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You Should
Mail Your
Tax Payment
MaiJ your property tax
payment rather than bring it
to the Tax Collector’s Office.
This is the advice of City
County Tax Collector J. A.
Stone, who said today thar
parking problems near the
County Office Building have
made it difficult for taxpayers
to bring their payments to his
office.
"People are not complain
ing as much this year about
their taxes as they are about
the parking problems,” he
said
The County Parking Lot ad
jacent to the County Office
Building, at East Fourth
Street and South McDowell
Street, has been closed for
construction of a new parking
garage and a Hall of Justice.
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the City Parking Garage on
South McDowell Street, across
the street from the Law En
forcement Center, but there is
no public parking space avail
able adjacent to the County
Office Building.
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mail their payments to: The
Mecklenburg County Tax
Collector’s Office, P.0. BOx
10897, Charlotte, N: C.28234.
The Tax Collector’s Office
, has mailed approximately
186,000 tax bills for 1975 to
Charlotte-Mecklenburg pro
perty owners. Approximately
70 per cent of these will go
directly to property owners
and the remaining 30 per cent
will go to mortgage compan
ies. A brochure explaining the
1975-76 County budget accom
panies each of the tax bills.
The deadline for paying
taxes without interest is
December 31, 1975. Payment
must be received in the Tax
• Collector's Office on or before
that date. Beginning January
1, 1976, interest equal to two
per cent of the tax bill will be
placed on all unpaid taxes,
and % percent interest will be
added every month thereafter
until payment is made.
If your taxes are not put in
escrow by a mortgage com
pany and you have not recei
ved your tax bill, you should
contact the Tax Collector’s
Office, 374-2972, 720 East
Fourth Street.
NEA Hails Veto
As “Victory For
Human Dignity”
Washington, D.C. - National
Education Association Presi
dent John Ryor said today that
“Congress has scored another
victory on behalf of human
dignity" in overriding Presi
dent Ford's veto of the School
Lunch and Child Nutrition
Act.
The President’s veto of a
$7 5 billion education money
bill was overridden by both
chambers in early September.
tsy h'oiiy Manning
Post Staff Writer
"I enjoy helping every
body,” smiled Ms. Daisy
Davis, this week's Post's
‘‘Beauty of the week.”
“I just love my old neigh
bors and when I have free
time 1 go over and visit with
them, take them shopping, on
business trips concerning such
things as their social security
etc., and most of all I just
enjoy sitting on the porch talk
ing to them.”
Daisy, who lives at 927 E.
10th Street, is the daughter of
Mrs. Willie S. Coleman and
the late Mr. Coleman of 1625
Wilmore Drive.
Our Beauty was born in
Matthews and attended the
public schools there. She
graduated from J. H. Gunn
High School and jokingly
stated that since it is no longer
in use, young readers pro
bably never heard of it.
Daisy is a divorcee and the
mother of two children, a
daughter 14 and a son 11. Her
daughter is a ninth grader at
Eastway Junior High School
and her son is in the sixth
grade at Elizabeth Optional
Schools.
HI pi COCIII iwIB. UHVIS lb d
student at Central Piedmont
Community College. She will
graduate December 19 as a
certified Dental Assistant.
"I chose this field,” ex
plained Daisy, “because when
I graduated from High School
I worked for a while as a
Dental Assistant. I felt that
many techniques have un
doubtedly changed since that
time so I decided to go back to
school to become certified."
Before deciding to go back
to school, Daisy was erriployed
as secretary for Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church in Matthews.
"I worked there for two
years,',' she stated. "Being
there alone all day soon be
came boring and I felt the
need to be working around
people."
Daisy also attends Mt.
Moriah Baptist Church where
Rev. J. C. Robinson is the
minister. She is a member of
the young adult missionary
society and secretary for the
Musical Choir.
Ms. Davis is very pleased
about her job offer as assis
tant to Dr. Rober Gibbs, who
presently makes his office on
Keller Avenue. “Dr. Gibbs has
plans of moving his practice to
Concord,” replied Ms. Davis.
I’m looking forward to the
move although 1 hate to leave
my neighborhood. I have a lot
of relatives and friends in
Concord so maybe it won’t be
so bad.”
Daisy’s hobbies are fishing,
reading, anything eyecatching
but preferably mysteries, and
arranging permanent flowers,
which she does in her spare
time for her church, and
neighbors.
She and her family enjoy
going roller skating together
although she admits she isn’t
as good as her children. Her
son also enjoys going along
with her on fishing trips.
