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--- — IMLfflEandJtttiaBMlilRLMilHiy ■m THE' POST § Call 392-1 JO* ^ ^ f * Readers _ Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community Weekly" ______ _ CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28216*Thursda\. Ma\ 1. 1975 -A&PXaunches_ City wide Savings Jamboree ..The A&P Stores have laun ched a "Charlotte Citywide Spring Savings Jamboree" in connection with the grand opening of their new store at 8321 Albemarle Koad in the Four Season Shopping Center. According'to a spokesman, one of the features of the celebration is the slashing of prices "that will result in huge savings for the customers." •A&P Company also announ ces new store hours for their new store and for the 5831 South Boulevard store. These two stores will be opened on a 24-hour-a-day basis, starting last Monday morning. Under the new schedule the stores are opening from 7 a.m. Mon day morning until midnight Saturday. The new Sunday hours are from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. ..Four of the company's 18 local stores will be opened on Sunday under the new sche dule. These are the stores at 1337 Park Koad in the Park Koad Shopping Center, 331 Sugar Creek Koad in the Try on Mall Shopping Center, 4459 Central Avenue in the Darby Acres Shopping Center and at 5438 Fast Independence Boulevard. ..The new store, a 30,000 square Feet structure that features a full service deli and a bake shop, gourmet and international foods and do mestic and imported wines, had a very successful grand opening last Sunday, stated store manager Tommy Hin son. ..Mr. Hinson said A&P has installed a new electronic checkout system "designed to get customers out of the store faster .” He continued, “your cash register tape receipt tells you just about everything. The new electronic register sys tem makes it easy for you to check-up after you have been checked out.” • Customers are presently registering for free prizes at the new store, but Mr. Hinson says the super savings price reductions are effective at all Iff A&P locations. W. Charlotte Second In Math Contest ..For (he second year in a row. West Charlotte High School placed second and a West Charlotte student placed third in the annual North Carolina High School Mathe matics Contest. ..In competition with high schools across the state. West Charlotte scored It7 points to place second behind Needham Broughton High School of Raleigh which scored 245. Ruben Kier, a West Char lotte senior, finished third in the contest. As a junior, he finished llth. ' By POLLY MANNING Post Staff Writer ..Mrs. Carolyn J. Garrett is the Beauty who graces our front page this week. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Fairfield. ..Our beauty resides at 2120 Augusta St. with her husband Larry and their eight year old daughter Detrina Rochelle. ..Mrs. Garrett is a graduate of West Charlotte High School. While attending West Char lotte she didn't participate in any activities but was chosen as "Miss Valentine." ..She and her family attends University Park Baptist Church where Rev. James E. Palmer is the minister. They are very active in the church's Sunday School. ..Mrs. Garrett is employed with Frito-Lay and her hus JCSU Choir Sets Annual Concert For Sunday ..The Johnson C. Smith Uni versity Choir will present its annual Spring Concert Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in the ■ f — *_14. . /1I • . .The Choir will offer a varied concert of sacred and secular compositions ranging from the seventeenth century to the present. ..The guest soloist will be Carolyn McCollum, a 1973 Music Education graduate of Johnson C. Smith I'niversity and a 1974 graduate of the I'nviersitv of Michigan with a Masters of Music degree. ..The guest accompanist will be Frank Williams, a 1972 music education graduate of JCRl' and a music teacher in the Gastonia. N. C. school system. ..Drummer Gerald Jackson. Amplified Guiliarist Michael l.ewls. and Guiliarist Hardee Henderson will make guest appearances, also. . Selections will Include "God Down, Moses". "Here. There, and Everywhere". "Gossip Gossip. (Calypso Song), band is employed with Ryder Special Commodities. . ..As a family the Garrett’s enjoy badminton, and having rook-outs. “The summer is a season we eagerly look for ward to.’ smiled Carolyn. Our cook-outs usually are very successful with everyone having loads of fun." Mrs. Garrett also enjoys sewing, painting and tennis. Her favorite subjects to paint are animals and people. She also enjoys playing hop-scotch and dodge ball' with her daughter. ..’’She is eight years old and at that age you can't leave them out. I feel that parents should be willing to do some of the things that their children enjoy doing ohce.and a while. Detrina has ambitions of be coming a cheerleader and a movie star. I give her all the encouragement possible. We practice different cheers to gether along with the stunts. Although 1 feel the movie star venture is somewhat far-fet ched 1 still encourage her.” stated Carolyn. ..Carolyn is born under the sign of Scorpio and describes them as being very friendly, love to be around family members, and enjoy