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[HJBtlC l BLACK NEWSPAPERS - MM^Sl^Ar-R VOl'H BKST BLACK CONSUMERS 1 ADV ERTISING MEDIA —-- i -- IN THE LUCRATIVE (Mum awl MEttLBtfiUtt BBU» M n ./ . .. - -----:_black market -MM|MK , r!3 * he >*>" <’ Of The Mack ( ommuaitv OTTX3745W85 Volume 7, Number 44 * ’ — -- *-THE C HARLOTTE POST - Thursday. April 8, 1982 “ ------ Prir*»- IS fVnf« State Democrats Back Home-B ui If I i ng Program LORI ANN GRIER Miss V.C. Central” Lori Ann Grier Chosen “Beauty Of The Week” By Teresa Burns Post Managing Editor Sophistication is the air of our beauty, Lori Ann Grier. Recently elected Miss North Carolina Central, Miss Grier was chosen over other contestants with 319 votes. A Charlottean Ms. Grier is the daughter of Ethel Grier. She is extremely close to her mother and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Grier. Being a junior at North Carolina Central Univers ity in Durham has not made our beauty forget her roots. ‘Tm the first in the Grier family to attend col lage. But no matter how far we as black people advance,” Ms. Grier com mented, “we must remem ber where we came from, the people who helped us and know that without God none of this would be possible.” Currently Ms. Grier is majoring in English-con centrating on Media Jour nalism. "My ambition is to become one of the best reporters in media journal ism.” She is now gaining the needed experience in the world of competitive jour nalism by writing features for the NCCU campus newspaper, “Camous She is also the editor of Baynes Hall newsletter. At the university Ms. Grier is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror ity; a member of the Dean’s List and Honor Carolina Pol Finfe gj> In Opinion Of Reagan! By John Royster -Special Tn Th. n~8( * -CHAPEL HILL - Ronald Reagan s job performance rating is slipping among North Carolinians, accord ing to the Carolina Poll, a statewide telephone survey conducted by the Univers ity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Jour nalism. Forty-eight percent of the pool respondents said the president’s perform ance was either good or excellent. In last fall’s Carolina Poll, 62 percent had rated Reagan’s per formance as good or excellent. Reagan won North Carol ina's electoral votes in 1980 jgth 49 3 percent of the ^pular vote. The latest poll was a survey of S»3 North Carol inians chosen at random and contacted by telephone sarly In March. Poll re i pendents were ashed tp TUmtAKft Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get. rate Reagan's perform ance as president as ex cellent, "I'Nitty guml," “only fair” or “poor.” The margin of error for the results is plus or minus four percent. But Walker's GOP count erpart, state chairman David Flaherty, said Rea gan remained popular and criticized the poll. Roll; junior honorable mention; was elected Miss Baynes Hall and crowned "Miss John D. Lennon.” She is also on the Stu dent Steering Committee and Student Government Association (secretary to the vice president of the student government). Other activities include Charlotte's Finest Club which is on the NCCU campus; the English and French Clubs; plus she is an Iota Phi Theta Sweet heart Ms. Grier enjoys model ing and recently modeled at Freedom Mall in a Spring Fashion Slrow: She also likes the games back gammon and tennis and truly enjoys meeting people. The lyrics and the soft ness of Luther Vandross are enchanting and relax ing to our beauty. A part of Ms. Grier’s make-up is to be concerned about current events and how our present govern mental structure will affect ..111 i-rii.iirt..alg Thm the side of the intellect and ambitious career lady. But then there is a soft side to Ms. Grier. The lady who loves her mother and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Grier A combination that births a shining star Bill Of Rights Lobby Mobilizes In an 11th hour effort to insure the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. the ACLL', its Washington Legislative Office and~50 state affiliates are distri buting 20,000 copies of a Q&A pamphlet on the Act to members of Congress, civil rights organizations, community leaders and key members uf ACLl“S " Bill of Rights Lobby. Important provisions of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire in August 1982. A Voting Rights Act extension bill, passed by the House last year, is currently before the Senate The ACLU pamphlet makes clear that the Act's promise of voter equality has yet to be fulfilled It explains why the Voting Rights Act was passed, how it works, where it has failed, and hew it can be strengthened It discusses the new bail out formula and tne addition ot a “results’' test for finding discrimination -two provi sions of the House-passed extension bill which are coming under heavy attack by opponents of the Voting Riohtc Art The pamphlet was writ ten by Laura Murphy, ACLU legislastive repre sentative and director of —the—Voting Rights Pubjic Education Project. Genealogical Society Will Meet Wednesday The Mecklenburg Genea logical Society, Inc is holding its monthly meet ing Wednesday, April 14, 7 p.m. at the Commonwealth United Methodist Church, 2434 Commonwealth Road. -MlUIL)} OuniUj. 