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Salisbury, Md. Sunday, May 9, 1993 THE DAILY TIMES Page A4 communi Id oom a Mac COM Bypass Maryland National Guard and a substitute teacher in Wicomico County. er, the unit public affairs representative for the 1229th Transportation Company of the WEST SIDE STORIES CITY COUNCIL MEETING IK 1 George W. ROACHE Jr. CITY OF SALISBURY AGENDA Meeting 9 MONDAY May 10, 1993 8:00 P.M.

Room 301, Council Chambers CityCounty Government Building Convene Lord's Prayer Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Minutes, April 26, 1993 Certificates of Appreciation to Science Olympics Winners -Mayor Martin Appointment of Chief Dykes to State of Maryland Handgun Roster Mayor Martin Proclamation on Emergency Medical Services Week Mayor Martin and EMS Supervisor Jerry Bennett ORDINANCE NO. 1562 1st Reading Public Hearing -Proposed FY'94 City Budget Council President Robin Cockey ORDINANCE NO. 1563 1st Reading Public Hearing -Proposed FY'94 Water and Sewer Budget Council President Robin Cockey West Church streets and Poplar Hill Avenue, and, after Humphrey's Lake was drained, a small area to the south. It was a small section in many people lived and ran businesses. Due to its proximity to the lake, or the pond that remained 'after draining, people referred to it as "'round the pond." John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, its affiliated burial ground, the Houston Cemetery, and the original First Baptist Church were all here.

In a former furniture warehouse, Dr. Charles Henry Chipman became principal of the Salisbury Colored High School, before its move to Lake Street. Broad Street once converged with West Church Street. Where the strip of land between the two streets narrowed to a point, the Flatiron Building housed a shoe shine parlor and pool room. From doing research for this column over time I have learned that locales, structures and streets acquire names that are functionally descriptive if not downright obvious in origin.

Thanks to Wicomico County Board of Education member Ed Henry, I understand that the Flatiron Building was no exception, originally being home to a livery stable. Not only did the blacksmith hammer red-hot metal into horseshoes, he also flattened and then bent it into angle irons. Those simple pieces made it possible to secure boards at 90-de-gree angles for building that era's wooden conveyances, such as carriages for the rich and farm wagons for the working poor. Henry also remembers walk- Present State Highway Administration plans have raised the hackles of Jersey Heights and Kirkwood area residents. They have packed meeting rooms, circulated petitions and fired off irate letters objecting to the Route 50 bypass' proposed alignment through the two northernmost black settlements on the West Side.

Chief among their complaints is the SHA's seeming failure to inform the community of the state's intentions in a timely manner and thereby blunt opposition. It appears that the impact studies have been completed, the alternatives evaluated, the route selection finalized, and the die cast all before West Siders could voice their protests. Most significant from my point of view is that this is the 'third time a black community has been disrupted or had its quality of life seriously degraded by a lifeless ribbon of concrete and steel bearing transients to other points. Blacks have lived so long on the West Side, a designation that came in vogue sometime during my 14 years away, that many could not imagine them having lived anywhere else in town. But two earlier black communities thrived in the southeasterly corner of what we now call Newtown, where Routes 13 and 50 cross.

They were known as Georgetown and Cuba, or "Cubic" Fulton Slemons, who celebrated his 75th birthday May 1, remembers in detail much of their history. They were compact in size, encompassing parts of Walnut, Chestnut, Ellen, Broad and bands of the 20s" at his establishment, Willard's Auditorium. One Dr. Arthur D. Brown, literally the first person I met one October night nearly 41 years ago, and Dr.

Herbert G. Sembley lived and practiced thei- professions there. Sem-bley's pet ceramic kitten still clings to the roof of his former home. Across the street from White Leonard's, the downtown branch of the First National Bank now services customers on the corner where the Peninsula Hotel once served meals from its restaurant and entertained par-tygoers in its ballroom. Half of the waiters who worked there lived in Georgetown.

When that hotel burned and the Wicomico Hotel was built a few blocks east, the same waiters went there to work as well. One especially colorful Georgetown figure who also made the move was One-Legged Pin-kett, no relation to current city councilwoman, Mary Pinkett. He gained fame for his speed and dexterity as an oyster shucker. Such was the rich life of a community first sliced apart by Route 13, and then wiped out by Route 50. According to Henry, its original path was where the bypass is slated to run currently.

Just one West Side story cannot contain ironies this grand or issues this complex. Next week I will cover what neighborhood activists like Ann Church and the Rev. Dan Appleby hope to accomplish in mobilizing residents to fight this latest attempt to push a highway through a black community. GEORGE W. ROACHE JR.

is a Salisbury-based free-lance writ ing to Salisbury's black Boy Scout troop at John Wesley, where his father served as scoutmaster. Other businesses Slemons recalls include another shoe shine shop across from John Wesley. This one was so popular on Sunday mornings that patrons had to wait on line. Nearby was Winston's Store; on a corner, Joe Cornish's bicycle shop; and between the two, Salisbury's only black bank. Slemons' grandfather had a store on a nearby street, just doors away from Jimmy Stewart's funeral home.

