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December, 1973
Mary Prescott
Pearlie Ray
Beverly Agee
Judy Gant
Pauline Fuller
1973 Sweetheart
Medlyn Goston
Patsy Green
1974 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Sweetheart Candidates
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Starting in 1974 the GRAPEVINE will be published bi-monthly. n....
will be a January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, Sepe
tember-October, and a November-December edition of the magazir-.
The reason for this change is due to paper shortage and the increash•
cost of postal rates.
To the GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE subscribers this change will only
mean that you will receive your twelve copies of the magazine in two
years instead of one year.
Since we are constantly trying to make the GRAPEVINE more Nlevant
and educational to our readers, beginning in 1974, we plan to include
several special articles related to Black people. The Black Woman, the
Black Church, Black History, Black People in Business, Black Music,
Black Fashions, Black Politicians, and Black Educators are only a fww
of the articles that will appear in the GRAPEVINE in 1974.
Again, the GRAPEVINE staff wants to thank our advertisers and you,
our readers, for making 1973 a successful year for us.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Frank Johnson
Editor and Publisher
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Table of Contents
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
ATTY. DONALD THUESEN
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December, 1973
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MAGAZINE
No. 12
Special Announcement ...........................• 4
Guest Editorial-Edison High ............. 6
Youths learn About Heart Surgery ........ 7
Christmas Prayer .................................... 8
Chief for a Day ....................................•. 9
Students Beautify School ···········-··········· 1O
Music - Pointer Sisters .......................... 11
Worker of the Year ·······························-· 12
Foster Parents Honored .......................... 13
Black Football Stars .................. .............. 14
Only Yesterday ···························-··········· 16
Big Brother of Fresno ...........•....•............. 18
Sigma Sweetheart Candidates ................20
Musicians to Be Honored ........................ 22
Old Dudes Receive Award ...................... 26
law and Justice Appreciation Night ...... 27
Model of the Month ...............................30
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Following Through on Plans for Edison High
The figure just lies there. It will not go away. It was in a brief report
requested by the Fresno Board of Education on the reading ability of
last year's graduating seniors. The report said 41 of Edison High
School's 99 graduates-more than 41 percent-were reading below the
eighth grade level.
The percentage for the city's othe r g enera l-purpose high schools
ranged from Roosevelt's 19 per cent down to Bullard's 4 per cent.
Reading at an eighth-grade level is the school district's minim um
goal for high school graduates. It is a modest goal. For Edison to miss
it by so much is unacceptable.
Yet when the school board was making its final decision early this
year to rebuild rather tha n close Ed ison, it heard the Edison principal
boast about the flexib ility and res ponsiveness of the school's reading
program , and add :
" . . . The p rogram and curricular offerings at Edison provide for the
educational needs of its student body as well as any high school in
the district . . . "
FRANK JOHNSON, JR., center, and his Bullard Elementary classmates
watch Dr. William Owen dissect a calf's heart.
Maybe so . Certainly Edison, whose students are mostly black and
mostly poor, has been the victim of social and racial problems of the
community at large. Some of its best students have transferred to other
schools. The learning difficulties of many who remain do not lend them·s elves to quick correction. The faculty is no doubt giving its best.
But all the defenses in the world cannot obscure those bad results.
The fact is, Edison cannot continue to be a segregated island of w oefully low achievement. When the school board decided to rebuild the
school it pledged to develop a program which not only would meet the
needs of West Fresno youngsters but also would be so innovative and
attractive it would draw students from throughout the district and thus
relieve Edison's racial isolation.
Outside pressure has come from the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, which says d esegregating Edison is one of the actions the
district must take to comply with the Civil Rights Act.
This will be one of the use s of $3 million in federal funds for w hich
the district is preparing an application . So far the project, involving Edison and several other schools, has been described by the adm in istration
in general terms . When more details are forthcom ing the board sh ould
insist on digging beneath the educational jargon for specifics.
It might help to keep those Edison reading scores in mind .
-Fresno Bee
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December, 1973
Grades 1-3 Learn About Heart Surgery
"Don't doctors ever get sick of that?" a Bullard Elementary School
student asked as Dr. William Owen of Fresno, who was using a short
pair of scissors to open the heart of a calf.
The 22 students from Grades 1-3, selected for the special program
because of their hig her than average intelli g ence, w ere grouped around
a table in the classroom, watching the dissectio n.
Dr. Owen had agreed to speak to the class on the heart, a current
study project, and examining the animal 's heart w as a high point of
the visit.
They were curious, too, about the doctor.
"When you were in training did you have to study about the heart?"
a young student asked.
"The human heart, " Dr. Owen replied, as he worked with the scissors.
" Did you have to cut it [the human heart) up?" another asked.
The doctor nodded that he had.
A little boy's eyes widened and he exclaimed , "The people's heart?"
During the 45-minute period Dr. Owen used a plastic model of a heart
and some medical instruments as he spoke and answered questions
about blood circulation, blood pressure, and heart disease.
The Bullard class has the youngest students in the district who have
be~n tested and qualify for the Mentally Gifted Minors program, for
which the state contributes financial aid .
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Let us pray that strength and courage
abundant be given to all who work for
a world of reason and understanding •
that the good that lies in every man's
heart may day by day be magnified
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that men wil come to see more clearly
not that which divides them, but that
which unites them
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that each hour may
bring us closer to a final victory, not of
nation over nation, but of man over his
own evils and weaknesses
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that the true
spirit of this Christmas Season - its joy,
its beauty, its hope, and above all its
abiding faith - may live among us
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that
the blessings of peace be ours - the peace
to build and grow, to live in harmony and
sympathy with other , and to
plan for the future with
confidence.
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December, 1973
'Chief For A Day'
Fire Chief Jack Huneke adjusts his fire helmet on Eric Johnson , an Edison High School student, as the youth begins a half day " work experience" as Fresno's acting fire chief. The event was part of the annual
Youth Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Optimi st Clubs of Fresno.
Youth from Fresno area high schools were the guests of city department
heads a nd elected officials at a luncheon and each student was appointed as a n acting city official. Each student who participated was selected
by his or her principal based on citizenship .
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Students, parents, and friends help landscape the new Columbia Schoo l.
Columbia Students Beautify School
Planting of trees as part of the landscaping at Fresno's Columbia
School is a joint effort as members of the student body council, parents
and guests participate. More than $500 was raised by student body
council functions and activities sponsored by the Teachers-Parents Advisory Committee. Each grade level at the school will have an area of
responsibility to make certain that plants are protected.
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December, 1973
Pointer Sisters Appear in Fresno
The Pointer Sisters, one-time
backup singers for various rock
groups and now something of a
sensation on their own recently appeared at the Fresno Sheraton Inn.
Born and reared in Oakland the
Pointer Sisters paid their due~ in
small east bay clubs and provided
background for Boz Scaggs, Tower
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role; the leader even paid tribute
to their importance by giving them
th e cover picture on an album .
Then last spring the Pointers recorded an album for Blue Thumb
0 ing songs of the 1930s to l 950~
rn a style critics generally praised
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enthusiastically and compared them
with the Boswell Sisters, Lambert,
Hendricks & Ross and the HiLos.
The record won them an engagement at Los Angeles' famous Troubadcr and at the Great American
Music Hall in San Francisco--and
rave reviews.
Long-legged, black and endowed with seemingly boundless energy, the Pointers have proved to
be a visual attraction as much as
a singing act on TV variety shows.
The appeal is based in part on
their style of outrageous costuming; they favor fashions that look
as if they might have been drug
out of their mother's trunk, with
the flair of the 1930s and 1940s.
Grapevine
Goodwill Worker of the Year
Stanton Gunter was adjudged to
be "almost totally helpless" when
he was transferred from Kelso Act ivity Center to the sheltered workshop at Goodw ill Industries 13
months a go. Now he is boss of the
a s is " yard there and has been
selected Goodwill Worker of the
Year.
Paul Egg leston, manager of
Goodwill Industries, called his
progress
" phenomenal "
while
pointing to Gunter as one of the
best examples of the "good" Good will Industries can do.
Founded in 1970 as a retail outlet for used household items, Goodwill Industri es has recently begun
"'advertising " its sheltered work shop, which offers work experience,
job training and evaluation for
handicapped people who cannot
compete in the regular labor market.
According to Eggleston, the fa.
cility is a transitional workshop
whe re persons can get train ing and
then join the community as "competing employees." Some workers
at Goodwi ll have limited capabil ities and for them the workshop
experience is a terminal one, Eggleston explained.
The facility operates as a " recycling center" for
household
items, Eggleston said, and work
Stanton Gunter
stems from the refurbishing aspects of making used furniture resala ble. Currently, there are 34
handicapped persons working in
the workshop and about one-th ird
of those are in a transitional program and will eventually, it is hoped, find employment in the com munity.
Florence. Rutledge, L, and Mrs . and Mr. Manard Harvey.
