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.V - -τ. YOUR BEST ADVERTISING MEDIA IN THE LUCRATIVE BLACK MARKET CALL 392-1306 THE CHARLOTTE POST Γ* - ^ · """ "Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly" -ι f i? li. CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLIN'A-28208-Thursday, Feb. 16, 1978 ■■.mm f BLACK NEWSPAPERS EFFECTIVELY REACH BY FAR. MORE BLACK CONSUMERS » 1 Λυ Ο·. According To J. R. Cameron Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Are In No "Immediate Danger" PRETTY GWENDOLYN ROZZELL ...Bitten by modeling bug Gwendolyn Rozzell Is Beauty Of Week By Jeri Harvey Post Staff Writer Gwendolyn Rozzell, The POST Beauty of the Week, was nine years old when she was "bitten by the modeling bug' ' and she never got over it. "My mether entered me in a fashion show," she said "and I enjoyed it so much I decided right then and there that I'd like to be a model." w Now 24 years old and the mother of two budding beau ties of her own, Gwendolyn is still working on that dream. A graduate of the Libby Stone Modeling School, she has sev eral professional assignments to her credit, including Ivey's, Bali Bras, the Charlotte Tran sit System. Lerner's and Brit tains. . v»U» VOW UWIO IU a successful modeling career are still mostly closed to blacks, Gwendolyn said she'd like to get together a group of black professional models who could produce fashion shows and present them locally. "This would give valuable exposure and experience to these models and give area residents the opportunity to see professional shows featur ing local people. "I'd like to show some origi nal designs and give tips on coordinating colors and how to wear makeup and that sort of thing," she explained and added, "There are so many talented young black men and women who only need a chan ce to show what they can do. This would provide a show case for them." Gwendolyn grew up in Gas * tonia and is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Coleman, and the late Rev. J.E. Coleman. Not only does Mrs. Coleman get the credit for first exposing Gwendolyn to the, world of fashion modeling, she's her inspiration in many other ways. "My mother is a very strong woman who nursed my father through a terminal ill ness without complaining, she's a nurse's aid at Memo rial Hospital and a beautician too, working weekends and eveningf in Smith's Beauty Shop in Gastonia. She's al ways been very fashion con scious and I guess she instilled it in us." Gwendolyn has one sister, Gloria. 26 years old and married. Modeling part-time, work ing full-time at United Parcel and taking care of two daugh ters, Tangee, 7, and Tomekya, 7. doesn't give Gwendolyn a lot of spare time but she manages to play an occasional game of chess, jog a little and go disco dancing when the right invitation is offered. About every two weeks she fasts for 24 hours for weight control and "to clear the system." According to her, "Fasting makes you feel good all over." Asked if she had any advice ιογ young people ininKing ot entering modeling, Gwen dolyn said, "I'd tell them don't think being pretty is the most important thing. There are a lot of pretty girls out there who'll never make it. Think about self-direction and deve lopment and remember it's hard work and determination that will make the difference, along with some luck." χ 08Γ8 tteauty Ut Year77 Contest Kickoffs Friday Interest in The Charlotte POST "Beauty of the Year" Contest has been fantastic1 Sn far 28 enthusiastic young wo men have joined the fun and competition for cash prizes, gifts and surprises while they the title of "Beauty of the Year." It's time now to get down to business and get the action going! All contestants are to meet at McDonald's Cafeteria at the corner of I^aSalle St. and Beatties Ford Road at 7 p.m. Friday, February 17, to hear the rules and regulations of the contest, meet the other contestants and members of the POST staff and get a contest off to a grand start Anyone who has not already contacted our office to become involved in this fun contest is welcomed to join us at Mc Donald's on Friday night and we'll sign you up on the spot Don't hesitate and miss out on the chance of a lifetime to meet interesting people, win prizes and become known throughout the city of Char lotte! since last week are: Eileen Neely, 3308 Dawnshire Dr.; Celette and Cerette Bell, 1624 Tinsley St.; Rhonda Allen; Charlotte Gordon, 441 W Craigheat St.; Toni Venetta Morgan, 907 Yellowstone Dr ; Lisa lister, 916 Drummond See BEAUTY On Page 10 TUK0MM4 Nothing bring* the TRAF FIC regulations to mind quite like gpo'tiitg a POLICE CAR in the REAR VIEW WIND MIRROR Democrats To Select Delegates Responding to the call by the Democratic National Com mittee for the 1978 National Party Conference, Mrs. John L. McCain, State Party Chair man, has set in operation mechanisms for compliance with the Party's Delegate Se lection and Affirmative Action requirements. Mrs. McCain has appointed a state-wide "Delegate Selec tion and Affirmative Action Plan Drafting Committee" which is chaired by Mrs. Doris Cromartie of Charlotte. Other officers of the committee are C.C. Griffin, Vice Chairman, of Cabarrus County and Mrs. Betsy Brammer, Secretary, of Williamston. The Drafting Committee is broadly repre sentative of the No-.