The Grapevine Magazine · Grapevine, March-April 1974

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March-April, 1974

The Family Magazine

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People Laura Morse
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25th Wedding Anniversary .................. 9
Quote of the Month . ..
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Religion
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Early Black Inventors
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Grapevine Cartoon ... . .. .. . .... ..... . 14
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Scholarship Winners . ....... .......... . .. . 18
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The Bible ..
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Black Studies ........ ... .... .. . . • ... 24
Grammy Alt,(ard Winners
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Love Makes Laura 'Beautiful'

LAURA MORSE, chairman of the National Council of Negro Women's
Negro History Program, shows some of the art exhibits which were on
display in the Second Baptist Church.
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Laura Morse was on her way to
church recently when a 6-year-old
girl stopped her at the door.
"You know," said the girl, "you
are beautiful!"'
It was a precious moment for
Mrs. Morse, who knelt and kissed
the girl on the forehead. And it
was a fitting tribute to a woman
who has spent a lifetime being a
"beautiful" person.
A native of Louisiana, Mrs.
Morse came to Fresno in 1928 with
her family. Since then she has
worked as a volunteer with the
Buttercups at Valley Children's Hospital, served as president of the
American Legion Auxiliary, secretary of Church Women United,
treasurer of the War Mothers Club,
helped form the Parent-Teachers
Association at Columbia Elementary School and been active in numerous church and community activities.
Her recent project was serving
as chairman of the Negro History
Program sponsored by the Fresno
Chapter of the National Council of
Negro Women.
The program spotlighted local
persons who have made outstanding contributions to the Fresno
community. In addition, African art
objects, works of local artists and
handicrafts by senior citizens were
on display.
Choirs from the Mt. Pleasant
and Fellowship Baptist churches

March-April, 1974

performed.
Mrs. Jacqueline Hodge, regional
director for the State Department
of Education, and former NCNW
chapter president Mrs. Wanda A.
St. James were the featured speakers.
Mrs. Morse said she hoped the
program presented in conjunction
with National Negro History Week,
inspired Fresno area youth.
"The young men and women of
today need persons they can relate to," she said. "By featuring
short autobiographies of community leaders we hope to give the
youth something to pattern their
lives after."
Certainly all persons, young and
old alike would do well to pattern their lives after Mrs. Morse.
"Love and concern for others is
what motivates me," she said. "I
love helping children and the elderly. I love being busy, I don't
think I could ever sit still."
A mother of seven children, Mrs.
Morse says she believes each generation should do its best to leave
the world a little better for the
next generation.
"We're all bridge builders, " she
said. "Those who came before us
did their part and we've got to do
our part so the younger generation
can keep it going. You 've got to
leave the world a better place.
That's my motto."
Guy Keeler

Grapevine

25th Wedding Anniversary

Black TV Producer-Director
By Mattie Meyers

The children of Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Slade surprised them with a
party honoring their 25th Anniversary. Attending the party was a host
of friends and relatives . Robert Slade and the former Nolia White w~re
married January 8, 1949. Slade is a Civil Service employee for the Ci ty
of Fresno and she is an administrative secretary for the Fresno Colony
School District. The children are Mrs. Shirley Meyers, Robert Slade, Jr., and
Pamela Slade, all of Fresno .

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THE MAN WHO GETS THE JOB. God never calls the lazy or idle person
when He needs men for His service. When God needs a worker, He calls
a worker· when God wants a good servant, He calls a busy man. Moses
was bus; with his flocks at Horeb . Gideon was busy searching for his
father's lost beast. Elisha was busy plowing with 12 yoke of oxen.
David was busy caring for his father's sheep . Nehemiah was busy
serving the king . Amos was busy following the flock. Peter and Andrew
were busy fishing. James and John were busy mending their nets.
Matthew was busy collecting taxes. God has need for only busy men
who can be counted on to carry through a task.
International Religious News

