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GRAPEVINE
THE FAMILY MAGAZINE 35c JANUARY, 1972
Bobby Edmond
Shirley Davidson
Art Atwater
Linzie Daniels
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Allen Logan
Barbara Calderon
Eddie Nolen
J.W. Edmonson
Calvin Watkins
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Attention Readers ! !
You and Your Friends are invited to
GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE'S
BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
Commemorating Black History Month
-FEATURING-
Black History & Culture Displays - Awards
Ceremony - Fashion Show - Dance
Saturday, February 19, 1972
Program Includes:
* Black History and Culture Display
by Nadine Mayo
* Fashion Show
featuring many of Central California's Best Dressed
Men and Women with popular San Francisco Disc
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honoring Outstanding People who have contributed
to the betterment of Black People in Central
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* Dance
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LETTER
FROM
THE
EDITOR
Dear Readers,
This month's edition of the GRAPEVINE is featuring four special
articles that we believe you will find very interesting and educa-
tional. The article entitled CHILDREN WITH CHILDREN: THE PROB-
LEM OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY, written by a high school student,
is most informative especially for teenagers and parents. The article
entitled WELFARE MYTHS VS. FACTS should clear up some of the
senseless attacks aimed at welfare recipients. Older and younger
readers alike probably will be enlightened by the article entitled
ELDERLY BLACKS GET SMALL SHARE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, which
brings out the startling fact that most Black people will never bene-
fit from Social Security, Medi-Care, and other such retirement
programs as they are structured today.
The article entitled TEXTBOOKS THAT HARM CHILDREN is a
must for parents of school-age children. We hope that articles such
as the above will stimulate parents, administrators, and other in-
terested people into making sure that the history of minority people
is included in the textbooks and curriculum of our schools.
Sincerely,
Frank Johnson
Editor and Publisher
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Table of Contents
January, 1972
Vol. 4 No. 1
20th Century Elks-Charter Members 6
Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority 7
Linzie Daniels Juvenile
Hall Superintendent 8
Barbara Calderon-Chief of Nursing 9
Bachelor of the Month 11
Teenage Pregnancy 12
Jerry Pender All-American Candidate 13
National Scholarship Finalists 14
Globetrotters 15
Fashion of the Month 17
Jan Walker-Community Service 18
Bakersfield Educator of the Month 19
Textbooks That Harm Children 20
Recipe of the Month 21
Fresno Educator of the Month 22
Wedding of the Month 23
Black People and Social Security 24
Youth in the News 25
Fresno West Development Company 26
Couple of the Month 27
Bert Campbell-New Director 28
Welfare Myths vs. Facts 29
A Short Course in Human Relation 30
Photo Credits:
Fresno Bee, Pp. 6, 8, 13
California Advocate, Pp. 14, 18
20th Century Elks Lodge Honors Members
Arthur Atwater, Jr. J. W. Edmonson
Allen Logan Calvin Watkins
Charter members of the 20th Century Elks Lodge and 20 and 25 year
members of the lodge and the Mary D. Logan Temple 706, were honor-
ed at a dinner at Fresno's Del Webb's TowneHouse. The lodge's charter
members helped form the organization in West Fresno in 1935.
They are J. W. Edmonson, Arthur Atwater Jr., Allen Logan and Calvin
Watkins.
Edmonson, 76, is the unit's current treasurer and has served as ruler
and a trustee.
Lonnie Kelly, of the Bay Area, state president of the Elks Pacific States
Association, was the dinner speaker.
A no host cocktail hour began at 6:30 p.m. and the dinner and cere-
mony of recognition started at 7:30 p.m. A dance followed.
Three lodge members and four members of the temple were recognized
for membership honors.
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New officers for 1972, row from left to right: Mrs. Ruby Jo
Dreher, president; Mrs. John Ora Calhoun, Financial Secretary; Mrs. Jose-
phine Bivings, Treasurer. Top row: Mrs. Sylvia Hailey, Recording Secre-
tary; Mrs. Flo Atwater, Reporter & Educational Committee; Mrs. Jimmie
Echols, Chaplain & Ed. Committee; Mrs. Lillian Baugh, Parliamentarian
& Sgt. at Arms; Mrs. Dorothy Ethridge, Vice President.
Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority
The Sigma Beta Chapter of Alpha-Chi-Pi Omega Sorority had their
election of officers Monday, Pan. 3, 1972, in the home of Mrs. Sylvia
Hailey in Tulare, Calif. The installation was given by Mrs. Dorothy Eth-
ridge of Fresno. This sorority's main project is to support the Bethune
Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. However, all the other af-
fairs that they give is for Fresno's scholarship funds for underprivileged
children. This sorority is also the one that gives the beautiful Ebony
Fashion Show each year.
The sorority's convention this year will be held in San Bernardino,
Aug. 19-22 in the new Hilton which will be ready Feb., 1972, The Na-
tional will be held April 4th-9th in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Fresno
Chapter started in 1956 with sixteen members. However with only
half of that amount today the Sorority is still carrying on strong.
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Daniels Gets Top Juvenile Hall Post
Linzie L. Daniel, 27, a project
director at Fresno State College,
has been appointed superintendent
of Juvenile Hall, Frank L. Bailey,
chief probation officers announced
recently.
Daniel will begin in his new job
Jan. 28, succeeding Walter M. Al-
lington, 59, who retired Dec. 2.
He had been superintendent since
1957.
Daniel has been director of a
law enforcement training project at
FSC since July.
Before that he was a senior
counselor at Juvenile Hall for two
years and was a group counselor
at the youth center for a year and
a half, before that.
Before joining the Fresno Coun-
ty Probation Department in 1967
he was a recreation leader with
the City of Fresno and the West
Fresno Boys' Club.
Daniel is a graduate of Edison
High School, attended California
Polytechnic College in San Luis O-
bispo for one year and then re-
ceived an associate of arts degree
in recreation leadership from Fres-
no City College.
He received a bachelor of science
degree in recreation administration
from Fresno State College, and pres-
ently is taking graduate work in
criminology and corrections at FSC.
He is a member of the Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church, Knights of
Pythias Lodge 35, Police-Communi-
ty Relations Committee of the Fres-
no City and County Chamber of
Commerce, Central California Train-
ing Officers Association, law and
justice subcommittee of the Model
Cities program, and the Fresno
State College Recreation Club.
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BACHELOR
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MONTH
Eddie B. Nolen
By Mattie B. Meyers
The GRAPEVINE this month is spotlighting Eddie B. Nolen who is
Executive Director of Lanare Community Organization, an organiza-
tion designed to raise the standard of living or residents in Target
Area Nine. Eddie was born in Ashdown, Arkansas, and reared on
the Southside of Chicago. At about the age of thirteen, he and his
parents moved to Corcoran, California, where he attended and
graduated from Corcoran High School. While in high school, he
was active in the High-Teens Club. After graduation from high
school, Eddie entered College of the Sequoias where he became an
outstanding track star. In 1966, he was drafted into the Army,
where he served as a sergeant medic in Vietnam in the Tet Offense
and in the defense of Khe-sahn. After his tour of duty in the mili-
tary, he enrolled at Fresno State College and majored in Speech
Therapy. During the 1971-72 school session, he worked as a
Carrer Opportunity Program (COP) teacher assistant at Carver Ele-
mentary School. Eddie enjoys working with people and has a com-
mitment to helping people become aware of ways in which they
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Children with Children:
The Problem of Teenage Pregnancy
By Judy Hurado
In school, unmarried, and pregnant-an unfortunate problem which
many girls are forced to face.
Over 200,000 girls under the age of 18 give birth each year, and this
number is increasing by about 3,000 annually.
When an unmarried girl gets pregnant, she has three choices. She can
abort the pregnancy, she can get married, or she can give birth to the
child out of wedlock. All have their problems.
