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Congresswoman
Yvonne 8. Burke
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General Candidate
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Most everyone agree that Black people have made progress
over the past ten years. Much of this progress has been reported
by,the Grapevine Magazine. For example, an artlcle In this edition
reports that the Natlonal Roster of Black Elected offlclals states
that since 1969 Blacks have made tremendous progress In
polltlcs. In 1969, there were only 400 elected offlclals, today there
are over 4,000.
The Grapevine Magazine has also featured many articles on
Black people who have become very successful and wealthy In
sports, entertainment, business, etc. Many who once llved In
delapldated homes and apartments now llve In fine fashionable
homes with swimming pools. They drive Cadlllacs, Mercedes
Benzs, Rolls Royce, and take vacations In Hawaii, Africa, Europe,
and the Carribbeans. Many are now skiing, playlng tennis and
golf; sports once played only by the well-to-do whites.
Most Black people feel proud to see Black people progressing
polltlcally, flnanclally, academlcally, and soclally. But It wlll
mean more to them to know that those who have escaped poverty
and the ghettos wlll not forget those who have not. Blacks who
have escaped must not forget the high unemployment rate, the
cotton flelds, the fac~orles, the canneries, etc. where they once
worked. They must not forget those Black people who are sick and
old who cannot llve wlthout help from the welfare departments.
Successful Black people must not forget that Black people In
the United States as a whole are stlll In a depressed state. We are
stlll being discriminated against and being mistreated.
We slncerely hope that those Blacks who have made It do not
Just sit back and talk about those who have not, but extend a hand
to those who are not as fortunate.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I found the Grapevine
Magazine's first statewide edition
to be very thoughtfully put
together; it is .certainly a positive
benefit to have information of and
about Black people featured in
such succinct and readable form.
Congratulations and best wishes
for future success.
Ronald V. Dellums
Member of Congress
Oakland
Dear Editor:
I have had the privilege of
reading the Grapevine . The
structure is most attractive and is
very informative.
F. Day
Los Angeles
Dear Editor:
I am glad to see you expand
the "Grapevine" statewide. I have
read each issue since you began
In 1969. It Is so much more
educational than most
publications. The amount of black
news and black history Is
tremendous. I enjoy reading each
issue.
B. Miller
Fresno, California
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MISS BLACK AMERICA
MISS TERRI KIMBER, an 18
year old 5'4" freshman pre-law
student at Fresno State University,
was recently crowned Miss
Black America, Fresno County.
Miss Jackie Smith, 18, a
Fresno High School Senior and
Homecoming Queen at her
school, was first runner up; Miss
-FRESNO COUNTY
Melba Jackson, 18, a freshman at
Fresno City College was second
runner up, and Miss Yolanda
Greenwood, 21, a junior at Fresno
State University was third runner
up.
Miss Kimber, a dedicated
Christian young lady, performed a
gymnastic rountine as her talent
io the Strauss classic "The Blue
Danube". While In high school she
received the honor of "Most
Outstanding Gymnast" at Hoover
High. She also served as student
body president her senior year and
was listed in "Who's Who Among
High School Students."
Singer Kellie Patterson, Miss
lndiana-1972, was the special
guest star and one of the six
judges. She recently recorded the
hit song "If It Don't Fit, Don't
Force It."
Mrs. Brenneca Wiley of
Fresno, director of the Beauty
Pageant said the contestants
received over $2,000 in cash,
awards and prizes.
Miss Kimber, daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Lesly Kimber of Fresno,
will go on to compete in the state
pageant in July. The location of
the pageant will be announced at a
later date.
By Betty Johnson
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BLACK OWNS MC DONALD'S RESTAURANT
Dr. Arthur W. !Vdyo, a San
Francisco dermatologist and
owner of a McDonald's restaurant
in Pleasant Hill is the newly
elected president of the Northern
California McDonald's operators
association. The association is
primarily concerned with advertising
and community service
and is composed of 38 owneroperators
who run the 88 McDonald's
restaurants from Salinas
to Ukiah.
Mayo said that a 1971
Magazine article about McDonald's
plans to attract more
minority owners caught his eye,
so he applied to the fast-food
franchises .
Three years and $225,000 later,
Mayo and his wife, Maxine, had a
restaurant in Pleasant Hill. It
annually serves up 1.5 million
hamburgers and generates sales
of $350,000. Of that sum, McDonald's
take is 11.5 percent.
Of the 38 Northern California
owners, several are owned by
minorities. Nationally, McDonald
says 101 of its 1100 owner
operators are m,norities. Mayo,
however, is the first practicing
physician to head one of the 80
associations in the U.S. and he is
also one of the first black owners
to head such an association in a
major metropolitan market.
As an assistant clinical
professor in the department of
dermatology at the University of
California in San Francisco, the
41-year-old doctor puts in 16 to 20
hours a week at the Pleasant Hill
restaurant.
His wife puts in 40 to 50 hours
a week and actually runs the day
to-day operations.
"If I didn't have my wife," Mayo
admitted, "I'd be a failure."
Ancient Proverb
"The man who has health has hope,
and the man who has hope has everything."
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BLACK NAMED SHERIFF FOR SAN FRANCISCO
ALAMEDA COLLEGE DEAN NEW,MERRITT PRESIDENT
EUGENE A. BROWN, a former
police and one-time University of
San Francisco basketball star, has
been named sheriff of San
Francisco. He Is the first black to
hold the post and was appointed
by Mayor George Moscone, filling
a two-month vacancy.
Brown, 42, is a former community
relations officers with the
U.S. Department of Justice and
had been the Small Business
Administration's compliance and
civil rights director for eight
western states.
The appointment was lauded
by the police chief, the district
attorney, civic leaders, and even
unsuccessful candidates for the
job. Brown promised not to
disappoint them.
"If our jails are revolving-door
warehouses, they should be made
as humane as possible, as much
as the budget allows, with better
medical care and educational
courses," Brown said.
He said he will build on the
progressive policies of his
predecessor, Richard Hongisto,
who resigned to become police
chief of Cleveland.
At USF in the 1950s he was a
basketball whiz, an All-American
Guard on its championship team
that won 60 consecutive games.
His team was co-captained by
such greats as K.C . Jones and Bill
Russell, Jones and Brown were
named to the USF Hall of Fame.
Brown's salary as an offlclal of
the Small Business Administration
$30,000 a year. As
sheriff he will receive $36,000,
which could reach $38,000 this
year.
JOHN B. GREENE, 37, dean of
student service at Alameda
College, was named president of
Merritt College In Oakland,
California.
Greene, an administrator with
the Peralta College District for 10
years, will take over immediately,
replacing Donald H. Godbold,
who was recently appointed vice
chancellor.
Greene was among 114 persons
who applied for the job. A
graduate of Fresno State College,
Greene holds a master's degree
from San Francisco State and is
working toward a doctorate at the
University of California at
Berkeley.
Before becoming dean of
student services at Alameda,
Greene was a coordinator of
student activities at Laney
College. He also was an instructor
at Contra Costa College, a
rehabilitation therapist for the
State of Cal ifornla, and a coordinator
of programs at a Richmond
Neighborhood House.
He is a member of the Council
on Black American Affairs of the
American Association of Community
and Junior Colleges, the
California Personnel Guidance
Association, and the N.A.A.C.P.
"John stood up against 114
other candidates for the job and
emerged successfully," Constance
Ormond, president of the
district's board of trustees, said in
announcing the appointment.
"It is a significant challenge to
move to the top of one of the
finest two-year colleges In the
United States," Greene said.
Merritt College has a
reputation for excellence, he said,
adding that he Intends "to perpetuate
that excellence."
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BARBARA JORDAN WILL NOT
SEEK REELECTION
BARBARA JORDAN, 41, who
five years ago became the first
black woman to be elected to the
House of Representative from
Texas since Reconstru~tion, and
who gained national prominence
for her part in the Nixon impeachment
hearings in 1974, said
she would not seek reelection, but
declined to discuss her future
plans.
JAMES BROWN -COTTON PICKER
TO WEAL THY ENTERTAINER
JAMES BROWN has earned 44
gold records and has sold over 80
million records over his 21-year
recording career. Brown, who was
J:.,Oor as a youth in his native
Augusta, Ga., is now one of the
world's wealthiest Black entertainers.
The former cottonpicker
owns three radio stations, a
production company, theatrical
agency, real estate, and
management booking agency. He
also spent time helping other
black people who are in business.
