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7 ! Charlotte’s Fastest Growing Community Weekly"
LOVELY DELORES JAMES y c
—After less than 24 hours of marriage
Newlywed Delores James
t
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
“Here Comes The Bride” is
the song that was recently
played for Mrs. Delores
James, the Post Beauty of the
Week.
Delores became the bride of
Gerald James on Saturday
afternoon. They held a recept
ion at the Soul 21 Club immed
iately following the ceremony.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Doris Simmons of 2037 Whit
tenton Street. Prior to her
marriage she lived at 3401
Statesville Avenue with her
grandparents. She and Gerald
will be living in an apartment
they chose on the Westside
section of town.
Mrs. James graduated from
West Charlotte High School in
1970. While attending West
Charlotte our beauty was a
member of the Vocational In
dustrial Club of America.
Through this club she was able
to take a two-year course in'
tailoring.
“Sewing is my specialty,”
smiled Delores, who is em
ployed at Cloth World in the
Freedom Drive Mall. I’ve
worked there for two years
and I really like it. My duties
include working in the notions
department and cutting mate
rial for customers.”
Our Beauty attends St. Paul
Community Baptist Church
where Rev. R. M. Young is the
minister. She sings on the
Young Adult Choir.
Born under the sign of the
scales, Libra, Delores de
scribes them as being well
balanced, liking beautiful
things, and easy going
When asked if she agreed
with the saying that a wo
man’s place is in the home,
our beauty had this to say: “If
there are children involved I
feel that the woman should be
in the home. Kids need to be
properly trained. This train
ing should come from the mot
her, but she cannot do this if
she is working. I also feel that
mothers need to be home to
develop a good parent-child
relationship. She should also
be there to have a hot whole
some meal ready for her hus
band when he gets home from
work without his having to
scream where is my dinner."
Delores loves music by the
O’Jays because of their style
and the way their songs relate
to what’s happening in the
world today.
Don’t Get Blown Away
During July 4th Holidays
If fireworks are a must at
your Fourth of July party,
please realize how dangerous
they can be when handled
carelessly.
Last year 5,256 Americans
celebrating Independence
Day ended up in hospital
emergency rooms with injur
ies caused by fireworks. This
figure does not take into
account the thousands of other
fireworks injuries that were
treated in doctors' offices or in
homes.
Most of these accidents
appeared to involve improper
use of the fireworks rather
than their malfunction,” said
Sam McNutt, division director
for Consumer Protection and
Injury Control with the South
Carolina Department of
Health and Environmental
Control (DHEC)
(turns are the most common
abrasions. Eye damage or
complete loss of sight has
many times accompained
reckless use of fireworks.
Several amputations are
reported each year when fin
gers and hands have gotten in
the way of accidental or pre
mature explosions.
Studies conducted by the
United States Consumer Pro
duct Safety Commission
reveal that young boys bet
ween ten and fourteen years
old are particularly suscept
ible to these type of injuries.
Boys outnumbered girls by
more than four to one in fire
works injuries. Almost two
third of all the fireworks injur
ies occurred among children
less than 15 years old.
"Accidents involving youths
who attempt to construct
homemade devices, either
with firecracker nnwder nr
Uti laruiiic fluui 19 i/uuiiijr
Walker because he is in her
words, "an average guy that
likes to have fun."
Delores weighs 130 pounds
and is 5’5'* inches tall. Her
only hobby is watching Gerald
play football.
Our beauty stated that if she
had to write a letter of thanks
to someone for her being what
she is today she would have to
send the letter to her grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. Romia
Brown. "They are the ones
that raised me. They are the
ones that tried to teach me
right from wrong although
sometimes I didn't want to
listen. Now I can truly say thal
I am grateful."
i.(juries reported, followed by
uounds inflicted by flying
foreign bodies resulting in
lacerations, contusions and
TURTLt-WK
To some women BATHING
SUITS are more FITTING
than PROPER
___
other materials, are generally
quite serious," McNutt said.
