THE BETTER WE KNOW US .•
by Angela Griffin
HIGH POINT — Sammi^ Chess, a
former superior court judge, has re
turned to private law practice. Attor
ney Chess was appointed by Governor
Robert Scott, Nov. 3,1971, to serve a
four-year term on the bench.
Though Chess’ term as judge was an
enjoyable one, he was anxious to re
turn to private practice. The former
judge states that his reason for this
thought is, “I try to do the greatest
good for the greatest number of
people, on the bench or in private
practice. On the bench, justice deals
mainly with the individual as well as
the system. As a lawyer, one has to be
patient without a great amount o^
power before any action can be taken.
On the other hand, a judge has the
power but is limited because he has to
wait until the case is brought before
him and then a decision can be made.”
Chess feels that without the profes
sional service of law, life would be un
bearable. The law was designed to
broaden the understanding between
right and wrong.
He has experienced something that
many lawyers don’t experience until
later in life; and that is to sit on the
bench for four years, dealing with
different cases, and then going back
into private practice with a new
knowledge of how to present cases
before a judge. Many lawyers who
later become judges miss this lesson
that is only taught through an experi
ence of Attorney Chess’ type.
Chess feels that money was not the
most important factor in serving the
public as a judge, but that the reward
came when, “I was able to reach out
and communicate with many of the
frustrated persons that entered my
courtroom with a frown and left with
a smile.”
He feels that there is no such thing
as “big cases” or “little cases”, on a
monetary basis. Chess believes that,
“The law must serve the poor as well
as the rich. When someone aoproaches
a lawyer with a problem, the lawyer
must consider this problem as a large
one to the person involved.”
Chess hoped that he was able to put
a black prospective on crime in his
courtroom.
The former superior court judge
stated that he entered the bench with
mixed emotions, but later accepted it
as a challenge to raise the standards of
living for both black and white, alike.
“Sometimes I wonder where I can do
the most good, on the bench or in
private practice,” admits Chess. But
after serving his four-year term as a
judge. Chess is now striving to com
plete the other half of his dream.
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by Alfred UfaiMMi
NATIONAL
Former President Richard M. Nixon stated that he want
ed it to be public knowledge that he voluntarily submitted
to 11 hours of questioning by Watergate special prosecutors
and grand jurors. The above is “as per his request”.
Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is
now 74 years old and plans to retire next year. A search
committee has been formed to find a replacement for him
and names of several potential successors have been men
tioned.
The board of directors of the NAACP wants to find the
replacement as soon as possible so that he can serve as an
understudy to the learned Roy Wilkins before he retires.
STATE
Members of the General Assembly are still playing
“trading post” at the tax-payers expense. This was recently
exemplified when House-Senate budget conferees reached
an impasse while reviewing the budget on public school
spending and university tuition increases.
In all probability, this matter will soon be resolved.
It is hoped that the outcome will be more in favor of the
citizens of North Carolina than to the stubborn disposi
tions of the conferees.
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It now seems unlikely that the traditional summer
feeding program will become a reality for children in the
Greensboro area this year. The program sponsor, A&T
State University, submitted its application more than a
month later than the April 28 deadline.
Mrs. Doris Alford, president of the Momingside Homes
Tenant Council has attacked university officials and has
charged them with being insensitive to the needs of poor
people and ultimately responsible for the loss of the feed
ing program. She specifically mentioned Dr. Roy Moore
and Mel Groomes as being responsible for the loss of funds.
John Murphy, a consultant for the food service division
of the N.C. Department of public Instruction stated that had
the application been received by the deadline, the program
could possibly have been funded this summer. As it now
stands, the 8000 children mentioned in the late application
will have to go elsewhere to get their lunch - or have no
lunch at all.
***
The High Point City Council on Thursday gave final ap
proval to a $43.8 million city budget. The budget which
keeps the city’s tax rate at 83 cents per $100 valuation for
the second year had but one dissenter - Councilman Kirk-
man.
Though the council approved the budget, they expressed
ambivalent feelings about the contingency fund and urged
City manager Harold Cheek and department heads to exer
cise conservation in their hiring and spending.
