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VOL 2 NO. 13 - CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28206-THL'RSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1973 ~ Price 20*
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Sharon Elaine Ellerby
12-Year-Old Is
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Our Beauty
SHARON E ‘ AINE
ELLERBY is this week’s
CHARLOTTE POST
‘ BEAUTY. The petite 90
pounder is the 12 year old
daughter of Mrs. Mae Frances
Ellerby of 2447 Olando Street
in the Druid Hills Residential
section of Charlotte.
Sharon is 4 feet 11 inches tall
and is a rising 7th grader at
Albemarle Road Junior High
School.
She attended Druid Hills
Elementary School last year
where she was a member of
the school's dance group.
Sharon, who says she sings
contralto, plans to join the
chorus this«year at Albemarle
Road Junior High School.
Miss Ellerby attends St.
Luke Baptist Church. The
pastor is Reverend Parker.
Sharon's hobbies are
sewing, collecting coins,
Champion Named
Vice President
Of Counselors
Joseph Champion, director
of guidance with the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Schools, has
been elected vice presiden
telect for post secondary of th
American School Counselor
Association.
He will serve a one-year
term which began July 1,
1*73. and one year as vice
president beginning'next July
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visiting with her /friends,
bowling and playing putt putt
Rolf. '
She says she has 12 coins
that she is very proud of, one
is from South America, one
from India, one fn*m Spain,
and the rest “from America.
Her favorite bowling alley is
Freedom Lanes and she says
she rolls in the 70's.
Thirty-two was her best
score while playing putt putt
at Goony Golf on In
dependence Blvd.
Sharon says she has a "lot of
fun" visiting her good friend,
Edith Norwell at her home on
Rachel Street. Edith is also
Sharon’s classrpate.
iVe observed that Sharon is
a very active and charming
young lady and expect big
things from her in the future.
At West Charlotte--—
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City-Wide Revival Crusade
Kicks-Off Here Sunday
McQuilkin 1
Joins JCSU *
Board
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Arthur J. Clement,
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Johnson C. Smith ■$
University, has announced \
that George McQuilkin, III /
has been named to 1
its - membership. Mr.
McQuilkin, a native of New
Jersey, has spent a large
portion of his working life , in
Charlotte and is presently
Director of Industry and
Community Affairs for the
Kendall Company. Prior to
joining Kendall he was em
ployed by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. At
Kendall, he has held several
positfcmi first, in the
fioAficiAL* division si sc*
countant and controller; l«tar>
as vice n-ewaem ana general |
Manager.
Mr. McQuilkin Is active
locally as a director of United
Community _ Services and
Junior Achievement. He also
serves as member of the
Metropolitan Financial
Planning Council and of the*
Steering Committee of the
Community Action Council of
the Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce.
His term at the Johnson C.
Smith University Board of
Trustees will become effective
this month. Of his ap
pointment, Dr. Wilbert
Greenfield, President made
these remarks. "Johnson C.
Smith University Is certainly
happy to have such an out
standing citizen and
businessman on its Board. We
are suc^that he will prove an
asset to the University;
therefore, we heartily com
mend the Board for adding
George McQuilkin to its list of
constituents."
Social Security For
Household Workers
Almost one-third of the
nation’s household workers
be eligible for social
security retirement benefits in
> seven years or less, according
to John H. Ingle Social
Security District Manager in
Durham.
1 “Most women household
workers are In their 40’s, but
29 percent are over 55. These
,are the workers who could
start getting retirement
benefits in seven years or
less,” Mr. Ingle said. A
household worker can get
reduced monthly social
security retirement checks
beginning at 62 - or full '
benefits beginning at 65 - if she
• has worked long enough in
jobs covered by social
security.
A household worker's cash
wages count for social
\ security if she" is paid 950 or
more in a 3-month calendar
quarter from on# employer
working as a maid, cook,
cleaning woman, laundress,
housekeeper, babysitter, etc.,
in someone rise's home.
"Tlfls means,” Mr. Ingle
said. “That a household
a -
worker's wages are covered
by social security if she is paid
as much as $3.85 per week in
cash for 13 consecutive weeks
in a calendar quarter.
