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The Family Magazine
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March-April, 1975
Featuring:
Dr. Edward Mosley
David Barber
Charles Hodge
Jacqueline Smith
Janette Thompson
Steve Stain
Jeral Richardson
Pauline Kimber
Lesly Kimber
Floyd Harris
Dorothy Smith
Jam" Tuckw
Ollie Dimery
Duane Quinn
Raymond Hamilton
Michael McGough
Michelle Kirkland
Earl Meyers, Jr.
And many mo,.
Articles of Interest
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Art Career ............................................. 6
Young People - Jacqueline Sm ith ...... 7
Scholarships ............................................ 9
Sports •- Jeral Richardson .................. 10
Sports Raymond Hamilton ................ 11
Newspaper Publishers Honored ............ 12
Public Defenders Investigator ................ 13
Black Policemen ...................................... 14
Religion ................................................... 16
Golden Anniversary ............. .. ... .............. 18
Music Earl Meyers Jr ....................... 19
Art Mike McGough .......................... 20
Alpha Sweetheart Winner ...................... 21
Stigma of Welfare ................................. 22
Big Brothers/Sisters .............................. 24
Education - Cha rles Hodge ................ 2c
Education - New Board Members ......27
New Boa rd President ........................... 29
Next Month - Pondexter Brothers ....... 30
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YOUNG PEOPLE
David Babers Plans Art Career
Fourteen Hamilton Junior High
students of Fresno participated in
the annual all city and county
Cheerleading and Pep Girl competition. Miss Jacqueline Smith better known as Jackie, stands 5 ft.
5 ½ in. tall and weighs 115 lbs.
She is the first Black girl that has
ever been chosen for cheerleader
at Hamilton Jr. High. Recently
Hamilton's Junior High Cheerleaders took first place in competition
throughout the city and county.
Jackie attends Fellowship Baptist Church and is an alto singer
in the Insights, Unlimited group.
She also plays the piano, models
and dances. She has won three
trophies for modeling and dancing. The fourth trophy was won
with the Cheerleading group. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joel L. Smith, Sr.
By Tami Willis
Washington Union High Schoo,
Jacqueline Smith
David Babers, a WUHS senior, is fast becoming Washington Union's
very own Rembrandt. He recently received a scholarship which was
sponsored by the Women 's league of Fresno.
Because of David 's major interests and ability in various sketches
and drawings, he was selected by Mr. Harry Thalman, WUHS art teacher, as a candidate for the scholarship.
The scholarship was offered to those throughout several high schools
who held an artistic talent and a financial need.
David is now enrolled at Fresno's Art Center for one semester. After
he finishes his education, he plans to attend Fresno City College as an
art major, in hopes of becoming a commercial artist.
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Janette F. Thompson of Selma
High School and Steven C. Stain of
Fresno are among 394 winners in
the 11th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Students, which is
administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Miss Thompson, a Selma High
student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship. She is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Thompson of
8482 E. Rose Ave., Selma.
Stain, a Hoover High School student, will receive a renewable
scholarship worth from $1,000 to
$6,000 over four years . He is a
son of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Stain
of 4888 N. Rowell Ave. The
March-April, 1975
amount for such winners is not
made public because it is based
on confidential family financial information.
The winners are judged by the
selection committee "to be the
most outstanding and to have the
best potential for success in college and in their adult lives. "
Initially, 50,000 black students
from 6,000 high schools took the
preliminary test. The winners were
selected from among 1,000 semifinalists.
A total of 272 students won the
one-time $1,000 schola rships, and
122 won th~ corporate-sponsored
renewable scholarships.
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Hamilton Named To Northern California
High School Basketball Team
SPORTS
Lost to the CSUF track team in
1974 due to an injury, Richardson
has already proven that he is
ready to compete in 1975. A Fresno City College product, he is the
holder of the current Bulldog high
jump record of 7 -0. His school record jump was made at the 1973
West Coast Relays, where that
leap earned for him the honor of
Outstanding Collegiate Performer
of the Relays . This year Jeral is
hoping for a height of 7-2, a good
goal after a year's layoff.
Richardson was recently hired
as Director of Recreation of Fowler, California .
Jeral Richardson
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Raymond Hamilton of the val ley champion Edison Tigers, Greg
Deane of Tulare, Charles Tate of
Chowch ill a and Mike Galloway of
Exeter were se lected to the 44man team.
The team wa s selected by the
Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation and will be honored at an
awards ceremony April 26 at San
Jose State University.
Bi II Cartwright, the 7 -footer
from Elk Grove near Sacramento
tops the team, being named th~
most valuable player.
Hamilton shot 55 per cent from
the field, scored 470 points and
grabbed 296 rebounds to pace Edison to a 26-2 season record and
the valley title.
Deane, a 6-5 guard, set a season and career scoring record at
Tulare with 592 points this year
and 1,281 for three seasons.
Galloway scored a school-record 590 points this year for a career mark of 1,352 points. The 63 guard also handed out 118 assists to Exeter teammates.
Raymond Hamilton
Tate was the big gun in ChowFour San Joaquin Valley ath- chilla 's 24-2 season record and
letes have been named to the All- West Sierra League championship.
Northern California High School The 6-1 guard scored 434 points
basketball team.
and had 162 assists .
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Public Defenders Investigator
Michelle Kirkland
Michelle Kirkland is employed
as a Defense Investigator for the
County of Fresno's Public Defenders Office. Her work encompasses
criminal investigation for the defense of the accused person which
involves locating and interviewing
witnesses and victims, photography, scene sketching, court appearances for testimonial purposes and
serving subpoenas.
Ms. Kirkland attended Fresn~s
San
Joaquin
Memorial High
School, and is a 1973 graduate of
California State University at Fresno where she received a B.S. degree in criminology. While in attendance at CSUF she was employed by the Law Enforcement
training project and placed in the
Fresno County Juvenile Probation.
She has a daughter named MeKsisa.
Ms. Kirkland is the daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Kirkland of Fresno, California. She is a member
of Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel
Church. Her affiliations iniclude
membership in the Iota Omicron
Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority and the Californ•a
Investigators Assocition.
Purse Snatcher Welcomes Police
Who Capture Him
ACLU Honorees
Mr. and Mrs. Lesly Kimber, publisher and editor of the California
Advocate, a Fresno newspaper, are the 1975 recipients of the Fresno
Chapter's American Ci°vil Liberties Union Award. The couple was presented the award recently during the third annual pres.entation of the
award. They were credited with "making an indelible mark on the
Fresno community by maintaining a constant vigil against the encroachment of civil liberties by law enforcement agencies and a vigorous
uusade for the rights of minorities."
