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Here Sunday Morning
First Baptist Church Will
Move Into Impressive Quarters
By Jeri Harvey
PostStaf Writer
After 76 years at the corner
of Independence Boulevard
and South Church Street, his
toric First Baptist Church will
move into its impressive new
quarters on Oaklawn Avenue.
On Sunday morning, May IS, a
police escorted caravan of
about 60 cars will leave the old
building at 10 a.m. and wend
its way across town to the new
site.
Hav IP Humphrpy, pacti>r
since 1947, will preside at the
first regular 11 o'clock wor
ship service in the new
church. Formal dedication ce
remonies will begin at four
o'clock that same afternoon
with Rev. James Z. Alexan
der, Dean of Shaw University
Divinity School, as principal
speaker.
The brick building, designed
by Gantt-Huberman Associ
ates, has an area of 20,000
squafe feet and is contempo
rary in design. A sweeping
ceremonial driveway graces
the front of the structure
which is topped by a bell
tower. Custom-designed bells
are scheduled to arrive from
Sweden in June and thereafter
will toll to call the faithful to
worship and for other cere
monial occasions.
Upon entering the chancel,
ones eyes are immediately
drawn upward to the mâSSlve,
but simple wooden Baptistry
Cross mounted on a back
ground of purple, high on the
opposite wall. Faceted stained
glass windows flank each side
of the auditorium and the
«■nilinfl, whirh ha» PYpregfJ
wooden beams, rises majesti
cally to the front.
During a telephone conver
sation with Harvey Ganlt.
architect, he was asked to
point out any unique features
of the structure. He said he
feels the entire design is uni
que because it is a departure
from the usual architectural
expression used for a Baptist
Church. At the same time, an
effort was made to create a
space which has an element of
sacredness.
Included in the building are
a multi-purpose room, a fully
equipped kitchen, classrooms,
thotr luunih, a lounge, pas
tor's study, offices, and facili
ties for a kindergarten or
nursery. The extension build
ing, which was on the site
when purchased, has been
renovated for a library and
classrooms for older children
and adults.
It was slightly over a decade
ago that the members of First
Baptist began making plans to
relocate. The old church, be
gun in 1901 and completed
primarily by labor donated by
members, was formally dedi
cated in 1911 and by the early
sixties was suffering from the
ravages of time. Not only was
remodeling deemed to costly
to be feasible, it was also
becoming apparent that the.
surrounding neighborhood
was slowly dying of urban
blight. Many of the church
families were already muving -
into other areas and so the
search for new property be
gan.
The first land purchased
was on Taylor St. but this was
later sold when the present
site became available. It was
felt that the Oaklawn property
was ideal because of its loca
tion and natural beauty.
Built at a cost of approxi
mately *800.000, the project
See First on Page 12
(xwl Stokes Says:
Except For Vietnam Pardon
President Carter
Gets High Marks
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Special To The Post
CHAPEkHILL. - President
Carter gets high marks from
North Carolinians on his first
100 days in office, according to
The Carolina Poll, a statewide
telephone survey by the
School of Journalism at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
The poll, which was con
ducted before Carter an
nounced his energy program,
showed strong opposition in
the state to his pardon of
Vietnam war registers
When asked "On the whole,
do you think Carter has done a
good Job or a bad job so far as
president," two-thirda (68
percent) of the 474 adults
selected randomly said Carter
had done a good job. Only 5
percent said he had done a bad
job; 14 percent gave him a
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areas, bad in others, and 12
percent expressed no opinion.
honest and
reaches out to people and
admits his shortcomings,"
said a man in his 30's from
Orange County.
"I enjoy his openness as
compared to past presidents,"
a 30-year-old man from Ro
wan County told the Carolina
Poll interviewer,
Other North Carolinians
were not impressed. "He's not
really reorganizing the gov
ernment," said a man in his
50's from New Hanover Coun
ty
A man In his 60s from
Mecklenburg County com
mented, "He promised too
much to too many people "
One promise Carter made in
the campaign was to pardon
war resisters and to upgrade
some less -than-Twnor a bl e mi
litary discharges Hia pro
gram to carry out that pro
mise, announced shortly after
he took office In January, was
not popular In North Carolina
In τψρβιύί to the question
"Do you support or oppose
President Carter'· pardon of
the Vietnam war resiaters?"