Church Observes
Appreciation
Day Here Sunday
The pastor and members of
New Emmanuel Church will
observe their annual Ap
' predation Day with a series of
services here Sunday.
Rev. James Morrison,
Associate Conference
Minister, will preach during
the 11 o’clock service Sunday
morning and Rev. Coleman
Kerry, pastor of Friendship
Baptist Church, will deliver
the “Appreciation Sermon" at
3 p.m. The choirs of Friend
ship Church will provide the
music.
Queen Estelle Thompson,
president of the Pastor’s Aid,
invites the public to attend
these services.
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The reason some parents no
longer LEAD their children in
the RIGHT DIRECTION is
because the parents aren’t
going in that way THEM
SK1AKS
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GOLFERS JIM McCLURE AND CARL the Sunset Hills Goir Course. (Photo by
LOVE following their final round in last week's Peeler) v ~
Greater Griertown Open Golf Tournament at
Aid To Black Colleges
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Increased 124 Percent
Federal aid to the Nation’s
predominantly black colleges _
and universities increased 124
percent, over the past four
years, HEW Secretary Caspar
W. Weinburger announced^;
today.
The increase, Weinberger
said, from $108 million in
fiscal year 1969 to $242 million
in fiscal year 1972,
“represents a clear demon
stration of this Ad
ministration’s continuing
efforts to assure the well
being of a vital segmment of
the Nation’s postsecondary
resources.’*..
The Secretary disclosed
highlights of an annual study
of Federal program aid to
black colleges conducted by
the Federal Interagency
Committee on Education
(FICE), of which Assistant
Secretary of Education Sidney
P. Marland, Jr., is chairman.
According to the study,
predominantly black in
stitutions enrolled 2.6 percent
of all college students in
academic year 1972-73 and
received 5.5 percent of
Federal funds going to higher
education.
During the 1972-73 academic
year, the year in which the
major portion of fiscal year
1972 funds were spent, the 114
predominantly black schools
enrolled 246,219 of the 9,297,787
students in all colleges and
Black colleges received 82
>ercent of their Federal funds
rom HEW, according to the
riCE study. , Ip contrast,
>ther colleges and universities
'eceived only 71 percent of
heir Federal support from
HEW.
In' all, 15 Federal depart
ments or agencies provided
approximately $4.4 billion to
the Nation's colleges and
universities.
Of the $197 million provided
predominantly black in- *
sti tut ions by HEW, the Office
of Education allotted $165
million. The Office of
Esducation assistance to
black polteges represented
more than half of all Federal
support to these institutions.
The next largest amount in
HEW came from the National
Institutes of Health, which
provided almost $21 million.
Outside HEW, the primary
sources of Federal aid to black
colleges were the Department
of Agriculture and the
National Science Foundation.
The Department of
Agriculture provided over $13
minion, and the National
Science Foundation provided
more than $9 million.
Eighty-four of the black
colleges -- 74 percent -
received more than $1 million
each in Federal funds, ac
cording to the study.
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Nationally, less than 20 per
:ent of all colleges and
jniversities received more
;han $1 million in Federal
runds.
P. O. Offers New Services
Officer In charge O.B
Sloan announced today that a
new "Stamps by Mail" Ser
vice will be offered in the
Charlotte area, beginning
September 17!
According to Officer in
charge. O.B. Sloan, this new
service wil permit customers
to purchase stamps and
stamped envelopes through
the mail using a personal
check or money order.
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Mr. Sloan noted that “This
service will be of great benefit
to all our customers and
especially shut-ins, the elderly
and working wives. It will
enable them to satisfy their
postal needs simply, rapidly
and Inexpensively from their
own homes.”
A 40c fee will be charged to
defray the cost of two-way
postage,
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Dr. Lambert To Head
Nightly Services
A nationally known minister
and a popular Black sheriff
will lead a City-Wide Revival
Crusade here this week.
Sponsored by the University
Park Baptist Church, the
crusade will begin here
Sunday afternoon with
Thomas E. Gilmore, sheriff of
Green County, Ala. as the
guest speaker.
