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ALLURING DEBORAH WALKER
...Johnson C. Smith junior
Lovely Deborah Walker
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
The Capitol City of Washing
ton, D. C. is the birthplace of
our Beauty for this week. Miss
Deborah Walker.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Margaree McCrae of 3947
Pennsylvania Avenue, S. E.,
Washington, D. C.
The 1974 graduate of
Anacostia Senior High School
was a member of the Home
coming Committee, a major
ette and Student Director of
the Senior Class.
After graduation. Miss
Walker was persuaded by
some of her friends to come to
school down South. The
college they had in mind was
Johnson C. Smith University.
It is on the campus of Smith
that our Beauty makes her
home away from home.
Deborah is a Junior major
ing in Political Science. “I am
very interested in the field of
law,” smiled Miss Walker.
“After graduation, I have
plans of going back to Wash
ington to work in Politics for
about two years. I then plan to
go to Howard University to get
my masters degree in Politi
cal Science. Since Howard is
in Washington, I feel that I can
keep my job while attending
graduate school,” she con
cluded.
If you have seen the Smith
Band in action this season, you
probably have seen Deborah.
She is a majorette with the
band. “The band is a big
improvement this year," she
explained. "Everyone seems
to be very interested in us,
maybe it’s the new uniforms.”
Miss Walker said that the
band has already began work
ing hard on their Homecoming
Show.” Since we are playing
Livingstone, I feel there will
be a battle of the bands as well
as a battle of the teams. We
are going to be ready for
them, I’m sure of it." Deobrah
has been a part of the Smith
band since her arrival in 1974.
The hobbies of our Beauty
are horseback riding,
although she doesn't get much
practice here, and swimming,
(sometimes).
Deborah is born under the
sign of Cancer. She admits
' that she isn’t really into astro
logy so she doesn’t know too
much about her sign.
Miss Walker is very excited
about being first-runner-up to
“Miss Kappa Alpha Psi” for
this school year. “I really like
the Kappas and I really con
sider it an honor to be a part of
their court. Although I won’t
actually be participating in
the coronation ceremonies,
I'm still honored.” Although
Homecoming for Johnson C.
Smith is a few weeks away
Miss Walker is still anxiously
awaiting it’s coming. “My
parents and my one sister are
coming down and I’m really
expecting it to be exciting,”
she smiled.
For the benefit of other girls
that may read this story our
Beauty would like to advise
you “to be yourself, and
always work towards your
goal in life.”
1UKUMMA
The LORD gave us two ends
to use, ONE to think with, and
ONE to sit on...It all depends
on which you choose, HEADS
you win, TAILS you lose.
school funding Level
At All-Time Low
"The percentage of the state
General Fund going to public
schools has dropped to a
dangerous low level,” accord
ing to Dr. A. C. Dawson,
executive secretary of the
North Carolina Association of
Educators.
"This year only 45 percent
of the General Fund will go to
public schools. In 1968-69 we
put 54 percent of our money
into public schools. In 1958-59
the amount was 64 percent,
and in 1948-49 it was 70 per
cent," Dr. Dawson continued.
“We need to put at least 50
percent of the General Fund
Into public schools to assure
competitive education for our
children." Dr. Dawson said.
NCAE President Dean
Westmoreland, a Kings Moun
tain High School teacher,
agreed
"The influences and experi
ences of the classroom last a
lifetime,” Westmoreland said.
"We need to make our public
schools the best that we can
because they're vital to our
way of life.
•'One of the major differ
ences between America and
the rest of the world is our free
public education for all. In
1976 we hope the General As
sembly will remember th<
public school heritage of 177(
and appropriate at least 5<
percent of the state Genera
Fund for public schools,'
Westmoreland said.
President Westmorelant
and Dr. Dawson are urging
educators in each of 15 NCAE
district professional confer
ences across the state to sup
port increased funding for
public schools.
More than 2,000 teachers,
principals, supervisors, super
intendents and othert will at
tend the District 8 conference
Tuesday, September 30, at
Charlotte's Garringer High
School. Mecklenburg County
is District 6.
Bert Locke of Independence
High, district president, will
preside over an 8:30 a.m. gen
eral session.
Students To Get
Another Holiday
On September 30
Tuesday, September 30, will
be a holiday for all Charlotte
Mecklenburg public school
students
The day is set aside for
teachers to attend district
teachers' meetings or for a
professional workday for
1 teachers not attending the
meeting.
All schools and school sys
tem offices yuill be open.
Students will resume their
regular schedule on Wednes
day. October 1.
United House Of Prayer’s
Annual Holy Convocation
Begins Sunday Morning
Top Vote Getter
Harvey Gantt Wins
Overwhelming Victory
“I am very pleased and
amazed and quite grateful to
the voters who expressed their
confidence in me," city coun
cilman Harvey Gantt said late
Wednesday.
