THE BETTER WE KNOW US
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LEXINGTON -Impressive, dedicated,
humble and devout. These adjectives can
most assuredly be used to describe Rev.
F.D. Betts, pastor of Files Chapel Baptist
Church.
At the time of Rev. Bett’s acceptance of
the pastorage of Files Chapel Baptist
Church, in the early 50’s, there were only
28 members. Today, the membership is
close to 300. These 300 members, with
Rev. F.D. Betts as their leader and the
heart of their church, are an active and
vital part of community life in Lexington.
A few of their activities are lending a
helping hand to the local Headstart
Program which is a branch of the
by Angela
Community Action Program; sponsoring
several social activities for the youth in
the community; assisting senior citizens
and showing through their Christian acts
that Files Chapel Baptist Church is not
only located in Lexington, it is also
interested in all peoples of Lexington,
whether they be members of their church
or not.
This remarkable man. Rev. Betts not
only pastors Files Chapel Baptist Church
but also pastors Fairfield Baptist Church
in Mocksville. He meets with Fairfield
Baptist Church on the first and third
Sundays of each month in the afternoons.
And, again, it is not surprising that the
Griffin
membership of Fairfield Baptist Church
has doubled under Rev. Bett’s
leadership.
The great growth of Fairfield Baptist
Church has come about thrugh the
church’s involvement with youth.
Fairfield has both Boy and Girl Scout
organizations in their church. Fairfield
Baptist Church also boasts of having a
community-involved group called “Youth
for Christ”. This group consist of youth
from the ages of 9 thru 17. They perform
such altruistic acts as providing
transportation for senior citizens, buying
flowers for the hospitalized and they have
three telephone lines that are open
24-hours a day for anyone to call who has
a problem of any kind.
When asked about afternoon services
rather than the conventional morning
servces. Rev. Betts stated, "Attendance
is very good for evening services in the
Piedmont.”
Rev. Betts has been in the ministry for
57 years, but he feels that his work is still
not complete. He wants more for his
people than they are getting. He aspires
to be more helpful in aiding his two
church communities to move ahead. And,
even though he sees what has been done
under his leadership, he feels that the
total fulfillment of his dreams and hopes
are in the future.
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VOLUME III, NO. 4
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1975
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'NO POOL, NO BOOZE'
Angela Griffin
THOMASVILLE__“No
pool, no booze!” is the
chant heard throughout
Thomasville because the
city refuses to make repairs
to the pool located at
Carver Center.
The Carver Center was
built 30 years ago in honor
of the veterans returning
home. This center stands in
the heart of the Black
community of Thomasville.
It consists of a basketball
recreation hall, and swim
ming pool. In the 30 years
that the center has been
there, it was stated the City
of Thomasville has neglect
ed to keep up repairs on it.
Two-thirds of the Blacks
court. picnic shelters, live in this community and
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should be in the hands of the recipients this week. If
you do not receive your check, you are asked to call the
Internal Revenue Service using the toll free number
listed in your telephone directory.
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It seemed that Gov. George C. Wallace was the talk
of the town at the 67th annual National Governors
Conference in New Orleans last week. Attendants at
the conference talked about his health, his record, and
the kinds of problems he could cause for the Democratic
Party. As a result of his presence, governors were said
to have held private meetings to develop strategy for
stopping him. Robert S. Strauss, Democratic national
chairman, let it be known that "There was no stop
Wallace movement in this party.”
When asked how Wallace could be stopped. Gov.
Marvin Mandel of Maryland said "you refuse to push
his wheelchair.”
STATE
North Carolina National Bank official Sid Warner
recently stated that Leo Jenkins, Chancellor of East
Carolina University in Greenville, threatened to
withdraw university funds from the bank because a
former NCNB executive criticized expansion of the ESU
medical school. The person who criticized the proposed
expansion of the medical school, according to Jenkins,
is Addison Reese of Charlotte, formerly chairman of the
board and chief executive officer of NCNB.
