HACPTo Convene j8th Conference Greenville IEENSBORO — north Carolina Conference of [(■p Branches will „e its 38th Annual ffntion_ on October in Greenville it United Pitt Coun- Jranch, under the J^ipofD D. Gar- B hosting the Con- jtu. The Ramada js headquarters for llree day Conven- i,Convention the/ne “Using Effective jai Action To jjjte A Duel Socie- , Convention will Thursday, Oc- 11, with its tradi- “Ministers and ithEmphasis Day”. Reverend L.O. Jets, Pastor of the 01 Chapel A.M.E. „h in Morganton Chairman of the ICP N.C. State (pence Religious liii Committee says in award will be tiled to the Minister ied as “Minister of year” from the it Reverend Alfred Biinston, Presiding' Prelate of the Second Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Zion Church of Philadelphia, Pa. is the featured speaker for the Ministers luncheon on Thursday. All of the Thursday sessions will be held at the Cornerstone Baptist Church, 13th and Railroad Streets where the Reverend Arlee Grif fin is Pastor, The morning session will feature the Reverend Grady Davis, Pastor of the Union Baptist Church in Durham who will present “Tht Challenge” to the Con vention. The morning workshop entitled “The Role of the Black Church in Politics” will be led by Dr. Morris Shearin, Pastor, Mi. Olive Baptist Church, Lewiston, N.C. and President, Northhamp ton County Branch NAACP; The Rev. Ricky Spain, Chrmn., Education Committee of the Asheville Branch and Pastor of the St. James A.M.E. Church in Asheville; and The Rev. Julius Ceasar Hope, Director of the National ■SAT., SEPTEMBER 26,1981 THE CAROLiNA TIMES -19 St. Aug. ROTC Cadets Complete Advance Camp Thirty-three ROTC cadets at Saint Augustine’s College successfully completed the 1981 ROTC Advanced Camp. This summer training and instructional program was held at Fort Bragg this summer, June 6 — July 24. NAACP Religious Af fairs Department, Detroit, Michigan. . The two afternoon ses sions will focus on the Church and the NAACP working together and will include two subjects. The first workshop, en titled “The Church and the NAACP In Another VlISllNG Misting is going first-class all the way. 1^5 the smooth, distinctive taste of Canadian Mist. An Imported Conadian V'/hisky. ’-MPORTEOeY B-F SPIRITS [.IP M V CANaWAN WHISKV AsSnO 80 PROOF ©1981 Time of Crisis” and “Your Church and the NAACP — Partners for Progress.” Consultants for these workshops in clude Father Michael Curry, Education Chair man, Winston-Salem Branch NAACP AND Pastor of the St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem; The . Rev. Spencer Williams, Pastor, Mt. Calvery M.B. Church, Goldsboro, N.C.; The Rev. Edward Fleming, President, Halifax County Branch NAACP and Pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Seaboard, N.C. and the Rev. C.K. Pridgen, Pastor, Sl James A.M.E. Church, Kinston, N.C. Climaxing the Ministers and Church Affairs Day will be a public mass meeting on Thursday afternoon which will be addressed by the Rev. Julius C. Hope. Reverend Hope presently pastors the Grace Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan in ad dition to serving as Director of the NAACP’s Religious Af fairs Department. State Direcotr of the NAACP, Mrs. Carolyn O. Coleman, says, the NAACP and the church have been sirong' allies across the years and if black people in this Country are to continue making progress, it will take the continued com bined efforts of both groups. Meetings such as this serve to strengthen the bonds between the two groups. Kelly M. Alenander, Sr. of Charlotte, Presi dent of the N.C. State Conference of NAACP Branches and Vice Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors calls upon ministers across the state to participate in this ef fort. Successful completion of ROTC Advance Camp is the goal of every ROTC cadet, as this is one of the requirement of the ROTC program at Saint Augtfstine’s Col lege. Thirty-three ROTC cadets successfully com pleted ibis rigorous ad vance summer camp held June 6 thru July 24 at Fort Bragg. A cadre of ROTC of ficers and instructors joined ROTC cadets from across the country for this training camp. The purpose of the camp was to evlau'ate the per formance of cadets in several important, military areas. Army readiness skills were tested, job performances evaluations were done in peer ratings, and three phases were evaluated for testing of tactical aplication. Classroom instruction combined with practical application of army skills was a focal point of the camp. Summer camp enables cadets to go to an army camp and demonstrate his learned knowledge as he com petes with cadets from all over the country. Cadet leaders will be chosen /rorn the thirty-’ three cadets who sue-/ cessfully completed ad vance camp, the