A girl seeking an illegal abortion takes the risk of a poor job which
can result in infection. Approximately 5,000 girls and women in the
United States die each year from unskilled abortions, according to Dr.
Evelyn Millis Duvall, author of Why Wait Till Marriage. Even if, the girl
has no ill effects physically, she may fear exposure or suffer psycholog-
ically with feelings of guilt about the death of her unborn child.
In some cases a girl may only suspect that she is pregnant. An abor-
tionist will confirm her fears in order to collect the fee even if she is not
pregnant.
Of the over 200,000 high school age girls each year that give birth,
60 per cent are married by the time the child is born, according to Marion
Howard in the September 1971 issue of The Journal of School Health.
These hurried marriages are usually started amidst tension and pressure
from many directions. The sudden burden of responsibility often makes
the young father feel trapped. Off to a poor start, the young couple
generally has only a slim chance for a successful marriage.
The girl who gives birth out of wedlock must deal with the problem
of caring for the child. Some of these babies are put out for adpotion
while others are brought home and raised under the guidance of their
grandmothers. Such a case was cited in Why Wait Till Marriage in which
one girl passed off her illegitimate child as a twin to her infant sister
who was born the same month.
A young mother also risks having a weak and unhealthy baby due
to her body's physical unpreparedness for motherhood. "Girls are at
biological risk if pregnancy occurs before cessation of growth. This con-
clusion is supported by natality and mortality data indication that the
course and outcome of pregnancies of girls who become pregnant before
the age of 17 are much poorer than those of girls 17 to 20 years of age
or pregnant women 20-24 years of age," stated Marion Howard in her
article. Complications range from premature labor to a high mortality
rate in the new born babies.
Amidst the multitude of problems faced by the teenage mother are
a few bright spots. Programs are being opened in schools across the
nation to keep the girls in school while they are pregnant, and to bring
them back to school after the baby is born. At Citrus High, Azusa, Calif.,
teenage mothers spend their mornings learning child care and homemak-
ing, and their afternoons in academic courses. They are even allowed
to bring their babies into classrooms.
(continued on page 24)
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Fresno State's All-American Candidate
Jerry Pender
One of the top scorers in major
college basketball circles last sea-
son, and a 1972 All-American can-
didate, is Fresno State's six foot
two forward, Jerry Pender.
Pender, a native of El City, North
Carolina, became the second Bull-
dog to be named to the first team
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
All-Conference team. The first was
Lucius Davis.
The 21 year old senior led the
Bulldogs and the PCAA in scoring
both in non-conference action as
well as Conference action. In non-
league play he scored 588 points
in 26 games and netted 263 in the
10 league games.
In the rebounding department,
he managed to grab 229 rebounds
during the season including 91 in
conference play.
The former Merced College play-
er won his way into the FSC record
books as he established a new
record for most free throws at-
tempted in a season, 248, compar-
ed to the old record of 230 set by
Tony Burr during the 1962-63 cam-
paign. Pender also tied the school
mark for most points in a regula-
tion game, 40, against San Jose
State, February 16. He joined Ron
Neff, who scored 40 against Cal
Poly, Pomona on March 9, 1962.
"Jerry is a most exciting player
and had a great season last year.
He is an All-American type of play-
er that can score and do anything
on the basketball floor," stated
FSC Head Coach Ed Gregory. "He
has great jumping ability and if
he can improve his touch, as he
did last summer, he definitely
should be considered professional
material."
This season Pender is averaging
over 24 points per game.
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GREGG SMITH AND CAROLYN STAIN recently were chosen as finalists
in the National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro
Students. Both are senior science majors at Hoover High School.
Finalists In National Scholarship Program
By Frank Orozco
Last month, two Fresno youths were notified of their outstanding
achievement in the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given in
October, 1970.
This was part of the National Achievement Scholarship Program for
Outstanding Negro Students. The students, both Hoover High School
seniors, are Carolyn Stain and Gregg Smith, both 17.
Both have been entered into the 1973 Merit Scholarship competition.
Carolyn and Gregg, met the requirements and through their individual
efforts gained qualifying test scores that were highest in their geographic
regions and now advance to finalists standings. Both were owarded a
Certificate of Achievement for advancing to the finalist standing. They
were among the top four regional winners which includes Alaska and
Hawaii. One winner each from Stockton and Lodi were also chosen.
Carolyn, who was born in Washington, D.C., lived in Texas before
coming to Fresno, where she has resided with her family for about seven
years. This past summer she attended Prairie View A&M College in Texas
to gain additional training in science studies. The federal government
paid for most of her expenses. She met her own room and costs. "I really
enjoyed it down there," she said.
Gregg has lived in Fresno for just over two years. He was born in
Kansas and has lived in Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Texas and Colorado.
This summer he attended the University of Kansas to further his speech
and debate training. He received a $100 scholarship and the rest of
the expenses were taken care of by himself.
Both are members of the Black Students Union. Carolyn is a Justice
on the Student Court and a member of the French Honor Society. Gregg
carries a 3.67 overall grade point average to earn him membership in
the California Scholastic Federation.
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'BOOTS' ONE-Versatile Meadowlark Lemon, famed Clown Prince of the
Harlem Globetrotters, displays another trick shot with his favorite toy,
the basketball.
Harlem Globetrotters
The fabled, fun-making Harlem Globetrotters are returning to the
Fresno Convention Center, Selland Arena on Monday, January 24, 1972,
to put on their incredible basketball entertainment program that's been
witnessed by 68,000,000 fans in 87 countries, during the past 45 years.
The Magicians of Basketball will meet the Boston Shamrocks in the
feature of a giant-sized program starting at 7:30 p.m.
A portion of the gate proceeds from the Globetrotters show will bene-
fit the Boys' Clubs of Fresno.
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PROUD MOMENT-Jan Walker, recently honored by the Golden West
Women's Club, displays her Community Service Award. Mrs. Walker
has been active in Kern County civic work for the past 10 years.
Bakersfield Woman Receives Award
"To me it's appalling that no-
body cares about anybody any-
more. Why can't people stop
thinking just about themselves?"
Those are the words of Marolyn
"Jan" Walker, a Bakersfield house-
wife and Pacific Telephone employ-
ee who recently was honored by
the Golden West Women's Club
(GWWC) for her outstanding con-
tribution to the Kern County com-
munity.
Mrs. Walker's GWWC Communi-
ty Service Award was well-deserv-
ed. For the past 10 years she has
played a major role in such organ-
izations as the Disabled American
Veterans, Youth for Christ, the
YWCA, Clean Up Your Neighbor-
hood, Prisoner of War Letters and
the Young Women's Civic Club.
She has been extremely active
in work at St. John's Baptist Church
and takes a special interest in the
Bakersfield Singers Association
(BSA), a Gospel group which has
delighted audiences throughout
California, Washington and Nevada
for the past 13 years.
It's working with youth, howev-
er, that seems to be Mrs. Walker's
forte.
"Some of the younger kids in
BSA and other groups just don't
know where it's at because nobody
told them," said Mrs. Falker. "It's
not a case of being dumb. It's just
not knowing."
Mrs. Walker knows and she tells.
"If they don't feel like singing,
I say, OK, let's rap." And rap they
do. About drugs. Sex. Grooming.
School. Home. Personal hang ups.
Anything.
Mrs. Walker also has been in-
strumental in helping several black
youths get college scholarships or
good-paying jobs in Bakersfield
through her rap sessions.
"They are more than qualified,"
she commented. "They just didn't
know how to apply."
Mrs. Walker resides in Bakers-
field along with her husband, Leo,
and son Lyle Erric, 10, and daugh-
ter Lei, 4.
