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Mr*. Ophelia Gray ...Section president NCVWTo Sponsor Banquet Hoe November 16 A banquet will be held Fri day, November 19 by the local section of the National Council of Negro Women, an organiza tion founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. Robin Sadaukai of Greens boro, the regional director of the southeastern district of the council, will be the guet spea ker for the banquet. It will be held in the Wagoner Room of the Heart of Charlotte, 3815 N. ; Tryon St., from 7 to 9 p.m. Over 80 enthusiastic women hold membership in the local . section of the council, said ; section President Ophelia Car | son Gray. She said the mem j bers are professional, non • professional and para-profes ( sional. All women are encou | raged to associate with the ' council, said Mrs. Gray. . The Charlotte section of the • council was formed in May. It ; received an official charter in . August. Mrs. Gray said the •' membership eoal is 200. : “These women are trying to ' promote an awareness of the great opportunities that are theirs in our changing soci ety," said Mrs. Gray. She added that the council seeks to "carry out the legacy of Mary McCloud Bethune." Key ideals of the council are faith, love, hope, racial digni ty, confidence, respect for the use of power and a thirst for education, according to Mrs; Gray. Uptown Pedestrian Signals Reactivated Beginning Wednesday, No vember 10 pedestrain signals at 22 uptown Charlotte inter sections will be reactivated. The signals have been adjust ed to coordinate pedestrian movements with the new com puterized traffic signal sys tem. Citizens are advised that the adjusted signals will operate somewhat differently than be fore. When the signal dis plays: --“WALK” - It is safe to enter or be in the crosswalk. -Flashing “DON’T WALK” - It is safe to be in the crosswalk but it is not safe to begin crossing. . V Grier Heights United Presbyterian Church Sets Financial Goal For 1977 By James Peeler Post Staff Writer Rev. Raymond Worsley, pastor of the 299-member GriePHeights United Presby terian Church, USA, since April 1971, conducted the 325 Skyland Ave. Church’s annual Commissioning Of Steward ship Commitment Visitors Service last Sunday following their Morning Worship. The service signals the be ginning of annual visitations to members’ homes by Calling Agents of The Stewardship Task Force who interpret and reiterate the need, mission, and work of the church and take pledges of financial sup port toward the church’s an nual budget. The governing body of the church, its Elders, have set a financial goal of $56,515.70 this year according to a “PRO POSED 1977 BUDGET FOR GRIER HEIGHTS PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH" circulat to the congregation last Sun day. , The Stewardship Steering Committee, headed by Mrs. Ruth E. Kennedy, wife of the church's former pastor Rev. C.M. Kennedy, “worked three straight weeks and held 4 Workshops” in preparation • for last Sunday’s Stewardship Sunday Service, according to pastor Worsley. Chairperson Kennedy was assisted in her Stewardship Steering Committee tasks by Rudy Nance Graddy, Assis tant Chairperson; Obie Black well, Mamie Davis, Ethel G. Wallace, George P. Wallace, and Mary J. Wallace. This year s Stewardship Task Force is composed of Sarah Allison, Willie Black well, Katherine Childs, Doro thy Ellis, Johnnie M. Evans, Genora Fant, Ellen Gamble, Louise Harris, M.J.B. Hen derson, Lillian Hendricks, Calvin Lewers, Patricia Loop er, Thelma Miller, Mamie Moore, Helen Montgomery, Dorothy Polk, Marvin Price, Amanda Russell, Elbie Wal lace, Henry Furman Wallace, Sophia Wells, Walter L. Wal lace, and Annie Christine Wil lems. J- u ii ;> A delighted Rev. Worsley ' said last Tuesday that this year’s visitations were “the best educational program on interpretation of the work, need, and mission of the church ever." County Offices To ObeerveVeterans Day All Mecklenburg County Of fices will be closed Thursday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. This will include all bran ches of the Public Library and all units of the Health Depart ment and the Social Services Department except the day care centers operated by So cial Services. The Food Stamp Office will be closed. All district and superior courts will be closed for the day. GRIER HEIGHTS STEWARDSHIP TASK FORCE ~~ u ith Steering Committee and Ruling Elders The 300-seat Grier Heights Presbyterian Church, situated on land donated by the late Arthur Grier and his wife, has made its presence felt in the Griertown Community. According to Rev. Worsley, the church has two sections of Headstart Programs for three and four year olds, it feeds 200 Senior Citizens five days a week in its Fellowship Hall, rent-free, it has a Girl Scout Troop, conducts a Summer Youth Program, assisted by a $1,000 Scholarship from Sardis Presbyterian Church; and conducted a Special Program for 50 piano student which was directed by Mrs. Bettye C. Walker, Minister of Music at Grier Heights. According-to Rev. Worsley, the church owns a 100 x 300 corner lot across the street from the sanctuary and hopes to construct a Community Center, The church’s next project will be a Christian Education Seminar for young people to last 8-weeks in May and June of 1977. Happiness Through Health New Strain Of'Gonorrhea By Otto McClarrin Special To The Post Health authorities are on a world wide alert for a new strain of gonorrhea resistant to penicillin, the antibiotic used successfully since World War II to treat the venereal disease. They fear that if the new strain becomes widespread, it could deal a severe setback to the national venereal disease control program. The Nation al Center for Disease Control (NCDC), which issued the alert, said that several addi tional cases of the new type of gonorrhea have come to its attention since the discovery of two cases (oi)e in Maryland and one in California) at the end of August. Both of the earlier cases are believed to be the result of sexual contact made in the Philippines. Dr. Ralph Henderson, direc tor of the center's venereal disease control division, said “We have instituted a world wide search for additional isolates through the World Health Organization, and we' ve alerted all state laborato ries and health departments of this finding.” - He stated that the center has recommended that all pa tients with gonorrhea be checked seven to 14 days after completioh of treatment to confirm cure. He added that if the penicillin-resistant gonorr hea strain becomes wide spread, it could mean a severe setback to the venereal di sease control program. A comparatively new anti biotic, spectinomycin, was used to effect an apparent cure in the first two cases of the new strain, and tetracyc line was used effectivly in another case. Gonorrhea has been classified as a national epidemic for the last four years. 'KICKING TOBACCO HABIT Some heavy smokers in Great Britain have been able to kick the habit by stubbing out their cigarettes and chew - ing a stick of "nicotine gum instead. Doctors at an anti smoking clinic there have been testing the gum. which contains the nicotine that oc curs naturally in tobacco leaves, on smokers who want to give up cigarettes Many scientists believe the nicotine in tobacco causes the stimulation that smokers seem to crave. By taking the nicotine in gum form, the smoker can get his satisfac tion without all the health hazards of smoking. The trials have been going on for four years at the Addic tion Research Institute at Lon don's Maudsley Hospital un der the direction of a team led by Dr. Michael Russell. Of every 10 smokers who tried the gum. four have remained non-smokers for at least a year after the “treatment." according to Ur. Kusseii. • Of all the methods we have tried so far to help smokers give up. this seems to be the most successful. By next year. — » doctors should be able to write a prescription for nicotine gum. It's quite a break through." he said. The gum is only a tempo rary substitute, to be used for a month or two. to help smok ers over their withdrawal symptoms while giving up. It is considered safer than tobac co because it contains neither tar nor carbon monoxide, which collect in the lungs. Chest and lung infections, cancer and heart disease are the most serious illnesses widely believed to be caused by smoking. 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