'mill ha speaking on techniques used to research the bio graphy of a North Carolina civil war soldier His book will be published in mid May of this year. The meeting is open to the public and guests are welcome. Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph IsYMCA Annual Membership Dinner Speaker The Henry L. McCrorey Branch YMCA will hold its Annual Membership Din ner meeting Tuesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. McCrorey Y is located at 3801 Beatties 'TorSHSift Featured speaker for this year’s meeting will be Elizabeth S. Randolph, as sociate superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools • Tl__Ltl. I— _it . it » pumiv id vviuiaiijr invited to attend this dinner meeting and hear this dy namic lady. Reservations can be made by calling the Y at 394-2356. The cost for this year’s meeting is $7 per person. Members of the McCro rey Centry Chib will be recognized at this meeting The members j»re indivi duals, churches, business es or organizations, that have contributed $100 or more during the last year. Elizabeth Randolph ...CMS superintendent Those attending this af fair will be greeted by Mrs Randolph one of the few black associate school su perintendents in the U S. She has hadan outstanding vareer in education and has held prominent profession al positions and elective offices. Her career in education has covered the entire spectrum of public educa tion from the classroom to the superintendency She has served as a teacher in the public schools of North Carolina and principal of University Park Elemen tary School. Other positions held in Charlotte prior to becom ing associate superintend ent include: director of ESEA Activities; adminis trative assistant for school operations and assistant superintendent for Zone II Mrs Randolph attended the public schools of Ra leigh She received her AB degree from Shaw Univers ity, the MA degree from the University of Michigan and * advanced certificate in school administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill She has had additional study at Syracuse Univers ity of Maryland. Mrs. Randolph's many honors and awards include the following: recipient. Woman of the Year Award Southern Area Links, Tnc, 1977; 1977 Shaw University alumni Achievement Award; 1977 Educator of the Year Award, Charlotte Chapter Phi Delta Kappa WBT Woman of the Year Award 1978: Doctor of Humane Letters from Shaw University, 1979; she has received citation from Alpha Kappa AJpha Soror ity, the National Honor Society, the National Black Caucus of the Association for Supervision and Cur riculum Development (ASCDt and others She is also listed in Who’s Who of -American Women and Who’s Who Among Black Americans County Road To Close KAI.EKill - Rush hour traffic on Trade Street (NC-51» in the Mecklen burg County town of Matthews could be a little more congested beginning Aoril S Acting on a request from Seaboard Coast Line Rail road, officials of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOTi will close two of the four lanes at the railroad cross ing just south of Charles Street, The closing will allow railroad maintenance crews to upgrade the crossing Traffic will move through the area on the remaining two lanes of the crossing HENRY AND GEORGIA ORR ....First married in 1914 After 68 Years Of Marriage Oros Are Closer Than Ever! By Teresa Burns Post Managing Fditor Grandpa Ben was a fear less soul. For a scare the white men would tell the niggers on the plantation to put their heads on the cut ting block. i ne poor blacks would all yell and cry all, except Grandpa Ben He'd lay his head on the block and say “Go ahead.' This is just one memory 90 year-old Henry Orr and his wife, 85 year-old Geor gia, share Henry Orr's father, grandfather and Ben were slaves. It makes you think when some of us living today just missed slavery by one generation The Orrs have been mar ried for 68 years Many moons for a couple to be together. "But I think about her more now," Henry Orr commented about his wife "Love don’t change," Mrs Orr added "It gets old and you can’t love like ... . . nil f"»re for one another more when you get older. "Earlier years we both couldn't go at one time. One of us had to stay around the house to tend the flock or take care of the crops," Orr commented Today they both confessed they don't want to be apart Henry Orr was christ ened during infancy in the same house he and his wife reside in today. The house was his father’s and mother's, Alexander and Alice Wallace »y me time Henry s father was 35 he was no longer a slave and married 13 