Veteran Churchman
Funeralized In NC
MOORESVILLE - Funeral
services for the Rev. Samuel
J. Burke, presiding elder,
Statesville District, Western
N. C. Conference, A.M.E. Zion
' Church, were held at Watkins
Chapel Church, 4 p.m., May 3.
Bishop R. L. Jones, presid
ing officer of the Western N.C,
Conference, was in charge. A
short but impressive service,
with the eulogy being delivered
by Rev. F. R. Michaels, Phila
delphia, a long time friend and
associate, was held. Condol
ences were given by laymen
and churchmen.
Ret. Burke was born in
Mooresville and attended the
elementary schools of his na
tive county and then went to
Livingstone College, where he
received his bachelor’s degree
and thence to Johnson C. Smith,
where he earned a STB. He was
also the owner of a D. D. de
gree.
He married the former Daisy
B. Coble. To this union was
born four children, two sons,
who died in infancy and two
daughters, who survive--Mrs.
Joan Steward, of the home, and
Mrs. Irma Wilson, Lynchburg.
He moved to Mocksville after
his marriage and has lived
there since.
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF STUDENT ASSIGNMENT
PLAN
a with "Policies on Elementary end Secondary School Como'-i'icc with
Title Vi >t the Civil Right* Act et 14(i" deted Merch, ig»|, by the Office
for Civil Rights, U- $• Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)
RALEIGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
*Ol Devereu* Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
STUDENT ASSIGNMENT PLAN
J. ATTENDANCE AREAS
An attendance area is hereby established for each school within the Raleigh
City Schools Administrative Unit, and the boundaries thereof are hereby established
as shown on those three maps exhibited to and approved by the Board
today. These maps are designated as follows: "Map No. 1, Attendance Areas
tor Elementary Schools," "Map No. 7, Attendance Areas for Junior High Schools,"
and "Map No. 3, Attendance Areas for Senior High Schools." The Chairman
and -Secratary of the Board shall each affix his signature to each map in
his official capacity as evidenct of its adoption by the Board. A map shall
be kept et each school showing the attendance ereas for all schools in the
district. The maps shall be open to public Inspection at tha schools and in
the office of the Superintendent.
2. ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS
Each pupil within any attendance area shall be assigned to the school of
Ms grade within that attendance area. Assignment for any forthcoming school
year shall be made not later than May 1 ot the preceding school' year,
in the case ot a pupil enrolled during such school year, notice ol assignment
may be given by any maans that will ensure the delivery of written notice
to the parent. Except for beginners, pupils not then enrolled lhall be assigned
et the time of their application for enrollment.
3. ASSIGNMENT FOR PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS,
A beginner (e child entitled to enrollment under G S, 115-1(2) may attend
any prt-school clinic but shall be assigned to the first grade of the school
In the attendance area In which the parent resides. Written notice of each
assignment shell be given by mail to the parent et the seme time written
notice Is given to pupils alreedy enrolled. (The word parent in this policy
denotes the parents, if living together, or the parent or person in loco
perenfliwlthwhom the pupil resides.)
4. TRANSFER TO A SCHOOL OTHER THAN THE ONE TO WHICH ASSIGNED
After original assignment, the parent of any pupil may apply to the
Boerd lor r ral signment of such pupil to any school serving his grade and
located In any other attendance area, provided that such reassignment does
not decrease desegregation ot the schools. The parent of any pupil assigned
to a school where pupils of his race ere in a majority may apply to
the Boerd lor reassignment to any school serving his grade and located
in any other attendance area where pupils of his race are in a minority.
Any such request for trensfer shall be allowed eeceadieg «a the wvtenS-rhet
teellßiee end eaeewmadetioei She aheiae eeheelweiW-peaiwit and transportation
shall be made available as set forth in paragraph six, below Application
may be made for Choice I, Choice 11, and Ckoice Til. Transfer will be permitted,
In the order of choice, to the school having the facilities end accommodations
to admit such pupil except that In the case ot a parent of a student requesting
e transfer under the majority to minority rule said first choice shah be
honored. A request lor trensfer shell be on a printed torm available at
any school office and at the office ol the Superintendent. When properly completed
end signed, the form may be delivered or mailed to the principal ol the
school ol original assignment or to the office of the Superintendent. No reason
need be given lor requesting • trensfer. Application for transfer shell be
made not more than 30 days Rtter the date of the original assignment.
