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THIRTEEN YEAR OLD ROBIN LIMOUS
.—Ready for the classroom
Captivating Robin Limous
Is Our “Beauty” This Week
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
The POST Beauty of the
Week is a thirteen year old
miss with a sparkle in her eye
and a giggle in her voice who
answers to the name of Robin
Limous. She's the daughter of
Ms. Shirley Sturdivant and
James Limous and is an eigh
th grade student at Smith
Junior High.
Like most youngsters, Ro
bin is busy getting ready to
head back to the classroom for
a new tern} and she’s happy
that the time has arrived.
“I’m looking forward to see
ing my friends and talking
about what we did over the
summer,” Robin said. “I went
to Atlanta for a week to visit
my sister who is an airline
stewardess and I visited my
grandmother in Wadesboro
too. I played a lot of badmin
ton and watched TV and shop
ped. Now I’m getting boared.”
Last year Robin was a stu
dent council member and this
year she hopes to be in the
pep club and on the volleyball
team. Ar« *s her favorite subi
Ject and she’s thinking of
becoming an artist, perfera
bly a cartoonist.
Sunday mornings find Robin
at St. Paul. Baptist church
where she is an usher. Rev.
Paul Drummond is her pastor.
Cooking is one of our beau
ty's hobbies. She said she’s
been cooking about a year and
can cook anything she wants
to. "My mother used to be a
pastry cook and she taught me
and my four sisters. I can
make cakes and pies and stuff
from scratch,” she boasted.
Robin's mother works at a
daycare center now and her
father is a heavy duty equip
ment operator. Besides the
airline stewardess, one of Ro
bin’s sisters is a teacher at
Park Road Elementary
School, one is a computer
operator, and one works at
Nivens Center.
The Emotions and Natalie
Cole are her favorite perfor
mers and The Jeffersons her
favorite TV show.
It has been said that one of
the best ways to equip a young
person for the world is to let
him know he is loved and
respected. Talking to Robin
seemed to bear that out. She
has a bubbly, friendly manner
and exudes poise and self-con
fidence usually found in a
more mature person.
Knderly F^,rk Group
Demands Traffic Lights
By Deborah Gates
Post Staff Writer
According to a spokesman
for the Enderly Parle Neigh
borhood Organization, mem
bers met recently with Bernie
Corbett, director of Traffic
Engineering, to demand that
dangerous intersections and
curves be posted with signs
and traffic lights.
The spokesman said that
residents of the neighborhood
are concerned about the safe
ty of their children. “They are
calling for positive traffic con
trol,” the spokesman said.
The residents want stop signs
at six intersections, a caution
light at Ambassador and State
Streets, warning signs at two
dangerous curves, and a traf
fic light at the intersection of
State Street and Tuckaseegee
Road.
The Enderly Park Neigh
borhood Organization, affili
ated with Carolina Action, was
formed at an enthusiastic
meeting of 40 people on August
18. Leo Martin, co-chairman
for the meeting said, “We’ve
been talking about problems
in our neighborhood for a long
time. Now we have an organ
ization and if we stick togeth
er, we can get something
done."
The group is making plans
to tackle problems such as
police protection, abandoned
houses, overgrown lota and
recreation.
Corbett promised the 30 peo
ple attending the meeting to
install stop signs within 10
days at the intersections of
Ringwood’and Alice; Ambas
sador and Carol; Clydesdale
and Ambassador; Brice and
Carol; Rose and Ambassador;
and Mathis and Parkway. The
possibility of a 4-way stop at
Coker and Mathis Streets will
be investigated.
In addition, studies will be
initiated immediately on the
feasibility of traffic signals at
the intersections of State
Street and Tuckaseegee Road,
and tenderly Drive and Tuck
aseegee.
The possiblity of installing a
caution light and curve warn
ing signs on State Street near
Ambassador will also be look
ed at.
Corbett promised written
reports on the process of the
studies to be sent to the group
and decisions withiD two
months.
State Black
Women Caucus
Sets Meeting
The North Carolina Black
Women's Political Caucus will
hold it's statewide meeting
Saturday, September 17 at St.
Augustine's College in Ra
leigh, North Carolina.
Registration and seating for
the meeting will be held from
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Beginning at
2 p.m., workshops will be set
up for interested persons in
the areas of Electorial Poli
tics, Education, Employment,
Health Care, Credit, Church,
Consumerism, and Law and
Justice.
Housing accomodations
. must be made on your own.
Area hotels that may meet
your convenience are Holiday
Inn, John Yancey, Hilton, and
the Downtowner Golden Eagle
all on Hillsborough Street, and
the Journeys End Motel, Daw
son Street.
The North Carolina Black
Women's Political Caucus was
formed on July 16, 1977 as an
out-growth of a minority cau
cus which met at the North
Carolina meeting for the Ob
servance of International Wo
mens Year in June, 1977
The purpose of the caucus is
to provide a support system
for black women in ;%orth
Carolina that will enable them
to express their concerns.
