South Side Bulletin (Newspaper) - February 7, 1968, Chatham, Illinois This The Uncertified Teacher And The Negro By DOROTHY W ROBINSON PAGE 4 Leaders Of Major Area Groups Differ Sharply Over Gun Law SOUTH SIDE CHATHAM PARK MANOR CHESTERFIELD BULLETIN Ordinance Babbl Braden Lauds Controls 10th YEAR NO 15 By LEON R FORREST TWO OF the most pi eminent and influential gentlemen head ing up powerful within the Man or areas differed sharply over Published at 639 E 71 it St Stewart PRICE lOc PER Week of Feb 7 thru Feb 13 the wisdom behind the approval Man Of The Year FOR HIS outstanding business acumen and contribution to community welfare George Johnson left president Johnson Company 8522 LaFayette was chosen Man of the Year by the Chicago Urban League Making the presentation is Sheiman R president of the Urban League Board during annual luncheon Friday Jan 26 in the Conrad Hilton Hotel The Chicago Urban League is recognized as the top Urban League organization in the country as a result of its cool realistic treatment of race relations Unique Child Care Center Pre-School Need in Three Areas Pride In Two Areas TWO ISOLATED yet intrinsically interrelated ences m the area this past week more than served to re enforce my ideas toward a positive approach to the widening problems of black-white race relations On Friday had heart-warming pleasure to be a small part of a banquet for a young man who appears to be on the threshold of writing new pages in the country's baseball his tory ALONGSIDE of other ty residents who daily seek to im- prove conditions in a badly tilted I observed and heard a small but dedicated group of friends and relatives commend young Ronald Scipio of 8416 St Lawrence for his successful efforts in becoming a major league ball player Not only is it noteworthy that a local boy has made the big show and the fact that he is the first Chicago born Negro to achieve this distinction but he did it through a doorway that has only been opened in this area for a few short years SCIPIO'S baseball education though beginning with his own personal desire was nurtured and fed through the outlet of a local Little League which exists only through the sincere efforts of a few down to earth nev ei say die men led by one Anthony Overstreet UNLIKE the Little League directors that appear in the movies and on television Overstreet is a working man like the rest of us He is not a wealthy man nally but he is a man with a tremendous visionary inter- est in our future adults Long ago Overstreet recog the abilities of many boys being dissipat ed in the many foibles of youth IN AN EFFORT to harness these skills and talents he 01 and chartered the West Park Manor Babe Buth Baseball League With his own hands and life work he has kept the league in operation It is difficult to meet this man without having some of his fervor rub off Yet he has not been able to convince enough people with enough leal interest to really put the league on solid footing It is difficult to understand how so many thousands of dollars are spent m less productive and this fledging is unable to boast of it s own enclosed sports facility I sincerely believe that if Anthony had iust a little help and money he would produce at least one Scipio per year Tib that one Scipio will not necessarily change the couise of the city s mam stream but his success could be a magnet that could attract many other who aie being pulled into other less en I HI CII M HAM West Patk Manoi communities aie than capable of supporting such a venture So ion what we can do as individuals to cut down our growing delinquency stop blaming all of socie s and take a hand Give a hand up to Little League THE OTHER event which transpired last week dealt with a community response to an identification with nationalistic pride For on Sunday afternoon The Roundtable For African American History staged a high successful Book Fair and Autograph at the Parkway Ballroom featuring an all black showing Note Endorsement Of Hartwig Republican program planning committee vice-chairman of the 8th Ward Richard 8148 Vernon nominated Otto A Hartwig for the powerful tion of Ward late last week Hartwig then received the unanimous en- of the precinct cap- tains at a meeting held in the organization's headquarters 8452 Stony Island Among the party notable who seconded nomination was Mrs Ruby Stemley 8147 South Park Hartwig will succeed Donald M Goof who js not re-election In accepting the ward endorsement Hartwig said I undertake this respon with humility We have a challenge to continue the gains made in our ward under Don Goff during the last four years With hard woik and ex- programs I am confi dent we will do