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GRAPEVINE
THE FAMILY MAGAZINE June, 1971
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June, 1971 3 Grapevine
THANK YOU
This issue of the Grapevine is the start of our third year of publication.
We are proud to report that the magazine is progressing up to our ex-
pectations and we express our thanks to our many readers and adver-
tisers for making this past year another successful one for us.
Over the past two years the Grapevine has come a long way. Since
our first publication in June, 1969, we have grown from a staff of two
to a staff of twelve. In addition we have hired periodically over sixty
people from the minority community. In January of this year we opened
our new office in West Fresno to better serve our advertisers and readers.
This month we have added another phase in our growth by expanding
our circulation to towns throughout Central California from Merced north
to Bakersfield south.
We again express our thanks to our advertisers and readers in the
Fresno community. We also thank the Fresno Bee Newspaper and the
other local news media for permitting us the use of their articles and
pictures. Also appreciated are the encouragement and help given to us
by our many friends who are helping us make this magazine a success.
To name a few few, special thanks goes to Mrs. Lillie P. Barfield, Mrs.
John Long, Mrs. J. M. Mayo, Frank "Gil" Glasse, Earl Bradley, Walt Port-
er, Odell Johnson, Sr., Dr. Fritzalbert Marius, Eugene White, Woody
Miller, Kelvin Eddings, John Maxwell, Max Hardison, Jim Moe, Morrie
Mendel, and Otis Hamilton.
This coming year the Grapevine will continue to present to our readers
the positive aspects of the minority community.
Editor and Publisher
Grapevine 4 June, 1971
Cleofus Johnson
Advertising Editor
James Aldredge
Advisor-Writer
Frank J. Johnson
Editor-Publisher
Jerry C. Johnson
Director of Circulation
Dr. Freddie Hayes
Advisor-Writer
June, 1971 5 Grapevine
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I am not your race. I am inter-
ested in subscribing to your maga-
zine which my friend gave me the
other day. I am also anxious to do
what little I can to help right the
wrongs my people have done your
people. I can't help the color of my
skin either, but I can help how I
act. I have really gotten my eyes
opened this past year. Put me
down as one of your subscribers
and if I can help, call on me please.
Goldie Schrader
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
Just a short note to let you know
what an outstanding job you are
doing with the Grapevine. We at
the Clovis High School certainly ap-
preciate the fine article about Va-
nessa Dunn which was in the re-
cent issue of your magazine. We
are very proud of Vanessa and her
outstanding achievements. She has
been a positive and influencing
factor here at Clovis High School.
Again, keep up the work.
Peter G. Mehas, Principal
Clovis High School
Clovis, Calif.
Dear Editor:
Just a quick note to let you know
how much I enjoy 1he Grapevine.
I lived in Fresno 20 years before I
moved and I really do enjoy read-
ing about my home town. I am a
very active volunteer worker for
the poverty program here and your
magazine has given us some good
ideas.
Maureen Harris
Sacramento, Calif.
Dear Editor:
I have long admired so many of
the people you wrote about and
helped me to know those I have
never met. A magazine such as the
Grapevine has long been needed.
I do hope more of us in the white
community will read it and value
the information we receive from it.
I will be looking forward to future
issues.
Emily Cobb
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
My compliments to your staff.
The Grapevine is most profession
ally done, and an interesting mag-
azine. I wish you much success.
Avery D. Anderson
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
I have been reading the Grape-
vine for some time now and I like
it very much. I think that it is a
very good family magazine and I
hope that it will keep going.
A Subscriber
Veterans Administration Hospital
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
Just a note to let you know how
well your magazine is being en-
joyed by our household. Keep up
the good work. Re-new my sub-
scription.
Dorothy Johnson
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
For an economy of words, your
community magazine, the Grape-
vine, is a great and informative
magazine. I had the unique plea-
sure of reading a copy of Who's
Who in Fresno, California 1971 and
Grapevine 6 June, 1971
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
in my opinion it was great. This
magazine really made me feel
proud of the black people in Fres-
no. It looks like finally we are get
ting out of the forest and can find
our way. After reading this copy
of your magazine I sat right down
and wrote a letter to a friend sta-
tioned nearby at Chu Lai, Vietnam,
discussing our future in the com-
munity of Fresno.
I hope when I finish my military
stay in Vietnam, Oct. '71 and my
graduate studies, I will be able to
contribute something worthwhile
to the black community of Fresno.
So in conclusion keep up with the
good work editor, make the black
community aware. Only through
awareness can we rid the commun-
ity of apathy.
Lawrence J. Cornier
Da Nang, Vietnam
Dear Editor:
Your magazine is well worth the
$3.00. It is informative and inter-
esting. I also enjoy the poetry and
"It's The Truth!" Keep up the good
work.
Helen Gaines
Fresno, Calif.
GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE
1014 S. Trinity
Fresno, Calif. 93706
CONGRATULATIONS
To The
GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE
On Your
2ND ANNIVERSARY
Truly, you are performing a great service in
community communication.
COFFEE'S
Fresno Bakersfield
June, 1971 7 Grapevine
Grapevine Expands To Other Towns
In Central California
Because of popular demand the GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE staff is
happy to announce that this month the magazine will be circulated
in Bakersfield, Madera, Merced, Hanford, Tulare, Clovis, and other
towns in Central California.
The editor will accept articles and pictures from readers in sur-
rounding towns. The staff is looking forward to becoming involved
in spreading the positive news of the minority community.
Grapevine Magazine Plans First Annual
Affair
Plans are in the making for what may be one of the biggest social
affairs of the year. The event which will be sponsored by the GRAPE-
VINE MAGAZINE has been tentatively scheduled for the month of No-
vember. The affair will involve several activities including a Unique
Fashion Show, a Dance with Fresno's top band and singing group, Spe-
cial Guest Speakers, and the honoring of several people from Central
Califomia in the fields of EDUCATION, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY SERVICE,
and SPORTS. So start planning now for this affair. More Information next
month.
A Special Offer To Grapevine Readers
(Save $1.00 off the Newstand Price)
GRAPEVINE for $3.00.
Please enter my one-year subscription to
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THE
GRAPEVINE
MAGAZINE
Table of Contents
June, 1971
Volume 3, Number 6
Muhammad Ali __________________________________ll
Former Fresnan-Linda Fontanilla ______________ 14
Girl of the Year-Gloria Walker ----------------l4
Cheryl Dayton Oratorical
Contest Winner ______________________________l5
Blacks Are "Tested Out" of Jobs ---------------l7
Artist-Chalita Brossett _______________________l8
Edison High Parent, Teacher
Student Association -------------------------19
Grapevine Models of the Month _________________21
You Tell On Your Self _________________________22
Listen Christians _____________________________23
Great Negros Past and Present-Quiz ____________24
Grapevine Puzzle ______________________________25
B. B. King ____________________________________26
Twins Jacqueline and
Geraldine Fuqua _______________________________27
CEP-Success Story-William Cooper ______________29
National Council of Negro Women _______________30
Black Is ---·----------------------------------31
Fresno County's First
Black Teacher Retires ______________________32
Iva Wright Best In the Nation _________________34
Randy Williams-Track Star _____________________36
Thanks from the Mayo Family ___________________38
Mrs. Riggins Returns from Trip ________________38
Photo Credit:
Fresno Bee, pp. 11 , 26, 35, 36
Fresno Bee, pp. 10, 26, 35, 36
Fresno Guide, p. 34
Otis Hamilton, p. 18
Earl Bradley, p. 21
Charles Turney, p. 19
GRAPEVINE CORP.
Fresno, Calif.
1014 S. Trinity
Phone: 486-0273
or 233-1346
FRANK J. JOHNSON
Editor and Publisher
CLEO JOHNSON
Advertising Editor
JERRY C. JOHNSON
Director of Circulation
Grapevine Advisory Board
Dr. FREDDIE HAYES
ATTY. DONALD THUESEN
JAMES ALDREDGE
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Copyright 1971
by Grapevine Corporation
THE GRAPEVINE
MAGAZINE
has been a success for the
past two years because these
advertisers have made it so!!
Penney's
Gottschalk's
Sears
Broadway Fair Furniture
Alert Cleaners
Coffee's
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Pope Tire Co.
