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MISS VIKKI STAFFORD
...A Female Race Driver?
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Miss Stafford
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by JOANNE MOORE
Post Society Writer
A female race driver?
Well, nowadays that
shouldn’t be too surprising as
a matter of fact our own
beauty this week aspires to
becoming just that.
“I like being around the
fellas while they work on their
hot rods. Sometimes I offer
my help. Race car driving is a
fascinating sport to me.
Maybe I’d like to try it one
day,” said Vikki Stafford.
Vikki's racing interest does
not at all affect her natural
feminine qualities. So you hot
rod owners whom she may be
assisting, don’t be surprised if
she charms you at the same
time._
Vikkie, the 21-year old
daughter of Mrs. Thelma
Stafford, maintains a well
rounded life and therefore
doesn’t stop at race car
driving. She's a member of
the Swing Phi Swing Social
Fellowship Inc.- and the
Henderson Grove
Presbyterian Church.
She says that she enjoys
most other sports and
describes herself as a typical
Cancer.
“I think that I’m very
sensitive and sometimes too
sentimental. I’m usually able
to cope with most things good
and bad which is typical of a
Cancer,” Vikkie explained.
A native of Charlotte, she
attended Independence High
School and was graduated in
1970. She then entered
Durham Business College
where she remained until 1972.
Vikki is currently employed
as a secretary at the North
Carolina Mututal Life In
surance Co.
Asked to describe her
personality, She responded,
"I’m very even-tempered. It
usually takes a lot for me to
get mad. I get along well with
people, too well for my own
good sometimes.”
Vikki has not made any
definite plans for the future,
however she says, "I plant to
pursue my education further.
I’m not sure in what area,
maybe I'll remain in the field
of business.
This delightfully interesting
young miss has already made
a step in the right direction.
She has confidence and the
desire to get ahead, two very
important ingredients for
success.
W. Charlotte High
Wins Second Place .
West Charlotte High School
tied for second place with
Greensboro's Grimsley Senior
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High School and West
Charlotte Sophomore, Cloyd S.
Goodrum.Jr., ranked third on
the list of individual students
in the annual North Carolina
High School Mathematics
Contest.
In competition with 14S
other high schools across the
state. West Charlotte scored
200 points, five points below
the 205 points scored by first
place winner Needham
Broughton High School of
Raleigh.
Six other Charlotte*
Mecklenburg high schools
were ranked in the top SO
schools as a result of the
contest. Others and their
ranks are East Mecklenburg,
seventh; North Mecklenburg,
10th; Myers Park, 11th; South
Mecklenburg. 18th; and
Oaringer and Independence,
tied for 23rd
TUKTLt-TAI*
A NARROW MIND and a
WIDE MOUTH often go
together
At J.C. Smith
Dr. Winson R. Coleman
Retires After 45 Years
1974-75 CMS
School Year
Calendar Set
The 1974-75 school year will
begin on Aug. 23 for Charlotte
Mecklenburg pubhc—school
students under a calendar
adopted recently by the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board
of Education.
Teachers will report to work
on Aug. 15 for six workdays
prior to students reporting for
Teacher-PupiT- Orientation
Day on Aug. 23. The first full
day of classes for students will
be Aug. 26.
The last day of school for
students in the 1974 75 school
year will be June 11, 1975,
unless there are snow days to
be made up.*'' ’
The calendar adopted also
specifies in advance the
procedure for making up as
many as four snow days if
needed.
-- aimx Mionmay la (Mmtl, u --
would'be made up on June 9,
1975, shifting workdays for
teachers to June 10-11; June 12
would be the last day for
students.
If two snow days are
missed, the second lost day
would be made up on June 10,
1975, s hifting workdays for
teachers to June 11-12; the last
day for students would be
June 13.
If three snow days are
missed, the third day would be
made up by students attending
classes on April 7, 1975, and
the teacher workday,
previously slated for that day,
would be on Saturday, April 5.
If four snow days are
missed, the fourth day would
be made up on March 28,1975,
Good Friday.
If more than four snow
days are missed the Board of
Education .would, have to
make further calendar
changes.
