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Deborah Springs
Is Post’s Beauty
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
1 graduated from Harding
High School in 1973, stated our
Beauty Of The Week, Miss
Deborah Springs. While I was
there I was vice-president of
the Junior Class, member of
the Student Council, president
of the Student Body and I was
named to the Charlotte News
All-8tar Student List. I was
also a member of the Y Team
and 1 participated in Intramu
ral sports. she said.
..Nnw with her high school
days behind her. Miss Springs
is attending the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
where she Is a sophomore
majoring in History. She also
has plans to go into the field of
Education.
..At UNCC our beauty is also
very active. She is a member
of the Black Studies Commi
ttee, a member of the Black
Student Union, she’s on the
Election's Board Committee,
and was recently elected as
Junior Class President.
.. Presently she is serving on
the Student Legislature Boa
rd, the club and organisation*
committee, she sings with a
Black Gospel Group on the
campus called “Children ef
the San,*' and she nlso plays
intramural basketball with a
team called “Sweet Hamm
ers." Last year they were
undefeated.
. Miss 8prings Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Zacharais
Alexander Springs Sr. ef 2SI9
Capitol Dr. The Springs' fam
ily atteads Metropolitan Unit
ed Presbyterian Church
where Rev. H. O. Graham is
the pastor.
. Deborah is very active with
the Sunday School pre-scho
olers. "During the summer I
like to make myself available
for Bible School Classes. I
enjoy going on picnics with
them."
. .Deborah has as her hobbies
sewing, cooking, and her pri
mary interest is in dancing.
"We have a dance group that
clhsists of two j»uys and two
girls. We do mostly creative
dancing." She also enjoys tra
veling and all types of sports.
.. Miss Springs is born under
the sign of Libra. She des
cribes them as being well-ba
lanced and easy to get along
with. They enjoy the company
of others and can balance out
situations before acting on th
em.
..The 5 feet, Stfc inch. 117
pounds, Deborah has plans to
go into the teaching profession
after graduating. “I would li
ke to be a home-bound teac
her. One that tutors kids that
are unable to attend school for
various reasons. I also plan to
go back to UNCC to do my
graduate work.”
Ires, rord To
Pay Us A Visit
On May 20
. .President Gerald R. Ford
will be In Charlotte May 2* to
speak In Freedom Park.
..The announcement of the
Presldeat'a visit came from
Congressman Jim Martin
(R-N.C.I and 8enator Jesse
Helms (R-N.C.I.
.'.Congressman Martin said
President Ford will he speak
ing during a noonday picnic
lunch at the park. He said the
President's remarks will he
the highlight of ceremonies
marking the celebration of the
signing of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence
200 years ago.
..Martin said; "It is signifi
cant to note that President
Ford will be in Freedom Park
exactly 21 years after the park
was dedicated In 1094 by for
mer President Elsenhower."
..Congressman Martin said
arrangements for the visit are
being coordinated by Mr.
Grant Whitney. Chairman of
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Bicentennial Committee.
Report Says Older
Blacks Lowest Paid
..The average older black
person in the United States
earns less tnan 14.000 per
year, is the most economically
vulnerable member of the la
bor force, lives in depressed
housing conditions and suffers
disproportionately from men
tal stress and anxiety.
..Moreover, community ser
vice organizations either
ignore the realities of the
black elderly experience or
ill-equipped to provide mean
ingful service to older blacks.
. .These are some of the facts
and opinions expressed by a
number of gerontologists and
social workers who contribut
ed articles to the recent edi
tion of the Urban League
News • a publication of the
National Urban League-cir
culated throughout the civil
rights community.
..Although each contributor
dealt with a specific area of
the black elderly experience,
there was an evident concen
sus on the socio-economic fac
tors responsible for the debili
tating conditions of older
blacks: poverty, racism, age
ism, sexism and institutional
..According to Alphonso An
derson, New York City re
gional representative for the
National Council on the Aging,
the number of elderly persons
over age 65 in the poverty
category is increasing. Fur
thermore. he says that em
ployment data suggest that
black people over age 55 re
present a “potential future
poverty group.”
..On top of poverty, older
Blacks are inflicted with the
social disease of-cacism.
..“With regards to nursing
homes and particularly pri
vate institutions, racism has
prevented the admission of
elderly blacks to those facilit
ies that meet acceptable
standards." writes Dr. James
Carter, assistant professor of
psychiatry at Duke University
Medical Center.
..If you are elderly you are
apt to be subject to the special
prejudice and stereotyping of
ageism, contends Dr. Robert
N. Butler, a research psychia
trist at the Washington School
of Psychiatry. “You are old
fogie. boring, useless....age
ism on top of racism provides
a double assault; with sexism,
a triple assault. As a group
there are no more improver
ished people in American soc
iety than older black women,"
he says.
..Dr. E. Percil Stanford, dir
ector of the Center on Aging at
California State University
maintains that many comm
unity organizations developed
with the recent years have not
adequately served minority
aged persons. "The primary
fault has been not providing
services and outreach rele
vant to existing basic needs",
says Stanford.
