MR. AND MRS. J.L. TAYLOR
...Married 55 Years Ago
laylors rLaijoy
Trip To Nassau
by Rlt.l. JOHNSON
Post .Manager-Editor -•
i His eyes lit up like a
Christmas tree and his smile
• was genuine and wholesome
• as he told of a first experience.
: Mr. J.I,- Taylor had just
| returned from a vacation
cruise to the Bahamas and the
; owner of the Taylor and Son
• Recapping Business on N.
Graham St. was on Cloud
7 Nine.
| The occasion was the
j celebration of the 55th wed
| ding anniversary of Mr.
; Taylor and his charming wife, .
• Canary, who resides at 912
I Campus Si.
: It all started when the
Taylors motored down to
Miami, Fla. last week
following a one-night's
stopover at Fort Pierce, Fla.
They boarded the luxury ship,
TS Flavia for a three day-two
nights cruise to Nassau.
"She was so wonderful,”
Mi. Tayloi said of his wife,
who withstood the cruise
without getting sea sick. "1
would say she endured it like
an . ole pro,” he stated,
praising his wife's first
reaction to his first trip
aboard ship.
jut |>ui uii.i ui mice uuj 3
spent "two beautiful days and
lovely nights enjoying the
scenes at Freeport in the
' Virgin Islands. "There were
• so many impressive stores
with attractive bargains and
gifts, and my wife mu$t have
shopped in all of them.”
One of the highlights of the
;cruise came during their
second night aboard when the
Taylors were honored by the
; ship's captain for been
married longer than any other
■ couple on ship.
’ ■ "We thoroughly enjoyed it.”
~ Mr. Taylor beamed late
Tuesday night. One of the
^many gifts they received was
a bottle of champagne which
Mr Taylor has stored in his
refrigerator for "safe
keeping.”
An active member of
:Kbenezer Baptist Church. Mr.
Taylor praised the cruise to
Hawks Will
pVleet Chiefs
Here Sunday
The dying semipro baseball
jseason will gel a re-awakening
:here Sunday afternoon when
dhe Charlotte Hawks, third
-place finishers in the
-.Mecklenburg County league
race, will encounter the
Charlotte Chief, champions of
?he fast Piedmont league
The game will be played at
Griffith Park, starting at 3
p.m
The Chiefs defeated the
tfoskins Giants. 8-6. here last
Sunday behind the slick pit
ching of Klmer Hunt, a 9-1
Winner in Piedmont league
play this year
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the Bahamas as the best trip
"we’ve been on. The food, the
services and the sightseeing
helps us to wish that all of our
many friends had been on this
beautiful ship with us," he
said.
As a matter of fact, the
Taylors enjoyed the trip so
much that they are now
planning a lengthier cruise to
the Caribbeans for next July
Fourth. It will be their 56th
anniversary.
The cruise is scheduled to
leave Fort Everglade, Fla. on
Sahirday-at 4 p.nf. It.will
arrive' at San Juan, Puerto
Rico on Monday at 3 p.m.
Fallowing a 12-hour visit, it
will take them to St. Thomas
in the Virgin Islands and to
Montego Bay, Jamaica. A
week later will find them
returning to Port Everglade.
The Taylors have reserved
passage on the Italian Ship SS
Federico 'C.
"It’s difficult, very difficult
to adequately describe the
beauty of a trip like this
one," Mr. Taylor concluded.
“I only wish some of my
friends would join me and my
wife on our planned cruise
Sport Car Buff Buys
$7,100 Model A Ford
"I g» for old cars." said
Kansoni Wdliams of HI I Onyx
SI reel. Iasi Sunday after
posing for a picture with lus
1973 rcprociictiun of a p»:ii
Model A Ford
A 1931 Model A Ford was the
first ear ever owned and he
"had been trying to buy one
that looked like, some thing for
the last 15 years." said Mr
Williams.
Having had no success. Mr
Williams decided to settle for
a 7,100.00 Fiberglass
reproduction with its 302 cubic
inch engine and stick in the
floor. There is no similarity
between the sound of the
originial Model A engine and
the well-tuned purring of his
present pi ide and—joy-—fts
lavish leather-like upholstery,
from rumble seat forward
also sets it apart from the
original which probably cost
$7on oo dollars instead
of its luxury car price The car
is sold locally by Courtesy
Ford
Mr Williams also owns a 48
Chevrolet which is "fixed up."
