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Alir^TIAM DO YOU THINK A JUNIOR CITIZCNS ASSOCIATION. SIMILAR TO THE JATCEE'S
IHltSlION' NEEDED AT THIS TIMS? PLEASE GIVE VIEW, WHETHER IN THE
Wt>v V . AFfIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE.
Who Will Take Ball And Run?
There comes a time when the question must be posed, "Who will take the boll and run with
it?” Thot time hos come in connection with the question of organizing a Junior Citizens
Association to oid in the development of the locol block community.
Since Nov 11. 1976. The CAROLINIAN hos been publishing the views of locol citizens on the
question. "Do you think o Junior Citizens Associotion similar to the Jaycees Is needed ot
this time?” With a single exception, respondents to the question gave offirmotlve answers.
They said. "Yes, such on organization is needed." We believe the responses they gave
were the results of serious thought within themselves and serious dialogue with other
citizens of the community.
Dialogue ond reflection, of course, ore the roots of most constructive octivity in ony
community. But our efforts must go further. It would be an unforgiveoble woste of
resources to stop at reflection ond dialogue in the woke of such offirmotlve responses to
the question which has been before us.
One respondent included in his response words from on old hymn: '"We are not here to
ploy, to dreom, to drift, we must not shun out the struggle, but foce it, 'tis God's gift, be
strong' '
When confronted with the crucial questions of survivol and community-building as we ore
here in Raleigh, there is no time for anything other than facing the struggle, seeking
stroighl-forword action free of the pettiness which stifles progressive action in the
community.
But the question remoins, "Who will take the bolt ond run?"
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Charge Two In Beating
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District Attorney Dismisses Charge
A Raleigh man and woman
posUKl bonds of $500 each
Iasi Friday niKht and were
released from the Wake
County Jail on charges
growing out of the severe
beating of the woman’s
I vear-old son. They will
face a Wake District Court
iudge on Monday. Feb. 14.
Black Students To Trace
Families In UNC-CH Course
Man Free In Killing
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Joseph Goodson, 32. and Ms.
Althea Johnson. 20. both of 1019
E. Jones Street, were arrested
early Friday evening. Goodson
was charged with assault on a
minor, while the woman was
accused of criminal neglect,
defined by State Law as
exposing a child to possible
abuse. Both charges are
misdemeanors.
When contacted bv a CARO-
K.KPKt TS HOOTS FXPI.OSION - Washington. I) ( . -
lames Walkrr s|H>( iaiisl in geni‘alog> and Im-al hislurx at the
National \r<-hi\*-s. eviierls an explosion of interest in tmiks on
black hisiurv as pe«iple intent on discinertng their ancestors
search loi clues. Me sass this is due to the stirring caused b\ the
telex isioii secies based on Ihe bxMik -KimUs” b\ \lex llaiev. il PI'
Vrges Employment
For Jobless Women
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON - Mrs Ruth
C. Clu&en, president oi the
l.,eagueot Women Voters ot the
U.S.. recently urged Congress
to institute a major public
service employment program
which includes jobs in thei
housing industry, public worlt^
projects and gives special
consideration to the plight ot
unemployed women and teen
agers.
In a statement tiled with Ihe
House Budget Committee.
Mrs Clusen said '"The suiter
ing 01 the jobless in America
has gone on lor loo long. We
cannot keep giving them
promises ot a belter tulure • we
rmisi oeliver on those promts-
SPECIAL
SECTlOy
For the second straight
year. The T .\ROI.INT.\N is
pirated to include in this
issue, a Black Hisiurv Ueek
Edition. This 21-page section
comprises Ihe third portion
of the newspaper. Contained
therein are newt stories.,
photographs, and advertise-
ing relevant to black hislorv
and the past, present and
future of black .Americans
everywhere. Special empha
sis is placed on Ihe local and
state scenes.