Warner wrote in a memo that he listened patiently to
Jenkins raniblings and not so vieled threats. This
seems to be a very clear example of "how money
talks."
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W.E. Banks, pastor of First Baptist Church in
Thomasville, has organized residents of that city to
protest the closing of a swimming pool at Carver Park in
the black community. Banks is being supported in this
effort by Golden Frinks of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
At one of the demonstrations last week, Frinks said
"we’re gonna raise hell in Thomasville unless Carver
pool is opened in 17 days.” He also told demonstrators
to boycott local merchants and vote against ABC stores.
Both Frinks and Banks have passed on to the
demonstrators the chant "no pool, no booze."
According to Frinks, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy and
other SCLC personnel will visit Thomasville soon to
give additional support to the black community for their
cause.
Local government officials have stated that the use of
Carver pool by blacks does not justify the cost of its
maintenance. This may or may not be true.
Nevertheless, it is far better for reasonable adults to
solve their problems as intelligent beings and work for
the common interests of the citizenry rather than to
promote their own selfish interests. This is applicable
to both government officials and demonstrators.
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It is likely that a passing score on the National
Teachers Examination (NTE) will no longer be a
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SALISBURY - Mrs. Dons
P. Jones, director of career
counseling and placement
and cooperative education
at Livingstone College.
Salisbury, N.C., has been
elected chairman of the
program board of colleges
and universities affiliated
with College Placement
Services Title III Programs.
Andre G. Beaumont, direc
tor of College Placement
Services, Inc., Bethlehem,
Pa. announced recently.
The board coordinates
activities in a cooperative
program to upgrade place
ment services for students
at 41 institutions.
Money comes from Title
111 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 to aid student
services programs.
The agency that works
with the program is College
Placement Services, Inc. a
corooration supported by
public contributions and
foundation grants. Mrs.
Jones served as associate
director of CPS last year
while on leave from
Livingstone.
The program includes
three regions, with Mrs.
Jones elected earlier to
serve as director of Region
111 which includes
Delaware, Maryland, Mich
igan, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Virginia.
A graduate of Living
stone, Mrs. Jones holds the
master’s degree from North
Carolina Central University
and did further study at
North Carolina A. and T.
State University, the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh,
Hampton Institute, and
Rutgers University.
Before joining the Living
stone staff in 1968, she was
guidance counselor and
teacher in the Salisbury
City Schools.
She is married to Walter
G. Jones, who is also a
member of the Livingstone
College staff.
Assistant Film Director
HIGH POINT - James find as Assistant Film WGHP-TV since 1970, and
"Sonny” Hardin is the Director at Channel 8. Mr. involves editing
active voung man vou'll Hardin has been with ordering ng
and booking movie fea
tures, and arranging work
schedules for the projec
tionists and feature film
editors. Mr. Hardin’s work
schedule is very busy, but
his leisure hours are also
filled with numerous acti
vities. A Little League
baseball coach, he was
named “Coach of the
Year” in 1974 for the High
Point Little League. He is
also a member of the
Korean Tae Kwon Do Club
of High Point, featuring
self defense techniques,
and enjoys playing golf and
tennis.
Mr. Hardin received a
B.S. degree in History from
A&T State University in
Greensboro, and he spent
three years as an elemen
tary teacher in the High
Point Public School System.
Mr. Hardin resides in
High Point with his wife
and two children and
attends Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church.
they would like their
children to have as safe a
recreational park as the
whites. They pay their tax
dollars and would like to
see some of their tax money
spent in their neighbor
hood.
Aledgedly, the city states
that the pool must be closed
down for safety reasons. No
one from the city council
has been down to check out
the situation but allegedly
they are considering doing
so.
The youth of Thomasville
feel that consideration from
the city council is not
enough. They said that
consideration will not
repair the pool. It only
means that they will have to
go to another pool further
from their homes. They feel
that their rights are not
being upheld and that this
is a way the city council has
to save tax dollars.
