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Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly**
VOL. \ NO. 3G — CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 2H206 · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1972 Pl*ICe 20c
LOVELY RHONDA KENDRICK ... W. Mecklenburg Junior
Beauty Of Week . ___
Miss Kendrick
r λπ engaging smue, ouooung
personality and exceptional
good looks are the attributes
of our Beauty for this week.
She is Miss Rhonda Ken
drick, 16-year-old ^daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kendrick
Jr. of 3116 Clearview Drive.
Rhonda is a junior at West
Mecklenburg High School
where shé plans to' "get in
volved." She plans to join the
Girls Athletic Associ&tion and
she has high hopes of ;
becoming a member of the
student council.
Our Beauty is a sports en
thusiast who list basketball as
her favorite sport and Abdur
Jabbar as her favorite player.
"I think he's great because
he's so cool and collected
Salem Church
To Observe
Revival Week
The annual , revival service
of the Salem Baptist Church,
5318 Salem Church Rd., will
begin here Monday, Sept. 11
and continue through Friday,
Sept. 15.
•Worship will begin at 7:30
o'clock each evening/
Rev. Lemar Forster, pastor
of the Mt. Hebron Baptist
Church in Ranlo, N.C., will be
the revival leader for the
week. Gospel choirs from
various churches in the area
will provide the music.
"We would like to invite the
public to join with us in this,
worship," John A. Mc
Cullough, chairman of the
deacon board, stated Wed
nesday. "We would like to
make this our biggest and best
revival ever."
The LAZIER a man is the
more he PLANS to do
TOMORROW
when he's playing," '«she in
forms.
Rhonda also spends a great
deal of her spare-time
listening to the radio. "I like
good music," she explained.
Her favorite performers are
the Jackson "5", Sly and the
Family Stones, Three Dog
Nights and "most everybody
with Motown."
Reading also occupies a
good deal of her time. "I read
just about everything I can get
my hands on," she stated.
Rhonda lists the University
of California at Los Angeles
as the school she'd like to
attend following her
graduation from high school.
She says she perfers UCLA
"because it's in California."
Miss Kendrick continued:
"I like to change my mind
from week to week, therefore,
at the moment, I would say»,
that I'd like to become a
lawyer or an interpeller «
Our Beauty is a member of
Friendship Baptist Church
where she is active in the
Debutantes for Christ and the
Acteens, a youth group which
plans various outings for the
young people of-the Church.
As the second oldest child in
a family- of four children,
RhnnHfl u/pidhfl Ι ΊΛ »V\un^· ««Ί
5-feet 6-inches tall.
Her older brother Joseph III
is a rising sophomore at North
Carolinfe AAT State
University. Thei'e is a younger
sister Leah, who is attending
Fourth grade classes at Oak
dale Elementary School, and a
younger brother Keith who is
only four-years-old.
Misa Kendrick declined to
list her measurements.
Howard Lee
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To Campaign
Here Friday
Howard Lee, black mayor of
Chape) Hill, will come to town
Friday to campaign for
Democratic presidential
nominee George McGovern.
Lee will speak at the
Johnson C. Smith University
gym at 4 p.m. Friday af
ternoon. He will visit a voter
registration project at β p.m.,
and attend a cocktail fund
raising reception for the
McOovem Million Member
Club" at the White House Inn
at 6:30 p.m
Stale WiM. Have J<ewer First
Grade Students This Year
Bulls Set
To Meet
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Md. State
"A tossup!" is coach Eddie
McGirt's prediction on the
outcome of Johnson C. Smith
University's first game of the
football season in Charlotte
Memorial Stadium Saturday
night.
"It's the first time we've
played Maryland State U''
explained McGirt. "Not
having scouted the Hawks, we
are ignorant of both offensive
and defensive capabilities,"
he added.
But coach McGirt said his
Golden Bulls are "much niore
experienced this year than
last, being comprised mainly
of juniors and sophomores,",
including five quarterbacks he
considers to be starting
material.
Talent returning to the
amiui campus mis year in
cludes two juniors who made
all CIAA last season. One is
towering Billy Corbett, 6-foot
5-inch offensive tackle fçom
from Hickory who weighed in
at a wirey 150 pounds on his 5
foot 8-inch frame.
