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CALENDAR (Continued from page 1) "Immortalizing African-Americans of North Carolina,” a travelin exhibit honoring African-Americans from around the state by/Fayette> ills State Umversity artist Frances Baird, will be shown Aug. 15-Sep 13. The exhibit features large drawings of people who have achieve outstanding recognition for their service to the people of their commur ity as well as the entire state. Baird is a popular artist whose man awards include a Fulbdght Fellowship for summer study to India i 1984. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Satui day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayettevill St. (comer of Fayetteville Street and Lakewood Avenue). Call 683-170 for more information. GARY TO SPEAK TO CONVENTION/VISITORS BUREAU The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau will hold it fifth annual meeting on Wednesday, starting at noon at the Raleig] Civic and Convention Center. This year’s keynote speaker is Willie Gary, a prominent Floridi lawyer, philanthropist and graduate/benefactor of Shaw University Bom in Eastman, Ga., into a sharecropper family of 13, Gary began hii rags-to-riches journey after coming to Raleigh in 1967. He has appears* on national television and in numerous publications, and is well knowi locally for his $10 million contribution to Shaw University last year. In addition to Gary’s remarks, the bureau will present its 1991-9! annual report, including year-end convention booking statistics. Th< Thad Eure, Jr. Memorial Award will also be presented to a local busi ness leader in recognition of his/her contributions to the convention an* visitor industry of the Greater Raleigh area. SHAW OFFERS TEEN ARTS CAMP Shaw University is offering a Young Teens Arts and Culture Camj for 13- and 14-yiear-olds, from July 13 to 31. The camp will focus or theater arts, music, dance, arts and crafts, recreational activities anc culture. For more information, call 546-8399. GARNER FAMILY (Continued from page 1) Department told The CAROLIN IAN. Pieces of crumbled gravestones were found off a road near a pond about 500 feet from Perry’s prop erty. Investigators believe the stones, some clearly dated back to 1906, may have been bulldozed to that spot and buried when the land was developed. Meanwhile, Alice Graves and other members of her family met Thursday night with Capt. Pick ett, state archaeologist John Clauser, and at least one family from White Oak, about what to do next. In a telephone interview with The CAROLINIAN, Ms. Graves said no decision was reached, but another meeting is scheduled in two weeks. “If s hurting, but Fm doing fine,” said Ms. Graves. “With God’s help well survive. We’re really upset and hurt about the whole thing, but the family will pull it together with God’s help.” —CASH MICHAELS “ENFORCERS” (Continued from page 1) intermittent here in Raleigh, but officials say as the crack trade con tinues to grow, so will the battle for territory. Last December, two men were found shot to death in bushes be hind Wake Medical Center. Police say they were suspected drug “mules’ or couriers from New York. There have been other shootings in and around Raleigh involved al leged local dealers and New York ers. Police say if anyone has infor mation that leads to the arrest and conviction of “Rocking* and “Lord,’ they should call CrimeStoppers at 834-HELP. There is a $1,000 re ward, and the calls are kept confi dential. OFFICER WINS (Continued from page 1) and former Interim Direc tor of Public Safety John DeVito, were all found to have discriminated against the 41-year-old black female officer. The judge dismissed charges against UNC-CH Chancellor Paul Hardin Ths CAROLMAN Newspaper, Inc. of Raleigh ISSN 00455873 515 E. Martin Street Raleigh, North Carolna 27801 Baling Address: P.0. Box 25300 RaMgh, North Carolna 27011 Second Oaaa Poetags Paid at RaMgh North Carolna 27811 PUBLISHED SEM-WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year-$29.00 She Mofllho«.H...nH«M«.H—.wm$14*00 i and nulla afl ehaeka and manav ' Wiesa IIWIVO ^NS vliowno mesas IlfwfiWy orders payable to The CAROLNAN. 