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.Garinger Graduate
~ Miss Corliss Brown
Is ‘Beauty Of Week’
By POLLY NIVENS
Post Staff Writer
Gracing the front page this
week as our Beauty is lovely
Miss Corliss Brown. She is 21
years old and a 1971 graduate
of Garinger High School.
The 5’3 Miss Brown is the
daughter of Mr. E.B. Brown of
3716 Fieldcrest Drive.
While attending Garingei
our Beauty was on the chorus
and a member of the Distribu
tive Education Class. Aftei
graduating from Garinger
Corliss attended Johnson C
Smith University for twt
years. She also attended Cent
ral Piedmont Community Col
lege for an eleven-week train
ing program.
Corliss is now employe'
-with Queen City Sundries an
says the thing she likes mos
about her job is "meetin
people.”
Our Beauty's hobbies arc
swimming at the YWCA, sing
ing, cooking, and taking care
of KoCo, her two year old
daughter. "With a job and
taking care of her, there reallj
isn’t time for many other out
side activities," stated
Tl 11* w •a
Corliss.
Miss Brown attends Park
wood CME Church where Rev.
C.M. Allen is the pastor. At
Parkwood she sings on the
choir. She sings soprano,
tenor, and alto. Corliss has
had the privilege of touring
Russia, Paris, and Portugal
singing.
When asked what plans she
had for the future she said
nothing special just to keep on
singing and taking care of
KoCo.
Our Beauty is bom under
that magnificient sign of
Pisces. They can be very
loving people if given a
chance. Corliss feels that
Pisces are very good natured
people, they are easy to get
j along with, their temper is
j very easily controlled, and
t they love to be alone,
g Corliss ha8 an outstanding
personality, a trait of most
Pisces, and an inate sense of
humor. She is a determined
young woman with positive
ideals. Her plans for the fut
ure, although incomplete at
this time, are sure to be
everything that she desires.
Time and determination is on
her side, how can she loose?
Ol -m
r uoiic i^iorary second
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Book Sale Is Saturday
The Public Library of Char
lotte and Mecklenburg County
of the year on Saturday, Sept
ember 28. The library's first
sale was held on Sunday after
noon, April 21, and more than
3,000 hardbound books, paper
backs, and single issues were
sold.
Sale items will again be gift
books not needed in the
system's various collections.
Hardbound books will sell for
twenty-five cents each;
paperbacks, single issues, and
Reader’s Digest Condensed
Books will cost five cents
each." -
The book sale prill be held
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. In
Arequippa Park at the corner
of Sixth and Tryon Streets,
adjacent to the Main Library.
In case of inclement weather,
the sale will take place inside
the Main Library at 310 North
Tryon Street.
For further information a
bout the sale contact Don
White, Acquisitions Librarian,
telephone 374-2898
Charlotte To Host NAACP Meet
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
NWCAA Re-Elects Rev. H.J. Campbell
Black Group To Work For
i
Community Development
By BILL JOHNSON
Post Manager-Editor
Rev. Howard J. Campbell, a
tireless worker who is dedica
ted to the betterment of the
Black community, has been'
re-elected president of the
Northwest Community Action
Association, Inc. of Charlotte.
Other officers named to
serve on the New Board of
Directors with Rev. Campbell
during the organization’s first
annual convention at Friend
ship Baptist Church on Beatt
ies Ford Rd. Saturday were;
Thomas H. Wyche, Lewis C.
Coleman, Mrs. Inez Ellis,
Fred A. Griffin, Tennyson L.
Johnson Jr,, Willie F. Lewis,
Rev. James McCallum and
Rev. Smith Turner III.
Attorney Wyche, Mrs. Ellis
and Mr. Coleman are the new
officers. Wyche will serve as
vice president, Mrs. Ellis se
cretary and Mr. Coleman
treasurer.
In addition to electing new
officers and the Board of Dir
ectors, the organization gave
recognition to special guests
who were singled-out for their
contributions to NWCAA.
They were Willie Young, who
first aroused interest in a
community organization in
University Park; The Rev.
W.D. Baxter, who convened
the first University Park Im
provement Association meet
ing that led to the develop
ment of the NWCAA; the Rev.