Foster Parents Honored
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Mrs. Florence Rutledge, left, of 1365 N. Temperance Ave. has been
honored by the Fresno County Probation Department as foster parent of
the year. The county welfare department honored Mr. and Mrs. Manard
Harvey, 318 Garrett, as foster parents of the year. Mrs. Rutledge has
been a foster mother for eight years and now has six mentally retarded
children. The Harveys have been fo ster parents for more than 19 years
and have four foster children. The supervi sors proclaimed Dec . 3-9 as
foster parents' week in Fresno County.
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BLACK FOOTBALL STARS
Fresno City and County High Schools and Colleges produce some of
the best football players in the state. This month GRAPEVINE is featuring some of these outstanding athletes.
Calvin Young
Greg Boyd
All-American End
Reedley College
All-American (H.M.) Defense
Fresno City College
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Jeff Johnson
Malcolm Rosemond
All-League Running Back
Fresno City College
All-Metro Defensive Back
Edison High School
John Walker
Glenn Cotton
Al I-Metro Defensive Back
Roosevelt High School
All -League Offensive End
Fresno City College
James Lamar
Stanley Glenn
Curtis Mason
Keith Dayton
Back of the Year
Hoover High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Central High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Washington Union High School
All-Metro Running Back
Hoover High School
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In 1948 the EI-Clubo-De-Manana Girls held their first formal at the old 8" Street Center. Seated, L to R,
Margaret Spencer, Bernice Robinson, Eva Lillian Session, Anjelean Blackburn, and La Fay Jay. Standing, L to
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the first club. The club is still active today . Sylvester Melancon is its current president. Seated, L to R, James
Adams, Roy Smith, Carl McGowan, Arthur Atwater, Evelyn Meyers, Allen Logan, Jim Brown, Waldo Porter,
Bennie Robinson, and Roscoe Logan. Standing, L to R, Julius (Budo) Thomas, Lee Clark, Burretl Bea ns , Matthew B. Thomas, Urrant Nealy, Marvin Thompson , Willie Ambers, T. J. Willis, George McArthu r, Bob McCarty,
James Lacy , Inman Eden, Lawrence Williams, and Dr. Earl Meyers . (Special thanks to Flo and Art Atwater for
providing the GRAPEVINE these photos.) Above photo 1959.
Big Brothers of Fresno
By Douglas Clemmons
Big Brothers has been operationa I in Fresno community since 1969.
The main source of support is
through Model Cities program plus
a fund raising drive.
The Big Brothers of Fresno de1iver direct service to any "fatherless" boy between the ages of
eight and seventeen in the Fresno
Metropolitan area that may or may
not be experiencing problems.
There are approximately 6,000 or
more boys in Fresno County without the presence of a father. At
least l ,000 of these boys are black.
We are currently serving nearly
200 kids. We have a waiting list
of nearly 100 kids right now that
are in need of service.
The purpose of the Big Brothers
organization is to assist these
young fellows through their development years. There are many
that grow up without the guidance
and companionship of a responsi•
ble male. This could possibly re•
suit in behavior problems, maladjustment, or trouble with the law.
Douglas Clemmons
This doesn't necessarily hold true
with all fatherless boys, but there At this time we need more black
are some that can benefit from our Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Their
reasonings are in terms of friend porgram.
Many of these boys are referred ship, feeling, relating. These reato the Big Brothers of Fresno sons are pertinent. The fact isthrough schools, probation, wel- They Need You. I am sure that
fare, courts, churches, mothers, or you will be rewarded, if not today, in years to come. No child
just interested people.
In April 1973, we began a Big ever forgets the person who gave
Sisters pilot program. We are cur- him or her a helping hand. Volunrently serving over sixty Little Sis- teers may be married or single.
ters. The orientation and proced- Volunteers may be employed, unure are similar to that of Big Bro- employed, students, or housewives .
thers. The needs are equally as From all walks of life Big Brothers
of Fresno are extending o helping
great.
Many black Little Brothers and hand. These young people need
Sisters in the community want only your help. If interested, please call
black Big Brothers and Big Sisters. 268-5737.
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December, 1973
Big Brother Levert Lucas enjoys a game of basketball with Elliott Hall.
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P~ ~eta SUJma
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"Elegance with a difference, will
greet you when the Brothers of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity present their
17th Annual Christmas Ball.
This year's affair will be held in
the familiar surroundings of the
Sheraton Inn's Las Vegas Room
Christmas night.
Beauty will also highlight the
evening when the 1973-74 Sigma
Queen will be chosen.
These beautiful and talented
young ladies along with the Brothers of Gamma Xi extend an invitation for you to join the occasion for a truly delightful and funfilled Christmas evening.
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Judy Gant, Deputy Probation
Intern, is a student at Fresno
State University. After graduation
she would like to work in the field
of probation in Fresno County.
Her pastimes are dancing, cooking, sewing and traveling.
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Pearlie Ray, a Fresno City ColMary Prescott enjoys sewing ,
lege student, is currently working piano and sports when she's not
as a secretary. Her hobbies are attending Fresno City College. She
tennis, swimming, billiards and has plans to become a secretary in
badminton. After leaving FCC she the field of business after her gradplans to continue studying at FSU. uation.
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Beverly Agee, a Police Science
student, at Fresno City College and
clerk typist in the Court of Hearings and Appeals in Fresno.
She would like to become a vice
officer for the San Francisco Police
Dept after graduating from FSU or
San Francisco State.
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"Ir; Medlyn Goston, an Aquarius,
is an Industrial Arts major at Fresno
City College. Her ambition is to
earn her B.A. degree in drafting
and designing and to own and
manage her own firm. Being an
Aquarius she loves music, tennis,
and the wide open spaces.
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Patsy Green, another beauty,
Consuelo "Christi" Sterling, a
student at FSU, majoring in Mar- is a Mclane High graduate now
keting Management. Upon gradu- attending Fresno City College. Her
ation she hopes to enter into the ambition is to become a professionmarketing research field at the re- al dancer in the Black community.
After graduating from FCC she
tail level.
She enjoys interpreting musical plans to attend the College of Cresounds, designing clothes, and ative Studies at the University of
Santa Barbara.
dancing .
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West Fresnans to Honor Musicians
By Fay Jay
When the conversation turns to jazz, the references to New Orleans'
Bourbon Street, New York's Cotton Club and Memphis' Beal Street crop
up frequently.
But there is a story to be told, too, about West Fresno's F Street and
the old Twentieth Century Elks Club and of the musicians who found a
place for their music there.
Sadly, the old Elks Club is gone and the musicians who played there
(to the delight of many on audience), have fled to other places or other
lines of endeavor, taking their talents with them.
Lionel Hampton used to " sit in" with his friends and fellow musicians
at the Elks Club way back when he was on the road to fame with Benny
Good man.
There are still many Fresnans who remember Hamp's warm smile,
and a few, like Gene Morris, who can thank him for an introduction to
the Big Time. After a stint with Hampton, Gene went on to achieve a
name for himself on his own.
Gene Coy, an associate of such jazz greats as Count Basie and Benny
Moten brought his group to Fresno from the East Coa st. The bond included such young men as Andy Duryeau, Pee Wee Smith, Sonny Joy
and Lester Smith, along with Gene 's wife, Ann.
Once here, he helped develop a young musician named Kirk Kirkland,
who is still playing with a group including members of his own family.
Sonny Jay went on to ploy his way to prominence w ith Louis Jordon;
Andy went on to do his thing with Dizzy Gillespie and other groups.
George Zenovich, who now represents Fresno in the State Senate,
frequently dropped in to " jam " with other musicians. Few people are
aware Zenovich is not only a politician but an accomplished bass player as well.
Charles Carr played his way out of Chinatown and the Elks Club,
going on to fame with the hottest band in the land, the James Brown
Orchestra.
Billy Bigby, a member of a prominent Fresno family, got his start on
F Street and, before his death, worked with the Louis Jordon Sextet.
The late Gene Williams, one of Fresno's best known musicians found
an outlet for his jazz talents at the Elks Club. Williams ' remembrances
include a resolution passed by the California State Assembly.
Many others also practiced their art at the Elks Club: Bobby Logan, a
fine jazzman and rock musician; Merci Dee, a back-home blues musician
who made his mark with 'Lonesome Cabin Blues'; pianist Bob Carpenter,
saxophonist Charles Morse, vocalist, Bobby Brown, Curtis Ache, J . J.
Malone, Charles Banks, Troyce Key, Nathan Heard, Mable Brown,
Luther Smith, Earl and Evelyn Meyers, Bob White, Henry Simpson,
Charles Patterson and his brother, Halliard, who could ploy everyth ing
from Boogie to Boch; Thurlin Chiles, James Peal, T. S. Whitfie ld, Mac
Thomas (artist agent), Jess Cooley, Bill Morris, Woody Miller, Charles
Kirkpatrick, D. J. Crowford, Leoncie Williams, Frank Revis, Lester Powell
and Ed Burts.
(Con't Page 24)
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These musicians gave Fresno hours upon hours of jazz for years. F
Street and the Elks Club have earned a nook for contributing to the art
and creativity that 1azz requires.
There are some in Fresno intent upon making this known by establishing the West Fresno Jazz Hall of Fame as a tribute to those who
have brought so much pleasure to those who love jazz.