45th St, Now York, N.Y. 10031, National Ad The Puhiahsrls natrssponafcli lerths ilMoopy. slnthlo poNey of the newspaper. Far addrsaaeansctlan notOy Ths CARO UMAN.P.0. Boa 25300,Raleigh,N.C.27511. i and three other* prior to giving the jury the oa*e. After the verdict, juror* ■aid that based on testi mony, they never doubted that Officer Edward* was being unfairly singled out because she was an African American woman. Chief Mauer was found guilty of harassing Edwards about wearing her hair under her cap, wouldn’t give her stan dard assignments, and wouldn’t hire other black female officers, thus creat ing a hostile work environ ment for Edwards. One officer even testified that the former chief called Edwards a “nigger” in his presence. Both Sherman and DeVito were found guilty of deliberately and discrimi nately passing over Ed wards for promotions for which she was qualified. Edwards said she was particularly happy that DeVito was found guilty for unfairly passing her over for the position of crime prevention officer in 1988. “He knew I was the only person in the department certified for that position,” Edward* told reporters. “He despised me.” Chancellor Hardin clearly indicated to report ers that the verdict would not be the last word on the case, and the university will probably be appealing. Also an attorney, Hardin called the case “close,” and said that when all is said and done, ^justice will be done.” Edwards, who was so re lieved when the verdict was read that she lowered her head and cried, admitted that the whole ordeal had drained her. She had been filing discrimination griev ances against various supe riors since 1977, and in 1990, filed suit against the uni versity and seven superiors. The message is now clear, says Edwards, that discrimination in the workplace will not be toler ated. “It’s a major victory,” said a happy Officer Ed wards. BLACKS AT DNC (Continued from page 1) 1988 presidential campaign ant senior political advisor to presi dential nominee Michael Dukakis. Two politically experienced Afri ean-Americans were amon( Brown’s first appointments in pro paring for the 1992 race for thi White House. He promptly name< Alexis M. Herman, former directo: of the Women’s Bureau, U.S. De partment of Labor, as DNC’s chie of staff and subsequently as thi chief executive officer for planning the convention, and attorney Mario M. Cooper as conventior manager. Cooper served as deputy confer ence director of the 1978 Demo cratic National Mid-Term Confer ence, executive director of the As toeiation of State Democratic Chairs and podium producer foi the 1988 Democratic Convention. Other African-Americans hold ng top positions on the conventior itaff are Frank Williams. Jr., chie t IN MEMORY—Monday July 13th wtuM havu been tha 36th bhthiay at Ivan Leranzo Ingram. Ingram’s family Is stN grassing tar a ra-lnvastigatlan into daath as a result of a police shooting. Ingram (seated) was well Nkod l colleagues like Sportscastar Tom Suitor when ha worked tor WRAL-TV 5-yo ago. financial officer; attorney Hartina Flournoy, general counsel; Maxine Griffith, director, convention hall planning and management; Lujuan M. Johnson, director, headquarters hotels; Michael J. Pitts, director of transportation; and Marilyn Shaw, director of vol unteer services. Among the other African-Ameri cans on the convention staff are Yolanda Caraway, senior advisor to the chairman; Howlie Davis, special assistant to the convention CEO; James T. Day, deputy of can didate, congressional and VIP ar rangements; Leah Daughtry, di rector, Office of the Convention Manager; Ivan D. Andrews, dep uty director of housing; and Mich ele Brown, executive assistant to the CEO. Brown announced that one of the keynote speakers at Monday’s opening convention session will be former Texas Rep. Barbara Jordan and that Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson will serve as one of four co-chairs of the convention. Brown named 23 African Americans to three convention standing committees, Platform, Rules and Credentials. Seattle Mayor Norman Rich and Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes serve as vice chairs of the Rules Com mittee, and Missouri Congressman Alan Wheat and North Carolina Speaker of the House Dan Blue are co-chair and vice-chair, respec tively, of the Credentials Commit tee. MS. INGRAM (Continued from page 1) LIN IAN on the eve of his birthday, but “a void in my heart, that knows the whole truth has not been told.’ The strides taken by Ms. In gram, her family, friends and sup porters, to uncover more about the incident have been impressive. Every month, they come together to march and rally against police brutality, and demand a reinvesti gation. Last month, during the state Democratic convention, the In gram family, along with the Lenora Fulani for President cam paign and the Raleigh Citizens for Justice, lobbied delegates to pass a resolution asking the Raleigh City Council to reopen the case. The resolution passed, and the city council was asked to do just that last week. So far, they have not acted on the request. But the council reportedly did request an FBI investigation into the shooting, only after Ingram family supporters pressed the is sue. And if the case is reopened, what can be hoped to be discov ered? According to Ms. Ingram, the written record, mostly drawn ( from Officer Kerr’s version of events, leaves much to be desired. “Kerr says my son was with four other men in front of Carver Street when the police pulled up, but to this day, he is the only police oflfi | cer, or witness, to ever say that. No one else saw him over there,” says Ms. Ingram. Witnesses The CAROLINIAN has spoken to say that when the shooting took place, no one knew who got shot because it happened away from where all of the officers except Kerr were. This supports the contention that Ingram was not with a group of four men the police were targeting, but was walking along a pathway on the other side of the house when he was confronted by Officer Kerr. Ms. Ingram also questions Kerr’s contention that Ivan In gram never said a word to him, when the autopsy report issued in • January states that he was “nrgu mentative.” “My son would have said some thing if he saw a police officer with a shotgun pointed at him,” Ms. In gram said. There are many other questions, but for now, on his birthday, she chooses to remember the good times, and the warmth, humor and humanity that made her son her “best friend." “I remember last year how you took your birthday cake to your job and shared it with your co-work ers," she wrote in a special memo rial tribute to her son for his birth day. “I remember two years ago on your birthday I came to your job with balloons and gifts, and I can see that big, wide smile you had on your face, and how surprised you were to see me.” She also recalled how Ivan once teased her into thinking that he couldn’t take her anywhere special for her birthday last August, then drove right to the Angus Bam, her favorite place, where other family and friends were waiting. “You were always doing things to make people happy,” she wrote. Ms. Ingram remembers her son to be an intensely honest man, and a man of strong convictions that led by example. "I knew my son, that’s why I can’t accept the way this happened,” she said. Last Saturday, family, friends and supporters gathered at her home to honor Ivan on his birth day. There were tears, but there were also happy memories about the joy that each person who knew him has a lasting piece of. “It’s the way Ivan would have wanted it,” said Ms. Ingram. Williamston Cont. It seems there was some opposi tion at the special meeting on the road name changing June 24. Not many roads had been named in honor of blacks in the county when the first proposal went into effect. However, when one family whose relatives had owned the land for more than 100 years objected to that road being named after some one who had never lived on or owned any of the land, a request was made for a change. Noting that someone appeared to have run out of names, thereby using such names as Dog Pen, Cow Pen, etc., the Board of County Commissioners was presented with one family’s dissatisfaction, then a couple of others followed. The Duggins Road, my source informs me, was being objected to last week, stating that one was in another part of the county. Well, I notice certain streets that are listed: street, avenue, place or lane, in this small town and no concern is expressed as to whether the same street was in another town in Martin County. In years past, many blacks owned farms and helped to make progress