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GRAPEVINE
THE FAMILY MAGAZINE 35C May, 1972
Sam Hunt Gerald Hardemon
PEOPLE
IN THE
NEWS
Jack Kelley Bobby Logan
MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT
THE FRIENDLY PLACE . .
J C PENNEY.
TOM GAVIN
Tom is a life long resident of
Fresno, graduating from Edison
High School and Fresno City
College. He joined J. C. Penney
in 1965, working as a Sales
Associate until 1966 until military
duty called him into the
Army Engineers. Tom returned
to Penney's in 1969 as Sales
Associate and then Men's
Clothing Specialist. Tom would
like for you to drop in and see
him at . . .
DOWNTOWN PENNEY'S
COURTNEY COUNTEE
Born in Sacramento, Courtney
moved to Oakland early in life,
graduating from University High
School, Oakland. His next step
was to San Francisco State College.
Next to the U. S. Navy
until starting at Oakland Army
Terminal in 1943 until retirement
last year as heavy equipment
mechanic, 28 years of
service. Penney's is fortunate
that Courtney brought all of
his mechanical "Know-How" to
us. He will be glad to advise
or assist you at . . .
PENNEY'S FASHION FAIR
JCPenney
The Friendly Place
Downtown Mall Fashion Fair
Grapevine 2 May, 1972
THE GRAPEVINE
MAGAZINE
Vol.4 No.5
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
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ATTY. DONALD THUESEN
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Copyright 1972
by Grapevine Corporation
May, 1972
Table of Contents
EDUCATION
Discovery Mathematics -------------------------------------------------- 5
Career Exploration ----------------------------------------------------- 8
Washington Union Crisis ------------------------------------------------ 24
WOMEN
Mother of the Year ------------------------------------------------------ 6
Birthday Greeting ------------------------------------------------------- 26
BLACK HISTORY
Fresno Pioneers --------------------------------------------------------- 10
LAW
Victims cf Crime -------------------------------------------------------- 12
Welfare Raids ----------------------------------------------------------- 30
Employment -------------------------------------------------------------- 30
SPORTS
Edison's Best Athletes -------------------------------------------------- 14
Gerald Hardeman --------------------------------------------------------- 18
Grapevine Bowling Team -------------------------------------------------- 23
Special Olympics -------------------------------------------------------- 27
FOODS
Recipe of the Month ----------------------------------------------------- 25
HOUSNIG
West Fresno Development ------------------------------------------------- 29
ART & LITERATURE
Youth Art Show ---------------------------------------------------------- 22
Boy --------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
FORMER FRESNAN
Wesly Slade ------------------------------------------------------------- 19
SPECIAL EVENTS
Victory Phrty ----------------------------------------------------------- 33
Photo Credits:
Fresno Bee, p. 11
Otis Hamilton, pp. 33, 36
California Advocate, pp. 6, 16, 29
May, 1972 3 Grapevine
LETTER
TO
NON SUBSCRIBERS
Dear friends,
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your moral support. We sincerely believe that you too are interested
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staff since the publication was founded four years ago.
Our purpose is to provide a magazine that is orientated to Black
people which will be educational and enjoyable to both children
and adults, to promote the positive aspects of the life and history
of Black people in Central California, to make available a forum
for people of minority races so that they may speak out on issues
that affect their lives, to instill pride in Black people young and
old, and to bring about harmony between people of all races.
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Grapevine 4 May, 1972
DISCOVERY MATHEMATICS
At Franklin Elementary School of Fresno, children learn by doing.
Above, Mr. Rutherford "Bud" Gaston, Principal of Franklin School, is
shown giving a demonstration with the invicta balance on equalities
and inequalities to First Grader Andrea Battle and Second Grader James
Battle in the Math Resource Laboratory. All children in the school go
through the Math Lab where they get diagnostic-prescriptive individualized
Math work along with manipulative aids to help them better understand
what they are seeking to learn. Some children have made twoyear
gains in one year under the program. In the background, the muchused
abacus is shown. Forty parents were graduated from Franklin's first
modern Math Class this year and 25 parents are enrolled in the second
c ass currently underway each Thursday night. Mrs. Mattie Meyers is the
ath Resource Teacher in charge of the Math Laboratory and is the instructor
in the PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) Modern Math Class.
May, 1972 5 Grapevine
WEST FRESNO MOTHER OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Essie Maiden, center, receives bouquet and gifts from Mr. and
Mrs. Lesly Kimber.
By Woody Laughnan
West Fresno's mother o f t h e
year s a i d she thought something
was kind o f funny r e cently
when her children and
neighbors talked her out o f going
t o her cotton-chopping job
out by Huron.
"They s a i d I had t o go t o a
banquet," laughed Mrs. Essie
Maiden o f 2528 S . Walnut
Ave., "and I thought, 'what
would I be doin' goin' to a
fancy banquet i n Cecil Hinton
Center and losin' $15.95 pay
for chopping cotton?'"
But she went t o t h e banquet
along with about 200 other
people. "And a man got up
and s a i d I am t h e California
Advocate's 1972 mother-of-theyear,"
she laughed.
Thus, she learned, she had
become t h e mother-of-the-year
of this year annual contest
sponsored by The California
Advocate, a weekly newspap
er which publishes i n West
Fresno.
Mrs. Maiden qualifies for
that title, having 14
children, ranging in age from
three to20. The youngest, 3
and 5 , are still at home; one
in Head Start; five attend Western
Elementary School, two a r e
in Ivy Junior High School; one
attends Edison High School; another
is enrolled i n Fresno State
College, and t h e oldest i s a
teacher i n Abilene, Tex., and
a married daughter.
For the past couple of years,
since her husband left, Mrs.
Maiden has been both a mo-
ther and father to the brood
and t o help make ends meet
she works in the fields, getting
up at 2:30 in the morning to
catch the farm worker bus in
downtown West Fresno so she
can be a t work in the cotton
field before the sun is up.
While she works just eight
hours, with the traveling to
and from t h e job and a l l , she
i s away from home 12 hours
a day. She fixes her own lunch,
carrying i t with her on t h e bus
and eating in the fields along
with the other field hands.
"When I am working the
older kids help a t home," s a i d
Mrs. Maiden. "And my marr
i e d daughter takes care o f my
two littlest."
Mrs. Maiden, who i s only
39 and who came t o Fresno
from her native Shreveport, La.,
17 years ago, lives in the little
house her mother left her, kind
o f tucked back on 2528 S . Walnut
Avenue. It i s not much a s
houses go—no electricity, no
telephone and no water.
"We carry water i n buckets
for cooking and drinking,"
said Mrs. Maiden, who has a
way o f taking things in stride,
"and we go down t o Aunties
to take baths." ("Aunties"
house is just down the block.)
West Fresno's new motherof-
the-year likes to laugh, philosophize
and is proud o f her
family.
"I'm fortunate with my
kids," she said. "They're good
kids. I'm one to believe that
you have to talk to your children
so you'll know what's on
their minds. You got to realize
that even though the problems
your kids have seem small to
you that they are big to them.
You got to listen hard to your
kids to, because when they
shut up on you, they're i n
trouble.
" I always say that the old
world ain't goin' to change
much. You make of your life
what you want. And you can
make it good if you believe in
hope and if you've got t h e
faith."
And Mrs. Maiden has the
faith , singing in the Apostolic
Christian Church choir . "God
willin', the kids and me go t o
church every Sunday, and we
try to live it during the week,"
she said.
And sometimes during her
busy hours she finds time t o
sew, crochet and cook, something
she likes to do. "I like it
best when all my family is
home and I can cook up a big
dinner. That's a good time, because
my family is close, "she
said.
What was West Fresno's new
mother-of-the-year going t o do
on Mother's Day?
She thought about that , hugging
Ellen and Mary, her two
youngest who had on red
dresses with white trim and
wore their hair braided.
"God willin', at 9:30 Sunday
mornin', just like always," she
said, "we all be goin' to
church."
--Reprint Fresno Bee
May, 1972 7 Grapevine
CAREER EXPLORATION DAY
AT
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL
Public School Open House f o r Edison High School was observed with
a Career Exploration Day Program. The program was sponsored by t h e
Expanded Guidance and Counseling P r o j e c t , Model C i t i e s , Mrs. Rae
Mims, Program Coordinator Occupation Up! Willie Perry, Cal Johnson,
Edison P.T.A., Mrs. Turney, President, l o t a Phi Lambda Sorority, Mrs.
Josephine Long, President, Mrs. Frances Goodwin, Committee Chairman,
and Edison High School, Mr. William Gillen Principal.
The objectives o f t h e Career Exploration Day were t o expose the students
to a variety o f vocational opportunities that will assist them in
choosing a realistic career, to emphasize the national need for highly
skilled, trained manpower and the community's obligation to conserve,
develop, and utilize human resources, to provide a broad base o f
career information f o r youth and adults through the presentation of appropriate
and up-to-date materials, and displays.
Other objectives were to facilitate the process of career planning and
development by youth and adults, to support and supplement present
programs of career guidance, to stimulate continuous contacts between
the schools and the employing community in effort to render adequate
vocational guidance services to high school youth, and to follow
up to determine the effectiveness of vocational programs, and to provide
a vehicle for participants, students, teaching staff and community
to share in a meaningful experience that will enhance their personal
growth.
