Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 1 April 2010 — Page 10

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continued from page 9 car. Roy would also get lots of crank calls. These are some of the lifetime discriminations that Roy had to deal with as well as all of the other ones like the water fountains and everything that segregated two colors. Something that he did to make our community a better place was when he took the kids to Tuhey pool and told them not to fight. That is better for our community because if you fight, then bad things come from both ends of the line.

Doris Faulkner Stewart By Deena Elsheikh

I would like to nominate Doris B. Faulkner Stewart for the Walk of Fame. Doris was bom in Humboldt, Tennessee, in 1925. She was raised for most of her life in Muncie, Indiana, where she attended Ball State College. After graduating, she wanted to serve as a music teacher,

In the last line of his poem, Roy said that he still wanted to help people although he was blind. Roy's ideas are still changing our lives today. One way is that the pool and the local YMCA'S aren't segregated anymore because of him. People also built a Roy Buley Center in honor of him. What it does is it makes the quality of peoples' lives better in this community. The center offers a lot of different services for children and adults. Some of the srvices are cultural, educa-

but blacks were not allowed to teach during that time. She went to Detroit, Michigan, for 2 years. When she came back to Muncie, she found a position at a school as the supervisor of music and art, for the entire school system. She taught music and English to elementary, middle and high school for approximately 40 years. Doris was the second black person to teach in a school in Muncie, the first being Geraldine Evans Findley. She was married to a man named Edgar Faulkner Sr., who, along with Doris, established the Faulkner Mortuary in 1952. From 1954 to 1956, the Rev. WR. Thompson served the Bethel AME church. During that time, he wanted to enhance the church, one

tional, and recreational programs. You can also go there just to get information also. These program and information let people do fun things and leam more. I know that you are probably wondering, “what did he go through in his life to make him believe he could do what he did?” Well, he went through that incident at Notre Dame in high school so that could be a part of it. I think it was mostly because he had a lot of faith in himself. Also, he'd accomplished so much in his life,

way by owning an organ. Doris Faulkner, along with the senior choir president, Mrs. Roberta White, raised money from pledges and a memorial gift sent in recognition of a former employee. With the money, the church was able to purchase the grand piano they had hoped for. Doris, and many other women formed the Do What You Want Club to accomplish goals such as getting new carpet for their sanctuary and helping refurbish their church. Edgar Faulkner, Doris Faulkner's husband, also helped the church by singing for services, the sick and shut in, cleaning windows and gutters, performing light house repairs, painting houses and giving gifts to the sisters of the church.

why not do a bit more? Roy C. Buley has changed a little bit of Muncie and changee a bit of civil rights by doing all that he did through his life. He didn't have to do any of this, but he chose to. I think it is good that he is being honored because he persevered to make the community a better place. I think that Martin Luther King, Jr., would have approved of how he handled the problems that he had without any violence.

Doris was also in a program called the “Community Christmas Sing” for 12 years of her teaching career. Every December, people would gather to watch the group sing. This group brought together over 6,000 people during the holiday season of the Great Depressions in 1935. After many active years of her life, Doris Faulkner Stewart died at the age of 84, in May 2009. Doris B. Faulkner Stewart served as a very active and inspirable teacher and member of many groups. I nominate her because she did many things throughout her life to help others. She did the best she could to succeed in everything she tried. She formed and participated in many groups that helped the

Misa Cree is a fourth grader at West View Elementary School Her teacher is Mrs. Shadoin.

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community, her church and friends. She made a difference in her environment by spending much of her life teaching and helping others. That is why I think she deserves the great honor of being part of the Walk of Fame. Deena Elsheikh is a seventh grader at Yorktoxm Middle School Her teacher is Ms. Jenkins. Photo unavailable

Deena Elsheikh

Roy C. Buley

By Darian Hamaker I think Roy C. Buley should be on the Walk of Fame because he believed in making a difference and showing people a better way. He believed in the future and safety of the children. As a young man, Roy Buley was a student

who attended Muncie Central High School. He graduated in 1935 as a star football player. The champion team reigned undefeated back in 1934. After graduating in 1935, Roy C. Buley became a board member of Muncie's chapter of the NAACP. He was a civil rights pioneer and the

executive director of the Madison YMCA from 1950 to 1962. He was the first to lead a group of black youth to swim in Tuhey Pool which was at that time still segregated and had never been done before. He believed in change for the future and making a better way for the black youths in the

community. He also served on Muncie's Human Relations Committee during the middle 1950's. Buley later moved to where he worked for the YMCA until his retirement. The Roy C. Buley Recreational Center was named in his honor. This gave kids a place to go