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Bakersfield Educator Of The Month
By Mattie B. Meyers
Mrs. Shirley Davidson
Presently employed as Minority
internee at Fremont Elementary
School at 607 Texas Street, Bak-
ersfield, California, Mrs. Shirley
Davidson has been chosen as the
GRAPEVINE'S Bakersfield Educator
of the month. The school in which
Mrs. Davidson works has a 600-
pupil enrollment-70% Black and
30 % Mexican-American.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana,
and reared in Baton Rouge, Mrs.
Davidson earned her Bachelor of
Science Degree in Social Science in
1964 from Southern University, sub-
sequently doing graduate work at
Louisiana and California State Col-
lege in Bakersfield. For two years
she taught 12th grade in Louisiana.
Following this, she became ad-
ministrative assistant for the Saint
James Parish Community Action
Program. She then became Region-
al OEO Consultant for Head Start
and Community Action Agencies in
Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Davidson is the proud moth-
er of two sons, Kelvin, age 10, and
Gregory, age 9. Her favorite past-
times are reading and watching
football on television.
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ATTENTION PARENTS
Textbooks That Harm Children
Textbooks that distort, by prejudice or omission, the history of
minorities can have a devastating effect on the minority child,
causing him to question his own worth and even to reject his own
identity. The harmful consequences can last a lifetime.
What is often overlooked is the damage that can be inflicted
on all children, majority and minority alike, by distortions of his-
tory. Indoctrinated with myths, they have no way of separating
legend from truth. This ill prepares them to cope with problems in
a multiracial, multiethnic society.
The issue has come sharply into focus during the current con-
troversy over social science textbooks proposed for 1.3 million
California school children in the fifth through the eighth grades.
A 12-member task foce appointed by the State Board of Educa-
tion to evaluate a $2.3 million package of books concluded: "...
the books generally reflect an absence of intellectual rigor, a super-
abundance of factual error, a pervasive ethnocentrism . . .an in-
sensitivity to people of various ethnic groups, and, at times, an
apparent intellectual dishonesty."
Among the specific criticisms are these: Modern black leaders
are not mentioned in one basic text book on U. S. history, and the
slavery issue is "sugar-coated"; the history of the U. S.-Mexican
war is distorted in another, and, in a third, no reference is made
to present-day Indians, their current status and the Indian rights
movement. These deficiencies, the task force says, result from text-
books being written "chiefly from the Anglo point of view."
The State Curriculum Commission has urged the adoption of the
books with revisions promised for later. Instead, the State Board
of Education has deferred action and scheduled more discussion
at another meeting early in January.
That was proper procedure. None of the basic books fully meets
professional standards, according to Wilson Riles, state superin-
tendent of public instruction. Some of the supplemental books do.
But the defects stressed by the reviewing task force appear so sub-
stantial that a heavy burden of proof rests upon the board to justi-
fy each adoption.
The State Education Code requires an accurate historical portray-
al of minorities, and more important than the cold letter of the
law is that simple justice and the welfare of all children command
it.
(Editorial from the Los Angeles Times)
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Fresno Educator Of The Month
By Mattie B. Meyers
graduated from Peabody High
School. He received his B.S. Degree
in Elementary Education from
Grambling College, Grambling,
Louisiana. His past experience includes
teaching third through the
eighth grades for three years in
Cheneyville, Louisiana; as well as
teaching in the Head Start Program
in Austin, Texas. He tutored in
Hattisburg, Mississippi before coming
to Franklin Elementary school
as fourth and sixth grades teacher
in 1969. He is also doing graduate
work at Fresno State College to
ward's his master's degree in Ad
Mr. Robert L. Edmond
mi nstration-Supervision.
The GRAPEVINE'S Fresno EducaA
man who always likes to give
tor of the Month is Mr. Robert L. recognition to the people behind
Edmond, who is an administrative him, Mr. Edmond says that his
trainee with the Fresno City Unified parents, Mr. and Mrs. John EdSchool.
District. Being an adminismond,
and Aunt Mary Ella Aaviritrative
trainee and assistant vice son of Alexandria, along with his
principal of Carver Elementary wife, Pearly, and their two children,
School as well as supervisor of Cahave
played a very important part
reer Opportunity Program instrucin
influencing his life. He is very
tional aides consumes from 12 to active in the Black Educators Asso16
hours of his day. ciation of Fresno, the California
Mr. Edmond came to Fresn,o Teachers Association, and the Fresfrom
Alexandria, Louisiana, having no Teachers Association.
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
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BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
Commemorating Black History Month
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Adventist Church by Elder W. C. Webb.
Pamela Slade, the groom's sister, was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Shirley Meyers, also a sister, and Pemela Howard.
Marvietta Reddings and Carolyn Holmes were the candlelighters.
Each attendant was donned with white brocade gown with red
velvet trimming and carried red roses. Elizabeth Wells was flower
girl and Warren McGough was the Bible bearer. Keith Slade, cousin
of the groom, was the best man. Ushers were 0. C. White Jr., also
a cousin, and Darvin Woods from San Diego. Delores Holmes was
the soloist and Earl Meyers Jr. was organist.
The new Mrs. Slade, a graduate of Fresno High School and presently
a student, at Fresno City College, chose a white satin gown
with an overlay' of chantilly lace and added a lace-edged veil. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Martinez from Ontario,
Oregon.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs,. Robert A. Slade of Fresno.
He is also a graduate of Fresno High School and a student at Fresno
§ City College. Slade is employed at Duncan Ceramics Incorporations.
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January, 1972 23 Grapevine
Paying Taxes For Nothing
Blacks Gets Small Share of Social Security
Responsible leaders of the elderly block communities ore pressing
for better Social Security and Medicare benefits. At a recent
White House Conference on Aging elderly block leaders urged that
the official retirement age for blocks to become eligible for full
Social Security-Medicare benefits be lowered from today's 65 to
58. Elderly blocks also recommended that our present Social Security
lows be amended to give sharp raises in benefits to block
retirees, their widows and their dependents.
AVERAGE BLACK MAN DOESN'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH
TO COLLECT HIS SOCIAL SECURITY
" The overage block man doesn't even live long enough to collect
his Social Security," argued Dr. lnobel Lindsay, retired dean of the
Howard University School of Social Work, at a meeting of elderly
blocks in Washington lost month. Apd Dr. Lindsay submitted some
startling statistics:
The statistical life expectancy for block moles today is 60.1 years
against 67.5 for white moles. That means the Negro mole is likely
to be dead a full year before he even qualifies for reduced Social
Security retirement benefits and four years before he qualifies for
full retirement or for Medicare benefits. Dr. Lindsay's poignant remark
hos a somber background indeed.
As a result of the statistics above, a block man may be required
to pay his full shore of Social Security-Medicare taxes through:>ut
his working life, but then simply not live long enough to collect
one cent of the benefits for which his taxes have paid.
According to a recent study by the Deportment of Health, Education
and Welfare in Washington, only one in three aged blacks
collect any benefits at all from the Medicare coverage for which
he or she is fully eligible and for which they have paid a full
shore of taxes. And this is so despite the well-known fact that the
blocks among us tend to suffer a for greater shore of ill health
than whites-particularly the elderly black whose health needs
may hove been almost totally neglected in earlier years.
Among those blocks who do survive to 65 and beyond, fully half
live below the official poverty line of $1 ,852 for an individual and
$2,328 for a couple.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY (con 't from page 12)
"Today the attitude tcward high school mothers is changing dramatically.
While teenage pregnancy is just as unwanted and undesirable as
ever, more and more parents and schools me trying to help the girls
put their lives together again instead of ostracizing them," commented
Richard Woodbury in the April 2, 1971 issue of Life.
(Condensed from the Washington Union High School student body
newspaper Hatchet.)
Grapevine 24 January, 1972
Youth In The News
By Mattie B. Meyers
in the Model Cities neighborhood
to pursue educational achievement
that will lead to professional coreers.