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - A 20-year-old purse snatcher got more
than he bargained for at a San Jose shopping center.
Police said the man snatched a purse and ran through a vacant
lot with a nearby truck in pursuit. The truck knocked him down
but he managed to limp away.
A second citizen pulled a gun and told him to stop. Two shots
were fired at the thief, but he escaped and hid in a garbage can.
A third passerby opened the garbage can and held a knife at
the purse snatcher's throat until police arrived.
"I'm glad you're here," police quoted Jim Coburn, Jr., as saying. "Everybody's trying to kill me."
March-April, 1975
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Officer Lawrence Brookter on his beat.
Why Do Blacks Become Policemen?
by Gail
Pig.
Blacks and whites alike see or
hear this word and attach two
meanings to it - one for the fourlegged barnyard inhabitant and
o ne for the policeman.
Television and movie dramas
have depicted policemen in roles
ranging from good officer types to
the cop on the take.
Most blacks have felt the racial
animosity that exists in America
today at one time or ~nother in
their lives. Why thel"\, many of
them ask, would a black man take
on the role of law enforcer to a
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society which has not afforded
him equal citizenship?
Who is the black policeman?
What is he all about?
These are some of the questions
I had in mind when I set out to
interview three two-year veteran
officers of the Fresno County Police Department.
Kirkus Brooks, Lawrence Brookter and Freeman Young have only
one thing in common-their blackness . Each one had very different
reasons for wanting to join the
police force .
Kirkus Brooks, 24, joined the
March-April, 1975
force because he was interested in which, like it or not, make everyknowing just what happened to thing go."
He sees the life of a police ofthe youngsters he worked with in
his capacity of social service aide ficer as one in which there is no
at the California Youth Authority time out.
" A cop is a cop all the time
ICY A). He wanted to see the streets
the kids came from and the con- whether on duty or off. It's more
ditions which made these CYA than a job. It's on obligation to
kids end their adolescence in an uphold a balance," said Young.
A native of Gurdon, Arkansas,
institution.
The father of three, Brooks, born Young has been in Fresno since
in Grady, Ark., has lived in Fresno 1966. Now a senior business adfor 15 years. He graduated from ministration major at CSUF, Young
Mclane High School in 1968 and would like to go into the police
is now a senior at the California department's administration diState University at Fresno, major- vision.
ing in criminology. He'd like to
Prior to his work on the force,
advance to the scientific end of Young was a corrections officer for
criminal investigations.
the Fresno County Sheriff's office
The three officers concenslJS on for two years.
whether race plays a large role in
Fresno born Lawrence Brookter,
their function as policemen is that 23, is gung-ho about police work
it does not.
and feels it is the best field a
Says Brooks, "As far as I am young man might choose to enter.
concerned, my job as a police of"It's interesting with a constantficer does not involve me with
ly changing pace and a tremendfeelings of race. My first thoughts ous range of-job-opportunities,"
are with violations of the law and
said Brookter.
my own personal safety.
Married with one child, Brook'" Black, white, brown are all the ter graduated trom Central Union
High School in 1969. He is a junsame color to me if they're breaking the law.
ior criminology major at CSUF and
"One thing, though, which realas an eventual goal would like to
ly irritates an officer is when inbe a police training officer.
dividuals who are being questionMy questions answered, I coned get downright belligerent." He cluded that maybe the ultimate
cautioned, "A calm, cooperative value in having different kinds of
attitude can go a long way even
people in a police force was in
if the matter has to be finally setthe difference themselves.
tled in a court."
Variations in people bring variSays Freeman Young, 27, '"Ever ations in ideas and ultimate
since I could remember l"ve want- growth and expansion to any ined to know what was going on. I stitution.
wanted to be one of the people
The very presence then of blacks
who would know what to do when and other minorities to the police
emergencies came about and be
department can only mean better
in control of a situation.
understanding between ethnic mi" From what I could see as a
norities and the rest of the society
child growing up, the police and
in which they are contained.
fire departments seemed to have
Perhaps,, someday, "pig"' will
this capacity." Says Young, "I again by synonymous with the
have a great respect for the rules, oink, oink variety!
March-April, 1975
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JESUS CHRIST: MESSIAH OR PHONY?
By Ray Steele, Jr.
Is Jesus Christ a fraud?
Among His numerous assertions, Jesus claimed to be the
promised Messiah of Israel, the only approach to God, His
father, the savior of man - even equality with God.
And as millions celebrate His birth nearly 2,000 years ago,
few will deny His humanity. Yet the number is small who will
admit His diety.
He was God, as He claimed, or He was a liar. And if a liar,
then He was a hypocrite because He taught others to be honest, whatever the cost, while He was living a colossal lie.
Furthermore, He was with God from the beginning and condescended to come to earth as God's sacrifice for man's s ins,
or He was an imposter, a fool and a lunatic because it w as
His clainfs to being God which led to His death on the cross.
The statements Jesus made never fell from the lips of a ny
other sane man and, as claims made in a court of law, demand overwhelming evidence before a verdict can be reached
by the inquiring individual.
From Genesis to Malachi, the first and last books of the O ld
Testament, the Bible speaks of the promised Messiah, the Annointed One, the Son of the Living God.
Genesis 3: 15 says the Messiah shall be the seed of woman
and Genesis 12 and 15 declare that He shall be the seed of
Abraham .
Genesis 49 says He will come from the tribe of Judah a nd
II Samuel 7 says He will be of the house and lineage of David.
The prophet Daniel details the general time period of His
first coming, and Micah pinpoints His birthplace at Bethlehem.
Malachi says a messenger (identified in the New Testament as
John the Baptist) would prepare the way for Him.
Several men in history could claim to fulfill a few of the 60
ma jor prophecies concerning Jesus in the Old Testament, which
was written over 1,000 years, ending about 400 years before
Jesus was born. But only Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled them all.
Peter Stoner, a professor emeritus of science at Westmont
College and author of the book "Science Speaks," says the
probability of just eight of these prophecies being fulfilled by
one man are one in 100 quadrillion (100,000,000,000,000,000).
The eight he chose are: (1) birth at Bethlehem; (2) preceded
by a messenger; (3) entering Jerusalem on a donkey; (4) beGrapevine
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March-April, 197S
trayal by a friend; (5) sold for 30 pieces of silver; (6) throwing
the silver pieces into God's house and using them to buy a
burial place; <n refusal to answer His accusers, and (8) His
hands and feet were pierced and He was crucified with thieves.
Furthermore, consider the evidence of those who saw Him.
Peter, who Christ called as one of the 12 apostles, said,
"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Philip, an•
other apostle, said, "We have found Him of whom Moses in
the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son
son of Joseph."
