Myerly
Named To
Advisory Board
Charles S. Myerly, partner
in charge of Ernst and Ernst
in Charlotte, has been named '
chairman of the Policy Ad
visory Board of the College of
Busines^Administration at
-the. University of North
Carolina at Chadotte
The hew board has been
organized to help the College
of Business Administration
evaluate theJ effectiveness of
its programs. It will look at
the quality of graduates, their
preparation, and- the needs of
the business and professional
community.
Another objective of the
board is to help the College of
Business Administration
communicate with the
business and professional
community. The board will
also help provide recognition
and honors for academic
excellence and will help in
' attracting outstanding faculty
members.
Other members of the board
are F. Gregg Bemis, Jr.,
president of Rexham Cor
poration; James M. Berry,
senior vice president with
North Carolina National
Bank; William A. Bowen,
senior vice president with
Wachovia pank and Trust
Company; Alan T. Di'ckson,
president of Ruddick Cor
poration; Price H.'Gwynn, III,
executive vice president of
Package Products Co.; Dr.
Donald Hart, president of St.
Andrews Pr esbytertair
College.
Albert Laughey, president
of Collins and Aikman;
Reece Overcash, president of
American Credit Corp.; David
Stedman, president of Sted
man Manufacturing Company
of Asheboro; J. William
Stewart, Jr., managing
partner of Haskins and Sells;
and Jule R. Surtman,
chairman of the board of
Carolina Tractor Supply
Company
UNCC Sets
Workshop
What, happens when one
culture, represented by. a
..riddle-class teacher, meets,
another, rbpresttnted by a
' student from the ghetto?
Often the result is a failure ;
of communication.
A workshop scheduled Sept.
25-Dec. 11 at the University of
__ North Carolina at Charlotte is
designed to help teachers and
other community workers
Ullivu iv. niu<
' representing different
" cultures. - ~
The workshop will be taught
bv. Dr. Gary Ferraro,
assistant professor of
sociology at UNCC, and Dr.
Shirley Brice Heath-, assistant
professor of anthropology at
Winthrop College^_ Jt is
sponsored by the Institute for
Urban Studies and Com
munity Service at UNCC.
— Dr. Ferraro is a former high
school teacher and assistant
principal and author of an
thropological curriculum
material for public schools.
He has done extensive field
research in East Africa. Dr.
Heath is a former teacher in
elementary and junior high
schools.
A TTY EDMOND R. JOHNSON, center, chats with wife.
Thelma, left, and mother, right prior to ground breaking
ceremonies for the new $180,000 Winston Mutual Building last
Sunday. (PHOTO BY PEELER).
Alty Johnson
Plymouth Native
Likes Charlotte
.1 definitely made the right
decision in coming to
Charlotte,” says Atty Edmond
R. Johnson, developer and
owner of the $180,000 Winston
Mutual Building being con
structed at the corner of 5th
Street and North Irvin Aye. in
northwest Charlotte.
“It has been a very in
teresting experience (prac
ticing law) in Charlotte,” the
35-year-old Howard
University Law School
Graduate continued, ‘‘My
black colleagues are very
capable," says the well-liked
Johnson, pointing out that
Charlotte is the largest city in
North Carolina,” and a much
better place to practice law
than his native Plymouth, N.
C. hometown. I would have
starved to death,” John
son stated, jokingly.
Johnson, the seventh child,
of the late .Levi Johnson and
Mrs. Queenie Johnson, who
now resides at 104 Monroe
Street in Plymouth came to
Charlotte in 1969 after passing
the Bar Association Exam and
joined Atty Charles V. Bell in
IRS Begins
Rent Survey
In State
Greensboro-A statewide
survey of North Carolina
landlords was announced
today by IRS Director J. E.
Wall . whose agency ad
ministers the Economic
Stabilization Program.
Wall said the survey will
include questions to determine
the extent of public un
derstanding of the rent control
regulations as well as
questions about rent increases
made since August 15, 1971.
his law office at 112 South
Irvin Ave. (just 2 blocks from
where he will soon establish
his own law firm in
association with two of his
former law school classmates
who are presently working
with the Federal Govern
ment).
This beginning " in -the
practice of law was preeeeded
by his attending the-public
schools of Plymouth, (also
Atty Bell’s hometown) and
graduating from Union High
School in 1955. He graduated
from N. C. Central University
in Durham, with the class of
1959 and did post-graduate
study at Wake . Forest
University in Winston-Salem,
while teaching in the public
schools. He entered Howard
Law School in 1965 and
graduated in 1966,
"He married the former
Thelma . Crosby, of
Wjlmington, in August, 1970.
The couple are the parents of a
daughter, Edrenna Renee,
who’s nine months ojd. They
reside at 9306 Edgevale Drive
in Trinity Park.
