The Northside Sun from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 1

Thursday, April 3, 1975 Volume 8, Number 19 Three Sections, 32 Pages Jackson, Mississippi City of Madison adopts new zoning ordinance a mm SUN SPOTS By SAM WARREN velopment District and concerned citizens. "The adoption of this ordinance and the recent annexation of additional land will be conducive to the orderly growth of the town," said Rimmer. HUD Acceptance In other action, the Town of Madison has been given the go ahead to file a formal application for funds from HUD to upgrade the town's water system. In their pre application, the town asked for the maximum allowable but the amount will be scaled down in the formal application. When these funds are available to the town, they probably will be supplemented by local funds.

The local funds may be raised by a bond issue, according to Rimmer. Planned for Northside This is the architect's conception of the gymnasium proposed for construction at courts, dressing room and meeting rooms. Fonda wQl came front the current the Northside YMCA site on Manhattan Road. Plans call for it to include two cross Capital Funds Campaign. Gym planned for Northside The Jackson YMCA hat announced that, upon successful completion of their Capital Funds Campaign, bids will be let for a gymnasium on the Northside property on Manhattan Road.

Groundbreaking is expected to take place late this summer or in early fall. "If everything goes well, the gym will be complete by next The Town of Madison's proposed zoning ordinance was adopted with only minor changes at a special hearing held Monday, March 31. Approximately 10 people were present to object to certain zoning classifications on the proposed ordinance. The Town Board took these into consideration, made the changes, and adopted the revised ordinance. The changes, called minor by Madison Attorney Stephen Rimmer, were due to the character of an existing neighborhood or to trends the development of an area is taking.

Adoption of the ordinance was the culmination of approximately a year of work by the Madison Town Board, Rimmer, and Jim Catt of the Central Mississippi Planning and De Several Northside cases up for city Several rezoning petitions concerning Northside properties are presently going through the City Planning Board machinery for final approval, change, or disapproval by the City Council. The Zoning Committee will hear a petition next Thursday. April 10. by Harold Glenn Hammond, Case 1455 for a special exception for operation of a business management service at 3704 Northbrook Dr. This case was postponed from the March 13 meeting.

Cases 1458 and 1459 were approved and partially approved, respectively, at thea March 25 meeting of the City Planning Board. Case 1458, a petition by H. C. Bailey and W. W.

Bailey on rf 1 basketball season," YMCA Director. said Bill The architects, Cooke, Douglass and Farr Ltd. of Jackson, have made a preliminary design of the gym which will include, as now planned, two cross courts, dressing rooms and meeting rooms. The proposed location is between the existing Northside YMCA office and the swimming pool. When ground is broken for the Northside gym, officials hope to also hold groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Central facility to be located on the east side of the Interstate, between High and Fortification Streets.

The 15 acre site was donated by the McCarty Hoi-man family. These two facilities, and others in south Jackson and Clinton, are to be paid for mostly by the Capital Funds Campaign, which has a goal of -'i '2srJ L- I r' I IS tr i mi i ii i 6L HUD says funds unlikely for City of Ridgeland Callaway PTA meets tonight Callaway High School PTA will meet this evening, April 3, at 7:30 in the school auditorium. The Callaway Singers will present a program and a few selections will be sung from the musical "Of Thee I Sing" which was recently presented by the High School. All parents are urged to attend and especially those who will have tenth graders entering Callaway this fall. After the program refreshments will be served in the cafeteria.

Tryouts slated for City ball Tryouts in the City of Jackson Parks and Recreation Department baseball program will be held at the following times: April 11. April 12, 912; April 18. 4-6; April 19, 9-12. For the Northide area, the location is Little League Field, Jr. Field, southside of Lakeland Drive, and Senior League Field, northside of Lakeland Drive.

League ages are as follows: Youth League, 912; Boy's League, 13-14: Major League, 1517. A player should make at least two of the four tryouts for consideration to play. Area Ole Miss alums to represent district UNIVERSITY, Miss. Five University of Mississippi alumni have been elected to represent the Fourth District on the Ole Miss Alumni Association Board of Directors for 1975. Those named to the board include W.

