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_ H. c. 262112 . fS THE CHARLt ITTE POST S ~~ ~ I Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community eekly” (____ . -i .Black Publishers Set Winter Meet Washington. I). 4\ - Ways of gaining more refers, for the Black Press, verifying circu lation. figures, andsincreasing advertising linage Will be em phasized at the Mid-Winter Workshop of the National Newspaper Publishers Assoc iation. Jan. 22-25 here at the Mayflower Hotel. ..Announcement of the top speakers on the circulation panels was made this week by Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett. NNPA president and editor publisher of the San F'rancisco Sun Reporter and Metro Re porter. Black newspaper circula lion now stands at more than four million out of a total of 6.500.000 homes where black citizens reside in the I nited States. The panelists on circulation will include: Howard W. Kutz. vice president of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Dr. Geraldine Parker Knight president ot Verified Audit Circulation (VAC), Clarence G. Klopp. managing director of Certified Audit circulations. . .Dr. Knight's circulation dis cussion will relate to "Communication Variables Involved in Consumer Accep tance of Print Media." ..Other panel participants will be: l.ongworth M. Quinn, editor-publisher. Michigan Chronicle. Mrs. I.enora Car ter, publisher of the Houston Forward Times. Robert H. Fentress, vice president, of Jet magazine. John 11. Mur phy. chairman of the board of the Afro-American News papers. Frederick. Seng stacke. president and general manager of the Chicago Daily Defender, Mrs. Lancie P. Thomas, publisher. Mobile Beacon, Hillard Hamm, Editor-publisher. Compton Metropolitan Gazette. Mrs. Marjorie B. Parham, editor publisher, Cincinnati Herald. . .Grath C. Reeves, editor publisher. Miami Times. William A. Scott, III. director of circulation of the Atlanta Daily World. N.A. Sweets, Managing editor of the St. Louis American. Charlotte Native Opens McDonald’s In Brooklyn N. Y. ..Antenor J. Adam becomes the first Black Multi l nit McDonald's Hamburger Franchise operator in the State of New York with the purchase of his second McDonald’s located at 1133 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. N.Y. (corner of Eastern Park way and Ctica Avenue). • Mr. Adam opened his first McDonald's on April 4. 1972. He did such an excellent job that he was offered a second McDonald's. ..Ilis second McDonald's opened on December 17, 1974. Mr. Adam was born in Char lotte. North Carolina. He is a graduate of North Carolina Central I’niversily in Dur See CHARLOTTE on page 3 Local Housewife Among Finalist In Bakeoff Contest by James Cuthbertson Post Staff Writer ..A Charlotte housewife, who has been cooking and enjoying it since her high school days when "I used to get up and cook breakfast for mv Dad before he went to work," is a Pillsbury Bakeoff contest finalist. ' ..Mrs. Arthur (Sarah) Polk of 2X26 Botany St. was in Wash ington, D. C. visiting her great grandaughter when she was notified of her selection as one’ of 100 finalists in the Nationall Pilsbury Bakeoff contest to be* held Feb. 22 through 25 in .fan Francisco. California. . .She will compete for one of six $5,000 first prir.es and one of two $25,(MM) first grand prixes. Mrs. Polk is a member of the University Park Kxten sion Homemakers club. For her efforts. Mrs. Polk has already received $100, a microwave oven, an electric ntlxer, and will have all her eflpenses to the con^st paid. She will stay at the Kegency Ilyatt House in San Francisco. ..