And consider the word of the world's most famous doubter,
Thomas, who said he would not believe until he could put his
finger into the print of the nails and thrust his hands into His
side.
And when Christ appeared to Thomas eight days later and
asked Thomas to thrust his hand into His side, Thomas said,
"My Lord and my God."
In addition to Biblical evidence, historians and writers of the
period referred to Christ and His followers.
Jesus' Life Fulfilled Prophecies, Inspired
Millions ... His Life Changed The World
Flavius Josephus, a first-century historian, wrote, "Now there
was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call
him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher
of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to
him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles.
"He was the Christ, and when Pilate . . . had condemned
him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day;
as the divine prophets had foretold these and 10,000 other
wonderful things concerning him."
Jesus was more than mere man. His birth, childhood and
miracles were unique. His teachings, death and resurredion
were revolutionary. And His influence through the centuries has
never been equaled.
He was man and God, who gave His life as a substitute for
man's sins. He came to earth that first Christmas to offer the
gift of life to anyone who would believe in Him.
_The hope He offers is that all persons would simply, by
faith, believe His claims.
-Reprint Fremo
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Meyers Wins Metropolitan Opera Award
Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Siance Goldsmith
celebrated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary recently. The affair
which was given by Mrs. Goldsmith's sisters was celebrated in
the home of the Goldsmith. Friends
and realtives from as far as Denver, Colo., Tulsa, Okla ., Los Angeles, Oakland and
Pleasanton,
Calif. came to the celebration. The
couple are members of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church . Mrs. Goldsmith is a past president of Post
5 J 1 American Legion Aux. Sect. of
the Ruth Circle. She has been program chairman for two years and
loves to work in the church. Mr.
and Mrs . Goldsmith were married
in Chandler, Oklahoma, December
25, 1924 in the home of the bride.
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Earl R. Meyers, Jr. of Fresno
won the Alexander Saunderson Award in this year's Metropolitan
Opera National Council District
Auditions recently at the Fresno
Community Theater.
Saunderson is president of the
Metropolitan Opera National Council, and his award traditionally
goes to recognize an opera singer
who is judged to have ovtstanding potential.
Meyers sung three of the five
arias submitted, "Oh Tis an Earth
Defiled Whereon We Live" from
the opera Merry Mount; "II lacerate Spirito" from the opera Simon
Boccanegra; and "Se Vuol Ballare" from the opera Marraige of
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Alpha Phi Alpha Sweetheart
Pretty Miss Ollie Dimery was
crowned Alpha Phi Alpha Sweetheart recently at the fraternity 's
annual Sweetheart Ball .
She was presented a trophy by
fraternity brother Earvwin McCullar. The Fresno State University co- ·
ed is a criminology major. Mr. &
Mrs. Ray Dimery are her parents.
B"'sh Master
Mike McGough -
ART
Fresno State University's Michael
McGough is an artist, and he can
paint you a pretty picture of two
completely different worlds.
McGough, who combines the
aesthetic world of art (his major)
with the rough and tumble world
of intercollegiate wrestling, recently competed in the 150-pound
class at the NCAA Wrestling
Championships at Princeton, N.J.
The 23-yeor-old senior has put
both his worlds into prospective.
"Art is a means of expression.
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It is an expression of symbols. It
says something visually
with
images, forms and shapes," McGough said reflectively. "Wrestling is an expression of another
form. It's an art like judo or ka rate, and I' m not talking about
the guys on TV slamming each
other on the mat."
McGough, a multitalented pro duct of Edison High, qua lified for
the national championsh ips by
winning the Western Reg iona l
Tournament in Logan, Utah.
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Determination And Time Help Eliminate
Stigma Of Welfare
By Walter L. Porter
A d eterm ined w ill has changed
Ms. Dua ne J. Quinn fro m a wel fare reci p ient into a self-supporting woman .
The t ransformation was not easy. It too k ye ars. But Ms. Quinn
feels the res ults a re w o rth the
strugg le.
In the beginni ng , th o ug h, she
must have w o nd ered .
It was 1962. She had just given
birth to he r second son . She and
he r husband had just separated.
Her eld est chil d was 2 years old.
"Since my ch ildren were so
young, I fe lt t hat I should spend
my time w ith th e m. As w ith many
other wome n, I received no financial help from my husband and I
realized I wa s welfare-bound,"
she sai d.
The sma ll family moved constantly and Ms . Quinn budgeted
carefully to get the most from .t he
small sti pend of her welfare
checks.
" We were barely able to keep a
roof over our heads, food in our
stomachs and a few clothes on
our backs," sh e said.
"In those d a ys, " Ms . Quinn continued , " I visi ted the Salvation
Army a nd Goodwill shops a lot.
I shoul d tell yo u I still visit those
shops; they a llow me to be a
spendthri ft."
After living in Sa n Franci sco for
a while, Ms . Quinn decid ed to return to Fresno, her hometown . The
only roof available w as in public
housing.
Ms. Duane Quinn
'" Deep down inside me, I knew
I wanted to be on my ow n," Ms . ch ild ren. I had some scattered
Quinn sa,d. " I also wanted to be w ork e xperi e nce before my ma rfinancially responsible for my own riage, but I had not wcrked in
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years So, a rmed w ith some skill s wo ul d advise any woman caug ht
end a lot of desire. I made a de- in that tra p to fight like hell to get
out."
cision.
Ms. Quinn slowly became inMs . Quinn smiled: " When you
volved in commun ity affairs. She g et off welfare and onto your own
enrolled in a business administra- feet, you feel reborn . You also
ion course at Fresno City College. real ize fo r the first time that you
' I noticed the children were not ca n ca ll your own shots ."
" I real ize many people have no
on my nerves as much as they
used to be," she said. "Thinking way out, no choice but w elfare,"
bock, I realized I was w ith my she said. " How ever, the y should
boys 24 hours a day. When you become as interested in th e ir comgive yourself entirely to your chil- munities as possible. They w ill be
dren, you find you have no time surprised at w hat they'll lea rn ."
" This is the year of minorities,
fecting "you."
Since she was still living in pub- which includes women . Th ere are
lic housing, Ms. Quinn decided so many opportunities o pen now
to become active in the tenants ' for jobs or training to get jo bs, or
council. She said it is the best way just plain learning a bout yourto find out about the decisions af- self," Ms. Quinn said. "Wo men
yecting "you. "
on the welfare treadmill should
"Although comm ittee work and grab any opportunity to get off."
volunteer causes are fine, they do
not pay the bills. I decided it was
time to go back to work," Ms.
Quinn continued.
