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LOVELY PÀM DAVIS
...South Mecklenburg junior
Pam Davis Is '
Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
This week's beauty is Pam
Davis, a junior at South Meck
lenburg High School.
Patn's ambition after grad
uation is to attend fashion
school in Atlanta to become a
dfrnaflgel. .
fgtteve clashes," she»said,
"mil 1 decided that becoming
a model would suit me."
Another deciding factor she
mentioned is that people often
compliment her on her
appearance.
In the event that things
change their course, Pam's
alternate career preference is
to work with children.
"I love children," she said
emphatically, "Oh, I do!" In
her spare time, she usually
babysits.
Pam likes to play tennis,
swim, roller skate, go to
school discos after games and
attend parties given by her
friends. She also has another
unusual interest..
ily father owns his own
upnolstery business," she
said, "and sometimes I like to
go there and sew."
Responding to the question
of whether or not she likes
school, Pam exclaimed, "Oh
yes. school is one of my main
things." Her favorite subjects
are math, English and a child
development class, respect
ively. Pam said that her
mother, a math teacher at
Sterling Elementary School,
aided in the development of
her interest in ma'
Being the your of three
girls, 16-year-old Pam (her
« birthday is next month) said,
™ "I seem to get more attention
and concern. My family likes '
for me to be involved in things,
but they like for my school
work to come first."
Pam recalls that the happ
iest time in her life was when
she was "old enough to date." '
Last summer was another
momentous occasion when she.
worked at Carowinds. "It was
my very first Job," she said.
"I loved meeting people and
there was a lot to meet down
at Carowinds."
Pa m considers herself to be
very friendly and to get along
with practically everyone she
meets. She said that she likes
to talk with her friends and
help them with their pro
blems.
Two weeks ago, Pam and
her family test «-dur, close
friend in the form of a dog
named Apollo. "We had him
for a long time," Pam said.
"The family really misses
him."
Given one wish to be grant
ed if only it could, Pam said,
unselfishly, "I wish the whole
world would straighten out so
that everyone could get along
and that there would be no
more disruptions in the
world."
Pam is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Davis.
Long Holiday
Period Awaits
CMS Students
All Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools will be closed at the
end of the school day on
Thursday, December 21, for
the Christmas holidays which
will extend through New
Year's Day. The Education
Center and other offices will
be closed December 22, 25, 26,
and January 1.
The School System, consist
ing of approximately 107
schools with an estimated
79,000 students in attendance,
will reopen and resume nor
mal scheduling on January 2.
WttMNK
A Men who brags without
J SHAME will find «reat diffi
culty in living op to hit BRAG
G1NG
State Gets
$384,726
Grant
Governor Hunt and David
Caldwell, Director of the At
lanta Region, U.S. Civil Serv
ice Commission, jointly
announced Monday the
approval of a want award in
the amcnt of $384,726 to the
State o. North Carolina.
This award, which is match
ed with 50 percent of State and
local funds, will support pro
jects designed to improve per
sonnel and administrative
management in State agenc
ies and in local governments
At the State level, projects
include: the expansion of an
executive development pro
gram for key state officials, a
career development training
program, and a skills inven
tory system for applicant
referral. Projects for local
governments include: person
nel assistance for cities and
counties in the area of classi
fication and other personnel
advisory services, a manage
ment audit, and an extensive
training program for state and
local employees throughout
North Carolina.
uiner provisions of the
Intergovernmental Personnel
Act include: the admission of
State and local government
employees to Federal training
courses; graduate fellowships
for employees in administra
tive, professional and techni
cal occupations; technical
assistance in a wide range of
personnel services; and the
mobility program which
allows for the temporary
Interchange at employees be
tween the Federal govern
ment and State, local jurisdic
tions and institutions of higher
education. Six Federal
employees are currently on
assignments in North Carolina
and twenty-five employees of
the State are on assignments
with the Federal eovenunent.
Business Workshop
Increasing your small busi
ness, cash flow and protecting
your business against crime
will be the topics of a free
workshop held .Saturday, Dec.
16.
PHOTOGRAHPER JAMES MCCULLOUGH
captured the idle buses of the City Transit
System waiting gingerly for the settlement of
the strike that is entering its fourth week
Meanwnue, aowntown businesses and the
poor people who ride the buses are facing a
bleak Christmas.
With Health Problems
UNC-CH Program Trains Church
Members To Help Congregation
Dy Beverly H. Mills
Special To The Post
CHAPEnHTLL-Thé depart
ment of health education at
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill School of
Public Health will develop a
community health education
program with a $10,260 com
munity service and continuing
education grant from the Uni
versity of North Carolina
under Title I of the Higher
Education Act.
The program, which has
been set up in Chatham Coun
ty, may be used as a demon
stration model for other areas
of the state.