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
JACK NOLDEN has been hired
as a news reporter for KMJ-TV
Channel 24 Fresno, California. He
left a television station In Lansing,
Michigan to accept the position In
Fresno.
Nolden worked his way
through college at California State
Northridge in Los Angeles. He
graduated in 1976 with a B.A.
degree in journalism.
REV. E.L. SANDERSON, 40,
has been appointed unanimously
by the Wasco City Council to a
four-year term on the Wasco
Planning and Zoning Commission.
He is pastor of the
Rising Star Baptist Church in
Wasco and recently earned a PhD
in psychology. He succeeds
Howard Tucker, who served two
terms on the commission, and
was not eligible to be reappointed.
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BLACK RACE CAR DRIVER
WILLY T. RIBBS, 23, of San
Jose, Callfornla Is the first black
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racing car driver to win a championship.
This last season, he
entered 11 races and won six
victories, placed second four
times and third once.
Rlbbs completed his first year
of racing In Europe because he felt
racers could not progress In
SPORTS
America the way they do In
Europe. His tour In the European JACKIE WHITE, 15, of San
circuit while competing In the Joaquin Memorial High School In
Formula Ford division has earned Fresno, California Is one of the
Rlbbs the most Outstanding most talented female basketball
Driver of the Year, Dunlap Star of player In the state. The 5 ft. 8
tomorrow, Road Racer of the year, sophomore sensation has
and the most Outstanding averaged 25 points, seven
Overseas Driver awards. rebounds, four assists and three
blocked shots per game. She has
Rlbbs made his American lead her team to their second
debut April 1, at the Long Beach straight volley championship and
Grand Prix when he drove In the a birth In the elite Tournament of
Formula Atlantic division. Champions In Oakland.
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BLACK WOMAN HEAD OF
CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES
MRS. DORIS ALEXIS, 56, was
named by Governor Jerry Brown
as director of the 7,000 employee
Department of Motor Vehicles.
She is the first black woman he
has appointed to head a department.
Mrs. Alexis, a Republican,
rose from the ranks as a $1.33
temporary employee 23 year ago.
She has been a deputy director
since 1975 and succeeds Herman /
Sillas who was appointed by
President Carter to be a U.S.
Attorney.
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ASSEMBLYMAN BROWN RECEIVES AWARD
Humanitarian awards in honor
of the birthday of Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. were presented at
Glide Memorial Church to four
well-known Bay Area people.
The fifth annual King awards
were presented at the big church
in the Tenderloin to Assemblyman
Willie Brown, Buchanan YMCA
director Yori Wada, and international
Peace activist Kay
Cole. A posthumous award, to the
late Betty Dederich, was accepted
by her husband Charles Dederich,
. founder of Synanon.
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NEW BERKELEY POLICE CHIEF '
ODELL 1-1. SYLVESTER, 52,
was recently selected as the urban
police chief of Berkeley,
California. He had spent his entire
28-year career on the Oakland
police force.
Sylvester has been known as
the "Jackie Robinson of the
Oakland Police Department"
because of his advancement
through the ranks to positions
never before held by blacks.
He was the first black to be a
seJgeant, a lieutenant, a captain
and deputy chief in Oakland. And
now he will be the first black to
hold the chief's job in Berkeley.
Sylvester and his wife,
Dorothy, live in Oakland's
fashionable Montclair district.
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CONGRESSWOMAN YVONNE BRAITHWAITE BURKE
CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNE!_ GEN~RA~~CANDIDATE __
YVONNE BRAITHWAITE
BURKE, California's first black
congresswoman, is a 45-year-old
attorney who now hopes to
become the first black and first
woman to be attorney general of
California. In fact, she said, there
has never been a woman attorney
general in any state.
In her formal announcement of
candidacy, Burke states, "People
want little more than a safe place
to live, employment and the right
to walk to a comer market without
fearing for their safety. I envision
an attorney general's office which
will work aggressively and
tirelessly to protect the citizens of
California in every way it is legally
empowered to."
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Burke said she saw crime first
hand in her ten years as an Inner
city attorney. She also was a
hearing officer forthe Los Angeles
Police Commission, served on the
Assembly Criminal Justice
Committee when she was a state
assemblywoman and serves on
the House of Representatives
Committee which finances the
Department of Justice, FBI and
federal anti-crime programs.
During her more than five years
in the House, Burke has Introduced
more than 20 bills and
major amendments. She
represents California's 28th
Congressional District.
Burke's term in Congress ends
this year. By declaring her candidacy
for sta!e attorney general,
she becomes ineligible to run for
another term.
Mrs. Burke, a native of '.os
Angeles, received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of
California at Los Angeles in
Political Science, and her law
degree from the University of
Southern California School of
Law. She was admitted to '.he
California Bar in 1956. She is a
member of the Board of Trustees
serving the University of Southern
California and a member of the
UCLA Foundation.
Her husband, William A.
Burke, is a Los Angeles
businessman. Mrs. Burke has a 4year-
old daughter, Autumn
Roxanne, and a stepdaughter,
Christine Burke.
Congresswoman
Yvonne B. Burke
California's Attorney
General Candidate
NEW SIGMA SWEETHEART
MISS JEAN GILBREATH was
chosen as the 1978 Sweetheart of
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity in
Fresno, California. She was
selected from a field of ten
contestants at the annual
Sweetheart Ball at the Fresno
Hilton Hotel.
Miss Gilbreath, 19, Is a
sophomore Criminology major at
Fresno State University. She Is a
member on the girls college
basketbal I team.
The candidates were judged on
their personality, attitude, and
participation In Sigma's fraternity
activities.
Jim Reason
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JIM REASON, a three-year
varsity standout at Roosevelt High
School, has been named North
Yosemite League Player of the
Year for the second straight
season in a vote of NYL coaches.
He lead his team to a 14-0 NYL
mark and No. 1 spot In the valley
rankings.
Reason, who shared Player of
the Year honors last season with
teammate Quentin Brown, has
been the key force In leading
Roosevelt to three straight NYL
titles. The 6-foot 8½ senior center
has played every game In the
Riders' 31-game NYL winning
streak.
This season, Reason finished
second in NVL scoring with a 20.1
average and pulled down 10
rebounds per game.
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QUOTE
OF
THE
MONTH
Vlrna Canson
The NAACP, declaring tnat whites have b&;;efltted for years
from "speclal admissions" pollcles, recently denounced a federal
court order requiring the University of Callfomla to enroll a woman
who charged she had been denied admission because she Is
white.
"Speclal admissions for sons and daughters of alumnl,
especially rich alumnl, football players, baton twlriers, and
basketball players are as common with Institutions of higher
learning In this country as good old American apple pie," Vlrna
Canson, director of the West Coast region of the NAACP, said In a
written statement.
"The furor starts when blacks and other minorities seek to
fulfill their desire for pr-,ressior.al training."
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Berkeley Mayor Warren
Widener announced a $4 million
program that, he said, would
guarantee jobs to all the city's
disadvantaged youths of high
school age, at minimum wage for
a period of 18 months, provided
they agree to continue their
educations. The system would
provide monitoring of attendance
and performance at school.
Welfare Department, Is Gov.
Brown's newest appointee to the
Fresno District Fair board of
directors.
Her appointment was announced
as she was Installed at
the board's monthly meeting. She
succeeds Lawrence E. Wayte,
whose term expired this year.
Mrs. Long Is the first black
ever to serve on the fair board. She
came to Fresno, California In 1945
with her husband, John, who died
In 1968:
Her husband was the first
black officer with the Fresno
Police Department and Mrs. Long
worked 16 years as a switchboard
operator with the department
before taking her position with the
welfare department In 1964.
She was named one of the top
10 business women of the year In
JOSEPHINE LONG, a social 1970 by the American Business
worker with the Fresno County Women's Association.
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JUDGE GOODWIN RUNS FOR
GOVERNOR ON A TICKET WITH
THE LORD
From behind a pulpit and In
front of a large painting of Jesus
Christ on the wall, Municipal
Judge Hugh Wesley Goodwin of
Fresno, Callfornla announced he
is a candidate for governor.
The Lord made him do It, he
said.
"Christ has again honored
me," the unconventional jurist
told some 50 supporters gathered
in the Fresno Rescue Mission .
"He has chosen me to be HIs
candidate for governor In the
November elections."