this Born in Chicago Hartwig 50 has lived in the 8th Ward with his wife Beatrice at 7539 Cre gier foi 22 years Hailed As Answer To Big Gap WORKING parents and over quate child care facilities in thiee southside areas ham A v a 1 o n Park and South Shore will soon have the answer to this currently ate need The Institute for lary Education in cooperation with local civic groups and has announced the of the privately op- ICE project at E to take care of pre-school children of working mothers of Chicago s new gun when contacted exclusively by the BULLETIN last week end THE RECENTLY enacted or by the city council pro hibits the possession of guns by pei sons undei 18 narcotics ad diets the mentally retarded and those who have been contained in a mental tion or have been in the custody of the Illinois Youth Commis sion within the last five The law goes irto March 30 1968 CHATHAM AVALON Commu mty Council President Milton Lamb was highly dubious of the intentions behind the Re to the public clamour which often and duves legislators to vote foi bills over and above their own prudent deliberations the called the new gun controls an exercise in political babble Lamb called attention to the fact that an ordinance relat ing to this subject has been on the books for years which was never enforced Although the highly respected Lamb was critical and dubious of the newly enacted he ex pressed a need for some type of significant confrontation with the swooping crime rate within the inner city A 60 pel cent increase in killings by firearms in the past two years has been reported by police officials and last year more than 800 young sters under the age of 17 used guns to commit crimes includ ing murder Some of those dren were as young as years old Fame In Great Hair McDade Sets Heritage Observance THE MANY TIONS made by the Negro to promote and provide the demo vay of life will be lighted Friday Feb 9 at 7 p m during the monthly meet ing of the McDade School PTA at the school 8801 Indiana The meeting is being held D vance of Negro Week which began February 4 CALLING UPON one of it's own the PTA has scheduled BULI ETIN BOOSTER Editor Hurley Gieen as it's guest Green a long-time spokesman for positive commu mty pride and will the assemblage on Giving Recognition To Oui Commented Green Such a vast assignment cer tamly the imagination however I certainly welcome the to add my voice to the long time needed call to black and unity Mis lohn Husband is dent of the McDade PTA while Dr Peter Zansitis is the school principal A GRAND EVENING OF TRIBUTE was held last Friday evening in the Great Hall of the Pick Congress Hotel as a host of friends tives and other notables gathered to send Chathamite Ronald Scipio Spinks on his way to becoming a major league ballplayer with the Houston Astros Scipio the first Negro from Chicago to make the majors was visibly impressed with the many words of ment thrown his way throughout the long and exciting evening Guest speaker for the sion was none other than the greatest Cub of them all Ernie Banks The first lady of the Seventeenth ward Mrs Elizabeth Shannon and Editor Hurley Green also lauded this son In photo prior to the evening's activities Scipio second from left pose with the persons most ble for the festivities They are left to right Cicero Jones Mrs Ola Ernie Banks and Anthony Overstreet director of the West Park Manor Babe Ruth Baseball league In HONORED by the South End Junior Chamber of Commerce as one of its Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Year is Edward E Wil hams R Ph right district manager trainee of Walgreen Drug Store Williams was recently manager of Walgreen Drug Store 7501 State before the drug concern s district management training program Making the presentation at I ord City Millionaires Club on Jan 26 from left Roland W Burns 7820 End Junior Chamber of Commerce and ant E Gibson tt internal vice president Williams a graduate of the of Illinois with a bachelor of science in pharmacy joined in Area Student Teaching This School Term THE JOY OF TEACHING is becoming apparent to a BULLETIN area resident who is among TOO Illinois State Uni students who aie pies te idling ir 200 schools Illinois dunng the school She is Miss Betty White Calumet who is leaching home economics foi nine weeks at Township High school in Pon Chicago 411 students must Iv complete at least 70 per cent of their class work for a lor s degree as as pass certain qualifying examinations to be eligible for teaching in teaching is usually students last major professional assignment before graduation Name Hirsch Honor Rollers BY KATHERINE R HOWARD Parent Coordinator W OP city wide alien tion m