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ATTRACTIVE MARY HOYLE
...Engaging businesswoman
Mary Hoyle Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty just doesn't
take any kind of business,
^dually, she prefers peo
ple hungry for good home
cooked food. Three months
ago our beauty, Mary
Hoyle, along with her hus
band Howard, opened the
Hoyle Bar-B-Cue and Sea
food House at 2316 LaSalle
Street.
Mrs. Hoyle, the business
woman, would like her
business to expand nation
ally. Her strategy is to
“buy the best and serve
the best.”
“Today people want first
class everything,” Mrs.
Hoyle stated, “The key is
having a successful busi
ness in whatever you do,
get the best and do your
best.”
Some of the advantages
of owning a business ac
cording to Mrs. Hoyle is
meeting people and being
your own boss. But it is also
a lot of work. In fact, Mrs
Hoyle has barely enough
time to enjoy her interests:
4-1 a
dancing, swimming, and
tennis.
“We really haven't got
ten the staff situated as yet,
and that means we often
work around the clock,"
she stated.
Our Libra beauty's fa
vorite entertainer is
Michael Jackson - mainly
because she considers him
a super star. She also feels
that her husband is a star
in his own way.
“The person I most ad
mire is my husband, How
ard," Mrs. Hoyle stated.
"He is really working hard
to get our business off to a
good start, and I admire
him for that."
Mrs. Hoyle and her hus
band have four children,
Frederica, Leshila, How
ard and Katerina. She is a
member of the Church of
God
Our beauty seems to
possess a happiness com
bined with a contentment
rarely found; for she knows
that "life can be beautiful
when you enjoy everything
you do at your best.”
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Service Gels New Policy
ine noaru oi county
Commission has recently
adopted new policies cover
ing convalescent ambu
lant service in Charlotte
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All convalescent calls,
which are non-emergency
calls, must be ordered by a
doctor. Local doctors are
being advised that their
order should be based on
medical necessity for pa
tient transportation by am
bulance, versus some other
means of transportation
such as automobile or taxi
cab.
All persons who request
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convalescent ambulance
service will be asked to pay
in advance, although the
service will not be denied
if no pre payment is made
Ambulance service will
no* be provided for con
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Dr. Kaleigh Bynum Named “Optometrist Of The Year”
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Post Staff Writer
At the awards banquet
of the 12th annual Optome
trist’s Convention. Dr.
Raleigh W. Bynum was
named the "Optometrist of
. the Year.”
The convention, held at
Hilton Head In South Caro
lina, featured Senator Ju
lian Bond of Georgia as
guest speaker.
The National Optome
trist Association is an or
ganization of about 1,500
members (including mem
bers in the Phillippines,
Canada and Africa) that
stands for dedicated ser
vices and untiring efforts
toward the betterment of
visual care for minority
citizens. Next year's jeon
vention will be in San
Diego, California.
In reference to his chosen,
career, Bynum said, "I had
a desire to interact with
people on a one-to-one
basis and in a situation
where I could be of some
help to them Optometry
has few emergencies...and
is not painful to the
patientAs a music major
in college. Bynum's first
career choice was to be a
professional musician (he
plays the trombone).
Bynum further explained
that through a grant issued
to the national Optometric
Society, he was chosen to
oversee the recruitment of
blacks and other minorities
in optometry for the south
east area Bynum has prac
Dr Raleigh Bynum
Popular politician
ticed optometry at 951
South Independence Blvd
since 1973 Prior to that
location, between 1967 and
1973, he practiced ft the
University Park Medical
Center According to
Bynum, "a nice person
ality is a positive aid in this
field People remember
how you treat them and
have a tendency to pass the
word on to others It's
different from having a
service where people have
to come to you (and don’t
want to) because you're the
only one offering those
services "
Bynum stated that he
and Richard Shanks, his
assistant, attend continu
ing education courses on a
yearly basis He also added
that Shanks was one of the
first people that he recruit
ed and that his assistant
helps him a great deal
because “both of us are
able to make decisions that
are best for our patients "
Bynum noted that he en
joys reading autiobiogra
phies of famous people be
cause it gives him moti
vation to continue He said,
"whatever the mind can
conceive you can achieve
You must, however, be
lieve that it can work " He
also explained that his
parents provided him with
motivation and, of course,
the divine inspiration
Bynum was an under
graduate student at
Florida A&M, and grad
uated from the Illinois Col
lege of Optometry in 1960
He also studied at the
University of Vienna, in
Vienna. Austria, and re
ceived a Master of Public
Health degree at the Uni
versity of South Carolina in
1975
A native of Jacksonville,
Florida, Bynum and his
wife, Thelmetia, are the
proud parents of three
children - Raleigh II,
Monjye, and Zerrick
Bynum is also a deacon at
_ Friendship Baptist Church
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J. C. Smith To Conduct Job
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Survival Skills Program:
City Offers
Heat Relief
For Ederly
The City of Charlotte
Neighborhood Centers De
partment and the Parks
and Recreation Depart
ment are participating in a
community-wide effort to
provide relief from the cur
rent heat wave.
