Samuel L. Mills
..Retired AkP Employee
Surprise Retirement
Dinner Honors
Samuel Milk
Mr. Samuel L. Mills, upon retiring
from A&P Stores after approxi
mately 40 years of employment, was
honored by more than 200 guests
during a surprise retirement dinner
held in the Fellowship Hall of the
United House of Prayer, 2321 Beat
ties Ford Rd. in Charlotte. Special
guests included: Apostle and Mrs.
- H. Swaringer, Apostile and Mrs. D.
Styles, Apostle and Mrs. C.B. Gib
son, Apostle and Mrs. C. Taylor,
Rev. and Mrs. C. Kerns, Mr. and
Mrs. James K. Polk, Sr., Mrs.
Dorothy R. Stinson, Mr. and Mrs.
> John F. McClure, Elder and Mrs.
James Guy, and Mrs. Nancy Mills,
age 83, mother of Mr. Mills.
Mr. Mills was born in Great Falls,
South Carolina. His parents moved
to Charlotte during his early child
hood. He attended Charlotte Public
Schools and graduated from Pine
ville High School _ in 1941. After
graduation, Mills ' was employed
with the Providence Road AltP
Store. He worked as a bag boy until
he was inducted into the United
States Army and served his country
during World War II. He received
an honorable discharge, with many
decorations and citations, including
the Purple Heart Medal in IM&
Following his discharge, Mills
resumed employment with A4tP
Stores. He continued as a bag boy
until his transfer to the North Tryon
Street AfcP where he became one of
the first black cashiers in the
Charlotte area. He worked in this
position until 1963 when he was
transferred to West Trade Street
AJkP and became the first black
Produce Manager in the A*P
Southern District.
Mr. Mills has worked faithfully in
practically every A&P Store in the
Southern District. According to his
wife, Elventa, Mr. Mills has not
missed ©ver^hirty days during his
entire employment with AAP Stores.
In addition to his employment, Mr.
Mills once served as Pastor of the
former Greenville Mission House of
Prayer in Matthews, North Caro
lina. He was ordained into the
ministry under the leadership of the
late Bishop C.M. Grace,
Under the leadership of the Most
Honorable Bishop W. McCoUugh,
Mr. Mills served as the former
Assistant Pastor of the Charlotte
Mother House of Prayer. He was the
former Pastor of the United House of
Prayer in Gastonia, North Carolina.
He became Honorary Pastor in 1976,
and an ordained Apostle in 1964.
Presently, Mr. Mils is very active
in his church, the Charlotte Mother
House of Prayer, where he serves as
the President of Presidents.'
He-and his wife reside at 320 Gene
Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina.
They have one son, Samuel L. Mills,
Jr. and one grandson, Del-Kenyon,
age 13.
Housing
Continued From Page 1A
tags at about the median level for
Charlotte ($23,000) could afford a
$76,000 home, which Is the median
price for an existing single family
house. With a typical 5-10 percent
downpayment and an interest rate of
12 % percent, the monthly principal
and interest payment would be
approximately $630, or about 32
percent of income.
Whether a potential buyer would
be able to secure a mortgage that
required 32 percent of income de
• pends on various factors, such as
I other debt While Mechanics and
< Farmers Bank vice president San
dra Heart ley could not give specific
information, she indicated that, with
no other debts, a wage-earner at the
median income leva in the example
might qualify for a $76,000 home "It
would be marginal," was how she
put it.
According to Helms, Charlotte has
a considerable number of homes for
sale in the 190,000 price range. TT»e
mid range Includes homes from
900-00,000. While there are some
houses to be had in the $40’s,
"there’s not a whole lot in the 990,000
range,” she admitted.
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at all times: hit praise
shall continually be in
my mouth.
O magnify the Lord
with me, and let us
exalt his name to
gether.
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