The program also gives finnancial
assistance through meaningful
employment to students who
are considered under achievers
and who are residents of the Model
Cities area.
Cal is planning to attend Fresno
State College and pursue a career
in Radio and Television lab. A mong
his hobbies are music, tinker
Ca l M ichael Kelly is a seventeen ing with stereo equipment, playyear
old junior at Edison High ing the drums and working with
School, He is employed at Fresno's children.
Franklin Elementary School in the Cal says that he really en joys
Potential Teachers Training Proworking
w ith children. He wants
gram, funded by Model Cities unto
teach them some of the things
der the direction of Mrs. Rae Mims. he has learned and he encourages
This program provides an opporall
students to stay in school and
tunity for minority group students do as w ell as they can.
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January, 1972 25 Grapevine
Fresno West Development Company
Reorganizes Operations
Dr. Freddie Hayes, President
A major reorganization to improve
the internal and external operations
of Fresno West Development
Co. today was announced by
Dr. Freddie L. Hayes, president of
the nonprofit corporation which is
the industrial and economic development
arm of Model Cities.
Leonard C. Garrett will be in
charge of the day-to-day operation
and James B. Williams, formerly
the executive director, has taken
over a new post as economic
development consultant.
Garrett, formerly with the Security
Pacific Bank and frequently
loaned by the bank to public agencies
as a management consultant,
joined the permanent Fresno West
staff in November as deputy director.
Williams will concentrate primarily
on trying to put together packages
which will result in improved
employment for Model Neighborhood
residents.
Grapevine 26
The reorganization is the first
change of significance which has
come to the fore publicly since
three long-time directors were turn ed
out of office during a membership
meeting late last year. Dr.
Hayes, Leo Hall and Mike Garcia
replaced Hugh Wesley Goodwin,
George Purdom and Fred Busch.
Although the budget figure for
the current year and the proposed
year is about the same, the application
notes the coming year will
see more emphasis on recruiting
industries. These would create a
large number of permanent jobs,
with prime attention focused on
developing two complexes which
are in various stages of development-
the industrial triangle and
the Fruit-Church Industrial Park.
Williams has been a prime mover
in both.
Garrett said the internal reorganization
is designed to get better
use of the various capabilities represented
on the staff, and to cut
reliance on outside consultants.
Garrett estimates there will be a
first-year saving of $65,000-primarily
money which will not be
paid to consultants.
He said the technical assistance
which is offered to small businesses
to improve their functioning will
be beefed up, as will the loan and
collection procedures. Garrett said
the loan approach will be more in
the direction of working with the
Small Business Administration and
the regular financial institutions
··to give the business a fair
chance."
Garrett said there also will be
continued close cooperation with
the city controller and finance officer
in keeping tight fiscal controls
over Fresno West.
January, 1972
Most Outstanding
Couple Of The Month Wed 56 Years
By Mattie B. Meyers
Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Garrett
Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Garrett are being honored as the GRAPEVINE'S
Most Outstanding Couple of the Month. Rev. Garrett is the
Pastor of Mount Pleasant Bap1ist Church, which is the largest Black
Church in Fresno. Rev. Garrett studied theology at Arkansas Baptist
College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Befcre being called to pastor here
in Fresno in 1942, Rev. Garrett was preaching at a number of
churches in Arkansas. He was born November 19, 1888 in Lincoln
County, Ark.
In April 1915, Rev. Garrett married his wife, Henrietta. They
had two daughter, Mrs. Lucille O 'Neal and Mrs. Restee Flanders,
and two sons, Samuel and William, who are deceased. Two granddaughters,
Mrs. Earline Hardaman and Mrs. Carmel Koivogui, live
in Fresno. Rev. and Mrs. Garrett also have four great-granchildren.
Rev. Garrett has one living brother, Albert, who is 85 years old
and one living sister, Alice, who is 88 years old. The Garretts have
given much of their life's efforts and wcrk to the growth and development
of Fresno and have shown outstanding leadership for
the past 30 years.
January, 1972 27 Grapevine
Bert Campbell Appointed Program Director
Of California Regional Medical Programs
Los Angeles, California, December
15, 1971-The appointment of
Adelbert "Bert" Campbell, MA,
MPH, as Program Director of California
Area IX-Regional Medical
Programs was announced by M.
A lfred Haynes, MD, A rea IX Coordinator
and Ass'ociate Dean of the
Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical
School. Mr. Campbell will direct
health planning and program
activities pertinent to Area IX, an
area encompassing South Central
Los Angeles, Lynwood, Paramount,
and portions of Compton. Drew
School is the host institution for
Area IX-RMP, and activities generated
here will draw upon the resources
of Drew School, the Los
A ngeles County-Martin Luther King,
Jr. General Hospital, and health
manpower and health service resources
in the community.
Mr. Campbell, age 46, is a native
of Freeport, Illinois. He received
a BS degree, magna cum laude,
from West Virginia State College in
1949, an MA degree from the New
York University School of Education
in 1951, and a Master of Public
Health degree from Columbia
University School of Public Health
in 1954.
In 1966, Mr. Campbell became
Bert Campbell
one of the first managers of a California
State Service Center, a "onedoor"
concept evolved to provide
information, referral and direct services
to the poor. He served as
manager of the Fresno and San
Francisco Centers, planning and coordinating
the many sepcialized
services, building community relationships,
training w orkers from a
variety of disciplines, and stimulating
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: Welfare Myths vs. Facts :
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* The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has recent~:,-:* published a pamphlet entitled "Welfare Myth_s vs. Fa_cts.'' Th_e1r * *objective is to explore some of the popular m1scon~ept1ons w~1ch *
: have proliferated over th~ years ab~~t wel!are rec1p1ents, esp_ec1al-* * ly those who receive Aid to Families with 'bependent Children *
* (AFDC) . For example: . . *
* Myth: Welfare fam ilies are loaded with kids and have more :
* just to get more money. . . *
* Fact: The typical welfare mother has three children. The birth *
* rate for welfare families is dropping. The average payment for an *
* additional child is $35 a month. *
* ---*
: Myth: Welfare people are cheats. . *
* Fact: Suspected incidents of fraud occur in less than .4 of 1 per !
* cent of the total national caseload. Cases where fraud is establish-;
* ed occur less frequently.* Myth: The welfare rolls are full of able bodied loafers. *
* Fact: Less than 1 per cent of AFDC recipients are obied bodied :
* males. In California, the percentage is approximately 12 per cent. *
* Myth: Why work when you can live it up on welfare? *
: Fact: In all but four states, welfare payments are below estab-*
* lished poverty levels. *
* ---*
lt This latter point dramatizes the plight of many recipients. * * In California, the state AFDC living allowances established by *
* the legislature are actually lower than the minimum basic standards :* compiled by the State Department of Welfare. *
* Survival for a mother with two children is calculated at $255 *
: monthly; she receives only $204. This payment assumes that the *
it-recent increase, the first since 1957, survive a court challenge. If *
* it fails she will receive $172. . *
* Whereas O mother with two children is expected to survive on *
* $204, 0 recipient under the Old Age program will receive up _to :* $201 and the blind receive $209. Thus e_ach member of ~ family *
: of three is expected to survive on one-third the sum provided the *
,t aged and blind. . *
* " Let them work," critics say, of the AFDC mothers. The fact 1s *
it-that few are employable. Many are physically sick and emotional-*
* ly distraught. . *
* There are 440 000 families receiving AFDC assistance yet only *
* 18 640 training ~lots are funded in the Work Incentive Program :* (W,IN) for the coming fiscal year. Of this number, state officials * * believe 5,000 to be a realistic empolyable goal. *
: Training is expensive and the resulting jobs rearely pay enough *
,t to make up child care and other expenses. Employed mothers gen-,t
* erally still remain on the welfare rolls. *
*
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January, 1972 29 Grapevine
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Program Includes:
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LETTER
FROM
THE
EDITOR
Dear Readers,
This month's edition of the GRAPEVINE is featuring four special
articles that we believe you will find very interesting and educa-
tional. The article entitled CHILDREN WITH CHILDREN: THE PROB-
LEM OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY, written by a high school student,
is most informative especially for teenagers and parents. The article
entitled WELFARE MYTHS VS. FACTS should clear up some of the
senseless attacks aimed at welfare recipients. Older and younger
readers alike probably will be enlightened by the article entitled
ELDERLY BLACKS GET SMALL SHARE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, which
brings out the startling fact that most Black people will never bene-
fit from Social Security, Medi-Care, and other such retirement
programs as they are structured today.
