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Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community W eekly” •
FRICK Jix'
Bob Walton Loses
Harvey Gantt Elected To
Charlotte City Council
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ATTRACTIVE SABRINA CUNNINGHAM
—Junior Varsity Cheerleader
Miss Sabrina Cunningham
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
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by Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
March 1 is the birthdate of
Miss Sabrina Cunningham,
—who is our Beauty of the Week.
Born under the sign of Pisces.
Sabrina describes them as the
best. She states that Pisces
people are understanding, a
little lazy, very active, talent
, ed, love to go out and are very
lucky.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs: Aaron Cunningham of
1615 Mimosa Avenue is an
eighthgrade student at North
east Junior High School. Her
hobbies are gymnastics, foot
ball, basketball and volley
ball. At Northeast Sabrina is a
member of the Girl’s Athletic
Association'and a member of
the Junior Varsity Cheerlead
er Squad.
Sabrina's interest in gym
nastics stems from the en
couragement and advice she
has received from her gym
nastics instructor, Mrs. Ellen
Jenkins. "Miss Jenkins knows
me real well and when she
noticed my gymnastic ability
she persuaded me to join the
Gymnastics Club," explained
Sabrina.
Our Beauty has a goal in
life. That goal is to become the
best black female gymnast
ever. She states that she is
going to keep trying until she
does.
In order to become the
world's best gymnast how
would one prepare himself?
Miss Cunningham suggest
practice. “I practice all the
time, at school and at home,"
she stated.
Some of her practice stunts
include tumbling (backward
and forward) ballet routines,
backward stradles, cart
wheels, hand stands, V-sits,
flips, splits and different
stunts on the balance beam.
She feels that all of these
stunts are necessary in help
ing her reach that ultimate
goal in life.
Sabrina would like to be
come a gymnastics teacher in
the future. This is an ambition
she has acquired from Miss ham’s reply. “They should
Jenkins. Before she pursues have this type of program
the teaching career Sabrina airing every week.” She eaaH
would like to compete in the perceive of anyone not appre
Olympics. Her idle at-this time . ciating the sport of gymnas
is Orba Hubert. “I admire her tics,
smiled Miss Cunningham," .. . .. ,
because of the great gymnast J,m“y Walker's fav°r
that she is and what she stands 'te, actor of our Beauty She
for. She is very flexible, ta- believes that he .? very funny
lented and has about 900 and has. “f of tale"t' ^alPh
awards to her credit. - ^ T ‘S ^ T*
Sabrina stated that she Her/aT * re^?rd,"g at?rs
watched the Olympics on tele- are *relha Franklin the Isley
vision recently and is very brothers, Dianna Ross and
proud of the very talented Kufus
people who represented the Sabrina describes herself as
United States. “The competi- the average American teen
tion was keen, just the way I ager who loves hot dogs,
like it,” was Miss Cunning- french fries and hamburgers.
Job Prospects Dim
t
Higher Education Demands
By Charles E. Belle
Special To The Post
The poor prospects of find
ing a job may have dimmed
the demand for higher educa
tion among blacks. Neverthe
less, jobs can be found for the
flexible person who is willing
to make some concessions in
where he works.
Engineers, particularly
chemical and petroleum engi
neers, accountants and math
majors with some training in
computer science and agricul
ture graduates have jobs.
People who take so called
‘‘tool courses” such as com
puter programmng, statistics,
Mayor Belk Wins
Lopgide Victory
and economics easily are em
ployed in industry regardless
of their academic back
ground. Blacks must continue
to concentrate on education
for employment by exploring
all potential occupations.
There are a growing num
ber of jobs available to every
prepared person in certain
fields. The U. S. Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Occupational Out
look for the Mid - 1980's, points
out the excellent employment
prospects for those willing to
work in any number of occup
ations. -
By 1985 over half of the jobs
in this country will be in what
is classifed as white collar
positions. Changes in business
operations, such as a shift to
self-service instores causes
changes in the occupational
structure of industries.
In Black Areas
Charlotte Mayor John M.
Belk won his fourth term in
office this week.
Although his Republican
Party challenger Hank Wil
mer made a better showing
than most analysts had ex
pected, Belk managed to
escape defeat.
In the election, Belk posted
19,940 votes to 16,906 votes for
Wilmer. U. S. Labor Party
candidate Mark Englander
tallied 916 votes.
The 3,034 vote winning mar
gin for Belk was widely distri
buted among 78 precincts. But
his most lopsided victories
came in precincts heavily
populated by blacks, accord
ing to published reports.
Here are some examples:
West Charlotte High School:
Belk 50S, Wilmer 62; East
Stonewall AME Zion Church:
Belk 487, Wilmer 33; Oaklawn
School: Belk 432, Wilmer 41;
Lincoln Heights School: Belk
572, Wilmer 50
Often supply-demand condi
tions in one occupation will
affect workers in another.
Nursing, for example, has
been restricted in some hospi
tals, and nurses aides have
been used when registered
nurses are in short supply.