Norman Kerry, the first
chairman of NWCAA; and
Samuel Komegay, director of
the Charlotte Area Fund for
providing the organizer who
has worked with NWCAA.
The well-attended convent
ion took a major stand with
the adoption of several resolu
tions on issues which directly
affect the Black community in
Charlotte.
Their major project is to
continue’the fight to protect
Black neighborhoods from de
struction by road widening
and extension projects
through residential neighbor -
hoods. NWCAA also pledged
itself to seek to increase the
“representation of Black
people on all official bodies of
local government, including
City Council, County commis
sion, city and county depart
ments, agencies, committees,
commissions and the School
Board.”
The removal of “all forms of
racial discrimination in the
School System,” and “any
form of police brutality
against any citizen, but espec
ially against Black persons
since there is a history of
police mistreatment of Black
people in Charlotte” are also
among NWCAA’s top priorit
ies for the new year.
Fall Festival
‘74 Coming
Next Weekend
Another "People Event” is
happening in Uptown Char
lotte. Fall Festival '74 pro
mises to be a much livelier
event than the exciting Sum
mer Festival held in June
Once again, Fifth Street (bet
ween College St. and Church
St.) will be closed to traffic
and open to the sounds ol
music, dancing, and singing
It will be lined with red and
white striped tents filled with
exhibits and displays. Candied
apples and balloons should be
the order of the day!
There will be a variety ol
entertainment and excitement
for the whole family on Oct
ober 3,4, and S. The festivities
extend from 11:30 a.m. to 8:3(
p.m. Thursday and Friday
and from 10:00 a.m. to 6:0(
p.m. on Saturday. The onstage
entertainment includes music
by the “Trinidad Steel Druir
Band”, the “Roustabouts”
the “Catalinas”, ‘Tapestry”
"Sugar Creek”, and the U.S
Army Band-‘"n>e Dragon
Fries”. The Avery Count]
Cloggers have became a rea
favorite of allCharlotteans
and they will be on stage alonf
with the Sears Caravan
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Fred Alexander
..Seeks Senate Seat
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Rowe “Jack” Motley
...Democratic candidate
Meet 1 he Candidates
Night’ Set For Oct, 7.
The Brotherhood of Friend
ship Baptist Church, a group>
comprised of all the men of the
church, is sponsoring a “Meet
The Candidates Night”, Mon
day, October 7 at 7 p.m. at
Friendshn> Church, located at
33»*i Beatties Ford Road. — -
Fred Alexander, Democrat
ic candidate for the North
Carolina State Senate and
Rowe "Jack” Motley, Demo
cratic candidate for the Meck
lenburg County Commission
will both be in attendance. .
Mr. Alexander, a Charlotte
city Councilman since May of
1965, served as First Vice
Chairman of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Democratic
Party in 1971-72. A Charlotte
native, he was educated in the
public schools of Charlotte and
later attended Lincoln Univ
ersity in Pennsylvania where
he earned a degree in Busi
ness Adminstration. He is
' married to the former Mauven
Dugas. The Alexanders have
one daughter, Mrs. Theodora
Witherspoon and reside at 2140
Senior Drive in Charlotte
Mr. Motley, President of
L.&M. Insurance co. and
r Motloy Realty Co , Ine is a
native of Autauga County,
Alabama. He was educated in
the public schools of Birming
ham, Alabama, after High
School he served two years in
the U.S. Navy and later at
tended A&T State University
in Greensboro, North Carolina
where he earned a B.A. De
gree iu Biology and Chemistry
and a Commission of Second
Lt. in the U.S. Army. After
serving in the Korean War ht
returned to North Carolina
where he married the formei
Alma Grace Moreland.
The Motleys have five child
ren Michael 23, David 21,
Ronald 17, Gregory 15, Kim 3,
and reside at 1726 Madison
Avenue in Charlotte.
The Brotherhood invites you
to come out and MEET THE
CANDIDATES.
Determined Household Workers
To Meet In New Orleans, La.