The article entitled TEXTBOOKS THAT HARM CHILDREN is a
must for parents of school-age children. We hope that articles such
as the above will stimulate parents, administrators, and other in-
terested people into making sure that the history of minority people
is included in the textbooks and curriculum of our schools.
Sincerely,
Frank Johnson
Editor and Publisher
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Table of Contents
January, 1972
Vol. 4 No. 1
20th Century Elks-Charter Members 6
Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority 7
Linzie Daniels Juvenile
Hall Superintendent 8
Barbara Calderon-Chief of Nursing 9
Bachelor of the Month 11
Teenage Pregnancy 12
Jerry Pender All-American Candidate 13
National Scholarship Finalists 14
Globetrotters 15
Fashion of the Month 17
Jan Walker-Community Service 18
Bakersfield Educator of the Month 19
Textbooks That Harm Children 20
Recipe of the Month 21
Fresno Educator of the Month 22
Wedding of the Month 23
Black People and Social Security 24
Youth in the News 25
Fresno West Development Company 26
Couple of the Month 27
Bert Campbell-New Director 28
Welfare Myths vs. Facts 29
A Short Course in Human Relation 30
Photo Credits:
Fresno Bee, Pp. 6, 8, 13
California Advocate, Pp. 14, 18
20th Century Elks Lodge Honors Members
Arthur Atwater, Jr. J. W. Edmonson
Allen Logan Calvin Watkins
Charter members of the 20th Century Elks Lodge and 20 and 25 year
members of the lodge and the Mary D. Logan Temple 706, were honor-
ed at a dinner at Fresno's Del Webb's TowneHouse. The lodge's charter
members helped form the organization in West Fresno in 1935.
They are J. W. Edmonson, Arthur Atwater Jr., Allen Logan and Calvin
Watkins.
Edmonson, 76, is the unit's current treasurer and has served as ruler
and a trustee.
Lonnie Kelly, of the Bay Area, state president of the Elks Pacific States
Association, was the dinner speaker.
A no host cocktail hour began at 6:30 p.m. and the dinner and cere-
mony of recognition started at 7:30 p.m. A dance followed.
Three lodge members and four members of the temple were recognized
for membership honors.
6
New officers for 1972, row from left to right: Mrs. Ruby Jo
Dreher, president; Mrs. John Ora Calhoun, Financial Secretary; Mrs. Jose-
phine Bivings, Treasurer. Top row: Mrs. Sylvia Hailey, Recording Secre-
tary; Mrs. Flo Atwater, Reporter & Educational Committee; Mrs. Jimmie
Echols, Chaplain & Ed. Committee; Mrs. Lillian Baugh, Parliamentarian
& Sgt. at Arms; Mrs. Dorothy Ethridge, Vice President.
Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority
The Sigma Beta Chapter of Alpha-Chi-Pi Omega Sorority had their
election of officers Monday, Pan. 3, 1972, in the home of Mrs. Sylvia
Hailey in Tulare, Calif. The installation was given by Mrs. Dorothy Eth-
ridge of Fresno. This sorority's main project is to support the Bethune
Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. However, all the other af-
fairs that they give is for Fresno's scholarship funds for underprivileged
children. This sorority is also the one that gives the beautiful Ebony
Fashion Show each year.
The sorority's convention this year will be held in San Bernardino,
Aug. 19-22 in the new Hilton which will be ready Feb., 1972, The Na-
tional will be held April 4th-9th in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Fresno
Chapter started in 1956 with sixteen members. However with only
half of that amount today the Sorority is still carrying on strong.
7
Daniels Gets Top Juvenile Hall Post
Linzie L. Daniel, 27, a project
director at Fresno State College,
has been appointed superintendent
of Juvenile Hall, Frank L. Bailey,
chief probation officers announced
recently.
Daniel will begin in his new job
Jan. 28, succeeding Walter M. Al-
lington, 59, who retired Dec. 2.
He had been superintendent since
1957.
Daniel has been director of a
law enforcement training project at
FSC since July.
Before that he was a senior
counselor at Juvenile Hall for two
years and was a group counselor
at the youth center for a year and
a half, before that.
Before joining the Fresno Coun-
ty Probation Department in 1967
he was a recreation leader with
the City of Fresno and the West
Fresno Boys' Club.
Daniel is a graduate of Edison
High School, attended California
Polytechnic College in San Luis O-
bispo for one year and then re-
ceived an associate of arts degree
in recreation leadership from Fres-
no City College.
He received a bachelor of science
degree in recreation administration
from Fresno State College, and pres-
ently is taking graduate work in
criminology and corrections at FSC.
He is a member of the Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church, Knights of
Pythias Lodge 35, Police-Communi-
ty Relations Committee of the Fres-
no City and County Chamber of
Commerce, Central California Train-
ing Officers Association, law and
justice subcommittee of the Model
Cities program, and the Fresno
State College Recreation Club.
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Mo. She received her B.A. Degree
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BACHELOR
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MONTH
Eddie B. Nolen
By Mattie B. Meyers
The GRAPEVINE this month is spotlighting Eddie B. Nolen who is
Executive Director of Lanare Community Organization, an organiza-
tion designed to raise the standard of living or residents in Target
Area Nine. Eddie was born in Ashdown, Arkansas, and reared on
the Southside of Chicago. At about the age of thirteen, he and his
parents moved to Corcoran, California, where he attended and
graduated from Corcoran High School. While in high school, he
was active in the High-Teens Club. After graduation from high
school, Eddie entered College of the Sequoias where he became an
outstanding track star. In 1966, he was drafted into the Army,
where he served as a sergeant medic in Vietnam in the Tet Offense
and in the defense of Khe-sahn. After his tour of duty in the mili-
tary, he enrolled at Fresno State College and majored in Speech
Therapy. During the 1971-72 school session, he worked as a
Carrer Opportunity Program (COP) teacher assistant at Carver Ele-
mentary School. Eddie enjoys working with people and has a com-
mitment to helping people become aware of ways in which they
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Children with Children:
The Problem of Teenage Pregnancy
By Judy Hurado
In school, unmarried, and pregnant-an unfortunate problem which
many girls are forced to face.
Over 200,000 girls under the age of 18 give birth each year, and this
number is increasing by about 3,000 annually.
When an unmarried girl gets pregnant, she has three choices. She can
abort the pregnancy, she can get married, or she can give birth to the
child out of wedlock. All have their problems.
A girl seeking an illegal abortion takes the risk of a poor job which
can result in infection. Approximately 5,000 girls and women in the
United States die each year from unskilled abortions, according to Dr.
Evelyn Millis Duvall, author of Why Wait Till Marriage. Even if, the girl
has no ill effects physically, she may fear exposure or suffer psycholog-
ically with feelings of guilt about the death of her unborn child.
In some cases a girl may only suspect that she is pregnant. An abor-
tionist will confirm her fears in order to collect the fee even if she is not
pregnant.