Geared primarily to
senior citizens, the pro
gram makes air-condition
ed buildings available to
those people suffering most
from the heat.
People needing relief
from the heat can visit the
following Neighborhood
Centers facilities from 8-5
p.m. with evening and
weekend hours to be ar
ranged upon request:
Belmont Regional Center
. .700 Parkwood Avenue
Greenville Neighborhood
tenter
. .1330 Spring Street
Amay James Neighbor
hood Center
.2415 Lester Street
The Parks and Recrea
tion Department has four
air conditioned recreation
centers that the elderly are
encouraged to use to es
cape the heat. These cen
ters are open Monday from
9 a m. to 4:30 p.m. and
Tuesday through Saturday
from 9-9 p.m. Refresh
ments and planned activi
ties will be available to
senior citizens.
Parks and Recreation
Facilities involved in this
program are:
Tuckaseegee Recreation
Center - 4820 Tuckaseegee
Rd.; Methodist Home Re
creation Center - 3200
Shamrock Drive, firayson
Recreation Center - 950
Beal Street; Amay James
Recreation Center - 2425
Lester Street.
Insurance Men
Honor Battle,
Horton
Special Agent Eddie
Battle of the E. L. Jim
Horton and Associates
Agency of Prudential In
surance Company in Char
lotte was honored recent
ly at the company’s re
gional Business Conference
in Tennessee
He was one of the leading
Special Agents in all of the
South Central territory,
and served as Chairman of
the Day on the last con
ference day.
Everyone socializes at the family re
union and cookout at the home of Mr and
Mrs. Withers Rickett (on Ridge Ave.i.
Mrs Helen Ricket was in charge of
coordinating and hosting this year’s
reunion, which included the Rickett
family, Willie and Daisy Leaman, Ashley
Fulwyler, Robert and Katie Reeves,
Thelma Harris, Milas and Janie
McClain, Bill Cathy, and Bernard, De
borah, Jermarr and Tarryn Reeves.
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During Hoi Weather Periotl
North Carolinians Are Urged
To Use Good Judgement
Special To The Post
RALEIGH - North Caro
linians are urged to use
good judgement about par
ticipating in strenuous ac
tivities during the hot wea
ther we are experiencing -
especially the elderly per
sons who already have
health problems such as
heart conditions, and very
young children
This advice comes from
Dr. J. N. MacCormack
with the Division of Health
Services of the N.C. De
partment of Human Re
sources.
i nus lar, we have not
received any information
from local health depart
ments about deaths or
other health problems
caused directly by the hot
weather we have been ex
periencing," said Dr Mac
Cormack.
But he warns, “people
should slow down when it is
real hot. Your body can’t
do its best in high tempera
tures, and could do its
worst. The problems
caused by real hot weather
tend to be more severe with
age People with ailing or
weak hearts should take it
easy and stay where it’s
cool during hot spells.”
Dr. MacCormack offers
the following suggestions
for preventing heat related
health problems and even
death:
- When your body warns
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much and you feel faint or
exhausted, reduce your
level of activity IMME
DIATELY and get into a
cooler place.
-Dress in lightweight,
light colored clothing
-Eat less • especially
proteins) because foods in
crease your body's meta
bolic heat production and
water loss.
- Drink plenty of water
and other fluids as long as
the hot spell lasts - don't
dry out.
- Increase your salt in
take, unless you are on a
salt restricted diet for high
blood pressure or some
other health problem.
- Vary your thermal en
vironment ; try to get out of
of the heat for at least a few
hours each day if not at
home, then at a cool store,
restaurant, theater - any
thing to reduce your ex
posure time to the heat
- Don't get too much sun
- sunburn hurts the body's
ability to cool itself
- Get as much rest as
possible
"In addition to worsening
already existing health
problems excessive heat
can cause several other
problems such as heat
cramps, heat exhaustion
and the much more severe
heat stroke," Dr MacCor
mack added
"Meat stroke is a severe
medical emergency Some
oi me symptoms are flush
ed skin, sharp rise in
temperature, pulse is
bounding and full, blood
pressure high, and deli
rium or comma are com
mon A doctor should be
summoned immediately or
get the patient to the hospi
tal Reduce body tempera
ture with cold water spong
ing. Delay can be fatal.”