Rev. James. E. Palmer,
pastor at the University.P^rk
Baptist Church, said the
opening services will be held
at West Charlotte Senior High
School Auditorium in order to
"better accommodate the
large number of people in
terested In hesrtnH this great
' speaker."
The services will begin af6
p.m.
Beginning Monday night
and ending Friday night, the
crusade will be continued at
the University Park Baptist
Church at the corner of Keller
Ave. aod^Senior Dr.
Nightly services are
scheduled to begin at 7:30
o'clock under the leadership of
Dr. E.D. Lambert pastor of
the Historic Truevine Baptist
Church in Mobile,. Ala.
According to Rev. Palmer,
Gilmore attended Selma
University and later worked
with the late Dr. Martih
Luther King Jr. He was
beaten many times for
demonstrating and was once
placed in the jail he non»
commands.
Gilmore was defeated in his
first attempt to gain office but
he was elected the second time
he ran for the office of sheriff.
He is presently serving as the
pastor of St. Luke Baptist
Church in Green County.
Gilmore is married and is the
father of four boys. .,
Dr. Lambert also attended
Selma where he earned' his
A.B. and B.D. 'degrees and
was later awarded the Doctor
of Divinity degree from his
alma mater. He is married
and is the father of one
daughter and two sons.
ft,100 To
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Attend UNCC
This Fall
The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte has
counted an 18 percent in
crease in enrollment for the
fall semester, again njnnine
counter to a national trend of
leveling off in enrollments.
Enrollment for the fall
semester at UNCC is^ ap
proximately 6,100 as com
pared to 5,1S9> last year.
Of the total, *47 persons are
graduate students. There are
more than 900 new freshmen.
Here Sunday
Little Rock Church
To Hear Dr. Lewis
The Little Rock A M E Zion
Church, 403 North Myers
Street, will celebrate
Woman’s Day on Sunday at
11:00 a m.
The speaker for the
celebratioiywil} be Dr. Bertha
Roach Lewis, Coordinator of
the Model Cities Neigh
borhood Agent Program.
Dr. Lewis is a native
Charlottean who has lifted
herself by her own "boot
straps". Bom the six daughter
of very poor and humble
parents, our speaker through
her efforts, zeal, and con
tributions is today one of the
most respected members oi
the Charlotte Community.'
After having completed the
public schools of Charlotte
Dr. Lewis successful!)
completed the following:
Leadership Training
Courses, Johnson C. Smith
University; Para
Professional Indigenous,
Social worker's workshop
Johnson C. Smith University
and the Workshop, Institute oi
Government and Center for
Continuing Education at the
University of Oeorgia.
Dr. Lewis Is in grea
demand as a Consultant am
speaker Her religious am
civic affiliations are many li
spite oi tne many demands on
her time, she serves her
church. Little Rock AME
Zion off jts boards and clubs
Her wolk In church is mat
ched only by her wide com
munity involvement Because
of her sincere interest in
people, her contributions to
religious and civic
organisations, and her per
sonal achievements^ she was
recently awarded the degree
of Humane Letters
uc. Lewis is a dynamic
> practical speaker who will
1 bring to this responsibility
Food for thought and guides for
right living. She was born ir
Charlotte, the sixth daughter
of a deaf-mute mother and a
partially deaf father. She has
two brothers and four sisters,
one of which resides with her
An orphan at the age of nine
years, she was reared by her
great aunt (Minnie L.
Johnson) in the fear and
trembling of God. She was
born and still lives in the first
ward section of our city which •„
is part of the Charlotte Model
Cities Area. During the early
work years of her life, she
worked as a domestic and
laundry worker
After taking a close look at
herself and the needs of her
children, she decided to reach
for higher ground. She
returned to school and shortly
thereafter went to work at the
Charlotte area fund as a
community worker in 1965
From that she became
director of the recreation and
day care center for Little
Rock A M E Zion Church
Finally, in 196*. the model
cities program began and she
got a job as a citixen par
ticipation worker and from
there to her present position
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DR. BERTHA I.FWIS
Woman'sffay Sprakfr ,