"With my marketing skills and
some determination, I began job
hunting," she said. " My search
led me to the California Employment Development Department,
and ofter a while I landed a job
as o clerk typist with the Fresno
Twelve high school seniors were
Unified School District."
awarded college scholarships by
"I built up my skills and renew- Les Belles Noir at the "Heir's Ball"
ed my faith in myself. I also quit recently in the Fresno Hilton Hotel.
thinking of my work as just a job
The honorees and their schools
and adopted the term 'career,," are Tyrie Bivings, Al Geno White,
she said. " Because the job was Raymond Hamilton, and W illiam
part-time, I had time for my chil- Bryant, Edison High School; Floyd
dren and my community work.
White Jr., Neal Hooks and GregoMs. Quinn then made the deci- ry Bradley, Fresno High Scho~I;
sion to move out of public hous- Anthony Williams and Lester Riging. It took some readjustments, g ins Jr., Washington Union High
but Ms. Qu inn now has a new School ; Will iam McDonald, Mclane
apartment and a new job as sec- High School; Anthony Johnson,
retary of the First Christian Church, Hoover High School and Don nie
which she considers a " step up in Green, Central Un ion High School.
my career."
The ba ll featured dinner, danc"Welfa re living is a trap. You ing and a fashion show presentbecome conditioned to living on ed by the scholarship winners.
public assistance,' 'she said. " I Mus ic was provided by Black Fur.
March-April, 1975
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* * *
Seniors
Awarded
Scholarships
Volunteers Needed
BIG
BROTHERS/
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SISTERS
New Board Member Lavert Lucas
& Social Worker Doug Clem mons
Picture yourself as a young boy standing at a road w ith a fork just
ahead.
One road can be right on - the way to a respectable life. The other
can be 40 miles of bad road - trouble w ith the law and eventually
a wasted life.
Add this to the picture. You have no one behind you to push you
down the right road. No mother, no father and no real authority figure.
Sound scary? You bet it does and 1,000 bl a ck and brown young boys
face that decision without help unless you decide to do something about
it.
The vehicle for sending that young man dow n the right road is just
around the corner. It's called Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Fresno, an organization dedicated to helping young men and women throug h the ir
formative years .
By spending a few hours a week w ith a young man between the
ages of six and sixteen, you may be personally responsible for helping
him carve out a successful niche in society, free of the pitfalls of an
ungiuded walk through life. Just a few hours a week and you can mold
an everlasting friendship .
And the rewards are not all reaped by th e Little Brothers. The Big
Brother will soon realize that he too is growing from within and that
he too is molding a more responsible life. Responsibility to his family,
friends and community. Responsibility borne of his Big Brother/ Little
Brother relationship.
If you ' re at all concerned with the future, with the West Side, with
the qual ity of life, you may be able to do something about it - become a Big Brother.
To make it a little easier for blacks and browns to become involved
i~ the_ program, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Fresno has opened a satellit office_ at 2555 S. Elm in the West Fresno Employment Service Center.
Standing by to explain the program and sell you on its merits is
Dou~ Clemmons, a soci a l w o rker especially picked for the job because
of his close relat ion sh ip w ith the black community.
Information on the p rogram can be obtained by calling Doug Clemmons at 268-5737 or 488 -5247.
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Grapevine
Charles Hodge Elected To Washington
Union Board Of Trustees
Charles Hodge
By Donna Robison
A new face has been added to
the WUHS Board of Trustees-that
of Mr. Charles Hodge.
Mr. Hodge and incumbent board
member Mr. Jim Coito were elected to fill two board seats in a
Ma rch 4 voting . Both will serve
four-year term s with present trustees Mr. Gaylord Siner, Mr. Bruce
Blacksill, and Mr. Joe Machedo.
Their duties include attending
monthly board meetings to discuss
school business .
Mr. Hodge, who has a bache lor's degree in biological science,
worked for over 20 years at Fres no Valley Medical Center as a
medical technologist and presently is a supervisor. He, his wife,
currently a school administrator
and five children, three of whom
attend WUHS, have lived in the
Washington Union district since
1960.
Mr. Hodge ran for the position
because he heard of certain problems and felt that he could supp ly
a new point of view. He plans to
work with the other trustees "in a
positive way."
" My goal as a trustee would be
to upgrade education for all students, " Mr. Hodge stated. "I
would like to see WUHS students'
achievements and abilities improve
up to where they can compete on
a state level. Perhaps then, they
would be proud to say they are
from Washington. School sp irit,
such as that, is very important."
How did he feel upon hearing
the election's results?
" Very much surprised and a little afraid, " he chuckled. " It's going to be a whole new experience
for me and I have a lot to learn.
But I' ll try to do my best for WUHS students. After all, that's why
the board is here."
~mith, fueler, Harris Elected To
Fresno Colony School District Board
Floyd Harris
Dorothy Smith
James Tucker
The voters in the Fresno Colony School District have elected three
Black school board members. New board members are Miss Dorothy
Sm ith, James Tucker and Floyd Harris. Miss Smith and Tucker are incumbents. The other two board members are Mrs. Josephine Sanders,
a nurse, and Mr. Bobby Lee, a Fresno Unified School District school
teacher.
The Fresno Colony School District is composed of ninety-nine percent
minority students, approximately eighty percent Black, nineteen percent
Mexican -Americans and one percent others.
Mi ss Smith, a graduate of Fresno State University, is employed by
Bank of America . Tucker is employed by the Fresno County Sheriff's
Department, and Harris is a self employed West Fresno businessman.
Four of the five board members attended schools in the Fresno Colony
School District.
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Dr. Mosley Elected Board President
the
A great number of
otherwise wel I-qua Iif ied
men never seem to rise
above a certain level.
They seem to have a
deathly fear of ever
being wrong.
They never want to
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Fres no phys ician Edwa rd R. Mos•
ley has been elected pre sident of
the State Center Comm unity Col •
lege Board of Trustees.
Dr. Mosley, a member of the
board since 197 1, was named p res•
1dent recen tly during the boa rd 's
annual organization meeting he ld
at d istrict offices in Fre sno. His
election was unanimous.
Dr. Mos ley, w ho se rved as b oard
vice presiden t d uring th e pa st
year, re places out•g oin g presi d ent
Harry E. Hira oka .
A native of Ch icago , Ill., Dr.
Mosley has lived and practiced
medicine in Fresno since 195 6,
specia lizing in interna l medici ne .
He has served on numerous co m •
muni ty commission s and board s
and in 1969 w as named the fi rst
chairman of the college d istrict' s
Resou rce Committee , a n a dvisory
group to the t rustees.
Dr. Mosl ey is the fi rst Black
Dr. Edward Mosley
Fresna n to sit as a me mbe r of the
boa rd and to be named board
president.
