Mrs. Cleo Yeagae listens attentively while NANBPW
president. Anna Hood, presents her with the dab’s
“Sojourner Truth Award.” National president,
Frankie Gillett, looks admiringly on.
~~And much, much more!
Geo Yongue Recognized For 38 Years
Of Service With Health Department
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer ^
If Cleo Yongue had been recog
nized for her 38 years of service as a
nurse with the Mecklenburg County
Health Department alone, that
would have been than noteworthy.
For during those years Mrs.
Yongue served as a district nurse, a
visiting school nurse, a clinic head
nurse and a nurse coordinator for
family planning, she went beyond
the can of duty to better health
_ conditions for those she served.
Her willingness to serve didn’t
stop with her professional work.
Throughout her career and even
moreso now that’s she retired, Mrs.
Yongue seeks to help people from all
walks of life and for that she was
recently honored the Sojourner
Truth Award by the National As
sociation of Negro Business and
Professional Women’s Club, Inc.
during the celebration of their 50th
anniversary.
It was during her nursing career
that Mrs. Yongue knew her life
would be devoted to helping others.
“In IMS I took a leave of ab
sence from the County and went to
teach borne nursing under the direc
tion of the Red Cross. I taught people
simple health techniques like how to
take temperatures. Sometimes
those I taught would call me on
Saturdays and ask me to go back
over a certain technique with them.
They would be so'appreciative of
what I was doing for them. It simply
motivated me to want to serve
mankind," oscalled Mrs. Yongue.
Today, she works very closely
with the Walking Soup Kitchen and
the Uptown Cooperative Ministry,
which is jointly sponsored by First
United Presbyterian Church and the
Salvation Army.
“That soup kitchen is just a
pleasure. There are two teams who
help in this project and we go in on a
Saturday and cpok about 20 gal
lons of soup goulash and then we go
on Sunday to serve the meal which is
supplemented with bread and be
verage. Those who partake of this
program are down on their luck, but
they come in so humble and tell us
before they leave just how thankful
they are It really touches my
heart,” responded Mrs. Yongue.
According to Mm. Yongue, the Soup
Kitchen, which started five yearn
ago with only 50 people coming on
Sunday, reached 120 people who
were being served as of March
The Walking Soup Kitchen is just
one project that fills her weekends.
During the winter months Mrs.
Yongue works with the Salvation
Army in the Winter Shelter pro
gram.
Her commitment to others
stretches even further and reaches
the elderly members of her church.
For these senior citizens who may
need transportation to go to the
hank, or to the grocery store, who
may need help filling out medi
caid forms, or who may just need a
meal and some conversation, Mrs.
Yongue has been a beacon of light in
a dark tunnel.
This is the same light she
Awards Luncheon
Set For Black Women
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The American Association of
Black Women Entrepreneurs add
Philip Morris USA are jointly
sponsoring the Awards Luncheon for
-Black Womdn Business Owners,
May 4, John Marshall Hotel, Rich
mond. Va.
The luncheta provides an oppor
tunity for business development and
for the recognition of accomplish
ments of members of the AABWE
and other persons in the business
community.
The AABWE is a national trade
association designed to remove the
obstacles of successful business
ownership for black women. Philip
Morris has a history of and has
pledged continuing support for mi
nority business enterprises. Dr. '
William “Randy" Johnson Jr.,
manager,' special affairs for plant
communities, Philip Morris USA,
will accept the AABWE award for
his contributions to the healthy
economic development climate ex
perienced in the Richmond area.
The keynote address will be de
livered by Lillian Lincoln, president.
Centennial One, Inc., Crofton, Md.
Ms. Lincoln, the first black master
of business administration graduate
of Harvard University, has owned
her firm for over nine years with
grass receipts of over $7 million.
She serves on the board of direc
tors for Building Service ttontrac
tors Association.and is a member of
the American Association of Black
Women Entrepreneurs.
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shared with parents when she wrote
a pamphlet, "What Children
Should Know Before Entering
School," for parents of children who
attended Lincoln Heights Elemen
tary School, along with the clinic
like seminars.
Those days as a visiting nurse and
as a family planning coordinator are
some of Mrs. Yongue’s moat trea
sured memories of her 38 year old
career. "I loved the times that I
worked with parents and children
and counseling them for varying
needs. BuUI also found equally
rewarding tte time I was a family
planning, coordinator. I really
enjoyed counseling teenagers and to
this day, some of those girts still call
me,” informed %s. Yongue.