“I like to do creative cook ing," said the retired nurse who worked in hospitals for 23 years. She admits that until she retired four years ago she was too busy raising a family and working to do any creative cooking. "I used to have to be at work by 7 a.m.", smiled the attractive lady. . Back in June, she filled out a Bake-Off blank with her "main dish" recipe on it and sent it to contest officials. "I can not divulge the ingred ients." .."Pillsbury will assume the rights to the recipe when the contest is over," added the grandmother of four and the great-grandmother of one. ..Mrs. Polk is being inter viewed by WCCH-Channel 18 on Monday for Future Tele vision Show. ..On the 20th of December, Mrs. Polk, who submitted over 19 entries', rooked her dish for four representatives of the Pillsbury Company. "They took pictures of the dish and of me receiving the check." she said with a big smile. “They ate It all*, she said. . This Is not the first time she has entered the contest, but its the first time that she has emerged as a finalist. I worked hard on this recipe she said, putting more time in it than in any of the others. Fdr judging purposes in San Francisco, she will be known as contestant number 84. . ."I'm looking forward to the contest," she said. “There will ilso be many activities, banquets, and sightseeing." the said, adding that she would enjoy these also. MISS GWENETTA RAWLINSON ...CPCC Freshman CPCC Student Is “Beauty Of Week” •/ By POLLY MAN.MMi Post Staff Writer ..(iwenelta Kawlinson graces the front page this week as our beauty. The shapely young lady, who lives at 3009 Bur bank Drive in the University Park area, stands 5-feet. 5 inches tall, and is 19 years old. She is a 1974 graduate of West Mecklenburg High School and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole man. While at West Mecklenburg she was a member of the Future Homemakers of America and Red Cross. ..(iwenetta is currently en rolled at Central Piedmont Community College. She is under a special training pro grani lor < lerk Typist. She hopes to land a job as an Kxecutive Secretary when she completes her training. Miss Kawlinson lists her hobbies as sewing, cooking, and her favorite hobby, bowl ing. "I used to bowl with a league railed the "Astros" smiled Owenetta.'* We bowled at freedom l anes. My aver age score per game is about IIS”, l ater in the year C.wen etta plans to add swimming to her list of hobbies. Our Beauty has an older slater and brother. She admits it can be hectic at times but the majority of the time she See Beauty on page 8 in lAinUWrh, i\. J. Concert. Proceeds of the Con Dr. Baptiste, Lem Long, Sr. To Attend AME Zion Bishop Conference by James Cuthberlson Post Staff Writer .Two Charlotteans will be among the participants in the first of two meetings of the Hoard of Bishops of the A. M. K. /ion Church to be held at New Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church in Camden. N. J. The meetings are held twice yearly. This one will feature presentations by Dr. I.ewis J. Haptiste of 3022 DePaul Court and Lem Long. Sr. of 4825 Lawrence Orr Road. The church is located at Seventh and Division Streets in Camden. The Rev. II. N. Drew will be the host pastor for the January 8 - 10 conference. ..Dr. Haptiste will present a semi-annual report on the Sunday School Literature De partment. He is the editor of the department. Long will present a semi-annual report of the Church Extension Department. He is the man ager of the A. M. E. Zion Publishing House located on Second Street here. .. Mr. 1-ong, who left at mid night on Monday, said he was anxiously awaiting the con veneing of the conference to he headquartered at the Camden Ramada Inn. ..All sessions will be held at the church. The Rt. Rev. J. C. Iloggard president. will preaeh the opening sermon. IO:.'lf) a m.. January 8. The service will feature the ad ministering of the Holy Sacra ment of the Lord's Prayer, with the 12 bishops as cele brants. Bishop Iloggard will pass the gavel to Bishop J. W. Wactor. who will preside over the three-day meet. The pre lates w ill hear reports of the 12 general officers ai d proceed to implement the work of the departments. The annual meeting of the Minister's and Laymen's Association will give guide lines for 1975 operations, with emphasis on evangelism. The activities of the Laymen’s Council, headed by Arthur Brooks, will reveal an exten sive approach of Christian ministry, on the part of lay men. ..The report by the Rev. Jewett Walker, who