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MRS. JESSIE MCCOMBS
^.1982 Churchueoman of the Year
100 Attend Post’s Eighth
Anniversary Celebration
By Mac Thrower
Post Staff Writer
..The Charlotte Post cele
brated its eighth annivers
ary ana tne conclusion--of
the annual "Churchwoman
of the Year" contest this
past Friday with a banquet
held at- McDonald’s Cafe
teria.
Dr. H. S. Diggs, the guest
speaker, Bob Davis,
master of ceremonies, and
Bill Johnson, editor and pu
blisher of The Post, all
stressed what became the
main theme of the event:
Cooperation—between
black churches, businesses
and newspapers.
The highlight of the even
ing came with the an
nouncement of the winners
of the “Churchwoman of
the Year” contest. Mrs.
Jessie McCombs, of
Memorial United Presby
terian, the first place
winner, received a cash
prize of $1,967.50 to be
awarded to her church; she
also received prizes for
herself worth $605.00.
Mrs. Gale Miller, of
Gethsemane Baptist, fin
ished second and garnered
$309.84 fpr her church. The
prizes she received are
valued at $190.00.
East Stonewall AME
Zion’s churchwoman, Lula
Watson, took third place
and gained $116.51 for her
church and prizes in the
amount of $100 for herself.
The Pott also honored 10
of its top advertisers at the
banquet Plaques were
i given to the following ad
vertisers in recognition of
their support: A1 Adams of
.Professional Beauty Sup
ply, David Allen of Ameri
can Dry Cleaners, Nathan
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if.ookinfi ahead is a good
ay to keep from falling
'hind.
iel Black of Kings and
Queens Lounge, Norm
Greene of Buffalo Tire
Company, Don Hill of
-Peaks’ -Drugs, Sam John-.
son of Sam Jofmson
Lincoln-Mercury, Alex Mc
Millian of Harris-Teeter,
John McNair of Wachovia
Bank, Dave and Carolyn
Moore of Tarts, and Robert
Wells of Sears.
Bob Davis, chairman of
the Mecklenbut g Democra
tic Party, handled his
duties as master of cere
monies deftly, and Post
staffer Jackie Carr enter
• tamed the crowd nf over
100 with an evocative solo
vocal performance of “The
Long Road.”
The guest, speaker, Dr.
H.S. Diggs, pastor of May
field Memorial Baptist
Church, delivered a force
ful talk filled with amusing
anecdotes, pointed observ
ations about the deterior
ation of society, and ap
peals for unity, discipline
and love within the black
community.'
Dr. Diggs also called for
support of The Post as “the
voice ot me black commun
ity”: “Read the daily
papers,” he advised, "but
if you want tp know what
black people are doing
rea<Tfhe Charlotte Post:”
‘‘History has shown,”
Dr. Diggs declared in
urging blacks to unite
behind the efforts of black
churches, schools, busi
nesses and newspapers,
"that we have to do for
ourselves.”
Bill Johnson, the editor
and publisher of The Post,
expressed pleasure with
the outcome of the
"‘Church worn an of ttre~
Year" campaign: "We are
grateful and appreciative
to the women and their
churches who have made it
possible fqr The Post to
reach 765 more families
each week.” (A total of 765
subscriptions to The Post
were sold by the church
women during the eight
weeks of the contest.)
"It shows what can be
accomplished when black
churches, businesses and
newspapers work to
gether," Johnson added
National Study Shows
Low Funding Threatens
Chairman
Blasts East,
Helms Vote
“The actions of Senators
Jesse Helms and John East
with regard to legislation
-dnilhling thp rig^rette tax
speak a lot louder than
their empty rhetoric."
This comment was pari
of a statement released
today by Democratic Party
Chairman, Senator Russell
Walker of Asheboro. who
charged the two Republi
can senators with sabotage
of the tobacco industry?
"Our two Republican
senators would have us
believe that they did every
thing in their power to
defeat the tax increase and
protect the interests of
North Carolina tobacco
farmers.
