178 Complete
Red Cross
Training
In response to the first or
ganised volunteer recruitment
campaign ever conducted by
the Red Cross in Charlotte, 178
new volunteers have comple
ted their basic orientation
training and are ready to be
come volunteers in the com
munity.
The campaign, which is co
sponsored by WSOC Radio and
Television, began March 1 and
| will continue through April 9..
' The Red Cross needs a total of
• 400 additional volunteers to
continue progt-ams offered to
the community. These pro
grams include classes in home
nursing and for expectant
Parents, classes in first aid,
first aid coverage for specta
tors at major events, the blood
program, services to military
personnel and their families,
transportation for the handi
capped and hospital volunteer
Aide
The new volunteer receives
a personal interview, com
pletes basic orientation and
then receives specialized trai
ning for the particular job
they choose. Volunteer oppor
tunities during the day include
typists, registrars, donor
rooms and canteen aides for
the blood program. Others
may choose to drive the handi
capped, work in hospitals or
nursing homes, teach classes
or serve on emergency aid
teams. Evening and weekend
hours are available for hospi-'
tal and first aid volunteers.
Weekend hours are available
for work at the Blood Center,
fifth largest in the nation.
Anyone interested in becom
ing a volunteer should call
Red Cross 376-1661
Young Hearts
To Sponsor
Recital In May
Plans for a dramatic recital
and the acceptance of a new
member were the two impor
tant features of the Young at
Heart Club meeting Thursday,
March 25, according to Mrs.
T.M. Nash of 1933 Russell
Avenue.
The recital will be presented
in May. Further details as to
the date, place and time are
expected to be announced
later.
Mrs. Sally P. Kelly, presi
dent of the club, received Mrs.
Bessie W. Mulliens as a new
member of the club.
The club was' treated to a
lunch by hostesses Mrs. Estel
la Stowe and Mrs. Luticia
Martin.
Members were also shown a
slide show by Mrs. Bishop
Dale, president of the Fleur
Jolie Flower Club. As a guest,
Mrs. Dale “thrilled us with
slides of the most beautiful
flower gardens and scenes of
Charlotte and other parts of
the United States," said Mrs.
Nash.
Members present at the
meeting were Mrs. Amie Cole
man, Ernest Scott, Mrs. Luti
cia Martin, Dr. Clyde Liggin,
Walter Alexander, Mr. and
Mrs. G. Lyerlay, William Mc
Millan, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Levi, Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Nash,
| Mrs. Valle Parker, Mrs. Estel
la Stowe, Mrs. Annebelle Mc
Clary, Mrs. Sally P. Kelly, and
,1 Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Malone.
CALENDAR TEA CAPTAINS AND Tff t ESCORTS Photo by Peeler
n | rr, n. . . . —at Sunday afternoon's program
Salute To Black Americans
600 Attend 20th Calendar Tea
by James Peeler
Post Staff Writer
A large crowd, numbering
approximately 600 persons,
converged on Charlotte's Civ
ic Center last Sunday at 3 p.m.
for 112-year-old Clinton Chap
el A.M E. Zion Church’s 20th
Annual Calendar Tea.
The annual entertainment
and feating program, billed as
‘‘A Bicentennial Salute To
Black Americans,” featured a
long list of talented perform
ers who recalled in song, verse
and dramatizations to contri
butions of blacks to Ameri
can culture.
The two-hour-long program
was followed with dining
from 14 beautifully decorated
food-ladened, tables contain
ing some of almost every kind
of food imaginable. Twelve of
the tables represented a
month of the year; one table
contained food for guests
which included Mayor John
Belk, and Councilman Harvey
Gantt; and one of the tables, -
the Winning Table - was pre
pared and decorated by the
Young People of the Church.
The theme of the winning tab
le was "A Salute To Duke
Ellington.” Mrs. Marjorie
Holman and Rev. Robert Mea
chem were among the judges
deciding the winner.
Mrs. Hattie W. Clark was
Chairman of this year’s effort
and the Captains of the var
Mecklenburg Republicans Set Meetings
ine Mecklenburg Countv
Republican Party will hold its
Presidential Election Year
precinct meetings at 8 p.m. on
Monday, April 5, Zach Smith,
Party Chairman, announced
today.
The meeting for each of the
107 precincts in the City and
County will be held at one of
six designated locations
throughout the County. Smith
said that six senior high scho
ols had been selected so that
registered Republicans would
have to travel only a short
distance to attend their pre
cinct meeting. The precinct
meeting_will be held at the
following high schools: Myers
Park, Garinger, North Meck
lenburg, East Mecklenburg,
West Mecklenburg, South
Mecklenburg.
Precinct meetings will be
held to elect the delegates and
alternated to the Mecklenburg
county Republican Presiden
tial election Year Convention
to be held on April 26.
Smith also said that any
registered Republican who is
unable to attend his precinct
meeting may be nominated
for election as a delegate or
alternate to the County Con
vention by making written re
quest to him at Mecklenburg
county Republican Headquar
ters, 917 ISast Morehead Stre
et, Chamotte, N.C. 28204 by 5
p.m. oi/Friday, April 2, 1976.
Republicans who know the
number of\their precinct can
determine tbeir precinct num
ber and then check with Re
publican Headquarters for the
location of their precinct mee
ting.
-BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Winn
445 Skyland Dr.A boy
Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Black
406 Cleveland Ct...A Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Davis
218 Orange St.A boy
ious competing tables were:
Barbara Lockhart, January:
Etha Byrd, February; Annie
Shropshire, March; Josie
Tann, April; Annette Gary,
May; Versie Craig, June;
Elizabeth Ingram, July; Wen
dy Friday, August; Catherine
Dunham, September; Amelia
Blaylock, October; Gloria J.
Clark, November; Brenda
Mansel, December; and Val
arie Grier, for the Young Peo
ple.
Rev. Morgan W. Tann, pas
tor of the Church, presided
during the program and paid a
special tribute to members of
Clinton Chapel who are Senior
Citizens.
The Program Committee
was composed of Celesta Mc
Cullough, Willa Agurs, Leroy
Long, Julie Doby, Brenda
Mansel, Jimmie Etta Full
wood, and Rev. Herman Tho
mas who served as narrator.
Program Chairman Hattie
Clark termed this year’s effort
“very successful.”
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