It there should be requests for trensfer to a particular school by more
pupils from ether attendance areas than the transferee school can accommodate,
proximity to th< school shell be the controlling factor except that a student
who requires a course ot study not ottered by the school serving his attendance
area or who Is physically handicapped or who has a compelling hardship
may be permitted upon written application to trensfer to another ichool;
the foregoing limitation shell not beappllcable toe request tor transfer made under the ■
ill CASE OF NEW SCHOOLS
In the case of mess assignments to new schools In their first full year
of operihon in newly created attendance areas, the Board may deny the
request for the transfer ot any pupil beck to the school In which he
was enrolled previously. If In tha judgment et the Board It appears that
the schools involved would not be abla to operate with desired efficiency.
(.transportation
A student who exercise* the transfer option to attend » school outside
the attendance area In which hi* parent resides Mxahiek-axaHtiaerlatlee
(*■ aaowded -by—tl«* •AdminfelaoUaiewUatt -a e««WsrwwNth.ahe- Stela
(Newt—eS—Bstueeßem'-wseiww she aesewdence areer- <*f ■*•»*» <pane*t>* ■aeeSdeater
shall <aoa be entitled to tree transportation to the transferee school it the
BaagjX-asiifflL-igL-aKij^
SrmlnatTty' rule &LJllschool
requested Orel is not svelleble et the school to which the student would
>e essipned otherwise tincludes all students assigned to
reused In centers’ located in *choo‘ir*oHier than the one serving the address
ot the studenl's par’enls, provided the sludem lives more than one* ana
one-naif (fei"mile* fromftitschool to which kt Is to be transported ~~ ~
7. ENROLLMENT CONTINUES FOR SCHOOL YE AR
Any pupil enrolled In any school after original assignment or by transfer
alter original assignment shall remem In the school of enrollment tor the
school year, and no subsequent transfer will be permitted except lor a
change ot residence from one attendance area to another or tor other
good cause shown. In the event ol change ot residence, the pupil may
elect to remain in the school cl enrollmant for the remainder of the
school year. In the event a ihident Is assigned to a school which does
noi have among Its offerings a program desired by a pupil which Is available
at another school, the Board will honor a parent's written request (or trans'er
to the latter school when, in the lodgment of school officials, enrollment
in such program is In the best Interests of the student. In the event of
a written request ot a p*r#nt So She Board that an assignment be changed
during the school year because ot a compelling hardship, the Board shall
determine whether to honor tha request on the merits ot the hardship.
A pupil enrolled In a school In an attendance are* other than that of his residence
shall be advanced, jtt the appropriate time, to the junior or senior high
school, os the cose may be, serving She attendance area In which the pupil resides.
This provision shall not have tha effacl ot denying such pupil the right to transfer
to another school ol his grade end chotcedurlng the 30-day transfer period.
In the event a student has dropped out of school and then desires readmlltance,
requesting a transfer to # school other than the school to which he was
last assigned, a period of at least one lull semester must have lapsed
since the last date of attendance. The request must follow the procedure
heretofore outlined in this Pupil Assignment Policy.
In the event a sixth grade" or a ninth grader It ratalned In the sixth
or ninth grade at the end of the school year, notice of reassignment to
the elementary or Junior high school (as the case may be) serving the
area In which the parent resides may be given by noting the same on
tha report card of the student or by any other mean* that will ensure
the delivery of written notice ot reassignment to the parent. This reassignment
shall supersede the assignment mad# prior to knowledge- ot the necessity
tor retention. A request tor transfer to a school other than the school
to which lhe student was reassigned must follow tha procedure heretofore
outlined in this Pupil Assignment Policy.
S SERVICES, FACILITIES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROGR AMS
All schooi-reieted services, facilities, activities, end programs shell be conducted
without regard terece, celor, or notional origin.
The assignment ot students to special programs such as pre-school, summer
school, adult education, programs lor the mentally retarded, and to any
newly-instituted educational program shall ba made without regard to race,
color, or national origin.
*. SPECIAL EDUCATION
Each trainable mentally retarded student and each educable mentally retarded
student shall be assigned by the Board to the appropriate level Special
Education Center on the basis of proximity ol the parent's residence to
a center and according to the txtent that facilities and eccorpmodaiion*
at tha center will permit. This provision shall not hev# the effect dt denying
such pup!! the right to transfer to another appropriate level Specie! Education
Center pf his choice during the 30-day transfer period.
