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. JOCELYN MOBLEY
...Goodwill store clerk
Jocelyn Moble
.
j auty Of Wee
By Jeri Harvey
- Post Staff WritcT
doceiyn Mobley, the Post's
Ifcauty of the Week, has some
ittvice that could benefit most
4f us. That advice is, “Get to
know youself.” She feels that
by understanding ourselves
we enhance our chances for
happiness. With an outlook
like that and her lovely smile,
we think our beauty should go
far.
Jocelyn, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie McCoy, is a
native of Chailutte who -at—
tended J.T. Williams Jr. High,
West Charlotte High and gra
duated from Garinger.
In Junior High this young
lady played softball and was a
cheerleader and in high school
was a member of a dance
group.
She says her favorite sub
ject waa math, “Because I felt
it would be the moet useful
knowledge 1 could have -
something that would help me
in any career I chose.” She got
very good grades in that sub
ject and often if the teacher
had to be out she appointed
ftl Jocelyn to carry on the class.
Her math instructor at West
Charlotte, Mrs. Hughes, also
happens to have been her
favorite teacher because, as
Jocelyn said, “She took the
time to try to help us with
personal problems as well as
with math. She took time to
listen.”
Right now Jocelyn is apply
ing her math skills as a clerk
In a local Goodwill Store and,
at the same time, using her
understanding of people to
counsel the handicapped
workers employed with her.
Eventually she would like to
own a small business - possi
bly a restaurant or clothing
'store -' but for now she is
content with her present job
“Tjecauseshe enjoys Uie feeling
1 fortu
ittends
_,_where
Rev. Leon Riddick is pastor
but she admits that she is “not
very active.”
Tennis and softball are
some of her spare time activi
ties and she considers herself
“a pretty good pool player.”
Billy Dee Williams is her^
favorite actor and the reason
she laughingly gave was, “Be- —
cause he is PRETTY and he
also-ngmta hr II ill i good
actor.” IkamdneM is her
favorite BctressTfeMrtlse of the
kinds of roles she plays. Par
liament Funkadelic, Natalie
Cole and George Benson are
the recording artists she en
’ rates as
one TV pro
gram because she says, “It
deals with the every day life of
the black family in a down-to
earth, realistic manner, with
out any phoniness. It tells it
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Why can’t life’s problems
hit os whan ws’re u and
KNOW EVERYTHING?
North Carolina Refuses Low Cost
Insurance For High Crime Areas
LQq
159 Victims
A total of 1,781 individual!
participated lir a free blood
pressure screening program
sponsored by eight local hospi
tals May 12-14 at South park ai
Dart of the observance oi
National Hospital Week. Near
ly nine percent of those tested
were determined to have ele
vated blood pressure and were
advised to see a physician. '
Left untreated or unidenti
fied, high blood pressure can
lead to stroke, heart failure
and kidney damage. Accord
ing to standards used by the
Heart Association, a blood
pressure reading of 140 over 90
to x-120 is considered elevated
for the 15 to 50 age group, and
any reading 160 over 95 or over
is elevated for individuals ov
er age 50.
The majority of those identi
fied last week with elevated
pressure readings were in the
under age 50 category. By
percentage, this age group
showed 11.2 percent With ele
vated blood pressure, while
the 699 people over -age 50
tested showed 6.7 percent high
readings. An additional 10
persons of undertermined age
also had high blood pressure
readings.
A further breakdown, iden
tifying participants by race,
revealed that of the 1,781 total
PgrtigiBflfUm 125 were Blacks.
rhgfjjajggd jiressure readings
«JfiUS#-Sui5 of the 125 By
percentage, 12 percent of the
blacks tested had elevated
readings (13 under age 50 and
two over age 50).
Within the next two weeks
the hospitals plan to send
letters to each of these indivi
duals, reminding them to see a
physician and have their blood
pressure rechecked.
