CMS Schools To
Select 1977
Teacher Of Year
School units across North
Carolina are in the process of
selecting 1977 Teacher of the
Year candidates for the State
and national recognition pro
cess. CMS Schools are now in
the process of selecting a local
Teacher of the Year
The North Carolina Teacher
of the Year program is co
sponsored by the Department
of Public Instruction and the
North Carolina Association of
Educators-Association of
Classroom Teachers iN'CAE
ACT).
Each administrative unit is
invited to seleet one teacher as
its local representative in the
recognition process All of the
local representatives in the
state will then be narrowed to
one district nominee for each
of the 15 NCAE-ACT districts
in the State. From those 15.
one State nominee to compete
in national competition will be
chosen. According to State Su
perintendent Craig Phillips,
the major purpose of the pro
ject is to recognize the contri
butions of the classroom
teachers. Among the many
qualifications a Teacher of the
Year must have, Phillips sited
"the ability to inspire love of
learning in students of all
backgrounds and abilities as
the most important."
Any teacher in a state-ap
proved public and non-public
school, pre-kindergarten'
through grade 12. who is plan
ning to continue in an active
teaching status is eligible. The
deadline for local units to se
lect their Teacher of the Year
nominees is August 27, 1976.
North Carolina's 1976
Teacher of the Year is Ms.
Ruby Murchison of Washing
ton Drive Junior High, Fayet
teville City. Ms. Murchison
also went on to win the Nation-'
al Teacher of the Year Award.
WBT Radio To
Conduct Stop
Smoking Clinic
Beginning Monday. June 7,
WBT Radio will conduct a
three week Stop Smoking Cli
,< nic. The Clinic has been pre
pared in association with the
Mecklenburg Unit of the Ame
rican Cancer Society. Clinic
sessions will be heard week
days at 7:15 and 10:30 a.m ,
andat 1:30, 3:15and 5:15 p.m.
In conjunction with the on
air sessions. WBT and the
American Cancer Society
have prepared a Stop Smoking
Kit. Many of the materials in
the Kit will be used during the
Clinic. Free Stop Smoking
Kits can be obtained by writ
ing Stop Smoking. WBT, Char
lotte, 28208.
WBT's Stop Smoking Clinic
is designed to help those peo
ple who want to kick the ciga
rette habit. The Clinic will
deal with all aspects of quit
ting including self awareness
of one’s habit, methods of
stopping, and helpful tips.
The information used in
WBT's Stop Smoking Clinic is
based on American Cancer
Society research and exten
sive interviews with local phy
sicians. psychologists, counse
lors. and ex-smokers.
WBT Special Events Editor,
Mary MacMillan, will be con
ducting and participating in
the Stop Smoking Clinic. W BT
personalities Bob Lacey and
Bob Morgan will also be mak
ing an effort to stop smoking.
CULMS, INC MEMBERS pose for picture
during their first Card Party last Saturday at
Excelsior Club. 150 invited guests played
pinochle and dinned buffet. Club members
are: Zenobia Hagans. Jane Latimer, Virginia
Photo by Peeler
Williamson, Dorothy Morgan, Marian Jen
kins, Sarah Caldwell, Johnsie Covington,
Helena Cunningham, Emma Duren, Ruth
Grant, Sarah Houston, and Mamie Thorne.
Chums Hold First Card Party
me iz-memt>er, 15-year-oia
Charlotte Chapter of Chums,
Inc. held its first Card Party
last Saturday at Excelsior
Club beginning at 2 p.m.
Club members and some 150
invited guests played Pinochle
for prizes, enjoyed a lavish,
buffet of ham biscuts, sausage
biscuts, deviled eggs, shrimp,
chips and dips and assorted
cheeses in a pleasant atmos
phere .that was enhanced by
beautiful decorations which
featured pale-yellow Tea Ros
es-the club's flower.
The beautiful decorations
were done by Johnsie Coving
ton, Chairman of the Special
Events Committee, and the
artificial Tea Roses were done
by club member Jane Lati
mer.
The club awarded 10 prizes -
fifth bottle of Chianti wine - to
the lucky winners in the Pino
chle competition.
“The guests were thrilled
and we hope the card party
will become an annual thing”,
a delighted Mrs. Covington
said about the party which
concluded at 4:30.
The Charlotte Chapter of
Chums - with approximately
300 members nationally - is
composed of Zenobia Hagans,
President; Jane Latimer,
Vice President; Virginia Wil
liamson, Recording Secreta
ry; Dorothy Morgan, Cor
responding Secretary; Marian
Jenkins, Treasurer; Sarah
Caldwell, Johnsie Covington,
Helena Cunningham, Emma
Duren, Ruth Grant, Sarah
Houston, and Mamie Thorne,
their newest member.
