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Debbie McRae
...Essence of sweetness
Debbie McRae Is
Beauty Of Week
«rty l eresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Ttjo essence of sweetness
niarks our beauty Debbie
McRae Gleaming with
that irresistable smile
stands a young lady filled
with the demureness of a
young princess.
Ms. McRae, an eighth
grader at Kennedy Junior
High School, would like to
put to use her talents and
become either a model or
singer. “1 enjoy singing,"
Ms McRae submitted. And
her versatility in singing
both alto and soprano adds
to her self determination.
So much so that a future
'Starirray be moor midst.
She is already taking
notes from her favorite
flroupsi the Jacksons and
Shalamar. “I like both
groups, but I listen care
fully toShalamar’s leading
lady singer, Judy Wentley.
She is the only female
singer in the group.”
Ambition wise, as well as
in the aspects of her life
our beauty has the philo
sophy of always doing her
best “The best you can do
is all right with me, just try
and do your best.”
The daughter of Marshall
and Lillian McRae our
beauty has one sister,
Trevola, and one brother
Marshall Gerry IV. “My
favorite person is my
daddy,” Ms McRae stated.
"He knows how to get
everything done in the
right way. He is smart and
I just like my daddy.”
A Gemini, Ms McRae
describes herself as
.basically a quiet per
son. but when I get mad I
am outrageous.”
At Kennedy Junior High
School she is a member of
the Pep Club, Project
Aries and Book Clubs. One
Ms Edwards, an English
teacher she describes as
out landing ”
A friandj a fellow who
walks In wl„ a]| the rest of
the world ifeu out
Ms. McRae also attends
church where Rev Alton
•-Ford is pastor...the Nations
Ford Baptist Church.
One pastime of Ms.
McRae’s is watching her
favorite television pro
grams, “Different
Strokes” and “Facts of
Life.” She admires the
acting abilities of Todd
Bridges in "Strokes” and
the true to life situations in
the latter situation
comedy.
With a little curve of the
pen we have drawn a posi
tive, personal picture of
our beauty, Ms McRae As
long as she maintains that
captured sweetness that
mental picture will never
corrode.
Democrats
To Hold
Convention
More than 4,000 dele
gates from every county in
N/frth Carolina are expect
ed in Raleigh for the
Party's Pate convention on
Saturday, June 12, accord
ing to Acting Chairman,
Betty Speir of Bethel
Keynote speaker of the
convertion will be U S.
Senator Gary Hart of Den
ver, who has served Colo
rado in the Senate since
Governor James B.
Hunt Jr will introduce the
Senator
Chairman Speir will call
the invention to order at 1
p m in Dorton Arena on
the North Carolina State
Fairgrounds Among
repo ts to be made will be
thos* from Credentials,
Rules, Platform and Reso
lutions. The order of bust
neOi charts the course for
-r^mecralir activities
curing the election year.
Other events of the day
Thehide a brunch at the
Party Headquarters spon
sored by Democratic
Women and a $100 per
couple fundraiser at the
Mission Valley Inn in the
evening
A ARP Chapter
The Mecklenburg Chap
ter of the American Asso
ciation of Retired Persons,
Inc. (AARP) will hold their
June meeting on the 17th at
the Fellowship Hall of Co
venant Presbyterian
Church Social hour at 10
a m followed by meeting
at 10:30. A program on
Discovery Place will be
given.
OIC Urges
Job Bill
Action
In his strongest plea
since opening the 18th an
nual convention of the OICs
of America itv Chicago.
Rev. Leon H Sul]ivanT
Founder and Chairman ot
the Board, urged delegates
of the organization, ‘‘from
home and abroad,” to in
augurate a letter-telegram
blitz urging the passage of
a bi-partisan job training
act.
Senate Majority Leader
Howard Baker (R-Tenn i
and Senate Minority Lead
er Robert Byrd <D-WVa.)
were the marked targets in
seeking immediate action
on S2036. the 1982 Job
Training Bill, that would
replace CETA.
The OIC founder appoint
ed Rev. Paul—
chairperson of the organ
ization’s West Virginia
delegation, and Mrs Sarah
Moor£ Green of the Ten
nessee contingent, as co
chairpersons of the Legis
lative Task Force which
represents 40 states.
The blitz's opening gun
was fired by Rev Sullivan
on Monday with initial tele
grams to Senators Baker
and Byrd, urging imme
diate action on, what he
called, “this vital, life
saving bill.”
According to Rev. Sulli
van, founder of the nation’s
foremost self-help skills
training program, "a
meaningful now’ training
bill is an urgently needed
hfe line -to a growing per-—
centage of teens and young
adults who are being
sucked into a life of crime
as violence in the street -
the bedfellow of dope ad
diction - becomes a way of
life. We must let these
young people know that
this is not the best, nor the
only, way out."
Members of the Cherry Community
Organization meet with Juneteenth or
ganizers in Morgan Park to plan the
Black Independence Day celebration on
June 19. (Rear) Alice Jefferson. Willie
Burgess. Lucy Ellis, Abenaa Harrie.
