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AMIABLE ELMA LYNCH
...Rockingham native
Ms. Elma Lynch Is
Beauty Of The Week
By Melvetta Wright
Poet Staff Writer
Determined, ambitious and
amiable are only a few adjec
tives that are used to describe
Sagittarians. They also apply
to this week's Beauty, Ms.
Elma M. Lynch, who happens
to. have been born under the
wintry sign of Sagittarius.
Ms. Lynch, a Rockingham
native, is presently a Char
lotte resident who lives at 914
Cappe Hill Mine Road.
- The determination in Ms
Lyncb's personality can be
seen through her career as a
student. Now a beautician,
Ms.Lynch first started school
in 1970, but was unable to
finish her training until June,
1976. But finish she did, be
oeuse Ms. Lynch graduated an
outstanding student from Pla
za School of Beauty Culture,
Inc. Upon graduation, she re
ceived certificates for her per
formances in hair relaxing,
hair cutting, and color high
lighting.
Presently employed at Pe
onie's Beauty Salon (and for
merly of Hair Original Beauty
oouuquc/, ma, ^iitn saiu
that she specializes in remov
ing unwanted facial and body
bur.
Ms. Lynch, who is definitely
qualified to choose her own
title, prefers to be called a
hair stylist instead of a beauti
cian.
"I feel that I am more than a
beautician," she said. "I'm a
hair stylist I don't like to just
perm and comb out someone's
hair. I like to style the hair to
fit the face and occasion."
Bom November 29, twenty·
■ ' nine years ago, Ms. Lynch is
the mother of two children -
Jerry, β,and Bldgetta, 11. And
it seems that she is Indeed an<
exciting mother to have. She
enjoys bowling, stamp collect
ing, bike riding and, most
important of all, playing Bin
go. -
Because of her being born
under the sign of Sagittarius,
Ma. Lynch Is a born leader,
"sociable, frank, like· doing
things that are exciting, and
enjoy· travelling."
She attends Salem Baptist
Church where Rev. Boatic is
the pastor, but stre—ea that
sb^j^Jo^e^MTieniber^^^
"I'm not a member of Sa
lem," she said. "I feel that
when I join a church I will be
able to fulfill my obligations
as a member and, as of now,
I'm still searching."
Mrs. Nona Putman, who
was her director at Plaza, is
the person Ms. Lynch most
admires.
"I admire her ability to give
out and not give up," Ms.
Lynch said. "I like her be
cause she keeps on trying."
In regards to being chosen
Beauty of the Week, Ms.
Lynch said that she always
wanted to be one and was
determined not to give up.
"I feel that it's one of the
greatest honor one can re
ceive."
The thing that keeps Ms.
Lynch going on and succeed
ing can be said to be her
philosophy of life.
"I believe that you may gel
tired, but should never give
up. The road does get rough
sometimes, but you should
never give up. I say this be
cause anything that's worth
having is worth working and
waiting for."
The POST takes pleasure in
introducing Ms. Lynch as Bea
uty of the Week and urges her
to continue moving up in the
field that she ha& chosen.
17 Westside Neighborhoods To
Support District Representation
Federal Court Rules
Against Wilmington "10"
U.S. Magistrate Logan Ho
well in Raleigh, North Caro
lina has ruled that the recan
tation by Allen Hall of his
perjured trial testimony a
gainst the Wilmington 10 can
not be accepted by the federal
courts as part of an appeal
process at this time. Howell
also denied bail for the Wil
mington 10. The Wilmington 10
are civil rights aeUvists cur
rently serving a total of 282
years.
The federal magistrate said
that it is his opinion that Hall's
charges that he had been
coerced by the prosecution
into lying against the "10"
should be considered by the
state courts first. Howell im
plied that the State of North
Carolina should be allowed to
defend itself against "many
serious and vehement accusa
tions that the courts of the
state have been and are being
' deliberately oppressive to
these petitioners (The Wil
mington 10) and to all other
members of their race who
come before its courts."