They feel Fresno should honor those who make the music. These jazz
buffs plan to honor several notable musicians at a music festival December 30 1n the Town & Country Lodge. Many Fresno musicians will
be there.
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APP~AISAL
Grapevine
Rose Kelley admires the plaque that was presented to her husband,
Jack, by the students in the Law Enforcement Training Project at Fresno
State University for his extra efforts to make the project a success.
Law and Justice Appreciation Night
Approximately four hundred people attended the Law and Justice
Appreciation Night held recently at
the Fresno Convention Center. Jack
Kelley, the head of Law Enforcement Training Project at Fresno
State University, and the Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity were instrumental
in org.anizing the affair. Dr. Lee
Pat Brown, a former Fresnan, was
the guest speaker. Law enforcement officials from throughout the
state were in attendance.
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Old Dudes Receive Award
OLD DUDES RECEIVE AWARD - Sylvester Me lancon (left), Presid ent of
The Old Dudes of Fresno, is shown receivi ng a Co mmu nity Service
Award from the Black Studies Faculty at Fresno State University for the
~lub's generous response to an urgent plea for fun d s to a id Mrs . Caroline Cooper. Lester Riggins, coordinator of the Black Studies program,
made the presentation .
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
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Special Announcement ...........................• 4
Guest Editorial-Edison High ............. 6
Youths learn About Heart Surgery ........ 7
Christmas Prayer .................................... 8
Chief for a Day ....................................•. 9
Students Beautify School ···········-··········· 1O
Music - Pointer Sisters .......................... 11
Worker of the Year ·······························-· 12
Foster Parents Honored .......................... 13
Black Football Stars .................. .............. 14
Only Yesterday ···························-··········· 16
Big Brother of Fresno ...........•....•............. 18
Sigma Sweetheart Candidates ................20
Musicians to Be Honored ........................ 22
Old Dudes Receive Award ...................... 26
law and Justice Appreciation Night ...... 27
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Following Through on Plans for Edison High
The figure just lies there. It will not go away. It was in a brief report
requested by the Fresno Board of Education on the reading ability of
last year's graduating seniors. The report said 41 of Edison High
School's 99 graduates-more than 41 percent-were reading below the
eighth grade level.
The percentage for the city's othe r g enera l-purpose high schools
ranged from Roosevelt's 19 per cent down to Bullard's 4 per cent.
Reading at an eighth-grade level is the school district's minim um
goal for high school graduates. It is a modest goal. For Edison to miss
it by so much is unacceptable.
Yet when the school board was making its final decision early this
year to rebuild rather tha n close Ed ison, it heard the Edison principal
boast about the flexib ility and res ponsiveness of the school's reading
program , and add :
" . . . The p rogram and curricular offerings at Edison provide for the
educational needs of its student body as well as any high school in
the district . . . "
FRANK JOHNSON, JR., center, and his Bullard Elementary classmates
watch Dr. William Owen dissect a calf's heart.
Maybe so . Certainly Edison, whose students are mostly black and
mostly poor, has been the victim of social and racial problems of the
community at large. Some of its best students have transferred to other
schools. The learning difficulties of many who remain do not lend them·s elves to quick correction. The faculty is no doubt giving its best.
But all the defenses in the world cannot obscure those bad results.
The fact is, Edison cannot continue to be a segregated island of w oefully low achievement. When the school board decided to rebuild the
school it pledged to develop a program which not only would meet the
needs of West Fresno youngsters but also would be so innovative and
attractive it would draw students from throughout the district and thus
relieve Edison's racial isolation.
Outside pressure has come from the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, which says d esegregating Edison is one of the actions the
district must take to comply with the Civil Rights Act.
This will be one of the use s of $3 million in federal funds for w hich
the district is preparing an application . So far the project, involving Edison and several other schools, has been described by the adm in istration
in general terms . When more details are forthcom ing the board sh ould
insist on digging beneath the educational jargon for specifics.
It might help to keep those Edison reading scores in mind .
-Fresno Bee
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December, 1973
Grades 1-3 Learn About Heart Surgery
"Don't doctors ever get sick of that?" a Bullard Elementary School
student asked as Dr. William Owen of Fresno, who was using a short
pair of scissors to open the heart of a calf.
The 22 students from Grades 1-3, selected for the special program
because of their hig her than average intelli g ence, w ere grouped around
a table in the classroom, watching the dissectio n.
Dr. Owen had agreed to speak to the class on the heart, a current
study project, and examining the animal 's heart w as a high point of
the visit.
They were curious, too, about the doctor.
"When you were in training did you have to study about the heart?"
a young student asked.
"The human heart, " Dr. Owen replied, as he worked with the scissors.
" Did you have to cut it [the human heart) up?" another asked.
The doctor nodded that he had.
A little boy's eyes widened and he exclaimed , "The people's heart?"
During the 45-minute period Dr. Owen used a plastic model of a heart
and some medical instruments as he spoke and answered questions
about blood circulation, blood pressure, and heart disease.
The Bullard class has the youngest students in the district who have
be~n tested and qualify for the Mentally Gifted Minors program, for
which the state contributes financial aid .
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Let us pray that strength and courage
abundant be given to all who work for
a world of reason and understanding •
that the good that lies in every man's
heart may day by day be magnified
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that men wil come to see more clearly
not that which divides them, but that
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that each hour may
bring us closer to a final victory, not of
nation over nation, but of man over his
own evils and weaknesses
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that the true
spirit of this Christmas Season - its joy,
its beauty, its hope, and above all its
abiding faith - may live among us
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the blessings of peace be ours - the peace
to build and grow, to live in harmony and
sympathy with other , and to
plan for the future with
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'Chief For A Day'
Fire Chief Jack Huneke adjusts his fire helmet on Eric Johnson , an Edison High School student, as the youth begins a half day " work experience" as Fresno's acting fire chief. The event was part of the annual
Youth Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Optimi st Clubs of Fresno.
Youth from Fresno area high schools were the guests of city department
heads a nd elected officials at a luncheon and each student was appointed as a n acting city official. Each student who participated was selected
by his or her principal based on citizenship .
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Students, parents, and friends help landscape the new Columbia Schoo l.
Columbia Students Beautify School
Planting of trees as part of the landscaping at Fresno's Columbia
School is a joint effort as members of the student body council, parents
and guests participate. More than $500 was raised by student body
council functions and activities sponsored by the Teachers-Parents Advisory Committee. Each grade level at the school will have an area of
responsibility to make certain that plants are protected.
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Pointer Sisters Appear in Fresno
The Pointer Sisters, one-time
backup singers for various rock
groups and now something of a
sensation on their own recently appeared at the Fresno Sheraton Inn.
Born and reared in Oakland the
Pointer Sisters paid their due~ in
small east bay clubs and provided
background for Boz Scaggs, Tower
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role; the leader even paid tribute
to their importance by giving them
th e cover picture on an album .
Then last spring the Pointers recorded an album for Blue Thumb
0 ing songs of the 1930s to l 950~
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enthusiastically and compared them
with the Boswell Sisters, Lambert,
Hendricks & Ross and the HiLos.
The record won them an engagement at Los Angeles' famous Troubadcr and at the Great American
Music Hall in San Francisco--and
rave reviews.
Long-legged, black and endowed with seemingly boundless energy, the Pointers have proved to
be a visual attraction as much as
a singing act on TV variety shows.
The appeal is based in part on
their style of outrageous costuming; they favor fashions that look
as if they might have been drug
out of their mother's trunk, with
the flair of the 1930s and 1940s.
Grapevine
Goodwill Worker of the Year
Stanton Gunter was adjudged to
be "almost totally helpless" when
he was transferred from Kelso Act ivity Center to the sheltered workshop at Goodw ill Industries 13
months a go. Now he is boss of the
a s is " yard there and has been
selected Goodwill Worker of the
Year.
Paul Egg leston, manager of
Goodwill Industries, called his
progress
" phenomenal "
while
pointing to Gunter as one of the
best examples of the "good" Good will Industries can do.
Founded in 1970 as a retail outlet for used household items, Goodwill Industri es has recently begun
"'advertising " its sheltered work shop, which offers work experience,
job training and evaluation for
handicapped people who cannot
compete in the regular labor market.
According to Eggleston, the fa.
cility is a transitional workshop
whe re persons can get train ing and
then join the community as "competing employees." Some workers
at Goodwi ll have limited capabil ities and for them the workshop
experience is a terminal one, Eggleston explained.
The facility operates as a " recycling center" for
household
items, Eggleston said, and work
Stanton Gunter
stems from the refurbishing aspects of making used furniture resala ble. Currently, there are 34
handicapped persons working in
the workshop and about one-th ird
of those are in a transitional program and will eventually, it is hoped, find employment in the com munity.
Florence. Rutledge, L, and Mrs . and Mr. Manard Harvey.
