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Miss Rhonda Harrington -
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
Swimming, dancing, paint
ing, and drawing are the hob
bies of our Beauty of the
Week, lovely Ms. Rhonda
Harrington.
Born under the sign of Leo,
our beauty posseses all of the
true qualities of her sign.
“Leo’s,” smiled Rhonda, are
friendly, very outgoing, they
like people, they can be selfish
and somewhat conceited, but
their good points outweigh the
bad.”
Rhonda is the daughter of
Ms. Barbara Harrington. She
resides at L’Atrium Drive.
Originally from Brooklyn,
N. Y. Rhonda came to Char
lotte two years ago while at
tending Johnson C. Smith
University.
During the time she attend
ed Smith she was concentrat
irt in the field of education.
-Her earlier school days
were spent in Cheraw, S. C.
where she attended Junior
High School and in Brooklyn,
N.Y. where she attended Sara
J. Harold High School.
Rhonda is employed with
Mark Pro Enterprises. She is
Office-Manager. Her duties
include coordinating the
duties of the office, contacting
radio stations, distributors,
record-shops in connection
with all air-play and sales of
the product to the record com
pany.
• "we work with such groups
as Betty Wright, George and
Gwen McCrae, War, Ike and
Tina Turner, Blackbirds, Joe
Simon. B. T. Express and
many many more,” explained
Ms. Harrington.
The 5’4l-2, 125 pound Miss
Harrington has undecided
plans about her future. “‘I
really haven’t given it too
much thought, she admitted,
but I do know that eventually I
would like to open a boutique.
1 would like to specialize in all
Black Publishers
•
Named Goodlet
Editor Of Year
SAN FRANCISCO,-Dr Car
Iton Goodlet, editor and pub
lisher of the San Francisco
SunTteporter, was named Edi
tor of the Year at the annual
convention of the National
Newspaper Publishers Associ
ation.
Dr. Goodlet, president of
NNPA, received the award
from Ralph Lewis, vice presi
dent of Gulf Oil Company-U.
S., who praised the prominent
Black publisher, physician
and businessman as "a cham
pion of civil liberties for all, a
spokesman for peace and an,
ambassador of goodwill.”
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Lewis applauded the nation's
Black press for having grown
to "a position of strength and
influence” and announced a
special study to be funded by
Gulf, will identify the econo
mic impact of a national ener
gy program on minority com
munities.
He said the independent stu
dy Will be directed by Black
economists from the business
and academic sectors who will
"probe to find out where the
jobs will be. what skills will be
required.”
Mr. Lewis urged the Black
publishers to engage them
selves and their newspapers in
the intense public debate on a
national energy program
which, if enacted would "cre
ate millions of new and per
manent jobs to bring us out of
our current economic dold
rums. "•
With the disproportionately
high unemployment rate
among Blacks, he added, "the
Black press has a special re
sponsibility-to interpret nat
ional issues as they affect
members of the Black com
munity."
the latest styles ot clothes. As
of now I don't know whether I
will carry both male and fe
male styles or stay strictly in
the female lme',^)iit since it's
just a dream right now 1 have
plenty of time to get it to
gether.
When asked how she liked
her job, Rhonda replied, "It's
really great. It’s really inter
esting working with so many
popular entertainers. Mark
Pro was formed in 1971 and
this coming August we will be
celebrating our fourth anni
versary as an independently
owned business."
‘‘Chester Simmons is the
manager of Mark Pro, contin
ued Miss Harrington. He was
employed with Stax and Chess
Records as Vice-President be
fore going into business for
himself, so he’s very exper
ienced in the«susic business.'
Rhonda stated that Mr.
Simmons' influence inspired
her to go into business for
herself, but as she puts it, “I
chose a different field
CMS Lunch
Program To
Feed 8,500
Some 8.500 needy children in
Chanknie and Mecklenburg
Counly will be-f'ecei ving free
lunches for eight weeks this
summer in a special program
sponsored by the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Schools Food
Services Department.
The free lunch program, de
signed to serve children in
areas with high concentra
tions of working mothers and
low income families, will be
gin on June 16 and continue
through Aug 8 Children who
receive free lunches during
the school year generally will
be served during the summer
Funds for the program are
being provided by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
through the Special Food Ser
vice Program for Children, an
extension of the National
School Lunch Program. Funds
are being channeled to CMS
through the State Department
of Public Instruction's School
Food Services Division.
The local program, which is
in its second year, is being
coordinated jointly by the city
and county recreation depart
ments. churches and civic
groups.
rood is being prepared in
school cafeterias in 15 loca
tions and made available to
eligible children at the schools
or at parks, public housing
centers. churches and
YMCA’s.