The National Wilmington 10
Defense Committee feels,
however, that this move is
ironic and appalling. Commit
tee spokesperson, Ms. Imani
Kazana, points out that D.A.
Allen Cobb who will represent
the state in the "post convic
tion process" is one of the
individuals named by Hall as
having participated in coer
cing him to lie in the 1972 trial.
"We can't possibly get a fair
hearing under these circum
stances," said Ms. Kazana.
_ She continued,."I do want to
make it clear, however, that
the defense effort is disap
pointed but not demoralized.
This negative decision coupled
with the admittance by the
Wilmington police department
that they did in fact buy
another witness Eric Junious
a mini-bike shortly after his
1972 testimony may help us to
convince Governor James
Hunt to take executive act
ion." \
She pointed oif that last
week Governor Hunt did order
his staff to conduct a full
investigation of this case fol
lowing the Defense Commit
tee's plea for a pardon of
innocence.
CMS Students
Get Two-Day
Holiday
School will be out for the
students in the Charlotte
Mecklenburg school system
Thursday and Friday, with
mid-term examinations earli
er in the week to enable
teachers and administrators
to work on the semester grad
es.
According to Ms. Shirley
Johnson, a member of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg school
system, it is essential that
teachers have that time to
work on the student's grades.
"If the teachers do not have
the opportunity to do the
work," Ms. Johnson said, "it
will take longer to compute
the grades."
Although most of the grades
in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
school system are done by
computer, many are still be
ing done by hand, which takes
even longer. Also preparing
student records, commulative
records, next sememster
schedules, and a lot of other
work is in store for the teach
ers during that period.
Harvey Gantt Τ ο Receive
Distinguished Service Award
By Melvetta Wright
Poet Sta ff Writer
Harvey B. Gantt, City Coun
cil member, will be presentee
with the Distinguished Servi»
Award by tt)e Charlotte-Meek
lenburg Jaycees at their an
nual Distinguished Service A
ward - Ten Outstanding Younj
Men Awards banquet Thurs
day, January 27 at the Centurj
Motel.
Each year the Jaycees se
lect 10 young men between tlx
ages of 18 and 35, based or
evidence of leadership ability
contributions to the communi
ty, and integrity of persona;
character, and presents on<
of them with the Distinquishec
Service Award.
Currently serving his se
cond term on the City Council
Gantt has served as a membet
of the board of many civic
organization·, including th«
UNCC Urban Institute Advi
sory Board, the Social Plan
ning Council of the Unitec
Community Services, the
Charlotte Local Business De
velopment Organization, Um
Mecklenburg Council of th«
Boy Scouts of America, and
the Charlotte Drug Education
Center,
Gantt, professionally an ar
chltect and a partner of the
firm of Gantt, Huberman As
sociales, graduated with h»
nors from Clemson University
with a B.A. in Architecture
and received his Master's de
grec in uiiy nanning irom
M.I.T.
The other young men who
will be honored are: Mark L.
Johnson, a UNCC Student
working on his Master's de
gree in Education; H King
Triplett, Public Relations Ma
nager at Southern Bell and
recently promoted to Com
mercial Manager in Winston
Salem; Chase Saunders, Dis
trict Court Judge in Mecklen
burg County; Neil C. Wil
liams, an attorney who is
presently serving his second
term on the Charlotte City
Council; Richard F. Shields.
See GANTT on page 10
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Historic Breakthrough
Charlotteans Serve Peanut
Punch At Carter's Inaugural
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Charlotteans ΛΙ Midgette
and Ernie Alford have gained
what appears to be a signifi
cant breakthrough in their
efforts to market a nonalcoho
lic "peanut punch."
The two men attracted con
siderable attention when they
cheerfully served the beve
rage to many of the 5,000
guests at the Maryland Pre
Inaugural Reception honoring
Jimmy Carter, Walter Mon
dale and their wives early last
week. The historic event was
held at the National Visitors
Center in Washington, D.C.
