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MRS. ANGELA MOTLEY
...Washington, D. C. native
MEDCO Secretary
Is Our Beauty
By Holly Manning
Host Staff Writer
The Charlotte Host is very
proud to present as its
"Beauty Of The Week”, Mrs.
Vngela Motley, a newcomer to
the Charlotte area.
Mrs. Motley is a native of
Washington. O. C. who has
been in Charlotte for approxi
mately five months. Our
Beauty is 25 years old. She is
married, but as of vet she and
her husband have no children.
Angela is the daughter of
Mrs. Grace Gray of SuiHand,
Maryland. Our S'I'i, .105
pound Beauty has a great
interest in astrology but says
she doesn't live a life based on
astrology. She is born under
the sign of l.eo, one of the most
dominating signs of the chart,
if not the most.
She has attended Business
school for accounting in
Washington. She wants to go
back to school for maa^eting
and fashion merchandising.
Her ultimate business goal is
to become a Fashion Coordin
ator.
Mrs Motley even hopes to
eventually be able to open her
own women’s boutique here in
Charlotte. Stated Angela, ”!
feel that Fashion Coordination
has become an "in thing" for
today's woman and I hope to
be the person who introduces
it on a large scale in the
Charlotte area.”
For past-time fun our
Beauty enjoys writing poetry
and playing chess. She admits
her chess game is pretty good.
..Angela is now working as
secretary to William Fer
guson. {’resident of the Mlnor
. . .. Bg—
i TUKUMM*
, ; There »a* a man who called
• SPADE a SPADE UNTIL he
Stumbled over one.
I
ity Economic Development
Corporation. This corporation
is better known as “MEDCO."
• When asked how yshe likes
her work, Mrs. Motley slated.
•"I really enjoy my work with
MEDCO. I feel that their ser
vices are greatly needed in the
community. We here at
MEDCO. make every effort to
help minorities in ihe Char
lotte area. We try to help them
realize the importance of their
participation in the business
aspect of their community.
..Angela concluded by saying
that "once we as a minority
understand and take advant
age of the opportunities avail
able to us. we can make them
play an important role in the
development of our commun
ity. there by making it a
community in which we ran be
proud.”
Alcoholism
Awareness
Week Set
..Citing the need for North
Carolinans to be aware of (he
problems and prevalence of
alcoholism in the state.
Governor Jim liolshouser has
proclaimed the week of
January 18 - 26. 1975. as Alco
holism Awareness Week in
North Carolina.
..At present, there are an
estimated nine million alco
holics in the United States,
with between 1X0,000 and
200,000 of them in North Caro
lina. Nationally, it is esti
mated that the cost or the
alcohol problem (in lost
wages, expenses to families,
cost of liquor, etc.) tops $25
billion annualljf.
..In announcing the procla
mation, Governor Holshouser
called on (he Department of
Human Resources to "make
extra effort In that week to
cause the public to become
aware of the ever present
threat of alcoholism and f ask
the Alcoholism Research
Authority, recently created by
the N. C. General Assembly,
to sponsor research into the
causes and prevention of alco
holism and to encourage
participation in this research
by the institutions of higher
learning in North Carolina."
Black Unemployment Skyrockets
Minority Business Enterprise Increases
1972 Gross Receipts
Were Over $7 Billion
..Although still a small
fraction of the total of Ameri
can business, black enterprise
is forgoing ahead, according
to Secretary of Commerce
Frederick B. Dent.
..Secretary Dent said there
were thirty-two thousand
more black businesses in
operation in the I'.S. in 1972
than in 1969. a 19 percent
increase for the period,
according to the first of
several new reports on minor
ity-owned businesses released
by the Census Bureau, which
is part of the I’.S. Department
of Commerce's Social and
, Economic Statistics Admini
stration. Reports on other
minority owned firms, includ
ing businesses owned by per
sons of l.atin. Oriental, and
American Indian descent, will
be issued in the near future.
