�HE CITIZEN JANUARY 6 - 12, 19
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P C provides businesses list
BE 0 HARBOR - The
T . Citie Chamber of Corn­
merce Busine Procurement
Office (PBO) has installed
n computer If em to provide
local busine with listing of
go ernment bid opportunities,
ccording to Chamber Pre . dent
J arne F. urphy, chairman of
the board, Inter-City Bank
printout report m tch
individual busine ' product line
and/or intere for the curre
day of the government' pur­
ch • g requirements," said
F.rank . her, Chamber . ctor
of govmunent m ettng and
egi . n, and derived by
matching the federal govern­
men's purchasing requirements,
d . d in the Commerce
Bu . DtliJy, with key ords
and product tines of are firms,"
reports e being nt to
local firm ho h ve expressed
in obtaining govern­
me t con cts and include a
re er' guide that explains
me of the aonyms and
used in the report,
ccording to Kneber.
The PBO is funded 'by the
Berrien-C Van Buren Priv te
Industry Council and letve
the tri-county area. If your
firm is interested in bidding
USKEGO - The art of
quilt-making . being recognized
an art from with historical
significance. Saturday, February
15, h been de ted "Afro­
American • chigan Quilt Di­
co Day" t u egon Com­
munity College.
A feature of Blae History
, the event s organized
by the Fo Arts Division of
.. State University
pport from the
MtCNgllD Council for the Arts.
The CC Community Servi e
Department . planning the
CoD Quilt Exhibit under the
dir n of aggie Jon , Com-
munity .. n for Minoritie
d the u egon County SU
4-H Youth Program directed by
Lester Schic .
Strip quilting ( or string
quilt is I significant example
Grant
o Joi
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of Bl ck folk art in the United
Stages. This art form is no
seen widely in the midwest
and u egon area quilters
are urged to bring th quilt,
especially strip quDts, to the
exhibit. Dr. Gladys Marie
Frye, of the University of
aryland will appear at the
College, speaking on �'Slave
Quilt" under the uspice of
the Smithsonian Institution.
A put of a . hlgan squi­
cen ennial proj ct, the F ol.k
Arts Division of SU' or­
ing clo ly with volunteers from
cro the te to gather infor-
m tion on . chigan quilts and
quflters. The goals of this
project to inventory e . -
ing quilts (particularly those
m de in higan); collect or-
ies about 'chigan quilts and
quilters; and to locate, where
a
cc
po ible, historical quilt-related
information such photo­
graph , diaries, scrapbooks, pat­
terns and county fair records.
ot only will this information
provide a bank of information
for students and pub' alike,
but it will result in an exhibit­
ion and book in 1987 of the
best of Mictugan quilts.
Although quilts from the
Black community will be photo­
graphed and documented, other
quilts will be elcomed for the
exhibit, especially tho with
special family significance.
Anyone who knows of me­
one el with a quilt to exhibit
or who' intere ed in exhibit­
ing a quilt should contact
aggie J one at 777-0211 or
Le er Schic at 72�361.
for single pare
s
be eJigibI, pplicant
mu fall into one of four
cat one - p nt, home­
maker, displaced homemaker, or
non-traditional job trainee,
ccording to IS. Barnes. She
d that applicants mu be
ccepted for dmi 'on by Lake
. chigan College d plan to
enter one of the occupational
of training no taught
at C. .Grants lie IV' ble
for men and omen.
The fund Be derived from
a grant of $20,339 received by
[.MC 1 Augu from the
Michigan Department of Edu­
cation to provide support fund
for single parent and home­
makers entering into occup t­
. onal training program .
Further inform tion about
eligibility for the grant can
be obtained by telephoning
the single pent-homemaker
program coordinator t 927-
3571, Ext, 250 or 275.
Highlights of Twin
Cities NAACP
'dent, LuIa Lee:
-First Black in Berrien County Court House Probate -
Ollie Mae Horton Hull by Judge Malcom Hatfield 1954 (Dec.).
-First Bl ck in Benton Harbor Schools - Sue Taylor.
- great number of Blacks hired by Benton Harbor Police
Department, and fir t Bl ck Berrien ounty Sheriffs D p rt­
ment.
-Dr. Harzell Taylor first Bl c in Benton Harbor hool
Board.
Pr . ent, . y T. y:
-Desegragation Public Hou ing uit filed in U.S. Di trict
Court by AACP Atty. Alphon Lewi to integr te both
( eperate) Housing units. - Ca
Pre . t, yn e n:
-Held Freedom Fund Fashion Show staring rgarite
Belafonte
-Area school problems surfaced - Stump-Aim built f r
Blacks all Cole School Board resigned and children mo d
into Stump ickerson School.
-Objected to Benton Twp. Zoning Townline Road area -
High Industrial - to protect Bl ck family homes (no repairs
could be made on properties).
-J ck Hall- First BI ck State Police hired in ichigan.
-John Williams - First Bl ck Justice of Police. Benton
Township.
. eat Will umb:
-Demonstrations for jobs - picketing of department
ore -refusing to hire Blacks nationwide boycotts held.
ayor company w cited and at'! Labor Director Herbert
Hill filed with Justice Department.
-Local home as fire bombed and lives threatened.
- AACP filed School Desegregation case October 1967
after much ple ding for change . •
ry DeFoe hired by ational AACP Field Director
t large worked in many branches throughout United States.
- AACP filed an appeal of decision of chool . ued by
Judge Kent. Branscurnb initiated naming of Dr. rtin
Luther King Drive.
. eat, He cKenzie:
- e Charter requested and received for name ch nge
to Twin City Are Branch AACP.
-State of Michigan, State Dept. of Education Intermedi te
School Di trict, E u Claire Michigan became a part of Desegre­
gation Suit - by transferring Sodus School from Benton Har­
bor to Eau Claire - AACP along with Sodu and Benton
Harbor parents filed an injunction to stop action - ppeal
remanded back to U.S. District Court-Judge oel Fox-Judge
Fox reheard case and . ued an order - Atty. Thomas I.
Atkin of ational AACP handled for local AACP.
President R. DeFoe:
-School de egregation continue - Judge oel Fo leave
the case and it continues under new U.S. District Judge Dou -
las Hillman. (Thi the longest school de egregation c in the
United State). Judge Hillman after holding another re-hearing
of case (Atty. Thomas I. Atkins continues - Hillman find de­
fendants guilty - Defendants appeal to 6th Circuit Court -
Case remanded b ck to Judge Doug! s Hillman - Defendant
then (all except Benton Harbor both times) ppealed to
United States Supreme Court - and .S. Court deny the
appeals. The volunt ry decision i final la . 1981 CP
ed Court to deny appeal. The local AACP continues to
pursue the national goals of AACP for our fair share
economically, educationally, housing, in the courts.
L C regi tration Jan. 7, 8
BENTO TWP. - Lake
Michigan College econd sem
r regular registration ill take
place from 11: 30 a.m, to 6:�
p.m., Jan. 7 and 8, in the Blu
Lecture H (Rm. 0.202) on
the apier Avenue campus aDd
in the main office of the South
Campus at Nil
According to Dr. Thomas P.
cCouq, LMC registrar, the
�day registration period .
all tuden part·time or full-
time, ho have not yet enrolled
for prin emester clas e .
He said that tho plannin
to ta e class s at the colleg ,
e tension center can register at
the centers up to the tart of the
ond c e ion. C
e tension center Ill' located at
Fairplain Junior High chool,
Benton Harbor; Van Buren
Skills Center, L renee; and
South Ha en, Berrien Springs,
d River Valle High schools.