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. ~ "■ ----- TJIfc CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. December 3, 1981 ~ ~
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MRS. PATRIClHIroWN
.Jn distress
Due To Unfortunate Circumstances
Mrs. Brown And Her Sons
Have No Race To Call Home
By Gayle Hinson
Post Staff Writer
After a tiring day run
ning around from place to
place filling out job appli
cations Patricia Brown
came home to 2529 West
Hampton Drive and was
greeted by the sight of her
burning house.
Her husband, Christo
pher Brown, 35, a paranoid
schiropftreme, 4a mental
disorder classified by delu
sions of persecutions), had
started the fire. ■
"He thought that the
house was bugged and that
j&y burning the house down
ne was getting the bugs
out," Mrs. Brown began.
The couple has been mar
ried for 12 years. Mrs.
Brown reported that her
husband had not exhibited
any signs of mental illness
before the fire.
"Something came on him
all at once. He started
City Bus Route
Changes Announced
nave you ever thought
about changing? Well, the
Charlotte Transit System
has and they are changing
for the better.
Schedule adjustments
began November 30 with
six various routes.
Route No. 29 SouthPark
UNCC has minor schedule
adjustments to reflect ser
vice to new Park N’
Ride Lots. Some trips
switched from Sharpn
Presbyterian Church to
other church Jots to relieve
overcrowding.
Minor schedule adjust
ments have been made to
Route No. 39X-Square
UNCC to improve on time
performance. New trip
leaves the Square for
UNCC every weekday
morning at 8:07.
Route No. 40X-Albe
marle Rd. will see a change
ilso. The 5:06 p.m. trip
from Fourth and College
Streets has been cancelled,
rhe 5 and 5:10 p.m. trips
•emain
Jwte No. 45X-Carmel
combined the 6:56 and
he 7:08 a.m. trips from
flgiwa^LTh^revts#^
UKTIMM*
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If a MAN could have
HALF his wishes he would l
DOUBLE his TROUBLES. |
departure time is now 7:01
a.m.
Route No. 50X-Freedom
Drive has been resched
uled to improve on time
performance.
The 5:20 p.m. trip from
Fourth and College Streets
to Richway has also been
cancelled. Trips are avail
able at 5:10 or 5:40 p.m.
Alternate Route No. 7 ser
vice is available from the
Square at 5:17 p.m. for
points along Monroe Road.
talking about people on the
job but I didn't pay any
attention to him,” she con
tinued.
Brown, in jail now, will
later be sent to Dorothea
Dix Mental Hospital for
treatment.
Luckily no one was hurt
in the fire. But now Mrs.
Brown and her two sons,
Christopher, 14, and Leon
ard, 12. have no place to
call home. What worse
time of the year than the
Christmas season to be
without a home.
At present she is renting
a room in a local hotel but
says that she wants a per
manent place to live. “This
place is too expensive,” she
remarked.
Mrs. Brown is looking for
an apartment 4o rent in the
Steele Creek Road, Wil
kinson Boulevard, West
Boulevard area near where
the family was previously
living. She prefers a place
where "some utilities are
included, particularly
water and lights." ,
She listed her otner re
quirements by stating, "I
do not want anything with
upstairs because 1 have
fallen down steps before. "
Despite personaltragedy
one must always work. The
mother is workings! terp
_ porary jobs now. ‘h work
tor Norell Serviette nflw,
going from job to job
wherever I am needed,"
she said.
The hard working wo
man listed her skills as
being in the line of do
mestic work. “I can cook
and clean. 1 have done a lot
of breakfast cooking and
some dinner cooking," she
explained. Mrs. Brown
does have transportation to
get to work.
She speaks strongly of
the future with a Chris
tian's sense of persever
ance. “I will make it but it
takes patience,” she
declared.
insurance win help only
so much. • The insurance
company will help pay for a
place for the family to stay
aVid clean up the furniture.
Mrs. Brown needs help.
She has contacted the
Crisis Assistance Ministry
to see what aid they could
offer. The help there has
been limited. Anyone hav
ing information that can
help this mother with two
sons find a job, home, or
just give aid of any kind,
please contact the Post who
will pass the information
on to Mrs. Brown.
Charlotte Business League Serio us A bo 111
Having A Profound Impact On Citv
By Loretta .VI ana go
Post Staff Writer
For an infant organize
tion the Charlotte Business
league is serious about
having a profound impact
on the Charlotte minority
and majority communities.
