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VOL 4 NO. 4 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLlNA-28208-Thursdav. Aug. 4. 1977 ■*——— i
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Leaders Optimistic
Charlotte Area Fund Aims
For Solutions To Problems
Community
Support
Lacking
By Hoyle H Martin Sr
Post Executive Editor
"There is a need for a total
effort of the Board, communi
ty support and cooperation
with other agencies' if the
Charlotte Area Fund is to
continue its existence, accord
ing to Jack Dickinson, a Com
munity Services Administra
tion (CSA) field representa
tive for North Carolina.
Dickinson said in a tele
phone interview Friday that at
the second of two emergency
Area Fund board committee
workshops this week, he "at
tempted to call attention to a
number of problems and of
fered some suggestions on
now 10 exam a group 01
options from which to select
possible leads to solutions "
The problems facing the
Area Fund were initially spell
ed out in a letter to the board
of directors from Larkin Bell,
CSA's district supervisor for
North and South Carolina. His
June 24 letter said that without
local support his office has
"little choice" but to exclude
the CAF from future conside
ration for funding
Dickinson said the specific
question of the absence of
adequate local support arises
from a lack of board meeting
quorums, the manner in which
board vacancies are filled, a
lack of communication be
tween CAF and other agencies
and limited public relations
efforts by CAF Each of these,
he said, are contributing fac
tors to the 13-year old poverty
agency's immediate problem
of a need for local matching
in-kind services or facilities
and-or cash equal to opproxi
mately $15,000
Finally, Dickinson said, “I
am optimistic CAF can re
solve its problems and get
re-funded Much depends on
what happens Monday.”
■'Monday,” (this week) re
fers to a third CAF board
committee workshop designed
to consider some of the options
offered by Dickinson and to
arrive at some definite recom
mendations to the full board
Mrs Helen Kirk, CAF board
chairperson said that on Mon
day the board committee
"looked in depth at its pro
grams to find our strenghts
and weaknesses While consi
deration was given to drop
ping some programs we felt it
best to keep them all but with
some new directions We have
also had some talks with the
city fathers and we believe
they may now be looking at
CAF in a new light.” She
concluded, "these and other
matters to be presented to the
full board we believe will lead
to the support we need.”
CSA representative Jack
Dickinson was not available
for comment after the Monday
board workshop
Limit SetFor
Food Stamp
Benefits
WASHINGTON-Carol Tuc
ker Foreman, assistant secre
tary of agriculture, today an
nounced regulations requiring
that eligible applicants for the
food stamp program receive
benefits within a prescribed
period of time.
Under these amendments to
food stamp program regula
tions, eligible households must
be authorized to buy their food
stamps within a time limit
that begins the day the state
welfare agency receives the
food stamp application, and
ends the last day of the follow
ing month.
If a household does not
receive authorization to pur
chase food stamps within the
prescribed time limit, their
lost food stamp benefits must
be restored. Lost benefits are
calculated from the first day
of the month which follows the
month of applicatidn.
For example, a household
applying in March would have
to be able to purchase its food
stamps before the end of
April. Otherwise, the full a
mount of bonus stamps the
household should have receiv
ed in April is restored. Bene
fits are restored by increasing
in future months the amount
of bonus stamps the household
is entitled to receive.
Although food stamp regula
tions require states to approve
or deny a food stamp applica
tion within 30 days, until now
there has been no time limit
on actually giving an eligible
household this opportunity to
purchase their food stamp
allotment.
Officials of the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture's Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS)
acknowledge that this stand
ard could give a state as long
as 60 days to provide the
opportunity to purchase.
But officials said, states
would be expected to act on
applications received early in
the month in time to enable
households to purchase early
the next month.
Hey Kids!
Want To Win
A Bicycle?
Beginning immediately, and
for the month of August, THE
CHARLOTTE POST will be
sponsoring a bicycle contest.
