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Reginald Withers
Barney W Forney
Forney, Withers
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Among Nation’s
Top Students
Two black students from m<
Charlotte-Mecklenburg. Schoo
System have been named amonj
the 1.400 semifinalists in the
Eleventh National Achicvemen
Scholarship Program for Out
standing Negro Students.
The National Merit Scholar
ship Corporation (NMSC)
which administers the program
announced Wednesday that Bar
ney W. Forney, son of Mr. ani
Mrs. William C. Forney ol
3140 Clearview Drive, ant
Reginald B. Withers, son of Mr
and Mrs. Claude Withers ol
2910 Burbanks Drive wen
among the Achievement Semi
finalists being announced amonj.
50.000 black students in somt
6.000 high schools who entered
the competition by taking the
1973 preliminary scholastic ap
titude test/national merit schol
arship qualifying test -and re
questing consideration in the
achievement .program.
Students named as Achieve
ment semifinalists are the high
est scorers in each of six geo
graphic regions; the number
named in each region is propor
tional to the black population
of the combined states in that
region.
Forney and Withers are both
seniors at West Mecklenburg
High School.
"One of our purposes is to
encourage exceptionally promu,
ing black students to set high
' educational and career goals
and to utilize their talents in
pursuing them, says L. C. Mc
Millan, NMSC Vice President
responsible for the general man
agement of the Achievement
Program. "By identifying and
recognizing these able and high
ly motivated black youth, we
hope to increase the educational
opportunities that cun prepare
them for future professional and
leadership roles."
About 450 of the students
announced will be winners of
Achievement Scholarships to be
awarded in the spring of 1975.
At least 260 of these awards
will be Naium.il Achievement
$101)0 Scholarships, providing a
i single payment of $1,000 to the
winner after he enrolls in a
regionally accredited l s col
lege. About 190 Achievement
Scholarships in 1975 will he
four-year renewable awards,
worth up to $1,500 per year tor
$6,000 for the foui college
years). In the ten annual
Achievement Scholarship com
petitions completed (1965-74)
over 3,300 black students have
won awards valued at more
than $9.5 million.
To continue in the compe
tition. Achievement Semifinal
ists must qualify as Finalists by
meeting additional requirements
that include being recommended
by their secondary schools, pre
senting a creditable academic
record, and submitting informa
tion about their academic anil
extracurricular attainments.
Over 1.000 Semifinalists are ex
pected to advance to Finalist
standing in the competition for
Achievement Scholarships to be
offered next spring.
In 1974. the most recently
completed competition, sponsor
funds and general contributions
to the Achievement Program
provided some 470 scholarships
for Mack students. I lie majority
of Achievement Program spon
sors are business firms, corpo
rations, and corporate founda
_ tions. In addition, a growing
number of colleges finance
Achievement Scholarships for
black students to attend their
institutions.
Fhe winners of the one-liinc
National Achievement $1000
Scholarships and renewable
four-year Achievement Scholar
ships that are financed hv cor
porate and business sponsors
will be announced publicly on
March J3. 1975. I he winners
of college-sponsored four year -
Achievement Scholarships will
he announced on an individual
basis from mid-May through
mid-Juni in 1975.
CPCC To Host
World Forum
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citizens ot Charlotte anil the
Metrolina area will have a
unique opportunity soon to he
brought up to date on the no
sition of the United States in
the world today—economically,
scientifically, and militarily.
Central Piedmont Community
College and the Naval Reserve
Association are co-sponsoring
a World Affairs Forum to be
held here November 4 through
November 15.
This two week program, cov
ering all aspects of National
Security Affairs consists of: 52
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non and answer session: 17
short films: and 3 panel dis
cussions. Conducting the semi
nar is a faculty team from the
Industrial College of the Armed
Forces, Washington, D. C. (Ten
tative seminar outline attached.)
"With the rapid changes tak
ing place in world affairs to
day,' says former U.S. Cong
ressman Charles K. Jonas. "The
people of Charlotte are fortu
nate indeed to he able to par
ticipate in this information
packed briefing on national and
international affairs".
Interested citizens are en
couraged to attend this special
program on a first come, first
enrolled basis. Some 150 offi
cers will attend the sessions as
part of their active duly as
signments. However there will
be additional space, available
for civilian participants from
the area.