Because of her own child
ren, Daisy's house is always
surrounded by children who
all prefer to her as "Little
Mama."
Black Unemployment Rate
Shows Very Little Change
Dr. Bluford
Reappointed
To Board
Dr. William E. Bluford of
Charlotte and F. Douglas
Biddy of Durham were reap
pointed to the Board of Trust
ees of the University of North
—Tarnlina at rhar|pHP today hy
Governor Jim Holshouser.
Their new terms will expire
June 30, 1979.
Dr. Bluford is a professor
of history at Johnson C. Smith
University in Charlotte. He is
a graduate of Virginia Union
University, holds an M. A.
degree from the University of
Michigan and did further
study at Harvard and New
York University. He has ser
ved as president of the North
Carolina Conference of Uni
versity Professors and as an
elder in the Presbyterian
Church.
Biddy is manager of quality
assurance at the Sperry-Rand
Corporation, Durham. He
attended UNC-Charlotte, is a
graduate of North Carolina
State University, and did
graduate work at John Hop
kins University. He is a certi
fied registered professional
engineer, and served four
years in the U. S. Air Force.
He is active in the Elks Lodge,
Parkwood Baptist Church and
the Republican Party. Biddy
and his wife, Peggy, have
three children.
N.C. Central To
Observe It*
100th Birthday
Durham - North Carolina
Central University will obser
ve the 100th birthday of its
founder, Dr. James E. Shep
ard, when it celebrates its
annual Founder's Day on
November 3. The occasion will
be marked by the induction of
the first members of the
NCCU Hall of Fame.
CMS Surveys Say Reading
»
Is Students’ Main Concern
Special To The Charlotte Post
Are Johnny and Susie learn
ing how to read?
That s a question of keen
interest- to parents every
where. Charlotte and Meck
lenburg County parents are
not exceptions.
Time and time again, one of
the main concerns expressed
in opinion surveys about edu
cation is “Are students being
taught how to read?”
Such concern on the part of
parents, educators and citi
zens is most understandable.
Much of a child's success in
school and in life depends on
mastering the ability to read
to be able to understand the
meaning of written and print
ed words.
Because of this keen interest
in reading, we have asked Dr
Grace W. Templeton of the
Chariot te-Mecklenburg
Schools (CMS), Curriculum
and Staff Development De
partment to answer some of
the most frequently asked
questions about the local pub
lic schools''reading program.
These questions relate to the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg sys
tem’s commitment to reading,
the local reading program,
and some ideas for parents
both to thelp prepare their
children to learn to read and
help them as they learn to
read in school.
Dr. Templeton, a veteran
•educator, has served as a
classroom teacher in Char
lotte-Mecklenburg and other
school systems in the state
and as a supervisor in the
local system. From 1970 to
1973 she was professor of early
childhood education at St.
Andrews Presbyterian
College in Laurinburg. She is
currently administrative
assistant for curriculum deve
looment for CMS.
Question. Dr. Templeton,
what is the Charlotte-Meck
lenburg Schools’ commitment
to reading?
Answer: Each boy and girl
expects to learn to read when
he or she enters the first
grade. Parents expect their
children to learn to read, too.
Our commitment is to make
1 sure -- to the best of our ability
-- that they aren’t disappoint
ed. We want every child to
learn to read and we do as
much as we can to see that he
or she does learn to rdad.
That commitment starts at
the top - with the Board of
Education - and goes down to
every classroom teacher. It’s
even spelled out in the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education's "Educational
Philosophy”:
"...to give each pupil, inso
far as his ability permits, a
mastery of the tools to learn
ing and communication, such
as reading, writing, arith
metic and the use of written
and spoken language."
Q: That’s a pretty tall order,
but do all children learn to
read?
n i wisn i could answer
that question with a blanket
yes. but unfortunately every
child doesn't learn to read
Our testing and other assess
ment results show that our
reading program is successful
for about 60 per cent of the
children in elementary school
Another 20 percent of the
children have trouble learning
to read but learn well enough
to be able to move through the
school program with nelp
Sadly, about 20 per cent of
children do not learn to read in
the current programs. Gener
ally, these are children with
severe emotional and related
problems, children with spe
cial handicaps which interfere
with their abilit\ m under
set- SURVEYS on page 16
1970 cum-Laude Graduate
w^m
Rev. Lloyd Green To Conduct
J. C. Smith Homecoming Services
Annually, as an integral
part of the Homecoming
Weekend, students, alumni
and friends spend the eleven
o'clock hour on Sunday in
worship at the beautiful and
historical Jane M. Berry
Church on the campus of
Johnson C. Smith University
Traditionally, ministers
who are graduates of Smith
conduct the services. This
year the speaker will be Rev
Lloyd Green, pastor of the
Saint James United Presyb
terian Church, USA in Greens
boro, North Carolina.
