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April Blakely’s Favorite
Activity Is Shopping
By Jaiyne Strong
Port Start Writer
Sixteen year-old April Blakely de
scribes her hometown of Asheville,
N.C., as “a nice place with pretty
scenery and mountains. But it’s
small compared to Charlotte,” she
points out. Therefore, this week’s
beauty welcomed the change of pace
she experienced spending the sum
mer in Charlotte with her God
mother.
“It’s fan,” she says of her Queen
. City vacation. “The people here are
very friendly and I’ve met a lot of
“I went to the malls, to the movies
and for a while worked at a nur
. Mry "
April, who admits she likes to go
out a lot, also went to the Lime
light, an area club for young people
There, she had a great time dancing
the latest craze, the "Wop.” "The
music was crushing (which means
real good),” she exclaims.
April loves music. "1 listen to it all
Ihe time," she says, listing her
favorite musicians as “Prince,
Jesse Johnson, Morris Day, Ready
For the World, New Edition, Lu
ther Vandross, Sheila E. Shannon
and Chaka Khan. "I tope most of the
music and play it on my ghetto
blaster,” she smiles. * . \
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shouldn’t. I .don’t really pay atten
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One of April's favorite activities is
shopping for clothes. She especially
likes the newer fashions of high
water pants, stirrup pants which
wrap under the ankle, the big shirts
and punk rock fashions. “I have
some wild clothes,” she confesses
Does she wear her hair spiked?
"No,” replies April, “but I’d try it if
my morn would let me out of the
house like that.”
But if her mom never lets her
wear her hair spiked, she’ll still be
the person April most admires. "If I
get into a predicament she’s always
there and I can talk to her about
See APRIL On Page 4A
Primitive Baptists To
Hold Convention Here
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
More than 2,000 delegates from
across the country will attend the
78th National Primitive Baptist Con
vention of the United States of
America, which will convene at the
Adam’s Mark Hotel, 555 S.
McDowell St., Charlotte, beginning
August 18, lasting through Au
gust 24, according to Rev. James A.
Frieson, pastor of Nazareth Pri
mitive Baptist Church.
The president of the National
Primitive Baptist Convention, Rev.
F. L. Livingston of Dallas, Tx., will
arrive in Charlotte on August 15, and
he will hold a press conference at the
Adam’s Mark on Saturday, August
17, at 11 a.m.
“Affirming Our Commitment to
the Principles of the Church” will be
the theme for the convention this
year. There is reported to be *,000
Primitive Baptist Churches in the
nation, 24 in the state of North
Carolina and 12 in Charlotte. All
totaled, the national body of Primi
tive Baptist is said to consist of 1.5
milUe* lumbers. “«ach year, the
national convention • of Primitive
Baptist is a time for setting policies
for the national church,” relates
Rev. Frieson.
The Program of Welcome com
mences on Monday, August 19, and a
full slate of dignitaries will be pre
sent for this occasion, such as:
Congressman Alex McMillan, who
will appear at the hotel at 10 a m. ;
Gov. Jim Martin; Mayor Harvey
Gantt; Chairperson Carla DuPuy,
who will represent the Mecklenburg
County Commission; Dr. Jay Robin
son, superintendent of Charlotte
MecklenburgSchools; Dr. Robert L.
Albright, president of Johnson C.
Smith University; the Rev. Harold
S. Diggs, pastor of Mayfield Me
morial Baptist Church; and Kelly
Alexander Jr., state chairman of the
NAACP. They will all offer greetings
and will be foDowed by Elder F. L.
Livingston’s deliverance of the
“president’s expressions.”
Another highlight on Monday will
be the Youth Luncheon, which starts
Rev. James A. Frieson
.Primitive Baptist minister
at 1 n.m. Attorney Patricia A.
Russefl, of Patricia A. Russell Con
sultants in San Antonio, Tx., who in
said to be a “speaker’s speaker,”
will deliver messages of information
and inspiration.