doing things with others and never alone. _ _ rmi r. :11c _ _To CilyJStajj ~ Black Group Submits 23 ___ ^Locations U nemployment Up Slightly In March ..Washington -- The number of major labor areas with ‘‘substantial" (6 percent or more) unemployment rose sharply to a record 105 in March with the addition of 31 new areas. ..The rise from 74 in Feb ruary to 105 among the 150 major areas surveyed each month was the highest total In any one month since the pre sent classification system was started in May 1955. ..The previous all-time high was in April 1961 when 101 areas were so classified, ac cording to the Labor Depart ment's Manpower Admini stration. Last March the num uer was 11. .. The 31 added areas was also a record increase lor any one month. The previous record increase was 25, posted in March 1961. when classifica tions were made on a bimonth ly basis. ..The 31 areas are Hartford and Stamford, Conn.; Atlanta. (>a.; Chicago, III.; Evansville, Fort Wayne. Gary-Hammond East Chicago. Indianapolis, South Hend, and Terre Haute, Ind.; Kansas City. Mon; Omaha, Neb.; Albany-Schen ectady-Troy, Bringhamton, and Nassau-Suffolk. N.Y.; Asheville, Charlotte-Gastonia. and Greensboro-W'inston-Sa lem-High Point, N.C.; Akron, Canton, and Dayton, Ohio; Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Erie. Johnstown. Pittsburgh, and York, Pa.; Salt Cake City Ogden, Utah; and Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, and Kacine, Wis. ..The worsening of the unem ployment situation in most areas reflected primarily siz able employment losses in factory employment, mainly in the durable goods sector. . Area classification changes in all areas, except Atlanta, Terre Haute, and Charlotte, resulted from significant job losses in the metals (primary or fabricated) and In the machinery (electrical or non electrical) industries. Rock Hill Church Honors Lem Long* B> James Peeler Post Feature V\ l iter . Hock Hill A.MK Zion Church honored one of its own, l)r. Lem'I.ong Jr., last Sunday, with a special program in the church’s Fellowship Hall be ginning at 7 p in. The theme of the ceremonial activities was "The World Steps Aside to l.el Any Man Pass Who Knows Where lie’s Going’’. ..During the course of the program, with Mrs. Rose Burns acting as mistress of ceremonies, tributes to Dr. I.ong were expressed by Mrs. Jessie McCombs, secretary of church extension department: Mrs. Joan Wade, executive secretary. A.MK Zion Publish ing House, Mrs. Sarah Fun derburke, executive secretary of I.ong and Son Mortuary; Lem Long 111. President of Long and Son Mortuary. Inc.; Alonzo Firms, chairman. Ste ward Board; Mrs. Jewell Funderburke. President. Parent Body, Missionary So ciety: Dowd Byrum. Presi dent. Senior l sher Board: Mrs. I.ois L. Burns, president, stewardess board No. I; Mrs. Cora B. Black, president, ste wardess board No. 2; and Sidney ill nk ter Iniiii<1 isoi) Keni.irks xxeie made t,\ (jo Ilex. \\ .1 U iuijiri. )'r< siding Kin . Uadesboro M Oil roe Iflsli HI s, (| el a |* y. \AJI /ion i'tibli>limg Mouse Hoard .lie It .1 l*vant, pres iding eldei l r ■ : axx district, former paste i |(ork Hill \MI- /ion I tin II , iglil Hex Arthur Marshall I Bishop Ninth I pi* copal man. A All, /tor. I'obli-hing Hoard: and llighi hi Alfred f*. DliiLstoiy .l.i Bishop. Fourth Kpisenpal Area . The lioueioe and guests (lined on a hii *i(i ol Turkrx and a nd III essio g. -a hi* lie a iis, candied .am spring fruit sa lad, rolls, cake mil tea •Special thank- were extend ed lo Airs Brenda t'roiitch. who assisted vx'th the dei ora tions. Mrs Helix A\ cut/ and the Ways and 'leans iomm itlee for preparation id food: .Mrs. I.ois I.. Burns and Mrs. ( ora B Black xx ho assisted in planning and preparing the ' food, .Miss Polly ( othberlsnii. who prepared the programs, and to all Flub and Hoard. Members and Friends who helped make the banquet a success. 83rd Commencement North Carolina A&T State To Graduate Record 1,080 Students ..Greensboro - Vernon Jor dan. executive director of the National I'rban league, will address the 83rd annual bac calaureate-commencement exercises of A4T Stale Uni versity Sunday. May 4 at II a.m. in the Greensboro Coli seum. Degrees will be awarded to a record 900 undergraduates and 180 graduate students during the ceremony. The graduation exercise! will climax a full weekend ol alumni and student activities including the annual alumn national meeting, the alumn award* dinner and a series of class reunions. . The. concluding activity will be the chancellor's reception for graduates, alumni and friends In the Blue Room at the Coliseum following the commencement exercises. . During the services, a SSOO teaching excellence award will be presented to a member of the faculty and the alumni excellence award will be given to one of the university's graduates. . Jordan, 3*. is a graduate of Howard University Law School. He began his fast rising career as a civil rights activist in the South. ..Mr helped journalist Char layne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes integrate the Univer sity of Georgia and later headed the highly successful Voter Kducatlon Project of the Soujher Regional ( ouncil. . .Under Jordan's guidance, the Urban League has gener ated employment for more than 68,000 men and women over the past several years. .The alumni activities will get underway on Friday. May 2 at 8 p.m. with the annual alumni meeting. i \ rrtxm .Ionian. Ii ...