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For a long time, the KFSN -Minority Advisory Comm ittee 's Black
Subcomm ittee has been trying to
get a Fresno documentary fi lmed .
Recently, Lou Gothard was engag ed to produce a Black World Outlook film on Institutiona l Racism
in Fresno. Formerly a producer-di rector for WPVJ -TV, Ph iladelphia,
Gotha rd is a member of the Na tional Organization of Black Com mun icators and has produced a
a number of programs and films
on behalf of the Black community.
Mr. Gothard is a graduate of the
University of Illinois and has done
graduate work in social work at
th e University of Chicago School of
Social Service Administration. He
is o member of the Academic
Council of Campus Free College,
Boston, Massachusetts, and serves
as Program Advisor in Community
Organization and Media. " Progra ms like 'Black World Outlook '
a re the best things to happen to
televis ion since ' Black Journal ',"
Gothard stated. He went on to say
that, "Authentic, independent Black
prog ramming is getting scarce and
groups like this (KFSN-MA Black
Subcommittee) have an even greater responsibility to the Black commun ity. The media doesn 't toler-

Lou Gothard
TV Producer-Director

ate truth very we ll , but it' s up to
us to test the limit." The f ilm will
be seen on Channel 30 du ri ng the
Spring. Persons interested in TV
or film production or in citizen action in media may contact Mr.
Gothard at the KFSN Minority Ad visory Committee office, 264-0761 .

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"The Black poor have a special responsibility: to not just accept
what they are given, but to train the young to conceive what we
need. The poor unworking mothers have all day to tour museums,
to window shop at department stores, to create story hours at
neighborhood libraries, to become helpers at schools, hospitals,
drug centers. A poor neighborhood should be spic and span,. the
streets should be well swept, since there are scores of men who
have nothing to do all day but hang around. They should organize
the boys and young men for sports in the parks and playgrounds.
The poor community should be crime free . Stealing a welfare or
Social Security check or someone's inadequate pension ought to
be unheard of in these communities, since the poor know only to
well of each others' needs and of the inadequacies of outside
help."

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Black people's "place" in the United States Christian churches
almost mirrors their role in the rest of American society. While all
major church bodies have some Black members, ~ost Black Christians are concentrated in six separate and predominantly - Black
denominations with a combined membership of over eleven million. Largest among them, in fact the world' s largest single group
of Black Christians, are the 8 million (plus) members of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., the National Baptist Convention
of America and the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Another 2 million (plus) members are divided among the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Method ist Ep iscopal Zion
Church, and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
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BLACK INVENTIONS
EARLY BLACK INVENTORS
Few people, both Black and white, know such widely used articles as the horseshoe, bottle cap, golf tee, law mower, refrigerators, clothes dryer, automatic stop sign, folding chair, pencil sharpener, fountain pen, ironing board and the the mop were invented
and patented by Black people.
The list of inventions by Black people goes on and on. Unfortunately, most of these little known inventors received no money
or only a token amount for what their inventions were actually
worth. Because of the lack of financial support from the white
banking institutions most Black inventors were forced to allow
whites to demonstrate their products for them.
However, because of the great number of energetic young
scholars now searching into the annals of the past much is becoming known about the great history of the Black people. Since
the omission of Black Americans from our history books was
brought to attention of the public only recently it is anticipated
that within a few years books will be jam-packed with documented
Black glory.
In the meantime, the next time you ride on an elevator, open
your refrigerator door, or mow your lawn do it with a great sense
of pride.
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Beard, A. J.
Blackburn, A. B.
Blackburn, A. B.
Boone, Sarah
Brooks, C. B.
Brown, 0. E.
Burr, J. A.
Carrington, T.A.
Cralle, A. L.
Darticus, C. J.
Darticus, C. J.
Downing, P.B.
Flemming, R. F., Jr.
Goode, Sarah E.
Grant, G. F.
Jackson, B. F.
Johnson, I. R.
Johnson, W.
Jones & Long
Lavalette, W. A.
Love, J. L.
Marshall, T. J.
Miles, A.
Nichols & Latimer
Phelps, W. H.
Purdy & Sadgwar
Purvis, W. B.
Ray, L. P.
Robinson, E. R.
Smith, J. W.
Standard, J.
Stewart, T. W.
Taylor, B. H.
Woods, C. T.

