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ATTRACTIVE COURTNEY ABLE
...Ranson cheerleader
Miss Courtney Able
Is Beauty Of Week
By Melvetta Wright
Post Staff Writer .
With a smile that displays
her personable nature, Miss
Courtney Able comes to us as
this week's Beauty.
Courtney, an 8th grade stu
dent at Ranson Junior High
School, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Able and
lives at 5229 Elderbank Drive.
Among her various activities
at Ranson, Courtney is a
Student Council member, a
cheerleader on the junior var
sity squad, and a member of
the Exploring Raiders Club.
Science is the subject Court
ney enjoys most at Ranaon
because, shg said, "it opens up
a lot of new ideas to me." MiM
Abraham, a health instructor
at Ranson, is Courtney's favo
rite teacher. Courtney be
lieves that Miss Abraham
warrants this designation be
cause she's "understanding
and offers good advice" when
she's apprôaclîéd by à studènt
with a problem.
With a grade average that's
usually around an A or a B,
Courtney proudly announced
that she made the honor roll
^Jis past grading period and
has great confidence in doing
it again this coming grading
period. Courtney said that she
doesn't find that she has to
study a lot because sne says
she tends to pay close atten
tion in class.
Courtney enjoys cooking,
dancing, singing and doing
"some needlework," but said
that singing is her favorite
because she has dreams of
becoming one of two things - a
singer or a model. Being a
singer will allow her to "bring
a menage to the people
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which some
a model will allow her to
"priss" or "show-off," which
she admits that she likes to do.
Her favorite entertainers
are Earth, Wind and Fire,
Stevie Wonder (because of the
messages in their music), An
gle Dickinson and Clifton Da
vis.
Our Beauty attends Mt. Mo
riah Primitive Baptist Church
where Rev. T.W. Samuels is
the pastor and where she is the
President of the Junior Usher
Board and a member of the
Junior Choir and the Youth
Movement. Last year Court
ney was crowned queen at the
Primitive Baptist State Sun
day School Conference Pa
geant after having raised
more than $1,000.
"I was excited about that,"
Courtney revealed. "I didn't
think that I'd win, especially
since there were girls trying
for their second and third
time·, without winning Thie
was my first time, and 1 won."
Courtney has two pets - a
three year old German Shep
perd named Samson and a
silver poodle named Merci' -
about whom her mother in
sists she's absolutely crazy.
Mrs. Able is the person
Courtney's decided who de
serves her strongest admira
tion. According to Courtney
they have a very good rela
tionship - not the traditional
mother-daughter relationship,
but a sort of older sister
younger sister relationship.
"My mama really has her
stuff together," Courtney said
with pride. "Even through
hard times, she's together. I
want to be just like her."
A Scorpio born on Novem
ber 20, 1963, Courtney has no
illusions about her personality
and the sign she was bom
under. Contrarily, she readily
and honestly admits that
"Scorpions can sometimes be
moody, they sométimes get
upset easily, and can some
times be stubborn."
Courtney said, in response
to the question of what her
philosophy of life is, some
thing that Is both refreshing
and thought provoking.
"I think life is good so far,"
«h* «rte, "bot the worM is
really getting outrageous.
People shouldn't be going a
gainst each other so much I
think that something is going
to happen soon to make people
sit back and think about all the
things that are going on now."
I
Carter's Proposal "Τoo Small"
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A1 Attles To Talk Here Monday Nieht
Famed Pro Basketball
Star Is YMC A Speaker
uy Meivetta Wright
Post Staff Writer
On Monday, January 24, A1
Attles, Head Coach and Gen
eral Manager of the Golden
State Basketball Warriors,
will be the guest speaker at
the 41st Annual Membership
meeting of the McCrorey
Branch YMCA.
The meeting will be held to
elect new board members,
honor companies and organi
zations that make contribu
tions to McCrorey Branch,
and recognize the members of
the Board of Managers who
raised the most money during
the Annual Membership
Drive.
