GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS • Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson St^.second and third from right, hold gifts of gold wrist watches presented to them last * iiviu uj rccici Saturday at reception by grandson Bryant Wilson Others, left to right, are: John Wilson Jr., wife, Cora, and Silver Mount Baptist Church pastor Rev. W.F. Lee. W usons l celebrate Golden Anniversary By James Peeler Post Staff Writer Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson, Sr., 71 and 66-years-old re spectivly, celebrated their GOLDEN WEDDING ANNI VERSARY last Saturday, De cember 11, with a reception at the Greenville Community Center. The 7 until 10 p.m. affair was attended by ap proximately 150 relatives and friends. The Reception in their nonor was given by the couple's only son, John Wilson, Jr., his wife, Cora; and their children: Gail Feaster, 23; Bruce Scott Wil son, 21; Myrtle Annette Wil son , 17; Debora Elaine Wilson, 15; and Bryant Wilson, 8. A program in honor of their 50 years of marriage included remarks from Rev. W.F. Lee, Mrs. Wilson’s pastor at Silver Mount Baptist Church in Pine ville, N.C.; a prayer and a song, “Just Keep On Praying” by Mrs. Willie Walker; re marks by Rev. T.R. Leak and his wife; the reading of a' I poem by their grandchild Gail Feaster.-aneha poem, written and read by their son John Wilson Jr. The moving poem by their son: "We Thank Almiehtv God. For having brought us through. He has worked unselfishly for me as well as you. For words 1 searched, A few I did find. To let you know, what is on my mind. For those of you that come, It means you played a part. I thank you all sincerely, From the bottom of my heart. To the couple that is honor ed, They are the best I've had. I congratulate them whole heartedly,” My Mom and Dad. Music for the occasion was furnished by Silver Mount Baptist Church Choir. Relatives attending the hap py occasion included: George and Louise Wilson of Derita; Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey of Pineville, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Austin, Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. Miles Barnette and son: I"11M Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith; Mrs. Marie Steele, Deloria Davi son, and Daisy Cureton. The Wilson’s, who live at 1229 South Church Street, "Got lots of presents," accord ing to their son, John Jr., whose son Bryant, presented the lovely couple godl wrist watches on behalf of his fami ly Mr. Wilson is a member of Indian Hill AME Zion Church, Lancaster County, S.C. pas tored by Rev. Clinton Stack house. He is a Class Leader, a member of the Vocal Choir, and former Chairman of the Trustee Board. Mrs. Wilson is a member of Silver Mount Baptist Church, pastored by Rev. W.F. Lee. She is a member and Assistant Secretary of Humn Choir No. 1, and a member of Mission ary Circle No. 2. Mr. Wilsin likes to hunt, sing,)and watch baseball games - he is a former base ball player. Mrs. Wilson likes to crow flowers, sew, and bake cakes and breads. According to her son, John Jr., “she baked 108 cakes one year.” Stevie W onder’s N ew Album Heads National Charts After having been the first American artist’s album to enter the best selling album trade chart in Billboard trade magazine at the number one position, Stevie Wonder’s “Songs In The Key Of Life” has held that position for five consecutive weeks. This accomplishment marks the longest maintained period that an album which entered the charts at the number one position has held it, topping the old record which was three weeks and held by European star, Elton John. “Songs In The Key Of Life” also holds the number one spot on the other two music trade magazines - Cashbox and Re cord_World. Mrs. Bryant Awaits Ruling On Discrimination Case DAT T7*T/“»TI n • nn ___1 m>.i. ..... _ Drvant rUimoH "violated mv • \ wmu; — r aui Keller, retiring Executive Di rector of the Johnston and Lee County Community Action A gency, and Mrs. Gloria Bryr ant, a former employee, are both awaiting the results of an investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC). But each hopes for a different outcome. The investigation stems from events leading up to and including Mrs. Bryant's dismissal last December as Director of Community Deve lopment for the Agency, a post the young Black woman had held for seven years. Specifically, Mrs. Bryant charges Keller and the Agen cy with having fired her, “in retailiation for my attempts to get a salary adjustment, which violates Section 704(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” Section 704(a) of Title VII makes it illegal to discriminate against any per son because he or she has made a charge, testified, or participated in any manner in UWUVI A IVJV VII. "I am seeking reinstate ment with full back pay, da mages and attorney’s fees," said Mrs. Bryant, contacted at her home in Raleigh. This story, as Gloria Bryant tells it, began back in April, 1975 when she learned quite by chance that several employ ees in her department, includ ing herself, were being paid substantially less than "white males at the same rank and with the same experience." She wrote a confidential me mo to her immediate superior. Deputy Director of the Agency Leon Penny, requesting "that the situation of the salary be looked into.” At this point, Mrs. Bryant charges, a series of actions, began, "intended to harass me, including one incident in which Keller fired me and then rescinded his decision ten minutes later.” Shortly thereafter Mrs. Bry ant took her salary case to the Agency Board of Directors, asking that her salary" be adjusted in accordance wiin the principle of "equal pay for equal work done." On Novem ber 13, 1975, the Board voted Mrs. Bryant a $2000.00 a year raise. The next da^, Novem ber 14, Mrs. Bryant recalled, "Leon Penny gave me my first bad performance evalua tion in seven years." Matters came to a head one month later on December 15, the day Mrs. Bryant was scheduled to receiver he first pay check including the con troversial raise. She received instead a check for the usual amount and a letter from Keller firing her without no tice. “I have no doubt that Keller harassed and fired me be cause I participated in the Board hearing," Mrs. Bryant asserted. "Everything points to the fact that it was retalia tion for the issues I raised... Several times he (Keller) tri ed to force me into insubordi nation, but I sidestepped it and that made him angry." Contacted by the Communi ij ntnuii oiuce, exe cutive Director Keller denied that he had fired Mrs. Bryant “because of her request for a raise. She was fired for speci fic reasons which happened a few days before the firing." Keller declined to elaborate on those reasons. When asked about the Board's November 13 decision to grant Mrs. Bryant a $2000.00 a year sala ry- increase, Keller explained that, "The Board of Directors took an action which they were-not legally permitted to do. They could not approve a raise that large." When asked what the Board was legally permitted to do in that situa tion, Keller said, “1 would rather not discuss that." In response to the firing, Mrs. Bryant filed the charges which are now pending with the EEOC, while at the same time appealing the action to a Grievance Committee in ac cordance with Agency proce dures. The Grievance Com mittee did not meet until February 7, 1976, which Mrs. right to an immediate hear ing." The Committee over ruled Keller, recommending that she be reinstated but its report was not taken up by the Board of Directors until April, two months later. "This delay again denied me due process within the Agency's own re medies," Mrs. Bryant said Contacted in Charlotte, James Borden, EEOC investi gator in charge of Mrs. Bry ant's case said that he was "not permitted under law to discuss the status of the case." nor even to indicate when a final ruling might be made. 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