Of the over 200,000 high school age girls each year that give birth,
60 per cent are married by the time the child is born, according to Marion
Howard in the September 1971 issue of The Journal of School Health.
These hurried marriages are usually started amidst tension and pressure
from many directions. The sudden burden of responsibility often makes
the young father feel trapped. Off to a poor start, the young couple
generally has only a slim chance for a successful marriage.
The girl who gives birth out of wedlock must deal with the problem
of caring for the child. Some of these babies are put out for adpotion
while others are brought home and raised under the guidance of their
grandmothers. Such a case was cited in Why Wait Till Marriage in which
one girl passed off her illegitimate child as a twin to her infant sister
who was born the same month.
A young mother also risks having a weak and unhealthy baby due
to her body's physical unpreparedness for motherhood. "Girls are at
biological risk if pregnancy occurs before cessation of growth. This con-
clusion is supported by natality and mortality data indication that the
course and outcome of pregnancies of girls who become pregnant before
the age of 17 are much poorer than those of girls 17 to 20 years of age
or pregnant women 20-24 years of age," stated Marion Howard in her
article. Complications range from premature labor to a high mortality
rate in the new born babies.
Amidst the multitude of problems faced by the teenage mother are
a few bright spots. Programs are being opened in schools across the
nation to keep the girls in school while they are pregnant, and to bring
them back to school after the baby is born. At Citrus High, Azusa, Calif.,
teenage mothers spend their mornings learning child care and homemak-
ing, and their afternoons in academic courses. They are even allowed
to bring their babies into classrooms.
(continued on page 24)
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Fresno State's All-American Candidate
Jerry Pender
One of the top scorers in major
college basketball circles last sea-
son, and a 1972 All-American can-
didate, is Fresno State's six foot
two forward, Jerry Pender.
Pender, a native of El City, North
Carolina, became the second Bull-
dog to be named to the first team
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
All-Conference team. The first was
Lucius Davis.
The 21 year old senior led the
Bulldogs and the PCAA in scoring
both in non-conference action as
well as Conference action. In non-
league play he scored 588 points
in 26 games and netted 263 in the
10 league games.
In the rebounding department,
he managed to grab 229 rebounds
during the season including 91 in
conference play.
The former Merced College play-
er won his way into the FSC record
books as he established a new
record for most free throws at-
tempted in a season, 248, compar-
ed to the old record of 230 set by
Tony Burr during the 1962-63 cam-
paign. Pender also tied the school
mark for most points in a regula-
tion game, 40, against San Jose
State, February 16. He joined Ron
Neff, who scored 40 against Cal
Poly, Pomona on March 9, 1962.
"Jerry is a most exciting player
and had a great season last year.
He is an All-American type of play-
er that can score and do anything
on the basketball floor," stated
FSC Head Coach Ed Gregory. "He
has great jumping ability and if
he can improve his touch, as he
did last summer, he definitely
should be considered professional
material."
This season Pender is averaging
over 24 points per game.
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GREGG SMITH AND CAROLYN STAIN recently were chosen as finalists
in the National Achievement Scholarship Program for Outstanding Negro
Students. Both are senior science majors at Hoover High School.
Finalists In National Scholarship Program
By Frank Orozco
Last month, two Fresno youths were notified of their outstanding
achievement in the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given in
October, 1970.
This was part of the National Achievement Scholarship Program for
Outstanding Negro Students. The students, both Hoover High School
seniors, are Carolyn Stain and Gregg Smith, both 17.
Both have been entered into the 1973 Merit Scholarship competition.
Carolyn and Gregg, met the requirements and through their individual
efforts gained qualifying test scores that were highest in their geographic
regions and now advance to finalists standings. Both were owarded a
Certificate of Achievement for advancing to the finalist standing. They
were among the top four regional winners which includes Alaska and
Hawaii. One winner each from Stockton and Lodi were also chosen.
Carolyn, who was born in Washington, D.C., lived in Texas before
coming to Fresno, where she has resided with her family for about seven
years. This past summer she attended Prairie View A&M College in Texas
to gain additional training in science studies. The federal government
paid for most of her expenses. She met her own room and costs. "I really
enjoyed it down there," she said.
Gregg has lived in Fresno for just over two years. He was born in
Kansas and has lived in Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Texas and Colorado.
This summer he attended the University of Kansas to further his speech
and debate training. He received a $100 scholarship and the rest of
the expenses were taken care of by himself.
Both are members of the Black Students Union. Carolyn is a Justice
on the Student Court and a member of the French Honor Society. Gregg
carries a 3.67 overall grade point average to earn him membership in
the California Scholastic Federation.
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'BOOTS' ONE-Versatile Meadowlark Lemon, famed Clown Prince of the
Harlem Globetrotters, displays another trick shot with his favorite toy,
the basketball.
Harlem Globetrotters
The fabled, fun-making Harlem Globetrotters are returning to the
Fresno Convention Center, Selland Arena on Monday, January 24, 1972,
to put on their incredible basketball entertainment program that's been
witnessed by 68,000,000 fans in 87 countries, during the past 45 years.
The Magicians of Basketball will meet the Boston Shamrocks in the
feature of a giant-sized program starting at 7:30 p.m.
A portion of the gate proceeds from the Globetrotters show will bene-
fit the Boys' Clubs of Fresno.
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PROUD MOMENT-Jan Walker, recently honored by the Golden West
Women's Club, displays her Community Service Award. Mrs. Walker
has been active in Kern County civic work for the past 10 years.
Bakersfield Woman Receives Award
"To me it's appalling that no-
body cares about anybody any-
more. Why can't people stop
thinking just about themselves?"
Those are the words of Marolyn
"Jan" Walker, a Bakersfield house-
wife and Pacific Telephone employ-
ee who recently was honored by
the Golden West Women's Club
(GWWC) for her outstanding con-
tribution to the Kern County com-
munity.
Mrs. Walker's GWWC Communi-
ty Service Award was well-deserv-
ed. For the past 10 years she has
played a major role in such organ-
izations as the Disabled American
Veterans, Youth for Christ, the
YWCA, Clean Up Your Neighbor-
hood, Prisoner of War Letters and
the Young Women's Civic Club.
She has been extremely active
in work at St. John's Baptist Church
and takes a special interest in the
Bakersfield Singers Association
(BSA), a Gospel group which has
delighted audiences throughout
California, Washington and Nevada
for the past 13 years.
It's working with youth, howev-
er, that seems to be Mrs. Walker's
forte.
"Some of the younger kids in
BSA and other groups just don't
know where it's at because nobody
told them," said Mrs. Falker. "It's
not a case of being dumb. It's just
not knowing."
Mrs. Walker knows and she tells.
"If they don't feel like singing,
I say, OK, let's rap." And rap they
do. About drugs. Sex. Grooming.
School. Home. Personal hang ups.
Anything.
Mrs. Walker also has been in-
strumental in helping several black
youths get college scholarships or
good-paying jobs in Bakersfield
through her rap sessions.
"They are more than qualified,"
she commented. "They just didn't
know how to apply."
Mrs. Walker resides in Bakers-
field along with her husband, Leo,
and son Lyle Erric, 10, and daugh-
ter Lei, 4.
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Bakersfield Educator Of The Month
By Mattie B. Meyers
Mrs. Shirley Davidson
Presently employed as Minority
internee at Fremont Elementary
School at 607 Texas Street, Bak-
ersfield, California, Mrs. Shirley
Davidson has been chosen as the
GRAPEVINE'S Bakersfield Educator
of the month. The school in which
Mrs. Davidson works has a 600-
pupil enrollment-70% Black and
30 % Mexican-American.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana,
and reared in Baton Rouge, Mrs.
Davidson earned her Bachelor of
Science Degree in Social Science in
1964 from Southern University, sub-
sequently doing graduate work at
Louisiana and California State Col-
lege in Bakersfield. For two years
she taught 12th grade in Louisiana.
