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MISS PATRICIA BUFORD
...1961 West Charlotte graduate
Patricia Buford
Is Our Beauty
nyruiLJ MANNINU
Post Staff Writer
The Post has the pleasure
this week to introduce as it's
Beauty. Mrs. Particia Buford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Houston of 205 S. I.inwood
Ave.
..She is married to Grover
Buford and resides at Route 6,
Box K77-B with their two
children, Grover Jr. and
Pamela.
Our Beauty is a 1961 grad
uate of Plato Price High
School. While attending Plato
Price she w as a member of the
Glee Club, Girl's Basketball
team, and the 4-H Club.
• Mrs. Buford and her family
attend New Zion Baptist
Church where the Rev. B. R.
Robinson is the pastor.
• Our Beauty is employed
with radio station WGIV
where she is a switchboard
operator. She has been work
ing there for five years now
and says of her job. “I love it.
It's oula-sight. I have the
chance to meet a lot of inter
esting people in person and
over the phone.”
Paticia has only one hobby
and that is listening to music.
"I like all modern day music,
smiled Patricia. I could just
sit and listen for hours.”
.. Although Mrs. Buford feels
Ihr world is In a turmoil and
the end doesn't seem to be
anywhere in sight, she isn't
worried. “The way things are
now it wouldn't benefit one to
worry. I've learned never to
give anything too much
thought, especially when it's
nothing you can do about it.”
..Our Beauty is born under
the sign of Taurus. In describ
ing them one would have to
admit they are very slow
thinkers, they are very limited
in mental outlook and inter
ests, once they form an opin
ion they seldom change it,
they have a very good sense of
humor, are slow to anger, hut
takes a long time to forgive,
and they are great lovers of
the arts, especially music.
Patricia admits that with
her job and her family she
doesn't have much time for
outside activities such as so
cial clubs and community af
fairs. “I would like to eventu
ally join some of the commun
ity clubs, smiled Patricia.
Getting involved would make
me feel as if I was doing
something for the betterment
of my surroundings."
..There’s a great deal of
things that need to be bettered
here in Charlotte, but I feel
one must first start at home
bettering themselves and
their surroundings. At home
means to me. the community.
Bahakel Seeks
funds for
Secondary Roads
..Senator Cy N. Kahakel of
the 22nd Senatorial District
has Introduced in the Senate a
bill providing for a new state
wide formula for allocating
funds for secondary roads.
The bill would revise the for
mula for distribution of funds
for secondary roads by taking
into consideration paved
roads as well as unpaved
roads as an allocation factor.
m
.The existing formula is
structured to favor counties
with unpaved roads only. The
revised formula is. said Sena
tor Rahakel. a step in trying to
aid counties with paved roads
that are serving heavy traffic.
It would also aid many
counties to widen and improve
existing secondary roads.
Senator Bahakel said the bill,
if enacted, w ould provide road
relief to both Cabarrus and
Mecklenburg Counties, lie
also anticipates other legisla
tion to be introduced soon
dealing with secondary road
needs.
TURTLE-TALK
4
IF THOSE SPACE MEN are
ao SMART, why do they all
C OUNT BACKWARDS???.....
Black Jobless
Rate Continues
,-J
To Rise
• The black unemployment
rate increased from 12.5 in
December to 13.4 in January,
it was reported by the U.S.
Department of Labor's •
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
..On a national basis, unem
ployment increased sharply in
January, pushing the Nation's
unemployment rate to 8.2 per
cent, its highest point record
ed over the entire post-World
War II period. Kmployment
declined for the fourth
straight month.
..Unemployment totaled 7.5
million in January (seasonally
adjusted), an increased of
930.00(1 from December. The
unemployment rate was a full
percentage point above the
previous month and 3 points
above January 1974. The high
est levels previously reached
by the jobless rate were 7.5
percent in July 1958 and 7.9
percent in October 1949.
.(As is usual at this time
.f d I_ __ .■ ..
i uic .MTdauiuim
adjusted household survey
data have been revised on the
basis of experience through
December 1974.)
..Total employment (as
measured by the monthly sur
vey of households) declined by
640.<M)0 from December to
January to 84.6 million, with
three-fourths of the decrease
occurring among adult men.
The employment reduction
since last September exceed
ed 1.8 million.
. At 77.8 million, the number
of nonagricultural pay roll jobs
(as measured by the monthly
survey of business establish
ments) dropped by 440.000
from December and 1.6
million from its peak of last
October. These cutbacks were
accompanied by declines in
the workweek.
. .Most of the 930,000 increase
in joblessness in January can
be traced to layoffs, as the
number of persons who had
lost their last job increased by
610,000 to 3.8 million. Since
last August, joblessness rose
by 2.6 million (1.8 million of
which stemmed from job
loss), more rapidly than in
any 5-month span since the
initiation of the monthly sur
vey in 1940.
