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UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD TURNS OUT FOR ^.Voter registration promotion V oter Registration Drive Attracts 361 New V oters By Sidney Moore Jr. Post Staff Writer A voter registration drive held Saturday, July 17, at McCrorey Branch YMCA re gistered 361 people. The Black Women's Caucus ι BWC) of Charlotte and Meck lenburg County and WGIV Radio promoted the registre tion campaign. The BWC plans to follow-up the registration drive with a "how-to-vote" clinic. It will be neld at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at United Memorial Pres byterian Church, 2600 Beatties Ford Road. "Plans have been made to demonstrate the use of the machine and to allow partici pants an opportunity to actual ly cast some trial ballots," said a BWC statement. The success of the registra tion drive, according to a BWC spokesperson, was largely due to the attention getting disco theque party put on by WGIV. Announcer Jim Black gave such prizes as frisbees, record albums, tee shirts, theatre tickets, passes to Charlotte Orioles baseball games, tic kets to the Earth, Wind and Fire concert Saturday, July 24, and Orioles baseball caps. A number of political candi dates also made appearances at the registration drive. This was an indication that politi cians would be more sensitive to the needs of the black community if more blacks would register to vote, said a BWC official. Sara Stevenson is president of the BWC. Ethel Martin is the Voter Registration chair person and Joe Anne Williams is publicity chairperson. BRC Plans Workshop. F or Minority Businesses ο) oiuney moore jr. Post Staff Writer "How To Sell To An Audi ence" is the title of a 5 day course being offered to mino rity businessftrerrby-the Char lotte Business Resource Cen ter. The center, a department of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce under contract with the Office of Minority Business Enterprise of the I'nited States Department of Commerce, will present the course from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, beginning July 20 through August 3, at the public library on North Tryon Street. The aim of the course, ac cording to a statement from the center, "is to more effec tively prepare them (minority businessmen) to meet the challenging duties of market ing their goods and-or services ■ κ υια; vuiivbi sanuiia UC1UIC groups of corporate buyers." Instructors for the course are Ernest James Jr. and Dr. Barbara Maran of Johnson C. Smith University and Mrs. Edythe Hall of the Chamber of Commerce. Sixteen students have sign ed-up for the course. They are : Robert Brooks of Brooks Concrete; Nathaniel Black of Black's Janitorial Service; Johnnie "Wallace of Wallace's Typing and Copying Service; Isse Perry of Mr. Travel International; Natha niel Witherspoon of Nathaniel Witherspoon & Associates; Donald Gray of Smith Adver tising; Edward Taylor of Mr. Travel International; Maxie Granger of C&M Heating & Air Conditioning; Mary Ty«on ui iNormwesiern frinting; Jim Barak of Barak Advertis ing & Photography; Mosdale Richardson of Appling Com mercial Building Maintenance Corp.; Harold C. Lassiter of Carpet Land I; Charles & Ruby Pegram of Pegram Cre ative Design; Don L. Roberts of Roberts Janitorial Service; Bernard Bailey of Entertain ers Booking Agency; Ray mond Phyllips of Phyllips' Auto Parts. Austin Seeks School Post Τ ο Aid Mentally Retarded By Hoy le H. Martin Sr. Post Executive Editor Donald T. Austin, a candi date for the Charlotte-Meck lenburg School Board, has for many years been a strong advocate of more and better education for the mentally retarted Experiencing the heart break of a retarded child of his own. Austin's interest and concern with education for handicapped children dates back many years. When the center for the Trainable Men tally Retarded (TMR) was opened six years ago in the old Myers Street Elementary School building. Donald Aus tin immediately became in volved, he said, "in the effort to make the school acceptable and safe for our children." Commenting further to the POST. Austin noted that "with the opening of the Myers Street Center it was evident to me. and anyone else who would take a close look, that there was much that needed to be done for the retarded. In the past six years I believe that my efforts - along with the efforts of many other interest ed people - have led to the total involvement of the parents and citizens of Mecklenburg County in a most worthy cause - that is the education of the mentally retarded. Our in volvement has led to the new TMR Center now under con I Donald T. Austin ...School board candidate struction." "My own interest," Austin continued, "has broadened from just involvement with the retarded to concern for all handicapped children. While great progress has been made in programs for all handicap ped children there is still a very great deal that needs to be done for exceptional child ren." . With regard to his candida cy for the school board, Austin pointed out that, "With pas sage of Senate Bill 1238 which states, 'it is the policy of the State (N.C.) to insure every child a fair and full opportuni ty to reach his full potential,' and the mandate of the North Carolina Legislators to have this ruling in effect (at the earliest possible time), I be lieve that there will be a great need for someone familiar with the problems of handi capped children to have a voice in the fulfillment of this mandate. With this in mind it is my desire to serve as a spokesman for exceptional children in Mecklenburg County though service on the school board." School Board candidate Austin says that he has three main goals for the board to pursue, these are: better state and national laws to further insure that every child re ceives a fair and equal educa tion designed to meet his or her fullest potential; upgrad ing of vocational programs in the school particularly for those youth not able or inte rested in attending college; and securing "for teachers a liveable salary". Austin is an employee of the U.S. Postal Service where he has served as a letter carrier for 23 years. Active in civic and educa tional affairs, Austin is a member of the Myers Street Center PTA-Treasurer, Myers Street Center School Commit tee, and chairman, Education Committee of the Mecklen burg County Association of Retarted Citizens. Austin is married to the former Lucille Hagler and the proud father of five children. BLACK HISTORY le Made Each WEEK Ih The CHARLOTTE POST! 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