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Freda Broome
Is Our Beauty
By POLLY MANNING
Post Staff Writer
..We present this week. Miss
Freda Broome a 20-year-old
student at Central Piedmont
Community College, as our
“Beauty of the Week."
..Freda is the daughter of
Mrs. Carrie Broome of Plne
ville. N. C.
..Miss Broome is a 1972
graduate of West Charlotte
Senior High School. While
attending West Charlotte, the
lovely. 5-foot, 108-pounder was
a member of the Girls Athletic
Association, a Pep Girl, play
ed on the Volley Ball Team
and ran track.
..She and her family attends
Big Pineville A.M.E. Zion
Church where Rev. Thomas is
the pastor. Freda serves on
the usher board at the church.
..For fun things, our Beauty
enjoys dancing, swimming,
and anything that has to do
with sports.
..At Central Piedmont Freda
Is studying to become a
Licensed Practical Nurse. “I
feel that I can help others who
can't help themselves in pur
suing the field of nursing. I
will complete my training for
Licensed Practical Nursing in
September. In October I am
going back to complete the
course for Practical Nursing.
When I complete my training I
plan to stay in Charlotte and
practice. I will feel as if I'm
helping my community as well
as the people of my home
town," stated Miss Broome.
. .Our 34-24-34 Beauty is the
mother of a one year old son,
Freddie Deltwan. “He will be
two in April," beamed Freda.
Would you believe he is an
April's Fool Baby?
.. Besides going to school she
spends most of her time with
Freddie. "He just loves the
outdoors so we spend a lot of
time outside. We play games
and go to the park, and I love
to take him just about every
where I go. I take him to
Basketball games and he sim
ply seems to love it."
. .Freda is born under the sign
of Virgo. When asked to de
scribe them she found it very
complicated. She stated that
Virgos are so unpredictable
that it's really difficult to de
scribe them.
. .The someone special in the
life of our Beauty is Freddie
Purdue. When asked why
Freddie was so special she
commented. "My son is the
obvious reason."
..Miss Broome has two
brothers and two sisters. "It’s
not really a large family but
we are very close. I feel that if
we as Blacks are ever going to
get closer it should first start
with the family. If we can’t get
along with our family, how are
we going to get along with
other people?”
USDA Will
Issue New
Food Stamp
..WASHINGTON ~ The U. S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will replace the cur
rent 50 cent. 12 and 15 food
stamp series with a II. |5. and
110 series on March I. 1975.
..USDA's Food and Nutrition
Service <FNS) said that the
larger denominations were
prompted oy me volume of
coupons needed to meet In
creased food stamp allot
ments. paper shortages, and
increased production and
shipping costs.
..The new food stamps -
brown <$l>. purple <|S>, and
blue-green (110) - use a more
sophisticated design to deter
counterfeiting. They are in
corporated Into redesigned,
revalued coupon books.
..All current coupons not
issued by Feb. 28. 1975. will be
collected and destroyed.
Labor Department Reports
Nation’s Black Unemployment
Rate Reaches 12,8 Per Cent
Tax Supervisor Mails
137,000 Listing Forms
..The Mecklenburg County
Tax Supervisor’s Office has
begun its annual City-County
personal property tax listing.
..A listing of all motor
vehicles, boats and household
furnishings must be riled with
the Mecklenburg County Tax
Supervisor by January 31, or a
penalty must be charged.
..Unless you are a new resi
dent of Mecklenburg, you
should receive your tax listing
form by January 10. Approx
imately 137,000 forms have
been mailed. Newcomers and
those who have not received
their forms by January 10
should request them from the
WTVI Series To
Explore CMS’s
Business Side
..Who takes care of brooms,
books and buses; of grass,
greasetraps and general con
tractors; of termites, tele
phones and teaspoons; of pay
rolls, potatoes and prowlers?
..The business side of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools (CMS) is big business.
Few realize the extent of
’’strictly business’’ operation
it takes to support the students
and teachers in schools.
.. The many activities of the
CMS Business Services Divi
sion will be explored in the
third program of the WTVI
series, “Your Schools In
Action. ”
. .John A. “Gus” Campbell,
associate superintendent for
business services, will host the
program which includes a
movie and slide survey of all
his division's activities.
..The half-hour program will
be broadcast at 8 p.m„ Tues
day, Jan. 21 on WTVI, Channel
42, the CMS educational tele
vision station.
Tax Supervisor’s Office at 72*
East Fourth Street.
..Tax Supervisor Robert P.
Alexander says that tax list
takers are in the town clerk
offices in Matthews, Pineville,
Cornelius. Huntersville and
Davidson and are available to
help those who need assist
ance with their listing.
. .Alexander reminded elderly
persons that they must make
an annual application for their
partial exemption. Applica
tions for this exemption have
been mailed with the tax list
ing form. Property tax relief
for the elderly includes per
sonal property as well as real
property.
