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MRS. WILLDETTE ROBINSON
—1969 Olympic graduate
Mrs. Williette Robinson
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
D.. Doll.. Wo_2. .
Post Staff Writer
Mrs. Williette Robinson has
been chosen as this week’s
Charlotte Post Beauty. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Taylor of 3401 Manches
ter Drive.
Williette is married to Do
nald Robinson and they live at
1941-C L’Atruims Drive with
their two daughters, Donteia
4, and Shalette 14 months.
The 1969 graduate of Olym
pic High School recently cele
brated a birthday. While she
was attending Olympic she
waa a member of the newspa
per staff, an honor roll stu
dent, and a member of the
band where she played the
violin and percussions. She
was also in the orchestra.
After graduating from high
school our Beauty took off to
the capitol city of Raleigh
where she attended Shaw Uni
versity. During her four years
at Shaw she was a member of
the creative dance group, the
United Heritage Gospel Choir,
Human Development Social
Club, whose purpose was to do
vaifau things in the commu
nity and to help deprived chil
dren in the community. She
also did and internship at
Mars Hill College where plans
were proposed for the commu
nity Williette was also a
member of the yearbook staff,
the Shaw Bears, a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
where she served as Basileus
of their campus chapter. Ms.
Joyce Cook was the advisor.
Drama played an important
role in her college stay. She
starred in two productions,
"Man of La Mancha" and
“Calamity Jane". Her dance
group was also featured on
"The Hour of Opportunity.”
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Getting your head together
in your OLD AGE could aim
ply mean ASSEMBLING
TEETH,GLASSES AND A
TOUPE
Mrs. KODinson s tavorite
subject while in school was
Caculus. “I really love work
ing with numbers and I also
liked the teacher that I had.”
Her favorite teacher was
Dr. Kenneth Bazzell mainly
because the class wasn’t a
push-over. In order to pass
you really had to get down to
business.
Williette’s hobbies are crea
tive dancing, listenig to all
types of music, sewing, and
cooking spagetthi. She admits
that there’s no special talent
required to be able to cook this
dish, but it’s fun. Natalie Cole
has become her favorite sing
er.
She is born under the sign of
Taurus and describes them as
being easy to get along with,
intelligent, and stubborn.
Our Beauty is employed as a
Research Analyst for J. P.
Stevens. Her duties are to
handle all research for the
collection department. She en
joys the job because of the
freedom that it entails. She is
also very proud of the fact that
she was the first black to be
mreu in me aeparimeni at
Stevens.
The Robinson family at
tends St. Paul Baptist Church
where Rev. Paul W. Drum
mond is the pastor. Williette
sings in the choir.
Sidney Portier is Mrs. Ro
binson’s favorite actor. She
likes his movies and the way
he acts. She also likes Richard
Pryor.
Her mother is the person she
most admires. “I admire her
for just being her;" smiled
Williette. “When I was looking
for a Mother's Day card for
her it was really hard because
I just couldn’t find one that
said what I really wanted to
say.”
Her favorite television show
is “Six Million Dollar Man."
She states that she is just
fascinated with the way he
knocks down doors.
Williette’s favorite food is
all types of sweets. Her favo
rite scent is Este Lauder.
She was so excited about
being chosen as Beauty. She
stated that it is the best thing
that has happened to her in a
long time.
Summer Program To
Employ The Disadvantaged
The 1976 summer program
for employment of disadvan
taged youth has been announc
ed by the North Carolina Of
fice of Employment and
Training. The funds for the
program which were allocated
under Title III of the Compre
hensive Employment and
Training Act (CETA), were
recently made available
through an urgent supplemen
tal appropriations bill passed
by Congress. This Act which
will fund a nationwide swine
flu immunization program, al
so provided money for sum
mer youth programs and mo
nies for an extension of some
Title II CETA programs.
Planning has already begun
for the summer youth pro
gram with an emphasis on
innovative projects. Over $9
million has been allocated to
North Carolina for the 86 coun
ties adminsitered by the Of
fice of Employment and
Training. The sixteen Lead
Regional Organizations which
represent these 86 countries
will be responsible for plan
ning and implementing the
programs as well as recruit
ing eligible applicants.
These Lead Regional Orga
nizations will be receiving t
package of ^materials from th<
Office ot employment and
Training this month which will
include planning guidelines,
funding criteria, applications
for enrollment, and eligibility
requirements for applicants.
To Prepare For Ministry
Berean School Principal Resigns
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Staff Writer
Vanard Mendinghall, Jr.,
principal of the Berean Seven
th Day Adventist Parochial
School has resigned to return
to School to prepare for enter
ing the ministry.
