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Minority Voice

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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1981

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5-13, 1996

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BERS OF THE PITT COUNTY CHAPTER OF SCLC ... Pictured above are some

of the members of the Pitt County Chapter of the SCLC at the 1996 National Convention which
was held in Detroit, Michigan, during the week of August 12-16. This years convention theme:
oStop the killing, end the violence ?, geared towards the youth, the future of tomorrow, to stop

the killing and start embracing love and hope for all mankind.

SCLC, North Carolina State
Chapter holds convention

Mr. Melvin McLawhorn, Pitt
County Vice President and North
Carolina State Chairman of the
Southern Christian Leaderhsip
Conference (SCLC) along with
his family attended the National
1996 Convention and reports
that during the week of August
12-16, 1996, the SCLC held its
national convention in Detroit,

Michigan with over 50 members
attending from the Greenville
chapter. This years convention
theme: oStop the Killing, End
the Violence ?, is an effort geared
toward the youth, the future of
tomorrow, to stop the killing and
start embracing love and hope
for all man kind.

McLawhorn also reports that

Mr. Bennie Roundtree, President
of the Greenville chapter, and
North Carolina State President,
was appointed to serve on the
National Board of Directors of
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference by the Rev. Dr. Jo-
seph Lowery, National President
of SCLC.

Fuhrman to write a book, O.J.

blasts Hollywood morals

Using the term oO.J. Update, ?
at this point in time seems to-
tally incredulous, but here we go
again,

Former Los Angeles police de-
tective Mark Fuhrman has sur-
faced and wants to join almost
everyone else who was ever in-
volved in the O.J. Simpson trial
by writing a book of his own, his
New York literary agent said
Monday.

Literary agent Lucianne
Goldberg said a book outline and
sample chapter by Fuhrman,
whose account of finding abloody
glove on Simpson Ts estate was
severely challenged during the
trial, has been submitted to sev-
eral publishers. Goldberg main-
tained the book owill be sold to
the highest bidder, ? but declined
to state an asking price. She also

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A BLAST FRO

declined to reveal details of what
Fuhrman plans to say.

However, New York Post me-
dia columnist Maureen O TBrien
reported that Fuhrman wants to
apologize for making insulting
remarks about Blacks and oblow
the whistle ? on screenwriter
Laura Hart Mckinney, who tes-
tified that he made racially dis-
paraging remarks.

O TBrien who claims she has
seen a copy of the book proposal,
said Fuhrman owill discuss his
oft-rumored but never confirmed
~relationship T with Hart
McKinney. ? She said he referred
to the now infamous tapes as oa
combination of macho bravado,
stupid pillow talk and character
development for a fictional
screenplay. ?

Simpson, as we well know, was

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ARCHIVES , .. Council Woman Mildred Council and most
distinguished attorney from Miami, Florida, Mr. Willie Gray.

found not guilty of murdering
his wife Nicole and her friend
Ron Goldman after the defense
effectively cast doubt about
Fuhrman Ts reliability as a wit-
ness. Since the trial, many key
figures in the trial have written
books, with several of them be-
coming bestsellers.

Panties over the gate

Finally, an indignant O.J.
Simpson took issue with today Ts
women, complaining, odo you
know what it Ts like having pant-
ies with phone numbers on them
thrown over your gate? ? Whew!
In the immortal words of Porky
Pig, That Ts all folks!

By Abiola Sinclair
Media Editor
South Africa Ts former president
F.W. de Klerk, testifying at the

7 Truth Commission Monday, Au-

gust 19, acknowledged apartheid
crimes committed by the govern-
ment under white-minority rule.
And one of his generals acknowl-
edged there had been ogross vio-
lation of human rights. ?

Gen. Constand Viljoen, former
chief of the apartheidera defense

| force and now leader of the right-

wing Freedom Front party, told
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Ts
Truth and Reconciliation Com-
mission: oWe certainly made a
grave mistake (with Blacks)...so
we take collective responsibility
for the situation that developed. ?

Viljoen, saying he represented
oethnic Africaners ? (whites)
pressing for self determination
within South Africa, said the re-
fusal of the then-ruling National
Party to address the demands of
Blacks oinvited ? the African Na-
tional Congress to take up arms
and forge an alliance with Com-
munists.

oI will not attempt to rational-
ize what is generally called gross
violation of human rights....they
were wrong, ? he said.

Viljoen Ts presentation to the

oTruth Commission ? was thefirst
of a series due to be made this
week by political parties seeking
to explain their actions during
the apartheid years.

De Klerk, current leader of the
National Party, said in a televi-
sion interview Monday, oI Tm look-
ing forward to the opportunity to
make a submission to put what
happened from our vantage point
in the proper context.

oPart of that will also be to
accept overall responsibility for
many things which went wrong. ?

The National Party imple-
mented apartheid as an official
national policy when it took of-
fice in 1948.

President Nelson Mandela set
up the Truth Commission to at-
tempt to heal the wounds of
apartheid by exposing the dirty
tricks and suffering during the
struggle between liberation
movements and the white-mi-
nority government.

But many see the Truth and
Reconcilliation Commission as
merely a vanity display with no
teeth nor desire to right govern-
ment inspired wrongs including
the murder of Steven Biko. Biko Ts
widow feels too many apartheid
monsters are getting off.

Viljoen was accompanied Mon-

De Klerk, others testify
at the Truth Commission

day by Gen. Tienie Groenwald, a
former military intelligence
chief, who was acquitted earlier
this year on murder charges aris-
ing from the 1987 massacre of 13
Blacks in the Kwazulu-Natal
hamlet of KwaMakutha.

Former Defense Minister
Magnus Malan is still on trial on
the same charges. The state al-
leges the defense force helped
members of the Inkatha Free-
dom Party to carry out the at-
tack, purportedly on supporters
of the ANC.

Viljoen told the commission he
could not be completely frank
because of fears that he might
incriminate himself or his sup-
porters.

He cited the case of former
security policeman Dirk Coetzee
who was charged with murder
this month after he voluntarily
lifted the lid on the killing of
Black activists by a police hit
squad.

The Truth Commission, which
has powers to recommend am-
nesty for perpetrators of human
rights abuses who confess, has
said that in view of the charges
against Coetzee it will expedite
consideration of his application
for indemnity from prosecution.

WSSU professor writes
history of high school

Dr. Lenwood G. Davis, Profes-
sor of History at Winston-Salem
State University recently pub-
lished A History of Beaufort/
Queen Street High School. Dr.
Davis, agraduate of Queen Street
HIgh School, stated oThis book is
more than a history of a high
school, it is also a model of howa
high school history should be
written. Therefore, anyone in-
terested in writing a high school
history may want to read this
book. ?

This book not only discusses
the history of the school, but also
the early education of Blacks in
Beaufort: 1863-1926. A special
chapter is devoted to the build-
ing of Beaufort High School:
1926-1927. There are also chap-
ter on both the Black and White
communities support for the

school. The history professor
pointed out the school received
support not only from the Black
community, but the White com-
munity as well. Dr. Davis men-
tioned the following White indi-
viduals and businesses that sup-
ported the school over the years:
Joseph House, F.R. Bell, Guthrie
Jones, J.H. Dill, C.D. Jones, J.O.
Baxter, Jr., Will Arrington, G.W.
Duncan, Wiley Taylor, G.W.
Hundley, Claude Wheatley,
Adair Funeral Home, Beaufort
Hardware Co., Carteret County
News Times, Paul MotorCo., City
Applicance Co., Beaufort Depart-
ment Store, Beaufort Florist and
Potter Ts Sinclair.

