Black Attorneys Named Special Superior Court Judges
'** The appointment of two spe- year. . ^
viai juuge* ui me superior
Court were announced Mon
day by Governor Jim Hols
houser.
Named for four-year terms,
:--irn Rnnalfj Rarhee nf
Greensboro and William Tho
mas (Bill) Graham of Win
ston-Salem. They will succeed
Sammie J. Chess of High
Point and Dennis J. Winner of
Asheville, whose terms ex
pired June 30.
Barbee and Graham will
*■ take the oath of office on
August 1. Their salaries in the
judgeships will be $30,500 a
Barbee, 37, is a partner in
the Greensboro law firm of
Frye, Johnson and Barbee He
received his J D. degree from
the North Carolina Central
__Universitv School of Law,
where hegraduaT6<TNumber
One in his class. He was editor
in chief of the NCCU Law,
Journal and received several
awards for scholastic achieve
ment. He also holds a B.S.
degree from NCCU.
The Durham native is a
member of the boards of trus
tees of the Greensboro Legal
Aid Foundation and the Gre
--—~ ...vnini i icauil A52>Or
ciation. He is general counsel
for Greensboro National Bank
and a member of a special
committee on indigent legal
services delivery systems.
He is a member of the N C.
"Assouanonof Black Lawyers^
N\ C. Bar Association, Ameri
can Bar Association and the
Greensboro Bar Association.
He serves as vice president
and treasurer of the voung
lawyers section of the Greens
boro bar group.
Barbee was appointed by
Governor Holshouser in early
1973 to the former Board of
conservation and Develop
ment. When that board was
abolished under state govern
ment reorganization, he was
named by the Governor to its
successor, the Natural and
Economic Resources Board.
He is the son ofM? and Mrs~
W. W. Barbee, Sr., of Durham
and is married to the former
Alice T. Murray. Barbee has
one daughter, Stephanie, 3.
Graham, 41. is a partner in
the Winston-Salem law firm of
Billings and Graham, A native
of Waynesboro, Virginia, he is
graduate of Duke t'mver
sity. where he received an
A.B degree in economics, and
the University of Virginia
School of Law. He also has
studied at the University of
Hawaii and Wake Forest Uni
r-yercity I aw Srhonl ftp yprvpH
TTTthe U. S. Army in 1957-58 "
Grahacp served for one year
(l969-70 >- as assistant general
counsel fof the U S. Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development. He is a member
of the N. C. Academy of Trial
Lawyers, the American.
North Carplina and Forsyth
County Bar Associations and
the Virginia State Bar
He is a member of Centen
tary United Methodist Church
and served on its Board of
Stewards for three years He
has been active in the United
i-uiid. rtflb CuuiH.il <md
ter Winston-Salem Chamber
of Commerce.campaigns He
served for four years on the
board of directors of the Ame
rican Cancer Society and has
been a member of the Traid
Park Commission and the
horsyth County Recreation
Study Committee.
Graham served on the For
syth County Board of Elect
ions from 1964 until 1966 He
w as appointed attorney for the
North Carolina Railroad by
Governor Holshouser in 1974
He was chairman of the,
hori' th CniinlV Republican
Party from 1966 until 1969 and
the GOP candidate for mayor
of Winston-Salem in 1970.
He is married to the former
Nancy Kent Hill of Winston
Salem They have two child
ren. William Thomas. Jr . 16.
and Ashton Cannon. 11
Ronald Barbee
Greensboro Attornej
S] THE CHARLOTTE POST Firl
Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community Weekly** __•_
VOL. 1 NO. 3 ———————^
^— CHARLOTTE,NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursday, Julv 10, 1975
man . ^ - I’KK K jut
Receives
Desegration
Grant
Mecklenburg schools are in
cluded in a $225,325 desegre
gation grant awarded to the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte by the U. S. De
partment of Health Education
and Welfare.
The schools affected are
Oaklawn Elementary,
Cochrane Junior High, and
West Charlotte High School.
Other schools included in
nearby counties are Ida
Rankin Elementary, Highland
Junior High and Hunter Huss
High in Gaston County; Con
cord Middle School, Concord
High, Mt. Pleasant Ele
mentary, and Cannon Junior
High in Cabarrus County; and
Albemarle Junior High in
Stanly County.
These schools will partici
pate in a desegregation insti
tute at UNCC coordinated by
Frank E. Parker Jr. and
Locke Holland Jr. of the
College of Human Develop
ment and Learning.
essentially what the insti
tute does is to train teachers to
go back to home schools and
train other teachers to help
solve problems arising from
desegregation by race and
sex.
The program will formally
begin on Aug. 3 with a pro
gram for 66 teachers who con
stitute the teaching team.
The teachers will be taught
to: I. identify race and sex
desegregation problems, 2.
revise curriculum to avoid
racial and sexual stereo
typing, 3. train other teaches
to work in their schools, and 4.
seek community involvement
from parents and other citi
zens to help them understand
the need to overcome pro
blems created by racial nad
sexual desegregation.
