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Strong Parent Opposition Causes
Wake School Board Stalls On Carnage AG Program
*;.• HI CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
• With an impressive array of Afri
can-American leadership, sup
ported by a strong parent and citi
zen turnout, the Wake County
School Board on Monday sent plans
for an academically gifted program
at Carnage Middle School next fall
back to its program committee for
further consideration.
The program, better known as
“AG Basics,” is designed to give
gifted and talented children special
care and attention. Currently in
place at Hunter and Fuller elemen
tary schools and Ldgon Middle
School, the board had planned to
expand it to Carnage next fall in
order to m,eet the demand for it by
some parents.
Wake County D.A. Responds
Before Coming BB Gun Trial
BY CASH MICHAELS
8 t»fT Writer
In an unprecedented attempt to
stem the tide of public criticism over
the Willie Barnes BB gun case,
Wake District Attorney C. Colon
Willoughby last weekend took the
public relations offensive, and tried
to offer his version of the contro
versy.
As first reported by The CARO
LINIAN in February, Willie Barnes
is a 16-year-old African-American
teenager who was convicted of three
counts of assault on three Enloe
High School administrators, and
two counts of verbal threats. Accord
ing to the teen’s parents, Mattie
Barnes and Jim Scales, both testi
mony and evidence to the charges
were weak, but District Court Judge
Anne B. Salisbury, in announcing
her decision, said that she was sen
tencing Willie to two years in the
Youth Correctional Center to “make
an example of him” for bringing a
broken BB gun to school. That case
has now been appealed to Wake
Superior Court for this Monday,
April 27.
D.A. Willoughby, in a letter pub
lished in a local newspaper last
(See BB GUN, P. 2)
Historic Marker Dedicated
In Charles Hunter Memory
A slave who became a teacher,
writer, reformer, school principal
and founder of the North Carolina
Industrial Association will be recog
nised by the Raleigh Bicentenniasl
Foundation, Inc. and the state oi
North Carolina during a historic
marker dedication ceremony on
New Bern Avenue and State Street
at 4 p.m. April 26.
CHARLES NORFLEET HUNTER
Charles Norfleet Hunter was
bom a slave in Raleigh in 1852 and
consequently was the property of
William Dallas Haywood.
At the close of the Civil War,
Hunter enrolled in a freedman’s
school in Raleigh anid later stated he
had completed one year of course
work at Shaw University and the
Universityof South Carolina. His
formal education was limited to
occasional summer sessions at
Hampton Institute in Virginia and
Teachers’ Institute in North Caro
lina.
Hunter began his long career in
education as a teacher at Shoe Heel
(Maxton) in Robeson County and in
1878 became principal of Garfield
School in Raleigh. He is especially
remembered for his efforts to pro
vide better educational facilities for
blacks in North Carolina and was
instrumental in having several
schools for black citizens con
structed in the state.
In 1902 he became the principal of
Oberlin School and transferred to
the Chavis School in 1906. In 1909
(See CHARLES HUNTER, P. 2)
EEM
E BEAT
Editor’* Note: This column, a fixture of The CAROLINIAN in
ymmrm past, has returned to our pages in hopes of deterring crime
in our community. The information contained herein is taken from
public arrest records and does not necessarily mean those men
tioned are guilty of crimes.
ARRESTED FOR FIGHT
Johnnie Charles Chavis, III, 22, of 327 Dacian Road, and Lemuel
Arthur Jr., 23, of 720 S. Bloodworth St., were both arrested anc
charged with disorderly conduct. Police say the two were allegedly fighting
on the 300 block of South East Street on April 15.
NABBED FOR ASSAULT
Twenty-six-year-old Pamela Yvonne Harris of 600-B Sherry Brook
Road was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Police say Ms. Harris
allegedly cut 17-year-old Patricia Shavon Grady on the head during an
altercation at the address on April 15.
CONCEALED WEAPON
Twenty-five-year-aid James Mack Woods was arrested for carrying s
concealed Colt .45 automatic pistol, with a magazine containing six .45
caliber bullets. Police list Woods’ address as “Anywhere in Raleigh.”