Following is the full
calendar for students:
~Aug. 15, First day for
teachers
--Aug. 23, Teacher-Pupil
Orientation Day
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BUFFET
TABLE being helped with teed Inst Batnrdnv
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of Gethsemane Baptist Church. Prime
planners of the annual affair pictured here
are; left to right; Mrs. Rosetta Archie.
Director of the Young Adult Millionaires;
UUlo Matthews. Chairman of the Program
T»*uinht7iifpen(#M ’WiriT Vie'? PresKrtK
and Betty J. Erwin, President. Photo by
Peeler. (See other picture on page 2)
Gethsemane Young Adults
Host Mothers Day Bancruet
By JAMES PEELER
Post Staff Writer "**
The Young Adults of
Gethsemane Baptist Church
held their Annual Mother r.nd
Daughter Banquet last
Saturday, May 11th in the
basement of the church's
Winniferd Street location,
pastored by Rev. C.E.
Dewberry.
Each year around Mother's
Day the daughters prepare the
meal for their’mothers as* an
additional expression of their
love, and a welcomed, op
portunity to fellowship
A wide assortment of
delicious dishes ladden the
buffet and all dined to their
hearts delight
This year's affair began at
t>:00~with the saying of the
grace by Mrs. Margaret
Dewberry.
In attendance at this year’s
banquet were: Mrs. Mamie
Fuller and daughter Mamie
Massey; Mrs. Florence
Wallace and daughter Diana
M. Wallace; Mrs. Elois
Whitaker and daughter
Evelyn Watson; Mrs. Mary
Lewis and daughter Gillie
L«wis; Mrs Luella Dunham
and daughter Grenell Roary;
Mrs. Lena—Bailey and
daughter Laura Moore; Mrs.
Lula B Erwin and daughter
Betty Jean Erwin; Mrs
Margaret Lalta and daughter
Rosa Johnson; Mrs Ruth B
Mclllwain and daughter Sallie
Mclllwain, Mrs. Carrie House
and daughter Lucy Hamilton;
Mrs Ella Darby and daughter
Dorothy Darby; Mrs Tvelyn
Johnson and daughter
Dorothy Darby; Mrs
Minnie L Torrence, Mrs
Carrie Dawns and Tommie
Garrett; Mrs. Ruth Surratt
and Odessa and Barbara Mrs
Queen Roundtree; Mrs Eliza
Clems and Roseitta Archie.
Mrs' “Mary McLainT Mrs—
Roseline Young and Evelyn
-Reed, Mrs. Grace Smith and
Evelyn Reed. Mrs Essie
Taylor and Kay Frances
Watts . Mrs Lillie Cureton and
Evelyn Reed; Mrs Beatrice
Chisholm
Academic Dean Was
Summer School Head
Dr. Winson R Colemon, who for 45 years has served as
Professor, Academic Dean and Director of Summer^SchooI at
Johnson C. Smith University was honored on the occasion of
his retirement by a host of friends, co-workers and former
students last Friday night at "A Ntght M Appreciation" held in
the University Memorial Union
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^* • wiviiiuu, a native Ul
Oskaloosa, Iowa, received his
education at Penn College, in
Oskaloosa; Haverford College
in Pennsylvania and the
University of Chicago He__
received the B.A. degree from !
Penn in 1928 and one year
later completed his M.A. at
Haverford in Greek and Latin.
His tenure at Smith began in
1929 and except for the period
from 1947-1960, when he was '
away studying for the Doctor
of Philosophy degree, his work
has been continuous.
A truly outstanding scholar, I
Dr. Colemon's dedication to 1
the education ot black
TgiwwttantfWBSHi
the fact that his first and only
teaching appointment
spanned almost a half cen
tury.
While at Johnson C. Smith
University, he also served as
Academic Dean, 1962-1970; as
Director of Summer School,
1962-1969; and as Tennis
Coach, 1929-1947; 1950-51.