Bambi Nursery
Walter Smith's
Rodders
Edmonds Jewelers
Zale Jewelers
Bob's Super Shell
Chicago Furniture
Concern for the little people
helps this magazine do the
job!
Muhammad Ali Comes to Fresno
MUHAMMAD ALI, former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, visit-
ed Fresno, California, this past month to promote a benefit fight for the
families of the late boxers George Kennedy of Fresno and Eddie Pace of
Los Angeles.
After the main event, that was won by Eddie Jones, in an eight round
TKO, Ali entered the ring and entertained the fans for almost 45 minutes
answering quesions, taking pictures, joking, discussing how he feels
about a fight with Wilt Chamberlin, and talking about his last fight with
Joe Frazier.
Ali, who is rated as one of the world's best boxers ever, left the im-
pression with the Fresno people that he is also a very kind and consider-
ate individual.
June, 1971 11 Grapevine
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Grapevine 12 June, 1971
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June, 1971 13 Grapevine
Former Fresnan, Linda Fontanilla Named
Queen of Travis' Women Air Force
Col. J. E. Blake, Travis base com-
mander, presented the queen with
a crown and a lovely spray of
roses. Miss Fontanilla proved es-
pecially outstanding in her accom-
plishments in extra-curricular ac-
tivities at Travis-winning first in
the 1970 local-level Air Force tal-
ent contest, popular female vocal-
ist category, and then going on to
place first in the Military Air-lift
Command and Air Force Worldwide
levels. She was also selected for
the Airman of the Quarter award.
The Queen was presented a
lovely ring, a clothing certificate,
a dinner, and many jewelry items
as gifts for winning the contest.
Miss Fontanilla won over some
13 contestants, who were judged
on personality, poise, appearance,
military awards, accomplishments
and/or participation in Travis ac-
tivities.
Former Fresnan, AIC Linda Fontanilla
of Travis' 1901st Communi-
cations Squadron was named 1971
WAF Queen of Travis.
Weinstock's Hi-Board "Girl of the Year"
GLORIA WALKER, Edison High
School senior, was recently named
recipient of Weinstock's Hi-Board
"Girl of the Year" Award and a
$100 cash award. She is student
body president, pep girl, a Cali-
fornia Scholarship Federation mem-
ber, student council member and
president of the College Prep Club
at Edison. She is also a member
of the Mayor's student advisory
board, City School Board and Fres-
no Rotary Club. She is an instructor
at Help Coalingan Service and is a
volunteer worker at Westview Con-
valescent Hospital. She plans to
enter University of California at
Berkeley next fall.
Grapevine 14 June, 1971
Miss Cheryl Dayton Is Winner of Twentieth
Century Elks Oratorical Contest
Miss Cheryl Dayton, senior at
Hoover High School, was judged
to be the winner of the Annual
Oratorical Contest sponsored by
the Twentieth Century Elks Lodge
No. 988. She was awarded First
Place Trophy for her oration, "The
Dream of Martin Luther King and
the Constitution." Second Place
Trophy was given to Miss Janice
Davis of Edison High School whose
subject was "The Negro, Civil
Rights, and the Constitution."
Assisting as Judges were, Mr.
Michael Weatherson, Graduate Stu-
dent of Speech and Forensics, Fres-
no State College; Mr. Dino Petrucci,
Counselor and Instructor of Speech,
Madera High School, and Dr. Ed-
ward Mosley, member, State Cen-
ter Junior College District.
When asked about her hobbies,
Miss Dayton smiled and said, "sew-
ing, listening to jazz, and talking
with her friends," are her favorite
pastimes. Her plans for the future
include Law School, and hopefully
at U. C. Berkeley.
Miss Dayton will now compete
at the regional contest at the Con-
vention Center in Bakersfield, Cali-
fornia. The winner of this contest
will receive a $1,000 scholarship
to be used at the college of his or
her choice.
The winner of the Contest at
Bakersfield will go on to the Na-
tional Convention in New Orleans
in August. The prize there is $2,500
scholarship.
kay's
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Lanz ORIGINALS
Phone 264-9765 1127 Fulton Mall, Fresno
June, 1971 15 Grapevine
A FRESNO WEST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Lovie Mae Gleen
Lovie Mae Gleen is the proprietor of Lovie Mae's West Side House of
Wigs, located at 344 "C" Street in West Fresno. The wig shop is one of
the many businesses sponsored by the Fresno West Development Com-
pany.
Miss Gleen finished beauty college in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1961 and
received her diploma and license from Texas State Board in Austin. She
has exprience in Wig Styling, Hair Dressing and Weaving. She special-
izes in fixing damaged wigs and making them look new again. Miss
Gleen has experience in beauty shops in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Den-
ver, Colorado, and several cities in Texas.
LOVIE MAE'S
WEST SIDE HOUSE OF WIGS
344 "C" Street
Fresno, Calif. 93706
Business Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Tuesday thru Saturday
Grapevine 16 June, 1971
Time For Relevant Job Testing
Blacks are "Tested Out" of Jobs
By Congressman Augustus P. Hawkins
California's first black Congressman
One of the major instruments used to discriminate racially em-
ployment is testing. Blacks are "tested out" of job programs in a
range extending from the apprenticeship trades through the teach-
ing profession.
The California State Commission on Fair Employment Practices
initiated a study on testing for employment in the San Francisco
Bay area in 1967 in which it was stated that knowledge and
achievement tests yield employment information minimally subject
to biased use.
However, it is also recognied that persons from poverty and
black communities tend to perform poorly on these tests, and are
frequently rejected for employment due to low scores. In many in-
stances tests are used deliberately to exclude blacks. Other than
color itself, tests constitute a barrier that is an accessory to unfair
employment practices.
Contractors sometimes use tests to regulate and control their
work forces. Tests are sometimes used to blantantly deny blacks
equal opportunity for hiring, transfer, training, promotion, or re-
tention.
The validity of tests is highly questionable for in the main they
attempt to determine, not true intelligence and ability to perform
a particular job, but academic training in schools which is often
not relevant. Actual cases can be cited to substantiate this. Promin-
ent among these was the court case of Duke vs. Briggs, where The
Duke Power Co. of Norh Carolina refused to promote black labor-
ers to be coal handlers because they flunked a test full of verbal
and mathematical puzzles that had nothing to do with the jobs
involved.
In this instance the blacks through the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund appealed the case clear up to the U. S. Supreme Court, which
ruled in favor of the blacks, Chief Justice Burger writing "any tests
used must measure the person for the job and not the person in the
abstract," and gave the plaintiffs the broad interpretation of the
Civil Rights Act they had requested.
Another flagrant instance was cited by TIME magazine of March
1, 1971, where in New York, to become an apprentice steam fitter,
applicants had to pass a test which asked about Shakespeare's
work, Dante's, Brahams', and Whitman. They had to know that
Dali is a painter, and the meaning of fancy words such as "debu-
tante" and "modiste." This test weeded out 66% of the nonwhite
applicants and only 18% of the whites, but the test had "not one
question about the relation of monkey wrench to pipe."
June, 1971 17 Grapevine
Black Artist
Miss Chalita Brossett, a Bakers-
field College art instructor, is one
of California's outstanding young
black artists and sculpturers. She
earned her B.A. degree in art at
Xavier University in Louisiana and
her Master of Fine Arts degree at
Michigan State University
Miss Brossett has been teaching
drawing, sculpture, figure drawing,
African and Afro-American art for
the past two years at Bakersfield
College. She recently exhibited her
art work in the Guild House, a
downtown gallery in Bakersfield.
She plans to exhibit her work in
Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz,
and other towns in California.
A native of New Orleans, Louisi-
anna, Miss Brossett enjoys travel-
ing. This past year she has journey-
ed to Europe, Mexico City, and to
the art galleries in New York. She
enjoys swimming, tennis, design-
ing and making her own clothes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis J. Brossett are
her parents.
Miss Chalita Brossett
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Grapevine 18 June, 1971
New Group Is Formed
Mrs. Henry Turner
A new group, the Parents, Teach-
ers, Students Association, has been
formed at Edison High School in
an effort to solve problems at the
school.
Mrs. Henry Turney, the president,
said the group will work with the
school's administration in the role
of a Parents-Teachers Association
and will not conflict with the Mod-
el Cities Neighborhood Parent Ad-
visory Commission, which was en-
dorsed last week by the Fresno
City School Board.