INVENTION
Folding Bed
Rotary Engine
Railway Signal
Spring Seat for Chairs
Ironing Board
Street Sweepers
Horseshoe
Lawn Mower
Range
Ice Cream Mold
Machine for Embossing Photo
Hose Leak Stop
Electric Switch for Railroad
Guitar
Folding Bed
Golf Tee
Matrix Drying Apparatus
Bicycle Frame
Egg Beater
Caps for Bottles
Printing Press
Pencil Sharpener
Fire Extinguisher
Elevator
Electric Lamp
Apparatus for Washing Vehicles
Folding Chair
Fountain Pen
Dust Pan
Electric Railway Trolley
Lawn Sprinkler
Refrigerator
Mop
Rotary Engine
Telephone Transmitter

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ALL-METRO BASKETBALL TEAM
Michael Leslie and Gilbert Myles
have been teammates since the
seventh grade. Together, the Edison High School guards produced
basketball supremacy.
Leslie and Myles closed their
prep basketball careers in a picture of togetherness, chosen the coPlayers of the Year on the 1974
All-Metro team selected by The
Bee, KMJ and KMJ-TV.
Edison, which swept through the
North Yosemite League with a 140 record and completed the season
with a 29- l record, is also represented on the first team by junior
center Raymond Hamilton and
Coach of the Year Percy Carr.
The first five also has two other
centers, Roosevelt's Eddie Adams
and San Joaquin Memorial's junior
Sammy Pondexter.
Myles was the squad's top scorer, getting 583 points in 30 games.
He also led the Tigers in rebounding with 204 and had 90 assists .
Leslie was the Edison playmaker, handing out 159 assists . He
scored 412 points. The only real difference in the two outstanding college prospects is size-Leslie at 5feet- l l and Myles 6-2.
Hamilton, a 6-5 junior, was Edison 's top scorer in League play
and finished the season with 339
points, 193 rebounds and 26 assists. He played in 27 games for
Edison.
Adams, a 6-4 senior on the
young Roosevelt team which placed third in the NYL standings, scored 370 points in 25 games. He
was the area 's leading rebounder
with 237.
Pondexter becomes the third
member of his family to earn AllMetro honors . Despite missing
some practice because of football ,
the 6-4 junior scored 342 points
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l'ercy Carr, Edison
Coach of the Year

Raymond Hamilton
Edison

Gilbert Myles
Edison

Michael Leslie
Edison

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and grabbed 167 rebounds in 22
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Carr, whose four years at Edison
have produced three NYL championships or cochampionships, sa id
the league season was the most
satisfying for his Tigers. Edison
lost in its season finale to Tulare,
ending a perfect record.
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Black Students Win $1,000 Scholarships
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Susan Mosley

Barbara Jones

Hoover High School seniors Barbara J. Janes and Susan T. Mosley
have won scholarships of $1,000
or more in the l 0th annual National
Achievement Scholarship
Program for Outstanding Negro
Students.
The program, which is administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., included 384 winners from schools in 36 states, the
District of Columbia, and overseas
schools that enroll U.S. citizens.
Miss Jones was among 124 students to receive a renewable, corporate-sponsored scholarship that
provides between $1,000 and
$6,000 for four college years, depending on financial need . Her
award is the California Physicians '
Achievement Scholarship.
Miss Mosley was among 260
students to receive a nonrenewable
$1,000 scholarship sponsored by

Standard Oil Company of Cal ifornia.
The awards are based on a student's academic and extracurricula r
record, test scores, and other information submitted by the student and the school.
Miss Jones, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Jones of 6128
N. l 0th St., plans to study in medical technology.

DIAMONDS ... A
SAFE INVESTMENT
The fact that a much larger fortune in gems can be carried than in gold,
and that in unexpected times of need they can be converted into the
necessities of life, make diamonds as a liquid asset extraordinarily desirable.
Diamonds pay important dividends in the pride and pleasure brought to
their owners; if cared for, they do not deteriorate in general and do. not
fluctuate widely in value. Therefore, if the need arises, a portion of the
original cost can always be realized quickly on forced sale.

Miss Mosley, the daughter of
Mrs. Nellie Mosley of 4844 N. Rec- .
reation Ave., plans to study in the
theater arts.
About 50,000 black students
from 6,000 schools took the initial
qualifying test in October 1972. A
year later, about 1,400 were named semifinalists, and that number
was screened to 1,000 finalists
from which the winners were chos en.

