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--— - ‘’Charlottes Fastest Growing Community Weekl\“ |__
Methodists
To Tackle
World Crises
.United Methodist Bishop
Karl G. Hunt. Jr., of Charlotte
has called upon the 279,00
members over whom he pre
sides to meet the crises of
world hunger, unemployment
and support of the Christian
ministry to all people.
..The bishop, who presides
over the Western North Caro
lina United Methodist Confer
ence. has directed the 700 local
charge clergymen of the Con
ference "to communicate this
Call to your people immed
iately and to seek its imple
mentation in all appropriate
ways.”
. .At the heart of the challenge
to the United Methodists of the
44 Piedmont and western
North Carolina counties is the
call to give up eating one meal
each week and contribute the
money saved to the world's
hungry; the call for local
churches to assist those who
are unemployed; and the call
to continue support of the
Christian Church financially
so that its mission to the world
may continue.
..“The Gospel is made for
times like these," Bishop Hunt
said. “I issue this three-fold
call in grateful awareness that
our people have always res
ponded heroically to occasions
of crisis, and in the confident
expectation that they will ‘rise
up like folk of God, having
done with lesser things' in this
hour of peril and opport
unity.”
Bookkeeping
Course Set For
Minorities
..The Minority Development
Corporation (MEDCO). the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte's Extension and
Continuing Education pro
gram and the Small Business
Administration will offer a
short Bookkeeping course be
ginning January 22nd for min
ority businessmen and em
ployees.
..The purpose of the course
said William Ferguson of
MEDCO is to help minority
businessmen, employees of
minority businessmen and
those minority people who are
contemplating minority busi
/ nesses.
..The free course will be
taught by Ferguson on Wed
nesday mornings from 9:15
a.m. to noon at the Alexander
Street Center and on Wednes
day evenings from 7:15 to 9
p.m. at the Greenville Neigh
borhood Center.
..It will run for eight weeks.
Those interested should con
tact either Ferguson or Sadie
Smith at MO of the Indepen
dence Plata Building located
at the corner of McDowell St.
and Independence Boulevard
or call the office at 3.12-8578.
Mary Ann Stowe Is
“Beauty Of Week”
By POLLY MANNING
Post Staff Writer
..Sixteen—the "What's
Happening Age"—is the way
our Beauty, Miss Mary Ann
Stowe, describes her age.
"Now 1 am allowed to do much
more than I once could do."
smiled Mary.
..Our 130 pound. 5 feet
3-inches beauty lives with het
parents Mr. and Mrs. William
Stowe at Rt. 7 Box 853 in
Charlotte.
..She is a Junior at North
Mecklenburg High School
where she is a member of the
Junior Executive Committee,
the Air Force ROTC Program,
and an Office Assistant. HO Tt
is Miss Stowe's favorite class
at North. "During class we
have drills. Drill ceremonies,
and I am a flight commander
My duties include teaching a
group of students various
drills," stated Mary.
. .Miss Stowe is very proud to
be a student at North Meck
lenburg. "We have not had
any riots so far. Everyone
seems to he getting along just
fine. Not that I approve, but
we even have interracial
dating. When you hear of all
the racial disturbances going
on in the city, it makes you
proud to know that your school
can handle its problems with
out the riot scene." stated
Mary.
..Our Beauty's hobbies are
Bowling. Skating, and
Crocheting. Mary admits that
she howls an average game.
She enjoys crocheting
blankets and scarves.
WBT-TV, WB I
To Sponsor
Blood Give in
..Last year WBTV sponsored
what turned out to he one of
the largest blood donor efforts
In America. Blood donors
drove to Charlotte from miles
around to give blood in w hat is
truly a worthy cause.
..This y*ar, on January 7.
Channel! and WBT Radio will
once again donate their entire
building to the local Red Cross
in an effort to make this the
largest Give-In ever.
