Public Hearing
Set For Housing
Assistance Plan
The Mayor and City Council
will hold a public hearing to
allow citizens to provide infor
mation, make suggestions and
recommendations concering
the Charlotte Housing Assis
tance Plan (HAP) on Thurs
day, December 15 at 7:30 p.nv.
in the Board Room of the
Education Center, 701 East
Second Street. The HAP is
reviewed and submitted an
nually as part of the City’s
application for federal Com
munity Development funds.
The Housing Assistance
Plan serves as a community
guide for the location of all
housing receiving public as
sistance in Charlotte. A part of
the plan includes standards
for the placement of federally
subsidized Section 8 housing
units.
Persons who wish to speak
at the hearing should contact,
the Office of the City Clerk,
(My Hall, 374-2247, before
rro>n the day of the hearing.
Citizens are urged to place
their comments in writing for
the official record of the hear
ing. Those not able to attend
may submit their comments
to the Director of the Commu
nity Development Depart
ment, Cameron-Brown Build
ing, 301 South McDowell Stre
et, Charlotte.
oiuciai acuon will oe
taken by the Mayor and City
Council at the hearing. The
information, suggestions and
comments will be used in the
application process for the
Fourth Year Housing Assis
tance Program. The final ap
plication is expected to be
completed and approved by
the City Council on February
28, 1978. On that date the
guidelines of the amended
Charlotte Housing Assistance
Plan become effective.
Coal Stockpile
To Last 60 Days?
Continued From Page 1
expecting this stme ana like
the line about the nervous
breakdown, “they’ve earned
it, they deserve it and now
they are going to have it.”
Bptwhat of the poor-who
heat their homes With Coat and
' are forced by economics to
buy it bag by bag? What if
there is another winter as
severe as the one just past?
What if those who can afford
to, buy tons of coal and hoard
it? What if the price goes up
and the already limited re
sources of the poor are further
strained? Who negotiates for
them?
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MANAGER MRS. DORETHA DAVIS
—With customer Ms. Betty Johnson
In Eastland Mall
Mrs. Davis Named Manager
Of Lucille’s Vogue Store
By Jeri Havey
Post Staff Writer
Mrs. Doretha Davis has re
turned to the Lucille’s Vogue
“family” and everyone con
cerned is all smiles. A sales
person at the downtown loca
tion for four years before it
closed in 1972, Mrs. Davis has
been named assistant mana
ger of the new Eastland Mall
store.
After the five year absence,
Mrs. Davis said she is “de
lighted” to be back. When the
old store closed there was
some doubt as to when and
where it would reopen so she
took a job at Ivey's.
“I was happy at Ivey’s but
when I was approached about
a management position with
Lucille’s Vogue I felt it was a
real opportunity and a chal
lenge I couldn’t turn down.”
Her delight at being back
wtth the ftmT'Was echoed by
' president Richard Roskind
who said he had been trying to
get Mrs. Davis back for years.
“I have a lot of respect for
her” he stated. “She’s like a
member of the family and
we’re really glad to have her
back again. There’s no doubt
she can do the job for us.”
For 15 years Mrs. Davis
managed the lunch counter at
W.T. Grants, “on the square”
and it was the demonstrations
and sit ins of the 60's which
prompted the management to
move her into sales. There is
where she began to develop
sales skills to complement the
gracious manner which caus
es her customers to follow
wherever she goes.
An attractive woman whose
impeccable grooming and
style make her a walking
advertisement, Mrs. Davis ex
plained her success by saying,
“I enjoy my customers, first
of all. I am fair to them, I’m
patient, and above all. I’m
truthful to them. They know
I’ll never lie to them just to
make a sale. Some have been
coming to me for years and I
know their taste and needs
and I try to see that they get
what they want.”
Her new position brings ad
ded responsibilities with it;
such as more paper work,
training new personnel, etc.,
but Mrs. Davis still feels the
contact with old and new
customers is the most impor
tant part of her job.
