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MISS HARRIETT FARRINGTON Photo by Jim Black
...New J. C. Smith Faculty Member
Miss Harriett Farrington
Is Beauty Of The Week
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer.
The campus of Johnson C.
Smith University is graced
this year with a new face, a
face belonging to none other
than a new addition to the
faculty, Miss Harriett Farr
ington.
Miss Farrington is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Farrington of
Chapel Hill, North Caorlina.
She is the oldest of four child
ren. Her sister Patricia Farr-,
ington is a Guidance Counse
lor in the Rocky Mount School
System. She has a second
sister Janerio, who is senior
nursing student at A&T State
University, Woody, her oldest
brother is a sophomore Spe
cial Education major at Mor
gan State University and the
baby of the family is a sopho
more at Chapel Hill High
School where he plays on the
football team.
Miss Farrington says she is
very proud of her family and
adnmsthat for as lung as she
can remember her father has
worked two jobs so that they
could all get the education
they wanted.
Our Beauty is a graduate of
Shaw University where she
.'received her B. A. degree in
Elementary Education. After
completing her undergrad
uate work. Harriett attended
the University of Michigan to
receive her graduate degree
in Education, specializing in
Heading.
While attending Shaw Miss
Farrington was on the news
paper staff, and was a person
nel counselor. She worked
part-time at NCNB in the Data
Processing Dept. Harriett
graduated from Chapel Hill
High School where she was
selected “Miss Chapel Hill”
her senior year.
Before accepting her new
position at Smith, Miss Farr
ington taught summer school
at Fayetteville State Univer
sity in an Intensive Study Pro
gram. Although she has only
lived in Charlotte for three
weeks Harriett says she feels
Charlotte is going to be just
fine. “It’s a big contrast from
Chapel Hill, she said smiling,"
but I love my profession. My
co-workers are very friendly
and helpful.”
For past-time enjoyment
Harriet loves to sew, swim,
and take care of plants. She
has had her life guard certifi
cate for about four years now,
and thinks maybe it’s time to
renew it. “While living in
Michigan I had a lot of plants,
she stated. They gave me
consolation, being so far from
my family..’’Our Beauty also
loves to travel.
Born under the sign of Scor
pio Miss Farrington admits
that although she likes Char
lotte there has not been time to
conclude whether she will
make it her home or not. To
phrase it as she stated it, “I’m
still young and the future is so
indefinite.”
Antioch Baptist Church To
Dedicate New Building
OMBE Meet
To Attract
7 Speakers
Governor Jim Holshouser
and Stanley S. Scott, Special
Assistant to President Ford,
will appear along with seven
other speakers at a seminar
on North Carolina Minority
Business Resources Septem
ber 18-19 in Raleigh
The Seminar is being spon
sored by the newly-created
Office of Minority Business
Enterprise, a division of the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources.
Others appearing on the
program will be Jim Harring
ton, Secretary of Natural and
Economic Resources;
Howard Lee, Mayor of Chapel
Hill; Charles F. McMillan,
Director of HEW’s Region IV
Office of Minority Business
Enterprise. Herbert Gibson,
vice president of Eskridge and
Long Construction Company
of Sanford; Clarence Ligth
ner, Mayor of Raleigh; Arthur
E. Armstrong, Director of the
Office of Financing, Small
Business Administration; and
Paul R, Browne, Director of
Socio-Economic Policy for the
General Services Administra
tion.
Larnie Hortori, Special
Assistant to Governor Hols
houser for Minority Affairs,
said the Seminar was design
ed “to bring together relevant
persons and agencies in the
federal, state and private sec
tors. and minority entrepren
eurs throughout the State to
discuss in detail the resources
and assistance available to
minority businessmen."
The Seminar will inlcude
workshops in the areas of
financial resources, manage
ment and technical assist
ance, marketing and
construction.
The registration deadline
for the Seminar is September
15. Further information on the
meeting may be obtained
from the State Office of Minor
ity Business Enterprise or
from Larnie Horton in the
Governor's Office.
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ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH
-Has Served Griertown since 1(XK)
Public School Lunchrooms
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Acquiring New bnage
Some public school students
in North Carolina will eat their
lunches this year to the music
of band concerts in cafeterias
brightened by hand-painted
murals.
School cafeterias across the '
state are rapidly trading their
staid images for more cheer
ful one. The trend is part of an
effort to encourage students to
eat nutritious meals prepared
in the cafeterias. School food
service workers have dis
covered that a happy environ
ment will help.
