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VOI.. 1 NO. 34 • CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28206-THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15.1973 ~ ' Price 20*
MRS. ANARAH SANDERS JOHNSON
* ...Plans To Join Freidnship
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Mother Of Four
Is Chu* Beauty
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This week’s beauty is a
newcomer She is Mrs.
Anarah Sanders Johnson,
native of Coincord, who now
resides at 5731 Lawnmeadows
Street in Beatties Ford Park
with her husband. Timothy J.
Johnson, and their four
children: Byron, 15, Timothy,
8, Terry, 7, a,nd Tracy, 6
Anarah .is a graduate of
,logan lligr. School and has
attended Barber-Scotia
College for two years. '
She moved to Charlotte last
December 18th and says of her
new hometown, “I love it!”
She is presently a member
of Rock Hill AME Zion
Church in Concord but says
she plans to Join Friendship
Baptist Church soon.
"We have met quite a few
friends since coming tc
Charlotte,” says Mrs
Johnson, “But I have not had a
chance to join any clubs oi
organizations yet..I plan to.”
"We attend mosUy_b#aie
JKfttt” ineater, or the opera
at Ovens Auditorium for
entertainment,” continued
Aqarah, who also enjoys
reading Shakespeare, her
favorite playwrite.
“I’m not much of a movie
goer or club-goer/’ says our
beauty, but she has other
interests to occupy her leisure
time; they include playing a
little bridge, cooking and
sewing, and playing golf • a
game she is just learning.
She was content being a
housewife until last Tuesday
when she decided to go to work
for NCNB as a key punch
operator or sorter so she and
her husband, an 11 year
employee and manager at
United Parcel, can do some
extfa things for'the children.
.“We like for the children to
see shows, go different places,
and eat-out at least once a
month,” says Mrs. Johnson.
We asked the warm and
charming Mrs. Johnson about
her reaction to the return of
the Prisoners of War last
Sunday night and Monday
morning and her reply was: “I
think we (the country) will
have Ca wage a getting-to
know-you campaign,
especially the-wives, who will
have to be - patient, un
derstanding, and not expect
too much too soon,” ex
plaining that she was speaking,
"from and outside-looking-in”
point of view. Neither her
husband or brother were in the
war, much less a prisoner.
“He (the Prisoner of War)
will not be Coming back to the
same woman she. wil^(&e(]
gr^wDaidTIities during his
absence. The children will
have grown also,” she con
tinued.
"I think the-public should
leave them (the POW’S).alone
- let them have thier privacy
‘till re-adjustment period is
over,” she concluded.
Pop Moreland
Dies, Rites
Were Monday
William Howard ‘‘Pop”
Moreland Sr.,. the beloved
former teacher at Second
Ward High School, died here
Saturday after a lengthy
illness.
Funeral services were held
Mondy at Grace AME Zion
Church, with the Rev. Smith
Turner III, pastor, officiating.
One of the moat popular
teachers in the Charlotte
Mecklenburg School System,
“Pop” Moreland was the son
of the late Rev. Doctor John F.
and Grace Scott Moreland He
attended the local public
schools and graduated from
Livingstone College He
earned his graduate degree
from Teachers College,
Columbia University in New
York City.
(See MORELAND P. 4)
TURTLE-TAWC
Even tfyou’reon the RIGHT
TRACK, if you JUST SIT
THERE, you'll be run over.
Displacement Problems
State Education Leaders
To Curb Student Crisis
vis
WTVI-42 T*
ely
veil
Prep Cage
ins.
A television “first" will be
seen on Charlotte * 0
Mecklenburg TV screens*11!
Februarv 21. 22 and 23rd. ,n
WTVl-Channel 4 2,«or
Charlotte - Mecklenburg’s* E
Public Television Station, will. n(
televise complete coverage off*",
the semi-finals and cham-,
pionship games of the AAAA ’ .
