oct a a 199 sen*- CHA1 LOTTE P( 1ST »/ • / rr,| ... _ CALL 3(6*04% The Voire Of I he I Hack ('ommunity" Volume 8, Number 20 ____ - ---- THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. October 21 iw " " - -— - ——______ Price: 35 Cents Alston Named ^Director Of Urban League Robert M. Alston Jr. has been named Executive Di rector of Charlotte-Meck lenburg Urban League, Inc. He became the official director Monday, October 18th. Alston is the former di rector of the Staten Island Branch of New York Urban League, where he served for six years. During that time Alston was respons ible for the development of a coalition with St. Vin cent’s Medical Center. other achievements in clude development of the New Dorp High School Community Advisory Council following the racial disturbances in Staten Is land during the 1980s; and the development of the New York Urban League Teenage Pregnancy Out »reach Program which led ▼to the development of an Island-wide Teenage Preg nancy Task Force of social service providers, youth serving agencies and com munity-based organiza tions. In addition Mr. Alston has represented the Staten Island Chamber of Com merce, the New York City Board of Education Chan cellor’s Commission on Equal Opportunity, the Na tional Conference of Christ ians and Jews Leadership Training Programs, the Staten Island Council on Child Abuse and the United Negro College" Fun? New York Council. Callman To Head JCSU NAACP Chapter jThe Johnson C. Smith University NAACP Chap ter has recently become an active participant of the local and state chapters of the NAACP of Charlotte and North Carolina, re %pectivelty. The Exeuctive Board was recently elected by the student body of Johnson C. Smith Unviersity recently. Benjamin F. Gallman III was elected president. Gallman is a native of Phi ladelphia, PA, vice presi dent is Len Baxter of Char lotte; Secretary Deborah Byrd of Greenville, S.C. and treasurer is Sherri L. Carpenter of Sicklerville, N.J. Student Government As sociation (SGA) is Rod Smith of Winston-Salem. Thus far the NAACP at Johnson C. Smith is off to a good start for the upcoming year and excitingly awaits the many services mem bers can perform. Currently members have conducted a massive mem bership drive on the cam pus. Within four days $295 in membership dues was collected Rod Smith, the SGA re presentative and other members attended the re cent convention in Fayette ville and brought back a »port of what the NAACP doing nationally as well as locally. Members of JCSU NAACP will continue to strive for the causes and the excellent reputation the NAACP has attained. RKTLt-WjT * Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes as judge ♦ LOVELY MICHELLE HAGINS ...Strong “willed person” Michelle Hagins Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor Being a peaceful person herself Michelle Hagins wishes that same blessing upon the entire world. “Socially I would like the world to be more people oriented and less color oriented,” she stated. In addition to that calm persona Ms. Hagins is also a strong willed person. One striving for excellence with the necessary faith. “I believe one should do the very best one can with the resources you have...and pray a lot.” So far Ms. Hagins, 28, is showing that her pioneer ing attitude is not in vain. She is presently working as a Lady Love consultant supplementing her educa tion at Central Piedmont Community College. She is studying to become a nurse. “I like the field of me dicine. Maybe a little fur ther down the road there will be a much greater need for black nurses. As the money runs out in our country we will need po licemen and nurses so we will be able to take care of ourselves,” she comment ed. A native of Baltimore, Maryland Ms. Hagins has found Charlotte to be more economically feasible in comparison. In her opinion, "The cost of living here is a lot less. . .and in addition the trees are nice, too.” Ms. Hagins is an avid reader. She enjoys the arts, basically drama, horse back riding, needle point and the fascination of cook ing Various dishes In the musical phase of her life she enjoys the con temporary tunes of Maze and the talents of the group’s lead singer, Frank CPCC Plans Forum With Candidates For Stale Lqpfefci* Citizens may question candidates seeking to re present Mecklenburg County in the N.C. General Assembly in a forum Octo ber 20 at Centra) Piedmont Community College. The forum will be at 10 a.ift. In Room 120 of the Music Building on Eliza beth Avenue «V ie Beverly. There are many positive characteristics our beauty possesses. In addition to being a peace maker she is a fair individual who views both sides. Being artistic is also a part of Ms. Hagins’ make-up. Many of her attributes have been encouraged by her favorite individuals, Florence Martin and her mother, Ernestine Robin son. “I admire Florence be cause of her helpfulness. She understands what am bition means and she shows it constructively." "And my mother is a strong woman. She has helped me to be that way, also,” Ms. Hagins con cluded. Ms. Hagins is a young lady filled to the brim with enthusiasm for life and en joyment of simple beauty. But yet she still has that important foresight and balance to remain serious and happy at the same time. With Heating Bills 250,000 Low Income Households To Get Help Workfare Program Announced Special To The Post • WASHINGTON - Final regulations which will allow state and local juris dictions the option of in corporating a job-oriented workfare program into the food stamp program were announced today by an official of the U S Depart ment of Agriculture. "This innovative pro gram is designed to pro vide many of our food stamp recipients with on the-job training as they im prove their job skills and employability,” said Sam uel J. Cornelius, admin istrator of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. “We are hopeful that skills learned in this program will enable more recipients to graduate to private sector employment.” under the workfare pro gram, able-bodied food stamp recipients between the ages of 18 and 60 can be required to do public ser vice work in return for food stamp allotments. Qualifi cations for entry into the program will be considered on a case-by-case basis. If an eligible recipient re fuses without good cause to comply with the workfare process, the entire house hold will be ineligible to receive food stamp benefits for two months. Cornelius said workfare pilot projects, in operation since July 1979, already