The speakers were Mrs. Arthur Atwater, Beautician, Mrs. Juanita
Perry, Business, Mr. Leonard Garrett, Small Business, Mr. Ronald Scheidt,
Banking, Mrs. Kay Moore, Telephone, Mrs. Lula Mae Hooks, Telephone,
Miss Delores Johnson, Telephone, Mr. Ralph Barnes, P.G.&E., Mr. Woody
Miller, Radio, Mr. Danny Golden, TV, Mr. Ray Williams, Law, Mr. & Mrs.
Heagy, Music, Mr. Shropshire, Education, Mr. Leroy Brown, Vocational
Education, Mr. Theodore Johnson, Electronics, Mr. Thomas Brown, Food
Services, Mr. William Bain, Automotive Services, S g t . Isiah Morris, Armed
Forces, Mr. James Aldredge, Community Services, Mr. Harry Miller , Recr
eation, Mr. Sam Hunt, Community Relations, Mr. Ernie Shelton, Financial
Aid & EOP, Mr. Walter Yarborough, Airline , Mr. Bobby Logan, Music.
The speakers and their guides, Edison High School Pep and Letter girls,
spent 20 minutes each in 7 rooms during the morning.
The day ended with a free spaghetti dinner and program executed
by the Edison High School students. The speakers were Mr. James Hend
ricks , and Dr. Arnold Finch. Entertainment was provided by the school
band, school choir and individuals who had participated in the Edison
High School Talent Show. The attendance, both students and adults ,
was tremendous.
Grapevine 8 May, 1972
First Black Pioneer Families In Fresno
By Mattie Meyers
Back on March 31, 1888, when
Black families were few in number
or not to be found i n Fresno, a
train which had been sent to the
southern states to pick up Blacks
to wrok in the grape fields of California
came to a screeching halt.
Unloading from the train were about
twenty or thirty Black famil
ies from different southern states.
Among the group were Rev. Edward
Lindsey from North Carolina
who were the parents of five
daughters: Henrietta, Nina, Elizab
eth, Lucy, and Eliza.
These Black families on this spec-
ial train had come at the specific
request o f Valley farmers who
needed workers t o pick grapes
mainly and till the soil. Many int-
erestubg incidents occurred as the
train plunged through state after
state picking up families. One such
incident was the one when young,
lovely Henrietta Lindsey stuck her
Mrs. Hazel Jones Marshall
head out of the train's window
and Georgia-born William Arthur
Bigby, who was standing alongs-
ide tracks with his friends, Ben
Watkins, glanced up and saw the
lovely Henrietta. Falling in love at
the first sight of Henrietta, he
caught the train, followed her to
California, and married h e r . His
friend, Ben Watkins, later married
Henrietta's sister, Lucy Lindsey.
Henrietta and William Bigby became
the parents of Bridget and
William Bigby the second (who
were born in Fresno) and later
Ruth, Azeal, Harry, Cothon, and
Ruby, shown above, who is now
Mrs. Ruby Gibzora Bigby (Carlton)
Pierro.
William Bigby the Second marr-
ied Anna Mae Dixon whose only
son was William the Third. Ruby
Gibzora married Roy Carlton who
became the parents of Roy D. Carlton
and Lucy Gwendolyn Carlton
who is now Mrs. Johnny Crossley-
Mrs. Ruby Gibzora Bigby Pierro
Grapevine 10 May, 1972
Ruby Gibzora's second marriage
was to Mr. Pierro.
Elizabeth Lindsey married Edward
Jones from Kentucky. They
became the parents o f Errol and
Hazel (shown above) who married
William Marshall of Chicago, Illinois,
and made their home in Fresno.
Daughter Lucy Lindsey married
Benjamin Watkins who also caught
the special train Fresno. They
became the parents of Leola, Lindsey,
Lincoln, and Carol Watkins
who is the father of Calvin Watkins
of Fresno.
The youngest descendants of the
Lindsey family is Monica Bigby of
Fresno, the granddaughter of William
Bigby the Third (deceased)
and a six-month-old great-granddaughter
of Ruby Pierro who lives
in Sacramento, Calif.
Some of the other families on
the train were the families of Ben
and Alice Doakes and Mrs. Eliza
William Bigby II
Lopez whose descendants are Mrs.
Edna Jackson Reed and Mrs. Florence
Jackson Holmes. Shortly therea
fter, another train brought the
parents o f Mr. Sylvester Brown, the
first Black believed born in Fresno.
Sylvester Brown
The Ben and Alice Doakes family
came to Fresno from Missouri.
They had three children, Ben. J r.,
Lizzie, and Jenny. Jenny married
Granville Berry who worked on a
Miller and Lux ranch. Jenny and
Granville Berry had seven daught
ers who are living, five of
whom are lving in Fresno. They
are Mrs. Lula Allen, Mrs. Helen
Houston, Mrs. Leila Shelton, Mrs.
Dorothy Ethridge, Mrs. Addie Mae
McDonald, Mrs. Jenny Lofton o f
Pasadena, and Mrs. Geraldine Finl
eye of Los Angeles All seven girls
went to school at Lincoln and Columbia
Schools. The Sam Hannibal
family, o f whom Mr. Sam Hannib-
al Jr. of Fresno is a descendant,
was also on the train.
May, 1972 11 Grapevine
Blacks Against Blacks
Victims Of Crime
The victims of Negro crime are, overwhelmingly, Negroes. Negro
victims are not only those who are assaulted, beaten, and robbed,
they are also those who, living in segregated neighborhoods, are
deprived of services at reasonable prices because Negro hoodlums
make them impossible.
The classic irony of this is that it is a contrivance of an obsolescent
white system of justice. From the days of the Confederacy,
from the days of the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks in both
the North and the South have been taught to contend with a dual
system of justice—a system that exists to this day. It is a system
that puts uniforms and robes on outrageous bigots and tells people
with dark skins to watch out.
Over the years this has caused some understandable confusion
of values among black people, leading to the present predicament.
Any element of the population which is deprived of advantage and
opportunity, as black people have been, is inevitably going to
develop a reaction to this, and the reaction is inevitably anti-social.
1 In the present instance, the anti-social aspect involves drugs, and
the drugs are a commerce not of Negro criminals but of whites—
including, if we read the reports correctly, some very highly placed
diplomatic and commercial operators.
The victims are both white and Negro. Countrywide, the relative
conditions of life being what they are, the black community suffers
much more sorely, both in terms of individual victims and in terms
of the destruction of neighborhoods and neighborhood services,
and in terms of the violence visited upon those who have to live
in these neighborhoods. The destruction wrought upon some areas
of Minneapolis and St. Paul is indescribable.
The time has come, we think, for the major victims to start speaking
up, and to demand that the larger community use its powers
to protect these neighborhoods. This would begin with sending the
big operators to jail instead of the probation agent. Refusing bail—
which is given to operators with two, three, up to perhaps 10
charges against them. Dropping the system of assessing fines,
which even at the maximum mean nothing to the big narcotic operator.
In sum, giving the cities and especially the Negro areas
the protection they are paying for and are entitled to.
—Minneapolis Spokesman, Feb. 19, '72
Grapevine 12 May, 1972
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
PRESENTS
FASHIONETTA EXTRAVAGANZA
ON BUNKER HILL
Saturday, May 27, 1972
Featuring —
Lady Fox - Daughter of Redd Fox
Mrs. Belva Davis - Bay area TV personality
Mrs. Charles Dunn - Best dressed — Bay area
Art Displays — Leading Fresno Artists
Presenting-
Ten of Central California's
Best Dressed Men and Women — Grapevine Magazine
Attending —
Wilma Rudolph — Olympic Gold Medal Winner
TV personality
Mayor T. C. Wills — And
Other County and City Administrators
Also-
Fashion Show
Cocktails
Entertainment
Eating
Dancing — Bobby Logan
You and Yours should plan to attend this event...
it will be THE one of THE year.
Benefit — AKA Black Scholarship Fund
For Reservations - 238-2037
May, 1972 13 Grapevine
Edison High School All Time Best Athletes
Basketball
Howard Bell, 1969
Jim Black, 19**
Al Brown, 1955
Kenneth Collins, 1951
Huey Davis, 1952
Hardy Gideon, 1951
Johnny Hampton, 1957
Billy Hicks, 1961
Harvey Green, 1953
Odell Johnson, 1953
Ray Johnson, 1963
Kenneth Lewis (Chico), 1961
Charles Lowe, 1958
Donald Page, 1942
Willie Perry, 1947
Hart Polk, 1960
Bobby Pounds, 1947
Vernon Riggins, 1942
Don Slade, 1965
Bobby Dean Thrower, 19**
Bobby Washington, 1954
Jim White, 1939
Raymond Williams, 1953
Charles Young, 1970
Baseball
James Aldridge, 1956
John Dixon, 19**
Roy Edmonson, 1938
Chester Gunther, 1970
Joe Henderson, 1963
Damon Howell, 1968
Walter Jones, 1956
Edward King, 1938
Roy Lee, 1965
John Morse, 1946
Otis Murdock, 1959
Bobby Pounds, 19**
John Shepard, 1940
Jarvis Tatum, 19**
Football
James Aldridge, 1956
John Aldridge, 1954
Charles Anthony, 1970
Henry Ashley, 1970
Nate Butler, 1970
Stacey Green, 1948
Millard Hampton, 1952
Henry (Hank) Hendricks, 1957
James Hendricks, 1956
Don Hunt, 1960
Irwin Hunt, 1964
Vestee Jackson, 1957
Washington Keenan, 1970
A. B. Kimble, 1955
Carlos Laney, 1964-65
Kenneth Mayo, 1962-63
Will Matthew, 1963
Harry Miller, 1959
Walter Miller, 1957
Eugene Moreau, 1970
Johnny Morse, 1947
Chester Rooters, 1957
Henry Stennis, 1957
Gayland Streets, 1969
Nick Waller, 1958
J. C. White, 1955
Jim White, 1938-39
Leonard Whittle, 1960
Joe Williams, 1940
Charles Young, 1970
Roland Hayes, 19**
Grapevine 14 May, 1972
As Selected by Jack Kelley
Track
Luther Blakeney, 19**
Ezunial Burts, 1961
Henry Caldwell, 19**
Elington Cooley, 19**
Larry Cornier, 1963
James Covington, 1938
Sam Davis, 1965
Reginold Easton, 1972
Sidney Ferrell, 1957
Bobby Gill, 1958
William Hall, 1955
Lonzo Hall, 1953
Millard Hampton, 1952
Oscar Haynes, 1960
Irvin Hunt, 1964
Raymond Hunter, 19**
Albert Jackson, 1941
Girard Jackson, 1939
Vernon Jackson, 19**
Gene Johnson, 1959
Alvin Mann, 1963
Stanley McDonald, 1963
Larry McGough, 1967
Phillip Reeves, 19**
Wesley Slade, 19**
Jim White, 1939
Joe Williams, 1941
Randy Williams, 1971
Jack Kelley, one of Fresno
State College's great football
players of the past, has selected,
in his opinion, Edison High
School of Fresno All Time Best
basketball,, football, track, and
baseball players.