When she graduates Irani
North._ Mary lias under tiled
plans tn pursue a teaching
career. “Il doesn't really
■natter what age group Cm
teaching, smiled Mars I (eel I
would just enjoy being in (he
t l.issronm " Miss Stowe also
feels as il she may enter the
\ir Force, especially il it's
anything like the HOTC pro
gram.
The Stowe's attend Mount
Sinai baptist Church where
the Kev. Norman Kerry is me
minister. Mary doesn't partic
ipate in any church aetirites.
Mary would like to see more
and more black people gelling
involved in vital activities
such as helping each other lo
help themselves. "That’s -Hie
only way we can gel things
together, helping each utliei
Miss Stowe stated somewhat
serious.
Our beauty is horn under
the sign of Pisces. As we all
know they are vers friendly
people, lewis, is the inspira
tion behind Miss Stowe's de
cision lo become involved in
HOTC. “lie is in the \ir Force
and really likes it. she
smiled." I suppose that is as
good an inspiration as any.
ahm, 1 rogram
Has Fewer
Recipients
The Nation's largest cash
assistance welfare program --
aid lo families with dependent
children (AKIM i ~ had 2X.OOO
fewer recipients in September
this year than in September
_ I97:t.
Preliminary figures
released Tuesday by IIKW
Secretary t aspar W. Wein
berger set the September
AKIM total at in.790.non com
pared to I0.K2I.00II in Septem
ber 1972.
Secretary Weinberger said
that Kederal-State money
payments of $075.1 million
were made to AKDC reci
pients in September 1971. $65.0
million more than in Septem
ber 197!!.
.lames S. Dwight Jr.,
Vilministrator of IlKW's
Social and Itchahililalinn Ser
vice, noted that the prelimin
ary September figures were
!-'.uno higher than thus?" for
\ugiisi. lie said that a further
breakdown of the September
1971 figures would he re
leased. with tables. wh*n
at ailahle.
'•I I'M I^IH .ll>«» lll.ll
complete AFDC figures for
August I9Jt. are now avail
able; these show that the
August total was 92,(100 less
than the in.85fi.0tl0 persons on
(lie rolls in August 1973 t not
Hit,000 less as earlier prelimin
ary figures had indicated).
lii(l(>|)t,n(l(>n(Ti High
To Offer Ad,til
Education ( lasses
vdolt Education courses
are again beginning at I ode-'
prudence Senior High, ( lasses
are held in ion junction'with
< 1 *1 t on Tuesday and Thurs
day et citings front 7;00 . 9.00
pin. Kegistration will be held
on Jan. 7th and 9th and again
on Jan. II and Ifith ( lasses
begin on Jan. II. ( lasses will
lie offered in High School
Completion, Personal Typing.
A\ eight Control. Interior De
corating, I.canting the Metric
System. and Auto Carr
I specially for Women. Every
one is welcome to attend For
further information, call the
school.
Elder Cannon Heads
Crusade For Christ
hy .lamest ulli belt son
Post Stall W riler
The K. ( . ( annuli ( rnsade
for Clirist is presently heini>
enndueted at the Charlntte
Civic Center. The Crusade,
headed by Klder K. ( ..( annnn.
is open tu the imlilie
Tonight. (Thursday! the
Klder .1. Dunlap will perform
a (andlelit'ht service at 7Till
p in. At K:3Q p.m . the Itev
liiihhy (■. Koss, the head of the
Kastvvay Drive ( hurch of (>od
will speak to the eonuregalion.
lie will be accompanied by the
his choir and conjtret'ation
On Friday al 7 :o p in the
Itev. (*. K. Itatlle Jr. ol (. eth
seuiane \ M. I /ion ( hurch
will speak, lie wll lie iiuom
panit-d by his choir and eon
!*rcj>nlion Officials say that
musicians, soloist and choirs
from all parts of North Caro
lina and \ iri>iuia w ill he pre
senl for the e\ent
Saturday uiahl will tie N outh
Niuht with Missionary I).
Johnson of Well's temple
( .O.(<.!.( in (ireenslioro. V
( . speakint; .iceompanied tiv
the Youii)* People's ( lion aim
tin Well's .Temple ( elesti il
f hoir aixl Congregation.
