* ' ^Jb 1 Z W75 *1 THE CHARLIITTE PI 1ST Wl Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community Weekl\ ** _ PRICE 20c Hack Women To Sponsor Fashion Show The Black Women’s Caucus will sponsor its annual fashion show Sunday at the Greenville Neighborhood Center. This activity will be held at 5 p.m. with outstanding models of this city. This year’s theme is “Circus of Fashions," so come alone to the Big' Top as our Ring Mis tress, Mrs. Clara Lowry of WBTV, and Ring Master William Lindsay lead the ele gant caravan of fashions. me caucus presiaeni is Mrs. Sarah Stevenson, and fashion coordinator is Mrs. Mariah Wynn. Tickets are $3 per person. Door prizes and refreshments will be given. Tickets may be purchased from any member of the Black Women’s Caucus. Don’t miss this treat of all fashions. “The program will feature talented Miss Beverly Walker,' a graduate of North Mecklen burg High School and rising freshman at Johnson C.' Smith University. Also on program will be Joe Walker and The Young’s Studio of Dance,” ex plained Mrs. Sara Stevenson, Caucus President. The extraordinarily out standing art work of B. D. Roberts will be displayed at this time. Mrs. Stevenson added, "All women of the Charlotte-Meck lenburg area are asked to join the Black Women’s Caucus and help endorse and support black candidates for local, state, and national elections.” Other officers of the Caucus ariivi s aaiu together they watched about 6,000 network TV commer cials. One thing they discover ed is that about 13 percent of network advertising use Black models, an increase of 7 per cent since 1968. "One interesting ractor was the different roles Blacks hold in network TV commercials depending on the geographical region in which the commer cials are aired," Solomon ex plained. "In the West, for example, Blacks are more often portrayed in major roles, are more likely to handle a product and are more likely to speak. "But in the Southeast, Blacks are used in minor roles - in the background and with less product handling Local advertisers tend to use Blacks less in commercials than do national brands," he said. -*■ .> . lume-tAM The LAZIER a man ia the MORE> he PLANS to do TOMORROW. Photo by Jim Black MISS RENA STEVENSON ...Loves Classical music Rena Stevenson Is Beauty Of Week acting and singing. I was per suaded to try modeling by a friend of mine and I’m very glad I listened to her,” smiled 'Rena. Rena is very excited about a notice she has received from Ebony magazine notifying her of their interest in her model ing for their Fashion Maga zine. “If everything comes through 1 know 1 will need some sponsors in order to make the trip. I have already started working towards that goal,” she stated. Rena has determination and is hopeful that she will make it. Miss Stevenson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Stevenson of 809 East 5th Street. Rena states that because of various reasons she never finished high school, but received her diploma through the GED program at Central Piemdont Community College. wnen attending tne puntic schools Rena went to Pied mont Junior High. She recalls being active in many activ ities including all sports, where she was a gym assis tant, she was also on the chorus, president, of the Stu dent Council, and student se cretary to the library. Born under the sign of Capricorn, Rena enjoys meet ing people and never feels as if she has met a stranger. At the present time Miss Stevenson is attending Central Piedmont Community College studying to become an Exe cutive Secretary. For the past two and a half years she has served as secretary for the Charlotte Area Fund. Miss Stevenson is 5 feet 8*2 inches tall. She weighs 128 pounds Food Stamp Deadline Is Extended Washington - Food stamp recipients can use $.50. $2 and old $5 food stamps until Aug. 31, the U. S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) announ ced last week. USDA introduced a new food stamp series • $1, $5 and $10 - on March 1 with a deadline of June 30 for spending old series food stamps at authorized re tail food stores and meal ser vices. The deadline has been extended to allow recipients who were issued old coupons in March, April and May ade quate time to use them. Gro cers and meal services can redeem old coupons at commercial banks through Sept. 30. Dr. Martin Luther King Sr. Will Speak Here Sunday Loan Firms Formed For ♦ Minorities An additional $4-million in loan and investment money has been made available to minority businesses with the licensing of two more Minority Enterprise Small Business In vestment Companies (MESBICs), according to Alex Armendaris, Director of the U. S. Department of Commerce's Office of Minor ity Business Enterprise (OMBE). Armendaris said the Small Business Administration has recently licensed a MESBIC in New Orleans and one in Chic ago. uum ivaici) iiuduccu MESBICs will operate on a national scale to provide financial and technical assis tance to minority individuals seeking to establish a business or expand an existing busi ness, Armendaris said. The New Orleans licensee operates under the name of Business Capital Corporation. While its activities will be national in scope, the