Superior Court Judge Robert Collier issued a preliminary
injunction restraining the enforcement of the High Point
massage parior ordinance. The injunction was sought by
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WIILIAM PENN 10TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
by MILLER CARTI
Staff Writer
HIGH POINT — On June
27, 28 and 29, the graduating
class of ’65 of the former
William Penn High School
celebrated its tenth anniver
sary. This anniversary celebra
tion allowed the former grad
uates to see how each of
Uiem had changed (both
physically and mentally) and
to go back into time and
relive some of those memor
ies of the “good, old” high
school days. It also gave the
former graduates the oppor
tunity to see how far the rest
of the “bunch” had come
during the past ten years.
The anniversary festivities
began on Friday, June 27,
with a simple “Get Acquaint
ed Party” which was held at
the Holiday Inn Downtown
on South Main. This party
was for those who forgot
what his/her classmates look
ed like. The celebration con-
noon, June 28, with the
“Family Affair Picnic” which
was held at the City Lake. By
this time, the excitement had
built so high that some of the
Penn crowd didn’t want to
leave and threw themselves
Slightly late for the Saturday
evening festivities.
Winding up the days fesf
ities was a “Polynesian Lua
and Dance”, also held at the
Holiday Inn Downtown. The
dance, held in the “Cellar”,
started at 7:30 but most of
the guest struggled in late
because of exhaustion from
the picnic. The evening went
on (slowly, but surely) as the
guest slowly came in. Music
was provided by one of the
young, but well-known rock
and soul bands. Soul Fir
“Business before pleasure”
is the old saying; and that was
just what the former gradu
ates did just before the buffet
dinner. There was a special
session with the senior advis-
Burford. The senior advisors,
headed by Mr. Ross Garling-
ton, presented a petition of
changes that they would
like to see come about. The
petition had three major
points and was signed by each
Penn graduate.
POINT ONE: The first
point brought out was that
the graduates would like to
see the William Penn struct
ure reopened. In an interview
with Councilman Burford, he
commented that if the school
structure should ever be re
opened, it would never be
contineud as a black school
but, maybe, as a “Head
Start” program building. He
also feels that it should
definitely be used in some
way. As of now there are no
plans to do anything about
he structure.
POINT TWO: The second
point of the petition was
that the Washington Terrace
overhaul. The park is unfit
for picnicers. The graduates
of Penn previously planned
their “Family Affair Picnic”
to be held at the Washington
Terrace Park but when they
tried to schedule the picnic,
they found that there were
no tables under the shelters,
there were no trash recept
acles, and the grills were not
in good condition. So in
order to have a picnic, they
had to resort to the City
Lake.
A&T
Teachers
tinued the following after- ors and Councilman Sam Park needs a complete
Arts From The Orient
by Melvin Barber
HIGH POINT
Donald Duff, James Led
better, and Robert Williams
have achieved the rank of
Black Belts in Japanese Ka
rate. All three are instructors
in High Point. Duff is a first
dan, Williams is a second dan,
and Ledbetter is a first dan.
Donald Duff and Robert
Williams teach Goju (Japan
ese style karate). Mr. Duff
teaches at Leonard Street
Recreation Center; while Mr.
Williams instructs at Turn
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Key III Homes. Although,
James Ledbetter earned his
Black Belt in Goju, he is
presently studying and teach
ing Tae-Kwon-Do, (Korean
karate) at the Multi-Purpose
Center on Taylor Street.
The classes are open to the
community for membership.
Ages range is from 6-11
(pewee), 12 - 15 (junior), 16
and up (adults). Male, female,
and family participation is
encouraged.
For those of you who are
not familiar with the Japan
ese,. karate rating system,
beginners wear white belts.
As mastery of the skills of
karate increases, the students
earn the honor of wearing
yellow, blue, green, purple,
and brovra belts. Ultimately,
you earn the Black Belt, the
symbol of achievement of the
art of Karate.
In Tae-Kwon-Do, the belts
are ranked as follows, white,
yellow, green, blue, red, and
black.
