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Johnson C. Smith University will
publicly launch a $2 million “New
Era of Excellence” local capital
campaign on November 7 under the
experienced guidance of a standout
group of Charlotte business and
community leaders.
“General Chairman, John B.
Stedman (president of Republic
Bank and 'mist Company), has .
assembled an impressive Staff in our
behalf,” noted Johnson C. Smith
University President, Dr. Robert
L. Albright. “The enthusiastic
response and ready willingness of
the Charlotte community leadership
Survey: 26%
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Registered
Ten percent of all registered black
voters and more than one-fourth (26
percent) of all young black voters
between the ages of 18 and 24 have
registered since January 1984,
according to a national survey
whose results were released today
by the National Urban League.
These findings, according to the
~ variouTregiltratfoTcMripaignsUiar
have been conducted in various
communities across the country as
well as the increasing interest in the
political system that has been
fostered among blacks.
One thousand individuals were
interviewed for the survey which
was conducted for the NUL by
EVAXX, Inc., a black owned New
Yofk City based evaluation group
using the polling mechanism of the
National Black Omnibus.
Among other findings was that the
• percentage of registered blacks has
increased from 75 percent in 1981 to
a current level of 79 pefceit.
The survey also reported that
when non-registered blacks were
asked why they did not vote, 14
percent said “Pm not eligible”; and
12 percent said “I don’t really
understand enough about the voting
process to get Involved.”
Another 7 percent found it too
difficult to get to the polls; 5 percent
reported the attitude that voting is
“somebody else’s game," and 3
percent said they had stopped trying
to vote because of past problems
connected with voting. Some 48
percent listed “some other reason,”
but did not specify the reason.
Tha survey is subject to a 5
percent margin for error.
Aged Advocate
Speaking on behalf of America *
senior citizens, New Orleans Mayor
Ernest Mortal told members of the
•' U.S. Conference of Mayors that
American cities must develop a new
strategy for aiding the elderly.
"City officials cannot afford to be
the grasshoppers who fiddle away
their summers expecting the future
aggfefcf America to take care of
themselves,” Modal said. "TWs
nation will only have a prayer if it
continues to make a commitment at
all levels of government to the
elderly and their rights to equal and
gainful employment, to sufficient
health care and community par
ticipation, to quality and afford
able housing, and independent Hv
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4flowers of tomorrow are in
ida of today,
in contributing their tremendous
efforts and resources has been a
gratifying show of support for our
efforts and new directions at the
university.”- <.
Top campaign leaders include
Honorary -Chairman James J.
Harris; Vice Chairriian the Honor-'
able Harvey B. Gantt, Mayor of
Charlotte; and ViceChairman Rolfe
NeiU, president and publisher of
The Charlotte Observer and The
Charlotte News.
Division Chairmen are Edward E.
Crutchfield Jr. (Advance Gifts);
Leroy Robinson (Major Gifts);
John Lewis (Major Gifts II);
Thomas P. Johnson Jr. (Special
Gifts); John T. Fielder (National
Gifts); Robert C. Schroeder (Board
of Visitors); Judge Horace A.
davenport—(FamHyn SeoH-Garter_
Lea (Kickoff Committee); and
Robert J. Sailstad (Advisor).
“Charlotte’s record of community
support in campaigns is the envy of
the Carolinas,” remarked Mr.
Stedman. “Just as in the recently
completed United Way campaign,
every effort the city gets behind is a
success.”
i here are no figureheads on the
Johnson C. Smith University capital
campaign staff,” pointed out/
Harvey Gantt. “Every single mem
bar has been putting in long hours to
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overwhelming success.”
If the $2 million goal is met,
Johnson C. Smith University will
receive an additional $750,000 in
matching challenging grants from
the Andrew W. Mellon Founda
tion ($350,000), the Busch Foun
dation ($250,000), and the United
Negro College Fund ($150,000).
The “New Era of Excellence”
capital campaign will officially be
opened with a news conference and
kickoff dinner on Wednesday, No
vember 7. The 2 p.m. news con
ference will be held on the campus.
. -The kickoff dinner at the Chnrlntto
Marriott City Center at 7 p.m., will
feature guest speaker John T.
Templeton, world renowned finan
cial analyst and investment coun
selor.
Free Bub Service
The City of Charlotte in coopera
tion with the League of Women
Voters will provide free transit
service on election day, November 6,
between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
To take advantage of this free
service, voters must show their
voter registration card to the bus
driver.
For specific route and schedule
information for Charlotte Transit
buses, call 336-3366.
Donna Ivey
.Olympic High junior
In Teen-Ager Pageant
Donna Ivey Is Excited
About Her Involvement
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
Sixteen-year-oid Donna Ivey is a
Charlotte finalist for the “Miss
-Hnrth Cnrnlinn
Ager Pageant” coming up in April '
1985
“I never thought I’d be in a beauty
pageant,” says Donna, adding that
she was sent an application for the
contest through her school. The
application requested information
concerning grade point average,
community work, clubs and leader
ship. Donna sent the application off
along with her photograph and soon
learned that she was qualified.