Mendinghall, 33, is also first
elder of the Berean SDA
Church where he has been a
member for IS years. Along
with Elder Thomas Morrision,
Mendinghall was instrumen
tal in providing needed leader
ship and bearing the major
responsibility for the church
during a critical six month
period when there was no
assigned fuliime pastor in the
latter part of 1974.
As principal of the Berean
School for the past two years,
Mr. Mendinghall was respon
/
sible for a number of new and
relevant changes in the school
curriculum, improved man
agement procedures, finan
cial accountability and new
policies approved by the
school’s board of directors.
Working closely with the
church pastor, Dr. Robert C.
Connor, over the past year and
a half, Mr. Medinghall leaves
with the knowledge that a new
school facility will be built
within the next 16 months.
Land has been purchased and
architects are now finalizing
the building plans. This repre
sents a dream involving 12
yean of planning that Mend
inghall has played a vital role
in. In addition, he has been the
major assistant to the pastor
in implementing a number of
changes and improvements in
the church and its programs
Hawkins Demands Greater
Delegate Representation
Post Office
To Close
Monday
Memorial Day week-end
will affect postal service here
in Charlotte, according to a
statement from postal offi
cials.
Normal Saturday services
will be provided on May 29.
Postal collection will be made
in main traffic arteries and in
the business areas.
Holiday schedules for re
ceipt and dispatch of mail will
be observed Sunday, May 30.
Collection will be made in
main traffic arteries and us
ual Sunday box service will be
provided. Special delivery ser
vice will be provided.
Monday, May 31, will be
observed as a National Legal
Holiday.
A Box service window will
be~ open at the West Trade
Street Station from 7 to 9 a.m.,
and at all classified stations
from 8 to 10 a.m.
Self-service units will be in
operation at Amity Gardens’
Shopping Center, American
Bank and Trust at 5930 Fair
view Road, Tryon Mall Shop
ping Center,Independence
Shopping Center and in the
West Trade Street Station lob
by. Stamp vending machines
will be available at all postal
stations.
No regular delivery service
will be available Monday. Spe
cial delivery mail and parcels
containing 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. The state
ment providing this informa
tion was signed by Postmaster
O. B. Sloan.
Public Hearing Set
For Proposed
1976-77 City Budget
The Charlotte City Council
will hold a public hearing on
Monday, June 7 at 3 p.m. in
the Council Chamber at City
Hall to hear citizen's com
ments and suggestions on the
proposed 1976-77 City budget.
Persons wishing to speak at
the hearing should notify the
City Clerk, City Hall, 600 East
Trade Street, telephone 374-22
47, by noon June 7.
STATE SENATOR FREDERICK DOUGLAS
ALEXANDER, left, received an Honorary
Doctor of Law Degree during the 109th
Annual Commencement Exercises of Johnson
C. Smith University Sunday. The degree was
conferred by Dr. Matthew J. Whitehead,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, right and
Smith President Dr. Wilbert H. Greenfield,
center. Also receiving Honorary Degrees
were: Dr. Mabel Parker McLean, first wo
Photo By James reeier
man President of Barber-Scotia College, who
received an Honorary Doctor of Human
Letters Degree; and Moses S. Belton, retired
Director of Admissions at JCSU, who also
received an Honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters Degree. Guest Speaker for the occa
sion was Mrs. Mai Johnson, Director of
Community Affairs for Cox Broadcasting
Corp.
Ms. Maggie Nicholson To
Run For School Board
Maggie L. Nicholson, 69, of
1225 South Caldwell Street,
filed her candidacy for the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board
of Education Wednesday
morning, May 26.
Mrs. Nicholson announced
her intentions to run for this
office Tuesday evening at the
graduation ceremony of the
Teamer School of Religion.
She also received a doctoral
degree.
The Rev. Nicholson ran an
unsuccessful campaign for the
same office in 1974. In that
race, three board seats were
in contention. Nicholson re
ceived 1,180 votes and came in
sixth.
This year, she is one of 14
presently announced candi
dates. Six seats are available
and the filing deadline is noon,
Friday, May 28.
The candidate has been ac
tively supporting education
for a number of years. She is
now active as a teacher with
the literacy council at Saint
Mark Lutheran Church and
serves as Media Awareness
Chairperson for the Reading
program at Central Piedmont
Community. College.
She has several oreaniza
tional affiliations other than
the African Methodist Episco
pal Zion Church (AME) and
experience in business.
She is assistant pastor of
Gathsemane AME Zion
Church and a former insur
ance agent with the North
Carolina Mutual Insurance
Company.
A native of Pasquotank
County (Weeksville, which is
now Elizabeth City), Mrs. Ni
cholson came to Charlotte in
1968. She has one daughter and
two grandchildren, both of
whom attend school in this
district.
