MRS. BEATRICE This Week in GREENVILLE dilSi BY BEATRICE C. MAYS To strengthen the black family, these negatives must be controlled: Sex without responsibility, fast cars, materialism and alcohol. Offset these negatives with positive role models of churchgoing, stable families and singles as well as those who will “stand in the gap” as mothers, fathers, big sisters and big brothers. Moreover, this concept must extend to the institution-building in black communities. Currently, in too many black communities other ethnic groups are operating everything from the grocery stores to the banks and other business enterprises. The absence of positive black role models in these areas ensures a self perpetuating tradition of dependency on others. Also, we must support our institu tions; provide moral and spiritual training; ensure adequate health care (warning young people of the risks of teenage parenting and substance abuse); create a desire for the acquisition of knowledge; nurture respect for family, law and order; and help provide opportunities that will enable our youth to develop their God-given talents. Black leadership must remain in volved, informed, insistent, and unrelenting in pointing people in the right direction and in helping them maintain the integrity of their ethnicity while at the same time gain ing the fullness of their American citizenship. We must be concerned with an educational system that replaces blacks with blacks who may be retir ing or moving to other positions. Black leadership must assert itself and mobilize the masses to fulfill the promise of democracy. From Ebony magazine August 1387 FAMOUS BLACK AMERICANS Quiz Yourself 1. Moses of her people, led more than 300 slaves to freedom. 2. Mathematician, clockmaker, surveyor who helped plan Washington, D.C. 3. First black American to play in big-league baseball. 4. Co-discoverer of' North Pole, made eight trips to Arctic. 5. Authority on blood plasma, director of first American Red Cross blood bank. 6. Father of the blues, wrote “The Saint Louis Blues” and many more blues tfhgs and Negro spirituals. 7. Overcame handicap to become^ great track star, winner of three gold medals in 1960 Olympic Games. 8. Famous orator, remembered for his outstanding speeches against slavery. 9. World's greatest gospel singer. 10. Associate justice of the Supreme Court. 11. First doctor to operate suc cessfully on the human heart. 12. America’s “Ambassador of Jazz.” 13. Wrote history of the Negro, started the observance of Negro History Week. 14. Writer, philosopher, early member of the NAACP. 15. Educator, founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. 16. First black U.S. con gresswoman. 17. Agricultural research scientist who nude hundreds of products from the peanut and potato. 18. Statesman, champion of democracy, won Nobel Peace Prize for bringin peace between people of Israel and Arabs. 19. First black to serve as U.S. am bassador to the United Nations. 20. Nonviolent crusader for social justice, dreamed of a world where all men might live in peace and love, without poverty. 21. America’s best-known black poet, noted for humorous verse in Negro dialect. 22. Ledfiing Shakespearean actor of the 19th century, denied the oppor tunity of exhibiting his talent to American public. 23. Secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 24. First black singer to perform with the Metropolitan Opera. 25. First to die for American in dependence. Gallery Honors Blacks For Deeds And Service ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP)-A gallery honoring famous blacks such as Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr. and those whose ac complishments are less well-known has opened in Elizabethtown but without its chief creator. Emma Reno Connor, a teacher, .poet and historian, died last year. Her husband, Charles Connor, finished the gallery. “My wife was interested in achievement,” Connor said. “A lot of the things black people did do, they were never given credit for." He said the accomplishments of black scientists and inventors were especially absent from history books. “We were achievers in all fields, but all anybody ever knew about were the black athletes and entertainers,” Connor said. ‘ ‘She [ through the gallery ] is trying to let the black kids know their history, that we excelled in all things,” he said. During her 20 years of teaching, starting out in a tiny blacks-only schoolhouse in Hodgenville, Ms. Con nor, who was born in Elizabethtown in 1918, collected hundreds of newspaper clippings, magazine ar ticles, posters, books, portraits, and photographs of prominent blacks. Connor said the collecting began when his wife put on annual pro grams during February’s Black History Month in New York’s public schools. The idea of displaying the items as a showcase of black ex cellence came later after the Connors returned to Hardin County in 1981. Although unfinished, a private opening took place Feb. » of last year. ~~ Ms. Connor’s sister, Rubye Williams, went to Hardin Memorial Hospital that day to tell her sister the news. Ms. Connor died the next even ing. Represented in the gallery are the historical figures in pre-Civil War days that fought slavery and established the underground railroad to get slaves to free states. Abolitionist John Brown has the distinction of being the only white represented in the gallery. “He was a little crasy and more a great future in your rote, for example. Tote, “You have a past to 1986 when Ronald E. McNair became the second Mack on a NASA flight when he died in the Challenger explosion, their accomplishments should make all blacks proud, Ms. Connor believed. Her sister, Beatrice Reno, bought. the house the gallery is in now for their parents in 1937. The entire Reno family helped start a playground in Glendale for area black children in the 1920s. In one room gf thebopise is a pictorial history of