Campaign ’76
Progressing
Chi Schedule
Campaign '76, the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce mem
bership drive for this year,
has raised almost $10,000, or
18 percent of the expected
goal. The announcement was
made by John Me Cask! h. vice
chairman of Campaign '76, at
the first report meeting of the
team captains Tuesday morn
ing.
Wachovia Bank is the top
producing team with current
sales figures of $1,650. Duke
Power is second with $1,510
and First Citizens Bank is
third with $1,500. Top indivi
dual membership salesman is
Wachovia's team captain Far
rah Parker with $1,240. He is
followed by Tommy Burleson
of Duke Power with Si,210.
George Taylor of Southern
Bell and Alex Badger of First
Citizens are tied for third with
$750 each.
Twenty-eight company
teams are working on the
campaign and are equally div
ided into two leagues. Teams,
leagues and individuals com
pete on a weekly basis for
incentive awards.
Visitors to the Chamber can
see the week-by-week prog
ress of the teams and indivi
duals on a Leader Board that
has been set up in the Cham
ber of Commerce lobby.
Weekly report meetings will
continue until the end of the
drive, which will conclude
April 30.
Air Force
Seeking Women
The Air Force is seeking a
limited number of qualified
young women to enlist as se
curity specialists, according
to Air Force Security Police
officials. The volunteers will
participate in a trial program
utilizing women in the secur
ity career specialty.
Major General Thomas M.
Sadler, Air Force chief of
security police, explained the
program.
“We currently have female
officers”, he said, “and even
tually will have female senior
non-commissioned officers,
supervising security special
ists while precluding lower
grade enlisted women from
that specialty. In view of the
recent decision to open some
flying positions to women, it
nuw stems an opportune lime
to perform an on-the-job,
open-ended trial of the use of
women in the security role,"
General Sadler said.
Approximately 120 women
volunteers for the program
are now being sought by the
Air Force Recruiting Service,
Young women interested in
the security career area
should contact their nearest
Air Force recruiter for further
information.
Druid Hill Garden
Chib Plans To Tour
Local Gardens
Plans for touring local gar
dens were finalized in the
Druid Hill Garden Club meet
■ ing at the home of Mrs. Soph
ease Blackmon, 1700 Harrill
St., last Thrusday night.
The organization plans to
begin the tour with a visit to
the gardens of its members
and other gardens in the city
during the last week in April.
According to a spokes
woman of the club, the group
"had a good start with their
gardens, but the neighborhood
kids pulled up lots of the bulbs
and we have lots of extra work
to do."
Mrs. Eva Wylie, president,
termed "it was a good meet
ing with 12 members pre
sent’’
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MAR-KA TULIP CLUB President Estelle
r riday, 2nd from left, presented Sickle Cell
Anemia Fund Director, Peggy Beckwith left
a check for $100 on behalf of the 10-year-old
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Photo by Peeler
club. Wilma Rushing. 2nd from right, and
Gracie Belk, right, participated in the presen
tation.
Mar-Ka Club Makes Donation
To Sickle Cell Anemia Funds
The Mar-Ka Tulip Club has
added the Charlotte Chapter
of Sickle Cell Anemia to the
growing list of organizations
and individuals who benefit
from the 10-year-old club's
generosity.
Club president Estelle Fri
day. accompanied by Wilma
Rushing. Chaplain; and Gra
cie Belk. assistant secretary;
presented Sickle Cell Anemia
Director Peggy Beckwith a
check for $100 to be used by
the organization to research a
cure for the disease that pri
marily afflicts Blacks.
The 8-member Mar-Ka Tu
lip Club has contributed to the
Empty Stocking Fund, Open
House Drug Center, given
gifts to the residents of Aery’s
Nursing Home, and given clo
thing to needy persons as part
of their public service pro
jects.
"Everyone in the club likes
tulips and has a Tulip Gar
den,” said President Friday,
adding "We meet the first
Saturday in each month at 8
o’clock at different members’
homes and have limited the
4-tl Marine rLan Science Workshop
Rising high school juniors
and seniors will have an op
portunity to learn about mar
ine science, ecology of the
coastal region and career op
portunities at two summer
workshops.
The dates of the workshops
are: June 27 - July 3, and
August 1-7.
The workshops will be held
at the Harbor House Marine
Science Center at Wrightsville
Reach, according to Roy Alex
ander. Mecklenburg County
CH_Ageni^_______^
The programs include lec
tures. films, discussions and
field trips to coastal areas and
marine science laboratories.
The workshops are sponsor
ed by the 4-H organization, but
attendance is not limited to
4-H members. However, »^i
dents must have the endorse
ment of their science teacher,
principal or county extension
agent. Persons who have at
tended previous marine sci
ence workshops are not elig
ible.
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Ever so often. I think it's wise to take a fresh look at some
of the values, some of the areas we all have to deal with
today. If we all really have our eye on tomorrow.
So. in this column today. I'd like to restate some of the
comments, some of the concepts I keep weaving into
the fabric of all the By The Ways.
