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The tournament will
be held at the Sunset
Hills Golf Course, Sat
urday and Sunday, April
2 and 3.
There will be six
flights with trophies and
prizes for the first, se
cond and third place
winners of each.
So come out and join
such golfers as Carl
Love, Robert Sanders,
James Polk and John
Love in what should be a
super affair. on t^e one!
TEA FUN...The members of the Extraordi-
naires Social Club are resting on their laurels at
this point in time and rightfully so.
This group of energetic men and women put
over a whale of a tea last Sunday evening at the
Elk’s Lodge on Tuckaseegee Rd.
The success of their venture was predicated
upon the team work shown in doing the many
things necessary to insure the patronage and
that each patron enjoyed himself once there.
Some of the guests at this sip and snack were
Jimmy Teeter, Mary Rivens, Penny Wallace,
Carolyn Davis, Darrell Taylor, Gene (Killer)
Blakeney, Joe Smith, Jimmy Smith, Ambrose
Goines, Cynthia Jones, Sandra Stroud, and Ruby
Clark.
PARTY TIME...Have you ever come suddenly
upon unawareness, been struck with astonish
ment, or captured by an unexpected attack.
These thin^ happened to Alvin Green last
Saturday might at his home on Heatherbrook Dr.
The perpetrators of these unexpected happen
ings were his Mdfe Carolyn, with some friends,
and relatives, Earl and Johnnie Mae Brown, C. J.
and Queen Whaley, Harold and Faye Batiste,
Johimy and Yvonne Hinton, who traveled from
Winston-Salem with John and Cheryl McKnight,
Sylvia Miles, Nelson and Branch Bailey, and
Richard and Jackie McElrath just to name a
few.
The reason for the surprise was his birthday
which honors XX number of years. And you
could tell by the tired smile on Brother Green’s
face, that he enjoyed all of it.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION...UtUe Rodney
Cyrell Maxwell celebrated his 5th birthday last
Sunday, March 13, at 4 p.m. To Rodney it was a
ceremony with very festival type overtones.
This big event was held at Farrell’s Ice Cream
Parlor, in the Eastland Mall Shopping Center.
Among the relatives and frineds there to help
him celebrate this once a year occasion in a very
unique and fashionable way were: Colton Blake,
Lisa Blake, Pamela Blake, Rita Blake, Shelton
Maxwell, Tina Maxwell, Eric Maxwell, Antoine
Maxwell, Demon MaxweU, JoUette Maxwell,
Dandre and Derrick LaMont. Kenyatta Waddell,
Christopher Lawhome, Tonya Ballad, Leslie and
, Valarie Hughey, LeBraun Evans, Brian Alexan
der, Andria and Acquinetta Jackson, Lisa and
Niketra Wise, Marlon and Stephen Harris, Che
and LaTonya McClurkin, Sametra McKnight,
Kelly and Tara Massey, Kimberly Johnson and
DiJuana Harris.
Rodney is the son of E.L. (Flip) Ingram and
Sandra Maxwell.
REGIONAL WORKSHOP...Mountain Region
Assemblies Order of tfaeGtriden Circle held a one
day workshop recently at the D&F Cafeteria in
the Tryon Mall Shopping Center.
The I^yal Ladies of Zack Alexander No.
sisters Ito the Charlotte Consistory No. ,
spearheaded the workshi^, that boasted many
necessary features.
The agenda included demonstrations, grand
honors and discussions on such things as
entering assembly, sign and motto, attending the
altar, deputy’s trestleboard, council of delibera
tion,’ and reports for council.
Leaders and speakers of these different
concerns’'were: Loyal Lady Priestess Lena
Jackson, Loyal Lafy Guide Mary McDowell,
Pest Associate Ruler Loyal Lady Mary Sherrill,
StAte Chief Associate Secretary Loyal Lady Ruth
Mann, Loyal Lady Outer Guard Thelma Hunter,
Loyal Lady Inner Guard Roberta Ford, State
Grand Orunizer - Overseer Bertha Ferguson,
Loyal Lady Rulers Julia Banks and Patricia
Perry, and Associate Ruler Rose Richardson.
CONGRATULATORY NOTE...Walter J,
(Dub) Cuthbertson, of 1406 LaSaUe St., is
walking around with a big grin on his face and
humming^tchy little tunes these days.
'The reason fdr the high spirits is that Dub has
been awarded a liandMme company gift from
Pritchard Paint and Glass Co., for 25 years of
service.