Midgette, founder and pre
sident of Creative Enterprise
and Associates, said the punch
was developed by his mother,
Katherine Midgette, and him
self in the kitchen of the
family home last fall. He said
further that, along with two
associates, his brother Carol
and Ernie Alford, the firm has
been attempting to get "some
sample public reaction to the
peanut punch" before making
an all-out marketing effort of
the product.
In addition to serving the
Marylanders, Midgette and
Alford poured their unique
Ernest Alford
...Peanut punch maker
œverage at other Presidential
Inaugural activities attended
by approximately 35,000 peo
ple. Significant among these
was serving their punch at the
Iowa State Pre-lnaugural Re
ception attended by 2,000 peor
pie and sponsored by million
aire corn farmer Elmer Carl
ton Midgette and Alford met
Carlton through a number of
other contacts that they made
during a week long stay in the
nation's capital to promote
their product during the Inau
gural festivities
Carlton, highly impressed
with the taste of the peanut
punch, has offered to assist
Midgette and his associates in
marketing the product on a
nationwide scale Midgette no
ted that they held two meet
ings with Carlton's attorneys,
and, following a thorough re
view of the matter with his
own attorney's, may sign con
tracts to market their product
in cooperation with Carlton
In a related development.
Midgette said a representa
tive of the Mexican govern
ment expressed interest in
having him and Alford visit
Mexico for the purpose of
exploring the idea of building
a production plant for the
punch The Mexican official
said, according to Midgette.
"peanuts equal liberty" in my
country
Midgette said also a number
of local people were behind
their t'fliiU to visit Washing
ton. D C. for the purpose of
contacting people about the
peanut punch Kowe Motley, a
former Mecklenburg County
Commissioner and prominent
local Democratic Party acti
vist. put Midgette and his
associates in contact with
Frank Valcheck. coordinator
of the Presidential Inaugural
Catering Services Valcheck
assisted Midgette and Alford
in getting a contract for ser
vice with Joseph M O'Con
nell. coordinator of the Mary
land Pre Inaugural Recep
non
Κ W Waddell. recently re
tired official of the City of
Charlotte's Community Deve
lopment Department, has giv
en Midgette and his associates
considerable technical assis
tance and financed the Mid
gette · Alford trip to Washing
ton. D C
Peanut punch tasters at this
and other functions where
Midgette and Alford served
included noted political per
sonalities. corporate execu
tives and news media people
The governor of Tennessee,
the mayor of Trenton. Ν J
an executive of RJ Rey
nolds Tobacco Company's
consumer affairs dept , a vice
president of Shasta soft drink
company and I wo dairy cdrr.
papies expressed more than a
casual taster's interest in the
punch
In addition. Midgette and
Alford reported that they were
interviewed by the Associated
Press, Mutual Black Network,
two Iowa radio stations, the
New York Village Voice''
newspaper and a representa
tive of ten radio stations
Committee Τ ο
Coordinate
Campaign
By Hoyle Η Martin Sr
Post Executive Editor
A group of largely 17 West
Charlotte neighborhoods has
organized for the purpose of
convincing the public during
the next three months of the
reasons why we need district
representation.
At a meeting held early last
week m a West side bank, a six
member committee was elec
ted to coordinate the 3-month
campaign ending on April 19
when a referendum vote will
be held to decide the fate of
district representation. Elec
ted to the steering and coordi
nating committe were: Bar
bara Mattingly of Coventry
Woods. Eleanor Washington of
University Hark. Nick Nicolai
of Grove Park, Khonda Ennis
ui . iwi^uuui lawuu w 11 · vv.u , UIIU
John Dunn of Derita-States
ville Sa:n H. Smith, an advis
or lor ine Westside Coinmum
ty Organization, will serve as
chairman of the committee
With limited funds and a lot
of energy, the 6-member com
mittee will spearhead a drive
lo educate the electorate a
bout the "7-4" plan for city
governance This plan would
create a council composed of
seven representatives from
seven specific geographic a
reas of the city and four
at-large representatives
Plans call for the spearhead
committee to develop an edu
cational brochure for wide
distribution and to solicit the
assistance of Dr. William Mc
Coy, a political science pro
fessor of UNCC and author of
the "7-4" districting plan.