Now Donna is busy securing ads
and sponsorships to raise the ne
cessary $300 to participate in the
xontesLJThis money will cover her
expenses for a three-day stay itr
Raleigh, where the pageant is to
take place.
Other preparations for the contest
include deciding upon a talent or the
alternative of writing a 100 word
essay entitled, “What’s Right About
America.” Donna states she will
sing but hasn't decided yet what
song. Donna also will need a red,
white and blue western outfit as will
all the girls for their opening
extravaganza. During the show she
will appear in an evening gown and a
casual skirt suit.
"I’m very excited,” admits
Donna. “And scared,” she adds
Donna confesses that because the
pageant is to be aired on television
she is pretty nervous. However, she
states, “There will be classes to
instruct us (the contestants) on how
to be self-assured before the
cameras.” Donna knows it's im
~T'"‘n t *" Hnring the
show for the contestants will be
judged on, among other things,
personality and poise.
Donna is a junior at Olympic High
School. She is a member of the
Media Club and the recently ini
tiated service club called, Elements
Donna also keeps the minutes at the
meetings of the Upward Bound
program as she is the secretary.
These extracurricular activities
have paid off for Donna since they
were the criteria which got her into
the Miss N.C. Teen-ager Pageant. If
she wins, Donna may walk away
with $1,000 in cash or fly away on an
expense-paid trip to Hawaii.
The contest is still some time
away, so Donna occupies her time
doing her favorite activities such as
disco skating and going to a
favorite spot for teenagers, Queens
Park Movies. “I like to meet the
people who go there," relates Donna
about the giant cinema.
Donna is also interested in pur
suing her career goal in computer
science. Though she has a year to go
in high school she’s already con
sidering college. “I’d like to attend
UNC-Chapel Hill or North Carolina
State,” she claims. Her favorite
subject in school is French and she
hopes to visit France one day.
Will Jim Polk Replace Phil Berry?
By Audrey t. Lodato
Post Staff Writer
Who will replace Phil Berry as the
unopposed candidate for the State
Senate 33rd District will be decided
Thursday by a precinct vote. James
K. Polk Sr., is one of the contenders
for the office.
If selected, Polk will be the first
State Senator from the recently
drawn predominantly black district.
This is the first election year in
which there have been single
member districts, as opposed to
at-large elections.
Polk, who Is president of Man
agemenf Manpower Associates,
Inc., ran for the State Senate in 1982,
when the district included both
Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Coun
ties. He cites education, economic
development - “the recruitment of
good Industry for jobs” - and what to
do about inventory and. intangibles
taxes as some of the issues that will
need to be dealt with in Raleigh
An advocate of small business,
Polk has been involved In legislation
of concern to small business owners
He is also an advocate on women’s .
issues, especially as they relate to
“the working poor.’’ He ngmotts
women's rights on the national JeveC
AS well as on the state level.
Polk’s community involvement,
he believes, would be of great
benefit as a State Senator “I’ve
been Involved over a long period of
time as a community activist, ” he
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James K. Polk'
. ...43rd District contender
points out “toy broad experience
in community and political affairs
would serve me well to be an
effective Senator " His work on
state level committees has made
him instrumental in introducing
bills in the Legislature. "Because of
my statewide political involvement,
J ve gotten to know the leadership
and fney’vk gotten to know me," he
continues "This would help me get
off to a fast start."
Polk’s management consultant
firm also takes him around the state
and has acquainted him with people
in all areas of North Carolina
The elder of Grier Heights Pres
byterian Church is a native Char
lottean. He presently serves as
Chairman of the Black Political
Caucus; is Treasurer of the North
Carolina Association of Minority
Businesses; serves on the boards of
the Charlotte Uptown Development
Corporation, the Salvation Army,
the Greater Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce, the Greater Charlotte
Foundation, and Democratic Men’s
Clubs; and is a member of the North
Carolina Council on the Status of
Women, the Committee to Preserve
and Restore Third Ward, Grier
Heights Community Development
Corporation, the State Executive
Committee of the Democratic Party,
and the Allocation and Review
Board of the United Way.
Polk graduated from the former
Gear Creek High School in the old
Hickory Grove section of Charlotte
and attended Johnson C. Smith and
Temple University in Philadelphia
His previous business experience
Includes a marketing position with
Success Motivation Institute, end
the Executive Directorship of the
Charlotte Bureau on Employment
Training and Placement. He was
also, at one time, president of Grier
Funeral Services
He and his wife, Dorothy, have six
grown children and 10 soon to be 11
• grandchildren.
V
redicts
Record Turnout
By Audrey C. I.odato
Post Staff Writer
In a few days, it'll all be over
- the political advertising, the ever
changing percentages on who's
ahead, the campaign literature in
the mailbox, the wait at the polls, the
victory celebrations, and the con
cessions of defeat. Campaign '84 will
be history.
According to Mecklenburg County
Elections Supervisor Bill Culp, local
voter turnout in this year's elec
tion is projected at 80 percent of the.
registered voters, over 200,000. As of
press time, the incomplete voter
registration figure was 238,168
This figure includes 150,895 re
gistered Democrats, 73,671 Repu
blicans, 13,515 unaffiliated, and 86
Liberterian. Women out-registered
men by a significant margin: black
females, 28,648,. blacks males. 19,
758; white females, 101,712; white"
males, 87,621; other females, 211;
other males, 216. Overall, that's
130,571 women to 107,595 men re
gistered in Mecklenburg County.