Two seniors McGirt con
siders pro-ball material are
Ozzie Smith, offensive guard
from Cleveland who carried
240 pounds at 6-feet 3-inches;
ahd 6-foot 2-irich Luther
Turner, a lB5-pound defensive
end from Burlington.
"Maryland has placed more
emphasis on 'football than
JCS," coach McGirt con
tinued. "I don't think their
team is any better, they just
wanted to put more money
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Krumel Is
Republican
Candidate
Glenn L. Krumel, a 41-year
old insurance agency owner,
tonight was nominated
Republican Party candidate
for the North Carolina House
of Representatives, suc
ceeding H.Y. "Ken" Kinard
who withdrew from the race.
Kinard. a financial con
sultant and retired banker,
withdrew from the campaign
due to "unforeseen personal
business developments".
Krumel ^received the
Mecklenburg Republican
Party Executive Committee's
nomination at a meeting in the
CountV Office Buildina H»
had indicated his willingness
to accept the nomination, but
he was not present due to his
previous commitment as
Coach of a Pop Warner
Football team that had a
scrimmage scheduled for the
same night.
The new candidate is a
former Republican chairman
of Crab Orchard 4 Precinct
and is a former member 6f the
Republican Party Executive
Committee. He was a can
didate for the nomination in
the May primary, but finished
ninth in the competition for
eight nominations.
A former director of the
Charlotte Jaycees. Krumei
served as Coordinator for the
1965 Miss North Carolina
Pageant -
He is a member of Memorial
Methodist Church and a
former member of its official
Roard of Stewards. Krumei is
a Mason and a Shriner. He is
in hit sixth season as a youth
football coach.
Enrollment Drops
As Much As—4,600—
There will be fewer children
η the first grade across North
Carolina this fall, according to
3r. A.C. Dawson.
D a w s ο η .·. executive
secretary of (he North
Carolina Association of
Educators. bases this
; prediction on an analysis of
birth, death and enrollment
statistics obtained from sT3TB
agencies
The 1972-73 first grade
enrollment on a statewide
basis could drop as much as
4.600 pupils, he said.
"Of course, some areas that
are growing and experiencing
in -- migration may have
larger first grades" than they
.did last year."-Dr. Dawson
explained. '"But the^tate as a
whole will have tetoer first
graders".
Three factors are respon
sible for this drop: fewer
births, out-migration from the
state and the growth of private
schools.
s "The first graders this fall
1 were born' six years ago Ir
e VTW.V t)f. Pawsor. continued.
■- "The number of live births ii
s 1966 was 92,727, according t<
ν the State Board of Health,
f That was 4,929 fewer than the
through J2 this fall." ho
continued "Their enrollment
has gone up more than 30 per
cent for each of the last four
years. And we understand
about 20 new private schools
are opening this fall."
Private school enrollment
figures from the Department
of Public Instruction are:
49.200 ftT 19?t-Tg. 30.000 w-W
71. 26,000 in 1969-70. and 18.30"
in 1968-69
The public school first grade _
enrollment has dropped an
average of 2.650 children each
year in 1968-69. 1969-70 and
1970-71.
O'And if the number of births
in the state is any indication,
the statewide first grade
Enrollment is going to stay
"lower-in the next few years
than it has been in the past
few."
Records show 92.600 births
in 1967. 92.632 for 1968 and
93,882 for 1969 In 1970 there
was a substantial increase.
The 1970 total of 98,488 wai
4,573 above the total^ ,
But last year the · -
ι dropped back to 95,527. Alia ι a'
JULIAN BOND ^
JOHN LEWIS
r.uucaiion KToJect, Inc. officials who beginning here Sunday.
will make a two-day tour of North Carolina.
Bond. Lewis To Lead
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Voter Registration
Drive Here Sunday
ailawîa - The Votei
Education Project, Inc
registration drive througl
North Carolina, September 10
la^hich will include rallie:
and mass meetings on blacl
college campuses and tour;
through both rural and urban
areas of the state.
