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Landowners May Lose Homeplace die it successfully. "They gave us 60 days to get a survey done, and we couldn't get the money together that soon," Shabazz said. "So we just sent them a letter stating we owned the property and enclosed a copy of the deed. But we didn't send it registered mail, so that was the technicality they used to say we were in default." On July 22, 1986, Judge James A. Harrill ruled against the Conrad heirs, ordering them to remove~tlYe mobile home from Speak's lot, and to pay Speaks S 1,000 in legal costs. The money is still unpaid; The trailer has not been moved. Too late, the Conrad heirs hired a surveyor. Clay Hulton, who reported in July 1987 that they owned 2.41 acres. This week, a Forsyth County map planner used the dimensions from Byers' 1910 deed to map their prop erty on paper ? and drew a 2.37 acre lot. Handicapped by the legal system Attorney Michael Grace counseled Byers and Shabazz in the early stages of the 1986 proceedings. He agreed that people like the Byers' are handicapped by background and financial means. He said Byers has vir tually no legal recourse at this point. "As a general rule," he said, "... if one party didn't appear in court or didn't offer proof, then the judge rules in favor of the other side. It's difficult to come back eight or nine years later to put up a defense." Shabazz said he has "never stopped continuously going at this thing. "We were poor, "Shabazz said. "It isn't like we had money to get surveys and lawyers on a minute's notice." Trespassers or rightful heirs? Winifred Speaks said she did not know Shabazz and his mother owned a title to the land. She says she simply thought of them as trespassers. "I could never get them off," she said. "How do you keep somebody off something when they crawl - back on ^ every day? They've called me all kinds of names." ~ ~~~~ ? ? She said she has tried unsuccessfully to block The" driveway. "I tried to put a cable across it. I had a boulder put across it. I dumped a load of dirt, and they spread the dirt." The four lots in question are now part of Wedge- ing streets with names like Green Turf Court and wood Estates, a rolling middle-class development sport- Sandwedge Court. fart oj the byers' land is now included in the Wedgewood development Shabazz wants to establish a Black Historical Properties Commit Preserving history In the early 1900s, Bethania had a thriving African-American com munity. Former slaves bought land, operated stores, and filled the Betha nia AME Zion Church, which the Moravians established for them. The Conrad home place is one of a few original buildings in the African-American community still ____ m? ? ^L? ?I Ali Shabazz said , " People state that things just happen. But they just happen too often to poor black people who are not knowledgeable of the law. We're just out here in limbo because the county kept making mistakes National AIDS Quilt On Display in Triad She said that McKellar's panel will be accepted by the San Francisco headquarters, even though the woman's death was not of full-blown AIDS. "I'm just surprised to see a black woman, even though I hear AIDS is kind of prevalent where black women are concerned," Davis said. "But just seeing her face on the panel made me want to stop and take a closer look." ? r ? ! ; Dickens also said seeing a panel in observance of a black woman "hits homes." . ? ."You see something like that, it makes you realize t&alit's not just a gay disease," he said. : ? Dickens said, "There was one panel of a fellow who went to Howard University. Other than the McKellar panel, that one probably moved me the most. And I don't know who it was." . The panels were presented and laid out on the exhibition floor while speakers took turns reading the names of people that the panels acknowledge. Fewer than 50 quilt panels from the Piedmont were inducted Mon day into the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Organizers said more panels are expected until the exhibit closes Thursday, Dec. 3. Darnel R. Gay, fundraising committee chairman, said other blacks besides McKellar were hon ored ''with thousands of panels from the massive AIDS Memorial Quilt. "The black churches and most black organizations and heterosex ual people aren't accepting the fact that AIDS doesn't discriminate," Gay said. "It's especially affecting See An African Odyssey December 11 & 12 8 p.m. NCBRC black women and children at an alarming rate. People are not going to be aware until the last minute." Vanessa White of Greensboro spent more than an hour examining the detailed work on many panels. "I like the effort put into them," White said. "I wanted to read the individual panels. "The work is beautiful," she said. "It's hard to understand how people can take so much time out of their work and away from their families and friends to do this. It's unbelievable." Lisa Rowells of Greensboro said the emotional content, embroidered in the works, was not lost to her. "I would say the most emotionally moving panels from page A1 contained poems written by family members and lovers," Rowells said. 14 All of them were beautiful," White added. "But the ones with letters from Mom and pictures of sisters and brothers were personal." Single Copy 75* Mall Subscription Rates (pcyftbi* with order) In County 2 years ....