'"rhe administration's plan
tor dealing with unemployment
and economic problems does
noi place enough emphasis on
ihe unemployed's overwhelm
ing need to lind immediate
work Moreover, it tails to
consider that not onlv are jol^
nw'ded. but they must be the
kind ot jobs which provide
opportunities tor those least
likelv to be hired including
unemployed women and teen
agers "
Mrs Clusen stressed Ihe
need to shape an employment
plan which provides jobs in the
housing industry • particularlv
m rehabilitation, renovation
and repair • “txecause these
ivpes OI jot>s provide workers
wi'h limbed skills with a
chance lo tind work while it
also oners immediate reliet lo
'he severely depressed housing
indusirv ”
Stieaking cm l>ehaii ot the
league’s lin.tKK) members, she
also urged Congress to otter
special assistance to the
na'ion’s growing number ot
unemplnved women T„ack oi
.id«*quaie child care, low levels
OI skills and discrimination in
’h(> |ot> markei. often leave
unemploved women who head
households with no alternative
bu' logo on putdic assistance.”
she said
CHAPEL HILL - Alex
Haley isn’t the only one
studying his "roots."
People enrolled in a new
correspondence course offered
by the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill will be
looking into their family
histories.
The family ancestral search
is one of the requirements of
the three-credit UNC-CH ex
tension division course, "nie
Black Family: Interpreter of
History and Transmitter of
Culture." The course will use
Haley's best-selling novel,
"Roots.” as its textbook,
focusing on the continuity of
Haley’s family and how it
adapted to and was affected by
historical events.
Haley traced his ancestry
back to The Gambia. West
Africa, where his great-great-
great-great-grandfather was
abducted and sold as a slave in
1767
Students will be expected to
trace their own families back
to their great-grandparents,
says social anthropoUgist D
Tony Whitehead, who is con
ducting the course. Whitehead
is an assistant professor of
health education in the UNC-
CH School of Public Health.
"In collecting their data, the
primary things the students
will be interested in are the
births, marriages and deaths
within the four-generaHen ped
igree." he says. From this,
students will write a narrative
on their family history, al
though it will be much less
extensive than the one Haley
wrote.
ITie history will discuss such
things as when, where and to
whom the family members
were bom, how much formal
education they had, when they
married, the number of chil
dren they had, the types of jote
LINIAN reporter for his
version of the incident Tuesday
of this week, Goodson said, “no
comment.”
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Michaux Confers In DC
Woman NC Solon
Shot In May Get
Abdomen Ksk, ^i^BhUD Job
A 23-vear-oId Wake
County man was freed on a
murder charge last Wed
nesday. the same day the
warrant was issued, ac
cording to Wake County
District Attorney Burley B.
Mitchell. Jr. The mother of
the niAn originally charged
in the slaving was shot in
iheni’domen bv the victim.
■See STUDENTS TO. P. 2)
Home In
Method Is
Condemned
After 10 violatums the
city's housing code were found
in a house on Gorman Street in
the Method section of West
Raleigh, officials of the city
condemned it as unsafe last
Hiursday when a 61-year-old
Raleigh man apparently froze
to death there. ,
The body of James Monroe
Sharpless was found in a
four-room dwelling. It is
believed that the body lay in
the house, undiscovered, for
about eight weeks.
Soc CONDEMNED. P. 2)
The murder warrant against
Thomas Gerald Ward. Holly
Springs, arrested in the death
of William Henry WaUcer, Jr..
39, 120 Center Street, Garner,
was dropped, Mitchell said,
"because we didn't feel that we
have enough evidence at
present to justify charging him
with murder. When the wit
nesses get out of the hospital. 1
J lan to send a bill to the ^ano
ury for their determination ac
to whether the shooting was in
self defense."
According to witnesses,
Walker was killed in a
"shootout" at the home of Mrs.
Lois Mae Ward, 43-year-oid
mother of young Ward, with
whom he resided.
Mitchell said the two wit
nesses to the shooting would
not be able to testify at
preliminary courtroom pro
cedures.
Chief Deputy Sheriff L. W.
Kelly said Walker was shot in
the neck. Mrs. Ward was
reportedly shot in the abdomen
by the dead man and was listed
in "fair" condition Monday at
Wake Medical Center. Shot
several times in the legs during
the melee was Eugene lAidd,
22, of Fuquay-Varina. His
condition was said to be
"good" by officials at the
hospital.
Deputy Kelly stated that
laKld was at the Ward home
about 1 a.m. Wednesday when
Walker came to the residence
and "got intoa full with Ludd."
During the aurgument, Kelly
said. Walker pulled out a .32
calibre pistol and began firing
at Ludd.
