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Alluring Lillie Miller Is
Our “Beauty Of The Week”
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
“After graduation I chose
not to go to college, but instead
I went to the Navy. I served
for two years as a Operating
Room Technician and really
got a lot of experience. I went
in with intentions of studying
to become a Medical Techno
logist but that means a longer,
stay so I settled for the next
best thing," explained Miss
Lillie Miller, Post’s Beauty of
The Week.
Lillie, who .resides at 831
Bilmark Ave., is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Miller of Rock Hill, S.C.
She graduated from
Emmett Scott High School in
1967. While in high school our
Beauty recalls being a mem
ber of the Girl’s Basketball
Team and the Math Club.
Her stay in the Navy ended
in 1969 and Lillie made Char
lotte her home. At the present
time she is employed with the .
Post Office. Because of a spe
cial program that the Post
Office offers, Lillie is attend
ing Central Piedmont
Community College part-time.
She is studying to become an
Electrical Technician.
“Because of the fact that I
like math, this new training
program was just the thing for
me. I am very interested in
electrical things also and I’m
really looking forward to the
promotion of Electrical
Technician,” stated Lillie.
Miss Miller attends the
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah
Witness.
in ner spare time sne enjoys
reading, different types of
sports, especially basketball
and bowling. “I play with the
Summer Checkers bowling
league at Freedom Lanes. We
have four people on a team
and twelve different teams.
I've been bowling for about
five years and I thoroughly
enjoy it, smiled Miss Miller.
Lillie was born under the
sign of Scorpio. She describes
4bem as being very aggres
sive, really level minded,
pretty temperamental, and
they never give up on any
thing.
Our Beauty is 5 feet 8 inches
tall and weighs 136 pounds.
She feels that true beauty is
found in a person that is kind,
not necessarily in the way that
the person looks. She also feels
that a really beautiful person
is understanding very respect
ful towards others, and trys to
help his fellow man.
Miss Miller cites her mother
as the moat inspirational per
son in her life. "She has
always given me advice, ex
plained Lillie. She's never
been down on me for a lot of
the things I've done or deci
sions I’ve made. She has in
spired me to reach for goals
that I never thought were
there. It is her push-forward
attitude that I admire most,"
she concluded.
Kaciai Discrimination
Hits Black Principals
Anniston, Ala., Aug. 14-As
serting that “we have given
the faxes full charge of the hen
house,” the director of the
National Education Associa
tion's Teacher Rights pro
gram charged in an address to
be delivered here today that
prejudiced school boards have
been mainly responsible for
tht sharp decline in black
principalships in 17 Southern
and border states.
Samuel B. Ethridge, speak
ing before the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference,
emphasized that “the North is
guilty too” in respect to black
educators. For example.
Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and Wisconsin all need at
least 80 percent more black
principals in order to provide
an equitable ratio with black
students. •
Ethridge reported that the
number of black principals in
the 17 states has dropped from
an estimated total of more
than 1,000 in 1954, the year of
the landmark U. S. Supreme
Court desegregation order, to
about 3,000 in 1972. He termed
his new projection on school
principals "very conserva
tive" since 1172 was used as a
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base rather than an earlier
year which would have shown
more dramatic losses.
“We asked the court to or
der the school board to give us
our rights," he declared, ana
lyzing “what went wrong.”
“We should have asked the
judge to order the school
(board out of office..the same
1 poeple who were in hcarge in
<1954 are still in charge. So
nothing has really changed.
We have given the foxes full
charge of the hen house."
Four states-Arkansas,
Kentucky, West Virginia, and
Texas-have displaced 55 to 65
percent of their black princi
pals, Ethridge revealed.
“These states,” he explained,
“had a large number of small
schools which were closed and
consolidated under the guise
of desegregation."
A projected loss of 40 to 45
percent of black principals
was attributed to Alabama,
Mississippi, Missouri, Louis
iana, Oklahoma, Delaware,
Florida, and Tennessee.
Having proportionally more
blacks as principals than
these other states are Virgin
ia, North Carolina, Maryland,
Georgia, and South Caorlina.
Even so, these five states sus
tained losses of 35 to 37 per
cent in black principals, pro
jections from the latest (1972)
HEW statistics indicate.
Among large school dis
tricts throughout the nation,
only in San Antonio, Texas,
were the black principal ratio
and the black student ratio
equal (each 16 percent).
