Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 6 February 1992 — Page 1
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THE MUNCIE TIMES
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
Also Serving* • • Anderson, Marion, Richmond and New Castle Communities.
Vo1.1 Number 18 - Feb. 6,1992. “Whatever you do, strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.”
A Caring Berry Appointed Job’s Boss
by T.S. Kumbula He’s a restless man who feels an irresistible urge to remain busy. On Dec. 31 he retired as human resources manager from Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), where he had worked for 18 years. Five days Walter L. Berry accepted a new appoint-ment-executive director of the Delaware/Blackford counties employment and training programs. Although liic'appointment did not become ettective until Feb. 1, Berry spent most of January working at the city employment office on Charles Street, Muncie. Berry was born in Memphis, Tenn., but came to Muncie with his parents, Percy and Lizzie Berry, in 1939, when he was 9. “My parents came here because there was work available,” he said in a January inter-
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Editorials
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Tony Brown
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Judy Mays
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Cooking
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Black History Pullout
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The Old Sarge
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Religion
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Cynthia Reed
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Classifieds
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Mr. Walter L. Berry, Executive Director of the Delaware/Blackford Employment Training Programs
view at the employment office. He brings a long track record to his new position. He has worked for Westinghouse Electric and ABB. Before that he spent 2 years in insurance, as an estate planning agent for Manufacturer’s Life Co. Prior to that, he put in 15 years at Ball Memorial Hospital, where he headed the X-ray technology department.- the first African American to hold that position. At one time he was also the hospital’s radiologic technologist and technical administrator of the school of radiologic technology. “All my working background has involved work-
ing with people. My philosophy has always been that everyone is due respect,” he said. "I feel that every individual has a right to participate and that people get opportunities that they earn. “I see my main challenges in this job, to which I was appointed by the mayor, as being to market the programs that are available. I would like the entire community to be made aware of the programs that this agency has, such as those for veterans, for those on welfare, for older adults and for dislocated workers. “I don’t think we can say that one problem is more (cont. on pg. 4)
. February is Black History Month around the world. See Muncie activities on page 20-21.
Black Man Designed 1st U.S. Traffic Light
By James Earl Hardy Q: Who was Garrett Morgan? A: He was an African American who, in the 1920’s, designed and created the first traffic light. If you (jjdn’t know who Morgan was, Pat Browne believes you should hav^. , “All children Should learn fhat black people were not just slaves,” says Browne,
Dr. Pat Browne
head of multicultural education for the Indianapolis public school system. “They were inventors, cowboys, kings and queens.” like Browne, many educators across the country are unhappy with how minorities are portrayed-or simply ignored-in history books. As a result, a new educational approach called the “curriculum of inclusion” is being introduced in cities
such as Atlanta, Detroit, New York, and Portland, Ore. The curriculum attempts to correct the errors and omissions of textbooks by teaching students about the contributions minorities have made to American and world history. The new curriculum has drawn praise from many educators who believe it is an effective way to boost (cont. on pg. 5)