Several appendices are in this
work. Some include oSignificant
Events in the History of Beau-
fort/Queen Street High School, ?

oFaculty and Principals of Beau-
fort/Queen Street High School, ?
and oGraduates of Beaufort/
Queen Street High School Who
Attended or Graduated from
College of Professional School. ?

This 217 page book is the first
and only written history of Beau-
fort/Queen Street High School
and is one of only a few written
histories of high school in the
United States. The author of this
book has written twenty other
books. His latest and most popu-
lar book is A Travel Guide to
Black Historical Sites and Land-
marks in North Carolina.

Anyone interested in purchas-
ing A History of Beaufort/Queen
Street High School can order it
directly from Dr. Davis at P.O.
Box 13035 (WSSU), Winston-
Salem, NC 27110 for $14.95 plus
$2.50 for postage.

President Clinton was right for signing welfare bill

By FRANK PAUL JONES

Like they say, you give them
a inch and they take a mile. I
say this because I confronted
you with an issue that will af-
fect a lot of Black people. Take
the government practice of
housing discrimination, for ex-
ample. I guess you feel felons
don Tt deserve fair housing or
affordable housing. Because af-
ter we get out of prison, those
great jobs are waiting for us so
we can just go buy a house. No,
I don Tt think so. Just what is
the percent of Black males who
have been in prison, are in
prison, or under some type of
court supervision?

So now we are faced with a
welfare reform bill that Ts going
to affect poor women, children,
and immigrants (legal and ille-
gal) for the most part. So how
do we address the issue, by cry-
ing over spilled milk? Presi-
dent Clinton said he was going
sign the bill, so what Ts the is-
sue?

As you said, this is a GOP-
sponsored welfare reform bill
and President Clinton promised

to change welfare as we know
it, so this puts him in a hell ofa
position. Yes, he will win more
votes then he will lose by sign-
ing this bill.

The worst thing we can do is
divide our vote or leadership
over this issue; we need to use
vision to figure out a way to
make this work. We need to
come together on Election Day
even more so now and vote in
not only a Democratic president,
but also a Democratic House
and Senate if possible so we can
pass legislation not included in
this bill that will make this truly
welfare reform.

You say, oBilly, we hardly
knew ya ? ,.. now! I say he is not
the one who changed. It Ts us,
because of our lack of vision and
faith and our burden of fear.
Sometimes you got to walk by
faith and not by Tsight and hope
for the best.

Half the people are crying
over welfare reform. I wrote
concerning housing discrimina-
tidn against felons and they
ignored me. But two or three

years from now, the same

people will be begging the same
felons to feed and take care of
those women and children in
those projects, the same
projects we are not welcome to
live in.

These same Black leaders,
on the other hand, are crying
out for immigrants, poor
whites and Latinos. When I
was a little kid (I Tm 37 years
old), it was our position to fight
the Jewish battles, vote them
into office, and now we can Tt
get along well enough to eat at
the same table. Now every
black leader is anti-Semitic. If
anybody is anti-Semitic, it Ts
the so-called Jews, but that Ts
another story.

When are we going ever learn
to fight our own battles and let
others fight theirs? There are
some people who give less than
a damn about us. We are just a
permanent group of underclass
people for them to use to pass
by. Those Latinos don Tt give a
damn about us, and I Tm not a
gambler, but I Tm willing to bet
that it Ts poor ignorant whites

burning down the churches. So

why are we fighting their
battles? I say we have been in
America too long and now we
are adopting the white man Ts
ways of sticking our noses in
other people Ts business. While
we fight their battles they stab
us in the back.

To tell you the truth, I faxed
President Clinton and told him
I think he should sign the bill. If
it doesn Tt work out, we can al-
ways go back to the drawing
board, provided he is re-elected,
which is why he must sign the
bill.

In any case, for too long, too
many Black women chose wel-
fare, over a Black man, with
the attitude: oI can do bad by
myself. ? Well, that Ts no longer
the fact. I believe it takes two
to make a child and it should
take two to raise one. I think
welfare reform will bring the
Black family closer in hard
times. Black women won't be
so fast to put brothers out on
the streets, because they are
going to need them to help pay
the rent or, as sad as it may
sound, to babysit!

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Snowbirds will highlight the an-
nual community day at Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base in
Goldsboro., Wednesday, October
2. This will be the first appearance
of the Snowbirds at Seymour
Johnson.

The theme for this year Ts event
is oExpanding Horizons in Educa-
tion-A Day at Seymour Johnson
Air Force Base. ?

Base officials are making the
open house an opportunity for
young people to learn about
Seymour Johnson and its mission
and the many aviation careers in
the Air Force.

On the agenda for the day are

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Johnson on October 2nd

aircraft and equipment displays,
military working dog, remote con-
trolled aircraft and bomb loading
demonstrations, drill team perfor-
mances, and many career exhib-
its.

The Snowbirds will perform at 1
p.m. to allow students to see the
show and return to school in time

Local group to celebrate
oBallroom Dance Week ?

You are invited to four hours of
real ballroom dancing, including a
one-hour dance lesson as the
Greenville area celebrates Ball-

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All three base gates will be open
to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The show is free. Food and bever-
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More information (919) 736-
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room Dance Week, September 20-
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Membership open to singles as
well as couples-beginners are wel-
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7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Dance Les-

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include line dances and mixers,
Saturday, September 21, at the
Willis Building, East Carolina

PICTURED ABOVEIS LONG TIME RESIDENT OF PITT COUNTY... Mrs.J ones along
with two of her children, son, Mr. oPop ? Jones and daughter "Anne, both of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, who were attending church services at Cornerstone MB Church.

University, corner of Reade Circle
and 1st Street, Greenville. Light
refreshments provided. Sponsored
by the Greenville Area Chapter,

Beatrice Maye

United States Amateur Ballroom
Dancers Association (USABDA).
$5-members and $8-non-members.

For more information, contact
Samuel L. oLe ? Church at 758-
2811.

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E-Enlist Your Teachers
F-Fathers Are Important Too
G-Goals Are A Good Start
H-Head the objects of PTA
I-Interest new people
J-Join your council
K-Keep accurate records
L-Learn by doing
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job
N-Notice new families
O-Organize to be effective
P-Publicize your goals
Q-Question lost members
R-Reward your students
S-Sell on the values of PTA
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Reprinted from Florida PTA
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The Ten
Commandments for
Human Relations

Speak to People

There Ts nothing so nice as a
cheerful word of greeting.

Smile to People

It takes 79 muscles to frown,
only 14 to smile.

Call People

The sweetest music to anyone Ts

ear is the sound of his own name.

Be Friendly

If you would have a friend be a
friend.

Be Cordial

Speak and act as if everythin
you do is a genuine please.

Be Genuinely Interested in
people. You can like almost ev-
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Be Generous With Praise
and cautious with criticism.

Be Considerate with the feel-
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other fellow Ts, and the correct
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"Number | in Service in North Carolina ?

In the District Court
To: Derwin Binwicks Staton

sought.
This the 2nd day of August, 1996.