SO. TUITION STUOENTS
Any application from a parent living outside the Raleigh School Distrle#
to have hls-son or daughter attend a Raleigh Public School as a tuition studeni shall
be acted upon by the Board contingent upon the availability of accommodation*
and facilities and without regard to raca, color, or national origin. No tuiliai*
student will b*, accepted where the result would tend to restrict desegregation
tn the Raleigh Administrative Unit or In tha school system In whose jurlsdictio#
the student resides.
Fraa transflortetion Shall nit Pc provided to any tuition student.
Revised end adopted by lh» Raleigh City Board of Education, Raleigh
CityAdmlsilstfallve Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina, on Aprs! 27, 1171,
Cotw»d!L Secre'ery
Vy. C#*p*f Holrovd. Jr., Chairmen
CAROL TNT AN—Mas 8-15, .1971
He began his preaching ca
reer at an earlj age and moved
steadily upward. His first pas
torate was in his home com
munity. He then served in
Chester, S. C., Charlotte,
Newbern and Suffolk, Va. H -
was elevated to the presiding
eldership at Suffolk. In a de
sire to lie near home he came
to the Western North Carolina
Conference, and presided over
the Winston Salem District. He
ended his tour of duty in his
home district, Statesville,
where he was serving when
he died.
He was well known in Church
circles and made an enviable
record. He represented the
denomination in state and na
tional meetings on several oc
casions. He aspired for the
highest office- that of bishop -
in his denomination and was an
avowed candidate, subject to
the 1972 General Conference.
Others surviving relatives
are his mother, 103-yr-old,
Mrs. Eliza Cofield, three sis
ters, Mrs. Naomi Jackson,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Gen
eva B. Miller, Mooresville
and Miss Selma Burke, Pitts
burgh, Pa. He is also survived
by five grand children and one
nephew, George Mason Miller,
Legal Notice
Washington, D. C. Mr. Mason
will be remembered as a ehild
wonder, a few years back, with
his amazing knowledge of the
flags and mem *rs of the Unit
ed Nations.
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Time isn't so scarce.
What is rare is the proper
and intelligent use of time.
Personals
PROMOTED TO MAJOR
David L. Washington was re
cently promoted to Major in the
United States Air Force. Major
Washington’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Washing
ton reside at 1407 New Bern
Ave. Major Washington attend
ed North Carolina A&T State
University, Greenslxiro, where
he received a B. S. degree in
Electrical Engineering and a
commission as Second Lieuten
ant. He worked as a radio en
gineer for the Federal Com
munications Commission in
Washington, E. C. before enter
ing the Air Force in September
of 1960.
Since entering the Air Force,
he has served tours of duty at
Keesler AFB, Mississippi;
Shaw AFB, South Carolina, El
mendorf AFB, Alaska; Nav.
Comm. Station San Francisco
at Stockton, Calif, and Republic
of South Vietnam. He attended
San Jose State College where
he received the Master of
Science Degree in Electrical
Engineering in June of 1969.
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Show University Releases
5 /l Commencement Events
Prominent Raleigh Attorney,
J. Melvin Broughton, Jr., will
head the list of honorary de
gree recipients during- Shaw
He lias received several a
wards and decorations ranked
by the Bronze Star Medal he
received while on duty in Viet
nam. He is presently station
ed at Shaw AFB, South Caro
lina.
Major Washington is mar
ried to the former Delores
Ann Mack, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bennie Mack of Raleigh.
They reside'with their daughter,
Robynne at 1405 Griggin Circle,
Raleigh.
* * *
MRS. SHEPARD TO SPEAK
Mrs. Kathryn Y. Shepard of
Raleigh will bo the guest speak
er at Spring Street Christian
Church in Wake Forest on Sun
day, May 9 at 11 a.m. Her
topic will lie “The Role Os Wo
men in A Changing Society.”
It Is
Alimony is like paying
off the installments on the
car after the wreck.
-Coast Guard Magazine.
University’s 106th Com
mencement convocation to be
held on May 9, 1971 at 3;00
P.m. in Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium.