Attendance at all of the ses
sions is strongly recommended
in order to obtain full benefit
of the entire scope of the pro
gram However, for those whose
lime may be limited, each seg
ment of the program is de
signed to be a complete pres
entation without requirement to
refer to prior or subsequent
presentations. Registration for
the World Affairs Forum is now
open. Fee for adults is $10.00.
with special rales for educa
tors, clergy, and students For
registration, or more inform.)
lion, call World Affairs Forum.
(704) 377-49X6. or write to
1944 Brunswick Avenue, Char
lotte. North Carolina 7X207.
Robert Davis Named Chairman
Of Black Political Caucus
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Politically Oriented
Group Has Good Record
by JAMES Peeler
Post Staff Writer
Robert I Davis. Jr. was in
stalled as Chairman of the Black
Political Caucus of Charlotte
Mecklenburg at the organiza
* lion's September meeting
The installation ceremony
was conducted hy Rev. James
McCallum. immediate past pres
ident of the politically oriented
group whose purposes are
• To form a political coali
tion among and between mem
bers of each of the predomi
nantly Black Democratic Pre
cincts.
• To promote cohcsivencss
among Black Precinct Workers.
— • lo enhance our poluical
power through political lobby
ing and self-financing.
• To act us a forum to keep
Blacks aware and informed on
issues facing the Black Com
munity jil the community, local,
state.and national levels.
• To establish seminars for
Leadership Development at the
precinct level, the community
level, the local-city level, and
the slate level.
• To educate the Black Com
munity on the importance of
Registering and Voting.
• To attempt to prevent a
seemingly long-lived pattern of
politicians from playing one
precinct against anothei or one
black person against another
• And. lo uphold the ideals
set forth by our local Demo
cratic Parly Organization so
long as these ideals do not pen
alize the welfare of Black
People.
Nervine with iruomint* i h:»ir
man Davis will be: Rebecca
Taylor, First Vice Chairman,
from precinct *25; Rev James
McCalltim. Second Vice Chair
man. of precinct *-27. William
Tillman. Third Vice Chairman,
of precinct *42: i.illie Blue.
Recording Secretary, of precinct
*55, Freedomae Cunningham.
Corresponding Secretary, of pre
cinct *17: W I Burns. Treas
urer, of precinct *52: IMary
Richardson. Financial Secretary,
of precinct * lf>: Charles Voder.
Parliamentarian, of pr'ecinct
*12; and Carolyn Gibson, As
sistant Recording Secretary, of
precinct *5‘J
After his acceptance speech.
Davis appointed and confirmed
the following committee chair
persons. Sadie Smith and Isaac
Heard—Issues. C ampaign, and
( andidates. Mary Richardson- •
Projects and I inancc. Ethel
. Martin—Voter Registration.
Bertha Spencer— Telephone
Committee: and Sarah Steven
son—Publicity.
Three representatives of the
Executive Committee of the
Mecklenburg Democratic Party,
E.dilh Shcarin. First Vice Chair
man. Howard Campbell, secre
tary; and Mrs Wtfltr Smtth.
member, were in attendance at
the September meeting of the
Political Black Caucus ot C har
lotle-Mecklenburg
"The recent track record of
the Black Political Caucus,
said Davis, has been very
good" He added. In the I'ri
mary Election 12 of the I’ can
didates endorsed by the Black
Political Caucus won"
Chairman Davis staled that
he “will carry on the good work
already established under the
leadership of Rev James Me
Callunj" and that the purposes
of the Black Political Caucus
under his leadership will nor
change hut will be vigorouslv
pursued."
I he Black Political C aucus
will meet each Sundav night at
(Tier's Funeral Home Chapel
at X p.m during the month ot
October, said Davis, in order
to keep abreast and plan strut
egy for the upcoming election .'
The Executive Council of the
Black Political Caucus will also
meet Sunday. October s.
Normally the organization
meets the third Sundav night of
each month at x oo p.m at
Grier's Chapel and the public
•is invited to attend
A&T State
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Alumni To
Meet Here ‘
The FALL C ON Ft: KI NCL
of the Mideast Region of A A
I State University Alumni As
sociation u ill be held at Char
lotte's Downtowner I asi Motor
Inn Friday and Saturday, Oc
tober 4th and 5th.