Elixabefhtown, from the 1920s to the present, as col lected by the Renos. Hometown success stories chronicl ed in the local paper are on display °° well as the national heroes like R Parks, Hank Aaron, Louis and Shirley Chisholm. Sprinkled in among the pictures and clippings are Ms. Connor’s weaving words of hone and ____ nf. blaclu “There is past,” she wrote. She also wrote, “You have a that’s a prophesy of your future Great, highly inspired blacks have made their way through a turmoil of difficulties and injustices to become men and women of stature; and respect. If ever you need inspiration for a successful future, look to your past. It is there that inspiration is firmly lodged.” Kahdy Appointed By Gov, BY A.M. JOHNSON THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP Friendship is a priceless gilt That cannot be bought or sold, But its value is far greater than A mountain made of gold, For gold is cold and lifeless, It can neither see nor hear, And in the time of trouble, It is powerless to cheer. It has no ears to listen, Nor heart to understand, It cannot bring you comfort Or reach out a helping hand. So when you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if He sends, " Not diamonds, pearls or riches, But the love of real true Month. CLINTON-Ms. Mae B. Melvin and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Carr were honored for more than 17 years of ser vice in a testimonial service at Snow Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Roseboro, on Sunday, Jan. SB, at 4 p.m. by students of the former Snow Hill Elementary School. Rev. Jesse Smith is the pastor of the church. The Rev. William Peter son was chairman of the students of Snow Hill. He served as tosstmaster for the testimonials. Ms. Iris J. Culbreth, minister of music, played a medley of music and the Young Adult Choir sang. Deacon Chester Parker welcomed the guests. Greetings from town officials were given by Belva Jones, and Tera Culbreth greeted guests. Paying a “This Is Your Life” style tribute to the honored guests were E.T. Underwood, Charles N. Parker, Dr. Carolyn T. Taylor, the Exsell Brother sand Ms. Jeanette Council of Fayetteville, among others. Wilbert C. Parker made the presen tation. Ms. Mildred Underwood recognized family members and guests. Snow Hill faculty members present were 93-year-old Ms. Suzie Evans of Fayetteville, Ms. Gertrude Crenshaw of Garland, Ms. Juanita Boney of Rose Hill, Ms. Christine Moore Bullard of Rochester, N.Y., Ms. Mamie McRae of Clinton, W.W. Carr and Ms. Blonnie P. Carr of Clinton, and Ms. Sudie Mae Melvin of Fayet teville. The members of the Morning Star Holiness Church family and the fami ly of Ms. Pearl Raynor Wynn honored her last Sunday, Feb. 5, at 4 p.m. at the church with a celebration of thanksgiving, themed “A Star Was Born.” The welcome was given by T. Highsmith. The program began with the processional of the family. The sisters and the honoree and husband were honored with a prayer by the pastor, Rev. James Butler, and a •selection by the Community Male Chorus. Ms. Lizzie Harper read a selection titled, “A Star Was Born,” followed by reflections from the church by Ms. Lucille Kenlaw; from the home by Isaac Faison; and from the community by Moee McRae. Ms. Rosalie Beckett sang a selec tion and Quentin Wynn gave a tribute to his mother. The Raynor boys gave two selections, “Family” and “We Care.” Presentations were made by Ms. Sadie tallie and others. Edwin Ray Wynn paid tribute to his wife. The prayer of thanksgiving was given by Evangelist Martha McLaurin. The honoree, Ms. Minnie P. Wynn, made remarks and thanked all who had honored her. A reception was held at the Fisher Drive Building. City Of Raleigh Funds Historic Property Study The Raleigh Historic Properties Commission £as begun a survey of historically - and architeciurally significant structures in Raleigh’s black communities, the second phase of the African-American Studies Pro ject. This project is being funded by the City of Raleigh and the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service and the State Historic Preservation Office. The survey, which will last through June 90, will document the buildings and prepare nominations for the Na tional Register of Historic Places. Surveyors for the project are Kip Wright, coordinator; Joyce Mitchell and Terri Myers. Communities they will survey will be East Raleigh in February; Shaw University/South Raleigh in March; South Park in April; the area be tween Linden Avenue and St. Augustine’s Collage in May; and Col lege Park, Battery Heights, Southside, Oberlln, Method and Nssareth in June. In order to document these historic —^ equipped Any assistance from related to the history of i would bo ftonnditii In. formation needed includes the WMNM8 THE PRIZE—Martin Luther King, Jr. became the thH Mack, 12th American, and tha youngest persen aver ta win the Nahei Paaca Pita. Hack Hbtarv Manth ah ate, caurtasv tha Associated PuMshan. lac. hiviihi prrvsvi wnacivwy taav flaaVvMWW iWIMVIWIvi Hw* Peace Corps Training Helps Launch Careers WASHINGTON, D.C.