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The criminal justice system must be changed if the pervasive
problem of crime is to be overcome. Yet there are some things
which you as an individual can do to help. You can stop crime
by NOT BUYING HOT GOODS! When you buy hot goods you create an outlet for stolen merchandise. You also make crime profit-

able for the thief. If you stop buying hot goods there will be no
profit in stealing. Think about it. YOU can stop crime.
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will remember with pleasant memories the initiation of the members •o ttie Iota Phi Lambda
Sorority Gamma Eta Chapter that was held on July 22, 1956, in Fresno California. Front row (L to R) Mrs.
Bernice Brewer, Rose Kelley, Jacqueline Hodge, Mattie Meyers, Frances Goodwin, and Josephine Long. Middle
row (L to R) Mrs . Maude Hunter, Lucy Crossley, Hycinthia Johnson, Miss Bennie Conley, and Ann Wicks Johnston. Back row (L to R) Mrs. Velda Boutte, Willadyne Gaston, Betty Thomas, Joan Haynes, Addie Mae McDonald, Nadine Mayo, and Elma Sterling.

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"Public-opinion polls have revealed that the avearge person's
knowledge of the Bible is extremely limited. Few of those questioned could name a dozen of its leading characters. Fewer still
could list its sixty-six books. Many had but the vaguest concept of
its origin or purpose and were utterly confused about its teachings.
They could not distinguish between the books of the Old and the
New Testaments and were completely at a loss to find a familiar
text. . . .
"Yet, down through the centuries the Bible has proved itself to
be a book of high spritual potency. Many of the finest men and
women known to history have drawn their inner strength from its
pages. Time and again it has demonstrated a mysterious power to
change lives, ennoble the spirit, enrich the mind, enlarge the vision,
broaden the sympathies, and transform the desires. Great preachers have found it to be a treasure house of truth, while statesmen,
teachers, and writers have never ceased to mine its literary riches.
"Here, then, is a strange paradox. We have a book that everybody is willing to admit is the best, the greatest, and the most
wonderful ever written; a book that has lasted longer than any
other; a book that has been circulated more widely than any
other; a book that has done more good than any other; and yet
one of the least read of all books ever published today."

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THE TRUTH ABOUT WELFARE
In a recent "Memo From COPE," a publication of the Comm ittee on
Political Education of the AFL-CIO, 10 key facts were printed to dispel
the myths which have grown up in this country concerning welfare.
Herewith from COPE the fact sheet on "Welfare: Everybody's Whipping Boy":
FACT NO. 1 - People wind up on welfare not because they are
cheats, loafers or malingerers, but because they are poor. They are not
just poor in money, but in everything. They've had poor education,
poor health care, poor chances at decent employment and poor prospects
for anything better.
FACT NO. 2 - But even most of the poor are not on welfare. Some
15 million Americans receive some form of welfare benefits. There are
more than 25 million officially below the poverty level of $4000 a year
for a family of four. Another 30-50 million are just barely above it.
And $4000 a year, as everyone knows, does not afford extravagance.
FACT NO. 3 - Of the 15 million receiving welfare, about eight million are children under 16 years· of age.
FACT NO. 4 - less than one percent--about 150,000-of the welfare
recipients are able-bodied employable males. Many of these are in
their late-middle years. Most are uneducated . All are required by law
to sign up for work or work training. A government study shows more
than 80 percent want to work, rather than draw welfare, and among
the fathers in this group one in three is enrolled in work training .
FACT NO. 5 - Apart from children and the relative handful of potential employables, on welfare are more than two million aged, more
t han one million totally and permanently disabled or blind, three million mothers. All of these are in programs roughly supported 50-50 by
state and federal funds.
FACT NO. 6 - No one is getting rich on welfare. It allows, at best,
barebone living. In no state does the average welfare payment bring a
family up to poverty level. Maximum payments for a family of four
range from $700 a year in Mississippi to $3600+ in New York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
FACT NO. 7 - Cheating and fraud in welfare are minimal. There is,
of course, some cheating and dishonesty among welfare clients. Try to
imagine any program involving 15 million persons that is entirely free
of fraud. But the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
estimates there is cheating among fewer than one percent of welfare
cases.
FACT NO. 8 -More than 48 percent of welfare families are white;
about 43 percent are black. Most of the remaining are American Indians, Orientals and other racial minorities. The · reasons for the high
percentage of blacks are self-evident; more than 34 percent of the
blacks in the U. S. have incomes below the poverty level, compared to
13 percent of the white population.
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SPORTS
Black Studies
For the past year as the nation has moved to the right Black
Studies has been under attack. In some schools it has been nearly
phased out.
It appears that the development and expansion of Black Studies
requires eternal vigilence and struggle with the reactionary academic forces of this system.
We suggest during this time, black political counter attacks
ought to be undertaken on the local, state and federal monies that
flow to colleges and universities that fail to expand their Black
Studies Departments.
Students should see to it that they take at least one black studies
course each term . And if necessary students should return to the
political demonstrations of the sixties that got Black Studies initiated.
Black Studies faculty should hold state and regional conventions to stimulate curriculum development, research, intercollegiate
communication, and political survival.
Black Studies is still the foundation of contemporary urban education.