The “Outlook” by the Labor
Department points out the
following major categories as
the best: professional and
technical workers (medical,
management, accounting
computer and electronics);
clerical workers (business
and typing); and then craft
and kindred workers (con*
struction and mechanical em
ployment).
Service workers will also be
needed in increasing numbers
for such jobs as FBI agents,
police and firemen, beauty
operators and maintenance
men. The business of america
is to take the best of everthing.
When the projected positons
begin to blosom in the next
few years, those educated will
fill them The business of get
ting a job is no different from
a dozen other endeavors. The
Minority Fair
Booths Are
Available_
by Sidney Moore Jr.
Post Staff Writer
Minority businessmen can
still purchase booths for the
first annual Metrolina Minor
ity Trade Fair, November 13
and 14 at the Charlotte Civic
Center.
Booths are available for $40,
according to Charles Lent of
the Business Resource Center
and the Metrolina Purchasing
Council. The fair is the high
point of Minority Business
"Appreciation Week’1,spon
sored by these agencies of the
Charlotte Chamber of Com
merce.
Minority businessman who
purchase booths will display
their products and services to
each dther and lcTrepresenta
lives of many major .corpora
tions.
“The big .thing we are all
excited about is the opportun
ity it is providing for minority
businessmen,” said Lent. He
said there will be representa
tives from the purchasing
departments of some of the 1
large corporations.
Lent said the fair will pro
vide minority businessmen
with an “opportunity to esta
blish contacts with a lot of
potential customers.”
Booth spaces will measure
eight by ten feet and will
include draped^ aluminum
dividers, tables, chairs and
special electrical outlets. Bus
inessmen will display both
products and printed material
about their businesses.
Businessmen may also want
to attend a banquet Thursday
November 13. The 8 p.m.
event will feature speaker
Walter L. Sorg, assistant dir
ector or National Programs of
the Office of Minority Busi
ness Enterprise (OMBE) of
Washington, D.C.
Tickets for the banquet are
$10 per person.
The fair will be open to the
public Friday, November 14,
from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission
will be free.
PLAQUE RECE1P1ENT James "Jimmy”
McKc^ smiles broadly as he receives award
from Mecklenburg County Democratic Party..
Mrs. Edith L. Shearin. second from right.
First Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party
made the presentation last Thursday night at
- -1- -->'■. ) Voter
the Excelsior Club. Other Kxecutiyc'"Kr?tif a v~
Members, Rev. Howard Campbell left. Secre -
' tary; David Kelly, third from right. Party
Chairman; and Mary Olive Johnson, right.
Second Vice-Chairman, look on •
Mecklenburg Democrats
Honor “Jimmy" McKee
By James Peeler
Post Feature Writer
The Mecklenburg County
Democratic Party held a
MEET-THE-CANUIDATES
COCKTAIL gathering last
Thursday night at the Excel
sior Club, 931 Beatties Ford
Road,
The highlight of the occasion
was the awarding of a Plaque
to James Robert "Jimmy"
McKee for "his outstanding
and unselfish service” to the
Democratic Party.
The plaque was inscribed:
“To Jimmy McKee.
“Thanks", for the Many years
of Dedication, Untiring Supr
port of the Mecklenburg
Democratic Party, October
30. 1975."
Mr. McKee said he also
received letters of congratula
lions from U. S Sena lor
Robert Morgan, Rufus
Edmunstein, and Senator
Morgan’s Campaign Man
ager. Charlie Smith
flonoree McKee,, who says
he is "39 plus years old" lives
at 1607 Oaklawn Avenue with
his wife, retired school
teacher, Minnie Jackson
McKee He is a native of
Charlotte-end has managed
Excelsior Club for 31 years
since August 18. 1944
Jimmy is founder ot John
son C. Smith University's 100
Club, a member of the Board
of Directors of the McCrorey
Branch of the YMCA; a mem
Heard To Head Community
Development Department
Isaac Heard Sr. has been
appointed rehabilitation pro
jects coordinator for Char
lotte's Community Develop
ment Department. The
change is effective November
12.
In his new position. Heard,
50, will supervise a staff of 17
persons responsible for the
residential and non-residen
tial rehabilitation efforts of
the City of Charlotte. He will
coordinate loan and grant ser
vices and supervise building
code compliance with
community development tar
get areas. Heard will report to
Rehabilitation Supervisor
Lindsey Wiggins
Involved in the construction
business for years, Heard be
lieves that he “will be able to
work with citizens on a people
to people basis. My profes
sional experience will be
helpful in assisting persons
with upgrading their homes
and businesses It’s going to
be a challenge '
For more than 10 years
Isaac Heard Sr.
...Projects coordinator
Heard has worked for J N.
Pease and Associates in Char
lotte as a writQiW- construc
tion specifications and con
tract ddcuments. lie also ser
ved as a construction inspect
or for the firm. He was pre
viously employed by Douglas
Aircraft Company as a con
struction engineer and has
served as a partner in a resid
ential repair and remodeling
company.