Kelley, a retired detective
from the Fresno Police Department,
recently received his B.A.
degree from Fresno State College
and is currently employed
as a Home-School liaison at
Irwin Junior High School.
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May, 1972 15 Grapevine
ELECT SAM HUNT
to the
Fresno Unified School District
Board of Education
Sam Hunt is committed to —
* MAKING every effort and utilizing every means to involve parents,
students and any other citizen concerned with education in determining
the educational policy of Fresno's Unified School District.
* URGING full factual review of the type of education presently received
in the elementary, secondary and high schools in this District.
* STRENGTHENING the neighborhood school concept and establishing
quality education in all schools.
* ESTABLISHING a relevant quality Vocational Education Program in the
high schools throughout the District.
* ESTABLISHING a policy to deal with drug pushers and users as well
as other undesirables that congregate and hang around our schools
and interrupt the educational process of our children.
Vote for SAM HUNT!! Punch No. 49
Grapevine 16 May, 1972
COUNCILMAN
MARC
STEFANO
FOR ASSEMBLYMAN
32nd DISTRICT
"The persecution of
the poor in our state by
a millionaire Governor
and his loyal party followers
in the legislature
is inhuman. We must
send responsible Democrats
to Sacramento to
protect the right of
every citizen to human
dignity."
"A Democrat. . .
in every way!"
May, 1972 17 Grapevine
SPORTS
GERALD HARDEMAN is the 1972 West Coast Relays high school star.
Gerald won the longjump with a leap of 24'9" which is the best in the
nation for an eleventh grader.
Grapevine 18 May, 1972
FORMER FRESNAN
Mayor Joseph Alioto and
Wesley Slade
Wesley Slade, a former Fresnan
and Fresno State College graduate
is special assistant to San Francisco
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto for housi-
ng and relocation.
Slade, he son of Mrs. Tempy
Slade o f Fresno serves executive
director to the Mayor's Housing
Committe and secretary to the re-
location appeals board.
Mayor Alioto stressed the importance
oof Slide's role. "This area
is so important it once threatened
to hold up oour entire redevelopment
process, " the mayor said. "I
am delighted to have a man of
this talen, this background and
this administrative ability to deal
with the problem."
Alioto also said Slade will work
on the city's new local rent-assist-
ance program to ensure "t h a t persons
are suitably rehoused when
moved because o f urban renewal,
code enforcement or other governmental
action."
Slade came t o Fresno as a child
in 1936 when his family moved
here from Oklahoma. He attended
Lincoln Elementary School, the old
Edison Junior High School and Edison
High School before entering
FSC. After four years at the college,
in which he played on Bulldog
football, basketball and track
teams and also found time to pract
ice politics with the campus Young
Democrats, Slade earned a BA i n
sociology-anthropology i n 1951.
He left Fresno the same year,
married a Southern California girl
and enrolled Hastings School of
the Law i n San Francisco, later
transferring to the San Francisco
Law School.
After law school he became a
field social worker for the Alamed
a County Welfare Department,
from 1958 t o 1962, and then a re-
location officer of the county's
redevelopment aqency, from 1962
to 1965.
Slade became executive director
of the Alameda County Human Rel-
ations Commission in 1966, and
also directed Opportunities Industr-
ialization, a group promoting Neg-
ro business development. Before
his appointment by Alioto, he was
supervising counselor of the state
service center of Oakland.
Slade and his wife, a San Franc-
iscoo school teacher, live in South
San Francisco . They have two
sons and a daughter.
May, 1972 19 Grapevine
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Grapevine 20 May, 1972 21
Youth Group Sponsors Art Show
A Sprin Fine Art Show and Luncheon was sponsored by the Junior
National Medical Association of Fresno. The local group is composed of
children of the N.M.A., doctors and associates.
Approximately 100 children attended the Fine Art Show held at Carter
Memorial A.M.E. church. In attendance wer children from several ele-
mentary schools - Columbia, Jefferson, Kirk - and members of the Church
Children's choir.
Mr. Booby Logan, local musican and band leader, gave an intersting
talk and illustration of several of his saxaphones and a flute. Generally
he play these instruments in his own band, "Bobby Logan and the Professionals"
Cousin Wash, children's story-teller, from Oakland, California, told
various stories to the children. All of the stories reveladed aspects of
Grapevine 22 May, 1972
Mid-State Bowl
GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE'S BOWLING TEAM is composed of Bob and
Margie Wright, left, and Leona and Robert Lane, right. The team recently
completed league play with a respectable 550 team average. Mrs.
Lane is a member of Mid-State Bowl's 200 Award Club, a club that is
restricted to bowlers who have bowled a 200 point or more game. This
past summer Mrs. Lane won a trophy for bowling the highest score
(215) for women and Mrs. Wright won a trophy for the Most Improved
Woman player in the All Black Ebony Bowling League.
Black history and culture. The children enjoyed the stories immensely.
Dr.Bert Marius, a talented artist, did several art demonstrations. He
illusrated free hand drawing to the children, including a charcoal
portrait of one fo the children present.
There was also a very fine art display. The visiting school children
and Jr. N.M.A. members submitted one or more of their favorite "mas-
ter pieces."
The community was very receptive to the project. Columbia corridn-
ator and chaperone were Mr. Leland Wiens, assistant principal, and Mrs.
Elizah Brewer,a teacher. Jefferson school corrinators were Mr. Carlos
Encinas, assistant principal, and Mrs. Joe Moore, a teacher. Kirk's chape-
rone was Mrs. John Hardiman, a parent.
Transportation was provided by the West Fresno Federation busing
service.
The Art Show and Luncheon committee heads: Mrs. Freddie Hayes,
program coordinator and Junior N.M.A. chairman; Mr. Wade Booker,
luncheon chairman, and Mrs. George Furlow, co-luncheon chairman, and
Mrs. Bert Marius, souvenior programs.
May, 1972 23 Grapevine
Washington Union High School Crisis
By Dwayne Lowe
Washington Union High School is facing a terrible crisis on the
school campus. The 48 year old main building has been condemned
by the Board of Trustees and declared unsafe by a structural
engineer. The school has not been able to obtain liability insurance
and has been forced to close the building. This has forced WU to
go double sessions this year because of the lack of facilities. This
has brought on many problems to which there is only one solution.
That is to replace the condemned facilities.
On June 6 the registered voters who live in the WU district will
have a chance to change this, by passing Propositions 1 and 2.
Proposition 1 is a request for a bond of $697,000. Proposition 2
is for a state-aid loan of $1,298,000. The combined two would
provide money for: demolition of the old main building; construction
of a new building; building fees; built-in educational and
storage equipment; a communication system which includes an
intercom, a fire alarm, and a bell system; and a security fence and
alarm. The state-aid loan will be paid back over a period of 20
years and the State has guaranteed to write off the balance after
this period, according to Mr. W. J. Everson, WUHS District Superintendent.
The registered voters of the WUHS district should take a closer
look at the problems that have been caused by the lack of facilities.
If we look at the academic side of the problems, which
affects everyone in the district, we find students are losing 218
hours of class instruction each year—872 valuable hours of our
high school days. In the cut back of classroom time, double session
students may be enrolled in only 5 courses instead of the usual
6. With the loss of 1 class each year it is harder to meet graduation
requirements. Over the years, the students will lose the opportunity
to enroll in the courses that they will need to take to prepare them
for college. This loss of classes will not only hurt the students going
to college but, also the ones who will go straight to work after
graduation, by not offering them classes in the vocation in which
they seek. This loss of classes is going to affect not only those attending
WU now, but also those in elementary schools.
Students are asking for a 100% cooperation from the community.
Seniors at WU know we lost out a great deal this year and
they don't want it to continue, but if both Propositions don't pass
the problems will continue. So vote Yes to Propositions 1 and 2
on June 6. The fate of Washington Union High School is in your
hands.