A prominent Republican noted for his ability to raise funds for church, school and community causes, Stewart was the town's only black undertaker. He trained many others who followed: his nephew, Clinton Stewart; Thornton Jol-ley, whose widow, Loretta, and daughter, Pat, still carry on the family business; and my distant uncle, Booker M. West, who for 20 of his 31 years of interring bodies and consoling survivors dominated the West Salisbury funeral trade. A block away, Willard Shockley hosted "all of the big ORDINANCE NO. 1564 1st Reading Amending the FY'93 Budget Bob Eaton and Chief Dykes Request for City Contribution for Life Crisis for City CDBG Application Dodie Lazatti Resolution No.

419 CDA Assisted Elderly Housinq Project at 819 Springhill Road David Tranberg Resolution No. 420 Approval of CDA financing of two houses for families with special housing needs at 201 Carrollton Avenue and 107 Princeton Avenue Mr. George Tess Resolution No. 421 Abandonment and auit claim deed to the County of a piece of property between Penny's and Parking Garage Bob Eaton Resolution No. 422 Amendment to the DeveloDmental Policv for Water and Sewer Bob Eaton and Tom Plotts Resolution No.

423 Terminating the Marina Restaurant Bid -Bob Eaton Appointment to the Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion Mayor Martin AWARD OF BIDS Mrs. Carol Turner mjf59 Salisbury native made major general During his 25 years of service, Hale has received numerous awards and decorations. 1 Hale was also an instructor and assistant professor with the Department of Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Following his continued education at the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Hale was promoted to Assistant Inspector General with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.

He then served as the deputy director for the politico-military affairs of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. Hale presently commands the 7th Infantry Division Forward in Fort Lewis, Wash. FORT LEWIS, Wash. David Richard Evan Hale of Salisbury has recently been promoted to the position of Major General (two star general) in the United States Army. Born in Louisiana, Hale is the son of David Hale and Dale Gunter.

After graduating from Wicomico Senior High School in 1963, Hale attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and then attended an infantry officer school in Fort Benning, Ga. He served as a Platoon Leader and Executive Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division in Vietnam. He later served as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding Ge- Gen. David R.

Hale neral of the 3rd Armored Division in Europe. Crime Solvers 'Most Wanted' list released Johnnie Collins, 36, LKA: Sharpspoint Road, Fruitland. Wanted on failure to appear. Shawn Cropper, 21, LKA: Homtown.Va. Wanted on failure to appear.

Eric Davis, 25, Donley Lane, Salisbury. Wanted on failure to appear. Rebecca Vincent 29, LKA: Willards. Wanted on bad checks and theft FRUITLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT James Butler, 41, LKA: Poplar Street, Fruitland. Wanted on failure to appear.

George Byrd, 47, LKA: Ogle Avenue, Fruitland. Wanted on failure to appear. SALISBURY Crime Solvers has released the "10 Most Wanted" list for May. These individuals are wanted on outstanding warrants by the respective law enforcement agencies. If you have information which lead to the arrest of these individuals, you could earn a I CT diamond band set in 14 kt gold This year, tell her you'd marry her all over again.

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Wanted on failure to appear motor vehicle charges. John Parker, 36, LKA: Barkley Street, Salisbury. Wanted on failure to appear controlled dangerous substance. Arnold Brooks, 64, LKA: Log Cabin Road, Salisbury. Wanted on failure to appear DWI and other motor vehicle charges.

Tracy Dashields, 23, LKA: Fruitland. Wanted on failure to appear theft charges. Dwayne Jones, 34, LKA: Mohawk Avenue, Salisbury. Wanted on failure to appear motor vehicle charges. DELMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT Lanier Bright, 20, LKA: Route 4, Georgetown.

Wanted on failure to appear. Thomas Burches, 32, LKA: Norris Twilley Road, Mardela Springs. Wanted on motor vehicle charges. Ethel Dashields, 50, LKA: Route 1, Mardela Springs. Wanted on motor vehicle charges.

Broderick Nutter, 36, LKA: East State Street, Delmar. Wanted on failure to appear motor vehicle charges. Donna Jones, 30, LKA: West Road, Salisbury. Wanted on failure to appear motor vehicle charges. MARYLAND STATE POLICE Timothy Donzel Haggjns, 28, LKA: Rose Stret, Salisbury.

Wanted on vehicle theft Franklin Miller Middleton, 42, LKA: Queen Avenue, Salisbury. Wanted on contempt of court Miland W. Johnson, 42, LKA: Liberty Street, Seaford. Wanted on theft Robrt Dean Taylor, 27, LKA: Airport Road, Salisbury. Wanted on allure to appear traffic charges.

Jay Lynn Green, 22, LKA: Theodore Street, Fruitland. Wanted on possession and distribution of controlled dangerous substance. WICOMICO COUNTRY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT Donzeila Winters, 38, LKA: Powelrville Road, Pfttsville. Wanted on violation of probation. Joseph GambrW, 28, LKA: Naytor Mil VI-taga, Salisbury.

Wanted on violation of probation. Kenneth Elliott, 26, LKA: QuantJco Road, Quanbco. Wanted on failure to appear-as-auftbattery. Tom Collins, Hebron. Wanted on failure to appear.

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