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YOUR BEST ADVERTISNG MEDIUM CALL 392-1306 THE CHARLOTTE "Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Week I ν 2MS OUR FREEDOM DEPENDS ON THE BLACK PRESS 'Read by 44,500 Charlotteans" PRICE 20c LOVELY ANISE KEY ...Former East student Miss Anise Key 1s Beauty Of The Week By Polly Manning Post Staff Writer The reigning "Miss Barber Scotia College" has been cho sen as this week's Beauty. She is Miss Anise Key and .she resides at 700 Concordia Ave with her mother Mrs. Anise McKee. "In describing her corona tion Anise stated that she chose a wedding theme set ting. She herself was the bride. The school was the groom. In a sense she married the school, promising to love, honor, and cherish it until death did them part. Miss Homecoming was her maid of honor and the other queens were bridesmaids with their escorts serving as ushers. Our <teauty also quoted he Presi uent of Barber-Scotia, Dr. Mable McLean, as saying it was the most beautiful corona tion she had ever witnessed. Before going to college one has to graduate from High School. Miss Key is a graduate of East Mecklenburg High School where she was a mem ber of the Student Council, Editor for the "Eagle", trea surer of the Afro-American Club, and Co-head cheerlead er. At Scotia Anise was a socio logy major She received the J.D. Peterson Sociology A ward which is bestowed upon the junior sociology major with the highest academic average. This was a cash award. During commence ment exercises held at Scotia Miss i\ey was awarded the Barber-Scotia Citation. This award was for the senior who best reflected the scholastic and cultural tradition of the institution. Besides from receiving ho nors our Beauty was also active in school activities. She was a cheerleader for two years, a membfer of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, a mem ber of the drama club, a dean's list student, a member of the Honor Society and she graduated Cum-Laude. Criminology was her favo rite subject while at Scotia and Rev. W. U. Baxter was her favorite instructor because as she puts it "he was a friend as well as an instructor." Reading and dancing are the hobbies of Miss Key She admits that she's very versa tile and really enjoys doing a little of everything. She also loves to write Born under the sign of Scor pio, she describes them as being determined people. They make good companions and business"partners and are very reliable friends She stat ed that they can also be very revengeful and stubborn Anise will be spending the summer in Los Angeles, Cali • VI IIIU . nilliuugll OIIC nilUTTS lit# one in California, she has already gone and will be work ing there this summer through a program sponsored by {Sco tia. "I'm really looking for ward to the chance of meeting different people and just going to a different place," smiled Anise. This fall our Beauty will enroll in Miami University, Oxford Ohio. She will begin graduate work towards a de gree-in Oerentology and Cri minology When asked why she chose to go so far from home Anise explained. "Stu dents were selected to go and visit Ohio State. On the way back we stopped at Miami University. The atmosphere was so good and the campus was smaller Coming from a school as small as Barber Scotia, I felt I could better relate at smaller Miami Uni versity." Miss Key and her family attend South Tryon Presbyte rian Church where Rev A R. Hendricks is the oastor. lUHIMMA The HARDEST thing in the world to OPEN is a CLOSED MIND. GAMC Withdraws Support Dr. Mable McLean Says Barber Scotia Will Continue To Operate 15 Million Blacks Can Vote In'76 On Friday, May 28, 1976, the Bureau of Census released some startling information. It solemnly declared that "about 15 million Black Americans will be of voting age during the 1976 Presidential elections, a 10 percent increase since 1972"! That, my friends, is truly a lot of potential Black Power! I say "potential" because there is no assurance that blacks will exercise this kind of mus cle to its absolute maximum at the polls this fall or at any other time. Nobody in this country -- no race, no ethnic group, no voting block of special interests or concerns exercises its franchise 100 percent. Indeed, in the past elections, knowledgeable observers have become alarmed at the monumental indifference vot ers have shown in casting their votes, especially in off Presidential election years. It is as if the voters through sheer boredom or indifference are casting a gigantic "no" vote to all politicians and issues. Of course, we know this is not true, but appear ances can be damaging. Like Lett's wife, we should be above suspicion. Now it doesn't take an egg head to know that representa tive government cannot con tinue if the electorate in suffi cient numbers do not lend its support. We surely invite ty ranny or something worse. Certainly blacks cannot af ford to be indifferent to issues and politicians who bring, or ought to be raising, those issues. Nor does their voting record of the past indicate this will happen. In 1972, for example, blacks of voting age numbered 13,493, 000. Of this total, however, only 8,837,000 were registered to vote, a percentage of 65. Of the total registered. 