Vote Yes On Propositions 1 and 2
Grapevine 24 May, 1972
Recipe
of the month
by Frank "Gil" Glasse
Pork Roast Padre
* Bay Leaves
* Peppercorn
* Chili Peppers
* Garlic Cloves
* Onions
* Vinegar
Place leg or shoulder in a large container or crock, 3 bay
leaves, 1/2 cup peppercorns, 2 chili peppers, 2 1/2 teaspoons
salt, 1 1/2 garlic cloves, 2 onions sliced, add to vinegar (enough
vinegar to cover meat) let stand in vinegar 4 days. Remove
from vinegar, roast in oven 350°, 35 to 40 min. per pound,
basting often wit hthe vinegar.
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May, 1972 25 Grapevine
A Birthday Greeting For Mama
Maple Moultrie
The family of Mrs. Maple
Teilman O'Brian Moultrie is
honoring her this month on her
74th birthday. Mrs. Moultrie
was born on May 19, 1898, in
Longview, Texas, and is the
eldest child of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George Davenport. On
April 29, 1913, she married
Alfred Moultrie and they became
the parents of sixteen
children. The couple made their
home in Vido, New Mexico on
a 90 acre ranch. In 1953 the
Moultries decided to move to
California where they purchased
a ranch in Riverdale and
one in Madera which they
made their home.
In 1965 Mr. Moultrie had a
home built on the Riverdale
ranch and the couple moved
there in 1966. Their 54 year
old marriage was terminated
in 1967 when Alfred Moultrie
passed away at the age of
89. Since then Mrs. Moultrie
has spent much of her time
visiting with her children and
grandchildren.
Mrs. Moultrie is a very religious
woman and a faithful
churchgoer. She is presently
the church-mother of the Ebenezzer
Church of God in Christ
in Fresno which is pcstored by
her son, Odell. She never attended
high school but she is
a fluent reader and a brilliant
conversationaiist. She votes
faithfully and keeps up with all
the goings-on in politics. She
has always urged her children
and grandchildren to get a
good education and to be aware
of what is going on in
the world.
Besides raising her own chil-
dren, Mrs. Moultrie has reared
six grandchildren and enjoys
baby-sitting a great-grandson.
She loves children and it is
very evident that they love her
for the small children of her
neighborhood call her "mama"
and come to visit frequently.
She is highly respected and
loved by all who know her.
Of her three sisters and two
brothers, two sisters and one
brother are still living: Mrs.
Sediria Solone, and Mrs. Helen
Chappelle of Los Angeles; and
Cletus Davenport of Mesa,
Arizona. Of her sixteen children,
nine are still living: Alfreddie
Moultrie of Riverdale;
Alonzo, Jerome, and LaFaun
Moultrie of Fresno; Odell and
Lafayette Moultrie and Mrs.
Jeanette Breazell of Madera;
Mrs. Alberta Williams of Seaside;
and Mrs. Vernell Fuller
of Tucson, Arizona. She has a
total of 56 grandchildren and
89 great-grandchildren who
will all be thinking of her on
her birthday and wishing her
nothing but happiness.
Grapevine 26 May, 1972
SPORTS
Rosie Parker
The third annual Special Olympics
will be held this month at
McLane Stadium. Fresno Colony
School District will again be represented
by last year's double-gold
medal winner, Rosie Parker, a pupil
in Mrs. Georgia Wright's Special
Class at Western Elementary
School. Rosie's classmates, who
have qualified for entry into the
track and swim competition sponsored
by the Kennedy Foundation,
include: Charlotte Allen, Benjamin
Amos, Paul Benavidez, Jimmy
Goffner, and Ophelia Reyna.
Those entering from the Intermediate
Special Class at Western
taught by Mrs. Sylvia Alexander
are: Isabel Benavidez, Dorothy
Davis, Carmen Garcia, Gilbert Garcia,
Henrietta Holly, and Dominga
Rocha. They will participate in the
Softball throw, the standing long
jump, the 50-yard dash, and the
300-yard run.
From Mr. Lyonel Gibson's Ivy
Jr. High School Special Class, the
following students have qualified
for entry: Charlie Dean Albert, Perry
Howlin, Cathy Fuller, Sam Madden,
Juanita McPeters, Kathy Wilson,
and Dwight Crozier. The interschool
competition held in April at
Ivy Jr. High established the entry
category for each of these participants.
There are three levels of
competition in Special Olympics,
giving greater opportunity for
those entering to win in their
events.
Winners of the local Olympics
will be eligible to attend the State
Olympics to be held in San Jose,
June 22-24. State winners meet every
four years for national competition.
This year's National Olympics
will be at UCLA, August 14-
18. The contestants will be provided
with transportation, chaperones,
and board and room, as well
as selected entertainment and visits
to places of interest.
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Grapevine 28 May, 1972
West Fresno Housing Development
Named After Beatrice Cooley
Formal ceremonies were held for
the Beatrice M. Cooley housing
project on the site of the old Kearney
Bowl at West Kearney Boulevard
and South Fruit Avenue.
The 150-multifamily-unit project
is sponsored by the Carter Memorial
AME Church. Among those taking
part in the traditional earthturning
were Bishop Harrison
Bryant of the 5th District of the
church; the Rev. DeWitt Graham
and the Rev. Julius B. Brooks, present
and immediate past pastors of
the congregation; Redevelopment
Agency Director James Hendricks,
and Mayor Ted C. Wills.
The $2,226,002 development is
under the Federal Housing Administration
long-term, low-interestloan
program and rents will range
from $104-$ 166 a month.
Mrs. Cooley, who died in February
1970, for several years was
the eligibility supervisor for the
City Housing Authority. She and
her husband, the late J. E. Cooley
Sr., came to California in 1931.
She was graduated from Campbell
College in Jackson, Miss., and later
was a college teacher.
Throughout her Fresno life Mrs.
Cooley was an active Southwest
Fresno civic and social figure.
The development is adjacent to
the new Franklin School. The school
is scheduled to be completed and
in operation by September at an
investment of about $650,000.
The housing units will be built
by the Robert G. Fisher Co. and
are scheduled for completion in
December.
Charles Figg of the Redevelopment
Agency observed before the
year's end about 425 low- and
moderate-income units will have
been added to the housing inventory.
Figg also said the agency has
spent about $350,000 in the D7
area for public improvements —
street widening, sidewalks, curbs,
gutter, flood control, street lights,
et cetera. All utilities in Cooley
Plaza will be underground.
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May, 1972 29 Grapevine
WELFARE RAIDS—
An End To An Ugly Practice
The repellant practice of making predawn "raids" on the homes of
welfare recipients to gather evidence of possible welfare abuses has
been halted in Fresno County by a federal court injunction.
Fresno County Legal Services had challenged the raids; also the attempts
to cut off benefits solely because a recipient had the presence of
mind—after being abruptly awakened—to refuse to consent to a search
of the home.
In a settlement of the suit the county agreed to stop both practices.
Visits will be made during normal working hours and searches will be
made with a warrant.
If all this sounds like simple common sense and basic adherence to the
U. S. Constitution—it is. The wonder is that it had to take a legal action
to bring it about.
This does not mean the Welfare Department cannot gather evidence
on welfare abuses, including possible misstatements about cohabitation.
It does mean it will have to gather evidence in ways which are not
dehumanizing and coercive.
The Innocent Should Not Be Punished
An innocent man should not be punished for an arrest made in error.
This is what happens when a person who has been wrongfully arrested
applies for a job. His arrest record gets to his prospective employer and
he loses out.
A bill by Rep. Don Edwards, D-Sanfa Clara County, would remedy
this. It would prohibit all law enforcement agencies, including the FBI,
from giving out an arrest record on an individual if there has been an
acquittal or no prosecution for two years. The law would apply only to
persons who have never been convicted of a felony.
At hearings before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
it has been brought out the problem of arrest records for persons who
have never been convicted of a felony is extremely grave among minority
groups.
There is testimony that in some cities 80 per cent of the Negroes and
persons of Mexican descent have been arrested but never convicted of
anything. Their police record effectively keeps them from getting any
job other than day laborer.
The United State Department of Justice has opposed the bill on the
ground an employer, especially a public agency, should have a prospective
employe's arrest record.
But what employer can make a fair judgment on an innocent applicant
after he knows the applicant has been arrested?
The innocent must have some protection in these days of mass arrests
and indiscriminate "busts" at public and private gatherings.
A person wrongfully arrested should not be haunted by the arrest
which will follow him the rest of his life.
Edwards' measure, HR 13315, would redress a grievous wrong.
Grapevine 30 May, 1972
"Boy"
There used to be a time when White people
called Black men "Boy" and nothing was
said about it. Those days are long gone
because there is a new human being, the
Black of today. The word "Boy" has continued
to be used even in 1972 by the White
community to describe Black men. This word
goes back to the days of slavery when the
slave master looked at all Black men as
"Boys". They were all considered "Boys"
under him, even if the slave men were older
than the slave master. The word "Boy" has
had a bad taste to all Black men in their
Black experience. The word is derogatory
to all Black and minority people.
Even in 1972, you still have professional
White people slip once in a while and call
Black professional men "Boy".
This is the reaction of a Black man who
can not let White people sit back and call
Black men "Boy". It makes me feel that
slavery is not over and that White men
still want to be the slave master and me,
his "Boy". My father did not raise "Boys",
he raised a son and now he is a full grown
man who stands up for his rights.