Heard received a diploma in
building trades and a journey
man's certificate in carpentry
<1947i and a bachelor of
science degree in building
construction <I949» both from
Hampton Institute, Hampton.
Va,
His professional activities
include being a former mem
ber of the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Planninx Commission
and the YMCA board of dir
ectors He currently serves on
the board of directors of fhe
Progress Association ~bn
Economic Development, the
First Baptist Church, and the
Minority Economic Develop
ment Cooperation Heard is
the immediate past president
of the Charlotte Chapter of the
Construction Specification
Institute
He and his wife, Gwendolyn,
live at 1623 Madison Avenue
They have two children,
Isaac Jr., a planner with the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Plam
ning Commission and Cheryl,
a junior at Johnson C. Smith
University
ber of the Elks Club, and a
32nd Degree Shriner
f lie is a meniner .if First
United Presbyterian Church
and his pastor is. Rev Ezra
Moore
Millen-Stokjps
Jol* Plan
W in Approval
The House budget
Committee last week appro
ved a proposal to provide lotwt
$475 million summer jobs pro
gram for unemployed youth in
a budget resolution that will
establish a celling on Federal
spending for fiscal year 197G.
- The jobs plan was proposed
jointly by Rep . Parren
Mitchell ID Md. and Rep.
Louis Stokes D-Ohioi It en-.
visions actual expenditures of
abouf'Vi million prior to the
end of the fiscal year July I, •
although "budget authority"
for the entire program would
he provided in fiscal 1976 (he
remaining Moo million in ex
penditures would occur after
the end of the fiscal vear
Mitchell and Mokes said (he
program would provide tem
porary jobs for nearly KOO.itoO
y ouths next summer
Earlier the * Budget
Corn not tee narrowly reiocted
a Mitchell-Stokes proposal to
provide in the budget resolu
tion for creation of I2<I.(NXI new
public service jobs under Title
VI of the Comprehensive Em
ployment and Training Act
i CETA i. The Congressman
had asked the Committee to
increase total spending by tl
billion to cover the CETA jobs
plan
Mitchell called the close
vote (It 14> on the CETA pro
posal "encouraging" and in
dicated he is likely to reintro
duce it when the budget reso
lution is debated on the floor of
the House next month
_ The Baltimore Congress
man urged the Budget
Committee to "mount a front
al attack on high unemploy
ment
Gantt Wins
Overwhelming
Support
bv Sidney -M oore J r
Post Staff Writer
.Charlotte City. Councilman
Harvey Gantt was elected
with the second highest total
of votes here Tuesday.
With a total of 20.557 votes
Gantt was second only ro in
cumbent Jim Whittington
Both are Democrats
Gantt was one of two black
candidates running for a city
council seat. Charlotte busi
nessman Robert "Bob Wal
ton tallied 12,812 votes He
placed ninth f field of l.V
council candidates.
Gantt was appointed to the
council about a year ago to ‘
replace Fred Alexander after
his victorious race for the X..
lias apparently imp re -seJ ..
good number of the citizen- of
Charlotte that he can repre
sent their interests
- He received 7() percent or
more of the total vote in iii
precincts. Only 10 percent of
the precincts gave Gantt less
than -Hr percent of their total
vote. Of the total of 78 per
cmcts. Gantt tallied 52 percent
of all votes His lowest tally
was 27 percent from precinct
7(i. Huntingtowne Farms
School •“
His highest vote totals came
from precinct 56. Druid Hills
School al 92 percent; precinct
16. East Stonewall A.ME Zion
Church at 91 percent and pre
cinct 25. W Charlotte High
ScTinol at 89 percent of the
total precincts votes ,
Gantt received a heavy con
centralion of single-shot votes
from, predominately black
precincts On these ballots
voters cast their vote for.no
other council candidate except
Gantt This support and the
willingness ol many white
voters to vote for Gantt as one
of their seven alloted votes
insured a victory for him
Wifh this election victory.
Gantt and the other six person
elected to council will face a
number of issues during the
next two years. Among them
is the idea of district repre
sentation
Gantt has supported real
structural changes,” accord
ing to recent news reports. He
said, ‘‘to do anything less
would be dishonest.”
Issues such as district re
presentation will likely face
obstacles, however. Questions
may arise as to how the pro
posed merger of the city with
the county will 'affect the
alignment of the districts
With such an overwhelming
number of people seemingly
in support of Gantt, he is likely
to be able to play a signifiran'
role in settling such policy
oriented issues
P
< oiinty ( Wficoi
Will Close
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Tuesday
All Mecklenburg County
offices will be closed Tuesday,
November 11, in observance of
Veterans Day.
This will include all
branches of the Public Lib
rary and all units of the Health
Department and the Social Ser
vices Department except the
day care centers operated by
Social Services.
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TURTIt-WK
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one girl 10 anotner: ‘“Of
course I had to tell her she
looked like a MILLION and I
mean EVERY YEAR OF IT!”