NAACP Chief Benjamin Hooks
Supports EEOC TV Racial Charges
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Benjamin Hooks, newly in
stalled director of the NAACP
and a former member of the
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), said last
week that he "absolutely”
agreed with a recent report of
the U.S. Civil Kights Commis
sion that charged the televi
sion industry with racial and
sexual stereotyping. Further
more, the civil rights leader
expressed agreement with the
charge that the FCC could
have done more to end such
discrimination
Hooks, who resigned from
the FCC a month ago to
succeed the retiring Roy Wil
kins at the NAACP, has a
long-standing and well known
commitment to eliminating all
types of discrimination in the
television industry. He said in
a prepared new release, "I
have long advocated that the
FCC have regulartory autho
rity over the networks be
cause they are the principal
suppliers of programming for
most of the major stations
around the country. 1 happen
to believe that where there is
little input from blacks, wo
men and other minorities, the
end product will not faithfully
reflect the totality of Ameri
can life."
The Civil Rights Commis
sion report apparently con
firmed many of the findings of
the National Black Media Co
alition Study of 1975. The study
concluded that racial and sex
ual stereotyping was quite
evident and that little had
been done to hire and upgrade
minorities Local TV stations
WSOC-9 and WBTV-3 were
included in the Coalition stu
dy. These stations have ap
parently made some improve
ment in the hiring of minori
ties since 1975, however, a
knowledge source says there
has been absolutely no upward
mobility into the management
decision-making ranks
This slow or non-existent
effort to enable minorities to
move into the management
ranks of the TV industry has
led to charges that the FCC
has not asserted itself suffici
ently to end racial and sex
discrimination. Mr Hooks no
ted that while a FCC member
he had often been outvoted by
the other six commission
members on issues involving
discrimination.
Hook's ooint is well illus
Benjamin Hooks
...NAACP Director
trated in an FCC rule exempt
ing very small television and
radio stations from reporting
on their employment of wo
men and minorities
In State Government
Black Faces Have Begun
To Show Up Sparadically
Token
Blacks
Sworn In?
CCNS Without much of the
splendor of many other recent
swearing in ceremonies,
members of the newly appoin
ted N.C. Judicial Nominating
Committee were sworn in by
Secretary of State Thad Eure.
Included were four blacks,
three of which were appointed
by Governor James Hunt and
one by Senator Henly.
Appointed were: Leo Hat
ton, of Henderson, chairper
son of the 2nd Congressional
District Black Caucus; Dr.
Stephen B. Thomas, a Bur
lington dentist; Mrs. Beatrice
Boone, of Murfreesboro, an
employee of Georgia Pacific;
and Shirley C. Gillis of Aber
deen, a Stenographer at Cam
eron-Morrison School.
The Judicial Nominatiniq
Commission is ■ Hunt creatioi
wtuich he theorized would a!
lui greater input of lay peojil
arid lawyers to the choosing c
more qualified judges to serv
auuc. rdteu wim appointing
judges to superior court ben
ches that were made availabh
by the new speedy trials act,
Hunt now seeks the help of this
commission for nominees.
Hunt’s creation might have
worked with the blessing of
Blacks in the state if Chief
Justice Suzzie Sharp had ap
pointed Blacks and women to
the 13 positions she had for
appoint-licensed lawyers.
Attorney Charles Daye, Pre
sident of the North Carolina
Association of Black Lawyers
attacked Chief Justice Sharp’s
appointments demanding that
she recall them. Daye called
upon Governor Hunt to abolish
the Commission if Sharp did
not comply. Neither happen
ed.
Hunt’s Press Aide Gary
Pearce said Hunt would not
abolish the commission be
cause Hunt was eager to see
the commission work. So the
Commission is left with four
Blacks and 25 whites.
Beginning with the swearing
in the Black appointees stuck
together They all sat together
on the back row somewhat like
flies in a sea of buttermilk.
The state has currently 106
superior court judges and only
one of them is Black.
W UL
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; Reids Believe In Sharing
»y jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Charles and LaRue Reid
believe in sharing. Beginning
.in a small road-side stand 34
years ago, they built the Park
‘N Shop grocery chain to its
present 10 stores which em
ploy 400 people and gross
millions annually. They've
shared their earnings with
their church by tithing and
have a profit-sharing program
for employees. Eleven years
ago they devised a unique
means of sharing with tne
customers who have made
Park 'N Shop a success.
"We were always getting
calls from churches and other
groups for contributions,”
Charles Reid said, "and it was
impossible to keep up with the
demand so we decided to give
a 1 percent rebate on every
cash register-tape that was
returned to the store if the
money was for a church or
other non-profit organization
As a result of this offer,
churches and community
groups throughout the Char
lotte area have pooled their
Park 'N Shop register tapes to
earn substantial sums for wor
thwhile causes. “It started off
slowly," Reid said, “but it
mushroomed." Reaching over
to a stack of folders beside his
desk he picked up one and
leafed through until he came
to what he was looking for and
said. “Last year we refunded
a total of $26,446.98.”