^Thereeipielit of numerous awards
and achievements, Russell was the
1983 awardee of the Honorary Doc
torate of Laws degree presented by
the historic Bethune-Cookman Col
lege, Daytona Beach, Fla., becom
ing the youngest person in the
history of that institution to be voted
by the Board of Trustees for this
presentation. She is said to be
“articulate, substantive and
thought-provoking.”
Youth Congress President Ken
neth Duke, Rev. Roderick Arm
strong, Queenie Brown, Lawson
Langford, and President Livingston
will also appear on program at the
Youth Luncheon. The price of the
luncheon is $15 per person.
Another special feature of the
week will be the President’s Annual
Address, which will occur on Tues
day morning, August 20, at 10:30.
Communion will be served Thursday
evening, August 22, at 7:30. The
Communion will be followed by a
sermon by Rev. R. L. Payton of
Rev. F. L. Livingston
.Convention president
Huntsville, Al., and music will be
furnished by the Alabama State
Delegation. Also, a $100 march and
the coronation of the Queen will both
take place on Friday, August 23, at 7
. pm.
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• Throughout the week there will be
several visitors of merit and also
spiritual songs will be rendered by
numerous choirs from Charlotte and
from across the country. A few of the
- choirs who will be presented are: the
Israel Bethel Church Choir, Miami,
FI.; the Youth Congress Choir; the >
California State Choir; and the
Youth Choir of Greater Mt. Moriah
Church of Charlotte.
Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist
Church, where Elder T. W Samuels
is pastor, along with the State
Convention of Primitive Baptist, is
hosting this 78th National Primitive
Baptist Convention
The Adam’s Mark Hotel will serve
as headquarters for the eight-day
session, which begins with a meeting
of the Church School Congress at 9
a m. Sunday, August 18.
The public is cordially invited to
participate in the convention and
also to welcome the many out-of
town convention visitors to Char
lotte
Need* Immediate Help!
Bills And Other Problems
Mount For Potts
By Loretta Manago
Post Managing Editor
In the summer. Senior Drive is a
quiet street. West Charlotte High
School, which is located on that
street, at this time of the year, lacks
the vivacity and the chatter of the
young. Right acroes from the high
school is the home of Eugene and
Ethel Potts. Their house, from a
distance, looks Well-maintained. The
neatly cut grass paints that pic
ttre. Up close, the peeling paint on
the shutters and the door tells an
other story.
It’s a chore that owner "Genial
Gene" Potto would gladly undertake
If his health permitted it. But he
can’t. At the Potto’ household, there
are far more pressing problems than
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With failing health and outotand
pf^cia^ debts tMpge, every day
he taken l *' *ddltio0 10 Ulto
Eugene "Genial Gene" Potts
.Needs immediate help
which ranged in price at 9645, for the
more basic model and increased to
91,400 for a deluxe style, not in
cluding the mattress which was
estimated at 9113 or the side rails
(full length) priced at 9153, is con
sldered a luxury Also, a luxury,
considering tho Potts' financial
standings is a lift that would greatly
the process of Potts' mobility.
Not all of the Potts* financial
problems stem from Potts’ health, a
monthly mortgage payment to meet
and the utility bills that never fail to
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testimonial dinner and radiothonfar
Pa*a on Saturday. August 34 An
T5 Cal Thom toe
.Soliciting support
other reason the two evenU are
planned is to say thanks to Potts for
his contribution to the community.
All proceeds from these functions
will be used to defray the livtag and
medical expenses for the Potts
Tickets for the dinner are tts.
Cal Thornton, of WGIV, la working
very closely with this project He
said that since the word has gotten
out that Gene Potts has certain
needs, organisations and church
groups as well as individuals have
heW fundraisers and intend to bring
Um money to the station an the day
of the radiothon , ~
'1 think it's great. That’s what we
want people to do Because the im
mediate, greatest need of the Potts
is money. We would hope that people
would collect money throughout
their neighborhood and turn the
money in on that day," spoke
Thornton.
If you would like to make a
contribution to Gene Potts, please
send them a check to: The Eugene S.
Potts Fund, WGIV, 2520 Toomey
Ave., Charlotte, N.C 28203.
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