This is the voice of a "PROUD BLACK MAN"
By
Black Editor
Alroy Thomas
May, 1972 31 rapevine
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MEET EVELYN HARRIS
Evelyn started with Sears in September 1971 as a
Credit Interviewer in our Credit Department. That
same year she was promoted to Credit Correspondent.
Evelyn is married, has three children and her hobbies
include tennis, oil painting and baseball. We are
proud to have people like Evelyn Harris working for
us. The next time you are in Sears, stop by the Credit
Department and say hello.
thank you for shopping at Sears
May, 1972 39 Grapevine
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Table of Contents
EDUCATION
Discovery Mathematics -------------------------------------------------- 5
Career Exploration ----------------------------------------------------- 8
Washington Union Crisis ------------------------------------------------ 24
WOMEN
Mother of the Year ------------------------------------------------------ 6
Birthday Greeting ------------------------------------------------------- 26
BLACK HISTORY
Fresno Pioneers --------------------------------------------------------- 10
LAW
Victims cf Crime -------------------------------------------------------- 12
Welfare Raids ----------------------------------------------------------- 30
Employment -------------------------------------------------------------- 30
SPORTS
Edison's Best Athletes -------------------------------------------------- 14
Gerald Hardeman --------------------------------------------------------- 18
Grapevine Bowling Team -------------------------------------------------- 23
Special Olympics -------------------------------------------------------- 27
FOODS
Recipe of the Month ----------------------------------------------------- 25
HOUSNIG
West Fresno Development ------------------------------------------------- 29
ART & LITERATURE
Youth Art Show ---------------------------------------------------------- 22
Boy --------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
FORMER FRESNAN
Wesly Slade ------------------------------------------------------------- 19
SPECIAL EVENTS
Victory Phrty ----------------------------------------------------------- 33
Photo Credits:
Fresno Bee, p. 11
Otis Hamilton, pp. 33, 36
California Advocate, pp. 6, 16, 29
May, 1972 3 Grapevine
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Grapevine 4 May, 1972
DISCOVERY MATHEMATICS
At Franklin Elementary School of Fresno, children learn by doing.
Above, Mr. Rutherford "Bud" Gaston, Principal of Franklin School, is
shown giving a demonstration with the invicta balance on equalities
and inequalities to First Grader Andrea Battle and Second Grader James
Battle in the Math Resource Laboratory. All children in the school go
through the Math Lab where they get diagnostic-prescriptive individualized
Math work along with manipulative aids to help them better understand
what they are seeking to learn. Some children have made twoyear
gains in one year under the program. In the background, the muchused
abacus is shown. Forty parents were graduated from Franklin's first
modern Math Class this year and 25 parents are enrolled in the second
c ass currently underway each Thursday night. Mrs. Mattie Meyers is the
ath Resource Teacher in charge of the Math Laboratory and is the instructor
in the PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) Modern Math Class.
May, 1972 5 Grapevine
WEST FRESNO MOTHER OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Essie Maiden, center, receives bouquet and gifts from Mr. and
Mrs. Lesly Kimber.
By Woody Laughnan
West Fresno's mother o f t h e
year s a i d she thought something
was kind o f funny r e cently
when her children and
neighbors talked her out o f going
t o her cotton-chopping job
out by Huron.
"They s a i d I had t o go t o a
banquet," laughed Mrs. Essie
Maiden o f 2528 S . Walnut
Ave., "and I thought, 'what
would I be doin' goin' to a
fancy banquet i n Cecil Hinton
Center and losin' $15.95 pay
for chopping cotton?'"
But she went t o t h e banquet
along with about 200 other
people. "And a man got up
and s a i d I am t h e California
Advocate's 1972 mother-of-theyear,"
she laughed.
Thus, she learned, she had
become t h e mother-of-the-year
of this year annual contest
sponsored by The California
Advocate, a weekly newspap
er which publishes i n West
Fresno.
Mrs. Maiden qualifies for
that title, having 14
children, ranging in age from
three to20. The youngest, 3
and 5 , are still at home; one
in Head Start; five attend Western
Elementary School, two a r e
in Ivy Junior High School; one
attends Edison High School; another
is enrolled i n Fresno State
College, and t h e oldest i s a
teacher i n Abilene, Tex., and
a married daughter.
For the past couple of years,
since her husband left, Mrs.
Maiden has been both a mo-
ther and father to the brood
and t o help make ends meet
she works in the fields, getting
up at 2:30 in the morning to
catch the farm worker bus in
downtown West Fresno so she
can be a t work in the cotton
field before the sun is up.
While she works just eight
hours, with the traveling to
and from t h e job and a l l , she
i s away from home 12 hours
a day. She fixes her own lunch,
carrying i t with her on t h e bus
and eating in the fields along
with the other field hands.
"When I am working the
older kids help a t home," s a i d
Mrs. Maiden. "And my marr
i e d daughter takes care o f my
two littlest."
Mrs. Maiden, who i s only
39 and who came t o Fresno
from her native Shreveport, La.,
17 years ago, lives in the little
house her mother left her, kind
o f tucked back on 2528 S . Walnut
Avenue. It i s not much a s
houses go—no electricity, no
telephone and no water.
"We carry water i n buckets
for cooking and drinking,"
said Mrs. Maiden, who has a
way o f taking things in stride,
"and we go down t o Aunties
to take baths." ("Aunties"
house is just down the block.)
West Fresno's new motherof-
the-year likes to laugh, philosophize
and is proud o f her
family.
"I'm fortunate with my
kids," she said. "They're good
kids. I'm one to believe that
you have to talk to your children
so you'll know what's on
their minds. You got to realize
that even though the problems
your kids have seem small to
you that they are big to them.
You got to listen hard to your
kids to, because when they
shut up on you, they're i n
trouble.
" I always say that the old
world ain't goin' to change
much. You make of your life
what you want. And you can
make it good if you believe in
hope and if you've got t h e
faith."
And Mrs. Maiden has the
faith , singing in the Apostolic
Christian Church choir . "God
willin', the kids and me go t o
church every Sunday, and we
try to live it during the week,"
she said.
And sometimes during her
busy hours she finds time t o
sew, crochet and cook, something
she likes to do. "I like it
best when all my family is
home and I can cook up a big
dinner. That's a good time, because
my family is close, "she
said.
What was West Fresno's new
mother-of-the-year going t o do
on Mother's Day?
She thought about that , hugging
Ellen and Mary, her two
youngest who had on red
dresses with white trim and
wore their hair braided.
"God willin', at 9:30 Sunday
mornin', just like always," she
said, "we all be goin' to
church."
--Reprint Fresno Bee
May, 1972 7 Grapevine
CAREER EXPLORATION DAY
AT
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL
Public School Open House f o r Edison High School was observed with
a Career Exploration Day Program. The program was sponsored by t h e
Expanded Guidance and Counseling P r o j e c t , Model C i t i e s , Mrs. Rae
Mims, Program Coordinator Occupation Up! Willie Perry, Cal Johnson,
Edison P.T.A., Mrs. Turney, President, l o t a Phi Lambda Sorority, Mrs.
Josephine Long, President, Mrs. Frances Goodwin, Committee Chairman,
and Edison High School, Mr. William Gillen Principal.
The objectives o f t h e Career Exploration Day were t o expose the students
to a variety o f vocational opportunities that will assist them in
choosing a realistic career, to emphasize the national need for highly
skilled, trained manpower and the community's obligation to conserve,
develop, and utilize human resources, to provide a broad base o f
career information f o r youth and adults through the presentation of appropriate
and up-to-date materials, and displays.
Other objectives were to facilitate the process of career planning and
development by youth and adults, to support and supplement present
programs of career guidance, to stimulate continuous contacts between
the schools and the employing community in effort to render adequate
vocational guidance services to high school youth, and to follow
up to determine the effectiveness of vocational programs, and to provide
a vehicle for participants, students, teaching staff and community
to share in a meaningful experience that will enhance their personal
growth.
The speakers were Mrs. Arthur Atwater, Beautician, Mrs. Juanita
Perry, Business, Mr. Leonard Garrett, Small Business, Mr. Ronald Scheidt,
Banking, Mrs. Kay Moore, Telephone, Mrs. Lula Mae Hooks, Telephone,
Miss Delores Johnson, Telephone, Mr. Ralph Barnes, P.G.&E., Mr. Woody
Miller, Radio, Mr. Danny Golden, TV, Mr. Ray Williams, Law, Mr. & Mrs.
Heagy, Music, Mr. Shropshire, Education, Mr. Leroy Brown, Vocational
Education, Mr. Theodore Johnson, Electronics, Mr. Thomas Brown, Food
Services, Mr. William Bain, Automotive Services, S g t . Isiah Morris, Armed
Forces, Mr. James Aldredge, Community Services, Mr. Harry Miller , Recr
eation, Mr. Sam Hunt, Community Relations, Mr. Ernie Shelton, Financial
Aid & EOP, Mr. Walter Yarborough, Airline , Mr. Bobby Logan, Music.
The speakers and their guides, Edison High School Pep and Letter girls,
spent 20 minutes each in 7 rooms during the morning.
The day ended with a free spaghetti dinner and program executed
by the Edison High School students. The speakers were Mr. James Hend
ricks , and Dr. Arnold Finch. Entertainment was provided by the school
band, school choir and individuals who had participated in the Edison
High School Talent Show. The attendance, both students and adults ,
was tremendous.