-Black Am ericans who have joined the Peace Corps over the past 28 years credit the overseas experience as a spring board to success. Many of the thousands who received invaluable leadership training in the Peace Corps now hold key positions in government, education, business and finance, communications and the arts. As part of its celebration of Black History Month, Peace Corps is highlighting a number of these promi nent former volunteers and staff and their recollections of their years with the Peace Corps. In its continuing drive to attract more representative numbers of minority volunteers, Peace Corps is appealing for greater participation from the black com munity. Former Peace Corps volunteers and staff are working in top positions in a wide variety of occupations. They are heads of institutes at major universities, seasoned reporters for major daily newspapers, top cor porate managers and prominent ar tists. Almost without exception, these national leaders cite their Reace Corps service as the pivotal ex perience in their professional careers. “Peace Corps made a terrific im pact on my life,” Leonard Robinson, director of the African Development Foundation in Washington, said. “There is no question in my mind that Peace Corps served as a spring board, a launching pad, for my career in international development,” he said. Robinson was ' a volunteer in India from 1964-66. “For young blacks in particular, the Peace Corps gives you an oppor tunity you couldn't get elsewhere,” according to Dr. Joseph Kennedy, director for international develop ment at Africare in Washington. Ken nedy served as deputy regional direc ' i tor for Peace Corps operations in Africa and also as country director in Sierra Leone. To make volunteer service more practical and appealing to black Americans, Peace Corps has developed several new incentives to ease the financial obligations of higher education. The U.S. govern ment and many educational Institu tions offer special student benefits, for Peace Corps volunteer service, in cluding: •Partial forgiveness and defer ment of payment of student loans in certain cases; •Academic credit; •Scholarships and assistantshipe for returned volunteers, at least half of whom go on to graduate school; •Unique master’s degree pro grams—some specifically designed to attract minorities—that combine academic study and service overseas; •Non-competitive eligibility con sideration for federal employment for up to three years after completion of volunteer service. In addition, Peace Corps volunteers receive paid training and vacation, complete medical and dental coverage, free transportation overseas and a monthly living allowance. Volunteers also earn a $200 monthly readjustment allowance for use after they complete their ser vice. For a two-year assignment, in cluding training, the average volunteer would receive a 19,400 read justment allowance. Karen Owes, from Portsmouth, Va., served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal from 1969-88. “I don’t think many students realise how fantastic the financial benefits can be in helping with education ex penses,” she said. “My Peace Corps service will help me to go law school.” Eagles Present Celebration For Founder’s Day The NRTA retired teachers celebrated their Founder’s Day in the Johnson Building at Martin Street Baptist Church on Wednesday, Feb. 8. 'ine program began with the group singing “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing." Eagle Marjorie Phillips presided. The Lord’s Prayer was repeated in unison, led by Eagle Bertha Wilson. Next, the Eagles’ Ensemble sang “Sweet Sweet Spirit.” Eagle Irene Scales gave the history of the Eagles. Since the last celebration of Founder’s Day, two Eagles have expired—Vivian Tooey Brown and Addle 0. Stroud. A tribute to these deceased members was given by Eagle Estella curry. Soft music was played by the president, Eagle Etta Jones The program continued with a rendition of poetry read by Eagle Catherine Quick. Eagle Myrtle Crockett thrilled the group by preaching one of her famous sermons. After the announcements and remarks by the president, refreshments were served. During the fellowship period, each Eagle was given a Valentine’s gift that was made by Eagle Carlotta Haywood. The following members were present: Lillian Brown, Josephine Bryant, Lillie M. demons, Myrtle Crockett, Laura Crumby, Estella Curry, Mary B. Graham, Catherine Hargrove, Carlotta Haywood, Maggie Holley, Dorothy Jones, Lee Etta -Jones, Hester McManus, Marjorie M. Phillips, Ruth Pope, Catherine Quick, Irene Scales and Bertha Wilson. ONE-PARENT (Continued from page IS) situation in 1988 were most likely to be living with a parent who had never married (M percent), while white children were most likely to be living with a divorced parent (50 percent). Hispanic children living with one parent were about equally likely to be living with a never-married parent (93 percent), with a married parent whose spouse was absent (31 percent), or with a divorced parent (30 percent). As in all surveys, the data are sub ject to sampling variability and rmponwi errors. These statistics are from a final report on these subjects. An advance report that did not contain the data highlighted here was issued in September 1988. It was titled "Households, Families, Marital Status, and Living Arrangements: March 1988” (Series P-20, No. 433). (Continued from page 13) has an enrollment of more than 20,000. Johnson, who has served 11 yean as president of Grambling, said he is interested in the EMU Job, but is not sure he is ready to pull up his Loui siana roots. Other candidates vying for the posi tion are: Dr. Ronald W. Collins, S3, provost and vice president for academic af fairs at EMU; Dr. Judith L. Kuipers, 51, vice president for academic af fairs at California State University, Fresno; Dr. Dale F. Nitxschke, 51, president of Marshall University, Huntington, W.Va.; and Dr. WUUam E. Shelton, 44, vice president for In stitutional advancement at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. The Eastern Michigan president earns (107,000 annually and is fur nished a home and automobile, Tln noy said. STUDENT SEEKS (Continued from pegs 13) corporate leaders. “I was really worried about how the commercial would turn out,” Ms. Hill said. “By the time we finally got it right, we were hot and tired and to mo it looked obvious wa wore acting. I haven’t aeon the commercial on television yet but ooe of my friends videotaped it and lot mo borrow it It doesn’t look as bad as I thou^t it would." Ms. Hill says the winners return to Chi^totiysmnmarimatauNlay leadership conflsronos where they will meet with Mack civic and religious leaders to tell them what they think are problems in the Mack