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’ CHARLOTTE, NORTH CARQHNA-28208-Thursday, Dec 22. 1977 PRICE 25c
With Special Services
Area Churches To
Observe Christmas
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
J'Arjd she shall bring forth a
^ son, and thou shalt call His
F name Jesus; for He shall save
His people from their sins."
(Matt. 1:21).
With that quotation, Elder
E C. Cannon, pastor of Cannon
Cathedral Church of God in
Christ, reminds us of the real
reason and meaning of Christ
mas.
Continuing, he said, "There
fore it is a time for rejoicing.
Every person and family
should be in church to worship
the Lord on Christmas day,
especially since it falls on
Sunday this year."
There will be services at all
area churches, though some
will alter the format in recog
nition of the significance of the
day.
The Members of Gold Hill
Baptist Church where Rev.
Johnnie Wallace is pastor, will
have services at the usual
time but there will be special
music, poems, a brief sermon
and exchanging of gifts.
Rev. Wallace feels that
Christmas has become too
commercial and says the true
meaning has been lost. "Most
black people work hard all
year round to give children
gifts from a white Santa Cla
us,” he said. *‘I do not person
ally teach my young daughter
this. Attention should be focus
ed on the purpose Jesus Christ
came into the world," he
concluded.
The congregation and Rev.
Daniel O. Hennigan of Mat
thews-Murkland Presbyterian
Church in Pineville will meet
for breakfast at 7:30 a m. At
8:30 a.m. there will be a
worship program and mem
bers will then be free to return
to their homes to continue the
celebration of Christmas in
their own way.
At Grace AME Zion Church
the morning worship service
will be at the usual time but
will be somewhat briefer than
usual and will feature a brief
sermon, a period of medita
tion, and music by the young
people. After the service
members of the Sunday School
will distribute baskets to the
needy.
Rev. Turner observed that.
CUTE LITTLE REBECCA MABRY
...“Symbol of holiday season”
Rebecca Mabry
* Is Beauty Of Week
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Little Rebecca Mabry was
selected as The POST Beauty
of the Week as a symbol of the
holiday season and children
all over the world who look to
Christmas with joy and anti
cipation. It is our wish that she
will always be as happy and
loved as she is this Christmas
1977.
Rebecca is the four-year old
daughter of Ms. Luana Mabry.
She attends Kiddie Korner
Day School, loves to “eat out ’’
at McDonalds, read, write, go
to the park and the movies, go
visiting with her mother, and
watch Happy Days and Won
der Woman on TV. Her favo
The EASIEST WAY to pick
out the host at a COCKTAIL
PARTY is to find the one who
is MEASURING the DRINKS
i
K c
rite records are Hotline and
Disco Duck and she can finger
pop with the best of them,
according to her mother. She
has an aquarium and loves
animals but doesn’t have a pet
of her own.
As Rebecca sleeps Christ
mas eve, loving hands will
heap presents beneath the
tree in answer to her wishes
and the delight in her eyes will
be the nicest gift Ms Mabry
will receive.
If we could visit every child
in all the world and leave gifts,
we would first of all, leave the
story of the first Christmas
and the baby for which the
holiday is named.
We would give them strong
limbs and bright eyes which
see only good things, and
hearts filled with love for all
mankind.
We would see that each child
had sunshiny days and warm
nights, stars to reach for and
dreams to come true. We
would leave love enough to
last all their lives and faith
enough to take them through
the bad days that will surely
come.
Finally, we would leave a
promise that the grownups
of this world will dedicate
themselves to making it the
kind of place where children
may live without fear of war,
crime and poverty and where
the color of skin or national
origin will not matter
“Christmas is a mood of chan
ging events. The first of which
was the hope brought by the
miraculous birth of Jesus Ch
rist. Jesus came to find the
lost, to heal the broken, to feed
the hungry and to release the
prisons - to bring peace among
brothers and sisters and to
make music in the hearts of all
people.”
