Beauty And Talent Pageants Usually Aren't For Everyone? I DnirtAn hr\IHc Ο Beauty ana talent pageants Γ usually aren't for everyone, but this one is. Young ladies from the age of three to twénty-fivè can compete, (in different categor ies, of coursé,) at the Miss Sunshine Beauty and Talent Pa- j geant May 10 in Shelby at 7:30 p.m. at the Graham Elementary School, 1100 Blanton St.' The pageant is open to ages 3-4 Wee Miss, 5-7 Little Miss, 8-11 Jr. Miss, 12-14 Young Miss, 15-17 Teen Miss and ages 18-25 Miss which means never married. Beauty, talent, and photogenic appeal will be judged in three separate categoriés. All winners in beauty and talent competition will have their N. C. State Miss Sunshine entry paid. For information phone 482-6882 àfter 6 p.m. + + + + + It ends May 29 so take advan tage of it before it's too late. Each Thursday Spirit ' Square and the Charlotte Chamber Music Workshop will présent a free lunchtimé chamber music concert. Local musicians will pérform from 12:05 until 12:50 p.m. in the NCNB Performance Place at Spirit Square. Music by composers Titmann, Pagannini, Vaughan Williams, and J. C. Bach will be featureu. + + + + + Despite predictions of eco nomic recession à few busi nésses just can't help themselves - they are still making money. Take for instance The Bell' System. Its consolidated ba lance sheet foi Feb. 28, 1979 listed assets of *104,926,359,000 maklng it the business with the With Teresa Burns ' Bits & Pieces Teresa greatest assets in the 1980 Guin ness Book of World Records. Guinness also listéd General Motors as the busness with the greatest sales and capital. As of 1978 General Motors headed the list with sales of ^63,221,100,000. But Exxon has recently sur passed GM from that number one position. As far as individuals are con cerned the Guinness Book Fea tured the greatest salesman, Joe Garàrd, who sold 1,425 individual cars in 1973. In 1976 his com missions amounted to $180.000 and now he has retired com fortably. Walter Cavanaugh has the largest known credit card col lection. In 1979 hè owned 932 different credit cards. Hë pro tects them in a 250 feet lotig wallet which weighs 28 pounds. + + + + Ί Α summer school in-service workshop will be'held for ele mentary and junior high school principals May 7th at 3 p.m.' in the Board Room of the Educa tin Center. Senior high principals will attend a similar workshop May 8th. Summer school begins June 23. It is expected to have the largest enrollment and number of school locations in Mecklenburg's history. + + + +. 'Spring Sale' - where you can save money on everything from clothes to appliances. Sponsored by the Christian Rehabilitation Center the Spring Sale will be held at 907 West First St. from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Everyone is invited and proceeds will benefit the pro grams of the Christian Rehabili tation Center, the land of begin ning again. The center provides shelter, food, counseling, arid workshop services for people iri need. Alcoholics,' drug addicts, arid peoplè with a variéty of other problems which render them destitute are eligible for the center's services. + + + + + It's amazing how financially the poorest people suffer. You know when yoiir check bounces and you have to pay between $5 and $8 for the returned check. According to the National Lab" ; service a U.S. government study reveals that more than 4,000 American banks allow wealthy customers to overdraw their accounts by more than a thou sand dollars without any penalty at all. Here is another amazing fact. According to the Arms Control Association around the world about $15,000 a year is spent on an individual soldier. About $260 is spént to educate a child. +'+ + + + Alimony: some smile at the meaning but most frown. A study by the International Women's Year Commission revealëd that alimony awards were presented in 14 percent of all divorces. Only half of those were collected regularly. Child support awards go toward 44 percent ôf divorcëd mothers,' and these "typically Cover less than one-hàlf the support cost of the children and are also very difficult to collect," the study said. -+- + + + + Summer theatre employees at Central Piedmont Community College will be looking for inex pensive, close-iri housing. They will arrive June 16 ànd stay until August 17. If you would like to sub-lease your housë or apartment, or if you need a house sitter for the summer, or if you just know of any available housing, contact the drama office at Central Piedmont at 373-6568.$ + + + + + Guest speaker at South Caro lina State College's baccalaurate -Commencément will be Dr. Bëhjâmin F. Payton, the Pro gram Officer of the Ford Found ation in New York " City. Dr. Payton will speak at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 11. . B.D. degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., a.. M'.A. degree from Columbia University in New York City, and a Ph.D.' from Yale University in New Haven, Conn. He has received many prestigious a Wards in his career. He was named first Dr. Benjamin F. Payton ...S. C. itate speaker Black Elector in South Carolina pontics since Reconstruction in 1968 and was also the first Black to be named South Carolinian of the Year in 1972. Dr. Payton and his wife Thelma, formerly of Evanston, 111., live with their son Mark Steven and daughter, Deborah Elizabth in Stanford, Conn. April Bus Ridership Increases r*L i.4i_ τ» :4 ο * ar ,.nnj ik« Pit..·#. (CTS) bus ridership con tinued its upward climb with an increase of 23.38 percent or 111,690 more riders as compared to April, 1979 figures. A total of 589,300 revenue passengers were carried by CTS during this period. April was the ninth month out of the past ten months that revenue passengers exceeded the 500,000 mark. Express bus ridership in creased 439.78 percent over April, 1979 totals when 38, nine express routes. This represented a half a per cent increase over those riding expresses in March, 1980. Sales of monthly bus passes (TRAC) also in creased in April by 216.37 percent over April of last year. April was the second "month in a row that over 1,000 TRAC passes were sold, with 1,182 bus riders buying passes. ATTIC SALE - Sat. May 10 at the firemen's Hall, 2601 E. 7th St. 9-2 p.m. Benefit Charlotte Equal Rights Council. Furniture, stereo, household items, clothes, misc. Louie Β. Davis ...Long's manager Morticians Elect Davis President Louie B. Davis, Manager of Long & Son Mortuary Service was recently elect ed President of the Western North Carolina District of Funeral Directors and Morticians Association. Mr. Davis has been affili ated with Long & Son Mor tuary Service since 1958. It's Mr. Davis' aim as President of the Western North Carolina District of Funeral Directors, and Morticians Association to dedicate his time and ef forts in the affairs of the Western District as well as the funeral profession in its entirety. JCSU To Operate Youth Sports Program The National Youth Sports Program of Johnson C. Smith University will operate from June 16 through July 19, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program is open to a]} youth between the ages of 10 and 18 years old regardless of race, creed, color, nationality, sex or handicap. Each participant must meet the CSA poverty guidelines. All prospective partici pants are to report to Bray boy Gym at 9 a.m. on June 7 for registration and a complete medical examin ation. A daily morning snack and lunch will be provided by USDA through the sum mer feeding program operated by the N.C. De partment of Public Instruc tion. Participants will have the opportunity to develop a variety of sports skills under the supervision of coaches and teachers. The Enrichment phase of NYSP is an integral seg ment of 'the program in cluding topics such as health education, career opportunities, job respon sibilities and others. All participants are covered by insurance pro vided bv the NCAA. GREAT MEN S MAGAZINES PLAYERS MAGAZINE June Issue—On Sale Now DON'T MISS IT J FOR ALL YOUR RENTAL NEEDS LISTINGS OF HOMES CONDOMINIUMS · • DUPLEXES MOBILE HOMES · • FARMS CABINS .· • ROOMS ACREAGE · PURCHASE OPTIONS SHARE RENTALS · • POST DATED PROPERTIES · Tftefoalifta CALL OR DROP BY AT436S. TRYONST. 376-5276