Firecrackers, even those legi
timately produced, are
commonly responsible for eye
injuries or amputations."
"Bottle rocket accidents re
quiring hospitalization of the
victims usually involve eye
injuries to teenage boys," said
McNutt. "Victims of serious
injuries from sparklers, on the
other hand, are usually small
children who were burned
whdn their clothing was
ignited."
Injuries which are associat
ed with fountains. Roman
candles, and rockets are
sometimes due to a malfunc
tion of the fireworks The most
common malfunctions include
delayed ignition, faulty tra
jectory, backfiring, and the
explosion of devices designed
to produce only visual eftects
See Blown on page 6
CHARLOTTE .NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursday, July 3 1975 - * ' . •
————i—,—t PHICE 2UC
North Carolina NAACP
Mobilizes To Fight Brutality
80 Receive
McCullough
Scholarships
The McCullough Scholar
ship Fund, an Educational
Grant, funded by the House of
Prayer for all People has
announced the recipients of its
program.
Mrs. Elizabeth Evans said
that the scholarships are
based on individual needs of
the students.
Mildred Adams, Issabelle
Davis, Linda Hall, Merita
Howard, Virginia Jenkins,
and Ronald Lovett, are the
recipients who attend
Savannah State.
Carrol Baptist, Donna Bap
tist, Christina Berkett, are the
recipients who attend The
University of Maryland at
Eastern Shore.
Willie Cutter, Shelia Reid,
and Joyce Shipp, are the re
cipients from Winston-Salem
State University.
Carolyn Edwards, Phyllis
Flowers, . David Flowers,
Peggie Strickland, Wheeler
Wynn, and Beverly Huff
attend Norfolk State Univer
The recipients who attend
North Caorlina A&T Univer
sity are Charline Gray, Cyn
thia Martin, Patricia Martin,
Maryett Ruth and Rolina
Washington.
Other recipients are Betty
Coleman, Augusta; Ketrenia
Davis, Bennett College; Mit
■4 chell Dillard, Jones College;
Veronica Fitz, Washington
State; Regina Ford, New York
State; -f Patricia Harris,
Georgia State; Curtis Harold,
Virginia State; William
Howell, Virginia State,
Deloris Johnson, Central
Piedmont Community College
(CPCC); Tony Jackson,
Payne; David Kiser and
Manntr Vicar PDPP • To/iana.
line Leach, UNCC; f4ancy
Middleton, Savannah State;
Albertine Mitchell, Howard
University; Joyce Martin
Columbia; Willis Morris, III,
Columbia; Phyllis Morrison,
CPCC; Cornelia Miller UCLA;
James McGee. CPCC:
Michael McRay, Washington
State, Sandra McWaters S. C.
State; Patsy McDaniels,
Detriot College; Ellen Nor
man, Washington State; Dar
lene Oliver, J. C. Smith;
Alethia Outerbridge, Virginia
State; Robert Patton, J. C.
Smith; Cheryl Perry, Penn
State; Sarah Pole, Penn
State; Marlene Ranson, New
See 80 on page 8
At treeaom bund tinlly
NAACP President Kelly Alexander
Paints Dismal Picture For Blacks
HILLSBOROUGH-Kelley
M. Alexander, president, N. C.
State Conference of NAACP
Branches, laid the cards on
the table here Sunday, when
he addressed a Freedom Fund
Rally, sponsored by the Nor
thern Orange Branch of the
NAACP, at Payne’s Chapel
AME Church.
He began by outlining the
fact that Richard Milhouse
Nixon had all but wiped out
the gains made by blacks un
der Kennedy and Johnson. He
was willing to adopt a wait and
see attitude on Gerald Frod.
He warned that it would be a
tragedy if the present trend of
conservatism continued in
America.