heads the Pension Program is expected to show that an imposing pen sion plan is In the making, which will assure marked im provement. The executive board of the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Department, led by Mrs. Wlllae Mae Rice and projected by Mrs. Grace Ilolmrs. secretary, will go over the plans for the quadrennial meeting, which will he held in Los Angeles. California from Aug. 2 through Aug. 9. The matter of organic union will be explored, with an eye toward the merger of the three Black Methodist denomina tions-Afrlcan Methodist Kpiscopal, African Methodist Kplscopal /ion and Christian Methodist (Episcopal. Persons who have been studying such a merger, say much has been done in that direction. . .This is believed to have been motivated by the fact that the A. M. K. /ion Church has been quite active in the Consulta tion on Church Cnion. which proposes to bring into being a united church. I>r. J. II. Satterwhite. associate general ■ecretary, with offices in Princeton. N.J. reports that renewed interest is being manifested by the A. M. <E. Zion Church to be a part of the proposed greater thrust of the Christian Church. -. The meeting will also let officials examine a national approach instituted by the largest Black newspaper in North Carolina, The Caro linian. published by P.H. Jer vay, to aid private schools. The publisher announced a "Ten Commandment oOiscip llne", which he feels will mushroom into a giant financial endeavor, which will not only get these schools out of their present financial crisis if the church leaders will adopt it. but will awaken the nation to Its moral res ponsibility to brotherhood. He believes that if the plan is properly prosecuted it will bring to these schools an en dowment fund, whose invest ment would sustain the schools. Nation To Honor King’s Birthda y ..The ifilh Birthday Anniver sary of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., will be observed in January with four days of activities in his home city of Atlanta, including a Confer ence on saving one of the greatest achievements of the movement Dr. King led - the Voting Rights Act. ..At the same time, communities across the nation will be holding services, cele brations and other activities honoring the slain civil rights leader on his birthday January 15. ..The events in Atlanta, announced by The Martin Luther King. Jr. Center for Social Change, are as follows: ..January 12: "Martin Luther King Sunday." with church services throughout the city emphasizing Dr. King's life nd teachings, and receiving offer ings for the continuation of his work through The Center. ..January 13: The Southern Policy Conference on the Voting Rights Act. This law, which helped to revolutionize politics and race relations in the South, was passed by Con Kress in 1965 as the direct result of the mass movement for Vfitincr riuhlv Ko.f... in Selma, Alabama. The Act is due tu expire in 1975. The Conference, called by The King Center, will be held at Kbenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King was Co-Pastor with his father. Movement leaders (Civil Bights and Labor) and Key members of ( ongress will be featured in discussions on continuing voting problems for Black people in the South and strategy for renewal of the Act in 1975. .January It: Student Activities in Colleges and Public and Private Schools. January 15: An Kcumenical Service at Kbenezer Baptist ( hurch. followed by formal dedication of Dr. King's restored Birth Home, Ground breaking Ceremonies for the First Phase of The King Cen ter physical site. and. that night, the Fourth Annual Mar tin Luther King. Jr. Benefit Concert. Proceeds of the Con 1 II 'll I# I ■ 1 * i IIIll MoVll.iiVii i ) ; ,|| \j I'lllK Hu atithnitn , i ol l>i Khi- s , ii ~ei . i |pr mm eluent In- ini in, , , i,. : ,, I I t. \( \ ill \ ;i|.; \\| '* hit h plat i s th. n. . . .... „i j„ hisliiric.il |MMs|,.. ft... s|. ,,,. ins: the outturn;, work m tIs mins iolfnl mm i n,ini -* j|,,: l<icfi“ni: mi s hallciiti. s ti . future. I he lilmstiiji. , sj., , iall\ prepared li.r rlemmlar. schools is entitle,! I'll M \\ VMl Ills Ml \\.