Three members from eight
churches in a six-mile radius
of Siler City are participating
in the program, said Dr. John
W. Hatch, UNC-CH associate
professor of health education
and program director. These
representatives are learning
Rood health practices in order
to deal with problems such as
hypertension and diabetes.
"We ïëàTize that advice Is
important in the process of
seeking help, and health be
haviors are influenced by peo
ple who are perceived as
knowledgeable," Hatch said.
"We selected people from
churches because churches
are usually the center for
community cohesiveness "
Several things demonstrate
that the small, rural church is
the focal point of a commu
nity, Hatch said. Communities
are often named for churches,
and vice versa Also, mem
bers of these churches usually
belong to a small number of
extended families.
"We asked these churches
to select from the congregat
ion persons who give advice or
who are leaders to participate
in a series of sessions on high
risk health problems "
When the sessions have been
completed. Hatch said each of
the communities will have
three persons who ere know
ledgeable about community
resources to help control
health problems and what
individual families and com
munities can do to manage
them.
The participants are also
learning how to run movie
projectors and lead small
group sessions so they will be
able to conduct their own
workshops to help educate the
rest of the community.
They are being given infor
mation about nutrition and
proper diets that often accom
pany a particular health con
dition, Hatch said. The impor
tance of social support that
members of the tamily,
church and community can
give a person who is having to
adjust to new habits is also
stressed
Working on the program
with Hatch are Chatham
County resident Margaret
Brown, community co-ordina
tor, and UNC-CH graduate
students Marquis Eure and
Kate Iyovelace, assistant com
munity co-ordinators
Before coming to UNC-CH
in 1970, Hatch was associate
director of a rural health
program in Mississippi He is
currently working on another
rural health program in Chat
ham County and one in Africa.
Presbyterian
Pediatrics Set
Chrietmae Party
The annual Presbyterian
Hospital Pediatrics Cnrisimas
party will be held this year on
Saturday, December 18,
beginning at 2 ρ m in the
hocpital auditorium
Entertainment will include
the Carolina Clowns, dancers
from the Groae School of
Dancing, Trey Vaughn a
young Charlotte magician, as
well as a visit from .Santa
Claus who will give each child
a present
"3* To Be Released Before Christmas?
by Susan Ellsworth
Poet Staff Writer
WiU the Charlotte Three be
among those prisotNn to ben
ei t front the traditional pack
age of pardons handed out by
the governor?
Officials are predicting that
the Three may be released
before Christmas
"Pressure la quietly mount
ing," for Oovernwr James
Hunt to take action, according
to throe officials In the Hunt
administration
The Charlotte Three were
convicted ia &rz of burning a.
riding stable in 19M
Governor Hunt is receiving
.pressurefrom the North Caro
tin· Human Relations Council
(which he appointed) to com-'
mute the sentences to time
already served in prison,
ascertained the officials.
Other administration insid
ers discount the likelihood of
Governor Hunt pardoning the
civil rights sctivists or reduc
ing their sentences.
The Charlotte Three have
been designated ss political
prisoner* by groups and indi
ama 78
TJ. Roddy
...In prison
vidua U throughout the world.
Group· such m Amnesty
International have asked Hunt
to pardon the Three.
A Charlotte newspaper dis
covered in 1974, witnesses
against the Three were paid
94,000 in casn nod given prose
cution favors for their testi
mony
Jim Grant, T.J Reddy, and
Charlie Parker were engaged
in draft counseling with young
blacks at the time of the
convictions. Since their impri
sonment support for a pardon
has increased.
Thirty-six law professors
from three state law schools
sent Hunt a letter in mid-Nov
ember requesting a pardon.
"We are concerned that the
procedures by which the con
victions of these persons were
I obtained deprived them of a
fair trial and cast grave doubt
^ on their guilt." the latter read.
"The improper procedures
used in this case began with
the actions of federal and not
state officers," the letter con
tinued.
Sixty professors at North
Carolina State University
attracted state and national
attention through media expo
sure wben they asked Gover
nor Hunt to pardon the Three
The Charlotte City Council
has indicated that there is
little or no local resistance to
the three being pardoned. The
council adopted a resolution
urging Hunt to grant the Char
lo^te Three a pardon
' Candfenght March Planned
• Support«n of UN Wilmlng
tan 10 and Charlotte a will hold
a candMight march In down
tow· Charlotte on Friday,
D*C. 15 beginning at the Main
Library at 5:30 pm The
march will proceed down
lYyon to the Square where a
brief rally will be held
The march will be led by is
individuals «hrooded In black
symbolizing the injuatice·
done to the 1,3 defendant*
Sponsored by People United
for Justice, the march will be
a public appeal m Gov .lames
Hunt to take action on the two
caaea before Christmas The
human ri*hti organization ia
calling for pardona of inno
cence for the 13 civil rights
activist* Traditionally, the
Governor grants pardons be
fore the holidav
Managers Estimate Business
Has Decreased By 50 Percent
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
On a crisp, clear December
afternoon, downtown Char
lotte is frequently a scene of
busy shoppers bustling about
from store to store As many ι
as 75 people have been known
to congregate at the corner of
Trade and Tryon Street
waiting for buses-but that
hasn't happened in a while.
