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GRAPEVINE
THE FAMILY MAGAZINE
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MAY, 1971
Dorothy Smith Dr. Mosley Dolphus Trotter
Jerry Wilson Vanessa Dunn Hubert Turney
Randy Williams David Tucker Consuelo Sterling
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Editor's Notes
Frank Johnson
Grapevine magazine plans First Annual
Affair
Plans are in the making for what may be one of the biggest social
affairs of the year. The event which will be sponsored by the GRAPE
VINE MAGAZINE has been tentatively scheduled for the month of No
vember. The affair will involve several activities including a Unique
Fashion Show, a Dance with Fresno's top band and singing group, Spe
cial Guest Speakers, and the Honoring of several people from the Fresno
community in the fields of EDUCATION, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY SER
VICE, and SPORTS. So start planning now for this affair. More informa
tion next month.
Celebration Next Month
Next month the Grapevine Magazine will celebrate its third year of
publication. The staff will feature many of the people who have con
tributed to the success of the magazine over the past two years.
Grapevine Will Expand To Other Towns
In San Joaquin Valley
Because of popular demand the GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE staff is
happy to announce that in June the magazine will start circulation in
Madera, Merced, Hanford, Tulare, Clovis, and other towns in the San
Joaquin Valley. News and events concerning minority people in these
towns will be integrated into the magazines present news coverage.
Many of our readers from the surrounding towns have asked the staff
to include in the magazine news and events from their area because
they don't have a news media in their area that covers the minority
community.
The staff is looking forward to becoming involved in spreading the
positive news of the minority community in the surrounding towns. We
feel that the people in these towns deserve to be recognized for their
contributions to the community.
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Copyright 1971
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Table of Contents
MAY, 1971
Volume 3, Number 5
Vanessa Dunn-1971
Graduation Speaker 6
Consuelo Sterling-Girl
of the Month 7
Hubert Turney Takes Elks Post 7
Politics-Election Results 8
California Honors Black Cowboy 1O
Discrimination at Fresno State College 11
Gayettes Social Club 12
Education-Alexander Lark 13
Pat Gibson-CEP Success Story 14
Black Educators' Association 15
Fresno's Track Stars 16
Poem-Black Wish l8
Lee Harris Opens Printing Shop 19
Foods-Hawaiian Baked Pork 20
Little Miss Fresno City Pageant 21
King of Kings Lutheran Center 22
Fresno's Black Hockey Hero 23
Bobby Logan and The Professionals 24
The Checkmates 25
Discrimination by Walt Porter 26
Kelley's Observe Silver Anniversary 27
Readers Rap 28
Photo Credit:
Special thanks to the FRESNO BEE
NEWSPAPER for use of pictures
and articles.
Luke Hampton, Pp. 19, 22.
Al Andrews, P. 24.
Vanessa Dunn Selected As 1971 Clovis
Graduation Speaker
Vanessa Dunn, Clovis High
School senior, has been elected by
the 1971 graduating class, as the
speaker for the graduation exer-
cises to be held at Kastner Field on
Thursday, June 10th. She was se-
lected by a unanimous vote of the
seniors at a special meeting held
recently. The title of her speech
was "If Not Now...When?"
Vanessa's many activities in high
school include the Varsity Forensic
Team, CHS lettergirl, the marching
band, president of the Spanish
Club, organized and directed Clov-
is' first Black Culture Week, mem-
ber of student council, commission-
er of Clubs and Organizations, the
Pep Club, the California Scholar-
ship Federation, the National For-
ensic League, and the student cur-
riculum committee. She most re-
cently worked on the campaign to
elect Les Kimber.
Her many accomplishments in-
clude life membership in the Cali-
fornia Scholarship federation, a
recipient of a California State
Scholarship, Bank of America Cer-
tificate winner, recipient of a schol-
arship from the National Scholastic
Fund for Negro Students, selected
as an Outstanding American High
School Student, listed in Merit's
Who's Who Among American High
School Students, and recieved a
commendation from the National
Merit Scholastic Fund.
Vanessa is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilburt Dunn of Clovis.
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PHONE: 268-1466
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Home Phone: 237-2706 Home Phone: 266-9211
206 E. Strother Ave. 1122 Jones Ave.
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SJM Senior Is Girl Of Month
Consuelo Sterling, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Feltus L. Sterling, will
be honored as the Soroptimist Girl
of the Month at a luncheon in Del
Webb's TowneHouse.
Miss Sterling, a senior at San
Joaquin Memorial High School, has
maintained a 3.4 grade point av
erage. She is a member of the stu
dent service organization, student
council and the Youth Council of
Negro Women. She currently is
serving as commissioner of social
affairs. Her hobbies are sewing
and playing the piano.
Turney Takes Regional Post With Negro Elks
Hubert H. (TJ) Turney, assistant
director of the Fresno West Devel
opment Co., is the assistant direct
or for civil liberties for Central Cal
ifornia of the Negro Elks Pacific
States Association.
Turney has been a member of
the West Fresno 20th Century Elks
Lodge since 1965 and has been
the lodge's house committee chair
man (manager) for four years and
has served as chairman of the
ways-and-means committee. He is
a member of the Negro Elks Past
Exalted Rulers Council of Central
California and is the group's vice
antler. He has been chairman of
the council queen contest for the
past two years.
Turney is a past first vice chair
man of the Model Cities Neighbor
hood Council and is a social co
chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity. He attends Fresno State
College where he is majoring in
accounting.
7
Four Minorities Win In Local Elections
Dorothy Smith, a Fresno State Col
lege student, became Fresno's
youngest elected public official.
She was elected to a seat on the
Fresno Colony School Board of
Trustees. Miss Smith's election prob
ably makes the Fresno Colony three
member board the first completely
black school board in California.
DR. EDWARD MOSLEY, a local phy
sician, was elected to a seat on the
State Center Community College
District's Board of Directors. He re
ceived 29,724 votes to establish a
record for the most votes received
by a black seeking a public office
in the Fresno area. Dr. Mosley is
listed in Who's Who in Fresno,
1971.
DOLPHUS TROTTER, the Executive
Director of the West Fresno Feder-
ation of Neighborhood Centers,
was elected to a seat on the Wash-
ington Union High School Board.
His victory is expected to bring a
better relationship between the
Black community and the school
district. Trotter is listed in Who's
Who in Fresno 1971.
AL VILLA, a local attorney, was
elected to the Fresno City Council.
He is Fresno's first Chicano coun-
cilman and the first minority elect-
ed to council post. Villa, the third
Chicano to run for public office in
Fresno since 1901, captured ap-
proximately 10,250 votes to win
Council Post 3 over a field of nine
challengers.
