^T^!°fuM,nt‘Gunn Home Extension
Club held their annual Christmas party
at Holiday Inn last weekend. The club
attends classes which involve the mem
bers in different phases of consumer
service.,gives tips that help in household
economy and shows how to stretch the
budget. The president is Ada Gaston and
the vice president is Jo Evelyn Liggett.
Secretary-treasurer is Louise Helton.
Members left to rigm, seated are Odessa
Helton, Myrtle Long, Hazeline Robin
son, Geneva McCauley, Ruth Phifer,
Lizette Kiser. The last row from left to
right are: Ada Gaston, Jessie Wallace
Kvelyn Murphy, Viola Gisley, Jo Evelyn
Liggett. Annie Robinson, Sarah Stafford,
Louise Helton. (Photo by^Jim^BfacJe
Photographers)
Lisa Massey Competes For
Second “Miss YMCA” Title
By Teresa Burns
Post Stuff Writer
j In 1978 the big moment
had arrived. The emcee
was about to announce the
winner of the Miss Mc
Crorey Branch YMCA Con
test. Lisa Massey was the
Contestant ■ named and a
radiant queen approached
the podium to accept the
honor.
This y^r Ms. Massey
decided til agaih compete
for the title. "This time I’m
really doing it for the fun of
it,” shd confessed.
The ntoney that she rais
es by her planned disco,
patron list and ads for the
pageant booklet will_ be
used for worthwhile pur
poses
“The monies raised in
the contest will be used as
scholarships for the under
privileged More children
will be able to attend
camps in the summer
because of this effort." she
explained.
A West Charlotte senior,
Ms. Massey is involved in
the NAA.CP and Phlox
Clpb, a. community-based
organizanon striving to*
Lisa Massey
...West Charlotte senior
help the poor and the shut
in elderly.
She worships at Myers
.Tabernacle AME Zion
Church and plans to attend
college. “I will probably
major in computer science
and eventually fall back on
a law career,” Ms. Massey
exerted.
Ms. Massey recalls her
reign as the 1978 Miss
McCrorey Branch YMCA.
“I rode in the 1978
Carrousel Parage, went
skating with other contest
ants, participated in paja
ma parties, mother-daugh
ter luncheon, and discos
with the other contestants
and I also watched the
many children who come to
the Y’ for recreation.”
This year an extra spice
has. been added for con
testants' activities. There
will be a mother-daughter
luncheon banquet, skating
parties and frequent get
togethers, according to Ms.
Massey. For many of the
contestants this is a time
for meeting life-long
friends and enjoying hosts
of recreational activities.
The chosen queen will be
the belle of the Christmas
parade in Charlotte and
continue to be the charm of
the "Y” for an entire year.
Ms. Massey is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Johnson. Her goal in life is
to “...be happy and suc
ceed in life."
Stay tuned for the crown
ing of Miss McCrorey
"Y". The queen will be
announced during the
pageant December 12 at
the McCrorey Branch
YMCA, located 3801 Beat
ties Ford Road.
Holiday Foods Expected
To Be In pood Supply!
i raditional holiday foods
-- from turkey to nuts - will
be in plentiful supply for
December, according to
-44 C rinpartma.,} pf Agrj
culture marketing special
ists.
There’ll be lots of poul
try, grapefruit, fresh
winter pears, fresh apples,
processed cranberry pro
ducts, raisins, nuts, beef
and pork.
The marketing special
ists said this year’s turkey
supply should be 11 to 15
percent greater than a year
ago and the 1978-80 average
for December. Commer
cial cold storage holdings
on December 1 are expect
ed to be 15-20 percent
larger than a year ago an
will Recount for most of the
increase in supplies. Week
ly productions of turkey
during the month is expect
ed to average 4-8 percent
above a year ago.
Marketing specialists
also said supplies of fresh
grapefruit; are expected to
be plentiful during Decem
ber and throughout the
1981-82 shipping season
Florida is expecting a
record-breaking crop of 55
million bhxes, nine percent
greater than last season s
freeze-damaged crop. The
Texas grapefruit crop is
estimated at 10.5 million
boxes, an increase of 57
percent over last season.
Combined production of
Arizona and Cali/ornia
grapefruit is currently es
timated at 6.7 million
ld|ges, down 5 percent from
last year's crop.
Supplies of fresh winter
pears in the markets also
wtfl be plentiful. Though 5
percent less than last sea
spn's r^ord^cropjofJ^OOt)
m productions of 2.11,000
tons is still quite largey This
shoyld guarantee apple
supplies throughout most
of the winter pear shipping
season
Processed cranberry
products also will be plen
tiful, USDA specialists
said. Cranberry production
nationwide is slightly les.4
than last year, Since the
bulk of the crop is pro
cessed. the availability of
I 1 ft
fresh cranberries in the
market will be less than for
the processed product.
