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VOL. 1 NO. 3 CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursday. July 17. 1975 WHICH 20c
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MISS BARBARA BROOKS
~Barber-Scotia College Senior
Barber-Scoria Senior
Studious Barbara Brooks
'• Is “Beauty Of The Week’?
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Post Staff Writer
“I must admit pledging
Delta is the most important
thing that has happened to
me since coming to college,”
replied Miss Barbara Brooks,
The Charlotte Post “Beauty of
the Week”.
“It was sixteen of us on line
and it was really rough, but
also interesting and kinda
fun,” continued Barbara.”
During the school year we as a
sorority visit children in the
hospitals and take them toys,
help needy families, and go in
the community and try to help
people. That is our main ob
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jcliivc, irjfing 10 neip omers.
Barbara attends Barbar
Scotia College in Concord,
. where she is a rising senior
majoring in Economics. When
asked of her plans after grad
uation she replied that she
wasn’t sure, but she is “inter
ested in a position with an
insurance company or bank.”
“I chose Scotia because
going away to school was my
first time ever really being
away from home. I wanted to
attend a school close to home,
but not at home so I ended up
in Concord.” At Scotia our
beauty is a member of the
Gpspel Choir, Delta Sigma
uuiuiuy, a LilUCIdl /\ris
Counselor, and was Barber
Scotia’s candidate for “Miss
UNCF" last year.
“The UNcr convention was
held in Washington, D. C. last
year. It was very interesting
and exciting. The .others girls
and myself attended a lot of
meetings, luncheons, and had
several get acquainted hours.
The most exciting moment
was the big Pageant that was
held to choose “Miss UNCF"
from the many girls repre
senting various schools. I was
really proud to be named se
cond runner-up although I
didn’t win.”
Barbara is the daughter of
Mr. ana Mrs. James Brooks of
1516 Dunn Street. She is a 1972
graduate of Garinger High
School. While attending Gar
inger she was a member of the
Newspaper Staff, the Jour
nalism Club, the Honor Soc
iety, Red Cross, and Y-Teens.
“I joined the newspaper staff
See Beauty on page 6
Singer Barry White
Cancels Concert Here
Charlotte music lovers will
not get the opportunity to hear
Barry White and the Love
Unlimited backup group here
Friday night.
White, who rose from a re
latively unknown arranger
two years ago to one of the
nation's most prominent male
vocalists, was orginally sche
duled to appear at the Char
lotte Coliseum on Saturday
night, June 28. That concert
was posponed, however, when
it was announced that the
singer was suffering with a
"severe throat disorder." The
concert was rescheduled for
Friday night, July 18.
According to Quentin Perry,
president of Taurus Pro
ductions of Atlanta, Ga.,
White has decided he does not
wantjit make any more one
nighters, and has canceled the
remaining 14 dates on the
current tour.
Perry reports that White left
the tour to go fishing in Flor
ida during the June 28 week
end he was to appear here and
at Columbia, S. C. and that he
currently is finishing up a
week's engagement at the
Music Premier Theatre in
West Chester, N Y.
"If it is a fact of illness, it’s
very strange to me that he can
fullfill a seven-day engage
ment in New York and can not
perform in one-nighters for
us," Perry questioned.
"We (promoters) don’t have
any protection against this
type of action from the famous
artists,” Perry said from him
Atlanta office early Tuesday,
adding that "the only recourse
we have is to go after him
legally.”
Perry said that he, pro
moter Teddy Powell and
"some musicians" are in the
process of filing a joint suit
against White to recover
"financial losses incurred”
from the expenses of promot
ing the proposed concert in
Greensboro and Charlotte, N.
C., Columbia. 8 C and Mem
phis. Tenn.
"It's just incredible that the
big named performers can get
away with this sort of action".
Perry continued.
Perry said he has informa
tion that White is currently
finishing up a seven-day en
gagement at "an elaborate
room that caters to upper and
See White on page 6
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TURTLE-TALK
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The QUICKEST way to
BREAK UP a HOSTILE
CROWD if to TAKE UP A
COLLECTION!
HEW Says Nations Welfare
Rolls Reach Record Level
Snorton To
Address
Graduates
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By James Cuthberton
Post Staff Writer
A graduation ceremony for
participants in the Metrolina
Regional Minority Purchasing
Council's 13-week salesman
ship training program for
minority businessmen will be
held Monday night July 24 at
the Excelsior Club.
Cocktails, a steak dinner,
and an address by Matt Snor
ton, an NCNB Executive, will
highlight fhe ceremony for the
graduates and their wives and
friends.