The 111 polling places in the
County will be open from 6:30 a m
to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. It is
recommended that you fill out a
sample ballot at home and bring it
with you to speed up the voting
process
If your polling place has voting
machines, you'll find the bond issues
.. **" * | i "'"Ig with a Con
stitutional amendment requiring
Attorney General and District
Attorneys to be duly authorized to
practice law. Offices to be voted on
are President-Vice President (be
sides Democratic and Republican,
there are also Libertarian and
Socialist Workers candidates ),U.S.
Senator, Member of Congress-9th
NAACP Stresses
Voter Education
For Blacks
Special To The Post
The NAACP continues to run its
voter education program in high
gear as it races to awaken blacks to
the importance of voting November
6
In a recent mailing to the
NAACP's 1,800 branches throughout
the country, Joseph Madison, direc
tor of voter registration and educa
tion, urged branch presidents to
“move your community in great
numbers to the polls this Novem
ber."
Madison reminded NAACP lead
ers that this presidential election
“may well be the most important
election in recent years for black
Americans.”
Blacks, he said, should remember
that under the Reagan Administra
tion “many of the landmark
achievements of the civil rights
movement have been weakened or
threatened with elimination."
This rollback includes the slash
ing of $40 million from human needs
programs, $6.2 milliom from Aid to
Families with Dependent Children,
and $14 milliom from the Com
prehensive Employment Training
Act’s job training programs, as the
November issue of "Black Enter
prise” magazine reports
Benjamin L. Hooks, NAACP
executive director, has also been
troubled by statistics showing that
the national black unemployment
rate is 16 percent compared to six
percent for white males, and the
poverty rate for black families is 36
percent, the highest figure in 18
years.
"The very essence of freedom and
justice is being altered to mean
something alien to their meaning
and we will become the victims,"
Madison warned in his letter to
branches
NAACP units have been instructed
to conduct voter education cam
paigns in their communities to dis
cuss pertinent political issues affect
ing blacks and other minorities
Voter education literature has been
provided to branches for distribu
tion. "Believe ft.. One Vote Can
Make a Difference," is the main
theme "Roll Call! Of Those Who
See NAACP Oa Page 2A
Rill Culp
.Election supervisor
District, Governor, Lt. Governor.
Secrelary~of~State, State Treasurer!
State Auditor, Attorney General!
Commissioners of Agriculture, In
surance, and Labor, Supt. of Public
Instruction, Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court, Judges of Court
of Appeals, Superior Court Judges,
District Court Judges. Board of
County Commissioners, Register of
Deeds, Soil and Water Conservation
District Supervisor, State Senators,
and State House Representatives
(Now I understand why some
people prefer to simplify things and
just vote a straight ticket!)
issues' V1 be ^decided" Coliseum
bonds, street improvement, water,
and sanitary sewer bonds
On the local level, the issues
center around human services, edu
cation, day care, balanced growth
for the County, and waste disposal
On the State level, issues include
education, the State's economy and
jobs, crime and drugs Nationally,
the economy, federal spending,
human services and civil rights,
Social Security and Medicare, and
peace and the national defense are
big issues Not surprisingly, on state
and national levels, at least, the
Republican and Democratic Parties
differ widely.
If polls have any truth to them, at
present, Reagan is way ahead of
Mondale. (Unsurprisingly, it's the
power structure that is giving Pre
sident Reagan his big lead A recent
CBS poll indicated that, if white
males were excluded from the poll
ing sample, Reagan and Mondale
would be running neck and neck.)
Hunt and Helms are close for the
Senate race Jim Martin is over
taking Edmisten for Governor And
the 9th District Congressional
campaign will be a race to the finish
Religious Leaders
Rap Jesse Jaekson
For TV App< ■arance
Declaring (hat “Somebody needs
to say something," a New York
religious leader has led criticism of
the Rev Jesse Jackson for hosting
the “Saturday Night Live" TV show
this past Saturday
Dr. William Jones, founder of the
Organization of African American
Clergy and pastor of Bethany Bap
tist Church of Bedford-Stuyvesant,
said it was a “dubious distinction" ,
that Jackson was the first black
preacher to host the late-night
comedy show
"It is my firm conviction that
anytime a pulpit person assumes the
role of a showbiz personality,
whether in or out of the pulpit, it
detracts from the majesty of the
pulpit."
In an apparent reference to the
$5000 offered Jackson to host the
show, Dr. Jones, a good friend of the
former presidential candidate, said
"Saturday Night Live” is a forum
for entertainers, not profits.
Another minister, the Rev.
Charles Nesbit, president of the
Brooklyn-based Metropolitan Minis
ters Conference, agreed, declaring
that Jackson "had no business host
ing that thing.
“Jesse Jackson, my friend, is a
preacher and I don’t agree with him
on this one," Rev. Nesbit said.