Southwestern District High^ °
School Basketball Tour-^
nament (Divisions 7 and 8)^fr~
from the UNCC Gym on those*r£€
dates. K
Television coverage, which*®*
begins at 9 p.m. each evening, ®nd
will include two semi-final •*°fs
games on Wednesday’^'
(February 21) and Thursday Jr
(February 22). On FridayW*
(February 23), both Cham'S .
pionship games and awardJff’
presentations . will belr
televised jS
Irv Edelman, Director c.js
Instructional Television®
Charlotte - Mecklenburg®
Schools, and WBTV’s Boi£
Taylor are lined up to handlcC’l
play-by-play and colof'.j
oAmm santnrv fnr thp £?amp« 9B
we near Mrs. Minnie neia
really had things in order at
her home on LaSalle St. Mrs.
ET. E. McKinney has been
named president of the
organization for 1973.
FINAL RITES
Final rites were ad
ministered Wednesday af
ternoon to Vernon Cannon,
who died last week after a
lengthy illness.
The services were held at
Brandon Presbyterian
' Church.
Mr. Cannon is survived by
two sons, Robert Cannon of
Charlotte and John Cannon of
Durham; and a daughter.
Mrs. Mattie Burke of
Charlotte; two brothers
Clarence and Hartsell
Cochrnae of New York City
and three sisters, Mrs. Cora
Avery of Roanoke. Va.. Mrs;
• Flonnie Robinson New York
City and Mrs Bertha Baxter
of Long Island. N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
f Washington of State St. are the
1 proud parents of Tawn
Pleshette, loyely daughter
vfJL was Dorrr February l at
Pretbytefian Hospital.
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L>l ell IV IVUVlivau
ministrators in the South
threatens.eventuallv to render
9 - ~
legislator, will address tit
closing session. I
Student, Teachers
Rights Task Force
fo Be Organized
DW
Leaders of state education
associations across the South
have moved to curb the
critical teacher and pupil
displacement problem in the
region.
Members of the Southeast
Advisory Council approved a
plan calling on each member
state association to establish a
"Task Force on Teacher and
Student Rights."
State task forces will be
called on to reverse the
current trend of demoting and
dismissing black educators
and suspending and expelling
black pupils ip the South.
The advisory council con
sir's qf elected officers _jind
general program of action to
be implemented by the
coalition. Individual states are
expected to adopt the plan by
mid-April.
The advisory council called
on state association officers
and staff to report incidents of
displacement and patterns of
unfair hiring practices
to members, boards of
directors, delegate assem
blies. boards of education, and
the general public.
The council also called for
efforts to secure continued
funding for t-eacher coor
dination centers.
The centers, located in eight
Southernj#stat<y», have Jjegrj
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NAACP Y 4 HAS TWO LOCATIONS
Hits Stude:
Approximately 250 of a
anticipated 800 young peopl
from public schoof system:
colleges, and universMie
throughout North and Soul
Carolina attended the 5a
North Carolina State Anrjj
Youth Conference of t
NAACP last Saturday e 7
White House |nn.
The conference sta w~
hour later than the ,'
storm which stn* '
eastern North <
Southeastern So
an opportunity t.
for the opening sN IGS
The conference
igms—
faTS RIGHT*; AND
jNSIBILITIES and its
, was “EQUALITY
ft Linda fowler,
|man of the State
■ on Committee,
■ the meeting was
*h the Invocation by
EAnderson of the
fl Branch of the
ft was extended to
K*®8 by w. Ronald
■o, President of the
Conference and
■jrt Steele, Youth
Hwie Stale Youth
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Founder's nay
Observance
/
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The
action
represented
by racial
associations
. assume
• solving a
problem
by blacks.
The advisory
on its own ad.
on teacher
displacement to
proposal afor the
the Southeast
protection of
teacher rights.
The ad hoc committee wa
further mandated to design
Alpha Lambda Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Inc. will observe its 65th
Founders’ Dayon February 17
and 18. The commemoration
festivities include a banquet at
the Downtowner East worship
services at the First Baptist
Church 1020 South Church
Street and a TV broadcast on
the Hour of.Opportunjty,_
Dudley E. Flood, Director of
the Division of Human
Relations, North Carolina
Department of Public In
struction will be the banquet
speaker. Mr. Flood is a
graduate of North Carolina
Central University and
received his Master's Degree
in School Administration from
East Carolina University.