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Scholarships ............................................ 9
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Sports Raymond Hamilton ................ 11
Newspaper Publishers Honored ............ 12
Public Defenders Investigator ................ 13
Black Policemen ...................................... 14
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Music Earl Meyers Jr ....................... 19
Art Mike McGough .......................... 20
Alpha Sweetheart Winner ...................... 21
Stigma of Welfare ................................. 22
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YOUNG PEOPLE
David Babers Plans Art Career
Fourteen Hamilton Junior High
students of Fresno participated in
the annual all city and county
Cheerleading and Pep Girl competition. Miss Jacqueline Smith better known as Jackie, stands 5 ft.
5 ½ in. tall and weighs 115 lbs.
She is the first Black girl that has
ever been chosen for cheerleader
at Hamilton Jr. High. Recently
Hamilton's Junior High Cheerleaders took first place in competition
throughout the city and county.
Jackie attends Fellowship Baptist Church and is an alto singer
in the Insights, Unlimited group.
She also plays the piano, models
and dances. She has won three
trophies for modeling and dancing. The fourth trophy was won
with the Cheerleading group. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joel L. Smith, Sr.
By Tami Willis
Washington Union High Schoo,
Jacqueline Smith
David Babers, a WUHS senior, is fast becoming Washington Union's
very own Rembrandt. He recently received a scholarship which was
sponsored by the Women 's league of Fresno.
Because of David 's major interests and ability in various sketches
and drawings, he was selected by Mr. Harry Thalman, WUHS art teacher, as a candidate for the scholarship.
The scholarship was offered to those throughout several high schools
who held an artistic talent and a financial need.
David is now enrolled at Fresno's Art Center for one semester. After
he finishes his education, he plans to attend Fresno City College as an
art major, in hopes of becoming a commercial artist.
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Janette F. Thompson of Selma
High School and Steven C. Stain of
Fresno are among 394 winners in
the 11th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Students, which is
administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Miss Thompson, a Selma High
student, will receive a $1,000
scholarship. She is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Thompson of
8482 E. Rose Ave., Selma.
Stain, a Hoover High School student, will receive a renewable
scholarship worth from $1,000 to
$6,000 over four years . He is a
son of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Stain
of 4888 N. Rowell Ave. The
March-April, 1975
amount for such winners is not
made public because it is based
on confidential family financial information.
The winners are judged by the
selection committee "to be the
most outstanding and to have the
best potential for success in college and in their adult lives. "
Initially, 50,000 black students
from 6,000 high schools took the
preliminary test. The winners were
selected from among 1,000 semifinalists.
A total of 272 students won the
one-time $1,000 schola rships, and
122 won th~ corporate-sponsored
renewable scholarships.
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Hamilton Named To Northern California
High School Basketball Team
SPORTS
Lost to the CSUF track team in
1974 due to an injury, Richardson
has already proven that he is
ready to compete in 1975. A Fresno City College product, he is the
holder of the current Bulldog high
jump record of 7 -0. His school record jump was made at the 1973
West Coast Relays, where that
leap earned for him the honor of
Outstanding Collegiate Performer
of the Relays . This year Jeral is
hoping for a height of 7-2, a good
goal after a year's layoff.
Richardson was recently hired
as Director of Recreation of Fowler, California .
Jeral Richardson
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When you apply for one of our jobs, only your talent counts.
We have over 300 jobs you could start a career with. Men and
women start at $344 a month (before dedudions). With a raise to
$383 after 4 months. If you qualify, these are a few of the jobs
you could train for:
Da!a Processing, Intelligence, Motor Transport, Metal Working,
Electrical Systems Repair, Textile/Leather Repair, Printing Food
Preparation, Map Making, Radio Instrument Repair Lab~ratory
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Once you finish training, start moving. Climbs the ranks as you
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Raymond Hamilton of the val ley champion Edison Tigers, Greg
Deane of Tulare, Charles Tate of
Chowch ill a and Mike Galloway of
Exeter were se lected to the 44man team.
The team wa s selected by the
Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation and will be honored at an
awards ceremony April 26 at San
Jose State University.
Bi II Cartwright, the 7 -footer
from Elk Grove near Sacramento
tops the team, being named th~
most valuable player.
Hamilton shot 55 per cent from
the field, scored 470 points and
grabbed 296 rebounds to pace Edison to a 26-2 season record and
the valley title.
Deane, a 6-5 guard, set a season and career scoring record at
Tulare with 592 points this year
and 1,281 for three seasons.
Galloway scored a school-record 590 points this year for a career mark of 1,352 points. The 63 guard also handed out 118 assists to Exeter teammates.
Raymond Hamilton
Tate was the big gun in ChowFour San Joaquin Valley ath- chilla 's 24-2 season record and
letes have been named to the All- West Sierra League championship.
Northern California High School The 6-1 guard scored 434 points
basketball team.
and had 162 assists .
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Public Defenders Investigator
Michelle Kirkland
Michelle Kirkland is employed
as a Defense Investigator for the
County of Fresno's Public Defenders Office. Her work encompasses
criminal investigation for the defense of the accused person which
involves locating and interviewing
witnesses and victims, photography, scene sketching, court appearances for testimonial purposes and
serving subpoenas.
Ms. Kirkland attended Fresn~s
San
Joaquin
Memorial High
School, and is a 1973 graduate of
California State University at Fresno where she received a B.S. degree in criminology. While in attendance at CSUF she was employed by the Law Enforcement
training project and placed in the
Fresno County Juvenile Probation.
She has a daughter named MeKsisa.
Ms. Kirkland is the daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Kirkland of Fresno, California. She is a member
of Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel
Church. Her affiliations iniclude
membership in the Iota Omicron
Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority and the Californ•a
Investigators Assocition.
Purse Snatcher Welcomes Police
Who Capture Him
ACLU Honorees
Mr. and Mrs. Lesly Kimber, publisher and editor of the California
Advocate, a Fresno newspaper, are the 1975 recipients of the Fresno
Chapter's American Ci°vil Liberties Union Award. The couple was presented the award recently during the third annual pres.entation of the
award. They were credited with "making an indelible mark on the
Fresno community by maintaining a constant vigil against the encroachment of civil liberties by law enforcement agencies and a vigorous
uusade for the rights of minorities."
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March-April, 1975
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A 20-year-old purse snatcher got more
than he bargained for at a San Jose shopping center.
Police said the man snatched a purse and ran through a vacant
lot with a nearby truck in pursuit. The truck knocked him down
but he managed to limp away.
A second citizen pulled a gun and told him to stop. Two shots
were fired at the thief, but he escaped and hid in a garbage can.