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Ihurscay. .March 31. 1977 THE CHARLOTTE POST-Page 3
CMS Student Among 43 Scholarship Finalists
9glUCPnRr>—
High School student Stacey
Cole Webster is among 43
finalists in competition for a
Spencer Love Scholarship in
the fine arts at the University
of North Carolina at Greens
boro.
Miss Webster is the daugh-
t«3r of Mrs, Bobbye C Wilson.
4825 Farm Pond Laiiu^aiid is u -
student at East .Mecklenburg
High School
Each student will audition
before a screening committee
in drama, music or art on
Saturday. April 2, on the
L'NC-G campus. The screen
ing committees will make re-
-eommendatinns to the I niver-
slly Financial Atd t ommittee,
Each scholarship is worth $500
annually, and is renewable for
which will select the winners
Scholarship recipfents will be
announced in mid-Apnl
Speneer Love Scholarships
are awarded each >ear to four
incuniing freshmen at L'NC-G
~no'ilu uit,liliii.ii| y.fpy.j fif Ktn.
dy. provided the student's
scholastic record and conduct
are satisfactory.
Since 1964. the foundation
has provided a total of $94,000
forthe scholarships
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BY CARL T. ROWAN
Tax Reform
DR. MAR’HN L. KING SR.
...Challenging audience
Dr. King Enthralls
Civic Center Crowd
By Deborah Gates
Post Staff Writer
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King Sr., Pastor Emeritus at
the Ebenezer Baptist Church
in Atlanta, Georgia, was the
guest speaker at the 21st
Annual Calendar Tea spon
sored by the Clinton Chapel
AME Zion Church’s Birth-
Month Club on Sunday, March
27 at the Civic Center.
Dr. King was officially wel
comed to Charlotte by the
County Commissioner, having
Mayor Belk present him with
a key to the city, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hair, chairman for
the County Board of Commis
sioners induct Dr. King to the
Order of the Hornet.
Dr. King’s message con
cerned pride in one’s self. He
told listeners to face facts, and
be honest with one another. He
said that he was very proud of
himself, as^eryone should be
of themselves.
The theme for the event
was "The Third Century, A
Projection Toward Century
21,’ and Rev. Morgan W.
Tann. pastor at Clinton Chapel
said they chose Dr. King as
guest speaker because, “Dr.
King could best depict the
theme for us.
"This 21st annual presenta
tion is another of the small but
beautiful recurring events
that our congregation takes
pride in presenting annually,
and which we hope adds to the
social and religious awareness
of our community,’’ Rev.
Tann said.
The purpose of the Tea was
to assist the denominationally
supported schools, and to ex
tend their overseas mission
work, by raising funds for
these purposes. According to
Rev. Tann, no report has yet
been made as to how much
money had been raised at the
Tea, but he said, “It was a
tremendous thing. We had
See KING on Page 11
Millions of Americans arc very
skeptical about President Carter
and his campaign promises. This
cynicism is deepest when the sub
ject of lax reform is raised.
One of Mr, Carter’s most
dramatic promises came during his
acceptance speech at the Dem
ocratic convention when he said:
"It’s lime for a complete overhaul
of our income tax svstem, I still
tell you it's a disgrace to the human
race. All my life I have heard
promises of tax reform, but it never
quite happens. With your help, we
are finally going to make it happen
and you can depend on it."
Most Americans relate this to
“tax loopholes’’ which have per
mitted the rich to avoid billions in
taxes. They assess Mr. Carter's
promise in terms of things like the
Treasury Dcparimcnl announce-'
ment recently that in 1975 IK2
wealthy persons with at least
5200,000 in income paid no tax.
About 6,000 other persons with
adjusted gross income in excess of
5200,000 had an efTcclivc lax rale
of about 20 percent, the same paid
by a father of three children
earning 511,000.
But if the President's promise of
“tax reform" is to mean an> thing,
it must go beyond wiping out such
'^vihc
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glaring inequities.
The simple quesiion is
Mr. Carter means lo
alter the pailcrirof iiicoi-ie di^:ri-
buliim in this counlrv
The C ensus Bureau tells me i:'.i;
in 1975 ihe ll,25l>.i)00 I'.imil.i-.
who make up ihe lowest 2i>pei.v-ii
111 terms of iiicoiiie gi-i vi-l. s .;
percent of ihe nu'iiey The 2o w,.i
cent of our families witii fig-'t-,:
income gof 41 I pei^en: of : .
monev.