Some things that have to do with the overall idea that
Black is beautiful.
And how beauty can fade to ugly.
Simple things, for instance, like our Black neighbor
hoods and communities. Black isn't beautiful when our
home grounds get all junked up with trash, bottles, and
empty beer cans. That's an ugliness we. too often, do to
ourselves. And. as they say when it happens. "There
goes the neighborhood."
More important, there goes a sense of pride And if
we lose that, we've lost it all. ✓
Another thing I lay on a lot is education. Good, com
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people to take a better place in the work world And a
stronger position in the Black community.
If we flunk out on education opportunities that are
vastly more available today, then we flunk out on tomor
row's opportunities for all of us.
Then there's the insidiousness of Black-on-Black
crime Blacks ripping off other Blacks. Because of envy
Apathy And false values—if any—that too often stem
from a cancerous lack of caring.
If this kind of crime continues to destroy our faith and
trust in ourselves, then what are we?
Last, but not least, is the strength of the home unit.
The responsibility of both Mother and Father to work
together, one as the other, to pro\Ade the best starting
ground for our children as possible
If home isn't where the heart is. then we re raising
future generations with no heart
Of course many of our problems still stem from dis
crimination. I don't deny that. But we're all going to be
hard put to handle that problem if we don't take care of
a few of our own first.
If we all believe that Black is beautiful, how can any
one of us help make it ugly?
I don't believe we have the right.
J(9e T=?hck
Vice President
j The Greyhound Corporation
club's membership to 12 per
sons." '
The club members plan to
take their husbands to the
Pineville Dinner Theater
soon, another of their good
deeds.
The Mar-Ka Tulip Club was
organized in 1966 and is pres
ently composed of: Estelle
Friday, president; Pauline
Horton, vice president; Gra
cie Belk, asstant secretary;
Mattie Frazier, treasurer;
Wilma Rushing, Chaplain;
Elizabeth Nicholas, secre
tary; Ozzie Lee Stradford,
. social committee chairper
son; and Eileen Neely.
Their Club song is "Sum
mertime,” their colors are
Yellow and Green, and their
Motto is "1 Want To •Write A
Book About It.”
Grandfather Mountain Opens New Season
TAIN. N.C. -• "Carolinas Top
Scenic Attraction", mile-high
Grandfather Mountain, open
ed its season recently and will
be open daily from 8 a m to 6
p ni from now until mid-Nov
ember
fhe popular travel attrac
tion established all-time visi
tor records a year ago. and
expectations are that those
figures will be surpassed dur
ing the Bicentennial Year of
1978
Grandfather Mountain in
1978 w ill once again be the site
ol such famed events as "Sing
ing on the Mountain" and the
Highland flames and Gather
ing of Scottish Clans. "Singing
on the Mountain" which will
feature the Rev. Oral Roberts
and a host of well known
musical personalities, is sche
duled for Sunday. June 27. The
Highland Games will be stag
ed on July 10-11 And the Caro
lina Press Photographers'
Camera clinic is slated for
August 21-22.
Daily hang-gliding exhibi
tions will be featured at
Grandfather Mountain, on
days when weather conditions
permit, begining May 3. Two
I lights are scheduled at four
different times of the day -- at
10 am. 1 p m.. 3 p m., and
1:30 p.m.
Members of Mildred the
Bear's famous family can be
seen from close-up viewing
East Boulevard Closes
For Railway Repair
East Boulevard will be clos
ed between Camden Road and
South Boulevard Wednesday,
April 14 to permit the repair of
the Southern Railway Main
line Crossing at East Boule
vard.
Traffic will be detoured a
round the construction site by
way of Camden road. Park
Avenue and South Boulevard.
Local traffic will be maintain
ed between South Boulevard
and the Southern Railway.
WHICH UUTKNK1 lwo St»p
arate Evironmental Habitats
Three tiny cubs born durini
the Winter w ill undoubtedl;
gain most ol the visistors
prime attention this year
The Mile-High Swingiii)
Bridge is another faseinatioi
of the 5.%-f loot mountain, am
it allows visitors to reach i
lofty peak which oflers a spec
tacular 100-mile view of th<
surrounding hills and vallevs
The Visitor Center. aisu loca
ted at the crest ol the towering
’ mountain, houses a snack bar.
gilt shop, exhibits ol minerals
plants and wildhle. and North
Carolina's onl) native trout
1 aquarium Picnic facilities
1 and numerous hiking trails
I are other popular leatures ot
the billion ) ear-old mountain
At dilterent times during the
season, a brilliant color spect
acle is ottered thrnoehoot the
■4.1Oti acre iciieaiion pre
set'!’ From Max l in Max 23.
such plants as Trillium. Vas
x-> i and Ladx s Sl-pper bloom
I be Red Rhododendron,
h lame Azalea and l.aurel are
the best trom Max 23 to June
2o 1 he White Rhonodetidruu
bloom during Julx > nrst txxo
xxeeks. and the multi-colored
foliage is at peak beautx be
txxeen Octobei 3 and October
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