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r ew olacks
Reject
Integration
While 74 percent of a nation
al survey of blacks favored
integration, only 29 percent of
them felt that "it is the best
method for overcoming racial
discrimination."
The largest proportion, 45
percent, felt that although
integration is desirable,
blacks should have an equal
voice in the control of schools
and housing first.
The poll, taken by the firm
of Lee Slurzberg Research
Inc. for the National Urban
League, also showed that rela
tively few black Americans
reject integration, and that
only 14 percent felt that blacks
should not live within the
white society.
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and women were also ques
tioned about other areas ol
concern to black America. II
found that 77 percent of those
questioned thought of employ
ment as a priority issue anc
nearly half (46 percent) saw il
as their first priority.
Black attitudes toward the
American system were alsc
surveyed. The study found
that three-fourths of all blacks
felt that U.S. society has seri
ous problems and nearly hall
of these blacks called for
sweeping changes.
The Slurzberg poll, taken in
the late spring, was a national
probability sample based on
the 1970 census. Interviewing
was conducted by trained,
resident black interviewers.
flotttngs agreed
W?|fc ah jnformal survey con
aucted among National Urban
League affiliates in 109 cities
across the country, which
found that black Americans
rated the problem of unem
ployment to be one of the most
serious facing the black com
munity.
Lee Slurzberg Research Inc.
is primarily a public opinion
company, which has done con
siderable work for nonprofit
clients, including the National
Urban League. It conducts the
national Black Omnibus poll,
from which those latest find
ings were drawn, on a quarter
ly basis.
MISS BERTHA JEAN ADAMS
...Preparing for fashion career
Bertha Jean Adams
Is Beauty Of Week
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Bertha Jean Adams, the
POST’s Beauty of the Week, is
deeply involved in preparing
for a career in fashion, but this
pretty Uemini sun takes time
to be a friend and “big sister”
to youngsters ip her neighbor
hood.
“My favorite spare time
activity is spending time with
little children,” she said. “I
enjoy taking my friend’s child
ren to the park, helping them
with homework and things like
that. A lot of time their pa
rents don’t have time to do
things with them and I get a
lot of fun out of helping out,”
she explained.
Bertha Jean is a senior at
South Mecklenburg in the
DECA program, studying fas
hion. She goes to classes in the
morning and works at Dud
ley's Beauty Center in tlje
afternoons. Asked what she
does at Dudley's, she rattled
off a mind-boggling list of
things, running the gamut
from sales and bookkeeping to
making up cusomers. and hair
styling. Her expertise in so
many areas stems from the
fact she’s been working with
the company since she was a
tiny girl.
Starting out at 11 years old
in door-to-door sales with her
mother, also named Bertha
and who has been with the
company a number of years,
this ambitious young woman
has worked her way through
all stages of the business.
Nothing about her life is
hit-or-miss. She has very defi
nite career plans and goals
which she outlined to us. “Af
ter I finish high school next
spring,’’ she began, “I plan to
go to Chicago and spend five
or six months with Mr. and
Mrs. Dudley, founders of the
firm Iparnina pvprvthino I
can about the business, then I
intend to enter a beauty school
and complete my professional
training to become a licensed
beautician. She continued,
‘Then, still working with the
Dudley chain, I hope to open
my own shop where the custo
mer can come for every know
n type of beauty service -
from head to toe."
Bertha Jean’s ultimate goal
is to be a fashion coordinator,
and though she’s appeared in
a few fashion shows, this
beauty is one of the few we’ve
talked to who isn't at all
interested in becoming a mo
del. She said she feels there
is more opportunity for great
er success "in the other end of
the business."
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A.C. Adams, Bertha
Jean has a siser, Vera -15 and
three brothers, Bennie - 11,
Clyde -16 and Willie - 20. They
attended Temple Church or
Tuckaseegee Road where
Rev. Mitch is pastor.
Utility Department
Receives $21 Million
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Utility Department has re
ceived a $21 million grant
from the Environmental Pro
tection Agency to assist in the
construction of wastewater fa
cilities in Mecklenburg Coun
ty.
The $21 million represents
75 percent of the total project
cost for a 10 million gallon
per-day addition and improve
, ments to the McAlpine Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The funds will also be used for
*■ construction of the Big Sugar
Creek, Beards Creek (sewer
line to Matthews), and the
Toby Creek out/alls.
Local funds to match the $21
million grant include $4.4 mil
lion in general obligation
bonds reserved by the Char
lotte City Council for that
purpose; the Council has also
applied for $3.5 million from
the State of North Carolina.
The State money is dependent
upon the successful passage of
A
the November Clean water
Bond Referendum.
According to Lee S. Dukes,
director of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Utility Depart
ment, “This grant represents
a significant contribution to
the cost of facilities to im
prove the quality of water in
our local streams as specified
by the 1972 Federal Water
Pollution Control Act. We
should be able to start con
struction on some of the pro
jects by January, 1978.”
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Utility Department provides
service to 92,500 locations or
approximately 350,000 per
sons. The Department main
tains 2,900 miles of water and
sewer lines and a network of
5,468 fire hydrants. Water tre
ated and pumped averages
39.7 million gallons daily and
60 million gallons during peak
periods. The amount of se
wage treated is approximate
ly the same.
