THE BETTE'S WE KNOW US
• • •
by Miller Carter, Jr.,
HIGH POiNT—From ‘*sand lot” to
high gctaof^i,, to college, and ultimately
to professi‘:»ial basketball, Gene Littles
made it aii ihe way to the top.
It all started in Wasliington, D.C.,
where Gene was born and reared. He
played ball as a youngster and went
on to play for his higli hi^ school,
McKinley Tech. High School, Wasft-
ington, U.C. Gene comments that he
didn’t make the basketball team his
first year in high school but he
didn't give up. He continued to play
ball whenever and wherever he could
and the next year -he made the team
and became one of the star players!
When Gene graduated from high
school, he didn’t continue on to
college at least not right away.
However, in the interim years, he
stayed in touch with basketball by
playing in the Amateur Athletic
^nion (AAU) And while playing
injthe amateur league, he was some-
\'Sit of a ‘’super-star’' in that he was a
vp;^ high scorer and contributed
grfeatly to the wsening of the Regional
Championship while piaying in the
league.
In l96&, after two years of working
and playing basketbaii with the aAU,
Gene deeided to back to school--High
Point College (riPC). “Vhile attending
HPc, Gene received many honors
tor his baskcf&ali prowess. He was
voted Most Valuable Player (M.V.F.)
in the Carolina Conference Tourna
ment his senior year, made All-American
for three years, scored the most
points in a single player’s career, went
to the Nationid I'ournament in
Kansas, and had a 23-point scoring
average for the enture four years he
was in school. When asked which
honor he considered to be his highest,
Gene stated, ‘-Just graduating from
college was my highest honor.’" And
he went on to say that many athletes
are good in their respective sport but
are bad in the books.
Many of Gene’s college friiends
always saw him as Gene Littles, "‘the
basketball star”, but some others saw
him as just another student. Either
way, Gen was friendly and well-liked
by all and never had any trouble with
students or teammates. Gene was also
well-known and liked by the enture
High Point community.
In Littles’ senior year, 19t>9, he was
drafted by the Carolina Cougars and
following graduation he signed with
them. The year before, his junior year.
Gene had been drafted by Dallas but
he didn’t play with them because he
wanted to finish school. Even though
playing for the Cougars was a big step
in life for Gene, it didn’t require much
thought on his part for Gene’s goal
was to do just that! The transfer from
college to professional basketball was
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27,1975
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inerity Trade Fair Held In Winston-Salem
WIiNSTuN-sALtiM— Trade Fair, sponsored by the ness Development Organiza- and Thursday, August 20 and Convention and Civic Center, the lack of minority Involve-
The tiKt annual Minority Mid-West Piedmont Area Busi- tion, Inc., was held Wednesday 21,atWinston-Salem’sBenton The purpose of the Trade ment In business during his
Greensbofo Tir.lrfs Outstondiny In America
GREENSBOkO- The
stmimer of 1975 proved re
warding and satisfying for two
Greensboro natives. For their
professional, personal and aca
demic achievements, Miss
Elsie Jacobs of 1009 Dewey
Street, and Miss Lola McAdoo
of 204 Lawrence Street, were
selected for the Outstanding
Elementary Teachers of Amer
ica Award.
As an annual awards pro
gram, distinguished men and
women in the field of ele
mentary education are honor
ed by having their complete
biography and record of
achievements presented in the
awards volume, Outstanding
Elementary Teachers of Amer
ica. This distinction includes
them in the competition for
one of the five national Out
standing Elementary Teachers
of America Awards; whereby,
each of the five winners will
receive a $500.00 unrestricted
grant and an award commem
orating their selection. The
Board of Advisors, who guide
the program, serve as judges
for the honors.
Miss Jacobs and Miss Mc
Adoo presently teach at
Caesar Cone School on Church
Street in Greensboro. Both
women are graduates of James
B. Dudley High School in
Greensboro, and both sup
ported their way through Ben
nett College.
Prior to teaching at, Citusar
Cone School, Miss Jacobs
taught in High Point, N.C., at
Parkview Elementary School
for four years; while Miss Mc
Adoo taught at Gillespie Park
and Bessemer Elementary
S^ools in Greensboro,
The two women were
chosen for the awards because
ol their talents in file classroom,
administrative abilities, civic
sendee, and professional rec
ognition.
1
Fair was to expose to the travels thoughout the United
public and other companies. States. He felt a need for
the services rendered by black- more involvement and knew
owned businesses. This exoos- of no better place to start
ure will be beneficial to the than in his hometown,
consumer and to the public. Winston-Salem. So with this
Though the Fair consisted of thought In mind, he returned
mostly North Carolina busi- to Winston-Salem and with
j
MS. ELSIE JACOBS
Summer
MS. LOLA McADOO
ness, there was some out-of-
state business participation.
Of all the many black-owned
businesses in North Carolina,
John Duncan, Executive Di
rector of the Business Devel
opment Organization, says
“We choose businesses tl^t
have been in business l^ng
enou|^ to render a valuable
service to their community.”
Some of the business activ
ities ranged as far as Boston
and New York.
The Mid-West Piedmont
Area BDO has been in opera
tion since August, 1972. In
talking with Mr. Duncan, he
revealed that the purpose of
the organization was to assist
minorities and females in
getting involved in the busi
ness mainstream, to establish
new businesses, make the
existing businesses better, to
open up government contracts
for business, and to buy and
operate successful minority
businesses.