..Property owners who have
farmland, horticultural land
or forest land must also apply
annually for preferential
assessments.
..All real and personal pro
perty assessments will be at
100 per cent of the appraised
value of the property.
..Tax Supervisor Alexander
jdded this final word of
advice: because of construc
tion that is presently under
way on a new parking facility
at the County Office Building,
taxpayers are urged to make
their tax listings by mail
rather than coming to the
County Office Building.
Logan Chapel Sets
First Concert
For Sunday
..The choirs of Logan Chapel
CME Church will sponsor
their first concert Sunday, at 5
p.m. in the church located on
Parton Road in the J.H. Gunn
Community near Northeast
Junior High School.
.. Mrs. Louise Harris of
Antioch Baptist Church will be
the guest directress and Mr.
Ivan Davis of Antioch Church
will be the guest organist. Mr.
Alex Pickens will be the guest
trumpet soloist.
Motion Office Is
“Helping People”
..The Director of the local
Office of Housing Information
has announced that his office
is busy and actively helping
people in the Charlotte area
find housing.
.. Bob Acree. who operates out
of the Independence Plaza
Building commonly called the
"Black Doctor’s Building",
said that his office is currently
servicing from 25 to 50 people
daily.
..The office is a division of
Motion, Incorporated. “Mo
tion. once meant the Model
Cities Organization To Im
prove Our Neighborhoods.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to provide low income
housing for people of the
Model Cities Community."
said Acree.
..Acree said his office's duty
is to disseminate housing in
formation to individuals on the
grass roots level, lie is pre
sently thinking about en
larging the office.
lie said that Motion has
received a "firm" committ
ment from III I) to provide
more funds. Negogiations are
under way for the proposed
Orchard Park and (ireen
haven projects.
The Orchard Park unit will
he :i!» units and the (ireen
haven complex 12 units. Loca
tions have not been deter
mined at this time.
.."Individuals without hous
ing should contact me," said
Hob Acree. "I am serving as a
housing ombudsman. I will
work directly with families
and major landlords in an
effort to provide standard
housing in the Charlotte
Community.
They receive referrals from
l nited Community Services
tiirte Leak ■rr ”°,,on ,,n paK‘‘1'
Charlotte Youth Signs Football
Contract With The Houston Oilers
By BILL JOHNSON
Post Manager-Editor
. Curtis Leak, 22-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Paschal
of ZOOS Double Oaks Road, has
signed a professional football
contract with the Houston
Oilers of the American Foot
ball Conference In the Nation
al Football League.
..“It’s like having a life-long
dream to come true,*' beamed
the 5-foot. 11-inch halfback
who was a standout football
player for Central Piedmont
Community College last fall.
Leak scored 17 points while
rushing for more than I.M#
yards to lead the CPCC Out
laws to a perfect 11-0 record.
The unbeaten Outlaws won the
championship of the North
Carolina Conference of Club
Football.
The younster. who has been
clocked at 4.1 for the 441 yards,
expects to be converted to a
wide receiver post if he wins a
*
position with Houston team.
“The scout told me that h<
liked my speed and that he felt
that I would be more valuable
to the team as a flanker," the
soft-spoken young man. who Is
a student at Johnson C. Smith
University, said Monday
afternoon.
• He will report to the Oilers'
training camp In early March.
However, he is not waiting
until that time to get In tip-top
condition. Working out under
the supervision of Harold
Clawson, principal at Steele
Creek Elementary School.
Leak's dally workout schedule
consists of jogging until early
February when be will get Into
what he calls “my heavy
schedule.'* The heavy sche
dule includes running the 100.
220 and 440. lifting weights,
cross country and several
other conditioning exercises.
,.“l want to have“strong legs
when I report." he explained.
Mr. Clawson is also helping
him to improve his quickness,
a prime prerequiste for wide
receivers.
. .When asked why did he sign
with Houston. Leak quickly
replied that, "they were the
only ones to offer me some
thing concrete." He also had
offers from the Southern
California Suns, the Shreve
port Steamers and the Char
lotte Hornets of the World
Football League and the
Buffalo Bills of the NFL.
..How are his chances for
winning a position with the
Oilers? “All I ask for is a
chance to show that ! am good
enough to play with the pros",
concluded Leak, who stated
that he would encourage the
younger kids to "stay in school
for the opportunities are
there. We just have to pay the
price.work hard and hi
ready Intake ads antacid th
opportunities when they conv
vowr way.”
More Ilian 6 Million
People Out Of Work
..WASHINGTON -- Black workers experienced a significant
increase in joblessnes during the month of December, as
Iheir unemplox ment rate mox ed up from 11.7 to 12.s percent.
..Overall, the Nation's unemplox ment continued to climb in
December, and the number of persons with jobs declined for
the third straight month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported.
. The total number of unemployed increased bx .">60.1100 to 6 :>
million, and the jobless rate reached 7.1 percent, the highest
rate sfnce Max 1961.
construction unemploy men!
rate reached its highest level
since IWil.
