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VOLUME 1, NO. 21 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1973
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HIGH POINT
From The High Point Enterprise
Thursday
Town Meeting Set
On School Board
THOMASVILLE
WINSTON-SALEM
Female Recruiter
By RAY HUBBARD
Enterprise Staff Writer
The second and last town
meeting planned to inform
High Point voters of the
advantages and disadvantages
of both elected and appointed
school boards will be held
Thursday, Oct. 18, at the
Adams Memorial YWCA on
Gatewood Ave.
Sponsored by the Public
Affairs Committee of the
YWCA, the meeting is open to
the public and will begin at
7:30 p.m.
A panel of seven persons
knowledgable about school
affairs from High Point and
around the state will present
both sides of the issue to aid
voters in deciding Nov. 6 which
method will be used to select
future members of the school
board.
If a majority of the voters
favor an elective system, the
first four members will be
.elected in the November, 1975
election, with three more
elected in 1977, all for four-
year terras to set up a
staggered elective system.
The ward representation and
nonpartisan provisions would
remain unchanged.
Raleigh Dingman, executive
director of the North Carolina
As'n. of Schools Boards and
foimer teacher and school
principal in High Point, will
moderate the panel discussion.
Dingman moderated a
similar town meeting
sponsored by the Junior
League in September which
about 250 citizens attended.
On the panel in support of
elective boards will be William
E. Poe, Charlotte attorney and
Mecklenburg Board of
Education; Mary Scroggs,
chairman of the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Board of Education
and vice chairman of the North
Carolina Assn. of School
Boards; and Garland Green,
former member of the Board
of Education in Durham
County.
Representing the appointive
board viewpoint will be J. C.
McAllister, former member of
by Albert A. Campbell
Marine Sgt. Lorraine
Jackson? No, not a man,
just another capable female
doing the job in her own
way.
Sgt. Lorraine Jackson is
one of only four Black
Marine Female Recruiting
N.C.Os. in the entire
country and the only one in
the sixth district, which
includes, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Tennes-
the High Point Board of gee, and Mississippi.
William Penn Class of
Plans 20th Reunion
’53
Education, E. S. W. Dameron,
Burlington attorney and
chairman of the Burlington
City Board of Education; and
the Rev; G. Ray Coleman,
pastor of St. Stephens A. M. E.
Zion Church in High Point.
Stationed in High Point
at the downtown post Ga. for six weeks of school
office, Sgt. Jackson is on and from there to Marine
recruiting duty. Her pur- Corps Air Station, El Toro,
pose is to enlist a few good Cal.
women (like herself) into During a three and one
the Marines. half year period she
A native of Thomasville, acquired a B.A. degree
and the daughter of Ms. from Chapman College,
relate their discussion to areas Gertrude Jackson, Sgt. Anaheim, Cal. Subsequent-
specifically applicable to High Jackson with her family ly, Sgt. Jackson was
moved to Sandusky, Ohio in transferred to San Diego,
In addition to the town 1951. There she finished Cal. for Recruiting School
By Albert A. Campbell,
The William Penn High
School class of 1953 is
planning its first ever class
reunion, twenty years after
graduation. Set to be a gala
affair. the event is
scheduled for the entire
Thanksgiving weekend.
(November 23, 24, 25).
The moderator will be
none other than the school
„ , „ principal, the now. High
supply Center in A bany, „ • ^ r- r
r . Point City Councilman
Jennie Herndon, one of those
setting up the program, said
that she expects panelists
McAllister, and Coleman to
High Point’s Board of chairman of the Charlotte - meeting, Mrs. Herndon s high school in 1969 and From there she was
Education is now appointed by
City Council.
On Nov. 6, citizens may vote
to continue the present
appointive system, or vote to
change to an elective system.
A Two Part Series
schools.
