THE BETTER WE KNOW US
• •
by Miller Carter, Jr.,
GREENSBORO—One of the great
est stories of success is the one of this
week’s personality, MR. JOSEPH
DUDLEY. Mr. Dudley, presently a
Greensboro resident, w^s born in
Aurora, N.C. He was reared in a pov
erty-stricken area with the fourteen
members of his family living in three
rooms. With his parents encourage
ment and by working at Remington
Rand Machine Company and a poul
try plant in Hartford, Connecticut,
during the summers, he worked his
way through college and graduated
with a B.S. degree in business ad
ministration from A&T State Uni
versity.
One fateful summer he went to
Brooklyn, New York, and started
selling Fuller Products door-to-door.
Upon his return to N.C., Mr. Dudley
continued to sell during the school
term on campus at A&T State Uni
versity and in the Greensboro com
munity. This sparked the explosion
leading to a successful business of
his own. Alternate plans kept pop
ping into his head of making a living
by other means; but talks with Mr.
S. B. Fuller, owner of Fuller Prod
ucts Company, changed his mind
time and time again.
Mr. Dudley, at one time, had
thoughts of going into the hog-raising
business; however, Mr. Fuller advised
him to become a Branch Manager and
go into the “people-raising” business.
By this, Mr. Fuller meant going into
the business of making people self-
sufficient. And making people self-
sufficient is Mr. Dudley’s main busi
ness. He also comments that door-to-
door selling is the only means by
which this can be done.
Mr. Dudley worked door-to-door
for ten years to get where he is today.
When starting his business, he worked
hard, long hours and often people
laughed at him saying “You’ll never
make it.” But with determination
and hard work, he has created for
himself and his family a beautiful
life and a financial empire. According
to Mr. Dudley, many of his nights
were spent with no place to lay his
head - but he kept on saying “I
know I can” -- and he did!
Though gifted with a natural tal
ent for marketing and selling, Mr.
Dudley does not want to keep every
thing to himself, he wants to share
his experiences and knowledge with
others. He proposes to make every
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VOLUME III, NO. 18
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1975
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Notes & Reminders
HIGH POINT — Oakview Recreation Center is begin
ning their fall programs for all age groups. The Center is
located on James Road behind Oakview School. Slimnas-
tics, tennis, modem dance, sewing, and cake decorating
are the line-up of morning classes for those who can attend.
Oakview has an active Senior Citizens Club that meets the
first Thursday morning of each month for all senior citizens
over 55 years. The club takes shopping trips, sings their
favorite songs, and meets new friends.
Oakview Center has afternoon activities in sports, square
dance, sewing, jazz, drama, water coloring, and modem
dance. The evening activities are for adults, and they con
sist of stage make-up, basic drawing, square dance, ball
room dancing, slimnastics, men’s exercise class, and table
tennis.
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Oakview Recreation Center is offering an adult sewing
class on Wednesday momings from 9:00 A.M. -11:30 A.M.
The course will last for five or ten weeks. Registration can
be made for a five-week or ten-week course.
A youth sewing class is offered on Wednesday aftemoons
firom 4:00 - 5:30 P.M.
Call 869-7010 to register now.
Y.W.C.A. (Fourth Street) Monday thm Friday, 8 a.m..
Adult Day Care 3 p.m.. After School Care.
Wednesday (Sept. 24): Gymanastics (4 - 6 yrs. old),
3 p.m.....Gymnastics (6-12 yrs. old), 4 p.m Open Recrea
tion, 7 p.m.....Open Recreation (Tumbling), 7 p.m.
Thursday (Sept. 25): Piano Lessons, 4:30 p.m.
Friday (Sept. 26): Gymnastics (4-6 yrs old), 3 p.m
Gymnastics (6-12 yrs old), 4 p.m.....Open Recreation (Ele
mentary), 7 p.m.....Open Recreation (Tumbling), 7 p.m.....
Open Recreation (Jr. High), 8 p.m.
FEWER JOBS - MORE JOB FRAUDS: Many families,
trying to make ends meet during the slowdown of the
economy, are falling prey to slick con-men. Seeking a
second job to supplement present income, wage earners
are easy victims of work:at-home schemes, fake training
programs, lucrative-looking, but phony franchises. The
work-at-home schemes often entrap the gullible. Actually,
one scheme only instmcts victims how to advertise to
attract other victims into the never-ending fraud. In these
cases no product at all is involved. In other schemes, vic
tims are urged to manufacture some simple item on a
guarantee that the company will buy back all the items
made “if they meet our specifications.” Of course, they
never do. The phony franchise offer lures at the victim to
pay for the right to sell a product of doubtful value, or
the products are readily available at established outlets,
often at much lower prices. The number of schemes is
jimited only to the imagination of the con men. And,
usually, it is those who are less able to pay who are the
biggest losers.