The most blatant attack was
made on black registered vo
ters who refused to vote for
Terry Sanford in the 1(72 De
mocratic Primary. He said il
Wallace were permitted tc
carry N.-C. in 1(76, blacks
should be held responsible. H«
deplored the fact that Con
gr ess worn an Shirley Chisholm
invaded the state and sheared
off some of the black vote. He
hoped that Julian Bond would
not come into N. C„ along with
Wallace and Carter, and aid ir
another political castrophe
Lt. Governor hopeful, May
or Howard Lee, shared th«
platform with Alexander. Th<
speaker told the audience thai
Lee would mane a good candi
J
date on the Democrat ticket.
He then tore into black de
puty administrators, who had
been selected to shield elected
officials. He said that the only
thing the most of them had
been able to accomplish was
to shield their white bosses
when an issue involving
blacks came up
Kelley bemoaned the fact
that black preachers seemed
to have become disenchanted
with the NAACP. He was dis
turbed that the fervor display
ed in yesteryear, by the black
church, to free its people, was
no longer viable. He asked the
members of the respective
churches to go back to their
See NAACP on page 2
Kelly M. Alexander
. State Conference Head
rnuiU DV Jim DldL'K
HOLE POWER- Responding to a call that water was coming
from some undergroundunknown source, are city utility
workers William Moore (squatting), Robert Bowell and John 1
Outing. They quickly found the trouble was caused by a pipe
with four holes in it. The replacement took little less than an
hour, although they had to dig two holes about two feet
deep.
Schweiker Fights
For OIC Funds
A Republican member of
both the Senate Labor and
Welfare Committee and the
Senate Appropriations Sub
committee on Labor, Senator
Richard Schweiker, told a che
ering OIC Regional Confe:
rence that OIC was "the best
private manpower develop
ment system in America" and
he was "determined to lead
the fight to secure adequate
funds in the 1976 budget to
continue its work.”
As closing speaker to the
three-day OIC Mid-Atlantic
Region delegates from Virgi
nia, West Virginia, Delaware,
i "i 11 ir>y i v ci 11 id, mdryidiiu, anu
the District of Columbia. The
dynamic junior Senator from
Pennsylvania was hailed as
the man who has done most to
help OIC and a man of Presi
dential qualifications by Dr.
Maurice Dawkins, Director of
OIC Government Relations.
A telegram from Dr. Leon
Sullivan, currently touring Af
rica, reminded all that “it was
the Schweiker Amendments to
the 1973 Comprehensive
Employment'and Training
Act, and the Schweiker fight in
cooperation with Chairman
Warren Magnuson (Demo
crats of the State of Washing
ton) to name OIC in the 1975
Labor Appropriations Bill that
enabled the network of 200
non-profit corporation to sur
vive.”
Now that Black Youth un
employment is estimated at 25
to 35 percent and overall min
ority unemployment including
Spanish-speaking served by
OIC is 18 to 20 percent. Senator
Schweiker’s commitment to
push for OIC funding by the
Federal Government through
CETA was the best news OIC
leaders have had since Presi
dent Ford took office.
"The President has express
ed his 100 percent support for
OIC and with the Congress
voting $75 million to train
75,000 unemployed last year
that was not allocated to OIC
as authorized. Dr. Sullivan is
concerned that bureaucratic
red tape doesn't choke off the
funds in 1976" Dr. Dawkins
said.
According to a statement by
the OIC Government Relat
ions Director, "Senator Sch
weiker is Senate sponsor of
legislation to make OICs a
primary focus of federal man
power efforts.
Field Director McClean
4
Issues Strong Warnings
The result of a mass meet
ing held at Morehead Avenue
Baptist Church, Sunday June
22, was that the N. C. State
Conference of NAACP bran
ches, would sue all the resour
ces at its command, to combat
the rise of brutality through
out the state.