Basketball players Gilbert Myles of Edison High, left, Bruce Bowen of
Merced Junior College, center, and Charles Bailey of Fresno State University hold plaques signifying them as Winter Athletes-of-the-Year. The
presentations were made at the San Joaquin Valley Sportswriters-Sportscasters Association meeting .
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Stevie Wonder Is Big Winner

n Annual 'Grammy' Awards'

" Killing Me Softly With His
Song," a ballad about the emotional impact of music, was named
record of the year recently at the
16th annual Grammy Awards, giving singer Roberta Flack her second such honor in two years.
"I'd like to thank the world,"
exclaimed Miss, Flack, spreading
· her arms wide. She also accepted
a golden statuette for best female
pop performance, also a repeat
award for her.
Miss Flack thanked her record
company "for having the good
sense to sign me."
The most awards of the evening
-four-went to blind singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, who received
a standnig ovation as he was led
to the stage by his mother.
Stevie Wonder

Accepting the first of his awards,
Wonder handed his statuette to
his mother, Loulah Hardaway of
Detroit, saying, "I would like for
you all not to give this to me but
to my mother.''

Aretha Franklin

16th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS

Here are some of the winners in the 16th Annual Grammy Awards
presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and S~iences
recently.

Beaming at her son, Mrs . Hardaway said, "I would like to thank
you all for making this 'the sunshine of my life' tonight."

* Rhythm
and blues vocal performance group
Georgia," Gladys Knight and the Pipps.

Moments later, Wonder made
another trip to the stage to receive
the award for best pop vocal performance for that song, "You Are
the Sunshine of My Life." He accepted that one in memory of the
late singer Jim Croce, who was
killed in a plane crash last year.
Wonder also was honored in the
categories of best rhythm and
blues song, "Superstition," album
of the year, "lnnervisions," and
best rhythm and blues vocal, "Superstition. "
Grapevine

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Rhythm and blues male vocal: "Superstition," Stevie Wonder.
Male pop vocal performance: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life,"
Stevie Wonder.
Rhythm and blues song, songwriter's award: "Superstition," Stevie
Wonder.
Rhythm and blues instrumental: "Hang on Sloopy," Ramsey Lewis.
Female rhythm and blues vocal: "Master of Eyes," Aretha Franklin.
Engineered recording: "lnnervisions," Stevie Wonder.
Instrumental arrangements: "Summer in lhe City," Quincy Jones.
Pop vocal group: "Neither One of Us Want to Be the First to Say
Goodbye," Gladys Knight and the Pipps.
Female vocal: "Killing Me Softly with His Song," Roberta Flack.
Album of the year: "lnnervisions," Stevie Wonder.
Record of the year: "Killing Me Softly with His Song," Roberta Flack
and Joel Dorn, producer.

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They want to be sure and count
the "seconds" it takes the 168pound Panther to pin his opponent. In 42 matches this season,
Manning has lost only twice.
The senior has worked with the
speed and precision of a stopwatch in gaining 32 pins, including 25 in the first round.
"Getting a pin quickly is the
best thing you can do, " said Manning, "because this way you can
get more rest for your next match."
No one is about to questioh i
Manning's philosophy. His muscu'I:
ar build and record do all the
talking His reasoning has reaped
rich dividends, including a North
Sequoia League weight title.
"I just try to build up enough
confidence before the match, so I
can go out there and do anyTony Manning
thing," said Manning. "Sometimes
When Tony Manning steps onto I get too much confidehce and I
a wrestling mat, Washington Un- have to sit back and rest so I won't
ion High School fans automatical- go out and make a fool of myself."
ly check their watches.