The University of North
Carolina law school graduate,
and vice chairman of Shaw’s
Board of Trustees will receive
the Honorary Doctor of Laws
degree for his service not only
to Shaw but to the North Caro
lina community as well.
Attorney Broughton, the son
of e of North Carolina’s
me .prominent governors has
served both hls city and the
State of N. C. - as Chairman
of the N. C. St. Highway Com
mission; Chairman of the N.C,
Democratic Party, and the So
licitor of the City of Raleigh.
He is a member of the N. C.
and American Bar Associa
tions.
The Shaw University Divinity-
School will award honorary
Doctor of Divinity Dt to‘ :
Rev, Oscar Burrell J. Bur son
class of 51; Rev. Charles Mel
vin Creecy class of 45; and
Rev. William Henry David
Flowers who attended The
Shaw University Theological
School.
Rev. Burson, a N. C. native
and pastor of The Great Holy
Trinity Baptist Church, Inc.
of Brooklyn, N. Y. has the dls
tinct honor of having conducted
the first Shaw Da y to lie held
in every city he Ills paste red.
Ho has organized t he Ist S haw
Day tn be held as : . joint V en
ture by baptist churcl ies
throughout N. V. Cit y, schedi li
ed. Rev. Creecy is A member of
the Executive Com i r. itteeofti ae
Shaw University Board »Yf
Trustees and hassci vedNort h
Carolina in a numbe r of civil 2
and pastoral posit i ons wit! t
distinguished work in North
hampton, Halifax, Ikirtie and
Hertford Counties. He was the
president of the “Peo.a les Pro
gram on Poverty” in those
counties, funded under a $164,
000. Grant from the IJ. S Of
fice of OEO.
Rev. Flowers is a r ative of
Longwood, N. C. and re ceived
his certificate from Sh.iw Uni
versity Divinity School for Re
ligious Promotions. He ispas
tor of Cedar Grove Baptist
Church, Supply, N. C. and
Macedonia Baptist Church,
Wilmington, N. C. He it; also
president of the Brunswick
County chapter of the NAA CP.
He is a member of the e xe~
cutive board, Lott Carey For
eign Missions, and a member
of the Board of General Ete.p
tist State Convention.
Dr. J. Archie Hargrave-s,
president elect of Shaw Univer
sity will be the commenceme -nt
convocation speaker.
THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1071
WASHING;.
ON ALERT WARNINGS
Defense Secretary Melvin R.
Laird has approved recommen
dations by Secretary of the
Army Stanley Rißesor that will
require the warning center to
be manned by two operators at
all time and that actual emer
gency messages be prepared
on one color tape with routine
messages on another.
RUSSELL NOMINATED
President Nixon announced
recently he would nominate
Donald S. Russell of Spartan
burg. S.C., for United States
circuit judge on the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Russell, now a federal dis
trict judge for South Carolina,
would succeed Simon E.
Sobeloff wtio has retired.
AGED POOR INCREASING
The Senate Special Commit
tee on Aging has reported the
i lumber of aged poor Americans
t lontinues to increase. They
a Iso told of a "new group of
P oor” which may be created by
fc ircing older men out oY work
b< (fore retirement age.
O' i TRAINING PROGRAMS
The Labor Department-spon
sor ed study which surveyed
131 employers in the Cleveland,
Ohio, area' report that most of
those contacted did not feel
jobt raining programs wereprof
itabl e because most of the Door
trainees were not motivated tc
work,
TIGHTER CID CONTROL
Secretary of Defense Melvin
R. Laird has ordered the Army's
Criminal Investigation Tm v
brought under tight- , o
The action was taken while a
congressional probe of corrup
tion in military PXs and serv
icemen’s clubs was being
conducted
ON EAVESDROPPING
Senate leaders of both parties
reported recently that they have
received no complaints from
their colleagues about sus
pected FBI telephone taps on
their lines. House Democratic
L.eader Hale Boggs of Louisi
ana recently accused the FR]
of tapping telephones of House
and Senate members.
NIXON ON VIETNAM
In his recent nationwide
speech,- President Nixon an
nounced a slight increase ir
troop withdraw las of an averagi
of 14,200 a month over the cur
rent 12,500 figure from nov
until December l.
AID TO JORDAN
The United States is supply
ing Jordan with S6O million
military aid this fiscal year
according to State Departmeii
officials. Thirty million is {
grants and an equal amount h
arms purchase credits.
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