Grapevine 8 May, 1972
First Black Pioneer Families In Fresno
By Mattie Meyers
Back on March 31, 1888, when
Black families were few in number
or not to be found i n Fresno, a
train which had been sent to the
southern states to pick up Blacks
to wrok in the grape fields of California
came to a screeching halt.
Unloading from the train were about
twenty or thirty Black famil
ies from different southern states.
Among the group were Rev. Edward
Lindsey from North Carolina
who were the parents of five
daughters: Henrietta, Nina, Elizab
eth, Lucy, and Eliza.
These Black families on this spec-
ial train had come at the specific
request o f Valley farmers who
needed workers t o pick grapes
mainly and till the soil. Many int-
erestubg incidents occurred as the
train plunged through state after
state picking up families. One such
incident was the one when young,
lovely Henrietta Lindsey stuck her
Mrs. Hazel Jones Marshall
head out of the train's window
and Georgia-born William Arthur
Bigby, who was standing alongs-
ide tracks with his friends, Ben
Watkins, glanced up and saw the
lovely Henrietta. Falling in love at
the first sight of Henrietta, he
caught the train, followed her to
California, and married h e r . His
friend, Ben Watkins, later married
Henrietta's sister, Lucy Lindsey.
Henrietta and William Bigby became
the parents of Bridget and
William Bigby the second (who
were born in Fresno) and later
Ruth, Azeal, Harry, Cothon, and
Ruby, shown above, who is now
Mrs. Ruby Gibzora Bigby (Carlton)
Pierro.
William Bigby the Second marr-
ied Anna Mae Dixon whose only
son was William the Third. Ruby
Gibzora married Roy Carlton who
became the parents of Roy D. Carlton
and Lucy Gwendolyn Carlton
who is now Mrs. Johnny Crossley-
Mrs. Ruby Gibzora Bigby Pierro
Grapevine 10 May, 1972
Ruby Gibzora's second marriage
was to Mr. Pierro.
Elizabeth Lindsey married Edward
Jones from Kentucky. They
became the parents o f Errol and
Hazel (shown above) who married
William Marshall of Chicago, Illinois,
and made their home in Fresno.
Daughter Lucy Lindsey married
Benjamin Watkins who also caught
the special train Fresno. They
became the parents of Leola, Lindsey,
Lincoln, and Carol Watkins
who is the father of Calvin Watkins
of Fresno.
The youngest descendants of the
Lindsey family is Monica Bigby of
Fresno, the granddaughter of William
Bigby the Third (deceased)
and a six-month-old great-granddaughter
of Ruby Pierro who lives
in Sacramento, Calif.
Some of the other families on
the train were the families of Ben
and Alice Doakes and Mrs. Eliza
William Bigby II
Lopez whose descendants are Mrs.
Edna Jackson Reed and Mrs. Florence
Jackson Holmes. Shortly therea
fter, another train brought the
parents o f Mr. Sylvester Brown, the
first Black believed born in Fresno.
Sylvester Brown
The Ben and Alice Doakes family
came to Fresno from Missouri.
They had three children, Ben. J r.,
Lizzie, and Jenny. Jenny married
Granville Berry who worked on a
Miller and Lux ranch. Jenny and
Granville Berry had seven daught
ers who are living, five of
whom are lving in Fresno. They
are Mrs. Lula Allen, Mrs. Helen
Houston, Mrs. Leila Shelton, Mrs.
Dorothy Ethridge, Mrs. Addie Mae
McDonald, Mrs. Jenny Lofton o f
Pasadena, and Mrs. Geraldine Finl
eye of Los Angeles All seven girls
went to school at Lincoln and Columbia
Schools. The Sam Hannibal
family, o f whom Mr. Sam Hannib-
al Jr. of Fresno is a descendant,
was also on the train.
May, 1972 11 Grapevine
Blacks Against Blacks
Victims Of Crime
The victims of Negro crime are, overwhelmingly, Negroes. Negro
victims are not only those who are assaulted, beaten, and robbed,
they are also those who, living in segregated neighborhoods, are
deprived of services at reasonable prices because Negro hoodlums
make them impossible.
The classic irony of this is that it is a contrivance of an obsolescent
white system of justice. From the days of the Confederacy,
from the days of the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks in both
the North and the South have been taught to contend with a dual
system of justice—a system that exists to this day. It is a system
that puts uniforms and robes on outrageous bigots and tells people
with dark skins to watch out.
Over the years this has caused some understandable confusion
of values among black people, leading to the present predicament.
Any element of the population which is deprived of advantage and
opportunity, as black people have been, is inevitably going to
develop a reaction to this, and the reaction is inevitably anti-social.
1 In the present instance, the anti-social aspect involves drugs, and
the drugs are a commerce not of Negro criminals but of whites—
including, if we read the reports correctly, some very highly placed
diplomatic and commercial operators.
The victims are both white and Negro. Countrywide, the relative
conditions of life being what they are, the black community suffers
much more sorely, both in terms of individual victims and in terms
of the destruction of neighborhoods and neighborhood services,
and in terms of the violence visited upon those who have to live
in these neighborhoods. The destruction wrought upon some areas
of Minneapolis and St. Paul is indescribable.
The time has come, we think, for the major victims to start speaking
up, and to demand that the larger community use its powers
to protect these neighborhoods. This would begin with sending the
big operators to jail instead of the probation agent. Refusing bail—
which is given to operators with two, three, up to perhaps 10
charges against them. Dropping the system of assessing fines,
which even at the maximum mean nothing to the big narcotic operator.
In sum, giving the cities and especially the Negro areas
the protection they are paying for and are entitled to.
—Minneapolis Spokesman, Feb. 19, '72
Grapevine 12 May, 1972
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
PRESENTS
FASHIONETTA EXTRAVAGANZA
ON BUNKER HILL
Saturday, May 27, 1972
Featuring —
Lady Fox - Daughter of Redd Fox
Mrs. Belva Davis - Bay area TV personality
Mrs. Charles Dunn - Best dressed — Bay area
Art Displays — Leading Fresno Artists
Presenting-
Ten of Central California's
Best Dressed Men and Women — Grapevine Magazine
Attending —
Wilma Rudolph — Olympic Gold Medal Winner
TV personality
Mayor T. C. Wills — And
Other County and City Administrators
Also-
Fashion Show
Cocktails
Entertainment
Eating
Dancing — Bobby Logan
You and Yours should plan to attend this event...
it will be THE one of THE year.
Benefit — AKA Black Scholarship Fund
For Reservations - 238-2037
May, 1972 13 Grapevine
Edison High School All Time Best Athletes
Basketball
Howard Bell, 1969
Jim Black, 19**
Al Brown, 1955
Kenneth Collins, 1951
Huey Davis, 1952
Hardy Gideon, 1951
Johnny Hampton, 1957
Billy Hicks, 1961
Harvey Green, 1953
Odell Johnson, 1953
Ray Johnson, 1963
Kenneth Lewis (Chico), 1961
Charles Lowe, 1958
Donald Page, 1942
Willie Perry, 1947
Hart Polk, 1960
Bobby Pounds, 1947
Vernon Riggins, 1942
Don Slade, 1965
Bobby Dean Thrower, 19**
Bobby Washington, 1954
Jim White, 1939
Raymond Williams, 1953
Charles Young, 1970
Baseball
James Aldridge, 1956
John Dixon, 19**
Roy Edmonson, 1938
Chester Gunther, 1970
Joe Henderson, 1963
Damon Howell, 1968
Walter Jones, 1956
Edward King, 1938
Roy Lee, 1965
John Morse, 1946
Otis Murdock, 1959
Bobby Pounds, 19**
John Shepard, 1940
Jarvis Tatum, 19**
Football
James Aldridge, 1956
John Aldridge, 1954
Charles Anthony, 1970
Henry Ashley, 1970
Nate Butler, 1970
Stacey Green, 1948
Millard Hampton, 1952
Henry (Hank) Hendricks, 1957
James Hendricks, 1956
Don Hunt, 1960
Irwin Hunt, 1964
Vestee Jackson, 1957
Washington Keenan, 1970
A. B. Kimble, 1955
Carlos Laney, 1964-65
Kenneth Mayo, 1962-63
Will Matthew, 1963
Harry Miller, 1959
Walter Miller, 1957
Eugene Moreau, 1970
Johnny Morse, 1947
Chester Rooters, 1957
Henry Stennis, 1957
Gayland Streets, 1969
Nick Waller, 1958
J. C. White, 1955
Jim White, 1938-39
Leonard Whittle, 1960
Joe Williams, 1940
Charles Young, 1970
Roland Hayes, 19**
Grapevine 14 May, 1972
As Selected by Jack Kelley
Track
Luther Blakeney, 19**
Ezunial Burts, 1961
Henry Caldwell, 19**
Elington Cooley, 19**
Larry Cornier, 1963
James Covington, 1938
Sam Davis, 1965
Reginold Easton, 1972
Sidney Ferrell, 1957
Bobby Gill, 1958
William Hall, 1955
Lonzo Hall, 1953
Millard Hampton, 1952
Oscar Haynes, 1960
Irvin Hunt, 1964
Raymond Hunter, 19**
Albert Jackson, 1941
Girard Jackson, 1939
Vernon Jackson, 19**
Gene Johnson, 1959
Alvin Mann, 1963
Stanley McDonald, 1963
Larry McGough, 1967
Phillip Reeves, 19**
Wesley Slade, 19**
Jim White, 1939
Joe Williams, 1941
Randy Williams, 1971
Jack Kelley, one of Fresno
State College's great football
players of the past, has selected,
in his opinion, Edison High
School of Fresno All Time Best
basketball,, football, track, and
baseball players.