This means iIm: I l iu;ii.'i, .
tamilies got lusi ovvi one I"..::'!
the income ihev w.MiUi ■ ,i ..
received if the mmiey Ii.kI be. i
disiribuied cuu.illv lo .ill i.i-miie-.
while the lop II imlion :.imi!i,.-
got double iheit share' oi tre
income.
In fact, the lop s percem . ' o.u
families (abi'ul r.Hi’Hi.ooo ,.f
had iiisi about the same mco-i.i. •-
1975 as Ihe 22.0110.000 families .o
the poor end of ihe lotem pole
Census Buicau lepi'rts lii.o
blacks m.ikc up .i wlu'pping 2o
percent ot the poorcsi iifth ol oui
families vshich gi>i liirte income,
but onTv a handful I'l bl.ick i.,m-
ilies (3.8 percent) are m me io|’ 20
pereeni gelling most of th.e lUii'-^.
President Cartel suiely k>;ows
that those tigures di' iii't iepiese:it
anv recent phenomenon. They
sv!i'h('li/e the -Cmcrican wav of
hie —as evidenced by the faet that
the pattern of income distribution
n 19 5 was altiH'st precisely the
'.one as m 1948 or 1968 or any
other year you wish lo name.
P.iri ol ihe cynicism about Mr
l alter and Ins pri'misos relates lo
•he question of whether he really
mtends u> uy lo altei iner'iiie dis-
tiibiiiion in America His Budget
Dnecli'i. Beit I .nice, suggested lo
.1 lew ol us at breakfast a few
slays .igo that he sioesn't think that
IS uie PiesidenT.s primary gs’al in
pushing foi lav refi'rm.
I .nice said he doesn't think it's
Alt ( .irts‘1 s inieniu'n iti take from
tho'c whi' have niimey and give to
tho'i- who don'i have any.
But wh.it kind of meaningful lax
lels'im c.ni tliere be if n di'csn'i
.is'hiese ihis lesult lo ,i significant
degree ’
Ihe re.ison real lax refsirm
■ never s)uiie happens" is that it
involves MMiie seruvus changing of
"tl'ie Ameiican w.iy," nr wh.ii iv
loosely e.illed "ihe free enterprise
system" \C e wan to see if the
I’lesideni is csniimiiied heart and
soul to this complete overhaul s'f
OUI !u\ N\slCMl.
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CORPQMATION
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investment: How
to improve on it
If V’lure like must [xxiple. ymi
IviiiH' IS ytxir bigges( invest men(
All ii ild.vt xAvgi it thi Hisruvis iip m
ihi His; ukIs Ilf doll; irs involvrxL
.\ni. since you ve got jyi much
in It. It luikes s«Tis»- to imj)rovv on
vi Hir invt-St meiii.i It ciin .-Jw, lx- nxxih
more ixiinoinical th;in riYiving i
Maybe yvHir house needs rep;iirs
Maytie you mxx) ;inother riHim.
Omsirienny: the winter wx- had,
iiciytH- yv lU shi hjIcI improve \i lur in
sill, It ion ;ind;idd stonn wirKk iw s to
lYilddfAVTUitihtybills
.-\nv of thesH- impriAements oui
IKiyott inyiHir lviine'sirKTe;isedv;il
lie. ;ind.;it NCNH, we'll lx- liappy tii
help with the iiYiney you n*fd
Her;iuse.;is;i honHsxvTier. viiifve
[Ml Aeii tNiI yt HI km wv In iw toltuxlle
itiyIii Snome -H-eiis
L’l st;ilk(A’iT wNii vHi want to
flo. and the brst way •( rkgrig ii
It onild l)ea D-rsorwiI I>i;in.or it
iiuiy lx- an NCNH I k inxs iwner I j cm.
with lowi-r immthly (xivnx-ntsiAer
;i longer jx'riori
Kitherw;iv.the|xsiple whonvike
i'Vinsai NCSli will work with vui
■ 'helpimprove th- investiiH'nt yrii
li.ive in ynir hon»-
Niter ;ill. llvifs the Ivisk irkM of
t .I'h 1-low' liinking infonivilion,
a r. iies.itx) (xsiple lo help yiHJ in
m.ikingihe most of tlx- nxiney you
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nd the nxiney you Itorrow.
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