PILLSBl'RY BAKE-OFF FINALIST .Mrs.
Sara Polk is showing one of the latest
Pillsbury family Cookbooks prior to leaving
lor San Francisco. California and the annual
Bake-Off Contest. All of her activities in the
contest will be reported in the next edition of
the Charlotte Post.
i\(itioiial ling Is
Our Sarah Will Leave Saturday
Morning For Pillsbury Contest.
By James Cuthberlson
Post Staff Writer
.."Well, I’m almost ready."
smiled Charlotte’s attractive
entry into the finals of the 2tith
National Pillsbury Bake-Off
contest to be held Keb. 22
through 25 in San Francisco.
California.
..On Saturday morning at X
a.m., Mrs. Sarah Polk of 2X2K
Botany Street will board
Kastern Flight 212 at Douglas
Municipal Airport and head
for Chicago. Illinois. She will
arrive in Chicago at X:55 a.m.
“I have never been to Chic
ago." she said admitting that
she would like to have more
time to "shop and sight-see."
.. At 10:10 a.m., she will board
L'nited Airlines Flight 122 for a
12:10 departure to San Fran
cisco and four day's of com
petition among the loo fina
lists from across the nation
w ho will compete for one ol six
first prizes arid one of
two $2.->.oim first grand prizes.
..Mrs. Polk said she has been
practicing Iter recipe and bus
ily preparing her "main dish"
recipe lot the competition.
Mrs. Polk is Charlotte's only
finalist in several years.
. .She loves working with dis
advantaged children and
would like to use any prize
money won to open a day care
nursery school. She is married
to Arthur Polk. Iler hobbies
are cooking, reading and
traveling She entered the
Bake-Off in .197:1 for ihe first
time lint was not a finalist.
Saturday, the contestants
will have registration activi
ties, and. enjoy a "light buffet
lunch," and have dinner to
gether in the Kegency-llyatt
House w hich w ill be the center
for all the Bake-Off activities
On Sunday the contestants
will have an orientation
brunch from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
and range orientation from
10:30 to 1:30 p.m. At 1:30 p.m.
the contestants will cruise
around San Francisco Kay
and enjoy the sights of the
(•olden Gate Bridge and 'the
table cars. At 7 p.m. that
night a dinner will he given in
I he hotel's San Francisco
room for the contestants.
Monday will consist of
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the
26th annual Bake-Off will be
conducted from 9 a.m. until I
p.m. At (i p.ni . buses will
leave for dinner at Far Fast
restaurant.
The Awards program will be
held Tuesday. February 23 at
9 a.m. and .Mrs. Polk is hope
ful that she will be a winner.
.Mrs. Polk will lie operating
as range number si during the
competition. She is a member
of the University Park Kxten
sion Homemakers Club.
Por her rfforts. she has
already recehed $100. a
microwave oven, an electric
mixer, and will have all her
expenses to the contest paid.
The Charlotte housewife has
been cooking and enjoying it
since her high school days
when she used to get up and
cook breakfast for her daddy
before he went to work
She was visiting hrr great
granddaughter in Washington.
I). ('. when she was notified of
her selection as a finalist.
.."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 creat
ive rooking.
Bark in Tune, she filled out a
Bake-Off blank with hrr
"main dish" recipe on it and
sent it to contest officials.
..Pillsbury will assume the
rights to the recipe when the
contest is over." added the
grandmother of four and the
great-grandmother of one.
.."When it ends. I will pro
bably visit a good friend in l.os
Angeles", said the lady who
anticipates an exciting time
and a thrilling experience.
26 Cars Withdrawn By
Local Automobile Dealers
. ICconomic troubles affecting
the automobile industry are
causing serious problems for
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools' driver education pro
gram.
..Since Christmas. local
automobile dealers have
withdrawn .tti cars that they
Mere providing the ( MS
driver education program,
resulting in a shortage of cars
that is seriously hampering on
-the-road instruction.
. . Beginning nest week, more
driver education students will
be taking their on-the-road
instruction after school or on
Saturday to make better use of
the few cars the program has
left. Normally, most on-the
road instruction is offered
during school hours.
.."We should be able to get
the eligihle students properly
trained with this new double
shift arrangement if we don’t
lose any more cars." said
Brumit Del.ainek director of
the local driver education
progra m.
• But Del.aioe wanted thai ii
the program’s car shortage
worsens, "students could very
well he older than lti before
they complete the necessary
driver education training to
obtain a learner’s permit or a
urivci s license. 11 worse
comes to worse,” Del.aine
said, "we’ll serve the oldest
students first and just do the
best we can with what we
have."
State law requires that all
persons under IH must com
plete a driver education
course before they are issued
a ■ learner's permit or a
driver’s license. The state's
public school driver education
program offers this training.
