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VOL. XVIII, No.2
Amidst ABC foreclosure and a new law suit
Wal kertown project
By SHERIDAN HILL
Chronicle Staff Writer
. If s offical. On Tuesday, Forsyth Superior Court
authorized the foreclosure sale of the ABC property
at New Walkertown Road. Now the city can get on
with the business at hand: selling the property to the
A6C Board in order to satisfy the city's debt to South
em National Bank.
As the chips start falling around the foreclosure,
each side is settling into its own corner and bracing
for the impact.
THE LOAN
By declaring that New Walkertown Market Asso
ciates, Inc. has defaulted on the $500,000 loan it
received from Southern National Bank, the court
authorized the foreclosure sale of the property that
Turner Development Services was contracted to
develop. Turner Development is a sole proprietor
ship. ~ ,
On December 15, 1989, the City of Winston
Salem secured $375,000 of the loan, which was to
be used to develop the east Winston shopping cen
ter, beginning with clearing the land and building ar)
ABC store. -
Herman Turner is the president and a sharehold
er of New Walkertown Market Associates. Turner
Development Services was hired to develop the New
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Amid several clear-cut acres at the corner of 14th and New Walkertown streets, the lonely ABC store
conducts business. Gone are five acres of trees belonging to St. Paul United Methodist Church.
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forced out?
Community has questions
By 9HERIPAN HILL
Chronicle Staff Writer
"Dr. PurceM is what the black
community has needed for over
twenty years," argues Bessie
Aden. "She made a tot of progress
in just one year. But they took her
out of the very department she
was most qualified for."
Mrs. Alien, who taught for 37
years in the Winston-Salem/
Forsyth County school system
and who directed the NAACP
Learning Centers for five years,
speaks for /nany in the black com
munity when she questions the
change in job responsibilities of
Dr. Cartinda Pureed.
Hired in March 1990 as Divi
sion Director for Support Services,
Dr. Purcell's job description includ
ed responsibility for exceptional
children, guidance, psychological
and health services, dropout pre
vention and social work. Later in
the year, Dr. Fred Adams, associ
ate superintendent for program
administration, was given respon
sibility for services to exceptional
j children.
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for programs to at-risk students
Including drop-outs and those with
alcohol and drug problems.
Rev. John Mbndez, minister at
Emmanuel Baptist Church, also
voiced his concerns this week.
?Dr. Pureed has been forced out.
The problem is the old guard, not
the person in the job. They're
determined they're not going to
have a qualified African- American
in that position. They're committed
to keeping the school system as
reactionary and backward as they
can."
Mrs. Linda Helsabeck, vice
president of PAGE (Parents of
Academically Gifted and Excep
tional children), expressed her
concerns about Dr. Purcell in an
August 14 letter to Dr. Larry
Coble, superintendent of the
city/county school system.
As of September 3, Dr.
Coble's office had not responded
to Mrs. Helsabeck's letter, which
stated: "Dr. Purcell has been one
of the most accessible and corrv
municative members of your staff. I
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Black history to be studied
By YVETTE N. FREEMAN
Chronicle Staff Writer
The City of Winston-Salem has
received a $30,000 gift to promote the
preservation of the city's African-American
historic resources.
The project, which wiU be set up into
different phases, was at first intended for
the study of the Liberty Street- Patterson
Avenue area. But, Leanne Pegram, project
planner for Historic Preservation, says that
it was later decided that the money should
be used for a comprehensive, city-wide
study.
Phase I of the project will consist of a
preliminary planning and survey study.
During this phase, city staff members will
conduct research on the historical develop
ment and evolution of African-Americans in
Winston-Salem from' about 1766 to 1950.
According to Pegram, *l think that it's
extremely important to stress thaffthis
Phase I, this preliminary planning will be, 1
think, of paramount importance in providing
a foundation, a base of information that we
can proceed on with Phase 2 and Phase 3
and Phase 4 and however long it goes."
Phase t is scheduled to begin later this
month with a final completion date of March
1992. In the meantime, the city will work
towards increasing the remaining funds
through additional grant awards and dona
tions.
Pegram feels that this project, which is
the first of its kind in the city, is very impor
tant asset to the city.
"African-American history, in this com
munity; we don't have one single body of
information, particularly about the historic
resources; the buildings and the neighbor
hoods," Pegram said. Toni Tupponce,
Planning Division Supervisor of the City
County Planning Board, agreed and stated
that much of the research has already led
to the discovery of new facts.
"There are a lot of, as we worked on
this, assumptions that come through, that
as people study it, we're learning were
incorrect."
As a result of the research, both Tup
ponce and Pegram say the African-Ameri
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