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"Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28208-Thursday, Jan 26, 1978
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MISS DAPHNE HICKLIN
...Myers Park sophomore
Daphne Hicklin
le Beauty Of Week
uy J en Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Daphne Hicklin, the daugh
ter of Thomas and Lucille
Hicklin, and a sophomore at
Myers Park High, is The
POST Beauty of the Week.
Fifteen year old Daphne is
"about in the middle" of a
family of six boys and five
girls.
A member of Cannon's Ca
thedral, she is in the choir and
belongs to the Junior Church
Club. She describes this as a
* club where activities are plan
ned to make ohurch-gcing
"fun" for young members.
They go on trips and have
get-togethers at the church
and try to contribute to the
growth of the church. Just last
Sunday our beauty was crow
ned "Miss Junior Church" for
her fundraising efforts in a
1 VVVitV VUIHVOI.
Daphne says she's been a
member of Cannon's Cathe
dral ever since she was born
and explained that she doesn't
go to church because she has
to but because she enjoys it.
She describes Elder E C. Can
non, the pastor, as a "true
man of God."
Besides church activities,
Daphne enjoys attending bas
ketball and football games
and likes "all kinds of music."
She particularly likes Aretha
Franklin.
Her favorite subject at My
ers Park is math and her
favorite instructor is Mr Ro
berts who teaches history. She
is a member of the Red Cross
Club. After graduation she
plans to attend UNC-C but
hasn't decided what her major
will be.
LSD A Increases Payments
To School Food Programs
WA5M1INUTUN -- SchOOl
lunch, school breakfast, and
the child care food^programs
will receive increased federal
payments effective Jan. 1,
Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture Carol Tucker Fore
man said today.
The increased payments re
flect a 3.1 percent increase in
the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) series for food away
from home for the six month
period, May to Nov. 1977. The
payments are made to schools
and institutions to help defray
meal costs in the national
school lunch, school break
> fast, and child care food pro
' grams.
' The national average pay
ment for the school lunch
program will be increased
from 14 cents to 14.5 cents for
each lunch served. Within that
average, states are authorized
by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) to vary
the rate of reimbursement up
to a maximum of 20 5 cents
per lunch.
The additional average pay
ment for lunches served to
needy children will be increa
sed from 53 cents to 55 cents
for a reduced-price lunch and
from 63 cents to 85 cents for a
free lunch. The maximum
total reimbursement states
may pay schools and institu
tions has been increased from
OKUMM4
Only an intelligent man has
sense enough to recognize his
own limitations.
82 cents to 84.5 cents for a
reduced-price lunch and from
[ 92 cents to 94.5 cents for a free
lunch.
Under the school breakfast
program, the national aver
age payment will be increased
from 11.25 cents to 11.50 cents
for each breakfast served. The
additional average payment
for each reduced-price break
fast will be increased from 21
cents to 21.75 cents. The addi
tional average payment for a
free breakfast will be increas
ed from 28 cents to 28.75 cents.
Maximum rates of reimbur
sement for breakfasts which
slater may pay especially nee
dy schools and institution
were recently adjusted in line
with a new provision of law
< See USDA press' release 372»
77). The maximum rate o(
reimbursement for paid
breakfasts in such schools and
institutions is now set as 11.5C
cents. The maximum rates ol
reimbursement for reduced
price breakfasts and free
breakfasts are now set a 45 25
I cents and 50.25 cents respec
tively. By law, these rates will
now be adjusted semi-annual
ly on Jan. 1 and July 1.
Under the child care food
program, states will receive
the same payments for break
fasts as those for the school
breakfast program and the
same payments for lunches
and suppers as those for the
national school lunch pro
gram. Payments for each
mid-morning and mid-after
noon snack allowed under the
•hild care food program have
been increased from 5.75 cents
to β cents. The additional
average payment for reduced
price snacks under this pro
gram is increased from 11.SO
cents to 12 cents, and for free
snacks the payment will in
crease from 17.25 cents to
17.75 cents.
The rates of payment an
nounced today are scheduled
to appear in the Federal Re
gister of Jan 17
Governor Jim Hunt's Decision
"Disappoints" Black Community
Chase Award
Goes To
Mitchell
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
The third annual John D.
