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Neuvs Analysis
Alliance
Pickets
Gov. Hunt
(CCNS) --Demonstrators
calling for a pardon of inno
cence for Rev. Ben Chavis and
the Wilmington 10 delayed for
nearly forty-five minutes the
traditional azalea planting ce
remony Friday, March 25, on
the Capitol lawn, just by their
presence. The event was sche
duled for 11:30, with the prin
cipal actors Governor James
Hunt and Azalea Princess
Leigh Hobbs. The demonstra
tors' picket expired at 12 noon
and ten minutes later the
event started.
The demonstrators were
members of the Raleigh Alli
ance Against Racist and Poli
tical Repression (RARPR)
and the demonstration was the
second potentially embarrass
ing event relating to the Wil
mington case to Governor
Hunt this month. The first was
a concert performance of the
North Carolina Symphony Or
chestra in Carnegie Hall in
New York City that was pic
keted by the New York Alli
ance Against Racist and Poli
tical Repression.
But on Friday Governor
Hunt shoveled a spade of dirt
and smiled as he was photo
graphed by reporters; Anne
Mitchell of the Ralei^ Alli
ance asked him when was he
going to grant a pardon of
innocence for the Wilmington
^ 10. Hunt n^ed that he had
not been approached on that
matter and ^t he would take
‘'nio actiOir untir all legal ave
nues have been exhatisted in
the case. The case has been
moving in and out of federal
and state courts since 1972.
Both Hunt and Azalea Prin
cess Leigh Hobbs appeared a
little shaken by the event.
Himt had little to say and the
Azalea Princess had nothing
to say. Except in the hallway
of the Capitol outside Hunt's
of rice she asked a report
er before the demonstration
was over, "Are they gone
yet?”
State-wide Alliance Coordi
nator Anne Mitchell said after
the ceremony that the demon-
stratiaa at Hunt’s appearan
ces would increase.
Prayer VigB
Planned For
Wibnington “10”
Prayer vigil for the Wil
mington Ten will be held at the
NoM Carolina Capital build-
|in Raleigh, from 1 to 3
, on Thursday April 8.
Ill is an appeal for a fair
hearing for bail and a new
trail for the Wilmington Ten,
to be scheduled for May 9, in
BurglW.'TT.C; '
“All interested and con
cerned persons are urged to
participate in vigii for justice
and peace in the spirit of the
Easter season.*’ Dr. Helen
Othow, sister of Rev. Ben
Chavis, one of the Wilmington
Ten, said.
Transportation will be pro
vided for these interested hi
traveling to Raleigh by calling
M7-7SM, or 992-3821 after •
p.m.
MISB ANN UKAWfUKU
...Seeks independence
Miss Ann Crawford
Is Beauty Of Week
By Melvetta Wright
Post Staff Writer
In an effort to add another
attractive youi^ lady to our
long list of many Beauties of
the Week, we at the Post
proudly present one trf our-
own. Miss Margaret Ann
Crawford.
Ann is the astonishing per
son who sets the type for our
paper and does quite a good
job at it, too.
A native Charlottean, Ann
graduated from Harding High
School in 1974 and from Cen
tral Piedmont Community
College in 1976 with an Associ
ate Degree in Secretarial Sci
ence, which helped prepare
her with the knowledge to do
such a good job here.
With a list of hobbies that
includes sewing, playing ten
nis (which she admits that she
doesn't do very well), listen
ing to all types of music,
traveling, and listening to poe
try readings, Ann was bom on
April 11,1956 under the sign of
Aries.
Our 5'4'/4”, 122 pound Beau
ty describes herself as being
very stubborn, outgoing, and
having a pleasant personality,
at least as far as men are
concerned.
Ann said that she wants to
go back to school eventually
and take the shorthand cour
ses that now stand between
Public Can
Speak Out On
tyRnMkM
One girl to anotlMri "Of
course I had to toll Mr she
looked like a MILLION • and I
meant EVERY YEAR OF
IT!”
Weifare Rcfonii
RALEIGH-Many people
throughout North Carolina
and the nation have been
critical of the welfare system
for years. They now have an
opp^unity to speak out on
how, and why they think it
should be changed.