The blood pressure screen
ing project was part of a large
National Hospital Week exhi
)it at Southpark which also
included demonstrations of
:ardio-pulmonary resuscita
tion, displays of student art
work on the theme of National
Hospital Week (“We Put The
-are In Health Care”), and
)hotographic displays by each
)f the participating hospitals -
Mercy, Presbyterian, Char
otte Memorial, Huntersville,
Rehabilitation, Community,
DrthoDaedic. and Evei Ear
ind Throat.
Post Office O ^
ro Obser^hl^Q
Memorial Day
The U.S. Postal Service will
>bserve Memorial Day Mon
lay, May 30, according to
’ostmaster, O.B. Sloan. '•
Sloan said, “There wiU be no
ome delivery, but special
telivery mail and parcels;
ontaining perishable mattcj/
dll be delivered, and certain'
pedal services will be pro
Ided.
There wlll^be box service
vailabie at the West Trade
treet Station from 7 a m. to 9
m. also at aassifled Sta
ons from 8 a m. to 10 a.m. A
slf service postal unit will
perate at the*Amity Garden
bopping Center,, American
ank and Trust, ak 5930 Pair
lew Road and fat Hickory
rove and Delta Hoads, Tryon
lall Shopping Cfenter. lode
gndence Shopping Center
hPlh the We^irade Street
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ATLANTA - This proposed four-level con
crete and glass library, covering two city
blocks a mile west of downtown Atlanta, will
serve the Atlanta University Center, the
world’s largest private enterprise of black
education. J, Paul Austin, chairman of The
Coca-Cola Company, ia national chairman at
a $2i million campaign to build and endow the
facility for undergraduate and graduate
students as well as scholars of the black
heritage from around the world.
Y ork Memorial Cenietarv
Care Concerns Blacks
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Upon entering the York Me
morial Park Cemetary is a
sign that says “Perpetual
Care” mounted on old wood
with peeling and chipped
paint.
Ini:ommenting on the sign,
an Jperly lady whose husband
is ftjried there said, “When
York opened it had a beautiful
entrance but over the years
the whole place has been
allowed to go down.”
In a POST article (April 7)
that indicated community con
cerns about conditions at York
Memorial Park, Kelly Alex
ander of the Alexander Fune
ral Home was quoted as say
ing, “If you want better ser
vice, you have to tell the
owners what you want done.”
A number of callers to the
POST from largely elderly
ladies with loved ones buried
at York, have since expressed
concerns about the park's con
ditions; however, it appears
that little has been done to
fully express these concerns,
caller said, “I guess
gs have gotten bad b€
se we have not said any
yning about it.”
J Mrs. Johnsie Evans, retired
coordinator of the Northwood
Estafpa ffimmimilv A ecA^i a
tion, said in a telephone inter
view, “Blacks left Pinewood
Cemetary because of its poor
conditions and the promise of
perpetual care' at York Me
morial.” Nevertheless, people
have complained that the
grass and hedges are con
stantly in need of cutting, the
sign at the entrance is in need
)»f a fresh coat of paint, there
are holes in the gravel roads
in the Park especially when it
rains, there is rarely an atten
dant on duty and tractors that
are used to dig graves often
are driven over graves that
leave mud holes and endanger
or damage the bronze name
plate on some grave sites.
One caller said that a bronze
vase at her husband’s grave
was bent but that the cemeta
ry management quickly and
nicely replaced the vase.
Howard Halberstadt, presi
dent of the firm that owns
York Memorial said in a tele
phone interview that "we
charge only $90 for a grave at
York Memorial, at other ce
metaries it costs $295. Of the
$90, $20 goes for perpetual
care - largely for keepingJhe
grass and hedges cut." He not
ed iir responding tr questions
from this reporter’s personal
visit and tour of the cemetary
that "while the grass is usual
ly cut weekly it had not been
cut last week due to the
unusually dry weather." He
added that because of the
closeness of the grave sites
they could not avoid tractors
being driven over some gra
ves.
