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Miss Robin Pratt
Is Beauty Of Week
ay Folly Manning
Post Staff Writer
“The Black Twiggy” as she
is called by many of her
friends, Miss Robin Pratt has
been chosen as our “Beauty of
the Week.”
Robin explained that be
cause of her size friends chose
to call her by this nickname
She also stated that unlike
Twiggy, she has no intentions
of modeling as a career.
Miss Pratt is a graduate of
Garinger High School. She al
so attended Olympic High
where she was a member of
the Black Forum a club organ
ized to sponsor school events
and help needy families. One
of the most popular events
that they sponsored was a
fashion show in which Robin
•> was one of the models. She
was also a member of the
student council, a cheeleader
and a lettergirl.
Presently Miss Pratt is
ttemployed at Aetna Life and
• Casualty Insurance Company.
She performs secretarial
duties such as filing and typ
ing and she states that she
loves her job.
She also attends Kings
College where she is studying
Business Admirtstration. ”1
feel that there is a future in the
business field and by attend
ing Kings’, I can work and go
to school at night.”
Robins' hobbies are reading
and listening to music. She
enjoys reading magazines and
almost all type novels. *
Born under the sign of
Aquarius, Robin describes
them as easy to get along with
and achievers. “They work
hard to get the things they
want," she smiled.
Billy Dee Williams is our
Beauty’s favorite actor. “I
like him because of his style
and I also think he’s cute.
As far as television is con
cerned Robin enjoys watchng
“Good Times". “I think it is a
very realistic view of the typi
cal life of the Black family,”
explained our Beauty. “It is
really down to earth."
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Blue is the favorite color of
Robin’s. Her favorite food is
pizza.
Robin’s future ambitions
are to finish school and settle
down into her chosen profes
sion. After this is accomplish
ed she plans to marry the
person she most admires, her
fiance.
No Mail Will
Be Delivered
On Monday
Monday, February 16, will
be observed as a national legal
holiday by most postal service
employees.
A Box Service Window will
'be open at the West Trade
Street Station from 7 a.m. to ft
a m., and at all Classified
Stations from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
A Self Service Postal Unit
will be in operation at the
Amity Gardens' Shopping
Center, American Bank and
Trust, located at 5930 Fair
view Road and at Hickory
Grove and Delta Roads, Try on
Mall Shopping Center, Inde
pendence Shopping Center
and in the West Trade Street
Station lobby. Stamp vending
machinces are available at all
postal stations.
There will be no regular
delivery service. Special De
livery mail and parcels con
taining perishable matter will
be delivered.
Collections will be made
from designated residential
and business collection points. —
Additional Collection Service
in business districts will be
made as needed.
iM U Herron
To Run For
Governor
Charlotte businessman Ed
O’Herron will formally
announce his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination
for Governor of North Caro
lina in ceremonies at six
different locations next Mon
day, February 16.
The initial announcement
will be made in Charlotte,
O’Herron’s hometown, at a
breakfast scheduled for 8 a.m.
at the Downtowner East
Motel.
From there the candidate
will visit five other locations
where he will greet his sup
porters and media representa
tives in airport ceremonies. It
is' important to O’Herron that
on this special day he talk with
citizens in every section of the
State. The day will be con
cluded with a reception and
dinner at Asheville Monday
night.
Here is a complete schedule
for the day: 8 a.m. - Breakfast
at Charlotte; 10 a.m. Greens
boro - High Point Airport;
11:20 a.m. - Raleigh-Durham
Airport; 1:15 p.m. - Kinston
Airport; 2:35 p.m. - Wilming
ton Airport; 5 p.m. - Hickory
Airport; and 7:30 p.m. Recep
tion and dinner at Asheville.
Gty Employees
To Get An Extra
Day Of Rest
On Monday, February 16, all
offices of Charlotte City
government will be closed in
observance of George Wash
ington’s Birthday. Business
will resume at 8 a.m. Tuesday,
February 17.
The holiday will cause a
change in the schedule for the
Sanitation Division. There will
be no refuse collection on
Monday but each residence
will receive two backyard pick
ups during the week. There
will be no curbside collection
on Wednesday, February 18.
Mrs, Wilson says:
Blacks Need Brain Power As
Well As Numbers To Overcome
, by James Peeler
Post Feature Writer
More than 300 persons paid
310 a plate to enjoy a broiled
chicken dinner and hear a
rousing and inspiring speech
from Mrs. Margaret Bush Wil
son, Chairperson of the NAA
CP’s National Board of Direct
ors at the Charlotte-Meckien -
burg County Chapter ’s annual
Freedom Fund Dinner last
Saturday night in Liberty Hall
of the Woodlawn Holiday Inn.