With a Bible at his side,
Goodwin read his declaration of
candidacy from a four-page
statement and received a
prolonged standing ovation when
he finished. "By doing this," he
said of the Lord, "He is offering to
the people of this state something
that hasn't been offered to the
people of any other state In the
nation--a chance to choose as
governor someone who will
openly look to Him and put Him In
charge of our governmental affairs."
A registered Democrat, the 56year-
old son of a Baptist minister
said he is not seeking the
nomination of any party.
"For too long people have
placed their faith in political
parties," he sa1d. They have falled,
he said, because they suffer from
the same affliction that plagues
the rest of society.
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Judge Hugh Goodwin
"They have attempted to go
along without God," he said.
Goodwin, who has had some
problems of his own with the state
over his church-or-jail sentencing
practices, said his name probably
will not be on the ballot, that he
will run as a writeln candidate.
Appointed to the bench by
Gov. Brown in January 1976, he
will be on the primary ballot as a
candidate for re-election to the
judgeship. So far, one candidate,
Fresno attorney Carl Evans, has
announced he will run against
him.
"I don't think the people can
avoid taking my candidacy
seriously," he said . "The only
question they have to decide Is are
they going to vote with God or
without God."
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past year. The 5'8" Seaside, Callfornla beauty wlll crown the new 1978
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Dr. Joale laln Dr. JamH Taylor
CALIFORNIA'S HIGHEST PAID BLACK OFFICIALS
Nine Callfornlas were listed In Dellums, Augustus Hawkins, each
Ebony Magazine's survey of the earn $57,500. Dr. Josie Bain
highest paid Black public offlclals associate superintendent of Los
In the United States whose Angeles Unified School District
salaries were $50,000 and above. earns $56,589 and Dr. James G.
Heading the nine Callfornlans Bond, President of California
on the 11st was Justice WIiey State University-Sacramento,
Manuel, the first Black Member of earns $54,900.
the Callfornla Supreme Court. He
earns $62,935 per year. Dr. James Dr. James G. Houghton, the
B. Taylor, deputy superintendent $84,000 a year executive director
for operation of the Los Angeles of the Chicago based Cook
Unified School District, earns County Hospital Governing
$59,748. Associate Justice Commission Is among the
Bernard Jefferson of the California nation's highest-paid pub I le
Court of Appeals earns $59,200. officials Irrespective of race, and
U.S. Representatives of California Is probably the top paid Black
Yvonne B. Burke, Ronald public official.
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REV. JESSE JACKSON SCHOOL
PLAN
The federal government,
searching for ways to improve
education and diminish school
violence, is getting behind the
Rev. Jesse Jackson's program
that involves parents and community
leaders In helping to
motivate students.
Jackson's "PUSH for Excellence
Inc." received two grants
totaling $45,000, and HEW
Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr.
said he expects more federal
support to follow.
He said Jackson's program has
motivated students in cities where
it has been tried since It was
started In Washington In 1975. He
said it "seeks to mobilize commun
lty leaders and parents and,
through them, to generate and
reinforce in students a desire for
attaining basic skills and a respect
for school, teachers, family and REV. JESSE JACKSON
self."
The program now is operating
in 11 Los Angeles high schools,
nine in Chicago and one In Kansas
City with backing from the Los
Angeles Board of Education, Ford demanding professions as law or
Foundation and Chicago Com-medicine, where blacks are now a
munlty Trust. small minority, Jackson told a
The 36-year-old Jackson, once news conference.
an aide to the late Rev. Martin Jackson's approach includes
Luther King Jr., uses his asking students to pledge to do
preaching skills to warn teen-two hours of homework a night
agers against drugs, alcohol, with no distractions, and asking
premature pregnancy and sex, and parents to make sure they do it.
televised sex and violence. Teachers are asked to assign
Students who lack the enough work and notify parents by
discipline to turn off television phone when a student misses two
cannot hope to succeed In such days of school.
27
MUSICAL CONTEST
EARL R. MEYERS, JR. won
first place in the annual musical
contest of the Muslcolorama in
Los Angeles, recently.
The Muslcolorama Is an annual
event sponsored by the
A'Caprlcclo Music Guild of Los
Angeles whose purpose Is to
enhance the cultural and Intellectual
level of music lovers,
and to promote the splrltual and
financial growth In the church,
school, and community.
Meyers sung the aria "Ombre
di mia prosapla" from La
Gioconda. He was also the winner
of the Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and the San Francisco
Opera Auditions for the San
Joaquin Valley last year.
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MUSICAL CONTEST
EARL R. MEYERS, JR. won
first place in the annual musical
contest of the Muslcolorama in
Los Angeles, recently.
The Muslcolorama Is an annual
event sponsored by the
A'Caprlcclo Music Guild of Los
Angeles whose purpose Is to
enhance the cultural and Intellectual
level of music lovers,
and to promote the splrltual and
financial growth In the church,
school, and community.
Meyers sung the aria "Ombre
di mia prosapla" from La
Gioconda. He was also the winner
of the Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and the San Francisco
Opera Auditions for the San
Joaquin Valley last year.
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O.J .. SIMPSON COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER FOOTBALL YEAR
O.J. SIMPSON finally Is
coming back to his hometown In
San Francisco to play football.
The San Francisco 49ers
agreed to take over the final year
of Simpson's three-year contract
at a salary of $733,000 annually in
exchange for five future draft
choices.
Simpson, 30, grew up in San
Francisco's impoverished Hunters
Point, played his early football at
Galileo High School and City
College of San Francisco, and
then went on to become one of the
greatest running backs In the
history of football.
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U.S. STATE OFFICIAL
Authority, beat out such tormidable
competitors as Mrs. John
W. Abbott, Mrs. Melvin Belli, Mrs.
Ronald Pelosi, Mrs. Donald
Pritzker and Mrs. Richard Swig, to
say nothing of her immediate
predecessor, Bernice Behrens
who served under Presidents
Nixon and Ford .
Brann has also been active in
the NAACP and a variety of other
civil rights causes and won
widespread support from black
JOAN BRANN, 47, was community leaders because of
recently sworn in as directorof the that work.
U.S. Department of State's San Directorship of the San
Francisco Reception Center by Francisco center (which at top
U.S. District Judge Cecil Poole. scale carries a $30,000-a-yearBrann, who gave up her job as salary) is un lque because It Is the
program development analyst ~Ith only one of five In the country that
the San Francisco Housing remains appointive.
Youth
MISS JACQUELINE SMITH
has proven her ability as a leader.
She was elected the first Black
Sophomore class president of
Fresno High School In Fresno,
California In 1975. She has also
lead the school spirit for three
consecutive years as a
cheerleader.
Recently Miss Smith was
crowned the first Black
Homecoming Queen. She Is a
Sanior and plans to attend Fresno
State University as a Criminology
Major.
Miss Smith is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. Smith Sr. of
Fresno. She is a member of
Fellowship Baptist Church.
30
RILES WILL SEEK THIRD TERM
IN EDUCATION POST
State school chief Wilson
Riles, the first black elected to
statewide office in California, said
he will seek a third and final term
as chief overseer of the education
of 4.4 million children.
"For me to walk away at this
time would not be true to the trust
people have put in me, and I
wouldn't be true to myself," Riles
said in an interview.
But the 60-year-old state
superintendent of public in
truction added that if re-elected
he plans to make his third term his
last in the nonpartisan office.
CHARLES FRANCIS
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PEOPLE
The Fresno Employment and
Training Commission (FETC) has
appointed Charles Francis to the
position of deputy director. He Is
a Fresno State graduate, his
community activities includes
membership in the West Fresno
Wise Men Club, the Black Political
Council and he is present
treasurer and former president of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
REP. RONALD DELLUMS
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTIVE
RON DELLUMS HONORED
REP. RON DELLUMS was
honored recently for his outstanding
service as a member of
the House of Representatives for
the city of Berkeley, California.
Many well known community
leaders including Oakland's first
Black Mayor Lionel Wilson, turned
out for the banquet.
Honorable Andrew Young,
U.S . Ambassador to the United
Nations was the guest speaker for
the testimonial.
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get all strung-out on drugs! "
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BLACKS IN POLITICS
Senator Brooke
Mayor Bradley
Since 1969 there has been a national black population.
steady rise In the number of black According to the 1977 edition
elected officials In the U.S. Even of "National Roster of Black
so, blacks, who comprise 11 Elected Officials," 4311 black
percent of the population, account officials oc~upled elective office
for less than 1 percent of the in July 1977, up from 3979 In 1976.
approximately 525,000 elected
Mississippi had the most black
officials In the nation.
elected officials with 295; Illinois
For every 100,000 blacks In
ranked second with 281 •
this country, there are 19 elected
Louisiana third with 276;
black officials. For every 100,000
Michigan and the District of
non-blacks, there are 282 non
Columbia fourth with 251.
black officials.