Foster Parents Honored
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Mrs. Florence Rutledge, left, of 1365 N. Temperance Ave. has been
honored by the Fresno County Probation Department as foster parent of
the year. The county welfare department honored Mr. and Mrs. Manard
Harvey, 318 Garrett, as foster parents of the year. Mrs. Rutledge has
been a foster mother for eight years and now has six mentally retarded
children. The Harveys have been fo ster parents for more than 19 years
and have four foster children. The supervi sors proclaimed Dec . 3-9 as
foster parents' week in Fresno County.
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BLACK FOOTBALL STARS
Fresno City and County High Schools and Colleges produce some of
the best football players in the state. This month GRAPEVINE is featuring some of these outstanding athletes.
Calvin Young
Greg Boyd
All-American End
Reedley College
All-American (H.M.) Defense
Fresno City College
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Jeff Johnson
Malcolm Rosemond
All-League Running Back
Fresno City College
All-Metro Defensive Back
Edison High School
John Walker
Glenn Cotton
Al I-Metro Defensive Back
Roosevelt High School
All -League Offensive End
Fresno City College
James Lamar
Stanley Glenn
Curtis Mason
Keith Dayton
Back of the Year
Hoover High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Central High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Washington Union High School
All-Metro Running Back
Hoover High School
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Margaret Spencer, Bernice Robinson, Eva Lillian Session, Anjelean Blackburn, and La Fay Jay. Standing, L to
R. Faye Martha Kirkland, Flo Atwater, Gladys Walker, Lena McMurry, Irene Chandl e r, and Madeline Stanife r .
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the first club. The club is still active today . Sylvester Melancon is its current president. Seated, L to R, James
Adams, Roy Smith, Carl McGowan, Arthur Atwater, Evelyn Meyers, Allen Logan, Jim Brown, Waldo Porter,
Bennie Robinson, and Roscoe Logan. Standing, L to R, Julius (Budo) Thomas, Lee Clark, Burretl Bea ns , Matthew B. Thomas, Urrant Nealy, Marvin Thompson , Willie Ambers, T. J. Willis, George McArthu r, Bob McCarty,
James Lacy , Inman Eden, Lawrence Williams, and Dr. Earl Meyers . (Special thanks to Flo and Art Atwater for
providing the GRAPEVINE these photos.) Above photo 1959.
Big Brothers of Fresno
By Douglas Clemmons
Big Brothers has been operationa I in Fresno community since 1969.
The main source of support is
through Model Cities program plus
a fund raising drive.
The Big Brothers of Fresno de1iver direct service to any "fatherless" boy between the ages of
eight and seventeen in the Fresno
Metropolitan area that may or may
not be experiencing problems.
There are approximately 6,000 or
more boys in Fresno County without the presence of a father. At
least l ,000 of these boys are black.
We are currently serving nearly
200 kids. We have a waiting list
of nearly 100 kids right now that
are in need of service.
The purpose of the Big Brothers
organization is to assist these
young fellows through their development years. There are many
that grow up without the guidance
and companionship of a responsi•
ble male. This could possibly re•
suit in behavior problems, maladjustment, or trouble with the law.
Douglas Clemmons
This doesn't necessarily hold true
with all fatherless boys, but there At this time we need more black
are some that can benefit from our Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Their
reasonings are in terms of friend porgram.
Many of these boys are referred ship, feeling, relating. These reato the Big Brothers of Fresno sons are pertinent. The fact isthrough schools, probation, wel- They Need You. I am sure that
fare, courts, churches, mothers, or you will be rewarded, if not today, in years to come. No child
just interested people.
In April 1973, we began a Big ever forgets the person who gave
Sisters pilot program. We are cur- him or her a helping hand. Volunrently serving over sixty Little Sis- teers may be married or single.
ters. The orientation and proced- Volunteers may be employed, unure are similar to that of Big Bro- employed, students, or housewives .
thers. The needs are equally as From all walks of life Big Brothers
of Fresno are extending o helping
great.
Many black Little Brothers and hand. These young people need
Sisters in the community want only your help. If interested, please call
black Big Brothers and Big Sisters. 268-5737.
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Big Brother Levert Lucas enjoys a game of basketball with Elliott Hall.
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"Elegance with a difference, will
greet you when the Brothers of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity present their
17th Annual Christmas Ball.
This year's affair will be held in
the familiar surroundings of the
Sheraton Inn's Las Vegas Room
Christmas night.
Beauty will also highlight the
evening when the 1973-74 Sigma
Queen will be chosen.
These beautiful and talented
young ladies along with the Brothers of Gamma Xi extend an invitation for you to join the occasion for a truly delightful and funfilled Christmas evening.
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Judy Gant, Deputy Probation
Intern, is a student at Fresno
State University. After graduation
she would like to work in the field
of probation in Fresno County.
Her pastimes are dancing, cooking, sewing and traveling.
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Pearlie Ray, a Fresno City ColMary Prescott enjoys sewing ,
lege student, is currently working piano and sports when she's not
as a secretary. Her hobbies are attending Fresno City College. She
tennis, swimming, billiards and has plans to become a secretary in
badminton. After leaving FCC she the field of business after her gradplans to continue studying at FSU. uation.
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Beverly Agee, a Police Science
student, at Fresno City College and
clerk typist in the Court of Hearings and Appeals in Fresno.
She would like to become a vice
officer for the San Francisco Police
Dept after graduating from FSU or
San Francisco State.
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"Ir; Medlyn Goston, an Aquarius,
is an Industrial Arts major at Fresno
City College. Her ambition is to
earn her B.A. degree in drafting
and designing and to own and
manage her own firm. Being an
Aquarius she loves music, tennis,
and the wide open spaces.
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Patsy Green, another beauty,
Consuelo "Christi" Sterling, a
student at FSU, majoring in Mar- is a Mclane High graduate now
keting Management. Upon gradu- attending Fresno City College. Her
ation she hopes to enter into the ambition is to become a professionmarketing research field at the re- al dancer in the Black community.
After graduating from FCC she
tail level.
She enjoys interpreting musical plans to attend the College of Cresounds, designing clothes, and ative Studies at the University of
Santa Barbara.
dancing .
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West Fresnans to Honor Musicians
By Fay Jay
When the conversation turns to jazz, the references to New Orleans'
Bourbon Street, New York's Cotton Club and Memphis' Beal Street crop
up frequently.
But there is a story to be told, too, about West Fresno's F Street and
the old Twentieth Century Elks Club and of the musicians who found a
place for their music there.
Sadly, the old Elks Club is gone and the musicians who played there
(to the delight of many on audience), have fled to other places or other
lines of endeavor, taking their talents with them.
Lionel Hampton used to " sit in" with his friends and fellow musicians
at the Elks Club way back when he was on the road to fame with Benny
Good man.
There are still many Fresnans who remember Hamp's warm smile,
and a few, like Gene Morris, who can thank him for an introduction to
the Big Time. After a stint with Hampton, Gene went on to achieve a
name for himself on his own.
Gene Coy, an associate of such jazz greats as Count Basie and Benny
Moten brought his group to Fresno from the East Coa st. The bond included such young men as Andy Duryeau, Pee Wee Smith, Sonny Joy
and Lester Smith, along with Gene 's wife, Ann.
Once here, he helped develop a young musician named Kirk Kirkland,
who is still playing with a group including members of his own family.
Sonny Jay went on to ploy his way to prominence w ith Louis Jordon;
Andy went on to do his thing with Dizzy Gillespie and other groups.
George Zenovich, who now represents Fresno in the State Senate,
frequently dropped in to " jam " with other musicians. Few people are
aware Zenovich is not only a politician but an accomplished bass player as well.
Charles Carr played his way out of Chinatown and the Elks Club,
going on to fame with the hottest band in the land, the James Brown
Orchestra.
Billy Bigby, a member of a prominent Fresno family, got his start on
F Street and, before his death, worked with the Louis Jordon Sextet.
The late Gene Williams, one of Fresno's best known musicians found
an outlet for his jazz talents at the Elks Club. Williams ' remembrances
include a resolution passed by the California State Assembly.
Many others also practiced their art at the Elks Club: Bobby Logan, a
fine jazzman and rock musician; Merci Dee, a back-home blues musician
who made his mark with 'Lonesome Cabin Blues'; pianist Bob Carpenter,
saxophonist Charles Morse, vocalist, Bobby Brown, Curtis Ache, J . J.
Malone, Charles Banks, Troyce Key, Nathan Heard, Mable Brown,
Luther Smith, Earl and Evelyn Meyers, Bob White, Henry Simpson,
Charles Patterson and his brother, Halliard, who could ploy everyth ing
from Boogie to Boch; Thurlin Chiles, James Peal, T. S. Whitfie ld, Mac
Thomas (artist agent), Jess Cooley, Bill Morris, Woody Miller, Charles
Kirkpatrick, D. J. Crowford, Leoncie Williams, Frank Revis, Lester Powell
and Ed Burts.
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The boss depends upon authority; the leader on good will.
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These musicians gave Fresno hours upon hours of jazz for years. F
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and creativity that 1azz requires.
There are some in Fresno intent upon making this known by establishing the West Fresno Jazz Hall of Fame as a tribute to those who
have brought so much pleasure to those who love jazz.