The Certificates will be
given by Donald Bryant
president of the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce. The
graduates are Clarence Wall
owner-manager of Wall’s
Welding and Fabrication
James O. Appling, presiden
of Appling Commercial Build
i nt, las ELEGANTES SOCIAL CLUB front
row, left to right Ms. Carolyn Moore, Vice
President; Ms. Jacqueline McElrath, Presi
dent; Mrs. Anita Stroudl_Ms. Rebecca Sulli
van, social committee chairman. Back row
loft fn rioht Me QaHio Rarlrerlalo tr^aenrpr*
Ms. Daisy Roberson, social committee; Ms.
Barbara Warren, assistant secretary , Ms.
Jackie Peters, social committee; Ms. Dor
thea Roddey, social committee; Ms. ldelrie
Bland secretary.
manager of John Barnes In
surance Agency; Reginah
Clark of Tricia Painters, Inc
and Donald R. White.
The graduates met for l;
weeks for 3 nights a week in
the Xerox Corporation office
on St. Albans Street.
The course, according tt
Chuck Lent executive vice
president of the Business Re
source Center which sponsors
the Council, was designed tc
teach students how to be more
professional in selling their
products and services to ma
jor corporate buyers.
The instructors were mem
bers of the corporations who
make up the Council.
They were William Eubank
and James Looper of Xerox
Corporation, Theron Alston of
Sears Roebuck, J. B. Cook of
E. I. Dupont Corporation, and
Wayne Anderson of Armour
Foods.
Eight students started the
course.
L«s Clegantes Contributes
To Anita Stroud Foundation
> The Las Elegantes Club
presented a donation to The
Anita Stroud Foundation on
- Sunday June 29, at Friendship
- Baptist Church
Mrs. Stroud graciously ac
cepted the donation and said it
will be used towards a sum
mer camp for the Anita Stroud
Foundation.
The Las Elegantes Club
which is in its 15th year of
operation also contributed to
the Anita Stroud Foundation
in 1974. This was the first one
of the many chairtable duties
performed by this group of
young ladies this year. One of
the goals of the club is to make
■ great contributions to the
community in many unselfish
ways.' said a group spokes
man.
A fund raising attic sale will
be held Saturday at the Rent
Office in Dalton Village at 10
a.m. xney will use these funds
to give to Sickle Cell Anemia
Funds and to operate a free
lunch program and free nur
series in the area.
Friday Is Final Day For
School Reassignments
Friday, July 18, is the final
day students can make re
quests for reassignments for
the 1975-76 school year, school
officials said today.
The deadline applies to stu
dents who have not moved but
who are dissatisfied with their
school assignment for next
year!
Pupil assignments for 1975
76 were mailed out June 13
along with student report ca
rds. Each assignment card
noted that the student had 30
days in which to make a re
quest for reassignment.
School olficials allowed five
days for the assignments to be
delivered in the mail, or June
18, then began the 30 day
period
Gov. Holshouser Appointee
Byers Named To Council On Aging
Governor Jim Holshouser
Tuesday announced the app
ointment of eight members to
the Governor’s Coordinating
Council on Aging.
Mrs. Grace Emma Hamp
ton of Jonesvilie was named
for a term expiring June 30,
1976.
Charlie Brown of Carthage
was appointed to the Council
for a term expiring June 30,
1977.
Three members were given
terms expiring June 30. 1978.
They are Mrs. Beulah Bagwell
of Brevard. Walter G. Byers of
Charlotte, and the Rev. H. L.
Mitchell of Gatesville.
The remaining three mem
bers will serve terms ending
June 30, 1979. They are Mrs.
Viola Beavers Martin of Win
ston-Salem, Mrs. William R.
Muller of Charlotte, and Mrs
Helen Driver Jacobs of Che
rokee
Mrs Hampton, a Wilkes
County native, is a retired
cosmetics worker. She is a
memoer of the Piney Grove
United Methodist Church. Her
husband is deceased.
Brown, a Carthage native, is
a self-employed farmer. He
and his wife. Bonnie Jean,
have one daughter.
Mrs. Bagwell is a retired
teacher. She attended Western
Carolina University She has
served on the Advisory Coun
cil for Senior Citizens, and as a
member of the Regional Cou
ncil for Nutrition. A Brevard
native, she and her husband,
Augustus, have two children.