Edith Barksdale-Sloan, Ex
ecutive Director of the Nat
ional Committee on Household
Employment (NCHE) annou
nced Wednesday that house
hold workers from 25 states
and 30 cities will take part in
the THIRD NATIONAL CON
FERENCE OF HOUSEHOLD
WORKERS to intensify their
efforts to institute a Code of
Standards, with improved
wages and status, for their
profession.
The conference will be held
October 11-13, at the Fontain
ebleau Hotel in New Orleans,
Louisiana. The conference
will emphasize leadership
training and the following
topics: Organizing Workers in
the South, Enforcement of
Minimum Wage and Social
Security Legislation, Utilizing
Public and Private Resources,
Business Planning and Health
Issues Affecting Household
Workers.
Keynote speaker will be
Carl T. Rowan, the former
U S. Ambassador to Finland
and a distinguished journalist.
Marjorie Fine Knowles, a pro
fessor at the University of
Alabama Law School and the
former Executive Director of
the Joint Foundation Support
in New York, will conduct a
workshop on Locating Private
Funding Sources. Other
guests confirmed at this time
include Carmen Maymi, Dir
ector of the Women’s Bureau
in the U.S. Department of
Labor and William Tutman, a
leadership training expert
who has worked with the
Peace Corps and Teacher
Corps.
Household workers, who are
commonly referred to as
domestics, number 1.5 to 3
million. Their median annual
income has been around
$2,000. Almost 97-08 percent of
all household workers are wo
, men, and most of these women
are at least partly self-sup
porting, while many are heads
of families. Two-thirds of all
household workers are Black.
Privately employed household
workers rarely receive such
standard benefits as sick
leave, paid vacations and hol
idays, unemployment and
workmen's compensation.
They were excluded from fed
eral minimum wage legisla
tion until the 1974 Minimum
Wage and Overtime Amend
ments went into effect on May
1st of this year.
The National Committee on
Household Employment
(NCHE) is a private, nonpro
fit service agency concerned
exclusively with the problems
of household employment. In
addition to improving wages
and working conditions,
NCHE's goals are to institute
a Code of Standards for the
occupation and to organize
household workers In self-help
organizations. There are now
40 such organizations in 2S
states.
Ms. Sloan has been NCHE's
Executive Director since join
ing the organization in 1909.
She has had significant prior
work experience with such
groups as the U S Commiss
ion on Civil Rights and HAR
YOU-ACT (New York). She
was the subject of a recent
NBC documentary and had a
feature article in the July
issue of ESSENCE Magazine.
Ms. Sloan is also an attorney.
NCHE'S Field Officer, Ms.
Josephine Hulett, is a former
a_
Mrs Odessa Alexander
...Local President
household worker with over
twenty years of experience as
a child care specialist, nurse
and housekeeoer She has
been with NCHE since 1970.
The Washington Post and Ms.
Magazine are just two of the
many publications which have
done feature stories on her
life.
Greater Griertown
Open Begins Saturday
The sponsors--The Par
Buster Golf Group of Charlotte
are predicting a 144 score will
be good enough to win the
Fifth Greater Griertown Open
weekend.
"I believe it’s going to be
~*i
very difficult for someone to
break par on that course,”
James Polk, president of the
recently organized PBGGC,
stated Wednesday. He was
6,780 yards of demanding ter
rain that is more commonly
known as Pawtucker Golf
Course. Par is 72.
The 36-Hole Tournament^
which begins at 8 o’clock Sat
urday morning, has attracted
more than 125 of the top amat
uers golfers in upper South
Carolina and lower North
Carolina.
Charles McCullough, Lee
Hood, Robert Brown, Hazel
Brown, Carl Love Bailey,
Eddie Harris, Carl Stowe and
Douglas Grier are some of the
top names who will battle for
the first-place trophy in the
championship flight.
•’Either one ot these golfers
are capable of breaking par,”
Mr. Polk added
Altogether, there are six
flights in the famed tourney.
