FREE BICYCLE CONTEST UNDER WAY SEE PAGE 5 High Pointy THE TRIBUNAL AID ^eAu^lncj. cuid (IcmdoiLp^k Qo-44.ntle6^ VOLU/IE II, NO. 18 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974 15 CENTS PER CXPY $5.00 PER YEAR There’s Soul In Africa Revival Services At First Bapist Chuch X ^16^4. and I^ateA * ****** 4*^ WINSTON-SALEM - Mandala Center in Winston-Salem, a comprehensive psychiatric facility presently located in Reynolds Memorial Hospital, is proposing to move to a new location on old Vineyard Road and expand its bed capacity from 50 to 75 beds. The proposal also contains provisions for a children’s inpatient program which would be unique in the state. Forsyth Health Planning Council voted to recommend approval of the project on Wednesday, September 18. ASHEBORO - National Health Care, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia proposes to construct an 120-bed nursing home in Asheboro at East Salisbury and Friendly Drive. The project is scheduled for completion in mid-1975 and is estimated to cost $1,095,000. HIGH POINT - Parks & Recreation Department is sponsoring the Third Annual Bruce Bray, Sr., Memorial Fishing Derby at City Lake Park on October 12, 1974, from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Weigh-in will be at the Fish Hut between 2 and 6 p.m. Trophies will be awarded for the largest fish and runner-up and also the largest total catch by weight and runner-up. Awards will be made shortly after the 6 p.m. deadline. Any questions may be answered by Dickie Shore at 454-2612. STOKESDALE - September 29, J974, at 11:00 a.m., the Missionaries of High Point Association will meet at the Oak Springs Baptist Church for their quarterly meeting. October 6, 1974 - Annual Revival, The Oak Springs Baptist Church “Homecoming”. Everyone is invited. SOUL CITY - Dr. James P. Green, Chairman of the Board of Directors of HealthCo, Inc., the Warren-Vance County Health Program today announced the appointment of Dr. Alice L. Hannibal as staff pediatrician. Dr. Alice Hannibal is a native of Kinston, North Carolina. She received her B.S. Degree from St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh and her M.D. from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Hannibal completed her internship at Harlem Hospital, New York City in 1972 and her Residency at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1974. She is a member of the National Association of Residents and Interns and a Candidate member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Hannibal makes her home in Soul City, North Carolina and is the mother of two children, Eric, 13 years and April, 12 years. ASHEBORO - Morgan Health Care Facilities, Inc. of Asheboro proposes to construct a 100-bed nursing home on highway 220 in Asheboro. The facility is estimated to cost $1,190,000 and is scheduled for completion in mid-1975. STOKESDALE - Intermediate Care Facilities of Stokesdale, N.C. proposes construction of a 60-bed nursing home on Highway 158 in Stokesdale at an initial cost of $700,000. The facility will have 12 private and 24 semi-private rooms plus ancillary services. LEXINGTON - Buena Vista Nursing Center, Inc. is proposing an addition of 28 beds to the nursing facility in Lexington, bringing the total capacity to 60 beds. Ancillary facilities to be added include a laundry, two recreation areas, a physical theraphy facility. The estimated cost is $195,000 and the scheduled completion date is July, 1975. CAUTION: From word we are receiving from other bureaus throughout the country, it won’t be long before this area receives its annual visit from the E. Fink Company. The usual method of the company ist to puli a truck load of ovenware, cutlery and cookware up to a company or factory. The most popular products bear the euphonious names of Primrose Dream, Princess Devonshire and Princess Ortega. Customers are lured with visions of tremendous savings. They claim for about $12 you can get an $89.95 value in ovenware. If you notice peddlers selling cookware with this pitch outside your business, call your BBB. We’ll do the rest. HIGH POINT - Tennis lessons will once again be sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation Continued on Page 2 GREENSBORO, N.C. - After a five-month stay in Africa, A&T State Univer sity student Ronald Penny returns still attune to the latest soul music and dances. Penny, a senior Econo mics major, spent the last five months working, learn ing, and socializing in Accra, Ghana, a metropoli tan area of about a million people. Along with