Northwest Residents To Fight Rezoninff Action
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Staff Writer
The Northwood Estates
Community Affairs Associa
tion has been waiting for near
ly 30 days for a response to its
762 signature petition oppos
ing the construction of a coun
ty auto maintenance garage at
the corner of Beatties Ford
and Hoskins Roads.
The petition was the result
of a community meeting con
vened on May 4 by Mrs. John
sie S. Evans and Mr. and Mrs
James McGill residents of
Hoskins Road, and the Rev.
Bryant E. Clancy, pastor of
the Prince o! Peace Lutheran
Church, on Beatties Ford
Road near the site of the
proposed garage
"The community meeting,"
said Mrs. Evans, " was de
signed to exchange ideas and
share with our neighbors con
cerns with regard to the pro
posal by the Mecklenburg
Board of County Commission
ers to rezone the Southwest
corner intersection at Beatties
Ford and Hoskins Hoads from
0-5 to B-2 zoning, which would
allow for the construction of a
maintenance facility or ga
rage for police cars."
The petition was presented
by Mrs. Evans to the County
Commissioners and Allen
Tate, chairman of the Plan
ning Commission at a zoning
hearine held on May 10.
Speaking on behalf of the
petitioning group and others in
the area who have expressed
concern. Rev. Clancy told the
Commissioners, "My impres
sion of a garage is that of a
greasy place with wrecked
(and» parked cars, and with a
loud communication system."
He said further, "To build
such a facility at the entrance
of our community and in full
view of others is tantamount
to erecting it on the front
lawns of the homes in those
communities That would be
extremely unkind to us who
live in those communities, in
deed. it would be treating our
person with contempt
The County Commissioners'
rezoning petition asks that 8 65
acres of land on Beatties Ford
Koad close to Hoskins Koad be
rezoned from office, to busi
ness use. that is. to build the
proposed garage for motor
vehicle maintenance.
In defending the proposed
site. Keith Morris, the archi
tect who designed the garage,
said the landscaping and the
number of feet back from the
road of the facility would pre
vent if from being visible from
either Beatties Ford or Hos
kins Roads.
The Planning Commission
took no action on the petition
ι to construct the garage ι at
the May 10 hearing Their
office told the Post that a
recommendation to the Coun
ty Commissioners will be forth
coming at their June 21 meet
ing
In his final comments to the
Commissioners. Kev Clancy
stressed the need to use the
land for the building of a
playground for children Com
mission Chairman Mrs "Liz
Hair has since sent Mrs Ε
vans a letter dated June 3 with
a report from the Park and
Recreation Commission on the
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number ot parks in the gene
ral area of Beatties Ford and
Hoskins Roads The letter
says in part, "the area ap
pears to be fairly well served
with parks I was very interes
ted in the points you raised at
the zoning hearing and we 11
certainly consider them be
fore any decision is made in
this matter "
Commissioner Kowe Motley
told the Post that he is Quite
sympathetic with the concerns
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Miss Sylvia Gaither
...Striking 17-year-old
Sylvia Gaither
Is Beauty Of Week
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
"Be true to thine own self";
and "Know everything about
something and something a
bout everything." These are
the philosophies that our
Beauty for this week tries to
pattern her life by. She is Miss
Sylvia Gaither.
"I feel that being true to
one's self is very differcult. If
one can do this, then he has
made a tremendous accom
plishment. I also try very hard
to keep up to date on different
i-»ues When I talk to people I
IV* to contribute intelligently
to the conversation. The only
way to do this is to try to keep
yourself well-informed," con
tinued Sylvia during a tele
phone interview Wednesday.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Maggie L. Gaither of 3520-B
Horace St. And a senior at
West Mecklenburg High
School.
Sylvia is a member of the
yearbook staff. She also serv
ed as chairperson for Project
Aries Miss Gaither is a Civi
nette. The purpose of this or
ganization is to go out and do
worthwhile and meaningful
things for (he community. The
group is composed of girls.
Our Beauty was a member of
the West Mecklenburg Home
coming Court and the Student
Council.
She is very proud of the fact
that she was chosen to receive
the "WSOiTsKident of the
Month Award. *Îvery month
WSOC chooses a different
school. Four or more names
are submitted from the school
that is being represented that
month and from that list one
name is chosen. The contes
tants are chosen after they are
measured academically. Ex
tracurricular activities, lea
dership, and human relations
are also considered. The a
ward is presented to the lucky
person on WSOC-TV in the
form of a $100 savings bond
and a plaque, "explained our
Beauty.
Sylvia was also a recent
contestant in the "Miss Black
& Gold Contest" sponsored by
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
At West Mecklenburg Syl
via's favorite subjects are
English and Math. "I enjoy
English," she stated, "be
cause I find that studying
about the different poets and
their varying styles of writing
to be quite interesting. I also
enjoy reading short stories I
like Math because it's chal
lenging."