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Family Reunion
Will Be Held
The annual family re
union of the Crockett
Bickey family will be held
Saturday. July 26 The
ceremony wdl begin at 1
p m. followed by an all
afternoon fellowship din
ner
On Sunday, July 27, the
family will worship at Clin
ton Chapel AMK Zion
Church on Kozzells Ferry
Road
If you wish to attend
contact one of the members
of the correspondence com
mittee for further in
formation Or call James
Crockett in Charlotte at
I 704-375-2961 or Miss Bella
Houz in Kdgemore, S C at
1 803-789-5305.
University Received Grant
To Train (J ' IA Employees
Special To The Post
Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity has entered a con
tract with the city of Char
lotte to conduct an Em
ployability Job Survival
Skills Training Program
for 175 Comprehensive Em
ployment and Training Act
iCETAt employees
There are six different
titles that come under
CETA with each having its
own federal guidelines and
regulations Employees
coming under Title II B are
considered public service
employees and must com
plete 48 hours of classroom
instructions on job training
skills.
program, the university
has received a $53,34!
grant from the U.S. De
partment of Labor.
The training period will
run from July 23-Septem
ber Jo. Two • essions will be
held at McCrorey Hall, the
social science building,
during that time. The first
session will begin regis
tration on July 23 for class
es that will run through
August 7.
Sixty students between
the ages of 18-60 will par
ticipate in the first session
The session, to be held
Monday-Friday. will in
clude two classes in the
morning (8 a m. - 12 noon)
and two classes in the
afternoon 11 p m. - 5 p.m. i
with 15 students in each
class
While various training
programs have been held
throughout the city to train
public service employees
before, this is the first time
the program has been held
at JCSU.
This will also be the first
time the training modules,
being used by JCSU, will
have been used to train
CETA employees in Char
lotte Mecklenburg, said
I)r. Harold Lerner, JCSU
urban studies director and
program coordinator
I-erner said that each
class will include video and
cassette tapes, role play
ing. practicing and dis
cussions Each module will
Little riieatrc
The Little Theatre of
Charlotte Student Theater
Guild will lie presenting the
comedy, "Butterflies Are
Eree" July 13, August 1, 2
and 3 at the Little Theatre
of Charlotte, 501 Queens
Road
Curtain 8 15 n m
provide a complete pro^
gram of skills so partici
pants will have a better
understanding of them
selves and a better un
derstanding of how to
search for positions in non
subsidized employment
Categories of training
will include communica
tion skills such as clari
fying communiLdtions and
active listening; interper
sonal skills which includes
taking initiative, accepting
responsibility, positive re
enforcement and handling
conflicts; self-help which
includes building self confi
dence and self assertive
ness; specific employable
skills such as pre-interview
preparation, controlling
the interview, job search
and explaining what CETA
is.
“We've found that a lot of
people have misconcep
tions about what CETA
really is," Lerner said
"Since the participants
have been in this positive
program, they need to be
capable of explaining the
program in a positive light
so that their previous job
experiences will count in
their favor in the new job,”
Lerner said
Instructors for the class
es will be Helen Taylor
Caldwell. JCSU sociology
instructor and Brenda
Bilal. JCSL' writing center
facilitator
Transportation
Committee To
Meet Monday
Every Monday (from
July 14-August 251. the
Mayor's Transportation
Committee will hold a
series of meetings w ith bus
and transportation equip
ment manufacturers.
These meetings, which are
open to the public, will
feature presentations of
new types of buses and
transporation equipment
by various manufacturers
The meetings will be held
at the City of Charlotte
Training Center on Kourt
Street (in the City Hall
Annex i. and will begin at
7 30 p m
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lions will find the manu
facturers outlining the fea
tures and advantages of
their buses, and then on
Tuesday of the same week,
the bus will serve a Iran
sit route system to give the
citizens an opportunity to
ride the bus On Wednes
day, the bus will be dis
played at the Square
'Trade and Tryon Streets)
for public inspection. Those
citizens who ride the
various buses will receive a
questionnaire to determine
their opinion of these new
types of equipment.
The tentative schedule
for presentations show that
on July 14th, the Bluebird
Bus Company will present
their "small bus.” On July
2lst, the Chance Bus Com
pany will present a “tan
dem bus" (a bus with one
or more cars attached
without the ability for pas
sengers to walk through to
other cars). July 2Sth will
find the Icarus (Crown
Coach) Company present
ing an "articulated” bus (a
bus with a car attached.