His wife is the former
Theodora Dugas and their
three children, Grace, Win
son, Jr., and Edwina have
made them- proud grand
parents several times
Mount Moriah's <
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Ron i\al Morins
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Sunday Mornintr
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Kev P L Jones, pastor of (
Lhe Zion Orthodox Primitive
Baptist.Church in Cocoa. Fla_t
and a top official in the
Primitive Baptist Church
organization, will bethe guest f
revivalist at Mount Moriah (
Primitive Baptist Church's a
annual revival services here <
next week j
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PARREN MITCHELL
.J C. Smith speaker
J.C. Smith
To Heap
Mitchell
The One hundred and
seventh Commencement
Week activities at Johnson C
Smith University will be held
on May 17-19 with the con
ferring of degrees on Sun
day. May 19 at 2:00 p m in the
Hartley Woods Gymnasium
The Honorable Parren J
Mitchell, United States
Congressman from
Baltimore, Maryland will be
•he guest speaker —
Attorney Mitchell is Vice
Chairman of the
Congressional Black t'aucus
and the Chairman of Sub
committees on Housing.
Minority Enterprise and
Economic Development He
has worked for governmental
change for the past twenty
years in the Baltimore area
and has served aS“Professor of
Sociology and Assistant
Director of Urban Studies at
Morgan :>iaie i ourge
President Gilbert
Greenfield has announced that
the schedule of events will
include the Senior Class
Exercise which will be held at
8 00 p m on Friday, May 17 in
Biddle Hall Classes in reunion
will include 1904. 1909,
1914,1919, 1924, !929, 1934. 1939
1944 1949. 1954, 1959, 19fi4,
I9fi9 These classes will meet
in Saturday May tb at itr.tti
am in the Science Hall The
General Alumni meeting will
be held that afternoon at 2 (Ki
pm in the University
Memorial Union
Dr and Mrs Greenfield will
receive graduation ' senior*
and their parents at their
home at 1723 Washington
Avenue on Saturday afternoon
from 4 00 p m until 6 00 [ m
Faculty . staff graduating
seniors and parents are in
vited to join the alumni at a
huffet dinner on Saturday
evening in the University
Manorial Union at 6 30 pm
At 10:00 am on Sunday
morning, a worship service
will be held in the University
Church
Here Saturday ~
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Household Workers’ Workshop
To Feature Mrs. Sloan, Mrs. Hulett
Mrs. Edith Barksdak Sloan,
executive director of the
National Committee on
Household Employment will
be the guest speaker at a
seminar sponsored by the
Queen City Household
Technicians of America
Saturday afternoon,
beginning at 3 30 o'clock
The seminar, which will he
held at the YWCA on E Trade
St . has "Household Getting It
Together" as its theme
The topics to be discussed
include the drive to organize
household workers and the
need for enforced minimum
wage and social security
regulations, workmen's and
unemployment compensation
and benefits such as sick
leave and annual leave
Executive Director Sloan is
a law school graduate and
has had significant work ex
perience with such groups as
the U S Commission on Civil
Rights and HARYOU She was
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trio subject of a recent NBC
documentary and will soon be
featured in an issue of
Essence magazine.
Field officer Josephine
Hulett. a household worker for
over 20 years who has been
featured in such publications
as the Washington Post and
the Ms. magazine will also
address the group
According to Mrs W.M
Alexander, president of the
Charlotte chapter, household
workers, who are commonly
referred to as domestics,
number 1.3 million ‘Their
median annual income, was
12.365 last year,'y Mrs
Alexander explained Monday,
“almost 98 percent of all
household workers are
women, and most of these
women areal least partly self
suppnrtine while man\ are
heads of families "
Mrs Alexander stated that h
“two thirds of all household
workers are black and that . I
•'privately employed I
household workers rarely '
receive such standard benefits
sick leave', paid vacation,
and holidays, unemployment
and workmen's com
pensation "
She continued They are
excluded from most state and
federal orotc< *ive lahors laws
They were • xcluded from
federal minimum xa^
legislation until the passage
ol the 1974 minimum wage anu
overtime amendments on
April B. 1974 which went into
effect on May I
The national committee on
household employment is a
private non or .fit
oi gam/.ai ion dedicated to
improving 'he field of p>- > i'e
ousehold employment
A reception will he held
riday night at the home ot
'Irs. Lucille McNeil on Kaye
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MHS lOSKI'IIINK III I.KTT
Klfld Officer
MRS. EDITH SLOAN
.Executive director