___ GHctMSBOrtO FJJULIC UBRABJ fcjbe future flatliok* I * y Greensboro Public Library Keep Up With The Times ? Greono St. tlookl P.O. Box X-4 VOL. 28, NO. 40 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLII Citv 27^.02 1969 PRICE 10 CENTS CHAVIS NAMED SECOND NEGRO COUNCILMAN Vance H. Chavis, 63, retired, principal of Lincoln Junior High School and a city school teach er for 40 years, was named to i the Greensboro City Council Tuesday to fill out the unexpir ed term of the late councilman William Folk, Jr. Chavis' appointment means that Greensboro is the only city of the state's five largest which has Negro representation on the city council that is above the population ratio of whites and Negroes. The seven-member city coun cil now has two Negroes (28.5 per cent). Of the city's estimat ed 149,000 persons, 35,000 (or 23 per cent) are Negroes. Charlotte's 250,000 population Is 23 per cent Negro. The sev en-member council has one Ne gro, 14.2 per cent. Winston-Sa lem's 149,000 population is ap proximately one-third Negro The eight-member board of ald ermen has two Negroes, 25 per cent. Raleigh's 110,000 popula tion is 25 per cent Negro. The ?even-member city council has one Negro, 14 per cent. Dur ham's 78,302 (I960) population la 32 per cent Negro. The 13 m ember city council has two Negroes, 15 per cent. Informed of his appointment, Chavis at first said, "I'm over whelmed, pleased that they (the council members) have this con fidence in me." Then, Chavis paused and said, i "I am sorry that the appoint ment had to come from a va cancy caused by Mr. Folk's death, for he was a good friend ? and invariably wrote me a note i of congratulation when I re ceived some honor. "I appreciate those who sup ported me in the election (hav ing run eighth in the May elec- '? tion) and those who gave me ( their financial and moral sup- . port." Chavis, a Wadesboro native, ' retired from his education post June 30. He joined the city schools in 1929 as a physics instructor at I Dudley High School and taught 1 there until 1955, when he be came assistant principal at Lin coln Junior High. He became principal there two years later. He has served as a circulation district manager for the Greens- i boro News-Record. Chavis is a graduate of John- j son C. Smith University In Charlotte, received his master's degree from North Carolina Col lege In Durham and took spe cial work at Chapel Hill and Greensboro branches of the Uni- ' versity of North Carolina and A&T State University and the University of Wisconsin. He was nominated By Coun cilman Jimmie L. Barber, the other Negro member of the council, and the nomination was seconded by William Trotter Jr., a former mayor. The selection was unanimous. He will be sworn into office at 2:30 p.m. next Monday and was invited to attend the coun cil committee session at 2:30 p.m. today. Chavis' selection followed the adoption by the council of a resolution in memory of Folk. Greensboro Approves Selection Of Chavis The City Council appointment of Vance H. Chavis, a runner-up in the recent city election, to fill the council seat left vacant by the death of William Folk Jr., brought wide approval Tuesday in the Greensboro area. Former Mayor Carson Bain ?aid, "The choice was a good one. Chavis has already made a worthy contribution to our city. He is an able, person with a deep sense of welfare for Greensboro citizens." William J. Beaman Jr., who took ninth place in the recent selection of the seven council ( Continued on Pag* 8) Black Mother Of Five Children Harrassed By Klan New York, New York ? The Justice Department was asked to protect a South Carolina mother of five whose children have been beaten and whose house has been shot up and burned. Jack Greenberg Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), sent a telegram to Attorney General John R. Mit chell in which he asked federal protection for Mrs. Victoria De Lee who has been fighting for school desegregation in Dor chester County, South Carolina since 1965. Ridgeville is a small town northwest of Charleston in Dor chester County, South Carolina. There are four roads leading into Ridgeville, and on all four of these roads is written in big red painted letters "Kill Tory, Kill Tory." Tory refers .to Mrs. Victoria DeLee, a black resident of Dor chester County who has been leading a school integration fight, almost by herself, since 1964. Mrs. DeLee and her husband have five children. Mr. DeLee works for a Federal Arsenal in Dorchester County. Boi? par ents are determined that their children will receive a decent education, but their struggle hasn't been easy and very often its been dangerous. On November 13, 1966, Mrs. DeLee's house and all her be longings were burned by the Klan. In fact, the Klan con tinues to harrass the DeLee's family without let-up. Two weeks ago, Mrs. DeLee received a threatening letter from the Klan and two days ago a Klan rally was held in s field next to her house and a five car motorcade drove slowly past her house so she could see the might of the Dorchester Klan. In an affidavit, Mrs. DeLee states: "Since enrolling my chil dren into previous all-white schools in Dorchester County Harleyville - Ridgeville High School District No. 3, I have encountered a number of critical problems, abuse, harrassments; including firing of guns into my house by white agitators, beat ing of my children and children of other Negroes while school officials stood by without giv ing them any aid." These inci dents have occurred between 1964 and 1967. Mr. Greenberg's telegram said in part, "I urge that you order an immediate investigation of these blatant violations of the civil rights of this family before it is subjected to serious harm.* FOLK FUNERAL FILLS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The First Baptist Church was filled Sunday with friends and admirers of William Folk Jr., Greensboro's senior city council man who died Friday at age 64. More than 1,000 persons at tended the short ceremony con (Cotitinued nn Page 8)

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