Her favorite teachers are
Mr. Watts and Mr. Russell,
mainly because it's easy to
communicate with them and
because she feels comfortable
around them.
Our Beauty's hobbies are
sewing, reading magazines,
playing different sport«, and
collecting news paper articles.
She is born under the sign of
Sagitarrius and states that she
doesn't really believe in astro
logy,
Sylvia has plans for attend
ing North Carolina Central
Univeristy in Durham this
fall. She hopes to pursue a
major in Urban Planning from
a sociological standpoint
Wtlt-tw*
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Happiness is the SENSATION
you feel when you are TOO
BUSY to be MISERABLE.
Affirmative Action Pledge
Dr. Hawkins Not Pleased With
State Democratic Party Efforts
Five Top Jewish Groups
Join Food Stamp Fight
Five of the nation's top Jew
ish groups have joined with
over 100 other religious, civic,
consumer, civil rights and la
bor organizations in a suit to
prevent the Ford Administra
tion from cutting $1.2 billion in
Food Stamp Program aid.
The suit has succeeded in
temporarily blocking imple
mentation of new Department
of Agriculture regulartions
which would remove 5.3 mil
lion people from the food
stamp program and reduce
benefits for an additional 5.S
million Americans.
The five organizations are
the American Jewish Con
gress, the American Jewish
Committee, the National
Council of Jewish Women, the
United Hebrew Trades, and
the Workmen's Circle.
The present court action,
which is also being joined by
26 states, was brought by the
Food Research and Action
Center (FRAC), a national
anti-hunger interest law firm.
At its recent biennial con
vention, the American Jewish
Congress passed a resolution
which supported increased fe
deral contributions to such
relief programs as Aid to Fa
milies with Dependent Chil
dren, Medicaid and mainte
nance of "a fair and adequate
food stamp program." The
organization also called for a
system that would coordinate
cash payments and in-kind
benefits for food stamps, day
care, Medicaid and public
housing programs.
Joseph B. Robinson, general
counsel of the American Jew
ish Congress, said:
"The American Jewish Con
gress agreed to act as one of
the plaintiffs in the food-stamp
suit because we believe that
prevention of starvation is a
matter of justice. We do not
know what contribution Agri
culture Secretary Butz
thought he was making when
he characterized the many
states, organizations and indi
viduals who brought the action
as bleeding hearts.'
We suggest that Secretary
Butz avoid such inflammatory
comments in the future and
address himself to th*. actur'
question which we ha ve ask e l
the courts to decide-whether
he has acted legally and justly
in adopting regulations that
deny needed relief to millions
of Americans."
Postal Service Sets
Temporary Price Rise
For Address Correction
Reversing a previous deci
sion, the U.S. Postal Service
said it plans to impose a tem
porary increase in its address
correction fee while a larger
boost is pending.
Beginning Sunday, June 13,
the service will charge 13
cents instead of 10 cents for
each corrected address sent to
mailers to keep their mailing
lists current.
In April, the postal service
raised rates tor a numoer oi
special services, but said it
wasn't planning to impose a
temporary increase for ad
dress-correction fees.
When the postal service for
wards mail, to an address
other than the one on the
envelope, it will notify the
mailer of the correct address
if the mailer has requested it.
Address-correction service is
manda-tory on second-class
mail.
Joe Alston Leaves NCCU
Athletic Director Position
Joe Alston submitted his re
signation as athletic director
at North Carolina Central Uni
versity to Chancellor A. N.
Whiting. Wednesday to be
come effective June 30.
Alston stated his reason for
leaving the NCCU post as
having received another offer.
Chancellor Whiting accepted
his resignation with regret ..
further stating that he thought
Alston had made a good start.
The resignation came as no
surprise to the University
community as rumors to the
effect had been circulating
since Chancellor Whiting rein
stated Sterlin Holt as head
basketball coach.
When contacted by tele
phone on Wednesday morning.
Alston said he had "been hear
ing that (the report of his
Joe Alston
Returns to Sears
resignation) for two weeks I
really have no commnent "
Sources close to Alston say
that he felt that recent deve·
lopments had seriously chal
lenged his credibility and
made a difficult job impossi
ble for him Some critics had
claimed that when Alston a
greed to coach the ECagles for
two years, he wa$ undermin
ing Holt to get his job
Both Holt and Alston are
alumni of Central and their
employment follows a policy
of Whiting to employ NCCU
graduates whenever possible
Prior to hie appointment as
athletic director at NCCU, AI
ston had been in the Sears
Management Trainee Pro
gram.