Generally the regional Currently there are 16 black
distribution of elected blacks Representatives and one Senator,
reflects the distribution of black Ed Brooke (R., Mass.), in the U.S.
population throughout the Congress.
country. Los Angeles Is the largest city
Of all black elected officials, ir, the country with a black mayor,
60 percent are found In the South, Tom Bradley. He Is one of 162
which has 53 percent of the black mayors. [ Parade]
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Dr. Charlie M. Knight, Director of Special Projects, Monterey
Peninsula Unified School District and a member of Association of
California School Administrators Board of Directors, has been appointed
Associate Superintendent fo-r Elementary Education Programs
for the California State Department of Education.
Aiiiiii
Gertrude Gipson, entertainment editor of the Los Angeles Sentlnel,
was named Ida B. Wells Media Woman of the Year at the 12th annual
convention of the National Association of Media Women, held at the
Los Angeles Hilton Hotel.
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George WIiiiam Hunter, a deputy district attorney in the San
Francisco district attorney's office, has been approved by the U.S.
Senate to a four-year team as the new U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of California.
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A "three-way learning cor,
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and students has been proposed
by Oakland, Calif. school
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contract sets out In detail exactly
what the the three groups are
expected to contribute to the
process of educating a child.
Ms. Love says the contract Is
"a good faith agreement between
students, parents, and teachers
and as such is not legally binding.
It requires the home and school
working together on behalf of
young people." The contract,
designed by students, parents,
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Fresno School District Board of
Trustees in Fresno, California
replacing Carl Young who recently
resigned. The Vietnam veteran
attended schools In the school
district before graduating from
Washington Union High School In
Easton. He also attended Fresno
City College, Pacific College and
Fresno State University.
Mr. Stovall Is employed as a
Neighborhood Self-Help Improvement
Program supervisor for
the City of Fresno. He Is a
Minister at the Witness of Jesus
Christ Church In West Fresno and
also serves as President and
director over the choir and Vice
President of the Young People In
the Central Valley Region for the
young People In the Central Valle;
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female prep athlete in the
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Now a 17-year-old senior,
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season as a starter for the Coyote
volleyball squad. As one of the
more dominating forces in the
valley, she led the Coyotes to a
valley championship last season
and has paced Madera to a 14-0
NYL record to gain a berth in the
valley playoffs.
This will also mark Haynes'
third season as a starter on the
Coyotes' varsity basketball team.
Last season she was a marvel,
scoring a blistering 25 points per
game and grabbing 14 rebounds
per contest en route to capturing
NYL Player-of-the-year honors.
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School, recently won the title of
"Mr. Teenager" for Northern
California, 1977-78. Mitchell also
won three out of five awards for
best body parts for having the best
arms, chest, and abdominal
muscles.
Glaude trains approximately 15
hours a week and 90 percent of his
training and exercising is done
with weights. The Mr. Olympia
hopeful also runs daily performs
sit ups to tone his stomach
muscles.
In addition to weight lifting
and exercise, Glaude maintains a
special diet that emphasizes
protein consumption.
Glaude states, "I plan to attend
Fresno State University this fall
and I want to win the title of Mr.
Teenage America in 1978, then Mr.
America and Mr. Universe titles by
the time I am 25.
Bob Tillman, a Karate expert
and a Fresno County Sheriff Is
Mitchell's coach.
Tillman said, "He may not win
every contest, but he never loses.
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g 'd he was taking the
Eagles, sa1 e "I've been blessed
step becaus , . , time
with a lot of gifts and now it s
for me to say a few words on
behalf of the person who gave
them to me." •
Young said that while growing
"I just read the Bible all the
u_p, Now it's time for me to
time. ,, H's grand-
deliver a message. I . father
father is a minister and h1~
is a church officer, he s~1~dison
Young is a product o C
High School in Fresno and US t
He attended the Mount Ple~san
Baptist Church in Fresno while he
as rowing up. His father,
tmos~is an officei of the _churc\
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MAXINE WELDON -GOD IS PART OF HER LIFE
After being welcomed Into
Maxine Weldon's fashionable,
Brentwood apartment where she
lives with her son, Kendall, one
can immediately feel the love and
warmth which sincerely flows
unceasingly.
Maxine's climb to success
began with a child's daydreams,
which are generally ubiquitous to
disadvantaged children. But to
her, these daydreams became
determination to the point of
fixation and later reality. Although
she was born in Holdenville,
Oklahoma, to a deeply religious
music teacher (who later became a
minister) and his wife, Maxine
grew up in Bakersfield discovering
how "wealthy" she was with
musical talents and Important to
life.
Her God-fearing parents, to
whom she attributes her success,
insisted that she attend church
regularly; whether the attendance
meant being seated comfortably
inside a chapel or uncomfortably
seated under a tent In sometimes
sweltering weather.
After attempting to put into
practice the sermons she had
heard and completing nurses'
training, Maxine realized that a
change had to be made in her life.
"I sang on the radio with my sister
and formed a local singing group,
but it wasn't until I had moved to
Hawaii and worked as a nurse that
I decided to develop my musical
talents."
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"My career almost ended
before it began during my first
engagement in Honolulu with a
fire which destroyed everything
except one little room where the
ice machine and my gowns were
kept. But I never had the time for
any negative thoughts, because I
was soon on my way to Tokyo,
where I learned to sing In
Japanese and Korean, and later I
had engagements in the Phlllppeans,
Hong Kong, Formosa,
Malaya, and Okinawa."
In Korea, Maxine fell in love
and married a handsome Korean.
"When an old Aries falls In love,"
Maxine says, "Honey, that's it!
We wanted to begin a new life, so
we moved back to the States. Th Is
was the beginning of the school of
hard-knocks; not In my career,
but learning about myself as a
woman."
After the birth of her son, and
working as a nurse again, Maxine
concluded that "entertaining was
in my blood." Although she had
many fans in San Francisco, she
knew she had to move to Los
Angeles if she wanted to expand
and grow to become known as a
"Superstar."
"The Ye Little Club in Los
Angeles was my first break, but
things began to happen after I was
booked in the Etc., a place where
everybody who was anybody
passed through those doors."
Maxine received two record
contracts during her five-year
engagement at the Etc., and
recorded four albums. Her name
became linked with famous stars
such as Kris Kristofferson who
wrote in liver notes for her album,
"Some Slngln' "...I remember
wishing that Leon Russell, James
Taylor and Bob Dylan were there
to hear how she interpreted their
song, ..It's a creative experience.
One every song writer should get
to enjoy before he dies."
Her appearances on major TV
shows included the Tonight
Show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas
and Bill Cosby Special. She
opened for the O'Jays in
Philadelphia, played Mr. Kelly's in
Chicago, The Omni Auditorium in
Atlanta and the Los Angeles
Music Center with Peter Nero and
Johnny Mathis. She has also been
heard and seen in commercials
including one for the Bell
Telephone Co. and a famous
alcoholic beverage.
Despite the confusion among
critics and others her decision to
go into Country-Western has
caused, Maxine affirms, "I enjoy
Country music more than blues,
jazz and any other style of music,
and I have no intentions of
changing. I have gone through the
pains and sufferings of show
business--now I want to enjoy it."
Her love for God, and respect
for her fellowman, determination
and persistance has led to a
nomination for "Who's Who in
Black America, 1977-78."
By Marge Trotter
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He was born In an obsure '
village. He worked In a carpenter
shop until He was thirty. He then
became an Itinerant preacher. He
never held an office. He never had ,
a famlly or owned a house. He ;
didn't go to college. He had no \
credentials but himself. He was L,
only thirty-three when the public :
turned against him. His friends l
ran away. He was turned over to
his enemies and went through the
mockery of a trial. He was nailed ir'"
to a cross between two thieves. }j
While he was dying,
executioners gambled for his ,.
clothing, the only property he had I
on earth. He was laid In
borrowed grave. Nineteen
turles have come and gone, and ~f.
today he Is the central figure of IW
the human race. All the armies
that ever marched, all the navies
that ever sailed, all the
parliaments that ever sat, and all
the kings that ever reigned have
not affected the life of man on this
earth as much as that ONE
SOLITARY LIFE.