Sarella Kilpatrick Staton, Plaintiff
A-27 Glendale Drive

Greenville, NC 27834
919-756-3869

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PITT COUNTY

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitied
action. The nature of the relief being sought is a Divorce

You are required to make defense to this pleading not later than September 20th, 1996, and upon
your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief

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An Open Letter to the Black
Citizens of Pitt County and

Surrounding Areas:

On October 16, 1996, in
Greenville, NC, the Local Orga-
nizing Committee (LOC) of the
Million Man March of Pitt County
will be hosting this area Ts World
Day of Atonement. Some will call
this day the Million Man March
(Part 2), however, this day will be
different in format from the Mil-
lion Man March, but having the
same goal of reconciliation and
atonement. Last year, we were
asked to forsake the comfort of our
homes and families and to travel
to Washington, DC. We answered
that call andit was a beautiful day
of peace and enlightenment. Over
one million black men showed up.
It was a day of unity unmatched in
history. Today, that unity is all
but evaporated. This was predicted
by all the naysayers of the Million
Man March, but it took much
longer than they expected. Factis,
however, it has happened. Only a
small core of men remains of that
great mass who went to or sup-
ported the goals of the Million Man
March. This year, the LOC is ask-
ing for all the brothers and the
sisters to come out in unity to once
again pledge to help our commu-
nity become a better place for us
all.

This letter will attempt to make
everyone understand why this day
is necessary and why your partici-
pation is critical. First of all let me
say that I am a Chnistian, in fact,
lama fervent Chnistian. I believe,
however, that we must stand with
our black Islamic brothers in our
support of black people. Their God
is our God, but my Lord and Savior
is Jesus Christ. No one can change
that. I don Tt follow Louis
Farrakhan, I follow Jesus Christ.
I do support the work that Louis
Farrakhan has done for black
people. He helped to show white
America that black people do have
integrity and love for each other.
He brought a million brothers to-
gether in our place and there was
no riot, no murder, no robbery, no
drugs, and no hatred. Amongst
the million brothers walked white
people, tourists, andeven moonies,
but no one was touched. If any
other black man could do that I
would support him too, but I follow
Jesus Christ. My Muslim brothers
do not make me question my reli-
gious resolve, therefore, I can work

with them for the upliftment of

black people. The question to you
is whether or not, you are willing
to help your own people. Yes,
there Ts work to do right here in our

surrounding areas and we are ob-
ligated, no, we are required by
Almighty God, Himself to be the
ones to do it.

Minister Farrakhan has asked
that we keep this day as our Day of
Atonement, and I agree. We must
not desert our brother is this very
important junction in our history.
In his own words, oOur focus, how-
ever, will be in New York City at
the United Nations to call the na-
tions of the earth to Divine Order,
Atonement, Reconciliation, Re-
sponsibility and Divine Unity. We
also feel that October 16, 1996
should be observed as a Day of
Absence and preparation in this
political year to let America and
her political parties know that we
are not pleased with her direction;
with Welfare Reform; Affirmative
Action; the Education System, the
Crime Bill, the desecration and

burning of religious institutions
and the overall injustice of op-
pressed people. The question is,
who can be against that? Some
folks accuse us of ignoring
Farrakhans faults but I don Tt ig-
nore them, I weigh them in the
balance. Remember, folks hated
Muhammad Ali, folks hated
Malcolm X, folks even hated Mar-
tin Luther King, now they love
them. How .will they feel about
Farrakhan 10 years from now? I
will not wait to find out, I will
support his goals for black people
now. We are asked this year to
show our support in our own com-
munity. The question is will you
stand up in support of black
peoples, or will fear keep you at
work or at home. Think about it.
More information on October 16th
will be forthcomjng.

Radiogram

The Bible Broadcasting Net-
work (BBN) signed on a new
translator covering Greenville.
It can be heard at 105.3 on the
FM band 24 hours a day. BBN
owns and operates 27 radio sta-
tions and over 50 translators.
We can be heard through out
most of North Carolina with sta-
tions in Charlotte, High Point,
and Henderson covering Raleigh/
Durham.

BBN has been on the air for 25
years sharing quality Christian
programs and music. We air
many national programs such as
Focus on The Family, with Dr.
James Dobson, Turning Point,
with Dr. David Jeremiah, Back
to the Bible with Woodroll Kroll
and Grace to you with Dr. John
MaCarthur, Christian Financial
Concepts with Larry Burkettjust
to name a few.

Weare best known for our con-

servative Christian music. We
share our unique library of over
10,000 selections. Through the
month of December we shar 31
days of Christian Christmas mu-
sic.

For the children we have each
day the Captain Ts Club at 4:05
p.m., Oddessy, from Focus on
the Family, at 7:30 p.m. and our
Saturday morning is filled with
the best of children Ts program-
ming.

Lowell Davey, president and
founder of BBN assures the
listerners that our programming
is for the whole family and you
will not have to turn it off be-
cause of what you hear.

We are pleased to be on the air
here in Greenville and believe it
will be areal asset tothe families
of this area. We would only ask
that you give us a 30 day free
trial.

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1ST CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS MEETS IN GREENVILLE .. . They have
changed their name to the Ist district civic organization which consists of 21 counties in the
Ist congressional district, where in attendance at York Memorial AME Church. Pictured in
bottom photo is Ms. Nellie Fennell-Roanoke Chowan Community College and Ms. Ernestine
C. Hannon-Town Councilwoman for the town of Roper. Who were also in attendance at the 1st
congressional district meeting.

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Invitation to bid

Sealed proposals will be received by the Housing Authority of the City of Greenville in
the office of Authority, 1103 Broad Street, Greenville, North Carolina 27835, up to 2:00
p.m., local time onThursday, September 96, 1996, and immediately thereafter opened
and read in presence of attending bidders for the furnishing of all labor, materials and
equipment for Roof Replacement project upon the Owner's Property in Greenville,
North Carolina.

Complete plans, specifications and contract documents will be open in the office of HR
Associates, P.A., 1200 Navaho Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina, (919) 872-6345. Prime
bidders who are qualified and who will make a bid will, upon deposit of the sum of Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) with the Architect, receive one set of documents. The full deposit will
be refunded to those qualified prime bidders who submit a bona fide prime proposal,
providing bidding documents are returned in good condition to the Architect within five

(5) days after receipt of bids.

The Work consists of reroofing approximately 9500 SF with EPDM single-ply mem-
brane, tapered insulation and associated sheet metal work.

All Bidders are hereby notified that they must have proper license under the State laws
as a Building Contractor or as a Specialty (Roofing) Contractor.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or a certified check drawn on
some bank or trust company insured by the FDIC in an amount equal to not less than
5% of the proposal; or inlieu thereof, a Bidder may offerabid bond of 5% ofthe proposal.
No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a

period of sixty (60) days.

A performance bond shall be required for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract

amount.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to

award contracts in the best interest of the Owner.

Next month, First Citizens Bank
plans to move the accounts we
currently serve at our downtown
Greenville branch located at 301
Evans Street Mall to our newly
constructed office at the corner of
Third and Greene Streets in
Greenville.

We expect to complete the move
of your accounts to the new branch
on or after September 16, 1996.
Our decision to move the down-

town Greenville office comes after
careful thought and consideration.
The new branch is only a short
distance away from the current
branch, and offers better parking,
lobby and drive-through facilities.
In addition, the new office has an
ATM for your convenience.

Even though all the accounts at
the downtown Greenville office will
move a short distance to our new
branch, you will still be able to
conduct your banking business at
any of the more than -300 First

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Program is
looking for advocates for abused, neglected
and dependentchildren. Volunteers are trained,
then appointed with an attorney to represent the
child Ts best interest in juvenile court hearings.
The program works with other agencies in locat-
ing and developing resources that would benefit
the child and his family. Volunteers can assist by
speaking out for children Ts rights to grow up ina
safe and caring environment.