Heading the tour will be
VEP Executive Director
Johrf. Lewis and VEP Board
Member, Jullian Bonctr~
John Edwards, director of
the North Carolina VEP in
Durham, is coordinating the
trip7- Stops will include
Charlotte, Greensborcf,
Raleigh, Windsor, Roper,
Rocky Mount, Durham, and
Danville Va., with side trips
through Washington, Chowan,
Perquimans ahd Martin
counties.
Throughout the tour, Lewis
and Bond will be distributing
voter education materials
produced "By the North'
Carolina VEP, including
North Carolina's Voter
Registration and Election
Laws. This booklet explains
how, when, and where to
register and how to cast an
-^'teCttve VaWot ,
* iniblibiied ana is distributing
ι .similar booklets for Arkansas,
North Carolina, and Virginia,
ι Citing the fact that North
Carolina has the lowest
percentage of black-registered
voters of any of the eleven
. southern states, Lewis said,
"There is much need for
improvement in this state in
the area of voter registration.
Despite the outstanding ef
forts of John Edwards, and the
Njyth Carolina VEP, only 55.4
percent of the state's black
voting âge population is
registered."
Lewis also" charged the
North Carolina General
Assembly With erecting
barriers, both intentional and'
incidental, to dilute the black
vote and prevent blacks from
being elected to public of
fice. "During the 1950's and
early 1960's black political
"effectiveness was minimized
by the General Assembly's
passage of the anti-single-shot
law and the numbered-seat
law," Lewis saidv
Despitè the fact that the»
laws have been recentl
(War»** u**<w,HuN«>naV »»i
General Assembly can ci
•"-cOmvent the federal court
decision and erect ne<
barriers to keep the votes c
minorities, ipeludinj
Republicans, from counting
Lewis continued.
"The question is whethei
the white Democratic
majority will devise new
roadblocks to black political
participation or demonstrate
a willingness to share power in
a more democratic and open
society," Lewis said.
Lewis and Bond have been
deeply involved in the civil
rights movement in the South
since-the early 1960's when
thçy both helped organize the
Student Nonviolent Coor
dinating Committee (SNCC).
Lewis, a native of Troy, Ala,
participated in the 1961
Freedom Rides and was
arrested in Birmingham and
beaten in Montgomery In
1965, he was attacked in
Selma, Ala by highway
patrolmen as he led a march
from Brown's Chapel ΑΜΕ
Church to the Edmund Pettus
Bridge seeking the right to
vote.
The Voter Education
Projett is a private, non
profit. non-partisan cor
poration which operates a
program of voter registration
and citizenship education
throughout the eleven
southern states
ι the first three months of this
year the birth rate
dropped more than ά per
centage pointy over the same
three months last year
These figures from the State
Board of Health indicate there
should be an increase in^the
first grade enrollment in 1976
66 but the yeaHs between now
and then will have first grade
enrollments of about wfiat
they are this fall." pr
Dawson said
"This has implications -that
go farther than the first grade.
The drop in elementary
enrollment over the past few~
_years and this fall means
there will be fewer high school
seniors down the road And .
fewer college students bev-ond
that," he added
The State Board of Health
reported in its 1971 annual
report that the bir!7r>»ie for
that year was the lowest birth
rate ever recorded· in the
state. It was 18 6 resident ,
"births per 1.0(H) in population
In 1970 the rate was 19 3 and in
I960 it was 24 ο
For the first three months ot
1972 the rate wa 17.7 compa/ed
to 19.0 for the same three
■ · . « u·· hiiu a M < Wt/. A licjr
totaled 97,656. "
"When you lake into ac
count the number of infant
deaths, we're left with 4,642
fewer native Tar Heels who
will be six years old this year
than we had in 1971," he saick
The 1971 annual report of the
State Board of Health shows
that North Carolina lost 72.8(H)
persons through out-migration
during the 196()'s. This will
have some effect on school
enrollment in the 1970 s. Dr
Dawson said " *
PriTOte. school enrollments
have gone from about 18.300 in
1968-69 to 49.200 in 1971-72
according to statistics in the
State Department of Public
Instruction
"Since most of the
enrollment in private schools
is in the elementary grades,
this is having a substantial
effect on public school
enrollments." Dr Dawson
said t
"We believe that private
schools could have as many as
65.000 students in grades Κ
During School Days
Death Can Be Winner
J. C. Smith To
Offer Two Black
Study Courses
School days ... the smell of
new blue jeans, warm milk
through a paper straw, and a
row of bicycles lined up in
front of the school house The
picture hasn't changed too
much for many years, but the
row of bicycles has become
longer and longer
Bicycles in the United States
numbered 75 million this year,
an increase of 50 million bikes
over 10 years ago. The
projection is that 11.5 million
will be sold this year alone.
