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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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