Mrs. Turney, mother of an Edi-
son student, said she became con-
cerned with conditions at the school
and enlisted the support of teach-
ers, parents and students.
The other officrs are Mrs. Pr-
ather Datson, vice president, and
Mrs. Mary Hartman, secretary.
Twelve program chairman have been appointed.
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June, 1971 19 Grapevine
fresno fashion fair
JUNE EVENTS
JUNE 8-12 - Jett's Petting Zoo.
JUNE 17-20 - The Artisans Art Show.
JUNE 20 - Father's Day Drawing for Original
Painting.
JUNE 21-30 - Vacation & Travel Show.
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Grapevine 20 June, 1971
MODELS OF THE MONTH
"TOO MUCH" is one way to describe twins Brenda (left) and Diane
Mahorney. The 21 year old Fresno State College students are June Grape-
vine Models of the Month. The two beauties were snapped while making
a whirl around Fresno's Roeding Park.
Photographs, Earl Bradley
June, 1971 21 Grapevine
YOU TELL ON YOURSELF
Dedicated to Graduating Students
You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the very manner in which you speak.
By the way you employ your leisure time,
By the use you make of dollar and dime.
You tell what you are by the things you wear,
By the spirit in which your burdens bear.
By the kind of things at which you laugh,
By the records you play on the phonograph.
You tell what you are by the way you walk,
By the things of which you delight to talk.
By the manner in which you bear defeat,
By so simple a thing as how you eat.
By the books you choose from the well-filled shelf,
In these ways and more, you tell on yourself.
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Grapevine 22 June, 1971
Listen
Christian
by Bob Rowland
I was hungry
and you formed a humanities club
and discussed my hunger.
Thank you.
I was imprisoned
and you crept off quietly
to your chapel in the cellar
and prayed for my release.
I was naked,
and in your mind
you debated the morality
of my appearance.
I was sick
and you knelt and thanked God
for your health.
I was homeless
and you preached to me
of the spiritual shelter
of the love of God.
I was lonely
and you left me alone
to pray for me.
You seem so holy;
so close to God.
But I'm still very hungry,
and lonely,
and cold...
June, 1971 23 Grapevine
GRAPEVINE QUIZ
GREAT NEGROES PAST AND PRESENT
S. 8. Fuller, Alexander Dumas, A. G. Gaston, John H. Johnson, Granville T.
Woods, Thurgood Marshall, James Bland, James Baldwin, Charles Drew,
Garrett A. Morgan.
-FILL IN THE CORRECT NAME-
1. ------·········· Founder, president, publisher, and editor of Ebony, Jet,
Negro Digest and Tan magazines.
2. -······--··-··-· First Black justice to serve on the United States Supreme
Court.
3. ·---·-··--·····- Established the first Blood Bank.
4.. ............... Composer of "Carry Me Back To Old Virginia" and
"Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" .
5. ................ lnventer of gas mask and first Traffic Light Signal.
6. ................ lnventer of the automatic air brake and "Induction
Telegraph", a system for communicating to and from
moving trains.
7. ----·····-···--· Millionaire founder of Booker T. Washington Insurance
Co. and Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association.
8. ................ Black author who wrote "The Three Musketeers" and
"The Count of Monte Cristo".
9. ·-·····--······· Famous U.S. black writer who wrote "Notes of a Native
Son," "Go Tell It On The Mountain," and "The Fire
Next Time".
10. ---···········- Founder and president of world-wide brush and pro-
ducts company.
Answers-
Grapevine 24 June, 1971
GRAPEVINE PUZZLE
2
4
3
1
6 5
7
8
9
Famous Negroes Last Names
No. 1 (across)-The first Negro woman millionarie who was the founder of the
world's oldest and biggest Negro cosmetics company.
No. 2 (down)-Organizer of the first black masonic lodge.
No. 3 (down)-First Negro to play in major league baseball, 1947.
No. 4 (down)-Civil Rights leader and presently Executive Secretary of the Nation-
al Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
No. 5. (across)-Sociologist, scholar, author, and one of the founders of the Na-
tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
No. 6 (down)-Former Executive Director of the National Urban League and dean
of Atlanta University's School of Social Work.
No. 7 (across)-One of the greatest baseball players of all time.
No. 8 (across)-Orator, statesman, and recognized as Father of the Protest Move-
ment.
No. 9 (across)-Slain leader who was the foremost advocate of the non-violent
passive resistance philosophy of the civil rights movement.
Answers-
June, 1971 25 Grapevine
B.B. KING, one of the artists young rock singers most study and imitate,
made his first appearance in Fresno, California, in a concert held at
Selland Arena.
A capacity crowd of approximately 6,000 fans enjoyed King and
Lucille, his beloved red electric guitar. Also in the concert and enjoyed
very much were Elvin Bishop and his group along with Big Brother and
the Holding Company. The latter group achieved its greatest fame as
the backup group for the galvanizing queen of rock, the late Janis
Joplin.
King, who once picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation for $15 a
week, has been playing and singing the blues for most of his life. But
only in the last few seasons has he become an international idol.
King himself has said he is performing no better today than 15 years
ago. The difference is the change of musical trends. Such monster rock
groups as the Rolling Stones revived the blues in their search for fresh
ideas and frequently paid tribute to the inspiration of such forerunners
as King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Bo Diddly.
Four years ago King got a big break with an engagement at Fillmore
West in San Francisco. Young listeners loved his simple, sincere style.
Since then he has been a hit in such places as Carnegie Hall and
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. He also has appeared on many TV variety
shows and has been featured in national periodicals.
Grapevine 26 June, 1971
DOUBLE DUTIES - Twins Jacqueline (left) and Geraldine Fuqua of
Fresno, California, wait out a rainstorm on their way home from
work at an office of the Internal Revenue Service in San Francisco,
Calif. The young ladies, who dress identically all the time, both
trained at the Los Angeles, Calif., Job Corps Center for Women as
clerk-typists. Now they are enrolled in the Job Corps-YWCA pro-
gram in San Francisco taking a shorthand course together and get-
ting work experience at the IRS office.
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June, 1971 27 Grapevine
Willie Cooper is shown readying his feed-packing machine for smoother
operation. Willie packs approximately 4,000-50 lb. sacks a day, each
valued at $20.00
Grapevine 28 June, 1971
Concentrated Employment Program -
Success Story
"We've been pretty busy," said Willie, "but I plan to go back to
school."
Working full-time and overtime up to 60 hours a week, makes it hard
to plan school, but as Willie said, Fresno City College appears to be
included in his fall plans.
"I thought about business administration," said William Cooper, who
was one of Concentrated Employment Program's first enrollees and job
placements.
Since then, with only a high school education, Willie has attained
some seniority at Albers Milling Company in south Fresno. Through his
experience, Willie, who operates a feed-packing machine, has learned
to diagnose problems that occur with his machine, and in some cases,
makes his own repairs.
"We pack all kinds of feed," said Willie, "and export all over the
world." But production depends on how smoothly the machine operates.
During those long shifts, Willie packs 4,000 fifty-pound sacks a day.
"We could reach 5,000 a day if everything went right," said Willie,
"but there's usually some small delay. "
With a monthly income of $700 and above, Willie now praises CEP
for his placement. "I refer friends to CEP and try to encourage my super-
visor to hire from CEP also," continued Willie.
Harold Morton is Willie's supervisor. Morton also made arrangements
with CEP to hire Willie.
"You couldn't find anyone better," said Willie. "If I have any prob-
lems, he looks out for me."
Willie has been to Los Angeles and Oakland to visit Alber's offices
"out of curiosity."
"My seniority can help for transfers," said Willie, "but I like it here.
I don't know for how long I'l l be here, but I like it."
June, 1971 29 Grapevine
Fresno's Chapter
Of The
National Council
Of Negro
Women Elects
New President
Mrs. Henry Jules is the incoming
president of the National Council
of Negro Women. She has been an
active member of the local chapter
for four years, and an officer for
three years. She served as record-
ing secretary for two years and last
year was second vice president.
A five year resident of Fresno,
Mrs. Jules is a native of New Orleans,
Louisiana, where she attend-
Mrs. Henry Jules
ed Xavier University. Her hobbies
include working with children and
cooking.