Following this, she became ad-
ministrative assistant for the Saint
James Parish Community Action
Program. She then became Region-
al OEO Consultant for Head Start
and Community Action Agencies in
Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Davidson is the proud moth-
er of two sons, Kelvin, age 10, and
Gregory, age 9. Her favorite past-
times are reading and watching
football on television.
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ATTENTION PARENTS
Textbooks That Harm Children
Textbooks that distort, by prejudice or omission, the history of
minorities can have a devastating effect on the minority child,
causing him to question his own worth and even to reject his own
identity. The harmful consequences can last a lifetime.
What is often overlooked is the damage that can be inflicted
on all children, majority and minority alike, by distortions of his-
tory. Indoctrinated with myths, they have no way of separating
legend from truth. This ill prepares them to cope with problems in
a multiracial, multiethnic society.
The issue has come sharply into focus during the current con-
troversy over social science textbooks proposed for 1.3 million
California school children in the fifth through the eighth grades.
A 12-member task foce appointed by the State Board of Educa-
tion to evaluate a $2.3 million package of books concluded: "...
the books generally reflect an absence of intellectual rigor, a super-
abundance of factual error, a pervasive ethnocentrism . . .an in-
sensitivity to people of various ethnic groups, and, at times, an
apparent intellectual dishonesty."
Among the specific criticisms are these: Modern black leaders
are not mentioned in one basic text book on U. S. history, and the
slavery issue is "sugar-coated"; the history of the U. S.-Mexican
war is distorted in another, and, in a third, no reference is made
to present-day Indians, their current status and the Indian rights
movement. These deficiencies, the task force says, result from text-
books being written "chiefly from the Anglo point of view."
The State Curriculum Commission has urged the adoption of the
books with revisions promised for later. Instead, the State Board
of Education has deferred action and scheduled more discussion
at another meeting early in January.
That was proper procedure. None of the basic books fully meets
professional standards, according to Wilson Riles, state superin-
tendent of public instruction. Some of the supplemental books do.
But the defects stressed by the reviewing task force appear so sub-
stantial that a heavy burden of proof rests upon the board to justi-
fy each adoption.
The State Education Code requires an accurate historical portray-
al of minorities, and more important than the cold letter of the
law is that simple justice and the welfare of all children command
it.
(Editorial from the Los Angeles Times)
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January, 1972 21 Grapevine
Fresno Educator Of The Month
By Mattie B. Meyers
graduated from Peabody High
School. He received his B.S. Degree
in Elementary Education from
Grambling College, Grambling,
Louisiana. His past experience includes
teaching third through the
eighth grades for three years in
Cheneyville, Louisiana; as well as
teaching in the Head Start Program
in Austin, Texas. He tutored in
Hattisburg, Mississippi before coming
to Franklin Elementary school
as fourth and sixth grades teacher
in 1969. He is also doing graduate
work at Fresno State College to
ward's his master's degree in Ad
Mr. Robert L. Edmond
mi nstration-Supervision.
The GRAPEVINE'S Fresno EducaA
man who always likes to give
tor of the Month is Mr. Robert L. recognition to the people behind
Edmond, who is an administrative him, Mr. Edmond says that his
trainee with the Fresno City Unified parents, Mr. and Mrs. John EdSchool.
District. Being an adminismond,
and Aunt Mary Ella Aaviritrative
trainee and assistant vice son of Alexandria, along with his
principal of Carver Elementary wife, Pearly, and their two children,
School as well as supervisor of Cahave
played a very important part
reer Opportunity Program instrucin
influencing his life. He is very
tional aides consumes from 12 to active in the Black Educators Asso16
hours of his day. ciation of Fresno, the California
Mr. Edmond came to Fresn,o Teachers Association, and the Fresfrom
Alexandria, Louisiana, having no Teachers Association.
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
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Commemorating Black History Month
Saturday, February 19, 1972
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Slade
Christmas Weddings
Juanita Martinez became Mrs. Robert V. Slade on December 25th
in a beautiful ceremony conducted in Fresno Westside Seventh Day
Adventist Church by Elder W. C. Webb.
Pamela Slade, the groom's sister, was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Shirley Meyers, also a sister, and Pemela Howard.
Marvietta Reddings and Carolyn Holmes were the candlelighters.
Each attendant was donned with white brocade gown with red
velvet trimming and carried red roses. Elizabeth Wells was flower
girl and Warren McGough was the Bible bearer. Keith Slade, cousin
of the groom, was the best man. Ushers were 0. C. White Jr., also
a cousin, and Darvin Woods from San Diego. Delores Holmes was
the soloist and Earl Meyers Jr. was organist.
The new Mrs. Slade, a graduate of Fresno High School and presently
a student, at Fresno City College, chose a white satin gown
with an overlay' of chantilly lace and added a lace-edged veil. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Martinez from Ontario,
Oregon.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs,. Robert A. Slade of Fresno.
He is also a graduate of Fresno High School and a student at Fresno
§ City College. Slade is employed at Duncan Ceramics Incorporations.
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January, 1972 23 Grapevine
Paying Taxes For Nothing
Blacks Gets Small Share of Social Security
Responsible leaders of the elderly block communities ore pressing
for better Social Security and Medicare benefits. At a recent
White House Conference on Aging elderly block leaders urged that
the official retirement age for blocks to become eligible for full
Social Security-Medicare benefits be lowered from today's 65 to
58. Elderly blocks also recommended that our present Social Security
lows be amended to give sharp raises in benefits to block
retirees, their widows and their dependents.
AVERAGE BLACK MAN DOESN'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH
TO COLLECT HIS SOCIAL SECURITY
" The overage block man doesn't even live long enough to collect
his Social Security," argued Dr. lnobel Lindsay, retired dean of the
Howard University School of Social Work, at a meeting of elderly
blocks in Washington lost month. Apd Dr. Lindsay submitted some
startling statistics:
The statistical life expectancy for block moles today is 60.1 years
against 67.5 for white moles. That means the Negro mole is likely
to be dead a full year before he even qualifies for reduced Social
Security retirement benefits and four years before he qualifies for
full retirement or for Medicare benefits. Dr. Lindsay's poignant remark
hos a somber background indeed.
As a result of the statistics above, a block man may be required
to pay his full shore of Social Security-Medicare taxes through:>ut
his working life, but then simply not live long enough to collect
one cent of the benefits for which his taxes have paid.
According to a recent study by the Deportment of Health, Education
and Welfare in Washington, only one in three aged blacks
collect any benefits at all from the Medicare coverage for which
he or she is fully eligible and for which they have paid a full
shore of taxes. And this is so despite the well-known fact that the
blocks among us tend to suffer a for greater shore of ill health
than whites-particularly the elderly black whose health needs
may hove been almost totally neglected in earlier years.
Among those blocks who do survive to 65 and beyond, fully half
live below the official poverty line of $1 ,852 for an individual and
$2,328 for a couple.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY (con 't from page 12)
"Today the attitude tcward high school mothers is changing dramatically.
While teenage pregnancy is just as unwanted and undesirable as
ever, more and more parents and schools me trying to help the girls
put their lives together again instead of ostracizing them," commented
Richard Woodbury in the April 2, 1971 issue of Life.
(Condensed from the Washington Union High School student body
newspaper Hatchet.)
Grapevine 24 January, 1972
Youth In The News
By Mattie B. Meyers
in the Model Cities neighborhood
to pursue educational achievement
that will lead to professional coreers.
The program also gives finnancial
assistance through meaningful
employment to students who
are considered under achievers
and who are residents of the Model
Cities area.
