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VOL.4NO.36 CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA-28208-Thursday. March 16. lt»78 Price 25c
LOVELY BONITA STANTON
~~JCSU domitory director
Friendly Bonita Stanton
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
by Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
It’s taken a while, but The
Post Beauty of the Week,
Bonita Stanton, has finally got
used to the friendly ways of
people in Charlotte. “It was so
funny to meet people on the
street who smiled and spoke to
me even though thev’d never
£ seen me before,” she said.
” “And the way the bus drivers
know thejr risers and chat
with them was really a new
thing to me. People where I
come from don't act that
way,” the pretty former Bos
tonian added.
Bonita moved here last fall
after first visiting briefly to
check out what Charlotte had
to offer. She said she'd drea
med of moving south one day
to settle permanently and so
far thinks Charlotte is the
place to be.
A graduate of Boston State
College with a degree in Afro
American Studies, Bonita said
one of the things she's found
less than ideal here is the job
situation. Employed now as a
dormitory director at Johnson
University, she's
searching for something whi
ch will make better use of her
training and skills. “In Bos
ton,” she explained there are
more jods and more programs
to help the individual assess
their capabilities and direct
them to the proper avenues”.
As a member of a close-knit
family, with parents who mo
tivated the children to a
chieve, Bonita uses the same
thinking when dealing with
her own two daughters, Shavi,
7, and Akida, 4.
“My parents weren’t college
educated but my father had a
skill so I guess you could
consider us middle-class", she
said. “We were encouraged tc
get as much education as we
could but they didn't really
know how to help us in the
selection of courses and the
people at school who were
supposed to be counselors
weren’t much help at all.
“Ac q pocnlt 1 huH I a Ha 3 lot
of trail and error and wasted a
lot of time and energy I d
like to be sure 1 can give my
daughters the kind of cousel
ing that will be beneficial to
them. If they decide not to go
to college I want them to know
the other options open to them
so they can be prepared tc
live, full rewarding lives doing
whatever they choose.”
Bonita has found a degree ir
Afro-American Studies hare
to market and is thinking o
taking courses to prepare her
self for the business world, ai
area which is becoming in
creasingly attractive to man;
young blacks. We advised he
too contact Woman Reach a
Central Piedmont which i
doing a tremendous job help
ing women determine caree
directions.
Getting settled in a ne\
environment and caring fc
Shavi and Akida doesn’t leav
Bonita much time for anj
thing else but she hopes t
soon become involved in cu
tural, political and civic act
vities the way she was i
Boston. Things are a littl
rocky now but she’s confidei
that “with the help of th
warm, friendly people I'v
met here and my own stror
determination, things wi
work out .”
Howell, Adams Are
Beauty Contest Winners
Cheryl Howell and Bertha
Adams were the respective
winners in the second and
third week of The Charlotte
Post Beauty of the Year Con
test.
They both will receive extra
points and an expense paid
evening on the town with a
companion for leading in the
weekly tallies. Ms. Adams
wins this week for the second
time.
The next four places are
occupied by Alice Bannon,
Charlotte Gordon, Cheryl Ho
well and Pamela Allison
The contest is at the half
way mark now and if you've
been meaning to help your
favorite contestant, you’d bet
ter get a move on because
time is slipping away.
If you plan to renew your
own subscription or wish to
give a gift to someone away
from home now is the time to
do it and help some young lady
win cash and prizes.
But don’t hesitate! Use the
handy blank in the Post, or
contact one of the contestants
before it’s too late.
^Carolina Action To Meet
On Car Insurance Rate
The Carolina Action la spon
soring a General Meeting on
the Car Insurance Rate in- (
crease on Thursday, March
23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Down
town Public Library on 310 N.
' Try on St.
According to Mac Mc
Reight, organizer for Carolina
Action, the topic for this gene
ral meeting is to "center on
the general insurance in
crease that has been passed
by legislature and is to be
come effective on April 1.” He
goes on to comment that
"many persons do not under
stand the various unethical
rate increases proposed by the
different insurance industries
on classified high risk drivers
Thus, the purpose of the mee
ting is to inform and educate
the public.”
He goes on to point out tha
all Charlotte drivers will have
to pay a 10 per cent increase
and those being classied ai
high risk drivers will have t«
pay a 21 per cent increase
And of the estimated 48,00<
drivers in Charlotte, an ap
proximate 5,000 will be classi
fied as high risk.
Conforming to this, Dav
Gardener, member of the Ac
tion Executive Board, stated
"Many persons are place
under the classification c
high risk and are unknov
ledgeabie to the reasons invo
ved. They are not aware thi
the reasons are merely arb
trary.” He went on to point ou
that many drivers are place
as high risks drivers not b<
cause of theHrivlng violations
they liave accumulated a
results of tramc violations
accidents, speeding tiling
-of this nature “Many wer
caterogized,” as Gardene
continued, "Because they
were Black, or single, or eve
divorced
Dr, Samuel DuBois Cook:
Black Colleges May Well Be
Salvation Of Black Youths
Voter
Registration
Drive Set
The Plaza Hills-Villa
Heights Community Im
provement Committee, an af
filiate of Carolina Action, is
sponsoring a voter registra
tion day Sunday, April 2, in
order to boost Black registra
tion in District 1.