The new president is married to
Henry Jules, II, a counselor, with
the Fresno City Schools' Follow
Through Program, and they have
five children: Henry III, Karen, Pam-
ela, Joseph and David.
Other officers for the new year
include Mrs. Jake Spencer, first
vice president; Mrs. Ray Williams,
second vice president; Mrs. William
Murphy, recording secretary; Mrs.
Billie Jean Norris, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Roy Woods, trea-
surer; Mrs. Matthew Daw, chap-
lain; Mrs. Elijah Brewer, historian;
and Miss Edna Overall, parliamen-
tarian.
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Grapevine 30 June, 1971
BLACK IS
BLACK IS when people call you
black, and it hurts inside.
BLACK IS walking into a store
and they try to cheat you out
of your money, because they
think you·re ignorant just because
of your skin.
BLACK IS when all the colors in
the world are made by you,
and they don't appreciate it.
BLACK IS a color that some peo-
ple really adores and wants to
be.
BLACK IS not understanding white
man ways.
BLACK IS when you are the best
dancer at a dance.
BLACK IS tryi ng to love your fel-
low man. We're all alike in-
side.
BLACK IS being stupid.
BLACK IS being happy about
your color.
BLACK IS when I see a white man
trying to sing a James Brown
record.
BLACK IS when your mother said
"We're too poor .. . "
BLACK IS when your history teach-
er teaches you about white
history.
BLACK IS having to do what a
white man do.
BLACK IS a good color because
it's me!
BLACK IS a person who calls you
black, and they is black their
self.
BLACK IS a lot of soul.
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June, 1971 31 Grapevine
Mrs. Owens, First Black Teacher in Fresno
County Schools Retires
By Kathy Berberich
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Mrs. Beatrice Owens
Mrs. Beatrice Smith Owens has
opened a lot of doors in her 40-
year career as an educator.
She was the first black teacher
in the Fresno County Schools (1950)
and the first fulltime liaison be-
tween parents and Irwin Junior
High School. But June 11, when
the school bell rings sending the
students home for the summer,
Mrs. Owens will be closing a door
-that of her counseling office-as
she slips into retirement.
"I may wear out, but I won't
rust out," she says with a smile.
"I plan to do lots of flower-garden-
ing, traveling and deep sea fishing-
ing-that order."
The Oklahoma-born woman, a
grandmother of two, left a lucrative
position as supervisor of all-Negro
schools in Creek County, Okla., 21
years ago, to bring her ailing moth-
er to California.
"We're just not ready for Negroes
yet," came the answer time
and time again as she combed
the Fresno City and County Schools
looking for work.
"But I wouldn't accept 'no' even
though I had to work in a shipyard
in Oakland for a year 'in between
time.' But I'm not bitter about it.
It's one of those detours in life that
you face. I was determined to
teach and I kept applying and re-
applying and finally landed a job
in a Fowler elementary school. It
was the late Harold L. Coles, then
superintendent of County Schools,
who encouraged me to keep trying.
I was asked what I would do if a
student called me names because
I was black, and I said, 'I will tell
them about the rose garden. Roses
are all different colors but they all
smell sweetly.' But I never had a
student call me names. They were
all lovely and had considerate par-
ents. I taught there nine years.
"When my application was ac-
cepted in the City Schools I asked
to teach at Irwin, then just a year
old, because I felt I could relate to
the minority students there better
than I could to other students in
predominantly white schools.
For the past year, Mrs. Owens,
who is listed in Who's Who in Fres-
no 1971, has served as a fulltime
liaison between parents of students
attending Irwin and the school.
She holds coffee klatches during
the days and some evenings for
parents to get together and discuss
any problems they might be hav-
ing and any problem areas they
may see in the community.
Mrs. Owens, who was widowed
as a young woman, married W. T.
Owens of Los Angeles 7 ½ years
ago. He retired in December from
the McDonald-Douglass Aircraft
Company. The Owenses, who often
have foreign student guests in their
home, have traveled to Hawaii,
Mexico, Southeast Asia, Canada,
the Caribbean, Alaska and the
Orient.
Grapevine 32 June, 1971
SPECIAL ELECTION
July 20, 1971
SUPPORT
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COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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June, 1971 33 Grapevine
Iva Wright Best In The Nation
Miss Wright, an Edison High
School student, has been invited to
a women's qualifying track meet
in Urbana, Ill., June 19-20.
A strong performance in Urbana
could qualify Miss Wright for a U.
S. women's team which will com-
pete internationally this summer.
Iva, the state girls' champion in
both the discus and shot, has the
best platter toss in the nation this
year, 156-4. Her coach is Bib Bren-
ner of the Elans Track Club.
People in the Fresno area con-
tributed the $350 necessary for the
trip.
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Edison
High
Student
Athlete
of the
Year
The name of Curtis Wright is well known to the local sports fans in the
Fresno area. He has been active in sports and has been getting awards
of athletic achievements since his early years of school.
Wright, a June graduate of Edison High, was the school's representa-
tive at the B'Nai Brith Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year banquet
held last month. This past school year he captained Edison's football
team and was selected to the All-Metro and the City All-Star football
and baseball teams. Recently Wright pitched a no-hit baseball game
against Fresno High School. Professional baseball scouts have been ob-
serving his high school career for the past two years. Columbus Craig,
Edison's baseball coach, stated that Wright is an excellent pro prosepect.
Wright, who is recognized as a fine student and a leader, is a member
of the Church of Christ and is a part-time teacher aide at Irwin Junior
High School. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Wright of Fresno.
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June, 1971 35 Grapevine
Williams Rewrites Track Records
By Terry Betterton
Mrs. Idell Williams broke a jinx and son, Randy, the Edison High
School track and field phenom, rewrote the record book at the North
Area Quilifying Meet at the sun-drenched Kastner Field in Clovis.
Mrs. Williams went against her son's wishes and watched the Tiger
senior perform for the first time in over a year. He came through with
one of the San Joaquin Valley's best ever spike performances.
Williams, in the past, did not like to have his mother in the stands.
"She was a jinx. Everytime she watched me-in football or track-I
always did poorly."
"I sneaked out here," said the very proud Mrs. Williams. "He did not
know I was coming." Mrs. Williams was anything but a jinx for her
youngest son, the fourth of five children.
Williams established one world record, a national record, two meet
records, two school records and tied one other meet record. In the process,
he ended a victory string by Memorial's David Tucker which stretched
over 39 consecutive prep track meets in three seasons.
Grapevine 36 June, 1971
The Edison star took home four first-place medals, upsetting Tucker in
the triple jump with a 52-3 ½ skip, long-jumping 25-4 ½, winning the
220 in a meet record equalling 22-flat and anchoring the Tiger 440 re-
lay team.
The long rivalry between Williams and Tucker finally came to a head
in the triple jump pit.
Randy's 52-3 ½ was on his first jump, setting a World 17-year-old
record and a National Senior Class record. The mark is also the second
best every by a prep-the best, of course, is Tucker's 52-6 ¼ National
record set last year.
Tucker, although suffering his first triple jump loss since his freshman
year, finished second at 52-13/4, third best ever by a prep.
The Memorial senior had five jumps over 50 feet, including a 51-103/4,
the fourth best ever by a high school performer.
Williams' 25-4 ½ long jump moved him to fifth on the all-time nation-
al list, only 2 ½ inches under the national record. Again Tucker was sec-
ond, making a l1fet1me best 24-¼. Williams took only two leaps, going
24-111/4 on his first try.
Recently at the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field
Championship in Westwood, California, Williams won the State long
1ump title with a fantastic 26-foot, 3-inch wind aided leap. The mark
was the best ever prep jump with or without a wind.
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June, 1971 37 Grapevine
Thanks from the J. M. Mayo Family
Friends create the world anew each day. Without their loving care,
courage would not suffice to keep hearts strong for life. We cannot tell
the precise moment when friendship is found. As in filling a vessel drop
by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of
kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over. In our time
of despair customary actions were exceeded by our grief. But the plants,
flowers, food, telegrams and condolences were very much appreciated.
The deep concern and consideration expressed by everyone was extreme-
ly encouraging and we would like to thank all of you with deepest
gratitude. What a thing friendship is-WORLD WITHOUT END.
