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VOLUMN 1, NO. 8 WEDNESDAY, .TTILY 18, 1973 15 Cents Press Run 5000
In Chair City
Black Candidate Appears Likely
From Street Orphan To Dean
By VEN CARVER
Enterprise St*ff Writer
THOMASVILLE - The
political atmosphere thickened
measurably Sunday night with
the disclosure that a black
candidate will probably enter
the municipal election cam
paign this November.
Speaking at a community
meeting, Mrs.,, Dorothy Ren-
wick, a prominent black
activitist, announced, “We
have someone (a candidate) in
mind, but we are not giving
any names.”
After the meeting, Mrs.
Renwick confirmed that a
black candidate will run, but
declined to identify him.
Nor would she specify which
race he will enter.
There will be four offices
open: the mayorship now held
by Carl Wilson; the city
councilman from Ward No. 2,
now Bob Holladay; the coun
cilman from Ward No. 4, now
G«orge Poole; and the council
man at large, now G. Bradley
Hunsucker. None of these men
has announced whether he will
stand for re-election.
Since the four ward repre
sentatives serve staggered
terms on the City Council, two
seats now occupied will not be
conttet^ imtil 1975. These two
include the councilman from
Ward No, 3, the residence of a
preponderance of the city’s
black population and the,
logical race for a black
candidate to enter.
The meeting Sunday was
actually called to discuss the
condition of Carver Park,
which has been a subject of
controversy among certain
segments of the black com
munity. To support the
allegations, Mrs. Renwick
used color slides she said she
had taken at Carver Park two
weeks ago.
Some of the worst criticisms
about the park concerned the
“recreation center,” a brick
building that occupies a large
portion of the two-acre park
site. About a quarter of the
slides were shots of the
building.
Mrs. Renwick and others at
the meeting charged that the
kitchen in the recreation cen
ter was unfit to prepare food
and that there is a generally
offensive odor arising from
the building. “It rains as much
inside the building as it does
outside,” she told the gather
ing. She further stated that
the condition of the building
was inexcusable, since it is
used during the surmner as a
child play area.
Other charges leveled at the
park included unmowed grass,
lack of guard rails around
st^wells and the observation
deck, rundown payground
equipisent (monkey bar,
seesaw and sliding board), the
presence of only one lifeguard
at the park pcwl and the
condition of the sidewalks and
retaining walls.
All criticisms were
illustrated with one or more
slides.
Dewitt Wilhite, another
activist, repeated throughout
the presentation, “This is
what our tax money is
supposed to be paying for.” He
attacked the city recreation
department for spending its
money “on every tennis court
in Thomasville” while
neglecting Carver Park.
As at a previous community
meeting on the Carver Park
issue, the turnout Sunday was
small. Only about 12 adults,
plus a handful of children,
attended.
Mrs. Renwick claimed that
the number present, however,
was not a true representation
of their support. She said,
“The people know what we’re
doing. They don’t have to go to
a meeting. They’re behind
Helping Boys Become Men
by Albert A. Campbell
The High Point Boxing
Club, initially funded by
High Point's Model City
Commission, and novif one
of the many programs of
the High Point Parks and
Recreation, started with
the purpose of taking
young boys off the streets
and teaching them values
of life, as virell as the fight
game. Teaching them to
box meant, good sports
manship, good principles,
cleaness, good health,
and most of all, that
people care about them.
Since its beginning, the
club has worked with lots
of young men and turned
out some mighty fine
boxers; but most of all, it
has help keep a lot of boys
out of trouble.
The club’s coach, Jerry
Anders works very close
ly with Court Councilor
Aubrey Strouther by
going to court with many
boys who have been in
trouble in the past. In
most cases, the court
turns the boy over to the
custody of Jerry Anders,
and that is sometimes
where a new life begins.
Jerry said, “1 take them to
the gym and tell them to
fight to releave them
selves. This is the place to
fight, and not the street.”
“Our motto is”, states
Jerry, “We Fight To Help
Kids”, which simply
means that they box in the
ring while staying out of
trouble.
Helping Jerry to bring
about changes within the
community are, his bro
ther, Don Anders, and a
long time friend, Hugo
Solustri. Jerry said that
without them, he could
not carry out the
program.
Slow to praise himself,
Jerry quickly talks about
the fulfillment he gains
from having the oppor
tunity to work with the
Black Liberation
I am sure most people
have noticed the beautiful
Black Liberation colors;
red, black, and green. But
it seems to me that these
colors are being abused
by a lot of people who do
not realize the true
meaning of them,
by Wayne S. Pray, Director
What is the single best
thing that any Mode!