In addition to the champion
ship, the golfers will be battl
ing for top honors In five
regular flights, a special
senior flight and a celebrity
uigru. fmm -
Congressman Jim Martin,
Dr. Lonnie Horton, a member
of Gov. Holshouser's staff;
Attorney Julius chambers,
Murdise Arnold and Dr. Jack
S. Brayboy, are some of the
top named entered in the cele
brity flight
Players will be bracketed in
the various flights following
first-round play on Saturday
The championships will be de
termined Sunday
William H. Oliver Will
Keynote 31st Convention
The North Carolina NAACP
will hold its 31st Annual Con
vention at the Downtowner
East Motor Inn, October 3-4-5,.
The Convention delegates will
focus attention at their 3 day
meeting on the Theme:
“POLITICAL ACTION AND
THE BLACK VOTE.”
William H. Oliver, Director,
UAW, Fair Practices and
Anti-Discrimination
Department of Detroit, Mich,
will be the Keynote Speaker on
Friday evening, 8:00 P.M. St.
Paul Baptist Church, 1401 N.
Allen St. The Rev. Paul W.
Drummond is Pastor of the
Church.
Mr. Oliver is an NAACP
National Board of Directors
Member and is Chairman of
the NAACP National Housing
Corporation. He is a NAACP
Life Member.
His outstanding service in
Labor had its beginning in 1937
when he moved to Detroit
Mich., from his hometown ol
Chattanooga, Tenn.'He was
first employed with the Fore
Motor Company as a membei
of the Ford Dixie 8, a double
quartet which was used ir
conjunction with the sales
- program of the Ford Motor
Company. He worked as a
janitor from 1937-1939. He then
went to the Highland Park
Plant of the Ford Motor Com
pany and became involved in
Union activities.
In 1941, the Union won reco
gnition. He was the first Black
to serve on the Executive
Board of Local 400. He worked
as Secretary of his Local and
_ Kelly Alexander Sr.
~ y..NAACP President
became a member of the Un
ion Bargaining Committee.-He
prepared briefs for presenta
tion and argument.
Mr. Oliver has conducted
vigourous programs to wipe
out discrimination affecting
minority groups in all areas of
American life.
He was educated at Tenn
essee A&I State College where
he majored in Sociology.
The Musical Program for
the Public Meeting on Friday
evening will be rendered by
the Combined Musical Choirs
of St. Paul Baptist Church
under the direction of Mrs.
Lormie Miller.
The delegates will also hear
on Friday evening The Honor
able Robert Morgan, Candi
date for U'.S. Senate.
Delegates will begin arriv
ing in Charlotte, N.C., to part
icipate in the first Session of,
the Convention which is the
Annual “Ministers and
Church Emphasis” Day on
Thursday, October 3.
There will be a “Ministers
and Church Emphasis Day”
Luncheon featuring the out
standing Religious Leader,
Bishop William Milton Smith, .
of Mobile, Ala., Presiding Bis
hop of the Second Episcopal
District, AME Zion Church
Bishop Smith is a Life Mem
ber of the NAACP and former
President of the Alabama
State Conference of NAACP
Branches. He will address the
Convention 1:30P.M., October
There will be much interest
displayed on Thursday aftc
noon when Dr. Joy J. Johnso: ,
Member of N.C. General Ass
embly, address the Conven
tion on "The Church Political
Action and The Black Vote".
Dr. Joy J. Johnson was ele< t
ed to the North Carolina
General Assembly in 1971 He
is from Fairmont, N.C. and
represents the 24th District.
He is Pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, Pleasant Hill,
N.C.
Rev. Charles Ward, Pastor
of First Baptist Church and
President of the Raleigh, N.C -
Apex Branch NAACP; Rev.
Paul W. Drummond, Pastor.
St. Paul Baptist Church,
Charlotte, N.C., Rev. Arthan-'
iel E. Harris, Pastor, St. Aug
ustus AME Zion Church, Kin
ston, N.C. and Rev. Ray Boot
on, Pastor, Covenant unitea
Presbyterian Church, Kanna
polis, N.C. will participate.
The Thursday Sessions are
under the direction of Rev.
J.T. McMillan, Chairman,
N.C. NAACP Church Commi
ttee of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Rev. McMillan is President of
the Winston-Salem Branch
NAACP.
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The LORD gave us two ends
to use, ONE to think with, and
ONE to sit on....It all depends
on which you choose, HEADS
you win, TAILS you lose.