New Orleans firm will concentrate on minority business loans m Louisiana and Mississippi. The firm is expected to invol ve itself in real estate develop ment. ihe newly-licensed Chicago MESBIC was formed by the Sears and Roebuck Company as Tower Ventures, Inc. It will seek to assist minorities in the manufacture of retail goods which can be sold through the Sears chain. Technical assistance to both the New Orleans and Chicago firms was provided by OMBE, Armendaris said. “With the establishment of these two new MESBICs, we now have a total of 76 private ly capitalized financial assis tance firms specializing in financial assistance to busi nesses which are owned at least 50.1 percent by minori ties, Armendaris said. "These firms posses a total private capitalization in excess of $37 • million.” f Iiuiu uy a mi oiaCK COUNCILMAN HARVEY GANTT ...Political Action speaker Blacks Urged To Register To Vote Friendship Baptist Church was the site of the first of the Political Action Series plan ned for the Charlotte area by the local NAACP branch and youth division. A varied aud ience of Charlotte citizens gathered at 4.SO p.m. on Sun day, August 10 to participate in the nonpartisan political education forum. Alan G. Rousseau, Chairman of the NAACP Political Action Committee, presided. Highlights of the program included remarks by James Richardson, Chairman of the Voter Registration Coalition Task Force of the “Meeting of me Minas, mis organization, composed of representatives of the Black Women’s Caucus, the Black Political Caucus and the NAACP, is seeking mem bers from neighborhood groups to lend help in voter registration. Voter registration is a hard job, “Richardson said, ‘‘but if enough people support the ef fort, it can be easy.” Richard son emphasized the fact that people on all socio-economic levels are not registered and hence do not vote. He urged the audience to “get out and get folk registered " This is the only way to elect black candidates and to let your views be known," he said. The Voter Registration Coalition conducted its first registration effort at the Blick Cultural Festival held in Mar shall Park last month. State Senator Fred D Alex ander was present and in his introduction of Harvey B Gantt, City Councilman, he stated his opinion that in the annals of U. S. history, the period of the 1960's, when student activists began assert ing themselves, should be written as one of the most exciting and dynamic periods of all times He extolled the Draise of the youthful rebellion which turned the entire nation around in its thinking on issues of civil rights. Harvey B. Gantt, Alexander stated, was one of the pioneers of this period seeking as he did. ad mission to Clemson University bearing the burden of being the “first black" to be enrolled and graduating from the School of Architecture with honors Little did he know then or even later when he received See Blacks on page 11 Famed Atlanta Minister To Appear At Mayfield Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church, pastored by Dr. H, S. Diggs at 700 Sugar Creek Road West, will observe its annual Laymen’s Day on Sunday. At the 11 a.m. Worship Ser vice hour, the Rev. Doctor Martin Luther King Sr. of the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia, will be the featured speaker. The entire day's activities will bring together the men of Mayfield, who will be in charge of all the services Doctor King pastored the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta for several decades. He retired from active pastor ate of the historical church on the first Sunday in August, this year. At the ripe age of 75 years. Dr. King felt that the reigns of pastoral repsonsibil ities should be turned over to another Hence, he became Pastor Emeritus. He still plans to use his time and talents for the furtherance of Christianity as he speaks throughout the nation from the rostrums of churches and schools. when Black boys and White Boys, Protestant and Catholic, Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, could all join hands and sing together, free at last, free at last, thank God Amighty I'm free at last! In Memphis, Tennessee in the Spring of 1968. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. founder of S.C.L.C., Scho lar, humanitarian, author, statesman, orator, preacher of the Christian Gospel, and co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta. Georgia, was killed by an assassin's bullet. His body was destroyed but his works live on His life on earth was ended but his spirit still lives. He once said, "Any man who doesn’t have something that he is willing to die for is not fit to live." He cdied for people and America and the world is better be Doctor Martin Luther King Sr is the father of the late Doctor Martin Luther King Jr who is regarded as the great est leader the world has known since the time of Jesus Christ. With his Philosophy of non-violence, his love and con cern for true Brotherhood, his dedication to me ongoing ot human and civil rights, Dr. Martin L. King Jr gave of his time, energy, talents, and finally his life that all men, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, might have