..In addition to pinpointing
the problems faced by older
blacks the contributors identi
fied a number of corrective
possiblities.
state Highway
Department To
Employ 500
.. Kaleigh, — The North Caro
lina Department of Transpor
tation and Highway Safety
(DOY) will immediately begin
hiring 500 temporary employ
. ees throughout the state under
a federally funded emergency
job program.
..The department's Division
of Highways has received
1500,000 for salary costs, in
cluding Social Security and
Workmen’s Compensation.
Approximately 30 positions in
each of the 14 highway divi
sions will be filled.
..Local circumstances will
dictate the actual number
hired per county. Those em
ployed will perform mainten
ance work.
. .Highway Division personnel
officers will be filling the posi
tions created to improve the
statewide highway system.
Persons seeking employment
should apply directly to the
personnel officer in the local
Division of Highways office.
Applicants must be able to
certify that they have been
unemployed for 30 days.
.. The program has been made
possible through the Federal
Comprehensive Employment
Act of 1973 and is designed to
Increase the flow of money
into the economy.
. .The DOT received a 1750,000
federal grant under a similar
program last January.
Mrs. Spicer Named
“Mother Of Year”
By James Peeler
Post Feature Writer
..The Charlotte Post has
chosen Mrs. Jeanette McClure
Spicer as its "MOTHER OF
THE YEAR." She will also be
honored this Sunday as
“Mother of the Year” at her
church. Memorial United
Presbyterian Church, pastor
ed by Rev. H. W. Givens.
..Mrs. Spicer is married to
Herbert H. Spicer Sr., a 25
year-employee with Ryder
Truck Lines, and they live at
2415 LaSalle Street in the Uni
versity Park residential sect
ion.
..They have four children:
Herbert H. Spicer Jr., and
ployee of United Parcel Ser
vice; Fredrick E. Spicer, em
ployed as a Teacher’s Aid at
Highland Elementary School;
Yolanda V. Spicer, a Fresh
man majoring In Early Child
hood Education at Barber
Scotia College; and Timothy
J. Spicer, a 10th grader at
West Charlotte High School.
. .The Spicers have one daugh
ter-in-law. Gail, who is mar
ried to Herbert Spicer Jr. and
resides at 2006-E McAllister
Drive.
...Mrs. Spicer is a 1951 grad
uate of Good Samaritan Hosp
ital School of Nursing and is
presently employed as a nurse
at General Tire and Hubber
Company. She worked as a
nurse at Mercy Hospital for 14
years - 1955 until 1969. - before
joining General Tire.
.. Mrs. Spicer is very active in
the work of Memorial L'nited
Presbyterian Church and
faithful in her attendance. She
is active in the church Sunday
School, a member of l'nited
Presvbterian Womens Organ
ization (L'PWO) and was
Chairman of the church's
Building Committee.
.Our honoree was brought up
in Ben Salem Presbyterian
Church. She was a member of
Emanuel Presybterian
Church when it merged with
Biddleville Presbyterian
Church to form the present
Memorial l'nited Presbyter
^un V* rc Wnicar nn natfn t
Beginning May 19
Famed Florida Evangelist Will
Lead Mount Moriah Revival
• nr». n.i,. uewier, pastor Of
St. John Primitive Baptist
Church in Clearwater. Fla.,
has been chosen the leader of
Greater Mount Moriah Primi
tive Baptiat Church’s annual
revival services, beginning
Sunday, May Id.
...Rev. Thomas W. Samuels,
pastor of the church at 747 W.
Trade St., reported "we’re
very pleased to have secured
the service of this dynamic
preacher, who la an Inspira
tional singer and great evang
elist." The nightly services,
which will begin at 7:3d
o’clock, will have "Out-Reach
Objective - Each One Reach
One For Christ" as IU theme.
. .According to Rev. Samuels^
Rev. Lewter was educated In
the public schools at Lake
Wales, Fla., with a degree in
ousmess Administration and
Accounting Trom Tampa
Business College In Tampa,
Fla. He received addltlnal
Seminary training at the Bap
tist Fellowship Center In
Tampa.
.. He currently holds the office
of president of the Church
School Congress of the South
Florida District, the assistant
recording secretary of the
Florida State Convention,
financial secretary of the Na
tional Primitive Baptist Con
vention and the recording se
cretary of the Upper Pinellas
Ministerial Alliance of Clear
water.
The guest minister will be
assisted each night by primi
tive Baptist Churches In the
Charlotte area. The gnest list
includes Silver Hill Prlmltve
Baptist inurcn 01 < onrord lor
Monday night, John's Chapel
Primitive Baptist Church of
Charlotte for Tuesday night.
Liberty Primitive Baptist
Church of Concord tor Wed
nesday night, Zion Primitive
Baptist Church fo Thursday
night and the Naiareth Primi
tive Baptist Church for Friday
night.
..Music will be provided by
the Mount Moriah Primitive
Baptist Church choirs. The
Male Chorus will be the guest
choir on Monday night, the
Gospelretta will render the
music Tuesday night, Young
Adult choir Wednesday night.