Kelley, a retired detective
from the Fresno Police Department,
recently received his B.A.
degree from Fresno State College
and is currently employed
as a Home-School liaison at
Irwin Junior High School.
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May, 1972 15 Grapevine
ELECT SAM HUNT
to the
Fresno Unified School District
Board of Education
Sam Hunt is committed to —
* MAKING every effort and utilizing every means to involve parents,
students and any other citizen concerned with education in determining
the educational policy of Fresno's Unified School District.
* URGING full factual review of the type of education presently received
in the elementary, secondary and high schools in this District.
* STRENGTHENING the neighborhood school concept and establishing
quality education in all schools.
* ESTABLISHING a relevant quality Vocational Education Program in the
high schools throughout the District.
* ESTABLISHING a policy to deal with drug pushers and users as well
as other undesirables that congregate and hang around our schools
and interrupt the educational process of our children.
Vote for SAM HUNT!! Punch No. 49
Grapevine 16 May, 1972
COUNCILMAN
MARC
STEFANO
FOR ASSEMBLYMAN
32nd DISTRICT
"The persecution of
the poor in our state by
a millionaire Governor
and his loyal party followers
in the legislature
is inhuman. We must
send responsible Democrats
to Sacramento to
protect the right of
every citizen to human
dignity."
"A Democrat. . .
in every way!"
May, 1972 17 Grapevine
SPORTS
GERALD HARDEMAN is the 1972 West Coast Relays high school star.
Gerald won the longjump with a leap of 24'9" which is the best in the
nation for an eleventh grader.
Grapevine 18 May, 1972
FORMER FRESNAN
Mayor Joseph Alioto and
Wesley Slade
Wesley Slade, a former Fresnan
and Fresno State College graduate
is special assistant to San Francisco
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto for housi-
ng and relocation.
Slade, he son of Mrs. Tempy
Slade o f Fresno serves executive
director to the Mayor's Housing
Committe and secretary to the re-
location appeals board.
Mayor Alioto stressed the importance
oof Slide's role. "This area
is so important it once threatened
to hold up oour entire redevelopment
process, " the mayor said. "I
am delighted to have a man of
this talen, this background and
this administrative ability to deal
with the problem."
Alioto also said Slade will work
on the city's new local rent-assist-
ance program to ensure "t h a t persons
are suitably rehoused when
moved because o f urban renewal,
code enforcement or other governmental
action."
Slade came t o Fresno as a child
in 1936 when his family moved
here from Oklahoma. He attended
Lincoln Elementary School, the old
Edison Junior High School and Edison
High School before entering
FSC. After four years at the college,
in which he played on Bulldog
football, basketball and track
teams and also found time to pract
ice politics with the campus Young
Democrats, Slade earned a BA i n
sociology-anthropology i n 1951.
He left Fresno the same year,
married a Southern California girl
and enrolled Hastings School of
the Law i n San Francisco, later
transferring to the San Francisco
Law School.
After law school he became a
field social worker for the Alamed
a County Welfare Department,
from 1958 t o 1962, and then a re-
location officer of the county's
redevelopment aqency, from 1962
to 1965.
Slade became executive director
of the Alameda County Human Rel-
ations Commission in 1966, and
also directed Opportunities Industr-
ialization, a group promoting Neg-
ro business development. Before
his appointment by Alioto, he was
supervising counselor of the state
service center of Oakland.
Slade and his wife, a San Franc-
iscoo school teacher, live in South
San Francisco . They have two
sons and a daughter.
May, 1972 19 Grapevine
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Grapevine 20 May, 1972 21
Youth Group Sponsors Art Show
A Sprin Fine Art Show and Luncheon was sponsored by the Junior
National Medical Association of Fresno. The local group is composed of
children of the N.M.A., doctors and associates.
Approximately 100 children attended the Fine Art Show held at Carter
Memorial A.M.E. church. In attendance wer children from several ele-
mentary schools - Columbia, Jefferson, Kirk - and members of the Church
Children's choir.
Mr. Booby Logan, local musican and band leader, gave an intersting
talk and illustration of several of his saxaphones and a flute. Generally
he play these instruments in his own band, "Bobby Logan and the Professionals"
Cousin Wash, children's story-teller, from Oakland, California, told
various stories to the children. All of the stories reveladed aspects of
Grapevine 22 May, 1972
Mid-State Bowl
GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE'S BOWLING TEAM is composed of Bob and
Margie Wright, left, and Leona and Robert Lane, right. The team recently
completed league play with a respectable 550 team average. Mrs.
Lane is a member of Mid-State Bowl's 200 Award Club, a club that is
restricted to bowlers who have bowled a 200 point or more game. This
past summer Mrs. Lane won a trophy for bowling the highest score
(215) for women and Mrs. Wright won a trophy for the Most Improved
Woman player in the All Black Ebony Bowling League.
Black history and culture. The children enjoyed the stories immensely.
Dr.Bert Marius, a talented artist, did several art demonstrations. He
illusrated free hand drawing to the children, including a charcoal
portrait of one fo the children present.
There was also a very fine art display. The visiting school children
and Jr. N.M.A. members submitted one or more of their favorite "mas-
ter pieces."
The community was very receptive to the project. Columbia corridn-
ator and chaperone were Mr. Leland Wiens, assistant principal, and Mrs.
Elizah Brewer,a teacher. Jefferson school corrinators were Mr. Carlos
Encinas, assistant principal, and Mrs. Joe Moore, a teacher. Kirk's chape-
rone was Mrs. John Hardiman, a parent.
Transportation was provided by the West Fresno Federation busing
service.
The Art Show and Luncheon committee heads: Mrs. Freddie Hayes,
program coordinator and Junior N.M.A. chairman; Mr. Wade Booker,
luncheon chairman, and Mrs. George Furlow, co-luncheon chairman, and
Mrs. Bert Marius, souvenior programs.
May, 1972 23 Grapevine
Washington Union High School Crisis
By Dwayne Lowe
Washington Union High School is facing a terrible crisis on the
school campus. The 48 year old main building has been condemned
by the Board of Trustees and declared unsafe by a structural
engineer. The school has not been able to obtain liability insurance
and has been forced to close the building. This has forced WU to
go double sessions this year because of the lack of facilities. This
has brought on many problems to which there is only one solution.
That is to replace the condemned facilities.
On June 6 the registered voters who live in the WU district will
have a chance to change this, by passing Propositions 1 and 2.
Proposition 1 is a request for a bond of $697,000. Proposition 2
is for a state-aid loan of $1,298,000. The combined two would
provide money for: demolition of the old main building; construction
of a new building; building fees; built-in educational and
storage equipment; a communication system which includes an
intercom, a fire alarm, and a bell system; and a security fence and
alarm. The state-aid loan will be paid back over a period of 20
years and the State has guaranteed to write off the balance after
this period, according to Mr. W. J. Everson, WUHS District Superintendent.
The registered voters of the WUHS district should take a closer
look at the problems that have been caused by the lack of facilities.
If we look at the academic side of the problems, which
affects everyone in the district, we find students are losing 218
hours of class instruction each year—872 valuable hours of our
high school days. In the cut back of classroom time, double session
students may be enrolled in only 5 courses instead of the usual
6. With the loss of 1 class each year it is harder to meet graduation
requirements. Over the years, the students will lose the opportunity
to enroll in the courses that they will need to take to prepare them
for college. This loss of classes will not only hurt the students going
to college but, also the ones who will go straight to work after
graduation, by not offering them classes in the vocation in which
they seek. This loss of classes is going to affect not only those attending
WU now, but also those in elementary schools.
Students are asking for a 100% cooperation from the community.
Seniors at WU know we lost out a great deal this year and
they don't want it to continue, but if both Propositions don't pass
the problems will continue. So vote Yes to Propositions 1 and 2
on June 6. The fate of Washington Union High School is in your
hands.
Vote Yes On Propositions 1 and 2
Grapevine 24 May, 1972
Recipe
of the month
by Frank "Gil" Glasse
Pork Roast Padre
* Bay Leaves
* Peppercorn
* Chili Peppers
* Garlic Cloves
* Onions
* Vinegar
Place leg or shoulder in a large container or crock, 3 bay
leaves, 1/2 cup peppercorns, 2 chili peppers, 2 1/2 teaspoons
salt, 1 1/2 garlic cloves, 2 onions sliced, add to vinegar (enough
vinegar to cover meat) let stand in vinegar 4 days. Remove
from vinegar, roast in oven 350°, 35 to 40 min. per pound,
basting often wit hthe vinegar.
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May, 1972 25 Grapevine
A Birthday Greeting For Mama
Maple Moultrie
The family of Mrs. Maple
Teilman O'Brian Moultrie is
honoring her this month on her
74th birthday. Mrs. Moultrie
was born on May 19, 1898, in
Longview, Texas, and is the
eldest child of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George Davenport. On
April 29, 1913, she married
Alfred Moultrie and they became
the parents of sixteen
children. The couple made their
home in Vido, New Mexico on
a 90 acre ranch. In 1953 the
Moultries decided to move to
California where they purchased
a ranch in Riverdale and
one in Madera which they
made their home.