Cal is planning to attend Fresno
State College and pursue a career
in Radio and Television lab. A mong
his hobbies are music, tinker
Ca l M ichael Kelly is a seventeen ing with stereo equipment, playyear
old junior at Edison High ing the drums and working with
School, He is employed at Fresno's children.
Franklin Elementary School in the Cal says that he really en joys
Potential Teachers Training Proworking
w ith children. He wants
gram, funded by Model Cities unto
teach them some of the things
der the direction of Mrs. Rae Mims. he has learned and he encourages
This program provides an opporall
students to stay in school and
tunity for minority group students do as w ell as they can.
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Fresno West Development Company
Reorganizes Operations
Dr. Freddie Hayes, President
A major reorganization to improve
the internal and external operations
of Fresno West Development
Co. today was announced by
Dr. Freddie L. Hayes, president of
the nonprofit corporation which is
the industrial and economic development
arm of Model Cities.
Leonard C. Garrett will be in
charge of the day-to-day operation
and James B. Williams, formerly
the executive director, has taken
over a new post as economic
development consultant.
Garrett, formerly with the Security
Pacific Bank and frequently
loaned by the bank to public agencies
as a management consultant,
joined the permanent Fresno West
staff in November as deputy director.
Williams will concentrate primarily
on trying to put together packages
which will result in improved
employment for Model Neighborhood
residents.
Grapevine 26
The reorganization is the first
change of significance which has
come to the fore publicly since
three long-time directors were turn ed
out of office during a membership
meeting late last year. Dr.
Hayes, Leo Hall and Mike Garcia
replaced Hugh Wesley Goodwin,
George Purdom and Fred Busch.
Although the budget figure for
the current year and the proposed
year is about the same, the application
notes the coming year will
see more emphasis on recruiting
industries. These would create a
large number of permanent jobs,
with prime attention focused on
developing two complexes which
are in various stages of development-
the industrial triangle and
the Fruit-Church Industrial Park.
Williams has been a prime mover
in both.
Garrett said the internal reorganization
is designed to get better
use of the various capabilities represented
on the staff, and to cut
reliance on outside consultants.
Garrett estimates there will be a
first-year saving of $65,000-primarily
money which will not be
paid to consultants.
He said the technical assistance
which is offered to small businesses
to improve their functioning will
be beefed up, as will the loan and
collection procedures. Garrett said
the loan approach will be more in
the direction of working with the
Small Business Administration and
the regular financial institutions
··to give the business a fair
chance."
Garrett said there also will be
continued close cooperation with
the city controller and finance officer
in keeping tight fiscal controls
over Fresno West.
January, 1972
Most Outstanding
Couple Of The Month Wed 56 Years
By Mattie B. Meyers
Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Garrett
Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Garrett are being honored as the GRAPEVINE'S
Most Outstanding Couple of the Month. Rev. Garrett is the
Pastor of Mount Pleasant Bap1ist Church, which is the largest Black
Church in Fresno. Rev. Garrett studied theology at Arkansas Baptist
College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Befcre being called to pastor here
in Fresno in 1942, Rev. Garrett was preaching at a number of
churches in Arkansas. He was born November 19, 1888 in Lincoln
County, Ark.
In April 1915, Rev. Garrett married his wife, Henrietta. They
had two daughter, Mrs. Lucille O 'Neal and Mrs. Restee Flanders,
and two sons, Samuel and William, who are deceased. Two granddaughters,
Mrs. Earline Hardaman and Mrs. Carmel Koivogui, live
in Fresno. Rev. and Mrs. Garrett also have four great-granchildren.
Rev. Garrett has one living brother, Albert, who is 85 years old
and one living sister, Alice, who is 88 years old. The Garretts have
given much of their life's efforts and wcrk to the growth and development
of Fresno and have shown outstanding leadership for
the past 30 years.
January, 1972 27 Grapevine
Bert Campbell Appointed Program Director
Of California Regional Medical Programs
Los Angeles, California, December
15, 1971-The appointment of
Adelbert "Bert" Campbell, MA,
MPH, as Program Director of California
Area IX-Regional Medical
Programs was announced by M.
A lfred Haynes, MD, A rea IX Coordinator
and Ass'ociate Dean of the
Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical
School. Mr. Campbell will direct
health planning and program
activities pertinent to Area IX, an
area encompassing South Central
Los Angeles, Lynwood, Paramount,
and portions of Compton. Drew
School is the host institution for
Area IX-RMP, and activities generated
here will draw upon the resources
of Drew School, the Los
A ngeles County-Martin Luther King,
Jr. General Hospital, and health
manpower and health service resources
in the community.
Mr. Campbell, age 46, is a native
of Freeport, Illinois. He received
a BS degree, magna cum laude,
from West Virginia State College in
1949, an MA degree from the New
York University School of Education
in 1951, and a Master of Public
Health degree from Columbia
University School of Public Health
in 1954.
In 1966, Mr. Campbell became
Bert Campbell
one of the first managers of a California
State Service Center, a "onedoor"
concept evolved to provide
information, referral and direct services
to the poor. He served as
manager of the Fresno and San
Francisco Centers, planning and coordinating
the many sepcialized
services, building community relationships,
training w orkers from a
variety of disciplines, and stimulating
a productive enterprise in which
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: Welfare Myths vs. Facts :
* *
* The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has recent~:,-:* published a pamphlet entitled "Welfare Myth_s vs. Fa_cts.'' Th_e1r * *objective is to explore some of the popular m1scon~ept1ons w~1ch *
: have proliferated over th~ years ab~~t wel!are rec1p1ents, esp_ec1al-* * ly those who receive Aid to Families with 'bependent Children *
* (AFDC) . For example: . . *
* Myth: Welfare fam ilies are loaded with kids and have more :
* just to get more money. . . *
* Fact: The typical welfare mother has three children. The birth *
* rate for welfare families is dropping. The average payment for an *
* additional child is $35 a month. *
* ---*
: Myth: Welfare people are cheats. . *
* Fact: Suspected incidents of fraud occur in less than .4 of 1 per !
* cent of the total national caseload. Cases where fraud is establish-;
* ed occur less frequently.* Myth: The welfare rolls are full of able bodied loafers. *
* Fact: Less than 1 per cent of AFDC recipients are obied bodied :
* males. In California, the percentage is approximately 12 per cent. *
* Myth: Why work when you can live it up on welfare? *
: Fact: In all but four states, welfare payments are below estab-*
* lished poverty levels. *
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lt This latter point dramatizes the plight of many recipients. * * In California, the state AFDC living allowances established by *
* the legislature are actually lower than the minimum basic standards :* compiled by the State Department of Welfare. *
* Survival for a mother with two children is calculated at $255 *
: monthly; she receives only $204. This payment assumes that the *
it-recent increase, the first since 1957, survive a court challenge. If *
* it fails she will receive $172. . *
* Whereas O mother with two children is expected to survive on *
* $204, 0 recipient under the Old Age program will receive up _to :* $201 and the blind receive $209. Thus e_ach member of ~ family *
: of three is expected to survive on one-third the sum provided the *
,t aged and blind. . *
* " Let them work," critics say, of the AFDC mothers. The fact 1s *
it-that few are employable. Many are physically sick and emotional-*
* ly distraught. . *
* There are 440 000 families receiving AFDC assistance yet only *
* 18 640 training ~lots are funded in the Work Incentive Program :* (W,IN) for the coming fiscal year. Of this number, state officials * * believe 5,000 to be a realistic empolyable goal. *
: Training is expensive and the resulting jobs rearely pay enough *
,t to make up child care and other expenses. Employed mothers gen-,t
* erally still remain on the welfare rolls. *
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Black History and Culture Displays -Awards Ceremony
Fashion Show -Dance
"Benefit of Community Service Al!:tivities"
Saturday, February 19, 1972
RAINBOW BALLROOM
1725 Broadway -Fresno
9:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M.
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