Cadet Battalion Commander- and staff. “Only after a cadet has demonstrated a good academic performance . through the end of his junior year will he be eligible for advance sum mer camp,” stated CPT Brad Beasley. CTP Beasley is enrollment of ficer in the ROTC Divi sion at Saint Augustine’s. Successful completion of both the academic program at the College and ROTC Ad vance Summer Camp are prerequisites for the ROTC Commissioning as 2nd Lieutenants. TROOPS^ PROMOTED Five members of the North Carolina National Guard were promoted in a ceremony recently at the Armory on North Duke Street. Thomas Small, a machine operator at Mead Con tainers, was promoted to ^ Staff Sergeant, E-6, Dental NCO. Harry W. Bost, and employee of Coca-Cola Bottling Company, was pro moted to Specialist Five, Massey In White House Ceremony On Black Colleges Dental Assistant. Ms. Sandra Daughtry, pro moted to Specialist Five, Unit Clerk, does ad ministrative work for the UNC School of Dentris- ty in Chapel Hill. Joseph A. Thorpe, a Durham Public Safety Officer, was promoted to Specialist Five, Wheel Vehicle Mechanic, and works fulltime for the National Guard at the Combined Maintenance Supply Shop. Hunter Gets Silver Curtis Massey, presi dent of the North Carolina Central Univer sity student Government Association, was one of three student presidents from black colleges to participate in ceremonies marking President Ronald Reagan’s signing of an executive order for the enhancement of traditionally black in- : stitutions. The executive order, signed September 15, ordered the Secretary of Education to oversee ef forts by all Federal agen cies to seek ways in which the agencies could assist traditionally black institutions. Massey was one of 70 persons invited to the signing ceremony, and to a luncheon which follow ed. President Reagan at tended the White hSusc luncheon and signed autographs for the per sons in attendance. Other student body presidents in attendance were from Southern University and Grambl- ing University. Massey, who is chair man of the North Carolina Association of Black Student Govern ments, had been in con tact with Tony Brown, organizer of a September 28 Black College Day observance. He believes his involvement in that program led to his white house invitation. Black College Day will be observed in 16 states on September 28. It is coordinated nationally Program (Continued from Page 18) chronic respiratory disease in those 15 years of age and younger, ac counting for about half of all chronic illnesses among children, it is estimated that two million youngsters suffer from the disease. The Association has 6,000 copies of “Superstuff’ educa tional materials for distrubution . in North Carolina in 1981-82. 550 packages are available presently from the Research Triangle Region. Cranberry stated that anyone re questing a “Superstuff” packet should contact Your pediatrician or your local lung association in Raleigh. Telephone no. 834-8235. Second LT Jennifer R. Hunter was promoted to the rank of ILT in the Army National Guard. Jennifer is a second year dental student ai the University of North Carolina Sc}\ool of Den tistry at Chapel Hill. She is an administrative of ficer in the National Guard. Voter Registration Books close October 5 for voting in November General Election Massey by the Coalition for Black Colleges and in North Caroliana by the association headed by Massey. The Septembr 28 observance in Raleigh will begin at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of Memorial Auditorium. A march on the state capitol will follow. A prominant , keynote speaker will be joined at the capitol by presidents of the student bodies at North Carolina’s eleven traditionally black in stitutions, public and private. Massey said that all of the state’s black colleges will participate in the Black College Day pro gram, although the focus of the rallies will be on the institutions affected by . Department of Education desegregation activities. “We feel that ail black colleges serve the same purpose, regardless of whether they’re public or private. We are ail pull ing together, fighting for the same cause,” Masey said. He said the purpose of black colleges “is to educate poeple. By clos-^ ing or allowing onb black,^ institution to close, whether public or private, we have defeated the purpose of black college.” Asked whether he felt that there was a possibili ty of the closing of a black college in Norm Carolina in the near future, Massey replied, “Not necessarily of clos ing black colleges but of' identity loss, especially as a result of the consent decree, ll is hard for black colleges to put their faith in the UNC system and consent decree. 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