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- " * A ?' % Monday, August 10 R.J. Reynolds High School will begin its marching band rehearsal this coming Monday, August 10. The rehearsal time will be from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. All R.J. Reynolds musicians are encouraged to join the Marching Deamons! Wednesday, August 12 _ ^itsiaBBeausenSi Options for Living, a YWCA program for _ women over 50 will present a book forum kk19th - Century American Gold Fever", from 10:30 -12:00 noon. Miss Beatrice Holbrook will be the speaker. There is no fee. Drinks will be provided. Saturday, August 15 + A picnic will be held at Clement Grove in Mocksville, N.C. This picnic is held annually, sponsored by the Masonic Lodge and The Davie Educational Union Building Fund. Special programs and amusements will be featured. Unity Day will be held at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds from 12 noon to 12 midnight. The festival will include local entertainment, free health screening, voter registration, art exhibits,; concessions and a disco. Sponsored by WAAA Radio and the NAACP. The Fifth Annual Conference of the North Carolina Association of Concerned Women for Justiee^-4nc7T will be held at the Hilton Inn, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. The keynote speaker for the luncheon wil be North Carolina Senator Henry E. Frye. Three interesting workshops will be conducted. Registration will be from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Please call (919) 767-7953 for reservations (Mrs. Annie Phelps). The Winston-Salem A. Phillip Randolph Chapter will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. The meeting ?vill be held at the home-oL Mrs. Catherine Hines, 1708 N. Cherry Street. A membership driv^is^m-progress.?Anyone interested in joining is invited to attend this meeting. The Alpha Group will hold a rummage and bake sale at Joe's Fine Foods on Bowen Monday, August 17 The Forsyth County Public Library's Children's Outreach Proeram is sponsoring a series of film programs on Monday at Happy Hill Community Center at 3 p.m.; Tuesday at King ^leereation Center-at?prmr;?and Wednesday at Sprague St. Recreation Center at 3:30 p.m. This week's featured films are: "Winning," "Young Women in Sports," and "Sleeping Beauty." Tuesday, August 18 The Minority Business Program of the Winston-Salem Urban League will conduct a Seminar at 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. at the East Winston Branch Library, 1110 E. 7th Street. A panel discussion on the economic and political effects on Blacks if the 1964 Voting Rights Act is allowed to expire. This Act concerns all aspects of our day to day livlihood and the effect it will have on our businesses, our jobs, our representation in all future office seeking. The resource persons are selected from all facets of our minority poputatfonr'Ptease come out to listen and participate in the dialogue of this most important piece of legislation pending in Congress now. ^ Saturday, A ugust 22 # A Voter Registration drive is being conducted by the League of Women Voters of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Saturday, August 22, from 1 to 4 at Hanes Mall and Northside Shopping Center. Citizens should remember that if they have turned 18 or changed their address or name since the last election, they must register to be able to vote in the September 22 Primary. Citizens can also register to vote every day from 8 until 5 at the Board of Elections in the Old Court House on 4th and Liberty and at all libraries during 'library operating hours. 860,0 Raleigh Some 330,000 hous^ holds in Nor rT? Carolina with approximately 860,000 people are living in jioverty, according to a^ Center tor Urban Affairs and Community Development at North Carolina State University for the C f 1 t n ? o r # ? ?% ^ ' k L/V }U1 I Mill' II I I.' I Human Resources. The report says that this represents about 16 percent of the state's approximately 2 million households containing 5.8 million people. 