“During the primaries last
September, we were repeated
ly told that District 1 was the
poorest district, both in terms
of income and in terms of
registered voters,” commen
ted Plaza Hills sDokesman
Jean Williams. “This is de
spite the fact that District 1 is
the laeest district in terms of
population. We did a study of
our neighborhood and got a
list this thick of people who
were not registered. That's
one of the reasons we’ve been
overlooked by Council. P-VCIC
hopes to get people on the
books and begin to turn this
around.
The group, which has been
active in fights to eliminate
abandoned housing, extend
more CD help to the neigh
borhood, and get a safe
route for children going to
Plaza Road School, intends to
flyer, doorknock, and make
phone calls to get voters
registered We re contacting
the ministers in the area to
get them to devote part of
their sermons to voter regi
stration," said new co-chair
person Carolyn Hamrick. She
and JoAnn Delaney were elec
ted leaders ot the group at a
neighborhood meeting on
i March 7.
A registrar from the Board
' of Elections will put people's
' names on the voting rolls at
t Parkwood C.M.E.' Institutio
> nal Church, Parkwood and
- N. Allen Sts., between the
r hours of 1 and 4 that Sunday.
, Independence Plaza
r
8 To House
o
• County Offices
n The Mecklenburg County
e Council of Aging and the Com
it mission on the Status of Worn
e en offices will be relocated to
e the East Independence Plaza
g building. 951 South Indepen
II dence Boulevard, effective
Monday, March 13.
SENATORIAL CANDIDATE IXTHER HODGES
_If illi 1111)0 director Tom Staton
A bout Meighborhoods
Hodges Expresses Concerns
by Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
"Your concern about the
quality of life in the neighbor
hoods is equally my concern,"
Luther Hodges, a candidate
for the U S. Senate, told about
70 people in attendance at a
wine and cheese sip at the
Charlottetown Mall's com
munity meeting room on
Monday evening.
"We need someone to fight
for North Carolina and the
City of Charlotte, not some
ideological viewpoint." Hodg
es added. This comment was
apparently in reference to the
conservative ideological
views of Republican Senator
Jesse Helm Hodges is one of
eight Democrat hopefuls who
will run in the May 2 Primary
seeking the right to oppose
.Senator Helms in the Novem
ber general election.
The meeting was billed as
an opportunity for Charlotte's
neighborhood leaders to ex
press their views on what they
think a Senator should do,
especially for neighborhoods
Admittedly, this did not work
because "Neighborhoods, by
definition, are geared to local -
issues," said Dennis Hash, an <
organizer of the party, "and i
most believe such issues are '
solved at the local level."
In spite of the apparent
reasons for a small audience.
Hodges said that as a Senator
he would encourage busi
nessmen to play a larger role
in neighborhood renovation ef
forts like Fourth Ward. He
added that while he's coasid
ing solutions to show how
federal programs might be
helpful to neighborhoods, he
said "I would want to do
something about over regula
tion by government.
Hodges began his informal
remarks before responding to
questions by noting. "I happen
to think I'm going to be your
next Senator And this excites
me in part because Charlotte
has not been a very political
place in spite of the issues we
face as a nation and a state
and a city, issues such as
inflation and unemployment I
want to help North Carolina
and to make it understandable
that while Charlotte is the 50th
largest city in the L' S A it has
had no representation in over
0 years." Hodges hopes to
hange all of that. He noted
hat one step in this direction
could be that as a Senator he
could open an office in Char
otte as a means of improving
he city representation in
"ongress
Li.N OTHER ISSUES
HODGES:
11 expressed concern about
HEW's pressures and ap
proaches to integrating UNC
This should be done by im
proving the quality of the
secondary schools to get more
(ollegehound blacks and by
strengthening programs at the
state's five predominately
black colleges;
21 said HEW should stop
attacking the tobacco industry
at a time when we need so
many jobs and encourage
more government spending on
medical research
3i said. "I want to help end
the tragic gulf between the
private and public sectors I
want to help close this to prove
the private sector can do
more, and
41 noted that urban crime,
black teenage unemployment
and traffic congestion had led
him to tell "businessmen that
it's time we got more involvec
in politics "
“10" C.runade To
Add l‘r«#4iire On
Provident (iarter
Bases will leave the campus
of Johnson C.Smith University
at midnight Friday,March 17
and head for Washington, D C
carrying supporters of th«
Wilmington 10 At noon or
Saturday,a march on the
White House is planned ant
organizers hope that thou
sands will attend from across
the United States
The following day, Sunday
March 19, CBS 60 Minutes wil
air an update of the celebrate*
case at 7 p m
Tickets for the bus trip ma
be purchased for $15
Additional information m
be obtained by cqjhng 372-ZT
ext 242, before 5 pm ar
392 3321 or 334-2728 after 6 p n
Mechanics And Farmers Bank
!
i
. Promotes Three Employees Here
Walter S Tucker, Sandra S.