“Twice this week. Helms
and East cast votes in
favor of doubling the cigar
ette tax. The first vote
came on Wadnesday^when
their votes helped to de
feat a Democratic spon
sored amendment that
would have eliminated the
cigarette tax increase from
the Republican tax pack
age
Chairman Walker contin
ued, “Then late last night
or early this morning,
when a final vote came on
the overall tax package,
—Helms_and East joined
their Republican col
leagues in voting for the
bill
"So our two Senators are
now undeniably on record
as having voted to double
the cigarette tax. a tax that
could mean the loss of thou
sands of jobs in the state
they purport to represent.
“Fortunately, this re
gressive tax has not yet
cleared the House, where
people like Charlie Rose,
Charlie Whitley and Ike
Andrews can be counted on
to fight it."
ENGAGING REGINA DRAKEFORD
...Myers Park senior
Regina Drakcford
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
History has always fas
cinated our beauty Regina
Drakeford. Reaching back
into time has allowed her
to prepare vibrantly for her
what historians have
claimed for years: we can
learn by past mistakes
“I like to know more
background on how the
world used to be. I think we
should know some facts
about our history," Ms.
Drakefor'd explained
In observing immediate
history our alert beauty
realizes that unity is the
key to any problem "As
far as our community is
concerned! feel that blacks
Beginning Here Sunday
Pentecostal Temple Church Of God
To Host 24th Holy Convocation
The theme for the 24th
Annual Holy Convocation
of the North Carolina Con
ference Church of God in
Christ will be "The Family
In Perspective.”
The conference to occur
August 1-8 at Pentecostal
Temple Church of God in
Christ, 1401 Parkwood
Ave., where Bishop J.
Howard Sherman, D D.
pastors, will open with
Convocation Music. Choirs,
soloists and artists from
North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and
Tennessee will perform.
On August 2 Civic Night
will include local civic
leaders. County Commis
sioner Bob Walton, pastor
of St. Paul United Pres
byterian Church, and Bi
shop w. T. Bowens, who
pastors Glorious Fire Bap
tized Church of America,
Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr.
...Nat'l Presiding Bishop
will both address the con
vention.
August 5 will feature
Bishop James Oglethorpe
Patterson Sr., presiding
bishop of the Church of God
in Christ. Inc <of Mem
phis, Tenn.i.
Daisy Sherman
Administrative chairlady
During the November
Convocation of 1968 the
Church of God was without
clear leadership. An elec
tion was to be held and all
of the known candidates
were on the floor for con
sideration A young map
Mary E Bennett
State Supervisor of Women
who had served the church
as secretary for a number
of years had not been
seriously considered He
had served in many capa
cities without recognition
and there was no reason to
should come together 1
want us to stop going
against each other. Act as
one and not as separates."
Ms. Drakeford has
noticed many instances of
life. Many of her lessons
were taught by her family
members. “I enjoyed
growing up in a large fa
mily,” she began "I ad
mire my mother. Queen
Drakeford. She talks to me
and she is there when I
need her."
"fCven though I have a
quick temper at times I love
to love people. Sometimes I
give so much love that I get
my feelings hurt.” she
continued.
A rising 12th grader at
Myers Park Senior High
School Ms- Drakeford has
participated in the NAACP,
SoanishClub, the "Y" Club
and the Voque Organiza
tion She was also a mem
ber of Project Aries and
second period Student
Council.
Her favorite teacher is
Ms. Mason, a dynamic in
structor who taught her in
the 10th grade. "She under
stood me and talked to me
No other teacher took time
to see what was wrong with
me"
Attending M. Mark s
United Methodist Church,
where Rev Paul Perkirfif is
pastor, is one activity our
beauty deems important.
A member of the Youth
Group and Junior Choir
Ms Drakeford recently re
turned from a church
related senior high assem
bly "We discussed our
Christian lives and con
ducted activities and
games to understand our
selves better." she ex
plained Her philosophy of
life was taken from the
Bible and she believes:
"You reap what you sow "
On the way up the ladder
to success Ms Drakeford
will know how to treat
others.
