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WINST< Vol. n No. 34 W1NSTC ^^jjjl^ ^KB ** ** a^P ^B? fy\JM SB ^ ma fl^JA"' ill "&s5^^SMMBi^^lit^^^OTMK... \\ - "^> , jf^P?h2& ]m&?yV?^ >& :"> ^PPPjj^L ? <l^ SHE CAME GIFT WRAPPED in a baby-blue aluminum foil maternity gown last Saturday evening, in what may well have been the most unusual spring fashion show of the season. Mary Frances Allen, who's expecting her first baby in July, was one to l i a - ? - - ui 10 women woo nao sewn meir own tloor-lengtb gowns from aluminum foil gift wrap, supplied .by their employer, RJR Archer, Inc., a locally-based manufacturer of packaging materials. TjPci&up of Women Vo Affirmative Action by James Smith Even though the job freeze Staff Writer is still on, Bond said that there J. were still 45 frozen positions The League of Women in the top three management.. Voters had a panel discussion positions in city government, last Thursday with five However, he feels the panelists who tried to answer freeze will be over very soon questions about their affirma- and if that happens, they will tive action program and how it be actively soliciting persons was to work. for those jobs. The panelists included John But, if the freeze is not P. Bond, 111, deputy city lifted soon, the city's plan to manager; Dillon Robertson, have minorities and women in training officer for Forsyth key positions will be a little County; Eugene Johnston, longer than anticipated, assistant superintendent of The city's affirmative action personnel of the Winston- program calls for the year Salem/Forsyth County School 1980 when there will be at System; John Dawson, com- least 19.1 per cent employpliance officer of Wake Forest ment of blacks in jobs where University and Ms. Jane the number of blacks are low. Creech, operations personnel Ms. Creech feels that Hanes manager for Hanes Knitwear. has a very good representation Although all five were very of minorities and women in impressive with their answers, key positions, it still was not quite 44It makes me feel real good understood how they were to be able to walk through the going to get more minorities company and see women and and women into top manage- minorities doing all sorts of ment jobs. jobs, ranging from guards to DN-SJ IN-SALEM, N.C. TT'CJ^ T ini a CETAC \ The Office of Employment and Training says there may have been some overpayments of training allowances to CETA participants in North Carolfina. CETA, the Comprensive Employment and -?ng Act is administered by the Office of Employment and Training for eighty-seven counties in North Carolina and ^ serves the unemployed, under-employed, and economically disadvantaged. An investigation of the situation is being conducted .by the Employment Security Cornemission in coordination with the Office of Employment and Training. The allowances are Federal CETA funds paid by the Employment Security Commission through a formula determined by the Office of fcmpioyment and Training and TfYe Employment Security ters Discussed supervisors," she said. This year, Hanes hopes to promote 13 females into _ management and four minori ties into that level. While the city's affirmative plan has been approved by the Department of Justice, the county's .plan is strictly voluntary. Bond said he felt the affirmative action plan was a good thing because for too long a time, discrimination has been a way of life. And, the plan is a way of bringing the standard ot employment up. He also cited that Article VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits any discrimination. Bond stated that recently the city's first female surveyor was hired and also the city's first female plumber. If there isn't an upgrade in the economy, the situation might still be the same then as it is now. LLEM % 20i ' . tS A Overpay Commission. - The method used to determine this formula and the actual useage of the formula have raised questions. The^ U. S. Department of Labor in Atlanta was informed of the situation when it was discovered, and an investigation was initiated to determine if?there - were?violations?of Federal guidelines setting training allowances foi CETA clients. Training allowances are established to pay CETA participants for time spent in classroom training or for manpower services such as: assessment, orientation, counselling, and transportation. As a precautionary measure the Office of Employment and I raining and trie fcmployment Security Commission have revamped the methodology used in the determination of training allowance payments. The Office of Employment and Training along with the Employment Security Commission will report their findings to the Department of Labor in Atlanta. If the City Girl In Carmesia Roseboro, a Junior at West Forsyth Senior High School, has been nominated and approved by the Board of Directors of Who's Who in Band among American High School students in America. This book will be distributed throughout America. Carmesia is a member of Goler Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church where she is a pianist for the Sunday School and the Cherub Choir. She is a member of the Celestial Teens and the Celestial Choir. At West Forsyth Carmesia is a member of both the marching and concert bands, Latin club, Miesters Singers, Junior Advisory Board and the Secretary-Treasurer of her iTURDAY APRIL 24, 1976 s ng ' . o imt ments 9 determination is made that there has been a violation, the Office of Employment and Training will recommend corrective action immediately. Welfare -P rntrm m ? - 'w ^ m m my Supported by James Smith StaffWriter * * "Welfare is not a system of enslavement and if there are jobs available, most of the women who are receiving public assistance would prefer to work/' Those comments and others were issued recently by James R. Stevens, assistant director of the Forsyth County Social Services. Stevens does feel that due to society, many girls have no See WELFARE Page 2 Who's Who C&mesia Roseboro junior class. She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ben Roseboro of 133 North Cunleith Avenue here.
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