within the county, so why can’t a few be remembered in an honorable way? Ms. Ceola Hardison, 420 Mel bourne Avenue, Williamston, died Saturday, June 27. Funeral service was held on Wednesday, July 1, in Belmont Baptist Church at 1 p.m. A wake was held Tuesday evening at Con gleton Funeral Home. Happy birthday greetings to F.L. Joyner, Timothy Williams, Ms. Delores 8. Wiliams, Ms. Bar bara Jean Perry and Ms. Tunasia D. Rodgers. The AME Zioners finished the quarterly conference in William ston at the Williams Chapel Church on Sunday, June 28. WILLIAMSTON I Whistlings I BY JOYCE GRAY WILLIAMSTON—One of tho first things I did on the route upon getting home was to visit one of the oldest ladies in this town, Ms. Betty S. Lanier, who served as her church secretary until her health failed. While there, her daughter, Ms. Mae Betty Braswell, showed me her pictures of her daughter, the former Ms. Cierny Brasuell’s, wedding. Taken with a sudden reaction to some medication, it looked as if Ms. Brasuell wasn’t going to make it to Durham for the wedding since she had to be hospitalized, but she was discharged in time to see her daughter become Mrs. Raimundo Goncalvasdos Santos Bojao. The bridegroom is a native of Brazil and they are currently re siding in Durham. The bride and bridegroom exchanged their vows on May 16, with attire for both in his native costume. She is a native of New York, but has been living in Durham for several years, and visits her grandmother, Betty, whenever her employment allows time. Ms. Grace P. Smithwick, 97 and confined to bed for several years now, usually does not recognize her visitors, but when I asked if she remembered me, she said yes. So we chatted for a few seconds while I held her hand, then told her I didn’t want to tire her out. She is being cared for in her youngest daughter’s home, who gets a lot of help from her dear husband, Johnnie Bell. He was caring for her while his wife, Min nie, was uptown that afternoon. Being the sole surviving daughter, Ms. Bell doesn’t get much release, except from her sister-in-law, Ms. Chris anna Smithwick. Ms. Elizabeth Scott and her par ents went to Fort Devens, Mass, to see her brother, Pfc. Franklin G. Scott, Jr., who is stationed there in the Army. They left June 17 and returned home June 22. They had an enjoyable time seeing and visit ing with him. Franklin, a former college stu dent, entered the Army just a few weeks prior to his grandparents’ demise, and had spent ai much time caring for the two who were kept at home during their illness as possible, at his every possible chance away from school in Dur ham. The brother and sister,* both very devoted to their grandpar ents, could not be found at any other place often. Elizabeth, a very personable, well-mannered teen who is show ing every trait of blooming into a beautiful young lady, certainly needed the trip and so I gave her a big hug when catching up with her. Only a couple of hours had passed since I had put down a CAROLINIAN with an article in it about a member of the MOVE or ganization when my couain, Chel don Lanier, and his wife, Fran, drove up from Springfield, Mass. Well! They came at a time when there had been a big battle be tween the mind and the pains, and as another late cousin used to say, “God always has a ram in the bush,” because chatting with them and having them try to get me to recall incidents really helped. His brother, Harry C., whom I don’t see very often and often his family out when I try to telephone them, tried to help add to the fam ily history during the conversation and now I’m thinking I learned more from then than they did from me, because I heard for the first time that their father, Octavius (often called O.V.) Lanier, was a twin. This satisfied my curiosity as to why I had twin grandsons. Being off schedule, it seems, for the past seven months, I of course owed Cheldon and Fran a reply to their last correspondence, and was delighted that they both under stood my condition. However, they were surprised at my mention of the MOVE article and how close his sister, Ollie, lived to the area which burned in Philadelphia. She died a few days after the fire and was brought back to be laid to fi nal rest—only now, that site has been removed by the state. Somehow, Cheldon