All you have to do is be 10
years of age or above and sell
s 35 new or renewed $10 paid
w subscriptions. The rules for
participation are:
1) Be at least 10 years of age.
2) Call us at 392-1306 or visit
our office at 2606-B West Blvd.
to register with our Circula
tion Manager, Ronnie.Sadler.
3) Get permission from your
parents or guardian.
4) Sell 35 new $10 paid sub
scriptions.
How about that boys and
girls! You can earn cash or
win a bike while the POST
increases its paid circulation.
If you already have a bike or
don't quite sell 35 subscrip
tions, The POST will give you
$1.50 in cash for each new paid
subscription.
How About It, Sign Up To
day!
PETITE SOPHIE ERVIN
...Duke Power secretary
Miss Sophie Ervin
Is Beauty Of Week
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
When Sophie Ervin, tne
POST Beauty of the Week,
was growing up she thought it
was unfair that she was an
only child. “I didn't have
anyone else to put the blame
on when something went
wrong,” she laughed. But now
that she’s a young woman she
can see some advantages to
being an only child. "For one
thing. I guess I have a closer
relationship with my mother
than I would have had if there
had been others to share her
with. And I was my father's
‘little girl’ as long as he
lived,” she said.
Sophie is the daughter of
Mrs. Hassie Ervin and the late
Sanders Ervin. She attended
Sedgefield Junior High and
Myers Park High and while at
Myers Park was a member of
the ROTC and on the Drill
Team for three years. During
her senior year she was Mili
tary Queen and participated in
the Cooperative Office Occu
pations Program, going to
school and working part-time
at First Union Bank.
“Betty Rice, who taught
Ethnic Literature at Myers
Park, probably exerted more
influence on me than any
other teacher I had,’’ Sophie
said. “If it hadn't been for her
motivation I might not have
done as well in school as I
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Upon graduation she took a
course in Secretarial Science
and afterward began working
with Duke Power as a secre
tary in the Retirement De
partment There she keeps
track of who is approaching
retirement and makes sure
they know what benefits they
are eligible for. She also calcu
lates benefits and disburses
checks to retirees or their
, beneficiaries.
“I like my job," Sophie said,
"but I'd like to move into
another area, possibly as an
executive secretary in the
field of education or maybe
become an administrator.
Right now she's enjoying
earning her first real salary
and buying some new clothes
"My job requires that I wear
fairly conservative things but
every now and then when I
have a little extra money 1
splurge on some jeans and
eute tops. I used to make a lot
of my clothes when I was in
school but I don't get much
chance now. Sewing is some
thing I picked up from my
, mother, who is a seamstress."
W hen asked who she most
admires, Sophie didn’t choose
anyone famous, but instead,
selected her cousin, Millicent
Clark, who works at Big
WAYS. ‘‘I don’t know how she
does it,” she said. “I know she
must have problems just like
everyone else but she always
seems to be feeling good and
ready to listen to someone
else’s problems. Whenever I
need to talk to someone she’s
right there ready to listen.
She’s been the big sister I
never had.”
Disco dancing, walking, lis
tening to records, watch
ing TV, and writing to her
boyfriend who's been in Ger
many for the past year, occu
py most of Sophie's spare
time. She still lives at home
because she says she doesn't
want to leave her mother
alone and she enjoys being
taken care of and eating mo
ther’s good cooking.
Sophie commented that,
"The Women’s Lib Movement
is OK in it’s efforts to achieve
equal opportunity and pay for
women but I think people
should be left with choices. If a
woman wants to get out and
work her way to the top of the
business world I think she
should be allowed the chance
if she's capable, but on the
other hand, if she wants to
stay home and let some man
take care of her, that’s fine if
she can find one who’ll do it.
NCM Searches
For Matured
Policyholders
By Jacquie Levister
Post Staff Writer
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company (NCM
LIC) is in search of holders of
endowment policies that have
lapsed and are now matured.