\(. Iiifurmation on the ...ail ahilits ol (he hints tan lie uhtained Irom I lie M., i. I.Ulher Kim: !'..uml.i'.i.,:;. * l-.asl !MI| It St reel New \ . i, t il\ hints nr irom ile ti . art offices ol llicKmji -ii,. i>il Iteckss it It sired, s Xtlanta. tieorttia to.ti i id, phone loi .vj| |!i:,|. I he Kinp t eiitri i tin m itani/ution entrust ,*e with build in n a pt>rinaiie..t ‘ist.i.. iltenioriitl to llr m„- amt lielpinu people-to iimlersiaml iis (euchinits ami i oulmue he. work. Kappas Name Blakenev To Board Of Director^ William M. Rlakeney. who attended the 5!lth 'irand Chapter Meeting of Kappa Alpha I’si Fraternity. Inc., held in l.as Vegas. Nevada during the Christmas holi days., was re-elected to serve another three-year term on the (irand Roard of Directors. Rlakeney was first elected to the (irand Roard of Dir ectors at the 37th (irand ( hap ter meeting held in Houston, Texas in 1971. He was initiated by the Alpha l.amhda Chapter Kappa Alpha l*si Fraternity. Inc. in l!W:i at South Carolina Slate College. Since that time he has received many awards for services rendered to an for the fraternity, i.e. Charlotte Alumni Chapter Merits Award in I9B9; honored Man of the Year by Charlotte Alumni Chapter in 1971; honored Man of the Year l>\ Middle Kaslern province which includes chapters in North Carolina and West \ ir ginia in 1972.. •More than forty thousand men hate been initiated in Kappa Alpha I'sj Fraternity. Inc. since the fraternity was founded in Mill. \i Hi, present lime (here are :!IJ arnve and* •(graduate rhaptci. in Hi. I oiled Stales, one in I lermanv anil one in llnnolulu. Hawaii. Kappa Alpha ISi I ralernil'.. Ini will hold Hie next (irnnrt ( hapter Meeting in New Or leans. I.ouisiana in Xingust mi;«. Medeo Sets Minorities Investment Seminar Bill Ferguson. President of the Minority Fconomic Deve lopment (orporation. announced Tuesday that they are sponsoring a four week investment seminar for min orities. The topics to he discussed include the work of a stock exchange, the types of secur ities. the work of a brokerage office, the relation between a broker and customer, and how to read the financial news. The seminar will begin Monday. January 20. at 7 p.m. and will continue on January 27, F'ehruary 3 and February 10. The seminar will be taught by Sigurd Johnson, a register ed representative of K. F. Hutton and Company. The sessions will be held in the Northwestern Hank Building on the 12th floor ..“Anyone interested in attending the seminar can ob tain more information bv visiting or telephoning the office of the Minority Kcnno mic Development Corporation at 951 South Independence Bled.. Suite wo. < harlotti \ < • or rail :i:12-H3;h." Mr. I er gusoii informed. Christ The King To Observe Dr. King’s Birthday (hrist the King ( enter is sponsoring a birthday party in honor of I)r. Martin l.uther King on January 15. his hirth date. cert go the The ( enter n \TioN-umi: OBSKHY Wt'KS This is the seventh year in which people across the nation will celebrate “Martin l.uther King Day" in honor of the leader who was assassinated on April 4. I9BX. Many cities, states, school systems, busi nesses and labor unions ob serve January 15 as an official holiday. Thousands of churches, community organ izations and schools have special events on the hirthdav. and many groups conduct programs for carrving on the nonviolent movement, such as voter- registration, political organizing, economic develop ment. and nonviolent action. The mass media contribute to the holiday with editorials, articles, public-service broad casts and other presentations on the Movement and |>r. King. Among the documentary materials are two films, one film strip and speeches and sermons by Dr. King on cassettes. One film "KI\(i: \ MRS. ARTHUR POLK ...Proud grandmother ' V r TURTLE-TALK 3 ..The MORE you SAY. the LESS People REMEMBER. LEM LONG. SR. ...To Prmnl Report WII.MAM M. KI.AKKNKV Has received mans award' Bll.l. FKRCil'SON ...MKIK'O Head