said, it does not seem that many years ago. May 13, 1986, seven years since Ollie died. I recalled the look of fear upon her usually pleasant looking face as her body laid in rest On the sick and shut-in list Mr. and Mrs. Seth Council, Ms. Grace P. Smithwiek, Herman Johnson, Joe Higgs, Robert Hardiaon, lit. Maria Biggs, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Hyman, Ms. Lucy P. Brown, Al ton Ball, Ms. Annabel Beat, Frederick Bennett, Ms. Daiay h! Biggs, George Anthony Perry Jesae Allen Bell, Ms. Betty 8! Lanier, William T. "Jack” Small, wood, Ma. Mattie H. Perry, The* maa Hill, George Roberta, Ms. Ar masa C. Roberson, David B. Peg. gins, M>- Davie Hill, Ms. Rosa Beat, Ma. Ophelia Psele, Robert Jones, Ma. Annie Lee, Ma. Hattie Spell, Ms. Roxie Wert, Raymond Rease, Ma. Nancy P. Rodgers, John S. “Sonny” Faulk, Floyd Al len Lanier, Reginald Lovett, Ms. Pearl Nichols. Also, Joe Norman, Rudolph Wilkins, Ms. Elisabeth W. Wilkins and Ms. Eva Satterthwaite, all of Roper. Ms. Pauline Brown and Ma Es ther Woolard of Plymouth and El dr see Lucy Murray, formerly of Jamesville, now in WQliamston. The Goddard family reunion at the old homestead on July 4, lo cated beyond Smithwiek Creek Chapel Church, featured descen dants of Goldie and Charlotte God dard and relatives of the current Me. Ruth Goddard Clemmons Biggs. Those who missed the occa sion may contact Ms. Biggs for a future reunion date. Alex and Nora Woolanfs family reunion is set for the Waterfront, Washington, on July 11. On Aug. 1, the C.C. Keyes (km ily will convene at the C.C. Keyes Pavilion in the Mill Neck section of Williamston. Activity begins on Friday afternoon, with a full schedule involving various items of interest. Saturday’s gathering starts at noon. Friends are invited to join the family. Usually, at such reunions, one may find some kinship and the blood connection... a total sur priee. Expression* at sympathy an ex tended to the family of John Eater Reddick. Life ended for Mr. Red dick on Thursday, June 25. He had been in declining health for sev eral years. A farmer in early adulthood and local ~tari driver for many yean, the native of Martin County was well known by many for hi* prompt service in the taxi buainew and always serving with a smile. Reddick was born March 18, 1921, in Williamston, to the late Alonxa and Roeania Reddick, the youngest of six children, five natu ral and one adopted. The adopted sister was the lata Manias Wil liams. Two siblings survive. Educated in the Martin County Schools, upon reaching young adulthood and leaving farm work he left North Carolina, becoming an automobile worker in Michigan. Later, he joined the UJ3. Army, thereby seeing some action during World War II in the Philippines. In 1953, he and Ella Rose Wilder were joined in holy matri mony and blessed with a son, Er rol Darnell Reddick, and daughter, Esther Reddick Wilson, both of Willi amston. Officiating for the homagoing celebration on Sunday, June 28, at 4 p.m. in Cornerstone Baptist Church was the Rev. C JL Phillips. Assisting in the service was the Rev. C. Wilkins. A special tribute was paid by hie grandson, Errol D. Reddick, Jr. Mb. Minnie Wilder sang a solo. The family and friends gathered at the church just after morning worship service fin* lunch and fel lowship. Serving as pallbearers were Milford Rodgers, Johnny Rodgers, Horace Rodgers, Vemell Rodgers, Ralph Brown and Samuel Rodgers. Honorary pallbearers were taxi drivers. The Cornerstone Baptist Church ushers and the Smiling Faces Day Care staff served as floral bearers. Man son Mortuary, Inc. of Wil liamston and Robersonville was entrusted with the services. Inter ment was on Routs 2 in the family cemetery. Other survivors besides Mo wife, son and daughter of Williamston, include another daughter, Florell Sharpe, of Rocky Mount; one daughter-in-law, Ontra Reddick; one eon-in-law, Joe F. Wilson; two grandsons, Errol Darnell, Jr. and Quincy T. Wilson; one Mother, Warren Reddick; one sister, Van Lee R. Peele; five sisters-in-law, Daisy Reddick, Tsruaha Reddick, Viola Roddick and Minnie Wilder, all of Williamston, and Nellis Ash ley of Boston, Mass.; several nieces, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
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