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Most everyone agree that Black people have made progress
over the past ten years. Much of this progress has been reported
by,the Grapevine Magazine. For example, an artlcle In this edition
reports that the Natlonal Roster of Black Elected offlclals states
that since 1969 Blacks have made tremendous progress In
polltlcs. In 1969, there were only 400 elected offlclals, today there
are over 4,000.
The Grapevine Magazine has also featured many articles on
Black people who have become very successful and wealthy In
sports, entertainment, business, etc. Many who once llved In
delapldated homes and apartments now llve In fine fashionable
homes with swimming pools. They drive Cadlllacs, Mercedes
Benzs, Rolls Royce, and take vacations In Hawaii, Africa, Europe,
and the Carribbeans. Many are now skiing, playlng tennis and
golf; sports once played only by the well-to-do whites.
Most Black people feel proud to see Black people progressing
polltlcally, flnanclally, academlcally, and soclally. But It wlll
mean more to them to know that those who have escaped poverty
and the ghettos wlll not forget those who have not. Blacks who
have escaped must not forget the high unemployment rate, the
cotton flelds, the fac~orles, the canneries, etc. where they once
worked. They must not forget those Black people who are sick and
old who cannot llve wlthout help from the welfare departments.
Successful Black people must not forget that Black people In
the United States as a whole are stlll In a depressed state. We are
stlll being discriminated against and being mistreated.
We slncerely hope that those Blacks who have made It do not
Just sit back and talk about those who have not, but extend a hand
to those who are not as fortunate.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I found the Grapevine
Magazine's first statewide edition
to be very thoughtfully put
together; it is .certainly a positive
benefit to have information of and
about Black people featured in
such succinct and readable form.
Congratulations and best wishes
for future success.
Ronald V. Dellums
Member of Congress
Oakland
Dear Editor:
I have had the privilege of
reading the Grapevine . The
structure is most attractive and is
very informative.
F. Day
Los Angeles
Dear Editor:
I am glad to see you expand
the "Grapevine" statewide. I have
read each issue since you began
In 1969. It Is so much more
educational than most
publications. The amount of black
news and black history Is
tremendous. I enjoy reading each
issue.
B. Miller
Fresno, California
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MISS BLACK AMERICA
MISS TERRI KIMBER, an 18
year old 5'4" freshman pre-law
student at Fresno State University,
was recently crowned Miss
Black America, Fresno County.
Miss Jackie Smith, 18, a
Fresno High School Senior and
Homecoming Queen at her
school, was first runner up; Miss
-FRESNO COUNTY
Melba Jackson, 18, a freshman at
Fresno City College was second
runner up, and Miss Yolanda
Greenwood, 21, a junior at Fresno
State University was third runner
up.
Miss Kimber, a dedicated
Christian young lady, performed a
gymnastic rountine as her talent
io the Strauss classic "The Blue
Danube". While In high school she
received the honor of "Most
Outstanding Gymnast" at Hoover
High. She also served as student
body president her senior year and
was listed in "Who's Who Among
High School Students."
Singer Kellie Patterson, Miss
lndiana-1972, was the special
guest star and one of the six
judges. She recently recorded the
hit song "If It Don't Fit, Don't
Force It."
Mrs. Brenneca Wiley of
Fresno, director of the Beauty
Pageant said the contestants
received over $2,000 in cash,
awards and prizes.
Miss Kimber, daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Lesly Kimber of Fresno,
will go on to compete in the state
pageant in July. The location of
the pageant will be announced at a
later date.
By Betty Johnson
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BLACK OWNS MC DONALD'S RESTAURANT
Dr. Arthur W. !Vdyo, a San
Francisco dermatologist and
owner of a McDonald's restaurant
in Pleasant Hill is the newly
elected president of the Northern
California McDonald's operators
association. The association is
primarily concerned with advertising
and community service
and is composed of 38 owneroperators
who run the 88 McDonald's
restaurants from Salinas
to Ukiah.
Mayo said that a 1971
Magazine article about McDonald's
plans to attract more
minority owners caught his eye,
so he applied to the fast-food
franchises .
Three years and $225,000 later,
Mayo and his wife, Maxine, had a
restaurant in Pleasant Hill. It
annually serves up 1.5 million
hamburgers and generates sales
of $350,000. Of that sum, McDonald's
take is 11.5 percent.
Of the 38 Northern California
owners, several are owned by
minorities. Nationally, McDonald
says 101 of its 1100 owner
operators are m,norities. Mayo,
however, is the first practicing
physician to head one of the 80
associations in the U.S. and he is
also one of the first black owners
to head such an association in a
major metropolitan market.
As an assistant clinical
professor in the department of
dermatology at the University of
California in San Francisco, the
41-year-old doctor puts in 16 to 20
hours a week at the Pleasant Hill
restaurant.
His wife puts in 40 to 50 hours
a week and actually runs the day
to-day operations.
"If I didn't have my wife," Mayo
admitted, "I'd be a failure."
Ancient Proverb
"The man who has health has hope,
and the man who has hope has everything."
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BLACK NAMED SHERIFF FOR SAN FRANCISCO
ALAMEDA COLLEGE DEAN NEW,MERRITT PRESIDENT
EUGENE A. BROWN, a former
police and one-time University of
San Francisco basketball star, has
been named sheriff of San
Francisco. He Is the first black to
hold the post and was appointed
by Mayor George Moscone, filling
a two-month vacancy.
Brown, 42, is a former community
relations officers with the
U.S. Department of Justice and
had been the Small Business
Administration's compliance and
civil rights director for eight
western states.
The appointment was lauded
by the police chief, the district
attorney, civic leaders, and even
unsuccessful candidates for the
job. Brown promised not to
disappoint them.
"If our jails are revolving-door
warehouses, they should be made
as humane as possible, as much
as the budget allows, with better
medical care and educational
courses," Brown said.
He said he will build on the
progressive policies of his
predecessor, Richard Hongisto,
who resigned to become police
chief of Cleveland.
At USF in the 1950s he was a
basketball whiz, an All-American
Guard on its championship team
that won 60 consecutive games.
His team was co-captained by
such greats as K.C . Jones and Bill
Russell, Jones and Brown were
named to the USF Hall of Fame.
Brown's salary as an offlclal of
the Small Business Administration
$30,000 a year. As
sheriff he will receive $36,000,
which could reach $38,000 this
year.
JOHN B. GREENE, 37, dean of
student service at Alameda
College, was named president of
Merritt College In Oakland,
California.
Greene, an administrator with
the Peralta College District for 10
years, will take over immediately,
replacing Donald H. Godbold,
who was recently appointed vice
chancellor.
Greene was among 114 persons
who applied for the job. A
graduate of Fresno State College,
Greene holds a master's degree
from San Francisco State and is
working toward a doctorate at the
University of California at
Berkeley.
Before becoming dean of
student services at Alameda,
Greene was a coordinator of
student activities at Laney
College. He also was an instructor
at Contra Costa College, a
rehabilitation therapist for the
State of Cal ifornla, and a coordinator
of programs at a Richmond
Neighborhood House.
He is a member of the Council
on Black American Affairs of the
American Association of Community
and Junior Colleges, the
California Personnel Guidance
Association, and the N.A.A.C.P.
"John stood up against 114
other candidates for the job and
emerged successfully," Constance
Ormond, president of the
district's board of trustees, said in
announcing the appointment.
"It is a significant challenge to
move to the top of one of the
finest two-year colleges In the
United States," Greene said.
Merritt College has a
reputation for excellence, he said,
adding that he Intends "to perpetuate
that excellence."
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BARBARA JORDAN WILL NOT
SEEK REELECTION
BARBARA JORDAN, 41, who
five years ago became the first
black woman to be elected to the
House of Representative from
Texas since Reconstru~tion, and
who gained national prominence
for her part in the Nixon impeachment
hearings in 1974, said
she would not seek reelection, but
declined to discuss her future
plans.
JAMES BROWN -COTTON PICKER
TO WEAL THY ENTERTAINER
JAMES BROWN has earned 44
gold records and has sold over 80
million records over his 21-year
recording career. Brown, who was
J:.,Oor as a youth in his native
Augusta, Ga., is now one of the
world's wealthiest Black entertainers.
The former cottonpicker
owns three radio stations, a
production company, theatrical
agency, real estate, and
management booking agency. He
also spent time helping other
black people who are in business.
