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LOVELY EMMA GOODWFS
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."Pleasing shortstop
Wachovia Bank Employee
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
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By Polly Manning
Post Staff Wriver
This week the Pod is proud
to present as its Beaky of the
Week, Ms: Emma Goodwin.
Emma resides at 6704
Elgywood Dr. witff her two
daughters, Angela who is 11
and Nichee who is a
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie B. kieksey of
Greenville, S. C.
Ms. Goodwin is i graduate
of Washington High School of
Greenville, but adrtits “it has
been some time agli.”
Our Beauty is employed at
Wachovia Bank af a paying
ww mm m
and receiving clerk. "I love
the job,” states Emma. ”1
really wouldn’t trade it for
anything.”
Emma plays on the Wacho
via Bank softball team All of
their games are played in
Park Road Park She is the
team’s short-stop.
Ms. Goodwin was recently
seen modeling on the recent
WBTV special, narrated by
Clara Lowery. She described
the experience as "enjoyable
and exciting.”
Emma was born under.the
sign of Aquarius and true to
her sign she admits that she
loves people and being around
different people.
Our beauty also enjoys a
close family life with her iwo
daughters. Angela attends
Hidden Valley School and w ill
lie a seventh grader in the fall
Nichee will be going to the
first grade in the fall. Emma
and her family have lived in
Charlotte for two years but
she says she likes it just fine
Ms. Goodwin is also en
gaged. "As of yet no definite
date has been set." smiled
Emma
\ruau noiunv scnool
Ronald Dairyle Williams
Excels In Navy ROTC Work
By James F -eler
Post Staff V riter
Ronald Darryl \ llliams, 15
year-old 9th grad r at Quail
Hollow Junior H gh School,
has had a very sui ..essful and
active 1974-75 sch( >1 year.
Needless to sty that his
mother Sallie Wil ams Smith
of 2816 West Bi d. and his
grandparents. Mi and Mrs.
Fred M. Williams )f 621 South
Summit Avenue extreme
ly proud of him
Ronald has jus( completed
his first year ii) the Navy
ROTC at Quail Ho low and has
the rank of Cade Petty Offi
cer 3rd class. H^ received a
Leadership Ceitiftcpte on
January 27, recei ed a Special
Commendation! Award as
"Cadet of the Mokth", on May
9, and received his present
rank upon completion of a
Training Course last October
10.
He trained under the dir
i A'
ection of M-Sgt Padgett and
Captain Wilbur Burgin and
one of the special experiences
in Ronald's ROTC activities
was a trip to Paris Island,
South Carolina last February
19 through 21.
Ronald will attend South
Mecklenburg Senior High
School next year. His mother
says “he makes good marks"
and participates in a number
of activities, including being
Senior Patrol leader ot uoy
Troop 204 for 6 months, a Red
Cross Representative, Home
room Representative and
Science Teacher Assistant of
Mrs. Letha Portis at Quail
Hollow Junior High.
He is a member of Simpson
Gillispie Methodist Church.
Ronald Williams
...Top student
pastored by Rev. James R
McCallum.
Ronald’s hobbies are read
ing, all sports - especially
playing football - and “he is
way out on science things’’
according to his mother “He
stayed up all night watching
the eclipse of the moon last
week,’’ she added
At 4 and one half feet and
weighing 85 pounds Ronald
was the smallest boy in the
entire 9th grade at Quail Hol
low/lunior High School this
school year but his is not small
in brain power.
28th Anniversary
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lUKUMMt*
Why can't LIFE'S problem*
hit us when we’re 18 and
KNOW EVERYTHING?
mammmmmmmmmmm
SSI Benefits
To Increase
8 Percentt
Thirty-five million Ameri
cans on the social security
rolls will receive an 8 percent
cost-of-living increase this
summer despite efforts by the
Ford Administration to im
pose a 5 percent ceiling
After Congress made clear
that it would not pass legis
lation to put a cap on the
automatic increase that is
linked to the consumer price
index. Health, Education. &
Welfare Secretary Caspar
Weinberger announced the 8
percent boost.
It will be contained in
checks for .June that normally
are delivered on July 3
A comparable increase will
go to persons w ho receive
Vllii\nl<il>^nnt>il Cnnn nil it I
come payments, starting in
July. That will raise the
minimum benefit to any in
dividual without other resour
ce^ to $ 157 70 a month and
$233.60 to a couple ' However,
slates that add an additional
supplement to the federal
payment have the option of
lowering the state payment b\
the amount ol the federal in
crease
Weinberger complained
that the refusal of Congress to
limit the social security in
crease to r> percent "will add
inflationary pressures to the
economy."