Almost half (47 percent) of the
people interviewed in the
statewide survey said they
opposed the pardon. One-third
Γ33 percent) said they sup
ported the President and 21
percent expressed no opinion
"I'm s veteran, and I don't
think anyone should be excus
ed," s man in his 30's from
Cabarrus County said. A 50
year-old respondent from the
same county told the Inter
viewer, "I'm a veteran, but I
See carlac P*«e 2
Quest Forjustice
Department Of Correction
Is Accused Of Injustices
WBTTo Aid
Dr. King
Campaign—
Saturday and Sunday, May
14 and 15, WBT Radio and the
Martin Luther King Memorial
Commission will join together
to help raise part of $50,000 to
erect a statue of Martin Lu
ther King Jr. in Marshall
Park. The event is a radiothon
and live musical happening in
the park.
The fundraiser kicks off at
10 a.m., Saturday, with a
parade from Independence
Plaza on South Independence
to Marshall Park.
Starting at noon, WBT will
host continuous live entertain
ment in the park. Top local
groups will perform rock, folk,
disco, rhythm & blues, jazz,
gospel and inspirational mu
sic. The entertainment will
continue until midnight on
Saturday. On Sunday, live
acts will perform from 8 a m
until 6p.m. Rockin' Ray Good
ing's Original Sunday Night
Hall of Fame will wind up the
radiothon.
WBT personalities will
broadcast live from Marshall
Park. The Saturday schedule
is: Bob Lacey and Harold
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Dick Durante - 3 p.m. to 7
p.m.; George Woods -7 p.m. to
midnight; Larry James - mill·
night to 6 a.m. The Sunday
schedule is: Captain Andy - 6
a.m. to 1 p.m.; H.A. Thomp
son - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ; Rockin'
Ray Gooding · 6 p.m. to 10:30
p.m.
Martin Luther King Memo
rial Commission volunteers
will be accepting contribu
tions at the park and taking
pledges by phone at 377-0260.
The address for mail contribu
tions is Martin Luther King
Memorial Commission, Inc.,
P.O. Box 1895, Charlotte, N.C.,
28233.
Also, WBT will sell "Love
Charlotte" T-shirts with all
profits benefitting~ffie~ statue
fund.
Food and refreshments will
be available, and sanitation
facilities will be stationed in
the park.
The WBT Martin Luther
King Memorial Radiothon is
being coordinated by WBT
community affaîl"s--4lirector,
Ray Gooding, and the Rev,
James Barnett of the Martin
Luther King Memorial Com
mission.
MISS CLARETTA HAILEY
...Interested in modeling
Claretta Hailey Is
Beauty Of Week
Rv Mplvetta Wright
Post Staff Writer
A Wadesboro, N. C. native
who just recently moved to the
fair city of Charlotte. Miss
Claretta Hailey is our choice
for this issue's Beauty of the
Week
Claretta, a 1975 graduate of
Bowman High School in
Wadesboro, lives with an older
brother and his wife. She's
scheduled to enroll in Central
Piedmont Community College
in July to study Medical Re
cord Technology. Because she
also has a great interest in
modeling, Claretta will also
enroll in a local modeling
school in July ancT âTTend tier
classes on the weekends.
In Wadesboro, Claretta is a
member of Kesler Chapel
AME Zion Church, where Rev.
Η. H. Little is the pastor.
Claretta is the sixth child
born to Mr. and Mrs Lucius
Hailey with four sisters and
five brothers, our Beauty said
that it was a lot of fun growing
up in a big family. Feeling
that she was very lucky, Cla
retta said, "If you have any
proDiem, you nave Dig bro
Ult'is Jiid iiaU'r;· ID go to. —
She laughed and added that
big brothers "can always give
you the scoop on a new boy
friend."
