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THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS ..I’ve
Keen thinking a lot about Christmas when
I ve been thinking here of late, about the
ways in these modern days, we observe and
celebrate. The shops and stores are full of
things. From high priced gifts to toys. For
rich and poor, old or young, for babies, girls
or boys. Everything’s in a glitter, very
attractive to the eye, and in a jostling*
hustling scramble, we have an eagerness to
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and that one, not unu- I
sual, nothing strange, I
but we’ve made our f
Christmas giving just
a Christmas gift ex
change. I believe in
Christmas giving, but
I’m sort of made to
fear, we’ve lost the
Christ-like spirit, and
our giving’s selfish
cheer.
I’ve been thinking, Rob Johnson
too, while thinking, as we shop for friend
and kin, in our buying and our giving we
have failed to think of Him. It’s His birthday
we’re observing, for in God’s redemptive
plan, long years ago He gave His Son, a gift
to mortal man.
A Redeemer and a Saviour, from God’s
own throne above, a gift on that first
Christmas, of pure and simple love. So in
thinking I’ve concluded if Christ’s name we
would revere and give with love unselfishly,
we’d spread real Christmas cheer.
’69 AFFAIR...The West Charlotte High
School class of 1969 will use the confines of
Bill Brown’s Window Lounge to host a disco
party. For those of you who do not know
where the lounge is located, the address is
225 S. Mint Street, behind the old Post
Office. Sunday, December 23rd is the date
for this frolic, which is scheduled to last
from 9 p.m. til 1 a.m. All drinks are free
after you have paid a small one lump sum
fee.
rvi wncti piuim&eb iu uc mgm oi rousing
prifcChristmas joy, join Alonzo “Shakey”
Wilson, Joe Robinson, William “Bill” Rich
ardson, Ernestine Prather, Doris Steele,
James “Blimp” Blackmon, Randolph Er
vin, Philip and Regina Chiles, Joyce Blake,
Cheryl Givens, Dorothy Graves, Peggy
Grier, Fred Grier, Hazel Koontz, Ruth
Davis, Leon Gleaton, Alonzo Mackins, III,
Linda Johnson, Cathleen Drakeford, Clay
ton Reid, Clyde Freeman, Lawrence
McKabb, Robert Calloway, Charles Cly
burn, Barbara Pratt, Harriett Gerald,
James Gerald, Tony Featherson, Jeanette
McClain, Rosashell Wright, Wilbert
McGowan, and many other class members
in a real class affair.
ABOUT PEOPLE...David Crawford, a
1959 graduate of West Charlotte High
School, and a 1963 graduate, with honors, of
Johhnson C. Smith University, has been
promoted to executive assistant to the
president of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
Group of United Technologies. Crawford
has been a division superintendent in the
company’s manufacturing division, having
also served in researcr., marketing, product
support and personnel.
Da via will have wide range duties in his
new job, with responsibility for organiza
tional, administrative and personnel mat
ters for the president.
under a notary international f ellowship,
he studied mathematics and physics at
Liverpool University in England and re
ceived a master’s degree in mathematics
from the University of North Carolina.
He completed management development
programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti
tute and at United Technologies and is
Mrolled in a second master’s degree
program in management at Hartford Gra
duate Center.
Crawford makes his home in Somers,
Connecticut.
LABOR OF LOVE...Christmas comes
around one every year. This joyous holiday
brings with it many dreams, expectations
and labors of different kinds for the people
involved.
For Mr. and Mrs. Addison Yongue of
Newcastle Street, it means entertaining and
enjoying times with family and friends, the
Yongues began their entertaining last Sun
day evening. A very delicious dinner was
served at their lovely home. The dinner
consisted of roast beef, chitterlings, slaw,
collard greens, okra, peas, candid yams, ■
hot rolls, corn bread, apple pie and ice
cream.
The friends and relatives on hand to enjoy
this culinary delight filled with conviviality
were Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Swift, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Elder, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Holsey, Mr. and Mrs. M. Shute, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Costner, Dr. and Mrs. G. M.
f Wilkons, Mrs. Alberta Davidson, Mrs.
Emma Hammonds and Mrs. Delores
\ Barnes.
r Have a very Merry Christmas!!