The deputy also stated that
when Mrs. Ward was struck by
stray bullets, young Ward
secured a gun and fired at
Walker. It is believ .'d that he
died ‘nstantly.
iSce MAN FREE. P. 2)
WILLIAM H. WALKER. JR
REP. H. M MICHAUX. JR.
Introduces Measure
To BanRequirement
Niitional Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D.C. - Sen.
Edward Brooke fR-Masa.)
f^T^tlv introduced legislation
'<) eliminate the purchase
requirement (or the tood stamp
progaam. Brooke said this was
Ihe tirst and most essential
s'cp toward anv serious eitort
a' Food Stamp reiorm.
Brooke, the Senate's only
Mack member, said that Ihe
tood stamp program's major
failure is its "inaccessibility lo
large numbers oi eligible
needy households...It is not
reaching a high percentage oi
the people whom we have
decided should have the oppor-
Fire At
Home Of
Ex-Prexy
Role Is
Mistaken:
U. Webb
Manv Norih Carolinians
looking tor jobs have tried to
get an appoint meni lo be
interviewed bv Harold Webb,
newiv-appointed director oi
state personnel. Webb, one oi
three lop level policymaking
appointees oi Gov. James
Hunt, admits that manv have
mistaken his role in state
government.
A lire, which started irom
an open fireplace, almost
destroyed Ihe home ol * r. J.
Archie Hargraves, former
president oi Shaw Univer
sity. Tuesday night, The only
occupanl.s ol the house,
located at 1310 Hampton Rd..
in West Raleigh, were Mrs.
Hargraves and their daugh
ter. neither ot whom were
inliired. Dr. Hargraves was
in New York Slate on
1‘usinessat the time, his wile
informed firemen.
Suffering minor injuries
wlieii ihev and Iwo other
fircnu‘11 were trapped in the
house were Firemen L. C.
Hawlov and H V. Howard.
Bo'h were treated lor minor
burns and smoke inhalation
•I' Rex Ho.spiial and releas
ed Two other liremen
escaped through a rear
window.
■See FIKK HITS. H 2l
tuniiv to receive assistance."
He noted that the program
especially tails in its etiorls to
reach people belgw Ihe povoriv
level, citing the tact that onlv
411 perccni oi these household
utilize the program, with
elderly participation even low
er; 12 percent among men. 20
percent among women.
Bv eliminating the purchase
requirement lor food stamps,
the program could eiiectiveiy
reach these and other house
holds. Brimke maintains. Cur
rently. the tood stamp program
requires an eligible person to
purchase his or her allotment
Of tood stamps. A household oi
4 with a net income ot $230 per
month, now pavs $71 in cash lo
receive a monthly allotment ot
tood stamps valued at $166 - a
diiierence ot $95, By eliminat
ing the purchase price, this
same household would receive
the $95. without having to pay
'he $71 into the program.
Brooke conceeded that eli
mination Ol the purchase
requirement will add to the
ci»s! Ol the program, Bui he
added tnai "it's money goin^lo
people who should always have
iKJcn in the program hut who
were forced out bv a purchase
price Ihev could not aiiord."
NnrLh Carolina lesislalor.
Henry McKinley (Mickey)
Michaux, Jr.. 47, D-Dur-
ham County, met with
HUD Secretary Patricia
Roberts Harris in Wash
ington last Friday, where he
is being considered for a
high-level post in the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development. He is
believed to be under
consideration for the posi
tion of either assistant
socrelary or undersecretary
for the department.
Mrs. Jan White, administra
tive assistant to the veteran
black three-term lawmaker
from Durham County, said in
Raleigh late Tuesday after
noon that Secretary Harris had
met with Michaux, but no final
commitment had been made
by either party.
A major Democratic leader,
the Durham attorney was also
being considered for a job with
the U. S. Justice Department.
Michaux said in an Interview
last week, that his acceptance
of a federal position would he
determined by the nature of the
work.
Michaux was recommended
by U. S. Senator Robert B.
Morgan, D-N. C. Governor
James B. Hunt, Jr., of North
'See REP MICHAUX. P. 2)
t'.
JOSEPH GOODSON
Popular
Morticiau
Succumbs
New Labor
Secretary
Helps Vets
Bradley
To Seek
Term
WASHINGTON. D.C. - New
Secretary ol Labor Ray Mar
shall cited special concern lor
Mack unemployed veterans as
he announced a 3-poinl pro
gram. proposed bv President
Carter, to reduce unemploy
ment among Vieinam-era vet
erans and make about 200,000
jobs available.