[Relegates representing 31
area chapters of the A A r
Alumni will be in attendance
when president W Fdward Jen
kins of Greensboro. N (
sounds the opening gavel.
According to' spokesman
Floward Barnhill, registration
will begin at 8 PM. on Friday
evening followed by an 'AG
GIE FELLOWSHIP Kl ( I P
- TION" at 9 P M
The business session will be
gin at 9:30 A M on S.purdav
Octobef—5lh and last until ihe
beginning of a I O'clock lunch
eon when Or I ewis ( tlowdv
Chancellor of A A I State C ut
versily. will he ihe fcatiu-.-d
speaker at-.-a-.J_uncucuj., Lean
quel.
Homemakers
Win Third
Place Prize
The Women of the Univer
sity Park Extension Homemak
ers Club have been awarded the
third place prize for their booth
which is on exhibit at the
Mctrolina Fair.
The booth is entitled "Stop
Shrinking The Dollar Bill." The
purpose of the booth is to in
form the public of the decreas
ing value of the dollar bill.
In order to gel their point
across, the club members used
^statistics. In 1955 the dollar
Vas worth just that, one dollar.
In 1965 the -value decreased to—
seventy-three cents. In 1974 the
value of a dollar is forty-nine
cents. In the year 2000 it is
predicted that if the decreasing
value continues the dollar will
be worth sixteen cents.
Another example used by the
homemakers was that of bas
kets. In the baskets were items
that could be bought for the
price of a dollar in the perspec-*'
live years. 1955. a loaf of bread.
5 Ih. sugar, a doz. eggs, etc.
1965, three small items, and
1974. a doz. eggs and a portion
of something else. ,
The booth also includes a
formula for consumers to ac
knowledge. The formula is for
citizens to develop skills to
nprfnrm far ihamc.li/ar .
learning lo make clothes, repair
furniture etc., grow and con
serve food hy canning, freczine.
drying and storing, know how
to buy, compare prices, and
read before buying. The booth
. advises one to stop spending
foolishly for government causes.
Citizens should vote, know what
the issues are, and speak up.
It may be interesting to know
that the three lop winning
booths were dealing with the
economy The No. I booth u
dealt with food conservation
The No. It Booth dealt with
meatless meals that would save
the consumer money.
Mrs. Lunell Withers is lhe
President of University Park
Extension Homemakers Club.
Other people helping Mrs. With
ers in the preparation of the
bojjth were: Mrs. Sara Willis,
Mrs. Joan Corrothers. Mrs.
Eleanor Washington, and Mrs.
Rebecca Taylor.
The booths will be on display
for the general public until the
closing of the Metrolina Fair
Young At Heart
Club Celebrate
The Young At Heart Club
observed its seventh (7th)
Founders' Day recently by
worshipping at the Little Rock
A.ME. Zion Church. Rev.
William H. White is pastor of
the church and George T.
Nash, Jr. is the club's presi
dent.
CANDIDATES MEETING each other—
and a hugh crowd of registered voters_.
was the prime purpose of a congregation
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last Friday evening at the Madison Avc.
address of Mecklenburc County Commis
sion_hopcful Rowe “Jack" Motley as he
31st iNAACi** Convention To
Address Itself To Whole Man
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• ..v. oi.ii iiiniuai iiiucuiiK v'l Hit*
S.C. State Conference of
NAACP Brandies will address
itself to those things which
affect the whole man. when it
ieets here this weekend at the
Downtowner East Motor Inn.
201 S McDowell Street
The entire first day will he
devoted to religion. The day is
known as "Ministers & Church
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Chaired hv Kev .) T McMi||
an. I I'** keynote ill the day will
be given bv Bishop WM
Smith. 2nd District A.M.E.j.
/ion i hurch He is a former
president of the Alabama
Stale Conference and has an
enviable record in NAACP
activities He speaks to the
luncheon.w hich w ill be held
at l. :t0 p m
•) y.m.. ntv. joy jonnson.
pastor. First Baptist Church.
!• airmont. and a member of
the N C State Legt?lalure,
w ill lead a discussion on ‘The
Church Political Action and
the black vote The matter will
be gone into thoroughly by
ministers from all over the
state.
Something new has been
added and at 7.30 p m., the
first part of this innovation
will take place William E.