Rev Green was born August
24, 1948 in Jenkinsville, South
Carolina. He attended White
Hall Elementary School in
Jenkinsville and McCrorey
Liston High School, in Blair,
South Carolina, where he
graduated with honors in May
of 1966. After graduating from
McCrorey-Liston, he entered
Johnson C. Smith University,
where he majored in Political
Science and History. He grad
uated Cum-Laude in May.
1970.
After graduating from
Johnson C. Smith, he married
his college sweetheart, Mrs.
Bessie Meeks Green in June of
1970. In September of 1970 he
entered the Interdenomina
tional Theological Center of
Atlanta. Georgia and grad
uated in May, 1973, whereupon
he accepted a call to become
Pastor of Saint James United
Presbyterian Church, Greens
boro, North Carolina. Since
going to Greensboro, he and
his wife have become proud
parents of one son, Conte
Devon, who is 2 years old
Hev. Green in addition to his
pastoral duties is active in the
community. He serves on the
Youth Planning Board for the
City of Greensboro. He is on
the Board of Directors of
Community Health Services
and serves on the Church
Committee of the Family Life
Council of Greater Greens*
boro
He also is a member of the
Board of Directors of the
Greensboro Chapter of the
American Red Cross and a
member of the advisory Board
of the Retired Senior Citizen
Volunteer program.
He is a vice president of the
North Carolina Council of
Churches and was recently
elected to become moderator
of Yadkin Presbytery in 1976
Employment
Declines By
2 Million
Washington - The unem
ployment rate for blacks re
mained essentially unchanged
at 14.3 percent in September,
the U. S. Labor Department's
Bureau of Labor Statistics re
ported
—In Ammo upemplov
ment rate for blacks was 14.0
percent. For whites, the un
employment rate in Septem
ber was 7.6 percent, the same
as in August Nationally, the
unemployment and total em
ployment were little changed
in September, while nonagn
cultural payroll employment
continued to rise
’ The unemployment rate was
8.3 percent, little different
from July and August when it
was 8 4 percent, but substant
ially below the recession peak
of 8 9 percent reached in the
second quarter of the year.
Total employment-as mea
sured by the monthly survey
of households-was about un
changed from August to Sept
ember after posting a gain of
one and a half million in the
previous 5-month span Em
ployment had declined by 2.6
million over the September
March period
since me June low, payroll
employment has risen by
870.000, which has resulted in
a considerable narrowing of
the recent trend differences in
the household and establish
ment series. (Establishment
data hive been revised based
on new benchmark levels and
seasonal adjustment factors,
as in past years. )
The number of persons un
employed totaled 7.8 million in
September, seasonally ad
justed, essentially unchanged
from the levels prevailing
since July, The rate of unem
ployment has also shown little
movement over the past 3
months but, at 8.3 percent,
was six-tenths of a percentage
point below the recession peak
registered in the second quar
ter. A year ago, when the
sharp increases in joblessness
first began, the rate was 5.8
percent.
As was the case in August,
the stability in overall jobless
ness masked divergent move
ments amorjg t^ie major labor
force groups. A/ter declining
to 6.6 percent in August, the
jobless rate for adult men
returned to the June-July level
of 7.0 percent This change
also was reflected in increas
f*ri iflhlpccnpcc amnnti kom/.
hold heads and married men.
The rate for teenagers, on the
other hand, which had in
creased sharply in August,
•declined to 19.3 percent in
September, approximating
the levels prevailing in June
and July The jobless rate for
adult women continued its
downward drift that has total
ed a full percentage point
from the second quarter high
of 8 5 percent. Unemployment
rates for most ol the otner
labor force categories, includ
ing the major industry and
occupational groups, showed
little or no change over the
month
Although the unemployment
rate for workers covered by
regular state unemployment
insurance programswas un
changed at 5.8 percent in
See BLACK on page 6
Ms. Daisy Davis
Is Our “Beauty”
TURTIMN*
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Many a MAN is proud of his
father and mother merely be
cause they are the parents of a
fine fellow like HIMSELF
Photo by Jim Black *
MRS. DAISY DAVIS
...Loves old neighbors
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Dr Wilbert Greenfield
J C. Smith president
OAKLAWN ELEMENTARY STUDENT
—Lets special help with reading