Mt Carmel To Host Baptist Conference The eighth annual session of the American Baptist Chur ches of the South will meet in Charlotte April 5-8, with Mount Carmel Baptist Church hosting. According to Rev. Leon Riddick, pastor of -Mount Carmel and first vice-presi dent of the convention, the three day convention will be held at the Sheraton Center, 555 South McDowell St. Registration will begin at 5 p.m on Wednesday, April 5 The opening session will begin at 9:30 a m. April 6 with Dr J. Bruce Evans, president, pre siding. Highlights of the three day convention will include an address at 12:45 p.m. on April 6 by Dr. Robert Bratcher, translator of the American “ible Society and at 8 p.m that evening the Mount Car mel choirs will appear in concert. Workshops will be held April 7, beginning at 9 a m., and will include such topics as Vouth and the Church", "Death and Dying", "Black Theology,” “The Meaning of Martin Luther King for the Black Experience", "On Be ing a Woman in Today's World,” "The Church and Community Action," "Role ol the Lay Person in the Church’ , “Living Hopefully Here and Now" and “Mana ging Time in Church Involve ment”. At 8 p.m. that evening a banquet featuring Dr. Carlyle Mamey, executive director of Interpreters House and for mer pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church will be held. Music will be by the handbeli choir of St. John’s Baptist Church. The closing session on April 8 will hear Dr. H. Beecher Hicks Jr., pastor of Metropoli tan Baptist Church, Washing ton, D.C Applications For Dental Program CHAPEL HILL-The dental assisting progam at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accepting appli cations for the class which starts June 26. The 10-month certificate program is open to any indivi dual who is a graduate of an accredited high school with at least a “C” average. All students successfully completing the program will be eligible to take the National Board for Ceritfication of den tal assistants. The need for dental assi stants is increasing rapidly . and opportunities for em r ployment are varied, says Ethel Earl, director of the UNC-CH program. Dental as sistants presently are emplo yed in private, specialty, gro up and hospital dental prac tices; government and third party payment services; and dental assisting education. The UNC-CH dental assis ting program accepts 60 stu dents each year. Deadline for applications is May 1. Applications can be obtain ed by writing to; Admissions Office, UNC-CH School of Dentistry, Brauer Hall 211H, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514. Mrs. Minnie Barron of 300 Solomon, retired domestic worker, is taking advantage of the beautiful spring weather to prune iup her shrubberies. An avid gardemer, Ms. Barron has also started work on her small patch. I 1 ■■■"" ========= OMEGA TALENT HUNT PARTI(IPA> l> —Memorial l nited Presbyterian (.hnrch Omega Talent Hunt Honors By Cynthia Bell Post Staff Writer The Pi Phi Chapter of Ome ga Psi Phi Fraternity recently held its Talent Hunt at Memo rial United Presbyterian Church on Beatties Ford Road. Participants were from the Junior and Senior High Schools in the area. Smith Turner, IV was the winner in the Senior Division and Leah Kay Kendrick was the winner in the Junior Division. Accord ing to R.D. Spear, these local winners will compete in the district competition in Win ston-Salem, and these winners will go to the national compe tition to be held in Denver, Colorado during the national Conclave in the summer of 1979. All the participants in this vear’s Talent Hunt were pian ists. Junior Division partici pants were winner Leah Kay Kendrick who played “Knight Rupert" by Robert Shoemann, first runner up Gerald Van Lenoir who played “Rondo" by Wolgang A. Mozart, second •nutoiei1 Up Tarry Regina Mar tin who played “Twelve No bles (Vost Nobles)’’ by Franz Schubert, and Shana Lorraine Ervin who played “The Horse man” bv Robert Shoemann. Smith Turner, IV who was the Senior Division winner played “Romance” by Jeab Subelius, first runner up Dar ryll Romaine Ervin played “Revolutionary Etude’’ by Frederick Chopim second runner up Terry Brown played "Rolonaise Militaire" by Fre derick Chopin, and Gayle Har ris played “Nocturne Op. 9" also by Frederick Chopin Winners of the frist three places received plaques for their superior talents Certifi cates for participation were awarded to all participants. Pi Phi Chapter rendered musical selections while the judges were making their de cisions. Their selections in cluded “King Jesus Is A Lis tening,” "I Hear A Voice A Praying,” “One World," “Some Enchanted Evening," “Catch A Falling Star," “De Zoel Hargrave Named General Chairman Zoel S. Hargrave Jr. has been named general Chair 'tinan of the McCrorey Branch YMCA’s Annual Membership Campaign for 1978. Hargrave, a longtime leader in civic and community cir cles and a YMCA board mem ber for several years, has agreed to head a team of some 80 campaigners for the eight week campaign. Hargraves recently com pleted a three year stint as Chairman of McCrorey YMCA's Board of Managers, is active in his church and fraternity. ep River." and Jesus Walk This Lonesome Valley." A reception followed the Talent Hunt in the Reception Hall of the Church. The Quet tes who are the wives and girlfriends of Omegas spon sored this reception. They served punch and cookies for refreshments Pi Phi Chapter which is the Charlotte graduate chapter of Omega Psi Phi is the largest chapter in the southeast. It currently has 2(H) active mem bers. Odell W Robinson is Basileus. O.N Freeman and James F Richardson are Vice Basileis, Tony Singletary is Keeper of Records and Seal William B McMiIlian is Assis tant Keeper of Records and Seal. George Anderson is Kee per of Finance, R.D. Spears is Editor to Oracle, Nigel M. Ayton is Chaplain, and Robert Faulkner is Keeper of Peace I A, 4 W "rtHLUl 1fc. HOST-Page 7 At A may James Center District 3 Constituents To Voice Their Concerns By Sidney Moore Post Staff WRiter Citizens from predominate ly black Charlotte City Council District 3 will have a chance to voice their concerns at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 3. This month's "Meeting in The Neighborhoods" wflT be held at Amay James Recrea tion Center, Lester St The site is off West Blvd., left on Amay James Ave And then right of Lester, said a statement from the Public Service and Infor mation Department of the city. Under a new policy initiated by the recently elected coun cil, meetings are held the first Monday of each month in the neighborhoods at convenient locations. Each of the seven dictrict representatives has a chance to host a meeting to learn the concerns of his or her constituents as well as to expose other councilper sons to conditions of his seg ment of the community. Councilman Ron Leper, al so an assistant manager with B &• B Contracting Compa ny. will conduct a tour thro ugh district 3 for othe council persons and the press at 3 p.m. Leeper wants the 11 member council to become more aware of city facilities and problems within his district. He said the council will view the condition of housing, park areas, vacant lots, and other sites. At the "Citizens Hearing”, districts residents will get the chance to make sure council members understand how they feel about the toured area. "Hopefully, citizens will come out and show that they are concerned," said Leeper. Leeper is one of three blacks ^elected in tne 1977 General Ron Lee per ...City Councilman Election. He and Charlie Dan nelly represent districts and Harvey Gantt serves at large Because of the new system I c-eeper Believes Srp nh7„s council acuon Following the hearn [fle council will convene this ,u lar meeting to consider i'^s that are yet to be announc on the agenda Leeper expect that the 8 p.m meeting will include discussions on residen tial drainage created by com mercial development and the bond referedum being planned in connection with Airport construction. Subscribe to the Charlotte Post! 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