Neighborhood resident
could do to improve
conditions in his neigh
borhood and his city? In
the opinion of most, it
would be to intelligently
excerise the right to vote.
It is especially appro
priate then, that in this
election year Model
Neighborhood residents
prepare to cast their vote
in the elections scheduled
for November 6th. There
are many reasons why
one should not neglect
this right to vote but
certainly the following
would be reason enough.
A number of positive
programs and projects
have been started by the
Model City Commission,
but with the short time
remaining and the lack of
money the future of these
efforts will depend in
Wesley Ingnm
A lot of small kids have
asked me, “What do they
stand for”, and I tell
them; Black is for the
people, the love, the truth,
the kindness, and the
potential that all Black
people possess. Green is
for the land we once
owned. Red is for the
blood that was shed by
our unfortunate ances
tors.
I feel that every Black
man and woman should
wear these colors with
pride. But to do this, it is
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young men. He then will
go on talking about the
accomplishments some of
the young men have
made. Never giving him
self any credit. He pointed
out the club has had six
past champions, one,
Odell Davis who went to
the AAU Nationals, held
in Boston. He also said
that there are three boys
who have won the right to
fight in the Regional Jr.
Olympics to be held in
Charlotte this week.
James White, WilUam
White, and Calvin Spears.
Other fighters and their
past records are: Wilhe
Davis, age 16; WilUam
White, age 15; James
White, age 14; Wilhe
Alexander, who has had
only one fight and won it;
and Harold White, age 10.
Jerry's pride is easily
seen when he talks about
his boys, and he quickly
points out that they are
not all sent by the courts.
Some of them just want to
become boxers.
GREENSBORO,' N. C, -
He was orphaned to the
rugged streets of Brooklyn
at the age of five, but that
didn’t stop him.
He was a starting
quarterback at Hampton
Institute at 130 pounds,
but that was just a
challenge.
As Dr. Arthur Jackson
prepares to step down
from his position as dean
of the School of Arts and
Sciences at A&T State
University, his friends are
referring to him as a giant
in the field of education.
In nearly 24 years at
the university, the 59-
year-old Jackson has
brought more significant
innovations to the campus
than any single adminis
trator.
It was he who initiated
A&T’s data processing
system, currently thriving
as a $900,000 computer
science center. He also
developed the university’s
first guidance center, an
experimental reading
center, an automated
registration system, clos-
edcircuit television sy
stem, and dial access
language laboratory.
Jackson also enginerred
A&T’s School of Arts and
Sciences five years ago
and helped inaugurate
the General Education
Program.
He won’t tell you this,
but Jackson has excelled
because he has always
believed that there was
really nothing to stop him.
After his mother passed
when he was three, and
his father died two years
later, he was passed
through a series of
relatives and non rela
tives in New York, New
Jersey and Washington,
D. C.
“I was on my way to the
reform school,” he re
calls. “1 knew what life in
the streets was like, and I
guess that helped to
motivate me.”
After he had enjoyed
two years of high school
in Washington, his keep
ers at that time decided
that he had had enough
schooling, “They wanted
me to go to work,” said
Jackson, "so I ran
away.”
It. was shortly after
ward that Jackson, then
15, came to the attention
of the Rev. and Mrs.
Luther Hughes.
Hughes, a Baptist
minister, began to regard
Jackson as his own son.
although of limited re
sources himself, the
minister encouraged
Jackson to attend the
private Christiansburg
Institute in Virginia,
where he could work his
way through high school.
It was St. Clair Drake,
currently a prominent
sociologist in Chicago,
who encouraged Jackson
to seek entrance to
Hampton.
“I wanted to be a
doctor,” said Jackson,
“but I didn’t have any
money for college, not
even the $35 entry fee for
Hampton.”
Again Hampton’s work-
study program bailed him
out and Jackson got his
degree in math and
physical education five
years later.
Jackson returned to
Christianburg to teach for
three years, then took a
job as recreation supervi
sor in Radford, Va.
After nearly four years
as a motor machinist in
the Navy (among the first
black non stewards), he
worked for a short while
in his father-in-law’s
trucking business.
Later he pursued a
master’s degree in gui
dance at Columbia Uni
versity, then decided to
stay on to earn a
doctorate. He became the
first black to receive a
doctorate from the uni
versity in vocational
guidance and occupa
tional adjustment.
After graduate school,
he served as director of
guidance for the state of
Delaware's first four-year
high school for blacks.
He was invited to teach
a summer session at A&T
in 1950, and a year later,
he accepted a fulltime
position.
In retrospect, Jackson
credits the encourage
ment of the Hughes' and
others with his own
successes.