(Nevertheless, San Antonio
has significant disparity in the
ratio of Spanish speaking
principals to Spanish speaking
students, the NEA staff offi
cial added.) Washington, D.
C„ is the only other major city
that comes close to San
Antonio in black principal
black student equitv
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50 New Homes Proposed
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For Low Income Famities
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Labor Day
Observance
Begins Friday
Edward L. Powell,
Commissioner of Motor Vehi
cles, announced Tuesday that,
the official observance period
for Labor Day Weekend, 1975
begins 6 p.m.Friday, August
29, and ends midnight Mon
day, September 1. >
According to Powell, 26 per
sons were killed during the
Labor Day weekend last year
and 849 other were injured in
1,290 traffic collisions in North
Carolina. He added “The La
bor Day weekend marks the,
official end of summer vaca
tion and traffic will be heavy
as motorists take a brief holi
day, going to the mountains
and beaches.
Powell urges each drive to
use every safety precaution
when they are traveling in
order to cut down on traffic
accidents.
The 1974 records list 1,290
accidents, including 24 fatals,
507 non-fatal injuries and 759
property damage. The heav
iest traffice toll occurred last
August 31 when the 424 acci
dents, included 12 fatalities
and 288 injuries. A total of 391
accidents occurred on Sept
ember 1 when 3 were killed
and 252 were hurt. 184 were
injured and seven were killed
on last September 2.
There were 239 driver viola
tions for speeding below 65
miles per hour and 59 for
speeding between 65 and 75
miles per hour. 26 were cited
for driving over 75 mph. And,
believe it or not, 124 were
given tickets for “driving on
the wrong side of the road.”
117 were caught “driving
under the influence of
alcohol” and 240 were cited for
“failing to see movement
safe.”
County Offices
Will Be Closed
Labor Day
At) County offices and de
partments, including the So
cial Services Department, the
Health Department, the Food
Stamp Office, Day Care Cen
ters, and the Public Library
will be closed Monday, Sept
ember 1, in observance of
Labor Day. Courts will also
close for the day. It will be
business as usual on Tuesday,
September 2.
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Photo"by Jim Black
Long, endless line of students waiting to register at Central
Piedmont Community College.
CPCC’s Registration
Causing Some Problems
Registration for the Fall
Quarter at Central Piedmont
Community College began last
weekend the turnout has been
impressive.
As a matter of fact, the lines
were staggering.
The registration, which used
to be held in the bottom of the
Administration Building, has
been changed to the renovated
front section of what used to
be the Student Union.
That renovation has quite a
uproar from Black students
when it was first put into
action two months ago. The
feeling were that their area
had been taken from them
without any input and, as a
consequence, a small and in
effective boycott was staged.
‘ Progess” stands still for no
one, including protesting
students and the area is now
changed, although it is diffi
cult to tell whether it is for the
better or not.
Talking with some of the
students about the probelms of
the long lines leading to the
registration desks, the general
consensus was that “there
must be a faster way to re
gister."
One girl said she stood in the
90 degree, plus weather for
three hours she was wonder
ing why so many people, liter
ally thousands, “would stand
in line so long?”
Some of the students, who
stood in line for a long time in
orde to get the classes they
wanted, said it doesn't take
long for classes to fill up.
Classes for the tall semester
will begin on October 2 and
registration will continue
long lines and all-until Sept
ember 30.
City Government Offices
Will Be Closed Monday
All City government offices
will be closed Monday, Sept- •
ember I, in observance of
Labor Day. Regular business
hours will be resumed on
Tuesday at 8 a.m.
There will be NO refuse
collection on Monday but each
residence will receive two
backyard pick-ups during the
week. Due to the holiday there
will be NO Wednesday curb
side trash collection. Citizens
are reminded to not place any
items at the curb until Tues
day, Sept. 9. Sanitation crews
will collect curbside trash on
Wednesday, Sept. 10. The
York Road Landfill will re
main open from 7a.m.
A familiar sight to motorists in the early
morning. The Charlotte Post Joins Radio
Station WGIV in warning you to ' WATCH ]
THAT CHILD" I
Mortgage Payments As
Low As $87.00 Per Month
Mrs. Julie McMillian, owner, and developers of the
McMillian Acres is now offering a deal that potential home
owner cannot refuse.
According to R. M. Faggart, owner of Faggart Hardware
Company of Concord, N. C. and long-time builder of homes in
Black neighborhoods, McMillian Acres offers attractive new
homes on large, wooded lots at a price the average Charlotte
citizen can afford to pay.
