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FUNKY GOOD TIME...July 4th has come
and gone but some of the fourth's more
pleasant memories still linger. Some of the
memorable recollections were found with
the participation at an all-day disco at Lake
view Countrv Club (formerly Connor's
Place) outside Lake Front. *
The many guests enjoyed themselves
boat riding, swimming, cooking out and just
plain ole rollicking with friends while being
thoroughly entertained by the heavy jams
played by Elese, The Disco Queen. This
beautiful lady not only plays the latest
sounds on wax, she energizes the tunes with
her personality and showmanship.
This fun in tne sun
outing was enjoyed
by Mr. and Mrs. Os
car Perry, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Worthy,
Mr. and Mrs. Felix
Byers and Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Bloom
feld.
vHAPPY HOUR...
How would you like to
relax to the latest jazz
tunes, challenge a
friend to a game of
chess, backgammon or dance to the latest
disco records? Well, these and more can be
done at the mid-week happy hour sponsored
by Anthony Fox and Terry Bellamy. Every
Wednesday night from 7:30 p.m. until, the
Beacon Club is the spot for a new idea in
nighttime entertainment. The Mid-week
Happy Hour offers hard working Char
lotteans a middle of the week break from
the grind.
FUN NIGHT...The games are going on as
. usual at the Mid-Way Lounge on Monday
nights. Tommy Mitchell is still the king of
the chess players and Steve Morris still
dominates the domino players. However,
the challenges get stronger, consequently,
their day of reckoning can't be too far away.
Wouldn't you agree, Mike?
Bob Johnson
j/un, jam, jAM...rne upstairs Lounge on
Graham Street is rapidly becoming the talk
of the club circuit. "The Ups," as it is
affectionately called, has disco for the
dancers and atmosphere for the setters.
Last Wednesday night, July 16, Collins'
Connections, who have made several suc
cessful appearances in Charlotte recently,
set up their equipment for one performance
at the Upstairs Lounge. The rest is funk
history.
BIRTHDAY GATHERING...Whenever
friends gather to celebrate the anniversary
of a birth, the ingredients for striking oil are
simple. Take 2 cups of popular melodies,
add 1 cup of close companionship. After
stirring to a smooth blend, add 2 table
spoons of sustenance and 1 tablespoon of
draft. Allow this mixtire to Settle in an oven
of good conversation. Then serve on a
platter of laughter.
Willie L. Johnson Jr. struck oil last
Saturday night, July 12, in Richmond, Va.
Assisting him were Sam and Tanglee
Goode, Raymond "Butch" Watkins, Cathy
Ruffin, Edna Johnson, Mary Curry, A.C.
Berkeley, Patricia Hardware, Rogers
Elam, Sheila Brooks, and V. "Skip" Mayo
who consented for them to use his lovely
home.
FOR THE CHILDREN...The members of
West Charlotte's Class of '67 are resting on
their laurels and rightfully so. Last Satur
day, July 12, they took a group of children to
Morrow State Park for a day of wide open
fun.
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rides, slides and glides were Carolyn Glenn,
Jacqueline Morris, Kimberly Morris,
Dianne Hill, Terrence Hill, Diane Massey
Wallace, William T. Wallace, Jr., Tommy
Wallace, Frontis Gilliam, Keith Gilliam,
Arkeitha Gilliam, Walter Colson, Rhonda
Colson, Diane Wingard, Early Vaughters,
Ellerek Vaughters, Roea Thompson, Ursula
Vaughters, Edna Harris, Steven Harris,
Mr. and Mrs. William Simmons and Corey
Jackson.
CAPTAIN'S CHOICE...James E. (Gum)
McClure will always be remembered for his
love of the game of golf, the lives he touched
while playing the game and the players he
taught.
Saturday, July 19, at Sunset Hilts Golf
Course, a James E. (Gum) Memorial Golf
Tournament will be held. This one-day,
18-hole, 2-man captain's choice tournament
is sponsored by friends of the beloved
McClure.
The tournament which begins at 8 a.m.
will feature special prizes for the longest
drives on the 10th, 12th and 15th holes. Also,
special prizes for the closest ball to the hole
on 6 & 8. Free beer will be given to the
players when they reach the 13th & 15th
tees.
William Tolliver, you owe it to you and
Gum to win this one. Good luck!
