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New House of Praver will offer cafeteria
. By BRIDGET EVARTS
, Thi Chroniclm Suff Writer
The new United House of
? -Prayer For All People will offer
. food for the body as well as the
?' .soul.
? The old building, which was
, built in 1956, was formerly used
*.'by the Church- of Christ. The
*;?'Winston-Salem House of Prayer
'?bought and dedicated the build
**ing in 1974.
The new building, which
faces 25th Street instead of Ivy
Street, will have a 200-seat
capacity in the second floor
sanctuary. Downstairs, a com
mercial cafeteria will have room
for 56 patrons.
The cafeteria, long a House
of Prayer fixture, will be the first
opened to the public at the
Winston-Salem church.
"We plan to open to the pub
lic in the near future, as soon as
we clear it with the city," said
pastor Apostle J.A. Harris.
Home cooking and the
Houae of Prayer have gone
together since the earliest days
of the church. Founder Charles
Manuel "Sweet Daddy" Grace
set up kitchens alongside tents
during revivals, and offered low
priced or free meals with his ser
mons. ?
The House of Prayer has
deep roots in North Carolina.
State historians determine that
Grace opened his first church in
Charlotte in either 1925 or 1926.
Grace was one of the most
charismatic black religious lead
ers in the 1940s and 1950s, and
legends grew with his reputa
tion. One rumor circulated
claimed that the cinnamon toast
served in the church's basemfcnt
cafeteria had been personally
blessed by Daddy Grace.
When Grace passed away
Jan. 12, 1960, he was worth
around $4 million and had
almost as many disciples as dol
lars. Houses of Prayer were dot
ted across the country; one in
Washington, D.C., was modeled
after the landmark at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave. and caHed
"God's White House -
Grace was succeeded by
Bishop W. McCullough, who
continued to build the congrega
tion nationwide. By the time
Bishop S.C. Madison assumed
leadership in 1991, there were
almost 130 Houses of Prayer
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Bond issue sharpens as June 24 nears
Quality of life, tax
increases weighed
By BRIDGET EVARTS
The Chronicle Staff Writer
As the bond referendum nears,
the debate seems not to be whether
the city needs improvements, but
rajher how those improvements
should be financed.
On one side are those who think
the city needs to budget for the
expenditures instead of holding the
$75 million bond referendum.
Those people .on the opposite side
feel that the city will not follow
through with certain improvements
unless the bonds are passed June
24.
At a debate sponsored by the
Forsyth County Democratic Party,
both of these views were aired. In
the pro-bond corner was East Ward
Alderman Joycelyn V. Johnson.
Former alderman and state senator
Jack Cavanaugh represented the
other side.
Cavanaugh said that the city
needs to become more creative in
financing improvements. He advo
cated a kind of "pay-as-you-go"
plan, where facilities such as
Bowman Gray Stadium and the
convention center would pay for
their upgrades through the fees they
charge.
"Let those who use it, pay for
it," said Cavanaugh. Improvements
to Bowman Gray Stadium, which
are slated under the recreation
bond, include renovating the field
house, installing a new press box,
widening the concourse and
expanding the restroom facilities.
The bond allocation for those
improvements is $ 1.15 million.
Part of the $7 million price tag
for the convention center bond will
go toward making operations run
smoother, by upgrading the loading
and unloading and storage areas,
improving concession and food
services, and updating the center's
mechanical systems like air condi
tioning and heating.
The rest of the funds would be
used to create a more attractive cen
ter. A new facade would be built for
the main entrance on Fifth Street,
and the south main hall would be
renovated.
The other three items on the
bond referendum are economic
development, streets and sidewalks,
and housing and redevelopment.
See Debate on AS
Jack Cavanaugh
Joycalyn Johnson
$1 million of bond
to East Winston
By BRIDGET EVARTS
The Chronicle Staff Writer
East Winston watchdogs have
been assured that a portion of
the $6 million economic develop
ment bond will be used for pro
jects on the east side of town.
Norma Smith, chair person of
the East Winston Development
Task Force, said that assistant
city manager Allen Joines had
assured her East Winston would
benefit from the economic devel
opment bond.
"1 felt much better after I
talked to him, to know that the
staff would take a proactive posi
tion on East Winston getting
economic development bond
money," said Smith.
Joines estimated that $1 mil
lion to $1.5 million would be
used to develop sites in northeast
Winston. One site identified in a
preliminary recommendation is
an area along Liberty Street,
which would be developed into a
linear industrial park.
Another site is a parcel of 30
acres on Carver School Road, off
Old Walkertown Road. A screen
printing business was going to
develop on the land, which was
purchased by the city several
years ago. Though that deal fell
through, the parcel is still a
viable development site that the
city can make attractive for
investors.
See Pavalopmtit on A5
Redisricting: citv/county, not black/white
By BRIDGET EVARTS
The Chronicle Staff Writer
-*? When participants asked "Where do we
go from here?" at the close of the school
redisricting forum, they received a specific
Julswer.
*-*"1 think we should take this discussion
into Lewisville, Clemmons, [and]
?Kernersville," said Forsyth County commis
sioner Walter Marshall. Marshall, a former
school board member, spoke to the group of
parents, religious leaders and educators gath
ered June 12 for a community forum on the
school system's redisricting plan.
! ?Almost all who spoke at the forum agreed
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t^iat the school board's redisricting plan,
implemented in 1995, has resulted so far in
upsetting the racial balance in schools.
Marshall reminded the crowd that many
of the current school board members were
elected on their promise to introduce neigh
borhood schools and reduce busing.
Marshall and Geneva Brown, the only
African-Americans on the board when the
redisricting plan came to vote, opposed the
plan. Dale Folwell joined them.
Voters in the areas outside of the city
spoke at the polls, said Marshall.
"Those pebple in that part of the county
are very satisfied with what's going on in this
school system," said Marshall.
Instead of preaching to the choir,
Marshall said, the citizens of Winston-Salem
should enter the outlying county areas and
voice their concerns there.
Some attendees were worried about more
than integration numbers, though. Among
those concerns were the low numbers of
African-American students in academically
gifted classes, and the high suspension rate of
minority students.
And a number of people, mostly African
Americans, said that they weren't necessarily
against neighbdrhood schools, but against
the inequities they fear will result from segre
See R?districting on A3
Ann Jankint
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Jackson on race relations: Show me the money
CHICAGO (AP) ? Jesse Jackson
says President Clinton's weekend speech
on race relations was fine for its compas
sion and rhetoric, but he wants Congress
to show him the money.
Jackson said Saturday that more gov
ernment money is urgently needed for
inner-city schools, for job training to
help welfare recipients find and keep
jobs, and for agencies to enforce existing
anti-bias laws.
"We need the president to enforce the
laws," Jackson told a multiracial group of
30 education, political and business lead
ers brought together by his
Rainbow/Push Coalition.
He said the U.S. Civil Rights
Commission should be given the power
to investigate discrimination by states,
universities and others. Then the presi
dent should withhold federal money to
those that break the law, he said.
The group watched the president's
televised speech, in which he announced
the appointment of a fact-finding board
to scour the country for solutions to the
race problem.
Ricardo E. Johnson Sr., a business
man and Rainbow/Push member, said he
wasn't pleased with Clinton's speech.
"It was very weak. He needed to come
out stronger for affirmative action,"
Johnson said.
Jackson said another fact-finding
panel was a waste of time.
"Clinton would do better to convene
the top 1,000 corporation presidents, the
top 1,000 university presidents, the top
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