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SPECIAL ELECTION
JULY 20, 1971
SUPPORT
ELECT
JESSE McDONALD JR.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
EXPERIENCED DEDICATED
Co-chairmen
JACK KELLEY JOHN HAMPTON
WYOMA LEWIS
Treasurer
9
Assembly Honors Early Visalia Black
Cowboy
Assemblyman Bill Green presents Assembly Resolution to Frank Greenway.
Frank Greenway, 75, is one of the few living black cowboys in the
state. Recently the Assembly Rules Committee officially recognized that
fact by presenting Greenway, who lives in Visalia, with a copy of an
Assembly resolution honoring his contribution to Western folklore.
The presentation was made by Assemblyman Bill Green of Los An
geles at a family reunion in the Tulare Veterans Memorial Hall attended
by about l00 relatives and friends.
10
Dr. Taney's Release
Discrimination At Fresno State College
Dr. Joe Toney
The Fresno State College admin
istration racially descriminated
against Dr. Joe David Toney, a
black faculty member, in releas
ing him from his job, a Depart
ment of Health, Education and Wel-
fare investigation reports says.
Floyd Pierce, regional director of
HEW's Office of Civil Rights in San
Francisco, said following months of
investigation and "discussions,"
he recommended the Washington
office take some action.
He said the report, sent to Wash
ington, says the investigative team
"found Dr. Toney was discriminat
ed against because of his race and
the way he was treated throughout
the whole situation."
Toney ,who holds a Ph.D. from
the University of Illinois, has taught
chemistry at FSC since 1969. He
was recommended for rehiring for
another probationary year by the
chemistry department faculty, the
department chairman and the
School of Natural Sciences Acting
Dean Dr. Burke Zane.
However, the recommendations
were overruled by FSC President
Norman A. Baxter who notified
Toney last Dec. 1 he would not be
rehired.
Baxter gave no reasons for not
rehiring Toney, a procedure every
state college uses on "personal
matters."
However, Toney claimed he was
let go because of his anti-adminis
tration actions.
He ran into trouble with the ad
ministration when he was charged
along with five students for de
taining former School of Arts and
Sciences Acting Dean Philip N.
Walker in his office against his
will a year ago.
The criminal charges were later
dismissed but campus charges re
mained in effect until after Toney
was notified of his release Dec. 1,
when Walker asked they be drop
ped "because the question is now
moot."
A major thrust of Toney's charge
of racial discrimination was the
fact similar charges of unprofes
sional conduct had been lodged
against Cecil Coleman, the athletic
director who left earlier this year
for a job at Wichita State Universi
ty, and were dismissed in a short
time. Toney had been cleared by a
campus hearing officer, but the
charges remained in effect.
Toney also was the sponsor of
the black students' special edition
of the campus newspaper which
has often been critical of Baxter
and other administrators, includ
ing former Acting President Dr.
Karl L. Falk.
Rory McKinney, assistant direct
or of the contract compliance divi
sion of HEW's Office of Civil Rights
in Washington, said the case has
been turned over to the depart
ment's legal counsel and an opin
ion on how to proceed should be
reached soon.
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Top row, left to right, Frankie Mae Chambers, member; Harry Washington,
Sweetheart; Christine Jennings, member; Roscoe Alexander, Sgt. of Arms;
Nadine Flores, reporter; Feltus Strling, advisor. Second row, left to right:
Myrtle Saunders, financial secretary; Johnnie Mae James, vice president; La Fay
Jay, president; Hattie McNeal, rec. secretary; Ezra Mae Hickmon. Front row:
Ruby Sykes, treasurer; Mary Johnson, asst. secretary; Ajlean Blackburn, busi
ness manager. (Geraldine Fitzgerald and Florence White, not pictured.)
The Gayettes Social Club
The Gayettes were organized in 1955, with a membership of eight.
The main purpose of the initial group was to have something to do
themselves and to do something for the community.
Today the club has sixteen members including three men who serve
in the capacity of Advisor, Sgt. at Arms, and Sweetheart. Mrs. Ajlean
Blackburn, Mrs. Myrtle Saunders and Mrs. La Fay Jay are the three re
maining charter members.
Through the years the club has participated in many community ac
tivities. They include: Little League Baseball activities, hospital visits,
flowers for shut-ins, Christmas baskets for the needy, donations to the
Boys Club, Cecil Hinton Center, North Avenue Center, Trinity Street Cen
ter, Welfare Rights Organization, swimming parties for teens, scholar
ships, Debutante Ball each year, and recently donated an electric sewing
machine to the Hinton Center Sewing Club.
The club motto is, "Striving to Help as Well as Entertain." Its colors are
green and white; the club flowers are white carnations.
The club members expressed their thanks to the public for helping
them to help others.
12
Lark Gets Grant To Complete Doctorate
Alexander H. Lark, a Fresno
State College assistant professor of
education, has recieved a Ford
Foundation fellowship to complete
work on his doctorate.
The fellowship was awarded un
der the Advanced Study for Black
Americans program. Lark will take
a leave of absence next school
year to complete his doctorate at
the University of Southern Califor
nia.
Lark also directs the FSC School
of Educations Center for Urban Ed
ucation in West Fresno.
The fellowship requires recipi
ents to engage in study and re
search on a full-time basis. It in
cludes funds to cover tuition, col
lege fees and living expenses.
Dr. David E. Clark, acting aca
demic vice president, said the work
at the Center for Urban Education
will not be interrupted and a re
placement for Lark will be named
before the start of the fall term.
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Pat Gibson - CEP Success Story
"A good voice for telephone work, well groomed, attractive" were
references made of Pat Gibson by former employers when she came to
the Concentrated Employment Program and Fresno in 1969.
Pat, 22, the mother of three pre-school age children, since has been
placed at Continental Title Company by CEP and she is still receiving
good reports. She states, "Continental is interesting and I love the people
I work with."
Pat is a graduate of Perris High School in Perris, California. She plans
to attend Fresno City College in September.
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Black Educators Of Fresno Honor
New School Officials
The Black Educators Association of Fresno recently gave a reception
honoring the newly appointed Superintendent of the Fresno City Unified
Schools, Dr. Arnold Finch, ond the newly elected Black School Board
members, Miss Dorothy Smith of Fresno Colony School District, Dr. Ed-
ward Mosley of State Center Community College District, and Dolphus
Trotter of Washington Union School District.
The informal reception was held in the Edison High School social hall.
Students from Irwin Junior High and the Franklin Elementary Schools
recited poetry, sang songs, and danced. Films produced by the first film
classes at Irwin were shewn to the seventy plus in attendance. Mrs. Jenk
ins and Mr. Meyers sang several beautiful songs from the musical
"Porgy and Bess.
John Shropshire, the president of the Blacks Educators' Association,
was the master of ceremony.
