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By Bob Johnson
HOMECOMING 77...The eyes are cloudy, the
voice a little hoarse, the body feels very listless,
and the head is still a little woozy. These are
definite symptoms for homecomingitis.
Last weekend friends, alumni and students
gathered to help Johnson C. Smith celebrate
their annual Homecoming. The spectrum of
events for this once a year happening began
Wednesday, November 2, with the crowning of
SANDRA CATHCART "Miss JCSU Alumna
1977-78' and moved, in what appears now to
have been a blink of an eye, through the
crowning moments with Roy Ayers Ubiquity and
Spirit Feels in a mighty jazz concert, Sunday
offornnnn WAtmmKor Κ
Many fun-filled things
happened during the
blinking of that eye.
Friday night - Novem
ber 4, the plaza level of
Charlotte's Civic Center
" lit up with the fantastic
sounds of the Magnifi
cents Band, playing for
Johnson C. Smith's first
annual Homecoming
Ball. The dance was a
rip-roaring success and
, . u anoriea mk. aind
MRS. LONNIE GIL- Bob Johnson
LIAM from Asheville a chance to meet old
- friends and find out what was going on as they
prepared for the heavy weekend.
The Washington, D.C. Alumni Chapter spon
sored a disco breakfast in the ball room of the
Radisson Hotel from 1 til 4 a.m. Thanks to CLAY
■»> WHITE AND OBIE PATTERSON this disco-ma
niacal affair reeked of good food, good music and
a good early morning time had by Ernest Wade,
Francis Debeuneur, Bobby Smith, James Ar
drey, Michael Graves, Shirley Covington, and
Steven Boyd, just to name a few.
DIANE LYLES looked very charming as she
. settled into the white Sting-ray that was to ease
her through Smith's largest Homecoming pa
rade to date. There were 165 units in the parade
that started at Sycamore and Trade Streets and
slowly journeyed down Trade Street to Memorial
; Stadium. Ruby McCloud, Nancy Foard, Bernice
'·-] Barett, Pat Gaines, Fred Spicer and Gwee Ocr , i.
were just a few of the people that lined the
streets to watch the beautiful girls and decora
tive floats, last Saturday afternoon.
8,000 people sat in the light rain and watched
Smith beat North Carolina Central University, in
their Homecoming football game. Betty Carol
Ligon in town from Atlanta, Georgia was very
surprised for she didn't expect the football team
to look as sharp as they did.
Soul food, featuring ribs, chitterlings, greens,
black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, and other
mouth watering morsels were on order at many
homes around the city after the game. The food
tasted better and the beverages went down
easier because of Smith's victory.
Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ardrey, Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Hayes, and Mr. and Mrs.
ν Charley Cox were just some of the couples that
prepared meals for friends.
Saturday night it was back to the Civic Center
for the annual Coronation Ball sponsored by The
Charlotte Chapter of the Johnson C. Smith
Alumni Association. B.S. PLAIR'S BAND ren
dered the music for an enthusiastic yet tiring
mass of homecoming celebrants.
Across the hall in the Civic Center, an equal
• mass οι iun seexers were geiung into
HENDERSON and the CROWN HEIGHTS
AFFAIR at the Victory dance, sponsored by the
Student Government Association. Both dances
were jammed with people like Caroline Thomas,
Rob Laney, Albert Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Fewell, Mr. and Mrs. Carol Douglas, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kennedy, Shirley Gates, Robbie
Thompson, Vinson Thompson, Mable Crawford,
i Sydney Ingram, and Constance Rafferty.
Even though the hours spent at the Civic
Center, surroundedw with gaeity, were quite
& delightful, the time had come to eat again. THE
GALLERY on East Morehead Street sponsored
\ a disco breakfast that was a well-needed oasis.
Milton Jordan provided the rap to go along
>, with the music he played for Gordon Miller,
Delores Whitesdide, Calvin Moragne, Ralph Hill,
i. Brenda Simmons, Mary Sikes, and Cynthia
Brown.
Hartley-Woods gymnasium housed the jazz
show featuring the local gospel SPIRIT FEELS
f. and the evening's stars ROY AYER'S UBIQUI
TY. According to ED MOORE it was a very
fitting finish to a glorious weekend.
All types of salutations go out to Smith's
Homecoming Committee, HAROLD WINSTON
— Chairman, Lewis Dowdy, Mrs. O.D. Dixon,
Hattie Farrington, Rosalyn Jones, Vivian Niv
ens, Dr. Calvin Hood, Gerald Blakeney, Minnie
Maxwell, Mrs. Titus Ledbetter, Joseph Major,
Ϊ Joyce Crisp, Syzette Bass and Dorothy Ferguson
I for a job well done.
Now please don't bother me til the second
Tuesday of next week or until the I^one Ranger
• comes on, whichever comes last. I am suffering
I" from a severe case of homecomingitis.
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORTrVS
prospective Debutante»
Delta Sigma Thêta Sorority
Meets Prospective Debutantes
By Jacquie Levister
Post Staff Writer
An enthusiastic group of
prospective debutantes, their
parents and members of the
local chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority met on Sunday
October 30, at University Park
Baptist Church for an orienta
tion and get acquainted ses
sion.