. The new figures on black
businesses were obtained as a
part of the Bureau's 1972
Kconomic Censuses pro
grams. In 1969 statistics were
obtained as a part of a special
study.
.Dross receipts in 1972 from a
total of 195,900 black business
enterprises amounted to $7.2
nil lion. a 60 percent increase
over the 196!) estimated total
of $4.5 billion from the esti
mated 163.000 enterprises in
business at that time. The
data in this report have not
been adjusted for price in
creases.
..The report shows that in
1972 black-owned firms were
highly concentrated in retail
trade and selected services as
they were in 1969. These en
terprises accounted for 64
percent of all black-owned
firms and 56 percent of their
gross receipts and showed the
greatest increases in actual
numbers of firms and re
ceipts.
There were 56,617 firms in
retail trade with gross re
ceipts of $2.9 billion in 1972
compared to 45.220 firms with
gross receipts of $1.9 billion in
1969. There were 66.469 firms
in selected services in 1972.
with gross receipts of $1.1
billion compared to 56,077
firms with gross receipts of
$663.2 million in 1969.
..From I960 to 1972. the
greatest percentage increase
in the total of firms occurred
in manufacturing and trans
portation. Manufacturing
firms increased to 4.116 from
2.961 (36 percent) and firms
engaged in transportation in
creased to 21. 738 from 16.733
• 30 percent).
The greatest percentage in
crease in receipts was shown
in transportation and whole
sale trade. Receipts for trans
portation firms increased to
$125.5 million in 1972 from
$210.8 million in 1969 (102 per
cent t. In wholesale trade, re
ceipts increased to $764.2
million in 1972 from $385.0
million in 1969 ( 98 percent).
Some 36 percent of black
owned firms (accounting for
36 percent of the $7.2 billion in
gross receipts i were concen
trated in fixe States in 1972
t'alifornia. Illinois. New York.
Texas, and Ohio. In 1969. these
fixe Stales accounted for 34
percent of both the total num
ber of firms and total amount
of gross receipts.
. .California—with 19.282
hlack-oxx ned business enter
prises and gross receipts
totaling $701 million in. 1972
was the leading State both in
number of black enterprises
and total of receipts. Totals
for the five leading Stales an
shown below :
The Next York Standard
Metropolitan Statistical \rea
(SMSA) ranked first among
metro areas in total of black
businesses with 11.282 enter
prises in 1972. The next four
SMSA, 11,057; the Washing
ton. I). C. S.MSA. !l.72fi: the
Chicago S.MSA, H.71K; afd the
Philadelphia S.MSA. 6.27X.
The Chicago S.MSA. how
ever, led in gross rvyeipts
totals with $s:t:t.ti million. The
New York S.MSA was second
with $:!!>:!.7 million and the I .os
Angcles-I.ong Beach S.MSA
third with 1358.5 million
Students To Get
Two-Day Holiday
Students in Charlotte-Meek
lenburg's public schools will
have holidays.Thursday. Jan
23. and Friday, Jan. 21.
The student holiday is slated
to give teachers time without
students to prepare end-of
semester grades and reports.
The first semester of the
1974-75 school year will end
Wednesday, Jan. 22. Classes
will resume on a regular sche
dule on Monday. Jan. 27. the
first day of the second semes
ter.
it 's' ** f
l)\\ ARKKI) by .1 Moot-plus corn stalk plant in their den. Mr
<nd Mis Robert ( Williamson slain! beside Ihe Ills ear-old
pinni which Mrs \\ iIliamson purchased w hen it w as less than
J ItHit liiitl- M,.. oI’-tis »{i 1 of the plaoi the-- pt *n«. < , i.« • y 1 .•
-1 Ireland 11 v to root the clipped portion. «>t or Inn (eel oi the
plaul's iip must trim hori/nutalh alone the s foot ti i.mu ol
Ihe W illi.ililsoi.'s home. Rllnlo h\ Reeler
f h-vr i.itini riant
Mrs. Will ianison
Tickled Pink
|t\ .Jil 111* s Iti Iim '
Post I ratlin* U filer
• Ten years ago Mrs. Itobert
Williams of i.Vii Ahlewood
Koad in the l Diversity Park
lie sidential section purchased
a plant Ih.it looked like a
miniature siatk of t orn, about
a fool in bnl*4ii
The plant lover still doesn't
know the botanical name of
the plant hut lie* tender loving
care, pioper feeding, water
ing. ample amounts of sun
light. and return al to a much
larger container with the
propel soil composition has
resulted in the phint growing
lo its pt esent. healthv -looking
height ot ov er '» feet.