UNCC had previously work
ed in other desegregation in
stitutes with schools in near by
counties. This is the first time
that Mecklenburg County has
been included.
Senior Citizens
Go Shopping
The West Charlotte Senior
Citizen's Club went on a shop
ping spree in Gaffney, South
Carolina under the super
vision of Mrs. Julia Doby on
June 30th.
Photo by Jim Black
LOVELY JOANNE DURHAM4
-Wachovia Bank TeUer
Vivacious Joanne Durham
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By POLLY MANNING
Post Staff Writer
“I love cooking, reading in
teresting books, entertaining,
listening to old records and
going to house parties,” re
plied our Beauty of the Week,
Ms. Joanne Durha-m, when
asked about her hobbies.
Joanne is the daughter of
Mrs. Edith Pulley of tool
Waccamaw Street. She has
two brothers, Marvin Cham
bers and Albert Pulley. “Al
bert is best known for his
nickname “Weekend”, smiled
Joanne. “Can You believe
that?”
Ms. Durham is a 1963 grad
uate of West Charlotte High
School. She is 29 years old and
lists her marital status as se
parated.
Our Beauty has lived in
Philadelphia for seven years.
She returned to Charlotte
about a year and a half. "It's
really a pleasure being back
home. I liked Philly, but the
living conditions were terr
ible. The partying and fun
were really good, but how does
the saying go, “There's no
place like home," she explain
ed.
"As far as the living condi
tions are concerned, the
people in the South are doing
much better than the ones in
the North. The circumstances
that bought me back home
aren't too pleasant, but re
gardless, I'm glad to be
back," Ms. Durham contin
ued.
Since returning to Charlotte
Joanne has been living with
her mother but she recently
moved into her own apart
ment. "I'm really having a lot
of fun getting the place just
the way I want it. Living at
home was alright, but there's
nothing like your own place
I'm also having a lot of fun
getting adjusted to living
alone again, it's really hard
living with someone after
being use to being on your
own. Although I have one of
the best mothers in the world
I'm glad to be out in my own
place. One thing that really
surprised me when looking for
an apartment was the cost.
The apartments are really
nice and the price is very
reasonable. In Philly you pay
a lot of rent money for practi
cally nothing.”
Ms. Durham is employed
with Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company as a Teller. “I
thoroughly enjoy my job be
cause I like working with and
being around people. Workng
here gives me the chance to do
just that.”
Since her return to Charlotte
Joanne has organized a wo
men's social club called "Les
Jolies" which means pretty
ones. "We have been together
now for about five months,”
she explained. "We are in the
process of setting up some
rules and by-laws, but so far
all we have is a motto which is
"Try and help someone less
fortunate than we.”
The club consist of married
and single women. They are in
the process of having their
first affair which will be held
July 20th at the Blue Morocco
Lounge. It is called a "Come
as you are tea." Some of their
future goals are to help pro
vide for families that have lost
their homes in fires, give
needy children things for
Christmas and help a needy
family for Christmas
Joanne is born under the
sign of Libra. She feels that
they are debaters. “I’m a very
good debater I just love to
talk and debate on interesting
topics."
rociLH un uiack Issues 1
Second “Meeting Of The Mind”
Meeting Set For Thursday Night
The second Meeting of the
Minds meeting of The North
west Community Action Asso
ciation will be held Thursday
night (July 10) at 7:30 p.m
in the Science Building of
Johnson C. Smith University.
The meeting wifi focus on
issues and concerns which
have been identified so far and
will begin with meetings of
TASK FORCES on transport
ation, hospitals and health
care, parks and recreation,
housing, police and the Black
community, neighborhood
problems, youth, and voter
registration participation.
The Task Forces will plan
actions to solve specific pro
blems identified within their
area of concern and will re
port their decisions to the
entire group.
Individual organizations
will be asked to support var
ious actions chosen by the
Task Forces, said Howard J.
Campbell, President of the
Northwest Community Action
Association, Inc. which set
into motion the mechanism for
establishing the first Meeting
of the Minds meeting.
"We feel we are at the
beginning of a strong, coordi
nated, total effort by the Black
community to solve many
problems which affect us and
to exercise enough power to
see that we get our fair share
of community resources and
services, t his second Meeting
of Minds has been planned by
the persons who volunteered
at the first Meeting of Minds
and the NWCAA Steering
Committee. All ideas of future
action were evaluated and the
second Meeting of the Minds is
the result of this work,” said
Campbell.
Thirty-One people partici
pated in the first meeting
June 19. At that meeting a
coordinating Council was es
tablished which will include
representatives from all
Black organizations in Char
lotte who want to participate
The primary purpose of the
Council is to assist communi
I_I
Rev. Howard Campbell
.. Black leader
cation among the various or
ganizations
Black Press Demands
Action Against Crime
White Male
More Apt To
Kill Himself
Raleigh — You are more apt
to kill yourself in North Caro
lina if you are a white male
over 45 years old, according to
statistics furnished by the
Division of Health Services.
However, white females and
young people are closing in
fast. In 1974, one-half of the
suicides involved persons un
der 45 with seven victims un
der age 15.