As has happened in Char
lotte for the past 12 years, high
school seniors, referred by
school counselors or contacted
by members of the sorority,
will participate in preparatory
events that culminate at the
Cotillion with a coronation of a
queen.
Events planned for this
years' participants are sche
duled on a monthly basis. The
next affair will be an evening
of "Fun and Games, ' a party
for vying contestants and their
marshal, to be held in Novem
ber.
December. "Last year the
girls that participated in the
Cotillion stayed at the Down
towner East for their party.
Although the plans have not
been finalized I do anticipate
that this year we shall return ~~
to the Downtowner," reported
Mrs. Daisy Stroud, Cottillion
Publicity Chairman.
Three clincis will be held, on
one per month, starting Janu
ary and ending in March that
will help each girl in her
preparations for the big event.
The clinics are valuable
tools used to introduce to some
and strenghten others in the
areas of charm, modeling and
make-up usage and applica
tion. The Feburary clinic will
feature a consultant from Flo
ri Roberts (make-up line) who
will give each participant a
personal analysis of skin type
and make-up application tech
niques.
During the month of March
a luncheon and fashion show is
planned that will spotlight
cotillion participants as mo
dels. According to Mrs. Stro
ud, "the luncheon is tentative
to be held at^ieh(
The grand finale on April 7,
at the Park Center, will see all
the young ladies as winners.
The one crowned will be the
one who has solicited the most
sponsors. However, there are
no losers. Each young lady
will leave the Park Center
with new friends and an inval
uable amount of experience
and personal growth.
This year the cotillion is
co-chaired by Doris Guess and
Sandra Caldwell.
The success of this project,
the only fund-raising event
sponsored by the sorority, is
beneficial to the entire com
munity. Proceeds are donated
to such organizations as the
United Negro College Fund,
The Sickle Cell Anemia Foun
dation and the chapters 5
Point Community Projects
Committee.
The chapter is headed by
Mrs. Rogerline Lee and re
ceives total participation from
all local members. It is throu
gh such committment that the
community as an entity bene
fits.
Hoard Members Attend Convention
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Members of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Board of Educa
tion attended the Eighth An
nual North Carolina School
Boards Association Conven
tion, held in Wilmington re
cently.
Those who attended were
Board chairman Philip Berry,
Carrie Winters, Superinten
dent Jay Robinson and Board
attorney William Sturges.
Berry noted that the Con
vention, "will help all of us
who govern our locpl school
systems."
"We gain both a better
understanding of substantive
issues and programs and an
increased ability to deal with
issues in a responsive and
equitable manner," he added.
"At the local level," accord
ing to Mrs.Winters, "we often
feel isolated or dictated to by
higher authorities."
Conventions and seminars
of this kind give us a better
understanding of where our
responsibilities begin and
end," she continued.
Through these expenences
we can discuss new ideas and
programs which might be ap
plied or adapted to our local
situation," Mrs. Winters add
ed.
"This is only one of many
services offered by the School
Boards Association to help
local boards and board mem
bers to be more effective
leaders," Berry explained.
"The association also en
ables thoee of us at the local
level to have an input into
decision making at the state
and national levels," he add
ed.
Among those speaking to the
more than 400 board mem
bers, superintendants and the
ir spouses during the conven
tion were Assistant State Su
perintendent of Public In
struction Dudley Flood and
former national FT A Presi
dent Carol Kimmel.
At its general business ses
sion Saturday morning, the
association elected officers
and approved resolutions and
a Legislative Program for
1978.
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You Are Really Saying
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You can't afford (o increase your sales.
You can'l afford lo reduce costs.
You ran't afford to save money.
You ran'l afford to expand your trade
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All Of Which Means:
You ( an't Afford To Stay In Business or
Succeed in Competition...
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THE CHARLOTTE POST
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Black Woman Named To Top Position
WASHINGTON--Joan S.
Wallace, an educator and psy
chologist, this week £as nam
ed assistant secretary for ad
ministration of the U.S. Dept
of Agriculture.
Dr. Wallace is the first black
woman to be an assistant
secretary at the department.
Her appointment was made by
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland, with the concur
rence of President Carter.
In her new post. Dr. Wallace
will oversee the department's
management programs, in
cluding personnel, data pro
cessing, equal opportunity, o
perations, administrative law
and other administrative ser
vices.
Born Nov 8,1930 in Chicago,
111.. Dr. Wallace obtained her
bachelor's degree in sociology
from Bradley University, Peo
ria. 111., in 1952, her master's
from Columbia University,
New York City in 1954, and her
PhD. in social psychology
from Northwestern Univer
sity. Evanston. 111., in 1973
She also attended the Harvard
Institute for Educational Man
agement, Boston, Mass.
Dr Wallace this fall became
director of the School of Social
Work, Western Michigan Uni
versity, Kalamazoo Before
that-since August 1976-Dr.
Wallace was vice president of
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line arid mill
Morgan Stale University, Bal
timore, Md. At Morgan State
she was responsible for the
University's community af
fairs. public information, af
firmative actum. federal rela
tions. institutional develop
ment. and alumni affairs acti
vities.
Dr Wallace has written a
number of publications or re
ports dealing with social work
and black culture, she has
been a consultant to a dozen
institutions and organizations,
and she is active in profes
sional organizations.
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