Since she's been in Char
lotte. Claretta hasn't found
many friends. "That's the bad
thing about moving," she said
"I haven't met many people
since I've been here. 1 like to
go out and I haven't been able
to do that so far "
Claretta described herself
as being quiet, and she wasn't
too far off base, but when she
said that she was friendly she
hit it right on the nose She
laughed a lot. in her "quiet"
sort of way and swrnn to have
been accurate when she told
me that she's easy to get along
with. Born June 24, 1957. our
nineteen year old Beauty is a
Cancer
The person Claretta most
admires is Arfhur AsTSf· TJne
of the things that Claretta does
for enjoyment. Ashe does as a
form of employment She
thinks th' ' he's the greatest in
tennis ami the fact that he's
See Beauty, Page 6
Inmate Walter Τaylor
Says Rights Denied
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«V W.P.I
In his campaign for Presi
dent ôf tHë United Mates,
James Earl Carter spoke out
emphatically for a universal
commitment to the in ''vi
duals right to the la.«fui
observance of his Human Mi
ghts. North Carolina's Depart
ment of Correction may be in
direct conflict with the Presi
dent.
Walter L. Taylor, of 2117
Home Drive, an inmate at the
Harnette Youth Center in Lil
Iinglon, North Carolina, con
tacted the Post on April 26,
with the hope of receiving
assistance in his quest ΓδΓ"
justice, surrounding an al
ledged incident that took place
on February 19
According to Taylor, while
sitting in the dormitory at the
Harnett Youth Center, he and
another inmate, Bobby Ste
vens. became embroiled in a
fight, which inmate Stevens
initiated. After both men were
disciplined by the officer in
charge. (Sargeant McNeill),
they were returned to the
sanH· domiiluiy
Subsequently, inmate Ste
vens. who reportedly has a
history of behavior problems,
struck Taylor from behind, on
the head with a steel pipe
Inmate Stevens was taken to
• '-segregation, solitary con
Minority
Employment
Increases
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr
Post Executive Editor
Minority employment in the
12 month period ending May
31, l'J76. increased by 2.801
jobs in spite of a decline of
13,296 jobs in total full-time
federal employment, the U S
Civil Service Commission re
ported on Monday
According to the Commis
sion's preliminary findings, as
of May 31, 1976, minorities
held 512,715 jobs (21.1 percent
fif tflF total Federal employ
ment), up from 509,914 <20 S
percent ι in May of 1975 Both
the number of minority group
employees and total full-time
employees t2.424.772i continu
ed to increase in the white-col
lar pay systems
Minorities gained 10,004 ad
ditional General Schedule
(GS) and similar jobs, up
from 235.865 (17 I percent) in
May 1975 to 243,869 ( 17 6 per
cent) in May 1976 Significant
doctor, who cleaned out the
wound, administered a tetnus
booster. and—applied—some
substance to it which did not
stop the bleeding, according to
Taylor.
Taylor said he was then
taken to a Lieutenant Tyson's
office, who asked for a state
ment from him concerning the
incident After giving details
of the incident, Taylor then
asked to call his family here in
Charlotte Lieutenant Tyson
refused on the authority of a
Superintendant Temple, who
saw no need, due to the lack of
an emergency. Up until this
time,according to Taylor, the
wound had not yet stopped
bleeding.
Superintendent Temple ar
rived shortly afterward, and
informed inmate Taylor that
he was to be placed in segre
gation as was inmate Stevens.
While in segregation, and
repeatedly requesting some
thing for pain and the loss of
blood. Taylor told the Post,
"all 1 received was a message
from the doctor, who said
•ho'll he alright " "
Taylor maintains the loss of
blood continued until the
morning of February 21.
"That afternoon, at approxi
mately 1 ρ m . 1 was examined
again by the doctor, who
ai ici wdrus saiu, ne s neai
ing " Tu thin fltiv I have,· hrrn
given nothing for the pain or
the loss of blood, and received
no stitches for the open
wound "
Inmate Taylor stated, "I
was released from segrega
tion on February 22. where
upon. in the office of Sergeant
McNeill. 1 was asked by him to
forget the whole thing and let
it pass or face the possibility
of be»ng sent to Odom
Farms." I was also warned
by Tyson not to press any
charges against Stevens or
I'd face trouble from the
other inmates ." Taylor told
the Post. "I am seeking re
dress from the State of North
Carolines Department oT Cor-'
red ion. because my rights
were not protected <ori af
forded me "
Superintendent Robert Bar
bour an official at Harnett
YoufFi CënTPT rpptred, "The
doctor calls the shots in those
situations, and we have no
thing to conceal." After a
check of the Medical Record,
Harbour continued, "accord
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treated'on the 19th. 21st: and
23rd of February No further
medication was given on the
21st, due to the minor extend
to the injury On the 23rd, our
physician prescribed aspirin
for pain " Harbour concluded,
Walter was placed in segre
gallon merely to facilitate
the investigation of the inci
dent. and his record will show
no adverse affect as a result."