A predominantly black
organization, the Charlotte
Business League was
founded in 1978 and chart
ered one year later in order
to enhance the opportuni
ties for minority develop
ment and to raise the
image of minority busi
nesses in the community
Mnce its conception, the
Charlotte Business League
has been dedicated to
eliminating the isolation of
the black business com
munity from the business
community at large, to
promote business, to opti
mize community involve
ment, to improve com
munications to provide for
the pooling of resources, to
stimulate black business
v
Bobby Lowery t
.. New president
opportunity and eliminate
racial prejudice and dis
crimination, and to prevent
the continued deterioration
of black- or minority
occupied areas.
Needless to say the task
before the Charlotte Busi
ness League is an enor
mous one. One instrument
mat nas Deen extremely
vital to the League in
meeting its objectives is
the Charlotte Business
League's annual awards
banquet. More than just a
time for dining, the annual
banquet recognizes people
in the community who
have, over the years, con
tributed to the growth and
development of the minor
Hy community. This recog
nition elevates the level of
awareness in the majority
and minority communities
and it also raises the com
munity awareness of the
League and its purposes.
aiso, at the annual ban
quet, new officers are
elected This year's elected
officials art: president,
Bobby Lowery, president
of Better Cleaning Main
tenance Supply, Inc and
Better Cleaning Janitor
Service, Inc.; vice presi
dent, J. Phillip Hatchett of
Hatchett and Cunningham
Assoc., Inc.; secretary.
r>
Koy Johnson of North
Carolina National Bank
and treasurer. Omar l,ea
therman of Hertz Lease-A
Car.
As newly elected presi
dent Lowery wants to place
the Charlotte Business
League on a solid base. "I
plan to develop a League
Membership Directory, to
be distributed throughout
the community, the Cham
ber of Commerce and other
business-seeking organize
. tions," remarked l/owerv
Other priorities high on
Lowery’s list are to in
crease the league's mem
bership and to increase the
League's image of visibi
lity.
The existing image of the
Charlotte Business League
is impressive for its tender
age The league was in
strumental in attaining a 15
percent minority business
goal at the airport, in de
veloping a minority busi
_ “
ness enterprise program
and in conducting a semin
ar which greatly enhanced
the image of the league
Businessmen who are in
terested in joining the
l-egaue should apply by
writing to CBL, P. O Box
30426, Charlotte, N.C.
28230 ..-T
The Charlotte Business
League is an affiliate of the
National Business league
in Washington, D C.
Secretaries To
Honor Olive
The Charlotte I^egal Se
cretaries Association
honored Leon Olive, 1981-82
Boss of the Year, and San
dra Atkinson Parker, I90t
82 Secretary of the Year, at
the luncheon held in their
honor recently
Mr. Olive, an alumni of ■
Duke University, is a part
ner in the law firm Olive.
Robinson, Wilcox & Black
ford
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White: Black Youths
Need To Get Involved
Hearing Set
On CD
Program
If you live in Cherry,
Grier Heights, Five Points,
- North Charlotte or Third
Ward, mark December 16
on your calendar.
At 7 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, 600
East Trade Street, on that
day the Charlotte City
Council will hold a public
hearing to receive citizens’
comments on the progress
and performance of Char
lotte's Community Devel
opment (CD) Program.
persons wanting to
speak at the hearing should
contact the Office of the
City Clerk, 600 East Trade
Street, or call 374-2247 by
noon of December 16.
The CD program strives
for improvement of areas
which were designated by
the City Council. With the
use of federal aid the de
partment strives to im
_prove houses, streets and
has also Degun-Hm
-speeial programs. ......
Speakers are asked to
place their comments in
writing for the record.
Those not able to attend
may send their comments
to: Director. Community
Development Department.
Cameron-Brown Building,
301 South'McDowell Street,
Suite 510, Charlotte, N.C.
28204.
The CD neighborhood
strategy areas are Cherry
Five Points, Greir Heights.
North Charlotte and Third
Ward.
Homeowners To
Save On Property
Insurance
Homeowners in the Idle
wild and Mint Hill Fire
Districts in Mecklenburg
County will save money on
their property insurance as
a result of improvement in
their fire protection classi
fications.
The North Carolina In
surance News Service re
ported the savings will ap
ply to homeowners' and
fire insurance policies.
PAT COLEMAN
....Held Underwriter
Gorgeous* Pat Coleman
% “ ' -- %
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
«*y i eresa Hums
Post Stuff Writer
Besides from being ap
parently what she is, a
beauty, Pat Coleman has
also made" an impression
upon the insurance in
dustry.
"It’s rough, but I enjoy
it,” Ms. Coleman pointed
out. “The more I learn
about insurance the more
important I realize it is."
For six months our beau
ty has been a Field lln
derwriter for New York
Life Insurance. "Insurance
is protection for the future;
it can be used as a retire
ment plan; to educate
children; or to borrow
against and still have
money left," she continued
And on a more personal
note, "I get to meet a lot of
people and various person
alities.
