[SI THE CHARLOTTE POST [SI -1 Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community Weekly“ - __ __» _ • VOL. 1 NO. 3 CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursday. July 17. 1975 WHICH 20c ___ __ . „ . Photo by Jim Black MISS BARBARA BROOKS ~Barber-Scotia College Senior Barber-Scoria Senior Studious Barbara Brooks '• Is “Beauty Of The Week’? "7 » vnu * mniiimivj 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 A - 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 * ' TURTLE-TALK IWVIU* •» *11 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 #. 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 14k v I 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

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