“These homes will be finan
ced by the Farmers Home
Adminstration on a very fa
vorable finance plan to assist
medium to low income famil
ies to obtain a new home," '
Faggart said Tuesday.
The price of the new homes
ranges from $21,000 to $27,000,
including house and lot com
plete and ready for occup
ancv
Faggart pointed out that the
monthly payments are adjust
ed to meet the family income.
“For example, he continued,
“payments can be adjusted to
as low as $87.00 a month for a
family with an income of
$5,200 a year.”
The homes will have three
bedrooms, a living room, kit
chen, den area, and bath.
“They are totally electric
homes," Faggart explained.
“The lots are large, graded
and landscaped with paved.
driveways and streets."
The prospect will have 16
different floor plans to chose
from.
"We are inviting anyone in
terested in a new home to
drive out to McMillian Acres
on Rocky River Road just
across the Mecklenburg-Car
barrus County line and look
for the McMillian sign."
Faggart concluded.
Prospective home buyers
can also call Mr. Faggart at
786-8195 for an appointment.
Poet Office
Will Be
Closed Monday
Monday, September 1, will
be observed by the United
States Postal Service as a
legal holiday.
The United States Postal
Service has a special weekend
schedule for Labor Day Week
end.
On Saturday August 30, nor
mal Saturday service will be
provided. Collection will be
made in main traffic arteries
and at all air mail collections
plus collections in business
areas.
On Sunday, August 31,
collection will be made in
main traffic arteries and at all
air mail collection points,
Holiday schedules for receipt
and dispatch of mail will be
observed Usual Sunday box,
service will be provided and
special delivery service will
be provided also.
On Monday, September 1,
all administrative offices will
be closed. No call window
sevice will be maintained at
the West Trade Street Station
or any of the other stations.
A self service postal unit
will be in operation at the
Amity Gardens Shopping
Center, American Bank and
Trust Self Service Unit located
at 5*30 Fairview Road, Tryon
Mall Shopping Center and in
the West Trade Street Station
lobby. Stamp vending
machines are available at all
postal stations.
There will be no regular
delivery service. Special
delivery mail and parcels
'containing perishable matter
will be delivered.
HEW Attacks
Errors In
Welfare Program
HEW initiated this week an
other step in its continuing
campaign to reduce costly
errors in the Nation's largest
welfare program-aid to fami
lies with dependent children
(AFDC).
It proposed a change in De
partment regulations which
would alter the way in which
State agencies determine the
amount of monthly cash
grants for the welfare recip
ients who also have some in
come from a job.
under tne proposal. Mates
would no longer rely on cur
rent month estimates of reci
pient earnings, but would base
the size of grants on actual
earnings in the previous
month. Recipients would have
to report any income each
month.
“This administrative
change is significant because
it is aimed directly at elimina
ting what we have determined
as a major cause ol errors in
At-Liu management,” said
John A. Svahn, Acting Admin
istrator of HEW’s Social and
Rehabilitation Service.
"Through our Quality Con
trol program,” Mr. Svahn
pointed out, "we have been
able to identify the weakness
of using estimates instead of
actual amounts of recipients
earnings.”
Published in the Federal
Register today, the proposed
regulation also would elimate
the possiblity of teachers and
others receiving AFDC cash
assistance during the summer
months when they have a con
tract to teach in the following
Fall.
rar. svann saia mat "mis
change in how State welfare
agencies determine an AFDC
recipeint's income from a job
or other sources will be more
fair to the recipient because it
bases each month’s AFDC
cash grant on actual rather
than estimated income.” Mr.
Svahn added, “It also can
result in substantial savings
throughout the program.”
Comments on the proposed
regulation should be sent
within 30 days to the Acting
Administrator, SRS, HEW, P.
O. Box 2382, Washington, D.
C., 20013. Those received may
be examined in room 5225,
SRS. 330 C. Street, S. W.,
Washington, D. C. beginning
about two weeks from today
on Monday through Friday
from 8:30 a m. to 5 p m
l>antl Opens
Headquarter* In
Independence Plaza
The campaign office is loca
ted on the first floor of the
East Independence Plaza
Building at 951 South Indepen
dence Boulevard. Citizens of
Charlotte are invited to come
and meet Mr. Gantt, candi
date for the City Council.
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