Greensboro Coliseum Commission Evicts
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Prestigious CIA A Basketball Tournament
Joyce Ledbetter Is
Beauty Of Week
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
,."A Beauty in Her /Own
Right”, a description that
most certainly goes with our
Beauty Of The Week. Miss
Joyce Ledbetter. Joyce, the
daughter or Mr. and Mr},
Titus Ledbetter of 3113 Dan
bury Drive, was recently
chosen 1st Runner-Up in the
Miss Black Teen-age N. C.
Pageant.
..Miss Ledbetter, who has re
ceived numerous recognitions
for ber talent to sing, did just
that for her talent presenta
tion. She sang “You've Got A
Friend.”
..Along with the title of 1st
Runner-Up, Joyce has made
several television appear
ances and was featured In a
Bell Telephone Commercial.
..Our talented Beauty is a
senior at West Mecklenburg
High School. She is a member
of the French Club and Secre
tary of the band. In the band
she plays the French Horn.'
..She has as her hobbies sing
ing, modeling, listening to
music, reading, and meeting
people. Her favoritr singer is
Elton John and her favoirte
things to read are astrology
books, books on witchcraft,
and some novels.
..The l.edbetter family at
tends Friendship Baptist
Church where Kev. Coleman
Kerry is the pastor. Joyce is a
member of the junior choir
and the past president of
“Acteens."
..Miss l.edbetter is born
under the sign of Aquarius.
Aquarius is the water sign.
Joyce describes them as
loving their freedom, very in
dependent. and she adds that
you will seldon find one that is
prejudice.
. .Miss l.edbetter, who weighs
117 pounds and stand 5 feet 6
inches tail, has as her favorite
actor Telly Savalas. "I like
him because of the way he
carries himself, and because
he appears to be different
from other bald men.
..After graduating this year
Joyce has plans of going to
college to pursue a major in
voice. She sings 1st soprano
and has received superior
ratings in auditions at several
colleges In vocal music.
1935 Second Ward
(Haw To Meet
Saturday Night >
..Mrs. Hazeline Alexander
will serve as hostess for the
1*35 Class of Second Ward
High School on Saturday, at
7:30 P.M. Mrs. Alexander liv
es at 2003 Russell Avenue.
..Henry Swift, class presid
ent, urges all members to be
present to continue making
plans for the class reunion
which is to he held in July.
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Mayor Lightner
To Speak Here
/
Tuesday Night
'. .The first Black mayor of a
major North Carolina city,
Clarence E. Lightner. of Ral
eigh, will be the guest speaker
at the 39th annual meeting of
the McCrorey YMC£ Board of
Directors.
..The 7 p.m. dinner meeting
will be held on Tuesday. April
29. at the YMCA which is
located at 3X01 Beatties Ford
Road.
..In addition to being mayor
of Raleigh. Lightner is a me
mber of the Board of Directors
of the North Carolina Voter
Education Project, the Rale
igh Chamber of Commerce,
the Raleigh Human Relations
Board, the Wake County Boa
rd of Health, the Rex Hospital
and the Raleigh Little Thea
tre.
..The gentleman who is serv
ing his first term as mayor is a
member of the following or
ganizations: The National Fu
neral Directors and Mortici
ans Association (Past Presi
dent), Omega Psi Phi Frater
nity, the Shriners. the Masonic
and Elks Lodges, the National
Business League, and the Qu
arterback Club.
..He was educated at North
Carolina Central University
and the Echol College of Mor
tuary of Science in Philadel
phia and holds an honarary
Doctorate of Law Degree from
Shaw University. (1972) and
North Carolina Central Uni
versity in 1974.
lie is married to the former
.Marguerite Massey and has
four children; Bruce. Lawr
ence, Deborah, and Claire.
The business that he is in
volved in are the Lightner
Funeral Home (President),
the Lightner Insurance Age
ncy, and the Hillcrest Ceme
tery.
.. Tickets for the event will be
$3 per person and proceeds
will go to the Y. For further
information contact Ms. Cath
erine Williams at the Y.
Chums Hold Board Meeting
The National Chums, Inc.
held its annual Board Meeting
last Saturday in the Marco
Polo Room at Charlotte's
Downtowner East Motor Inn
Dr. George A. Lowe was the
Luncheon Speaker for the
12:30 affair that was attended
by approximately 100 people,
including the Hums, the hus
bands of the Chums.
While lunching on a menu of
Fried Chicken, peach halves,
potatoes Au (iratm. French
Sliced (ireen Beans Almon
dine. Rolls and Sherln rt. the
group heard l>r I .ow e speak
on the histoi \ and purpose of
Sickle Cell \nernta
Rev. Smith Turner deliver
ed the invocation prior to a
welcome by Charlotte Brest
dent Zenobia Hagans
Mrs. Alice Ruth Diamond,
owner of Fancy That Bouti
que. conducted a lashion show
during ihv luncheon
Mrs Helena Cunningham
introduced Mrs Stitt and her
daughter w ho is a Sickle Cell
sutferer-wiiose medical care
is underwritten by the Char
!' tie Chapter of i hums. Inc.