A third passerby opened the garbage can and held a knife at
the purse snatcher's throat until police arrived.
"I'm glad you're here," police quoted Jim Coburn, Jr., as saying. "Everybody's trying to kill me."
March-April, 1975
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Officer Lawrence Brookter on his beat.
Why Do Blacks Become Policemen?
by Gail
Pig.
Blacks and whites alike see or
hear this word and attach two
meanings to it - one for the fourlegged barnyard inhabitant and
o ne for the policeman.
Television and movie dramas
have depicted policemen in roles
ranging from good officer types to
the cop on the take.
Most blacks have felt the racial
animosity that exists in America
today at one time or ~nother in
their lives. Why thel"\, many of
them ask, would a black man take
on the role of law enforcer to a
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society which has not afforded
him equal citizenship?
Who is the black policeman?
What is he all about?
These are some of the questions
I had in mind when I set out to
interview three two-year veteran
officers of the Fresno County Police Department.
Kirkus Brooks, Lawrence Brookter and Freeman Young have only
one thing in common-their blackness . Each one had very different
reasons for wanting to join the
police force .
Kirkus Brooks, 24, joined the
March-April, 1975
force because he was interested in which, like it or not, make everyknowing just what happened to thing go."
He sees the life of a police ofthe youngsters he worked with in
his capacity of social service aide ficer as one in which there is no
at the California Youth Authority time out.
" A cop is a cop all the time
ICY A). He wanted to see the streets
the kids came from and the con- whether on duty or off. It's more
ditions which made these CYA than a job. It's on obligation to
kids end their adolescence in an uphold a balance," said Young.
A native of Gurdon, Arkansas,
institution.
The father of three, Brooks, born Young has been in Fresno since
in Grady, Ark., has lived in Fresno 1966. Now a senior business adfor 15 years. He graduated from ministration major at CSUF, Young
Mclane High School in 1968 and would like to go into the police
is now a senior at the California department's administration diState University at Fresno, major- vision.
ing in criminology. He'd like to
Prior to his work on the force,
advance to the scientific end of Young was a corrections officer for
criminal investigations.
the Fresno County Sheriff's office
The three officers concenslJS on for two years.
whether race plays a large role in
Fresno born Lawrence Brookter,
their function as policemen is that 23, is gung-ho about police work
it does not.
and feels it is the best field a
Says Brooks, "As far as I am young man might choose to enter.
concerned, my job as a police of"It's interesting with a constantficer does not involve me with
ly changing pace and a tremendfeelings of race. My first thoughts ous range of-job-opportunities,"
are with violations of the law and
said Brookter.
my own personal safety.
Married with one child, Brook'" Black, white, brown are all the ter graduated trom Central Union
High School in 1969. He is a junsame color to me if they're breaking the law.
ior criminology major at CSUF and
"One thing, though, which realas an eventual goal would like to
ly irritates an officer is when inbe a police training officer.
dividuals who are being questionMy questions answered, I coned get downright belligerent." He cluded that maybe the ultimate
cautioned, "A calm, cooperative value in having different kinds of
attitude can go a long way even
people in a police force was in
if the matter has to be finally setthe difference themselves.
tled in a court."
Variations in people bring variSays Freeman Young, 27, '"Ever ations in ideas and ultimate
since I could remember l"ve want- growth and expansion to any ined to know what was going on. I stitution.
wanted to be one of the people
The very presence then of blacks
who would know what to do when and other minorities to the police
emergencies came about and be
department can only mean better
in control of a situation.
understanding between ethnic mi" From what I could see as a
norities and the rest of the society
child growing up, the police and
in which they are contained.
fire departments seemed to have
Perhaps,, someday, "pig"' will
this capacity." Says Young, "I again by synonymous with the
have a great respect for the rules, oink, oink variety!
March-April, 1975
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JESUS CHRIST: MESSIAH OR PHONY?
By Ray Steele, Jr.
Is Jesus Christ a fraud?
Among His numerous assertions, Jesus claimed to be the
promised Messiah of Israel, the only approach to God, His
father, the savior of man - even equality with God.
And as millions celebrate His birth nearly 2,000 years ago,
few will deny His humanity. Yet the number is small who will
admit His diety.
He was God, as He claimed, or He was a liar. And if a liar,
then He was a hypocrite because He taught others to be honest, whatever the cost, while He was living a colossal lie.
Furthermore, He was with God from the beginning and condescended to come to earth as God's sacrifice for man's s ins,
or He was an imposter, a fool and a lunatic because it w as
His clainfs to being God which led to His death on the cross.
The statements Jesus made never fell from the lips of a ny
other sane man and, as claims made in a court of law, demand overwhelming evidence before a verdict can be reached
by the inquiring individual.
From Genesis to Malachi, the first and last books of the O ld
Testament, the Bible speaks of the promised Messiah, the Annointed One, the Son of the Living God.
Genesis 3: 15 says the Messiah shall be the seed of woman
and Genesis 12 and 15 declare that He shall be the seed of
Abraham .
Genesis 49 says He will come from the tribe of Judah a nd
II Samuel 7 says He will be of the house and lineage of David.
The prophet Daniel details the general time period of His
first coming, and Micah pinpoints His birthplace at Bethlehem.
Malachi says a messenger (identified in the New Testament as
John the Baptist) would prepare the way for Him.
Several men in history could claim to fulfill a few of the 60
ma jor prophecies concerning Jesus in the Old Testament, which
was written over 1,000 years, ending about 400 years before
Jesus was born. But only Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled them all.
Peter Stoner, a professor emeritus of science at Westmont
College and author of the book "Science Speaks," says the
probability of just eight of these prophecies being fulfilled by
one man are one in 100 quadrillion (100,000,000,000,000,000).
The eight he chose are: (1) birth at Bethlehem; (2) preceded
by a messenger; (3) entering Jerusalem on a donkey; (4) beGrapevine
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trayal by a friend; (5) sold for 30 pieces of silver; (6) throwing
the silver pieces into God's house and using them to buy a
burial place; <n refusal to answer His accusers, and (8) His
hands and feet were pierced and He was crucified with thieves.
Furthermore, consider the evidence of those who saw Him.
Peter, who Christ called as one of the 12 apostles, said,
"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Philip, an•
other apostle, said, "We have found Him of whom Moses in
the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son
son of Joseph."
And consider the word of the world's most famous doubter,
Thomas, who said he would not believe until he could put his
finger into the print of the nails and thrust his hands into His
side.
And when Christ appeared to Thomas eight days later and
asked Thomas to thrust his hand into His side, Thomas said,
"My Lord and my God."
In addition to Biblical evidence, historians and writers of the
period referred to Christ and His followers.