Chase scholarship and A
hPM ,Bt'lqUet was recently
fh.h 3 Cosmos » Super
Club in Greensboro. The ban
?h!f M-^P0nSOred each year by
the Midwest Piedmont Area
Business Development Orga
nization to honor achievement
in small business and to raïïs
funds for the establishment of
a permanent scholarship at
ÏÏST C..Smith Unive^ity
(JCSU) in the name of John D
Lnase.
As alumnus of JCSU, Chase
workedwith the Small Busi
ness Administration as Com
munity Economic Industrial
Planner m charge of Minority
Affairs for eastern North Ca
rolina According to a spokes
man the awards are present
ed m his name "because of his
û^5eSl|,D. furfherine U>e cau
l" ment "°nty deve
This year, the first John D
RntSe λ"''08 t0 Minority
Business Award was given to
Congressman Parren D. Mit
chell (D-Md). It was present
er by Ms. Minnie Maxwell
jSmi °! A,Umni Affairs at
JCiU and accepted by Con
gressman Mitchell s senior
assistant, Clarence Bishop
Several awards for special
achievement in the small busi
ness community were also
presented and recognition was
jj η to corporate purchasing
departments and members of
the media for assistance they
have given to minority busi
nesses.
Chase was born in Rockv
Mount, where his mother still
resides, and attended public
from
from JCSU in Ι94β with a BS
degree. He received his MS
c"°u°' c'n""
Following two years in the
army, he worked with the
Monroe public schools, where
tprEasPrincil»l of Winches
118 years He also
served as dean of JCSU.
, Jn 1*71 ^ joined the Char
lotte district office of the
hîTn ®^iness Administra
tion and became "an active
activist of minority business
ownership" "smess
OWNER REV. ODELL BEASLEY
~.With Manager Horace (wunn
Easley's Funeral Home Opens
By Jen Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Rev Odell Beasley, pastor
of Wilson Heights Church of
God for the past 11 years, has
opened Easley's Funeral
Home at 2706 Newland Road
His father, C.D. Beasley, is
the prominent operator of fun
eral homes, rest homes and
furniture stores in Fountain
Inn and Laurins, S.C.
Rev. Beasley said his study
of funeral homes in Charlotte
left him impressed with the
services they offer but he feels
there is room for his firm. He
is starting small, he explain
ed, but expects to grow.
The present staff consists of
Horace Gunn, a licensed mor
tician, and Carl Rhodes Gunn
was associated with another
local funeral home for two
years before joining Easley's
Besides the traditional ser
vices offered by most funeral
homes, Kev. Beasley said he
will provide transportation to
and from Social Security or
Veteran's Administration of
fices for those in need of it. He
will advise bereaved families
to their Veteran's rights and
will work very closely with
social services.
"Often," he said, "families
are unaware of the benefits
they are entitled to or they
have needs they don't know
how to meet. Sometimes they
need an understanding person
to guide them to the proper
resources."
As a minister. Rev Beasley
feels he will be able to counsel
individuals and families on
domestic, financial and other
matters at a time when stress
makes it difficult for them to
make decisions alone.
Born in Laurins, Rev. Beas
ley attended public schools
there before serving three
years in the army. While
stationed in Garmis, Germa
ny, he attended specialist
school
Since then he has studied at
Clemson University School of
Theology, Johnson C. Smith
University and Bay Ridge
Christian College in Kenelton,
Texas.
He has also attended Ander
son Indiana College in Ander
son Indiana and is a graduate
of Teemer School of Religion,
where he holds an honorary
doctorate.
Rev. Beasley is a licensed "
barber in South Carolina and
has studied real estate invest
mnt at Greenville Technical
Education Center. The gover
nor of South Carolina has
appointed him a Notary Pub
lic.
Rev Beasley has studied ex
terior and interior decorating
under the supervision of his
uncle, Willie Ε Beasley, a
general contractor in Laurins
For about 8 or 10 years he
practiced this professionally.
until he entered the ministry
18 years ago He has used this
expertise to remodel an old
house into use as Easley's
Funderal Home.