To Jacquelynn Morrow
Teaching Economically
Handicapped Is Rewarding
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Teaching economically
handicapped girls how to
design floral arrangements
is more rewarding for
Jacquelynn Morrow than
owning her own shop.
Ms. Morrow offers an
apprenticeship program in
the florist trade through
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Youth Council.
“Petal Pushers,” a craft
display for her students'
handiwork is being fea
tured at the Charlottetown
Mall until Jan. l.
She began teaching in
June and her eight-mem
ber, all-girl class pro
duced its first show in late
August.
Using texts, demonstra
tions and imagination, Ms.
Morrow devotes 40 hours a
week to training her stu
dents.
“It’s more challenging
and interesting than work
ing in a shop.” the former
Davidson native said.
Comprised of high school
drop-outs ages 14-21, the
group is currently down to
five students.
Although Ms. Morrow's
class is concentrating on
producing Christmas de
corations now, their floral
arrangements will change
witn each special occasion.
Two students usually
work in “Petal Pushers"
along with Ms. Morrow,
learning to compute sales
tax and other tasks asso
ciated with owning or being
a florist shop employee.
“Interest is the most im
portant aspect of the
work," Ms. Morrow em
phasized. Learning floral
arrangements is not diffi
cult if you’re interested in
it, she continued.
Christmas decorations
filling “Petal Pushers”
range in price from $l-$25.
Among the assortment of
floral garnishments, shop
pers will find red and pink
silk roses in baskets, can
dles with flowers, wreaths
with red felt bows and
Madonna arrangements.
For miniature delights
there are colorfully
trimmed baskets, santa
boots and snowmen.
Ms. Morrow said the
Toll Free Number
Established
RALEIGH.. .Insurance
Commissioner John In
gram announced today that
a new TOLL FREE num
ber has been established
for the Insurance Commis
sioner’s Consumer Insur
ance Information Division.
The number 1-800-662-7777,
can be called from any
where in North Carolina by
any member of the public
desiring information or as
sistance on any insurance
related problem.
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brandy snifter filled with a
candle and greenery for
$10.
“Pptal Pushers" will
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iiiuve iu a permanent loca
tion on 7th and Brevard
Streets when building con
struction is completed.
Ideas For A Holiday Gift List
wnen you compose a no
liday gifts list this year, be
sure to consider the many
possibilities in consumer
electronics.
Electronic watches and
hand-held calculators are
excellent gifts. Some of the
newer digital readout
watches display the date
and day of the week at the
same time they are show
ing the hour, minute and
second World time zones
also are shown on some
new models. New calcula
tors offer built-in time
keeping functions, with the
time and date shown on the
same digital readout where
the mathematical calcula
tions appear
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personal gift. The radio
cassette model has become
a best seller, and clock
radios have a number of
features and conveniences,
such as a bult-in calculator
and programmable station
setting Some portable ra
dios now tune-in television
station sound or weather
stations Multi-band radios
enable listeners to dial a
round the world.
High fidelity equipment
appeals to just about every
one. Check out audio com
pact systems, components
and car stereo. You’ll be
astounded at the quality of
the sound.
Compact systems may
be easier on your budget
and will save you the task
of selecting and setting up
hi-fi components However.
irom me range ot products
and prices, components of
fer the most flexible way to
build a total sound system
Then the television
screen is increasingly be
coming an all-purpose vi
deo display. The video cas
sette recorder-player en
ables the viewer the play
pre-recorded shows on the
screen or to record off the
air television programs for
viewing at your conveni
ence Additional pre
recorded programming
can be viewed on the televi
sion screen as the new
videodisc is introduced city
by city. The new home
computers and video
games also are displayed
on the TV screen
Television viewing,
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averaging over six an. <*;
half hours a day, is en
hanced by TV sets that'
offer outstanding reliabil
ity and new features Elec
tronic tuning has led to
greater interest in remote
controls and touch-tabs
which switch you direct to
preferred stations A few
new models program your
TV viewing for days ahead,
and others can tune-in
cable TV channels. Many
TV manufacturers are con
centrating on improved
sound such as more or
larger speakers.
The large screen console
remains the favorite for the
living room where the new
projection or wide-screen
model is beginning to ap
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