4tEven though this is a significant decrease from trie VV2,(KX) people or zu.z UNC-G 1 Course a Greensboro -- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will begin an extension course at Winston-Salem Slate University in August as part of its program leading to the master of public affairs degree. The course is "The Urban Political System." Classes will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays in Room 317 of Coltrane Hall on the WSSU campus. The course will begin on Aug. 27 and run through Dec. 17. Enrollment's limited to 25 persons. Registration deadline for the course is Aug. 21. Information is available by contacting UNC-G's Office of Continuing Education at | " '"' A 5 \ ;v^VVirak v SEflMmttKSOMnf.' \ 00 Car> percent of TtTc Stated puputatton living in poverty in 1970. We in the Department of Human Resources are deeply concerned about ding cutbacks in human ser\ ices will affect North Carolina's 'truly poor' citizens/' said Secretary of Human Resources Dr. Sarah T. Morrow. She emphasized that not only do many of these poor households have young children who need an adequate start in life, but that one-half of the households are headed by people who "WWffSSfPr-Rf age or older. extension it WSSU 379-5414 weekdays. A tee of $135 will be charged. The course will be taught by Dr. William Buczko, a visiting assistant professor of political science. Topics w ill be: machine and reform government, elected leadership and the bureaucracy, urban policy making, decentralization, citizen participation, community conflict, power structure and intergovernmental relations. The graduate-level course is open to any person with a bachelor's degree,, preparation and experience appropriate to graduate studv of public administration. It is offered through UNC-G's Department ot Political Science. IK ?&?2y3^l vt I $ Rjl; i?c m wooi orsmuo or* gm osmjo from gw \ olinians The iima ihe report ssas collected through a c . -i - 1 ^lUlCWlUC INCCJs Assessment Project sponsored by the Department of Human jeeli\e of the project was to collect data to assist human services agencies in planning for the delivery of social services under the Title XX program. The center used a stratified multi-stage sampling procedure to gather data from households. The final household selection was made using aerial photographs and road segments. 1 ntcrticw% were conducted bv trained inter viewers in the sample homes. Interviews were eon d acted in 4,600 households across the state between 1977 and 1981. Other significant information-contained in the report: Whites represent the majority of households (58 percent) living in poverty. The majority of the poor households (58 percent) were headed by females. Geographically, urban households represent 53 Alur The Winston-Salem Chapter of Livingstone College Alrfttini Association met on at Goler MetnorfTal A.M. t.Zion Church. The alumni roster is now being updated and plans for the incoming year were Jmn W Extr Dpj V ; ^ Kij % Si|fl| mw \ * ^B 1 ^kjJL Seogr B Extra ? ^ 4^*1 k ^?'-'-'y S*piZ<Jmr* ***"?ci?< . xrt? v r v '. f s' i.t: c?' * ' ?(W A W| ?. - -,' *$ ^ <1 m I?fc <> HH 3 ?? - - ; Living North Carolina by percent of househol S nritfUiA ??- - M nil I ^ x under 10% 10-15% HI'- 16-20% ~2TT5% percent of all poverty households. Heads of households are employed in 30 percent of the poverty households. Only 23 percent of the poverty households have nni Chapt discussed. Mrs. Mabel M. Jones, director of Alumni Affairs, Livingstone College, attended the meeting and discussed plans for ?Homecoming which willbe October 31. The Mighty Blue Bears will take on St. 1 i fkMM n ^ I m* ^; jfc^ ml !.? ?* prh ?r p*op? c <5? J The C hronicle, Sarur ; In Po counties Ids below the pov-er-ty leve 31-35% crmr&btfb" ~ heads with 12 or more years of education. Among households below the poverty level, approximately one-third are living in substandard houser Reactiv jfaul College of Lawrenceville, Va. At which time a 1981 Chevy Chevette will be given away at half-time. Tickets for the car raffle can "be purchased from any member of the alumni or directly from the Alumni 1H nj 1 V da>, AuguM 15, 1981 Page \ Verty I a ing. One-third of the poverty households have at least one member who has a serious medical problem that requires frequent medical attention. ated Offioa at f /"*?1 v/iiivv at kiviiigaiuuc vui* lege. Plans for the next meeting will include the selection of a candidate for "Miss Alumni" from the ^chapter, and other activities for the Homecoming weekend. ( L I :>>iB ; Mm V V o >
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