Last week the city planning
department sent lo the City
Council two plans, each invol
ving seven election districts
One of the plans will be part of
a public referendum vote on
districting on April 19
The most distinct identifi
able characteristics about
the two 7-district plans are
thai one reportedly will have
one largely black district and
would group Dilworth, Cols
wold. Myers Park and down
town Charlotte into onp ren
Irai district
The other plan calls for
grouping similar socio-econo
mic and housing patterns or
neighborhoods into districts.
This plan supposedly would
create two primarily black
districts
Pressure from a citizens'
petition headed by Sam H
Smith and the Westside Com
mumty Organization has forc
ed the city to place the issue on
the April 19 referendum bal
lot By mid-February the
( ouncil must decide which of
the two plans will be placed on
the ballot
Mrs Kleanor Washington,
the University Park represen
tative on the six-member
steering committee, said "in
echoing what committee
chairman Sam Smith has
commented on. we hope to get
full participation from the 17
neighborhoods in educating
the public about the 7-4 plan.
Washington, said further
that as she understand· it, the
17 neighborhood· that orga
nized to campaign for district
representation plan to stay
together for the good of the
community to deal with issue·
other than districting.
Northwest Residents
City Approves Rezoning Requests
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Poet Executive Editor
The Charlotte City Council
last week approved five of 10
rezoning requests of petition
ers from the Northwood Es
tates Community Organiza
tion (NECO). The approved
and unapproved changes were
originally part of a petition
request submitted to both the
Mecklenburg County Commis
sion and the Charlotte City
Council In early December
because the areas in question
are located both in the county
and the city.
The five approved rezoning
requests represented the ma
jor portion of the original
desired zone changes of NECO
and the number of neighbor
hoods It represents The ap
proved changes rezoned all
existing residential areas in
Northwood Estates, Univer
sity Park North, Garden Park
and Northwood Park from R-6
and R-MF to R-9 (restricted to
residential). Significantly, the
zoning change included some
tracts of land not owned by the
residents themselves.
On two occasions the Plan
ning Commission had recom
mended that the city not ap
prove the zoning change re
quests on the grounds that the
petitioners did not own much
of the property involved The
Northwood Estates Commu
nity Organization had re
quested the zoning changes m
order to protect their residen
tiaJ areas from increasing
commercial establishments
and apartment complexes.
Following the Planning
Commission's first denial re
commendation of the City
Council/>IECO said in a state
ment of rebuttal The Plan
ning Commissioners retused
to consider the merits of the
rezoning petition as is re
quired by law" and that their
actions were inconsistent with
thfeir own policies on neighbor
hood preservation
NECO's statement noted
further that the number of
inconsistencies in the Plan
ning Commission s denial re
commendation showed that
the Commission had acted
hastily and without adequate
information Apparently a
greeing in principle with the
NECO's rebuttal statement,
the City Council ordered the
Planning Commission to re
view their original negative
recommendation However.
when the commission return
ed with the same recommen
dation the Council reviewed
and voted Qn each part of (he
zoning request based on their
Μη Johnsie Evan·
Coordinator of NECO
merit·, that is. in a manner
not done by the planning body
The Council's action repre
sents a year long effort of
NECO to get the desired re
zoning
Following the City Council s
favorable action. NECO's co
ordinator Mrs Johnsie Evans
said. "We are pleased with the
result· and delighted to see
that organization and effort
can get a positive response
from our elected officials