For more information, contact Catherine Darby,
Guardian ad Litem District Administrator, P.O.
Box 1391, Greenville, NC 27835 or call (919)
830-6217. Training classes for new volunteers
will begin September 26.

The Children's Learning Tree Child Care Center

(919)752-6593
1902 Chestnut Street
Greenville, NC 27834

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lina and Virginia.
If you have a safe deposit box at
the downtown Greenville location, "
you have the option of either mov-
ing its contents yourself to an- |
other First Citizens location by
September 9, or allowing us to
move the box to the new office for
you. Should you choose the latter,
rest assured we will exercise every
caution to maintain the security of
your belongings. No individual
boxes will be opened during this
process. Rather, all the boxes will

be moved as a single unit.

We hope you'll share our excite-
ment about moving into our new
facility. If you have any questions
about your accounts, please con-
tact me at (919) 321-6496. As al-
ways, thank you for choosing to
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Tar Heels choose
Army College
Fund to offset
education costs

More and more young people are
choosing the Army to help offset
the rising costs of going to college,
the head of recruiting in North
Carolina said recently.

Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth L.
Eubanks, commander, U.S. Army
Recruiting Battalion Raleigh, said
that through the second quarter
(ending March 31), 254 enlistees
had opted for the Army College
Fund which equates to more than
$6.5 million in education benefits.

oThis is quite impressive when
you consider that 279 enlistees
received college money in all of
fiscal year 1994, ? he said. oIn fact,
we reon track to surpass last year Ts
total of 439 enlistees and $11.7
million. ?

Any qualified person can earn
up to $30,000 in college money
depending on the length of the
enlistment, Eubanks said.

A two-year enlistment nets
$20,000, three years, $25,000 and
four years, $30,000.

oFor families and students who
have a career goal that calls for a

MR. AND MRS. BARRETT AND A FELLOW SISTER ... at acamp meeting held by Rev.
Kenneth Hagan in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The ~M T Voice Newspaper Ts publisher-Mr. Jim Rouse Ts

oBetter Half T, Mrs. Georgia Rouse, along with other Pitt County residents who also attended
Rev. Kenneth Hagan Ts Camp meeting in Tulsa, OK.

Travel office/FBI files depositions
on the internet

Government Reform and Over- sitions dealing with the White be accessed on the Committee's
sight Chairman William F. House Travel Office Investigation webpage at:
Clinger, Jr. announced that depo- andthe FBI files Investigation can http://www. house.gov/reform/

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can help them reach, ? Eubanks
continued. oThe Army gives its
alumni achance to enter the school
of their choice with the experience
and confidence to tackle the tough
courses.. and funding to handle
escalating college tuition. ?

For more information on the
College Fund or other Army ben-
efits, contact your local recruiter.

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SARAH C. FISHER

Mrs. Sarah Cassie Fisher, 76, of
212 Dogwood Lane, Mt. Olive, died
Sunday, August 18 in Wayne Me-
morial Hospital.

Funeral services Saturday at 3

.m. at Piney Green FWB Church,

t. Olive. Rev. Blake Phillips offi-
ciated. Interment followed in Carver
Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Fisher was a native of Mt.
Olive where she was a retired
farmer.

She is survived by two daugh-
ters, Elnora Hamilton of the home
and Evelyn Shabazz of Mt. Olive;
one sone, Ray Williams of Camden
NJ; four sisters, Ella Davis of
Camden NJ, Agusta Turner of Ra-
leigh, Marylyn Shannon of Mt.
Vernon, NJ and Naomi Williams of
Philadelphia, PA; three brothers,
Squaw Allen, Rev. Wesley Allen
and Leslie Allen, allofCamden, NJ;
five grandchildren and ten great-
grandchildren.

Professional arrangements by

: Rountree and Associates Funeral

Home, Greenville.

LOSSIE B. COWARD
Mrs. Lossie B. Coward, 88, of 301
Allen Dr., Ayden, died Monday,
August 19, at Pitt County Memo-

- rial Hospital, Greenville. Funeral

services were conducted Saturday,
3:00 p.m. at Grifton Chapel Church

T of Christ Disciple of Christ Church.

Interment followed in Evergreen

Memorial Gardens, Grifton.

Mrs. Coward was born and reared
in Lenoir County where she at-
tended the area schools. She was a

~ member of Grifton Chapel Church
_ and amember of the mother board.

Survivors include: two sons, Cliff
Coward, Kinston and Sam Coward,
Ayden; seven daughters, Johnnie
B. Nelson and Gladys Hardy both of
Gifton, Sallie C. Wilson and Joan C.
Hines, both of Ayden, Alice C.
Peterson, Kinston, Annie L. Branch,
Brooklyn, NY and Mary E. Coward,
Far Rockaway, NU; two brothers,
Richard Edwards and Grant
Edwards, both of Baltimore, MD;
one sister, Marjorie Liles, Baltimore
MD; thirty-eight grandchildren,
sixty-five great-grandchildren,
thirty-five great-great-grandchil-
dren, fifty adopted children, other
relatives and friends.

WILLIAM M. ROUSE

Mr. William oBoone ? M. Rouse,
46, of 1809-A Kennedy Circle,
Greenville, died Sunday, August 18
at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday at 3 p.m. at Phillipi
Church of Christ Disciples of Christ
Church. Interment followed in
Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Rouse was born and reared in
Pitt County where he attended the
area schools.

Survivors include: his mother,
Dallas Davis of the home; three
brothers, Donald Lee Rousé, New
Bern, William Earl Matthews and

Patrick Matthews,

Egypt Ts crackdown on female circume ~ io

ity had inued a religious docee

_ The Egyptian government has
cracked down on the practice of
female genital mutilation, call-
ing it an oun-Islamic custom ?
and forbidding it under pain of
prosecution.

The custom is to be banned in
all government and private clin-
ics, just days after a 10-year-old
died from the procedure, Health
Ministry officials maintained re-
cently.

The government has prohib-
ited the procedure at clinics and
hospitals tied tothe government,
Health Minister Ismail Sallam
told Cairo Ts government-run al-
Akhbar daily newspaper.

In addition, medical workers of
all kind are barred from carrying
out the mutilations at private
health, clinics, the ministry Ts
undersecretary, Mushira el-
Shafee, told the state Ts al-Ahram
newspaper. oAll doctors and nurses
... are forbidden to practice this un-
Islamic custom, ? Sallam said.

Many world health and
women rights groups hailed this
as a major breakthrough and
see it as a first step in modifying
or eliminating the practice alto-
gether in other countries.

The Egyptian government
maintains it will apply stifflegal
proceduresand penalties against
barbers and others who also per-
form the procedures privately,
el-Shafee said.

According to Egyptian gov-
ernment statistics, up to 70 per-
cent of women in urban areas
and 95 percent in rural areas are
subjected to some form of the
procedure, usually consisting of
the removal of the clitoris, but
often also more extensive geni-
tal mutilations.