As their National Project,
Howlie Davis To
Head Morehouse
Alumni Group
Howlie R. Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Davis of 2004
St. John Street.has been elect
ed President,of Morehouse
College’s Pre-Alumni Council
for the coming school year.
The freshman pre law ma
jor will help co-ordinate fund
raising activities for the Unit
ed Negro College Fund (UN
CF). Davis attended a Nation
al convention designed to ori
ent UNCF workers on various
fund-raising methods.
Chums, Inc. contributes sub
stantial financial support to
The Sickle Cell Anemia Fund;
locally, they have “adopted a
family” - all of whom have the
Sickle Ceu uisease - , accord
ing to Mrs. Covington, and
make a contribution every
month to help defray the medi
cal expenses of the family.
Flexton Gardner
Outstanding Upward Bound Student
oj nuigaii i*. r lanuers
Post Staff Writer
Whoever said that the youth
of today are the leaders of
tomorrow had not met Flexton
Gardner...an ambitious young
senior at West Mecklenburg
High School whose tomorrow
is today
Flexton is not only consider
ed as being one of the greatest
leaders at his high school, but
this story has proven to be one
of success for the Upward
Bound program. He was a
warded a twenty five dollar
savings bond for being the
most outstanding student in
the Upward Bound program.
The Upward Bound pro
gram is designed to help high
school students to reach their
grade level in subjects that
are particularly difficult for
them. It offers a chance to
take courses at Johnson C.
Smith University and to re
ceive college credit for these
courses. In Flexton s case, he
is what they call a "bridge"
student; that is, a senior who
will have the opportunity to
stay on J.C. Smith's campus
during this summer and take
courses. "All of the students
involved will receive a stipend
of ten dollars a week We have
to earn this stipend by attend
ing classes regularly and be
ing on time," Gardener said.
Flexton‘s interests, ambi
lions and skills have proven
him to be a very successful
young man for his 17 years. He
has been involved in sports as
a track star who has won a
letter, a certificate, and four
ribbons because of his re
markable performance. He is
now in the process of shaping
up for competition in the Ju
nior Olympics. He has also
been involved in he ROTC
program in which he was
made third in command.
Flexion attributes his suc
cess to his own personal philo
sophy of life. “I've learned one
thing in life, and that's that I
don't want to be ordinary. I
want to be somebody.'’ he said
earnestly. “Although I'm in
volved in a lot of things includ
ing photography, which I've
been taking at Johnson C.
Smith, my primary goal is to
be a doctor."
Next year, Flexton Garden
er will finish his high school
training and make plans to
attend Virginia State College
Fortunately, the college cre
dits that he is now earning are
transferable, making him an
advanced freshman upon en
try to college...And even now,
the young ambitious Flexton
Gardener is already advanced
in many ways.
You Can Have A Powerfully Good Summer
Special To The Post
About 50,000 men, women
and children are treated in
hospital emergency rooms
every year in power mower
related mishaps, according to
Vincent Tofany. president of
the National Safety Council.
Accidents with home work
shop type power tools bring
that roll up even higher. Un
derstanding and putting to use
a few basic principles about
how these cutting devices
work cah prevent tragic sum
mer misfortune from strik
ing your family, advises Citi
zens Safety Association a Uni
ted Way Agency.
Head the instruction manual
provided with the tool. Don't
operate it until you feel you
thoroughly understand how to
safely manage the device.
Keep the area clean where
you will be working. This is
especially important when op
erating power mowers. Ston
es, w ires, tw igs can be sucked
jyp into the blades and propel
led with the speed and damage
potential of a low velocity
bullet.
Keep children, pets and
other bystanders away from
the area while power tools are
in use.
Never operate an electrical
ly-powered tool in a damp
environment-on wet grass, a
cross puddles, while standing
on a moist floor. Whether the
tool is grounded or double
insulated-this rule still holds.
Wear proper clothing when
working with power tools. Pro
per lawn mower garb in
cludes slacks and leather or
vinyl shoes which cover the
entire foot. Hand-held tools
such as saws, power hedge'
trimmers, drills, etc. call for
short or rolled up sleeves,
clothing that won't catch in
moving parts, and no dangling
jewelry.
Keep guards in place. NE
VER. NEVER stick your
hands or fingers near blades
unless the power has been
completely disconnected and
the blades have come to a
complete halt.
Don't abuse the tool. Never
disconnect the tool by yanking
on the cord. Always grasp the
plug instead. Don't haul or
hang a small power tool by its \
cord. Do not attempt to force a
tool to do more or operate
faster than the manufacturer
intended. Never leave a run
ning power tool unattended
Always completely disconnect
power tools when they are not
in use. Store them away from
children. _
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