i Lester Norman
If;
? Joins WIST Staff
By Abigail L. Flanders.
Post Staff Writer
Have you ever wondered
Wh8 is behind the sensuous
masculine voice that you hear
when you tune to WIST and the
name "Les” Norman rings
from your radio? Well, here's
your chance to meet a young,
, handsome and humble twenty -
two year old bachelor whose
dream of one day being a
radio announcer is now a
reality.
^Lester Norman is a new
to the field of radio,
i by the profession
of David Wilson and
Graham of WGIV, Les
■ Taylor
...Popular hitmaker.
jjohnnie Taylor
Opens Soul
Train’s Season
t Hitmaker Johnnie Taylor
opens Soul Train’s new tele
vision season in the company
of The Tymes, a quintet with
an international reputation.
(Singing "Disco Lady,"
which remained at the tip of
tie charts week after week,
ajid "Somebody’s Gettin It,”
fist working its way to the
tip, Taylor follows up with
‘$tunnin’ Out of Lies,” to
remonstrate his award-win
rang style.
;sA former gospel singer who
replaced the late Sam Cooke
tilth the Soul Stirreres, Taylor
^^eaardedtatoeindiKtry as
sing
Bair top ten single “It’s Cool”
3(nd "Only Your Love.
S Formed in the late 50’s the
Philadelphia group has com
pleted three successful Euro
pean tours and won the cov
Sfed silver record in the Unit
Mi Kingdom, the British equiv
gjjient of the American gold
Three men - George Wil
j&ims, Donald Banks and Nor
man Burnett - and two women
§3 Terri Gonzalez and Melanie
Sjjoore - comprise The Tymes.
decided ~lo try his hand at
radio announcing about a year
,and a half ago. He began at
WG1V where he assigned to
the Sunday evening gospel
show, and is now employed by
WIST as a radio announcer,
playing top 40 and golden
records. If you should ask this
ambitious yftung announcer
what gave him the spirit to
keep pursuing his dream he
would reply: “I learned to
believe in myself with a little
help from my friends and my
mother.
I always knew that being a
radio announcer was in my
blood, but I didn't know exact
ly how to pursue it . Until one
day I made up my mind just to
relax and keep trying. I have
found that so many young
people have the same problem
that I once had-impatience.
By the time you realize where
you want to go in lite and what
you want to do. you just aren't
satisfied with going through
all the channels that you must
'in order to reach that goal,”
Mr. Norman said. "I would
like to see all brothers and
sisters get into something
that's relaxing and construc
tive. There are too many
unhappy people who are doing
the things that they don^
particularly want to do, just
.for the sake of paying their
bills.”
Lester Norman is a native of
Charlotte. He graduated from
Garringer High School and
attended Central Piedmont
Community College, where he
took courses in commercial
art. He is a member of the
,“TCB” club, a community
action organization that con
centrates on helping families
who are victims of disaster, as
well as others who are in dire
'need to aid.
Unlike so many others who
have gone into the business of
radio announcing and com
munications, Les Norman is a
reserved and somewhat quiet
man who spends his leisure
time trying to learn how to
relax. When he is not reading
up on the subject, he is con
stantly concentrating on it
through extensive meditation
while listening to the soothing
sounds of jazz-the music that
**« CUJU^b.
is ..no .certainty of
wRer^ the talents of a man
such as Les Norman might
ultimately travel. Wherever
they take him, he feels that he
will remain in the business of
communications. "Commu
nications is like a tree. The
more it grows, the more it
branches out. I am now in the
process of finding out which
branch is really suitable for
me." Lester said.
This is only a small part of
■the charm, the humility and the
talent behind the man whose
voice so confidently blends
with the music that you hear
on WIST.
[Sweet Charity” Is
inal CPCC Play
K''Sweet Charity” is the final
Attraction of the Central Pied
fitont Community College
KPCC) Summer theatre sea
(pn. Performances are schc
Ailed nightly at 8 p.m., August
9-28 with a Sumlay matinee
■l August 22. £
jp The play was an 18 month
■roadway musical hit. Chari
| Hope Valentine, the play 's
Barring character, is a dance
&§hostess of unquestionable
fotimism despite repeated re
Suffs from the men she gene
Jpusly gives her heart.
Several performers trom
CPCC productions earlier this
summer have parts-in the
play. Kala Kaminsky, who*
played Anita in Westside
Story, plays Charity. Her lead
ing rrtan is Stephen Smith, who
plays Oscar.
Other cast members are
Beverly Brown, Debbie Watts,
Fred Wooster, Michael Wash
ington and Michael Bush.
‘‘Sweet Charity” is being
directed by Tom Vance and
choreography is by Susi Mc
Carter. Sets are by Charistian
Tucker.
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The Cherry Con.
on a hill oyerlooki: _
Creek Valiey ar t! :i< •
districts of the (
Mall and the htia.
areas
Once Cherry u.
borhood of maids at.d
for the rich faiml:
Myers Park area in it
1900's. Today it is a cot
ty in the midst i-t
business area
Bound on the no
pendente Boulovai
by Queens Itoad a
an unnamed tnbuc
gar Creek and tin
Kings Drive, thee
is one of nine tat
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money for internal n:
ments.
Named for the Ch<
mily, whose descend..