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
JACK NOLDEN has been hired
as a news reporter for KMJ-TV
Channel 24 Fresno, California. He
left a television station In Lansing,
Michigan to accept the position In
Fresno.
Nolden worked his way
through college at California State
Northridge in Los Angeles. He
graduated in 1976 with a B.A.
degree in journalism.
REV. E.L. SANDERSON, 40,
has been appointed unanimously
by the Wasco City Council to a
four-year term on the Wasco
Planning and Zoning Commission.
He is pastor of the
Rising Star Baptist Church in
Wasco and recently earned a PhD
in psychology. He succeeds
Howard Tucker, who served two
terms on the commission, and
was not eligible to be reappointed.
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BLACK RACE CAR DRIVER
WILLY T. RIBBS, 23, of San
Jose, Callfornla Is the first black
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racing car driver to win a championship.
This last season, he
entered 11 races and won six
victories, placed second four
times and third once.
Rlbbs completed his first year
of racing In Europe because he felt
racers could not progress In
SPORTS
America the way they do In
Europe. His tour In the European JACKIE WHITE, 15, of San
circuit while competing In the Joaquin Memorial High School In
Formula Ford division has earned Fresno, California Is one of the
Rlbbs the most Outstanding most talented female basketball
Driver of the Year, Dunlap Star of player In the state. The 5 ft. 8
tomorrow, Road Racer of the year, sophomore sensation has
and the most Outstanding averaged 25 points, seven
Overseas Driver awards. rebounds, four assists and three
blocked shots per game. She has
Rlbbs made his American lead her team to their second
debut April 1, at the Long Beach straight volley championship and
Grand Prix when he drove In the a birth In the elite Tournament of
Formula Atlantic division. Champions In Oakland.
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BLACK WOMAN HEAD OF
CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES
MRS. DORIS ALEXIS, 56, was
named by Governor Jerry Brown
as director of the 7,000 employee
Department of Motor Vehicles.
She is the first black woman he
has appointed to head a department.
Mrs. Alexis, a Republican,
rose from the ranks as a $1.33
temporary employee 23 year ago.
She has been a deputy director
since 1975 and succeeds Herman /
Sillas who was appointed by
President Carter to be a U.S.
Attorney.
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Humanitarian awards in honor
of the birthday of Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. were presented at
Glide Memorial Church to four
well-known Bay Area people.
The fifth annual King awards
were presented at the big church
in the Tenderloin to Assemblyman
Willie Brown, Buchanan YMCA
director Yori Wada, and international
Peace activist Kay
Cole. A posthumous award, to the
late Betty Dederich, was accepted
by her husband Charles Dederich,
. founder of Synanon.
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NEW BERKELEY POLICE CHIEF '
ODELL 1-1. SYLVESTER, 52,
was recently selected as the urban
police chief of Berkeley,
California. He had spent his entire
28-year career on the Oakland
police force.
Sylvester has been known as
the "Jackie Robinson of the
Oakland Police Department"
because of his advancement
through the ranks to positions
never before held by blacks.
He was the first black to be a
seJgeant, a lieutenant, a captain
and deputy chief in Oakland. And
now he will be the first black to
hold the chief's job in Berkeley.
Sylvester and his wife,
Dorothy, live in Oakland's
fashionable Montclair district.
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CONGRESSWOMAN YVONNE BRAITHWAITE BURKE
CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNE!_ GEN~RA~~CANDIDATE __
YVONNE BRAITHWAITE
BURKE, California's first black
congresswoman, is a 45-year-old
attorney who now hopes to
become the first black and first
woman to be attorney general of
California. In fact, she said, there
has never been a woman attorney
general in any state.
In her formal announcement of
candidacy, Burke states, "People
want little more than a safe place
to live, employment and the right
to walk to a comer market without
fearing for their safety. I envision
an attorney general's office which
will work aggressively and
tirelessly to protect the citizens of
California in every way it is legally
empowered to."
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Burke said she saw crime first
hand in her ten years as an Inner
city attorney. She also was a
hearing officer forthe Los Angeles
Police Commission, served on the
Assembly Criminal Justice
Committee when she was a state
assemblywoman and serves on
the House of Representatives
Committee which finances the
Department of Justice, FBI and
federal anti-crime programs.
During her more than five years
in the House, Burke has Introduced
more than 20 bills and
major amendments. She
represents California's 28th
Congressional District.
Burke's term in Congress ends
this year. By declaring her candidacy
for sta!e attorney general,
she becomes ineligible to run for
another term.
Mrs. Burke, a native of '.os
Angeles, received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University of
California at Los Angeles in
Political Science, and her law
degree from the University of
Southern California School of
Law. She was admitted to '.he
California Bar in 1956. She is a
member of the Board of Trustees
serving the University of Southern
California and a member of the
UCLA Foundation.
Her husband, William A.
Burke, is a Los Angeles
businessman. Mrs. Burke has a 4year-
old daughter, Autumn
Roxanne, and a stepdaughter,
Christine Burke.
Congresswoman
Yvonne B. Burke
California's Attorney
General Candidate
NEW SIGMA SWEETHEART
MISS JEAN GILBREATH was
chosen as the 1978 Sweetheart of
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity in
Fresno, California. She was
selected from a field of ten
contestants at the annual
Sweetheart Ball at the Fresno
Hilton Hotel.
Miss Gilbreath, 19, Is a
sophomore Criminology major at
Fresno State University. She Is a
member on the girls college
basketbal I team.
The candidates were judged on
their personality, attitude, and
participation In Sigma's fraternity
activities.
Jim Reason
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
JIM REASON, a three-year
varsity standout at Roosevelt High
School, has been named North
Yosemite League Player of the
Year for the second straight
season in a vote of NYL coaches.
He lead his team to a 14-0 NYL
mark and No. 1 spot In the valley
rankings.
Reason, who shared Player of
the Year honors last season with
teammate Quentin Brown, has
been the key force In leading
Roosevelt to three straight NYL
titles. The 6-foot 8½ senior center
has played every game In the
Riders' 31-game NYL winning
streak.
This season, Reason finished
second in NVL scoring with a 20.1
average and pulled down 10
rebounds per game.
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QUOTE
OF
THE
MONTH
Vlrna Canson
The NAACP, declaring tnat whites have b&;;efltted for years
from "speclal admissions" pollcles, recently denounced a federal
court order requiring the University of Callfomla to enroll a woman
who charged she had been denied admission because she Is
white.
"Speclal admissions for sons and daughters of alumnl,
especially rich alumnl, football players, baton twlriers, and
basketball players are as common with Institutions of higher
learning In this country as good old American apple pie," Vlrna
Canson, director of the West Coast region of the NAACP, said In a
written statement.
"The furor starts when blacks and other minorities seek to
fulfill their desire for pr-,ressior.al training."
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Berkeley Mayor Warren
Widener announced a $4 million
program that, he said, would
guarantee jobs to all the city's
disadvantaged youths of high
school age, at minimum wage for
a period of 18 months, provided
they agree to continue their
educations. The system would
provide monitoring of attendance
and performance at school.
Welfare Department, Is Gov.
Brown's newest appointee to the
Fresno District Fair board of
directors.
Her appointment was announced
as she was Installed at
the board's monthly meeting. She
succeeds Lawrence E. Wayte,
whose term expired this year.
Mrs. Long Is the first black
ever to serve on the fair board. She
came to Fresno, California In 1945
with her husband, John, who died
In 1968:
Her husband was the first
black officer with the Fresno
Police Department and Mrs. Long
worked 16 years as a switchboard
operator with the department
before taking her position with the
welfare department In 1964.
She was named one of the top
10 business women of the year In
JOSEPHINE LONG, a social 1970 by the American Business
worker with the Fresno County Women's Association.
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JUDGE GOODWIN RUNS FOR
GOVERNOR ON A TICKET WITH
THE LORD
From behind a pulpit and In
front of a large painting of Jesus
Christ on the wall, Municipal
Judge Hugh Wesley Goodwin of
Fresno, Callfornla announced he
is a candidate for governor.
The Lord made him do It, he
said.
"Christ has again honored
me," the unconventional jurist
told some 50 supporters gathered
in the Fresno Rescue Mission .
"He has chosen me to be HIs
candidate for governor In the
November elections."
With a Bible at his side,
Goodwin read his declaration of
candidacy from a four-page
statement and received a
prolonged standing ovation when
he finished. "By doing this," he
said of the Lord, "He is offering to
the people of this state something
that hasn't been offered to the
people of any other state In the
nation--a chance to choose as
governor someone who will
openly look to Him and put Him In
charge of our governmental affairs."