Times were hard for most
folks during the thirties and
Reid's family was no
exception. “My daddy lost an
arm in a saw mill accident,"
he said, “so he opened a small
store in Weddington and tend
ed it while my five brothers,
two sisters and I worked the
farms he rented around Lin
coln County We moved from
farm to farm pretty often,
trying to find a better, more
profitable one and by the time
I was 16 I was convinced there
must be a better way of life. So
one day I hitch-hiked into
Rock Hill where my sister
lived and walked the streets
til I got a job in a grocery
store. My salary was $8 a
week and I worked from seven
to seven, six days a week
“It was just my cup of tea/'
he smiled I loved waiting on
people and helping them and
I'll never forget the day I was
allowed to use the cash regis
ter for the first time It was
the biggest thrill of my life."
About six years later, in
1943, Reid decided to go in
business for himself and in
vested his lifesavings of $100
in a small roadside sland. A
broad grin creased his face as
he remembered. "My daddy
predicted I'd starve to death.
He told me I could never
compete with the super mar
kets but 1 was convinced if I
sold good produce and treated
people right I could make a
living "
The first store was hardly
more than a shed and
Reid laughed as he told how
after building it and putting in
the shelves, he'd used all his
money and didn't have any
thing to stock it with So he
borrowed another $100 from a
bank and repaid it in 52 weekly
installments of $2 each Cus
tomers had to stand on the
outside and make their pur
chases through a wide window
but Reid's theory proved
correct and the business grew
steadily until it reached it s
present size "Of course it was
hard work and there were
hard times but I've enjoyed
every minute of it, he declar
ed "And it’s especially grati
fying to me and my wife to be
able to share our good fortune
with others," he added
Mrs. Reid, the former La
Rue McGlohon, is chief ac
countant for the firm and
according to Reid, has a
natural instinct for handling
money She began doing the
bookkeeping when the busi
ness was small and grew with
it so she knows every facet of
the operation. "We got mar
ried on a Sunday," he laughed,
"and opened the store as usual
on Monday I tell her we've
been on a honeymoon ever
since." They have two sons
and two daughters. Reid
urges any interested persons
to inquire at the nearest Park
'N Shop for details of the
rebate plan Churches, school
groups, civic organizations
may find this a painless
means of raising funds to
support worthwhile activities
Blacks Hired
In Meager
Positions
Special To The Post
CCNS - Despite an almost
300 year of lilly white govern
ment. since the so-called Am
erican Revolution. Black fac
es have begun to show up
sparadically in greater num
bers than ever in the state
government
While North Carolina does
not have as vicious a system ol
racial duality in employment
as South Africa's system of a
partheid, there certainly exist
patterns in employment which
in relegation of Blacks to
positions of inferior pay with
out the possibility of upward
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Although the long despised
practice of hiring the most
qualified blacks in meager
positions is subject to some
changes, which lor some it
might still be a painfully slow,
process. That process began
with Governor James Hunt
appointment of Harold Webb.
a black man as Director of the
State Personnel Commission,
last January. Since that time
Webb has quietly worked often
avoiding the press to get esta
blished rules adopted through
which each state department
would be required to recruit,
interview, select, hire, pro
mote. and train minorities.
When Webb was appointed
Black employment in state
government was shamefully
low. As of January 1, 1977, 85
percent of Blacks employed in
state government earned less
than $10,000. Most of those in
custodial positions earned less
than $8,000. A study conducted
by the North Carolina Black
Democratic Leadership Cau
cus showed a trend of larger
numbers of blacks were hired
in the low unskilled jobs while
as the skill level and pay
increased the number of
blacks decreased.
Just how much the job pic
ture has changed since Webb
was appointed Personnel Di
rector is not certain, because
of the unavailability of many
statistics needed to make ade
quate comparisons
Statistics do show, however,
that the number of new em
ployees hired in many of the
state's agencies increased
during the period between
January 1 - June 30, 1977 The
Departmet of Commerce
which had 2,383 employees
January 1 of which 298 or 12
percent were black hired a
total of 320 employees between
Jan - June 30 of which 75 or 23
percent were black A very
slight increase since the figure
also includes, temporary em
ployees hired for the summer,
some on federal CETA grants.
In January 68 percent of all
blacks hired by the Commerce
department earned less than
$8,000 Blacks have been total
ly non existent in many of the
top paying policy making jobs
in state government Using
the Department of Commerce
again in the position paying
more than $16,000 annually
one black was hired since
January.
A total oi 901 Minority appli
cants were hired in all of state
government during the period
of Jan - June 30 22 percent of
the total 3,176 hired Included
in the definition of minority
were blacks, peopel with Spa
nish Asian-Americans and A
merican Indians.
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Some minds are like con
crete - They’re either all mix
ed up or premanently set.
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