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LOVELY RHODA RENNICK
...To Pursue Field Of Law
Rhoda Rennick
Is Our Beauty .
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By POLLY NIVEN'S
Post Staff Writer
. Beauty, supposedly, is only
skin deep. But there are times
when beauty is enhanced by a
lovely personality. Such is the
case with our Beauty for this
week.
..She is Miss Khoda Rennick,
charming daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Rennick, Sr. of 207
Wheeler St. in Wadesboro, N.
C. Rhoda is not only lovely to
5 CMS^choots
Presented For
Accreditation
..Five schools in the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg school
system were presented for
accreditation at the annual
meeting of the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools held Monday through
Wednesday in Dallas. Texas.
..The schools were Derita.
Long Creek. Park Road. Olde
Providence, and Highland
Elementaries.
■ ."Aeereditatlen-by- the
Southern Association repre
sents a measure of excellence
over and above the mlnumum
standards required by the
State." said Marie Haigwood
special assistant for elemen
tary educatiqn for the Depart
ment of Public Instruction. "II
means that the individual
school staff is constantly try
ing to improve and extend
their services to children.”
look at but she has that winn
ing personality as well.
. .She is a Junior at Johnson C.
Smith University, where she is
a Political Science MajoY.
“Sometimes 1 wonder if I
chose this major to follow in
my father’s footsteps, replied
Miss Rennick. He is a lawyer
and would be very proud if I
became one also. M ho knows,
maybe I would make a very
good woman lawyer."
..Also at Smith our Beauty is
chairman—of_the Snriai
Committee for the Union Pro
Swing Social Fellowship, Inc.
(•olden Bull Chapter, and she
was chosen by the junior class
to represent them in Home
coming activities as she
reigned as “Miss Junior 1974
75”.
..After graduating from
Johnson C. Smith Rhoda has
undecided plans to attend
graduate school and to pursue
the field of law.
• Our beauty is a 1972 grad
uate of Bowman High School.
While attending Bowman she
was a cheerleader, a member
of the dancing club, the
Dramatics Club, where she
won -a- trophy for “Best
Actress". Also her brother
John Jr. was awarded the
trophy for "Best Actor". ”W>
really felt proud, smiled
Rhoda. That was really “a
Family Affair!” During her
senior year at Bowman.
Rhoda was chosen as "Miss
Bowman Senior High School
1972-73”.
.. Rhoda's hobbies are horse
back riding, dancing, being
' with people, and swimming.
She It born under the sign of
Taurus and admits she has all
the traits of her sign. Taurus
people are stubborn, she
stated. Believe it or not we
find it hard to trust anyone.”
. ..Our 20 year-old, 118 pound
Beauty is presently engaged.
"He is really a nice young
man. beamed Miss Rennick.
lie is a senior this year and if
all goes well we hope to be
hearing wedding bells in
July.”
Rhoda Is currently working
at Relk's in Southpark. “I am
a salesgirl and I really like the
job. Finals are approaching
and that means I have to
divide my time between studv
I Ing and working.”
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Current Costs Show
48 Percent Increase
North ( arolina s Medicaid program which protides health
care for the poor has skyrocketed in costs since it began ...
The cost of the program for fiscal tear l!)7o.;i the first full
year of operation was only $93.9 million: This past f.7 l 7.
fiscdl tear costs spiraled to $139.4 million, a I* percent
!ear 19-j " ‘hr<,e i™'*' THe amount budgeted for fiscal
year 19,4-,a is a whopping $182.5 million.
Mui n 01 ine cost increase L
due to increased services pro
vided and an increase in thi
number of people receivinj
these services. However, in
flationary price increase*
have also played a significant
role.
. An example of cost increase
for health services over the
three year period is in in
patient hospital services.
Hospitals receive the largest
share of Medicaid funds, this
past fiscal year $41.3 million
was paid to hospitals. The
average cost in 1970-71 for a
days hospital service amount
ed to $37.11. In 1973-74 a day in
the hospital for North Caro
lina's poor cost the MedicakI
program $74.IX. This is a 10*
percent increase in three
. years. Current cost per day of
hospital services is $X3.5K.
Other health services covered
by Medicaid have increased in
cost hut not in proportion to
hospital inpatient rare.
After hospitals. nursing
homes rereive the largest
amount of funds. In 1973-74
nursing homes were paid $33
million. pharmacies $19.7
million, and physicians. $lfi.9
million.
Mrdiraid is administered by
county social services depart
ments and funded from all
three levels of government
" With thp frrtrrat government
paying the largest share. Of
the total $139.4 spent in
1973-71. the federal share was
$97 million, state $3r>.t million
and counties $fi million.