The Black architect with the
Gantt-Huberman Associates,
who was appointed to the
council last year to fill the
unexpired term of Fred Alex
ander, was the overwhelming
favorite in a lack-luster pri
Price Index
Rose Slightly
In August
The Wholesale Price Index
for all Commodities rose 0.8
percent from July to August
on a seasonally adjusted
basis, it was reported by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor.
Higher prices for industrial
commodities more than offset
lower prices for farm pro
durt*;
The industrial commodities
index moved up 0.6 percent in
August after seasonal adjust
ment, following increases of
0.4 percent in each of the 2
preceding months. The largest
increase was for fuels and
related products and power.
Prices for farm products
declined 1.5 percent on a sea
sonally adjusted basis. The
sharpest decreases occurred
for fresh fruits and vegetables
and cattle. The index for pro
cessed foods and feeds aver
aged 0,3 percent higher, lec
by advances for vegetable
oils, roasted coffee, pork, and
sugar and confectionery. In
July, the indexes for farm
products and processed foods
and feeds had risen 6.6 percent
and 3.3 percent, respectively,
on a seasonally adjusted
basis.
The All Commodities WPI is
seasonally adjusted indepen
dently and is not derived by
adding together its seasonally
adjusted components. On
occasion, as in August, this*
procedure can produce situa
tions in which changes in
components are inconsistent
with changes in the total, par
ticularly when prices fluctu
ate widely
marv election here luesday
which attracted only 21,904 of
the 120,000 eligible voters in
Charlotte.
He received 10,427 votes to
lead the Democrat and Repub
lican candidates who will seek
election in the November gen
eral election.
A local branch bank man
ager and the only other Black
among the candidates, Bob
Walton received 6,119 votes
and will be among the seven
Democrats who will challenge
the Republicans in early Nov
ember.
Jim Whittington, Joe With
row, Betty Chafin, A. Myles
Haynes and Ann Burns were
the other Democrats nominat
ed, along with Republicans
Pat Locke, Neil Williams,
Mike Mullins, Peter Gems,
Louis M. Davis, Nilo Niccolai,
and Ron Brown. f
"My future plans include
working hard to get elected in
November hoping that the
candidates can discuss the
issues more. The campaign
just completed was duljg"
Gantt continued, concluding
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the people. Evidently, we got
our message across that we
cared about the people.”
MAYOR JOHN BELK
..Mayor John Belk, who is
seeking re-election, was the
people's choice for the top
position, easily defeating state
Senator Jim McDuffie, 9,915 to
6,621.
A solid choice at the predo
minately Black precincts, •
Belk will next face Republican
Henry B. "Hank” Wilmer and
Labor Party candidate Mark
Englander in the November 4
election.
Walton stated, "I am very
pleased with the results. I
thought we ran well as a
newcomer. Regardless of
civic endeavors and involve
ments, it is a different ball
game when you are running
for office.”
He concluded, "I am looking
forward to November. I feel
good about the election. ! gar
nered 6,200 votes. I attribute
my success to the fact that 1
am a banker and a minister
who has been actively invol
ved in the community and as a
result of a good campaign
organization.”
BISHOP W. MCCULEfoUGH
...House Of Prayer leader
Gregory Davis Wins
Hagemeyer Award
By James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
A UNCC student is the 1975
winner of the Richard H.
Hagemeyer Educational Ad
vancement Award given
annually at Central Piedmont
Community College.
The award of $250 was pre
sented during the College’s
Fall Faculty Conference in
Pease Auditorium on Monday,
September 22 betwen 10:30
a.m. and 11 a.m.
Made possible through an
anonymous friend of the insti
tution. the Award honored
Gregory Davis for his achieve
ment.
Davis, a blind student is a
native of New York City, who
moved to North Carolina in
1963. He attended the North
Carolina School for the Blind
through the ninth grade and
completed high school through
the CPCC Adult Education
Program and in December of
1974 he received his Associate
in Arts Degree while serving
two terms as president of the
Student Government Associa
tion.
In 1974 Davis was honored
as one of 10 U. S. college
students forming the College
University Bicentennial Task
Force under the auspices of
the American Revolution Bi
centennial Administration.
Working with this Task Force,
he was at UC.LA in California
from July 1 through Septem
ber 15, 1974, preparing plans
for the role of university and
college students in the cele
bration of the country's 200th
birthday.
A member of Phi Theta
Kappa honor society, Davis is
listed in Who's Who Among
Students in American Junior
Colleges and is continuing his
academic work as a junior at
UNCC where he is a member
of the UNCC Student Legisla
ture and chairman of Political
Affairs Committee for the
Black Student Union.
"1 feel that CPCC gave me
the necessary guidance and
confidence that has afforded
See Davis on page 7
Hemphill Joins Edmond Johnson’s Firm
By James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
• Ever since he was a small
boy, Paul Edward Hemphill's
friends used to run when they
saw him comma because they
knew he was ready to debate,
whether it was a discussion of
the best football team in the
country, whether Fords wem
better than Chevys or who was
the worst teacher in Plato
Price Junior High School
where he was a student
And today, years later the
natural bom orator will be
putting his skills into practice
when he becomes a licensed
lawyer in the State of North
Carolina on September 25
The graduate of The Unver
sity of North Carolina at
Charlotte (1972) and the May
1975 graduate of North Caro
lina Central University's Law
School will begin work shortly
for the Edmond R. Johnson
firm, located at 915 West Fifth
Street, Suite 202
What's his advice to young
sters aspiring to be lawyers’
"My aavice would be to get
as much experience in pract
icing writing as possible. They
should major in either History
or English or if they are inter
ested in corporate law they
should major in business or
accounting.”