His professional experience
includes teaching in
. elementary, junior and senior
high schools and principal. He
is a member of the North
Carolina Association of
Human Relations
Professionals, Phi Delta
Kappa and Delta Kappa Pi
Honor Societies in Education,
f-'EA and the Horace Mann
I>eage. He is married to the
former Barba Thomas of
Burlington.
The sorority will worship at
the First Baptist Church on
Sunday, February 18 at 11:00
A M. Mrs. Florence Creque
will speak at the 11:00 worship
service Mrs. Creque is
Director of the Model Cities
Program in Winston Salem,
N.C. She is a member of Alpha
KanfJa Alpha Sorority. A
reception will be held
following the worship ser
vices.
Th 9:30 A M TV broadcast
Sunday Feb. 18 on The Hour Of
Opportunity on WSOC TV will
be attribute to their heritage.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Dargan hi
president of the Alpha
Lambda Omega Chapter of
the sorority.
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Barbers Wives Help
Sickle Cell Anemia
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CIAA To Honor Post Editor
, j
me uemrai imerconegiaie
Athletic Association (CIAA)
will honor nine individuals
with DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARDS at the
CIAA Press Luncheon Friday,
February 23, 1973.
The luncheon is in con
junction with the Annual CIAA
Basketball Tournament which
is scheduled for the -Green
sboro Coliseum Thursday,
Friday and Saturday,
February 22, 23 and 24.
According to CIAA
President Dr. William M. Bell,
the league is honoring these
individuals for their con
tributions to the growth and
development of the league and
the CIAA Basketball Tour
nament over a long period of
years.
"It Is fitting that these men
and women from the media be
cited for their unselfish
contributions to member
institutions and the league. I
have known all of them in my
association with the CIAA and
the league's decision to honor
Executive Sports Editor,
GREENSBORO DAILY
NEWSRECORD; Charlie
Harville, Sports Director,
WGHP-TV, High Point;
Woody Durham, Sports
Director, WFMY-TV,
Greensboro; Gene Overby,
Sports Director, WXII,
Winston-Salem; Larry
Williams General Manager,
Radio Station W A.A.A.,
Winston-Salem; Bill Johnson,
Managing Editor,
CHARLOTTE POST, Bill
Bode, Sports Staff,
GREENSBORO DAILY
NEWS; and Howard Evans,
Sports Staff, MUTUAL
BLACK SPORTS NETWORK,
New York. Also being honored
at the luncheon wil be the
members of the All-CIAA I
Basketball Team selected for '
the 1972-73 season, and the <
Outstanding Coach of the |
Season. <
The CIAA Press Luncheon is 1
hosted each year by the league
*,and Pepsi-Cola Bottling
L-'Company
The Southeastern Barbers
Wives Association donated a
check for *500 to the
Association For Sickle Cell
Disease for Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County here
Sunday night.
In accepting the money,
Mrs. Peggy Beckwith,
executive director of the
organization which.* was
founded here five months ago,
said it was the second
donation AFSCDFCM has
received.
"Hopefully," Mrs Beckwith
continued, "This is the initial
step to encourage otfter civic,
social, labor, financial and
religious organization ;o make
similar committments for
such a worthwhile program.
According to Mrs Beck
with, the Association is
"partially funded by Model
Cities Program.”
"The success of this
program depends largely on
organizations such as yours,
she told the Barber Wives in
MRS. PEGGY BECKWITH
...Executive Director
the main dining room of the
Excelsior Club. “We're
looking for volunteers to help
us meet the demands of this
vitally important work"
Mrs Beckwith said that
BILL JOHNSON
...To Bo Honored
them is very fitting.” he said.
The honoroes a re Miss Mary
Garber, Sport* Staff. WIN
STON SALEM JOURN/
SENTINEL; Smith Ba