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"Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly '
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA-28208-Thursday, January 13, 1977
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ATTRACTIVE FRANCES FLUWΕ
...Youngest of five children
Miss Frances Flo we
Is Beauty Of Week
By Melvetta Jenkins
Post Staff Writer
The Post takes pride in
introducing Miss Frances
Flowe, an avid 4-H member,
as this week's Beauty.
Frances is tho daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Flowe Sr.
and resides in Huntersville.
She is the only girl in her
family and has had the plea
sure of growing up with four
older brothers.
"It's fun being the baby in
the family," Frances said.
"I've always been able to get
my way. They never bullied
me like big brothers tend to do
and I've always been able tyo
talk to them about the things
that I didn't want to take to
Mama."
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Mecklenburg where she says
yMpat she has a "B" average.
"I study a lot," Frances
revealed. "There are people
who don't have to, but I do in
order to keep my average."
Her favorite subject is his
tory because she likes to "stu
dy about things that happened
in the past."
At North Meek she has been
a member of the NAACP for
two years, treasurer of the
Red Cross, of which she's been
a member for five years, a
member of the 4-H Club and a
clarinet player in the Vikings
Marching Band. She's played
the clarinet for seven years.
Her favorite subject is his
tory because she likes to "stu
dy things that happened in
, thepatt/^lr^iacDonald,
her history instructor, is her
favorite teacher.
Frances said that after
graduating from North Meek
she wants to go to college and
either major in elementary or
secondary education or get a
double major in education and
social work.
Among the things she enjoys
doing, Frances mentioned wa
ter skiing, boating, dancing,
sewing and swimming. She is
lucky that her family owns a
22 feet motor boat that helps
her pursue some of her hob
bies.
A Scorpio, born on Novem
ber 10, 1959, Frances admits
that Scorpios can be mean,
selfish, and stubborn, but says
that they also have a lot of
possitive qualities.
Frances attends Trinity
Baptist Church where she is a
member of the usher board
and the choir.
Last November she was
presented with the highest
award given to a member of
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Award." The presentation
was made at the 4-H Achieve
ment Night program.
"The "I Dare You Award"
is given to a young man and a
young woman who have
reached their goals in 4
H," Prances explained.
She has been the region
champion for four years and
said that some of her projects
have been Dairy Foods, Food
Preservation, Ground Beauti
fication, Home Beautification
and Sewing.
Mrs. Edna Flowe, Frances'
mother, was chosen as the
person Frances most admires.
"I've always wanted to be
like my mama," Frances
said. "The things she has done
have influenced me greatly.
She is a nice person, not just
a good mother." —
Frances explained her feel
ings about being chosen Beau
ty of the Week by saying, "To
me it's an honor, I've never
had anything like this happen
to me before."
Wishing Frances much suc
cess in the attainment of her
goals and congratulating her
on her past achievements, the
Post introduces her as Beauty
of the Week and wishes you a
very Happy New Year.
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Today'· civilization ia aya
tema whereby a man paya SO
CENTS to park hie car ao he
won't be fined a DOLLAR
while spending 20 CENTS to
buy a NICKEL cup of coffee.
City Officials Unveil Long
Awaited Affirmative Action Plan
Dr. King Sr. To Speak
At Inaugural Service
Dr. Martin Luther King Sr.
will assist the Rev. Bruce
Edwards of the Plains Baptist
flun ι li --in nn narly mnrning
prayer service at the Lincoln
Memorial Inauguration Day,
Jan. 20.
The inter denominational
service will take place on the
east steps of the memorial
where Dr. King's son so elo
quently gave his famous "I
have a dream" speech in 1963.
"It is expected to be the
most memorable event in a
long series of free social,
religious, cultural and recrea
tional activities," said Bardly
Tirana, co-chairperson of the
1977 Presidential Inaugural
Committee. Thfi__cflmmittee1_
also co-chaired by Vicki Ro
gers, is coordinating the five
day inaugural festival, which
lasU from Tuesday, Jan. 18 to
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The service, being arrang
ed by Lisa Sergio, will have
representatives from every
faith, and a combined choir
under the guidance of Norman
Scribner, Director of the
Washington Choral Society.
"So far, the Inaugural Com
mittee has arranged for local
citizens and out-of-town guests
to enjoy the widest spectrum
of events, compressing 18
months of experience into less
than a week," said Mr. Tira
na.
"The committee has asked
every institution in the city to
take part and the response has
been excellent," the chairper
son added.
