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*®**^^*raa By Bob Johnson Lunacs nflDDciunoi VIP PARTY—Darryl “Train” Taylor and Luke Vasser combined their efforts, time and skills last Sunday evening and superbly enter tained their friends at the VIP Lounge on Beatties Ford Road. At 3 p.m. it was obvious that much was going on inside because cars filled all the parking areas in the vicinity. Once inside it became even more obvious because of the infectious atmos jghere that hung like the sun at a noon day picnic. * * vu UQV13 UdCU Ills expertise on the disco d sound equipment to fe generate the boogie pa- | ce, while Darryl, Luke ? Eva and Leslie kept the guests content by taking •care of their refresh- j ment needs. I Caught up in the fever 1 of it all were Amanda j| Adams, Peggy Bittle, I Rose Sanders, Robert " Williams, William Sim- i mons, Beverly Cotton, * Hazel Freeman, Charles Hammon, Calvin Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Love, Marion Holsey, Mr. and Mrs. James Branch, El Weaver, Johnny Morrison, Shirley McKay, Randolph Ervin, Melanie Walker, Pam ela Moore, Joe Green, Hazel Herron, Ralph McDowell, Kenny Watson, William Foster, Robert McDonald, Cheryl McCain, Henry Bar nes, Tony Long, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Terry, Mr. and Mrs.Rodney Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Thompson. CLASS MEETING....The members of West Charlotte High School’s class of 1969 will meet at the Greenville Neighborhood Center, Sunday, March 19, at 6 p.m. to begin organizing a class reunion. Randolph Ervin who is spearheading the meeting is anticipating a sizeable turnout for Sunday’s meeting. Some of the probables at this point are Eleanor Davis, Mamie Fuller Massey, Harriet Reid, Alonzo Wilson, Alonzo Mackins Jr.,Lorraine “Berry, Marizetta Allison, Raeford Means, Abi gail FJanders,^regprw^sg,''jE^irpa; ^rooks, Doria Spears, Joyce Stevenson, Cynthia Grate Woods, Jimmietta Fullwood, Joseph Roberson, D.itU _r\_• »7_At, t.. i » i^avio, ucaucui nuuua, ricU Grier, Fred Davis, Herbert Guinn, Linda Feldor Ross, Lynetta Barnes Sowell, Willie Sowell, Karen Davis, Richard Blakeney, Terry Heath, Sylvia Hager, Harriet Johnson, Gwendolyn Tinner Long, and Wilma Gaines. NEW BIRTH....Early in 1978 Fran King and Veronica Thompson along with friends Wanda Johnson, Carolyn Mayes, Eleanor Firms, Cyn thia Wallace and Wilma Kinard formed a new organization. The Black Awakening Club was born from the sincere need for togetherness among people, with the major interest aimed at today’s children This is how Fran King sees it. The club’s first function will be an “Attic Sale” held Saturday, March 18, at 1700 Merriman Place, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and lasting until. SPRING GLAMOR....ETC. presents - “A Body Attitude Affair,” A Spring Fashion Show to be held at the Excelsior Club on Beatties Ford Road, Sunday evening, March 19, from 5 ’til 9 p.m. This exquisite manifestation of talent and beauty will feature some of Charlotte’s finest models Angela Grier, Jaren McCombs, Myrna <Lowe, Audrey Fee, Scottie McNair and Donna Sullivan modeling garments that can be pur chased at the show, which is something a little different. There will be other very inter sting characte risucs anoui mis snow. First, there will be no commentation, just a continuous flow of mu sic and fashions. Se cond, a full length suede coat will be given away to some lucky person. Then there will be a disco following the ihow. How about it? “It’ just a matter of taste.” James Byrd, owner and operator of ETC. BOUTIQUE, with his very lovely and very capable assistant Lo velia Weddington coordinated and arranged tbis extravaganza. Models were furn ished by Earne’s Ltd. DANCE AND PARTY....The Swanksmen of Groove Phi Groove sponsored a very chic affair last Friday night in the Mecklenburg Room of the Radisson Plaza Hotel. The Johnson C. Smith based group were honoring the young ladies that had just finished their initiation ceremonies. After the semi - formal dance at the Radisson Curtis Hallums and Willie McMahan involved a number of the guests in an after hours party at their apartment in the Countryside Apartment complex. w. Hodges Details Jobs Policy Calling jobs "a central issue to the people of North Carolina and the nation," Luther Hodges, Democratic