The figure reinforces the
contention of cycle en
thusiasts, both young and old,
that theirs is becoming the
fastest growing sport and
exercise form in the United
States.
Bicycle sales are in
creasing; but, unfortunately,
the tremendous growth in the
use of the bicycle has been
accompanied by a similar
increase in biking accidents
and; fatalities. says the In
surance Information Institute.
In North Carolina last year,
6*9 bike accidents, resulting in
705 personal injuries and 28
deaths, were reported
Statistics show that in most
bicycle acctdants, the cyclist
violates a traffic law Inat
tention or failure to yield
right-of-way accounts for the
largest number of mishaps,
according to the Institute. In
less than one-third of bike
accidents, the motor vehicle
driver violates a traffic rule or
regulation
Rural bicyplirif^ accidents
generally are the more severe
type. Though most accidents
occur on city streets, more
than 50 per cent of the
fatalities and a large per:
centage of the serious injuries
occur in rural areas
The Institute suggests that
bike riders should obey all
traffij? laws, signs and
signals; signal turns clearly
and properly ; ride in a single
file on the side of the road with
the traffic; use lights,
reflectors, and light colored
clothing when riding at night;
obey all rules that drivers of
motor vehicles must observe,
especially those pertaining to
right-of-way; and maintain
the bicycle in good condition
so that it won't cause any
accidents.
The most important rule for
bicyclists is to remember to
tike the bicycle seriously.
Thehrike is a form of healthy,
pollution free transportation,
and not a toy or a plaything
Wilkens Named
Outstanding
Young Man
Gordon M Wilkens Jr. son
of Mr and Mrs Gordon M
Wilkens of 2105 St Paul SC.,
has been named among the
Outstanding Young Men of
America" recently
A graduate student at
Columbia. University in Mfcw
York City, Mr Wilkens
studying towards his M A
degree in Business Ad
ministration
He was an honor graduate of
West Charlotte High School in
19W and Whiltier College in
Whittier. Calif in 1965 He has
been working the assistant
venerah>logist at the New
York City Health Department
for the past seven years
Mr Wilkens plans to attend
Columbia University School of
when he receives his
Master's
Two Black Studies courses
and seven additions to the
Johnson C Smith University
faculty have been announced
by JCS president Lionel H
Newsom
Among courses added to
Smith's 1972-73 curriculum
are Afro-American Art
History, and African and Afro
American Music
"We are trpng to sup
plement our offerings in Black
Studies by making wider use
of media in instruction, such
as film, slides and sound
tracks in the new music
course." explained Dr JackS
Brayboy. vice president for
academic affairs
Similar innovative courses
listed by Dr Brayboy include
Black Economic Problems.
Afro-American Political
Thought. Sociology of the
Black Community Rhetoric of
the Black Revolution, the
Black Man - His Religious
Institutions and Thought,
niai-κ i.iieraiure in Modern
America, and The Negrouia_
American History
Pointing out that Smith
participais in the. N.C. In
stitute for Undergraduate
Curricular Reform, ■ Dr
Brayboy said the University
anticipates scrutinizing of
ferings at all levels, with
special attention to transition
from lower to upper levels
"The revision means more
flexible offerings, fewer
required courses and more
electives to give students
more varied experiences and
independent study," he
continued
"We are giving much
consideration to providing
adequate academic coun·
seling to tailor education to
individual objectives.'' Dr ι
Brayboy added
New full time faculty at JCS i
include Dr Rufus G. Pettis .J
Professor of Mathematics an<f
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