Mrs. Riggins Returns from East Coast Trip
Mrs. John Riggins of 114 O'Neill
Street, Fresno, has just returned
from a delightful trip to New York,
Washington, D. C., and Chicago,
Illinois. In New York she visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson.
Some of the interesting places she
visited were the Statue of Liberty,
Manhattan Island and the Cathee
dral Church of St. John the Divine.
In Washington, D. C., she visited
with her son, Lt. Colonel Lester Rig-
gins, toured the Pentagon and vis-
ited the graves of the unknown
soldiers. She cilmaxed her trip with
a visit to Chicago to see her long
time friend and former Fresnan,
Mrs. Alma McKay.
Grapevine 38 June, 1971
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THANK YOU
This issue of the Grapevine is the start of our third year of publication.
We are proud to report that the magazine is progressing up to our ex-
pectations and we express our thanks to our many readers and adver-
tisers for making this past year another successful one for us.
Over the past two years the Grapevine has come a long way. Since
our first publication in June, 1969, we have grown from a staff of two
to a staff of twelve. In addition we have hired periodically over sixty
people from the minority community. In January of this year we opened
our new office in West Fresno to better serve our advertisers and readers.
This month we have added another phase in our growth by expanding
our circulation to towns throughout Central California from Merced north
to Bakersfield south.
We again express our thanks to our advertisers and readers in the
Fresno community. We also thank the Fresno Bee Newspaper and the
other local news media for permitting us the use of their articles and
pictures. Also appreciated are the encouragement and help given to us
by our many friends who are helping us make this magazine a success.
To name a few few, special thanks goes to Mrs. Lillie P. Barfield, Mrs.
John Long, Mrs. J. M. Mayo, Frank "Gil" Glasse, Earl Bradley, Walt Port-
er, Odell Johnson, Sr., Dr. Fritzalbert Marius, Eugene White, Woody
Miller, Kelvin Eddings, John Maxwell, Max Hardison, Jim Moe, Morrie
Mendel, and Otis Hamilton.
This coming year the Grapevine will continue to present to our readers
the positive aspects of the minority community.
Editor and Publisher
Grapevine 4 June, 1971
Cleofus Johnson
Advertising Editor
James Aldredge
Advisor-Writer
Frank J. Johnson
Editor-Publisher
Jerry C. Johnson
Director of Circulation
Dr. Freddie Hayes
Advisor-Writer
June, 1971 5 Grapevine
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I am not your race. I am inter-
ested in subscribing to your maga-
zine which my friend gave me the
other day. I am also anxious to do
what little I can to help right the
wrongs my people have done your
people. I can't help the color of my
skin either, but I can help how I
act. I have really gotten my eyes
opened this past year. Put me
down as one of your subscribers
and if I can help, call on me please.
Goldie Schrader
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
Just a short note to let you know
what an outstanding job you are
doing with the Grapevine. We at
the Clovis High School certainly ap-
preciate the fine article about Va-
nessa Dunn which was in the re-
cent issue of your magazine. We
are very proud of Vanessa and her
outstanding achievements. She has
been a positive and influencing
factor here at Clovis High School.
Again, keep up the work.
Peter G. Mehas, Principal
Clovis High School
Clovis, Calif.
Dear Editor:
Just a quick note to let you know
how much I enjoy 1he Grapevine.
I lived in Fresno 20 years before I
moved and I really do enjoy read-
ing about my home town. I am a
very active volunteer worker for
the poverty program here and your
magazine has given us some good
ideas.
Maureen Harris
Sacramento, Calif.
Dear Editor:
I have long admired so many of
the people you wrote about and
helped me to know those I have
never met. A magazine such as the
Grapevine has long been needed.
I do hope more of us in the white
community will read it and value
the information we receive from it.
I will be looking forward to future
issues.
Emily Cobb
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
My compliments to your staff.
The Grapevine is most profession
ally done, and an interesting mag-
azine. I wish you much success.
Avery D. Anderson
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
I have been reading the Grape-
vine for some time now and I like
it very much. I think that it is a
very good family magazine and I
hope that it will keep going.
A Subscriber
Veterans Administration Hospital
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
Just a note to let you know how
well your magazine is being en-
joyed by our household. Keep up
the good work. Re-new my sub-
scription.
Dorothy Johnson
Fresno, Calif.
Dear Editor:
For an economy of words, your
community magazine, the Grape-
vine, is a great and informative
magazine. I had the unique plea-
sure of reading a copy of Who's
Who in Fresno, California 1971 and
Grapevine 6 June, 1971
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
in my opinion it was great. This
magazine really made me feel
proud of the black people in Fres-
no. It looks like finally we are get
ting out of the forest and can find
our way. After reading this copy
of your magazine I sat right down
and wrote a letter to a friend sta-
tioned nearby at Chu Lai, Vietnam,
discussing our future in the com-
munity of Fresno.
I hope when I finish my military
stay in Vietnam, Oct. '71 and my
graduate studies, I will be able to
contribute something worthwhile
to the black community of Fresno.
So in conclusion keep up with the
good work editor, make the black
community aware. Only through
awareness can we rid the commun-
ity of apathy.
Lawrence J. Cornier
Da Nang, Vietnam
Dear Editor:
Your magazine is well worth the
$3.00. It is informative and inter-
esting. I also enjoy the poetry and
"It's The Truth!" Keep up the good
work.
Helen Gaines
Fresno, Calif.
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June, 1971 7 Grapevine
Grapevine Expands To Other Towns
In Central California
Because of popular demand the GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE staff is
happy to announce that this month the magazine will be circulated
in Bakersfield, Madera, Merced, Hanford, Tulare, Clovis, and other
towns in Central California.
The editor will accept articles and pictures from readers in sur-
rounding towns. The staff is looking forward to becoming involved
in spreading the positive news of the minority community.
Grapevine Magazine Plans First Annual
Affair
Plans are in the making for what may be one of the biggest social
affairs of the year. The event which will be sponsored by the GRAPE-
VINE MAGAZINE has been tentatively scheduled for the month of No-
vember. The affair will involve several activities including a Unique
Fashion Show, a Dance with Fresno's top band and singing group, Spe-
cial Guest Speakers, and the honoring of several people from Central
Califomia in the fields of EDUCATION, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY SERVICE,
and SPORTS. So start planning now for this affair. More Information next
month.
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THE
GRAPEVINE
MAGAZINE
Table of Contents
June, 1971
Volume 3, Number 6
Muhammad Ali __________________________________ll
Former Fresnan-Linda Fontanilla ______________ 14
Girl of the Year-Gloria Walker ----------------l4
Cheryl Dayton Oratorical
Contest Winner ______________________________l5
Blacks Are "Tested Out" of Jobs ---------------l7
Artist-Chalita Brossett _______________________l8
Edison High Parent, Teacher
Student Association -------------------------19
Grapevine Models of the Month _________________21
You Tell On Your Self _________________________22
Listen Christians _____________________________23
Great Negros Past and Present-Quiz ____________24
Grapevine Puzzle ______________________________25
B. B. King ____________________________________26
Twins Jacqueline and
Geraldine Fuqua _______________________________27
CEP-Success Story-William Cooper ______________29
National Council of Negro Women _______________30
Black Is ---·----------------------------------31
Fresno County's First
Black Teacher Retires ______________________32
Iva Wright Best In the Nation _________________34
Randy Williams-Track Star _____________________36
Thanks from the Mayo Family ___________________38
Mrs. Riggins Returns from Trip ________________38
Photo Credit:
Fresno Bee, pp. 11 , 26, 35, 36
Fresno Bee, pp. 10, 26, 35, 36
Fresno Guide, p. 34
Otis Hamilton, p. 18
Earl Bradley, p. 21
Charles Turney, p. 19
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Muhammad Ali Comes to Fresno
MUHAMMAD ALI, former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, visit-
ed Fresno, California, this past month to promote a benefit fight for the
families of the late boxers George Kennedy of Fresno and Eddie Pace of
Los Angeles.
After the main event, that was won by Eddie Jones, in an eight round
TKO, Ali entered the ring and entertained the fans for almost 45 minutes
answering quesions, taking pictures, joking, discussing how he feels
about a fight with Wilt Chamberlin, and talking about his last fight with
Joe Frazier.