THOMASVILLE— The members of the ThomasviUe
Ministerial Association are presenting a program of worship
and music by a group of children from the Murdock Center,
Butner, N.C., Sunday, October 5, at the Civic Center at 5
p.m.
These diildren are mentally retarded and often physically
handicapped; however, they are being trained to share in a
worship experience that everyone can enjoy. It is felt that
the program wiU be an exciting experience for all that
attend.
The Rev. Ardis Payne is coordinator for this event.
Kamara Candidate For City Council
GREENSBORO- Bar
bara Kamara, candidate for
Greensboro City Council, has
called for city ownership of
the local transit system. She
also called for City Council
hearings into the relationship
between Duke Power deficits
from the bus company and
rising utility rates. Mrs. Ka-
mara’s views were expressed
along with the release of a
position paper on “Improved
Transportation Services in
Greensboro”, September 11,
1975.
“Only through city owner
ship,” Mrs. Kamara said, “can
we get both improved bus
service and expanded citizen
input into the operation of
the transit system.” Mrs.
Kamara pointed out that
citizens viae questioned about
public ownership as part of
the Greensboro Transit Im
provement Study conducted
earlier this year. The report,
however, omitted any refer
ence to the results on the
survey on city ownership and
govemmental subsidy to the
busy system. Mrs. Kamara
called upon the Greensboro
Department of Planning and
Community Development to
release the results on this
important question of public
policy.
Mrs. Kamara said the
NCSU Black Society Selects Leaders
RALEIGH—Six Black
students at North Carolina
State University have earned
leadership positions in a spec
ial organization for Black
students, the Society foi
Afro-American culture.
The organization was found
ed in the late 1960’s when
Black students began increas
ing in numbers in the then
largely white student body.
In its eariy years, SAAC was
primarily an issue-oriented,
activist organization.
Now N.C. State has a
record 660 Black students
and they are active in almost
all areas of University life.
Among those leading the
SAAC this year are:
Eric Roberts, SAAC presi
dent and a major in aooounting,
is a native of High Point. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Roberts who now live
in Chicago. Roberts partici
pates in the La Veme Players,
Miss Tillett Becomes Mrs. Greene
of Durham and Miss Pamela
- Pothier of High Point.
The Bridegroom selected
Henry Anderson Johnson of
Durham to serve as best man.
Groomsmen were Van Carver
and Carlton Franks of Dur
ham, Claude Edward Willie of
Raleigh and Michael Green of
New York City.
Jimmy Arnette, III, was
ring bearer and Ulonda Wilkes
was the flower giri.
The bride and groom are
graduates of North Central
University and plan to reside
in Durham.
Mrs. Bernard Harris, Mrs.
Jimmy Amette, Mrs. Herman
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a student theatre group, the
Black Students Board, the
student film board, and is a
residence hall advisor in Lee
Dormitory on the campus.
Marilyn Truesdale, a soph-
omoi in speech-communica-
tion and a native of Winston-
Salem, is vice president of
SAAC. The daughter of Mrs.
'^x)ulse Truesdale of 163
Granville Dr., she is a member
of the film board and the
Black Students Board at
NCSU. As a student at R. J.
Reynolds High in Winston-
Salem, she served on the
Citizens Advisory Committee
to the Board of Education for
the Winston-Salem-Forsyth
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argument that city govem-
ment is being saved the deficit
from bus service operation by
private ownership is mislead
ing in two ways. “First, the
cost to city government of
providing a good quality bus
system is no more a deficit
than the cost of providing
other services like recreation,
police, or garbage collection’”
“Second,” Mrs. Kamara add
ed, “Duke’s deficit is being
paid for by the people any
way through their electricity
rates.”
Mrs. Kamara promised to
recommend to the City Coun
cil an investigation into the
effect on utility rates of Duke
Power Bus Company deficits.
The Position Paper listed
seven goals for improving
transportation in Greensboro:
(1) The use of mini-buses
to provide dooMo-door service
to those who are willing to
pay premium fare for a more
superior service. This could
be accomplished with a grad
ual experimentation with this
type of service.
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Democrats Announce Vance-Aycock Plans
HIGH POINT- Joyce
Yvette Tillett and Joseph
Henry Greene, Jr., were united
in marriage Saturday after
noon in a 4 o’clock ceremony
at the First Baptist Church,
701 East Washington Drive.
The Rev. F. L. Andrews
officiated at the exchange of
vows.