Though it has not been con
firmed. it is believed that he
has or will be reassigned to
that program. When question
ed on this point. Alston hesi
tatingly refused to confirm or
deny
SHOW HOST BETTY FEEZOR
...Gives tips to Clara Lowry
Clara Lowry To Host
Betty Feezor Show
By Abigail L Flanders
Post Staff Writer
Step back Dinah Shore and
watch out! Betty Feezor has
some good friends that she
will turn her show over to
beginning June 21st when she
takes vacation leave Clara
Lowry of Together and Whis
tlestop fame will be the hos
tess of "Betty Feezor's
Friends.'' which will run dur
ing Belly's two week absence
Clara will play hostess to
some of Betty's exciting
friends like Hazel Koontz, the
wife of WBTV news reporter
Ken Koontz. Vivian Harris, a
WBTV producer and writer
and Ted Caudle, the well
known garden expert who is
no stranger to Betty Feezor
fans, and many other per
sonalities who have volun
teered their services to help
make "Betty Feezor s
Friends" as interesting as
possible They may even add a
dash of pizzas to spice up the
dav for all of those loyal Betty
Feezor fans
The Betty Feezor Show is
one of WBTV'» most success
ful local programs, thanks to
Betty Feezor, one of Char
lotte's leading home econo
mists who exhibits her culina
ry. sewing, decorating, and
many other talents Monday
through Friday at I o'clock
ρ m Clara Lowry, who is well
known in the Charlotte area
and also artful in the home
economic world, will put toge
ther some hints for the end of
the show, but her primary
duty will be to play hostess to
all the other talented cooks,
seamstresses and homemak
ers, many of whom are only
now publicly exhibiting their
talents
All in all "Betty Feezor's
Friends'' promises to be two
of the most exciting, fun filled,
interesting and productive
weeks on television
Dr. Hawkins Criticizes
Black Party Leaders
By Holye H Martin Sr
Post Staff Writer
Responding to pressures
and criticisms that the initial
delegates elected to attend the
National Democratic Party
Convention in July are domi
nated by middle-aged white
men, the state party took steps
to add more blacks and wo
men as it moved toward com
pleting its 61 member delega
tion
Blacks and women have
complained about under-re
presentation because of the 46
delegates chosen at the state
district conventions on May 8,
only six women and four
blacks were elected
In a meeting last Saturday,
a special Democratic Party
committee, charged with se
lecting the remaining or 15
at-large delegate candidates,
recommended to the up-com
ing state convention that 10
women including three blacks
and one black male be added
to the delegation. The remain
ing four delegate seats will be
given to white men.
The special nominating
committee and its function is a
normal part of the state Dem
ocratic Party rules, however,
the Saturday meeting was
held specifically to increase
the number of blacks and wo
men in the total delegation.
Both women and black par
ty leaders expressed satisfac
tion with their respective in
creased representation in the
61 member delegation. Meck
lenburg County Commissioner
Howe Motley, one of the ori
ginal chosen 46 delegates and
director of minority affairs for
the state party, said, "blacks
are very pleased with the way
things turned out" in terms of
increased black representa
tion
On the other hand. Dr Régi
nald A Hawkins, a former
candidate for governor, long
time activist in state politics
and civil rights, and a strong
critic of the limited represen
tation given blacks, expressed
continued dissatisfaction He
said. "I am not satisfied with
the state party's efforts in
meeting its affirmative action
Dr Reginald A. Hawkins
Long time activist
pledge for a quota system to
assure fair and adequate
black representation" within
the delegation to the National
Convention He criticized
black party leaders for being
"pleased" with the amount of
black representation and said
that the statewide Black Lea
dership Conference has en
dorsed my resolution calling
for blacks to have representa
tion at least equal to that of
1972."
When advised of Dr Haw
kins' continued dissatisfac
tion. Motley told the POST in a
exclusive interview that while
he respected and appreciated
Hawkins' interest and con
cern. under "the present rules
blacks, as tar as I am concern
ed. are pleased with the a
mount of representation gain
ed" Motley noted further that
there was little he could do
about the number of blacks
elected at the district conven
tions. however, four of the five
blacks that he offered in norm
nation were accepted as dele
gates, and the remaining one
was selected as an alternate
delegate Motley added that
this was no easy task consider
ing that 15 of the at large
delegate seats were commited
to George Wallace and nine to
Jimmy Carter With no blacks
pledged or wanted in the Wal
lace camp all black delegate
hopefuls had to compete with
whites for the remaining nine
Carter pledged delegate seats
MooreWins Political Race
Charlotte Post employee,
Sidney A Moore Jr., has been
elected as the Democratic
Party nominee (or York,
South Carolina County Coun
cil, district 'four
Moore, a Rock Hill, S C.
native and presently a resi
dent there, ran against the
only woman candidate in the
race, Ms. Margaret Harper
He received 448 votes to her
311 votes
The 7-member council is a
newly created body under a
so-called "Home Rulf' bill
passefl in the Sou'.!· Carolina
legislature in June 197*
A suit is presently pending
to determine the constitution
ality of the state law which
created the new county go
vernment. The U.S. Justice
Department will also rule as
to whether the "method of
selection' used to elect county
officials violates the 1965 Vot
ing Kights Act
Should the election, held
Tuesday, June 8. stand these
tests as expected. Moore will
be the Democratic Party can
didate for this office in the
November General Election.
He has no announced Republi
can opposition for the office