I.abor and senior citizen
groups had contended that the
nation's economy needs the
stimulus of added spending
power particularly a group
that has been severely hurt by
inflation
Snria I SPfliritv rffimnnk
also have received or soon will
receive the $50 special pay
ments voted by Congress earl
ier this year as part of the tax
cut bill
Each person on the benefit
rolls is entitled to a payment
Thus, a widow with two
dependent children would get
a $150 check in addition to her
regular social security bene
fit - "
The $50 payments are a
one-time benefit and are not
incorporated in the monthly
payments The Treasurer
Dept has mailed some of the
checks but the mailing won't
be complete until about June
20
Second Calvary Baptist Church
To Honor Rev. John M. Kennedy
The officers and members
of the Second Calvary Baptist
Church will celebrate the
Twenty-Eighth Anniversary
of their pastor, Rev. John
Madison Kennedy, on Sunday
afternoon, June 15th with pro
gram services beginning at 3
pm
The Rev. William Lee Jr. of
Silver Mount Baptist Church
in Pineville, N.C. will deliver
the anniversary sermon. The
music will be provided by the
church's choir.
Visiting congregations will
include the New Shepherd
Baptist Church in Cullowhee,
N. C. This is a church where
Rev Kennedy was a former
minister. Other visiting con
gregations will inlcude Mount
Sinai, First Mount Zion,
Friendship and First Baptist.
Rev Kennedy came to the
Second Calvary Baptist
Church in 1947 and has served
in a pastoral capacity not only
to his congregation, but to the
entire Charlotte community
At that time the church was
located in the Greenville
neighborhood Since then it
has relocated to 114 Nelson
Street in the Hoskins neigh
borhood.
According to Deacon Robert
Simmons, much has been
accomplished during his lead
ership The physical plant has
been expanded and the mem
bership has increased Rev
Kennedy is affiliated with
many local organizations He
presently serves as Moderator
fcmeritus of the Mecklenburg
General Baptist Association
"He has been great here,"
said Simmons He has served
in several civic organizations
and has brought the church a
tremendous ways from where
it begin
Hev Kennedy also has ser
ved in several state and
national positions
He has been a member of
The Executive Board of The
General Baptist State Conven
tion of North Carolina and has
served as a member of the
National Baptist State Con
vention
He has also been a member
of The National Baptist Con
vention. U S A.. Inc and a
member of The Home Mission
Board
He is married to the former
Miss Flumia Caldwell and
they reside at 2806 Dogwood
Avenue
Rev John M Kennedy
Man of great dedication
Charlotte High Schools To
Graduate 4,800 Monday
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INFORMAL VISIT - Congressman James Marlin, represent
ative of North Carolina's Ninth District, chats with Bill
Johnson publisher of the Charlotte Post, during a brief visit
to tin* Post office here last week
Average Earnings
Deereased In April
Washington - Keal earnings
of full-and part-time workers
on production or nonsuper
visory jobs in the private non
farm sector of the American
economy decreased in April,
the t S. Labor Department's
Bureau ot Labor Statistics re
ported.
Keal earnings-or earnings
in constant dollars-are calcu
laiod by adjusting earnings in
current dollars for changes in
the Consumer Price Index
Keal gross average weekly
earnings decreased 0.1 per
cent.from March to April
alter allowance lor the usual
seasonal change. This dr
crease was the result of a u >«
percent increase in the Con
sumer Price Index which
overcame a 0.2 percent rise in
average hourly earnings and a
0.3 percent increase in aver
age weekly hours
Over the year, real average
weekly earnings were down
3 4 jrercent A rise of 10.2
percent in the Consumer Price
Index and a drop of 1.7 percent
in average weekly hour over
cairn- a k i pt-rcent increase :n
average hourly earnings
Bet ore adjustment for the
increase in the Consumer
Price Index and tor seasonal
change, average weekly earn
mgs were $1)8.51 in April,
compared with $148.R3 a year
earlier
Heal spendable earmngs -
average real weekly pay of all
workers reduced by Social Se
t in ii> .ind Federal income tax
rates applicable to a married
worker with three dependents
lell o 1 percent from March,
seasonally adjusted
vtver Ihi year real spend
able earnings were down 4.1
percent owing to the 3.4 per
cent decline in real weekly
earnings and a tt.8 percent
increase in the effect of (axes
The Hourly Earnings Index
in dollars of constant purchas
ing power was 106.4 in April,
seasonally adjusted, down 0 6
percent from March Com
pared with a year ago. the
index was 0 R percent lower
Commencement Exercises
Set For Ovens, Coliseum
Some 4,800seniors will be graduated from Charlotte-MecK
lenburg s 10 public high schools m commencement ceremon
ies on Monday, June 9. and Tuesday . June 10
Five programs are set on each of those davs in both the
Charlotte Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium
Commencement exercises on Monday include
Neighborhood
Medical Clinic
To Open Soon
In about a month, a Neigh
borhood Medical Clinic will be
in operation for the residents
of the Piedmont Courts. Bel
mont. and Earle Village areas
of the city
Located in the Alexander
Street Center, the clinic will
be staffed by two doctors, who
are presently completing their
medical training at Charlotte
Memorial Hospital and Medi
cal Center
The clinic. Neighborhood
Medical Clinic. Inc will open
around the middle of'July
According to board chair
man and president William B
McGuire, Jr . the clinic is a
pilot program limited to a
defined geographical area
The tentative hours for the
five-day-a-week clinic will be
from 9am to 5 p m on
Mondays. Wednesday and
Fridays, and from noon until k
or 9 p in Tuesdays and Thurs
days
Independence High School
at 2 p m in the Coliseum
Seniors Joseph Scott Burch.
