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9,576 On Dr. King’s Birthday
‘■"National Black Leaders Plan
To Dramatize Unemployment
MRS. ROBERT ARDREY
...Southern Bell Clerk
Deborah Ardrey
Is Our Beauty
Folly Manning
Post Staff Writer
born under the sign of Li
bra, our Beauty feels that the
zodiac has some advantages,
although she states that she1
doesn’t always read her horo
scope daily, she does enjoy
occassionally glancing at
what’s in store.
She is Mrs. Deborah Ardrey.
Deborah is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Mc
Dowell.
She is a graduate of Harding
High School. While attending
Harding, Mrs. Ardrey was a
member of the Rythmnettes.
The Rythmnettes were a part
of the Marching Band, some
thing like Pom-Pom girls.
Deborah is married to Ro
bert Ardrey and they have one
daughfer, Lacrisha, who is
four years old. They reside at
1118 Pondella Drive.
Our beauty is employed as
an Advertising Clerk for Sout
hern Bell. Her duties include
soliciting advertising for the
Yellow Pages. "We handle all
yellow page advertising for
Southern Bell Directories in
North Carolina,” explained
Mrs. Ardrey. “It’s very in
teresting work. It also can get
very hectic trying to meet the
deadline for the printer.”
The hobbies of our beauty
are tennis and music. "I just
love to play tennis in the
summer,” she smiled. “It’s
really fun plus a good way to
exercise. I really don’t have a
favorite winter sport. I enjoy
all phases of music; listening,
singing, dancing, everything
about it. Gladys Knight and
the Pips are my favorite art
ists. llove their style.”
As a family the Ardrey’s
enjoy boiling. “We also enjoy
doing various outside things
during the summer such as
picnicing.”
The Ardrey’s attend Grea
ter Bethel AME Church. Rev.
Tenn is the pastor. Mrs. Ard
rey is a member of the Young
Adult Choir and the Young
Mother’s Club.
School System
Sets Sex Bias
Talks For Tuesday
An update on equal oppor
tunity efforts by the Charlotte
Mecklenburg School System
will be presented to the Meck
lenburg County Commission
on the Status of Women on
Tuesday, January 13.
The meeting will be held at
10 a.m. in the County Com
missioners Conference Room
in the County Office Building,
720 East Fourth Street, and is
open to the public.
Nancy Davis, head of a
three person team appointed
to implement the school sys
tem's equal employment op
portunity plan, will speak re
garding progress made since
Uie plan was adopted in Nov
ember.
Associate Superintendent
Edward Sanders will discuss
the work of a separate task
force on the elimination of sex
bias in school programs.
Following the presentation
by the two school officials, the
Commission on the Status of
Women will decide its priori
ties for the year
Green Named
To Hearing
Aid Board
Governor Jim Holshouser
Wednesday announced the ap
pointment of Jerry K. Green
of Charlotte, owner and man
ager of Carolina Hearing Aid
Company, to the North Caro
lina State Hearing Aid Dealers
and Fitters Board.
He will serve a term expir
ing September 24, 1979.
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Charlotte Post Moves
To 2606-B W. Boulevard
In an effort to better serve
the Charlotte Community, the
Charlotte Post Newspaper has
moved to larger quarters. In
making the announcement
Mrs. Wilson To
Address NAACP
Freedom Dinner
Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson
of St. Louis, Missouri, Chair
person of the NAACP National
Board of Directors will visit
Charlotte to address the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg County
Branch NAACP Freedom Din
ner on Saturday evening,
February 7, 7:30 p.m., at The
Holiday Inn, 212 Woodlawn
Rd.
Mrs. Wilson was elected
chairperson of the National
NAACP Board of Directors on
January 13, 1975, succeeding
the late Bishop Stephen G.
Spottswood. She became the
first black woman elected to
America’s largest Civil Rights
organization in it’s ’67 year
history. She was elected be
cause of majority of the Board
Members considered that the
lady from St. Louis was the
best qualified person for the
post.