He did own a 40 Ford which he
-gavatahisson, Clarpnce who
still has it.
Although he goes to and
sees the large crowds at an
tique car shows. Mr Williams
said "1 don't know how many
people have been to my house
to look ed that car." "Some
people followed me home from
church today,” he continued
just to look at it.
Old cac buff. Ransom, says
he has Ihouroughly enjoyed_
driving his new, old-looking
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Errhr Creates :New-1
Mortgage Banking Firn
The Ervin Company has
announced the formation of a
mortgage banking sub
sidiary to be headquartered in
Charlotte, North Carolina. To
be named E.M".B., Inc., the
wholly owned subsidiary will
operate primarily in the
residential lending field, in
North and South Carolina.
E.M.B., Inc. will provide a
full range of residential
mortage banking services,
including construction and
permanent loan financing.
Within the first year of
operation, emphasis will be
placed on residential mor
tgages for the Ervin Company
and other builder-developers
operating within com
munities located in North and
South Carolina. Future plans
call for expansion into other
geographical areas
throughout the southeastern
United States.
In a related move, James F.
Nash, Ervin’s Vice President
and Treasurer, named Peter
J. Rooney as President of the
newly formed E.M.B., Inc.
Rooney, prior to joining Ervin
was with New York Federal
Savings and Loan Association,
and has been associated with
the mortage banking industry
for over 20 years in the New
York metropolitan area.
In commenting on the new
mortgage banking firm, Nash
said that “the service and
financial aspects of mortgage
banking represent an ap
propriate tie-in with the ob
jective of Ervin’s primary
business of community
development. * and our
relationships with other
builder-developers within new
cities technology. With the
growing trend toward con
ventional financing, and the
increasing shortage of con
ventional money in the two
Carolinas, this was a
necessary parallel to our
continuing growth. We feel
that this new mortgage
banking subsidiary will bring
outside capital and in
vestment funds into the
Charlotte area, and provide
greater stability in mortgage
money markets.”
Nash added “during July
August of this year Ervin and
other builders were faced with
a virtual shut-down on FHA
VA funds. We anticipate that
our move into mortgage
banking will provide better
availability of financing for
our home buyers and those of
builder-developer clients."
Other large building firms
have taken the “grass roots"
method of entering the
mortgage loan business in
cluding U.S. Home and Ryan
Homes. Other builders,
notably Kaufman and Broad
have entered via acquisitions.
The National Association of
Home Builders has frequently
endorsed builder entry into
the field, primarily as a
rqethod of promoting finan
cing availability and stability
to the home buyer.
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MODEL A FORD In It* 1973 version supports old car buff and
owner. Ransom Williams, as he "profiles ' last Sunday after
church. The classy convertible, with its rumble seat, plush
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upholstery. 302 cubic inch engine spoke u heels and
fiberglass body, and costing $7.100 00 ends Mr Williams IS
year quest for an original of the prized antique
How would you run it? Probably just
the way Metrolma National Bank
(organizing) proposes, because it wiU
be a "People's Bank" — a tnend'.v
bank.
1. Would you stay open all day Jo ng,
and Saturday loo?
2. Would you make sure that the
president and other loan <,;•
were there to make on ■„ -;
loans without referring to a
committee elsewhere^ — *
3. To encourage depositor ;, a ' d r j
give vaiuab.e services mstr ; t of
waffle irons, wigs or watcf ea?
1. Would you have a representati ve
board composed of men and ~~
women, blacks and whites, catho
protestants and jews, republicans
and democrats?
> Finally, to make it tow a ' People's
Bank" would you try to d stnbuto me
stock ownership of the bann as
widely as possible throughout the
community so that mdiv duals could
own just a tew shares yet have a
voice in management of the r owr.
bank?
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subscribe to stock in the Metro.:na
National Bank, ana have a oan.
checking or savings account in your
own bank. You can subscribe a recti/
for as little or as much stock as you
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