Types of mutilations

Circumcision or Sunna, is the

both of

removal of the prepuce or hood.
of the clitoris, with the body of
the clitoris remaining intact.
Excision or clitoridectomy, the
most common, is the removal of
the entire clitoris gland and sur-
rounding tissue, and the libia
minora (inner lips). Infibulation
or Pharoanic is cutting off the
entire female genitalia, includ-
ing inner and outer libia and
removal of the clitoris. The re-
maining sides of the vulva are
stitched together to close up the
vagina except for a small open-
ing. The opening is preserved
with a small piece of wood. The
opening is cut open on the girl Ts
wedding night.

According to writer Merlin
Stone, author of oWhen God was
a Woman, ? these practices were
instituted around the same time
that the gender of God was
changed from female or dual "
male and female rulership, in
Dahomy, to male only, as in the
Judaic, Judeo Christian and
Judeo-Islamic religions. So far
no mummy has been found thus
mutilated, and no references
have been made of it in ancient
Egyptian text.

The Egyptian Organization
for Human Rights, or EOHR,
has reported about 3,600 young
Egyptian girls are subjected to
the mutilation every day.

Harmful

oIt causes great physical and
psychological harms to young
girls who are subjected to it, ?
said el-Shafee. The government
had allowed the mutilations to
continue by doctors in hospitals
to reduce dangers associated
with girls being subjected to bar-
bers and other villagers, who
usually use a razor during reli-
gious ceremonies or work in un-

hygienic conditions at home.

But according to el-Shafee,
the government decided to de-
clare the mutilations to be oim-
moral ? and oinconsistent with
all principles of the medical pro-
fession T after a girl died five days
ago while being mutilated by a
barber in the Nile Delta prov-
ince of Sharqueya, about 50 miles
northeast of Cairo. Another 10-
year-old died shortly after she
was mutilated in another Nile
Delta province last year, he said.

Rights activists have long ac-
cused Egyptian authorities of
being passive about what they
called a barbaric practice, but
the secular government replied
that while it did not encourage
the mutilations, it could not put
an end to the custom.

However, a barber and his
wife were sentenced last year to
two years in jail for performing
the mutilation of a 14-year-old
girl on astreet in view of passers-
by.

The ancient practice, common
inother African and Middle East
countries, has been under in-
creasing public scrutiny since
CNN broadcast a disturbing re-
port on the mutilations in Egypt
during a U.N. conference on
population held in October 1994
in Cairo.

Islamic or African

El-Shafee said historians
have shown that the practice is
neither a Muslim nor a Phara-
onic (ancient Egyptian) custom
but is of African (Sub Saharan)
origin.

However, the EOHR, one of
the most prominent groups fight-
ing to end genital mutilations in
Egypt, sued the grand imam of al-
Azhar, Sheikh Gad el-Haqin 1994.
Egypt Ts foremost Muslim author-

approving ~ even requiring
mutilations, which he insisted
protect a girl Ts purity and make
her a more likely marriage pros-
pect. The pope of Egypt's Chris-
tian Coptic Church has refused to
condemn the mutilations.
Shortly after the controversy,
in 1995, El-Haq died and was
replaced as Egypt Ts highest Mus-
lim authority by a more liberal
appointment made by Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak.

Another girl dead

Update: CAIRO, Aug. 26,
1996, Egyptian police have ar-
rested and charged with negli-
gence a doctor who circumcised
a 14-year-old girl who later died,
security sources said on Mon-
day. Police picked up Dr. Rabie
Ibrahim Mahgoub on Sunday at
a friend Ts house where he had
been hiding since ocircumcising ?
Amina Abdelhamid Mohammed
on Saturday. Government news-
papers said the girl died of
haemorrhage. T

Why the girl Ts father was not
also arrested attests to the soft
handling by the government on
this issue. The father, who ear-
lier told police he took his daugh-
ter to a private hospital, now
says the doctor circumcised
Amina at home for a fee of 20
pounds ($6), the sources said.

Amina Ts father told police that
after his daughter did not wake
up from the procedure he twice
went to seek the doctor Ts advice.
The doctor told him Amina was
still undeg the effects of the
anaesthetic he had given her,
the sources said.

Police have already released
the doctor on bail of 500 pounds
($147). And it is not clear if or
when he will be tried.

Greenville; two sisters, Sandra K.
Davis and Dorothy Jean Matthews,
both of Greenville; five aunts, Ollie
Little, Bessie C. Lee, Hazel Shepard,
Marshiell Dawson and Lila
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Navy Seaman Felix Q. Robinson,
whose wife, Arketa, is the daugh-
ter of Mary A. Brown of 107
Lakeview Terrace and Charles
Gray of 1800 McClellen St.,
Greenville, has returned to Nor-
folk, Va., after completing a six-
month overseas deployment
aboard the amphibious transport
dock USS Shreveport, which in-
cluded duty in the Adriatic Sea
near Bosnia.

Robinson is one of more than
800 Sailors and Marines aboard
the ship whocompleted the 27,000-
mile voyage. Robinson Ts hip was
part of the three-ship USS Wasp
Amphibious Ready Group (ARG),
which also included the amphibi-
ous assault ship USS Wasp, the
dock landing ship USS Whidbey
Island and the 26th marine Expe-
ditionary Unit.

While in the Adriatic Sea,
Robinson and fellow Sailors and
Marines provided ready support
for the peace implementation
forces in Bosnia. Robinson Ts ship
also used an unmanned remote
controlled small aircraft to con-
duct reconnaissance missions. The
aircraft can be used for surveil-
lance, over-the-horizon targeting,
sporring gunfire and battle dam-
age assessment. The remote con-
trolled plane also can operate more
than 100 miles from the ship at
altitudes of 12,000 feet, and is
equipped with video and infrared
cameras.

Cummings
recently
promoted

Marine Lance Cpl. Sean D.
Cummings, son of Samuel D.
Cummings of Greenville, recently
was promoted to his present rank
while serving with Headquarters
and Support Company, 4th Com-
bat Engineer Battalion, Baltimore.

Cummings was promoted based
on sustained superior job perfor-
mance and proficiency in his des-
ignated specialty.

The 1995 graduate of Southwest-
ern Senior High School of Balti-
more, joined the Marine Corps in
June 1995.

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Newspaper

While on deployment, Robinson
and fellow Sailors and Marines
participated in several multina-
tional amphibious landing exer-
cises with forces from Albania,
Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Turkey
and Ukraine. Equipped with a
Marine landing force, helicopters,
Harrier attack aircraft, high-speed
assualt hovercraft, armored ve-
hicles and landing craft, the USS
Wasp ARG provided area com-
manders with a wide range of ca-
pabilities, which included the abil-

ity to evacuate civilians, rescue
downed pilots, conduct reconnais-
sance, and serve as the leading
force in amphibious landings.
Robinson Ts ship conducted more
than 2,300 helicopter takeoffs and
landings on its flight deck and

launched landing craft from its

flooded well deck. While off the
coast of Bulgaria, the crew coordi-
nated a civilian evacuation exer-
cise.

While spending 149 days at sea,
Robinson also visited Bulgaria,

N.O.L charges
police harassment

The Nation of Islam has
charged the Indianapolis, Ind.
police department with harass-
ment maintaining that their
members selling the Final Call
newspaper are fined, jailed and

ointimidated.
Greg Muhammad, who sells

1,000 copies of the Final Call -

each week, was recently sen-
tenced to 30 days in jail in India-
napolis. Unable to pay $11,000
in fines in six months, the mar-
ried father of nine was jailed.
According to Muhammud, the
judge said to him oWhat can we

do to stop you from selling that "

newspaper? ?