It is .mi tali that approxi
mated 2 feet of it top must
grow horizontally dong the
H-fool celling in Mis William
son's den Oil <m • j .ions she
mov i s the plant ami » Mends it
lop through a door wav into a
hall.
I hi* plant hears no Iruil and
does not hloom hilt she lias
noticed that it now has a new
growth She has planned to cut
the plant this spring, about
three feet from its base, and
tr> to root it. Now with the new
growth, the tickled pink Mrs.
N iIlia ms say s. **\\ hen I cut it I
will still have a plant. When I
uni iced the new giowth I was
so proud I kissed il
Mrs. Williams on has a var*
iHv of plants in hei home and
*avs tier plans for a iiurserv
lor the plants are underway.
\mong the varieties of
plants in her home art- seven
Mi ican Violets, all of which
came Iroin a root or sprig
given to her bv another avid
gardnei. Mrs I amice five, of
tonrion Street .1 vears
■see W illmnseii Page 2
Joint Scholarship Fund Established
For Johnson C. Smith University
..r.vrrv year simp me neam
of the Rev. Doctor Martin
I,other King Jr., the Cathedral
of Saint John the Divine has
held a memorial service in his
honor.
..It Mas soon realized that
Mhile it Mas a sincere and
honorable effort, an annual
memorial service Mas far too
temporary to fulfill the lofty
purpose of paying tribute to
l)r. King. What Mas needed
Mas a longer lasting tribute,
one Mhich had a far more
significant bearing on the re
cognition of his dream.
..January 13. 1974 is noM
vieMed as a milestone in the
history of the Cathedral and in
the Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity for It Mas on that day that
a pact Mas formed betMeen
these two institutions.
Through the Ncm York
Alumni Chapter anti the
Cathedral the Johnson C.
Smith Cniversity Choir pre
sented its first concert there
and the two institutions jointly
established a scholarship fund
in the name of Marlin l.uther
King Jr.
This year the choir per
formed on January II in a
concert-drama with a cast of
noted Broadway actors. "Tell
I’haroah" a play which con
cerns the nature of the Black
experience, written b> l.often
Mitchell and featuring Hilda
Simms. Frederick O'Neal and
Gladys Brooks was only one of
the outstanding programs in
which the choir participated.
A second performance held
on Sunday. January 12.
featured the choir under the
direction of Christopher W.
Kemp. Dr. Wilbert Greenfield.
President of Johnson C. Smith
I niversltv also pin i n ipated hi
the service.
In a statement issued by Ibe
Dean til Ibe t n(h<;di;il. he
staled. "Ilow lops\ -turvv are
mir priorities in \merica On
the one hand, the Klack
. colleges are recognized as an
indispensable resource In the
spiritual integrity and the in
tellectual freedom of our land.
On the other hand, the very
survival of the Klack colleges
is now at stake."
.."The Cathedral Church of
Saint John the Divine is proud
of its joint fund raising effort
which, on behalf of the
scholarship fund of Johnson ('.
Smith Iniversily, is cele
brated annually on the birth
day of Dr. Martin l.ulher
King Jr I call upon all \meri
cans of good will to assist in
this effoit-ahsolutelv nothing
I)r Wilbert f.rrenfield
•I I ^titilh president
is more d»*s«*i \ ini; or m niotc
critical nc« d ' .