The unemployment rate for
Yietnam-era veterans aged
20*34 years jumped nearly ‘
percentage points in
December to 7.7 percent,
bringing it back up to approxi
mately the rate for non
veterans tH.II percent'. Young
veterans (those iiti-Jt vears
old i were particularly hard
hit. as their rate reached 13.3
percent, compared with III. I
percent for young non
veterans.
Emergency Jo I*
Applications
Being Accepted
The City of Charlotte will
serve approximately fifty-fnui
individuals under its Kmn
gency .lobs and Inemploy
men! Assistance I’rogram. Ml
individuals will be hired
during the first month of oper
ation.
Individuals participating in
CKTA Title Yl (The emer
gency Jobs and I nemploy
menl Assistance Act of l!»7l>
will participate in one of the
following projects in the City
of Charlotte:
■ IK v .. lllt lll IIIMir*
anrc Claims project will re
duce the wailing lime of appli
cants filing unemployment in
surance claims; therehv en
abling more applicants to In
processed for unemployment
insurance.
The City Improvement and
Public Beautification Project
will improve the physical
appearance of the City of
(harlottc. This project will
involve painting of fin
hydrants, gov ernmental build
ings and additional street re
surfacing.
The Housing Rehabilitation
Project will prov idr housing
repair assistance to low in
come familirs who have pur
chased "as is" FIIA forrlosed
housing units through Motion,
Inc. This project will provide
technical assistance as well as
manpower to help familirs
participating in Motion. Inc s
low income homeowners pro
gram to have safe and •
standard dwelling units
The Tutorial Program will
provide tutorial services to
disadvantaged students with
emphasis on reading and
mathematics. This project is
designed to increase the read
ing and mathematical skills of
these students so that they can
perform satisfactorily at their
respective grade levels.
In order to qualify for the
Emergency Jobs and Unem
ployment Assistance of 1*74,
one shall, to the maximum
extent feasible, be an (It un
employed person who has ex
hausted his-her unemploy
ment insurance benefits; <2>
unemployed person who is not
eligible for unemployment in
surance benefits (except per
sons larking work exper
See emergency on page It
-- I'fitii nil |fiw\ infill i as
measured by the monthly
sample survey of households)
fell by 550.000 in December to
85.2 million. - This decline
followed an employment re
duction of 800.000 in November
and brought employment to a
level nearly l.t million lower
than September's high mark.
..The number of unemployed
persons rose by 560.non in
December to more than 6.5
million. Much of this increase
can be traced to layoffs, as the
number of unemployed who
had lost their last jobs rose by
360,000 to 3.2 million. Since
December 1973. total jobless
ness has increased b\ more
than 2 million.
After receding to a 31 -year
low of 4.6 percent in October
1973. the Nation's unemploy
ment rate increased by 2.5
percentage points in the en
suing 14-month period. \
small part of this increase
took place during the "energy
crisis" period last winter, but
the bulk has occurred during
the last 4 months, when the
rate rose from 5.4 percent in
August to its December level
of 7.1 percent.
The rising joblessness
affected virtually every
worker group. .Among the
major age-sex groups, the un
employment rale for adult
men rose from 1.6 percent in
sovemner in j.i percent in
December, while joblessness
among adult women climbed
from 8.6 percent to 7.2 per
cent. Teenage unemployment
also posted a further increase,
from 17.3 to IX.3 percent.
The rate for white workers
rose from 5.X to 6.4 percent.
The jobless rate for household
heads moved up from 3.9 to 1.3
percent, while the rate for
full-time workers rose from
6.2 to 6.X percent; these were
alltime highs for both series
‘which began in 1963). All of
these groups have posted sub
stantial increases in unem
ployment over their year
eariier levels.
The jobless rale lor workers
covered hi state unemploy
ment insurance programs in
creased to 4.7 percent, up
from 1.3 percent in November
and 2.7 percent in December
1973. The 3.1 million un
employment insurance
claimants under state pro
grams now account for close
to half of the jobless total.
..Among the major occupa
tional groups, white-collar
workers experienced a rise in
joblessness to l.l percent in
December, the highest rate
recorded (or this group since
occupational statistics were
first recorded on a monthly
basis in 1958.
. The job market for blue
collar workers continued to
deteriorate i their rate moving
from 8.2 to 9.1 percent) as did
the situation for manu
facturing and construction
workers among the major in
dustry categories. The manu
facturing jobless rale, at 8.6
percent in December, was
double the Dhcemher 1973
figure; factory joblessness
was boosted substantially hy
• heavy layoffs in the auto in
dustry. At IS.0 percent, the
Cl'RTIS I.EAK
...Top football player
ALLURING FREDA BROOME
...Central Piedmont student
TUKTLE-Wf
Being able to see BOTH
SIDES of anything DOESN'T
necessarily mean that one has
DOUBLE VISION.
WILLIE J. HOLMES
...Motion’s Associate Director