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Fresno's Track Stars
RANDY WILLIAMS, Edison High
School, National Interscholastic in-
door record holder of triple jump,
50'6"; best outdoors 50'11 ";
longjump 24'10 "; 100 yd. dash
9.7; 220 yd. dash 21.8; 440 dash
49.5.
MAXIE PARKS, Fresno City Col-
lege, specializes in 440 dash, best
time of 48.0 flat. All around per-
former, runs 220, 440, and relays.
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DAVID TUCKER, San Joaquin
High School, National Interscholas
tic outdoor record holder of triple
jump 52'6 "; has longjumped ov
er 24 feet.
JERRY WILSON, Fresno City Col
lege, 1970 State JC high hurdles
champion. Has only one loss in two
years of college competition. Best
time 14.0.
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Black Wish
I want the Blacks and the Whites
to get together and teach each other
the meaning of soul
and how to love one another.
I want the Blacks and the Whites
and even the Browns
to go it together
and don't make a sound.
Not a sound about color,
not a word about race
not a thought about the Black
upon my face.
I want all Black America
to do its thing.
I want to realize the dream
of Martin Luther King
I want us to get it together
to walk hand in hand
to work for brotherhood
throughout this land.
By: Dorothy and Bernice Williams
Fresno
18
Fresno West Development Project:
New Printing Shop Opens
Lee Harris, a resident of Fresno for the past 23 years, is the
owner of Fresno Offset Printing & Supply Company. Above he is
shown in the doorway of his shop which is ready to provide com
plete services for printing layouts and typesetting. In addition to a
complete line of office and school supplies, other services include
Xerox copies, weddings or special announcements, business cards,
and rubber stamps with free pick-up and delivery.
Harris, formerly employed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., is a
graduate of Edison High School c111d has received a diploma in
Business Management from La Salle Extension University. He and
his wife, Lena, have five children.
FRESNO OFFSET PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY CO.
2116 Tuolumne Phone : 266-2634
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Recipe
of the
Month
by Frank "Gil" Glasse
HAWAIIAN BAKED PORK
* 2 cups Crushed Pineapple
* 3 medium Sweet Potatoes
* 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
* 4 or 5 Pork Steaks or Chops
* Salt & Pepper
* 4 or 5 strps of Bacon
Place pineapple in a large baking dish, slice sweet potatoes,
place over pineapple and sprinkle with brown sugar, season pork
with salt and pepper and place on top of potatoes. Place bacon
strips on top of pork, cover and bake in oven 350 until potatoes and
pork are tender, about 1 hour. Uncover and bake 10 min. at 450 F.
"THANK YOU"
I am deeply appreciative of the very substantial show
of support given my candidacy in the April 20th election.
I will do my very best to reward your confidence. Thank
you very much.
EDWARD R. MOSLEY, M. D.
Trustee-elect State Center Junior College District-Area 2
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Our Little Miss Fresno City Pageant
ALETA HAYES recently was in
"Our Little Miss Fresno City Pag-
eant, Fresno, California. She was
one of the 15 finalists and was
selected as second runner up to
the Little Miss Queen. She is the
daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Freddie
Hayes. She was presented a tro-
phy certificate, and one month ba-
ton twirling lesson by Little Miss
Pageant Producer.
In the contest she was required
to model sportwear and party out-
fits. Talent competition she did a
ballet number to "Sleeping Beauty
Waltz." Aleta has been dancing
for 5 years.
Aleta plays the Violin and dur-
ing the past year she has played
the first chair position in the "All
City Elementary Orchestra. She is
in the 6th grade at Malloch Ele-
mentary School.
Her hobbies are reading, danc-
ing, singing, and listening to re-
cords especially the "Jackson
Five."
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King of Kings Lutheran Center damaged by fire.
West Fresno Group Will Rebuild Lutheran
Center
West Fresno citizens committee
has charged "racism bent on de
struction rather than building," is
the reason for two fires which dam
aged the King of Kings Lutheran
Center at 2302 S. Fig Ave., and
has vowed to rebuild the facility.
The committee is headed by
Buddy Ellsberry, board chairman
of the center, Billy G. Wright and
Lesly Kimber, a West Fresno news
paper publisher.
"We cannot allow a church or
ganization that has contributed
heavily to the social, political and
economical development of the
community to become the target
of hate and racism that is bent on
destruction rather than building,"
the committee said.
It added the center has been
used for many years by organiza
tions in the West Fresno communi
ty to push a variety of programs,
ranging from breakfast programs
for children to political activities.
"The West Fresno community
has been the victim of neglect, vio
lence and racism for too long to
allow this criminal activity to occur
within our midst without address
ing ourselves to it," Kimber said.
Winfrey Streets, 29, was shot
fatally April 22 at the center, Cal
vin Luther Watkins, 29, program
director of the center was booked
on suspicion of murder.
The first fire caused $11,500
damages and while police were
investigating suspected arson, a
second fire caused $4,500 dam
ages.
22
Fresno's
Black
Hockey
Hero
WILLIE MASTEN is a hit with Fresno hockey fans-either with his gloves
on or off.
Willie Masten's face reflects the battle-scarred realities of hockey.
Scar tissue has formed over both eyes. The cheek-bones are high and
well-defined. A receding hairline makes the forehead look like a batter
ing ram.
For his part, Masten looks like the last guy to go 15 rounds with
Muhammad Ali.
But to Fresno hockey fans, he is Mr. Clean, the guy in the white hat,
an overnight hero for those who flock to Falcon games in Selland Arena.
Masten is completing his first season in the semi-pro Cal-Neva Hockey
League after a long background in the game.
His mother is Canadian, his father is the founder of the Will Masten
Trio, the musical troupe that spawned the show-business career of Sam
my Davis, Jr.
"I'm sort of a private secretary to my father," Masten said. "He's
around 87 now and can't handle all his arrangements and financial
dealings. So I do it for him."
The mustachioed Masten admits his desk duties do little to prepare
him for his weekend muscle jobs with the Falcons.
"Friday nights are the toughest, especially after working all day," he
said. "By Saturday night, though, you've worked most of the kinks out."
Although defensemen do most of the dirty work and receive little ac
clamation, Masten evokes rousing cheers for merely getting a stick on
the puck. When he scores, you would think you were in Boston Gardens.
The roar is thunderous.
Youngsters by the dozens flock around the Fresno dressing room be
tween periods, just to get a look at their hero.
And then there was a sign in Selland recently:
"They Can't Whip Our Willie."
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Left to right, 1st row: Bobby Logan (sax), Billy Rutledge (organ), Charles Doyle
(bass). Second row: Vernell Perry (guitar), Don Hunt (drums), J.C. Shine (trumpet).