Black. W hite Jobk ‘ss Ratio
Is At Historic 2-1 Level
u :• shinijnii I h»- iin* n
plnv menl i .1(1 — fboth ‘ ! k>
Neill *i atld qtlie 1 ; .1 . « !nd
whites rust subs' .iitia’I' its
the Inin 1I1 quitter tnd ui>n
well above tin 11 \eji raillei
levels die 1 v I>epai*t 1111 nl •»!
I.abni ‘s Mtm .t 11 of I alnu
Si.11 isf it s |».! i t-pni-l ed
I l oin the loin lb qii 11 lei ni
I!l7.‘l In lilt louilh quarter nt
I!i7l. (lie jobless 1 .in tnr
hlaeks rust Imm s i; 1.. ||>
perrenl. vv bib* Ibe ini reuse ini
whiles was Imm I 2 In .“».!*
pen enl a eouseqtirni e
the latin nl those (wn rales
re.mallied ai Us historii* I
level; this ditlerert hum pie
v inns slew downs in whit It
liter* vv eft lempni 11 \ narrow -
ini’s «t| iht* ratio
I his Mo-I relationship dm s
not pt evnil f.;r • .11 h id Hit
itia |or a ;i s<*\ t’tnttpv* fttivv
ever W Idle the ratio was J t*i 1
.111 onu adult men *he iiiiem
pl*»v nielli rale lor hi.iek teen
ay’l l s in the tiniilb quartet
HW'.li pereeiil ■ was almost
limes.the rate lor while let n
.•Ui’P * IV.1 pel tent'. I •« W*o
lllell. 01. .till olbel blind tire
i . i'i tt.'t 1 H l.# t I liei • v . <s
aim a disproportionate mini*
liei til bl.ti kv n: the iNsenur
«m d vvorke 1 s 1 • ti.*J nvei
Jlil'.iHMi nl iillDt.j . {H it t in
■Salute In Oilmen
Nominations \rv
Being lalo *n
Nominations ha ( harlotte s
outstanding careei women are
being taken In the '< entral
t harlotte \ssoeialion spun
miis ol the annual 'silule 1«*
Women Who Work" etntl#
Headline im iminin.limns is
I-1 id.iv lebruaix Htev
max be made lev business
liims. government agencies
civil and service « tubs \nv
woman employed in « hnrloth
or \le« klenhtirg ( otiiitv is elig
ible In be selected nu lulling
past nominees htil not past
w inners
Korins are available hoin
the t etilral < liurlolh \ ssot |
alion
Nomniees will be honored at
an evening hnn<|Uet*on I ridax
\|»ril l .it I be Charlotte < ixi<
( enter, making tin tenth
unnix ersarx Im honoring
t liar lot! e careei women with
the t*old Kose \xvaitl
I he ladies an* \ hnsen l«*i
their outstanding conlri
bntious on the job and to the
» ominiinitv w ith om alt >01
ing the coveted position ol
"thitsta nding t areer Woman
lor lb7V .
