THE TRIBUNAL AID
VOLUME 1, NO. 14 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1973
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HIGH POINT
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WINSTON-SALEM
C. p. Conference In Washington
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On September 22-26,
1973 the First National
Citizen Participation
Council, Inc. Conference
will be held at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel, 2660
Woodley Road, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
Milton Stallings, Direc
tor Citizen Participation,
Model City program has
been elected as delegate
by the National Citizen
Participation Council to
represent the State of
North Carolina at this
conference.
status of federal pro
grams, identify opportun
ities for citizen participa
tion in programs during
this transitional year, and
discuss the goals, objec
tives and programs of the
National Council.
This conference marks
the first time that citizens
from across the country
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso
Smith of 521 Ashburn
Street have returned
home after attending The
Thirteenth Biennial Ses
sion of the Connectional
Laymen Organization of
the African Methodist
Episcopal Church in
Miami Beach, Florida,
August 6-11. The meeting
Fans Treat Him Like A Neiglibor
participating in federal
programs will have the was headquartered at the
your own dep^Tta^i^TTf opportunity to meet and Historical Saxony Hotel,
you are interested in discuss issues of concern The sixth day session
attending this conference. cities and to map opened with Mr. J. D.
The theme is ‘‘Citizen the future of citizen WiUiams, Kansas City,
Stalhngs is responsible Participation for Federal participation. We look Kansas Connectional Pre
fer inviting elected offic- Programs in Transition”, forward to this being a sident, announcing the
ials, agency personnel which will focus on the hard working and theme of the Meeting:
and other citizens who role of citizen participa- productive conference. Laymen Building
are involved in community tion in federal urban For further information Bridges,
affairs to this conference, programs at a national, call Milton Stalling, at The session
The Model City budget is regional, state and local area 919 885-9081. The
very limited. Therefore, level. The conference address is 609 S. Main
financial arrangments objectives are to bring Street, High Point, N. C.
must be arranged through citizens up to date on the 27260.
Gate City Annual
included
workshops, seminars,
open discussions, a ser
mon by Bishop H. N.
Robinson, Bishop of the
I eleventh district, which
Greensboro includes Miami Beach. A
keynote speech by Ste-
^o/lCAIIWl phen Turner, Vice Presi-
5“ Wf f I dent of General Motors
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Corporation. It also in-
Tocirnofl10nf Twenty years of show eluded tours of Miami
business obscurity have Begdi and surrounding
been shattered in recent areas, 9nd also a Biennial
months by a new hit single Banquet. There were over
GREENSBORO, N. C. — been host to most of the for Gladys Knight and the three thousand represen-
The 11th annual Gate City outstanding black golfers Pips, one of the bright tatives from across the U.
Open Golf Tournament, of the present decade, stars on the soul and Canada, The Islands,
with more than $5,000 in These have included Lee contemporary music and Africa. The A.A.
prize money, will be held Elder, Pete Brown, Char- scene today. Gladys Smiths are members of
on Sept. 1 on the Gillespie he Sifford, Jim Dent and Knight and the Pips Pearson Memorial A. M.
Park Course here. Lee Johnson. appear at the Greensboro g church.
Hosted this year by the Defending champion of Coliseum Saturday, Sep-
Gillespie Park Gold As- the tournament will be tember 15 for an 8:00 p.m.
sociation and the Greens- Rufus James of Louisiana, performance,
boro Recreation Commis- Other favorites this year The Gladys Knight story
sion, the tourney is he Charlotte’s James began almost twenty
expected to attract some Black, Lefty Brown of years ago when Gladys
of the nation’s outstand- Detroit, Robert Walker of unique singing talent
ing black amateur and New York, Jim Thorpe of came to the attention of a
pro golfers. Roxboro, Joe Johnson, James Woods, one of
The amateur play will Winston-Salem, N. C.; and Gladys’ cousins who was
be held on the nearby Leonard Burroughs, Mur- attending a family gather-
Bel-Aire Golf Course on phy Street and Joe Inman ing. His nickname was Pip
Pleasant Ridge Road. Jr., all of Greensboro. and he talked Gladys and
The tourney will in- Golfers wishing to several of her cousins into
elude 36 holes of stroke participate in the tourna- forming a quartet, coach-
play, with five flights for ment are asked to contact ed them and steered them
the amateurs. First prize Chester Bradley at 816 to club dates in and
money for the winning pro Ross Avenue in Greens- around Atlanta, Georgia,
will be $1,000. boro.