Although in most instances
the sponsoring organizations
are paying for their own acti
vities, the committee will pay
to keep seven Smithsonian
Museums open until 9 p.m.
Other institutions will keep
summer hours also, with the
Library of Congress open until
9:30; the National Archives,
which will have inaugural
films and a memorabilia exhi
bit, until 10; the Vault, the
Rotunda and Statuary Hall in
the U.S. Capitol until 10; and
the Lincoln and Jefferson Me
morials fully illuminated and
open until midnight.
There will be concerts for
four hours each day, featuring
all types of musicrat seven of
the Smithsonian Museums -
Hirshhrn, Natural History,
History and Technology, Air
and Space Museum, National
Portrait Gallery, National
Collection of Fine Arts and
Renwick Gallery.
There also will be Bach
concerts on the new organ at
the Washington National Ca
thedral each day.
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Payments
Increase
WASHINGTON -School
lunch, breakfast, and day care
programs will receive in
creased payments in line with
the change in the Consumer
Price Index (CPI). the U.S.
Department of Agriculture an
nounced this week.
The adjustments reflect the1
2,814 percent increase in the
CPI for the 6 month period,
June-November 1976. The in
creased payments assist
schools and institutions which
participate in the National
School Lunch, School Break
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Programs.
In the National School
Lunch Program, the national
average payment to states,
used in turn by schools and
institutions to help defray food
costs for each lunch served,
will be increased from 13 cents
to 13.25 cents. Within that
average, states are authorized
to vary the rate of reimburse
ment up to a maximum of
19 25 cents. Previously, the
ceiling was 19 cents.
Under the School Breakfast
Program, the national aver
age payment will be increased
bv 2.5 cents to 10.75 cents The
additional average payment
for each reduced-price break
fast, which has been 19.50
cents, will be increased to 20
cents
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Photo By Jim Black
GOODYEAR MANAGER LEROY LONG
.^Resftonsiblo for marketing products
Black Store Manager Sa ys:
"You've Got To Like People"
By Melvetta Jenkins
Post Staff Writer
Leroy Long, manager of
Goodyear Service Store locat
ed on Sugar Creek Road. i»the
only Ulack manage of a Good
year store in Charlotte.
Long, a 1969 graduate of
Johnson C. Smith University
with a degree in economics,
said he was promoted last
February after having spent
about a year and a half as a
credit manager trainee.
Long is a native of Cheraw,
S.C He said that even though
the town was small Black
people were subjected to some
prejudice, the fact that he
grew up in a home where his
father was a minister helped
him to deal effectively with
the prejudices he did encoun
ter He said that his back
ground has qualified him for
the position as a Black mana
ger in a white company
"Goodyear is more tolerant
raciany because it's a large
company," he said, in re
sponse to the question whe
ther it's been hard on him
"I've encountered no friction
all with the workers on a
local level "
Long said that he contri
butes the lack of friction to his
ability to get along with peo
ple
"You've got to like people,"
Ix>ng said "You've got to
learn to listen to what they
have to say and know how to
evaluate it
As manager, i-ong is respon
situe for the marketing of
Goodyear products, the con
trolling of inventory and mak
ing sure that credit is extend
ed wisely.
He says that his chances for
advancement look pretty good
and that "the work is hard, but
very rewarding."
Long and his wife, Dorothy,
and their six year-old daugh
ter, Khonda, attend Clinton
Chapel ΑΜΕ Zion Church,
where Rev. M W. Tann is the
pastor l>ong is a member of
the Stewart Board at Clinton
Chapel
BR( 1 ( )ffers Public Speaking
The Charlotte Business Re
source Center is offering a
public speaking course. "How
To Sell To An Audience.'"
starting January 20 and run
ning through February 3, at
the Public Library main
branch at 310 North Tryon
Street
The registration deadline
for the course is January 18th
I'lease call the Business Re
source Center office (332-8578)
to make your reservation by
that date
The course will be held on
luesday and Thursday from
30 to 9 ρ m
Plan Lacks
Specific
Hiring Goals
By HoylelL.MartinSr.
Post Executive Editor
The nearly year old City
Council reguest for an affir
mative action plan, designed
to hire and upgrade blacks
and women, was outlined to
the city's governing body at
Monday's City Council meet
ing by Robert Earle, person
nel director for the city.
The proposed plan, which
will be discussed and possibly
adopted at the Council's Janu
ary 31 meeting, is void of
comment on a specific or ideal
number of blacks and women
to be employed in city govern
ment. Furthermore, the plan's
goal does not call for neces
sarily increasing the number
of blacks and women in upper
level city jobs during its three
year timetable.