A prelude of nuptial music
was provided by Stanley
Grady, Jr., organist. Leonard
Clark, Norfolk, Va., Mrs.
Patricia Townsend, Mrs. Cora
Turner, Robert Lane and
William Alston were vocalists.
The bride is the daughter
of Attorney George E. Tillett
of High Point and Mrs. Floyd
Johnson of Kings Mountain,,
N. C. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Henry Gieene, Sr., of Pollocks-
ville, N. C.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a gown
of Chantilly lace and silk
organza fashioned with a
Sabrina neckline and long
pointed sleeves. The bouffant
skirt, scattered with lace
medallions and embroidered
with seed pearis and irrides-
cents, was accented in the
back with tiers of lace and
organza ruffles that formed a
chapel length train. Her chapel
length veil was scattered with
medallions and edged in
Alencon lace. The bride
carried a bouquet of cama-
tions, stephanotis and gypso-
philia. The bride’s dress had
been worn by her aunt, Mrs.
Lula Tillett Andrews, on
her wedding day.
Serving as Maid of Honor
was Miss Inez Elise Flagg of
Irvington, N. J. Bridesmaids
were Mrs. Rudy Reed Cash
and Miss Linda Sue Crawford
RALEIGH—With the
1976 election campaign unof
ficially launched by North
Carolina Democrats at the
“Downeast’er” fundraising
banquet at Atlantic Beach
recently, the political ^otlight
now shifts to Asheville and
the traditional Vance-Aycock
Dinner scheduled for October
l8 at the Grove Park Inn.
State Party Chairman Jim
Sugg has announced appoint
ment of two Western North
Carolina attorneys and politi
cal leaders as co-chairmen for
that $50-per-plate affair.
They are former Watergate
staffer R. Phillip Haire of
Sylvia, and four-term legislator
John S. Stevens of Asheville,
who are already assembling
the volunteer staff and com
mittees necessary to stage a
major Party function attract
ing more than 800 Democratic
leaders from across the State.
Haire, a leader of the
Western North Carolina Bar,
is a former Jackson County
Democratic Chairman. A grad
uate of the University of
North Carolina School of
Law, he served with the
United States Air Force in
the Judge Advocate General’s
Corps.
Stevens, whose stature in
the General Assembly can be
measured by his appoint as
the Chairman of the influen
tial Rules Committee in the
session just ended, has an
nounced his intention not to
seek re-election in 1976. He Is
a graduate of the University
of North Carolina School of
Law. At UNC he was vice-
president of the student body
and a member of Phi Beta
Kappa. While in the General
Assembly, he was the author
of important legislation in the
areas of insurance, education,
water use and zoning, and
in regulating interest rates
and bonding.
Principal speaker for the
occasion will be Ohio’s Sena
tor John Glenn, who launched
a successful political career
after achieving prominence as
America’s first “Man in Space”.
As at the Downeast’er, the
Vance-Aycock is expected to
draw most of the two dozen
or more candidates seeking
the Democratic nominations
for governor and lieutenant
governor, as well as incumbent
members of the Council of
State and any challengers
for those positions.
The presence of so many
office seekers and their sup
porters, the appeal of former
astronaut John Glenn as
speaker, and the “Countdown
for ’76” theme adopted for
this year’s Vance-Aycock as
recognition of the beginning
of “Politicking in earnest”
for next year’s election should
combine to assure capacity
attendance.
VanceAycock, and the related
affairs staged by such groups
as the Young Democrats and
Democratic Women, is expect
ed shortly. Tickets for the
traditional $50-per-plate affair
will, also, be available at that
time from Democratic County
Chairmen across the State
The full schedule of the and State Party Headquarters.
CandidateFor Mayor
announce candidacy for
mayor.
Hoover, «ho sought mayor’s
seat two years ago, is a native
of ThomasviUe and a graduate
of Church Street High School.
A Worid War II veteran, he
served 3V4 years in the U.S.
Army.
Hoover served as a mail
deik for 12 years in Baltimore,
Maryland, and acted as a local
minister for another 12 years
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Hoover
THCMASVILLE- KeUy
Hoover of Jasper Street
announced his candidacy for
mayor in the ThomasviUe
municipal elections Nov. 4.
Hoover, who is employed
by Thomas-Haizlip Funeral
Home and is the ThomasviUe
Circulation Manager for the
Tribunal Aid newspaper, is
the fourth to throw his hat
into the ring for the city
elections and the second to
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