Lavonde Whitten, iSeated) Jameka
Whitten. Mary Jones. Jamille Craw
ley. Evelyn Arant. and James Ross.
C.C.O. Director. (Photo: Eilene Hanson)
Juneteenth Celebration
Will Be Held Here Saturday
Special To the Post
"Celebrate Freedom and
Peace" will be the theme of
Charlotte’s Juneteenth
Celebration, Saturday,
June 19, a black indepen
dence day marking the end
of slavery.
A full day of activities is
planned by the Charlotte
Equal Rights Council and
Sisters in Support Club,
featuring a parade, games
and contests, speakers and
poets, music, a fashion
show, films and refresh
ments
"Juneteenth is an almost
forgotten day in Negro hi
story, sometimes called
Negro Nation Day. This
day represents the end of
slavery and the continuing
struggle for freedom," said
Evelyn Arant, ERC vice
chair and Juneteenth co
ordinator.
June 19th is a day rich in
black history. On June 19,
1862, the US. Congress
first outlawed slavery in
the U S Territories On
June 19, 1865. Union troops
landed in Galveston, Texas
and for the first time en
forced the end of slaverv
following the Civil War
Again on June 19. 1964,
the Congress passed the
Civil Rights Act. after 786
hours of debate.
For a century the June
teenth celebration has been
a big holiday among blacks
in Texas and is now pro
claimed a state holiday,
observed with picnics,
rallies and parades.
"Juneteenth is our alter
native To- JutyTth"- stnd
Carrie Graves, member of
the Equal Rights Council
-Which started the June
teenth celebration in Char
lotte five years ago
"The Declaration of In
dependence didn't include
slaves, women or free men
-- white or black - with
out property Why should
we celebrate July 4th w hen
it didn't include us? June
teenth is our independence
day." she explained.
Charlotte's Juneteenth
begins with a "Parade for
Freedom and Peace,"
starting at 9:30 a m. from
Marshall Park (2nd Street
parking loti.
"Participants are
encouraged to come in cos
tumes representing their
favorite fighter for black
freedom.” said Arant
There w ill be prizes for the
best costumes.
The parade will include
floats, decorated cars,
wagons and bikes, also con
_jingents from local clubs,
the Fairview Hornes Drilt
Team and Dalton Village
Baton Group
The WBTV-Fun_Bus will
carry non-walkers in the
parade, which will continue
up 3rd Street and through
the Cherry community, to
Morgan Park at Baxter
and Torrence Streets
Juneteenth speakers will
kick-off the outdoor cele
bration at the park at 11:30
am
With Only 5 Contestants Reporting
Post’s Campaign Off To Slow Start
ny i.orelta Manago
Post Staff Writer
The first official report
ing week of The Charlotte
Post’s "Churchwoman of
the Year” campaign re
flects a light turnout
Although the majority of
contestants haven't report
ed any subscription sales,
there are a few eager
churchwomen candidates
who have. Taking advan
tage of the light turnout
these ladies are establish
- ing-themselves. in-primary
leading positions.
Obviously they feel that
the earlier start they get.
the better their position
will be when the campaign
heats up.
The churchwoman, their
respective churches and
points are as follows:
Viola Buyers, Pleasant
llill Baptist Church: 55
points; Anne Herron, Me
tropolitan United Presby
terian Church, 40 points;
Eleanor Miller, Greater
Providence Baptist
Churchr, 40 points; Gail
Miller, Gethsemane Bap
tist Church. 40 points;
Jessie McCombs. Me
morial United Presbyte
rian Church: 30 points, and
Bonita Peay, Greater Gall
Bonita Peay
...GGBC Contestant
lee Haptist Church: 10
points
This week one church
woman candidate will be
featured: Ms Jessie
McCombs,
JKSSK McCOMBS
“I see a need for us
'black churches) to pro
mote The Charlotte Post. A
vital organ among black
people, The Post givesus
news we otherwise would
not , get," explains
McCombs who states her
reason for participating as
a Charlotte Post Church
woman of the Year can
didate.
A member of Memorial
Jessie McCombs
...MUPC Contestanl
United Presbyterian
Church, Mrs McCombs
sings on the Chancel Choir,
works with the Youth
Choir, is a member of the
Women's Organization, the
Evangelism Committee
and is also an Elder
Outside of the church's
domain Mr McCombs
works for Dr Joseph L.
Butler and is a salesperson
for Beatties Ford Memo
rial Gardens
Extending herself be
yond her work and her
involvement in the church
Ms McCombe is affiliated
with the Charlotte Broad
cast Coalition, the John E
-Mr li'lmnnr Miller
Tied for second place
.viccomDs i,egal Defense
Committee and Alpha Pi
Chi Sorority.
The grandmother of two
boys, John and Michael
McCombs, Ms McCombs
enjoys singing, cooking,
macrame, gardening and
horticulture
As a candidate in The
Post’s churchwoman cam
paign. Ms McCombs re^
vealed one of her major •
tactics, ‘‘to make contact
with many friends I’ve met
in my line of work and in
church.” With determina
tion like hers, count on Ms
Mcf^ombs on being a top
contender for the grand
prize.