They feel Fresno should honor those who make the music. These jazz
buffs plan to honor several notable musicians at a music festival December 30 1n the Town & Country Lodge. Many Fresno musicians will
be there.
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APP~AISAL
Grapevine
Rose Kelley admires the plaque that was presented to her husband,
Jack, by the students in the Law Enforcement Training Project at Fresno
State University for his extra efforts to make the project a success.
Law and Justice Appreciation Night
Approximately four hundred people attended the Law and Justice
Appreciation Night held recently at
the Fresno Convention Center. Jack
Kelley, the head of Law Enforcement Training Project at Fresno
State University, and the Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity were instrumental
in org.anizing the affair. Dr. Lee
Pat Brown, a former Fresnan, was
the guest speaker. Law enforcement officials from throughout the
state were in attendance.
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OLD DUDES RECEIVE AWARD - Sylvester Me lancon (left), Presid ent of
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~lub's generous response to an urgent plea for fun d s to a id Mrs . Caroline Cooper. Lester Riggins, coordinator of the Black Studies program,
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
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Special Announcement ...........................• 4
Guest Editorial-Edison High ............. 6
Youths learn About Heart Surgery ........ 7
Christmas Prayer .................................... 8
Chief for a Day ....................................•. 9
Students Beautify School ···········-··········· 1O
Music - Pointer Sisters .......................... 11
Worker of the Year ·······························-· 12
Foster Parents Honored .......................... 13
Black Football Stars .................. .............. 14
Only Yesterday ···························-··········· 16
Big Brother of Fresno ...........•....•............. 18
Sigma Sweetheart Candidates ................20
Musicians to Be Honored ........................ 22
Old Dudes Receive Award ...................... 26
law and Justice Appreciation Night ...... 27
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Following Through on Plans for Edison High
The figure just lies there. It will not go away. It was in a brief report
requested by the Fresno Board of Education on the reading ability of
last year's graduating seniors. The report said 41 of Edison High
School's 99 graduates-more than 41 percent-were reading below the
eighth grade level.
The percentage for the city's othe r g enera l-purpose high schools
ranged from Roosevelt's 19 per cent down to Bullard's 4 per cent.
Reading at an eighth-grade level is the school district's minim um
goal for high school graduates. It is a modest goal. For Edison to miss
it by so much is unacceptable.
Yet when the school board was making its final decision early this
year to rebuild rather tha n close Ed ison, it heard the Edison principal
boast about the flexib ility and res ponsiveness of the school's reading
program , and add :
" . . . The p rogram and curricular offerings at Edison provide for the
educational needs of its student body as well as any high school in
the district . . . "
FRANK JOHNSON, JR., center, and his Bullard Elementary classmates
watch Dr. William Owen dissect a calf's heart.
Maybe so . Certainly Edison, whose students are mostly black and
mostly poor, has been the victim of social and racial problems of the
community at large. Some of its best students have transferred to other
schools. The learning difficulties of many who remain do not lend them·s elves to quick correction. The faculty is no doubt giving its best.
But all the defenses in the world cannot obscure those bad results.
The fact is, Edison cannot continue to be a segregated island of w oefully low achievement. When the school board decided to rebuild the
school it pledged to develop a program which not only would meet the
needs of West Fresno youngsters but also would be so innovative and
attractive it would draw students from throughout the district and thus
relieve Edison's racial isolation.
Outside pressure has come from the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, which says d esegregating Edison is one of the actions the
district must take to comply with the Civil Rights Act.
This will be one of the use s of $3 million in federal funds for w hich
the district is preparing an application . So far the project, involving Edison and several other schools, has been described by the adm in istration
in general terms . When more details are forthcom ing the board sh ould
insist on digging beneath the educational jargon for specifics.
It might help to keep those Edison reading scores in mind .
-Fresno Bee
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December, 1973
Grades 1-3 Learn About Heart Surgery
"Don't doctors ever get sick of that?" a Bullard Elementary School
student asked as Dr. William Owen of Fresno, who was using a short
pair of scissors to open the heart of a calf.
The 22 students from Grades 1-3, selected for the special program
because of their hig her than average intelli g ence, w ere grouped around
a table in the classroom, watching the dissectio n.
Dr. Owen had agreed to speak to the class on the heart, a current
study project, and examining the animal 's heart w as a high point of
the visit.
They were curious, too, about the doctor.
"When you were in training did you have to study about the heart?"
a young student asked.
"The human heart, " Dr. Owen replied, as he worked with the scissors.
" Did you have to cut it [the human heart) up?" another asked.
The doctor nodded that he had.
A little boy's eyes widened and he exclaimed , "The people's heart?"
During the 45-minute period Dr. Owen used a plastic model of a heart
and some medical instruments as he spoke and answered questions
about blood circulation, blood pressure, and heart disease.
The Bullard class has the youngest students in the district who have
be~n tested and qualify for the Mentally Gifted Minors program, for
which the state contributes financial aid .
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Let us pray that strength and courage
abundant be given to all who work for
a world of reason and understanding •
that the good that lies in every man's
heart may day by day be magnified
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that men wil come to see more clearly
not that which divides them, but that
which unites them
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that each hour may
bring us closer to a final victory, not of
nation over nation, but of man over his
own evils and weaknesses
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that the true
spirit of this Christmas Season - its joy,
its beauty, its hope, and above all its
abiding faith - may live among us
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that
the blessings of peace be ours - the peace
to build and grow, to live in harmony and
sympathy with other , and to
plan for the future with
confidence.
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December, 1973
'Chief For A Day'
Fire Chief Jack Huneke adjusts his fire helmet on Eric Johnson , an Edison High School student, as the youth begins a half day " work experience" as Fresno's acting fire chief. The event was part of the annual
Youth Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Optimi st Clubs of Fresno.
Youth from Fresno area high schools were the guests of city department
heads a nd elected officials at a luncheon and each student was appointed as a n acting city official. Each student who participated was selected
by his or her principal based on citizenship .
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Students, parents, and friends help landscape the new Columbia Schoo l.
Columbia Students Beautify School
Planting of trees as part of the landscaping at Fresno's Columbia
School is a joint effort as members of the student body council, parents
and guests participate. More than $500 was raised by student body
council functions and activities sponsored by the Teachers-Parents Advisory Committee. Each grade level at the school will have an area of
responsibility to make certain that plants are protected.
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Pointer Sisters Appear in Fresno
The Pointer Sisters, one-time
backup singers for various rock
groups and now something of a
sensation on their own recently appeared at the Fresno Sheraton Inn.
Born and reared in Oakland the
Pointer Sisters paid their due~ in
small east bay clubs and provided
background for Boz Scaggs, Tower
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role; the leader even paid tribute
to their importance by giving them
th e cover picture on an album .
Then last spring the Pointers recorded an album for Blue Thumb
0 ing songs of the 1930s to l 950~
rn a style critics generally praised
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enthusiastically and compared them
with the Boswell Sisters, Lambert,
Hendricks & Ross and the HiLos.
The record won them an engagement at Los Angeles' famous Troubadcr and at the Great American
Music Hall in San Francisco--and
rave reviews.
Long-legged, black and endowed with seemingly boundless energy, the Pointers have proved to
be a visual attraction as much as
a singing act on TV variety shows.
The appeal is based in part on
their style of outrageous costuming; they favor fashions that look
as if they might have been drug
out of their mother's trunk, with
the flair of the 1930s and 1940s.
Grapevine
Goodwill Worker of the Year
Stanton Gunter was adjudged to
be "almost totally helpless" when
he was transferred from Kelso Act ivity Center to the sheltered workshop at Goodw ill Industries 13
months a go. Now he is boss of the
a s is " yard there and has been
selected Goodwill Worker of the
Year.
Paul Egg leston, manager of
Goodwill Industries, called his
progress
" phenomenal "
while
pointing to Gunter as one of the
best examples of the "good" Good will Industries can do.
Founded in 1970 as a retail outlet for used household items, Goodwill Industri es has recently begun
"'advertising " its sheltered work shop, which offers work experience,
job training and evaluation for
handicapped people who cannot
compete in the regular labor market.
According to Eggleston, the fa.
cility is a transitional workshop
whe re persons can get train ing and
then join the community as "competing employees." Some workers
at Goodwi ll have limited capabil ities and for them the workshop
experience is a terminal one, Eggleston explained.
The facility operates as a " recycling center" for
household
items, Eggleston said, and work
Stanton Gunter
stems from the refurbishing aspects of making used furniture resala ble. Currently, there are 34
handicapped persons working in
the workshop and about one-th ird
of those are in a transitional program and will eventually, it is hoped, find employment in the com munity.
Florence. Rutledge, L, and Mrs . and Mr. Manard Harvey.
Foster Parents Honored
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Mrs. Florence Rutledge, left, of 1365 N. Temperance Ave. has been
honored by the Fresno County Probation Department as foster parent of
the year. The county welfare department honored Mr. and Mrs. Manard
Harvey, 318 Garrett, as foster parents of the year. Mrs. Rutledge has
been a foster mother for eight years and now has six mentally retarded
children. The Harveys have been fo ster parents for more than 19 years
and have four foster children. The supervi sors proclaimed Dec . 3-9 as
foster parents' week in Fresno County.