Minnie Cherry lived u
death five years ago on >
Street, the neighborhood ,
sists of 117 acres on wl.u i.
lives 1,752 people It is known
enstis tract 2ti lor demo
.ipine purposes
'■ turday to show their
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< ■ ’iinmnity met at
-an Park at 9 a m. and
• ‘ d bags to over 75 Boy
'voul> irom Pleasant
i -it hureh and seve
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mity development
i;e Committee and other
adults who eollect
’ on 9 until 4 :io p.m.
massed the entire
■d and afterwards
1 sited to cookies asnd
they collected ti4 cans
• which were loaded
- nutation trucks and
tla* landfill.
\onne Bittle was very
unit (al in the coordina
ellort with Mrs Marilyn
and the Charlotte
. 1 ity (Committee
1I.- area residents hope that
e eiiort w ill turn into a long
term arrangement and the
area will always be kepi free
of filter
. Johnny MatiusK > wuilo Ny 11 Star
Johnny Mathis :
an hour special.
Night Presents Juluu..
in the Canadian Itm.
be colorcast on Chanr
Saturday. August
The special was tap ! . ■
on location in and
Banff and Lake Loui ■
province of Alberta ,<
Mathis are Karen \...
The Congrogaii
group, and National
champion Larr> Mai. i
With the majestic
Rockies as thier' I
Mathis and computi;
ally explore the
every conceivable me..re ,.i
transportation train,
copter, covered wage
dola, on foot and bor • a., ..
MU >WS:
2ndBK' 1:30-3:15
a pL i. dfc l / k/\ rl ill 4:25-6:40'
^l.UU2;30 8:30-9:50.
11:30
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hi::hii|>hts include
line Day In
iu.d "What I Did
"bUI SIMMONS'
iKttitjHUl
lirnm: ®beatr*
“A GIRL
iUULD GET LUCKY”
A Comedy
FRI. & SAT.
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There’s Something To Do In Charlotte
dv rionnie t.ong
Too often, and < -p. nails on
weekend afternom - itn> con
versation occurs in die ijueen
City, Metrolina, and Char
lotte, (Which ever \»u prefer»
John: OK Sweetheart. I've
had a good week Uc can get a
sitter, and I'd realty enjoy
getting out for dinner and
some good entertainment to
night--But please, not another
movie.
Marsha: Well Swi*i*thearl. you
should have thought about
tunes like this .before you
decided to live in the \South
ern Backward Belt instead of
up N'orth--w’hy, if you had only
taken that position in New
York two years ago like 1
wanted...
John: 1 know; I know. But
Charlotte is a better place to
be Sunday through Thursday,
so the score is still five to two
in favor of the hometown-we
just have to use a little more
immagination down here ’on
Friday and Saturday nights.
If. like John and Marsha,
you arc sometimes at a loss
for a good entertainment idea. ,
please follow this suggestion
uoiina Summer In
ApjjearOn Buucfaland
Frankie Avalon and Donna '
Summer join host Dick Clark g
on ABC Television Network's ™
AMERICAN Bandstand. A
"Saturday. August 21 from $
12:30 to 1:30 p.m /
Frankie Avalon will sing ^
“Its Never Too Late." J
a uinner uieaire
There are two excellent din
ner theatres nearby and both
consistently offer good to ex
ceptionally good food and en
tertainment And. when you
compare the total dinner-thea
tre evening cost to that of a
good restaurant--movie even
ing. it is a sure winner.
At both the Mint Hill and <
Pineville Dinner Theatres, the
menus compare favorably to
many higher priced establish
ments. and after dinner, you
can sit back with your favorite
drink and appreciate perform
ing art.
At Mint Hill the atmosphere
is intimate At Pineville, the
actors and actresses are likely
to have more impressive cre
dentials.At both you will see
talented professionals giving
too percent and good audienc
es of all ages and in a variety
of colors.
"A girl could get lucky" will
play at Mint Hill through
•September 11.
"Cactus Flower" is at Pine
ville until September 22.
Both guarantee laughter
For prompt subscription
ervice call Rex Hovey
&LUUi.
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viewer” saw "A tiiii ( uui-'
Get Lucky" on Sauu<i.>.
Mint Hill. The audiemi L>v<->i
it and I loved it:
John and Marsli.i
have loved it, too. Ll. 11. _ ^
from the empty s«\;; >
were (like many oiliet • i..n
lotteans) either at the . . -
or at home complaining • -n:
'nothing to do” in Clue ;•
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MECKLENBURG COUNTY
PHONE 374 2.33 BOARD OF ELECTIONS
PHONE 374-2133 _ LOUIS D. STUBBS Chairman
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WILLIAM B A CULP JR ^ UHLIY L. HOOCWOOD JR . IlCRITARV
executive .EGRET**, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 i
July 19, 1976
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Jim Black
WGIV !
Dear Jim:
The WGIV Voter Registration drive on Saturday,
July 17, 1976, was an overwhelming success. We registered
and transfered some 362 people in five hours. That is
by far the best special registration unit we have had
since 1972. ' j
]
You and the staff of WGIV deserve a big thanks
for your effort and concern in this area of public i
service. j
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Sincerely yours,
k)jA^ fa.CJfy.
William B. A. Culp, Jr.
Executive Secretary
Mecklenburg County
Board of Elections
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