Kemarks by M r.s Lucille
Webb. National President of
Chums, Inc. concluded the
program speech, and lunch
eon which w as billowed by a
business session
Black Jobless Rate Reaches All-Time High
. .The jobless rate for blacks,
at 13.7 percent in the first
quarter 1975, was at it highest
level since rates for all major
demographic, industry, and
occupational groups were in
itiated. the U. S. Departement
of Labor's Bureau of Labor
•Statistics reported
The unemployment rates for
both black i Negro and other
racest and white workers rose
sharply over the quarter and
were substantially above their
year-earljer levels, tin a pro
portional basis, the white in
crease w as greater, so that the
ratio of the hlack-to-while job
less rates diminished to 1.7 to
I. well.below the 3-tn-l level of
a year ago. This pattern of
temporary narrowing of the
ratio has been ty pical of earl
ier business slowdowns, parti
cularly the 1970-71 recession.
In terms of precentage-poiht
increases in unemployment
rates, however, blacks have
fared wsorse. as their rate has
risen I.B percentage points
since the second quarter of
1971 (from 9.1 to 13.7 percent'.
compared with a Xti-pereen
l.igi- point increase fur whites.
I he 1.7-to-l relationship do
es not prevail for all major
age-sex groups. Black teen
agers tend to have the highest
tini-mplny incut rates relative
to their white i ounlerpa rts,
and the black-white teenager
ratio in the first quarter was
2.2 to I. Adult women, on the
other hand, had the lowest
ratio. 1.1 to I: it was 1.9 to I
among adult men.
The number of blacks in
the discouraged-worker cate
gory was also disproportion
ate to their percentage in the
labor force—29 percent, com
pared with 11 percent
I be unemployment rale for
black veterans 20-:il vears of
age was lx.O percent < not sea
See Blacks on page x
900,000 Tar Heels Will
Receive Rebate Checks
CRt'l-'MVRnUO Tk. .( . .
. mr iirsi oi
approximately 900.000 Feder
al tax rebate checks for North
Carolina taxpayers will be
mailed May 9. Robert A. I.e
Kaube, Greensboro District
Director for the Internal Re
venue Service said today.
Most of the checks should be
mailed by the end of June.
■Mr. LeRaube remarked,
"Those taxpayers filing early
returns this year will receive
their checks first. The IRS will
automatically compute all re
bates using the information on
the returns. Any adjustments
made by the taxpayer will
only serve to delay processing
and issuance of the rebate."
lie went to say that some
taxpayers will receive checks
for the rebate only, if they
have already received a re
fund or If their returns are
already in process. Those fil
ing in April and having a
refund and a rebate due will
receive a combined check ex
plaining how much is for the
refund and hpw much is for
the rebate.
Mr. I.eRaube said that tax
payers must pay their current
tax bill before a rebate check
is issued. Any rebate check
will be credited to the account
and any remainder will be
forwarded to the taxpayer.
I'nder the new legislation
signed ny ('resident Kord Ma
rch 28, the maximum rebate is
10 percent of the tax liability
up to a maxiurr, of $200 re
duced by one percent of ad
justed gross income in excess
of $20,000 up to $30,000.
Mrs. Stephen hnters
Mother Of Year Contest
.. A local Charlottean hat been
nominated by the NAACP’t
Charlotte District to be Its
candidate for NAACP
"Mother Of The Year" hon
ors.
..Mrs. Willie L. Stephen,
owner and operator of The
Trinity Beauty Salon, 9137
Trinity Road has been nomin
ated by Mrs. Mamie Turner
for the coveted honor.
. .Mrs. Stephen is the mother
of five children; three tont
and two daughters. 24 grand
children. and four great
grandchildren.
She graduated from the
American Academy Beauty
College and received her
operator* license In 1955. She
is a member of Ml. Carmel
Baptist Church, where Rev. I,.
C\ Keddick official*-* and
sings in the church choir “for
enjoyment.
• In her spare lime, she en
joys fishing, tailoring and
I
working with dried flowers,
and works with Tri-Reatty
llome Kxtension Club, and is
unit manager for Vanda Cos
metics.
The winning Mother will be
crowned May 25 prior to the
1975 NAACP Freedom Day
Celebration in Raleigh. If she
wins in Raleigh, she will
advance as North Carolina’s
“Mother of the Year" to the
NAACP National Convention
in Washington. D, C. from
June 29 to July 5.
The Mother of the Year
Contest is an NAACP
Freedom Fund Project.
Mrs. Stephen said she would
appreciate the support of local
churches and business organ
isations in the ( harlotte area
in her quest for this coveted
title
Conference Reviewing
Three Site Proposals
By Bill Johnson
Post Manager-Editor
The prestigious Central Intercollegiate Athle
tic Association Basketball Tournament, which is
highly regarded as one of the nation's foremost
college sponsored events, has been evicted from
the Greensboro (oliseum.
r or reasons mat nave not
been disclosed, the Greensb
oro Coliseum Commission re
fused last week to renew its
contract with the CIAA. tem
porarily leaving the confer
ence without a home for its
popular tournament which is
generally regarded as the top
black sports event in the Cni
led States.