The front of the house was
redesigned and an adjoining
carport and porch were con
verted into a chapel The
chapel is paneled in birch and
has red carpeting, an off white
ceiling and drapes of the same
color
The foyer is carpeted in blue
and has pine paneling. Con
temporary and Victorian fur
niture is used throughout.
Rev Beasley said a deter
mined effort has been made to
achieve a homelike atmos
phere for the family and fri
ends of the deceased.
Present seating capacity is
90-100 with plans to erect a
new chapel as soon as busi
ness growth dictates.
An ordained minister in the
Church of God, Rev Beasley
is married to the former Mary
A Luster and they have two
children, Ladell, 8 years old,
and Chrystal Michelle, 4 Mrs
Beasley operates a beauty
parlor in Laurins
Gunn received his degree in
mortuary science from the
American Academy McAllis
ter Institute in New York City
in 1974 He is married to the
former Annie Dunham and
they have twin daughters.
Anita and Annetta, age 2
Battle Announces F or School Board
By Jeri Harvey
Poet Staff Writer
Rev. George E. Battle, pas
tor of Gethsemane AME Zion
Church, announced hie candi
dacy for the Charlotte-Meck
lenburg School Board at a
press conference Wednesday
Stating that his campaign
theme will be "Providing a
Community-Based Education
Program," Rev. Battle ex
plained that he feels schools
and communities need to sha
re the responsibility for the
education of all children in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Scho
ols. Joint efforts by both would
greatly enhance the total edu
cational process of all child
ren, he said. He expanded
further by saying, "It is my
feeling that residents of Char
lotte-Mecklenburg have be
|Cnme too dependent upon the
'educational system for the
teaching of basic survival
skills. I feel that the schools
are doing a commendable job,
yet, I feel a complimentary
effort by both school and
community would better en
ha nee the total development
and education of Charlotte'·
children.
It is common knowledge
that education not only take·
place in the school setting, but
a great part of it takes place
within home - community en
vironment. Of the problem·
that arise within the school
setting, many could be allevi
ated if there were cooperation
and understanding on the part
of both home, community and
the schools.
There also exists an incon
sistency with what the child
learns in school, and what he
views as relevant and perti
nent to his survival in his
community. There is a need to
bridge the gap between scho
ol, home, and community as a
whole. Strong home, schroi,
and community relation·,
then, must be established
Much of the experiential lear
ning that takes place in the
home and community must be
integrated with the school
learning environment "
Rev. Battle outlined a six
Hnr. UM»p Β. Battit
.. Instrument·! in building
point program to achieve this
aim One of these is to provide
for community based PTA
meetings to discuss and assess
the needs of students He feels
that if more PTA meetings
were held on a community
level rather than at schools
only, more parents would be
come aware of the pressing
need to work more closely
within the schools
Another suggestion is the
enlistment of retired teachers
aa auxiliary classroom in
structors
Rev Battle has been instru
mental in building or remodel
ing three churches
He has also established one
of the largest, community
baaed educational programs
la the South, which will be
housed in the newly built
educational building The Ge
thaemane Enrichment Pro
gram has captured the inter
est of organizations all over
the country and satellite pro
grams have been set up, by
the City of Charlotte, at Grier
Heights and Irwin Optional
School because of Gethsema
ne's outstanding track record
Rev. Battle is 30 years old
and graduated from Living
stone College in Salisbury in
1909 with a Β.Λ. degree He
received the M Div degree
from Hood Theological Semi
nary, .Salisbury in 1972
He and his wife. Iris, are the
parents of two children, Gqar
ge III, and LaChandra Nicole
Governor's Action Was
Not Surprising To Most
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
"Disappointed" was the one
word that kept recurring when
a sampling of reactions to
Governor's Hunt's decision on
the Wilmington 10 was made
following his television ad
dress Monday night. None of
those questioned said they
expected Hunt to pardon the
nine men and one woman
convicted of firebombing a
grocery store during racial
unrest in Wilmington seven
years ago, but they all indi
cated they had hoped he would
commute the sentences to
time served
Making what he conceded
was a compromise decision.