year-old Alice They had 13 children, 10 boys and three girls Henry, next to the youngest is the only living child After his freedom Alex ander Orr bought over 20 acres of land from his white owner also namecf Orr. Over the years kin divided the land but the On descendants still awn “.. from the church to the woods," a long strip along North Sharon Amity Rd fformerly Hickory Grove Road),” On explained When the Orrs first mar ried in 1914 they lived in the house on Sharon Amity for about three years with _HenrvOrr|s_£arents. Then we moved mlo 5— little house and then we went to Virginia," Mrs On announced "We came back to Charlotte and farmed for a white man a while." Together they bought a farm on Idlewild Road and lived there for 32 years When their health began to fail they decided to move back to the old home on Sharon Amity • They raised the late Mary Bell Johnson and their late nephew. Janies Orr. One of the major changes they have seen in the past 68 years is how children are raised "People don't raise the children like they did Pa rents didn't allow their children to hear cuss words or see them do wrong," the Orrs stated. "And you’d better not go nowhere it they told~yoiT no.'' Going beyond those 68 years Orr remembers his childhood. "N'o holding hands with your girlfriend, no kissing and if I bought a girl something I couldn't spend over a nickle on her If I spent any more her paents would give me the money back ~11111111 11111 Jrr's early davs Many blacks worked tenant farms On Sharon Amity the land produced cotton and corn. Others worked for 50 cents a day. Mrs Orr s parents were Lucy and Julius Johnson She had four brothers and six sisters "I wasn't going to marry Henry un less 1 got my mother's blessings. She finally said it was all right." Only then were they married at the home of magistrate Martin Davis. __ From the beginning the couple never thought about divorce. "When we mar ried husbands and wives didn’t part They called it a sin and no one wanted to commit adultry," Mrs Orr ggptslttetf "People seemed to be live in God’s word more than they do today," Orr commented. During those years the couple has worked diligent ly at St Paul United Presbyterian Church on Robinson Church Rd Rev Robert Walton is now the pastor Orr is an inactive elder and deacon Mrs Orr was the respected treasur er of the church for years and worked in the mission ary society Last Saturday Rev Walton performed the cere money for Mr and Mrs Orr to repeat their wedding vows Program To Provide Stimulus North Carolina Demo cratic Chairman Russell G Walker this week urged North Carolinians to sup port a Democratic proposal "that would mean afford able homes for families in the market and also pro vide a healthy shot-in-the arm to a decldtjdly'un —healthy home building market.’1 ' ■ Senator Walker said the program "would provide a real stimulus, at a price that is pocket change com pared to some federal programs-only $1 billion a year for three years. Peo ple concerned about hous ing should write North Carolina's Republican sen - ators.-as well.as Congress.-, men, about this important program " The plan was announced by Senator Robert Byrd D-WVi Democratic lead er. and Senator Henry Jackson < D-Wash.) who heads the Democratic housing task force. Key points of the plan include Stimulate construction and sale of 500.000 single family homes through an interest subsidy of four percentage points on new mortgage, with 70 percent of the homes actual new starts. The other 30 percent would be new homes, standing unsold Stimulate construction and sale of 100,000 single family homes byCproviding a one-time $5.0flib matching payment to help young and low-income families make a down payment on a new home Rescue 100,000 homeown ers and family farm oper ators by providing federal loans for up to 21 monthly payments Build 50,(i0<j new units of public housing Since this can be done for "only *>1 bllllllH J U'dl, K'j a good deal when we have a double depression in hous ing People who need houses can't buy them, and builders have no market to keep them in business," the \'or»h Carolina Democratic chairman said 'Mere is another exam ple of when Reaganomics is clearly out of step with the times." Senator Walker continued "Rather than moving to solve a problem that affects .North Carol ina and every other state in the nation. President Rea gan's budget cutters are proposing taking back $9 billion that would have provided 50,000 housing 'units In 1982-- and reduced home building pro crams in itun and 1984." <‘Hy Manager To Speak At NAA Meeting 0. Wendell White, City Manger of Charlotte, will be the speaker at the April meeting of the National As sociation of Accountants, Charlotte Blue Chapter The monthly meeting will be Tuesday, April 13, at 6 p.m at Sharonview Country Club Persons interested in at tending the April meeting should contact Karen Edwards at 373-5513.