Watergate and Moral Responsibility
By Jackson Pyles
James Madison, the being treated
second
fourth President of the class citizens - taxes were
United States, made what I levied without the people
consider to be one of the having any voice in the
most profound statements decisions of government,
that was ever uttered in the the wealth of the colony
entire Constitutional per- was exported to make the
iod. We remember from homeland affluent and
our American History that there was no reciprocal
the Constitutional period benefit that accured to the
reached its zenith in 1787 Americans, dissent was put founding fathers initiated
when the representatives of down with imprisonments the Constitutional period
group is assembling data on
both appointive and elective , , . , , ^ .
boards which will be She did her eight weeks Recruiting Station where
disseminated to parents recruit training at Parris she is responsible for
through children in the city island, S.C. Afterwards she enlisting women from the
was sent to Marines Corps entire state of North
Carolina and one third of
South Carolina,
Sgt. Jackson said she
joined the Marine Corps tc
travel, become more ma
ture, meet people, persue a'
rewarding career, and meet
the challenge the Marine
rights; and petty jealousies, in those early days felt a Corps offers to young
As time went on it became need for an army, it had to
clear that there was a need petition each seoerate state . conjunction with her
for some central authority legislature, anu ask that
that could be appealed to to troops be placed under its
settle disputes and to look
after matters that were of
common interest to all
S.E.Burford. This alone
encourages everyone to
look forward to one of the
long forgotten, ‘‘Lecturing
Sessions” Mr. Burford held
every Friday morning at
William Penn.
To add a little flair to the
reunion, the prospective
attending class members
are sending in their
recommendations of who
they feel was the most
assigned to the High Point
while in senior high school.
Already the names have
begun coming in with all
kinds of explainations. The
teacher who gets the most
votes will be informed prior
to the reunion dates and
asked to attend as the class'
“Special Guest." Addition
ally that person will be
awarded a citation from the
‘Class of '53'. All of the
high school teachers of
William Penn during that
time will be invited to
attend - those who arc still
existing and able to make
the scene.
Because many of the
members of that class have
not seen each other in such
a long time - even since
graduation - some fun-gifts
will be given to class inemb
for fun-reasons. Gifts for
reasons such as, the class
member with the most
children, the class member
with the youngest child, or
the class member with the
most spouses. All will be
for fun. which was one of
the great qualities of “The
Class of '53".
The reunion will be held
at the Holiday Inn,
Downtown, in High Point
beginning Friday, Novem
ber 23. On Saturday, the
24th, there will be a class
picnic at the Washington
Tcrracc Park, weather
permitting. Following that,
the banquet will be back at
the motel, when the awards
will be given. Sunday will
climax the event with a
united church servicc at a
church chosen by the class
members.
All are asked to bring
their spouses, sweethearts,
or whatever to help make
the affair a memorable one.
Launches Successful Business
By Richard Moore
GREENSBORO, N.C. -
What do you need to start a
successful business ven-
Continued on Fage 3
has visited Alaska, Hawaii,
Mexico, and most of the
other 48 states.
thousand per issue. black owned and operated
‘‘This thing has turned businesses, feature articles
into a monster,” said Gill, on blacks who are making it
in an interview this week. business world, and
‘‘I never imagined it would consumer tips from federal
ture? It might boil down to take on like this.” and state agencies, and
$35.00 and a good idea, if ‘‘Black Business Aware- even articles by North
you talk with energetic Earl . ness,” according to the Carolina Congressmen
Gill, publisher of “Black founder, is meant to be a
Business Awareness.” consumer magazine.
A brash young man who Featuring shiny covers
is going places. Gill recalls and pictures of celebrities
with a smile how his glossy who visit this area, the
magazine has zoomed to a magazine also offers a
circulation of 10 to 25
“It seems like I have
always wanted to do
something in sales and
communities,” said Gill.
Although born in Robeson
County, N.C., he grew in
thirteen colonies.