Mrs. Wilson, an Attorney ,
was born in St. Louis, Mo. and
has been a member of the
National Board of Directors
since 1963jShe was elected
permanent Chairperson of the
NAACP Convention in 1973.
She is a parliamentarian. In
addition to',’her legal ability,
Mrs. Wilson knows the
NAACP anti served as Branch
and State Conference Presi
dents. She has been active in
NAACP affairs since her high
school days. Mrs. Wilson
earned her Bachelor of Arts
Degree in economics. Cum
Laude, from Talladega Col
lege in Alabama, and her law
degree at Lincoln University
Law School in Missouri. She is
a member of the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority.
Tickets are available for
dinner by contacting the
NAACP Office. 112 N. Irwin
Ave., Charlotte, N. C. You
may telephone 376-6909 or 333
3077 for your reservation and
information.
Wednesday morning, Bill
Johnson, publisher of the
widely-read weekly, stated,
“This move is the second
phase of our expansion pro
gram that is designed to give
Charlotte one of the finest
weekly newspapers in the
country.”
The new location, is 2606-B
West Boulevard, in back of
Elder Supermarket. It is a
one story building with more
than 1,200 square feet of floor
space.
Mr. Johnson continued, “We
are grateful to the people of
Charlotte for their support of
our newspaper in its first year
of existence under the man
agement of the Charlotte Post
Publishing Company, Inc.
Because of this support we
had to improve our working
conditions with larger quar
ters to provide improved ser
vice The improved working
condiTions should enable us to
produce and develop a bigger
and better newspaper that will
give better coverage to the
activities of the wonderful
people in the Charlotte Com
munity.”
According to Mr. Johnson,
the new expansion move also
resulted in the employment of
two additional specialists.
They arte Rex D. Hovey and
Miss Janice Elaine Rud
diman.
A graduate of Harding High
School who majored in Busi
ness Administration at the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte, Mr. Hovey is the
Post’s new Circulation Co
ordinator. He brings a vast
knowledge and experience of
working more than 13 years in
circulation sales.
A native of Queens, N. Y.,
Miss Ruddiman brings a
wealth of experience to the
Post. She has been involved in
the offset printing business
most of her life and will be
assigned to art work, layouts,
space sales and typing copy.
She attends Central Pied
mont Community College.
Mr. Johnson said the im
proved service will .be de
signed to capture a greater
portion of the Charlotte mar
ket in advertising and circula
tion sales. .
Mrs. Sarah A. Polk
...Cooking Champion
Mrs. Polk Enters
Pillsbury Contest
. oy sianey Moore, Jr.
Post Staff Writer
Mrs. Sarah A. Polk, a final
ist in the 1975 Pillsbury Bake
Off contest, is making televi
sion and personal appear
ances to try to drum up more
participation in the contest
from women in the Charlotte
area.
Two $25,000 awards are at
stake in this 27th year of the
bake-off.
Mrs. Polk of 2826 Botany St.
was one of 100 finalists in last
year’s competition. She en
tered a recipe for a Family
Cheese & Sausage Bake, a
kind of casserole dish.
The cooking champion will
appear on the Together show
on WBTV Wednesday January
21 at 8 a.m. She will make
other appearences at area
churches.
A final decision on the win
ners of this year’s contest will
be made August 28-31 in Bos
ton. Finalist will be sent to
Boston at the expense of Pills
bury.
Last year, Mrs. Polk was
sent to San Francisco. She
said she really enjoyed her
trip even though she did not
win the grand prize.
Contest entrants can either
create something original,
enter a family favorite or
significantly change a popular
recipe. It is simply required
that the recipe has not been
published by a food company,
a national cookbook, mag
azine or has won an award in a
national competition.
Entries will be reviewed by
a team of home economist
employed by an agency not
associated with Pillsbury.
Recipes are checked to make
sure they meet contest rules
and are reviewed for taste,
appearance, popular appeal,
value and preparation
method.
In addition to the two grand
prizes, there will be 98 other
prizes awarded to winners of
the contest.
Entry blanks may be obtain
ed by writing Entry Blank, 840
Pillsbury Bldg., Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55402. Mrs. Polk
will provide entry blanks if a
self-addressed stamped en
velop is mailed to Contest, P.