Below is a list of school
locations and areas being ser
ved :
Amay James Elementary
at the school; Bruns Avenue
Elementary--at the school.
Rev. Frazier Park. Third
Ward. Street Academy and
Gethsemane AME Zion
Church; Dilworth-Morgan
Park. Dalton Village and
Teen-Age Parents Services;
Druid Hills--at the school,
Grier Heights and Herrin
Park; Devonshire -at the
school. Enderly Park-at Jhe
school;
Harding High School-Boul
evard Homes and Clanton
See LUNCH on page 8
Dymally Lauds Black Press
As Nation’s Conscience
SAN FRANCISCO—Chiding
the short-sightedness of white
businessmen, California Lt.
Governor Mervyn Dymally
declared here last week (June
12) that white businesses
could increase profits and stri
ke a blow for press freedom at
the same time if they would
place a fair share of their
advertising in the nation s
Black press.
Keynote speaker at a nation
wide convention of Black pub
lishers and editors here, Dy
mally applauded them for ' al
ways having rallied and pro
tested against injustice when
other media were silent.” An
independent and aggressive
Black press is vital if Ameri
cas' problems are to be tho
roughly probed and solutions
lound, he added
Besides that, he pointed out.
Blacks now earn $59 billion a
year in the l.S "If white
businesses do not want to ad
vertise in Black papers, then
how can they expect Blacks to
buy their products?" he ask
ed.
Declaring that histroically
it has been the responsibility
of the Black press to constant
ly remind America of its ills
and shortcomings." Dymally
cited three major responsibili
ties facing Black editors to
day :
1 i "The need to become
See Dymally on page 5
JCSU Professor
Rippy Elected Vice Chairman
Of Ci vil Service Commission
C. Dupont Rippy. Associate
Professor of Sociology, and
Director of Undergraduate
Social Work Education at
Johnson C Smith University,
has become the first black to
be elected vice chairman of
the Charlotte Civil Service
Commission.
This unanimous promotion
is another ' first" for Mr Rip
py. He was the first black to
become a member of the Se
lective Service Board since
Reconstruction Serving his
community without fanfare,
Mr. Rippy has made, and is
making, an outstanding con
tribution to the community
and nation. He believes that
one serves his community best
through sincere effort, hone
sty, integrity, and the giving
of oneself in the service of
others
Mr. Rippy has not limited
himself to civic and educatio
nal endeavors. He presently
serves as Chairman of the
Board of Trustees. Little Rock
AME Zion Church; Vice-Cha
irman of the Little Rock Hous
ing Project. Chairman of the
Publicity Committee for the
Connectional Laymen's Coun
cil. Membership chairman.
Western North Carolina Con
ference Laymen's Council,
both of the AME Zion Church,
and an active member of the
North Charlotte District Lay
men's Council. He has been
elected as a delegate to the
General Conference, the legis
lative body of the church, for
several successive quadren
fliums He is editor of the
AME Zion Speaks," the nat
ional laymen newsletter of
the Zion Church
As an educator he is known
as an effective teacher and an
individual who brings innova
tive programs to the L'niver
sity Programs initiated by
Mr Rippy at the University
are the Undergraduate Social
Work Program, a county-wide
program for the elderly, and
an Outreach program for vet
erans.
Mr Rippy was recently
awarded the honorary degree
of Doctor of Humane Letters
for his contributions in civic,
religious, and educational af
fairs
He is married to Mrs.AI
meda Hunt Rippy. Assistant
Professor of Education in the
Department of Human Deve
lopment and Learning at the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte He has one dau
ghter. Mrs Vivian Rippy In
gersoll. Junior Class Dean,
Wellesley College. Wellesley,
Mass She is married to F J
Ingersoll. Professor of Urban
History . Boston University
C Dupont Hippy
Serves without fanfare
They have one child Justin
Hippy Ingersoll
" With Minority Contracts —-—
Rights Commission Urges
Help For Black Firms
Commission Recommends
Dollar V alue Increase
Washmgton-The U S Commission on Civil Rights last
veek recommended that the Federal Government increase
h dollar value of its contracts and subcontracts with
ninoritv and female owned firms until the annual amount
s at least equal to the firms representation in American
wsiness
^ In a new lepoit. Minorities and \\omen As Government
contractors, the Commission recommended that the in
treasfTbe accomplished within liv e years
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Older Americans
Act Of 1965
^ ill Be Discussed
A public hearing w ill be held
at 10 a m.. Tuesday. June 24.
at Covenant Presbyterian
Church, for discussion of the
proposed State Resource Allo
cation Plan for Titles III and
VII of the Older Americans
Act of 1965
The Plan cails for the alloca
tion of $4,506,773 - SI.931,995 of
Title III funds and $2,570,376 of
Title VII funds -- in a wide
range of programs for the
elderly. A copy of the Plan is
available in the local Centra
lina Council of Governments
(COG) office. 1229 Greenwood
Cliff.