Bobby Logan And The Professionals
Bobby Logan and the Professionals frequently play at the American
Legion Post #511. The band is rated as one of the top groups in Central
California. Booking may be made by calling 255-7624, Fresno, Calif.
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Left to right: Hubert Turney, Joe Howard, La Von Scott, Roy Ellis and The Soul
Crusades Band.
The Checkmates
The Checkmates are the latest attraction at the Twenty Century Elks
Club. They perform every Friday and Saturday nights. The group is avail
able for engagements throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
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Discrimination
By Walt Porter
In the old south every white
woman who yelled rape was not
telling the truth and today every
black who shouts discrimination is
not telling the truth.
Very often as black people we
tend to go on emotion rather than
fact and a little home work well
done will save putting our foot in
our mouth.
Recently two well meaning men
telephoned me to complain a cer
tain establishment, which is owned
jointly by blacks and whites, was
discriminating against blacks by
firing them to hire white and had
in fact fired one black woman be
cause of a telephone call.
Upon investigation I learned
through reading the woman's time
card and work record she was often
late, often did not show up for
work, often called in ill, but could
not be found at home and did not
show up for medical appointments
to obtain treatment for her alleged
illness. In fact she had walked off
the job.
It is true there exist in Fresno
gross cases of discrimination. With
proper home work a strong case
against these abuses can be pre
sented. A person's inability to per
form at a job or that person's
shortcomings found out should not
be called discrimination.
At the establishment the highest
per cent of employes are black and
those who have proven ability to
perform have not been or feel
threatened by any form of job dis
crimination.
Remember Peter and the Wolf?
He cried wolf to alert the town
folk many times when there was
no wolf. One day there was a wolf
and nobody paid any attention.
Get it together and be sure the
injured party is telling you the
whole truth and not hiding behind
the fact he is black.
HEAR LES KIMBER
on
DIRECT ANSWER
MAY 20th on 6:05 P. M.
This is one of a continuing series of programs
discussing problems of the black community.
KMJ RADIO 580 on Your Dial
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Kelleys Observe Silver Anniversary
A salute to Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kelley who recently observed their silver
anniversary in Southern California at a series of social events hosted by
relatives of the couple.
The Kelley's began the events by worshipping with members of the
Far Western Region Conference of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority at the
beautiful Cockatoe Inn in Inglewood, Calif. Dinner at the famous Second
Story Restaurant in Mariner, Calif. Visited the Hong Kong Gardens in
Central City, Calif., where they took in a show featuring the Ramsey
Lewis Trio.
Hosting the series of events were Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lenoir of Daly City,
Calif., daughter and son-in-law of the Kelley's who were also observing
their lst Anniversary. Other relatives including Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Col
lies, Mr. & Mrs. Jackie White and Mr. & Mrs. Louis Meyers.
Jack and the former Rosa Lee Conley of Tulsa, Oklahoma, met when
both were students at Fresno State College. They were married in Fresno
on April 26, 1946. He is a retired Sergeant for the Fresno Police Depart
ment. She is a teacher for Fresno City Schools.
27
READERS RAP
Edison High School
Dear Editor:
I read the article concerning the
problems at Edison High School in
the last issue of the Grapevine. It
was timely and to the point. Far
too long have we parents just sat
by and not face up to the problems
at Edison. Your magazine has
sparked the parents for the first
time in many years. I hope that
this spark will start a change in
our thinking. I hope that the par
ents continue to be concerned and
start dealing with the problem at
Edison.
It is a fact that over the past
three years Edison has been de
teriorating both physically and ac
ademically. There are many reas
ons why this situation has devel
oped. Some people say that the
Fresno City Unified School District
wants to close Edison and make it
into a vocation school. Others say
that the school board just don't
care about the Black and Brown
students. Whatever the reasons are,
it has become apparent to me that
the students, parents, and the com
munity must demand for a better
high school and accept nothing
less.
Edison High School buildings
and grounds should be the best
looking complex in the West Fres
no community. Its surrounding area
could reflect a positive atmosphere
for learning. Then I feel that the
administrators, teachers, students,
and parents must make a positive
attempt to make Edison High
School a learning institution. The
West Fresno Community can not
accept anything less.
Edison High Parent
Dear Editor:
I would like to inform you, that
the situation here at Edison is bad,
but it is not as bad as you stated
in the magazine. Because Edison
is the only Black High School in
this city, it is constantly being giv
en bad names and criticized, only
because of what some people
think are huge uncontrollable prob
lems. Edison has problems like ev
ery other high school, but, the seg
regation problem is not Edison's
alone. Many students left Edison
because of lack of college prep
classes. The school board wanted
to smother Edison by encouraging
the students to go away. Lack of
college prep courses would force
the parents on the West Side, to
send their children across town.
Making Edison fall right into
their plan. But if some of the stu
dents can block that plan, and may
be get the Supreme Court to en
force the law and stop the school
board. We should make Edison
equal to the other schools in Fres
no, instead of closing it down and
letting the students suffer.
Edison High Student
Dear Editor:
The community is now recogniz
ing, with the help of your publi
cation, that the students at Edison
High School are not receiving a
quality education. In order to
change this bad situation a com
mission is being made up of local
agencies, feeder schools, and stu
dent representatives to deal with
the problems.
I believe that this is a good step
toward providing a quality educa
tion for the students at Edison.
Model Neighborhood Resident
28
Dear Editor:
I am a reader of your magazine
and like other people of West Fres
no a proud one.
This past month's issue was one
of the best because of all of the
people that it has awakened in
Fresno, not only the working peo
ple of Fresno but us too, the young
er people that are yet in school.
The reason that I am glad you put
what the principal said in the mag
azine is because our school is at a
great standstill, and in order for
us to move we must have some
thing to move from, and this is a
good start.
If we the people of West Fresno
don't know who and what our
problems are we can never solve
them. So now that we know, the
time is now, we as the black peo
ple of Fresno must move and keep
on moving until we have no doubt
about what will happen to our
school, because a community with
out a high school can have no
pride.
I am writing this letter to thank
you for waking up the people of
Edison High and the West Side
community.
Edison High Student
Dear Editor:
I read the article on Edison High
School in the April issue of the
Grapevine and felt compelled to
point out the damaging aspects of
its presentation. Firstly, I do appre
ciate that the article is a summary
of the material presented to the
black parents and educators. None
theless to make the assumption
that the material presented in this
article is fact is in itself fallacious,
since the fourteen points relate on
ly to the student and his parent as
the offenders and in no way in
volves or even consider the system
that created the condition that Edi-
son finds itself in at this time.
