Today I approached by a
gentleman ho w mo anxious
to find a home in our community,
immediately.
I more than glad to give
him all the istance I could.
He anted his on to attend
Reeths Puffer School.
I think a school system re­
fleets the ttitudes of the com­
munity and I feel that we have
unique community. I feel
qualified to spe fo the uni­
quene of my community , ce
I've Ii d here 42 of my 46
year. I
I'm ery proud of my com­
munity and of the peop e in it.
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I am commenting on an
article that published in the
April '84 ' ue of the Mu erall
C7u0nicle by Il forme, rendmt
of the North Mrukegon Blllek
community.
I spent the fust 20 yean of
my life in the orth u egon
area, but no re' de in
up, Ontario, Can da.
Upon my recent visit home,
Both the old and the young have
worked. together to mak: it it
is today.
e have had some outstand­
ing people go through our school
system. Ru ell Ro d has made
its mar on many parts of this
country.
any people ay Russell Road
like, I really ou dn't want to
live "out there.";
But I s y RUssell Road with
pride. Quite frankly, I'm very
glad I live here.
From Ru n Road
ith Pride
Peggy Stevens Hilliard Watkins
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an article w shown to me hieh
had reference to my community.
To say the le t, I was quite
upset by the negative statements
concerning the area Uld the
peop e of orth uskegon. After
reading this article I spo e to
many of the orginial members
of the community to get their
reactions. There was a lot of
Co tin e8
Frank ays-
Prov id i n 9 for yo uth
USKEGO - Frank ay
i a child care worker for Child I
and F amity Services.
ay co-ordinate programs
and other project sponsored by
th C tholic Human Development
Center,290 onroe, where he h
rved for 8 yean.
Project co-ordin ted by y
primarily rve the youth of the
el n n ighborhood: recrea-
tional program , career counseling
and employment se rch.
Th annual trip to Detroit
Tigers or Detroit Pistons g m
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USKEGO - Henrietta K,
Fountain, native of orth Mus­
kegon ' pre ntly a resident of •
alarnazoo here she i a senior
attending estern ichigan Uni­
ver ity, m joring in F ashion er­
chandising. She carrie a tripl
minor in General B iness, an-
ement, and Communications.
Henrietta i proud of being the
fit t Blac female pre ident of the
Student Fashion Organization t
e tern ichigan University for
the year 1984-85.
She gre t love for th
f: hion orld having coordinated.
commentated and trained models
for hows in Kalamazoo, uske­
gon and on We tern ichigan
University's campus.
Henrietta ' planning to con-
tinue her education in ew
Co • oed 0 e 10
one of the activitie spon ored
by the center.
The Detroit ball club reduce
the cost of the trip by contribut­
ing the tickets.
The Center and adult partici- •
pants are the travel expense.
The project is designed to
rve tho children who because
of economic rea ons would never
be able to attend a major league
game, .
This ye r's trip was the third
annual trip which get 1 rger
each year.
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Alfred WnIiams; Editor
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USKEGO - Retta Jean state and federal political groups.
(Lyons) ill r La �aj who was Retta has now remarried and
raised in orth uskegon, lchi- resides with her husband Lachen
gan graduated from Reeths-Puffer La aj aa and her t 0 children,
High School' and as the first a on, Clyde iller and a daugh-
Black in the iss Mu egon- ter, Ezelle Miller in i sissauga
Whitehall Pageant in 1965 where Ontario, Canad .
she was voted iss Congenitily. Retta currently work a an
Retia went to Mu egon Com- administator with the Boy and
munity College and later went .Girl Club of Peel and handle
to Kennedy-King College' in Chica- the whole Mississauga area, a
go. suburb of Toronto. The Boys
She graduated from Aquinas and Girls Club is a non-profit
College in Grand Rapids, with a organization that offers recreation
major in Sociology and a minor programs for low income children,
in Psychology. 6 to 18 years old.
Retta worked in Grand Rapids She likes Canada, but state ,
for Salavation Army' Booth "there is no place like home".
Gene' Hou with pregnant Retta is the youngest daughter RETIA JEA LAAJAJ
teens; Catholic Service with teen of Jam V. Lyons ho as the
delinquents and did her intern- fmt Blac police officer of .
place for the proper commuruty
ship wt'th St. Johns Group Home egon Township and Hen-
and school enviroment.
with obused and neglected chil- rietta V. Lyons, a kno n painist
dren. She has also orked at ho has pi yed at variou Retta stated hatever succ
ount ercy with nior citi- churches in the uskegon area. she may have h d, e 0 e to
zens and taught English as a _ Retta's IOn, Clyde, will be her family, friends and quian-
cond language to immigrants. staying in orth u egon to races who supported her emote
Retta also very active reside in' her home to n and ionally, and a "Big Thanks to God
politically, orking with senior gr duate from her sch�l, Reeths- for Hi patience an,d understand-
cit�ens, elfare; community, Puffer. 'She ay there no better _ ing."
CHIWRE E JOYING THE TRIP TO THE DETROIT TIGERS GAME.
MY WORLD
Years on earth have trained
the truth in me, instilled honor
in me and strengthened my
principles in thi world where
raw truth, sound principles and
strong honor set a man aside
from the illusions of the world.
My world is not the Super­
Fly, it is not this new wave
where man' mind depends on the
illusions of a pill or having Mi
America share her bed with him.
y world i not a world where
men run in packs like dogs and
for the approval of another
attack, strike down or take th
life of another man or woman.
y world is the world of the
individual where there is no time
for illu ions. It is a world of
thought and in my wor·ld truth
does not change, nor doe it
need any support.
y world .has experienced
fear 0 I need not to be macho,
just natural.
My world knows the sweet­
ness of love and the bitterne
of hate so neither is a new
experience to m ,
y world has demonstrated
with the pains of human suffer­
ing and psychological brutality
and knows the happine that
ispossible to me on earth and
Cool' ued on p e 8
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correct information: rs.
White w born in Plain
D aling, La" moving to us-
egon from I Dorado,
rkan 0 r. White i
93 years old not 96
stated in the article.