In some schools students
have helped to give the cafet
eria a fresh coat of paint or
decorated it with bulletin
boards and art work, accord
ing to Ralph Eaton, director of
North Carolina School Food
Service. Lunch time perfor
mances by student musicians
are a growing phenomenon
and in some schools students'
favorite radio programs are
broadcast in the cafeterias.
At the elementary level,
food service workers get in the
act by dressng in costume for
special occasions, such as
Halloween, Thanksgiving or
Christmas. Eaton expects that
Bicentennial celebrations,
complete with Colonial foods
and dress, will be common
this year.
More importantly, as Eaton
sees it, students are becoming
involved in the actual selec
tion of menus. "Our biggest
problem is that we have not
always provided menus that
are to the likes of children We
do need to cater to the likes
and dislikes of students They
have to be Involved," he said
Eaton is encouraging schools
to set up youth councils to
work with school food service
workers in selecting menus
Nutrition education is an
Public Schools Can
Save $6 Million On Fuel
North Carolina public
jchoois can save W million on
fuel and electric power con
sumption this year.
That’s the contention of
Carsie Denning, director of
the Division of Plant Opera
tion with the Department of
Public Education The pro
jected (0 million savings is
part of what will become a
long-range energy conserva
tion program for the schools
It will mean that estimated
yearly expense will drop to $13
million for electricity and to
$10.1 million for fuel oil this
year Success ol the program
will depend on cooperation
from all levels of school
leadership as well as the stu
dents themselves. Denning
feels.
North Carolina schools have
already set a precedent for
significant energy savings,
Denning noted. Two years
ago. when the supply of fuel oil
was severely limited, public
schools cut back consumption
by more than 6 million gallons
of fuel oil. Consumption shot
up to about 8 million extra
gallons during the 1974-75
school year when fuel oil was
more plentiful.
This year every school unit
has designated an energy con
servation coordinator to work
with Denning's office in draw
ing up the schools' first long
range energy conservation
plan. The plan will embrace
curriculum, finance, transpor
tation and facilities. An em
phasis will be placed on saving
money rather than short
range responses to crisis
shortages The program will
include ideas for involving
teachers, students, principals,
superintendents in the conser
vat ion effort.
"The maintenance person
nel. though they are trained to
use facilities efficiently, can
not do it without the help of
other school leadership.''
Denning said
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other growing locus both in
the classroom and the cafet
eria. "It's not enough to tell
kids that certain foods are
good for them They also need
to know why. said Raton. Bui
schools will not be able to
implement adequate nutrition
programs until all teachers
have basic nutrition courses,
he feels.
An average of 7H to an. per
cent of North Carolina public
school students buy lunches in
their school cafeterias each
day. Last year that meant a
total of about 85n.oou lunches"
and 76.500 breakfasts were
served datl> About -T> per cent
of the states' public school
students are now receiving
meals free or at reduced
prices. Children receiving free
or reduced meals are also
eligible for the special milk
program, which provides each
student with one extra pint of
MINK (IctllY
Almost one-fourth of the
schools m the state <3371 are
now participating in a break
fast program Katon hopes
that at least 2tni more schools
will begin to offer breakfast
this year The program, is
aimed at children who do not
get an adequate breakfast at
home "I think you could get a
testimony from teachers
about the worth of this pro
gram." said Katon They say
that the students arc automat
ically more attentive less
hostile toward the school arid
more willing to work
Six Blacks Named To “Year Of
Community” School Committee
According to an announce
ment Tuesday by Charlotte
Mecklenburg School superin
tendent Rolland W. Jones, six
Blacks were named to the task
force of 29 citizens who will
guide the school system’s
‘‘Year of the Community"
activities.
they are Mrs. Mildred R.
Alridge, retired teacher; the
Rev George E. Battle, pastor
of Gethsemane AME Zion
Church; the Rev. Calvin A.
Hood, director of counseling
services for Johnson C. Smith
University; Mrs Barbara W.
Davis, director of Elementary
and Secondary Education Act
Title 1; Miss Shirley A. John
son, assistant for Community
Services, and Mrs. Lillian
Alexander, teacher at Nations
Ford Elementary School.
The task force, which also
includes Board of Education
Chairman William E. Poe.
Mecklenburg County Com
mission Chairman Liz Hair
and Charlotte Mayor John M
Belk, win direct an intensive
campaign to increase
community involvement in the
public schools.
"We are indeed fortunate
that these community citizens
and leaders have so willingly
agreed to serve on this impor
tant task force," Dr. Jones
said in making the announce
ment. "Its work this year will
have a lasting impact on the
quality of public education in
our community for many
years to come."