general and wide in is the facl that Hirsch High School 7740 Ingleside is in a most tangible way tint quality education can be obtained at Hirsch In days of hot lods LSD and what have you theie aie a number of Hirsch s who give evidence of burning the midnight oil WHEN AT mid term Wil ham J Keileher of Hirsch issued the names of honor scholar it was found that 39 students had themselves Juniors led the field with 13 and running them a close second were the with 12 Sophomores ac counted for 8 and 6 Kathleen Rice a led hei schoolmates with a score of 21 00 grade points Highest scholastic ranking senior was Johnson wilh 17 points Cl ly stood it the lop of with an average of 17 00 The freshman class was paced by James with an av crage of 19 00 SENIORS WHO attained the rank of honor scholars are Diane Adkins Ash ford June Dramp Willard Draper Carole Ewirg and Mary Green Juniors with high scholastic ar Susan Banks L a e 11 I i a Crawford Sharon Denise Curry Lynn I ouis Roberta 1 Du Waine Deboi ih 1 ny loi Anthony HIGH R sophomores aio Sidney Biown I C n in n 1 Hill and Muslin Miles students i re on Uie sinking aie I mda B i i d 1 y Michelle Hoover Sheila Lomax and Wandi Pills Ml young aie lo be highly congratulated along with then foi un relenting of excellence It is hoped however that next tin will be a pro of young named as honor next month EDUCATORS welfare groups and officials pre- dict that if the venture is it could presage lar not only in every Chicago neighborhood but throughout the country as well t h e BULLETIN BOOSTER newspapers were told The need is shockingly Louis A Fitzgerald Jr 8801 Michigan an Office of Economic Opportunity official and of ICE said The Welfare Council of Metro- Chicago's 1967 study found that children un- der 14 years old were on the streets without supervision ter school ONLY 89 day care centers with a capacity of less than were available to meet this need No one has counted the number of pre-school dren left with babysitters or alone while mother works Fitzgerald active in ty relations and vice president of Park Com- munity Council added The Chatham Avalon Park South Shore will open at daily so parents can diop off children en route to woik Preschool children will gel a and mid of cookies milk juices and fruit and a well-balanced hot meal at AI SO ill be i ed to lest at least one houi be noon and 2pm school children will on ai rival at the be given a snack Pointing out that it was use less to tell mother to stay at home continued Many must work because of and the demand for working increases ev ci y day DAY CARE centers help le duce juvenile by ing proper supei vision Welfare payments to able mothers who cannot woi k because they have no place to leave their children can be cut That is why the Institute foi Education is all about Burton Miller ICE director and myself are mak ing a stai t with highly trained personnel a developed and the euly identification of WeTT some solution to the high inci dences crime by firearm must be found I find it difficult to believe that this ordinance even approaches that solution Lamb told this paper TAKING QUITE a position Atty Zedrick Braden president of Park Manor Neigh bors Community Council told BULLETIN Frankly I am in accord with the new gun We have got to begin some place and this seems to me just the place to start Particularly important it seems to me is the section which deals with the possession of fire arms by young people teen since so much of the crime has come from this age bracket PERHAPS NOT since the period has there been more talk concern ing the potential stringent suppression of the Negro as there is now circulating in tain black intellectual circles The BULLETIN asked den about the possibility of the gun law being directed to con tain and corral the freedom of black people and he ly slated No I can t see that this is directed at our group pei se As of now I see the new ordi nance as being far afield from our On the other hand we will be highly watchful of exactly how the is and manifested at level of po lice ly of couise in our aiea Park 01 Atty Biaden with the youth in his aiea in the last yeai did however allude to a effect that the might have within the community he leads and resides when he stressed the following points Well I suppose that law will have some peripheral ef upon oui Park Manoi but you know last summer we did feel the impact of violence Oui got at the loot of what make particularly the turn to violence And we attempted to stem the flow of crowding organ youth through oui council And we feel that the next of hold an even of and matuu ty Best Food Buys 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