She admitted to “loving clo
thes” and said it's necessary
to exercise a lot of control
when one works around them
all the time. “The temptation
is great to just buy, buy, buy,"
she laughed and added, “I feel
ii s very important to present
a nice appearance in any
profession but even more so in
mine because customers jud
ge you on how you look.”
Describing her personal tas
te in clothes as "sort of
conservative with a few tren
dy things to spice it up,” Mrs.
Davis said, “The well dressed
woman looks best in what
suits her best regardless to
what is ‘in' and regardless to
her age.”
She is married to Jacob Da
vis., co-owner of the Davis-El
der Shell Station an Statesville
Ave. and they have two grown
sons, Barry and Michael. Bar
ry is in the Air Force in
Wyoming and he and his wife
have a two year old daughter,
Shanna. Michael works here
with Westinghouse.
A member of C.N. Jenkins
Memorial Presbyterian Chur
ch, Mrs. Davis is chairperson
of Circle No. 3 and a member
of the choir. She also belongs
to the Alpha Pi Chi Sorority
and the Zack Alexander As
sembly No. 35 Auxiliary of the
Masons. She is also chairper
son for the deacons board.
Check the ads in the Char
lotte Post each week for the
best bargains in town.
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Charlotte Transit System Announces
improvement On Five Rns Rmitpfi
By Cynthia Bell
Post Staff Writer
The Charlotte Transit Sys
tem introduced the first phase
of their planned service im
provement on five routes. The
se routes are 6-Oaldand Ave,
10-Eastland Mall and West
Boulevard, 11-North Tryon
and 12-South Boulevard.
Route 6 - Oaklawn Ave.
provides services to the Oak
view Terrace area by operat
ing select trips from the pre
sent terminal at Trentwood
and Dalebrook via the 1-85
Access Road to Tennessee,
Center, and Kentucky Streets
These changes will only be
effective during the peak
hours from 6:30 a m. to 9:30
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to6:30 p.m.
The Kings' Drive portion of
the route was not affected.
Changes in Route 11 now
provides all day service to the
Hidden Valley area via North
Tryon to Arrowhead. Buses
operate every 30 minutes dur
ing peak hours and hourly
during the midday. Hourly
evening service between the
Square and North Tryon Mall
was included in this change. In
addition to serving the Hidden
Valley Estates area, the new
schedule provides all day ser
vice to several apartment
complexes in the vicinity of
North Tryon and Arrowhead
These complexes include Can
terbury Woods, Countryside,
Woodland Hollow, and Arrow -
head
Somerset and The Differ
ence will receive service dur
ing peak hours
The West Boulevard portion
of Route 10 improved service
to Clanton Park. Dalton Vil
lage, and Reid Park Service
to Douglas Municipal Airport
and the Irwin Creek Waste
Water Treatment Plant has
been discontinued because of
low patronage.
All day service to Eastland
Mall is provided on Route 10,
thereby improving transit on
the east side of Charlotte.
These routes are both via the
Midwood and Windsor Park
routes. Services to and from
Eastland Mall will operate
every 30 minutes throughout
the day and every 20 minutes
in the peak hours. Night ser
vice operates from the Square
directly to. Eastland Mall via
Central Ave.
Route 12 - South Boulevard
remained the same during the
day except for extention of the
service to include Emery
wood. Peak hour service, how
ever, was extended to include
the Windsong Trails'and Pine
Valley residential communi
ties. The North Graham pro
tion of the route received
minor changes to provide a
more direct service.
This is the first major revi
sion of Charlotte Transit Sys
City Transit Planner, Michael
Kidd "The new routes and
schedules reflect the results of
a recent comprehensive sur
vey of the Charlotte area and
the Transit System along with
a Tell L's Where To Go Cam
paign designed to gather pub
lic input on transit service
needs, ' remarked Kidd
The second phase of a two
part service improvement
program is scheduled for Feb
1978
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