It first assumes that most of the
top students have abandoned the
school. This leads to the conclusion
that only the dregs are left. It
places credence in the results of an
IQ test that most progressive edu
cators consider invalid and irrevel
ent. It blames student disinterest on
the student, pointing out that most
students are interested in the social
aspect of school rather than the
academic achievement. It does this
without considering the possibility
that student recognizes a psycho
logical environs that is really not
interested in teaching them any
way, probably due to continued
frustrated efforts of the educators
attempting to present material de
signed for other than those students
at Edison. It is easy for the teacher
then to become a custodian rather
than a teacher and the student
recognizes this, which further com-
pounds the problem. The article
does not point out that there is
great need to restructure the ap
proach to education at ghetto
schools like Edison. It instead
flounts a comparative irrelevent IQ
result to further decrease the Edi
son student initiative. It is difficult
for me to understand how any ed
ucator could accept the results of
any examination that showed that
the average level of any random
group of people could possibly be
slightly above retarded. I am sure
that Edison's teaching staff is well
qualified academically. But are
stimied and unable to relate mean
ingfully to the student because of
the cycle in which they find them
selves. Edison needs change. Edi
son is deficient but you cannot ef
fect change by focusing your at
tention on the results of the failure
of the community to provide mean
ingful education and blame the re-
sults rather than the community.
Bert Marius
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Table of Contents
MAY, 1971
Volume 3, Number 5
Vanessa Dunn-1971
Graduation Speaker 6
Consuelo Sterling-Girl
of the Month 7
Hubert Turney Takes Elks Post 7
Politics-Election Results 8
California Honors Black Cowboy 1O
Discrimination at Fresno State College 11
Gayettes Social Club 12
Education-Alexander Lark 13
Pat Gibson-CEP Success Story 14
Black Educators' Association 15
Fresno's Track Stars 16
Poem-Black Wish l8
Lee Harris Opens Printing Shop 19
Foods-Hawaiian Baked Pork 20
Little Miss Fresno City Pageant 21
King of Kings Lutheran Center 22
Fresno's Black Hockey Hero 23
Bobby Logan and The Professionals 24
The Checkmates 25
Discrimination by Walt Porter 26
Kelley's Observe Silver Anniversary 27
Readers Rap 28
Photo Credit:
Special thanks to the FRESNO BEE
NEWSPAPER for use of pictures
and articles.
Luke Hampton, Pp. 19, 22.
Al Andrews, P. 24.
Vanessa Dunn Selected As 1971 Clovis
Graduation Speaker
Vanessa Dunn, Clovis High
School senior, has been elected by
the 1971 graduating class, as the
speaker for the graduation exer-
cises to be held at Kastner Field on
Thursday, June 10th. She was se-
lected by a unanimous vote of the
seniors at a special meeting held
recently. The title of her speech
was "If Not Now...When?"
Vanessa's many activities in high
school include the Varsity Forensic
Team, CHS lettergirl, the marching
band, president of the Spanish
Club, organized and directed Clov-
is' first Black Culture Week, mem-
ber of student council, commission-
er of Clubs and Organizations, the
Pep Club, the California Scholar-
ship Federation, the National For-
ensic League, and the student cur-
riculum committee. She most re-
cently worked on the campaign to
elect Les Kimber.
Her many accomplishments in-
clude life membership in the Cali-
fornia Scholarship federation, a
recipient of a California State
Scholarship, Bank of America Cer-
tificate winner, recipient of a schol-
arship from the National Scholastic
Fund for Negro Students, selected
as an Outstanding American High
School Student, listed in Merit's
Who's Who Among American High
School Students, and recieved a
commendation from the National
Merit Scholastic Fund.
Vanessa is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilburt Dunn of Clovis.
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6
SJM Senior Is Girl Of Month
Consuelo Sterling, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Feltus L. Sterling, will
be honored as the Soroptimist Girl
of the Month at a luncheon in Del
Webb's TowneHouse.
Miss Sterling, a senior at San
Joaquin Memorial High School, has
maintained a 3.4 grade point av
erage. She is a member of the stu
dent service organization, student
council and the Youth Council of
Negro Women. She currently is
serving as commissioner of social
affairs. Her hobbies are sewing
and playing the piano.
Turney Takes Regional Post With Negro Elks
Hubert H. (TJ) Turney, assistant
director of the Fresno West Devel
opment Co., is the assistant direct
or for civil liberties for Central Cal
ifornia of the Negro Elks Pacific
States Association.
Turney has been a member of
the West Fresno 20th Century Elks
Lodge since 1965 and has been
the lodge's house committee chair
man (manager) for four years and
has served as chairman of the
ways-and-means committee. He is
a member of the Negro Elks Past
Exalted Rulers Council of Central
California and is the group's vice
antler. He has been chairman of
the council queen contest for the
past two years.
Turney is a past first vice chair
man of the Model Cities Neighbor
hood Council and is a social co
chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity. He attends Fresno State
College where he is majoring in
accounting.
7
Four Minorities Win In Local Elections
Dorothy Smith, a Fresno State Col
lege student, became Fresno's
youngest elected public official.
She was elected to a seat on the
Fresno Colony School Board of
Trustees. Miss Smith's election prob
ably makes the Fresno Colony three
member board the first completely
black school board in California.
DR. EDWARD MOSLEY, a local phy
sician, was elected to a seat on the
State Center Community College
District's Board of Directors. He re
ceived 29,724 votes to establish a
record for the most votes received
by a black seeking a public office
in the Fresno area. Dr. Mosley is
listed in Who's Who in Fresno,
1971.
DOLPHUS TROTTER, the Executive
Director of the West Fresno Feder-
ation of Neighborhood Centers,
was elected to a seat on the Wash-
ington Union High School Board.
His victory is expected to bring a
better relationship between the
Black community and the school
district. Trotter is listed in Who's
Who in Fresno 1971.
AL VILLA, a local attorney, was
elected to the Fresno City Council.
He is Fresno's first Chicano coun-
cilman and the first minority elect-
ed to council post. Villa, the third
Chicano to run for public office in
Fresno since 1901, captured ap-
proximately 10,250 votes to win
Council Post 3 over a field of nine
challengers.
8
SPECIAL ELECTION
JULY 20, 1971
SUPPORT
ELECT
JESSE McDONALD JR.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
EXPERIENCED DEDICATED
Co-chairmen
JACK KELLEY JOHN HAMPTON
WYOMA LEWIS
Treasurer
9
Assembly Honors Early Visalia Black
Cowboy
Assemblyman Bill Green presents Assembly Resolution to Frank Greenway.
Frank Greenway, 75, is one of the few living black cowboys in the
state. Recently the Assembly Rules Committee officially recognized that
fact by presenting Greenway, who lives in Visalia, with a copy of an
Assembly resolution honoring his contribution to Western folklore.
The presentation was made by Assemblyman Bill Green of Los An
geles at a family reunion in the Tulare Veterans Memorial Hall attended
by about l00 relatives and friends.