Medicaid provides North
Carolina's poor with one of the
most comprehensive health
care programs in the rountrv .
\ll people receiving public
assistance and Supplemental
Security Income are eligible.
Other elderly or disabled in
dividuals and families with
only one or no able-bodied
parents who have income too
high to qualify for public
assistance or Supplemental
Security Income, but not
enough to pay expensive
medical bills, are also eligible.
These are called the 'medi
cally needy."
ALLEN PATTERSON
...W. Charlotte Student
Patterson Ls
Exchange Student
Semi-Finalist
Allen L. Patterson. Hi-year
old son of. Mr. and Mrs. John
Patterson of fill! Hidden
Forrest Orive. has been
named one of the semi-finalist
in the Charlotte Exchange
Student Program.
-A delighted Patterson first_
learned of his selection when
West Charlotte High Jsehonl
principal Sam. I*. Haywood
made the announcement over -
the intercom system last
Wednesday.
Two other West Charlotte
students were named along
with other students from
throughout the ( harlotte
Mecklenburg School S extent
If Patterson heenmj-h a
finalist he. will he one of the "
students in the system to
spend Hi to 12 weeks in a
foreign country this summer
He says he hopes to go to
France.
Allen h a member of the
French Club, a member of the
Executive Hoard of the Open
School/ and plays on West
Charlotte High School's tennis
team.
new general
Assembly To
Dine Here
..The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
school sytem will host a re
gional legislative dinner for
members of the 1975 General
Assembly here on December
19 at Fast Mecklenburg High
School.
The dinner will begin at B::iO
p.m. said Benny Cotton, dir
ector of the Southwest Re
gional education Center. The
Southwest education region
includes the Anson County,
Cabarrus County. Concord
City, Kannapolis City. Cleve
land County. Kings Mountain
City, Shelby City, Gaston
County, Lincoln County.
Mecklenburg County, Stanly
County, Albemarle City,
L'nion County and Monroe City
school units.
.."We feel that this is an
excellent opportunity for re
presentatives of our school
families in this region to sit
down with their own decision
makers and discuss the needs
of mir 1,200.000 public school
children," State School
Superintendent Craig Phillips
said. "This is the last of eight
regional meetings scheduled
in all sections of the State
during November and
December,", he- added, j
About .150 teachers, admin
istrators. and support per
sonnel will meet with Phillips
and other Slate agency staff
people prior to the dinner to
-discuss-mutual rmwprm,
about education in North
- Carolina,
Bake Sale Saturday
At Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Women Mis
sionary League, of Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church- will
hold a bazaar, attic and bake
sale on Saturday from 10 a.m.
to B p.m.
The church is located at :i00l
Beatties Ford Road and the
proceeds will benefit the lea
gue's charities.
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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
From left to rij»ht: Ernest Wilson. Chairman
Trustee Hoard. Hit-hard Gellespie. Architect.
A. I). I.indsey. General Contractor. Jack
Price TJoard Member. Hev. Thomas. Mini
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sler Big Pinev ill#*. I. C. ( lark. Presiding
Klder, Bishop William M. Smith. Presiding
Bndiop. M. L. Houston. Minister. Calvin
Wallace, Buildim? Fund ( hairman
Lhma throve AML Zion _
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To Build New Ghureh
.'uiiiuay. .-sovemner 24. 197 4
is a date long to be remem
bered by the members of
China Grove A..ME. Zion
C hureb located in Pineville,
X.C,
Many distinguished guests
witness the historical Ground
Breaking event which began
promptly at I ::m p m. with the
.Minister of the Church, Rev.
M. I- Houston presiding. A
very appropriate hy mn for the
occasion. "The Church's One
Foundation" preceded the
Scripture l.esson taken from
the second Chapter of Revela
tions. The prayer which
followed was offered bv'ltcv.
Milas Thomas. Minister at Big
Pinev ille A.M.E. Zion Church.
All three choirs of the Church
joined in singing a special
arrangement of "Amazing
Grace" under the direction of
•James Wilson. I'residing
Elder I.. C. Clark introduced
the Speaker. Bishop William
M. Smith of the Second
Episcopal Area.
Bishop Smith's subject .was.
"Building for the Future on
the Heritage of the. Fast - no
“man ISUttds—fm—htmsell t»v
himself". He cautioned that
we should he careful what is
carried out of the old building
into the new. "We should leave
behind such things as hatred.
jealousy, laziness or anvthing
we have in our hearts against
anyone andjcdrry with us into
the new structure. new
thoughts new altitudes, clean
hearts, pure minds, new in
sight, vision and courage."
The very inspirational
message was followed hv a
song, "Everybody Ought to
Fray Sometimes" lead hv our
Fianist and Organist. Mrs.