Jan Allen Marks and Christo
pher May Mason will ne feat
ured speakers Other students
who will take part in the
program are Regina Hailey
senior soloist1 and the senior
choir Approximately 625 sen
iors will receive diplomas
West Charlotte High School
at 5 p in. in Ovens Main
speakers for the commence
ment exercises for some 330
seniors will be seniors Ruben
Kier and Kimberly Godlev
Barbara Hood, another stu
dent. w ill also participate.
Dr Marlin A L. Koehn and
Dr John D Melbourne will
see patients by appointment
and walk-in
McGuire said fees w ill be set
on a sliding scale basis
"Anyone who lives in that
area can come to the clinic no
matter what his income is If
you make $15,000 to $20,000 a
year and come to the clinic
you're going to pay just like
you would if you went to a
private physician But we re
going to be dealing w ith most
ly low-income, he said
Equipped with a small iab
oratory, an X-ray unit, three
examining rooms per doc tor
doc lor's offices, a lounge and
classroom facilities, the cen
ter will cost an estimated
Sail.000 which has been do
nated through area churches
and trust funds
South Mecklenburg High
school at 5 p.tn in the Coli
seum Some 512 seniors will be
graduated Featured speakers
will bt students Herb Heddi-m
Cathy Lawler, and Kenna
Powell Other student par.ci
pants will oe Paul Paliyenko
Jamie Flmmert. Karen Key
nolds. Margie Rockstroch and
Antigo Martin
North Mecklenburg High
School at 8 p m ir. Ovens
Student speakers at the com
mencement exercises for ap
proximateh 454 seniors w ill
be students Tommy Jolly and
Joan Saunders
Garinger High School at 8
p.m. in the Coliseum Students
Brenda Alexis Byers and
Wendell DeCamp Butler will
be main speakers at the grad
nation of an estimated 580
seniors Other student partici
pants will include Larry Hast
ings. John William Austin.
Gordon Tobias Curoton. and
F'.laine F'.lizabelh .lenninos
Mayor Howard
I^ee To Speak
Here Monday
Howard I,ee will speAk on
The New Majority*' at the
general meeting of the Char
lotte Women's Political Cau
cus 7:30 p.m , Monday, June 9
at the Trade St YWCA <418 E
Trade),
Lee, presently serving his
third term as mayor of Chapel
Hill, was the first black elect
ed mayor of a predominately
white town in the South since
the turn of the century
An articulate spokesperson
on how to build coalitions to
achieve political power. May
or Lee will emphasize the
importance of political strate
gies tor minorities, especially
women and blacks
Lee has an M A in social
work, has run for Congress
from the second district, and
has served as vice chairman
of the N C Democratic Party
The meeting is free and
open to the public
Commencement exercises
on Tuesday include
West Mecklenburg High
School at 2 p m in Ovens
Gene Causb>. assistant stale
superintendent for personnel
relations and public affairs,
will be the mam speaker at the
commencement ceremonies
for some 400 seniors
Olympic High School a! 5 p
m in Ovens Former Olympic
principal Don I Newman, now
principal of Tuckaseegec
Elementary School, will be
guest speaker Student speak
ers will be Wanda Davis and
Celeste Middleton Other s'u
dent participants will be Amy
Carroll. Cathy Horner. Frank
White. Steve Rvherd. Linda
McCraken, abd Susan Eaton
Some 400 seniors are expected
to be graduated
Myers Park High School at 1
pm in the Coliseum Seniors
Debra Renee Heath. Marcus
Finlayson and Thomas Adger
Addis will be main speakers at
mcr Liiimiimcmeni exercises
for some 518 seniors Student
Robert Whitehair Mann will
introduce the speakers
Harding High School at 8
p m in Ovens. Former Hard
ing principal James R Haw
kins, the principal who opened
Harding High Schol in 19.35
and guided it until 1967. w ill be
the main speaker Student
Michael Harding will also
participate Some 311 students
are expected to be graduated
East Mecklenburg High
School at 8 p m in the Coll
seum Seniors Sue Bishop and
Dick Gehron will be main
speakers Other student parti
cipants will be Beth Blake,
Lee Ann Whiteman, and Hunt
Phillips Some 670 students
will graduate from East
Mecklenburg