•a
Professor Norman Le&trin
Says Crisis Approaching
-Rv Unviri Williamson
Special To The Post
CHAPEL HILL - Gross
ly inadequate funding of
criminal defense services
~f»i Hie puui is threatening—
the constitutionally gua
ranteed right of many
Americans to effective
legal representation, ac
cording to a new national
study.
The study, conducted for
the American Bar Asso
ciation hy_ tjorman Lef
stein. professor of law at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill,
shows that in many state
courts, lack of money often
deprives defendants of
counsel altogether or
makes the defense they
receive extremely defi
cient.
Unlortunately, there is
mounting evidence that the
financial problems of de
"Fense services are ap
proaching crisis propor
tions in some parts of the
country," I^efstein said
The duty of states to
provide lawyers for poor
defendants is ample reason
for correcting the defici
ences, he said But
besides depriving indivi
duals of their constitutional
rights, inadequate repre
sentation creates signifi
cant—problems for the
entire criminal justice
system.
"Most importantly, there
is considerable risk of
wrongful conviction of the
innocent and of accused
persons receiving vastly
unequal treatment, de
pending on their wealth or
poverty," he said
The UNC-CH legal scho
lar undertook his study in
1979 after the ABA House of
Delegates recommended
establishment of an inde
pendent, federally funded
Center for Defense Servic
es. The purpose of the
center would be to
strengthen through grants
and contracts, all forms of
defense services for the
poor in state courts
The ABA’s Standing
Committee on Legal Aid
and Indigent Defendants
felt that up-todate infor
mation on defense service
financing and on the pro
blems created by inade
quate funding would help to
clarify the need for the
center.
It selected I^fstein to
conduct the research be
cause he is former director
of the public defender ser
vice in Washington, DC.,
and he helped to revise the
association's latest edition
of “Standards for Pro
viding Defense Services
and the Defense Function ''
Among his findings was
that the amount of money
per capita spent defending
the poor varies tremen
dously from state to state
Alaska and California, for
example, spent national
highs of $8 18 and $3.94 for
each state resident during
1980-81. North Carolina.
29th in lho United States,
spent $1 24 per person71Th(J
Mississippi and Alabama
spent national lows of $ 48
and $.45. respectively.
-pinri In priralp |:m.
yers defending indigent
clients also varied widely,
from $12.50 per in-court
hour in Connecticut to $50
per in-court hour in North
Dakota
Mrs. I^onnie Miller —_
...Chorale directress
Charlotte
Community
Chorale Returns
The Greater Charlotte
Community Chorale con
tinues its quest to sing
God’s praises. The Chorale
returned to Charlotte last
week after a spiTtfrfttied—
weekend in Pensacola,
Florida This is the fifth
consecutive year the
Chorale has performed in
Pensacola, at the Zion
Hope Primitive Baptist
Church. Rev. Benny A.
Hemphill, a former Char
lotte resident, is pastor.
The Chorale was organ
ized five years ago under
the direction of Mrs.
Connie Miller. The group
consists of professionals
and para-profes&ionals who
are interested in spreading
God’s word through song
The Chorale is in the
process of completing its
calendar for the year. Or
ganizations interested in
the Chorale's participation
may contact Mrs Bobbie
Parks at 375-2558
Mental Health
Service I'la ns
Four Workshop**
The Mecklenburg Mental
Health Service, 501 Bill
ingsley Road, will offer
four workshops during the
month of August and Sep
tember On Tuesday, Au
gust 3, and 10, a work
shop will be conducted
about anxiety from 7 9 p.m
The fee is $7.50.
For information on effec
tive communication as part
of your career attend the
workshops on August 11
and 18, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Four sessions have been
arranged for a workshop on
how to overcome depres
sion Op August 11, 18 and
25 and September 1, learn
about guilt, anxiety, anger
and self esteem, as they re
late to depression. The fee
is $10.