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CFP To Observe National Historic Preservation Week Bauoons, crafts, dinners, speakers, tours, rides, attic sales, open houses. Sounds fun! All these elements are being brought together and coordinated by Citizens For Preservation Inc. to celebrate and emphasize National His toric Preservation Week dur ing the week of May 9th through May ISth. Mayor Belk issued a procla mation on April 30th officially designating that week as Pre servation Week. The festivities will begin with a dinner-open to the public-on May 11th at 6:30 p.m. The dinner is sponsored by Citizens For Preservation and is being held at historic First Presbyterian Church on Trade Street. The cost ot the dinner is U per person. Grace Rohrer North Carolina’s Se cretary of Cultural Resources will be the speaker and a wards will be presented by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Histo ric Properties Commission. For dinner reservations send your check to Mrs. Jo Fors berg 319 Scottrideg Drive. On Saturday May 15 bet ween the hours of 10 and 4 the area of Fourth Ward will be featured in the Fourth Ward Exposition. Booths will be set up along 8th and 9th Streets to display crafts sell antiques and advertise preservation activities throughout the coun ty. The main event will be the official opening of the Berry hill House on the corner of Ninth and Pine Streets. The Junior League has been work ing hard to make this house a model example of how a little tender-loving care can make an old house beautiful again. Other houses in Fourth Ward will be open to show the por gress of restoring the area. Entertainment will be pro vided throughout the day. It promises to be a festive and fun occasion for all who at tend. Another feature of Preser vation Week will be the publi cation of a story book written and illustrated by George Breisacher-the Charlotte Ob server cartoonist and author of Boon Dock. The book-“The Old House Felt Better” will be on sale at the Exposition and available in local stores after wards. First Aid Classes Are Offered Monthly First aid classes are offered monthly by the Red Cross on a request basis. A minimum number of students are requir ed for a class and as soon as the number is reached, the dates are set for either a daytime or evening class and all those who were interested are notified, ■ "Classes are offered in stan dard and advanced first aid and in multimedia first aid. Multimedia is the standard first aid trimmed down to a seven and one-half hour course. Anyone interested in any first aid class should call Red Cross 376-1661, ext. 222. There is no charge for the course, only for the textbook material2^^ MRS. LOIS G. NEAL ...89-year-old * “Appreciation Day” Service Honors Ms* Neal “Appreciation Day” for the outstanding and faithful ser vice of Mrs. Lois G. Neal to Amay James Presbyterian Church, 2400 West Boulevard, was held at 5 p m., Sunday, May 2. Many of those attending the program which honored near ly 50 years of service Mrs. Neal has given to the church, were members of her family. The 89-year-old honoree taught Sunday School at Amay James when the church was a k small missoin with a dirt floor. She is now its oldest member and a surviving charter mem ber. President Ford Proclaims Small Business Week WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13,1976-Prefcident Ford today signed a proclamation desig nating the week of May 9 as Small Business Week, and asked all Americans to join him in supporting an expand ing small business communi ty. The President said, "Small businesses are the corner-' stone of the American econo my. They stand as a symbol of American character and spi rit. The traits of individual initiative, self reliance, and creativity we prize so highly, as exemplified by our small busings men and women, have Wways been the indis pensable characteristics of a free and dynamic people.” SBA Adminsitrator Mitchell P. Kobelinski said that a week-long salute to the nation' small businesses would be held during May 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency Washington, New Jersey Avenue at “D” Street, N.W., with national leaders in education, finance, and Industry participating. Mrs. Neal remains active in the church. She still attends Sunday School, the regular worship service and other church programs. She received many gifts in cluding a flower which was pinned on her by her daughter Mrs. Alice N. Kern. The church choir gave her a copy of the Living Bible. Music for the program was rendered by the Amay James choir, McClintock Presbyteri an. GflspeLChoiL-Steele Creek AmE Church Gospel Choir and The Watt Family. The Church Sessoin of Amay James announced that a Sun day School classroom has been named for Mrs. Neal. The Rev. M.A.Cochrane, pastor of Amay James, presi ded over the program. Guest speaker for the occasion was the Rev. GeneE. Gilmore. Winston-Salem State Honors 4 Local Students Four Charlotte students al Winston Salem State Universi ty received awards recently. University officials and community leaders participa ted in the program to recog nize students for their service leadership and achievements Michael Caldwell receivec the Outstanding Leadership and Service Award for hit activities with the university') Student Union. Gloria Ross received an Outstanding Achievement A ) ward for her accomplish ments In journalism. Sheril Evans received a Mu sic Merit Award for her activi ties with the university choir Michael CaldweU receivec an award from the universitj band « K-WIGS REMEMBER Mothers Da) (MAY 9) Special Color* Many Different Style Good Prices From S598 105 N. TKYON SI Honoree Dr. Robert H. Green Receiving Plague ...Mrs. Griffin Wakefield (L) and Mrs. Robert Ladd look on As “Doctor Of Year” Dr. Robert H. Green Honored The Auxiliary to the Char lotte-Medical-Dental-Pharma ceutical Society celebrated Doctor’s Day recently by wor shiping together during the Sunday morning services at Gethesemane AME Zion Church on Campus Street and later honoring the doctors at the Holiday Inn on Woodlawn Avenue. Dr. Robert H. Green was honored as the “Doctor of the Year”. He was raised in Wa shington D.C. and attended undergraduate and medical school at Howard University. He did his internship at Lin coln Hospital in Durham, N.C. afterwhich he came to Char lotte and engaged himself in the private practice of medi cine. ^Dir^Green^ias^j-esidedjr^ Charlotte since that time He was appointed a member of the Medical Advisory Coun cil to the State Board of Men tal Health by the Governor, a post which he held for several terms. He was untiring in his work in the fields of Mental Health and Mental Retarda tion, traveling to all parts of the state in the discharge of his responsibilities and has made a significant contribu tion to the progress of Mental Health in the state. He is a life member of the Nation Medical Association, a member of the Old North State Dental Pharmaceutical socie ty and past president. The Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, The Mecklen burg County Medical Society, The American Academy of Family Practice, ana the A merican Medical Association. Dr. Green is married to Mrs. Gladys Green and they are members of the Grace Presbyterian Church. They reside at Oaklawn Avenue. The president of the auxilia ry is Mrs. Griffin Wakefield. Chairman of Doctor's Day was Mrs. Robert Ladd. The Southern Medical Asso ciation set aside “Doctor’s Day" in 1952 in commeration of Dr. Crawford Long who first used ether as an anesthe tic in 1842. ^^ee^^ouT^TuRnowiP friends informed on what's happening in Charlotte by sending them a copy of the Charlotte Post each week. The cost is only $8.00, plus tax per Braden Scholarships Available At Queens Applications are now being taken for the Mary Anne Bar den Music Scholarship for the fall session of the pre-college division of the Queens College Music Department The scholarships, open to elementary and junior and senior high school students of organ, piano, voice and string, pay part of the cost of a semester of lessons. One scho larship will be awarded for each level. The scholarship is sponsor ed by the Russell Barden fa mily and the senior high mini stry of Grace United Metho dist Church. Miss Barden stu died piano at Queens for nine years with Marie Hargett, di rector of the pre-college-adult music division. 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