Happy Hill celebrates anniversary
, HV ANTHONY HI1.1.
THE CHRONICLE
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' One doesn't have to he from
; Winston-Salem to appreciate the
rich history of the Happy Hill
.. community. Happy Hill is the old
. .est African-American community
in the city, and everyone seems to
embrace that alone
"Happy Hill is where it all
started for us (blacks)." said
Anthony Massey. a 34-year-old
Winston-Salem citizen. "This is
something that's gonna be here
forever. If you're from Winston
.. Salem/Forsyth County, then you
. respect Happy Hill Gardens. 1
, never lived in Happy Hill, but I
.understand and respect the Gar
?><Jens.
."The Gardens has a direct
effect on most of us. Everyone is
. associated with at least one person
. from the Gardens. I don't care if
.. .you're a lawyer, athlete or a regu
, |ar citizen. Someone from Happy
Hill has either directly or indirect
ly affected most of our lives."
, That's one of the original rea
., sons why Ben Piggotl. supervisor
,, of the William C. Sims Center.
., yjecided to have a reunion over
; nine years ago. He. along with
William "Rock" Bitting, wanted
i, to honor some of the great citizens
,'rhat have come out of Happy Hill,
and give the kids a reason to be
proud of such a rich neighhor
, (lood. The reunion brings together
former residents of the Gardens,
,.;DogTrot. Salem Hill.The Heights
,, and Columbia Terrace.
"It s hard to believe this is the
., ,JOth straight year we've had this
event.," Piggott said. "Rock Bit
ting and I got together and decid
Axi to try a reunion out on July 9,
~~ T994. We didn't know how well it
fVas going to go. We just knew
<hat we needed to honor different
people who made it out of Happy
1 ^Hill. One year we honored gradu
J>jtes. then sports figures. We've
jjSeven honored the oldest living
?eople from Happy Hill.
"We didn't want the children
?jb feel bad about being from
r^jHappy Hill. Kids used to deny
l^eing from here. Now it's a new
; Stride. Kids are happy to be'from
?^ere. The old stereotype of Happy
i^lill is leaving. That's why I'm
, Bappy"
* It's hard to believe the reunion
? ^began as simply a one-day event.
"Yeah, we had it one day the
first year." Piggott said. "The next
year we added an awards night
ceremony the night before the
reunion. That was another event
we held to give the community a
chance to honor the people who
were here first."
Now the reunion has trans
formed into a three-day event full
of food, staged entertainment.
adult and children's games, and
wonderful speeches from former
residents. One of the more memo
rable speeches was probably the
one given by the guest speaker of
the awards banquet on Friday,
Georgiana Paige McCoy. McCoy
wowed the crowd with her sharp
recollection of the Happy Hill she
remembered.
"That took a lot of writing,
believe me," McCoy said. "It took
a lot of writing before I found the
one (speech) that 1 wanted to pres
ent. It was just a pleasure for me to
come back to the neighborhood
and speak about the Happy Hill
that 1 remember.
"The first part of my speech
was about the early history, and
naturally that was not made up by
me. That was information that
I've collected and was given. The
second part of my speech repre
sents the living history. And I feel
like I am living history because I
am a descendant of an enslaved
person.
"The third,jJart is the revital
ization. All the memories that I
shared were things that I remem
bered while I was growing' up.
There were so many things that it
was hard for me to limit what I
said."
Most of the crowd tossed the
notion of writing a book after lis
tening to McCoy recite a detailed
history of the community. She
simply laughed at the idea.
"I'm not considering a book,"
McCoy said as she smiled. "Bless
Jackie's (Bitting's) heart for even
thinking so. At this stage in my
life I don't believe a book is forth
coming. I really don't."
Some of the honored guests of
the banquet were Cary Cain, Kay
Lord, HAWS, New World Cap
padocia Outreach Center Inc.,
Jerry and Ruby Hinson, and
James Basta.
Piggott continues to do his
part in making Happy Hill an even
better community. Sims Center
will host an event called "Restor
ing Faith in Democracy" on Sun
day. The event will be hosted by
Democracy North Carolina,
which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization dedicated to uphold
ing the principle of one vote and
helping assure equal access and
full participation of all voters in
the election process. Piggott said
he hopes this event will help
increase the number of voters out
of Happy Hill.
"We are trying to let people
know the importance of voting,"
Piggott concluded. "Voting has
been low in Happy Hill. The only
way we're going to reach a suc
cessful plateau is to vote. We've
got people from Happy Hill who
fought and died for our right to
vote."
A young girl enjoy some icy treats during the Happy Hill eel
i i
Guest speaker Georgiana Paige McCoy talks about the
Happy Hill of past years.
. Anti-teen crime group
meets tonight
A group thai plans to address
the mounting problem of
African-American teenagers in
the criminal justice system plans
to meet tonight at the Reynolds
Park Recreation Center. This is
only the group's third meeting.
The group was started by
former City Council member
Virginia Newell, who said that
she was getting fed up with the
problem and wanted to at least
try to come up with some solu
tions. The group is open to any
one who is interested in address
ing the problem. Members of the
group already include local
politicians and a number of
retired professionals.
At tonight's meeting, mem
bers will discuss why there are
so many young blacks entangled
with the legal system. Newell
said that it is a question that has
been foremost in the minds of
group members and during the
meeting they will try to get some
solid answers.
The meeting will be at 6:30.
The recreation center is on
Reynolds Park Road.
N.C. Baptist Hospital again
ranked as one of
America's best
N.C. Baptist Hospital is list
ed as one of America's Best Hos
pitals in six categories by U.S.
News & World Report in the
July 28 issue of the magazine.
The magazine lists 50 hospi
tals in each of 17 categories.
N.C. Baptist Hospital - the
teaching hospital of Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Cen
ter - ranked 21st nationally in
cancer on the latest list: 24th in
geriatrics; 26th in urology; 33rd
in ear. nose, and throat; 37th in
heart and heart surgery; and 50th
in orthopedics.
The rankings are produced
by combining a number of fac
tors, including reputational
score, mortality ratio (actual
deaths compared with expected
deaths in that specialty), whether
the key technologies in that spe
cialty are available, the hospital
wide ratio of registered nurses to
beds, and the number of patients
treated in that specialty.
Spanish trade commission
invites Forsyth Tech
inslriu'tttr t<i trnvpl In S^nuin
Susie Keener, Spanish
instructor and departmental
chair for
commu
nications
and
humani
ties with
Forsyth
Techni
cal Com
munity
College,
has been
invited
to go to
Spain this November by the
Spanish Trade Commission.
Keener along with 18
instructors and administrators
from colleges and universities
on the East Coast will visit uni
versities and meet with directors
and presidents of some of the
most prominent Spanish
schools and universities in
Spain.
"I'm looking forward to
this," Keener said. "Forsyth
Tech has an international busi
ness program, and there is such
an increased interest in Spanish
in Forsyth and Stokes counties."
Keener's trip is being paid
for by the Spanish Institute for
Foreign Trade.
Sessions ottered to help
kids get into academic form
Project Jump Start will be
held Aug. 4-7 at Atkins Middle
School from 4 to 7 p.m. each
day. The project is designed to
get students back in shape aca
demically for the upcoming
school year.
Academic readiness tutori
als will be offered for elemen
tary and middle school stu
dents.
The service is free of
charge. It is being offered by
Tri-City Project T.E.A.C.H.
and Athletics to Create Hope.
For more information, call
Jackie Brandon at 727-2781 or
Buddy Hayes at 767-0853.
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