The Gate City Open has
Beginning his fourth
season as che star of “The
Flip Wilson Show”, color
cast on the NBC-TV
Network and Channel 12
at 8:00 p.m., Flip is most
proud of the fact that
nearly everyone he meets
treats him like a neighbor
who drops in every
Thursday night.
He said: “Often, people
just walk right up and
start talking about some
thing their Uncle George
did, just like they chat
with me every day. And
then when the conversa
tion is over, they say, ‘See
ya, later’ even though
they probably never wiU
— except I hope they see
me on Thursday nights.”
“I’m glad of that,
because I never set out to
be a star, I don’t want
that big distance between
me and the people who
watch me. I'm just a man
doing his job and just like
the plumbers, teachers,
cooks, clerks and mothers
out there. I’m doing the
best I can.”
Flip’s first step toward
his present career began
when he was Clerow
Wilson, nine years old, in
a Jersey City, N.J., public
school. He was a last
minute-replacement for a
girl who was to play
Nurse Clara Barton in a
school play. The laughter
of his classmates impres
sed him so much that he
began to work at making
people laugh.
He liked school, espe
cially English, but be
cause of his family’s
poverty and his subse
quent unhappiness in a
series of foster homes, he
dropped out at 16 and
joined the Air Force,
where his commanding
officer arranged for him
to take courses in Enghsh
and typing. Later he
found himself on the Air
Force lecture circuit
addressing and amusing
the troops on such
subjects as “The Sex Life
of the Coconut Grab.” It
was at this time that he
acquired his nickname.
The guys used to say,
“He’s flipped.” So he
became “Flip”.
After four years in
service. Flip took a job as
bellhop at the Manor
Plaza Hotel in San
Francisco and persuaded
the manager to let him do
a Uttle comedy walk-on as
a drunk while a dance act
changed costumes.
He soon decided to go
on the road. “I looked at
myself and tried to
analyze what made me
funny. In the end I
decided that I am a story
teller. I get out on stage
and 1 take one line, just
one funny line, and from
that I build a story and I
become different charac
ters.”
Flip played clubs mostly
between Florida and the
Bahamas until 1965 when
Redd Foxx (star of
NBC-TV’s “Sanford and
Son”) praised him on
NBC-TV’s “The Tonight
Show Starring Johnny
Carson.” “Redd even
offered me some of his
material and that's some
thing comics just don't
do,” says Flip. “I knew
then that things were
going right for me.”
He was a guest on the
“Tonight Show” dozens of
times. Later, he hosted
the show and was a guest
on other top television
shows before eventually
head-lining his own series.
Cub Scout
Formed
New EEOC
This is the Mow Mow with a dra^^stnng
in front. The material is pure silk. The
colors are an exotic lavender, green, blue,
gray and tan. This Mow Mow was designed
by and made by Mrs. Ricky Wilson. The
model is also Mrs. Ricky Wilson.
At that time they called
themselves The Pips.
Their first tour was
with Jackie Wilson and
Sam Cooke on a hop
scotch schedule that took
them throughout the
South and through a
series of one-night-stands
in Louisiana and the delta
country. Times were hard
by 1961 but a producer at
Fury Records came to
their rescue and signed
Gladys and the Pips to a
recording of the group’s
"Every Beat of My
Heart”, “Letter Full of
Tears”, “Operator", and
“Darling”.
Through a series of
unfortunate business al-
I' liances, one-night gigs,
and the constant mean
dering from company to
company and recording
studio to recording studio
that has plagued many a
group, eventually led the
group to the arms of
Motown Records, the
incubator for many of
today's hit soul and
contemporary music ar
tists.
Fortunately the smash
hit they needed came in
1967 with “I Heard It
Continued on Page 8
There is a new Cub
Scout Troop organized in
Southside High Point
under the direction of
Reverend John E. Trotman
of Calvary Baptist Chur-
cH.
So often people ask the
question “What is Cub
Scouting”. Is it a
baby-sitting service? Is it
some sort of organized
play group for boys? Is it
just a program in which
boys learn a few games
and crafts to occupy their
time?