Community
Classroom To Sponsor
Original Designs
The Community Classroom
(open school) at West Char
lotte High School and the
Afro-American Cultural and
Service Center will sponsor a
display of original show cloth
ing designs Monday through
Friday at the Afro-American
Center at Spirit Square from 9
a m to 5 p.m.
It runs Oct. 17 - Nov 30
Designs are by Tim Irby, a
student at West Charlotte, who
also teaches drama at Spirit
Square
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ted States would probably be
amazed at what it is today.
AFL - CIO Concerned
Revised Social Security
Bill Raises New Issues
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Carter
Plan
Revised
Special To The Post
Rewritten from AFL-CIO
NEWS
The House Ways & Means
Committee completed action
on a social security financing
bill after scrapping several
Carter Administration propi
sals that had won high mark
from the AFL-CIO
It cleared for the House
floor a bill that includes a
relatively non-controvers;at
change in the benefit formula
and a highly controversial
requirement that all federal,
state and.local employees be
brought under social security
by 1982
Thp hill flops not hnwpvor
include the Administration
pian for an injection of general
tax revenues during recession
periods when unemployment
reduces the payroll tax collec
tions. The AFLrCIO has stron
gly endorsed the concept if n
federal couirinuii.in I j supple
ment the paycheck tax on
workers and employers
The closest the committee
came to that approach is a
provision authorizing Trea.su
ry loans whenever the sot-iai
security reserves fall below
specified levels Any such
loans would trigger a tempo
rary increase in the tax rate
that would be used to repay
the government
Even this token involvement
of federal funds has stirred
strong Republican led oppos
tion and the committee adop
ted the provision by a narrow
20-17 margain
The Administration would
have taxed employers on their
entire payroll, not just the
portion presently covered by
the social security tax That
provision, also urged bv the
AFL-CIO. was rejected by the
committee
Both the committee and the
Administration agreed on rai
sing the ceiling on wages
subject to the payroll tax al a
faster rate than contemplated
by present law
Their Dresent SIC..ion » eilinu
would be raised to $19,900 next
year, with annual step up
taking it to $27,900 in 1931
Thereafter, an indexing for
mula would continue to covei
90 percent of the nation s t«>ta.
payroll. Those who pay on ,i
higher wage base wouid of
course receive higher benefits
when they retire
The committee bill would
also raise the payroll tax rate
at a somewhat faster schedule
than provided under present
law — to reach the maximum
7.45 percent level in 199o in
stead of 2011.
In 19B1, when the Lax rate
under present law would have
risen to 6 3 percent, the coni
mittee bill would take it to 6 45
percent The present rate,
paid by employers and work
ers, is 5,85 percent
It would make some chan
ges in the benefit structure,
removing penalties for elderly
persons who marry or remar
ry and allowing persons over
65 to earn more money before
having their social security
payments reduced
But the issue of mandatory
coverage of all public workers
was fast emerging as a rock of
contention when the bill rea
ches the House floor, probably
in the last week in October
The committee majority in
sists that the influx of millions
of additional workers in the
public sector is needed to
avoid still further increases in
the payroll tax rate
Blacks
Endorse
Amendment
The North Carolina Black
Democratic Leadership Cau
cus has unanimously endorsed
the proposed constitutional a
mendment that would give the
people of North Carolina the
right to reject or re-elect a
governor.
Meeting in Jacksonville, Oc
tober 8, the caucus also unani
mously endorsed the highway
and clean-water bond issues
and all the other constitutional
amendments on the Novem
ber 8 ballot.
The caucus is chaired by
state Senator Clarence Light
ner of Raleigh. Vice Chairper
son is Dr. Lavonia Allison of
Durham. The caucus has over
500 members and is composed
of black leaders from across
the state.
A resolution adopted by the
caucus says U.< t "whereas Uk.
Democratic Party of North
Carolina has always sought to
improve the administration of
our state government to make
it more efficient, effective and
responsive to the needs of the
citizens of North Carolina...
the North Carolina Black De
mocratic Leadership Caucus
endorses all seven issues, en
courages all voters to vote for
them and commits the organi
zation to work for their pas
sage November 8, 1977 in
order to bring the benefits of
good government to all the
citizens of our state.”
Senior Citizens
Will Meet The
Candidates
“Senior Citizens Meet the
Candidates” will be held Wed
nesday, October 26, 2-4 p.m. in
the auditorium of the main
branch of the Public Library
on North Trvon St.
Each candidate will be al
lowed a 3-5 minute presenta
tion, after which the meeting
will be opened for questions
and answers.
All senior citizens, and
groups or agencies serving
senior citizens, are invited to
attend.
The program is sponsored
by Senior Citizens United, a
non-profit organization of se
nior citizens. The president is
Ms Elizabeth Wigfall She
may be reached at 372-2450 for
further information.
PROPOSED NEW SANCTUARY ADDITION
—Of Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church
Sunday A fternoon
Mayfield Memorial Chudch
To Hold Groundbreaking Rites
D.. T : mw J
Post Staff Writer
Groundbreaking ceremo
nies will be held Sunday,
October 23. for the new sanc
tuary addition at Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church, 700
Sugar Creek Road West.