Ali, who is rated as one of the world's best boxers ever, left the im-
pression with the Fresno people that he is also a very kind and consider-
ate individual.
June, 1971 11 Grapevine
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Grapevine 12 June, 1971
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June, 1971 13 Grapevine
Former Fresnan, Linda Fontanilla Named
Queen of Travis' Women Air Force
Col. J. E. Blake, Travis base com-
mander, presented the queen with
a crown and a lovely spray of
roses. Miss Fontanilla proved es-
pecially outstanding in her accom-
plishments in extra-curricular ac-
tivities at Travis-winning first in
the 1970 local-level Air Force tal-
ent contest, popular female vocal-
ist category, and then going on to
place first in the Military Air-lift
Command and Air Force Worldwide
levels. She was also selected for
the Airman of the Quarter award.
The Queen was presented a
lovely ring, a clothing certificate,
a dinner, and many jewelry items
as gifts for winning the contest.
Miss Fontanilla won over some
13 contestants, who were judged
on personality, poise, appearance,
military awards, accomplishments
and/or participation in Travis ac-
tivities.
Former Fresnan, AIC Linda Fontanilla
of Travis' 1901st Communi-
cations Squadron was named 1971
WAF Queen of Travis.
Weinstock's Hi-Board "Girl of the Year"
GLORIA WALKER, Edison High
School senior, was recently named
recipient of Weinstock's Hi-Board
"Girl of the Year" Award and a
$100 cash award. She is student
body president, pep girl, a Cali-
fornia Scholarship Federation mem-
ber, student council member and
president of the College Prep Club
at Edison. She is also a member
of the Mayor's student advisory
board, City School Board and Fres-
no Rotary Club. She is an instructor
at Help Coalingan Service and is a
volunteer worker at Westview Con-
valescent Hospital. She plans to
enter University of California at
Berkeley next fall.
Grapevine 14 June, 1971
Miss Cheryl Dayton Is Winner of Twentieth
Century Elks Oratorical Contest
Miss Cheryl Dayton, senior at
Hoover High School, was judged
to be the winner of the Annual
Oratorical Contest sponsored by
the Twentieth Century Elks Lodge
No. 988. She was awarded First
Place Trophy for her oration, "The
Dream of Martin Luther King and
the Constitution." Second Place
Trophy was given to Miss Janice
Davis of Edison High School whose
subject was "The Negro, Civil
Rights, and the Constitution."
Assisting as Judges were, Mr.
Michael Weatherson, Graduate Stu-
dent of Speech and Forensics, Fres-
no State College; Mr. Dino Petrucci,
Counselor and Instructor of Speech,
Madera High School, and Dr. Ed-
ward Mosley, member, State Cen-
ter Junior College District.
When asked about her hobbies,
Miss Dayton smiled and said, "sew-
ing, listening to jazz, and talking
with her friends," are her favorite
pastimes. Her plans for the future
include Law School, and hopefully
at U. C. Berkeley.
Miss Dayton will now compete
at the regional contest at the Con-
vention Center in Bakersfield, Cali-
fornia. The winner of this contest
will receive a $1,000 scholarship
to be used at the college of his or
her choice.
The winner of the Contest at
Bakersfield will go on to the Na-
tional Convention in New Orleans
in August. The prize there is $2,500
scholarship.
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June, 1971 15 Grapevine
A FRESNO WEST DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Lovie Mae Gleen
Lovie Mae Gleen is the proprietor of Lovie Mae's West Side House of
Wigs, located at 344 "C" Street in West Fresno. The wig shop is one of
the many businesses sponsored by the Fresno West Development Com-
pany.
Miss Gleen finished beauty college in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1961 and
received her diploma and license from Texas State Board in Austin. She
has exprience in Wig Styling, Hair Dressing and Weaving. She special-
izes in fixing damaged wigs and making them look new again. Miss
Gleen has experience in beauty shops in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Den-
ver, Colorado, and several cities in Texas.
LOVIE MAE'S
WEST SIDE HOUSE OF WIGS
344 "C" Street
Fresno, Calif. 93706
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Grapevine 16 June, 1971
Time For Relevant Job Testing
Blacks are "Tested Out" of Jobs
By Congressman Augustus P. Hawkins
California's first black Congressman
One of the major instruments used to discriminate racially em-
ployment is testing. Blacks are "tested out" of job programs in a
range extending from the apprenticeship trades through the teach-
ing profession.
The California State Commission on Fair Employment Practices
initiated a study on testing for employment in the San Francisco
Bay area in 1967 in which it was stated that knowledge and
achievement tests yield employment information minimally subject
to biased use.
However, it is also recognied that persons from poverty and
black communities tend to perform poorly on these tests, and are
frequently rejected for employment due to low scores. In many in-
stances tests are used deliberately to exclude blacks. Other than
color itself, tests constitute a barrier that is an accessory to unfair
employment practices.
Contractors sometimes use tests to regulate and control their
work forces. Tests are sometimes used to blantantly deny blacks
equal opportunity for hiring, transfer, training, promotion, or re-
tention.
The validity of tests is highly questionable for in the main they
attempt to determine, not true intelligence and ability to perform
a particular job, but academic training in schools which is often
not relevant. Actual cases can be cited to substantiate this. Promin-
ent among these was the court case of Duke vs. Briggs, where The
Duke Power Co. of Norh Carolina refused to promote black labor-
ers to be coal handlers because they flunked a test full of verbal
and mathematical puzzles that had nothing to do with the jobs
involved.
In this instance the blacks through the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund appealed the case clear up to the U. S. Supreme Court, which
ruled in favor of the blacks, Chief Justice Burger writing "any tests
used must measure the person for the job and not the person in the
abstract," and gave the plaintiffs the broad interpretation of the
Civil Rights Act they had requested.
Another flagrant instance was cited by TIME magazine of March
1, 1971, where in New York, to become an apprentice steam fitter,
applicants had to pass a test which asked about Shakespeare's
work, Dante's, Brahams', and Whitman. They had to know that
Dali is a painter, and the meaning of fancy words such as "debu-
tante" and "modiste." This test weeded out 66% of the nonwhite
applicants and only 18% of the whites, but the test had "not one
question about the relation of monkey wrench to pipe."
June, 1971 17 Grapevine
Black Artist
Miss Chalita Brossett, a Bakers-
field College art instructor, is one
of California's outstanding young
black artists and sculpturers. She
earned her B.A. degree in art at
Xavier University in Louisiana and
her Master of Fine Arts degree at
Michigan State University
Miss Brossett has been teaching
drawing, sculpture, figure drawing,
African and Afro-American art for
the past two years at Bakersfield
College. She recently exhibited her
art work in the Guild House, a
downtown gallery in Bakersfield.
She plans to exhibit her work in
Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz,
and other towns in California.
A native of New Orleans, Louisi-
anna, Miss Brossett enjoys travel-
ing. This past year she has journey-
ed to Europe, Mexico City, and to
the art galleries in New York. She
enjoys swimming, tennis, design-
ing and making her own clothes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis J. Brossett are
her parents.
Miss Chalita Brossett
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Grapevine 18 June, 1971
New Group Is Formed
Mrs. Henry Turner
A new group, the Parents, Teach-
ers, Students Association, has been
formed at Edison High School in
an effort to solve problems at the
school.
Mrs. Henry Turney, the president,
said the group will work with the
school's administration in the role
of a Parents-Teachers Association
and will not conflict with the Mod-
el Cities Neighborhood Parent Ad-
visory Commission, which was en-
dorsed last week by the Fresno
City School Board.
Mrs. Turney, mother of an Edi-
son student, said she became con-
cerned with conditions at the school
and enlisted the support of teach-
ers, parents and students.
The other officrs are Mrs. Pr-
ather Datson, vice president, and
Mrs. Mary Hartman, secretary.
Twelve program chairman have been appointed.
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June, 1971 19 Grapevine
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JUNE EVENTS
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Grapevine 20 June, 1971
MODELS OF THE MONTH
"TOO MUCH" is one way to describe twins Brenda (left) and Diane
Mahorney. The 21 year old Fresno State College students are June Grape-
vine Models of the Month. The two beauties were snapped while making
a whirl around Fresno's Roeding Park.