This year's apple crop is
smaller than last season.
but fresh apples Sllll will be
plentiful.
USDA specialists also ex
pect red meat supplies to
be plentiful. Beef, they say,
will be plentiful and rea
sonably priced. Large sup
plies of competing meats
also are available. Weekly
production rates for pork
fire expected to average 5.
to 7 percent below the near
record level of a year ago,
and only about 2 percent
below the record three
year average for Decem
ber in 1978-80.
Kaisins, prunes and nuts
also will be plentiful for
holiday bakers. Production
of natural seedless raisins
was estimated at 215 thou
sand tons This crop, com
bined with a carryover of
101 thousand tons should
result in sunnlies only 3
percent below last year.
The 1981 prune crop was
forecast at 155,000 tons, 8
percvent below last year
but larger than any other
T'l tip siiiLe ---
California almond pro
duction is estimated to be
40 percent higher than in
1980 and 20 percent larger
than the previous record
crop of 197 A record large
walnut crop is estimated
and the filbert crop is es
timated at 3 percent below
last year, but 15 percent
larger than the 1979 crop.
1981 production of pecans is
forecast at 84 percent
larger than last year’s
drought-stricken crop and
60 percent more than the
1979 crop. A record peanut
crop should top a previous
record set in 1979.
Other products in the ex
pected plentiful category
include milk and dairy pro
ducts, sweetpotatoes, broil
er-fryers, rioe, dry edible
beans and dry split peas.
UNCC Awarded
Federal Grant
uespue the current cli
mate of economic cutbacks
during which human ser
vices have been curtailed,
the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte has
been awarded a $148,128'
federal grant for adminis
tration of a continuing edu
cation program for mental
ly handicapped adults in
Cha rlotte- Meek lenburg.
Project LEAR (Leisure
Education and Recreation)
is unique in the nation. The
program teaches the
mentally handicapped the
indenenrippt living skills
necessary to utilize com
munity resources.
Funding for the grant
comes from the Office of
Special Education. Divi
sion of Rehabilitative Ser
vices, Department of Edu
cation in Washington
Pal Keul, coordinator of
the project, feels LEAR is a
misnomer because it in
clines people to see only the
recreational aspect of the
program which also has an
educational side.
‘‘Retarded adults," said
Keul, "have more free time
and less ability to do any
thing with it than any other
group of people and, fur
thermore, these indivi
duals are often dependent
on others for self care.
Project LEAR's intention
is not just to keep them
busy but rather to prepare
them to go out into the
community.”
Ms Keul was a student at
UNCC in the College of
Human Development and
Learning from 19^1-TO add '
then transferred to Appala
chian State University for a
H S. in special education
She worked as a volunteer
at Metro Center in Char
lotte and later did her
student teaching there.
While completing her de
gree. she did several in
ternships working with the
mentally handicapped in
the Appalachian area.
Iwkpatriek hamfly Establishes Scholarship Fund
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
The late Josephine Wade
of Charlotte and her cousin
from New York had an idea
that could help educate
many of their high school
family members who
wanted post secondary
education.
The result was the Kirk
patrick Family Scholar
ship Fund. The family is
large with over 500 mem
bers attending this year's
reunion held last August in
Charlotte.
As each one helps them
selves they in turn help
another member of the fa
mily. Members or direct
descendants of the Kirk
patrick family, whose pa
rents contribute or are ac
tively supporting the scho
larship fund are eligible for
the awards.
According to David
band, "We are such a huge
lamuy u is a way to try to
bring the famiky to
gether." The fund also pro
vides a one-time only scho
larship to any eligible stu
dent at the college level.
The amount will be de
termined bv the amount of
money in the fund and by
the number of scholarship
applications.
1 he effort is professional
and organized but not with
out the touch from many
hearts Mrs. Wade and her
cousin meant to instill. Stu
dents apply by submitting
letters; by providing veri
fication of enrollment with
at least 12 hours leaning
towards a certificate, di
ploma, or degree A stu
dent's registration form
and a copy of the Coun
selor’s Interview Sheet
showing the program of
study will suffice.
Family members of the
Kirkpatrick Family are en
couraged to contribute to
the fund whether they have
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their youths' futures full of
educational opportunities.
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ber 13 to raise money for
the scholarship fund. At 4
pm at Weeping Willow
AME Zion Church the
family will present The
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thers in concert.
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pastored by Rev J W
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Kirkpatrick family mem
bers came from the Weep
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