Blacks Fmo Tough Job Os Survival Author Tells Audience At Meeting GREENSBORO - The most Imminent danger facing blacks In the United States is the practice of genocide on them by whites. A black author last Thursday charged that the most immi nent danger facing Negroes in the United States in the prac tice of genocide on them by whites. “We are on the edge of chaos in America,*’ Said Samuel F. Yette, a black correspond ent of Newsweek magazine. "We are now a police state in this country.*’ Yette, the author of the con troversial book, "The Choic e Issue of Black Survival in America,’’ was the opening speaker at the annual Spring Youth Council Activities Prepared 8y Members of The Fayetteville Youth Council By DEBRA NIXON The Environment Week ac tivites ended with a BANG. A BE-IN was held in Rowan Street Park from 2 to 5 p.m. on last Sunday. Dr. Crut chfield of Methodist College and Hector Ray, chairman of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, were the speakers for the Earth Week Rally. Several local bands furnished music for the en tertainment of those at tending. Among the bands performing were “Valley”, “Skye”, “Anson Blues Band”, and “Rush”. Byron Paul sang *ome folk songs. During the week of April 18 through April 24, Environment Week, the education com mittee on environmental ac tion prepared leaflets, pamphlets and other materials for the area schools. These materials were for the teachers and students use dur ing the class discussions. Pollution is one of the £avest dangers facing us to y. All across the country organizations are fighting the destruction of our natural resources; i n Cumberland County the Environmental Ac tion Committee has un dertaken the job of cleaning up existing pollution and stop ping the recurrance of these conditions. We feel that if peo Coming Events In Auditorium The following events have been scheduled at Memorial Auditorium for the next several weeks. Information on tickets I# available at the auditorium box office and in newspaper advertisements. May 15—Barber Shop Harmony at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. May 27-28 Fayetteville Technical Institute graduation. May 2t Gospel Singing at 7:30 p.m. In the auditorium, featuring the Thrasher Brothers, Statesman Quartet, Sammy H#U gingers and the Harvester*. NMtW«k la FaytftwiH# May 6 - Cumberland Com nuaPy Action Program, Inc., .lass Meeting, 7;30 p.m., Thursday, First Baptist Ihurch, Moore St. May 6 - Newtown Oddfellows jOdge, 8:00 p.m., Thursday, ’rlnce Hall Masonic Temple, ils Caswell St. May 7- Queen Esther Chap er No. 3, O. E.S., 7:00 p.m., ? riday, Prince Hall Masonic ’ample, 515 Casw .il St. May 10 - A. J. Henderson Egive HER WHAT SHE WANTS and »gv» $76 solitaire ONE WEEK ONLY Jfe DIAMOND ' ■' ' ■' ■ ■■■ - CEKMiSO J Week celebration at AiT State University.’’ Repeating charges made in his book, Yette said: “We stand at a difficult time. We stand where the Jews of Nazi Ger many once stood. “As the decades of the 1970’s broke open, the countrj was officially bu‘ unconstitutional ly engaged in two wars -- one against the colonized colored people of In io China and one against the colonized black people of th° United States.’’ "We are the soul o f a police state,’’ Yette said. "The theo retical America of the Decla ration of Independency and Constitu‘ion baa been under mined.” He said he could draw a man - ber of parallels Itetw 'en where pie are educated to this pro blem their awareness can help to bring about a halt to this problem. Please help us in the fight against pollution. Do your part to make the community aware of the problem and its solu tions. Become aware through involvement, and make others aware through action. Mac McKeithan is in charge of the Youth Week project. This year during the week of May 17-22 the youth will take over different positions in the city government. The Youth Council basket ball season is over and the winners in the boys league were the Pine Forest Bucks, and in the girls league the Reid Ross Bombshells. The YCNC convention was held this weekend in Asheville. All the youth coun cils in the state attended. Friends of the Court for Thursday, April 29, were Willie MacDudlev, Tri 11 a McPhail, Sue Black, David Murphy, Donna Underwood, David Ratcliff, Tommy Olsen, David Hall, Enid Ferguson, Willard Bass, Don Baer and Jim Haney. You are invited to attend the FCCYC meetings on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Cumberland County Court House. Lodge No. 792 ; 8;00 p.m., Monday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 513 Caswell St. May ll - Household of Ruth No. 6738, 6:30 p.m _ Tuesday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell St. May 11 - Young Men’.'-Social Club, 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, De lona Gardens Recreation Cen ter. Wilmington Rd. May 12 - Antioch Tent, 3;00 p.m., Wednesday, United Ord er of Tents Hall, Larnon St. May 12 - Edward 1- vans Con sistory No. 196, A. A. S. It. F,, 7:30 p.m , Wednesday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell St. th=> black people stand today an 1 when ■ Hitler’s victims stood. One ex imp l e of Otis is tt- "gathering of psychic sup port. . .for genocide’’ in an id'a that minority people are innately at fault, Inferior, and weighing heavily on the major ity, Yette expressed distress at not finding young blacks using the libraries at the colleges he visits around the country. In stead, he must go into the "dark corners” of the "hang ars . .to find my brothers and sistei s.