Rev. Maxie Houston of China Grove
AME Zion, located on 8401 Old Pineville
Road, held an ADDreciation .Service
Program oh Friday, May 14, in honor of
Mrs. Lillian Wilson Smith, who joined the
church at a relatively young age and has
unselfishly rendered her service to her
church and mankind She has served in
many capacities throughout the years In
1957 Mrs. Smith became Financial
Secretary-Treasurer of the church under
the pastorage of the late Dr J S
Nathaniel Tross. At that time the church
was in the embryonic stage of its
Building Fund Program She remained
in this position with loyalty and pro
ficiency until after the mortgage was
liquidated in October ot 1981. Presently,
treasurer of the Trustee Board of her
local church, Mrs Smith is also a
Deaconess and a Class Leader. A
dedicated layperson, she serves as one of
the area presidents of the Charlotte
District Lay Council and is a member of
The Western tforth Carolina -Annual -
Conference Finance Committee Prior to
her retirement in December 1977, Mrs.
Smith was employed with the Carolina
Motor Club of Charlotte Here, she
devoted almost 34 years of valuable and
loyal service to this company. On the 24th
of December. 1938 Mrs. Smith was
married to Mr June Smith
Susan Green Affirms
Community Has Commitment
“To Help Its Own People”
By Mac Thrower
Post Staff Writer
"We expected to find that
people are hurting, and
they are..." that’s the way
Government Impact Com
mittee member Susan
Green summed up the ex
pectations and findings of
the committee in its study
of the initial impact of
federal cutbacks in Meck
lenburg and Union Coun
ties.
The report, assembled by
the committee and staff
members of United Way,
has been described as “the
best study of its kind done
to date in North Carolina.”
—It is, as committee chair
man Dr. Richard E. Neel
points out, a look only at
_ .‘‘factual information”; the
report does not attempt to
go beyond the facts and
figures to reach anv sub
jective conclusions about
urc iigms or wrongs oi
government cutbacks.
However, as County Com
missioner Green indicated,
there are emotional facts
involved in this situation
too-regardless of one’s
opinion about the need for
federal cuts-these
emotional facts assert that
“people are hurting,” and
that this reality will have to
be faced, not denied, by
federal, state and local
leaders.
Mrs. Green affirms that
"the community has a
commitment to help its
own people." She believes
that if federal cutbacks
continue, volunteer agen
cies and leaders in the
private sector will have to
shoulder the “responsibili
ty to help.”
Debbie Ringdohl of the
Children’s Home Society
already has seen a hopeful
sign of people in the pri
vate sector “helping our
own" in the form of a
contribution being made to
the agency by a local firm
to l>elp offset the loss of
$130,000 in Title XX federal
financing. Ms. Ringdohl
adds that the program has
been able to successfully
Judge Todd
I am a subscriber to the
Charlotte Post as well as
my family and sister in
Georgia. We enjoy reading
the information and learn
ing about local activities
My sister in Georgia
especially enjoys it. She
feels like she is at home
each week when it arrives.
I wish you continued suc
cess in this endeavor of
keeping the Black Press
and public so well
informed
Sincerely.
T. Michael Todd
_District Court Judge
Susan Green
...County Commissioner
absorb the federal cut, but
that “we’re hoping for
more help.”
Mrs. Green remarked
that “it is too early to tell"
it significant help is being
received from the private
sector by local human
service agencies. Accord
ing to Mrs. Green, the
present economic situa
tion, along with the
prospect of even deeper
icuerai cuts in tne future,
makes it unlikely that pri
vate donations will amount
to much more than a
partial remedy for serious
ly reduced services.
All of the people contact
ed in connection with the
Impact Committee Report
echoed Mrs. Green's com- '
ment that “we’re waiting
for the other shoe to drop"
in terms of anticipated 1983
fiscal year cuts. Dr. Neel
said that there is “a lot of
uncertainty...we know that
staff reductions have al
ready been made, that
some services have
already been reduced," but
he noted that no one is sure
of the amount or possible
effects of 1983 cutbacks. He
did- affirm ^hat the com
mittee "will continue to
monitor the situation, and
the data will be updated.”
Kelly Alexander Jr., vice
president of the North
Carolina NAACP, offered a
pointed summary of the
budget cuts issue when he
observed, "Everyone is
going to have to pay a price
to turn the economy
around, but I question the
effort to place the major
burden of suffering on the
poor and middle income
groups.”
Alexander also alluded to
the fact that the cost of
building one B-l bomber
equals the cost of helping
thousands of people
through social service
programs
In view of the Govern
ment Impact Committee
Report and testimony from
many other such sources
throughout the country, it
-is certainly _ reasonable to
expect that in this 1982
political year, the cost of
B-I bombers, and the price
oT'American people "hurt
ing," will have to be
reckoned and fully
debated.
Goodwill Wins An Award For “Outstanding Services*
By Mac Thrower
Host Staff Writer
Goodwill Industries of
the Southern Piedmont,
Inc. has won the National
-aws.rd for “Outstanding
Rehabilitation Service”
from Goodwill Industries of
-America and alco the Ro —
gional award for the South
eastern United States by
submitting the name of
JoAnn Miller as Achiever
of the Year.
Goodwill received the
award for “Outstanding
Rehabilitation Service" for
their innovative new pro
gram designed to serve
multiply handicapped
hearing impaired indivi
duals. This is a pilot pro
ject that was begun in 1981
w’ith special funds provided
by the United Way. In the
first year, the program
placed seven multiply han
ciapped deaf individuals
mto competitive rmjUtvy
Druid Hills
Garden dub
News
The May meeting of the
Druid Hills Garden Club
was held recently at the
home of Mrs. Eva J. Wiley.
President--Ines-EUis -
opened the meeting with
discussion on the club's
annual flower show and
group [yrticijpatjon. Other
items discussed and
planned were the partici
pation in the Council
pation in the Council Show
and a family picnic. Mrs.
Ann Williams taught cor
sage making to the
members.
The Druid Hills Garden
Club announced the addi
tion if a new member, Mrs.
Carnell Holley. Highly
regarded by members,
Mrs. Holley made many
valuable suggestions.
Members were reminded
of Garden Club Sunday, on
May 23.
The following members
enjoyed a delicious repast
served by the hostess: Mrs.
Inez Ellis, Mrs. Edna
Gaston, Mrs. Ann Wil
liams, Mrs. Roberta Lyles,
Mrs. Sadie English, Mrs.
Saphease Blackmon, Mrs.
Emma Wade, Mrs. Della
Simmons, Mrs. Dora
McGill, Mrs. Hattie
McCree, Mrs. Carnell.
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Of all the awards present
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custodial worker Confined
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use of a walker, is able to
care for her children and
has recently learned how to
once again drive a car. Her
goal is competitive place
ment in a clerical position
within the community.
This is the third consecu
tive year that Goodwill in
Charlotte has won the
award for Regional Achiev
er of the Year. Ken MUier,
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commented that "we know,
we are doing a good job
here in Charlotte, but it is
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