Ij'ola Marsh Says
Black Hair-Stylists
Are Well Trained
By Mac Thrower
Post StafrAVriter •’
A lot of black beauticians
saw red when a recent
Charlotte Observer article
suggested that. Ahey were
losing black customers to
white hairdressers
The article, published in
the May 30 issue of The
Observer, included com
ments that portrayed black
beauticians as less up-to
date and not as well
trained as their white col
leagues
The black beauticians in
terviewed by The Post
found the article by Ob
server fashion writer Rita
Rouse to be misleading and
one-sided; even worse,
some felt it was a poten
tially damaging blow
directed at a significant
segment of black profes
sionals and businesspeople.
Leola Marsh of the -
D'Essence Beauty Salon
called the article "down
right insulting to the black
professional. " Mrs Marsh
said the article failed to
show that black *lirstylists
have "a lot to offer black
women." Generally speak
ing. black beauticians are
superior to whites when it
comes to doing black hair. "
she insisted
Mrs Marsh maintained
that black beauty salons
offer "products that are
designed especially for
black hair Our products
are better for blacks. I am
■a~distrfbtrter -and - a -hair
designer and I know, she
declared
Noting that the Observer
article referred to the-"
damage done to the hair of
some black women by
white hairdressers who
weren't familiar with the
texture of black hair. Mrs
Marsh said that she has
hada number of customers
who "got their hair
damaged at a white salon
then ran back to us to get it
fixed"
fienjie 'Carpenter, who
works at the Northwood
Hair Care Center and who
has taught classes in ad
vanced hairstyling "all
over the East Coast."
admitted that he feels that
remarks about black hair
stylists not being as up
to-date as whitds "used to
be true But it’s definitely
not as true today There
are quite a few advanced
black hairstylists some
are technicians for major
companies that set trends
and styles."
Carpenter acknowledged
that black beauticians
were probably not in the
past as well-trained as
-white beauticians in areas
such as “precision cutting
and styling Times have
changed, though.” Carpen
ter indicated, “black hair
dressers have to keep up in
terms of advanced train
ing."
A beautician at Hamil
ton Beauty Salon, Kliza
beth Ingram, explained
that a comment in Ms
House s article that sug
gested black beauticians
rely too much on "press
and curl" business is not a
valid criticism “Well
never get completely away
from press and curl," Mrs
Ingram related, “some
women can't take perms ”
Mrs Ingram also report
ed proudly that “we main
tain our customers They
r may try something-new hyt..
they come back I'm doing
hair for some of my cus
tomer s grandchildren "
.James Mangum owner
-■flf MangunTs m t3harlotrer
brushed off critical state
ments in the article about
black beauticians not at
tending seminars and hair
styling courses. T went to
school, with some of the
best white hairdressers."
he retorted "and I keep up
w ith styles through Roffler
and other national and in
ternational seminars "
Also. Mangum continued,
"■most-black hairdressers
do the same .'
Another black beauty
operator. Komain Worth,
who owns Komain's
Beautyrama and Sunshine
Beauty Salon, said that the
Observer article contained
inaccurate generalizations
Mrs Worth added, 'People
who are in this business
shouldn't be knocking each
other "
In response to Ms
House's description of a
purported trend imong
black women to have their
hair done at white-run
beauty salons, a rather
informal survey was con '
See BI.ACK On Page in
To W nshingitM I).(,
Voting Rights
Conference
vS|)onsoring Trip
By Mac Throwcr
Post Staff Writer
The Charlotte Area
Voting Rights Conference
is sponsoring a bus trip to
Washington. D C in order
for interested Charlotteans
to participate in what co
ordinator Warren Arthur
calls 'the historic last
leg'' of the Southern
Christian Leadership Con
ference Voting Rights Pil
grimage
Continuing its mission of
calling for ‘ voting rights,
jobs and peace." the SCLC
Pilgrimage w ill march and
rally in Washington on
Wednesday. June Zi Char
lotte marchers will leave
by bus at noon Tuesday.
June 22. and return Wed
nesday. the 2:trd
r-ii mui duiins muse wno
are interested in making
the trip that the cost will be
$100 per person iincluding
bus fare and a one night
stay at the Internationale
Hotel in Washington' dou
hie or single occupancy A
$50 deposit is required for
the trip, and it is due by
Monday. June 14 The re
maining 150 WltThe due on—
the day of the trip
Prominent black leaders
such as the Rev Jesse
Jackson and Rep Parren
Mitchell are expected to
speak at the rally in
Washington Stevie Won
der. .Sammy Davis Jr and
Jayne Kennedy will be
among the internationally
known entertainers who
will perform during the
June 23 activities
For more information,
call Dr Jewett Walker at
333-3779; or mail your
deposit to; Dr Jewett
Walker, Charlotte Area
Voting Rights Conference
P O Box 31722. Charlotte
N C 23231.