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BLACK FOOTBALL STARS
Fresno City and County High Schools and Colleges produce some of
the best football players in the state. This month GRAPEVINE is featuring some of these outstanding athletes.
Calvin Young
Greg Boyd
All-American End
Reedley College
All-American (H.M.) Defense
Fresno City College
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Jeff Johnson
Malcolm Rosemond
All-League Running Back
Fresno City College
All-Metro Defensive Back
Edison High School
John Walker
Glenn Cotton
Al I-Metro Defensive Back
Roosevelt High School
All -League Offensive End
Fresno City College
James Lamar
Stanley Glenn
Curtis Mason
Keith Dayton
Back of the Year
Hoover High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Central High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Washington Union High School
All-Metro Running Back
Hoover High School
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Margaret Spencer, Bernice Robinson, Eva Lillian Session, Anjelean Blackburn, and La Fay Jay. Standing, L to
R. Faye Martha Kirkland, Flo Atwater, Gladys Walker, Lena McMurry, Irene Chandl e r, and Madeline Stanife r .
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the first club. The club is still active today . Sylvester Melancon is its current president. Seated, L to R, James
Adams, Roy Smith, Carl McGowan, Arthur Atwater, Evelyn Meyers, Allen Logan, Jim Brown, Waldo Porter,
Bennie Robinson, and Roscoe Logan. Standing, L to R, Julius (Budo) Thomas, Lee Clark, Burretl Bea ns , Matthew B. Thomas, Urrant Nealy, Marvin Thompson , Willie Ambers, T. J. Willis, George McArthu r, Bob McCarty,
James Lacy , Inman Eden, Lawrence Williams, and Dr. Earl Meyers . (Special thanks to Flo and Art Atwater for
providing the GRAPEVINE these photos.) Above photo 1959.
Big Brothers of Fresno
By Douglas Clemmons
Big Brothers has been operationa I in Fresno community since 1969.
The main source of support is
through Model Cities program plus
a fund raising drive.
The Big Brothers of Fresno de1iver direct service to any "fatherless" boy between the ages of
eight and seventeen in the Fresno
Metropolitan area that may or may
not be experiencing problems.
There are approximately 6,000 or
more boys in Fresno County without the presence of a father. At
least l ,000 of these boys are black.
We are currently serving nearly
200 kids. We have a waiting list
of nearly 100 kids right now that
are in need of service.
The purpose of the Big Brothers
organization is to assist these
young fellows through their development years. There are many
that grow up without the guidance
and companionship of a responsi•
ble male. This could possibly re•
suit in behavior problems, maladjustment, or trouble with the law.
Douglas Clemmons
This doesn't necessarily hold true
with all fatherless boys, but there At this time we need more black
are some that can benefit from our Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Their
reasonings are in terms of friend porgram.
Many of these boys are referred ship, feeling, relating. These reato the Big Brothers of Fresno sons are pertinent. The fact isthrough schools, probation, wel- They Need You. I am sure that
fare, courts, churches, mothers, or you will be rewarded, if not today, in years to come. No child
just interested people.
In April 1973, we began a Big ever forgets the person who gave
Sisters pilot program. We are cur- him or her a helping hand. Volunrently serving over sixty Little Sis- teers may be married or single.
ters. The orientation and proced- Volunteers may be employed, unure are similar to that of Big Bro- employed, students, or housewives .
thers. The needs are equally as From all walks of life Big Brothers
of Fresno are extending o helping
great.
Many black Little Brothers and hand. These young people need
Sisters in the community want only your help. If interested, please call
black Big Brothers and Big Sisters. 268-5737.
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Big Brother Levert Lucas enjoys a game of basketball with Elliott Hall.
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"Elegance with a difference, will
greet you when the Brothers of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity present their
17th Annual Christmas Ball.
This year's affair will be held in
the familiar surroundings of the
Sheraton Inn's Las Vegas Room
Christmas night.
Beauty will also highlight the
evening when the 1973-74 Sigma
Queen will be chosen.
These beautiful and talented
young ladies along with the Brothers of Gamma Xi extend an invitation for you to join the occasion for a truly delightful and funfilled Christmas evening.
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Judy Gant, Deputy Probation
Intern, is a student at Fresno
State University. After graduation
she would like to work in the field
of probation in Fresno County.
Her pastimes are dancing, cooking, sewing and traveling.
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Pearlie Ray, a Fresno City ColMary Prescott enjoys sewing ,
lege student, is currently working piano and sports when she's not
as a secretary. Her hobbies are attending Fresno City College. She
tennis, swimming, billiards and has plans to become a secretary in
badminton. After leaving FCC she the field of business after her gradplans to continue studying at FSU. uation.
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Beverly Agee, a Police Science
student, at Fresno City College and
clerk typist in the Court of Hearings and Appeals in Fresno.
She would like to become a vice
officer for the San Francisco Police
Dept after graduating from FSU or
San Francisco State.
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"Ir; Medlyn Goston, an Aquarius,
is an Industrial Arts major at Fresno
City College. Her ambition is to
earn her B.A. degree in drafting
and designing and to own and
manage her own firm. Being an
Aquarius she loves music, tennis,
and the wide open spaces.
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Patsy Green, another beauty,
Consuelo "Christi" Sterling, a
student at FSU, majoring in Mar- is a Mclane High graduate now
keting Management. Upon gradu- attending Fresno City College. Her
ation she hopes to enter into the ambition is to become a professionmarketing research field at the re- al dancer in the Black community.
After graduating from FCC she
tail level.
She enjoys interpreting musical plans to attend the College of Cresounds, designing clothes, and ative Studies at the University of
Santa Barbara.
dancing .
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West Fresnans to Honor Musicians
By Fay Jay
When the conversation turns to jazz, the references to New Orleans'
Bourbon Street, New York's Cotton Club and Memphis' Beal Street crop
up frequently.
But there is a story to be told, too, about West Fresno's F Street and
the old Twentieth Century Elks Club and of the musicians who found a
place for their music there.
Sadly, the old Elks Club is gone and the musicians who played there
(to the delight of many on audience), have fled to other places or other
lines of endeavor, taking their talents with them.
Lionel Hampton used to " sit in" with his friends and fellow musicians
at the Elks Club way back when he was on the road to fame with Benny
Good man.
There are still many Fresnans who remember Hamp's warm smile,
and a few, like Gene Morris, who can thank him for an introduction to
the Big Time. After a stint with Hampton, Gene went on to achieve a
name for himself on his own.
Gene Coy, an associate of such jazz greats as Count Basie and Benny
Moten brought his group to Fresno from the East Coa st. The bond included such young men as Andy Duryeau, Pee Wee Smith, Sonny Joy
and Lester Smith, along with Gene 's wife, Ann.
Once here, he helped develop a young musician named Kirk Kirkland,
who is still playing with a group including members of his own family.
Sonny Jay went on to ploy his way to prominence w ith Louis Jordon;
Andy went on to do his thing with Dizzy Gillespie and other groups.
George Zenovich, who now represents Fresno in the State Senate,
frequently dropped in to " jam " with other musicians. Few people are
aware Zenovich is not only a politician but an accomplished bass player as well.
Charles Carr played his way out of Chinatown and the Elks Club,
going on to fame with the hottest band in the land, the James Brown
Orchestra.
Billy Bigby, a member of a prominent Fresno family, got his start on
F Street and, before his death, worked with the Louis Jordon Sextet.
The late Gene Williams, one of Fresno's best known musicians found
an outlet for his jazz talents at the Elks Club. Williams ' remembrances
include a resolution passed by the California State Assembly.
Many others also practiced their art at the Elks Club: Bobby Logan, a
fine jazzman and rock musician; Merci Dee, a back-home blues musician
who made his mark with 'Lonesome Cabin Blues'; pianist Bob Carpenter,
saxophonist Charles Morse, vocalist, Bobby Brown, Curtis Ache, J . J.
Malone, Charles Banks, Troyce Key, Nathan Heard, Mable Brown,
Luther Smith, Earl and Evelyn Meyers, Bob White, Henry Simpson,
Charles Patterson and his brother, Halliard, who could ploy everyth ing
from Boogie to Boch; Thurlin Chiles, James Peal, T. S. Whitfie ld, Mac
Thomas (artist agent), Jess Cooley, Bill Morris, Woody Miller, Charles
Kirkpatrick, D. J. Crowford, Leoncie Williams, Frank Revis, Lester Powell
and Ed Burts.
