ffi THE CHARLI ITTtPl 1ST 1*1 - Gnvlolte s Fastest Growing Community Weekly “ [______ ■ Tit CAROLINA 28216-Thursdav.March 6. 1975 • _ • . PRICK :'n< Learning Disabilities “x Meeting Set, A concentrated Learning Disabilities conference for teachers, parents and profes sionals will be presented at the Downtowner East, Charlotte at 9 A.M. on Saturday, March 22. ■. The mini In depth confer ence is sponsored by Gables Academy-Charlotte, one of the eight academies in-the school system located in the South east. The academies are full day clinical schools for the - remediation of reading and learning disabilities. ..Dr. Richard L. earner. Dir ector of the University of Miami Reading Clinic and - former Director of the Read ing Programs in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System will be featured speaker. Dr. earner’s topic is "Learning Styles of Children: Implica tions for the Reading Dis abled." • On the program also are Dr. Zelda B. Smith, Director of In-Service Education for the Academies, who will give "Teaching Hints for the Read ing and Learning Disabled", Dr. Edwin R. Harris, a clini cal psychologist in Charlotte who will present a “Practical Diagnosis of the Reading and Learning Disable”; and Mr. Jerald Moore, Director of Educational Disabilities for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System will present “Future Frograms for Learn ing Disabled Children in Char lotte Public Schools”. ..For further informaiton concerning the conference call Gables Academy, 1401 Queens Road. 377-5578. State Traffic Accidents uecreases “The percentage of traffic mishaps reported in North Carolina for 1974, decreased compared with that of the previous year. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Jake Alex ander announced today. "Pre liminary data shows a 3.4 percent drop in accidents from 1973”, he said. • •Traffic accidents dwindled in all months during 1974, as opposed to those of 1973, ex cept for the holiday and vaca tion months of August, Sept ember, November and December. ..According to the 1974 data, injury accidents declined 4.1 percent. Accidents Involving faUlities were the lowest in ten years. They were 17 J per cent less than the 1973 figure. ..Pedestrian mishaps showed a • percent dgcrease while pedestrian faUlities fell 17 percent. ..On the increase from 1973 were bicycle accidents. They rose a tremendous 30 percent during the 1974 period and posed definite concern among safety administrators. ..Of reported motorcycle accidents, there was an 8 per cent rise, but motorcycle faU lities decreased hy 14 percent. MISS NANCY HOUGH ...Attends Hawthorne Miss Nancy Hough^ Is Beauty.Of Week By POLLY MANNING Post Staff Writer Nancy Hough is this week's Charlotte Post Beauty. The (3-year-old Miss Hough is the daughter of Mrs. Mildred Hough of 2028 Renner St. ..She is 5-feet-8 inches tall, measures 34-23-35 and weighs 115 pounds. ..Nancy is an 8th grader at Hawthorne Junior High School. At Hawthorne she is a member of the Drill Team, School Newspaper, and a member of the school Zoning Plan. .. Miss Hough was recently named "Miss Sweetheart Queen” of Hawthorne Junior High. She was chosen as a result of a tie breaker contest. She was tied for the honor with Miss Barbara Gladden. The tie was broken by voting and Our Beauty came out on top. .. Nancy attends Wilson Heights Church of God. Rev. Odell Beasley is the pastor. She is sn usher, sings on the choir, and Is secretary for the youth organisation. ..Our Beauty would like to become a model in the future. If she doesn’t make it as a model she would like to go into acrobatics. 8he also has hopes of becoming a member of Belk’s Teen Board. ..Miss Hough has as her hobbies swimming, gymnast ics, and playing the piano. The Inspiration for piano player came from her mother. She has been playing the piano for 5 years now and says she really enjoys it. Her piano instructor is Mrs. Blanche Oliver. “She's really good, stated Nancy. She has a lot of patience and is very under standing." ..Miss Hough is born under the sign of Gemini. She des cribes herself as liking people, loving all kinds of outdoor activities and most of all crazy about clothes. ..When asked if she had to be another person for one day, who would that person be, our beauty replied Latoya Jack son. "I would just love having all those famous brothers, being around them, and just being a part of their busy lives. Not being her, one day I would just like to meet them and spend a day getting to really know “The Jackson 5”. ..Jimmy (J.J) Walker is Nancy’s favorite star. “He is so funny, giggled Miss Hough. He is really into things that are happening today. He makes young people feel that they to can make it to the top if they try.” .. There is no one special in the life of our beauty. "I'm only 13 years old and I feel there Is plenty of time for that some one special. When I become 16 I hope to start looking and maybe I will find a real nice guy.” ..To Nancy we say Best of Luck, in all of your endeavors. 