Halberstadt further noted
that his firm makes no profit
from York Memorial and that
with the absence Of discrimi
nation "those people" can bu>
cemetary plots anywhere the>
want to now.
Private Companies V iew
The Plan As A Threat?
By O. Imani Uhuru Aka
(V.W.P.)
Businessmen in high-crime
areas were urged this week by
- the Black-Jewish Information
Center to look into the Federal
Crime Insurance Program,
which offers low-cost protec
tion against property loss re
sulting from robbery and bur
glary
"Over the years, we've wit
nessed many communities de
teriorate because their busi
nesses were unable to secure
crime insurance," according
to James Rose, an official at
Federal Crime Insurance.
“The program makes crime
insurance more readily avail
able in areas where shopkeep
ers and other entrepreneurs
have been unable to buy or
retain such protection."
Administered by the United
States Department of Housing
and Urban Development
(HUD), the program provides
commercial enterprises with
coverage of up to $15,000 on a
per-occurrence basis. Policies
-mav bp obtained through li
censed property insurance a
gents and brokers or through
Safety Management Institute
of Washingtpn, in Washington,
DC.
Social Services
Extends Free
The Mecklenburg County (
Department of Social Services .
extended its free bus service |
to the Food Stamp Office on ]
South Independence Boulc- |
vard, Monday, May 18. ,
The bus has been running on
a regular schedule between *
downtown Charlotte and the r
'Social Services Center on Bil
lingsley Road, and this service
is being continued. The bus
leaves the Civic Center, on ^
East Trade Street, every hour
on the hour, from 8a m until 4
p.m. Monday through Friday, 1
with a stop on Independence
Boulevard, at the door of the
East Independence Plaza f
building, where the Food
Stamp Office is located. After j
the bus leaves the Food Stamp (
Office, it then goes to the f
Social Services Center j
The return trip from the
Social Services Center origi- j
nates every hour on the half e
hour, from 8 30 a m through 4 ,
The program is available in
21 states, but North Carolina is
not one of them The Post
contacted Jeannie Zukav at
the Federal Crime Insurance
Office, in an attempt to find
out why the state was not a
part of the program 'The
state would not accept the
plan," she said "The pro
gram offers insurance cove
rage to businessmen in high
crime areas at very low pre
miums, and this may be the
reason North Carolina won't
accept the plan, private com
panies may view the plan as a
threat to their business."
When asked what could be
done to change that, she ex
plained, the program is al
ways open, a state just has to *
show interest toward being
included in the program. Inte
rested parties should contact
their congressman to ask why
their state is not part of the
program"
Efforts to contact North
Carolina congressman Jim
Martin produced no results
A spokesman for the Black
Jewish Inform a 1 inn f'ani»r
emphasized the importance of
the program in helping to
stabilize urban communities
in ghetto and transitional
neighborhoods, "the fear of
crime, erosion and declining
sales markets are driving
many business operators to
he brink," he said. "Federal
Time insurance can help halt
he further flight of business
>eople from these neighbor
loods ’* *
The Federal Crime Insu
ance Program was establish
'd by HUD in August 1971 to
item the exodus of small
msinesses from the cities,
’rivate insurance coverage
•efore the program was often
inavailable or very costly,
'he bill was extended by
'ongress in April of 1977.
[Yansit Planning
Office Moves To
Vew Location
The City’s Transit Planning
Mice has moved to a new
nation at 130 South Davidson
treet. The move from the
lird floor of the City Hal)
nnex to the former Civic
'laza Building will provide
reater accessibility to elder
t and handicapped persons
nrolled in the Transit Assis
ince Plan for the Elderly and
landicapped (TAPE) In ad
ition, the new offices are only
ne block from the NO-FARE
one in uptown Charlotte.