P. McMullen Jerome Steen, Dr. J. Elmer Nix, and Lee S. Huddleston Jr.

all of Jackson, and Marion Smith of Natchez. The selections were announced by Alumni Association president Clifford G. Worsham of Corinth. PROFItE OF NORTH 1967-72 figures given for area retail trade trends Top artist Sun Easter Coloring Contest first prize winner Linda Meeler plans to add her $25 prize to a growing savings account. The 12 year old artist is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. C. W. Meeler of 114 Waycross Ct. (SUN PHOTO BY WALTER HARRISON) Independent baseball try out times and locations given Tryout times and locations Manhattan football field.

BACKBONE Lots of good folks help make the Sun available each week through their advertising. They help make the Sun a valuable money saving source of product and sales information, too. RED CARPET We point with pride to the 20 merchants who each week are offering up their best in products and services and showing their appreciation of your patronage, through their participation in the Red Carpet Parade of Values. They are: The Balcony, Hale Jones, Graham Selman, Carter Jewelers, Helen's Young Ages, Richard's Safari, Miller Hardware, Jacob's Lawn Leisure, Village Stitchery, The Bath Shop, The Bookworm, Le-Fleur's, Capitol Music, Briar-wood Enterprises, Village Bootery, The Men's Shop, Green Oak Nursery and Florist, Warren Wright's, The Hang Up, TGI Friday's, and Bota nique. CHURCH PAGE Another group who are earning the sincere appreciation of many Northsiders are those who sponsor the weekly Church Page and make possible the space devoted to carrying the services of all of the churches in the area.

Additional sponsors, (three) are needed for this page. Those participating are: Emmett H. Owens Plumbing and Heating, Wellington Prew-itt-Malke and Associates, Beemon Drugs. Northside Appliances, Brown's Framt Shoppe, Sunflower Food Stores, Horrell, and Brent's Drugs. HONOR AMERICA The group sponsoring the weekly Honor America message probably know that they have their finger on the pulse of this nation.

We live in the greatest country in the world, with the highest standard of living in the world, and perhaps it is particularly timely to be reminded of just how great America is. Sponsors of this message each week are: Harreld Chevrolet Olds, Bourne-McGehee, Precision Machine, Joe Grogan Carpets, The Emporium, City-wide Air Conditioning and Heating, Broadmoor Drugs, Catfish Cabin. Tote-Sum, Faulkner Concrete Pipe Beemon Drugs, J. E. Carter, John Harvey Ford, Metal Specialists, By West Glass, Bank of Ridgeland, Bank of Madison, Nicholas Acoustics and Specialty Co.

and Briar-wood Gulf Service Station. IN HOSPITAL Our condolences to E. Noel Hood, Sun Co-Publisher Mar-lene Warren's step father, who was entered Monday night in Baptist Hospital. After a couple of days in intensive care for tests, he is expected to be moved into the main hospital for a while longer. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Woody Morgan, April LoretU Carlley, April Polly O'Brien, April Cherry Case, April Earl K.

Williams, April Brad Busbee, April Ricky Kimbrough, April Campbell Warren, April and Dave Yeagley, April 9. Late birthday wishes to Charlene Wlnstead, April and Gail Parkerton, April 2. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Woody and Bill Morgan, April 6. uiiiiiiiiirniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS READER'S FORUM EDITORIAL PAGE miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii zoning action behalf of Belmede Homes, for rezoning from R-l to C-l (restricted commercial) property on the west side of Old Canton Road from Brecon Drive and Jacksonian Plaza was recommended for approval. A petition by Mediplex by B.

R. Arnold, Case 1459, to rezone property on the east side of Manhattan Road, South of Hallmark Garden Apartments from R-4 to C-l for a convalescent home was recommended for a Special Exception because of the quasi-residential character of a convalescent home. These two cases will be considered by the City Council at its May 29 meeting. The money would be used for upgrading water service and roads and installing a sewer system in areas recently annexed by the City. These areas have predominately black populations.