Another N.O.I. member, Der-
rick Muhammad, who sells 1,200
copies each week, faces $3,000
in fines or jail if he is unable to
pay.

Many members are fined for
obstructing traffic, a common
charge, but N.O.I. officials see
this as a violation of free speech

that America prides herself for.

N.O.I. members maintain a
small group of white officers are
responsible for most of the ha-
rassment in Indianapolis. Other
religious groups are not targeted.

Muslims in Cleveland re-
cently won a lawsuit against
police for discriminatory treat-
ment. In Columbus, GA., the

N.O.1. were hassled because they _

did not have permits to operate.
Minister Henry Muhammad re-
searched Georgia laws and dis-
covered a permit was not re-
quired for any religious or chari-
table group. Muslims have also
had problems in Chattanooga,
Tenn.

Robinson completes six-month deployment

Italy, Sicily, Spain andTurkey, and
had an opportunity to visit local
sites. Sailors and Marines from
Robinson Ts ship also volunteered
their time to help local charities.

Robinson Ts involvement in the
deployment is an example of how
U.S. men and women are serving
in the Navy and Marine Corps
forward deployedin support of U.S.
interests.

The 1990 graduate of J.H. Rose
High School joined the Navy in
December 1994.

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There are many rewards from
having the privilege of express-
ing opinions about the most con-
troversial issues of any day. The
one I enjoy most is the interac-
tion with my readers and those
® who listen on radio and TV.

» Every week I get dozens of the
' meanest hate letters bearing
some of the foulest epithets that
me youcan imagine. I getafew more
~ letters of appreciation, respect
and even love. But what I re-
" member longestarethe messages

® that make me think "about my

» Tole, about the state of my coun-
~. try, about the worth and surviv-
¢ ability of mankind.

I Tm thinking now of just three

. handwritten paragraphs on lined

tablet paper from John Cassella
of Durango, Colo.

oCarl Rowan, ? he write, othere
is one andonly one issue that has
any real importance for the
American people and that is:

oWho is going to own and con-
trol the vast wealth that the
working class alone produces?
Who will rule? The working class
or the capitalist fat-cats?

oAll other issues (i.e. affirma-
tive action, welfare reform, bud-
get deficits, etc.) are simply an
intentional distraction away
from the main question, and

Who will rule America? Who else?

therefore meaning less dribble. ?

I have read and reread that
letter with the realization that it
says succinctly what the apostles
of socialism, capitalism, commu-
nism, anarchy, dictatorship, de-
mocracy, totalitarianism and
many other oisms ? have taken a
million books, edicts, sermons
and screeds to say.

Cassella states correctly that
in America the political wars over
control of the White House, the
Congress and, yes, the Supreme
Court are fundamentally over
who will control the nation Ts
wealth and how it is divided up
and ultimately used.

My first thought upon reading
his remarks was to say that his
question marks were wasted.
There is no question but that no
matter which political party
gains power the people who al-
ready have money will control
the wealth of America.

We have hada million debates
in America "some laced in claims
of great fear by the privileged "
about the oredistribution of
wealth. ? The enduring truth is
that the wealthy stay affluent
(and for long periods get richer),
but the poor stay pitifully impe-
cunious. oRedistribution of

wealth ? isn Tt even a bollow
dream.

The debate in these years of
Republican primacy is over noth-
ing more than how many crumbs
the rich will allow to drop to othe
working class, ? especially the
workign poor.

Who will rule? Mr. Cassella,
please note that throughout all
the generations of debate about
whether the unpropertied,
women or ex-slaves should vote,
no change took away power from
the monied. Inthecurrent clamor
for congressmen, governors and
even presidents that omoney
can Ttbuy, ? we see still that money
noonly talksin America, it rules.

Themas has gets; them as has-
not begets. That is no just the
rule of capitalism. It is the rule
in socialist societies in
Scandinavia and Africa; monar-
chies from Britain to Brunei;
Communist countries including
China and North Korea.

Political systems don Tt deter-
mine who controls a nation Ts
wealth; those who control the
wealth determine what the po-
litical system will be. And that,
Mr. Cassella, may be an immu-
table fact of human life.

Carl Rowan

Dear Editor:
All we want is the truth!

The omoney God ? of the
wealthy capitalist upper class
and their new world order, is
destroying christianity, democ-
racy, families, jobs and commu-
nities, and is disrupting the
moral foundation of everyone in
The United States and around
the world.

The U.S. Government, the Re-
publican and Democratic parties,
the mass-media, and the U.S.
Constitution, are all servants for
the capitalist dictatorship of
money and power which is con-
centrated in the top one percent
of the population.

The interest of the elite upper
class (capitalism) and the inter-
ests of the working class
(deomcracy) are forever opposed
to each other. They're enemies!

For 5,000 years people have
dreamed of becoming free from
the oppressive power of the rich.

We Must Act Now! All work-
ers-blue collar, white collar, pink
collar "must take total and com-
plete control over the entire U.S.
economic system. All upper class
wealth and property must now
be returned back to its rightful
owners! Back to the middle and
lower classes! Back to the com-
munity! Back to the people!

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Economic Development
Department,
Mid-East Commission

The journey from a great idea
for a business to its successful ful-
fillment can be a difficult one, es-
pecially if you have not mapped
out astrategy for getting you there.
Many hopefulentrepreneurs, anx-

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ious to be their own boss, see
business ownership as their road
to freedom. Some have a good
idea, but do not know how to put
it together. Even more have a
combination of education and ex-
perience, but really do not know
what business idea would work

best for them. In either case,

both situations need a plan of
execution if they are to trans-

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form their dream into a real busi-
ness venture.

oMany prospective business
owners have a good idea and set
out blindly, ? observes Tony War-
ren, Business Loan Officer, Eco-
nomic Development Department
of the Mid-East Commission.
oThey hang out a shingle with-
out preparing for the multiple
aspects of running an enterprise.

Judah's Auto Detailing
& Service Center

Specializing in painting &
minor accident repair.
Free Estimates
Pager 1-800-654-4022
Phone 746-6785

549 1/2 Lee St., Ayden, NC 28513
Manager: Broderick Best

°

Business Plan

A business plan forces you to
evaluate whether your product
or service will satisfy a need and
provides a guide for exactly how
you will operate your company. ?

Research is an essential part
of the planning process. While it
may seem time consuming, it Ts a
wise investment that can pre-
vent problems down the road.
Start your data-gathering by
talking to other entrepreneurs
about the challenges they over-
came and the kinds of issues
they deal with in running their
enterprise. And do not be shy
about asking for assistance. Be
sure to research your market.
Thoroughly scrutinize your busi-
ness idea. How does it fit with
today Ts tastes? Are you ventur-
ing into something that was
popular five years ago, but is
now declining in appeal? Read
everything you can about your
field of interest. Attend trade
shows and talk to people in simi-
lar endeavors. Try to spot the
trends that will continue into
the next decade. And be sure to
go into a business you know about
and would love to do for the long

ilot..*53,900.

1802 ~ WILSON DRIVE, remodeled 3
bedroom, ranchrstyle brick house, corer

106, BURRINGTON RD., Greenville, 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, ranch style brick house, Cambridge
Subdivision. Large fenced-in back yard, eat-in
Kitchen, quiet neighborhood. *67,900.

600 S. LEE STREET,

payment. '55,500

Ayden. 7 Rooms, 8
bedrooms, 1 bath, 2 story house, central air,
bonus room could be used as 4th bedroom,
approximately 1,123 sq. ft, possible no down

menor eegpemmamnts. t= Sx.