Jesus' Life Fulfilled Prophecies, Inspired
Millions ... His Life Changed The World
Flavius Josephus, a first-century historian, wrote, "Now there
was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call
him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher
of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to
him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles.
"He was the Christ, and when Pilate . . . had condemned
him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day;
as the divine prophets had foretold these and 10,000 other
wonderful things concerning him."
Jesus was more than mere man. His birth, childhood and
miracles were unique. His teachings, death and resurredion
were revolutionary. And His influence through the centuries has
never been equaled.
He was man and God, who gave His life as a substitute for
man's sins. He came to earth that first Christmas to offer the
gift of life to anyone who would believe in Him.
_The hope He offers is that all persons would simply, by
faith, believe His claims.
-Reprint Fremo
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Meyers Wins Metropolitan Opera Award
Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Siance Goldsmith
celebrated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary recently. The affair
which was given by Mrs. Goldsmith's sisters was celebrated in
the home of the Goldsmith. Friends
and realtives from as far as Denver, Colo., Tulsa, Okla ., Los Angeles, Oakland and
Pleasanton,
Calif. came to the celebration. The
couple are members of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church . Mrs. Goldsmith is a past president of Post
5 J 1 American Legion Aux. Sect. of
the Ruth Circle. She has been program chairman for two years and
loves to work in the church. Mr.
and Mrs . Goldsmith were married
in Chandler, Oklahoma, December
25, 1924 in the home of the bride.
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Earl R. Meyers, Jr. of Fresno
won the Alexander Saunderson Award in this year's Metropolitan
Opera National Council District
Auditions recently at the Fresno
Community Theater.
Saunderson is president of the
Metropolitan Opera National Council, and his award traditionally
goes to recognize an opera singer
who is judged to have ovtstanding potential.
Meyers sung three of the five
arias submitted, "Oh Tis an Earth
Defiled Whereon We Live" from
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Boccanegra; and "Se Vuol Ballare" from the opera Marraige of
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Alpha Phi Alpha Sweetheart
Pretty Miss Ollie Dimery was
crowned Alpha Phi Alpha Sweetheart recently at the fraternity 's
annual Sweetheart Ball .
She was presented a trophy by
fraternity brother Earvwin McCullar. The Fresno State University co- ·
ed is a criminology major. Mr. &
Mrs. Ray Dimery are her parents.
B"'sh Master
Mike McGough -
ART
Fresno State University's Michael
McGough is an artist, and he can
paint you a pretty picture of two
completely different worlds.
McGough, who combines the
aesthetic world of art (his major)
with the rough and tumble world
of intercollegiate wrestling, recently competed in the 150-pound
class at the NCAA Wrestling
Championships at Princeton, N.J.
The 23-yeor-old senior has put
both his worlds into prospective.
"Art is a means of expression.
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It is an expression of symbols. It
says something visually
with
images, forms and shapes," McGough said reflectively. "Wrestling is an expression of another
form. It's an art like judo or ka rate, and I' m not talking about
the guys on TV slamming each
other on the mat."
McGough, a multitalented pro duct of Edison High, qua lified for
the national championsh ips by
winning the Western Reg iona l
Tournament in Logan, Utah.
March-April, 1975
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Grapevine
Determination And Time Help Eliminate
Stigma Of Welfare
By Walter L. Porter
A d eterm ined w ill has changed
Ms. Dua ne J. Quinn fro m a wel fare reci p ient into a self-supporting woman .
The t ransformation was not easy. It too k ye ars. But Ms. Quinn
feels the res ults a re w o rth the
strugg le.
In the beginni ng , th o ug h, she
must have w o nd ered .
It was 1962. She had just given
birth to he r second son . She and
he r husband had just separated.
Her eld est chil d was 2 years old.
"Since my ch ildren were so
young, I fe lt t hat I should spend
my time w ith th e m. As w ith many
other wome n, I received no financial help from my husband and I
realized I wa s welfare-bound,"
she sai d.
The sma ll family moved constantly and Ms . Quinn budgeted
carefully to get the most from .t he
small sti pend of her welfare
checks.
" We were barely able to keep a
roof over our heads, food in our
stomachs and a few clothes on
our backs," sh e said.
"In those d a ys, " Ms . Quinn continued , " I visi ted the Salvation
Army a nd Goodwill shops a lot.
I shoul d tell yo u I still visit those
shops; they a llow me to be a
spendthri ft."
After living in Sa n Franci sco for
a while, Ms . Quinn decid ed to return to Fresno, her hometown . The
only roof available w as in public
housing.
Ms. Duane Quinn
'" Deep down inside me, I knew
I wanted to be on my ow n," Ms . ch ild ren. I had some scattered
Quinn sa,d. " I also wanted to be w ork e xperi e nce before my ma rfinancially responsible for my own riage, but I had not wcrked in
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March-April , 1975
years So, a rmed w ith some skill s wo ul d advise any woman caug ht
end a lot of desire. I made a de- in that tra p to fight like hell to get
out."
cision.
Ms. Quinn slowly became inMs . Quinn smiled: " When you
volved in commun ity affairs. She g et off welfare and onto your own
enrolled in a business administra- feet, you feel reborn . You also
ion course at Fresno City College. real ize fo r the first time that you
' I noticed the children were not ca n ca ll your own shots ."
" I real ize many people have no
on my nerves as much as they
used to be," she said. "Thinking way out, no choice but w elfare,"
bock, I realized I was w ith my she said. " How ever, the y should
boys 24 hours a day. When you become as interested in th e ir comgive yourself entirely to your chil- munities as possible. They w ill be
dren, you find you have no time surprised at w hat they'll lea rn ."
" This is the year of minorities,
fecting "you."
Since she was still living in pub- which includes women . Th ere are
lic housing, Ms. Quinn decided so many opportunities o pen now
to become active in the tenants ' for jobs or training to get jo bs, or
council. She said it is the best way just plain learning a bout yourto find out about the decisions af- self," Ms. Quinn said. "Wo men
yecting "you. "
on the welfare treadmill should
"Although comm ittee work and grab any opportunity to get off."
volunteer causes are fine, they do
not pay the bills. I decided it was
time to go back to work," Ms.
Quinn continued.
"With my marketing skills and
some determination, I began job
hunting," she said. " My search
led me to the California Employment Development Department,
and ofter a while I landed a job
as o clerk typist with the Fresno
Twelve high school seniors were
Unified School District."
awarded college scholarships by
"I built up my skills and renew- Les Belles Noir at the "Heir's Ball"
ed my faith in myself. I also quit recently in the Fresno Hilton Hotel.
thinking of my work as just a job
The honorees and their schools
and adopted the term 'career,," are Tyrie Bivings, Al Geno White,
she said. " Because the job was Raymond Hamilton, and W illiam
part-time, I had time for my chil- Bryant, Edison High School; Floyd
dren and my community work.