In essence, the plan's goal is
merely a promsie that the city
will assert itself and more
dilhgently recruit blacks and
women for at least all posi
tions among an anticipated 220
vacancies in at least three
"What we are proposing,"
Earle said, "is what we think
we can reasonably achieve"
during a three-year period
with a good faith effort from
all city officials "
Mr Earle's "good faith ef
fort" statement means that
discriminatory racial or sexist
attitudes, apparently evident
among most department
heads and supervisors in .the
past and maybe the present,
will have to be changed in the
immediate future
In order to help this change
in attitude, each department
in city government will be
required under the plan to
conduct annual studies of
groups in the Charlotte area
population to find out whether
they are adequately represen
ted in all eight employment
categories, ranging from
maintenance workers to up
per-level administrators.
Kach denartment has rwpiv.
ed some approximate percen
tage of men and women, both
black and white, to be achiev
ed within the three year time
period
Karly consensus is that, the
plan has some apparent built
in weaknesses that could seri
ously hamper its sffective
ness First, it was pointed out
that the plan does not include
penalties (or uncooperative
department head* or supervi
sors However, a city person
nel staff member reportedly
said. "To my knowledge
(there are no penalties) be
cause we're taking a positive
approach We expect supervi
sors and department heads to
cooperate with the plan."
Secondly, since the plan
intends to match the percent
age of black administrators in
city government with those in
the local labor market, there
will be relatively few blacks in
city administrative Jobs, be
cause there are comparative
ly few black administrators in
the Charlotte labor market
This kind of comparison will
therefore not mean very much
as a basis for hiring, trsining
and promoting blacks
Blacks Participate In Hunt Inauguration
riaieigii, - dihlrs
participated in the inaugura
tion of Governor James Hunt
in numbers unprecedented by
previous administrations, De
mocratic or Republican Be
ginning with the inaugural
party on Friday evening at
Reynolds Coliseum, Black
bankers, businessmen, educa
tors, lawyers, precinct work
ers and observers dotted the
marathon of ceremonies that
finally ended Monday morn
ing with the swearing in of the
Council of State.
Inaugural Party
The affair was sponsored by
the Junior League of Raleigh
and the North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra. Those seat
ed on them main floor of.the
Coliseum had purchased MS
and (50 tickets. Proceeds for
the evening will go to charity
Not many of the Blacks
interviewed expressed a great
love for Master of Ceremonie
Andy Griffith of Mayberry
and Beverly Hills, with his
southern, hillbilly humor.
Jokes that drew laughter from
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often poked light humor at
women
Square dancing, tymphony
music, ballet dancing and a
medley of songs complement
ed Griffith's humor
Governor and Mr* Hunt
and the Council of State and
their wives marched down at
■isle in tails and gowns to a
long table before the floor
where the entertainers per
formed
Several prominent Blacks
were scattered throughout the
Coliseum Some of those in
attendance were Secretary of
Natural and Economic He
sources Howard I .<·(■ and his
wife Lillian. Senator and Mrs
John Winters Sr . Vice Presi
dent of Mechanics and Farm
ere Bank J J Sansom and his
wife, Vivian, a Shaw Univer
sity professor, Fayetteville
Slate University President Dr
and Mrs Charles Cyons, Dr
and Mrs Sidney Barnwell of
New Bern. St. Augustine's
College President Dr and
Mrs Prezell Kobinson. Mayor
and Mrs Ε V Wilkins of
Roper; W Wake County Com
missioner Elizabeth Cofield
and her husband James. Re
presentative and Mrs Η M
Michaux of Durahm, Direc
tor-designate of the State Of
fice of Economic Opportunity
jonn towards; Attorney G Κ
Butterfield of Wilson, and
former anti-poverty worker
and recently paroled Wilming
ton 10 defendant Anne She
pard Turner and her husband
Lewis Turner
The inaugural affair best
attended by Blacks was the
parade which included 60
marching bands, the majority
from thé state's high schools,
floats representing 40 coun
ties. II marching units, and 22
military units
The parade passed by re
viewing stands which seated
Governor and Mrs Hunt and
former Governor and Mrs
James Holshouser. along with
several Black dignitaries
Gone from the parade were
the usual all-white bands,
marching units and floats
which previously have not
reflected the racial makeup of
the counties and cities that
they represented Even thfc
color guard of the 82nd Air
borne and the Army National
Guard were very heavily
Black