Senior choir Thursday night
and the Junior, Youth and
Primary on Friday night.
..The Junior and senior
boards will usher.
Rev. A. L. Lewter
... Revival leader
Manpower Report Assesses
Public Service Programs
13th Manual Explores
Individual Hardships
. Washington — The role of public service employment
programs in easing individual hardships and offsetting
economic dislocations in areas hardest hit by unemploy ment
is explored in the 13th annual Manpower Iteport of the
President.
The 349-page report-the first issued by the Ford Admini
stration-was prepared by the l.S. Department of Labor's
Manpower Administration, in cooperation with the other
bureaus and offices of the Labor Department, and the l'. S.
Department of Health. Education and Welfare's Office of
CMS Schools To
Close 1974-75
Term June 10
. .Charlotte-Mecklenburg's
public school students will be
gin summer vacation two days
earlier because of recent act
ion by the Board of Kducation.
..The last day of school for
students will now be Tuesday,
June 10. instead of Thursday.
June 12. as originally sche
duled.
. But the last working day for
teachers on 10-moiilh employ
ment will still be June 12
because they will have two
professional workdays after
students leave.
Both Monday, June 9, the
next to the last school day in
the IKO-day term, and June 10
will be full instructional days.
I.unch will be served in school
cafeterias and bus transpor
tation will be provided.
This represents some
change from previous years
when the last school day was a
partial day with lunch not
being served at school.
The Board of Kducation is
expected to adopt a school
calendar for the 1975-70 school
year later this month.
Local Rally
To Support
. Ben Chavis
. .The Charlotte chapter of the
North Carolina Alliance
Against Racist and Political
Repression will sponsor a pub
lic meeting In support of Rev.
Ren Chavlt and the Wilming
ton 10 here Sunday, May 11 at
Friendship Baptist Church lo
cated at 3301 Beatties Ford
Road.
..Dr. Helen C. Othow, chair
, man of the Division of Human
ities at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity and the co-chairperson
of the North Caorlina Alliance,
will preside over the 7:30 p.m.
meeting.
..A national demonstration to
support Rev. Chavis will be
held in Washington on May 31.
..During the past months, na
tional attention has been dir
' ected to the Criminal Justice
System In North Carolina, es
pecially the large number of
persons on death row In Cen
tral Prison In Raleigh, the
Joan Little trial and the re
pression of organised labor.
. The North Carolina Alliance
and the Wilmington 10 De
fense Committee wish to make
It known that "contrary to the
popular belief of many citl
tens, Rev. Ben Chavis and the
Wilmington It still face the
possiblity of spending the
better portion of their lives In
prison.”
Although the United Church
See Hen Chavis on page 3
Human Developm at.
The report submitted to
Congress, reviews economic
trends during ISit and desr
cribes their interaction with
the existing structure of man
power program resources, as
well as with several new legis
lative developments designed
to ease the plight of the job
less. including public service
employment.
The chapter on "Public Ser
vice Kmploy ment: Achieve
ments and Open Issues,"
assesses past experiments
with public jobs and points out
the difficult choices faced by
policy-makers in establishing
such programs.
Two basic approacKes-not
always complementary—have
been followed since the I9:i0's.
iccording to the chapter.
Kxpansion of public pay rolls
in order to sustain exper
ienced labor force members
who lost their regular jobs
because of high unemploy
•-ment. and'
The use of public service
jobs to provide work exper
ience and joh training to
members of disadvantage
groups (the theme of many
programs launced during the
I960's>.
.. mr i iiiijnri i pi
hlems in relation to such re
cent efforts as the 1971 Emer
gency Employment Act.
which established the Puhlic
Employment Program
tPEP). and the 1979 Compre
hensive Employment and
Training Act tCETAi.
The Emergency Jobs and
l nemploy menl . Assistance
Act of 1974. which added a new
Title VI to CETA, provides
some additional temporary
public service jobs in fields
such as environmental qual
ity, health care, education,
recreation, pollution control
and conservation.
Prelerential consideration
in hiring is given to exper
ienced workers who have ex
hausted their unemployment
compensation or who are not
eligible for unemployment in
surance and who have been
jobless for 15 weeks or more.
Although serious efforts
have been made to sort out the
various policy options avail
able to manpower administra
tors, the chapter makes clear
that many issues concerning
public service employment
remain unresolved.
The report also includes
chapters on:
The Kmplovment and I n
employment Record, assess
ing the consequences for the
Nation's labor force of the
economic developments of
l974--conxequencrs visible in
the steep rise in unemploy
ment rales late In 1974;
..The changing Kconomlc
Hole of Women, focusing on
recent demographic social
changes affecting women's
work lives
..Manpower Impact of
Government Policy and Pro
curement. offering an Interim
report on the findings of re
cent research efforts to mea
sure Ihe employment Impact
of changes In government po
•lev and expenditure levels.
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LOVELY DEBORAH SPRINGS
...UNCC Sophomore
turumam
.. TO Mmt women BATHING
SUITS are more FITTING th
an PROPER.
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MRS. JEANETTE MCCLURE SPICER
...General Tire Company Nurse