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
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Special Announcement ...........................• 4
Guest Editorial-Edison High ............. 6
Youths learn About Heart Surgery ........ 7
Christmas Prayer .................................... 8
Chief for a Day ....................................•. 9
Students Beautify School ···········-··········· 1O
Music - Pointer Sisters .......................... 11
Worker of the Year ·······························-· 12
Foster Parents Honored .......................... 13
Black Football Stars .................. .............. 14
Only Yesterday ···························-··········· 16
Big Brother of Fresno ...........•....•............. 18
Sigma Sweetheart Candidates ................20
Musicians to Be Honored ........................ 22
Old Dudes Receive Award ...................... 26
law and Justice Appreciation Night ...... 27
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Following Through on Plans for Edison High
The figure just lies there. It will not go away. It was in a brief report
requested by the Fresno Board of Education on the reading ability of
last year's graduating seniors. The report said 41 of Edison High
School's 99 graduates-more than 41 percent-were reading below the
eighth grade level.
The percentage for the city's othe r g enera l-purpose high schools
ranged from Roosevelt's 19 per cent down to Bullard's 4 per cent.
Reading at an eighth-grade level is the school district's minim um
goal for high school graduates. It is a modest goal. For Edison to miss
it by so much is unacceptable.
Yet when the school board was making its final decision early this
year to rebuild rather tha n close Ed ison, it heard the Edison principal
boast about the flexib ility and res ponsiveness of the school's reading
program , and add :
" . . . The p rogram and curricular offerings at Edison provide for the
educational needs of its student body as well as any high school in
the district . . . "
FRANK JOHNSON, JR., center, and his Bullard Elementary classmates
watch Dr. William Owen dissect a calf's heart.
Maybe so . Certainly Edison, whose students are mostly black and
mostly poor, has been the victim of social and racial problems of the
community at large. Some of its best students have transferred to other
schools. The learning difficulties of many who remain do not lend them·s elves to quick correction. The faculty is no doubt giving its best.
But all the defenses in the world cannot obscure those bad results.
The fact is, Edison cannot continue to be a segregated island of w oefully low achievement. When the school board decided to rebuild the
school it pledged to develop a program which not only would meet the
needs of West Fresno youngsters but also would be so innovative and
attractive it would draw students from throughout the district and thus
relieve Edison's racial isolation.
Outside pressure has come from the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, which says d esegregating Edison is one of the actions the
district must take to comply with the Civil Rights Act.
This will be one of the use s of $3 million in federal funds for w hich
the district is preparing an application . So far the project, involving Edison and several other schools, has been described by the adm in istration
in general terms . When more details are forthcom ing the board sh ould
insist on digging beneath the educational jargon for specifics.
It might help to keep those Edison reading scores in mind .
-Fresno Bee
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December, 1973
Grades 1-3 Learn About Heart Surgery
"Don't doctors ever get sick of that?" a Bullard Elementary School
student asked as Dr. William Owen of Fresno, who was using a short
pair of scissors to open the heart of a calf.
The 22 students from Grades 1-3, selected for the special program
because of their hig her than average intelli g ence, w ere grouped around
a table in the classroom, watching the dissectio n.
Dr. Owen had agreed to speak to the class on the heart, a current
study project, and examining the animal 's heart w as a high point of
the visit.
They were curious, too, about the doctor.
"When you were in training did you have to study about the heart?"
a young student asked.
"The human heart, " Dr. Owen replied, as he worked with the scissors.
" Did you have to cut it [the human heart) up?" another asked.
The doctor nodded that he had.
A little boy's eyes widened and he exclaimed , "The people's heart?"
During the 45-minute period Dr. Owen used a plastic model of a heart
and some medical instruments as he spoke and answered questions
about blood circulation, blood pressure, and heart disease.
The Bullard class has the youngest students in the district who have
be~n tested and qualify for the Mentally Gifted Minors program, for
which the state contributes financial aid .
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Let us pray that strength and courage
abundant be given to all who work for
a world of reason and understanding •
that the good that lies in every man's
heart may day by day be magnified
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that men wil come to see more clearly
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that each hour may
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nation over nation, but of man over his
own evils and weaknesses
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that the true
spirit of this Christmas Season - its joy,
its beauty, its hope, and above all its
abiding faith - may live among us
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the blessings of peace be ours - the peace
to build and grow, to live in harmony and
sympathy with other , and to
plan for the future with
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December, 1973
'Chief For A Day'
Fire Chief Jack Huneke adjusts his fire helmet on Eric Johnson , an Edison High School student, as the youth begins a half day " work experience" as Fresno's acting fire chief. The event was part of the annual
Youth Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Optimi st Clubs of Fresno.
Youth from Fresno area high schools were the guests of city department
heads a nd elected officials at a luncheon and each student was appointed as a n acting city official. Each student who participated was selected
by his or her principal based on citizenship .
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Students, parents, and friends help landscape the new Columbia Schoo l.
Columbia Students Beautify School
Planting of trees as part of the landscaping at Fresno's Columbia
School is a joint effort as members of the student body council, parents
and guests participate. More than $500 was raised by student body
council functions and activities sponsored by the Teachers-Parents Advisory Committee. Each grade level at the school will have an area of
responsibility to make certain that plants are protected.
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Pointer Sisters Appear in Fresno
The Pointer Sisters, one-time
backup singers for various rock
groups and now something of a
sensation on their own recently appeared at the Fresno Sheraton Inn.
Born and reared in Oakland the
Pointer Sisters paid their due~ in
small east bay clubs and provided
background for Boz Scaggs, Tower
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role; the leader even paid tribute
to their importance by giving them
th e cover picture on an album .
Then last spring the Pointers recorded an album for Blue Thumb
0 ing songs of the 1930s to l 950~
rn a style critics generally praised
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enthusiastically and compared them
with the Boswell Sisters, Lambert,
Hendricks & Ross and the HiLos.
The record won them an engagement at Los Angeles' famous Troubadcr and at the Great American
Music Hall in San Francisco--and
rave reviews.
Long-legged, black and endowed with seemingly boundless energy, the Pointers have proved to
be a visual attraction as much as
a singing act on TV variety shows.
The appeal is based in part on
their style of outrageous costuming; they favor fashions that look
as if they might have been drug
out of their mother's trunk, with
the flair of the 1930s and 1940s.
Grapevine
Goodwill Worker of the Year
Stanton Gunter was adjudged to
be "almost totally helpless" when
he was transferred from Kelso Act ivity Center to the sheltered workshop at Goodw ill Industries 13
months a go. Now he is boss of the
a s is " yard there and has been
selected Goodwill Worker of the
Year.
Paul Egg leston, manager of
Goodwill Industries, called his
progress
" phenomenal "
while
pointing to Gunter as one of the
best examples of the "good" Good will Industries can do.
Founded in 1970 as a retail outlet for used household items, Goodwill Industri es has recently begun
"'advertising " its sheltered work shop, which offers work experience,
job training and evaluation for
handicapped people who cannot
compete in the regular labor market.
According to Eggleston, the fa.
cility is a transitional workshop
whe re persons can get train ing and
then join the community as "competing employees." Some workers
at Goodwi ll have limited capabil ities and for them the workshop
experience is a terminal one, Eggleston explained.
The facility operates as a " recycling center" for
household
items, Eggleston said, and work
Stanton Gunter
stems from the refurbishing aspects of making used furniture resala ble. Currently, there are 34
handicapped persons working in
the workshop and about one-th ird
of those are in a transitional program and will eventually, it is hoped, find employment in the com munity.
Florence. Rutledge, L, and Mrs . and Mr. Manard Harvey.
Foster Parents Honored
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Mrs. Florence Rutledge, left, of 1365 N. Temperance Ave. has been
honored by the Fresno County Probation Department as foster parent of
the year. The county welfare department honored Mr. and Mrs. Manard
Harvey, 318 Garrett, as foster parents of the year. Mrs. Rutledge has
been a foster mother for eight years and now has six mentally retarded
children. The Harveys have been fo ster parents for more than 19 years
and have four foster children. The supervi sors proclaimed Dec . 3-9 as
foster parents' week in Fresno County.
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BLACK FOOTBALL STARS
Fresno City and County High Schools and Colleges produce some of
the best football players in the state. This month GRAPEVINE is featuring some of these outstanding athletes.
Calvin Young
Greg Boyd
All-American End
Reedley College
All-American (H.M.) Defense
Fresno City College
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Jeff Johnson
Malcolm Rosemond
All-League Running Back
Fresno City College
All-Metro Defensive Back
Edison High School
John Walker
Glenn Cotton
Al I-Metro Defensive Back
Roosevelt High School
All -League Offensive End
Fresno City College
James Lamar
Stanley Glenn
Curtis Mason
Keith Dayton
Back of the Year
Hoover High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Central High School
All-Metro Defensive Back
Washington Union High School
All-Metro Running Back
Hoover High School
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Margaret Spencer, Bernice Robinson, Eva Lillian Session, Anjelean Blackburn, and La Fay Jay. Standing, L to
R. Faye Martha Kirkland, Flo Atwater, Gladys Walker, Lena McMurry, Irene Chandl e r, and Madeline Stanife r .
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the first club. The club is still active today . Sylvester Melancon is its current president. Seated, L to R, James
Adams, Roy Smith, Carl McGowan, Arthur Atwater, Evelyn Meyers, Allen Logan, Jim Brown, Waldo Porter,
Bennie Robinson, and Roscoe Logan. Standing, L to R, Julius (Budo) Thomas, Lee Clark, Burretl Bea ns , Matthew B. Thomas, Urrant Nealy, Marvin Thompson , Willie Ambers, T. J. Willis, George McArthu r, Bob McCarty,
James Lacy , Inman Eden, Lawrence Williams, and Dr. Earl Meyers . (Special thanks to Flo and Art Atwater for
providing the GRAPEVINE these photos.) Above photo 1959.