At ties, who played with the
Warriors for 11 years prior to
obtaining the position he now
holds, is married to the former
Wilhelmenia Rice and is the
father of Alvin III, 11 and
Erica, 5. <
He was born and reared in
Newark, New Jersey. He at
tended North Carolina A&T
College in Greensboro. While
there he became acquainted
with Vince Miller, who had
played with Wilt Chamberlain
in high school. After sustain
ing a knee injury and having
to return home, Miller sug
gested to Wilt Chamberlain
and Eddie Gottlieb, then
coach for the Warriors, that
the Warriors should draft At
tles, which they eventually did
in the fifth round.
Nicknamed "The Destroy
er," Attles earned, during his
eleven seasons with the War
riors, the reputation of being a
superb defensive player.
Under Allies' coaching Ihe
Warriors moved from the
NBA cellar to the NBA's front
rank. The NBA Championship
in 19751 two divisions crowns
and pro basketball's best re
UINCC Creative Arts
Department To
Exhibit Painting
Students in the Creative
Arts Department at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Charlotte will exhibit paint
ings and drawings beginning
January 14 in the Main Gal
lery of Rowe Arts Building.
The exhibit will be open
Monday through Friday from
9 a.m. until 4 p.m. It will be
open through February 4.
cord last season are only a few
of the things that are on the
list of Attles' coaching accom
plishments. He has also been
selected to coach the Western
team of the NBA All-Stars for
the past two seasons.
Attles, who has won 298
games since becoming the
Warrior's coach, is certain
this year to step into the
all-time top 10 among NBA
coaches.
The McCrorey Branch
meeting is open to the public.
For more information on mak
ing reservations, call the
YMCA at 394-2356.
Women League
To Study District
Representation
By ucDoraft liâtes
Post Staff Writer
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
League of Women Voters, af
ter a series of concensus meet
ings Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 25-26, will take a
position on district represen
tation for the city of Charlotte.
If the League study favors
district representation, they
also will seek concensus on the
make-up of governmental u
nits and methods of election
Five unit meetings will be
held to discuss the issues and
determine the League's posi
tion. They will be Tuesday,
January 25, at the League
office, 1820 East Eighth
Street, at 9:30 a.m. (babysit
ting provided), and at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, January 26,
meetings will be at Provi
dence United Methodist
Church, at 10a.m., at Ivey's at
1 p.m. (reservations required
with M.E. Wiebler 364-4711),
and in Davidson at the home of
Ann White at 8 p.m.
The League will also study
and take concensus on district
representation for the County
Commission, county
-wide boards and other go
vernmental authorities.
Members of all governmen
tal units in the Mecklenburg
area now are elected at large.
A referendum on one form of
district representation for
City Council - a mix of district
representatives and others e
lected at large-will be held in
April.
Al Attles
...Warrior's Coach
Black Legislators
Oppose Death Penalty
(CCNS)--The first week of
the North Carolina Legisla
ture got under way with its six
Black legislators getting
chairmanships and key com
mittee assignments unprece
dented since the period of
Reconstruction in North Caro
lina. Four Black legislators in
the House of Representatives
were interviewed on their jobs
at the legislature and most
have already keenly develop
ed their legislative agenda.
All but one oppose the re-en -
actment of the death penalty.
All favor creation of a fair
employment practices com
mission. more judges and
court personnel and more
Blacks on the Board of Gover
nors. All have served at least
one term in the legislature and
three are lawyers, one, a mi
nister and two, real estate
brokers. All represent heavily
populated urban areas except
Dr. Joy Johnson, who repre
sents a rural, populous Black
and native American county.
Rep Joy Joseph Johnson, Ro
beson County minister in the
town of Fairmount, has been
appointed chairperson of the
Human Resources Committee
and a member of the Correc
tions Committee of the House
of Representatives. Now serv
ing his third term, Johnson is
opposed to re-enactment of the
death penalty, but thinks it
may pass this session of the
Legislature. Dr. Johnson is.
also the President of the Gen
eral Baptist Convention of
North Carolina, the largest
Black Church group in the
state.