I hope the entiie < haiiolte
commuoitx will join together
doling tins event in fe<«»t*no
linn td womans important
role in the affairs ol the
world." said Mis l.ouise
fierv. (irnrral < ban -»in.*ii of
the Ifiia '••flute < omiiulter
Srroml W
lM.'l.i ( Jaw I <>
M«ti Sntiinlaf
• •
The c lass of I93S of Sec ond '
Ward High School is holding
its regular mnnthls meeting
on Satin da> ul 7:TO (i. in at the
home of Mr. and Mrs l.euis
flaw son of :tlol. I.title Hope
ffoail
The I’resldenl. Ilenrv swilt
is urging all interested mein
hers of this class to tie present
in order In participate in the
plans lor a minim this
summei
Macks 4 timpri'M ii i»« 11 «*?t(
».1 Im It>*•« lot if
III#* Inurlii 1(11.11‘t4*1 1»»T4 ii
(mi I rirn\ iiU*s .nt .ifi.il\sis <ii
•o« t ill limits iit ihr N iiinn s
labor 14irt'4* .mil iiu hob*- data
bn -unif work' i groups uni
pllhli'lird 4»ii .t iiioiilblx basis
I 4.1 ini Iii nI time thrir~ai«
'i' isoiiaU% ail just i*tl (juailrrh
tllM’inplu) mnil *att*s ti.i
tioiisi’liolil loads b\ s|»\ anti
pi I’sriu i- 4»| ir!ati\i*s hi flj••
lioiisfltobl
'MMiir niumiunis hi im* j,
port .in*
I In* lineinpliu meiil mu*
loi nl i* k veterans jn t«» ,j
V» .ll s 11 .’1* |M I I l*lit ltll| M'il
MHiailv adjusted' was hir.tier
in ‘.In Inurth i(tiai lei <it 1*71
'ban a \e*ai • tiiii i wikrn i;
had i i*.u ln-d ils |i»\i «*s* level in
I In ‘*70 7 I period per
• rut
M»"iil had tin in< 11 •»!»•>
lilaii pnverlv file.i li sidmits
air ld.uk. and their rale, in
• reused In fT permit It mu
Mr.'» peiteill ;j war ealltel*.
. Inuii tin* same pert efttn^r
iiu i ease l ♦ J.:is|e| eil l< * \t hilts
i*i me* i •, iitati t»»»v «*t! v ai. ;*s.
I-tnplm tneiu dm lined h\
►do.non lii- it tin* Usiid *,11*1111
:•» s*» v tuilliiii: c* Ik* hitiitk
*|Ua» *«‘l t III IliphiV inn.•
• limln-d It\ almiisi 1 million !•<
'• '* million \s a ti*s»dc im
Vatinn's uitetitph-v iiu iit iatr
IIU’I . ased troll) In *» 1. pei
• « »l. 1 In* liiuhost f | it a 11« ilv
rate >iim the thud i|tiarter ol
• di.i. 1 \ •* 1 e ported earlim . 1) #
lliiemplov ineitt rate iea«hi d
7 I pel ••••ill III Itei eiuher
•I nempluvmerit increases
have heeit pervasive and sub
stantial. afletliitj* men. vui
mi'll and teenager** white*
lda< l*v and prisons ol Spanish
origin veterans and non
vein.ms. and persons living
111 piiVi rtv as well ;i. hunpiu
• ilv areas.
Male tarnilv bends have
miemplowneiit rates well he
low (hi national average
w lisle I e ••* a !•• fainifv heads
ties Ui.ii .11 .•
« box •• t be a * 1 hi*,
•Tile nemhei of 'discoitr
niU'd workers increased
shaiplv in the loutlh <|tiarter
lo a level of about x.'iii.ono
Mlei a hai p ill* reasi .it I hi
• lose ol uiT.i as a result ol
energv shortages. iiiietnplnv
ineiil held strait during the
fust hall ol I‘i7l .
a • a •
* .osmrioitMnsi.H
i o SjHnisor
"1 radr Slum**
I hr t harlnUc ( osmolnln
gist's < haptor I'nui ( lull will
'I'oji'oi .1 "Super Trade
show .it tho downtowner
Hast Sundae through Tiles
d.i \.
Mrs. I luiso Irrgusnn a
spokesman f«r Iho group saul
■ hut th< dent will feature
ili'in onst i atlolis anil hair
sifting shows. "It will he
educational to a lot of heauli
elans " she said, "to learn new
st\ les anil trends "
Manufacturers and artists
are bringing the results, of
their new techniques and re
search, she added, urging
beauticians to educate them
selves attending the drill. -
The dent wdl begin Sundae
at s p m with a (let Wqiiaint
ed Ira Ilnur for Beauticians
onls. On Mondae a hanqnet
and dance will he held with the
puhlie united to hear "The
Miul Squad During the dae
Mondae and Tursdae exhibi
tions will lie ennilnctt'il