North Caorlina residents
take a back seat to nobody
when it comes to "chucking it
all”. Since 1967, the number of
suicides in North Caorlina has
exceeded 500 per year - out
doing the Nation's rate since
1971. During 1974. a reported
690 Tarheel's will-to-die eclip
sed their will-to-live.
Health officials stated that
December is the favorite
month for suicides, followed
by March, September and
October. Most ot the candi
dates choose Tuesday, Mon
day and Sunday, in that order.
Why do suicides occur most
ly in the spring and fall and at
the beginning and end of the
week? '
Dr. W K. Zung, professor of
psychiatry at Duke Medical
Center, pointed out that the
contrast between a person's
inner feelings and what is
happening in his environment
is most reflected in the change
in seasons and the days of the
week.
‘‘The onset of depression
usually occurs in the fall and
can last from six months to
two years," Zung said.
Photo by Jim Black
“MR. SOUL” WILLIE MACKINS
...Buckling up for drag race
Whites L-ompete In
“Mr. Soul” Race
By JIM BLACK
Post Feature Writer
Saturday July 5 was Soul
Day at Shuffletown Dragstrip
and very appropriately I pick
ed this day for my first visit. I
■called and made arrange
ments, hopped into my 4 cy
clinder SAAB and headed west
on Highway 16.
Wilson Johnston and Thur
man Ferrell, the two pro
moters were very coopera
tive} Johnston explained that
the idea for "Soul Day" was
not the management's. The
black men, who drive out
‘hei;e all the time, thought up
i
the idea and requested it. The
money angle seemed pretty
good and with enough black
drivers becoming interested,
why not?
With this bit of knowledge
under my belt, I went forward
around the stands, past park
ed cars and mechanics,
swearing and working fever
ishly,
I walked onto the track and
there was this loud squeal. I
turned and saw a black Cor
vette coming right at me
Instant Fear!! It squealed
again and I was soon to find
that this was the way of the
dragster. He was-getting his
slicks soft To me it looked like
they were burning up and
dudes were pouring water on
them to put out the fire.
Two cars lined up, took off
and seven seconds later a
yellow light came on indicat
ing the winner's lane I had
watched but picked the wrong
lane.
I shot pictures and talked to
quite a few people A big black
man called ‘‘Buck" Ray gave
me most of my information I
asked him why two of the best
looking cars were sitting on
the side He said they belong
ed to Bill Jant (W.J.) I was
introduced to W.J. who owns
J's Automotive on Wilkinson
Blvd He was angry He said
he wasn't going to race today
“because white dudes were
running and that wasn't fair
since it was Soul Day." **
I talked around and found
that quite a few of the Black
drivers were strongly against
allowing whites to (compete on
this day I was told that there
have been days when only
whtes were allowed to run W
See White page 4
Blacks Seek
Summit Whli
Pres. Ford
SAN FRANCISCO \'XPA>
Seeking an answer to the con
stantly rising unemployment
rate among blacks, wmeh ex
ceeds 25 percent, the National
Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation has called on President
Ford to declare all H) percent
jobless communities as disa
ater areas
And further, urged the Pre
sident to hold a meeting with a
black delegation to devise pro
grams and policies to meet the
critical economic needs of
blacks and other minorities
brought on by inflation and"
unemployment
These and other demands
were expressed in the resolu
tions unanimously approved
by the black publishers in
their 35th Annual Convention
recently where both Gov Kd
mund G. Brown, Jr and Lt.
Gov. MerVyn Dvmally of Cali
fornia addressed
Other speakers included:
Dr. Berkeley G Burrell, presi
dent of the National Business
League who received NNPA's
Distinguished Service Award;
Stanley S. Scott, special assis
tant to President Ford, and
a Black Unity" symposium
chaired by Dr Eugene Mitc
hell, St Louis Argus publisher
and head of Homer G Phillips
Hospital
The panelists were Charles
Wrignt. vice president, Pan
hellenic Council, and the fol
lowing national heads of re
presentatives of eight of the
major sororities and frater
nities
Dr Elbert E Allen. Kappa
Alpha Psi; Ms. Lillian P. Ben
bow. Delta Sigma Theta;
.Judge Marion W. Harnett,
Omega Psi Phi, Dr Annie
Lawrence. Sigma Hamma
Rho. Mrs Barbara Phillips,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Mrs.
Marian Shannon. Zeta Phi Be
ta Dr Walter Washington.
Alpha Phi Alpha, and presi
dent of Alcorn State L'nivcr
sity; and Mel Patrick Phi
Beta Sigma
l)r Carl B Goodlett, editor
publisher. San Francisco Sun
Reporter delivered hi.s mes
sage as president of NNJ'A,
and was reelected to a third
one-year term
Also reelected were Howard
B Woods, editor-publisher, St.
Louis Sentinel, as vice presi
dent; Mrs Lenora Carter,
publisher. Houston Forward
Times, secretary; and How
ard H Murphy, comptroller,
Afro-American Newspapers,
treasurer.
Following the election of of
ficers, the association approv
ed the convention's resolut
ions. '
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