BREAKS DRUG LAW
Twenty-four-year-old Derek Deondrea Trusdale of 1505-8 Kirkland
road was charged with possession of two grams of crack cocaine, a home
made crack pipe and a razor blade. Police say the cocaine is worth $200.
ASAULT WITH STRAIGHT RAZOR
' Sixty-one-year-old Gophus Evans was charged with assault with e
straight razor and begging on the Fayetteville Street Mall. Police say
Evans, a homeless man, attacked a 30-year-old white female with the razor
CAUGHT WITH STEREO, HEADPHONES
r^MmUr McLean, 24, of 5401 Apt 17 Pootree Place, was charged
with 1ir>g a GE Communications Center valued at $19.97 and a pair oi
8ony headphones valued at $21.97 from a business at 4500 Western Blvd
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But African-American and some
white parents at Carnage opposed
having the AG program there,
sayign that it would create a “school
within a school” with an academic,
social and racial elitism benefiting
mostly white children. Many of the
parents also objected, to a selection/
testing process that ultimately
locked qualified black children out,
and recommended that special ef
forts be made to improve educa
tional opportunities for all children.
District 4 board representative
Harriet Webster echoed that cry.
Many observers, including mem
bers of the press, were surprised not
only to see the school board room
filled to capacity with African
American opposition to the AG plan,
but to see such a powerful display of
community leadership.
For the most part, figures such as
former Raleigh Mayor Clarence
Lightner and former state Sen. John
W. Winters, Jr. sat quietly but made
their presence felt, while others like
Wake County Commissioner Abra
ham Jones, Raleigh-Apex NAACP
President Rev. H.B. Pickett, Wen
FAMILY AFFAIR—Family members of Ms. Gladys Hinton, 508 Chavis Way, are pictured with their Easter goodies
after a family cookout. (Photo by James Giles)
Strengthening The Black Family
Confab XII To St. Aug’s Saturday
The 12th annual conference ot
Strengthening the Black Family
will be held on Saturday in the
Martin Luther King Student Union
on the campus of St. Augustine’s
College. The conference will begin
with registration from 8 to 8:30 a.m.
A plenary breakfast session starts
off the activities, with Dr. Henrie
Treadwell of the Kellogg Founda
tion as guest speaker. A second ple
nary session hosted by the Family
Values Task Force focusing on
“Values for a Strong Black Family”
follows at 10:15 a.m. Workshops
throughout the day will include
“Lending Practices in Wake
County”; “Families Networking to
Find Solutions”; “Major Health Is
sues Facing the Black Family”; and
“Youth Involvement: How You Can
Be Involved.” All programs are
geared toward the family.
A highlight of the conference is
the banquet honoring three families
as family of the year in their respec
tive categories: Ms. Angela Ferrell
as single parent of the year, Ms.
Karen S. Garmon and Ms. Carolyn
Spruill as the extended family of the
year, and Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Rowe as
the traditional family of the year.
Ms. Ferrell is a single parent who
is currenlty providing sole provision
for her six-year-old son, Travis. She
is employed full-time with the Wake
County Department of Health.
Cited as an exemplary employee,
she sets a fine example for her co
woekers as well as for her clients.
Her commitment to excellence for
herself, her family, and others has
earned her the recognition for being
selected as the single family of the
year recipient.
Karen Garmon and Carolyn
Spruill, a mother-daughter team,
will be receiving the extended fam
ily of the year award, together, they
are ensuring the successful rearing
Publisher Retires
PUBLISHER RETIRES—P.R. Jervay, Sr., toft publisher of The CAROLINIAN for
ovor 50 years, recently retired and hat named hit daughter, Mra. Prentice Jervay
Monroe, right, at Mt tuccettor. Paul Jervay, Jr., attociate publisher, it In charge
of production, tatot and ditttfbutlon.