Big Brothers of Fresno
By Douglas Clemmons
Big Brothers has been operationa I in Fresno community since 1969.
The main source of support is
through Model Cities program plus
a fund raising drive.
The Big Brothers of Fresno de1iver direct service to any "fatherless" boy between the ages of
eight and seventeen in the Fresno
Metropolitan area that may or may
not be experiencing problems.
There are approximately 6,000 or
more boys in Fresno County without the presence of a father. At
least l ,000 of these boys are black.
We are currently serving nearly
200 kids. We have a waiting list
of nearly 100 kids right now that
are in need of service.
The purpose of the Big Brothers
organization is to assist these
young fellows through their development years. There are many
that grow up without the guidance
and companionship of a responsi•
ble male. This could possibly re•
suit in behavior problems, maladjustment, or trouble with the law.
Douglas Clemmons
This doesn't necessarily hold true
with all fatherless boys, but there At this time we need more black
are some that can benefit from our Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Their
reasonings are in terms of friend porgram.
Many of these boys are referred ship, feeling, relating. These reato the Big Brothers of Fresno sons are pertinent. The fact isthrough schools, probation, wel- They Need You. I am sure that
fare, courts, churches, mothers, or you will be rewarded, if not today, in years to come. No child
just interested people.
In April 1973, we began a Big ever forgets the person who gave
Sisters pilot program. We are cur- him or her a helping hand. Volunrently serving over sixty Little Sis- teers may be married or single.
ters. The orientation and proced- Volunteers may be employed, unure are similar to that of Big Bro- employed, students, or housewives .
thers. The needs are equally as From all walks of life Big Brothers
of Fresno are extending o helping
great.
Many black Little Brothers and hand. These young people need
Sisters in the community want only your help. If interested, please call
black Big Brothers and Big Sisters. 268-5737.
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Big Brother Levert Lucas enjoys a game of basketball with Elliott Hall.
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"Elegance with a difference, will
greet you when the Brothers of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity present their
17th Annual Christmas Ball.
This year's affair will be held in
the familiar surroundings of the
Sheraton Inn's Las Vegas Room
Christmas night.
Beauty will also highlight the
evening when the 1973-74 Sigma
Queen will be chosen.
These beautiful and talented
young ladies along with the Brothers of Gamma Xi extend an invitation for you to join the occasion for a truly delightful and funfilled Christmas evening.
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Judy Gant, Deputy Probation
Intern, is a student at Fresno
State University. After graduation
she would like to work in the field
of probation in Fresno County.
Her pastimes are dancing, cooking, sewing and traveling.
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Pearlie Ray, a Fresno City ColMary Prescott enjoys sewing ,
lege student, is currently working piano and sports when she's not
as a secretary. Her hobbies are attending Fresno City College. She
tennis, swimming, billiards and has plans to become a secretary in
badminton. After leaving FCC she the field of business after her gradplans to continue studying at FSU. uation.
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Beverly Agee, a Police Science
student, at Fresno City College and
clerk typist in the Court of Hearings and Appeals in Fresno.
She would like to become a vice
officer for the San Francisco Police
Dept after graduating from FSU or
San Francisco State.
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"Ir; Medlyn Goston, an Aquarius,
is an Industrial Arts major at Fresno
City College. Her ambition is to
earn her B.A. degree in drafting
and designing and to own and
manage her own firm. Being an
Aquarius she loves music, tennis,
and the wide open spaces.
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Patsy Green, another beauty,
Consuelo "Christi" Sterling, a
student at FSU, majoring in Mar- is a Mclane High graduate now
keting Management. Upon gradu- attending Fresno City College. Her
ation she hopes to enter into the ambition is to become a professionmarketing research field at the re- al dancer in the Black community.
After graduating from FCC she
tail level.
She enjoys interpreting musical plans to attend the College of Cresounds, designing clothes, and ative Studies at the University of
Santa Barbara.
dancing .
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West Fresnans to Honor Musicians
By Fay Jay
When the conversation turns to jazz, the references to New Orleans'
Bourbon Street, New York's Cotton Club and Memphis' Beal Street crop
up frequently.
But there is a story to be told, too, about West Fresno's F Street and
the old Twentieth Century Elks Club and of the musicians who found a
place for their music there.
Sadly, the old Elks Club is gone and the musicians who played there
(to the delight of many on audience), have fled to other places or other
lines of endeavor, taking their talents with them.
Lionel Hampton used to " sit in" with his friends and fellow musicians
at the Elks Club way back when he was on the road to fame with Benny
Good man.
There are still many Fresnans who remember Hamp's warm smile,
and a few, like Gene Morris, who can thank him for an introduction to
the Big Time. After a stint with Hampton, Gene went on to achieve a
name for himself on his own.
Gene Coy, an associate of such jazz greats as Count Basie and Benny
Moten brought his group to Fresno from the East Coa st. The bond included such young men as Andy Duryeau, Pee Wee Smith, Sonny Joy
and Lester Smith, along with Gene 's wife, Ann.
Once here, he helped develop a young musician named Kirk Kirkland,
who is still playing with a group including members of his own family.
Sonny Jay went on to ploy his way to prominence w ith Louis Jordon;
Andy went on to do his thing with Dizzy Gillespie and other groups.
George Zenovich, who now represents Fresno in the State Senate,
frequently dropped in to " jam " with other musicians. Few people are
aware Zenovich is not only a politician but an accomplished bass player as well.
Charles Carr played his way out of Chinatown and the Elks Club,
going on to fame with the hottest band in the land, the James Brown
Orchestra.
Billy Bigby, a member of a prominent Fresno family, got his start on
F Street and, before his death, worked with the Louis Jordon Sextet.
The late Gene Williams, one of Fresno's best known musicians found
an outlet for his jazz talents at the Elks Club. Williams ' remembrances
include a resolution passed by the California State Assembly.
Many others also practiced their art at the Elks Club: Bobby Logan, a
fine jazzman and rock musician; Merci Dee, a back-home blues musician
who made his mark with 'Lonesome Cabin Blues'; pianist Bob Carpenter,
saxophonist Charles Morse, vocalist, Bobby Brown, Curtis Ache, J . J.
Malone, Charles Banks, Troyce Key, Nathan Heard, Mable Brown,
Luther Smith, Earl and Evelyn Meyers, Bob White, Henry Simpson,
Charles Patterson and his brother, Halliard, who could ploy everyth ing
from Boogie to Boch; Thurlin Chiles, James Peal, T. S. Whitfie ld, Mac
Thomas (artist agent), Jess Cooley, Bill Morris, Woody Miller, Charles
Kirkpatrick, D. J. Crowford, Leoncie Williams, Frank Revis, Lester Powell
and Ed Burts.
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Phone 268-5800
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEADER AND A BOSS. H. George Selfridge
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The boss drives his men; the leader coaches them.
The boss depends upon authority; the leader on good will.
The boss says " I"; the leader, "we."
The bosses fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the
breakdown .
The boss knows how it is done; the leader shows how.
The boss says "Go "; the leader says "Let's go!"
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These musicians gave Fresno hours upon hours of jazz for years. F
Street and the Elks Club have earned a nook for contributing to the art
and creativity that 1azz requires.
There are some in Fresno intent upon making this known by establishing the West Fresno Jazz Hall of Fame as a tribute to those who
have brought so much pleasure to those who love jazz.
They feel Fresno should honor those who make the music. These jazz
buffs plan to honor several notable musicians at a music festival December 30 1n the Town & Country Lodge. Many Fresno musicians will
be there.
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APP~AISAL
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Rose Kelley admires the plaque that was presented to her husband,
Jack, by the students in the Law Enforcement Training Project at Fresno
State University for his extra efforts to make the project a success.
Law and Justice Appreciation Night
Approximately four hundred people attended the Law and Justice
Appreciation Night held recently at
the Fresno Convention Center. Jack
Kelley, the head of Law Enforcement Training Project at Fresno
State University, and the Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity were instrumental
in org.anizing the affair. Dr. Lee
Pat Brown, a former Fresnan, was
the guest speaker. Law enforcement officials from throughout the
state were in attendance.
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ALERT CLEANERS
Old Dudes Receive Award
OLD DUDES RECEIVE AWARD - Sylvester Me lancon (left), Presid ent of
The Old Dudes of Fresno, is shown receivi ng a Co mmu nity Service
Award from the Black Studies Faculty at Fresno State University for the
~lub's generous response to an urgent plea for fun d s to a id Mrs . Caroline Cooper. Lester Riggins, coordinator of the Black Studies program,
made the presentation .
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Phone: 268-2055
HAZEL AND VIRGIL HANKINS-OWNERS
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