Teenage Winners
To Get 860,0-'
In Scholarships
Danville, Va : Pageants
Unlimited, Inc., the producing
company of the Miss Black
Teenage WorldTageant an
nounced tfcat the top 15 Pina
lists in the 1975 Pageant, sche
duled for Raleigh, North Caro
lina, will receive some $60,00o
in College Scholarships along
with other prizes and awards.
Nineteen hundred seventy
five marks the Fifth Anniver
sary year of PUI with the
Third Annual MBTW Pageant
shaping up as its biggest and
best.
The Producers of the Pa
geant stress the point that the
Miss Black Teenage World
Pageant is not a beauty pa
geant but rather one that em
phasizes talent, articulation,
poise, charm, creative expres
sion and personality; thus, the
reason for presenting college
. scholarships to the top 15 con
testants. Black colleges and
Universities from across the
country are presenting the
scholarships with the Pageant
Winner receiving the top prize
and a scholarship to Hampton
Institute in Hampton, Vir
ginia.
The Pageant is open to teen
agers 15 to 17 years old, they
will compete in Sportswear,
Talent, Creative Expression,
Eveningwear and Projection.
In addition to the top 15
prizes, awards will also be
presented to Miss Together,
the contestant who best exem
plifies the philosophy of the
PUI Program; Miss Talent,
the'contestant receiving the
highest number of points in
the talent competition and the
Most Outstanding Creative
Expression Award; the Spon
sor’s Award is presented to
the sponsor of the winning
contestant.
Robert Walton
Announces For
City Council
Prominent Charlotte banker
and minister Robert L. Walton
will seek a City Council seat in
the November City elections.
In the announcement Thurs
day at the Marco Polo
Room of the Downtowner East
Motel, he said that he believed
his varied background as a
banker at First Union and his
ministerial residence at St.
Paul's United Presbyterian
Church would give him a
‘sensitivity to the problems
faced by the people of Char
lotte.”
The 31-year-old resident has
lived in the city for “29 of his
years” and has served on
several civic committees. The
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity '
member is a former President
of the Charlotte Jaycees. He i
holds a B.A. degree and a
Master of Divinity degree
from Johnson C. Smith Uni- '
versity. He is married to the
former Thelma Alexander and
“is happily expecting a baby
“in December.”
11 LOVELY LADIES - of the Les Jolies Social
Club are, left to right, front row, Emma
Goodwin, JoAnn Durham, Mary Lowery,
Priscilla Threatt and Brenda Kirkpatrick.
Photo by Jim Black
Second row. left to right, Bessie Nesbit,
Elizabeth Alexander, Joyce Brown, Linda
Fincher. Wilmema Currington and Mary
Linton.
Les Jolies Initial Outing
Called “A Smashing Success”
Les Jolies Social Club Presi
dent Jo Ann Durham has
termed the club's July 20 Tea
at the Blue Morocco Lounge as
a smashing success.
Of the Tea, which raised
$300 for the club, Ms. Durham
said “I wish to thank everyone
who helped with the event.’’
The Crowhmen Social Club
assisted the Les Jolies in this
endeavor which was held for
the purpose of raising funds
for th group’s charitable ven
tures.
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source of news about the peo
pie you know.
“Les Jolies is a social club.
Our goals are to try and help
needy families with gifts at
Christmas, Thanksgiving, and
during times of disaster such
as fires and etc>~-/ she said
with a smile.
The club which has been in
operation for five and one-half
months has eleven members.
In addition to President Dur
ham, they are Emma Good
win, vice-president; Priscilla
Threatt, treasurer; Mary
Linton, assistant treasurer;
Wilhelmina Currington, secre
tary; Brenda Kirkpatrick,
assistant secretary; Mary
Lowery Sargeant at Arms;
Elizabeth Alexander, Linda
Fincher, Bessie Nesbit, and
Joyce brown.
The club consists of marriec
and single women. At theii
' Come as you are tea.” Ms
Durham said several ladies
and gentlemen were seen hav
•ng a good time.
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Venceremos Brigade To Sponsor Photo Exhibit
The Venceremos Brigade
and the \opth Carolina
Committee for July 26th will
sponsor a photo exhibit and
film showings in four North
Carolina cities next week The
program called "Cuba Africa
and the C. S.: People in Strug
gle." includes a photo exhibit
"A People's Salute to Cuba"
which contrasts life in Cuba
and the UTS. f slides of North
Carolinians working and tra
veling in Cuba; and three
filmsr^'El Tigre" about mur
dered Chilean folk singer Vic
tor Jara. "Guatemala Occup
ied Country"; and a feature
length film, "Free People of
Guinea-Bissau" showing life
in the newly liberated African
nation.
A spokesman for the groups
putting on the exhibit stated:
"We want to show how in the
past twenty years Cuba has
surmounted very severe ob
stacles including the U. S.
economic blockade to improve
the living conditions of its
people whereas conditions in
the U.S. have actually deter
iorated within_this period. We
also wish to show the struggle
for freedom in other countries
and the relationships of both
Cuba and the U. S. to such
struggles.”
July 26th is celebrated in
Cuba as the anniversary of the
1953 attack on Moncada garri
son which marked the begin
ning of armed struggle
against the dictator Batista
culminating in the viptory of
the Cuban Revolution. The
Venceremos Bndgade and the
Committees for July 26th use
this date each year to inform
the public about events m
Cuba and :h«* Thjrd World
.ir > urogram, for
example, was devoted to Chile
be I ore and alter the fascist
coup which overthrew the
fleeted government ol the
.ounlt>
The local event will
be on Monday, Jul' 28, at the
Mam Branch I ublic Library
i Downtown) fi om 7:00 to 10:30
p m. No admission w ill be
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