The hearing w ill be held by
the Governor's Coordinating
Council on Aging, a unit of the
North Carolina Department of
Human Resources
Anyone w ho wishes to speak
at the hearing is requested to
contact the Council by writ
ing: The North Carolina
Governor's Coordinating
Council on Aging. 213 Hills
borough Street. Raleigh. N C
27603, Telephone (919) 829
3983. Please send your name,
address and telephone num
her. If you represent a parti
cular organization, group or
l nl i in'ii In t (hie oli/.
All comments and retom
mendaiions presented at this
hearing and others to be held
across the state will be conr^
piled, summarized and senf to
thogovernor for his review
ind examination prior to his
approval of the Plan Partici
pants are requested to limit
their presentations to lo min
utes
To guarantee that your
comments reach the governor
in accurate form, it is sug
gested that you present them
in writing, otherwise, com
ments will he summarized by
a stenographer and included
in the materials sent to the
governor
The agenda for the hearing
vill include persons who have
equested time Any time that
s left over after scheduled
-peakers have completed
heir presentation will be
[iven to persons not on the
igenda An effort will be made
o give all interested persons
in opportunity to speak Any
•ne whc does not have this
ipportunity at the hearing
nay convey his thoughts by
orresponding with the Coun
-il on Aging
WE KKItOKEL) last week m
: porting that the Steele
< r"ek AMK Zion Church's an
nual luncheon was attended by
a capacity crowd The story
should have read the Sterling
Community Senior Citizens
second annual luncheon was
held at the Steele Creek AMK
Zion Church before a capacity
crowd
ll.i Post regrets the error
The 189-page report, based
on a two-year study, found
that companies owned by mi
norities and females receive
far less than their proportio
nate share ot Federal. State,
and local government con
tracts
'it a total of S5T j billion
worth of contracting.by the
Federal Government’ in iy“2.
minority owned firms got MHO
million or o.T percent, al
though these firms constituted
■1 percent of tne number of
American businesses, the re
port said
"There is very little -nior
inaton op the nurthe’- el ft
male-owned linns or on thj
extent ot their participation ir.
government procurement.'
said Commission Chairman
\rihur Flemming Available
data suggest, however, that
the,share of contracts award
ed to tirnis'oune-d by women is
minute.
The Commission's recom
nu-ndalion would me-an that il .
minorities owned 5 percent ot
the total number of businesses
in tiscal year 1980. for ex
ample. they would get at least
•"> percent of all money spenl on
Federal contracts that year
The same formula would ap
ply to female-owned firms
The Commission report
maintained that three Federal
programs to assist minority
owned firms have had limited
success in increasing the
firms' government contracts
The three are the Small Busi
ness Administration's 8 a
subcontracting, the Buy In
dian direct contracting, and
the minority subcontracting
programs
Alter inters lew mg officials
of 8*i firms that participated in
the three programs, said
Chairman Flemming. we
concluded that the programs
lacked commitment, planning
and coordination, and ade
quale data and procedures for
matching contracting oppor
(unities with the needs and
abilities of minority firms "
Since they are not consid
ered to be socially or econo
mically disadvantaged the
report explained firms owned
by nonminority women are not
automatically eligible for the
three programs The Comm
ission urged the President to
issue an Kxecutive order de
daring women as a group to
be socially and economically
disamantaged and. therefore
eligible for business develop
ment assistance from the spe
cial programs
(if $120 billion worth of con
tracting by Federal. State
and local governments in 1972.
said ttje^Jppport. firms owned
by mmonJ'es and women got
less than one percent Only Hi
of 76 State and local govern
ments responding to a Com
mission questionaire reported
that they had affirmative act
ion programs, as required by
the Federal Government, to
provide contracting oppor
(unities lor minority busines
ses
The Commission report ad
vanced Ho specific recommen
See BIGHTS on page 10
Photo By Jim Black
ALLURING RHONDA HARRINGTON
4 -Murk Pro office manager
WOIMMA
Folks call It “TAKE
HOME" pay because there is
no other place you can afford
to go with it.__
PROUD PAPA Adam Turner shows off one of the many
Father's Day cards he received from his family Thev
incjuded cards from Ottis Fisher of Lanham, Md.. Julius
Thomas, 900 Friendly Place of Charlotte; Bernard Turner,
who is working on his Master's degree at the Circle in the
Square Theater in New York; Kric Turner, student at
Antioch College in Washington. Turner is married to the
former Lemuel Parker and they live at 1800 Russell Avenue