A registered Democrat, the 56year-
old son of a Baptist minister
said he is not seeking the
nomination of any party.
"For too long people have
placed their faith in political
parties," he sa1d. They have falled,
he said, because they suffer from
the same affliction that plagues
the rest of society.
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Judge Hugh Goodwin
"They have attempted to go
along without God," he said.
Goodwin, who has had some
problems of his own with the state
over his church-or-jail sentencing
practices, said his name probably
will not be on the ballot, that he
will run as a writeln candidate.
Appointed to the bench by
Gov. Brown in January 1976, he
will be on the primary ballot as a
candidate for re-election to the
judgeship. So far, one candidate,
Fresno attorney Carl Evans, has
announced he will run against
him.
"I don't think the people can
avoid taking my candidacy
seriously," he said . "The only
question they have to decide Is are
they going to vote with God or
without God."
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Dr. Joale laln Dr. JamH Taylor
CALIFORNIA'S HIGHEST PAID BLACK OFFICIALS
Nine Callfornlas were listed In Dellums, Augustus Hawkins, each
Ebony Magazine's survey of the earn $57,500. Dr. Josie Bain
highest paid Black public offlclals associate superintendent of Los
In the United States whose Angeles Unified School District
salaries were $50,000 and above. earns $56,589 and Dr. James G.
Heading the nine Callfornlans Bond, President of California
on the 11st was Justice WIiey State University-Sacramento,
Manuel, the first Black Member of earns $54,900.
the Callfornla Supreme Court. He
earns $62,935 per year. Dr. James Dr. James G. Houghton, the
B. Taylor, deputy superintendent $84,000 a year executive director
for operation of the Los Angeles of the Chicago based Cook
Unified School District, earns County Hospital Governing
$59,748. Associate Justice Commission Is among the
Bernard Jefferson of the California nation's highest-paid pub I le
Court of Appeals earns $59,200. officials Irrespective of race, and
U.S. Representatives of California Is probably the top paid Black
Yvonne B. Burke, Ronald public official.
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REV. JESSE JACKSON SCHOOL
PLAN
The federal government,
searching for ways to improve
education and diminish school
violence, is getting behind the
Rev. Jesse Jackson's program
that involves parents and community
leaders In helping to
motivate students.
Jackson's "PUSH for Excellence
Inc." received two grants
totaling $45,000, and HEW
Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr.
said he expects more federal
support to follow.
He said Jackson's program has
motivated students in cities where
it has been tried since It was
started In Washington In 1975. He
said it "seeks to mobilize commun
lty leaders and parents and,
through them, to generate and
reinforce in students a desire for
attaining basic skills and a respect
for school, teachers, family and REV. JESSE JACKSON
self."
The program now is operating
in 11 Los Angeles high schools,
nine in Chicago and one In Kansas
City with backing from the Los
Angeles Board of Education, Ford demanding professions as law or
Foundation and Chicago Com-medicine, where blacks are now a
munlty Trust. small minority, Jackson told a
The 36-year-old Jackson, once news conference.
an aide to the late Rev. Martin Jackson's approach includes
Luther King Jr., uses his asking students to pledge to do
preaching skills to warn teen-two hours of homework a night
agers against drugs, alcohol, with no distractions, and asking
premature pregnancy and sex, and parents to make sure they do it.
televised sex and violence. Teachers are asked to assign
Students who lack the enough work and notify parents by
discipline to turn off television phone when a student misses two
cannot hope to succeed In such days of school.
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MUSICAL CONTEST
EARL R. MEYERS, JR. won
first place in the annual musical
contest of the Muslcolorama in
Los Angeles, recently.
The Muslcolorama Is an annual
event sponsored by the
A'Caprlcclo Music Guild of Los
Angeles whose purpose Is to
enhance the cultural and Intellectual
level of music lovers,
and to promote the splrltual and
financial growth In the church,
school, and community.
Meyers sung the aria "Ombre
di mia prosapla" from La
Gioconda. He was also the winner
of the Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and the San Francisco
Opera Auditions for the San
Joaquin Valley last year.
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MUSICAL CONTEST
EARL R. MEYERS, JR. won
first place in the annual musical
contest of the Muslcolorama in
Los Angeles, recently.
The Muslcolorama Is an annual
event sponsored by the
A'Caprlcclo Music Guild of Los
Angeles whose purpose Is to
enhance the cultural and Intellectual
level of music lovers,
and to promote the splrltual and
financial growth In the church,
school, and community.
Meyers sung the aria "Ombre
di mia prosapla" from La
Gioconda. He was also the winner
of the Metropolitan Opera
Auditions and the San Francisco
Opera Auditions for the San
Joaquin Valley last year.
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O.J .. SIMPSON COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER FOOTBALL YEAR
O.J. SIMPSON finally Is
coming back to his hometown In
San Francisco to play football.
The San Francisco 49ers
agreed to take over the final year
of Simpson's three-year contract
at a salary of $733,000 annually in
exchange for five future draft
choices.
Simpson, 30, grew up in San
Francisco's impoverished Hunters
Point, played his early football at
Galileo High School and City
College of San Francisco, and
then went on to become one of the
greatest running backs In the
history of football.
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U.S. STATE OFFICIAL
Authority, beat out such tormidable
competitors as Mrs. John
W. Abbott, Mrs. Melvin Belli, Mrs.
Ronald Pelosi, Mrs. Donald
Pritzker and Mrs. Richard Swig, to
say nothing of her immediate
predecessor, Bernice Behrens
who served under Presidents
Nixon and Ford .
Brann has also been active in
the NAACP and a variety of other
civil rights causes and won
widespread support from black
JOAN BRANN, 47, was community leaders because of
recently sworn in as directorof the that work.
U.S. Department of State's San Directorship of the San
Francisco Reception Center by Francisco center (which at top
U.S. District Judge Cecil Poole. scale carries a $30,000-a-yearBrann, who gave up her job as salary) is un lque because It Is the
program development analyst ~Ith only one of five In the country that
the San Francisco Housing remains appointive.
Youth
MISS JACQUELINE SMITH
has proven her ability as a leader.
She was elected the first Black
Sophomore class president of
Fresno High School In Fresno,
California In 1975. She has also
lead the school spirit for three
consecutive years as a
cheerleader.
Recently Miss Smith was
crowned the first Black
Homecoming Queen. She Is a
Sanior and plans to attend Fresno
State University as a Criminology
Major.
Miss Smith is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. Smith Sr. of
Fresno. She is a member of
Fellowship Baptist Church.
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RILES WILL SEEK THIRD TERM
IN EDUCATION POST
State school chief Wilson
Riles, the first black elected to
statewide office in California, said
he will seek a third and final term
as chief overseer of the education
of 4.4 million children.
"For me to walk away at this
time would not be true to the trust
people have put in me, and I
wouldn't be true to myself," Riles
said in an interview.
But the 60-year-old state
superintendent of public in
truction added that if re-elected
he plans to make his third term his
last in the nonpartisan office.
CHARLES FRANCIS
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PEOPLE
The Fresno Employment and
Training Commission (FETC) has
appointed Charles Francis to the
position of deputy director. He Is
a Fresno State graduate, his
community activities includes
membership in the West Fresno
Wise Men Club, the Black Political
Council and he is present
treasurer and former president of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
REP. RONALD DELLUMS
CALIFORNIA REPRESENTIVE
RON DELLUMS HONORED
REP. RON DELLUMS was
honored recently for his outstanding
service as a member of
the House of Representatives for
the city of Berkeley, California.
Many well known community
leaders including Oakland's first
Black Mayor Lionel Wilson, turned
out for the banquet.
Honorable Andrew Young,
U.S . Ambassador to the United
Nations was the guest speaker for
the testimonial.
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BLACKS IN POLITICS
Senator Brooke
Mayor Bradley
Since 1969 there has been a national black population.
steady rise In the number of black According to the 1977 edition
elected officials In the U.S. Even of "National Roster of Black
so, blacks, who comprise 11 Elected Officials," 4311 black
percent of the population, account officials oc~upled elective office
for less than 1 percent of the in July 1977, up from 3979 In 1976.
approximately 525,000 elected
Mississippi had the most black
officials In the nation.
elected officials with 295; Illinois
For every 100,000 blacks In
ranked second with 281 •
this country, there are 19 elected
Louisiana third with 276;
black officials. For every 100,000
Michigan and the District of
non-blacks, there are 282 non
Columbia fourth with 251.
black officials.