In addition to heading his
own law firm to be located in
the Winston Mutual Building
which has been nominated for
an award ' for its design
Harvey Gantt, architect.
Johnson will act as_Jeasing
agent for the 8,000 square feet
of space in the well-designed
building
Johnson's feelings that
“Charlotte offered more
opportunity ’’ was well
founded' and many Charlot
teans will reap the benefits of
his wisdom
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Close Circuit TV
Top Entertainers To
Perform For OIC Dav
Dr. Leon Sullivan,' Founder
and Chairman of the Board of
the Opportunities In
dustrialization Centers of
American, Inc., (OIC). today
announced plans for a
nationwide—fee us—on—OIC
through a closed-circuit
benefit telecast set for Oc
tober 11, 1972. Dr. Sullivan
told New York and national
news media of OIC’s
background and plans for the
event.
Br Sullivan annbuncedthat
proclamations from a number
of Mayors and Governors
across the country, declaring
National OIC Day for October
1.1, 1972, would be made later
this month. The Day will
feature a variety of events in
over 100 cities in the U.S.,
including parades, open
houses, and special dinners,
aimed at acquainting various
communities with OIC and its
aims and successes.
“OIC Day is a day of
recognition. It is the dawn of
expansion for OIC, for it
commemorates the selfless
donation of time, monies and
talent from business, industry
and government to ac
Wiiipnoii IIIC iddiv U1
fellow human beings realize
hope, economic advancement,
and the ideals put forward in
the Preamble to the Con -
stitution of'these United
States.•’ said Dr. Sullivan.
— QIC 1.-Day._Lh£m e d
“Everybody Can Be
Somebody," will culminate in
a closed-circuit television
broadcast focusing on a
number of America‘s top stars
including: Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope,
Duke Ellington. Rita Moreno,
Vikki Carr and many others.
The telecast will be aired to
dinners and large gatherings
in over 40 cities at 9:00 p.m.,
EDT, October 11, 1972.
Tickets • for these special
dinners and gatherings are
being sold . by local OIC
trainees and executives.
National OIC Day and
the closed-circuit telecast we
hope will raise -Rot only
awareness for OIC, but ap
proximately $1 million dollars
to enable OIC to expand its
Bowens £nUsts
In U. S. Navy ~ -
"Calvin . Roosevelt Bowens *
son of Mrs. Thelma Lee
Bowens of 2lC, Apt. 3 Orange
St., Charlotte, N.C. 28205. has
enlisted in the United States
Navy and was transferred to
the U.S. Naval Training
Center at Orlando, Fla. for
recruit Training according to
Petty Officer Aikens local
Navy Recruiter for this area.
Prior to his enlistment in the
Navy, Calvin "at tended Myers
Park High School. Petty
Officer Aikens invites anyone
interested in the Navy to
contact him at the local Navy
Recruiting Office located in
the Executive Building, 623
East Trade Street, Charlotte,
N.C. 28202.
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operations, with the goal of
teaching 100,000 trainees a
year." Dr. Sullivan said.
Ossie Davis, noted New York
actor-director, will direct the
show which will emanate from
- Ne» York inrt I -r>c Anpt>lu.
Coca-Cola USA and 43 of its
independent Bottlers across
the nation are ..helping to
underwrite the initial costs of
putting the show together
Also participating in the news
conference today was J Paul
Austin. ChaymnarKif the Hoard
of the Coca-Cola Company,
who expressed his Company's
excitement at being involved
with OIC in the fund-raising
benefit show
"We at The Coca-Cola
Company and many of our
independent Bottlers are
indeed proud that we can be of
aid to OIC. Dr Sullivan, and
the National OIC Day Benefit
ShowC~atr. Austin said "We
feel the real keyjo the success
of OIC is its ability to com
municate not only the how-to
do-it of job training but its
ability to communicate hope
and a sense of self-pride to its
trainees." Mr. Austin added.
Opportunities In
dustrialization Centers are
training facilities^ Operating
on the theory that "In
America, man is what he
does."Dr. Sullivan added, "In
industrial America, if you
don’t have a job. you’re
nobody It takes training to be
somebody in America." ;
OIC officials say that the
)IC training centers in over*
100 cities in the U.S. offer low
ncome people "a way out.”
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S&H Green Stamps helped get them there.
When transportation became a problem, the Springfield & Sangamon County
^iC°Trty ^Cti0n ugeoCy ca™e t0 S&H for.helP Under a special arrangement.
S&H agreed to redeem their Green Stamps for a badly needed station wagon
The people of Sangamon County pooled their collections and soon the program -
had its wagon to carry children to the Head Start program and day camps,
and bring school dropouts to job training programs.
This is only one of hundreds of similar group savings projects organized
to achieve a great variety of special goals last year.
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