V vnn/iticr I innot'llsoll.
Xflcr the Kcnediction. the
entire congregation gathered
■in the lawn of the church fur
the grand finale, turning of
the spade' Kaeh individual
present was given an oppor
tunity to turn the spade. Kor a
r*44*-donation—gulden shovels
will he available in early 1975
for those persons who partici
pated in this most important
event
I he Xrchitecl for the new
china It tmflding is Kichard
I lillespie X I X.. (■eneral ( nn
trai loi X l» l.indsev. ( hurch
I viension Hoard. I.eni l ong.
Ir Hiiilding I innl Chairman,
t alv in Wallace. Secretary.
Mrs Xvon/iner ( uthhertson.
Treasurer. Xlrs l.illian Smith.
t oiistruetion of the new
( hin.i (.rove X M K /.ion
( hurch huilding is'scheduled
to begin very soon.
Holshouser Names T witty —_
To Recreational Council
by James Cuthbrrtson
Post Staff Writer
..A Charlotte insurance
executive has been appointed
to the B-member State Parks
and Recreation Council by
Governor Jim llolshouser.
. Waller W. Twltly. district
manager for North Carolina
Mutual Insurance Co. and a
member of the former Board
of Conservation and Drvrlope
ment will be sworn-in when
the council holds its first meet
ing at 9 a.m. Friday morning
in Raleigh’s Royal Villa.
. Born in Rutherfordton. N.
C., Twitty of 1725 Madison
Ave. attended Johnson C.
Smith University. Hr is
married to Samella Brown
and has two children: Marilyn
25 and Walter Jr.. IS.
Twltly has been in the l.lfe
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Insurance business with North
Carolina Mutual l.ile Insur
ance Co. for 38 years. He is a
member and chairman of the
finance committee of Simpson
Gillespie I'nited .Methodist
Church, on the board of dir
ectors of the Brooklyn Day
Care.Center the board of dir
ectors of the Charlotte Life
I nderwriters Association, the
General Agents and Managers
Conference of N.A.L.l-.. the
Managers Advisory Council of
North Carolina Mutual l.ife
Insurance Co., and the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce.
Other affiliations include:
second vice president of the
Johnson C. Smith General
Alumni Association. Swanks
Social Club and the Vice
President of the* Brldgeleers
Bridge Club.
He is tne runner-up man
ager of the year of North
Carolina Mutual IJfe Insur
ance Co. for 1972.
The council was authorized
b> the passage of the Depart
ment of Natural and econo
mic Resources' reorganization
ad during the last session of
,lhf fieneral Assembly.
. .Other members appointed
were.Lawrence M. Aushnn of
Southern I’ines who will serve
as chairman and ex-nffico
members. James D. Little of
Wilson who is chairman of the
Zoological Park Council and
William Singletary of Raleigh
who is president of the North
Carolina Recreation and
Parks Society.
Claude A. filbson of Mars
Hill. Dr. Kent Robinson of
Boone. John J. Hawkins of
W arrentoiC.Mrs. Peggy Bell of
Pinehurst. John D. Mackie of
Oxford. Mrs. Thomas L. W illis
of Raleigh, the Reverend
Charles S. liubhard of Dur
ham and D Kermit Cldninger
W ALTER W TWITY
...Insurance Executive
of Thomas* llle and Donald P.
Kanak . Jr., of Elkin are the
other members of the council
Heal Lamings Offset
By Price Increases
Real earnings of workers on
production or nonsupervisnry
jobs in the private nonfarm
•eclor of the American
economy decrVased from
September to October after
allowance for the usual sea
sonal change, the L'.S. Depart
ment of Labor's Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported.
..Real earnings-or earnings
In constant dollars-are calcu
lated bv adjusting earnings in
current dollars for changes in
the Consumer Price Index.
/.The figures are preliminary
ones.
. Real earnings decreased 0.2
percent from September to
October, after allowance for
the usual seasonal change.
This decrease was the result
of a 0.9 percent Increase in the
Consumer Price Index and a
0.3 percent drop in average
weekly hours which more than
4f ,,
offset a. 0.9 percent rise in
average hourly earnings
Over the year, real average
weekly earnings were down
1.1 percent. A rise of k m per
cent in average hourly earn
ings was more than offset by a
12.1 percent inrrease in con
sumer prices as well as a l.l
percent decrease in average
weekly hours.
Before adjustment for the
increase in the Consumed
Price Index and for seasonal
change, average weekly earn
ings were II5X.X4 in October,
compared with 1147.6.1 a year'
earlier.
Real spendable earnings
'real weekly pay after de
duction of Social Security and
Federal income taxes) for a
worker who was earning the
average weekly pay and was
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