A statewide public hearing
has been scheduled from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 4, 1977
at the Scott Pavlllion in Ra-
I l«igh to receive input from
I. pedpie across the state who
have suggestions on how the
' present welfare system should
be reformed.
President Carter has made
a commitment to the nation
that he will propose a major
reform of the nation's welfare
system. Through Joseph F.
Califano. Jr., Secretary of
Health, Education and Wel
fare, he is requesting indivi
duals and organizations a-
croes the country to offer their
suggestions on how it should
be reformed.
J North Carolinians will have
the opportunity for input re
garding their views at the
public hearing which is being
held by the Division of Sostal
Services of the N.C. Depart
ment of Human Resources.
Northwest Residents Fear
Impact Of Widening 1-85
her and her goal of becom
ing an executive secretary.
Diana Ross, Ruby Dee, Billy
Dee Williams, and Jim Brown
are Ann’s favorite acting per
sonalities and Earth, Wind
anrf FirP f;«»nrgP Rpngnn, Par-
liament-Funkadelics, and
Aretha Franklin are her favo
rite musical performers.
She is presently tpgking
plans to move soon, because
she wants to "test my inde
pendence.” Ann now lives at
home with her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Marie Crawford,
her brother and her sister,
both younger than she is. She
said that by living at home she
has become spoiled and has
too much help caring for her
three-year old, Tia LaShante’,
“I want to be more indepen
dent,” she said, “to test my
capabilities as a mother, a
homemaker and a woman.
“Being at home, I haven’t
had the opportunities to make
decisions by myself. By mov
ing away I will have to make
decisions, and if they’re wrong
I’ll learn to cope with it and
benefit from the knowledge
that they’ll be my mistakes
and not somebody else’s im
posed on me.”
The person Ann most ad
mires is Miss Ruby Dee. “I
admire her because of her
accomplishments, not only for
herself, but for Black people. I
like the way she expresses
herself and her blackness, in
her movies and in her poetry.”
Our Beauty believes that in
order to survive you should
“do whatever is necessary, as
long as you use common
sense. People should be good
to life and learn not to abuse it,
but to appreciate it."
We hope you have enjoyed
learning more about our own
Margaret Ann Crawford and
that you join us Wishing no
thing but the best for her as
she ventures out on her own to
"test her wings."
Caucus
Presses
Gk>v. Hunt
(CCNS) - A special task
force of the North Carolina
Black Democratic Leadership
Caucus met with Dr. Banks
Talley, Executive Assistant to
Governor James Hunt, to dis
cuss modification of Hunt’a
support for two pieces of
legislation setting up standar
dized testing of all students in
public schools.
One piece of legislation
would require all high school
seniors to pass a standardized
exam before receiving a high
school diploma. The other
would make mandatory test
ing of all students in first,
third, sixth, and ninth grades
to determine supposedly if
they had learned the requisite
skills taught. >
A position paper presented
to the House Education Com-
mitttfo wa« tiicpiiegwl—with
"falley. The paper outlined
eight criticisms of standardiz
ed exams as well as six
recommendations to insure
that those criticisms are over
come. Because these have not
been reported fairly in the
major media the following
eight criticisms appear in to
tal so as to eradicate the
distortions prevailing:
1. Standardized tests are
biased and unfair to persons
from cultural and socio-eco
nomic minorities, since most
tests reflect mostly white mid-
dlelass values and attitudes,
and they do not reflect the
experiences and the linguistic,
cognitive, and other cultural
styles and values of minority
group persons.
2. Standardized measurment
procedures have fostered un
democratic attitudes by their
use to form homogeneous
classroom groups which se
verely limit educational, vo
cational, economic, and other
opportunities.
CMS Announces
MOUNT CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH’S
ZJmpressive neu'facilities
Begins Week-Lonff Celebration
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Will Move To Tuckaseegee Road
E^asto* Vacation
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools will not have classes
April 6-11 for Easter holidays
Students return to school
Tuesday, April 12.
Teachers have a professino-.
al workday Wednesday, April
6 but will have vacation days
April 7U.
The Education Center and
other offices will be closed
April 8 and 11 for Etoster
holidays.