7,032,000 actually went to the polls in See Blacks p. 11 JCSl NEW EDUCATION BUILDING ...~To Hp (]ompletedIn 1977 Johnson C. Snuth Breaks Grounds For New Building Johnson C. Smith University last week broke ground for the construction of a new Educa tion Building and Early Child hood Education Center. The new structure will house classrooms and faculty offices in a three-story wing with the Early Childhood faci lities located for functional efficiency in a one-story wing. The building designed by Gantt and Huberman Associ ates, Architects, is the first new. structure built on the Smith campus since 1968. Dr. Wilbert Greenfield. President of the University, indicated that fhe new structure will "contribute significantly to expanding the school's educa tion curriculum, in addition to offering more services to the community through the early childhood facilities." The funding for the $900,000 project included grants from the Kresge Foundation, the Belk Foundation, Observer Charities and a $250,000 grant from the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare The 23,000 square foot struc ture of brick, precast concrete and glass will be completed in time for the fall term in 1977. Rodgers Builders, Inc. of Charlotte are general contrac tors. Election Board To Register Voters Many area citizens are ex pected to observe the 200th birthday of the United States of America by registering to vote. Several groups plan to give unregistered voters an oppor tunity to register this July 4th weekend. A unit of the Board of Elections will set up a table in Freedom Mall Shopping Center, 3205 Freedom Drive. The unit will register voters from 10 a m to 9 p.m Friday and Saturday. In addition to registering new voters, according to Board of Elections Director Bill Culp, the unit can also change the address of people who have moved. He said the law requires a change of address on the registration certificate within 30 days after a voter move»-. C'ulp said it is as big a problem to get voters to change their addresses when they move as it is to get people registered to vote. Special registration units will be set up at Freedom Park and Stough Memorial Baptist Church, 412 Gay Street in Pineville. Sunday, July 4 People can register or get their addresses changed in the park from 1 to 8 ρ m A group of 10 churches in Pineville is sponsoring a drive to get people to register and vote. "Bicentennial Services" will be held in the churches and people will register to vote from 1 to 4 p.m. afterwards People who register this weekend will be eligible to vote in the August 17. primary and school board elections In this election, votes will select political party candidates for National. State and Local of fice Further information about the candidates for these offi ces will be published in the Post during the campaign Dr. McLean Reaffirms College Commitments By Hoyie h Martin sr. Post Staff Writer The Program Agency Board of the United Presbyterian Church. USA, has announced that it voted at its—March meeting to withdraw further financial support from Bar ber-Scotia College effective June 30, 1977. Faced with the problem of diminishing financial resour ces, the Program Agency Board took action at its Feb ruary meeting to recommend to the church's General As sembly Mission Council (GA MC) that beginning with the 1977-78 academic year, reduc ed support bt: given to only one 'of the two four-year minority colleges related to the church, and that support on a dimin ishing basis be given to only two of the three two-year colleges and the two secpnd ary schools. ι ut: ouaru uiu nui indicate at that time which of the institutions would no longer receive support from the church. Subsequently, the GA MC and the 188th General Assembly supported the Feb ruary action of the Program Agency Board. In acting to withdraw finan cial support from Barber-Sco tia College of Concord, and the College of Ganado. a two-year college located on the Navajo Indian reservation in Ganado. Arizona, the Program Agency Board expressed the belief that this is "the only course which responsibily responds to the long range needs of the institu tions in terms, of financial capacity" of the denomina tion "The division of avail able funds among all seven institutions." the Board stat ed. was determined "not to be advisable in view of the mini mum financial needs of. and the contingency plans submit ted by, the institutions." Dr. .Viable McLean, presi dent of Barbar-Scotia College, told the POST on Tuesday that the church has budgeted $700. 000 annually for support of the seven minority institutions. Dr. Mable McLean Barber-Scot a president however, in recent years the actual expenditure for such support has exceeded $2 2 mil lion a year . She said further that the Program Agency Board's de cision "will mean a loss of church support in the amount of $150,000 yearly after June 30. 