10
Dr. Taney's Release
Discrimination At Fresno State College
Dr. Joe Toney
The Fresno State College admin
istration racially descriminated
against Dr. Joe David Toney, a
black faculty member, in releas
ing him from his job, a Depart
ment of Health, Education and Wel-
fare investigation reports says.
Floyd Pierce, regional director of
HEW's Office of Civil Rights in San
Francisco, said following months of
investigation and "discussions,"
he recommended the Washington
office take some action.
He said the report, sent to Wash
ington, says the investigative team
"found Dr. Toney was discriminat
ed against because of his race and
the way he was treated throughout
the whole situation."
Toney ,who holds a Ph.D. from
the University of Illinois, has taught
chemistry at FSC since 1969. He
was recommended for rehiring for
another probationary year by the
chemistry department faculty, the
department chairman and the
School of Natural Sciences Acting
Dean Dr. Burke Zane.
However, the recommendations
were overruled by FSC President
Norman A. Baxter who notified
Toney last Dec. 1 he would not be
rehired.
Baxter gave no reasons for not
rehiring Toney, a procedure every
state college uses on "personal
matters."
However, Toney claimed he was
let go because of his anti-adminis
tration actions.
He ran into trouble with the ad
ministration when he was charged
along with five students for de
taining former School of Arts and
Sciences Acting Dean Philip N.
Walker in his office against his
will a year ago.
The criminal charges were later
dismissed but campus charges re
mained in effect until after Toney
was notified of his release Dec. 1,
when Walker asked they be drop
ped "because the question is now
moot."
A major thrust of Toney's charge
of racial discrimination was the
fact similar charges of unprofes
sional conduct had been lodged
against Cecil Coleman, the athletic
director who left earlier this year
for a job at Wichita State Universi
ty, and were dismissed in a short
time. Toney had been cleared by a
campus hearing officer, but the
charges remained in effect.
Toney also was the sponsor of
the black students' special edition
of the campus newspaper which
has often been critical of Baxter
and other administrators, includ
ing former Acting President Dr.
Karl L. Falk.
Rory McKinney, assistant direct
or of the contract compliance divi
sion of HEW's Office of Civil Rights
in Washington, said the case has
been turned over to the depart
ment's legal counsel and an opin
ion on how to proceed should be
reached soon.
11
Top row, left to right, Frankie Mae Chambers, member; Harry Washington,
Sweetheart; Christine Jennings, member; Roscoe Alexander, Sgt. of Arms;
Nadine Flores, reporter; Feltus Strling, advisor. Second row, left to right:
Myrtle Saunders, financial secretary; Johnnie Mae James, vice president; La Fay
Jay, president; Hattie McNeal, rec. secretary; Ezra Mae Hickmon. Front row:
Ruby Sykes, treasurer; Mary Johnson, asst. secretary; Ajlean Blackburn, busi
ness manager. (Geraldine Fitzgerald and Florence White, not pictured.)
The Gayettes Social Club
The Gayettes were organized in 1955, with a membership of eight.
The main purpose of the initial group was to have something to do
themselves and to do something for the community.
Today the club has sixteen members including three men who serve
in the capacity of Advisor, Sgt. at Arms, and Sweetheart. Mrs. Ajlean
Blackburn, Mrs. Myrtle Saunders and Mrs. La Fay Jay are the three re
maining charter members.
Through the years the club has participated in many community ac
tivities. They include: Little League Baseball activities, hospital visits,
flowers for shut-ins, Christmas baskets for the needy, donations to the
Boys Club, Cecil Hinton Center, North Avenue Center, Trinity Street Cen
ter, Welfare Rights Organization, swimming parties for teens, scholar
ships, Debutante Ball each year, and recently donated an electric sewing
machine to the Hinton Center Sewing Club.
The club motto is, "Striving to Help as Well as Entertain." Its colors are
green and white; the club flowers are white carnations.
The club members expressed their thanks to the public for helping
them to help others.
12
Lark Gets Grant To Complete Doctorate
Alexander H. Lark, a Fresno
State College assistant professor of
education, has recieved a Ford
Foundation fellowship to complete
work on his doctorate.
The fellowship was awarded un
der the Advanced Study for Black
Americans program. Lark will take
a leave of absence next school
year to complete his doctorate at
the University of Southern Califor
nia.
Lark also directs the FSC School
of Educations Center for Urban Ed
ucation in West Fresno.
The fellowship requires recipi
ents to engage in study and re
search on a full-time basis. It in
cludes funds to cover tuition, col
lege fees and living expenses.
Dr. David E. Clark, acting aca
demic vice president, said the work
at the Center for Urban Education
will not be interrupted and a re
placement for Lark will be named
before the start of the fall term.
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Pat Gibson - CEP Success Story
"A good voice for telephone work, well groomed, attractive" were
references made of Pat Gibson by former employers when she came to
the Concentrated Employment Program and Fresno in 1969.
Pat, 22, the mother of three pre-school age children, since has been
placed at Continental Title Company by CEP and she is still receiving
good reports. She states, "Continental is interesting and I love the people
I work with."
Pat is a graduate of Perris High School in Perris, California. She plans
to attend Fresno City College in September.
14
Black Educators Of Fresno Honor
New School Officials
The Black Educators Association of Fresno recently gave a reception
honoring the newly appointed Superintendent of the Fresno City Unified
Schools, Dr. Arnold Finch, ond the newly elected Black School Board
members, Miss Dorothy Smith of Fresno Colony School District, Dr. Ed-
ward Mosley of State Center Community College District, and Dolphus
Trotter of Washington Union School District.
The informal reception was held in the Edison High School social hall.
Students from Irwin Junior High and the Franklin Elementary Schools
recited poetry, sang songs, and danced. Films produced by the first film
classes at Irwin were shewn to the seventy plus in attendance. Mrs. Jenk
ins and Mr. Meyers sang several beautiful songs from the musical
"Porgy and Bess.
John Shropshire, the president of the Blacks Educators' Association,
was the master of ceremony.
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Fresno's Track Stars
RANDY WILLIAMS, Edison High
School, National Interscholastic in-
door record holder of triple jump,
50'6"; best outdoors 50'11 ";
longjump 24'10 "; 100 yd. dash
9.7; 220 yd. dash 21.8; 440 dash
49.5.
MAXIE PARKS, Fresno City Col-
lege, specializes in 440 dash, best
time of 48.0 flat. All around per-
former, runs 220, 440, and relays.
16
DAVID TUCKER, San Joaquin
High School, National Interscholas
tic outdoor record holder of triple
jump 52'6 "; has longjumped ov
er 24 feet.
JERRY WILSON, Fresno City Col
lege, 1970 State JC high hurdles
champion. Has only one loss in two
years of college competition. Best
time 14.0.