the soul music of the U.S., Ghanians also listen to their THE TRIBUNAL AH) happily announces the addition of Ms. Francetta Stephenson to its Winston- Salem team. Francetta will be handling advertising sales in Winston-Salem. traditional music called reggae and highlife. Penny was sent to Africa under the African Interns Program which is admini stered by the Agency for International Development, a state Department Agency which administers aid to less developed countries. The purpose of AID is ‘‘to recruit and train young black economists in deve lopmental Economics.” Penny’s job was econo mic researcher for the Science Education Pro gram, an Inter-African Organization. He received the salary of a government employee with the status of GS-4. Other schools such as Hampton, Florida A&M, Spellman, Jackson State, and Clark College partici pated in the program, sending students to places such as Kenya, Zair and Senegal. All of the representatives came first to A&T for an orientation course which lasted for a month. From here they went to Washing ton. D.C. for further training and to receive their country assignment. While in Africa, Penny visited Toka and Upper Volta. Penny’s reaction to Africa was, “I was impressed by the people and the entire environ ment. 1 was treated very well and accepted immedi ately.” He expressed regret and disappointment with the treatment of foreign stu dents here at A&T. ‘‘It was totally different there,” he says. Penny plans to return to Ghana after graduation to pursue a Master’s Degree in Economic Development. He advises other who have the chance to definitely go, “It’s a real experience.” Equal Employment A memorandum of un derstanding has been signed by Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan and Equal Employment Oppor tunity Chairman John H. Powell, Jr. to facilitate enforcement of federal Shaw Program A Success RALEIGH - The Center for Cooperative Education at Shaw University has completed a successful summer session and plans for' the fall semester are currently underway. Coo perative Education is a program designed to give students on the job training in the area of their major or career interest. Students participating in the pro gram earn hours of credit towards their graduation. According to Bill Jones, director of the program, one of the break downs of traditional education is that students graduate from college with no on the job experience. “A student needs more than a degree, he must be able to do something”, he said. A staff of counselors comb the state for possible job locations for participa ting students. Students usually work a 40 hour week based on the regular pay scale. Terri Lemon, one of the Coop counselors noted, “We have received good co-operation from area businesses. Students have been placed with companies across the state and several state agencies.’ Credit is awarded at the rate of 3 credits per four weeks of work. Usually a cooperative education as signment is designed to last one semester. Miss Lemon said, “Stu dent Performance on the Coop assignment is evalua- Winston-Salem subscription crew alms toward their own “free” ten-speed racers. Good luck guys. ted on the basis of a job description, a student evaluation of the employer, an employer evaluation of Continued on Page 2 McGuinn For Preyer HIGH POINT Con gressman Richardson Pre yer announced that his campaign for re-election in High Point will be headed by J. William McGuinn, Jr. McGuinn is a local banker, former jet fighter pilot, and active in many local activities including the Salvation Army, the Red Cross and United Commu nity Services. In 1963 the High Point Jaycees honor ed him with their Distin guished Service Award. Serving with McGuinn as members of a local steering committee will be Mrs. Margaret Hart, Mr. Her man Burrows, Mrs. Phyllis Shavitz, Mr. Sam Burford and Mr. Clarence Keever. “I am most fortunate to have good neighbors like Bill, Margaret, Phyllis, Herman, Sam and Clarence directing our campaign in High Point,” Preyer said. “I think we have learned in recent years that the best kind of politics is the kind that involves people work ing together in a positive cause. That is the kind of campaign we are going to conduct in High Point and throughout this district and these are the kind of people to help prove that we can have clean politics that are at the same time successful politics,” he declared. equal employment oppor tunity regulations, it was announced today. The agreement is intend ed to further coordinate policies and practices