There's hardly anyone now
when the store is usually
jam-packed for this time of
the year," said Mrs Broad
nax, co-manager of The Bad
Man, a men's clothing store
This description could apply
to almost all of the shops along
Tryon Street since the begin
ning of the bus strike. Busi
ness in downtown Charlotte
has dec 1 ined drastica 1 ly Peo
ple who were dependent' upon
buses to transport them down
town cannot get there to shop.
Many business managers
estimated a decrease of 50
percent and some as high as 70
percent below their sales for
the 1977 Christmas Season.
The Style Setter, a men's
shop, usually has 300-400 shop
,pers a day; that number has
now dwindled to a possible 10
daily, according to manager
David Goings. The strike has
resulted in a loss of at least
(3.000 in sales weekly, Goings
ascertained.
... Other-businesses have suf
fered more severe losses
Friedman's Jewelers, which
typically services 80 custom
ers a day during the Christ
mas season, according to
manager. Clinton Preston, is
down to 25 customers a day.
$12,000 since the strike began
and now is $1.500 daily.
Friedman's Jewelers has
been in existence for 54 years.
Although all downtown bus
inesses have been curtailed,
some are more fortunate than
others
ine nig siores are noi
affected like the little stores,"
asserted Ron Bliss, manager
of Mr High Style His state
ment is especially true of
downtown Woolworth's which
has experienced oniy a 15-25
percent decline in business,
and credited this compara
tively small reduction to a
good lunchtime business most
ly from office workers
What actions are business
men taking to entice custom
ers into making an extended
effort to shop downtown-*
Stores like the Style Setter,
are offering discounts The
managers of the Soul Shack, a
record mart, and Friedman's
Jewelers affirmed that they
cannot afford to cut back the
prices on many items Mr
High Style and The Bad Man
favored subsidizing taxi serv
ice for a short time by paying
a portion of the coet of trans
portating customers down
town if the shoppers make
purchases in their stores
What will happen to down
town businesses if the strike
continues?
"A prolonged strike may put
people out of business,"
warned Hon Bliss
"If the strike continues it
will severely cripple mast
merchants Businessmen will
suffer as far as paying for
merchandise already ordered
for the Christmas season,"
explained David Goings
The most optimistic state
ment came from Clinton Pree
ton who said, "downtown
businesses will survive but be
hurt."
Even if the strike ended
tomorrow, irreparable dam
age has severely paralyzed
most businesses Store man
agers agree that they can't
compensate for losses during
the entire Christmas season in
one week before Christmas.
"It takes four weeks of
business to catch up to one
week of loss." acknowledged
Clinton Preston
One downtown merchant
alleged that bus drivers inten
tionally chose Christmastime
to strike hoping that desper
ate downtown merchants
would pressure the city into
producing a quick end to the
strike.
That hasn't happened, and it
appears too late for downtown
businessmen to benefit from
this year's Christmas season.
"The City wasn't ready for a
strike,'" commented Ron
Uliss. "Alter Christmas, put
ting pressure on the city won't
matter because of the losses
already suffered." he contin
ued.
Chain stores and shopping
malls in suburban areas are
doing a booming business
Sales in Friedman's Jewelers
in the suburbs for example, is
high while the downtown
stores need customers.
Who is suffering the most
because of the strike?
Commuters "having to find
alternate means of transpor
tation to work, poor people
and local businesses, were the
most common responses.
One businessman predicted
the strike will end "when bus
Cab Companies
Extends *Share
A-Ride" Service
Starting Monday. December
11, local taxicab companies
offered an additional "Share·
Α-Cab" service to assist
persons during the bus strike.
The new program permits
customers t6 call for immedi
ate cab service and still
receive a substantial reduct
ion off the regular meter rate.
The new "Share-A-Cab"
works this way
1 Call any local cab operator
and request immediate ser
vice under the "Share-A-Cab"
program
2 A cab will be dispatched
immediately and the custom
er will be given the amount of
the fare
3 Under the plan, cab cust
omers will pay $1 25 for the
first mile, and $ 30 for each
additional mile (Normal
meter rates are Si 35 for the
first mile and f 60 for each
additional mile The new plan
results in a savings of $ 10 for
the first mile and I 30 for each
additional mile)
The new "Share-A-Cab"
plan is being offered due to
public demand for immediate
cab service at reduced rates
On December 1, the four hour
advanced-notice was announ
ced. Under that program, eus
torn ers pay a flat St 25 for
service as long as four hours
notice is given This service is
still available
Local taxi cab companies
would like to remind passen
gers to call only one cab
company per trip