There are no other holidays
scheduled this school year
At 69th Stockholders Meeting
By Deborah Gates
Post Staff Writer
Mount Carmel Baptist
Church, pastored by Rev.
Leon C. Riddick of 412 Campus
Street will be moving to 3201
Tuckaseegee Road on Sunday
April 3, to occupy the spacious
facilities formerly occupied
by the Enderly Park Baptist
congregation.
Since 1883, people called it
Mount Carmel Baptist
Church. This name, given to
the Baptist congregation
meeting place however was by
no means the beginning for
these worshippers, for as ear
ly as 1878 the congregation,
consisting of a Mr. and Mrs.
Etheridge, a Mr. and Mrs.
Parks, Rachel Ross, Vinie
Phifer, and Amanda McClure,
met in houses in the Biddle-
vilie section to praise the
Lord
When there were no homes
available, the congregation
met under trees and one day
moved into an old bar room
house on Beatties Ford Road.
Perhaps this is when the
name Mount Carmel came to
be, but many may better
remember the name Pastor A
Lewis, the first minister at
Mount Carmel, as well as
student at Biddle (Johnson C
Smith University). He re
mained for 20 years
According to Pastor C Rid
dick. present minister at
Mount Carmel who will share
the enthusiasm on April 3. said
he didn't have the records
available of the seven pastors
who came next, but he re
members, as well as many of
you. Rev. W.H Davidson, who
came in 1914 and retired in
1964, having served the con
gregation for 50 years.
Rev. Riddick came to the
congregation in i%5. Altoge
ther, there has been 10 pastors
serving the church for a total
of 82 years
The new Tuckaseegee Road
location for Mount Carmel has
a seating capacity of 800. a
dining area which will accom
modate 300 persons, and an
educational facility that can
hold 700 persons "There was
an unanimous vote among the
congregation for the move,'
Rev. Riddick said, "for we
have outgrown our old facili
ties." Rev Riddick said he
has talf^ in over 600 memf)ers
in his congregation since he
came to the church in 1965
Rev Riddick said he will
miss the old church but that he
feels no reluctance at all about
the move He added that "ser
vice will continue to be at It
o’clock as usual." and he has
made arrangements for trans
Dortation to be provided for
members who may find it
difficult to reach the new
location.
Following the It o'clock ser
vice on April 3. Dr Coleman
W. Kerry, pastor at Friend
ship Baptist Church will deli
ver a sermon at 3 o'clock p.m
A week of praise and thanks
giving will begin Monday
evening at eight o'clock and
will continue through Friday,
April 8.
Monday April 4 will be
Baptist Metro night, with
guests, the Park Road Baptist
Church with Dr. CO Milford
delivering the sermon
On Tuesday April 5, Antioch
Baptist Church will workship
with the Mount Carmel con
gregation and Dr f’reston
Pendergrass will deliver the
sermon
Wednesday, April 6, will
feature the Rev. .Norman E
Kerry, and the Greater Mount
Sinai Baptist Church
Ssrnr Lukf BaptlM church
will worship Thursday, April
7, with Rev L D Parker
delivering the sermon
The week of praise and
thanksgiving will end Friday,
April 8, with the Gethsemane
AMK Zion Church, and Rev
Gpirge E Battle. Jr deliver
ing the sermon
11 Mile
Section To
Be Improved
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
A long-range highway im
provement plan designed to
widen Interstate S5's It mile
section that includes North
west Charlotte is expected to
begin in 1980
Richard Smith, a N.C. State
Urban Transportation Engi
neer. told a public gathering
last Thursday night at West
Charlotte Senior High School
that the widened road will be
done within the present right-
of-way. However, additional
property may have to be
purchased to build some of the
new interchanges. Smith said
also that his department has
no way of knowing at this time
how many businesses or
homes might be affected.
Smith said further that the.
20 year old stretch of 1-85 in
question, the oldest section of
interstate highway in North
Carolina, needs to be widened
to provide increased traffic
capacity, relieve congestion
and to improve safety. It was
pointed out in 1963 approxi
mately is,000 motor vehicles
per day were traveling over
the 11-mile stretch of highway
and that by 1975 nearly 59,000
vehicles daily used the road.
