Are you e are when
you are required to pay for your gas
before you pump it t the local ara­
thon Station?
Do you feel that the 0 ner and
operator of the ar thon Station (at
Orchard 140 are implying that we
can not be t ed hen they are the
only tion for mile that require you
y fU' t1
Do you feel that Rev. Churchill
d rve our busine hen he his
eighbor (Robert Bro n) arre ed for
tresp . g on the property of busi-
n that' open to the public.
Do you think he i entitled to our
bu . e hen he, and or, his landlord
fence built so clo to the neigh­
boring hou that it place the safety of
that family in j opardy? (In c of
rue th y could not exit from the win-
dow f cing the ga tion).
Re . Churchill have the right
to bl our 001 sy em ithout
knowing anything bout that system?
Does he ha e the right to criticize our
hool officials for making educational
trip available to our student , so they
may enjoy the dvan g many other
udent in our country do.
e have attempted to me with
ev. Churchill to discu the matters
but he refu to meet.
Therefore, e no come to you to
you kno t e feel that Rev 0
Churchill has not been a good neighbor
insulted the peop of this
community by showing that he does
not tru them. He ha own no re t
for the oldest civil rigbu organization
in Am ica AACP).
e therefore, r' the que ions:
-Should e pend our money with
some one ho i ult us?
ould pport a bu . that
the safety of it
people patronize a man
even rn et ith the
problem of concern
Lawdy Lawd, did you that AACP
leaflet that a passed thru out the
Covert vicinity this p t eek? Thi
column had talked about the preacher'
g line lling practice and the fense
that a put up too clo to the hou
next door to his pl ce of busine . But
that leaflet goe to much more funda­
mental issues. It also bring into focus
me po ible future problem between
the previou y au Blac ini er Alliance
and the mo ly Black church membered
AACP.
It ms that the ini er Alliance
s happy to get white member
that before he could even get his chair
arm they had m de him an officer and
he a collecting the due . (what hap­
pened; to the long time member who
had held this po ition in the p . not
clear.)
Several scenario pre nt themselve .
One ha the minister convincing the
people of the town that, "100 , he is
nice guy and you ould support him."
Another h the church members
telling their p ors that, "if you ant
him, then e don't want you."
A third one has the to n people
ying, "Loo t that Blac -owned market
down the reet has been meeting our
needs for all these yean and besides
it has alway hired an a ful lot of young
Black folks. So let's continue to support
him."
Still another h the AACP doing
the kind of educational job that it u d
to do, tying together economics and
race pride, dignity and social ju ice,
religion and daily living - corning bac
to its position of leadership in all thing
pertaining to the uplifting of B c peo-
ple. '\.
Whatever·'1he out come of this little
t-to e are certain theat the distribut­
ion of that leaflet ill cau irrevocable
change in Co ert and it citizen.
AUGUST 3 - 9, 1983 THE CITIZE
•••
Out in Van Bur n County
democrat candidate in 1980, Reagan
never would have been pre 'dent let'
not let anybody B.S. u into believin
that ea n bein pre ident i our f u1t.
If J J ckson or Julian Bond or Ron
Dellum ant to run for pre ident, jon't
just giv them your ble sing gi them
your vote.
HE V
B
ITED Civi
DlD YOU GET your name on the
list to have your' home winterized, to
get storm window or to have minor
home repair jobs done - we kno that
it is arm no but winter is going to
come. Then you ill be wishing that
you had called 800-672-6971 the ton
free number and had this free or done.
RS. FREDIA BRO of Covert
i now on the Van Cap Board of Direc­
tors. She' repre nting the AACP.
rs. Doris oore ofPa Pa w recent-
ly hired as a cretary for the same
gency.
Slowly but surely e are finding
out that the t of power in this county
is in Paw Paw, it good to e some of our
folk gravitating over that way.
Can't help but put in my 2 cents
worth into the, con tant comment about
a Blac person running for pre . dent.
The people who keep' telling us that if
e support a Blac candidate that we
will be helping to reelect Reagan keep
refusing to explain how Reagan get a
majority vote on e erything that come
thru the Hou of Repre ntative hile
the majority of member of the Hou
are Democrats.
y are they permitted to vote with
the Republicans on all of the important
legislation that affect all of us, but we
are told that we UST up port them to
keep Reagan out of office? . It sound
like double standard to me and we
don't have to put up with it.
Life under Reagan' hard but since
when w it not hard for a Black per n
in America? With all of the poor bite
folks ho need relief bout bad as
e do if e can hold out ju little
longer they will probably beat u voting
for a Blac candidate.
Of all of the announced candidates
for pre . dent, except for wringing their
hand and ying how b d it i , what
specifically have anyone of them pro­
mised or propo d to do that ill m e
things better for us? Which one has id
that he . going to put the Affirmative
Action Program bac on track or make
more money available to inority Bu '­
ne en or top this head long rush to
automation and create some jobs that
ill hire "people' ?
If they are our "friend n but can't
Y it out loud, what' there about them
that makes us think that they are going
to do such onderful thing hen we put
them in office. If you love me in
the dar then you can love me in the
light.
If the democrat had voted for the
Organization is ill t lfilling it role
of bringing mu h ne ded information
to the cornmunit . Their Sund y Forum
for July featured r. Saihou Sanyan
of Gambia ho gave orne history and
cultural spects alon ith current
trends and future as irations of that
e African countr. The Au -
'on ill con' of . it and tour of
Dr. Leroi y' School and Farm on
Aug. 14th. This is a repeat 0 . it
two year o. Call the Civic Center
764-8854 for more information.
The Economic Overvie Division of
our Research Department a part of it
on going udy of the current te d
future trend of the ational economy.
Taking_ in!O consideration the gnation
ahd palpitations cau d by the uncer­
tainty on the part of eral highly
placed individual in policy making circle
of the fmancial community and the
pparent lac of cooperation and co­
dination be een the variou io­
economic grouping in the upper le els
of government coupled with the pr '­
dent' I c of any real sense of hat
money or the lac of it can do to tho
who don't have any or a little of it
decided to bring me clarity to v ry
muddled ituation.
Becau of the paucity and proper ity
of the prez and his variou pokesmen
to ke p repeating that th r ce ion i
over. Disregarding all of t urv s
po ition p pers and spe che by learned
economi, e have found that the mo
reliable method vailable to judge th
te of our economy is "to look t the
number of c itting on the . de of the
road with flat tires ho 0 ner do not
have a spare - hen the number of c
go up that means that th economy i
going down".
VBUCO regular meeting ond y
15th at 8 p.m. CP regular meeting
onday, Aug. 22nd at 8 p.m. th t
the Civic Center on E. treet,
Covert.
Quote: obody can ke p . ou do n
if you insist on standing up. - non
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