Mt. Moriah Primitive Bap
tist Church will hold worship
services at the usual hour and
the pastor, Rev. T.W. Samuels
will deliver the sermon.
Rev. N.C. Calhoun will hold
services at New Emmanuel
Congregational Church at 11
a.m. and there will be a
special program in the even
ing celebrating the “Birthday
of Jesus Christ” and the birth
day of Rev. Calhoun, who was
born on December 25.
Rev. Morgan W. Tann will
hold services as usual at Clin
ton Chapel AME Zion Church
UnH Rov T R Unrnnkeau urill
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do the same at First Baptist
Church.
Rev. Battle and the mem
bers of Greater Gethsemane
AME Zion Church and Rev.
George Goodman and his con
gregation at C.N. Jenkins Uni- i
ted Presbyterian Church will I
meet in their respective chur
ches at the usual hour.
All ministers and congrega
tions join in wishing the entire
Charlotte community a Christ- ^
mas filled with love, peace .i
and hope.
Anita Stroud
Foundation I
Receives $100
It was certainly in the spirit
of giving during this holiday
season, that the members of ]
Expressions Social Club deci
ded to make a special donation
to one of Charlotte’s most
worthwhile causes - The Anita
Stroud Foundation.
On Sunday, December 18,
the one and one-half year old
Expressions Social Club, wor
shipped at the Friendship
Baptist Church, 3301 Beatties
Ford Road, where a $100
check was presented to one of
Friendship’s most adored
members. Miss Anita Stroud,
who has long since dedicated
her life to children. The six
teen club members felt that
Miss Stroud’s untiring efforts
to administer services to un
derprivileged children, should
not go unnoticed by their club,
and so decided that some sort
of financial support and public
recognition were in order
Miss Stroud, totally una
See ANITA On Page 5
On Black Unemployment
NAACP Presses President Jimmy Carter
upwiai 1U IIIC ruoi
Clarence Mitchell warned
that blacks were not going “to
stand for any full-sclae cut" in
the recommendations to the
President by the Administra
tion’s urban team on ways to
end the black unemployment
crisis.
Reporting on the meeting
that he and about 15 other
black leaders had with Mr
Carter on Wednesday, De
cember 14, Mr. Mitchell said
that the President expressed
his full support for reducing
black unemployment, espe
cially among youths. “How
ever, he did not give a specific
figure on how much he plan
ned to include in the national
budget to accomplish this pur
pose “
Mr. Mitchell’s meeting with
the President helped to fur
ther underscore the critical
importance that the NAACP
has placed on the black unem
ployment problem. On Sep
tember 27, Executive Director
Benjamin L. Hooks led an
delegation in anoiner
meeting with Mr Carter. Ac
companying Mr. Hooks were
Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson,
chairman of the NAACP Na
tional Board of Directors, Dr
Montague Cobb, president,
Jesse Turner, treasurer. Max
Delson and William Oliver,
vice presidents.
The key concerns on their
agenda were jobs for black
workers and the urban crisis.
Mr Mitchell said that Mr.
Carter promised to give "his
full support" to the compro
mise Humphrey-Hawkins full
employment bill. The NAACP
has endorsed this compro
mise, recognizing that Mr.
Carter in supporting it, has
also endorsed the full employ
ment concept. This the Presi
dent had previously hesitated
to do, expressing that the full
employment concept would
worsen the problem of infla
tion.
Mr Mitchell said that Mr
Carter also stressed his inten
tion to cut taxes He said that
Benjamin L Hooks
Executive Director NAACP
the cuts would be designed to
help increase spending, and
this would add to improving
the economy. Mr Mitchell
reported
A veteran lobbyist. Mr Mit
chell signalled a change in
focus from Mr Carter to
Congress when he said that “I
don't believe we ought to
make the President the sole
target of what needs to be
done" to get the full employ
ment bill enacted Blacks
should take their case to Con
gress if the President’s fund
ing proposals are considered
inadequate.