*’ •‘The need is to educate our selves, not the oppressors. How can the u leducated liber ate themselves, much less their people? HnijlkbwAmi f Mrtfc Ctips CAP! FEAR HEAD st ar .' center The children, staff, and sev eral parents of the Cape Fear Center enjoyed two films at the Center on April 23, 1971. They saw “Wife-Auto Trou ble’’ with the Keystoa 3 Cops and Laurel and Hardy in “Two Tars”, which is considered the best full-length silent film of the slap-stick com ?dy cate gory. BLOUNT STREET The children and staff en joyed a nice time at the movies last Wednesday. We wereser ved'cookies and cokes. We would like to thank ou\' volun teers for going with us. EVANS HILL We are studying the spring season further by beginning a unit on plants. We will only discuss flower and vegetable plants at this time. Our in terest will be on seeds, their co’.ors, shapes, sizes, and kinds. Thanks to the W. M. Bell Seed Store for donating seeds to study. DEE» CREEK ROAD The boys and girls had an interesting week of experi ences in regards to the lengthy discussion on foods. They fol lowed it with an all-day outing arid picnic at Pope Recreation Park. This gave the boys and pirls an opportini / to par • ticipate in a variety of out door activities. Among the ac tivities that they were engaged in was watching Mrs. Bacote and Miss Coats try to catch tadpoles from a small stream,, Laughter was heard near and far as both tried unsuccess ful? to get the tadpoles for the children’s science display. Needless to say the day was REMEMBER MOTHER ON “HER” DAY SUNDAY MAY 9th N&? ’’W Mother’s count on knits in polyester y —and cottons which have a special aWj Y# J L knack of showing her to her sash- wWv able best anytime of day or ni £bt. beautiful dresses Co^eCt *° n *-° r your Remember.... § w $ - We Specialize in Sizes $ to Fit All Women. | /f flf | Misses Sizes.... 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The day was beautiful and warm, everyone was having such a fun, happy time, that it was decided :o eat lunch out side and spend the rest of the For all your Afros, JsSjßßfck Jekelon and Human Hair and the newest hair styles see V Babb’s Wig And Beauty-Den .13 PERSON ST. 463-2446 day at Rowan Street Park. At Rowan Street Park, the children were greeted by more swings and slides, and playing on the merry-go-round and monkey bars. The day was beautiful and warm, everyone was having such a fun, happy time, that it •was decided to eat ’unch out side and spend the rest of the day at Rowan Street Park. At Rowan Street Park, tlr> children were greeted by more swings and slides. They playc I in a huge sandpile where cast les and pies were mad? They rode upon a large stone green turtle and slid down the back of a huge concrete blue whale. Later, after lunch tired but happy, the children piled back into the bus and the station wagon, and sang all the way back to the Center. ( arl Albert, Speaker of the House. (I t-Okla ): “1 I‘iml nowhere in the statists any prospect for (economic' recovery', much less th« >»»<m:a predicted by the administration.” Go To Church Sunday ■ ylfckl. illlillii imiki Shwj mmmm Wm) 3" bo< T *Vyv/s?f Add a splash of color to \ yf U home or garden. Lustrous todoer pUntf t| J h l, green leaves emphasize with velvety foliage ana lux- L y jM flowers glowing shades. uriooi, delicate blossom*. I Choice of healthy bloom ’ ing plants in deep reds, slf pinks and white. Can be W. ™ planted outdoors later. «|p|pF ssMHaMMHMSHiaaHiaasMMaasMHi *f> HISIfiFS MmMthw «i liitoi • % , NUHHM efe r 2“ |» Orchids ~ elegant, m, I Cm ; rmW*" **%'' gift-boxedl Carnations- 1 _ _ , . \ &W- \ \ beautifully beribboned, in f ■MX ■» ' - «*«. V(*wt f tar TALLYWOOD SHOPPING CENTER and HAY ST., PAYETTEEVILLE THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY. MAY 8. 1971 Over One Millon Veterans Job-Training Or In Schools There are now more than one million veterans job-training or enrolled in schools and colleges under the current G. I. Bill. Administrator of Veterans Affairs Dona'ld E. Johnson re vealed that 1,064,000 men and women are in training under the G I. Bill. He pointed out this is an Increase of 36 per cent over last year, 70 per cent over the level two years ago, and 240 per cent over 1966. By the end of 1972, Johnson said the Veterans Administration ex pects the G. I. Bill monthly u tilization to reach 1.8 million. Os the 1,064,000, more than 60 per cent are enrolled In college level studies. The current G. I. Bill is not quite five years old, Johnson said, and pointed out that more than 2.4 million veterans have already trained under it, ex ceeding the 2.3 million high reached during the 14 years of the Korean Conflict G. I. Bill. The current G. I. Bill has provided training for nearly 20,000 veterans enrolled in po lice and fire department on-job ♦ raining programs throughout the country. Separations from military service have been running about 90,000 a month and, since last fall, VA has been receiving about 75,000 applications monthly for G, I. Bill training. Johnson urged eligible veterans and servicemen interested in schooling or job-training to contact their nearest VA office, or their local veterans service organization representative. FSU Helds Honors And Awards Day FAYETTEVILLE - Fayette ville State University held its 14th Annual Honors and Awards Day Friday, April 30, Dr. R, L. Fields, Dean of the University announced today. A noon program was held in the J. W, Seabrook Auditorium Highlight of the program was the presentation of the "George H. Williams Memorial Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Senior Class." Other top senior class awards in cluded the “Mayme Worsham Seabrook Memorial Award” and the "J. W, Seabrook Award’ Featured speaker for the oc casion was a Fayetteville State University alumnus, Dr. Charles Allen. Dr. Allen is presently Director, The Street Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl vania. Selected students were in ducted into the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society. Awards, certificates and pla ques were presented to students for academics, and their contri butions to Fayetteville State University activities. In addi tion, students were presented departmental awards. 21

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