of the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Com pliance (OFCC) and the Equal Employment Oppor tunity Commission (EEOC) The two agencies will: --Coordinate scheduling of reviews and investiga tions to prevent duplication -Include in compliance reviews, investigations, en forcement activities and litigation, major issues of discrimination pending be fore the other agency -Consult on selection of targets for industry-wide, company-wide or regional compliance and litigation HIGH POINT - Revival Services will be held at the First Baptist Church, 701 East Washington Drive from September 30 through October 4 at 7:30 each evening. Dr. W. T. Bigelow, Pastor of the Saint Paul Baptist Church, Durham, North Carolina will be the Evangelist for the Services. Dr. Bigelow holds the Bachelor of Theology De gree from the United Christian College in Golds boro, the Doctor of Divinity Degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in Lynchburg and the Degree of Evangelism from the National Baptist Conven tion, USA, Inc. in Chicago. In addition. Dr. Bigelow is a National Evangelist, a recording artist and a distinguished civic leader. Music for the Services will be provided by choirs efforts. of the vicinity. -Exchange information The public is invited to Continued on Page 2 attend the Services. Austrian Experience GREENSBORO “The Most important fact I gathered from my Euro pean trip was that 1 learned about America and saw myself in a new light,” stated Gwendolyn McLean. “I discovered that Amer icans are actually unaware of each other and know so little about their neigh bors.” Gwendolyn, a senior from Wilson, North Caro lina participated in the Association of Colleges and Universities for Intercul- tural. International Studis FSU Appoints Dr. Burney FAYETTEVILLE Dr. Robert E. Burney has been named Acting Chairman of the Division of Business and Economics and Depart ment Chairman of Business Administration and Eco nomics at Fayetteville State University. The announcement was made by Chancellor Charles “A” Lyons, Jr., of Fayetteville State Univer sity. Burney comes to FSU from Alabama State Uni versity, Montgomery, Ala bama, where he held the position of Acting Dean of the College of Business and Economics and Professor of Economics. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Burney received his undergraduate training at Florida A&M University. He is a recipient of the master’s and the Ph.D degree from Florida State University. Dr. Burney holds mem berships in the following professional organizations: American Economic Asso ciation, American Educa tion Association, American Academy of Social Sciences and the Florida Education Association. He is affiliated with the Omicrom Delta Epsilon National Honor Society, and Alpha Kappa Mu National Society. Burney also has served as Instructor and Professor of Economics, Florida A&M University, 1965-66; Acting Chairman, Depart ment of Economics, Florida A&M University, 1969-70; Program at Graz Institute in Austria. Bennett College is one of the twenty-four participating instititions. “Most people experience cultural shock when in a new environment. It’s necessary to accept the environment for what it is,” the Political Science major explained. “Though the European life styles and customs are different, if one enters with an open mind, the experience becomes more meaningful.” She added that most Americans view things in a western frame of mind. “1 constantly heard Americans questioning why the money system could not be changed to make it easier or why they could not adopt our lifestyle for the comfort.” While in Europe, Gwen dolyn visited Yogoslovia, Hungary, Czechoslavakia and studied in Austria. “My courses of study included Eastern European Contributions to Clinical Psychology, and Compara tive Austrian and American Law.” “The scarcity of blacks in these countries of Eastern Europe was interesting. I experienced gaping stares, and outright stroking and caressing,” Gwendolyn said. “But that was more amusing than offensive.” Continued on Page 2 Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics, Florida A&M University, 1970-71; Pro fessor and Acting Dean of the College of Business and Continued on Page 2 ■PO B B PO&QOOOtil I What’s New? Dear Debbie on pcige 3. Horoscope on page 6. "We must give our children a sense of pride in being blaclc. The glory of our past and the dignity of our present must lead the way to the power of our future." a r I r ADAM CKYTON POWELL

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