have been successful in training recipients for per manent employment in a variety of professions. The recipient’s work will be valued at a rate equi valent to the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher. A maximum of 30 hours work per week may be required of any recipient. J. CHARLES JONES ••Hold and articulate J. Charles Jones Opens Neighborhood Law Practice By Hohert l.ane Jr. Post Staff Writer J. Charles Jones is the only neighborhood lawyer in Charlotte. He may be the only neighborhood lawyer in the U.S. for that matter. Jones resides at 2014 W Trade Street in Charlotte His residence is also the location for his practice. “It's not only convenient for me,” he reasoned, “its’s also convenient for people in this area (Five Points community) to see me if the need arises.” It seems that Jones has spent a great deal of his life working for the best in terest of others. As a stu dent at Johnson C. Smith University in the late 1950s he spent a great deal of his time participating in “Sit Ins” and making public statements in the area of civil rights Looking back on those days, he explains, “Char lotte has always been pro gressive in the area of civil rights And it wasn’t be cause the governing body necessarily liked black folks," he suggested, it was largely because Char lotte was beginning to make progress economic ally and the city didn’t need the problems that a violent movement would bring." While at Johnson C. Smith, Jones majored in religious education and psychology. He decided on Uj Championship Bowl (kune Gantt Named Honorary Chairman By Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor Coordinators of the up coming CIAA North and South Championship Bowl Game to be held in Char lotte’s Memorial Stadium Novembe 20, have an nounced that Harvey Gantt is the Honorary Chairman of the game. Gantt is Mayor Pro-Tern of Charlotte. “It’s certainly an honor," Gantt told The Post, "because the people who are sponsoring the event are doing such a great Job not only encour aging the playing of the CIAA game in Charlotte but because they do so much for young people. It’s a great pleasure to be the honorary chairman ” The West Charlotte Op timist Club and the Rameses Temple No. 51 AEAONMS are sponsors of the Charlotte CIAA bowl. Gantt's dream for the bowl includes filling the stands If so, he stated, we will find that the city will reap economic rewards. "Perhaps in four to five years Charlotte can show that the CIAA, say with Harvey Gantt Cl A A honorary chairman 25,000 people attending the bowl, is significant and it is a major sporting event." The time of the game is 1:30 p m with tickets, $5 in advance and $8 at the gate. Advanced tickets will be sold by members of the Rameses Temple No. 51 and the West Charlotte Op timist Club, both civic organizations. The CIAA parade will begin at 10 a m on North Tryon St. from the Meck lenburg County Building Parade participants will then go south on Tryon, take a left onto Trade Street and from there go . « towards Memorial Sta dium Shriners from surround ing areas and as far away as Washington, D C. will be featured in the parade Local and out of towns bands; college bands; queens from 14 colleges and local high school bands will also be in the parade Co-project coordinators ire Walter Holmes of the Ramoses Temple No. 51 and Zoel S Hargrave Jr of the West Charlotte Opti mist Club. Holmes is past Imperial Potentate. He is a graduate of Second Ward High School where he played as an outstanding athlete in football and basketball. He is also a graduate of NC AAT State University in Greensboro where he ex celled in both baseball and football. He is an officer in the United States Army Re serves, a member ofthe Elks, Omega Psi Phi Fra ternity and of East Stone wall AME Zion Church where he is a trustee. Holmes has served as Chairman of the Shrine Youth Bowl Football game for the Prince Hall Shrin ers of the State of North Carolina, which produced such stars as Bobby Bell. Carl Eller, and Dickie Westmoreland The organizer of Ra meses Temple No 51 Patrol Drill teams which won 17 state champion ships and was in the top three teams of the U S., Holmes is also director of Rameses Court No 78 Isiseretts which is one of the top three drill teams in the nation This marks the second year Holmes has been the co-coordinator of the CIAA Classic. Zoel S Hargrave Jr is a ruling elder in the - First United Presbyterian Church, member of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society; member of the board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and co-chairperson of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fun. .•die pointed out. Last year, approximate ly 145,000 hou (“holds re ceived assistance u ’ ler the Low Income Energy \> sistanoe Program with payments averaging ?14R per household The amount of payment a household receives under the pro grain depends upon the number of people in the household, their income, the region of the state where they live, and the type of healing fuel they use. North Carolina's share of the $1.8 billion in federal funds authorized by Con gress.for this year's Low Income Energy Assistance Program is $2‘J-I million Cramer said that since Congress has not yet a[> propriated any funds for the program, she hopes this amount is not reduced when funds are appropri ated. ' The Department of Hu man Resources has been designated as the slate agency responsible for the administration of the pro gram County social ser vices departments across the state will determine eligibility i ne only household eh gible for financial assist ance are those that have heating bills Applicants also may be eligible if their heating bills are included as part of their rental payment Households that live in public housing or receive a utility allowance from the HLD Section 8 F'rogram will be eligible for a partial payment if their utility allowance does not cover all their heating costs. Eligible households must have total countable in come at or below the 1980 non-farm poverty level. The amounts paid for Me dicare and hospital insur ance premiums are deduct ed from income House holds that have working members may deduct work related and child care costs from their earned income Some other types of income are not counted at all such as loans, in come of children under 14 and in-kind contributions A one-time payment will be made in early February after all low income house holds have applied and eli gibility has been deter mined, Cramer said.