It was also pointed out that
the highway will be widened
by adding a lO-foot lane on
each side of the existing road
and that noise barriers may be
erected to protect homes and
businesses.
A number of University
Park residents and others li
ving on or near the access
roads along 1-85 expressed
concern and asked many ques
tions about the possible right-
ofway loss of property, noise
and air pollution In attemp
ting to respond to many of the
questions raised. Smith told
the audience of about 80 that
the purpose of the meeting
was to involve the public as
early as possible in the plan
ning process as outlined in the
N.C Highway Action Plan
Smith noted that there would
be no redesigning of the Beat-
ties Ford Rd.-I-85 interchange
and that every effort will be
made to deal with the noise
problem in a manner sali.sfac
tory to the residents in the
affected areas
The $34 million project is
expected to begin at the ('a
tawba River west of the city
and run east across, north
Charlotte to U S Highway 29
with new interchanges along
the way except for the I 77.
Realties Ford Hoad and Sugar
Creek interchanges
Mechanics And Farmers Bank Promotes Two
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Following the conclusion of
the 69th Annual Stockholders
Meeting of Mechanics and
Farmers Bank in Durhgnt,
N.C., last week, the bank’s
directors promoted Charlotte
employees Mrs. Sandra Scott
Heartley and Mrs. Johnnie
M. Edwards to the positions of
assistant caahier and branch
manager, respectively
Bofora joining Mechanics
and Farmers Bank in 1972,
Mra.Heartley waa employed
hy' the Wachovia Bank and
'Trust Company She was
named asaiitant cashier at the
Charlotte office (Beatties
Ford Road). A native of New
port News. Virginia. Mrs
Heartley Is a graduate of
Hampton Institute, has done
graduate work at the Univer
sity of New Hampshire and
has also studied at the Ameri
can Institute of Banking in
Raleigh and the Carolina
School of Banking in Raleigh
and the Carolina School of
Banking in Chapel Hill. She Is
married to Matthew W. Heart
ley, Ul. 8nd they have two
thildren.
Mrs. Edwards is the new
manafeF at the East Indepen
dence Plaza Branch.
She has been an employee of
MFB Bank for 14 yearn. A
graduate of the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Public Schools
and Carver College, she has
also attended classes in Bank
Operations and Installment
Credit sponsored by the Ame
rican Institute of Banking
Mrs. Edwards is married to
Nathaniel Z. Edwards and
they have two children, Na
thaniel and Jacquelyn '
Highlights of the Annual
Meeting report indicated that
the Bank’s assets at the end of
1976 were $41,404,817 and that
net earnings for the year were
$241,404 or $1.71 per share The
report also noM a 23.2 per
cent growth in Demand
(checking) Accounts and a 19
percent decline in passbook
Savings Accounts Also noted
was a 9968.000 increase in
Loans Outstanding and an
exceas of $162,128 of the mar
ket value of securities held
($16,960,533) over their book
value ($16,798.4071 Capital
funds increased from $2,857,
682 at the end of 1975 to
$3,044 899 at the end of 1976
and earning.s from the Trust
Department were $.38,000 com
pared with $23,000 in 1975
The report concluded with a
review of the activities of the
staff and members of the
Board during 1976 Employ
ees, Officers and Director!
alike attended numerous se
minars and special conferen
ces during 1976 including
classes given under supervi
sion of the American Institute
of Banking, the Carolina
School of Banking al Rutgers
University The involvement
of staff persons and Directors
in the work of the National
Waller Tucker
MFB Vice president
Urban l.eague and the Nation
al Business 1-eague
The 20 black citizens in
attendance at the meeting are
residents of the Beatties Ford
Road-University Park area
An informal survey of this
group revealed satisfaction
with the fact that the Beatties
Ford Road interchange will
not be altered However, they
expressed concern over the
impact of the road widening
'wUh particular emphasis on
the limited information detail
ing what residents might be
affected by the right-of-way
needs of the road.
Stale highway engineers
will begin working the projsct
design with the input from
residents In the fall a public
hearing will be held. Once
approved by the federal high
way officials, federal expendi
tures will pay 90 percent of the
total cost