Dr. Jones stated that pro
fessional educators can do
only so much to insure the
quality of public education,
adding that “much depends on
the active involvement of and
support from the community
from parents, taxpayers,
community leaders and public
officials."
“The time is ripe for us to
renew our efforts to involve
the community in public edu
cation. Strong community
support has led our school
system through some difficult
years," he concluded
The "Year of the Commun
ity" Task Force is already at
work planning goals and
activities for the 1975-76 school
year. The emphasis will be on
extending the scope and the
work of school committees, on
involving more volunteers, on
revitalizing the work of PTA's
and on increasing the flow of
information about the schools
to the community
A number of projects have
already been begun. Among
them are plans to set up citi
zens advisory committees to
work with each of the school
system's nine major depart
ments. plans to create effect
ive curriculum councils at
each school and plans to coor
dinate activities with existing
community groups and agen
cies.
Another part of the year's
activities will be an attempt to
bring the Board of Education
closer to the community. Once
a month during the school
year, the Board will hold one
Rev George E Battle
...Committee member
of its meetings in a different
feeder area Board members
will have the opportunity to
meet with and hear directly
from parents, school comm
ittee members, principals and
teachers
Linda Lake Drive
^ ill Be Llosed
For Three Days
Beginning Thursday, Sept
ember 11, Linday Lake Drive
will be closed to through traf
fic between Lakeside Drive
East and Robinson Church
Road The closing will allow
construction of a sewer line
across Linda Lake Drive in
the 6900 block Linda Lake
Drive should re-open by Sept
ember 13.
Signs will be posted on
Linda Lake Drive at Lakeside
Drive East and at Robinson
Church Road to advise that
the street is closed to through
traffic
Dedicatorial
Services Set**
For 4 Days
Members and Irit-nd.s of
Antioch Baptist Church. 232
Skxland Avenue, will join in a
joyous four-day celebration
here next week
The occasion is the "Special
Dedication Services and Open
House' tor the Church's new
building located near the old
church.which was organized
in the home of the late Deacon
J S. MoVay more than 88
years ago.
“Our tirst shelter w as under
a brush arbor ' Rev Preston
Pendergrass said Tuesdav
morning, explaining that the
church first purchased land in
1895 and erected its first build
ing in the year ol 1900 A
second building was con
structed in 1922
Kev. Pendergrass contin
ued. "during the early totio's
the church realized that its
membership had outgroun its
physical facilities and began
making plans to rebuild and
relocate All effort.- were
made to remain in !he
community it had served so
long. In I9t>7. lanJ apur
chased on Sky land Avei a it,
Il.e hear! u) the town
-Com hi unity :
At cording to Met Pendct
glass w ho accepted tin*call to
serve as pastor ol Hit church
in June. 1971,. additional iol
wore purchased for building
and parking facilities and in
laie 1974 the church was
"able to secure a loan and
began building
"It's a wonderful dream
come true," Kev Pender
grass stated jublilantlv.
''especially w hen you consider
ihat we accomplished this
during the tight money
situation in the midst of the
1974 period of inflation and
recession."
The modern cdditice is lo
cated on two and a third acres
of land consisting of 9.000
square tcet which include a
4<io scat capacity sanctuary,
two classroom wings, a
kitchen, and dinning room
among its 14 rooms, fr will
also have a large paved park
mg In! that will accomodate
well over loo cars' when
complete.
The 400 members of the
church will hold their first
worshrp service in the new
facility on Sunday morning
The service will be preceded
by a motorcade procession
from the old church building
on Monroe Koad
However, the celebration
will officially begin Wednes
day nigh! at 7:U0 o'clock w hen
Rev Raymond Worsley. the
choirs and members of t.rier
Heights Presbyterian Church
will lie Ihe special guests
nev warden Henderson,
pastor of Weeping Willow
AME Zion Church and the
choirs and members of his
church will be the guests for
Thursday night worship ser
vices and Rev F (i Lowry,
the choirs and members of
Firsi Mount Zion Baptist
Church will be the special
guests on Friday night
The celebration will end a
week from Sunday when Rev
C. R Neal, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church in Chester. S
C . will lead the 4 p m worship
service. He will be joined oy
his choirs and ehurch mem
bers
A graduate of Johnson C
Smith University. Rev Pen
dergrass first served the
ministry in Chester. S C. He
later moved to Belmont to
serve a ch""-h in that
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