17
Black Wish
I want the Blacks and the Whites
to get together and teach each other
the meaning of soul
and how to love one another.
I want the Blacks and the Whites
and even the Browns
to go it together
and don't make a sound.
Not a sound about color,
not a word about race
not a thought about the Black
upon my face.
I want all Black America
to do its thing.
I want to realize the dream
of Martin Luther King
I want us to get it together
to walk hand in hand
to work for brotherhood
throughout this land.
By: Dorothy and Bernice Williams
Fresno
18
Fresno West Development Project:
New Printing Shop Opens
Lee Harris, a resident of Fresno for the past 23 years, is the
owner of Fresno Offset Printing & Supply Company. Above he is
shown in the doorway of his shop which is ready to provide com
plete services for printing layouts and typesetting. In addition to a
complete line of office and school supplies, other services include
Xerox copies, weddings or special announcements, business cards,
and rubber stamps with free pick-up and delivery.
Harris, formerly employed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., is a
graduate of Edison High School c111d has received a diploma in
Business Management from La Salle Extension University. He and
his wife, Lena, have five children.
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Recipe
of the
Month
by Frank "Gil" Glasse
HAWAIIAN BAKED PORK
* 2 cups Crushed Pineapple
* 3 medium Sweet Potatoes
* 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
* 4 or 5 Pork Steaks or Chops
* Salt & Pepper
* 4 or 5 strps of Bacon
Place pineapple in a large baking dish, slice sweet potatoes,
place over pineapple and sprinkle with brown sugar, season pork
with salt and pepper and place on top of potatoes. Place bacon
strips on top of pork, cover and bake in oven 350 until potatoes and
pork are tender, about 1 hour. Uncover and bake 10 min. at 450 F.
"THANK YOU"
I am deeply appreciative of the very substantial show
of support given my candidacy in the April 20th election.
I will do my very best to reward your confidence. Thank
you very much.
EDWARD R. MOSLEY, M. D.
Trustee-elect State Center Junior College District-Area 2
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Our Little Miss Fresno City Pageant
ALETA HAYES recently was in
"Our Little Miss Fresno City Pag-
eant, Fresno, California. She was
one of the 15 finalists and was
selected as second runner up to
the Little Miss Queen. She is the
daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Freddie
Hayes. She was presented a tro-
phy certificate, and one month ba-
ton twirling lesson by Little Miss
Pageant Producer.
In the contest she was required
to model sportwear and party out-
fits. Talent competition she did a
ballet number to "Sleeping Beauty
Waltz." Aleta has been dancing
for 5 years.
Aleta plays the Violin and dur-
ing the past year she has played
the first chair position in the "All
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in the 6th grade at Malloch Ele-
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Her hobbies are reading, danc-
ing, singing, and listening to re-
cords especially the "Jackson
Five."
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King of Kings Lutheran Center damaged by fire.
West Fresno Group Will Rebuild Lutheran
Center
West Fresno citizens committee
has charged "racism bent on de
struction rather than building," is
the reason for two fires which dam
aged the King of Kings Lutheran
Center at 2302 S. Fig Ave., and
has vowed to rebuild the facility.
The committee is headed by
Buddy Ellsberry, board chairman
of the center, Billy G. Wright and
Lesly Kimber, a West Fresno news
paper publisher.
"We cannot allow a church or
ganization that has contributed
heavily to the social, political and
economical development of the
community to become the target
of hate and racism that is bent on
destruction rather than building,"
the committee said.
It added the center has been
used for many years by organiza
tions in the West Fresno communi
ty to push a variety of programs,
ranging from breakfast programs
for children to political activities.
"The West Fresno community
has been the victim of neglect, vio
lence and racism for too long to
allow this criminal activity to occur
within our midst without address
ing ourselves to it," Kimber said.
Winfrey Streets, 29, was shot
fatally April 22 at the center, Cal
vin Luther Watkins, 29, program
director of the center was booked
on suspicion of murder.
The first fire caused $11,500
damages and while police were
investigating suspected arson, a
second fire caused $4,500 dam
ages.
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Fresno's
Black
Hockey
Hero
WILLIE MASTEN is a hit with Fresno hockey fans-either with his gloves
on or off.
Willie Masten's face reflects the battle-scarred realities of hockey.
Scar tissue has formed over both eyes. The cheek-bones are high and
well-defined. A receding hairline makes the forehead look like a batter
ing ram.
For his part, Masten looks like the last guy to go 15 rounds with
Muhammad Ali.
But to Fresno hockey fans, he is Mr. Clean, the guy in the white hat,
an overnight hero for those who flock to Falcon games in Selland Arena.
Masten is completing his first season in the semi-pro Cal-Neva Hockey
League after a long background in the game.
His mother is Canadian, his father is the founder of the Will Masten
Trio, the musical troupe that spawned the show-business career of Sam
my Davis, Jr.
"I'm sort of a private secretary to my father," Masten said. "He's
around 87 now and can't handle all his arrangements and financial
dealings. So I do it for him."
The mustachioed Masten admits his desk duties do little to prepare
him for his weekend muscle jobs with the Falcons.
"Friday nights are the toughest, especially after working all day," he
said. "By Saturday night, though, you've worked most of the kinks out."
Although defensemen do most of the dirty work and receive little ac
clamation, Masten evokes rousing cheers for merely getting a stick on
the puck. When he scores, you would think you were in Boston Gardens.
The roar is thunderous.
Youngsters by the dozens flock around the Fresno dressing room be
tween periods, just to get a look at their hero.
And then there was a sign in Selland recently:
"They Can't Whip Our Willie."
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Left to right, 1st row: Bobby Logan (sax), Billy Rutledge (organ), Charles Doyle
(bass). Second row: Vernell Perry (guitar), Don Hunt (drums), J.C. Shine (trumpet).
Bobby Logan And The Professionals
Bobby Logan and the Professionals frequently play at the American
Legion Post #511. The band is rated as one of the top groups in Central
California. Booking may be made by calling 255-7624, Fresno, Calif.
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Left to right: Hubert Turney, Joe Howard, La Von Scott, Roy Ellis and The Soul
Crusades Band.
The Checkmates
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Discrimination
By Walt Porter
In the old south every white
woman who yelled rape was not
telling the truth and today every
black who shouts discrimination is
not telling the truth.
Very often as black people we
tend to go on emotion rather than
fact and a little home work well
done will save putting our foot in
our mouth.
Recently two well meaning men
telephoned me to complain a cer
tain establishment, which is owned
jointly by blacks and whites, was
discriminating against blacks by
firing them to hire white and had
in fact fired one black woman be
cause of a telephone call.
Upon investigation I learned
through reading the woman's time
card and work record she was often
late, often did not show up for
work, often called in ill, but could
not be found at home and did not
show up for medical appointments
to obtain treatment for her alleged
illness. In fact she had walked off
the job.