The 67th Birthday Celebra
tion dinner and speech climax
ed a day of activities which
began with an Affirmative Ac
tion Conference at 9 a.m. and
lasted until 5 p.m. A Soda!
Hour, from 6:45 until 7:45 pre
ceeded the 8 o’clock dinnei
that is sponsored annually to
raise money for support of the
NAACP’s local and national
programs.
Speaker Wilson noted that a
million dollar reserve fund of
the National NAACP has been
depleted and that a concerted
effort is now underway to
replace the funds that were
used, for the most part, during
the height of civil rights activ
ities in the 1960’s.
Mrs. Wilson, the first black
woman to chair the National
NAACP in its 67-year history,
said that one of the primary
goals of the NAACP during
her tenure in 1976 is to in
crease membership in the
NAACP from its present
400,000 members to one mill
ion members "as a Bi-centen
ial gift to the nation."
In her speech, Mrs. Wilson,
a distinguished St. Louis law
yer, attacked "institutional
racism" and reminded her
audience that "the easy
battles have all been won.
From here on out", she de
clared, "we’ll need brain
power as well as numbers to
overcome."
The dinner program was
highlighted by the presents
tion of the Key to the City by
Mayor John Belk and Council
man Harvey Gantt who also
made welcoming remarks.
Mrs. Wilson also was
awared a plaque of “Appre
ciation” from Mrs. Berdie M.
Howell, President of the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg County
Branch of the NAACP; and an
orchid corsage from AKA
Sorority Basileus Doris As
bury, the guest speaker’s
sorority sister
Platform guest Mary Clark,
member of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Chapter
and member of the State Blue
Ribbon Fund Raising
Committee received a plaque
for her “Outstanding Fund
Raising Activities”. Mrs.
Clark raised approximately
$1,500 during the period 1
Dec. 1975 through 1 Feb. 1976,
according to Kelly M. Alexan
der Jr., who presided at the
program.
Brotherhood Week Celebration
Friendship Baptist Church To
Sponsor Three Special Services
Friendship Baptist Church
will sponsor a series of pro
grams designed to magnify
the role of men in the life of the
church and to make him more
aware of the opportunities for
involvement in community
life here next week.
The Brotherhood organiza
tion of the church will lead the
three programs that will fea
ture worship on Sunday,
Fellowship Monday night and
■ Community Awareness
Night Thursday night,
February 19.
The opening program will
have Leroy Doe as the guest
speaker and music by the
Friendhslp Church Choir.
The Fellowship Monday
night, beginning at 7 o'clock,
will feature a spaghetti
supper whch will be followed
by speaking, games and a
social hour. It will also feature
talks by George Michie, exe
cutive director of the Big
Brothers of Charlotte, Inc.,
and Ken Wells, the counselor.
Each brother (man) is res
ponsible for bringing a boy to
what is planned as a night of
festivity, fun and fellowship.
Well-Known local citizens
from labor, education, polit
ics, religion, metro ministries,
community organisation,
finance, youth and business
will appear at the rotating
“Table Talk”, a feature of the
Community Awareness Night
at the church on Thursday
night, February 19.
They are Robert Person,
Ms. Nancy Stroud, Ms Kath
leen Crosby, Phillip Berry,
Gerson Stroud, Bertha Max
well, Harvey Gantt, Fred D.
Alexander, Rowe Motely,
Rev. J. B. Humphrey, Ed
Echerd, Ms Betty* Joe Ham
rick, L. C. Coleman, Howard
Campbell, R. W Dalton,
Tennyson Johnson, Ronald
Walker, Ms. Phyllis Lynch
and E. Waddell
Each service is open to the
public. •
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Rev. Ezra Moore To Leave First
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United Presbyterian Church
Popular Minister Accepts
Dayton, Ohio Position
By Abigail L. Flanders
Post Staff Writer
In this world of apathetic
people, a world where people
more than often stick theii
heads in the sand; afraid to
see, feel, touch or try anything
new, one man stands out like
the proverbial “Knight in
shining armor”.Rev. Ezra
J. Moore, a man whose name
has long been linked with the
pulse of the Charlotte
community as well as with the
heart of the Presbyterian
ministry.
For more than 15 years,
Rev. Ezra J. Moore has
graced the city with his deeply
rich, impressive and moving
sermons, and his pensive, con
trolled and upright manner
isms. On February 1st, Rev.