Locally there are 7.1*00 pub
lic and private students and
non-students under IS years of
age who are eligible for driver
education training. The CMS
driver education program
usually serves about fi.f.lto
students yearly.
Del.aine explained that
normally local auto dealers
provide most of the cars for
the driver education program.
The dealers, who get a small
rebate from the auto manu
facturer. provide cars at no
cost to the school system: the
Slate pays for maintenance,
operating expenses and insur
ance.
"The high interest rates (all
dealers pay interest on money
they borrow to purchase cars
from manufacturers) and
slumping sales are really
hurting the dealers." Del.aine
said. "They couldn't afford to
keep providing the cars. High
interest rates were bad
enough, hut the had sales
made the situation even
worse."
Del.aine said the local
cars for an efficient program.
With the loss of the 2fi dealer
provided cars, CMS now has
30. Fourteen of those are own
ed by the state; all are 1972
models or older. The stale
legislature last provided
money for the purchase of
driver education vehirles in
1972.
Fight of the :<0 vehicles are
used on the school system's
two driver education ranges,
leaving 22 for use by the 39
driver education teachers for
on-lhe-road instruction.
In addition to more alter
school and Saturdav on-lhe
road instruction. Del.dine
said CMS will try other w«vs
to name the most efficient use
of available cars. Attempts
will be made when possible to
schedule driver education
teachers so (hat some wiil hr
teaching in the classrooms
» liilc others are giv ing on-tin -
road instruction. This will
allow more teachers to use one
car
’ He ll also try l" make
more use of our two driver
education ranges at night."
I>el.nine said On the ranges,
one teacher can inslruil
several students cniiimutiit a
ling by radio, lie said.
Driver education students
are required to take at least :io
hours of classroom instruction
and si\ hours of on-the-road
instruction. Two hours on a
driving range counts for one
hour of regular on-the-road
instruction. *
..Currently some CMS
students spend up to s:\ hours
on the range and three on-the
road. "I guess we can incre-asr
the time on the ranges " De
l.aine said, "hut the students
need as much time in aitua'
driving situations as they can
get "
Del aine said if flic situation
gels worse. Ihe stale legisla
ture may he called on In pro
vide additional funds.
—mrc-ei -i iidrsi .v
DAVID HKI.TON
I 'NC-Ch senior
Iklton ( IIkmti
('heerlcadcr
All-American
David Helton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph ('. Helton of 1700
Washington Avenue has been
chosen to the eight-person H*7A
Cheerleader All-American
first team.
David, a 21-y ear-old senior
at the l niversity of North
< aroiina at Chapel llill. Mas
the only Atlantic ( oast Con
ference cheerleader picked to
the FIKST TEAM. The 1971
graduate of Independence
High School Massselected for
the team bv the Hoard of
Trustees of the International
( heerleading foundation,
affiliate member of the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association.
Holshouser Appointee
Mrs. Beckwith Named
To Sickle Cell Council
Itiivrrnor Jim noisnouser
last week announced the ap
pointment of three new mem
bers to the Council on Sickle
Cell Syndrome.
The new members are Ms.
Ivestia II. (Peggy) Beckwith
of Charlotte, Nathaniel Lea
Itumph of Winston-Salem, and
Leo Bradshaw of Greensboro.
..Members on the Council
serve at the pleasure of the
Governor, rather than fixed
terms.
.Ms. Beckwith has been exe
cutive director of the Associa
tion for Sickle Cell disease for
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc.,
since 1972. She attended Ben
nett College in Greensboro.
Brooklyn College, City College
of New York, and Miles Col
lege in Alabama. She has also
completed a training course
for sickle cell counseling at
Central Piedmont Community
College and a post-graduate
course on sickle cell disease at
Howard l/nlversity.
relations and secretary to the
director jof public relation* at
Johnson C. Smith I niversih.
She is a member of the Hoard
of Directors of the National -
Association for Sickle t ell
Disease'and the First t 'nited
Presbyterian Church. She
assisted in the production and
appeared on a Charlotte tele
vision special entitled "Sickle
Cell - A Closer l.ook."
Humph is program director
for the sickle cell disease
screening program al Forsyth
Memorial Hospital. He at
tended the Fort Valley State
College in Georgia. Northwest
Institute of Medical Techno
logy. and F'orsvth Technical
Institute. He serves ott the
Board of Directors of the For
syth Mental Health Associa
tion. and the Hoard of Direc
tors of the Council on Drug
Abuse, and is a member of the
St. Stephen's Kpiscopal
Church.
MRS. PEGGY BECKWITH
...Executive Director
..Mi. Beckwith formerly
worked as a research assis
tant with the Charlotte Model
Neighborhood Commission
and as assistant in university