Mr. Duncan says he noticed
the help of the Minority
Business Welfare Enterprise,
the Mid-West Piedmont Area
Business Development Organ
ization (BDO) was started.
The Minority Trade Fair
consisted of 23 businesses
with displays of the services
that each renders. The fair
was ‘‘an extension of the
BUO to black businesses.*'
There were seminars both
days on how black businesses
can improve themselves. The
first seminar, August 20, was
on Ways to Secure Govern
ment Contracts and Acquire
Government Loans and the
second seminar was on Minor
ity Employment. 'Ihe night
of August 21, the final day
of the Fair, a banquet was
held for the participants at
the (Jspvention Center, tbe
Honorable Mayor Howard
Lee (Chapel Hill) was guest
speaker.
Each participating busines
Notes & Remindersl
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Programs
Ended
Black Firm Receives Space Contract
WASHINGTON, D.C.:
A New Orleans-based black
ness persons who may be
interested in exploring new
HlGH FOINT— Fall dog obedience classes will begin
on Wednesday evening, September 3 and last for ten weeks.
Your dog must be 3 months or older. Basic obedience will
be taught in these dasses.
These classes can accept only a limited number of dogs.
Registration fee is $20.00 for the entire session. Qasses
will be held in the Oakview Recreation Center.
If you have any further questions, please call the Center
at 869-7010 or 883-6320.
HIGH PuINT—Mrs. Mary Robbins from A&T, 4-H
Extension Services, will be conducting a canning and freez
ing dass for 6 to 8 weeks on Thursdays from 7:00 to 8:30
p.m., at the Southside Nei^borhood Center, 410 Taylor
Street
Items needed for dass: Food for canning or freezing,
jars or freezer bags.
There is no charge for the course.
If you have any further questions, please call Miss Brown
at the Center, 883-9412.
What has “Summer ’75” selves in practical situations, ready, will be distributed at a firm
meant to you? To 23 Black calling on them to combine low cost among some Ralei^ produce and marKet a “"“I"
Cornell University students, academically acquired skills community members. Several tool developed by tiie Rock-
^ . 11 V ‘DrtnlroK SaiG.
research
and development, Armendaris
the organizations and com
munity members they have
worked with, ‘‘Summer ’75”
has been a valuable effort in
student/community coopera
tion.
This summer work experi
ence provided the opportunity
for students to apply them-
with creative ability to gen
erate programs and events in
response to community needs.
(RALEIGH, N. C.: UNI
VERSAL NEGRO IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION) Stud
ents in Raleigh built a poultry
house, now housing 300
healthy chicks whidi, when
students conducted hyper- well International’s Rocket-
tension, sickle cell and diabet> dyne Division as part of the
es testingin different locations firms space effort,
throughout the city. Supervis- Alex Armendaris, Director
ion and follow-up of this of the U.S. Department of
testing were provided by two Commerce s Office of Minori-
Ralei^ physicians, Dr. Leroy ty Business Enterprise
Burton and Dr. Bertron Hay- (OMBE), hailed the licensing
agreement as “another mile-
itone in the continuing effort
to make space technology
available to minority firms as
profit-making commercial
products.”
The newly licensed device
is called Hydrotool. It was
conceived by Rocketdyne
engineers as a light-weight
power tool with five horse
power to run cutting saws,
drills, wrenches, screwdrivers
or chippers.
Hydrotool uses water as a
source of power, and since it
is driven by water pressure it
Is insensitive to heat and
flame, and thus is ideally
suited to operation in haz
ardous environments.
Continued on Page 2
wood.
i
Sickle Cell
Basketball Game
LEXlNGiON- The
Lexington Jaycee’s sponsored
“The licensing agreement ^ benefit basketball game for
between Rocketdyne and pounda-
Space Spin-Offs, Inc. is a August 21 at Lex-
direct result of the major School.
Featured in this game was
the N.B.A.’s Most Valuable
result of the
effort undertaken by
National Aeronautics
the
and
The Iliad SkUe Cell Founo-
ation is a non-profit corpora
tion for the purposes of
education, testing, counseling,
and research of problems
raised by the sickle, cell
Ctontinued. on Page 3
Space Administration Hayer (M.V.P.) Bob McAdoo.
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HIGH Point—YWCA (Fourth Street) Adult Day
Care begins at 8 a.m., Monday through Friday.
After School Program at tiie YWCA is scheduled to be
gin with the opening of Hi^ Point schools. Parents inter
ested in program, which offers transportation, snacks, su-
pervised arts and crafts and recreation program, are utged~" kappa MKX ok THK YKAR — The Raleigh Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity ’
to call 883-1924 for applications. Space is limited so call presented awards Sunday to two of its members for their outstanding contribution to the fraternitv
(NASA) and OMBE to make Greensboro and
space age technology devel- off-season,
oped by space contractors off-season. Bob }|Businoss &. Finance
available to minority busi- himself in condition by * •
nesspersons,” Armendaris
games. He also sponsors a
He praised Rockwell In- basketball camp each
temational’s cooperation 50,^ at tiie Centid Y.M.C.A.
with OMBE on the Hydrotool ^p^^^p
NASA and 0MB off-season physical
immediately.
and community. The awards were presented at St, Ambrose Church. Left to right; .Martin I.. Banks
and Ilobert Bridges, received the awards from Dr. Charles \'. Holland, polemarch of the ch.Tiiti‘r.
have arranged a series of
seminars for minority busi-
condition.
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