candi date for the U.C. Senate, proposed Tuesday K( March 14) a four-point jobs policy that stresses private sector job creation and coordinated manpower development ef forts. Hodges, detailing his posi tion at a morning press con ference at his Charlotte area campaign headquarters, said his jobs policy has these elements: —econimic expansion and industrial diversification; —job and skill training and re training lor the underem ployed; —better coordination of manpower policy with fiscal and minetary policy at the natioanl level; —public service jobs for the structurally unemployed 'Hodges said such a policy was called for because "un employment is intolerable He added, unemployment contributes to a whole range of social ills. The coact of um employment both in monetary and human terms is truly staggering. That is why we must as a nation una ways to insure as full a level of emp loymeni as is leasiDle, and this must be a commitment of both the public and private sec tors" The candidate, a trained economist who worked for more than a decade in job training and manpower devel opment low' was through con tinued economic expansion at the state and national level and. locally, with industrial and agricultural diversifica tion. Hodges pointed out that North Carolina has a dedicat ed, highly motivated work force, but that with increased skills the state's labor force would be another attractive inducement for new industry. Hodges said that many job training programs have not worked well, but he noted that many other programs have compiled a good record of getting people trained for bet ter jobs. And, he said, such programs ought to be encou raged as an overall part of economic planning. "There is little doubt that better coordination of man power training programs and policy must be implemented at the national level," Hodges said. "We must integrate manpower policy with fiscal and monetary policy, and I say that programs which pro duce jobs for people are the best." The candidate also said that for the structurally unem ployed---people without the skills or education to hold a steady job—public sector em ployment provides a partial answer. He added that such jobs should be matched with identifiable needs Hodges said that as a U.S. Senator, he would use his experience to help fashion a coordinated manpower policy, and he said he would speake out strongly for support of job training programs at the local and state levels Hodges, 41, entered the De mocratic primary on Jan. 3 after announcing his candida cy on Sept. 7, 1977 Iiew Games Festival Seheduled The UNCC Venture Pro gram, Open House-Straight Up, Charlotte Drug Education Center, Charlotte Park and Recreation Department, and Mecklenburg 4-H are holding a New Games Festival for the Charlotte - Mecklenburg com munity on Sunday, April 9, trom 2 to 4 in the afternoon at Freedom Park. It's free and open to the entire community. "At a New Games Festival, you can play games you never heard of, replay some of your old favorites, or invent your own game and share it with everyone else.” Lee Reading. Director, UNCC Venture Pro gram. "Join in as we play games like Earthball, People Pass, Boffing, Snake-in-the-Grass, and Prui. You can play both competitive and non-competi live games, as well as varia tions of both. R’s pure fun." Cynthia Defravio and John McCall, Charlotte Drug Edu cation Center. "A New Games Festival is a way for everybody in our community to have fun and get to know each other better, by playing together. You can play a game with as few as two people, or hundreds of people can join together in the Lap Sit.” Roy Alexander, Mecklenburg 4-H Agent "In New Games’ everyone plays first string It doesn't matter how big or old you are, there are games for everybo dy from Little Leaguers to Little Old Ladies.’’ •‘Woody’ Woodward, Director, Open House Straight-Up Program. Share an afternoon of fun and activity, in a spirit of cooperation. Bring your games, your family and fri ends and lots of energy HOWARD’S ALUMNI The Charlotte Chapter of the Howard University Alumni association will meet Tues day, March 21 at 7:30 p m The meeting will be held in Dr. George Lowe's office on the second floor of the East Independence Plaza Building, 951 S. Independence Boule vard. For more information, con tact Ervin Gibson at 334-6436 At 1\eighborluHMl Centern Women’s Health Days Planned The Neighborhood Centers Department tNCD), along with the Mecklenburg County Health Department, Planned Parenthood and W'GIV Radio, is sponsoring two women's Health Days at NCD sites. The first will be held Satur day, April 1 from 9 a m to 3 p.m. at Belmont Center, 700 Park wood Avenue; the se cond, April 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Amay James Center, 2415 Lester Street Women's Health Days are free to all females 12 or older on a lirst-come, first-served basis No appointment is ne cesary, but all participants should come as early as pos sible. About 30 agencies will provide health care services to an expected 600-700 Char lotte-Mecklenburg women. Among the services being offered are: pap smears; go norrhea cultures; breast examinations and the tea ching «of breast self-examina tions; sickle cell and hyper tension testing; contraceptive education, education in child birth, breastfeeding and pa renting; and discussions on "The Parent Place" and "Dealing With Emotional Stress Women will be met at the door by a trained counse lor, join a small group and remain with that counselor and group for the 1‘2 hours it takes to move through the comprehend i ve progra rn These Health bays keynote the opening of contraceptive clinics at the neighborhood level: •Planned Parenthood ot Grea ter '"bqrintte will operas two contraceptive clinics week!-, a( Belmont Center beginning m early May. Call 377-0841 tor more information The Family Planning Clinic of the Mecklenburg County Health Department will open a weekly contraceptive- fami ly planning clinic at Amay James Center in mid-April For more information, call 374-2613. KELLER I Ornamental Iron J Storm Security i Doors M Mrs. Jordan Hosts Garden Club The home of Mrs. Lillian Jordan was the site for the March meeting of the Wash ington Heights Garden Club recently. Presiding was Mrs. Lois Scott. Planning flower borders which would last from early spring through fall was the evening s topic, and Mrs. Gertrude Williams gave a demonstration on the subject. She explained how as one set of blooms fades another should be ready to replace them and showed photographs to illustrate. Plans were also discussed for a “Waistline Ralley” in April and a "Dress Raffle" in May. There are plans for a tour of club member's gar dens in April and May. Washington Heights Garden Club will entertain the Council of Garden Clubs the fourth Wednesday in April Members present at the Marctonneeting were Mrs Lois Scott, Mrs. Edethel Cho ate. Mrs. W'illiet Patterson, Mrs Gertrude Williams. Mrs. Maude Smalls. Mrs. Lillian Jordan. Mrs. Essie Stovall. Mrs. Jessie Lee Hamlin, Mrs. • Cora Gaither. Mrs. Viola Alli son. MfS. Nancy English. Mrs Lillie Carter and Mrs Jannie Pride. The hostess served mem bers refreshments followimg the meeting. The April meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. W'illiet Patterson, 1204 Cam pus Street. Subscribe to the Charlotte Post! Your support helps! Bob Johnson Audrey Fee ...Pretty model 1 WRONG CLUb irtuuL'itLa I neaancK man.in (second irom ngnt),south east area manager, Coca Cola USA, is inducted as a member of the 100 Percent Right Club, which honors people who have diligently supported the 100 Percent Wrong Club throughout the years. Following his induction at the 100 Percent Wrong Club’s 43rd Annual All-Sports Jamboree held recent ly in Atlanta, Martin was congratulated by (left to right) Tommy Gregory,Equal Em ployment Opportunities coordinator,Coca Cola USA; and Ceasar Wallace, district manager,cnanotte Coca-Cola Bottling Com pany The 100 Percent Wrong Club, which was formally organized in 1953, surveys the national sports scene at the end of each football season and selects for recognition and awards the teams and individuals who have excelled in sports Originally launched by the Sports Department of the Atlkanta Daily World, the Club has grown from a small self-centered membership program to a nationally heralded activity whose annual highlight is the All-Sports Jamboree. Just in time for Easter I Shopping! DISCOUNT PRICES ON NAME BRANDS! I 1520 PROVIDE NCI ROAD PARKING GREATLY IMPROVED!! I Take advantage of] the Tax Credit. Keller also makes ! Security Window Guards. 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