Johnson expects to use the
influence of the chairperson
ship of the Human Resources
Committee to "get eligible
North Carolinians speedy as
sistance from the Department
of Social Services around the
state." Johnson also puts em
phasis on developing legisla
lation to prevent inéligibles
from receiving assistance, not
only welfare clients but pro
fessional providers of services
who often overcharge the
state.
Johnson says he'll work to
ward passing a fair employ
ment practices act which will
outlaw hiring and firing dis
crimination based on race,sex
and religious affiliation He
would support legislation that
would set up a fair employ
ment practices commission to
enforce the act and give the
commission power to subpoe
na records and witnesses for
investigative purposes
AFL-CIO Says Carter
J
Plan Falls Short Of Needs
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In a declaration that Presi
dent-elect Carter's limited
proposals do not "meassure
up," the American Federation
of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO) has called fora $30
billion program of economic
stimulus based on direct job
creating programs, according
to a recent AFL-CIO's news
release.
Carter's plan, which was
described by the legislative
subcommittee of the federa
tion's Executive Council as
"too small, takes too long, and
is too ill-advised'' to give the
economy the boost it needs, is
intended to spread a $30 billion
stimulus over a two year
period, beginning October 1.
1977
It calls for up lo SI billion in
tax rebates and special social
security payments the first
year, with a $4 billion perma
nent ' tax cut for low · and
moderate .ne -«ne persons.·
The proposal devised by the
legislative committee is full ol
direct job creating programs
in contrast to Carter's, which
is full of tax cuts. It calls tor
the disbursement of Sio billion
in accelerated publn works
project, $8 billion in addmonal
public service employment, S2
billion in youth employment
and training programs? itnd $-2
billion in funds designed to
check excessive developments
in businesses in order to help
the nation's local and state
governments emerge fully
from the recession, the re
lease said
According to the release, the
AFL-CIO proposal was an
nounced three days after the
outlines of Carter's economy
booster proposals were made
public. The details of the
federation's plans include an
expansion of the public works
program, which would create
CD Preliminary
Plan Available For
Publie Inapeetion
Copies of the Preliminary
Plan for the Expenditure of
Community Development
Block Grant Funds for the
Third, Fourth and Fifth Action
Years (fiscal years 1978 80
are now available for public
inspection
Household 1 echmcians Ask President Carter
F or Better Insurance Plan F or Poor People
By Deborah Gates
j Poet Staff Writer
"Better insurance 'for poor
people" was one of the main
topics of interest presented at
a breakfast rally Thursday
morning, January 20, at the
All-Souls Unitarian Church in
Washington, D.C. which was
designed to provide opportuni
ties for household workers to
offer prayers of support for
the Jimmy Carter administra
tion in its aid to the working
poor.
Mrs Willie Gent, co^hnir
man of the Queen City House
hold Technicians of America
of Charlotte, made the presen
tation with efforts telling how
Carter's administration can
be more supportive of low
income working people in re
ference to insurance.
Mrs Gant was spokesman
for one of many Household
Technicians of America
(ΗΤΑ), and The National
Council of Household Employ
ment (NCHE), who traveled
to Washington January 20 to
present topics concerning
household workers and the
poor
Mrs. Gant, along with the
other spokesmen, presented
the Carter administration
with · broomstick which was
iaacrlhed at Uie top We the
undersigned, from Charlotte.
North Carolina, Join together
to support a new era of con
cern for Door working peo
pie" "Eighty-nine persons
signed the inscription," said
Mrs Luciel McNeel. a mem
ber of the Queen City ΗΤΑ of
Charlotte. National board
member of the ΗΤΑ, and a
NCHE national committee
taskforce member, "those
who are interested in seeing a
new event coming from the
Carter administration for poor
people "
According to Mrs McNeel,
30 members of the Queen City
ΗΤΑ in Charlotte, and more
than 400 household workers
from Maryland. Ohio, New
York, Michigan, North Caro
lina, Florida, Massechusetts.
and Missouri, attended the
breakfast.