Photographs, Earl Bradley
June, 1971 21 Grapevine
YOU TELL ON YOURSELF
Dedicated to Graduating Students
You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the very manner in which you speak.
By the way you employ your leisure time,
By the use you make of dollar and dime.
You tell what you are by the things you wear,
By the spirit in which your burdens bear.
By the kind of things at which you laugh,
By the records you play on the phonograph.
You tell what you are by the way you walk,
By the things of which you delight to talk.
By the manner in which you bear defeat,
By so simple a thing as how you eat.
By the books you choose from the well-filled shelf,
In these ways and more, you tell on yourself.
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Grapevine 22 June, 1971
Listen
Christian
by Bob Rowland
I was hungry
and you formed a humanities club
and discussed my hunger.
Thank you.
I was imprisoned
and you crept off quietly
to your chapel in the cellar
and prayed for my release.
I was naked,
and in your mind
you debated the morality
of my appearance.
I was sick
and you knelt and thanked God
for your health.
I was homeless
and you preached to me
of the spiritual shelter
of the love of God.
I was lonely
and you left me alone
to pray for me.
You seem so holy;
so close to God.
But I'm still very hungry,
and lonely,
and cold...
June, 1971 23 Grapevine
GRAPEVINE QUIZ
GREAT NEGROES PAST AND PRESENT
S. 8. Fuller, Alexander Dumas, A. G. Gaston, John H. Johnson, Granville T.
Woods, Thurgood Marshall, James Bland, James Baldwin, Charles Drew,
Garrett A. Morgan.
-FILL IN THE CORRECT NAME-
1. ------·········· Founder, president, publisher, and editor of Ebony, Jet,
Negro Digest and Tan magazines.
2. -······--··-··-· First Black justice to serve on the United States Supreme
Court.
3. ·---·-··--·····- Established the first Blood Bank.
4.. ............... Composer of "Carry Me Back To Old Virginia" and
"Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" .
5. ................ lnventer of gas mask and first Traffic Light Signal.
6. ................ lnventer of the automatic air brake and "Induction
Telegraph", a system for communicating to and from
moving trains.
7. ----·····-···--· Millionaire founder of Booker T. Washington Insurance
Co. and Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association.
8. ................ Black author who wrote "The Three Musketeers" and
"The Count of Monte Cristo".
9. ·-·····--······· Famous U.S. black writer who wrote "Notes of a Native
Son," "Go Tell It On The Mountain," and "The Fire
Next Time".
10. ---···········- Founder and president of world-wide brush and pro-
ducts company.
Answers-
Grapevine 24 June, 1971
GRAPEVINE PUZZLE
2
4
3
1
6 5
7
8
9
Famous Negroes Last Names
No. 1 (across)-The first Negro woman millionarie who was the founder of the
world's oldest and biggest Negro cosmetics company.
No. 2 (down)-Organizer of the first black masonic lodge.
No. 3 (down)-First Negro to play in major league baseball, 1947.
No. 4 (down)-Civil Rights leader and presently Executive Secretary of the Nation-
al Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
No. 5. (across)-Sociologist, scholar, author, and one of the founders of the Na-
tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
No. 6 (down)-Former Executive Director of the National Urban League and dean
of Atlanta University's School of Social Work.
No. 7 (across)-One of the greatest baseball players of all time.
No. 8 (across)-Orator, statesman, and recognized as Father of the Protest Move-
ment.
No. 9 (across)-Slain leader who was the foremost advocate of the non-violent
passive resistance philosophy of the civil rights movement.
Answers-
June, 1971 25 Grapevine
B.B. KING, one of the artists young rock singers most study and imitate,
made his first appearance in Fresno, California, in a concert held at
Selland Arena.
A capacity crowd of approximately 6,000 fans enjoyed King and
Lucille, his beloved red electric guitar. Also in the concert and enjoyed
very much were Elvin Bishop and his group along with Big Brother and
the Holding Company. The latter group achieved its greatest fame as
the backup group for the galvanizing queen of rock, the late Janis
Joplin.
King, who once picked cotton on a Mississippi plantation for $15 a
week, has been playing and singing the blues for most of his life. But
only in the last few seasons has he become an international idol.
King himself has said he is performing no better today than 15 years
ago. The difference is the change of musical trends. Such monster rock
groups as the Rolling Stones revived the blues in their search for fresh
ideas and frequently paid tribute to the inspiration of such forerunners
as King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Bo Diddly.
Four years ago King got a big break with an engagement at Fillmore
West in San Francisco. Young listeners loved his simple, sincere style.
Since then he has been a hit in such places as Carnegie Hall and
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. He also has appeared on many TV variety
shows and has been featured in national periodicals.
Grapevine 26 June, 1971
DOUBLE DUTIES - Twins Jacqueline (left) and Geraldine Fuqua of
Fresno, California, wait out a rainstorm on their way home from
work at an office of the Internal Revenue Service in San Francisco,
Calif. The young ladies, who dress identically all the time, both
trained at the Los Angeles, Calif., Job Corps Center for Women as
clerk-typists. Now they are enrolled in the Job Corps-YWCA pro-
gram in San Francisco taking a shorthand course together and get-
ting work experience at the IRS office.
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Home Phone: 237-2706 Home Phone: 266-9211
206 E. Strother Ave. 1122 Jones Ave.
June, 1971 27 Grapevine
Willie Cooper is shown readying his feed-packing machine for smoother
operation. Willie packs approximately 4,000-50 lb. sacks a day, each
valued at $20.00
Grapevine 28 June, 1971
Concentrated Employment Program -
Success Story
"We've been pretty busy," said Willie, "but I plan to go back to
school."
Working full-time and overtime up to 60 hours a week, makes it hard
to plan school, but as Willie said, Fresno City College appears to be
included in his fall plans.
"I thought about business administration," said William Cooper, who
was one of Concentrated Employment Program's first enrollees and job
placements.
Since then, with only a high school education, Willie has attained
some seniority at Albers Milling Company in south Fresno. Through his
experience, Willie, who operates a feed-packing machine, has learned
to diagnose problems that occur with his machine, and in some cases,
makes his own repairs.
"We pack all kinds of feed," said Willie, "and export all over the
world." But production depends on how smoothly the machine operates.
During those long shifts, Willie packs 4,000 fifty-pound sacks a day.
"We could reach 5,000 a day if everything went right," said Willie,
"but there's usually some small delay. "
With a monthly income of $700 and above, Willie now praises CEP
for his placement. "I refer friends to CEP and try to encourage my super-
visor to hire from CEP also," continued Willie.
Harold Morton is Willie's supervisor. Morton also made arrangements
with CEP to hire Willie.
"You couldn't find anyone better," said Willie. "If I have any prob-
lems, he looks out for me."
Willie has been to Los Angeles and Oakland to visit Alber's offices
"out of curiosity."
"My seniority can help for transfers," said Willie, "but I like it here.
I don't know for how long I'l l be here, but I like it."
June, 1971 29 Grapevine
Fresno's Chapter
Of The
National Council
Of Negro
Women Elects
New President
Mrs. Henry Jules is the incoming
president of the National Council
of Negro Women. She has been an
active member of the local chapter
for four years, and an officer for
three years. She served as record-
ing secretary for two years and last
year was second vice president.
A five year resident of Fresno,
Mrs. Jules is a native of New Orleans,
Louisiana, where she attend-
Mrs. Henry Jules
ed Xavier University. Her hobbies
include working with children and
cooking.
The new president is married to
Henry Jules, II, a counselor, with
the Fresno City Schools' Follow
Through Program, and they have
five children: Henry III, Karen, Pam-
ela, Joseph and David.
Other officers for the new year
include Mrs. Jake Spencer, first
vice president; Mrs. Ray Williams,
second vice president; Mrs. William
Murphy, recording secretary; Mrs.
Billie Jean Norris, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Roy Woods, trea-
surer; Mrs. Matthew Daw, chap-
lain; Mrs. Elijah Brewer, historian;
and Miss Edna Overall, parliamen-
tarian.
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Grapevine 30 June, 1971
BLACK IS
BLACK IS when people call you
black, and it hurts inside.
BLACK IS walking into a store
and they try to cheat you out
of your money, because they
think you·re ignorant just because
of your skin.