NEW LISTING - Rte. 4, Box 78 Belvoir
Township. Immaculate 3 bedrooms, 1.5
bath, 1 acre lot, detached workshop.
Only *74,900.

1400 W. 6TH STREET, 1401 W.

Dssesetinaasahaanliniaed

5th Street,
Greenville.- Investment property.
Commercial property with convenierice:
store, cleaners and beauty shop. 65,500.

D. Dawson Realty
OPEN HOUSE

106 Burrington Rd., Greenville
Sunday, September Ist
2-4 pm

Come visit with us

414 LATHAM STREET - Investment property,
over 2,300 sq. ft. of heated space. Converted to one
3 bedroom apt. downstairs and one 2 bedroom
apartment upstairs. Call for details. 44,900.

100 TOBACCO RD., Unit #D-2, townhouse, 2
BR/1.5 BA, central air & appliances, close to
shopping centers & many other conveniences.
545,900.
306 KING STREET, Ayden - 3 bedroom, gas pack,
remodeled. No down payment necessary. 53,900.
Call for details.

305 HUDSON STREET, Greenville. Investment
property, sold as is, 10 bedrooms, 3 baths, two story
house, Cherryview Subdivision. £17,900.

611 S. LEE STREET, Investors only, Ayden, 3
bedrooms, 1726 sq.ft. Handyman 0
606 S. LEE STREET, Ayden, investors only, 6
rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, ranch style house,
approximately 1662 sqft. 19,000

1213 NORTH PITT STREET, Greenville. 4

$11,500. Various locations. Call for details.
WESTHILLS TOWNHOMES, hospital area.
Investment for med student, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths,
new wallpaper in all 3 baths, new carpet in living
room, new vinyl in kitchen. *45,900.

10 LANCELOT STREET, Grimestland, 3 bedrooms,
1.5 baths, ranch style brick house. .75 acre lot,
located on end of cul-de-sac. *49,500.

1868 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, Greenville.
Immaculate 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 story ranch
style brick house. Include solar hot water system,
gas log, ceiling fan in den. Beautiful landscaped lot
outside. Quiet neighborhood. 1139,908.

NEW LISTING -
Commercial building, approximately 3,000 sq. ft.,
presently used as a convenience mart. Many
possibilities. ~44,900.

EAST FRANKLIN STREET, Ayden. Remodeled
home, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Heat pump, carport.
Price ~53,900.

special. §18,500.

528 LEE STREET, Ayden.

D. Dawson Realty

Residential/Land/Commercial
New Construction & Sales

410 W. 14th., Suite A

(Bins 758-0456

Daniel Dawson
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Beatrice Robinson
Realtor * 830-9285

Evelyn Harvey
Realtor ¢ 830-2332
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term. Also seek the counseling
available to you through all local
sources. The Mid-East
Commission Ts Economic Devel-
opment Department offers both
technical business and loan as-
sistance to anyone who can not
obtain these services through
commercial sources. All area
community colleges offer detailed
business planning services
through their Small Business
Centers. Also small business
courses are regularly offered by
the Community College Continu-
ing Education Division. East
Carolina University Ts Small
Business and Technology Devel-
opment Center offers similar ser-
Vices.

Before gathering data and sit-
ting down to write, be aware that
the depth of detail and length of
your business plan depends on
your goals and the specifics of
your business. Business plans
normally run 10 to 50 pages de-
pending upon the amount of de-
tailand documentation required
to satisfy you, as well as any
financial supporters you are
seeking.

There is no question that a
business plan requires a tremen-
dous investment of time and en-
ergy. A business plan helps you
raise money, and the lack of
money is the greatest reason for
failure of a fledgling business. It
helps you decide whether to pro-
ceed with your idea or look for a
new one. A business plan also
helps you improve your concept
and fine tunes your details. And
once your enterprise is up and
running, your plan helps you stay
on track. Many business owners
spend countless hours handling
emergencies simply because they
failed to look ahead to the future.

In other words, a business plan
helps you get where you want to
go, both as the founder of a new
venture and as an established
entrepreneur. If you have a busi-
nessideaand want to get started,
call Tony Warren, Economic De-
velopment Department, Mid-
East Commission, at (919) 946-
8043 for an appointment. Our
staff can help you with your busi-
ness plan as well as provide fi-
nancing to worthy businesses
from $500 to over a $1,000,000.

Since 1967, the Mid-East Com-
missions, with the assistance of
other counseling sources, area
banks and the Small Business
Administration, has been dedi-
cated in making your enterpris-
ing dream come true.

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Some Blacks give
Reform Party a

chance

Are unhappy with the two tra-
ditional parties

African-Americans unhappy
with both the Democrats and Re-
publicans should take a turn with
the Reform Party on the political
dance floor, according to Dr.
Lenora Fulani.

Fulani, the first African-
American woman torun for presi-
dent in all 50 states as an inde-
pendent candidate, and over a
dozen other prominent African-
American activists from across
the country have signed off on a
letter urging Blacks to use the
new party as a vehicle for their
interests.

About 50,000 African Ameri-
cans or more demonstrated in-
terest in the Reform Party over
the past six months signing off
on petitions across the country
to get their candidate on the
presidential ballot.

oThe formation of this new
party is an opportunity for us to
help create a more just economic
playing field and for ordinary
people to have a more active role
in impacting on their local politi-
cal environment, ? said Fulani.

More political leverage is the
most important benefit that
Fulani said African Americans
would get out of casting a ballot
for Perot. Because the Democrats
have left us in the dust and are
taking us for granted she ar-
gues.

oUnless America improves eco-
nomically and politically in terms
of the necessary reforms that over
66% of the American people are
demanding by their call for a
new political party. Black
America doesn Tt have a shot at
any kind of serious improve-
ment. ?

oAnd the candidate making
that demand is Mr. Perot. If one
million Black Americans vote for
Ross Perot, the Black commu-
nity automatically becomes the
most important political players
in the country in local races in

1997 and beyond, and people hear
that. ?

Despite the fact that the Re-
form Party doesn Tt have any
stated ideological beliefs or party
principles, except for economic
and political reform, Fulani said
people should rely more on the
fact that they are creating an
infrastructure which allow di-
verse and different opinion to
govern what actions of change
will occur.

In town over the weekend to
watch Perot accept the Reform
Party nomination, Fulani said
she'll be campaigning for the lat-
est candidate in the presidential
race and she'll be working to get
more people to join the party,
which she thinks is just as im-
portant, if not more important,
than supporting Perot.

oThis is our first time in his-
tory to really be on the ground
floor when a party is takingoff, ?
said Fulani. oWe were not part of
the Democrats or Republicans
when they started, so we had
nothing really to do with setting
their agenda. ?

Whether or not Perot becomes
the next president, Fulani said
the more important thing is to
get at least 5% of the vote. It will
qualify the party to be recog-
nized third party and be able to
tap into the $30 million of con-
vention funding for the year 2000,
something that will help invoke
even more change.

All too often Fulani said politi-
cal beliefs on specific issues such
as abortion or affirmative action
are used to divide people from
what is important in terms of
economics, soas not to have what-
ever problems are really impor-
tant in a community addressed.

oSure I Td want to see people
vote for Perot, but it Ts the party
mechanism and not the candi-
date that is the most important
thing, ? said Fulani.

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All 327 of them.
From employment opportunities to community causes, each is a partner in hid or her neighborhood.