Simply put, Cub Scout
ing is a home and
neighborhood centered
program which parents,
leaders, and institutions
use to help in the growth
and development of boys
from 8 to 11 years old. The
program was developed
by the Boy Scouts of
Amerifta to support its
broad objectives of char
acter development, cit
izenship training, and
mental and physical
fitness. These have been
restated and expanded to
help everyone understand
how Cub Scouting’s me
thods (program and
procedure) seek to effect
these objectives for Cub
Scout-age boys.
The purpose of the Cub
Scouts is to influence the
development of the boys’
character and spiritual
growth. Develop habits
and attitudes of good
citizenship. Encouraging
good sportsmanship and
pi^de in growing strong in
mine and body. Improve
understanding within the
family. Strengthening the
ability to get along with
other boys and to respect
other people. Foster a
sense of personal achieve
ment by developing new
interests and skills. To
show how to be helpful
and do one’s best.
The board members
are: Reverend John. E.
Trotman, Institutional
Rep.; Mr. David Peoples,
Cubmaster; Mr. James
Baker, Assistant Cub-
master; Mr. George Man
ning, Committee Chair
man; Mr. Milton Stallings,
Committee Member; Ms.
Loretta Almekinder, Den
Mother; Ms. Aljuana
Neal, Asst. Den Mother.
The Cub Scouts are:
Rolf Almekinder, Antonio
Hayes, Keith Blunt, Wilhe
Colbert, Sherman Nick,
Darrin Davis, Jerome
Flowers, Delathian
Knight, Patrick Blunt.
The committee is in the
process of raising money
to purchase uniforms for
these young boys. Unfor
tunately many parents
are not financially able to
purchase uniforms.
Each week on Sunday
from 12:30 to 3:30 the
committee members are
having a food sale at the
corner of S. Elm and Vail
at the Model City Citizen
Participation Project for
the purpose of purchasing
uniforms for these young
sters.
Please come out and
support this worthy cause
by buying food for us or
leaving a donation.
Chairman
Nominated
WASHINGTON, D. C.
— John H. Powell, Jr.,
whose nomination as
Chairman of Equal Em
ployment Opportunity
Commission was announ
ced today by the White
House, has served as
General Counsel to the U.
S. Commission on Civil
Rights since 1970.
in Tiie
Service
LOMPOC, Calif. —
Curtis A. Ingram, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Ingram of 307 Hay St.,
High Point, N. C., is
attending a six week Air
Force Reserve Officers
Training Corps summer
training encampment at
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Cadet Ingram is a student
at North Carolina Agri
cultural and Technical
College.
(U. S. Air Force Photo)
The choice was hailed
by Stephen Horn, Vice
Chairman of the Commis
sion on Civil Rights, who
commented:
“John Powell's exper
ience as a lawyer long
concerned with insuring
equal rights uniquely
qualifies him for this
important position. I am
certain that all my
colleagues on the Com
mission on Civil Rights
join me in wishing him
well as he embarks on this
significant new chal
lenge.”
John A. Buggs, Commis
sion Staff Director, add
ed;
“I have relied heavily in
the legal advice provided
by John Powell in
connection with the many
hearings and reports of
the Commission on Civil
Rights over the past
several years. I am
pleased that his legal
talents will continue to be
employed in the field of
human rights at the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission.”
Before joining the
Commission three years
ago, Mr. Powell was an
attorney in New York City
and Long Island for 11
years. After service as an
Assistant U. S. Attorney
and as associate counsel
to the then Speaker of the
New York State Assem
bly, Joseph F. Carlino, he
was in private practice
from 1961-66 and on the
legal staffs of the
Celanese Corporation and
the Inmont Corporation
from 1966-70.
He was an Army legal
officer and associated
with the Office of Solicitor
of the U. S. Department of
Labor in Washington
before returning to his
native New York in 1969.
Mr. Powell, 42, who is a
Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of Howard University,
received his JD Degree
from the Harvard Uni
versity Law School. He
also received a Mastor of
Laws degree from New
York University Graduate
School of Law.
Married and the father
of two, Mr. Powell resides
at 5216 Wehawken Road,
Glen Echo Heights, Mary
land.
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