Heartley and Darryl F. Sims
i were among employees whose
- promotions were announced
, when the 89th Annual Stock
I holders Meeting of Mechanics
f and Farmers Bank was held
r. recently The Annual Report
I of the President was also
il presented at that meeting and
- stockholders elected directors
t for the ensuing year.
1 Tucker was promoted from
h Vice President-Manager of
, the Charlotte operations to
s Senior Vice President at Char
, lotte. He is a 1955 graduate of
a Virginia State College in Pe
e tersburg, Va. and a 1967 grad
r uate of Stonier Graduate Scho
ol of Banking at Rutgers Uni
n versity. An employee of the
bank since 1957, Tucker has
served at the Raleigh Office
from 1962 until 1968 when he
was elected Vice Presi
dent-Manager of the bank's
Charlotte operations.
Mrs Heart ley was promot
ed to Vice President-Manager
of the Charlotte operations
She is a 1964 graduate of
Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Va and has been employed
since 1972 in various capaci
ties including Assistant Cas
hier since 1977 She is a
member of the AIB Board of
Governors at Charlotte and
the Hornets Nest Girl Scout
Council.
Darryl Sims was promoted
from Head Teller to Assistant
Cashier of the Charlotte ope
rations A 1971 graduate of
Harding High, Sims has been
m. w
an employee of the bank since
1973 and is currently enrolled
at Central Piedmont Com
munity College.
Assets for Mechanics and
Farmers Bank at the end of
1977 were $42,447,828 com par
ed to $41,404,817 at the end of
1976- an increase of 2.52 per
cent Operating Earnings for
the year also increased 71 29
per cenf for $169,096 to $289,643
representing Net Income be
fore taxes Deposit Growth
during the year was $796,000
more than deposits held at the
end of 1976. During the year,
the Bank opened a new full
service branch in Raleigh,
N C known as the Rock Quar
ry Road Branch bringing to
eight the number of offices
operated in the Charlotte, Ra
Walter Tucker
Senior vice president
leigh and Durham areas So
far this branch has generated
See MAF on page 4
Schools Are
Vital Part
Of Our Life
Special to The Post
"Black colleges ma\ well be
the salvation ot black youth
and a master instrument of
'he salvation, fulfillment, and
redemption of America." ac
cording >o Dr Samuel DuBois
Cook, president of Dillard
University
Speaking to a faculty-stu
dent assembly in Lawless
Memorial Chapel on the sub
ject "Black Colleges for
What?." Dr Cook's counter
part was "White Colleges for
What'.’." and pointed out that
"Black colleges are 'black'
only in the sense that white
colleges are white '
He said. "By the phrase
black colleges is meant those
institutions of higher learning
that have historically served
black people and continue
primarily to serve black peo
ple. By the same token white
colleges have historically serv
ed white people and continue
primarily to serve white pen
pie "
t .f/l, nil to I if- I 'ru . L- I K<>
symbols "black and
white" have nothing to do with
educational quality, academic
substance, oi intellectual con
tent and form
Dr. Took said "The term
"black college" has nothing to
do with the great soc al and
moral issues of segregation,
desegregation, and Integra
lion By the term "black col
lege," nothing is affirmed or
meant about racism, segrega
tion. or exclusion of human
beings on arbitrary grounds "
He continued, "Black col
leges have been models of
democracy, integration, plu
ralism. and equality of oppor
tunity in education Black col
leges have never been segre
gating institutions We have
never rejected anyone tor
admission, employment,
promotion, or anything else
because of race, creed, color
or nationality
According to the Dillard
University president. "Black
colleges are always called
upon to justify themselves but
not white colleges But the
logic of justification is the
same for white institutions of
higher learning as it is lor
black institutions of higher
learning
Dr Took then pointed out
that it is strange but nothing
is ever said almut inferior
while colleges, and umversi
ties There are numerous
white institutions of higher
learning that are indeed "a
cademic disaster areas" and a
radical offense to the haunting
and stern idea of academic
excellence The vast majority
UI UlldtU CUIICU III
this country are white, not
black "
The Morehouse College a
lumnus and former professor
of political science at Duke
University, since assuming
the office of president at Dil
lard, has been an advocate of
academic excellence to the
point that it is becoming the
password He said "Excellen
ce has nothing whatever to do
with race, color, or ethnicity
Academic excellence is abso
* lutely color-blind It is a func
lion of ideals, performance
y and achievement rather than
the accident of race or color "
y Dr Cook stressed the ur
0 gency and necessity of pre
d serving and strengthening,
1 See SCHOOL on page 6
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