the same oppor • • • e tunities. in nis tarnous speech, ”1 Have A Dream”, he states that "Kvery man, whether he be a Bass Black or Treble White, is somebody on God's Keyboard.” He further stated that he dreamed of the dav cause he lived. Mama King (as she was affectionately called), wife of Dr M. L. Kinc Sr was murdered last summer as she played the otgan in the church where her father, husband, and two sons have pastored As she played The Lord's Prayer and came to the phrase For Thine Is The Kingdom." the bulls t that ended her life struck the grandson of Dr King will be guest preacher at the 11 a m. service of Shiloh Insti tional Baptist Church located on Bruns Avenue and pastured by Dr. J Arthur White. The Men of Mayfiela are very proud and honored that Doctor King would consent to be the main speaker at 11 A M on their day. Main speaker for the 6P.M. worship service will be Robert Johnson, a Young Adult and Deacon of Mayfield Another outstanding feature of the planned Men's Day celebration will be the pre senting of a plaque to the “Mayfield Man Of The Year' and a certificate to the runner UD lo Help I he i_[vantage Helping Hand Scholarship Program Receives $50,000 Grant By James Cuthbertson Post Staff Writer A local civic endeavor that has helped more than 500 students win scholarships to area colleges in the past four years has been granted a $50,000 grant from the Community Development Revenue Sharing Plan. tne Helping Hand Scholar ship Program, initiated by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity as a project of the local chapter, offers scholarships to disad vantaged residents (high school graduates) of the Community Development tar get areas of the city for educa tion beyond the secondary school level. Walter G. Byers, former director and representative of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity said he was proud to announce that the local Omega Chapter was continuing the project with local government assis tance The office Is located at The Alexander Street Center at #10 North Alexander Street. Napo leon Abraham is the director of the program. Eligible areas for students interested in the program in-, eludes, Grier Heights, North Charlotte, Cherry, Third Ward, First Ward Expansion, West Morehead, Southside Park, West Boulevard and Five Points. A student may apply by completing an application and submitting it to the Intake System: Neighborhood Cen ters Department, City of Char lotte, 910 North Alexander Street: Greenville Center 1330 Spring Street, or Belmont Center, 700Parkwood Avenue. Students entering school for the first time must attend one of the institutions in the local college consortium unless otherwise approved by the Board. These institutions include the University of North Caro lina at Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College, Queens College, Johnson C. Smith University, Barber Scotia College, Bel mont Abbey College, David son College and other local (state approved) business and trade schools. Applicahts will be ranked on the basis of need with priority points given to the following (1) those who desire to pursue terminal or career courses older residents who have had experience but need some formal training), those who desire to complete the two years specialized skill train ing courses, (or requirements for the Associate Arts Degree) at Central Piedmont Comm unity College; those who de sire to finish college, and stu dents who need financial aid to remain in school Tkn Dnlninrt U«I ---r-B ship Program will make scho larship money payable to the school or college where the winning student plans to attend once he has been accepted. The Advisory Committee will make the final selection of applicants and determine the amount of aid. Generally, the total amount of scholarship will not exceed 1300 for one year A copy of the ..Fraternity spokesman student's transcript for each period that he attends school must be filed with the Pro gram Directors • Counselors will be available ‘.o assist the applicant imme diately following the approval )f the grants. Applications are accepted >n a first come-first served }asis. Scholarships will supple ment students’ financial needs or tuition, books and required ees. This is the fifth annual Men’s Day observance of the Mayfield Church which is only six years of age. Pastor Diggs expresses his appreciation for the interests and efforts of all parishioners of Mayfield, and especially does he congratulate the Men on their Day. CMS Teachers Will Return To Work August 15 Charlotte-Mecklenburg s more than 4,000 public school teachers will get a week's headstart on students when they return to work for the 1075-76 school year on Friday Aug. 15. The teachers will have four professional workdays to pre pare for the return of students on Thursday, August 21, for the annual Teacher-Pupil Orientation Day. The First day of the 180-day school term for students will be Friday, August 22. The school year will begin a day earlier for the approxi mately 125 new teachers in the school system this year. New teacher orientation will be Thursday, August 14, 8:30 a m. to noon in the Board Room of the Education Cen ter.