1243 W. Bird. Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Moves To New Location County Has Public Job Openings The Mecklenburg County Personnel Office is still taking applications for several public service jobs that have been made available through fed eral funding. .. A spokesman for the depart ment said today that there has been some difficulty in finding enough qualified applicants for the following jobs: ..Seven security patrol oftt cers . .Four microfilm operators ..Ten Social Services eligibl ity specialists ..To qualify for one of these jobs, a citizen must have been unemployed for at least 30 days and he must live ouside the City of Charlotte. These are guidelines set by the fed eral government and they apply to applicants for jobs funded through the Compre hensive Training Act. Titlt fl t a v .. Mecklenburg County Government has received funding recently for 34 Title VI CETA positions, and there has also been funding for 11 jobs through the Public Employ ment Program (PEP Tem porary). Both federal pro grams provide local funding for jobs for unemployed per sons. Several of the CETA funded jobs in addition to those listed above, are still open and applications are being taken by the Personnel Office. . .For more information about these jobs call the County Personnel Office. 374-2931. The Personnel Office is lo cated on the fourth floor of the County Ofrice Building, 720 East Fourth Street. Queen Road Closes . Beginning Friday, March 7. Queens Road West will be closed to northbound traffic between Hasings Drive and Princeton Avenue. Rev. Norman E. Kerry Cuts Ribbon «..W arren Mallard Watches Approvingly O. N. Freeman Honored For Distinquished Service By James ('uthbertson Post Staff Writer "I think that educational changes will have to be made in the future," said O.N. Free man. administrative assistant to the superintendent, who re cently received a distinguish ed service plaque from the National Kducaton Associa tion for his services as chair man of the Kesolutions Kdi ting Committee'? • •.“We'll have to change in structional strategies to met the needs of all the people we are supposed to serve and not just some. Teaching will be a concern of the total social community and we will have to begin providing young people with skills for earning livelihoods." said the Hi-vear old educator who has been with the local system for 27 years. .."More people will have to be made functionally liter ate." he said. The award was presented recently at a meeting of the C harlotle-Mecklenburg unit of the North Carolina Associa tion of Education (N'CAE). The committee of which Free man is the first Itlack chair man. recommends basic poli cies to the representative as sembly of the National Educa tion Association (NEA) of which he is a lifetime mem ber. The plague was bestowed by James N . Harris. President of the NEA and Terry llear don. Executive Secretary of the Washington, ll.C. based organization. Freeman lives at 1923 Erie St. with his wife Evelyn. He holds an It.A. in Biology from Tuskegee and an M A. in Edu cational Administration from the Teachers Collrge of Col umbia l niversitv in New York (its. lie and his wife have one daughter. Winifred Olivia, who lives in Washington. D.C. In 1918. he was an elemen tary school teacher in the elementary school system. In 1954. he was principal of Mor gan Klrmenlury School and in 1957. he became principal of l.inroln Heights School, and in the summer of 19(5.5. he was director of the federally fund ed Head Start program for the county. He also served on the Mason committee for the merger between the N'CAE and the North Carolina Teachers Association. He was also on the Board of Directors of the NCTA. In 19(59 he became the administrative assistant Per sonnel for the local system and in 1974 he moved to his present position. He is a member of Omega Psi Fraternity. 700-Seat Edifice Costs $250,000 By James Peeler Post Feature Writer . Redevelopment of Char lotte's First Ward Residential Section necessitated the relo cation of Greater Mt. Sinai Baptist Church and has caused 42-year-old pastor Rev. Norman K. Kerry and his faithfull flock of 05M members to hoe a long row to the door of their newly acquired and oc cupied 700-seat. $250,000 church at 1245 West Blvd., which they formally dedicated last Sundav ..“Inflation made it imposs ible to build", said Rev. Kerry last Tuesday, adding, "no agency would let us have enough money to build." "We looked at dozens of churches before deriding on this one."