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Tennis Pro Arthur Ashe holds plaque presented to him by the Alpha Psi Alpha
Fraternity. Lucy Laney High School Athletic Director David Dupree presented the
plaque at a reception given by the fraternity in Ashe’s honor at the Garden Center.
Photo by Jacob Crawford
Breakfast program cures
more than hunger problems
By Fannie Flono
A new breakfast program,
initiated five months ago, may
have helped solve some
discipline problems for at least
one Richmond County
elementary school.
John Elam, principal of
Clara A. Jenkins Elementary
School, said there appears to
be at least two good
by-products from his school’s
instituting the breakfast
program this school year.
“There do appear to be
certain benefits,” he said. “The
program certainly helped in
discipline. We don’t have the
same kinds of problems.”
Elam said tardiness has also
improved at the school. “Last
year, when school began at 8
ajn, I could see at least 15 to
20 students late for school
each day. But now when
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school begins earlier at 7:45,
we don’t have as many
students late.”
Elam said he had seen a
need for the breakfast program
long ago. “Last year, we had a
lot of children with discipline
problems and they usually
cropped up around 9:30.”
The school administrator
said of one child who was a
persistent discipline problem,
“I asked him if he had eaten
breakfast one morning. He said
no and I took him to the
cafeteria and got him a piece of
cheese and bread.”
The same thing happened
again and again.
Elam eventually talked to
school administrators, in
particular Norma Reeves, who
now heads the breakfast
project.
“She talked to me about
piloting the program.”
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At the beginning of the
school year, however, all
school principals were given
the option of initiating a
breakfast program. Eight out
of 54 schools did.
Elam said Jenkins has the
highest percentage of students
of any of the schools
participating.
“We average about 75 to 85
a day.”
The breakfasts served are
nutritious, he said. Meals are
planned and vary.
The program is a lot of
work, Elam admits. But
volunteers are the people who
make it work.
The paraprofessionals do all
the paperwork and help keep
the children orderly. Teachers
work with the children on
etiquette.
“We are very fortunate to
Ex-champ Frazier predicts
Ali will regain heavyweight title
By Mallory K. Miliender
Former heavyweight
champion Joe Frazier said here
this week that he believes that
retired champion Muhammad
Ali will be successful in his
comeback attempt if he has a
couple of fights before a title
fight.
Asked if he felt Ali could beat
World Boxing Association
Champion Larry Holmes at this
point, Frazier said, “If it’s his
first fight, I’d say no. After a
couple of fights, then I’d say
yeah.”
Frazier seemed as puzzled as
everyone else as to why Ali is
coming out of retirement. “It’s
very hard for me to say why
he’s coming back. I imagine
that the champ is coming back
because he is probably not
happy with the situation the
way things are going (in the
heavyweight division).
“My personal opinion is that
I don’t really think that it’s
money that’s involved. I think
it’s probably that he just wants
to come back because he has
that desire to come back and
that he feels that he could do a
good job.
“You don’t really know
get everybody involved,” the
principal said. “Even the bus
driver, Charles Wright, helps in
collecting the trays.”
The custodians also help.
Mrs. Ruth Jones, lunchroom
manager, comes in at 6:30 am.
to prepare the meals. Mrs.
Alice West, one of the faithful
volunteers, handles the
organizing. Mrs. Jackie Faison
also puts forth special effort.
“Even I go down to help out
and supervise,” Elam said.
The breakfast is a
supplemental program which
all children who qualify for
free lunch can take advantage
of, the principal said.
The breakfast program is
scheduled before school and
there have been none of the
problems some have voiced
about the program interfering
with the regular school
program, he said.
School breaks as
program cures
more than hunger
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March 22, 1980
what makes a man tick. I really
don’t think that it’s financial.
It shouldn’t be. But nobody
knows what goes on under
your roof but you.”
Frazier recalled that he, too,
thought about making a
comeback. “But I think I got a
warning by the Good Man. He
said, ‘Get out of it, and that’s
it. We don’t want you to fool
around with it no more.’ I just
stepped out of it and didn’t
come back at all.