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of Kariss, age 7, and Christopher,
age 6. Their team interests lie for
the good of the children as well as for
the welfare of other children. Ms.
Spruill, who runs a day care center,
watches over Karissa and Christo
pher while Karen, who works full
time, Can also attend law school.
This close-knit relationship is the
reason this family was chosen to
receive the award in the extended
family category.
J.D. and Mary Rowe, affection
ately known as “Fitzgerald Dad”
and “Ma Rowe,” have reared five
college-educated children: Jean
ette, Kaye, Audrey, Kirby, and
Atron. Their five offspring have
each made their contribution to
society by being productive citizens
in their respective areas. The Rowes
have set a fine example for others to
follow, whether in their neighbor
hood or on the job. Their concern for
the well-being and success of their
family, their neighborhood, their
jobs, and their community is the
reason this well-deserving family
was selected as the traditional fam
ily of the year.
The banquet honoring the fami
lies will also be held on the campus
of St Augustine’s College in the
Martin Luther King Student Union.
Tickets for the banquet can be pur
chased at the door.
Democrats To
Gubernotoriai
Hopefuls To Face
Off Sat. On TV
Democratic gubernatorial candi
dates Lacy Thornburg, Jim Hunt
and Marcus Williams will face off in
a televised town hall meeting de
bate on Saturday at 7 p.m. on
WTVD-TV11.
Produced by WTVD, the candi
dates’ meeting comes only 10 days
before North Carolina’s May pri
(See FACE OFF, P.2)
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dell NAACP President Mary Perry
and others, went to the speakers’
podium to implore, and at times
even warn the board to reconsider.
“The attempt to create a superior
race brought about chaos and other
destruction to Germany. Let us not
destroy ourselves from within,”
admonished parent Marilyn Dolby.
(See SCHOOL BOARD, P. 2)
Broughton
Newspaper
To Get Closer
Supervision
A high-school newspaper that
enflamed racial tensions at
Raleigh’s Broughton High School
with articles and editorials that
many African-American students
considered biased will get closer
faculty supervision in the future. So
says school Principal Diane Payne
in the wake of the latest racial con
troversy to hit Raleigh’s oldest high
school.
African-American students at
tending Broughton have been com
plaining for months about racial
slurs and attitudes coming from
fellow white students since a Con
federate Flag Day commemoration,
and an African-American History
Day assembly where the singing of
the “Black National Anthem’ was
abruptly cancelled. Several white
students and teachers said that
they opposed the song because it
was “unnecessary.”
But black students and their par
ents were outraged when the “Hi
Times,” the school newspaper, pub
lished a series of stories, opinions
and editorials doing everything
from criticizing a black security
guard to telling African-Americans
(See BROUGHTON HIGH, P. 2)
NEWS BRIEFS
LEADERSHIP ROLE
State Sen. Frank Ballance
of Warrenton has been
named campaign manager
for Eva M. Clayton, candi
date for Congress in the first
Congressional District. Sen.
Ballance serves in the North
Carolina General Assembly
represnting the state’s Sec
ond Senatorial District. In
addition, he served two
terms in the House of Repre
sentatives representing the
Seventh District.
OUTDOOR GRILLS
The Raleigh Fire Depart
ment reminds citizens that it
is against the state fire code
to use gas or charcoal grills
on decks, balconies or patios
of many Raleigh buildings.
The fire code prohibits the
use of grills within 10 feet of
combustible materials, such
as wood-framed buildings.
Single-family dwellings,
duplexes, condominiums
and townhomes are ex
empted from the ordinance.
BOOK SIGNING
Books at Quail Corners,
5011-B Falls of the Neuse
Road, will host a book-sign
ing for Ayodele Carroo, a
student at Enloe High
School, on April 26 at 4 p.m.
She will give a dance and oral
interpretation of her new
book, Ancestral Rhythm«.
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE FRAUD
Ann Q. Duncan, Employ
ment Security Commission
of North Carolina chairman,
announced recently that the
commission’s fraud unit re
covered more than $800,000
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2)