Other issues that were dis
cussed included urban policy
and affirmative action The
meeting was attended by 16
leaders of black organizations
and lasted for nearly three
hours. It was divided into two
sections. During the first peri
od, which began at 9 a m., the
black leaders held discussions
with several Administration
officials, including Vice Pre
sident Walter Mondale
Other officials present were
Mrs Patricia R Harris, se
cretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment, Dr. Sidney Harmon,
Undersecretary of Com
merce, Stuart Eizenstat, Pre
sidential assistant for domes
tic affairs. Dr George John
son. Counsel of Economic Ad
visors; Charles Schultze,
chairman. Council of Econo
mic Advisors. Howard Gluck
stein, director, task force on
civil rights reorganization, Of
fice of Minority Business, and
James McIntyre, acting direc
tor of OMB.
The President arrived at
approximately II a m and led
the discussions for another 45
minutes Mr Mitchell felt that
the meeting was constructive
and worthwhile Most benefi
cial, Mr Mitchell said, were
the President's discussions on
affirmative action, which he
said he would support
The black leaders who met
with the President were Ber
keley Burrell, president, Na
tional Business League, Wash
ington, DC.; Julilus Cham
bers, president, Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, Char
lotte. N C . Richard Hatcher,
Mayor, City of Gary, Gary,
Indiana. Dorothy Height, pre
sident, National Council of
Negro Women Inc . New York
N Y
Post Office
Will Close
Monday
By t ynthia Bell
Post Staff Writer
Business goes on as usual as
far as the L'.S Mail is con
cerned on Christmas Eve
Normal service will be pro
vided on Saturday, December
24. with collections being
made in main traffic arteries
and in business areas
On Sunday, Christmas Day.
holiday schedules for receipt
and dispatch of mail will be
observed Sunday box service
will still be provided and
special delivery service will
be provided for all perishable
goods.
All administrative oftices
will be closed on Monday.
December 26 in observance of
the National Legal Holiday.
Christmas There will not be
any window service at any of
the stations, ana there also
will be no regular delivery
service Again special delive
ry will only be made on
parcels with perishable mat
ter."
According to Willie Slraferd
o( the Post Office, collection
will be made on Monday in
designated residential and
business areas Additional col
lection will be made in these
as needed
A Self Service Postal Unit
will be operating at Amity
Gardens Shopping Center. A
merican Bank and Trust's
Fairview Road. Hickory Gro
ve. and Delta Road Branches.
Tryon Mall Shopping Center,
Independence Shopping Cen
ter. Ladisson Pluaa .' flopping
area, and West Trade Sta
lion's lobby
Stamp vending machines
will be available at all postal
stations
President Calk
For Part-nine
Employment
Responding to the Presi
dent's call for innovative
programs'' to expand oppor
tunities for men and women
seeking part-time employ
ment, the Civil Service Com
mission has instructed Fede
ral agencies to place the poli
cy into effect
The President noted that
‘ part time workers are an
important, but' relatively un
tapped national resource,"
and emphasized that ‘Older
people, those with faintly re
sponsibilities. the handicap
ped, students and others who
are unable to work full time
can be valuable additions to
an agency s permanent work
force "
In his memorandum, the
President directed the Civil
Service Commission to coor
dinate and report on the pro
gress of the part-time employ
ment effort Over the next
year, the CSC will evaluate the
progress achieved, problems
encountered and the need for
personnel policy changes The
Commission will also nrnvidp
recruiting assistance to agen
cies, and sponsor pilot studies
on various aspects of part
time employment
As a first step in implemen
ting the President's message,
the Commission has directed
agencies to develop and issue
an internal policy statement
on part-time employment Ci
ther steps agencies should
take include
o Surveying current funt ions
to determine those which can
be effectively performed by
part-time employees
o Inventorying current em
ployees to identify those inte
rested in a part-time work
schedule
o Restructuring jobs and work
schedules where appropriate
to create maximum opportu
nities for effective use of
part-time employees
There are currently ap
proximately 39,000 permanent
part time employees among
the more than 2 million Fede
ral civilian (non postal) work
ers
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