The pool is only one issue
for which these young
Blacks are marching. Prior
to the march, several young
blacks went to city hall to
apply for jobs. The ad
stated a "first come first
serviced” basis. Many
Blacks arrived around 6:30
a.m. and the office opened
at 9:00. During this 2'A
hour interval, the halls
became crowded and un-
ruley. At 9 o’clock, when
the doors opened, the
applications were handed
out in an unorderly
manner, stated one of the
applicants. For those who
arrived at 6:30, seemed to
have made no difference;
and many of these Blacks
did not receive jobs.
The Blacks of Thomas
ville understand that an
injuncton has held up mone
for repairs to the pool.
However, when the city
receives the money, they
want to make sure that
their tax dollars are spent
in a needed area of their
community.
Rev. Banks states, "Un
til the rights of the Black
community are upheld,
they will continue their
non-violent marches and
boycotts until they are
heard.”
From Rags To Riches
by Caroly S. McKesson
On June 4, 1975, local
area residents joined nearly
2,000 people in the
International Ballroom of
the Conrad Hilton Hotel in
Chicago, 111., to witness two
black millionaires pay
tribute to the man
responsible for their suc
cess. These two black
economic giants, John H.
Johnson of Johnson Pub
lishing Company, publish
ers of the "Ebony” and
“Jet” magazines, and
George E. Johnson, Presi
dent of Johnson Products,
makers of Afro-Sheen and
Ultra-Sheen, joined to
commemorate the 70th
birthday of the pioneer of
black economic develop
ment, S.B. Fuller. Presi
dent of Fuller Products
Company, Chicago.
During the course of the
event, the two Johnsons
(not related) revealed how
Mr. Fuller’s teachings of
self-determination. hard
work and abiding faith
inspired them to their
present levels of achieve
ment. Uneducated, this
giant of a man, S.B. Fuller,
set an example for them to
follow by building a
businee with a capital
investment of only $25.00.
In a few years, the company
he started in 1935 reached
the $10 million mark. His
ever-present belief that the
black man had to control his
economic destiny gave
others the will and courage
to overcome seemingly
insurmountable obstacles
just as he had done.
Speaker after speaker
attributed their successes
in life directly to Mr.
Fuller. Jesse L. Jackson.
National President of Ope
ration Push, told how Mr.
Fuller coached him on the
real needs of black people.
Richard McGuire said that
under Mr. Fuller’s advice,
he gave up his career as a
chemical engineer; and
today, he owns the largest
black furniture company in
the world which does over a
million dollars, annually.
Rose Morgan talked of
the guidance and wisdom
Mr. Fuller had given her
over the years. Todav, she
owns the Rose Morgan
House of Beauty and
Rodelia Corporation in New
York. Earl Graves, the
publisher of Black Enter
prise, observed that of the
current 100 top black
businesses in the country,
the honoree was directly
responsible for 16 of them
and indirectly responsible
for numerous others.
Daryl F. Grisham of
Parker House ' Sausage
Company called Mr. Fuller
a “great motivator” and
“super-salesman” who had
and used the ability to take
unskilled people and trans
form them into "super
producers”.
The dynamic Joe L.
Dud'ley, President of Dud
ley’s Beauty and Barber
Supply Company, Greens
boro, N.C., testified as to
how Mr.I Fuller had
changed his life. He
stopped him (Dudley) from
moving to a farm to raise
hogs. Instead, Mr. Fuller
convinced him to “raise”
people from the darkness of
poverty to the enlightment
of prosperity. Today, his
(Mr. Dudley’s) business
thrives under Mr. Fuller's
constant leadership and
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Reading Guide j
Pagel
[Business & Financc 2l
I [Capsule News I|
Editorials 41
Education Sj
[Entertainment 7l
Notes & Reminders 2|
Obituaries 3J
Religion 3i
Sports 6s
Youth 8fl
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