Moore left his congregation at
First United Presbyterian
Church speechless when he
announced his resignation as
pastor of the church and his
acceptance of a position as a
protestant chaplain for the
Veteran Administration Cen
ter in Dayton, Ohio.
“I took the job because it
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and new challenges for me,"
Rev. Moore said. “I believe
you should not allow life to get
too monotonous. You must
have things to spur you on;
otherwise, you just die." The
kind of death Rev. Moore is
speaking of comes when a
person merely exists, rather
than lives-when a person be
comes a voyer rather than a
participator in life. Rev.
Moore’s philosophy of life is
that everyone should have the
opportunity to really live, and
a person can only find that
opportunity by uprooting him
self when, as one poet so aptly
put it, "his season changes to
Autumn and he no longer is
a living plant, but becomes a
dying seed.” “Many people
stay in one place and work at
one job for years and never
really give themselves a
chance to experience new
challenges and new avenues of
life," the serious looking Rev.
Moore concluded.
Finding new avenues of life
is not strange for Ezra J.
Moore. He was born and
raised in Mayesville, a small
town in the eastern part ol
North Carolina. Shortly after
high school, he joined the
Navy and served for six years,
after which he went to AAT
State University where he
received his Bachelor of
Science degree in business
education. After graduating
from A*T, he went to Orange
burg, South Carolina and
worked at Claflin College as a
bookkeeper and cashier for
four years. After careful
thought and planning, Ezra J.
Moore decided to become a
minister.' He went to Johnson
C. Smith University and rece
ived his Bachelor of Divinity
degree. Soon after, he became
the pastor of Brooklyn Pres
byterian Church, a position
that he Meld for seven years,
up until the time that Brooklyn
merged with First Unfted
Presbyterian Church, where
he accepted the position as
pastor for the last eight years
of his life,
"Being a minister carries a
lot of responsibility because
people look upon you as being
the pillar of the community,"
Rev. Moore said. Perhaps that
■yoouu uc uctame so
active in community affairs
and politics. He once ran for
city council and lost, but that
did not discourage the good
Rev. from participating in
community affairs. He has
been a member of the board of
directors for the NAACP, the
Charlotte Council on Alcohol
ism, the Mental Health Asso
ciation, the Traveler’s Aid
Society of Mecklenburg
County, the Hornet’s Nest Girl
Scout Council and the Black
Cultural Society of Charlotte.
Throughout it all, he has still
found time to be a loving
husband and father.
In these days when fear of
change flows like the “ripples
of time,” we need someone
like Rev. Ezra J. Moore to
make us stop and think about
where our lives are going. His
sincere warmth and under
standing will be missed by
Charlotteans, but our loss is
Dayton, Ohio's gain. Though
his life in Charlotte has gone
from Spring to Autumn, he is
fortunate in finding the dawn
ing of a new Spring in Dayton,
Ohio.
Fowell Extends
Deadline For
License Stickers
RALEIGH. Edward L.
Powell, Commissioner of Mot
or Vehicles, today urged
North Carolina motorists who
have not obtained their 1976
license plate validation stick
ers or license plates to do so
before the February 16th
deadline.
The Commissioner also re
minded owners of private
automobiles that this year
they keep their 1975 license
plates and must purchase a
validation sticker to update it.
The sticker must be placed in
the upper right-hand comer of
the license plate by law.
Powell said "This year the
deadline for displaying 1976
validation stickers and license
plates has been extended to
midnight, Februaty 16th be
cause the 15th falls on a Sun
day. Since there is no legal
authority ot extend the dead
line furhter, we urge all
motorists to purchase their
stickers of plates as soon as
possible. The first four weeks
of this registration renewal
period indicate that less than
one-third of all North Carolina
vehicle registrations have
been renewed.
ATTRACTIVE ROBIN PRATT
....Fondly called “Black Twiggy”
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:ven if you’re on the RIGHT
RACK, if you JUST SIT
HERE, you'll be run over.
Rev. Ezra J. Moore
...Resigns after 15 years
NAACP FREEDOM FUND DINNER SPE
AKER, Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson, standing
right, accepts Letter Opener, symbolic of the
KEY TO THE CITY, from Charlotte Mayor
John Belk, left, and Councilman Harvey
Gantt. Rev. George E. Battle jr., seated
foreground, Chairman of the Membership
Committee of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
County Branch of the NAACP was platform
guest. Photo by Peeler.
Rev Coleman W. Kerry Jr.
■ Friendship Church pastor