In 1965 Mr. Moultrie had a
home built on the Riverdale
ranch and the couple moved
there in 1966. Their 54 year
old marriage was terminated
in 1967 when Alfred Moultrie
passed away at the age of
89. Since then Mrs. Moultrie
has spent much of her time
visiting with her children and
grandchildren.
Mrs. Moultrie is a very religious
woman and a faithful
churchgoer. She is presently
the church-mother of the Ebenezzer
Church of God in Christ
in Fresno which is pcstored by
her son, Odell. She never attended
high school but she is
a fluent reader and a brilliant
conversationaiist. She votes
faithfully and keeps up with all
the goings-on in politics. She
has always urged her children
and grandchildren to get a
good education and to be aware
of what is going on in
the world.
Besides raising her own chil-
dren, Mrs. Moultrie has reared
six grandchildren and enjoys
baby-sitting a great-grandson.
She loves children and it is
very evident that they love her
for the small children of her
neighborhood call her "mama"
and come to visit frequently.
She is highly respected and
loved by all who know her.
Of her three sisters and two
brothers, two sisters and one
brother are still living: Mrs.
Sediria Solone, and Mrs. Helen
Chappelle of Los Angeles; and
Cletus Davenport of Mesa,
Arizona. Of her sixteen children,
nine are still living: Alfreddie
Moultrie of Riverdale;
Alonzo, Jerome, and LaFaun
Moultrie of Fresno; Odell and
Lafayette Moultrie and Mrs.
Jeanette Breazell of Madera;
Mrs. Alberta Williams of Seaside;
and Mrs. Vernell Fuller
of Tucson, Arizona. She has a
total of 56 grandchildren and
89 great-grandchildren who
will all be thinking of her on
her birthday and wishing her
nothing but happiness.
Grapevine 26 May, 1972
SPORTS
Rosie Parker
The third annual Special Olympics
will be held this month at
McLane Stadium. Fresno Colony
School District will again be represented
by last year's double-gold
medal winner, Rosie Parker, a pupil
in Mrs. Georgia Wright's Special
Class at Western Elementary
School. Rosie's classmates, who
have qualified for entry into the
track and swim competition sponsored
by the Kennedy Foundation,
include: Charlotte Allen, Benjamin
Amos, Paul Benavidez, Jimmy
Goffner, and Ophelia Reyna.
Those entering from the Intermediate
Special Class at Western
taught by Mrs. Sylvia Alexander
are: Isabel Benavidez, Dorothy
Davis, Carmen Garcia, Gilbert Garcia,
Henrietta Holly, and Dominga
Rocha. They will participate in the
Softball throw, the standing long
jump, the 50-yard dash, and the
300-yard run.
From Mr. Lyonel Gibson's Ivy
Jr. High School Special Class, the
following students have qualified
for entry: Charlie Dean Albert, Perry
Howlin, Cathy Fuller, Sam Madden,
Juanita McPeters, Kathy Wilson,
and Dwight Crozier. The interschool
competition held in April at
Ivy Jr. High established the entry
category for each of these participants.
There are three levels of
competition in Special Olympics,
giving greater opportunity for
those entering to win in their
events.
Winners of the local Olympics
will be eligible to attend the State
Olympics to be held in San Jose,
June 22-24. State winners meet every
four years for national competition.
This year's National Olympics
will be at UCLA, August 14-
18. The contestants will be provided
with transportation, chaperones,
and board and room, as well
as selected entertainment and visits
to places of interest.
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Grapevine 28 May, 1972
West Fresno Housing Development
Named After Beatrice Cooley
Formal ceremonies were held for
the Beatrice M. Cooley housing
project on the site of the old Kearney
Bowl at West Kearney Boulevard
and South Fruit Avenue.
The 150-multifamily-unit project
is sponsored by the Carter Memorial
AME Church. Among those taking
part in the traditional earthturning
were Bishop Harrison
Bryant of the 5th District of the
church; the Rev. DeWitt Graham
and the Rev. Julius B. Brooks, present
and immediate past pastors of
the congregation; Redevelopment
Agency Director James Hendricks,
and Mayor Ted C. Wills.
The $2,226,002 development is
under the Federal Housing Administration
long-term, low-interestloan
program and rents will range
from $104-$ 166 a month.
Mrs. Cooley, who died in February
1970, for several years was
the eligibility supervisor for the
City Housing Authority. She and
her husband, the late J. E. Cooley
Sr., came to California in 1931.
She was graduated from Campbell
College in Jackson, Miss., and later
was a college teacher.
Throughout her Fresno life Mrs.
Cooley was an active Southwest
Fresno civic and social figure.
The development is adjacent to
the new Franklin School. The school
is scheduled to be completed and
in operation by September at an
investment of about $650,000.
The housing units will be built
by the Robert G. Fisher Co. and
are scheduled for completion in
December.
Charles Figg of the Redevelopment
Agency observed before the
year's end about 425 low- and
moderate-income units will have
been added to the housing inventory.
Figg also said the agency has
spent about $350,000 in the D7
area for public improvements —
street widening, sidewalks, curbs,
gutter, flood control, street lights,
et cetera. All utilities in Cooley
Plaza will be underground.
YOU'VE GOT
SOMETHING
SPECIAL
SECURITY PACIFIC BANK
May, 1972 29 Grapevine
WELFARE RAIDS—
An End To An Ugly Practice
The repellant practice of making predawn "raids" on the homes of
welfare recipients to gather evidence of possible welfare abuses has
been halted in Fresno County by a federal court injunction.
Fresno County Legal Services had challenged the raids; also the attempts
to cut off benefits solely because a recipient had the presence of
mind—after being abruptly awakened—to refuse to consent to a search
of the home.
In a settlement of the suit the county agreed to stop both practices.
Visits will be made during normal working hours and searches will be
made with a warrant.
If all this sounds like simple common sense and basic adherence to the
U. S. Constitution—it is. The wonder is that it had to take a legal action
to bring it about.
This does not mean the Welfare Department cannot gather evidence
on welfare abuses, including possible misstatements about cohabitation.
It does mean it will have to gather evidence in ways which are not
dehumanizing and coercive.
The Innocent Should Not Be Punished
An innocent man should not be punished for an arrest made in error.
This is what happens when a person who has been wrongfully arrested
applies for a job. His arrest record gets to his prospective employer and
he loses out.
A bill by Rep. Don Edwards, D-Sanfa Clara County, would remedy
this. It would prohibit all law enforcement agencies, including the FBI,
from giving out an arrest record on an individual if there has been an
acquittal or no prosecution for two years. The law would apply only to
persons who have never been convicted of a felony.
At hearings before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
it has been brought out the problem of arrest records for persons who
have never been convicted of a felony is extremely grave among minority
groups.
There is testimony that in some cities 80 per cent of the Negroes and
persons of Mexican descent have been arrested but never convicted of
anything. Their police record effectively keeps them from getting any
job other than day laborer.
The United State Department of Justice has opposed the bill on the
ground an employer, especially a public agency, should have a prospective
employe's arrest record.
But what employer can make a fair judgment on an innocent applicant
after he knows the applicant has been arrested?
The innocent must have some protection in these days of mass arrests
and indiscriminate "busts" at public and private gatherings.
A person wrongfully arrested should not be haunted by the arrest
which will follow him the rest of his life.
Edwards' measure, HR 13315, would redress a grievous wrong.
Grapevine 30 May, 1972
"Boy"
There used to be a time when White people
called Black men "Boy" and nothing was
said about it. Those days are long gone
because there is a new human being, the
Black of today. The word "Boy" has continued
to be used even in 1972 by the White
community to describe Black men. This word
goes back to the days of slavery when the
slave master looked at all Black men as
"Boys". They were all considered "Boys"
under him, even if the slave men were older
than the slave master. The word "Boy" has
had a bad taste to all Black men in their
Black experience. The word is derogatory
to all Black and minority people.
Even in 1972, you still have professional
White people slip once in a while and call
Black professional men "Boy".
This is the reaction of a Black man who
can not let White people sit back and call
Black men "Boy". It makes me feel that
slavery is not over and that White men
still want to be the slave master and me,
his "Boy". My father did not raise "Boys",
he raised a son and now he is a full grown
man who stands up for his rights.
This is the voice of a "PROUD BLACK MAN"
By
Black Editor
Alroy Thomas
May, 1972 31 rapevine
KLIP
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SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE
Grapevine 32 May, 1972
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May, 1972 33-36 Grapevine
At Bigby
Villa
we have everything
we need except you!
• Two, three, four and five bedroom
apartments
• Wall to wall carpeting and draperies
included
• Hotpoint range & oven plus colorkeyed
refrigerator.
• Central heating & air conditioning.
• Steps away from shopping &
schools
• Minutes away from the Fulton Mall
A community within a community
Come out and see for yourself.
Your family will love Bigby Villa.
Your budget will find Bigby Villa
very affordable.
Bigby
Villa
1329 E. Florence 237-5111
"EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES"
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Charities Housing Inc.
May, 1972 37 Grapevine
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Grapevine 38 May, 1972
Sears FRESNO
"Where the People
Make the Difference"
MEET EVELYN HARRIS
Evelyn started with Sears in September 1971 as a
Credit Interviewer in our Credit Department. That
same year she was promoted to Credit Correspondent.
Evelyn is married, has three children and her hobbies
include tennis, oil painting and baseball. We are
proud to have people like Evelyn Harris working for
us. The next time you are in Sears, stop by the Credit
Department and say hello.
thank you for shopping at Sears
May, 1972 39 Grapevine
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