Midliri M Wells, wife id the
late Itishup Wells will witness
the rt n-nuiuv
I he I- t (niiiinn frpsade.
Tin m gani/cd several years
ago in Mavlon. V < . is now
lieadi|iiailerd in ( harlotte at
'■•IB W nth S|. The erusatie
oil ire is ii|icn daily Monday
thnnigh Friday from It a.in. to
a |i.m._Tlir office also lias a 21
Dial-VPrayrr service. The
nuniber is :i:tf-!t»i;.
f iller K. t . f aiilion is the
president and louniier of the
••rgani/atiiin. It is a non-profit.
Christian eiloc.it ion a I corpor
ation. which consists ol |ieople
ol all walks of lile and all
colors, creeds, races and dr
iioinin.itions, lie is a strong
believer id Pentecost at any
cost.
Ihe objectives of the -
( riisadc according (o officials
are i|i (o present salvation,
sane t if ca t ion, and the llolv
tihost to every soul. (2) to
counsel those needing spirit
ual guidance. <Iti to serve all
com (nullities in aiiy aspect.
I'toprav foi ihose w ho are in
In 11 (Lsliin{jrl</n, I). (..
Senator Robert 44Bob" Morgan Will
Take Oath Of Office January 14
Hubert Morgan will take the
oath as l nited Slates Senator
from North Carolina at noon
on January 14, his head
quarters announced Tuesday.
\nd from all indications,
there will be a large contin
gent of supporters from North
Carolina who will be in
Washington for the occasion.
Several hundred persons
have written to Morgan head
quarters here Indicating they
want to be in the nation's
capital when the stale's first
elected Democratic Senator in
some 20 years is sworn into
office. Aides are in the process
of arranging two receptions
for those who make the trip In
Washington.
tine w ill be on the ev ening of
January 13. the day prior to
the swearing-in, at a Washing
ton hotel where many of the
North Carolina visitors will
stay and the other will follow
the swearing in on the after
noon of January II in the
liirksen Senate Office Build
ing
The swearing in itself will be
iA the Senate chamber which
has an extremely small seal
ing area for visitors. With
several senators being sworn
in that day, there will be a
scarcity of tickets. Indications
are that North Carolina's new
senator will receive only ten
passes to the gallery. Though
seats for the swearing in will
by necessity be limited to
close family members, there
should be plenty of opportun
ities for Morgan supporters to
rub elbows with top law
makers. Morgan is inviting
several friends in the Senate
who came to North Carolina to
campaign on his hehalf to
attend the receptions. This
includes top presidential eon
lenders llenrv Jackson, l.lovd
Hentsen and Robert Byrd.
(ieorge Anderson, a Raleigh
attorney, has arranged group
transportation on Amtrak for
those who would like to travel
by rail. This is an economical
way to travel and also saves
energy, the Morgan staff has
pointed nut.
Kven though Robert Morgan
will not take his seal in the
l nited States Senate until
next month, he has managed,
with the help of Senator Sam
hrvin to help a North ( a rolina
soldier stationed in Korea.
SI** Brain .A. Sterk was in
Korea on November Ik when
he wrote Senator-eleet Mor
gan and told him his problem,
lie had been in Korea on
Christmas day l!»7:t. Sterk
wrote, and despite the (act
that a soldiers tour there
generally includes only one
< hristmas. the Army had de
ferred his homecoming until
December ;>!*. l»7t. -which
would cause- him to be away
Irom home for the second
straight ( hristmas.
Morgan contacted Senator
Krvln. telling him of the cir
cumstances. and Krsin relay
ed the facts to the department
of the Armyv
Sl*» Brain Sterk will spend
this ( hristmas at his home
near Brevard.