Hunt reduced the sentences of
the nine defendants who re
main in prison, making all but
Rev. Ben Chavis eligible for
parole this year. Chavis must
remain behind bars until Ι9β0
before he can be considered
for parole.
City councilman Ron Leeper
said he was disappointed but
not surprised by the gover
nor's action and added, "Ra
rely does an individual have
an opportunity to signiticantiy
improve the social climate at
an entire nation. The governor
had such an opportunity and
having failed to recognize and
use it, is unlikely to ever have
that chance again "
Councilman Harvey Gantt
said he had one word to say oo
the subject, "Disappointed "
Inspite of his feelings of
disappointment, O.N Fret
man, said, "It is still a dream
and hope that some day the
idea of equal human rights,
regardless to color or race,
will become a reality Free
man, who is retired from the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
system, said he felt regional
racial bias influenced Hunt's
decision.
Several ministers. Rev.
James Barnette. I-eon Kiddick
and George Battle, expressed
severe disappointment with
the decision, saying they had
hoped the nine would receive
more relief, if not outright
pardon
Charges of political expedi
ency. lack of leadership, mo
ral bankruptcy and religious
hypocrisy were leveled at
Hunt One woman, Terry Ho
gan, wondered if "Hunt slept
after he made that hypocriti
cal grandstand play."
Jim Black local radio per
sonality and political activist,
said the governor did what
was politically feasible "He
wasn't trying to please any
group except registered vot
ers," Black charged Many
of those who loudly support
the Wilmington Ten and Char
lotte Three are not registered
voters Both these cases are
political questions and they
require political answers.
Rlacks let the Wilmington Ten
down Instead of marching
and protesting, there should
have been massive voter re
gistration drives prior to
Hunt's decision That would
have let him know that we
mean business He thinks in
terms of votes, not people "
A man who has known Hunt
for some time and who worked
with him when they were both
young Democrats said that he
was personally very disap
pointed by Hunt's position but
went on to say, "Realistically,
it was about what I expected."
Jeff Campbell, the director of
ECO, an organization which
works with ex-offenders and
their families, predicts that
the question of the Wilmington
Ten will remain a "thorn in
the governor's side because he
left too many questions un
answered "
Most of the people contacted
agreed with Campbell's asser
tion that the Governor's state
ment did not put the matter of
the Wilmington 10 to rest.
There were promises that the
black voters would "remem
ber this at election time three
years from now "
In the meantime Governor
Hunt has declared the matter
closed and the nine men re
main in prison, waiting action
by the parole commission
when their eligibility dates
arrive, or hoping for relief
from the federal courts
Attorney James Furgeson
has already moved to ask the
tataral courts hriai* trial.
BU
Robert "Bob" WeJtoe
Receives new honors
Walton Γο
Head Black
Public Officials
Vice-Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners of
Mecklenburg County, Robert
L. (Bobι Walton, was elected
President of the North Caro
lina Association of Black Pul>
lie Officials at its organizatio
nal meeting held in Carrboro,
N.C.
The North Carolina Assoica
tion of Black Public Officials
is a statewide group of elected
and appointed black officials
including the two Ν C. State
Senators, the four blacks in
the N.C. House, the approxi
mately 15 blacks serving as
county commissioners. 15 ser
ving as mayor·, 130 serving on
City Councils and Town Boa
rds, five serving as judges and
approximately 54 serving as
school boards making an ap
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blacks serving in various elec
ted and appointed positions
here in North Carolina
The NCABPO adopted a
statement of purpose and by
laws at the meeting held this
pass .Saturday and in addition
to the four officers elected will
also have a board of directors
of 20 persons who will be
elected at the March u, 1978
meeting to be held in Salisbu
ry, Ν C
In addition to electing Wal
ton as president, the Associa
tion elected Mrs Elizabeth
Cofield, Wake County Com
missioner, Vice President,
Mrs Delilah Blanks, Town
Commissioner of East Area
dia, N.C., Secretary and I T.
Helliard, School Board Mem
ber of Weldon, N.C. School
District as Treasurer
The goals of the Assoiration
are expressed in its state of
purpose