Special Election Two candidates, Edward Powell and Horace Ross, will be on the ballot for Ridgeland's special election to fill the unexpired term of Ward One Alderman Therman Howard who resigned. The election will be held April 15. The voting precinct will be located at the Ridgeland Community Center. The unexpired term runs (See HUD Sec One, Pg. Two) i a 19 US I jf mi 4 Gober, Associate Metropolitan raising $1.3 million for construction.

Pledges currently amount for $603,000 and the entire construction package will cost $2 million. Part of the remaining three quarters of a million dollars will be raised by sale of the present Central property and the rest win be borrowed. Tentative plans for the Metropolitan Center include handball and, or racket ball courts, a health dub, locker rooms, metropolitan offices, and meeting rooms. Outdoor recreation facilities planned ar a bike trail on the levee ti connect with city bikeways, canoeing on the natural pond oa the grounds, plus an outdoor track to go with a possible indoor facility. Construction of a pool will depend on the Capital Funds Drive.

the U. S. Department of Commerce's Social and Economic Statistics Administration. City 70 The report presents retail sales data for two metro areas in Mississippi and within each, for their main cities, for their CBD's if there are any in the areas, and for all of the Major Retail Centers (MRCs) or shopping centers. The report shows retail sales in the Jackson metro area rose almost 70 percent; in the city proper, sales were up almost 67 percent; and in the city's CBD, up 13.3 percent between the two census years.

The report shows, too, that retail sale in MRC No- 2 were highest of the area's tour MRCs ia the most recent census year. Sales ia the MRC, which includes the area generally of the Jacksoa MaQ shopping center, totaled over $42 million ia 1972. MRCs are defined by the Census Bureau as concentrations of retail stores located inside metro areas having at least $5 million in sales and at least 10 retail establishments including one which is classified as a department store. The CBD is the generally accepted downtown shopping area of a city. Booklet Available The report on MRCs is one of a series being issued on a flow basis by the Census Bureau.

In addition to the data on the Jackson metro area the report has data on the Biloxi Gutfport area. The report is for sale by the Government Printing Office. Washing ton. C. 2O402 and by Department of Commerce district offices Unrated in major eitics throughout the United States.

The price is $1.15 per copy. Retail sales data for the metro area, for the city and for the MRCs. for 1972 are: Jackson Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. 2.215 (S 17-7J S. On, Tp Two) Reporting dates for both locations are the same, 5 p.m.

Friday, April 4. If anyone misses the Friday meeting, tryouts will continue at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5 at the same locations. "Every effort should be made for a parent or guardian to accompany their tryout candidate at the first tryout," said Freeman. Further tryouts and meetings for Little League will be announced at the Friday, April 4.

tryouts. Freeman further stated that construction on all private baseball parks in the North Jackson area is better than 70t complete. The figures show that 97.6 of all occupied units average out to 1.01 or less persons per room. Only 1.9 of the units house between 1.01 and 1.5 persons per room, and one half of one per cent house more than 1.5 persons per room. Facilities Surprisingly, there were 68 occupied housing units in the area hich lack having at least one plumbing facility.

Of those, 45, or tk, were owner occupied and 23 were rental units. There were an additional three units vacant, two of them for rent, and one of them fur sale, which lacked plumbing. There were 50 occupied units, 31 of them rented, which lacked kitchen facilities. Five occupied units, all of them rented, larked direct access. Huusing Size Homes of nine or more rooms are enjoyed by 770 The City of Ridgeland's pre-application to HUD for a half million dollars for upgrading services to recently annexed areas has been given a dim outlook for approval by the HUD area director.