As a consequence.
the
the several states assem- and violence by the
bled in Philadelphia adoped governmental and military
the U.S. Constitution and authorities, and all power
Bill of Rights. was centralized in the king
In 1785--some two years so that no decisions of
before the adoption of the consequence could be made
Constitution -- Madison on any level without prior
wrote in his Memorial and approval by the central
Remonstrance: authority. The list could be
“It is proper to take extended as nausium.
alarm at the first experi- The whole point is that
ment on our liberties. We the American colonies were
hold this prudent jealousy existing in a despotic
to be the first duty of atmostphere, and they
citizens and one of (the) wanted a change. This, of
noblest characteristics of course, lead to 1776 and the
the late Revolution. The five year war of indepen-
free men of America did not dence from England. We
wait til usurped power had know how that finally
strengthened itself by ended,
exercise, and entangled the In 1781 representatives
question in precedents, from the thirteen colonies
They saw all the conse- set out to form a new
quences in the principle, government. They were
and they avoided the extremely fearful of simply
consequences by denying exchanging one form of
the principle. We revere tyrany for another. As a
this lesson too much, soon matter of fact, they were so
to forget it.” fearful of a strong central-
What a tremendous ized government, that thay
thought! We avoid the refused to form any kind of
consequences of bad gov- central administration that
ernmental action, by deny- could tell any one state how
ing the principle upon it must behave,
which those actions are And so a very loose
based! Confederation of states was
A brief review of the formed. This Confederacy
historical background be- of states lasted about five
hind the development of years and all during this
this idea might help us period of time it became
understand more clearly its more and more clear that it
meaning and application, was not working. On
We all remember, of several occasions some of
course, that this nation was the states almost went to
dominated by England all war with one another,
during the colonial period. There w'ere boarder dis-
As with all colonies, the putes; disagreements over
people felt that they were trading, monetary, and tax
Nearly 80 residents of the
community, both young
and old, sat almost awed as
Miss Fields read her own
homey verse about such
characters as “Buck Sin,
By Richard E. Moore
aSHEBORO, N.C. - A
m! 1-week meeting in Ashe-
St. Luke United
Methodist Church may
quoted earlier, who played ^
, , , • , ■ provide the answer to the
the central role in drawing r , ■
„ . . “ cultural lag often found in
up the Constituion we are communities of the Transistor Man.”
governed by today. It is for Carolina. “Aren’t you tired,”
The new program, re- yet,” asked Miss Fields
placing traditional hymn after nearly two hours, but
singing and prayers with her attentive audience
poetry reading, lectures on wanted more,
history and discussions of This unique Humanist in
the economy, is being
, , sponsored by the church
they were willing to let It be , ^
^ ^ ^ ^ and the Continuing Educa
tion Center at A&T State
University.
pretty complete directory ol Greensboro with an uncle,
late lovable black disc
jockey, “Jam-a-Ditty.”
Cultural Boom In Asheboro
calling on customers for his
which lead to the federal
form of government which
we all know today. It was
James Madison, whom we
this reason that Madison is
called the “Father of the
Cosntitution.” It was Mad
ison and Thomas Jefferson
who insisted that a Bill of
Rights had to be attached to
the Constitution before
sent to the states for
radification -- which finally
came in 1789.
. . The six-month program
The important point to , , , ^
. , , was launched on a recent
remember in this whole
development of our coun
try’s move from a Confed
eration to a Federal form of
government, is that the
founding fathers were
extremely fearful of allow
ing anyone to get so much
power, in their hands that
they could start actiirg in
autocratic ways.
Thursday with a lively
poetry reading and discus
sion by nationally promi
nent black poet, Julia
Fields.
Residence program was
initiated in order to
emphasize some of the
contributions of blacks to
the entire community.
“We have found that
sometimes the smaller
communities enjoy only
limited experiences in the
cultural and creative
fields,” said Dr. BW.
Harris, Director of the
Continuing Education Cen
ter. “By this program, we
hope to provide the citizens
of Asheboro with a
meaningful examination of
black contributions to the
life of the larger commun
ity.”