"You should also be pre
pared to study hard for both
the coursework and the Bar.
The Bar is really frightening,”
smiled Hemphill who said that
it was so because “after study
ing for six years or more if you
don't pass it you can not prac
tice."
The native Charlottean
attended Woodland Elemen
tary. Plato Price Elementary.
Plato Price Junior High, York
Road High School and grad
uated from Olympic High
School. In high school he was a
junior marshal, bus driver,
Science Club member. Nation
al Honor Society member, in
the Experimental Group pro
ject and graduated in the top
10 percent of his class
member of Kappa Alpha Psi,
Fraternity, Inc,, Vice Presi
dent of the Black Student
Union; History Club member,
and Dean of Pledges of Kappa
Alpha Psi. Fraternity.
He is very much concerned
with the future of North Caro
lina Central's 1-aw School and
does npt want to see it merged
with the one at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill because "I feel it will lose
its identity.”
"I feel Central has good
instructors and all we needed
was some additional facilities
and the money for those has
already been appropriated.”
said Hemphill with a proud
smile.
"There are only three Black
Law Schools left in the coun
try; Howard, North Carolina
Central, and Texas Southern,”
he said with the smile turning
to a grimace.
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Paul Hemphill
.. An aspiring lawyer
Admitting that he is ready to
practice what he has learned
in theory. Hemphill urges
everyone in Charlotte to come
pay the firm of Edmond R
Johnson a visit when they
need legal counseling
Baptismal
Services Set
For Oct. 5
By James Peeler
Post Feature Writer
The 49th Annual HOLY
CONVOCATION of The United
House of Prayer For All
People in Charlotte will begin
this Sunday, September 28th
and last through Sunday.
October 5th.
The annual event will be
held at the Mother House of
Prayer at 2321 Beatties Ford
Road in northwest Charlotte
and will feature preaching,
singing, choirs, baptizing and
band exhibitions.
Wednesday workmen from
Watt Plumbing. Heating and
Cooling Company were busy
installing six 20-ton air condi
tioning units to cool the hugh
crowd that normally attends
the yearly service. A Watt
Plumbing spokesman said
“we are doing our darndest to
have it ready bv Sunday “
Scheduled events include,
Introductory Services by
Mother House of Prayer Pas
tor Elder C.' Wilkerson at It
a.m on Sunday. September
28; Convening of the G'-neral
Council. Monday through Fri
day, beginning each day at 11
a.m.; a Ball Game on Satur
day. October 5; Baptismal
Service in the Church Pool at1
11 a.m., followed that evening
at 2 p.m. with Band Exhibi
tions on the House of Prayer
Ground. According to advance
publicity, "God's Holy Pro
phet, Bishop W. McCullough,
will be Guest Speaker each
night" during the Holy Convo
cation.
Host for the 49th Annual
Holy Convocation include
Elder C. Wilkerson. Pastor of
the Mother House of Prayer
and State Chairman. Elder C
E. Overstreet, Pastor of Char
lotte House of Prayer Number
2. and Assistant State Chair
man; Elder J R. Young.
Assistant Pastor of the Mother
House of Prayer. Elder J
Wynn of Biddle.ville Mission,
Elder S Guy of North Char
lotte House of Prayer Number
?, Elder J. Crawford of First
Ward House of Prayer; Elder
H Williams of Third Ward
House of Prayer. Elder R
Patton of Matthews House ol
Prayer Elder W. Sims Jr , of
voncoru ■ louse ot grayer; ana
ElderS. Ford of Derita House
of Prayer.
The Huntersville District
will be represented by Elder
C. M. Shankle. District Chair
man and pastor of Hunters
ville House of Prayer, Elder
S. L. Mills of Gastonia House
of Prayer; Elder O. Alexander
of Mallard Creek House of
Prayer, Elder H Little of
Mooresville House of Prayer,
Elder O. Smith of Statesville
House of Prayer, Elder J
Jackson of Hickory House of
Prayer, Elder P Morrison of
Cherry ville House of Prayer;
Elder J Barringer of Dallas
House of Prayer. and Elder A
F Grier of Lancaster, S C
House of Prayer
The public is invited to come
and enjoy this week of spiri
tual festivities at the House of
Prayer For All People found
ed by Bishop C M Grace
It will be the fifth exhibition
of the famous House of Prayer
Marching Bands Bands will
come from throughout the
country to compete in the
drilling, twirling, footstomp
ing and clapping invollved in
the exciting and rewarding
House of Prayer bands com
petition.
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