OHlV W% __ _ _ ttAiiifiir, K\':'tM3lPo ««,... YOUR BEST • I • 1 1 | • ^ ADVERTISING MEDIA W •• *■ Tl Jl ^Jk r BLAOK MARKETVE A' AA JU |^| |\ W I BLACK NEWSPAPERS , CALL 392-1306 _ JL # W I I EFFECTIVELY REACH - - “€har*otte8 Fa^te8t Growing Community Weekly” | blackconsumers i _ PRirir o SANDRA “PEACHES” ALEXANDER ...J.C. Smith freshman Sandra Alexander . Is Beauty Of Week By Jeri Harvey Post Staff Writer Sandra (Peaches) Alexan der, is the POST Beauty of the Week arid she’s a 19 year old freshman at Johnson C. Smith majoring in psychology. In addition to being a full-time student at Smith, Peaches, as she is called by family and friends, works evenings as a receptionist at Greenville Neighborhood Center off Oak lawn Ave. The daughter of Mrs. Doro thy Feamster, Peaches grad uated from West Charlotte High in 1976. At West Char lotte she was in the Disbribu tive Education Program (DECA) and worked for the Public Library for three years. She also worked for United Parcel Services before going to Greenville Center. I’ve always liked to have my own money,” this independent miss said, “and I’ve been A working since I was 14 years '# old.” During high school years Peaches remembers her Eng lish and homeroom teacher Ms. Lawrence, as being her favorite faculty member. Asked who she most ad mires, Peaches promptly said, “Well, it isn’t anyone famous, it’s my big sister Wanda. I admire her because she’s a very strong person who doesn’t let anything stop her from achieving what she wants. She’s smart and she works hard and she’s doing really well. ” Wanda is a 1978 Smith graduate employed in the engineering department at WBTV. In addition to Wanda, Pea ches has one other sister, 17 year old Carolyn, a senior at Independence, and a brother, JO year old Andrew, who is stationed with the U.S. Army in Hawaii. Peaches and her one year old son, Jeton, live with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ola Alexander, and she parti cularly asked that they be mentioned because she is so fond of them. She said, “Most young peo ple think their grandparents have old fashioned ideas about life, but mine have helped me a whole lot. Even though I’m still hard headed sometimes and won’t listen, the advice they give me is good. My grandmother keeps Jeton for me while I go to school and work and she also happens to be the world’s best cook," she added. Mr. Alexander is a retired railway mail clerk. There’s very little spare time in Peaches’ life but when she is free she tries to spend as much time as possible with Jeton. After college she said she’d like to work as a court counse lor or probation officer for juveniles. “I’d like to try to help youngsters who haven't had a chance for some of the things I’ve had,’’ she explain ed. Greater Providence Baptist is the church Peaches attends and Rev. Johnnie W. Wallace Jr. is her pastor. In case you guys are wonde ring, Peaches has a steady fellow. His name is Alton Williams and he's a student at Livingstone College in Salis bury but he’s home every weekend so don't get any ideas! Carter Backs Amended Full Employment Bill President Jimmy Carter has formally endorsed a re vised draft of the Humphrey Hawkins Bill, which esta blishes for 1963 an oveail unemployment goal of 4 per cent for the nation The draft was worked out after lengthy and detailed dis cussions between the Carter Administration and Congres sional leaders, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus The bill is to be known formally as the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act. Report Says Blacks Harassed *★* Food Stamp Allotment To Increase Keep Pace With Rising Food Cost WASHINGTON-Food sta mp allotments for low-income families will be increased Jan. 1 to keep pace with rising food costs, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Tucker Foreman announced Monday. Monthly net income eligibi lity standards also will rise for most households on Jan. 1 because, under current regu lations, income limits in moat cases are tied to the size of food stamp allotments. Under the regulations, income eligi bility limits rise when food stamp allotments are increas ed. Assistant Secretary Fore man said monthly stamp allot ments in the continental 48 States and District of Colum bia will increase by at least two dollars for all households except single persons. For example, the allotment for a family of four will be increas ed from $170 to $174. Food stamp allotments are based on the cost of the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture’s Thrifty Food Plan. Next income cut-offs also will be higher, except for one - and two-person households The monthly net income limit for a family of four, for example, will rise from $567 to $580. However, the income limits for the one - and two person household will not change These income stand ards ($262 and $344 respective ly) will remain at USDA’s poverty guidelines. Food sta mp regulations currently in effect require USDA to use either allotment-based calcu lations or the poverty guide lines, whichever are higher, in setting income eligibility li mits. New food stamp legislation recently signed by President Carter Changes the proce dures for setting income li mits. The new legislation is not yet in effect. USDA is now developing proposed regula tions to implement the new law, and plans to put it into effect next summer. The table below lists new income limits, effective Jan. 1, for the 48 states and the District of Columbia: VOLUNTEER WORKERS WINTERIZING HOUSE .LdMt ueek in Third Ward Community "W -v -m <£UU V olunteers Help Elderly, Poor To Live More Confortably This Winter Hy Jen Harvey Post Staff Writer Barbara Neely lives in a six room frame house in the 1500 block of Manson St. The house is heated with wood and coal heaters and on really cold days its a constant job just keeping the fires going toward off the chill winds that seep through the cracks around the doors and windows. Last Saturday morning an estimated 200 families invad ed Manson and other streets in Third Wart, armed with ham mers, nails, staple guns and elbow grease. By the end of the day Ms. Neely’s house had been insulated with plastic over the doors and windows and today she said, “It sure made a big difference these past cold nights we’ve had.” In the 1500 block of South Church Street Mrs. Lillian McAfee and her husband, both in their late 60s. also had plastic placed over the win dows of their small home and so did Mr and Mrs John Johnson of the same block. All these people slept a little warmer and more comfort ably because their neighbors and the Charlotte Area Fund care. The Neelys, McAfees and Johnsons were just three of 60 Third Ward families whose homes received attention last Saturday in the first of many planned projects of this kind Spearheaded by the Char lotte Area Fund with a federal grant, the project aims to touch all areas of Mecklen burg County, fixing homes against the cold. Bob Kiley, Chief of Plans for the Area Fund, said in an interview, "The response last weekend was fantastic! Pe