W.W. Twitty, Manager of
the Charlotte District Office,
announced the company’s
search of persons holding poli
cies that have lapsed and were
never revised.
According to Twitty’s state
ment; The reduced value set
fourth under the Non-Forfei
ture Table of this policy ac
cording to the number of years
the policy was kept in force
less any indebtedness to the
company is now payable to
you orthe beneficiary or to the
assignee.
jne following persons need
to contact Twitty at the NCM
LIC by calling 704-375-5594.
The last known name and
address of the effected per
sons are: Thomas W. Drye, N.
Myers Street, Charlotte, N.C.;
Susie E. Boulware, Route 2,
Box 336, Charlotte, N.C.; An
gela S. Coleman, Route 9, Box
118, Charlotte, N.C.; Wallace
D. Hall, 821 South Caldwell
Street, Charlotte, N.C.; Roy J.
Porter, Route 4, Box 271-A,
Charlotte, N.C.; Eli Adams,
122 Hood Street, Rockingham,
N.C.; Glenn A. Brooks, 415
Greensboro Street, Asheboro,
N.C.; John D. Conner Jr.,
18691 Dean Street, Detroit,
Michigan; William F. Kelsey,
225 E. Fisher Street, Salisbu
ry, N.C.; Garland W. Brad
shaw, 1538 W. Haroh Street,
Salisbury, N.C.; Hallie R. Po^
well, Route 2, Box 199, Clark
ston, N.C.; Robert Thomas,
Jr. Route 5, Sanford, N.C.;
Lara A. Pettiford, Route 3,
Box 341, N. Fayetteville, N.C. ;
Freddie L. Waters, 403 N. East
Street, Kinston, N.C.; Ray
mond Hall, Box 162, Ayden,
N.C.; Eli Adams, 104 N. Ste
wart Street, Rockingham,
N.C.
Anyone aware of a more
recent address for any of the
above named persons could
contact the local office at the
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, 103 Beat
ties Ford Road or at 375-5594
DR. MOSES S. BELTON
,„Wilh Wife Cornelia
Catawba Presbytery Names
Dr. Moses Belton Moderator
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
“The church is the con
science of the social unit and
as such, is important in the life
of any society. In times like
the ones we live in, the church
must step forward and as
sume moral leadership. Min
isters have a responsibility to
society that was committed to
them by God.”
These words were spoken
recently by Dr. Moses Belton,
minister, retired educator and
Moderator of the Catawba
Presbytery for 1977.
Succeeding Dr. Thomas A
Jenkins as Moderator, Dr.
Belton presides over a Presby
tery consisting of 33 churches,
and 51 ministers, with a total
of 5,125 church members. Ap
proximately half the 33 chur
ches are located in Charlotte
Mecklenburg and the rest in
surrounding counties.
Dr Belton was born in
Fairfield County, near Ridge
way, S.C. and was educated in
the Presbyterian parochial
schools of that community and
Harvison Institute in Irmo,
S.C. He attended Johnson C.
Smith University and Semi
nary and did graduate study
at Union Theological Se. iina
ry and Columbia University in
New York. He came to JCSU
in 1942 as Assistant Dean of
Men and instructor of Religi
ous Education and in 19-13 was
responsible for the organiza
tion of the JCSU Theological
Seminary Library. After serv
ing in various capacities at the
University, Dr Belton be
came Director of Public Rela
tions in 1950, a position which
he held for 20 years. From 1970
until his retirement, he was
Admissions Officer
During his tenure as Public
Relations Officer, Dr. Belton
was responsible for recruit
ing, admissions, alumni af
fairs, publicity, placement,
publishing a newsletter and
other duties. Because of this
wide range of contact with
students and alumni, he is
perhaps one of the best known
people on the Smith,campus
He has kept in touch with
many students after gradua
tion and continued to assist
them when ever possible.
