Community remembers
former Happy Hill
RESIDENT AND NURSE
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Ruby Hazeline Gilliam Anderson Pervis,
one of the matriarchs of the historic Happy
Hill community, passed away on Nov. 18. She
was 99. Her funeral was on Saturday, Nov. 21
at the Saint Andrews United Methodist
Church.
She was the last survivor of 10 children,
born to Cora Jar vis Gilliam and Anthony
Scorefield Gilliam on July 1, 1910 in the
town of Shoals in Surry County .
She moved to Liberia Street in Happy Hill
when she was 1 1 She loved telling about life
on "The Hill" - about the big corn shuckings;
the family getting the first telephone in the
"community; the streets finally being paved;
aijd about being baptized in Salem Creek.
Pervis graduated from Columbia Heights
High School and then attended L. Richardson
School of Nursing in Greensboro, where she
graduated valedictorian in 1933. Over the
decades, she worked as a nurse at Springwood
Care Center, for Drs. Crow ell. Jordan and
Quick in their office on Church Street; and at
Kate Bitting Reynolds Hospital, where she
served as head nurse in the Emergency Room
until her retirement in 1970.
She was also an active church and com
munity volunteer and even taught a nursing
class at Atkins High School.
She married twice - first to George
Anderson and then to Daniel Pervis in 1948.
She had "no children of.her own. but encour
aged education and mentored many young
people.
In 1992. "Ms. Ruby" became a resident at
The Oaks at Forsyth, where she was visited
often by the many people whose lives she had
touched. Just last year. Pervis was elated
when she cast her vote for Barack Obama.
Ruby Hazeline Gilliam Anderson Pervis
and in May. she was crowned "queen" at the
Oaks' prom.
Left to cherish her historical recollections
are a devoted niece (surrogate daughter)
Maurice Pitts Johnson; nieces. Ruth ?peas.
Mildred Spann. Aw tfda (Robert) Neal, Ruth
Gilliam Leigh. Lucyv Gilliam Smith. Clara
Gilliam Nichelson; nephews. Ezra (Marion)
Gilliam and Calvin Gilliam; great nieces
Geraldine Clayton. Dorothy Draper and
Krista Neal; great nephew. A|vin (Janet)
Gibson and an especially dedicated great
nephew. Grant NatHaniel (Jelaine) Gilliam.
Old Salem events will celebrate the season on Dec. 19.
Christmastime at Old Salem
to feature traditional favorites
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Old Salem Museums &
Gardens will present an old
fashioned Christmas on
Saturday. Dec 19 with a day
of seasonal festivities, crafts
and food for all ages. The
event will begin at 9:30 a.m.
with myriad activities at the
many historic buildings and
sites at Old Salem. There
will be carol singing, can
dlemaking. leatherwork
demonstrations. gun
smithing and blacksmithing.
All visitors will enjoy
baking Christrfias cakes to
the sounds of the pianoforte
in the Vogler House.
Children will especially love
sampling candy from the
Vierling House's apothe
cary. and partaking in his
toric games and wagon rides
in Salem Square. A special
puppet show. "Sophie & the
Gingercakes," will take
place in the Single Brothers'
Workshop. Visitors will also
have a chance to have their
photo taken with St.
Nicholas.
To cap off the day, there
will be carol singing and a
giant lighted Christmas tree,
modeled after the traditional
Moravian decoration.
For schedules, pricing or
more information, call the
Visitor Center at 336-721
7350 or go to www.old
salem.org.
ESR named a stimulus funds partner agency
SPECIAL TO THE CHRQS tCLE
The Experiment in Self
Reliance <ESRi has been des
ignated by the North Carolina
Office of Economic
Opportunity <OEO) as the dis
tribution entity for all
Community Service Block
Grant (CSBG) funding com
ing to Winston-Salem Forsyth
l o u n i y
from the
federal
economic
stimulus
package.
ESR is a
United
Way
agency
with a 45
year histo
ry 01 assisting working low
income and homeless families
to become more economically
self-reliant.
ESR has been designated a
Community Action Agency
(CAA) and over the next one
to two years, it will receive
stimulus dollars to provide job
training and readiness;
employment and job develop
ment; credit counseling/mort
gage counseling; housing and
basic need services; and case
management and support serv
ices.
H ellman-Ruehuck
ESR will work with the
Employment Security
Commission . Consumer
Credit Counseling. Forsyth
Tech. Goodwill Industries and
W o r k f o r c e
Development Joblink .
"We at ESR are gratified to
have this confidence placed in
our agencs to assist the com
munity - as we have through
out our existence - with eco
nomic challenges, and hope
fully have a beneficial effect
on people in need among us
during this historic downturn
in our economy," said ESR
Executive Director Twana
Wellman-Roebuck.
Happy Birthday
Daryl Dion (Pooh) Boyd
December 8, 1975- August 25, 2008
Although one year has passed we still hold
y on close and dear in our hearts.
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'Tis better to recycle...
The holidays bring the single greatest opportunity for recycling all year. Twenty
five percent more trash is thrown away between Thanksgiving and New Year's
than any other time of the year!
An extra million tons of waste
are generated nationwide each
week during the holiday season.
For tips on how to keep the
holidays green, go to
www.CityofWS.org/Recycling.
Unique Gifts
This holiday season, head to the Cricket's Nest for unique hand-crafted presents.
The shop - the outlet for the Cricket Craftsmen crafts guild - is stocked with
everything Christmas - tree ornaments, wreathes, candies, table linens, stained
glass, Christmas quilts, nativity scenes end more. The shop is at 4401 Country
Club Road and is open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and on Thurs
day, 10 e.m. ? 6 p.m. For more information call 6594315.
Don't Get Left
Holding The Beg
Sanitation collections are changing on
Christmas and New Year's Day.
i Garbage collections for both days
V will be postponed until the follow
ing Monday. Curbside recycling
" collections on both days will be held
the next day (Saturday). Yard-waste
cart collections will not be affected.
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hows and whys of city government.
Apply for City of Winston-Salem
University. Classes are held Thursday
evenings Jan. 28 through April 15.
Applications are due Dec. 31. For an
appfication and more information, go
to www.CityofWS.org.
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