Generally the regional Currently there are 16 black
distribution of elected blacks Representatives and one Senator,
reflects the distribution of black Ed Brooke (R., Mass.), in the U.S.
population throughout the Congress.
country. Los Angeles Is the largest city
Of all black elected officials, ir, the country with a black mayor,
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Dr. Charlie Knight
Dr. Charlie M. Knight, Director of Special Projects, Monterey
Peninsula Unified School District and a member of Association of
California School Administrators Board of Directors, has been appointed
Associate Superintendent fo-r Elementary Education Programs
for the California State Department of Education.
Aiiiiii
Gertrude Gipson, entertainment editor of the Los Angeles Sentlnel,
was named Ida B. Wells Media Woman of the Year at the 12th annual
convention of the National Association of Media Women, held at the
Los Angeles Hilton Hotel.
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George WIiiiam Hunter, a deputy district attorney in the San
Francisco district attorney's office, has been approved by the U.S.
Senate to a four-year team as the new U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of California.
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A "three-way learning cor,
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and students has been proposed
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what the the three groups are
expected to contribute to the
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Ms. Love says the contract Is
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students, parents, and teachers
and as such is not legally binding.
It requires the home and school
working together on behalf of
young people." The contract,
designed by students, parents,
teachers and administrators,
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citizenship and homework. '
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been appointed to the West
Fresno School District Board of
Trustees in Fresno, California
replacing Carl Young who recently
resigned. The Vietnam veteran
attended schools In the school
district before graduating from
Washington Union High School In
Easton. He also attended Fresno
City College, Pacific College and
Fresno State University.
Mr. Stovall Is employed as a
Neighborhood Self-Help Improvement
Program supervisor for
the City of Fresno. He Is a
Minister at the Witness of Jesus
Christ Church In West Fresno and
also serves as President and
director over the choir and Vice
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female prep athlete in the
Central California. The figures
bear them out.
Now a 17-year-old senior,
Haynes is in her third varsity
season as a starter for the Coyote
volleyball squad. As one of the
more dominating forces in the
valley, she led the Coyotes to a
valley championship last season
and has paced Madera to a 14-0
NYL record to gain a berth in the
valley playoffs.
This will also mark Haynes'
third season as a starter on the
Coyotes' varsity basketball team.
Last season she was a marvel,
scoring a blistering 25 points per
game and grabbing 14 rebounds
per contest en route to capturing
NYL Player-of-the-year honors.
Haynes, a great leaper at 5foot-
9, doesn't do all of her
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basketball courts. She has been to
the state track meet twice and
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jump each time.
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School, recently won the title of
"Mr. Teenager" for Northern
California, 1977-78. Mitchell also
won three out of five awards for
best body parts for having the best
arms, chest, and abdominal
muscles.
Glaude trains approximately 15
hours a week and 90 percent of his
training and exercising is done
with weights. The Mr. Olympia
hopeful also runs daily performs
sit ups to tone his stomach
muscles.
In addition to weight lifting
and exercise, Glaude maintains a
special diet that emphasizes
protein consumption.
Glaude states, "I plan to attend
Fresno State University this fall
and I want to win the title of Mr.
Teenage America in 1978, then Mr.
America and Mr. Universe titles by
the time I am 25.
Bob Tillman, a Karate expert
and a Fresno County Sheriff Is
Mitchell's coach.
Tillman said, "He may not win
every contest, but he never loses.
MITCHELL GLAUDE, a 17 year He always has his body in shape."
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g 'd he was taking the
Eagles, sa1 e "I've been blessed
step becaus , . , time
with a lot of gifts and now it s
for me to say a few words on
behalf of the person who gave
them to me." •
Young said that while growing
"I just read the Bible all the
u_p, Now it's time for me to
time. ,, H's grand-
deliver a message. I . father
father is a minister and h1~
is a church officer, he s~1~dison
Young is a product o C
High School in Fresno and US t
He attended the Mount Ple~san
Baptist Church in Fresno while he
as rowing up. His father,
tmos~is an officei of the _churc\
Young will be ordained a
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MAXINE WELDON -GOD IS PART OF HER LIFE
After being welcomed Into
Maxine Weldon's fashionable,
Brentwood apartment where she
lives with her son, Kendall, one
can immediately feel the love and
warmth which sincerely flows
unceasingly.
Maxine's climb to success
began with a child's daydreams,
which are generally ubiquitous to
disadvantaged children. But to
her, these daydreams became
determination to the point of
fixation and later reality. Although
she was born in Holdenville,
Oklahoma, to a deeply religious
music teacher (who later became a
minister) and his wife, Maxine
grew up in Bakersfield discovering
how "wealthy" she was with
musical talents and Important to
life.
Her God-fearing parents, to
whom she attributes her success,
insisted that she attend church
regularly; whether the attendance
meant being seated comfortably
inside a chapel or uncomfortably
seated under a tent In sometimes
sweltering weather.
After attempting to put into
practice the sermons she had
heard and completing nurses'
training, Maxine realized that a
change had to be made in her life.
"I sang on the radio with my sister
and formed a local singing group,
but it wasn't until I had moved to
Hawaii and worked as a nurse that
I decided to develop my musical
talents."
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"My career almost ended
before it began during my first
engagement in Honolulu with a
fire which destroyed everything
except one little room where the
ice machine and my gowns were
kept. But I never had the time for
any negative thoughts, because I
was soon on my way to Tokyo,
where I learned to sing In
Japanese and Korean, and later I
had engagements in the Phlllppeans,
Hong Kong, Formosa,
Malaya, and Okinawa."
In Korea, Maxine fell in love
and married a handsome Korean.
"When an old Aries falls In love,"
Maxine says, "Honey, that's it!
We wanted to begin a new life, so
we moved back to the States. Th Is
was the beginning of the school of
hard-knocks; not In my career,
but learning about myself as a
woman."
After the birth of her son, and
working as a nurse again, Maxine
concluded that "entertaining was
in my blood." Although she had
many fans in San Francisco, she
knew she had to move to Los
Angeles if she wanted to expand
and grow to become known as a
"Superstar."
"The Ye Little Club in Los
Angeles was my first break, but
things began to happen after I was
booked in the Etc., a place where
everybody who was anybody
passed through those doors."
Maxine received two record
contracts during her five-year
engagement at the Etc., and
recorded four albums. Her name
became linked with famous stars
such as Kris Kristofferson who
wrote in liver notes for her album,
"Some Slngln' "...I remember
wishing that Leon Russell, James
Taylor and Bob Dylan were there
to hear how she interpreted their
song, ..It's a creative experience.
One every song writer should get
to enjoy before he dies."
Her appearances on major TV
shows included the Tonight
Show, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas
and Bill Cosby Special. She
opened for the O'Jays in
Philadelphia, played Mr. Kelly's in
Chicago, The Omni Auditorium in
Atlanta and the Los Angeles
Music Center with Peter Nero and
Johnny Mathis. She has also been
heard and seen in commercials
including one for the Bell
Telephone Co. and a famous
alcoholic beverage.
Despite the confusion among
critics and others her decision to
go into Country-Western has
caused, Maxine affirms, "I enjoy
Country music more than blues,
jazz and any other style of music,
and I have no intentions of
changing. I have gone through the
pains and sufferings of show
business--now I want to enjoy it."
Her love for God, and respect
for her fellowman, determination
and persistance has led to a
nomination for "Who's Who in
Black America, 1977-78."
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ONE SOLITARY LIFE
He was born In an obsure '
village. He worked In a carpenter
shop until He was thirty. He then
became an Itinerant preacher. He
never held an office. He never had ,
a famlly or owned a house. He ;
didn't go to college. He had no \
credentials but himself. He was L,
only thirty-three when the public :
turned against him. His friends l
ran away. He was turned over to
his enemies and went through the
mockery of a trial. He was nailed ir'"
to a cross between two thieves. }j
While he was dying,
executioners gambled for his ,.
clothing, the only property he had I
on earth. He was laid In
borrowed grave. Nineteen
turles have come and gone, and ~f.
today he Is the central figure of IW
the human race. All the armies
that ever marched, all the navies
that ever sailed, all the
parliaments that ever sat, and all
the kings that ever reigned have
not affected the life of man on this
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SOLITARY LIFE.
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