ENGAGED ... Mr. and Mrs.Carlton Wooten Sr. would like
to announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley Elaine
Gardner, of Greenville, to Richard Theodore Syles III, the son
of the late Myrtle and Richard Syles Sr. An October 5th
wedding is planned at Philippi Church of Christ.

. IS MOST OF YOUR MONEY

DOES IT LOOK LIKE YOU
WILL NEVER GET AHEAD?

Biblical economist, Caleb McAfee,
will help you launch a financial
recovery program. Don't miss a
single session of the oMoney and
the Christian ? seminar.

The Anointed Ones' Church

Ayden, NC (919)-746-2722
Bept. 26-27 at 7:00 pm
Sept. 28 at 8:30 am

Sept. 29 at 10:30 am

Have you had your break today?

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SHOWN ABOVE ARE... (seated I-r) Mrs. Marlene Anderson, her daughter-bone marrow
patient, Cornelia Anderson, and Joy 1340 Personality, Joy Brown, and (front) bone marrow

recruiter, Ona Bishop.

Staff photo

Bone marrow transplant drive

Submitted by:
Cornelia Anderson

Ona Bishop, bone marrow re-
cruiter of the Mid-Atlantic Region,
goes from city to city tissue-typing
African Americans. As many of
you already know, I, Cornelia
Anderson, need a bone marrow
transplant. Without a donor, I and
many other people in my condition
will die. Ona Bishop is not only a
recruiter for bone marrow, but also
a lifetime friend. She has blessed
many lives and she is definitely a
friend of mine "for life.

Joy Brown, an announcer at
Radio Station WOOW (Joy 1340
am) is definitely one sent from
God. A bone marrow drive and
benefit gospel fest was held on
August 25 at the Philippi Church
of Christ to help a needy family in
the town of Greenville. Word of
this family Ts need spread quickly,
thanks in large part to Joy Ts ef-
forts. She talked this occasion up
over the JOY airways as if it were
being held for someone in her own
family. Joy is very special to me
and! Tm sure to many other people.

Ona Bishop, my mother (Mrs.
Marlene Anderson), Joy Brown,
and the entire staff of JOY 1340,

will always hold a special place in for your support. May God con-
my heart. I thank the citizens of _ tinue to bless each and every one
Greenville and surrounding areas of you!

UN Women Ts Conference

Regional women leaders invite
you to join in pre-teleconference
discussions of how the UN
Women Ts Conference can be
brought home to Eastern North
Carolina. Discussions will focus
on women Ts health, poverty, vio-
lence, education, and economic
structures. Gwyn Hilburn, District
Court Judge, will be the luncheon
speaker.

Brody Building
ECU School of Medicine
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 28
$10.00 registration fee includes
break, box lunch and conference
materials.

RSVP to North Carolina for
Women, 919-830-6595, by Septem-
ber 18th

prises, Inc., and the North Caro-
lina Council for Women.

Please
Drive
Carefully

Welcomes To

Greenville, North Carolina

Keeping Our
Heritage Alive.

For
Information
Call WOOW

(919) 757-0365

Friday 4:00 P.M.
September 27, 1996
| THE

BLACK
COWBOYS

Come Meet and
Greet Them
In
The Mall

at
WOOW Joy

1340 AM ,
310 S. Evans Street |

Bring The
Family And
Let's Make

History

Teleconference is sponsored by:
Glaxo-Wellcome, ECU Women Ts
Studies, Pitt County Women Ts
Commission, Paralegal Enter-

ELEANOR N. JONES
Representative

FAMILY HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES

Bible Answers Health Information
Afro-American Books

P.O. Box 763, BellArthur, NC 27811

919) 753-2109

BROTHER MOSES
AFTER MIDNIGHT

Nothing But Gospel Music From 12:00
To 6:00 A.M.

Friday, Saturday And Sunday Nights

Only On WOOW 1340 A.M. The People Station

Pamlico Provisions

YOUR Downtown Waterfront General Store
Dry Goods ¢ Groceries
Sundries ¢ Ice
Cold Drinks « Ice Cream

Jimbo's Fresh Roasted Nuts
CANDOCK Floating Piers

Perception/Aquaterra Kayaks
Sales & Rentals

919-946-5875

Located on the Historic Waterfront,
238 Stewart Parkway, Washington

I!|\We Now Have Live Bait!!!

QUAL HOUSING
LENDER

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{=} Text telephone number for the hearing impaired, 1-800-876-6545,
©1996 United Carolina Bank. Member FDIC

LET TS MAKE THE NEXT ONE YOURS.

As soon as you walk in, you'll notice there T a difference between UCB and other
banks. It Ts our Personal Touch that lets you know borrowing money isn't going
to be so trying after all.

Whether it Ts a new home or an additional room, a car or a boat, a dream
vacation or a college education . . .whatever you have in mind, United Carolina
Bank will make borrowing as quick and hassle-free as possible. The reason?

We work with you every step of the way to help you get the money you need.

Working together with our customers. Its the reason we're able to make so
many loans for so many people. People just like you.

Please stop by any UCB office or call 551-1400.

Hazel Garris has been promoted
toeastern North Carolina regional
coordinator for First Citizens T
Charter Club, a club for the bank Ts
Senior Quest account holders. She
is a staff member of First Citizens T

WOIMEWVOCEWESKOFSemEWEERS-10.0%
_ Garris receives new assignment at
First Citizens Bank in Greenville

Foundation.

marketing department, and her
office is located in Greenville.
The Virginia native lives in
Winterville and is a board mem-
ber of the Pitt County Chapter of
the North Carolina Community

HAZEL GARRIS

Who said that?

and clap as they go by.

We can Tt all be heroes because
somebody has to sit on the curb

The aim of this project is to study and improve the health care |

If so, we want to talk to you about participating in

our project to learn how African-American women manage
side-effects from breast cancer treatment.
received by African-American women with breast cancer.
We need your help!

To learn more about this project and how
it can benefit you, call 1-800-349-5858.

Ry MANAGING UNCERTAINTY IN CANCER
SCHOOL OF Nursinc, UNC-Criaren fla

The Black Cowboys
Are Riding To Greenville, North Carolina
Friday, September 27th

Will Rogers HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES .... were held recently at the Phillippi Missionary Baptist

Church in Simpson. The honorable Congresswoman Eva Clayton was the keynote speaker at
the Sunday morning service. Shown here are: Pastor A.C. Batchelor, his wife and daughter,
Congresswoman Clayton, her husband, and a guest. We salute Phillippi Baptist Church for
creating jobs, their daycare, outreach and health care programs. Photo by Jim Rouse

It Was Truly A Family Reunion, As Two Of The Black
Cowboys, Brother Richard And Curtis, Meet Up At The
Annual WOOW Gospelfest, Greenville, NC Labor Day
Reunion at Guy Smith Stadium

POWER LEARNING

First Citizens Bank salutes the ciate the special role that these schools

accomplishments of Historically Black have played in shaping better lives. That's

Colleges & Universities. Born during a
time when educating African Americans
was not acceptable, these institutions
stand today as a proud testament to
the power of the human will.

At First Citizens Bank we understand
the importance of that power and appre-

tf EQUAL HOUSING LENDER

why, from education loans and home
mortgages, to Savings and investment
plans, we're doing everything we can
to make the power of finance
available to be used by
the power of your will. FIRST
CITIZENS
You're Always First. BANK

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