O. Box 97. Charlotte, N. C.
28230.
At Mid- Winter Meeting
Dymally To Address Black Press Workshop
Washington (NNPA) •
Lieutenant Governors George
L. Brown of Colorado and
Mervyn Oymally of California
will address the Mid-Winter
Workshop of the National
Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation — Black Press of
America -- on Friday evening,
Jan. 23, at Frenchman's Reef
Holiday Inn on St. Thomas of
the U. S. Virgin Islands.
The announcement of their
addresses was made this week
by Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett,
president of NNPA and editor
publisher of the San Francisco
Sun-Reporter Metro-Report
er,
Brown and Dymally, the
first black lieutenant gover
nors In nearly a century, will
address the closing banquet of
the four-day workshop whch
opens on the evening of Jan
uary 21 and ends on the 24th
The workshop dicussions
will be relieved by picnicking,
swimming, fishing and a
round of receptions starting at
the mansion of Governor Cyril
King.
Other highights of the work
shop, says Dr. Goodlett, will
be an address by Commis
sioner Benjamin L. Hooks of
the Federal Communications
commission; panel discussion
on the "Role of Journalism
Schools in Developing New
Professionals" by Dean Lionel
C. Barrow of Howard's School
of Communications; Samuel
Adams, William Allen White
School of Journalism, Univer
sity of Kansas.
And Jay T. Harris, Medill
School of Journalism, North
western University; Charles
Hobson, director of Mass
Communications at Clark
College; Dr. William Kear
ney, chairman. Mass Media
Arts, Hampton Institute; and
Dr. Armstead S. Pride, head
of the department of journa
I f I
lism at Lincoln University of
Missouri.
Discussions of newspaper
circulation building, new
approaches to newspaper
management, innovative ad
vertising salesmanship, and
new approaches to news and
feature writing and editing
will be chaired respectively by
Garth Reeves, Miami Times;
Kenneth Drew, New York
Voice; John B. Smith, Atlanta
Inquirer; and Louis Martin,
Chicago Daily Defender.
Sessions on the "Role of
Black Executives in Corpor
ate White America," and the
"Black Business Community
and the Black Press - Part
ners in Economic Progress,"
will complete the workshop
program.
Participating in these dis
cussions will be; Dr. Berkeley
G. Burrell, president of the
National Business League; C.
Mack Hfaains. assistant
administrator. Small Business
Administration; George Nor
ford, senior vice president of
Westinghouse; Samuel J,
Cornelius, deputy director,
Office of Minority Business
Enterprise. Jesse Hill presi
dent, Atlanta Life; Ms.
Brenda Joyce, legislative re
presentative. Gulf Oil.
Also Marshall B. Bass of R.
J. Reynolds Industries;
Edward B. Glore, Anheuser
Busch; Mrs. Inez Kaiser,
president of her own firm;
Charles T. Williams, vice
president of Schenely Distil
lers, Lee A. Archer, director
of equal opportunity. General
Foods; and George Jackson,
director of sales development.
American Airlines.
The workshop will conclude
with an awards ceremony
during which NNPA plaques
will be presented to 24 busi
Dr. Carlton Goodlet
...NNPA president
ness firms that sponsor merit
awards or journalism scholar
ships.
greetings will be brought to
the workshop group by Gov.
Cyril King of the Virgin Is
lands
Celebration To Focus On
Cruelty Of Unemployment
When Doctor Martin Luther
King Jr. came to Charlotte in
the early 1960's, he was here
giving encouragement to stu
dents involved in sit-in demon
strations at lunch counters
trying to win their right to be
served devoid of segregation.
On January 15, when thou
sands of people gathered ac
ross the country to honor him
on what would have been his
47th birthday, they will be
pressing for jobs to get money
to spend.
A large number of Charlotte
residents are expected to join
the Atlanta celebration of the
birthday of the slain civil
rights leader and Nobel Peace
Prize Winner.