Charles A. McLean, field
director, was firm in his dec
laration that something had to
be done about this rising men
City Reduces
Bus Fare
For Elderly
Effective Monday, July 7,
the price of a book of 10 bus
tickets for persons participat
ing in the Transit Assistance
Plan for the Elderly (TAPE)
will be reduced from $2.50 to
S2.00 The reduction cuts the
cost of bus transportation for
ance and w arned the audience
that it was not the purpose of
the organization to lambast'
anyone, but to present the
facts, attendants to any case
reported to it and to alert
those in charge of administer
ing the policies of law enforce
ment agencies, that the consti
tution of the United States
clearly sets forth the rights of
all persons, whether police
officers or lowly citizens,
when there has been a violat
ion of the law. be it real or
imaginery.
He listened to the account of
a sordid experience of four
members of a Durham family,
which took place on Sunday.
June 15. near Wake Forest
Mrs. Lillie Holloway, who was
nursing bodily injuries, said to
have been inflicted by high
way patrolmen, from a wheel
chair told the story The three
other victims4vere present
and attestetf”to the account
given by the wounded woman
the elderly and handicapped
to one-half the price for regu
lar bus passengers.
Persons enrolled in the
- TAPE Program are encour
aged to buy only enough tic
kets for use between now and
July 7. Tickets bought before
July 7 will continue to be valid
but no refunds will be given
for the difference in the price
of the tickets. Tickets sales
will continue to the same loca
tions which include City Hall,
the Mobile City Hall, and nine
public housing projects. The
special reduced tickets are not
sold on buses.
This is the second cost re
duction measure initiated re
cently by the City Council. In
addition to the price reduction
for TAPE tickets, the Council
has eliminated the 10-cent
transfer charge, effective
Monday, July 1.
The TAPE Program was
started August 20, 1974 and
expanded to include non-elder
ly handicapped persons in
October. 1974. Since the pro
gram started more than. 4.000
persons hate enrolled.
Mr McLean made it clear
that is was not the purpose o!
the NAACP to enter into cases
for the sake of entering and
neither was it the policy of the
organization to condone cri
me. "It is only our purpose to
guard the civil rights of ai’
persons, whether policemen
or civilians." he said. He also
made it clear that participa
tion w as based on the dec is
ions of the local branch, ilnd at
no time did the state or natio
nal offices, of the NAACP
intervene without the invitat
ion of the local branch.
He also told the audience
that the cost of justice was
high and this meant that all
persons should become mem
bers before they got into trou
ble and not have to-say, "I am
not a member.
He ended by'admonishing
his hearers to stop being deli
vered at the polls by self-ap
pointed ward healers He said,
"They get the money for deli
vering you and you get the
cold shoulder, when you ap
proach the one you put in
office." *'
Super Summer Program
Needs More Instructors
By James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
The Super Summer 75' pro
gram now in its third year of
existence at University Park
Baptist Church has been
deemed a success by the
church's pastor, the Rev.
James E Palmer
However, he added that a
few more vacancies exist for
the program and anyone in
terested should contact him as
soon as possible. Such courses
as tutoring in reading and
spelling, sewing, bible, art,
speech, and Spanish are offer
ed.
cnurcn oitnciais report tnat
in the past the Super Summer
Programs have been valuable
learning experiences for stu
dents and instructors
"It has proved successful to
this effect, in that, it has
improved many children's
reading, writing, and spelling
techniques and developed
many art, drama, and speech
talents; all done in the atmos
phere of spiritual warmth,"
said Rev Palmer
A qualified staff of 25 em
ployees work the program
which currently has 115 stu
Rev James Palmer
University Park's Pastor
dents enrolled
The program is five days a
week- Monday through Friday
• from 9 a m until 3 p m an
will last six weeks
It began on June 23rd and
will last through August 8
Planned events include field
trips, visiting theaters, pic
nicking and swimming out
ings
’’It is not to late to enroll
your child," said Rev. Pal
mer, urging parents to take
advantage of the "few remain
ing vacancies."'
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