Active in the cdihm unity as well as
church, Mrs. Yongoe is a member of
the Iota Chapter of the Chi EU Phi
Nursing Sorority, a member of the
National Council of Negro Women,
Church Women United, riding elder
at her church, president of the New
Castle Street Flower Club, and
advisor of the Care group at First
Methodist Church..
The wife of Addison Yongue Sr.
and the mother of three, Mrs.
Yongue has received several health*
screening awards, many awards
from Chi Eta Phi and has had a
scholarship fund established in her
name.
She attended Waveriy School of
Nursing in Columbia, S.C., and re
ceived her public health certificate
from the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. After 25 years of
sendee, she was awarded the Pu
blic Health Certificate by the State
of North Carolina.
And, despite all these accom
plishments, Mrs. Yongue still mo
destly contends that when she was
given the Sojourner Truth Award,
it was given to the wrong person,
person.
Met i.f
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By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
Potential 1965 college graduates
can purchase new cars without the
prerequisite credit history and with
no money down through the Metro
Lincoln Mercury IMS College Grad
uate Purchase Program. ,
Previously, a common experience
of many recently graduated college
students Was the problem of not
being able to buy an automobile
based on the fact that they had no
established credit record. The catch
22 was: they could not get credit
because no one would give them
credit because they did not have
credit.
They were left with the only al
ternative of: One, having someone
with a good credit standing co
sign for them and be responsible for
their purchase. Or, two, possessing
an enormous amount of cash to use
as down payment for the car.
But the college program at Metro
Lincoln Mercury is designed to
alleviate these requirements which
were often barriers to college
grads. According to Sirlee L.
Wright Jr., coordinator of the pro
gram at Metro, "This program,
sponsored by the Ford Motor
Company, has money set aside and
financial planning established to
extend to graduates and help them
purcfefiMDew cars.”
Hie only requirements for the
program are that the student has
graduated this year and has se
cured employment with income suf
ficient to cover his or her living
expenses and the car payment.
States Wright, "We’ve participat
ed in this program since IMS, and
from my experience with the grad
uates I’ve seen how committed they
are to developing a favorable life
style.
"Those who’ve been involved in
this program have a professional
attitude about themselves. They are
not extravagant, they’re simply
looking for dependable transporta
tion.”
He goes on to explain, “The pro
gram allows the eligible graduates
$400 cash allowance towards the
purchase of a new 1985 Lynx, Topaz,
Cougar, Marquis or Capri. These
purchase allowance certificates are
mailed to the graduate and are
■r name. They
rard the down
in through the
is available to
g a choice of
its under the
College Graduate Fiaanoe Plan.
To participate in the 1M5 College
Graduate Purchase Program the
Slrlee Wright
.Program coordinator
student must have graduated on or
after October 1, 1984 or will grad
uate by September 30, 1965 from an
accredited four-year college or uni
versity.
Wright, who is overseeing the pro
gram for all of Charlotte's and
surrounding area’s colleges, claims
it is enjoyable working with the
graduates. “The maturity level of
these former students is very high,”
he admits. “I’ve noticed that, they
have a good scope on their econo
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mic future and are capable of ;
making wise financial decisions.”
He also notes that the program
works well because the graduates ;
have no wish to over-extendthem >
selves in purchasing the ne^w?.
“Though they have high aspira
tions professionally,'' Wright says, |
“they tend to be moderate econo
mically.
“It also helps to have a product .
that can stand on its own," adds |
Wright referring to the reliability
and high standard of the Lincoln and ■
Mercury cars. !
♦
Wright will visit area colleges {
periodically to present more in- £
formation pn the College Graduate \
Purchase Plan. He will be distribut- -
ing information and explaining de- l
i toils However, if you are a 1985 ‘
college graduate and have not re- *
ceived your purchase allowance
certificate in the mail, you can call
Sirlee Wright at Metro-Uncoln
Mercury, telephone 553-8300. The
dealership is located at 7301 South
Boulevard.
“The young people today have
good educational backgrounds and
they’re getting good Jobs," ex
presses Wright. “The College
Graduate Purchase Program is
structured as an assistance for them
to maintain this successful stan
dard of living that has been set in
motion.”
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