Epps Shares MVP Award
TULARE - Veteran Willard Epps
of the valley champion Tulare High
School Redskins and sharp-shooting guard Rance Mullinicks of Monache head the 1973-74 All-East
Yosemite League basketball team.
Epps, a 6-3 guard, and the highscoring Mullinicks were named coMost Valuable Players by the EYL
coaches.
Epps was the league's MVP a
year ago and is on the all-conference team for the third year. Mullinicks is also a repeat pick from last
season.
Joining Epps and Mullinicks on
the first team are Ron Hill of Delano, Tulare junior Tom Wilson and
Porterville.
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Willard Epps
Grapevine

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We're wise if we but bear in mind, when counting up our treasures,
that sharing them does not divide but multiple our pleasures.

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Oftimes it shows a good command of language just to keep still.

The world is full of people who are making a good living but who
are not living good.

To be the man of the hour, make good use of every minute.

Many people have the right aim in life, but they never pull the
trigger.
Homes are like banks; they go broke if you take out more than you
put in.

The picture of Christ in our lives is developed in the darkroom of
trials.
When we love God, we cannot hate men.
Keeping too much in your pocket may drive the Lord out of your heart.

When you don't see in any other direction, look up!
A friend is one who comes in when the world has gone out.

Life is a mirror; if you smile upon it; it smiles back at you.

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ORIGINALS

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Fresno
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NEW KARATE SCHOOL OPENS

Bob Tillman,
originally from
Long Beach, now a student at Fresno State University, has recently
opened "The Shorin Ryu Karate
School" in Fresno, California.
Tillman is a black belt holder of
the Shorin Ryu Karate School. His
training began seven years ago in
Long Beach under the instruction of
Tom White a Third Degree black
belt holder. Out of White's fifteen
original students, Tillman is one of
three who obtained the title of
black belt.
Tillman came to Fresno University three years ago on an athletic
scholarship. He has taught self defense classes at the University for
the past two and one-half years
while attending classes. He has al so been teaeching a self defense
class at the "Bigby Villa" apartGrapevine

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ment complex.
Being active with youth in different areas since moving to Fresno, Tillman has been a student
coach at Edison High School under
the supervision of football coach
Bill Stewart and has spent three
summers as a life guard at Edison
High School and Frank H. Ball
playground.
Tillman, a criminology major,
states, "Karate is a form of art
that builds the mind as well as
the body. If the mind and body
are not as one then the spirit is
not in harmony with oneself."
Tillman has much to say about
the sudden interest in Karate within the Black community. "For many
years karate has been kept a secret among the Chinese and some
well to do people who could afford to learn the art. In the last
five years people such as Steve
Sanders, Jerry Smith, and Tom
White have helped bring Karate to
the Black community. These men
have formed the Black Karate Federation (BKF) in Los Anegeles. I
hope in the near future to have
my school become a link of the
Federation, " states Tillman.
Students who are seriously interested in learning the art of Karate must be able to devote at
least four hours weekly to class
workouts. This does not include
the time students are expected to
spend at home practicing. Anyone
wishing further information about
Bob Tillman 's " Shorin Ryu Karate
School" should phone 486-1580
after 5:00 p.m. for an appointment. The general public is also
welcome to visit the school in Fresno on C street and Merced to observe classes between 6:30 and
8 p.m., on Monday's, Wednesday 's, and Friday's.
March-April, 1974

Bob Tillman demonstrates Karate techniques with student, Gary Ellis,
left.
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Special Research Consultant

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DR. ARTHUR LITTLETON, Special Research Consultant for a newly fund ed
FSU Hearing and Speech project, confers with g raduate clinician Carolyn
Banks regarding progress of the free bi-weekly hearings and sp~ech
clinic located in the Hale Medical Center. Dr. Littleton , nationally known
developer of educational materials and author of "Black Viewpoints,"
commutes to California from St. Louis where he received his doctorate a t
the University of St. Louis .

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