Contacted by Walter Taylor,
and asked to represent him in
his efforts against the state.
Thomas Κ Loflin III, promi
nent Durham lawyer and
member of the Board of Direc
tors. North Carolina Civil Li
berties Union, told the Post, "I
am looking into the case for
, the NCCLII Walter Taylor
wrote and asked us to investi
gate the case and that is the
.status of it now. We know that
he was assaulted Our concern
is the promptness and extent
of the medical treatment he
received " He added, the
L ^ .supreme Court has said
inmates have medical care
rights
By Hoyle H Martin Sr
Poet Executive Editor
"I think (President) Carter
is a very dangerous man"
because he has lulled the
American people with symbo
lie acts (and has) deliberately
failed to deal with substantive
issue· all at the expense of
Blacks, Hispanics and poor
Whites," Carl Stokes, former
mayor of Cleveland, Ohio,
said in a news conference here
Friday, May 6.
Appearing in Charlotte to
address the Fourth Annual
Moderator's Conference of U
oUad-Presbyterians of North
Carolina and Virginia, Stokes,
now an NBC news commenta
tor in New York City, told a
small group of newsmen that
the Nixon-Ford administra
tion's attitude toward social
programs was one of "delibe
rate neglect "
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Getting your head toge the
in your OLD AGE could sim
ply mean ASSEMBLING
TEEtH, GLASSES AND A
"Carter Is Very Dangerous Man"
When asked whether Carter
would reverse the Nixon-Ford
trend. Stokes replied. "No,"
and added, "Carter's first ISO
days show only a commitment
to a balanced budget The
needs of a balanced budget
and the needs of urban areas
and the poor are inconsist
ant."
The articulate commentator
said further that Carter has
cut the community action pro
grams by ISO million and
LEAA170 miHion less than the
amount· inherited in the Ford
budget.
According to Stoke·, Carter
has abandoned his campaign
commitments aimed at reduc
ing unemployment, reforming
the welfare system, reviving
urban areas and appointing
Blacks to top cabinet level
posts
Specifically, Stokes said
Carter's abandonment of Uie
Humphrey-Hawkins employ
ment bill means that the fede
ral government will actually
commit itself to providing
only 800,000 jobs while there
are nearly 10 million Ameri
cans on the jobless rolea.
Secondly, he said the Senate
has cut community develop
ment funds by 1500 million and
Carter has no plans to try Md
replace that cut and welfn-e
reform has been delayed on
the pretext of dealing with the
energy crisis.
Finally, on the question of
appointing blacks to cabinet
top level postttorr,-Stoke* eetd,
>'I don't share the view of
many Blacks on Patricia Har
ris, head of HUD. She's a line
worker with no policy making
authority, no experience in
housing and no expressed
commitment to the needs of
ly, the net gains in minority
employment were distributed
throughout the middle and
upper grade groupings of the
GS and similar pay systems
Other major pay systems
showed fewer numbers of mi
nority and total full-time Ke
deral workers during the one
year period However, minori
ties continued to experience
net gains in supervisory and
leadership positions under
wage systems There was also
a net increase m the percen
tage (up 0 3 percent ι of mino
rity blue-collar job holders
Minorities as referred to in
this report includes~~Blacks
Hispanics. American Indians
and Orir*>tal Americans
Λ related report pointed oui
that one in eight Black mer
with a college degree worki
for the federal government
Carl Stoke·
Former Cleveland mayor
the poor " As for Andrew
Young, Stokes said, 'he was
sidetracked into a meaninx
less job where he can't he
effective for blacks
Stokes fee hi Blacks and the
poor \*iU be sacrificed by
He caters to
middle America" to assure
reflection