( ominrnrcnii'til Mx-akrr \ W ( AA Recommendations T,./ Meet City Oiteria Fully » * lames l ulhhertson I’usi Stall Wl iter The Northwest liimmunity Action Association lias sub mitted a list of 23 proposed sidewalk locations to the City Council The same list was previously submitted in June ol t*i;t. "As you know, the l ity Council appropriated less money lor sidewalks for the fiscal year hitt-7.» than the department had requested and less than the \WCAA recommended at the Public Hearing on the l!>7l-7.> City budget None ol the 23 side walk locations proposed In the N\\( \\ were included in the IU71-73 sidewalk program." said Howard J. Campbell President ol the NWt \ In a meeting with Council mail- Harvey (>antt. Hob Pressly ol the engineering Division of the ( ity of Char lotte and representatives from the Public Works Dept. Planning Commission and the Paik and Recreation Comni ission. Campbell sa.i<l hi- >t ganwalion was told that the ' ( ity has more requests for -idewalks than it can take i are of." The t in's stall also told us tiiat "the recommendations ol the school System are con sidered more heavily than those ol individuals and neighborhood groups. We firmly believe that our re commendations are as impor tant and as needed < justified i YY1CA Kicksoff Membership Campaign The .Month ol May has been designated "Y.M.I A. enroll ment Month. by the McCrorey Branch Y.M.C.A. who will kick off its Membership Drive on May* I I he theme or the campaign (his year is Baseball, with Zoel •S. Hargrave Jr. as Commis sioner. Catherine P. Williams will serve as president of the American League and J Mayo Cunningham as presi dent of the American League. The managers for the American League are: T. J. \nderson-Minnesota Twins: Matthew Shute-Oakland Ath letics: Huben McKi*sick--New 3ork sankees and Robert Ra>~( leveland Indians. The managers for the Na tional League are: Othar Davidson-Rittshurgh I’ir ates: Ms. Roberta Blackwell Cincinnati Reds; Raymond Horle-Los Angeles Dodgers. Membership rates are $100 for the Century Club. $50 for Kamils Membership. $23 for Adults. $113 for college and high school students, and $10 lor grade school and Jr. High students. The Y.M.C.A. divides Itself in the league manner In order for team competition. The winning team will he awarded a plaque at the annual meet ing nest spring. 5 mmmmm Hev. Howard Campbell ...WVCAA president as (hose submitted l>\ am other ort*ani/ation " said ( auip'bell. Cor evample. we presented the t its's staff with maps shotting where each child lived, who stalked to each school, the streets thes walked alun|> and across, amt other (actors alfeeliiiu the safets ol the children, he con tinued. . I• e are aware ill the crit eria the Cits uses to rietet mine where sidewalks are huilt. and sse heliese all ol those sse recommend meet the < its 's criteria fulls, remarked ( aiiipbcll. I he proposed sidewalk loca tions include f»i lines Mi eel from Norris Vsenue norlh In Douwood Vsenue and Norris Vsenue from (.rimes Street ssesl to I .rail a ni Street in the Tr'on Hills area. i.is mi v\roue irum i.nrsnllr Slreel In Hildebrand Slreel, Ilildehrand Street fruin Heatlies I'nrd Itnail to I nisei sitv I’ark Srhuol. l.aSallr Slreel fruin Ifealties Kurd ltn.nl in Huntington Street. Senior Drive from I U lo Ken dall Drive. Senior Drive from U est Charlotte High School l Keller tve.l to l.aSallr Slreel and Knglish Drive from I Salle Street In the l-x.1 access mad in the l niv ersitv I'aik area I’rnposed locations in the Biddlev illr area in< lode Bunker Avenue Irnin Beatties I old Itoad lo the west end nl the street. Kitts Drive Irnin Hedhiid Slreel lo the end nl Honker \ venue and late Street front Beatties Kurd Hoad to Hedhiid Street Mulhern \ventic li oni tlak lawn Avenue lo .1 eunions Street. ,lennin|{s Street lioin Mulherrv Avenue to I aSalle Street and Itussell Street limn Heattles Kurd Itoad lo Dean Street in the Oakland I’ark area. In the l.meoln Heights area, the proposed locations are on l.aSalle Street from Healiies Cord Hoad to Newcastle Street and New land Hoad New land Hoad from l.aSalle Street to the deadend at l-*.">, Ilatteras Avenue from New castle Street to llaines Street. Newcastle Street from Jen nings Street to l.aSalle Street and ( illumines \venue from llealties Cord Hoad to New land Hoad. The Druid Hills locations are on Moret* Avenue from Statesville \venue to l.ucena Street, Druid Circle front Statesville Avenue to l.ucena Street. Druid Circle from Statesville \venue to Morel2 \venue, Kdison Street from Moodvvard Avenue to Druid t trele. and .Montreal Street Ironi Norris \venue to MoreM Avenue. » Carolyn Garrett Is Beauty Of Week TURTLC-W* I .. A GOMIPKR: One who ran give you all the details without knowing sny of the facts. / -gl « LJ MRS. CAROLYN J. GARRETT ...Enjoys doing things with others LEM LONG JR. ...To Receive honorary degree
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