"They are the hardest hit ot
all." Marshall said, noting that
recent data show that the
unemployment rate among
'See LABOR HEAD. P. 2)
DURHAM — People Irom all
walks Ol liie gathered at St.
Joseph AME Church long
betore 3 p.m. Wednesday ot
this week to hear Rev. W, W.
Easley deliver (he linal words
alHtui the late John Clarence
<Johnny) Scarborough, scion
Ol the second oldest tuneral
lamilies in the slate.
He died Sunday morning at
Duke Medical Center alter an
extended illness. The minister
told 01 how he had made
Durham a better place in
which to live, by his many
contributions lo the business,
iraiernal and civic lite. along
with his consistent member
ship Ol St. Joseph Church.
The death oi his wile. Hattie,
a short lime ago. known lo him
and alt Durham as "Pudding,"
i«M)k a loll on him that triends
sav added much lo his decline.
He received his earlv educa
tion in Kinston, where he was
born. He also attended the
Naiionai Religious Training
School. Kiltrell College. More
house College and Howard
University. He also took
mortuarv science.
He leaves two sisters, one
brother, a son and a step
mother.
(See MORTICIAN. P. 2)
Appreciation
Feature Has
No Winners
"A lot Ol people think I'm
here giving out jobs,” the
career stale employee said last
week. "Mv area is lo develop
policy so that people will be
empinved"
Immediaielv alter WeMx’s
appointment was announced in
the news media, a close
a.ssociaie said that his Raleigh
residence phone was "ringing
on the h(Kik" bv job seekers
who had gotten Ihe word
(See H WEBB, P 2)
Three persons failed to
notice their names in adver
tisements last week on the
back page of the front section
of The CAROLINIAN There
fore the weekly Appreciation
Money Feature had no winners
of $10 checks. The feature is
sponsored by this newspaper
and participating businesses
The names of the following
persons were listed in last
week's edition; Ms. Earlene
Lewis. 716 Cumberland St..
'See NO WINNKR.S. H. 2)
SPEAKER AT MFMORIAI SFKVK F HKRI.- Mx. Ann Turner, lermerlv Ms. Ann Shepard, uas
guest speaker Sundax at a I aodicea I niled ( hurrh of Christ memurial serxire marking the
anniversarx of when ihr Uilminxlun Ten began serxing jail sentences in connection uilh racial
disturbances in Uiimingiun six vears ago Ms. Turner defo. now paroled, was married after her
<onvir(ion. She is the onix woman in Ihe group. ‘I I’li
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
CENTRAL PARK MOBILE
HOME PARK
"For Quality. Convenient Living"
National Black News Service
LOS ANGELES. Calif. - Los
Angeles Mayor Thomas Brad
ley, having rejected an oppor
tunity to join the Carter
Administration, must now per
suade the voters of Los Angeles
to give him a second term,
according to a New York
Times article.
Bradley, a lawyer and
former policeman, is the first
black to be elected mayor of
the nation's third-largest city.
In 1973, a large number of
white voters in the suburban
San Fernando Valley felt that
Bradley's election might mean
that he would favor blacks,
who comprise only 18 percent
of the city's 2.8 million
population, and the poor, the
article said.
Now, however, many of these
same voters oppose Bradley
because they contend that he
has favored the needs of
wealthy businessmen by back
ing a controversial downtown
redevelopment project and an
expensive urban transit plan
while ignoring their pleas for
tax reform.
Bradley's supporters, how
ever, content that the 58-year-
old mayor deserves an ther
term because he has kept Los
Angeles fiscally sound and has
avoided problems of crime and
spiraling welfare rolls.
"1 think that many voters
cast their ballots for Bradley
last time because they wanted
to prove to themselves and to
• See BRADLEY. P 2)
AWARDED (iOl.n MEDAL BY MICKEY MOUSE — Steamboat
springs. Uolo. — Soloman coison, 22, of Hawkreville. (ia.. is
awarded a gnM medal for the cross-country event by none other
than Mickey Mouse at the International Winter Special Oly mpics
February 6. More than 500 athletes competed in the Special
Olympics—the world's largest program for the mentall retarded.
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