Byers, a native of Union,
South Carolina, is a volunteer
director of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity's Helping Hand
Scholarship Program. He is a
retired school principal. He
received his B.S. degree from
Shaw University and his M A.
degree from Columbia Uni
versity Byers has served on
the Board of Directors of the
Community Health Associat
ion, as a member of the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg Council on
Aging, and as a member of the
Social Action Committee of
the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
He and his wife, Thelma, have
one daughter
Rev. Mitchell is a pastor of
three rural churches, and ser
ves as transportation coordi
nator for the Albemarle Regi
onal Planning Commission's
Aging Unit. He received his B.
Th . A B and D.D. degrees
from Shaw University. Reve
rend Mitchell serves on the
Trustee Board of the Shaw
University Divinity School,
Board Chairman of the North
Carolina Senior Citizen's Fed
eration, Trustee of the North
Carolina Christian Action Lea
gue. and as a member of the
General Board of the North
Carolina General Baptist Sta
te.Convention. He and his
wife, Elise, have three child
ren. ”
Mrs. Muller, a homemaker,
is a New Jersey native. She
attended Wellesley College
and New York University. She
has been a member of the
Mecklenburg County Council
on Aging since 1973, and is a
Board member of the Com
munity Health Association. In
1971, Mrs. Muller attended a
White House Conference on
Aging, and she is a former
member of the Citizens Re
view Committee of the Meck
lenburg Charter Commission.
Her husband is deceased
Mrs. Martin is a retired
certified social worker and
school teacher He attended
Atlanta University. She has
served as a school board re
presentative to two local-day
care organizations, a mem
ber of the Citizens Coalition,
and as a member of the Mis
mum is me wuni dueoraing
to Howard Campbell one of the
"Meeting of the Minds" or
ganizers on the group's activ
ities.
The group met Thursday
July 10 on the campus of
Johnson C Smith University
and divided into their task
forces to decide what actions
to implement and how to im
plement them.
Campbell said the idea first
occured on Sunday July 13,
when a group of Blacks took
over Edgehill Park to demon
strate the lack of recreational
facilities located in or near
Black Communities
"Unlike the first one We did
not spend time discussing
hroad issues We spent 30
minutes of opening and ex
planations Then each of the
task forces met in a separate
room ”
The task forces in the group
are transportation, hospitals
and health care, parks and
recreation, housing, police
Walter G. Byers
. Retired principal
sion Committee of St. Step
hens Episcopal Church. Hei
husband is deceased
Mrs. Jacobs, a Pennsylva
nia native, has served as cha
irman of the Senior Citizens o
Cheroltee. She is also a mem
ber of the Eastern Star o
Murphy and the North Amen
can Indian Women's Associ
ation. Her husband is dece
ased.
11.2 Million
Receiving
Assistance
WASHINGTON-The nat
ion's welfare rolls reached a
record high of 11.2 million in
February as unemploy merit
continued ils upward climb,
according to the Department
of Health. Education and Wei-,
fare
HEW officials said that a
sharp increase in the number
of fathers receiving public as
sistance during February hel
ped to push rolls to its current
high.
Aid to Families with Depen
dent Children (AFDC) tolls
reached a previous record hi
gh of 11,155.959 in March 1973
and then began declining until
August when the economy
continued its nose dive. The
February increase was the
seventh straight month of ris
es
California topped ah states
wun nearly i.s minion wr-.n.
recipients, followed by New
York with mere 'iui. 1 . u.:l
-lion. Fight slab s, Puerto Rico
Snd the Virgin I '-lands record
ed increases in February ird
January
The number ut unemployed
lathers receiving Aid 10 Fami
lies wdh Dependent Children
rose 8.5 percent or 8.937 lo a
total of I I4 4;ti in February,
when the unemployment rale
w as 8 2 pel cent
HKW said that 3.4 million
families with a lotai of more
than 8 million children were
receiving AFIJC payments in
February. the last month lor
which figures are available.
The average payment was
$216. about $17 higher than the
same month in 1974
The AFDC program benefits
lamilies headed by unemploy
ed fathers as well as mothers
in states
Total state and Federal ex
penditures for welfare, includ
ing Medicaid programs were
$1.95 billion in February,
about $4.5 million more than in
January.
AFDC payments, financed
half by states and half hy the
Federal Government, totalled
$736 million in February this
year, a 9 percent increase
over January and a 15.6 in
crease over February 1974
nev. Campbell "Mum77
On Last Mind Meeting
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Kev Howard Campbell
...NWCAA President
and the Black community,
"eigtiborhood problems,
youth, and voter registration
participation
The Taks Forces are de
signed to plan actions, to solve
specific problems identified
within their area of concern
and w ill report their decisions
to the entire group