The experimental pro
gram was made possible by
a > grant to A&T from the
North Carolina Center for
Continuing Education in
the Humanities associated
with the National Endow
ment for the Humanitites.
The program is being
directed by Hal Sieber, a
lecturer in adult education
at A&T, and the Rev.
Andrew Brown, acting
pastor of the church.
Future weekly programs
will include presentations
by an historian, a theolo-
Woman’s Day Speaker
radio station. He was
gian, a communications hooked on sales from then
specialist, a political leader on.
and an economist. After graduating from
All of the presentations A&T State Uni\»;rsity, Gill
will be followed by a social worked for a while in
hour in the church, a good Western Electric’s Pur
time for informal questions chasing Department,
to the visiting humanist. He also tried his hand at
The Rev. Mr. Brown said promoting shows; then
his congregation reallycame the idea for the
enjoyed Miss Fields’ read- magazine,
ings. “They were really “My idea was to try to
enthused,” he said. “The interest young blacks to get
next day she spoke to into business,” he said. “1
English classes at the local want to show how impor-
high school, and the young tant economic development
people really enjoyed is.”
that.”
Sieber said the weekly The initial issue of
speaker will also spend “Black Business Aware-
some time visiting inform- ness” was published last
ally in the community. October with a press run of
Miss Fields, whose 3,500, and a lot of debts,
second book of poems is to Now Gill predicts that
be published soon, had within two years, he may be
nothing but praise for the grossing $75,000.
subject.
throughout the United
States, Africa, Jamaica,
The Bahama Islands, and
London, England.
As general president,
Mrs. Rice is a member of
Mrs. Willa Mae Rice,
They saw the need to Genreal President of the
establish a central govern- a.M.E. Zion woman’s
ment, but they were so Hor^e and Foreign Mis-
fearful of its become too sionary Society w'ill be the
powerful that they seperat- guest speaker for “Wo-
ed its functions in three man’s Day” at St. Stephen the World Federation of
different w'ays and made A.M.E. Zion Church, Methodists Woman’s Exe-
provision for each seperate Sunday October 21, at cutive Board; Member of
branch to act as a check H:00 a.m. fhe Board of Managers of
against the others. Their Mrs. Rice was elected Church Women United at
fear of concentrated powers General President of the the National level,
was so great that they did A.M.E. Zion Woman's She is a product of the
not even allow the federal Missionary Department at University of Pittsburg’s
goveinment to raise an Buffalo, N.Y. in August, School of Journalism. She
army or adopt a draft in the 1971, with responsibilities is erhployed as editor of
early days of the republic, for directing the program of Religious News and Wo
lf the federal government the Missionary endeavors men’s News at the New
Pittsburg Courier, national
and local. She was a
delegate to the World
Methodist Conference at
Oslo, Norway, 1961. She
w'as also a delegate to the
World Federation of Meth
odist Woman at Denver and
at Kingston, Jamaica.
She is a native of
Pittsburg, Pa. You are
invited to hear this
renounced speaker and
w'orld traveler at St.
Stephen A.M.E. Zion
Church.
Pastor, Rev. G. Ray
Coleman.
“I think the church is the
logical place to have such
things as poetry readings,”
she said. “That’s where 1
got started with my writing.
My daddy used to pay me
for reciting poems in
church.”
WHAT’S IN SIDE
Editorials
Entertainment
Features
Sports
Originally covering just
the Greensboro area. Gill
has branched out, with
agents in the Raleigh-Dur-
ham-Chapel Hill area and
in Winston and High Point.
He eventually hopes to
reach a large portion of the
South.
Because his magazine is
supposedly black-oriented.
Gill’s few critics question
his carrying of advertising
from large white firms.
“I service these impor
tant firms,” said Gill,
“because they have the
advertising dollars to help
me get my message
through.”
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