ROBERT "BOB" MORGAN
New 1'. S. Senator
January 19
_ %.f ■*
Black Churches Urged To
Observe Dr. King Sunday
^__
Churches Must Remain
i
True To His Great Legacy
. .On the eve ol Christmas and
the beginning nf a long holidav
period. I)r. I.. V. Booth,
former president of National
Baptist Convention. Inc.,
urged the major black deno
minations to observe "Martin
l.uther King. Jr. Sundav." on
Januarv lit. I'.IT.V This Sundav
is now set aside for obser
vance each Third Sundav in
Januarv bv both the Vmerican
Baptist Churches and the Pro
gressive National Baptist
Convention, lie suggested:
"on this Sunday, let's begin in
Sundav School and continue
throughout the day relating
important incidents in Dr.
King's life and urging our
children and youth to pattern
their lives after him and to
achieve a higher standard of
excellence." lie said further,
"in this day when heroes are
lacking and models are need
ed. churches can greatly fulfill
their mission by lemehering
Martin I other King. Jr., the
\postle of l.ove and Non
Violence.''
Dr. Booth also said: "While
we must support those who
seek to make his actual birth
day a legal holiday, we must
never neglect our duty as
churches. The black churFhos
of \merica must remain the
true custodian of his great
legacy."
Dr. Booth is recognized as
one of the leading founders of
the Progressive National Bap
tist Convention, which obser
ves annualllv "Martin l.uther
King. Jr. Memorial Night."
and it will be remembered
that during his administration
the convention began the ob
servance of ‘‘Martin l.uther
King. Jr. Sunday:'* Believing
in practicing what he
preaches. I)r. Booth, who is a
vice president of the :il million
member Baptist World Alii
ante, will lead his church in
such an observance, lie will
serve as co-chairman with Dr
tftis Moss. Jr. and will present
Mrs. Coretta Scott King, as
speaker to an ecumenical
audience in t incinnati. Ohio.
January If*. 197.1. A cilv-wido
audience is expected to
attend.
FJJA Designates 7
For Increased Aid
✓
A , se\en-eounty area of
North Carolina has hmimr
eligible for increased federal
financial assistance in plati
lling and carrying out projects
to help create new jobs, it was
announced today by William
W. Itiunt. Jr.. Assistant Secre
tary of Commerce for econo
mic Development.
The area became eligible
for the increased assistance
npi>ii designation as the South
western North < arolina econ
omic Development District by
the economic Development
Xdministralion. I S. Depart
ment of ( ommerec.
The district consists of
Cherokee. (lay. (iraham.
Haywood, Jackson. Macon
and Swain counties.
. The aim of the CD\ district
program is to encourage ad
jacent jurisdictions to work
together to overcome regional
problems blocking growth and
to create jobs for residents of
economically lagging
com munities.
I nder the Public Works and
Kconomic Development Act.
each district must include at
least one county designated as
a redevelopment area by KDA
because of high unemploy
ment or low family income. A
district also must include at
least one growth center - a
community that can provide
jobs and services for residents
of redevelopment areas.
Cherokee. Clay, (irahani.
Macon and Swain are re
dex elopnient areas in the
Southwestern District. The
W ax nesx ille-t an ton ( orridor
in Haywood County and the
Sylxa community in Jackson
County today were designated
by KDA as growth centers for
the district.
Designation of the district
makes the redevelopement
areas eligible for bonuses of 10
percent above what they nor
inally would receive in EDA
public works grants, subject
to an K0 percent maximum
Federal funding rate. The two
growth renters and other
areas of Haywood and .lack
son counties are -eligible for
the full range of EDA benefits
for projects that will provide
direct benefits for residents of
the redevelopment areas in
the district. EDA benefits con
sist of public works grants and
loans, business loans, plan
ning grants and technical
assistance.
..All seven counties in the
district will share in the bene
fits of planning conducted with
the aid of EDA grants.
The Southwestern North
Carolina Planning and F:con
I om*c Development
Commission. Sylva, is the
official organiiation of the dis
trict. The commission
includes representatives of
each of the seven counties.
TURTLE-WA
.. Nothing in more depressing
than to feel bad in the morning
without having had any fun
the night before.
MISS MARY ANN STOWE
...North Student Leader
ELDER E. C. CANNON