It is true there exist in Fresno
gross cases of discrimination. With
proper home work a strong case
against these abuses can be pre
sented. A person's inability to per
form at a job or that person's
shortcomings found out should not
be called discrimination.
At the establishment the highest
per cent of employes are black and
those who have proven ability to
perform have not been or feel
threatened by any form of job dis
crimination.
Remember Peter and the Wolf?
He cried wolf to alert the town
folk many times when there was
no wolf. One day there was a wolf
and nobody paid any attention.
Get it together and be sure the
injured party is telling you the
whole truth and not hiding behind
the fact he is black.
HEAR LES KIMBER
on
DIRECT ANSWER
MAY 20th on 6:05 P. M.
This is one of a continuing series of programs
discussing problems of the black community.
KMJ RADIO 580 on Your Dial
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Kelleys Observe Silver Anniversary
A salute to Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kelley who recently observed their silver
anniversary in Southern California at a series of social events hosted by
relatives of the couple.
The Kelley's began the events by worshipping with members of the
Far Western Region Conference of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority at the
beautiful Cockatoe Inn in Inglewood, Calif. Dinner at the famous Second
Story Restaurant in Mariner, Calif. Visited the Hong Kong Gardens in
Central City, Calif., where they took in a show featuring the Ramsey
Lewis Trio.
Hosting the series of events were Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lenoir of Daly City,
Calif., daughter and son-in-law of the Kelley's who were also observing
their lst Anniversary. Other relatives including Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Col
lies, Mr. & Mrs. Jackie White and Mr. & Mrs. Louis Meyers.
Jack and the former Rosa Lee Conley of Tulsa, Oklahoma, met when
both were students at Fresno State College. They were married in Fresno
on April 26, 1946. He is a retired Sergeant for the Fresno Police Depart
ment. She is a teacher for Fresno City Schools.
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READERS RAP
Edison High School
Dear Editor:
I read the article concerning the
problems at Edison High School in
the last issue of the Grapevine. It
was timely and to the point. Far
too long have we parents just sat
by and not face up to the problems
at Edison. Your magazine has
sparked the parents for the first
time in many years. I hope that
this spark will start a change in
our thinking. I hope that the par
ents continue to be concerned and
start dealing with the problem at
Edison.
It is a fact that over the past
three years Edison has been de
teriorating both physically and ac
ademically. There are many reas
ons why this situation has devel
oped. Some people say that the
Fresno City Unified School District
wants to close Edison and make it
into a vocation school. Others say
that the school board just don't
care about the Black and Brown
students. Whatever the reasons are,
it has become apparent to me that
the students, parents, and the com
munity must demand for a better
high school and accept nothing
less.
Edison High School buildings
and grounds should be the best
looking complex in the West Fres
no community. Its surrounding area
could reflect a positive atmosphere
for learning. Then I feel that the
administrators, teachers, students,
and parents must make a positive
attempt to make Edison High
School a learning institution. The
West Fresno Community can not
accept anything less.
Edison High Parent
Dear Editor:
I would like to inform you, that
the situation here at Edison is bad,
but it is not as bad as you stated
in the magazine. Because Edison
is the only Black High School in
this city, it is constantly being giv
en bad names and criticized, only
because of what some people
think are huge uncontrollable prob
lems. Edison has problems like ev
ery other high school, but, the seg
regation problem is not Edison's
alone. Many students left Edison
because of lack of college prep
classes. The school board wanted
to smother Edison by encouraging
the students to go away. Lack of
college prep courses would force
the parents on the West Side, to
send their children across town.
Making Edison fall right into
their plan. But if some of the stu
dents can block that plan, and may
be get the Supreme Court to en
force the law and stop the school
board. We should make Edison
equal to the other schools in Fres
no, instead of closing it down and
letting the students suffer.
Edison High Student
Dear Editor:
The community is now recogniz
ing, with the help of your publi
cation, that the students at Edison
High School are not receiving a
quality education. In order to
change this bad situation a com
mission is being made up of local
agencies, feeder schools, and stu
dent representatives to deal with
the problems.
I believe that this is a good step
toward providing a quality educa
tion for the students at Edison.
Model Neighborhood Resident
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Dear Editor:
I am a reader of your magazine
and like other people of West Fres
no a proud one.
This past month's issue was one
of the best because of all of the
people that it has awakened in
Fresno, not only the working peo
ple of Fresno but us too, the young
er people that are yet in school.
The reason that I am glad you put
what the principal said in the mag
azine is because our school is at a
great standstill, and in order for
us to move we must have some
thing to move from, and this is a
good start.
If we the people of West Fresno
don't know who and what our
problems are we can never solve
them. So now that we know, the
time is now, we as the black peo
ple of Fresno must move and keep
on moving until we have no doubt
about what will happen to our
school, because a community with
out a high school can have no
pride.
I am writing this letter to thank
you for waking up the people of
Edison High and the West Side
community.
Edison High Student
Dear Editor:
I read the article on Edison High
School in the April issue of the
Grapevine and felt compelled to
point out the damaging aspects of
its presentation. Firstly, I do appre
ciate that the article is a summary
of the material presented to the
black parents and educators. None
theless to make the assumption
that the material presented in this
article is fact is in itself fallacious,
since the fourteen points relate on
ly to the student and his parent as
the offenders and in no way in
volves or even consider the system
that created the condition that Edi-
son finds itself in at this time.
It first assumes that most of the
top students have abandoned the
school. This leads to the conclusion
that only the dregs are left. It
places credence in the results of an
IQ test that most progressive edu
cators consider invalid and irrevel
ent. It blames student disinterest on
the student, pointing out that most
students are interested in the social
aspect of school rather than the
academic achievement. It does this
without considering the possibility
that student recognizes a psycho
logical environs that is really not
interested in teaching them any
way, probably due to continued
frustrated efforts of the educators
attempting to present material de
signed for other than those students
at Edison. It is easy for the teacher
then to become a custodian rather
than a teacher and the student
recognizes this, which further com-
pounds the problem. The article
does not point out that there is
great need to restructure the ap
proach to education at ghetto
schools like Edison. It instead
flounts a comparative irrelevent IQ
result to further decrease the Edi
son student initiative. It is difficult
for me to understand how any ed
ucator could accept the results of
any examination that showed that
the average level of any random
group of people could possibly be
slightly above retarded. I am sure
that Edison's teaching staff is well
qualified academically. But are
stimied and unable to relate mean
ingfully to the student because of
the cycle in which they find them
selves. Edison needs change. Edi
son is deficient but you cannot ef
fect change by focusing your at
tention on the results of the failure
of the community to provide mean
ingful education and blame the re-
sults rather than the community.
Bert Marius
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