$40.95 1 year 30.72 6 mos 20.48 3 moa 10.24 Out of County/Stats 2 years $45.95 1 year 35.72 6 mos 25.48 3 mos 15.24 ? Yes. please send me the Chronicle. Name Address City St. Zip. Check endosed for ? 2 years ? 1 year ? 6 months ? 3 months Mail to: Winston-Salem Chronicle P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102 The Wlneton-Sslem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty St. Mailing address: P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102 Phone: (919) 722-8624 FAX: (919)723-9173 Second class postage 051 paid at Winston-Salem, NC 27102 The Wlnaton-Sslmm Chronicle is a member of: ? Audit Bureau of Circulation ? National Newspapers Publishers Asaodation ? North Carolina Press Association ? North Carolina Black Publishers Asaodation National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. (212) 869-5220 MAKE A DIFFERENCE If you're looking for a way to make a difference, then consider becoming a Professional Parent. The Professional Parenting Program is looking for couples or single adults who like kids, and are willing to take a needy child into their home for that im portant second chance. As Professional Parents you'll receive top-notch training, 24 hour staff support, and Mtorofessional $550 a month.'' Arid - pn finer you'll have the satisfac s tion of knowing you've given a child a second chance. Call Dianne at 919-595-2348 between 9-5, Monday through Friday from page A 1 tec. He is looking for volunteers, and hopes to use his old home place as the first building to restore. This month, Byers and Shabazz have been afforded use of an attorney through the Forsyth County Law Vol unteer Program. He is somewhat bitter about the poten tial loss of his grandfather's land. "People state that things just happen. But they just happen too often to poor black people who are not knowledgeable of the law. We're just out here in limbo because the county kept making mistakes," Shabazz said. Still, he hopes to resolve the dispute. "We want to keep the land because it's of historical value to us. But land is too valuable to give away. We would like the dispute resolved through a fair and legal way." How The Land Changed Hands Documents in the Forsyth County Regleter of Deede vault verify the following transactions. Tbsy lllustrats that Batty Conrad Byara and har ancastora hava ownad tha two-acra plot alnoa 1910, and why Winlfrad Z Spaaka alaoholda title four lot* Included In tha 1910 dead. Lord Granville of England owned what is now Bethania. William W. and Julia A. Vogler bought a large parcel of land from Granville in the 1880'S. ? 1885-Wlllam W. Julia A. Vogler sold tha two-acre tract of land to Israel T. Speas for $25. ? 1910 - Israel T. Speas sold the same two acrea to William M. Conrad (Betty Conrac^ Byers' grandfather) for $25. ? 1950 - C.A. and Grace Slate eold 350 acree to Pery E. and Margrat Gaines Piatt. One of Ite boundaries called for a straight line through Conrad'e property, severing over an acre which appears to Include the four tracta In queetlon. - 4963- Perry^Tand Margrat G. Piatt sold 12.21 seres to Northwest Estatea. ? 1971 - Northwest Estates sold 12 lots to J.R. and Elizabeth K. Lyon. FouLof these lots Include land the Conrad family has owned since 1910. * 1975 - J.R. and Elizabeth Lyon sold the four lots to Mrs. (Wlnfred Z.) Marshall L. Spsaks. In 1986 she filed a treepase complaint against Byers and her family, and legal pro ceedings began. JOEL SCOTT 1992 EMPIRE STATE SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION LEATHER COATS & JACKETS IUI 39 Genuine Leather and Suede 995 Men's Ladies' Many Styles, Sizes a n id Colors 1000 s TO CHOOSL DIRECT FROM FACTORY 1 D?iy Only Sunday, December 6th 1 0:00 a.m. - 5 00 p.m. MEN'S & LADIES NEW STYLE FASHIONABLE - JACKETS *79.95 FLIGHT BOMBERS & MOTORCYCLE JACKETS (UP TO SIZE 54) *79.95 FULL LENGTH LEATHER COATS *150.00 MEN'S LEATHER JACKETS & BOMBERS 1XTO3X 189.95 Holiday Inn North 3050 University Pkwy. Cherry St. Exit off 1-40 Winston-Salem, NC i NO CHECKS PLEASE r ? -?
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