In making the announce
ment the pastor of Mayfield,
Rev. H.S. Diggs, said mem
bers of the church had enter
tained plans for a new sanc
tuary for some time but the
phenomena] growth of the
membership made it manda
tory for the action to be taken
sooner than expected.
The church, which was
founded eight years ago with
an estimated 350 members,
now has around 1,300 mem
bers.
The new structure will in
crease the seating capacity by
approximately 100 percent.
In addition there will be a
new pastor's study, usher's
and first aid room, finance
room, flower preparation
room. Lord's Supper prepara
tion room, baptismal dressing
rooms for men and women,
choir room, robe room, custo
dial storage room, and 7 addi
tional rest rooms.
There will be a large court
between the present chapel
and the new sanctuary. Two
enclosed corridors connecting
the new and existing facility
will allow entry to the court.
Dominating the entire struc
ture will be a bell tower.
The inside of the new sanc
tuary will be done in a color
scheme of red and white and
the atmosphere will be further
enhanced by stained glass
windows.
The present structure, lo
cated at the intersection of
Sugar Creek and Argyle, con
tains 54 rooms, 4 assembly
rooms, a chapel, lobby, 13
restrooms and a vestible The
chapel now in use will be
converted to serve as the
church Fellowship Hall and
multi-purpose room.
Upon completion ot the ad
ditions. the Mayfield facility
will be valued at more than *
$2,000,000 Rev. Diggs reveal
ed. He said the architect for
the project is Clinton E Gra
vely of Greensboro and the
construction contract has
been awarded to Moretti Con
struction Company. Rev.
Diggs declined to speculate on
the completion date of the
project
Joblessness Benefits Cutback Threat Told
. WASHINGTON - The pend
ing cutback of unemployment
benefits on Nov. 1 is a threat to
family life whose adverse ef
fect will be felt in the U S. for
decades, a leading Protestant
churchman asserted here be
fore the Congressional Black
Caucus.
The speaker, Rev Dr Ho
ward E. Spragg, New York,
executive vice president of the
United Church Board for
Homeland Ministries, heads
the oldest church missionary
agency which concerns itself
with problems of the poor in
this country The board is the
national missionary arm of
the United Church of Christ.
He called upon the Congress
members to oppose a cutoff of
unemployment benefits at 39
weeks (Supplemental bene
fits in those states with great
er than five percent unem
ployment had been extended
to 65 weeks but were cut back
to 42 in March, 1977, and are
scheduled to reduce further to
39 on Nov. 1).
"Supplemental benefits are
crucial to the 261,272 people
who now receive them and
should be continued until full
employment is achieved," he
said.
“The task of raising child
ren is appropriate family set
tings has never been more
difficult in the US," Dr
Spragg pointed out. "But a
parent who is deprived of the
ability to earn a living by
economic conditions beyond
his control and whose meager
unemployment benefits are
cut off. faces a family disaster
which may destroy an entire
generation
"Parents who are not able to
work lose their sense of seif
worth They must face their
children, mast try to express
their love for them, must
cherish them, while knowing
they do not have the resources
to provide for the children s
legitmate needs of decent ed
ucation, housing and health
care. •'
"It is widely recognized that
the unemployed are among
the most unfairly treated
groups in the country," Dr
Spragg charged
"To withdraw unemploy
ment benefits without a turn
around in the economy which
offers jobs to those who want
them desperately is an unfeel
ing. almost savage, act
"Its effects, however, will
not save money in the long
run On the contrary, it will
raise welfare costs, it will
increase juvenile delinquency,
it will complicate the almost
unsolvable problems of oar
cities, and it will cost us
billions in social problems for
years and years to come,"
Dr , Spragg predicted
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It*8 OffwalNow
Rev. Goodman Will Be Installed
As C. N. Jenkin’s New Minister
Rev. George C. Goodman
will be installed as pastor of
C.N. Jenkins Memorial United
Presbyterian Church Sundav,
October 23, at 4 p.m. The
installation sermon will be
delivered by Rev. James F
Reese of Cherry Hill, N.J.
A native of Salisbury, Rev.
Goodman attended Johnson C.
Smith University where he
received an A.B. He taught for
a number of years and later
became first black com muni
ty planner hired by the state of
North Carolina.
After attending the 1973
General Assembly of the Uni
ted Presbyterian Church Rev
Goodman decided to turn to
the ministry as a vocation,
and entered Louisville Pres
byterian Theological Semina
ry in Louisville, Kentucky,
where he graduated with a
Master of Divinity. He pres
ched his first sermon at C.N
Jenkins on August 7 of this
year.
Rev Goodman is mar ried to
the former Madie White of
Louisburg and they have two
children, Karen 15, a sopho
more at Independence, and
Forrest 12, in the eighth grade
at J.T. Williams
A reception in the Multi
Purpose Room of the church
will follow the installation ser
vice. The public is invited to
attend **
C.N. Jenkins is at 1421
Statesville Awe
Rev George C. Goodman
J C. Smith graduate