BLACK IS when all the colors in
the world are made by you,
and they don't appreciate it.
BLACK IS a color that some peo-
ple really adores and wants to
be.
BLACK IS not understanding white
man ways.
BLACK IS when you are the best
dancer at a dance.
BLACK IS tryi ng to love your fel-
low man. We're all alike in-
side.
BLACK IS being stupid.
BLACK IS being happy about
your color.
BLACK IS when I see a white man
trying to sing a James Brown
record.
BLACK IS when your mother said
"We're too poor .. . "
BLACK IS when your history teach-
er teaches you about white
history.
BLACK IS having to do what a
white man do.
BLACK IS a good color because
it's me!
BLACK IS a person who calls you
black, and they is black their
self.
BLACK IS a lot of soul.
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June, 1971 31 Grapevine
Mrs. Owens, First Black Teacher in Fresno
County Schools Retires
By Kathy Berberich
-
Mrs. Beatrice Owens
Mrs. Beatrice Smith Owens has
opened a lot of doors in her 40-
year career as an educator.
She was the first black teacher
in the Fresno County Schools (1950)
and the first fulltime liaison be-
tween parents and Irwin Junior
High School. But June 11, when
the school bell rings sending the
students home for the summer,
Mrs. Owens will be closing a door
-that of her counseling office-as
she slips into retirement.
"I may wear out, but I won't
rust out," she says with a smile.
"I plan to do lots of flower-garden-
ing, traveling and deep sea fishing-
ing-that order."
The Oklahoma-born woman, a
grandmother of two, left a lucrative
position as supervisor of all-Negro
schools in Creek County, Okla., 21
years ago, to bring her ailing moth-
er to California.
"We're just not ready for Negroes
yet," came the answer time
and time again as she combed
the Fresno City and County Schools
looking for work.
"But I wouldn't accept 'no' even
though I had to work in a shipyard
in Oakland for a year 'in between
time.' But I'm not bitter about it.
It's one of those detours in life that
you face. I was determined to
teach and I kept applying and re-
applying and finally landed a job
in a Fowler elementary school. It
was the late Harold L. Coles, then
superintendent of County Schools,
who encouraged me to keep trying.
I was asked what I would do if a
student called me names because
I was black, and I said, 'I will tell
them about the rose garden. Roses
are all different colors but they all
smell sweetly.' But I never had a
student call me names. They were
all lovely and had considerate par-
ents. I taught there nine years.
"When my application was ac-
cepted in the City Schools I asked
to teach at Irwin, then just a year
old, because I felt I could relate to
the minority students there better
than I could to other students in
predominantly white schools.
For the past year, Mrs. Owens,
who is listed in Who's Who in Fres-
no 1971, has served as a fulltime
liaison between parents of students
attending Irwin and the school.
She holds coffee klatches during
the days and some evenings for
parents to get together and discuss
any problems they might be hav-
ing and any problem areas they
may see in the community.
Mrs. Owens, who was widowed
as a young woman, married W. T.
Owens of Los Angeles 7 ½ years
ago. He retired in December from
the McDonald-Douglass Aircraft
Company. The Owenses, who often
have foreign student guests in their
home, have traveled to Hawaii,
Mexico, Southeast Asia, Canada,
the Caribbean, Alaska and the
Orient.
Grapevine 32 June, 1971
SPECIAL ELECTION
July 20, 1971
SUPPORT
-
Elect
JESSE McDONALD JR>
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
EXPERIENCED * DEDICATED
Co-chairmen
JACK KELLEY JOHN HAMPTON
WYOMA LEWIS
TREASURER
June, 1971 33 Grapevine
Iva Wright Best In The Nation
Miss Wright, an Edison High
School student, has been invited to
a women's qualifying track meet
in Urbana, Ill., June 19-20.
A strong performance in Urbana
could qualify Miss Wright for a U.
S. women's team which will com-
pete internationally this summer.
Iva, the state girls' champion in
both the discus and shot, has the
best platter toss in the nation this
year, 156-4. Her coach is Bib Bren-
ner of the Elans Track Club.
People in the Fresno area con-
tributed the $350 necessary for the
trip.
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Grapevine 34 June, 1971
Edison
High
Student
Athlete
of the
Year
The name of Curtis Wright is well known to the local sports fans in the
Fresno area. He has been active in sports and has been getting awards
of athletic achievements since his early years of school.
Wright, a June graduate of Edison High, was the school's representa-
tive at the B'Nai Brith Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year banquet
held last month. This past school year he captained Edison's football
team and was selected to the All-Metro and the City All-Star football
and baseball teams. Recently Wright pitched a no-hit baseball game
against Fresno High School. Professional baseball scouts have been ob-
serving his high school career for the past two years. Columbus Craig,
Edison's baseball coach, stated that Wright is an excellent pro prosepect.
Wright, who is recognized as a fine student and a leader, is a member
of the Church of Christ and is a part-time teacher aide at Irwin Junior
High School. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Wright of Fresno.
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Williams Rewrites Track Records
By Terry Betterton
Mrs. Idell Williams broke a jinx and son, Randy, the Edison High
School track and field phenom, rewrote the record book at the North
Area Quilifying Meet at the sun-drenched Kastner Field in Clovis.
Mrs. Williams went against her son's wishes and watched the Tiger
senior perform for the first time in over a year. He came through with
one of the San Joaquin Valley's best ever spike performances.
Williams, in the past, did not like to have his mother in the stands.
"She was a jinx. Everytime she watched me-in football or track-I
always did poorly."
"I sneaked out here," said the very proud Mrs. Williams. "He did not
know I was coming." Mrs. Williams was anything but a jinx for her
youngest son, the fourth of five children.
Williams established one world record, a national record, two meet
records, two school records and tied one other meet record. In the process,
he ended a victory string by Memorial's David Tucker which stretched
over 39 consecutive prep track meets in three seasons.
Grapevine 36 June, 1971
The Edison star took home four first-place medals, upsetting Tucker in
the triple jump with a 52-3 ½ skip, long-jumping 25-4 ½, winning the
220 in a meet record equalling 22-flat and anchoring the Tiger 440 re-
lay team.
The long rivalry between Williams and Tucker finally came to a head
in the triple jump pit.
Randy's 52-3 ½ was on his first jump, setting a World 17-year-old
record and a National Senior Class record. The mark is also the second
best every by a prep-the best, of course, is Tucker's 52-6 ¼ National
record set last year.
Tucker, although suffering his first triple jump loss since his freshman
year, finished second at 52-13/4, third best ever by a prep.
The Memorial senior had five jumps over 50 feet, including a 51-103/4,
the fourth best ever by a high school performer.
Williams' 25-4 ½ long jump moved him to fifth on the all-time nation-
al list, only 2 ½ inches under the national record. Again Tucker was sec-
ond, making a l1fet1me best 24-¼. Williams took only two leaps, going
24-111/4 on his first try.
Recently at the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field
Championship in Westwood, California, Williams won the State long
1ump title with a fantastic 26-foot, 3-inch wind aided leap. The mark
was the best ever prep jump with or without a wind.
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Thanks from the J. M. Mayo Family
Friends create the world anew each day. Without their loving care,
courage would not suffice to keep hearts strong for life. We cannot tell
the precise moment when friendship is found. As in filling a vessel drop
by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of
kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over. In our time
of despair customary actions were exceeded by our grief. But the plants,
flowers, food, telegrams and condolences were very much appreciated.
The deep concern and consideration expressed by everyone was extreme-
ly encouraging and we would like to thank all of you with deepest
gratitude. What a thing friendship is-WORLD WITHOUT END.
Mrs. Riggins Returns from East Coast Trip
Mrs. John Riggins of 114 O'Neill
Street, Fresno, has just returned
from a delightful trip to New York,
Washington, D. C., and Chicago,
Illinois. In New York she visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson.
Some of the interesting places she
visited were the Statue of Liberty,
Manhattan Island and the Cathee
dral Church of St. John the Divine.
In Washington, D. C., she visited
with her son, Lt. Colonel Lester Rig-
gins, toured the Pentagon and vis-
ited the graves of the unknown
soldiers. She cilmaxed her trip with
a visit to Chicago to see her long
time friend and former Fresnan,
Mrs. Alma McKay.
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