KARATE CLASS - Front row from left to
right Sharon “Shay" Covington. Monica
Felicia Steele, Daniel Blackwell. Jackie Steele.
and instructor Kon Wilson. Hack row are
Mannie Love Jr.. John Steele and assistant
instructor Jerome Johnson.
YMCA Karate Class
Has High Turnover
There is a “high tur
rTTTver" m—rtre—McCrorey
Branch VMCA’s Karate
Course according to Physical
Director Nat Smith.
It seems that while visions
of Bruce Lee’s movie screen
capers compel people to enter
the 6-week course. Char
lotte School of Karate
Instructor Ronald Wilson's
rigid regimentation causes
them to withdraw and quit.
It takes about two years of
serious practice and stick-to
itness to earn a black^belt ant
according to Nat Smith, the
class now being offered for its
fourth year-lias yet to produce
its firsrBLACK BLLT alumni.
Anyone can register for the
class any day of the week
except Saturday and Sunday
and it only costs $12. for a
I member age 5-15 years and
$15 for the same age group for
non-members. Persons 15
yeas of age and older with a
membership pay $15 and non
members must pay $18.
In addition to the small fee,
"a person must have a strong
determination to stay with it,”
says Physical Director Smith.
Miss Cynthia Williamson
Makes NCCU Dean’s List
P v n I h i a Williamcnn -
Howard University Junior and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Williamson of 2534
Abelwood Road, was awarded
a certificate Feb, 11th in
recognition of her being
placed on the Dean’s Honor
Roll of Howard University’s
School of Business and Public
Administration.
The 1971 graduate of West
Charlotte High School was the
only black among ten senior
high school students receiving
Chariot te-Mecklenbug PTA
Council Scholarships worth at
least $265.00 for their
academic achievements upon
her graduation from high
school.
She, and Angela Woo, were
chosen head marshals for
having maintained the highest
scholastic averages in the
Junior Class at West Charlotte
High School in 1970.
While at West Charlotte,
Miss Williamson was active in
the National Honor Socie'y
(ranking second in a
' graduating class of 388) the
Future Teachers of America,
the Y-Teens, and in the
YWCA.
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150 Pre-Registers For K-6
Optional Traditional School
inc viidiiuut* - mecKien
burg Schools' (CMS) In
formation Center has received
more than 110 pre
registration for a planned
optional kindergarten through
grade six traditional school.
The CMS Board of
Education has voted to launch
there is sufficient community
interest and if appropriate
facilities to house the school
can be found.
Seversville School has been
mentioned as a possible
location but other sites are
also being considered.
Seversville now houses a child
development center where
federally-funded kindergarten
programs are located, but it is
scheduled to close at the end of
the current school year.
me iaea lor a traditional
school was proposed by a
group of parents who are
interested in an optional
school that is different from
the open school now operated
at Irwin Avenue School and
open schools planned at
Elizabeth Elementary and
■Piedn**MU -Junior-High -School,
next year.
Irwin Avenue has been a
kindergarten through grade
six open school this year; next
year Irwin and Elizabeth will
operate as kindergarten
through grade five open
schools. Piedmont will be an
open middle school, grades six
through eight.
The proposed optional
traditional school will feature
basic academic courses, self
contained classrooms for the
full school day. and an cm
phasis on competition in In
grading and motivation o
students High priority will b<
given to structure and ordei
and to conformity of deport
ment
Philosophically, proponent;
.of the traditional sclioo
teachers' know the facts an<
skills children need for today ;
world and design tin
educational program
Plans for the program ant
the school are incomplete
When a principal and teaching
staff are selected, they wil
make detailed plans for tin
courses and administration o
the school program with lfel|
from volunteer parents o
children who will attend tin
school.
The school will have the
■ same allotments of teachers
and materials as any other
■ school in the system
Students will come from
other schools in the system
and will be chosen from those
• volunteering to attend in such
1 a way as to insure racial and
i —svfijap o-wide , repre sen' at ion
I Enrollment will follow
; guidelines similar to those
1 used for optional open schools
The Board of Education has
instructed the school staff to
search for means by which
school bus transportation may
be provided for students in all
■ optional schools
For more information about
i theoptional traditional school,
: interested persons can call the
1 CMS Information Center at
- 332-5114
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. local girl will be featured
w it h t lie 52-voice 'ouring choir
I orth Carolina Central
University, beginning Kridav
and ending two weeks later
foiiowmg a tour of 'ttr n.»r~
thwest and the midwes>
She is Miss Call Covington
daughter of Mr and Mi'
Octavius Covington Miss
Covington sings second
■ O- :r__
which-will give performances
in Baltimore. Philadelphia
Brooklyn. Morristown. N J
Cincinnati, and five Wisconsin
towns-Wlutewater. Madison
Superior. I.aCrosse and
Ashland
The choir is under the
direction of Charles H
Cilclirist
Remember! If You
Don’t Read The Post.
You Don’t Know What >2
Happening! JA
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4 PC. BASSETT BEDROOM SUITE. Dresser, mirror, chest,
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4 PC. BARWICK BEDROOM SUITE - Big dresser, twin
mirrors, armoire chest, headboard and commode.
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TRIPLE DRESSER, MIRROR AND HEADBOARD - Cherry
fruitwood finish
. Regular$269.90.SALE PRICE $189.00
7 PC. DINETTE SET - Brown - Austin Butternut, elegant
color, table and 6 chairs.
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and 6 chairs
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7 PC. DINETTE SET - Oak-Black, damaged leaf table and 6
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table and 6 chairs
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Table and 8 chairs.
Regular$139.95 .SALE PRICE $89.00
TUXEDO SOFA - Reversible cushion and duster pillows.
Regular$299.95.SALE PRICE $199.00
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and reversible cushions.
Regular$399.90.SALE PRICE $299.00
SOUTHERN EARLY AMERICAN SOFA - With a heavy
tweed cover
Regular$219.95.SALE PRICE $189.00
LOOSE BACK PILLOW SOFA - Reversible cushion, skirt
base,
Regular$319.95.. SALE PRICE $249.00
MATCHING CHAIR.. . . . . SALE PRICE $99.00
FLORAL QUILTED SOFA with button tufted back and skirt
base
Regular$289.95...SALE PRICE $189.00
FRENCH PROVINCIAL SOFA - With wood trim arms and
back
Regular $249.95.SALE PRICE $159.00
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14” COLOR PORTABLE T.V. - With roll-about stand, all
channels . ■
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18” COLOR TV & STAND - In A1 Condition
.SALE PRICE $299.00
CONSOLE STEREO - With AM-FM radio, 8 track tape player
and record changer, solid state **
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72” CONSOLE STEREO with AM-FM radio, record changer
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KELVINATOR FULL SIZED ELECTRIC RANGE
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HOTPOINT AUTOMATIC WASHER - Two speed
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MORSE DELUXE RADIO - Record changer, and 8 track I
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FULL SIZE POSTER FRENCH WHITE BED SALE
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BLACK TUFTED SWIVEL ROCKER
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12" x 15" GOLD LOOP RUG -Good cond.
.SALE PRICE $38.00
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FOX DEN SOFA & ROCKER
.SALE PRICE $88.00
MORSE STEREO - With 8 track tape, recordchanger am-fm
radio
.SALE PRICE $129.00
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