'My ambition is to con
tinue selling insurance and
to reach the $100,000 a year
goal. I want to become a
chartered life underwriter
and make the mtltion dollar
round table." she added
The daughter of Shirley
Massey, our beauty is a
Leo . easy going and
friendly. "1 enjoy working
with .people apd helping
people. My job for instance
is to be of service. As long
as I can help a person I've
helped myself.”
\Is. Coleman's favorite
person and the most inspir
ing personality in her life is
her mother. "She ex
plained many things to’me
as I was growing up and
now I see they are true. 1
think hack mialot ctihings
she has said and this the
reason I’ve become as suc
cessful as I have with New
York Life."
Listening to music is one
enjoyment Ms. Coleman
has time for She attends
Friendship Baptist Church
and is a member of the Life
Underwriters Association.
Job and pleasure are not
the only confrontations our
beauty experiences. She
truly would like to see more
caring and more love in the
world —
"I wish that I could
change the people who
don't care about them
selves or others; the
mothers who mistreat kids
, because ,kjds are number
one in my life. I also wish
that all the children who
needed help could get
help — shti added.
Here s a toast to Pat
Coleman, a caring indivi
dual who's career ambition
is to succeed at helping
others.
“Everyone should do
whatever they can to be the
best,” she emphasized.
**Oun'l settle for second
best. Be number one at all
times.”
Registration
For Winter
Classes Set
Registration for winter
quarter classes at Central
Piedmont Community C’ol
lege will be held through
December 11 at the Regis
t ratten-Center oncisrnpus.
corner of Kings Drive and
Elizabeth Avenue, and at
the colleger three learniog_
centers.
The centers are the West
Area Center < formerly Col
lege Mart) in Freedom
Mall off Ashley Road, the
North Area Center just
south of Cornelius on N.C.
21; and the Matthews Area
Center in the Depot Shop
ping Center, Matthews
Hours at each center are
10 a m • 3 p.m all days
EXCEPT 9 a m • noon
Saturday, December 5. Ad
ditional hours will be 5 8
p m December?; 3,7 and 8
Students registering
through the form on the
buck of the winter quarter
schedule should mail that
form by December 9
Students may register
for weekend and television
courses by phone January
6-8 by calling 373 6940 by 8
p.m.
Hours lor me campus
bookstore, in the basement
of the Registration ('enter,
are 10 a m - 7:30 p.m
Monday through Thursday
and 10a m. - 3 p m Friday.
College information
numbers are 373-0048, re
gistration. student IDs and
parking stickers; 373-0587
I
Young People
Are Vital
Resource
A Temple University so
ciologist believes black
youth need to fight their
crippling unemploymenl
rate by registering to vote
and joining community
based political organiza
tions.
"Black youth need to re
spond to their situation in a
wry pragmatic manner If
they don't pursue the issues
themselves, no one will do
it for them," predicts Clark
White, a black sociologist
who has done extensive
research on rates of black
youth unemployment, and
who was a commentator on
NBC-TV's recent "White
Paper." "America - Black
and White.”
"Given the condition of
the economy, nothing of
great significance can be
expected from the private
sector for providing jobs.
"Young people ahoulri _
participate at the grass
roots level in the political
organization ol (heir neigh
borhoods, and- commun
ities.
“Forming interest
groups and unemployment 1
councils could provide, the
mechanism for effective
lobbying of politicians and
special commissions,"
White said.
"These interest groups
and councils made up of
youth who are eligible
voters could have tremen
dous political clout at the
local level and be able to
determine the outcome of
elections and the imple
mentation of various man
power programs ”
He believes elected offi
cials can and must be lob
bied for their support of
special interest groups,
such as young, black, un
employed, registered
voters.
"Black youth have to be
taught political values that
will move them beyond the
traditional solutions that
usually blame the victim
rather than the structural
causes of the victim's pro
blems
"Black youth should also
IxOaughl tomiUze that the
world economy is in a state
of rapid change and it
—ailed* their lives.
According to rerent sta
tistics released by the U S.
Department of Labor, the
unemployment rate for
black youth is at least 50
percent But some experts,
including white, believe the
numbers are too conserv
ative
"These statistics indi
cate that within urban
America there is a lost
generation' of young people
between the ages of 16-25,
who face the possioimy 01
never finding a job on a
long term basis,'* claims
White
“These young people are
a vital resource if Ame
rica is to experience an
urban renaissance.
"Unemployed black
youth don't fit any of the
popular stereotypes that
some experts' would like
us to believe," he
continues
“Not all of them carry
guns, shoot dope or attack
innocent people A large
percentage of them attend
school on a regular basks
and participate in church'
and community activ
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