The TAPE Program was
egun in 1974 to offer reduced
us fares to senior citizens and
andicapped persons in Char
ge Today more than 5,500
idividuals are enrolled in the
rogram which offers tickets
l one half the regular 40-cents
rice. TAPE tickets are sold
i quantities of 10 for $2.00 at
3 public housing rental offl
es. City Hall or the mobile
■ty hall
To register persons 02 years
r older and individuals with a
ertified handicap should visit
ny of the above locations,
roof of age and-or a certifi
ate of disability signed by a
ledical doctor is required.
The Transit Planning Office
i responsible for the plan
ing, monitoring and evalua
on of the local bus company,
he telephone number will
smain 374-3234.
like it is without trying to gloss
things over.” .
Jocelyn enjoyi
especially fresh
and steak and pizza. She says
she could “never really get
into health foods because I’m
too fond of meat and soul
food.”
1
brown eyes and brown hair.
Born September 8, 1953 under
the sixth sign of the zodiac,
she considers herself a fairly '
typical Virgo. Honesty, mo
desty, the ability to meet life
head on and deal with it and 1
shrewdness in money matters
are all traita that she feels
most Virgos possess. Jocelyn <
says she usually starts her day <
by reading her horoscope and I
tries to use the information for
guidance through the day. 1
In spite of her career and 1
hobbies, the center of Joce- t
lyn’s life is her daughter, i
Ebony. Four-year-old Ebony a
is already having "woman to v
woman" talks with her “mom
mie” about the things that are a
important in her young life. S
Jocelyn feels this is essential p
even at this age in order that t
Ebony will know she can s
always bring her problems to o
her mother. According to S
Jocelyn, “Ebony is the most E
important thing in my life and v
all my plans for the future are Q
built around her. I want her to I
have the very best life possible a
- materially and «notionally.“H|
See BEAUTY41^*8* 10 S
y
Inflation Hits Blacks
iiiuttuun nas passed unem
ployment as the primary eco
nomic concern of Americans
during the past t2 months,
according to a recent New
York Times - CBS News poll.
Significantly this concern is
even evident among groups
that _I._
pioyment as their first econo
mic problem.
While blacks continued tc
cite unemployment as the
most serious problem, they
nevertheless shifted from a 3-1
margin for unemployment ir
September to a 2-1 margin ir
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ForConffreiaiotudSeal A^>, ff\r cA ? S
Maxwell To Challenge j Martin
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Pott Executive Editor
. Charles K. Maxwell, a for
\mer two-term State Senator,
W announced- that he will
challenge Republican incum
bent Jim Martin for the 9th
District congressional seat
which includes Iredell, Lin
coln and Mecklenburg Coun
ties.
Maxwell, 53, a farmer and
real estate land developer said
in a press release, “I’m not
running against anyone," ra
ther, "I am running because I
think it is time for some fresh
ideas and new leadership from
this district...because it is
time we had as much influ
In Washington as many
other districts."
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A 30 year resident of Meck
lenburg County, Maxwell con
tinued, "I am running because
we desperately need someone
who is not airaid to address
himself to the problems of
providing adequate health
care for the working man, the
elderly, as well as the family
unable to provide for them
selves. We need someone who
will protect our interests In
banking, in manufacturing, In
transportation, in business, in
farming, in industry, and in
sales and distribution of our
products."
fn commenting on the solu
tion to such problems Max
well said the answer is not
nVcnsarlly in "the creation of
goYeirnemental bureaucra
gent legislation."
Maxwell noted he plans to
take his campaign to every 1
neighborhood, factory and
store to meet the people. a
Maxwell has had other ex- *
jerience in government when \
he served as a state highway (
commissioner from 1970 to (
1973. He is currently vice-pre
sident of Carolina Developers, fl
Inc., and secretary treasurer c
of South Eastern Developers,
Inc
A Davidson College grad- c
uate and a Whiteville native, n
Maxwell lives in Huntersville
with his wife Doris and three |{
children. a
Some Black political leaders t
have spoken favorably about i
Maxwell's candidacy r
Ciet; rather, the solutions to
the problems require intelli