“He was just trying to tell
me one thing, ‘You can’t
accomplish no more in here:
let’s get out and find
something else.’”
The “something else” for
Frazier was his singing career.
“Singing was in my life before
fighting. I can recall having my
group together in 1968. In
1970, I went to Caesar’s Palace
in Las Vegas. But I wasn’t
ready. I went overseas; I wasn’t
ready. But now it’s a different
situation. I’m ready for the big
time now. I can deal with it.”
That may be true but it
couldn’t be proved by the
attendance at the College Bowl
Lounge where Frazier opened
up a six-night engagement
Saturday night.
Rep. Cardiss Collins
Rep. Shirley Chisolm
Dawson Mathis
Voters should know candidates record
ALBANY, Ga. - U.S.
Congressman Dawson Mathis,
who is campaigning for the
U.S. Senate seat now held by
Herman Tahnadge, was the
only candidate for that office
who appeared at a Senatorial
Forum sponsored by the
Albany Black Caucus March 8
in Albany.
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The house was virtually
empty in spite of a large
amount of advertising for the
engagement. His sister and his
nephew drove over from
Beaufort, S.C. to see the
show. Frazier is from Beaufort
and his mother lives on his
plantation there.
But Frazier seemed
undaunted by the crowd and
went out to give a performance
that drew a standing ovation
from the enthusiastic audience.
Why is he pursuing a singing
career? He replied, “Let me
put it this way: For the rest of
my life I could get up in the
morning, and if I don’t feel like
getting up, I can stay in bed
and I’ll get paid every month.
The singing I love.
“Put it this way, it’s
boogeying money.”
Many performers dread
traveling and living out of a
suitcase. But it doesn’t bother
Frazier. “Traveling doesn’t
bother me. I don’t fly. I don’t
believe in flying. Wherever I go
I drive. The boys in the band
have their motor home. I stay
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F our in Caucus
endorse Kennedy
WASHINGTON -Fourblack members of Congress recently
criticized President Carter’s domestic policies and urged
democrats to vote for Sen. Edward Kennedy in the remaining
presidential primaries.
The four members - Cardiss Collins, D-Ill.; Shirley Chisolm,
D-N.Y.; Louis Stokes, D-Ohio; and Walter Fauntroy, the District
of Columbia delegate in the House - had all previously endorsed
Kennedy for the democratic nomination.
They called a news conference to reaffirm their support for
Kennedy and to urge voters to turn away from Carter because of
his failure to solve the nation’s economic problems.
They said budget cuts under consideration by the
administration would hurt blacks most.
“This administration has no program for dealing with this save
inducing a recession and putting people out of work,” Fauntroy
said.
Mrs. Chisolm said foriegn affairs have obscured Carter’s
failtures at home.
Mrs. Collins said she expected other members of the
17-member Congressional Black Caucus also to endorse Kennedy.
A spokesman for Cong. Ronald Dellums said that at this point
all of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus would have
to be polled separately, because all of them have differing views
as to whom they will be supporting in the upcoming presidential
race.
A caucus worker who asked not to be identified, explained
“the caucus does not endorse candidates - they never have and
they do not plan to.”
Mathis, a five-term
Democrat, predicted Senator
Talmadge will not appear at
such forums during the
campaign “because he will not
answer your questions” about
issues important to Georgia
black voters. Mathis said to file
group that Talmadge had voted
against the Voting Rights Act
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Joe Frazier
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in 1965,1970 and in 1975.
“I was not in the Congress in
1965, nor in 1970, but I was
there in 1975, and I voted to
extend the right of black
Georgians to participate in the
democratic processes of our
state and nation. I want black
voters across this state to be
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Rep. Louis Stokes
Rep. Walter Fauntroy
aware of the positions taken by
all of the candidates in this
race, and of the records of
those who seek this high office.
Election year promises are one
thing, a solid record of
achievement is something else.
I have that record of
achievement.”
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