Rank promotions are de
termined by demonstrated
skills, knowledge of history,
and personality traits of hu
mility. All students, regard
less of rank, obey the cus
toms of Karate. The student
bows upon entering the prac
tice area. He also bows to his
teacher at the beginning and
end of each lesson, and to his
partners before and after
sparring sessions. Silence is
mandatory in Goju.
Karate is a very useful
sport. Time is devoted to
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Win
Promotions
GREENSBORO - Five
teachers at A&T State Uni
versity have been approved
for promotions, according
to Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
chancellor.
Promoted to the rank of
full professor were Dr. Lois
B. Kinney, professor of
speech communication; and
Dr. Basil G. Coley, professor
of economics.
Advanced to the rank of
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Councilman Burford com
mented definitely that the
park should be up-graded, but
it is virtually impossible to
get help. Mr. Burford said
that he had tried to get a
group of black men to help
him in the project of up-
-grading the Park, but no one
was willing to help. As of
now, there are not any plans
to up-grade the Park. There is
just enough being done to
keep the park open.
t-OINT THREE: The
third point is that the gradu
ates feel that the newly built
Andrews High auditorium
should be named in honor of
Councilman Burford since he
was the first principal of
Andrews High School. His
comment simply was, “No!
No! That’s not necessary,”
but if it would have been
done, he would not have
objected.
Certainly, Sunday morn
ing brought aching heads and
seemingly lifeless bodies; but,
the ’65 graduates struggled to
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
for the 11:30 worship service.
Sunday afternoon drew the
anniversary celebration to a
close with a “One For The
Road” Cocktail Party held at
the Holiday Inn.
Now all the memories of
the high school days, along
with the memories of the
class of ’65’s anniversary
reunion can be put away until
the next time.
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cooperation with the National
Newspaper Publishers
Association (NNPA) will
provide scholarship support for
five new journalism majors
beginning in September.
For that purpose, Marshal!
B. Bass, corporate manager
personnel development at RJR,
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WSSU To Get New Gym
WINSTON-SALEM -
Thursday afternoon (June
26) thirty-six bids were sub
mitted for the general con
tract and sub-contracts for
the construction of an addi
tion to Whitaker Gymnasium
at Winston-Salem State Uni
versity. The facility vrill
house an Olympic-sized svrim-
ming pool, exercise and phys-
-iology laboratory space, a
dance studio, and additional
classroom and office space.
The lowest bids were sub
mitted by H. R. Johnson
Construction, Monroe, N.C. -
general contractor; Miller
Mechanical Inc., Winston-
Salem, N. C. - plumbing con-
Housing Management
Workshop At A&T
GREENSBORO - Im
proving the management
practices of directors and
leaders of non-profit and
multi-family housing will be
the focus of a special work
shop at A&T State Universi
ty, July 13 to 18.
“We believe that improved
management practices at all
levels will result in decent,
safe and sanitary housing and
a suitable living environment
for every American family,”
said Sampson Buie, director
of community relations at
A&T and a coordinator of the
workshop.
A&T is being joined in the
sponsorship of the workshop
by the Greensooro area office
of the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment, Housing Management
Division.
Consultants for the hous
ing management workshop
will include national and
statewide leaders in the area
of management, develop
ment, human relations, social
services and physical plant
management.
The opening session on
July 14 vrill feature addresses
by Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
chancellor of A&T and Rich
ard Barnwell, area director of
HUD.
The workshop sessions will
be concerned with new ap-
tract; Galax Plumbins and
Heating, Galax, Va. - heating,
ventilation, and air condi
tioning contract; Floyd S.
Pike Electrical Construction
Co., Mt. Airy, N. C. - elec
trical contract; and Otis Ele-
-vator, Charlotte, N. C. for
elevator contract. The total
bid package for the capital
improvement project is
$1,886,512.00.
Mr. Willie Grisson, Busi
ness Manager at WSSU indi
cated that the above bid was
within available funding for
this project. He stated that
with the approval of the
Board of Governors for the
UNC system and the State
Office of Property and Con
struction, contracts would
likely be awarded within
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. ^ , I ICapsule News 1, ,
proaches to management, key j ^ i
concepts of the new housing , ,
lEducation 5i I
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act, community services and
communication, problem sol
ving and budgets, role of the
mortgagee, maintenance and
landscaping, and community
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