Stevens. Republican candida
te for the seat being vacated
by Sam Ervin, Jr., will tell the
delegates why he wants to go
to Washington
On Friday, the first plenary
session will begin at 9 a m
This session will feature inter
nal affairs of the State Confer
ence The afternoon session
will deal with fund raising,
which has become the number
issue not only of the N C. State
Conference, but with the nat
ional office The sutle reap
pearance of discrimination all
over the nation, as evidenced
by the Boston anti-busing sit
uation makes it necessary to
adopt a national drive
The first effort in this res
pect will be the public mass
meeting, which will be held at
St Paul Baptist church, 1401
W Allen Street 7:30 p m The
keynote address will be given
bv William E. Olivor, director,
UAW-Fair Practices'and —'
Anti-Discrimination Depart
ment. Detroit, Michigan
Robert Morgan. Democrat
candidate for the Ervin seat
will call the other side of the
political question, thus comp
leting the innovation
Saturday is the big day. with
all facets of the NAACP being
discussed by prominent NAA
CP national leaders The Life
Membership Luncheon will
be addressed by John H.
Wheeler, Durham banker and
the holder of three life mem
berships The climax will be a
well-deserved dinner for Chas
Hct^ean, on Saturday night
According to advance reser
nations this will be a glowing
ribute to the veteran leader,
rhe address will be delivered
>y Clarence Mitchell, director
if the Washington Bureau and
tnown as the 101 senator of the
Jnited States Senate
nevvrood stamp Kules
Planned For Studnts
Students who receive more
lhan half of their support from
a household which is ineligible
for the food stamp program
would also be ineligible for
food stamps under a proposed
regulation announced by the
I'.S Department of Agrwul
ture (L'SDAl. The proposed
rule applies to any student,
age 18 or over, who attends an
educational institution beyond
high school, is claimed as a
*BV Honendent hv jn inelieihlp
household and receives over
half his support from a house
hold ineligible for food
stamps
It applies only to the indivi
dual student-, other members
of the household can. receive
food stamps if they are other
wise eligible The individual
would also have an opportu
nity to prove that he does not
receive over half his support
from an ineligible household
GUEST SPEAKER—Mrs J B Humph
rey. center, is addressing the dinner meet-'
ing of the Women’s Auxiliary of the
Mecklenburg General Baptist Association
Seated, left to right, arc Mrs. Morehcad.
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Mrs. Pittman. Mrs Cooper, Mrs. Fray
Ion. Rev. J B Humphrey, Rev. Ken
nedy. Mrs. Kennedy. Mrs. Dean. Mrs 1
Roseboro and Mrs Patterson. <
You Have Until Monday
To Register To Vote
In November Election
TU.. _ t / 'l l.ia ( t A I
Mecklenburg County have un
til 5 p m Monday (October 7)
to register to vote in the Nov
ember 5 election
According to Hill Culp, dir
ector of the Board, every ef
fort will be made to make it
convenient for citizens to re
gister before the deadline
In addition to the various
Mobile units that have been
made available, registration
will be held at branch banks
throughout the city on Friday
and at 13 shopping centers
around town from 10 a m
until 4 p.m Saturday
Those who must register are
those persons who have
changed their addresses since
the last time they voted, those
who are new to Charlotte, and
those who have not voted in
the last two years To find out
when a mobile unit will be in
your neighborhood, call the
Board of Election office at
374-2133
The Election Office is locat
ed at 710 E Fourth St . across
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Voters will have 30 choices
from among ‘<>4 candidates
seeking election to 30 oHices
A seat with the U S Senate
and the House of Represents
live are among the most im
portant on the national level
offices that will be filled and
The Attorney General, Chief
Justice of North Carolina
Supreme Court, District Court
Judge, four state Seantors and
eight Representatives of the
State House are some of the
major offices to be filled on
state level
Voters will also elect a local
sheriff, five county commiss
ioners and various other offi
cers
Only two Blacks are among
the candidates They are Fred
Alexander, long-time City
Councilman who is seeking a
seat with the N.C. Senate and
Rowe "Jack" Motely. local
Real Estate official who is
desirous of a county commiss
ioner's position
WttU'TAt*
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HEREDITY is something
every MAN believes in until
his own SON begins acting like
a DARN FOOL