Writing in his church news
paper, Rev W Flemon Mcin
tosh, minister of the Green
Street United Presbyterian
Church in Morganton, said of
Dr. Belton, “No one can mea
sure in dollars and cents the
good he did at Johnson C,
Smith in the many capacities
he served in. He was the man
behind the scene who made
things go. He is a generous
friend and a man of true and
honest purpose Rev Mcin
tosh is a former student of Dr
Belton.
Rev Thomas A Jenkins,
minister and personal friend
of Dr Belton, had this to say to
him, “His dedication to the
work of the church and his
mannerism, reflected by his
Christian committment, has
caused others to admire his
profound judgements, his inte
grity, and his firmness My
life has lieen enriched by my
association with him “
Like all dedicated indivi
duals. retirement has meant,
not less work for Dr. Belton,
but rather a re-distri button of
his efforts ‘ Because of my
busy schedule, before I retir
ed I was unable to become as
deeply involved with the chur
ch as I desired," he said It is
gratifying that I now have the
opportunity and the time to
serve as Moderator I am also
tinding the time to pursue
other religious and civic du
ties and to do some writing "
Dr Belton is married to the
former Cornelia Green of Ox
ford and they have one daugh
ter. Mrs Janice Canada, and
two grand daughters.
Ms. Willie Smith To Seek City
Council Seat From District One
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Mrs. Willie Smith, a mem
ber of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, a dele
gate to the National Democra
tic Convention last summer
and nominee for the statewide
"Democrat of the Year” a
ward, announced from her
home on Wednesday that she
plans to seek a District 1 City
Council seat.
Mrs. Smith, who is also an
active member of the Black
Political Caucus and director
of District 6 of the N.C. Asso
ciation of Educator*, said,
“Since the news media has
designated District 1 as the
poorest district in the city, I
feel there is a pressing need
for a candidate who can relate
to the people and understand
their views of issues and pro
blems.”
From a prepared statement
she added, "I was bom and
brought up in District 1, thus
giving me first-hand experi
ence and knowledge of the
needs in this area. Running for
a seat on City Council is
certainly a challenge, one I
feel will be rewarding."
Mrs. Smith continued, “Ma
ny former residential houses
in District 1 are boarded up or
have been tom down to give
way for Urban Renewal. This
has affected everyone in our
District. We see many areas
that need addressing. A few
are: sanitation removal (heal
th). sidewalk and street main
tenance, revenue sharing
(how dollars are spent), trans
portation (bus service), safety
Mn. Willie Smith
. Democratic party leader
.improvement (police protec-'
tion), street lights, city ordi
nance (lease law) and city
playgrounds (recreation) and
whatever else the citizens
may request Their concerns
expressed to me will be heard
•t City Council meetings and
implemented to the best of
our ability."
In conclusion. Mrs. Smith
■aid, "We make no promises
we cannot keep, but for sure •
these folk who say they don t
hear us' will no longer have to
say that When they elect me.
their voice singularly and col
lectively will be heard "
In addition to the above
mentioned offices and honors,
the politically astute and
knowledgeable Mrs Smith is
chairperson of Precinct 54,
parliamentarian of the Demo
cratic Women's Caucus, Pre
cinct 54 delegate to numerous
county-district and state con
ventions and co-chairperson of
See SMITH on Page 5
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only person who listens
to both sides of a family
argument is the lady next
door.
(.arter Appoints Two ffpre Blacks
Two more blacks have bv4>
appointed to governmental p<>
sitions by President Carter
The President nominated
William B Jones of Los Ange
les to be ambassador extraor
dinary and plenipotentiary of
the United States to Haiti,
replacing Heyward Isham
Jones is U S
representative to the United
Nations Educational, Scienti
fir and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) in Paris
Also appointed was George
V. Grant of New York to be
U S. Marshall for the Southern
District New York. Grant
received a B.A. from Ford
ham Unive^ity in 1975, and
from 1953 until feis retirement
in 1977 served wn the New
York City Police Department,
where he was promoted
through the ranks to supervi
sor of detectives