The major event surround
ing the King day celebration
will be in the famed leader's
home town of Atlanta where
his widow, Mrs. Coretta Scott
King, still lives.
Citing economics as the
“most compelling issues we as
a nation face in 1976,’’ Mrs.
King said, "If there are to be
profits, we demand jobs. If
there are to be stock divi
dends, we insist on an ade
quate income for all."
In Atlanta, U.S. Senator Hu
bert Humphrey will be the
feature at a downtown Atlanta
rally, Mrs. King said, “Else
where in the country, black
leaders will huddle with fede
ral officials and law makers in
Washington hoping to win a
commitment to get jobs for
over 1.5 million jobless
blacks." In Louisville, Ky.,
comedian-activist Dick Gre
gory is scheduled to lead a
march in support of school
busing.
Other activities planned in
clude:
n |/ic9cihoiiuii ui cm original
play on the life of Dr. King.
A wreath laying ceremony
at the King grave site and a
benefit concert at the Atlanta
Omni to raise money for the
Martin Luther King Jr. Center
for Social Change.
Among the many dignitaries
expected to be in Atlanta are
Playwright-Actor Ossie Da
vis, Actress Ruby Dee, U. S.
Secretary of Housing and Ur
ban Development Carla Hills,
Economist Leon Keyserling,
Rep. Andrew Young of Atlan
ta, Augustus Hawkins of Cali
fornia and Walter Fauntroy of
Washington, D. C., Atlanta
Mayor Maynard Jackson and
State Senator Julian Bond.
» - *
Mrs. King continued,
“There is a common thread
between the hope for justice
expressed at the founding of
our nation 200 years ago, and
the demand for justice ennun
ciated by my husband in our
own life time. For the cele
bration of the 47th Birthday
Anniversary of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. on January 14
and 15, 1976 we will address
this linkage of hope, two cen
turies ago, an urgent need
today. The theme will be ‘The
Bicentennial - America's
challenge to Fulfill Dr. King s
Dream.”
She added, "My husband
recognized that economic in
justice underlies racial class,
and political injustice. The
movement he led, going all the
way back to Montgomery
twenty years ago, used non
violence, economic sanctions
and sought economic as well
as civil rights remedies. "The
most compelling issues we as
a nation face in 1976 are econ
omics."
She continued, "They can be
stated frankly. If there are to
be profits, we demand jobs. If
there are to be stock divi
dends, we insist on an ade
quate income for all. If the
military gets one hundred bil
lion dollars, or more, the peo
ple must receive decent edu
cational, health and social ser
vices. If the giant corpora
tions get tax breaks, every
American family must have a
tax cut. Above all, we must
move this nation toward a full
employment economy and the
January 14-15 observations
will focus on this issue. It is
the number one moral, eco
nomic and political issue in
1976. We will set the stage for
whatever vigorous non-violent
action is required to achieve a
more equitable economic sys
tem. If the national govern
ment fails to act decisively,
(See Black on page 6)
Public Hearing
Set For First
Ward Area
The Charlotte City Council
has scheduled a public hear
ing for 3 p.m., Monday, Jan
uary 12 in the Council Cham
ber at City Hall, 600 East
Trade Street. The purpose of
the hearing is to give citizens
an opportunity to review and
comment on the Community
Development and Redeve
lopment Plans for the First
Ward Community Develop
ment Target Area.
Persons wishing to speak at
the hearing should contact the
City Clerk at the City Hall or
call 374-2247 no later than noon
January 12. Copies of the
plans are available for public
inspection at the Office of the
City Manager and the
Community Development De
partment, Cameron-Brown
Building, 301 South McDowell
Street.
Charlotte is scheduled to
receive approximately 110.051
million in second year
Community Development
funds for physical and social
improvements in nine target,
areas including First Ward,
Grier Heights, North Char
lotte, Cherry, Third Ward,
West Morehead, Southside
Park, West Boulevard and
Five Points
TUKTltW*
Today's civilization is a sys-'
tem whereby a man pays 50
CENTS to park his car so he
won’t be fined a DOLLAR
while spending 20 CENTS to
buy a NICKEL cup of coffee