“There have always
been people at crucial
points in my life, who
have pointed the way or
who have found a way for
me,” he said. “For that
reason, I have tried to do
the same for others. I
have always tried to pass
it on.”
Jackson is married to
the former Mary E. Jones
of Roxboro, N. C. Their
children include Arthur
Jr., a graduate of
Hampton stationed at Ft.
BUss, Tex.; Karen, a rising
senior at Barnard College;
and Carl, an eighth
grader.
On Loan To A&T
GREENSBORO, N. C. -
Illustrating again the
cooperation of business
and industry with educa
tional institutions, the Bell
Laboratories here has
announced that D. E.
Klett, a member of their
technical staff, will be on
loan to A&T State
University for a year to
teach engineering class
es.
In his role as visiting
professor, Klett will be
teaching courses and
supervising laboratory
periods in thermodynam
ics for seniors in the
Mechanical Engineering
Department. He will join
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High Point Model City Commission Notes
great part, on who is on
City Council and what
they intend to do for High
Point Citizens. Americans
have the right to vote and
express their individual
opinion as to who will
govern and how this
precious right is one that
should be exercised by
every single eligible
Model Neighborhood re
sident.
Although primary elec
tions are set for Septem
ber 25, 1973 [some two
and a half months away)
and the general election is
set for November 6, 1973,
there has been very little
interest expressed to date
regarding these elections.
The Model City Commis
sion feels, as it has in the
past, a responsibility for
sponsoring voter regi
stration. This is a crucial.
activity as past election
results indicate that less
than half the registered.
voters in the Model
Neighborhood area ac
tually vote on election day
and even more discour
aging; less than half of
those eligible to vote are
registered. A resident of
High Point MUST BE
REGISTERED IN ORDER
TO VOTE in the coming
elections.
Registering to vote is a
very simple process.
There are two ways one
can register. First, any
resident who will be
eighteen (18) years of age
by election day and a
citizen can go to the
Board of Elections Office,
in the basement of the
City-County Building, bet
ween the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and
register. There he will be
asked to take an oath
stating his true identity,
his support for the United
States and North Carolina
Constitutions and that he
has been a resident of his
precinct for more than
thirty (30) days and that
he will not vote in any
other County or City. The
clerk at the elections
office fills out an
information card with the
name, address, birth date
and length of residence
and the person signs the
registration card. This
simple procedure takes
about two minutes and
that completes the regi
stration process. A resi
dent can register as a
member of any of the
three National Parties or
as an Independent. Those
who register as an
Independent however,
cannot vote in the
primary elections. The
primaries are held simply
for the purpose of
selecting those candi
dates who will represent
a particular party in the
general elections on
November 6th.
Another way to register
would be to contact your
precinct Registration
Commissioner (and there
is one for each of the
twenty-one (21) precincts
in the City of High Point)
and go through the above
procedure. A list of these
Registration Commission
ers is available either at
the election office in the
City-County Building or
the Model City Commis
sion Office. On most cases
a neighborhood would
know who this person is
within your precinct. Two
telephone numbers that
would help a person with
any voting information
are: the Election Board at
886-4498 and the Model
City Commission Office at
885-9081. When register
ing, there is no fee
involved nor do you have
to pass any literacy test.
What are the dates of
which one must register?
To register for the
primaries one must be
registered by August
27th. Although you can
register after that date
you will not be eligible to
vote in the primaries. To
vote in the November 6th
elections, one must be
registered by October 8,
1973.
If a resident has
previously registered,
under what circum
stances might they need
to re-register? Only if (1)
you have not voted within
the last four years (your
name may be removed
from the registration list
and you will have to
either call or visit the
Board of Elections Office
to register); or (2) if a
person has moved since
he registered he needs to
go to the Board of
Elections Office and
report his new_ address in_
order to be properly
registered.
Who can run for office
in the City of High Point?
Any person who resides
within the city limits and
who’s ehgible and regi
stered to vote can run for
any municipal office. For
the eight (8) Councilmen,
one is elected from each
of the four wards in the
city and the remaining
four are elected from the
City at large. The four
candidates at large who
receive the highest num
ber of votes will win.
Candidates for Mayor are
elected at large. If on
desires to be a candidate,
the procedures to quahfy
are very simple. Go to the
Board of Elections Office
during the filing period of
August 3-31, 1973 and pay
a fihng fee (this fee is not
set but will probably be
$25.00).
In order to assist Model
Neighborhood residents
in this process of
registration, the Citizen
Participation Outreach
Workers of the Model City
Commission will canvass
the various Model Neigh
borhoods between July
16th and early October to
inform residents more
fully of how easy it is to
become registered. If
necessary, these workers
can help transport resi
dents to the election office
or to the home of the
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