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Taylor Remains Faithful To His Church While Buildine Successful Business By Jen Harvey Post Staff Writer Arriving in Charlotte 40 years ago, the first thing Walter Taylor Sr. did was "find a church home." Throu gh the years he's remained faithful to his church while building a successful business and helping his wife rear two daughters and a son. Now, semi-retired, Taylor looks back on a rew arding life and says, “If 1 have a philoso phy of life, it’s Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and all other things will be added.' ” It was while living in Phila delphia with his aunt and uncle for a short while that the young man from Winnsboro, South Carolina received the training he would use to build a chain of businesses in Char lotte. “My aunt and uncle insisted that 1 learn some sort of trade," he said, “so they sent me to Wingate Barber Col lege. After I came back to Charlotte I worked at different jobs, including the Quarter Master Depot. When Fairview Homes was built I decided to open a barber shop on Oak lawn Ave. and I operated it in the evenings and on weekends while continuing to work at the depot. “The shop prospered and eventually I was able to de vote full time to it and open others. I took my best men and made them managers of the shops as I opened them - one in Brookhill, in Southside, on Statesville Ave., and the one on Beatties Ford Road which my son, Walt Jr., owns now.” The shop in Brookhill and the other in Southside were both displaced by urban renewal but the others are still operat ing. All the while Taylor worked to build financial success for himself he worked to help his I s PROUD TAYLOR FAMILY Shown from left to right are Walter B Taylor Sr., Mrs Hazeline H. Harris, Walter B. Taylor Jr., _ a • . • \ I Mrs. Ada Y. Taylor and Mrs. Eunice Adelle Dowdy. .- wu. rtiiue from contributing funds, he has contributed of his time unsparingly. He is a deacon and has served as co-chairman of that board. At one time he super vised the Junior Ushers and was a scout master. At pre sent he is on the Board of Finance, is chairman of the Site Committee for the build ing program and is the official church photographer. He also was chairman for the pro gram observing Rev. J.B. Humphrey’s 25th anniversary at First Baptist. His involvements don't stop at the church. He’s a dedicat ed Mason, belonging to Prince Hall Masons of North Carolina and Lodge No. 85, Charlotte Consistory No. 35 and Rame aeb iempie i\o. 51. Taylor is also on the Board of Management of the McCro rey Branch YMCA, is a mem ber of the NAACP, served on the Mayor’s Committee under former mayor Stan Brook shire and is on the Dimensions of Charlotte Committee under Brookshire presently. uuring all mis laylor ma naged to send two younger brothers through barber scho ol as well as educate his own children. His eyes light up when he talks about his daughters. Ha zeline T. Harris and Eunice Adelle Dowdy, and his son, Walter B. Taylor Jr. He is clearly very proud of them and says. "I haven't been a saint 'but even as a young man 1 realized the importance of a Christian home for rearing children We believe in family prayer and at least once a week we gathered to pray as a unit. Children may stray from their raising,'' he said, but they'll return to it if the foundation is firm." Mrs. Harris is Coordinator of Arlington City Schools in Virginia and was recently speaker for the Womens Day observance at First Baptist. Mrs. Dowdy lives in East Windsor. N.J. and teaches in the New York City School System. Walt Jr. is well known a found town as the person able owner-operator of Tay lor's Barber Shop in the Uni versity Park Shopping Center. After college he decided he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and when he was ready his father gave him the shop. Taylor’s concern for young people reached beyond his own home into the commu nity. On a number of occasions he befriended neglected youn gsters who hung around his shop and took a personal interest in them. . . Me recalls, "A little fellow used to crawl in my shop when he was still in diapers and t we'd give him a sucker or a part of our lunch and play with him As he grew older he came in every day after school and I'd help him with his lessons and give him money for school fees and lunch. His mother was slightly retarded and did n't have a husband so things were pretty hard on him but he managed to finish high school. I helped him find a job and he's doing pretty good now .'* Taylor's wife of 39 years. Ada. receives much of the I___ credit from him tor his suc cess in all areas. "Often I might have done the wrong thing if it hadn't been for her by my side.1' he smiled. "But she stood by me and counsel led me when 1 needed it and we've had a good life." His advice to young men entering manhood is "Get an education or learn a trade and learn how to support a family before you get married. Then let God live in your home every day and things will work out alright," he concluded. families To M Help With Utility Bills Continued From Page 1 work: -Participating households who have increased utility bills should contact their food stamp office. If the bills have increased more than $25, and the. household has not yet purjkased its stamps for the momn, the adjustment in pur chase price must be made within 10 days (or by the end of the month, if this comes first). If the household has already purchased its stamps for the month the adjustment should be made the following month. -States will make these ad justments promptly on the basis of the most recently incurred bills, and will not d^lay the adjustments until after the household has ma naged to pay the utility bills. -Households applying or re applying for food stamps will be certified within 10 days if utility bills have gone up more than $25. -Instates that allow house holds the choice of using stan dard tables or actual bills to compute a household’s utility costs, households will be al lowed to switch from a stand ard allowance to actual bills once during the household's food stamp certification peri od. This means that if a household w^s certified for stamps earlier this year using a standard table, and the household's actual bills this winter exceed the amount in the table, the household may switch to using its actual bills. -States will not be allowed to average past utility bills in figuring a household’s utility costs. Instead, they must use the mo6t recently received utility bills, and other availa ble information such as noti ces of utility rate increases. Assistant Secretary Fore man said USDA is also requir ing that standard utility allo wances, which are used in about 20 states, be up-to-date and reflect current utility costs. __ Are You Minin# Some Of The Happenings ? You Can Read About Them In The Exciting New Charlotte Post Let La Moil You The Charlotte Post Each Week For Only $10 Z For The Best In liOral News CIAAJVfEAC Sports Call 392-1306 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ The i Charlotte Post Has Something For Every body! ■ 40% OFF 15% OFF | ! AI. 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