Recognitional Dinner For Ben Ruffin Attracts
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By Lessle Watkla
Special To Hie Post
“If you really love me...then In the
next 39 days you will work hard at
sending the right person to Washing
ton, D.C. . .insuring all my work was
not in vain,” stated Ben Ruffin last
Saturday at a recogfiitional dinner
given in his honor by the North
Carolina Association of Minority
Public Officials. ,
“Our Future Is In Our Hands” was
the. theme of the Annual Confe
rence and Workshop for the Asso
ciation.
Hie two day affair was studded
with such prominence as Vice Chair
man, Rev. Bob Walton, Mecklen
burg County Commissioners and
President of North Carolina Asso
ciation of Minority Public Offi
cials. Commission Walton presided
over the first session and Master of
-Ceremony along wbh, Ms .lime
McLaurin Jeffers, President of. the
National Funeral Dtrectorsand
Morticians Association who was the
Mistress of Ceremony. The Honor
able Harvey Gantt was the keynote
speaker at the first session. The day
ended with a reception at the
Governor’s Mansion,
i The breakfast session also had the
touch of Charlotte with Commission
er Walton appearing on the program
and remarks by the Honorable
Harvey Gantt. Mayor Gant
remarked on the physical and
internal changes of Charlotte.
Charlotte is changing its face with
the "completion of the City Hall
completion of new coliseum in
November.” The Mayor further
stated that “...there are no Clicks in
^Charlotte.’* so progress and
advancement is based on merit and
worth not the “Good Old Boy
System.”
It was clear that Ben Ruffin was
loved and respected by everyone
attending the luncheon. The Gov
ernor,-The Honorable, James B.
Hunt proclaimed that September 29,
1984 to be Ben Ruffin Day. Mr.
Ruffin was also inducted into the
Order of the Long Leaf Pine with all
the rights and priviledges thereof.
The Honorable Henry F. Frye.
Associate Justice, N.C. Supreme
Court was the key speaker at the 2nd
Session.
Commissioner Walton described
Ben Ruffin as a “personal friend...
Sincere and dedicated public
servant...’” When asked what
advice Rev. Walton had for young
Blacks today, “Get involved early.”
This advice was also expressed by
Raleigh’s Mayor Edwards. Rev.
Walton went on to say “...register to
vote and vote , make the Officer
voted in responsible for their action
and accountable to the voters...”
Many awards and rewards were
bestowed on Mr Ruffin. Inchfted
was an award, “to the wife of Mr.
Ruffin” by the President of Johnson
C. Smith, Dr. Robert Albright.
Mr. Ruffin invited all back to the
Civic Cento- in Raleigh for a
personal announcement in 1988 for
an introduction to the next person
that has a Dream for the Greater
North Carolina.
Mr. Ruffin attended Hillside High
School in Durham. North Carolina
Central University was his next
stop. Here he began his climb to
greatness.
He learned that success is not a
gift but payment for a job well done.
He worked as a tailor and paid his
own way through college. From the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill he received a masters of
Social Work and Social Planning. In
1963 he established a tutorial
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Rufus Edmisten
.Enjoys festivities
program for boys and girls, while
working as a counselor at the John
Avery Boy’s Club. He later served as
the Deputy Director of UDI
Community Development Corpora
tion. “As coordinator for Adult
Education with Operation Break
-
through, Community Action Agency,
he had the responsibility for coor
dinating the outreach oj the
program with the Durham City
Schools and Technical Institutions.’’
He served as the Director of the
North Carolina Human Relations
Council. Since appointed Special
Assistant to the Governor, State of
North Carolina in 1978, Ben Ruffin
now speaks for all the minority
population in the State of North
Carolina. “This administration has
made outstanding accomplishments
in minority participation during the
past seven years in many areas.
Mr. Ruffin stated “If State gover
nment moves on without any
substantive involvement of
minorities, then Ruffin’s mission
has failed. However I submit to you^
that I have made the difference,” he
concluded. _
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