1977. However." Dr Mc Lean continued, "increased giving is occurring on the part of the aluinni, local churches, and the judicatories of the United Presbyterian Church below the General Assembly level." Finally, President McLean told the POST that she and Dr Marlowe F. Shute, chairman of the Barber-Scotia College Board of Trustees were in attendance at the Columbus. Ohio meeting where the fund ing loss was officially an nounced While there the\ reaffirmed the college's com mittment "to the fulfillment of us mission ιο serve numan beings with abundant needs and limited resources " They also expressed confidence that in spite of the withdrawal of funds by the Program Agency Board, "sufficient funds can be raised annually to cover operating expenses and grad ually build an endownment large enough to insure the stability of the institution " Shute and Mclean continu ed, "With the committment uf the church to provide a broad er base of resources other than financial, to assist the college in major fund raising plans, and with the present strong administration and board of trustees, the adminis tration looks ahead to fulfill ing its mission to people in the same committed manner that it has sought to respond to their needs for the past 109 years." Barber-Scotia College's an nual budget is approximately $2 3 million of which $500,000 has traditionally come from the Presbyterian Church, USA this amount has now been reduced to $350,000 an ....II., Ms. Ada M ray Win* 8100 From A&P Who says that (here's no thing to all those grocery store games and contests'1 Certain ly not Mrs Ada Wray of 1009 Van Every Street who recent ly won $100 for playing SU PER CASH BINGO at theAAP store located on Centra) Ave nue. HEWS Grant Local Sickle Cell Program Receives $90,900 Special To The Post The Association For Sickle Cell Disease For Charlotte Mecklenburg, Inc. (ASCD) has received an . award of contract from the Department of Health. Education, and Wel fare (HEW), Health Services Administration, in the amount of $90,900 to increase the ope ration of the Charlotte Sickle Cell Program in Mecklenburg County effective June 30, for Fiscal Year 1970-1977. Under the direction of Dr. Geroge A. Lowe, Project Of ficer and Ms Peggy Beck with. Executive Director, the Sickle Cell Program (ASCD) is currently implementing free helath care services for persons with homozygous Hb S disease and variants through the agency's four component programs which includes, Education-Informa tion, Screening and Testing. Genetic and Educational Counseling, and follow-up and referral services New Grant The New grant funds will be used to increase on-going ser vices; aid in the development of new services; to facilitate additional medical care and treatment, and do additional referrals and follow-up with other community resources. The Association For Sickle Cell Disease For Charlotte Mecklenburg, Inc., was begun as an effort to educate the community and black citizens about the Sickle Cell Syn drome in 1972 When first proposed it was the unani mous decision of the acting Board df Directors that initial efforts would be directed at education alone, no screening and testing would be attemp ted until such time in the future that adequately trained staff and monies were avail able to provide counseling and follow-up for tested clients Persons desiring to be tested would be referred to their private physician or to Char lotte Hospital Clinics As staff capacity was Increased, coun seling would be offered on a limited basis for such tested persons, Initial efforts therefore, were directed at employing a staff person who could serve as organizer, administrator, fund-raiser, couselor and edu cator. Mrs. Peggy Beckwith was the person selected for this task With the assistance of the Board Members a spe cially trained group of volun leers, workshops, seminars, discussion groups, etc. were developed and conducted for local community groups, a gencies and other interested persons The Charlotte Program was first housed in a single small office on t>ie thire floor of a church In the Model Neighbor hoods with no visibility. Pro posals were written and circu lated to local Corporations seeking sponsorship of rental of facilities with adequate visi bility and more accessible to the target population. This effort resulted in a three-year grant from a local Corpora tion earmarked for "rental ot new facilities". In November 1973, the Λ gency moved to it's present location which is an integrated professional and medical faci lity offering increased visibili ty and accessibility. The phy sicians, housed herein, volun teer their professional servic es to the Association. Staffing continued to be a problem, especially after all funding ceased from Model Cities in June, 1974, and the only source of funds were from volunteer contributions In March. 1975. the Char Mrs Peggy Beckwith Executive director lot»# Manpower Program un der the Comprehensive Em ployment Training Act (CE See Sickle Cell page 8
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