White Jr., Neal Hooks and GregoMs. Quinn then made the deci- ry Bradley, Fresno High Scho~I;
sion to move out of public hous- Anthony Williams and Lester Riging. It took some readjustments, g ins Jr., Washington Union High
but Ms. Qu inn now has a new School ; Will iam McDonald, Mclane
apartment and a new job as sec- High School; Anthony Johnson,
retary of the First Christian Church, Hoover High School and Don nie
which she considers a " step up in Green, Central Un ion High School.
my career."
The ba ll featured dinner, danc"Welfa re living is a trap. You ing and a fashion show presentbecome conditioned to living on ed by the scholarship winners.
public assistance,' 'she said. " I Mus ic was provided by Black Fur.
March-April, 1975
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Awarded
Scholarships
Volunteers Needed
BIG
BROTHERS/
BIG
SISTERS
New Board Member Lavert Lucas
& Social Worker Doug Clem mons
Picture yourself as a young boy standing at a road w ith a fork just
ahead.
One road can be right on - the way to a respectable life. The other
can be 40 miles of bad road - trouble w ith the law and eventually
a wasted life.
Add this to the picture. You have no one behind you to push you
down the right road. No mother, no father and no real authority figure.
Sound scary? You bet it does and 1,000 bl a ck and brown young boys
face that decision without help unless you decide to do something about
it.
The vehicle for sending that young man dow n the right road is just
around the corner. It's called Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Fresno, an organization dedicated to helping young men and women throug h the ir
formative years .
By spending a few hours a week w ith a young man between the
ages of six and sixteen, you may be personally responsible for helping
him carve out a successful niche in society, free of the pitfalls of an
ungiuded walk through life. Just a few hours a week and you can mold
an everlasting friendship .
And the rewards are not all reaped by th e Little Brothers. The Big
Brother will soon realize that he too is growing from within and that
he too is molding a more responsible life. Responsibility to his family,
friends and community. Responsibility borne of his Big Brother/ Little
Brother relationship.
If you ' re at all concerned with the future, with the West Side, with
the qual ity of life, you may be able to do something about it - become a Big Brother.
To make it a little easier for blacks and browns to become involved
i~ the_ program, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Fresno has opened a satellit office_ at 2555 S. Elm in the West Fresno Employment Service Center.
Standing by to explain the program and sell you on its merits is
Dou~ Clemmons, a soci a l w o rker especially picked for the job because
of his close relat ion sh ip w ith the black community.
Information on the p rogram can be obtained by calling Doug Clemmons at 268-5737 or 488 -5247.
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Morch-April, 1975
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Grapevine
Charles Hodge Elected To Washington
Union Board Of Trustees
Charles Hodge
By Donna Robison
A new face has been added to
the WUHS Board of Trustees-that
of Mr. Charles Hodge.
Mr. Hodge and incumbent board
member Mr. Jim Coito were elected to fill two board seats in a
Ma rch 4 voting . Both will serve
four-year term s with present trustees Mr. Gaylord Siner, Mr. Bruce
Blacksill, and Mr. Joe Machedo.
Their duties include attending
monthly board meetings to discuss
school business .
Mr. Hodge, who has a bache lor's degree in biological science,
worked for over 20 years at Fres no Valley Medical Center as a
medical technologist and presently is a supervisor. He, his wife,
currently a school administrator
and five children, three of whom
attend WUHS, have lived in the
Washington Union district since
1960.
Mr. Hodge ran for the position
because he heard of certain problems and felt that he could supp ly
a new point of view. He plans to
work with the other trustees "in a
positive way."
" My goal as a trustee would be
to upgrade education for all students, " Mr. Hodge stated. "I
would like to see WUHS students'
achievements and abilities improve
up to where they can compete on
a state level. Perhaps then, they
would be proud to say they are
from Washington. School sp irit,
such as that, is very important."
How did he feel upon hearing
the election's results?
" Very much surprised and a little afraid, " he chuckled. " It's going to be a whole new experience
for me and I have a lot to learn.
But I' ll try to do my best for WUHS students. After all, that's why
the board is here."
~mith, fueler, Harris Elected To
Fresno Colony School District Board
Floyd Harris
Dorothy Smith
James Tucker
The voters in the Fresno Colony School District have elected three
Black school board members. New board members are Miss Dorothy
Sm ith, James Tucker and Floyd Harris. Miss Smith and Tucker are incumbents. The other two board members are Mrs. Josephine Sanders,
a nurse, and Mr. Bobby Lee, a Fresno Unified School District school
teacher.
The Fresno Colony School District is composed of ninety-nine percent
minority students, approximately eighty percent Black, nineteen percent
Mexican -Americans and one percent others.
Mi ss Smith, a graduate of Fresno State University, is employed by
Bank of America . Tucker is employed by the Fresno County Sheriff's
Department, and Harris is a self employed West Fresno businessman.
Four of the five board members attended schools in the Fresno Colony
School District.
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Dr. Mosley Elected Board President
the
A great number of
otherwise wel I-qua Iif ied
men never seem to rise
above a certain level.
They seem to have a
deathly fear of ever
being wrong.
They never want to
make a decision beca use
they never want to make
a mistake.
If it is your goal in life
to be known to your
associates as the man
who never made a
mistake, then be
prepared to be known
also as the man who
never accomplished
very much .
Today, make a few
decisions of your own .
They may be right o r
they may be wrong .
But you made them and tomorrow
you may find
that your decisions
are easier to make,
and are more often
right than wrong.
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Who
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Fres no phys ician Edwa rd R. Mos•
ley has been elected pre sident of
the State Center Comm unity Col •
lege Board of Trustees.
Dr. Mosley, a member of the
board since 197 1, was named p res•
1dent recen tly during the boa rd 's
annual organization meeting he ld
at d istrict offices in Fre sno. His
election was unanimous.
Dr. Mos ley, w ho se rved as b oard
vice presiden t d uring th e pa st
year, re places out•g oin g presi d ent
Harry E. Hira oka .
A native of Ch icago , Ill., Dr.
Mosley has lived and practiced
medicine in Fresno since 195 6,
specia lizing in interna l medici ne .
He has served on numerous co m •
muni ty commission s and board s
and in 1969 w as named the fi rst
chairman of the college d istrict' s
Resou rce Committee , a n a dvisory
group to the t rustees.
Dr. Mosl ey is the fi rst Black
Dr. Edward Mosley
Fresna n to sit as a me mbe r of the
boa rd and to be named board
president.
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