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Nancy Walker of Amalgamated Clothing
and Textile Workers Union No. 2351.
pickets the Catholic Center to protest
their sending refugees to cross her
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union's picketline. This week the church
withdrew the 'refugees and ACTWU
withdrew their pickets from the Catholic
Center. (Photo by Eileen Hanson)
lextile Union Workers
Picket Catholic Agency
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Poet
Helen Johnson grew up in
the Roman Catholic
Church. But recently she
was on the picketline in
front of the church's head
quarters at 1524 E. More
' head Street.
Ms. Johnson and other
members of the Amalga
mated Clothing and Textile
Workers Union (ACTWU)
Local 2351 picketed the
Catholic Diocese of Char
lotte Thursday, July 3,
charging Catholic Social
Services with providing re
fugees as strikebreakers.
The union has been on
strike against Woonsocket
Spinning Co. since June 22,
charging the company with
unfair labor practices.
About 150 of the 200 work
ers at the cashmere yarn
mill on Monroe Road are on
strike.
"The church is supposed
to help the poor. We are
poor and on strike. Why
should the Catholic Church
bring people a croes our
picketlinee?" asked Ms.
Johnson.
Catholic Social Services
placed two Indochinese re
fugees at Woonsocket
shortly before the union
contract expired in June.
Four more refugees began
working the first day of the
strike.
Catholic officials say the
jobs at Woonsocket were
arranged several weeks
ago. The union claims the
company planned to hire
the refugees to intimidate
union members from
striking.
"Companies have a long
history of pitting different
nationalities against each
other during strikes," said
union president Charlie
Thomas. "In this case the
church is the unwitting
agent of the company, but
even after we told Social
Service of the situation,
they persisted in their poli
cies.
Sister Frances Sheridan
director of CSS, said July 3
that there would be no
more refugees sent to the
plant during the strike, but
those already hired would
have to make up their own
minds about joining the
strike or staying on the
Jobs.
However, four days later
she changed her mind. "On
July 7 we withdrew all
employment slots for refu
gees at Woonsocket and
advised the refugees for
their own safety to with
draw. It was up to them to
stay or not stay," Sister
Prances told The Charlotte
Post.
According to the union
only one refugee went to
work this week.
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Nina Moore Participates In
Academic Enrichment Progra
Special To The Poet
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Nina
Loray Moore is one of 35
minority health science
majors participating in an
eight-week residential aca
demic enrichment pro
gram, the 1980 Summer
Academic Advancement
Program (SAAP), at the
University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. The
summer program is the
fourth component of the
year-round four-part en
richment-retention Health
Careers Academic Ad
vancement Program, spon
sored by the N.C. Health
Manpower Development
Program and funded with a
grant from the Health
Careers Opportunity Pro
gram, Office of Health Re
sources Opportunity,
Health Resources Admin
istration, Department of
Health and Human Ser
vices.
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major at NCCU, is the
daughter of Mrs. Georgia
M. Moore of Charlotte,
N.C.
The SAAP, based at the
school of Public Health and
conducted from June 1
through July 30, consists of
six major components: 192
contact hours in advanced
academic coursework in
biology, chemistry, mathe
matics, physics (molecular
biology, biochemistry,
quantitative analysis in
biomedical problems, bio
statistics) ; advanced
reading techniques to
improve reading rate and
comprehension; review
and practice sessions to
develop test sophitication
and techniques for stand
ardized professional school
admissions examinations;
clinical observations in
health care agencies;
health sciences and medi
cai issue· seminars; ana
an educational field trip to
Washington, D.C. to visit
health agencies, profes
sional health schools, and
other governmental agen
cies which set policies and
regulations governing
health care delivery and
service.
This very intensive aca
demic program is designed
to strengthen the academic
and basic skills prepared
ness of undergraduate,
minority health science
. majors in order to enhance
their competitiveness for
admission to : retention in,
and graduation from grad
uate and professional
health programs.
Twenty-three of the stu
dents are set on becoming
physicians, two plan to en
ter dental school, and the
remaining ten are interest
ed in optometry, veteri
nary medicine, podiatry,
physical theraphy, nurse
midwifery (one each), and
graduate biomedical
science programs in bio
logy, microbiology, mole
cular biology, physical
chemistry and medical re
search.
A major goal of the NC
Health Manpower Develop
ment program, an inter
institutlonal program of
the University of North
Carolina, is to increase the
number of minority and
disadvantaged students be
ing trained and employed
in health careers, in order
to increase the availability
and accessibility of quality
health care services in mi
nority and Roor communi
ties. Successful summer
enrichment program,
greatly increase the pool of
minority students entering
health careers.
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