The Queen City ΗΤΑ left
Charlotte Wednesday night at
10 o'clock by bus and arrived
in Washington, D C at six
a m Thursday morning
After the breakfast, which
was scheduled for 9:30 a m , a
45 minute service was held at
the church. The Inaugural
parade followed at 1:30. in
which many household work
ers rode holding brooms with
their identifying tags A small
workshop at the church was
held for those persons who did
not attend the parade
Rounding off the Inaugural
ceremonies, a Poor People's
Calvery Ball was held at the
Northwest Gardens in Wash
ington
The Queen City ΗΤΑ of
Charlotte members will leave
Washington January 21. after
a five hour tour of the city
They will arrive back in Char
lotte at 2am Saturday morn
inR
Names of the Queen City
ΗΤΑ o( Charlotte members
who made the trip are l.uciel
McNeel, Willie Mae Gant. Kva
Kenion, Evelyn Arant, Rena
Blue, Minnie Conner, James
Ellis, Mary Flovmoy, Carrie
Graves, Brenda Hailey. I>el
phine Irby, Susie Johnson
Etta I>atimore. Willette l>ove
Roberta Lyles, John McCall,
Ella Medlin. Thryphens Β
Miller, Thelma Patterson,
Creola Robinson. Louise Sam
pson. Anne Sheffield. Gladys
Simms, Beatrice Watson.
Grace Weeks. Jessie Young.
Beauty Graves, Bessie Col
hourn. and Georgia Blakey
jobs quickly and help the state
unii local governments make
necessary improvements, an
expansion of public service
employment under Title 6 of
„the Comprehensive Employ
ment AntfTraining Act. which
would expand the program to
provide 800,IKJO additional jobs
at the state and local levels,
an expansion of federal hous-'
ing programs to alleviate the
nation's housing shortage $5
billion dollars for the contribu
tion of below -market interest
rate financing and $3 billion
for subsidized housing, an
expansion of youth employ
ment and training which
would step up existing pro
grams to produce about 250,
000 new jobs, and an addition
al sum to help alleviate the
impact of the recession on the
state and local governments.
According to the legislative
subcommittee, "America's
key economic problem is un
employment and the solution
is jobs."
jCSU To Offer
Six Week Real
Estate Course
By Melvetta Wright
i'ost Staff \N riter
The North Carolina School
ol Real Estate will sponsor a
six week Keal Estate course
on Johnson C Smith Universi
ty's campus beginning Janu
ary 31. according to John W.
Mack Comptroller at Smith.
The class will meet twice a
week. Monday and Thursday
nights from 7.00 to 9:00, will
end March 7 and will qualify
those who attend if to take the
North Carolina Broker's Li
cense Exam which is schedul
ed for April
Mack said that the $125 fee
which v,ill be charged for the
course will cover all textbooks
and study materials required
for the course The course is
open to anybody in Charlotte
vi ho is interested, but that
students must be a North
Carolina resident and will not
b<· able to get college credit
hours from the course,
Registration for the course
can be taken care of by calling
Vane Mingle, director of the
North Carolina School of Real
Estate, at 523 2933, who will
send brochures and registra
tiori lorms to those people who
indicate an interest in the
course
λι ingie nas laugni ine Keai
Estate course at yueens Col
leg»· and ιη Ν C for the past
six years and, according to
Mai k has been successful in
preparing his students for the
Broker s License Exam.
Mr Mingle has kept the
program up in a high profes
sional level He won't do any
thing to discredit the school,"
Mack said
He even offers refresher
courses to help people just
prior to taking the exam."
Mack said that he, in con
junction with Mingle, will
teach the class offered at
Smith and that he thinks that
both the people who sign up for
it and Smith will benefit. *
"This course will help the
people in it qualify to take the
North Carolina Broker'· Li
cense Exam and will benefit
Smith in that it will help
community relation·.
The class will be held hi
Boom 20e McCrorey Hall on
Smith's campus
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