In a letter to Ridgeland Mayor Jack McCormack. HUD Area Director James S. Roland stated that due to the amount of funds available, Ridgeland's formal application, which may be filed later, would more than likely be turned down. Mayor McCormack early this week was undecided on filing a formal application which according to the letter stands small chance of being granted. .1 eu ri -M ''IT-ril TT 11 'l-Li-i rf-f Ti Contrary to the trend in many of the Nation's large metro areas, retail sales in the Central Business District (CBDI of the Jackson Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) showed a rise (13.3 percent) between 1967 and 1972 years of the most recent Economic Censuses.

In many el the larger areas retail sales rose sharply ia suburbs of cities, remained close to even within the cities themselves, and dropped off ia the CBD's. Area shopping centers showed high sales figures, also. This information appears in a new report of the 1972 Census of Retail Trade "Major Retail Centers in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas; Mississippi" just issued by the Bureau of the Census, part of Northsiders, or more than 6 of the total. The largest number, however, 3.697, (or 28.9.) reside in six room homes. Five room homes are next most popular, with 2.991, 23.S, followed bv seven room homes, 2.397.

19. i. Eight room homes account for 1.136 or 8.9. At the other end of the line. 826 families live in four room homes, (7.2;) 514 have three room units.

(4.8) and 85, or .7 live in two rtxmis. Only 51 live in one room units, accounting for only .4. The median number of rooms per housing unit, owner occupied, is 6.7. The median number of rooms for renter occupied units is 5. Of the vacant rental units surveyed.

77.3 been for rent for less than two months. Of the vacant for sale units counted. 80.1 had Ikhmi oh the m.irkcl for U-ss than six iiiiuiihs. 81 of Northside housing is owner occupied for the Jackson Independent youth Baseball Association have been announced by Jim Freeman, association president. Seniors, (15-17) will hold tryouts at Council Hanging Moss on Beasley Road at 5 p.m.

on Friday April 4 and April 11, and 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 and April 12. Boys leagues (1314) will tryout at Council Hanging Moss at 5 p.m. Friday April 4 and April .11, and at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5 and April 12.

All Little Leaguers (9 12) living west of 1-35 in North Jackson should report to Council Hanging Moss. Those living east of the interstate should report to the Council JACKSON and 19 Spanish American. Among renter occupied units, the largest percentage. 33.7, had two occupants. Two occupant families accounted for 27.8 of the owner occupied units.

Those living alone occupy 25 of the renter occupied units and 9.5 of the owner occupied units. Three persons occupy 19 of the rental units, and 19.1 of the owned units. Four person families account for 13.4 of the rentals and 22.5 of owner occupied units. Five person families occupy 6.2 of the rental units and 13.1 over the owner occupied housing accomodations. Only 2.6 of those with six in the family rent, and 8 own their own unit.

The median number of persons per unit is: Total Occupied. 3.5; Owner Occupied, 3.7; and Renter Occupied, 2.7. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the fourth of a series of articles based on a computer print out of 1970 census data 04 the Northside Sun's pri.ae coverage area.) By SAM WARREN Of 13,102 housing units in the area in 1970, 12.462, (95.1,) were occupied and 640 were vacant. Of the occupied units, 10.177, or 81.7, were occupant owned or being bought. Being rented for cash payment were 2,159.

(17.3o.) and 126 were listed rented without cash payment. Of the 640 vacant, 206 were for sale, 321 were for rent, and 113 were listed as "Other." Of the 10,177 owner occupied, 10.013 had white occupants, 160 had Negro occupants, and 65 had Spanish American occupants. Renter occupied units, 2,284 total, included 2.193 white, 90 Negro, Coloring winners Third place in the annual Sun Eauter Coloring Contest wm won by Marguerite Luke (left). Uuan Stringer, (right,) now a three time Sun Coloring Contest winner, captured second place. Lauan took the special Second Place Prize (or children nine and under.

Marguerite, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Luke of 305 Culley plana to ue her $5 third prlte money to purchane a pet rabbit. Seven year old Uuan aaid he will add her $10 aecond prize to aavingi account to the ran go to medical school.

She la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlea E. Stringer Jr. of 51 1 Naplea Rd.

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