Cancer Claimed 7,800 Tar Heels
RALEIGH-Cancer claimed since 1950 when only 3,163
a record number of lives in people died. Uunng the last
North Carolina in 1975 accord- 25-years, the number ol can
ing to a recent perliminary cer deaths has risen nearly
statistical report from the Di- two and one-half times. It is
vision of Health Services. the second leading killer in the
Over 7,800 of the state's state and nation..
citizens died of cancer in 1975. Deaths from heart' disease
Deaths from the dreaded di- killed approximately 16,600
sease have risen every year Tarheels in 1975. This repre
Prior to assuming the prin
cipalship of the Berean
School, Mr. Mendinghall was
employed at television station
WTVI for three years where
he co-produced a show called
“Expressions in Black.”
Married to the former Ruth
Howard of Trenton New Jer
sey, Mr Mendinghall is the
father of one child, Kimberly
Genice.
He is a native Charlottean
and a military veteran who
attended Oakwood College for
one year and earned the B.S.
Degree at N.C. AAT State
University in 1970.
Mr. Mendinghall said, "The
greatest challenge and thrill
of my life has been that of
allowing God’s spirit to use me
in the work of saving youth.”
He will enter Andrews Uni
vanard Mendinghall Jr.
...Provided needed leadershii
versity (Michigan), an SDA
affiliated institution, to pursue
his ministerial studies in Sep
tern her.
sents a continuation of a de
cline in heart attack deaths
dating back to 1973 when an
all-time high of 17,317 deaths
was reached.
The number of deaths from
stroke dropped from a record
high of 5,883 in 1973 to about
5,250 in 1975. On the other
hand, arteriosclerosis (hard
ening of the arteries) appears
to have claimed fewer North
Carolina lives in 1975 than any
year since 1959 Deaths from
the disease skidded from 700
in 1972, to 575 in 1975.
While declines were noted in
heart and blood vessel di
sease, another chronic di
sease, diabetes, was on a tear
claiming a record 989 lives in
1974. Some progress toward
abatement was observed in
1975 with a death toll of 885,
but the incidence of the di
sease is still rising due mostly
to obesity and heredity. --
The rise in cancer deaths is
lue mostly to a rise in the
ncidence of lung cancer. Pub
ic health officials list as pro
vable causes excessive smok
ing. environmental factors
and the introduction of certain
chemical compounds in indus
* try. As for heart and blood
vessel diseases, early detec
tion and treatment are ad
vanced as the likely reasons
for the slight decline.
Blacks May
Challenge
Delegation
By Hoyle H. Martin, Sr.
Post Staff Writer
Democratic Party blacks
and women are demanding
that the state party leadership
elect more blacks, women and
young adults as delegates to
the Democratic National Con
vention meeting in July.
Blacks and women have
complained that of the 46 dele
gates chosen at the district
conventions across the state
on May 8, only six women,
four blacks, and three people
under 30 years of age were
elected. By comparison, the
state delegation to the 1972
Democratic Party convention
included 14 blacks, 30 women
and five young adults.
Charlotte dentist Reginald
A. Hawkins, who challenged
the N.C. delegation to the 1972
convention on the issue of the
number of black delegates,
announced two weeks ago that
he would contest this year's
delegation if it has less than 18
blacks.
Louise Brennan, chairper
son of the 9th Congressional
District Democratic Party,
charged last week that women
were under represented in the
N.C. delegation of the Demo
cratic National Convention
and that party control has
been returned to the ‘'bosses.’’
She blamed changes in the
party’s delegate selection rul
es, which ended the quota
system, as the reason that
blacks and women are under
represented this year. In 1972
the quota system assured
blacks and women adequate
representation at the conven
tion.
Furthermore, the new rules
allow the presidential candi
dates to approve slates of
delegates and, historically for
the first time, they can reject
nominatoins from the floor at
the district conventions.
Mrs. Brennan, like Dr. Haw
kins, might challenge the N.C.
delegation before the conven
tion credentials committee if
blacks and women fail to get
more delegate seats.
Reportedly, Mrs. Brenna..
has also indicated that the
delegate challenge might be
taken Into court on the
grounds that the party failed
to utilize affirmative action
plans as a means of assuring
adequate representation for
blacks and women.
Reports out of the state De
mocratic Party headquarters
indicate that many party wo
men are more upset than
many blacks because they
constitute 54 percent of the
state’s registered Democrats
while blacks represent only
about IS percent. Given the
current percentage of blacks
and women among the alrea
dy selected delegates, one par
ty spokesman said, "Blacks
are in better shape than wo
men and young people at this
stage of the selection pro
cess.”
Meeting in special session
last Saturday, Oth District De
mocratic Party women una
nimously passed a resolution
requesting that women be e
lected to all the 15 at-large and
remaining delegate seats to
the convention A second reso
lution, also passed unanimous
ly, calls for ending the current
policy of giving presidential
candidates veto power over
lists of delegates to the con
vention.