.."It was with long, serious
thoughts and deep regrets that
we (CIAA Officials) had to
make the decision to leave
Greensboro and the very cor
dial relationship we have en
joyed for more than a dec
ade." Dr. Jack S. Bravboy.
vice president for administra
tive affairs at Johnson C. Smi
th Vniversity and a long-time
member of the CIAA Tourna
ment Committee, said late
.Monday afternoon.
(jfys Taking
Requests For
New Sidewalks
The Engineering Division of
the Department of Public
Works is now accepting reco
mmendations for new sidewa
lk construction funded by the
April X Bonds. Any citizen or
citizens group having recom
mendations should submit
them to: Engineering Divis
ion. Cameron-Brown Building.
301 South McDowell Street.
Charlotte 2X204 or call 371-2201
by May 15, 1975. Recommen
dations are also being solici
ted from the City Council. City
government departments and
School System. Sites will be
selected on a priority basis
such as pedestrian traffic and
safety , feasibility of construc
tion and the availability of
public right-of-way.
..Since the early l960-s City
government has waged a ma
jor campaign for sidewalk co
nstruction that has resulted in
more than 230 miles of side
walks built by the City and
private developers under a
t ity ordinance. The City has
spent over 12.3 million on si
dewalk construction since 1972
alone. The SI.5 million in si
dewalk bonds from the April X
referendum represents an ad
ditional 32 miles of sidewalks
for the City of Charlotte.
Smith To
Host Prep
Students
The Office of Admissions at
Johnson C. Smith University
invites all high school students
to participate in its High
School Day activities which
will take place on the campus
on Saturday, April 26
Special activities have been
planned for students who are
interested in attending J C.
Smith or in learning more
about the institution. Assist
ance will be given to those
students who need help in
completing financial aid
applications.
m orning 10 ur. Kray boy.
the Greensboro Coliseum Co
mmission refused (o confirm
Ihe weekend of February 26
2H, 1976 until they could reach
an agreement with the Mid
F.astern Athletic Conference.
.."They also refused to give
us a contract for the preceding
weekend until they could ob
tain approx al of the MFAC."
Bravboy explained.
The conference is presently
rexiewing tournament site
proposals from Hampton. Vir
ginia Coliseum. Norfolk. \ ir
ginia Scope, and the Richm
ond \ irginia Coliseum.
MERGER JI NKED
Dr. Bravboy staled that the
proposed post season basket
ball torunament with the Mid
Eastern Athletic Conference, _•
tentatively planned for the
Greensboro Coliseum next
February, has also been can
celed
"Basically," he continued,
"it was a lack of trust. The
< IAA has tried to do things in
good fate. The ME At has
not."
.."Our firsf consideration to
the merger was how financi
ally it would be profitable for
us." Dr. Brayboy pointed out.
"The second crucial conside
ration is that only four teams
from our league could com
pete. The presidents of our
institutions felt that this ar
rangment wasn't fair simply
because we have 13 member
schools and they have only
seven. Then, too. it must be
remembered that the basket
ball tournament is the most
attractive and most sellable
feature of the ( IAA athletic
events.”
Statistics show that more
than 30,000 fans attendend the
three-day tournament in Gre
ensboro last February and
that 13,152 were on hand for
the Championship Finals on
Saturday night. The highly
magnetic sports attraction
has attracted more than a
quarter million fans to the
Greensboro Coliseum since
1902 and the influx has brought
more than three million dol
lars f. annually to the Pied
mont Triad economy.
The tournament is the sec
ond largest three-day colleg
iate basketball showcase in
the Cnited States, topped only
by the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence. The conference has paid
an average ol kh.imhi annually
lo the Greensboro ( oliseuni
( ommlssion for rentals, and
the Greensboro Coliseum Co
mmission has profited many
thousands more from conces
sions and parking facilities.
The Post was unable to con
tact the manager of the Gre
ensboro Coliseum Commissi
on Tuesday morning. Reports
reliable sources say that poli
tical pressure was applied to
replace the CIAA established
tournament with the young
MEAC tournament since No
rth Carolina AAT is a local
school.
..Dr. Bray boy had no com
ment on the question.
Dr. Brayboy concluded that
"It is a great disappointment.
I had hoped that we would
have worked out some kind of
equitable arrangement with
the MEAC."
It's just a regrettable situ
ation.
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Mr*. Willie Stephen
...NAACP Contestan’
MISS JOYCE LEDBETTER
...Received numerous recognitions
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wtntw
..Your troubles are probably
BEHIND YOU •• that Is If
you're a SCHOOL BUS DRI
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DR. GEORGE A. LOWE, Head of Charlotte s
Sickle Cell Anemia Program was guest
speaker at the Chums, Inc. Board Meeting
Last Saturday at the Downtowner East Motor
Inn. Other platform guests included, right to
left, Her. Smith Turner, pastor of («race
A.M l . /.ion Church; Chums National Presi
dent i.ucille Webb: Charlotte President Zeno
hia Hagans.