's program.
This year's program was planned
with the cooperation of the North
Carolina Zoo. Special incentives for
children include a discounted trip to
the Zoo in Asheboro and a special
summer-ending "Zoo Day" (August
4) that will wrap up the program.
Some of the activities that the
children may enjoy are story hours,
crafts, puppet shows, games, music,
and special events all locally tailored
to accompany their reading program.
Each child who completes the
program will receive a special certifi
cate signed by Governor Jim Martin,
who has endorsed the program along
with state Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Bobby Etheridge.
"Book a Trip to Africa" is co
sponsored by the North Carolina State
library, a division of the North Caroli
na State Department of cultural
Resources, and is funded through
Title 1 of the Library Services and
Construction Act For more informa
tion contact your local public library.
American Cancer Society to hold Jail-A-Thon
"Book'em Danno"! Bob Nor
thington, Peter Perron, Kick Amme
and Brad Krantz will be some of the
celebrity judges repeating a similar
phrase during the American Cancer
Society's annual Jail-A-Thon.
Hanes Mall will become a "jail",
where fugitives will be brought to
raise "bail" by calling friends and rel
atives to pledge money to the Forsyth
Unit of the ACS.
A uniformed, off-duty police
officer or fireman will personally
arresr ifte^ persoir of choice with a
warrant in hand. Then the prisoner
will be taken to the "jail" in a Jerry
Watkins Cadillac.
Celebrity judges will set an
appropriate "bail"; the prisoner will
be issued a prison uniform, and a
"mug" shot will be taken with the
arresting officer. The jailbird will
receive his picture and will be set free
when he has raised "bail".
The Jail-A-Thon will take place
from 9 a.m. to 5~p.m., June-49-2^at
Center Court, Hanes Mall. To arrest a
spouse, relative, friend or enemy you
must call the Cancer Society at 768
1224, and pay a $25 arrest fee. Volun
teers are also needed to staff the jail.
All proceeds will be used in the
fight against cancer by funding
patient services, public education and
cancer research. For more informa
tion call 919-727-7253.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A plan to erect an Alabama "Wall of
Shame*1 bearing statistics of black-on-black crime has enraged soipe
anti -billboard activists.
Fairfield Mayor Larry Lang ford and Birmingham Mayor Richard
Arlington Mid their "Wall of Shame" campaign will cite the "shocking"
WactaLtoJtty to haluhe escalating num
Of the 408 murders in Alabama fist year, more than half were black
on-black ^ killings. In Birmingham, 73 of the 100 homicides were also
black on black.
Anti-billboard activists, responding to Friday's announcement,
described the proposed billboard ads as scars on the face of Birmingham
"It's disgusting," said Valerie Abbot of the Southside Community
Association. "As hard as we've worked to undo the mess, putting on a
major billboard campaign around town seems a little irresponsible."
She and other an&biUboard activists said the community would be better
served if the mayors cleaned up the cities. That would bring businesses back
and encourage more businesses to con* to the are*, they said.
Mrs. Abbot helped lead neighborhood clean-up groups in a fight last
year to persuade the Birmingham City Council to abolish billboards.
List August, the Council passed a law requiring that billboards must be
in seven years.
the campaign will involve two portable wails and 25 bil
throughout Jefferson County.
Langford dismissed the protests, saying he bet the activists live outside the
iMwar zones,*
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"The bottom line is, 1 place human life iabove billboards any day of tlte
WeeiC* he said.
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