-th Caro lina Democratic constituent £1UU|X>. The first meeting of the Drafting Committee is sche duled for Sunday, February 12, at 2 p.m., at State Demo cratic Headquarters located in the Hilton Inn in Raleigh. The committee will conduct its work in open meeting where the public will have an opportunity to present opin ions on delegate selection and affirmative action alterna tives. Public comment con cerning the Democratic Par ty's delegate selection and affirmative action programs is invited and may be directed to Democratic Party Head quarters, P.O. Box 12165, Ra leigh, N.C. 27605. Tentatively, a draft plan will be submitted by the com mittee to State Executive Council on February 17 for consideration. Irwki Avenue School Sets Open House Irwin Avenue Open School is having open house every Wed nesday in February at 9:30 in the morning. Irwin is a public school located in the central city serving all students of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, grades kindergarten through fifth. Charlotteans lined up at the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles office at Freedom Drive late Tuesday to purchase their North Carolina renewal stickers and license tags before the [Wednesday, February 15, 12 p.m. deadline. ^ « These citizens did not wait until the last day, however the line numbered over 500 and many said they had to wait over two hours before entering the office. Here February 28 Methodist Episcopal Congress To Attract 3,000 Ministers By Jeri Harvey Post Staff Writer An estimated 3,000 minis ters and laymen to are ex pected to gather in Charlotte for the Third Annual Christian Methodist Episcopal Congress on Evangelism February 28 through March 2. Using the theme: "Called To Christian Discipleship In A Tangled World,1' the congress will present an array of spea kers from as far away as Sidney, Austrailia and from all across the United States Rev. C M Allen, of Park wood CME Church, 1021 Parkwood Ave., will be the host pastor for the three-day event which will meet at the Quality Inn (Downtown East) 201 S. McDowell St. and will feature sermons, workshops and group sharing sessions. The CME Church was or ganized in Jackson, Miss in 1870 and is the youngest of the three major black Methodist denominations in the United States. The department of evangelism is one of nine general departments of the church. It is the arm designed to bring people into the church and keep them oriented in the old christian traditions. Dr. Nathaniel Linsey is the present general secretary of the CM Ε Church and has given the evangelistic depart ment national recognition. It was he who instituted the Congress on Evangelism. He has traveled over the world representing the CME Church which holds membership in the World Evangelism Com mittee of the World Methodist Council. Dr. Alan Walker, Executive Director of World Methodist Evangelism Committee, Sid ney, Australia and Rev. John Perkins, Founder and Presi dent of Voice of Calvary Min istries. Jackson. Mississippi will be special guests at the Congress Dr Walker will de liver the address on Wednes day night at 7:30 p.m. when the Congress observes Ecu menical Night at First United Methodist Church, 501 North Tryon St. Rev Perkins will lead a workshop entitled "Christian Responsibility To The Poor " Other guests will include Bishop Chester A Kirkendoll, chairman of the Board of Evangelism of the CME Chur ch; host Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the 7th Episcopal District; Rev. W.E. Merriwe ther. Host Presiding Elder of the Durham District; Dr L.L. Craige of East St. Louis, Missouri. Leaders of workshops will include Dr. Alex Chambers, Mrs Mae C. Linsey, T.J. Toney and Dr. J.W. Powell. I^ocal personalities partici pating in Wednesday night's Ecumenical Service will be Dr Wilson Weldon, Presiding Elder of the Charlotte District of the United Methodist Chur See METHODIST On Pace ^ Voter Registration Project Clout Kick-Off Friday Night By Debra Stanley Post Staff Writer Project Clout, a sustained voter registration drive to be followed up with voter educa tion co-sponsored by the NAACP and WGIV will get its kick-off Friday, February 17 in downtown Charlotte. There will be a press con ference-luncheon at 12 noon at the Quality Inn on McDowell Street. At the conference, which is being sponsored jointly by WGIV, the NAACP, and Casa blanca Records, Jim Black and other Project Clout facfli ft aI/vimi **·■··!! atMifAÏl DrA. downtown Charlotte to sign autographs and encourage all potential voters to register. They will have a chance to register at the Soul Shack starting at 3 p.m Then at 7 p.m at the Farl liament-Funkadelic concert, there will be an opportunity for people to register during the intermissions According to Jim Black of WGIV, "may be if they won't come to us and we want them to register, maybe we need to go to them and they'll do it. I would rather be proven wrong as to ject Clout is," and George Clinton of Kannapolis, Ν C. and member of Funkadelic is going to be the "ambassador of goodwill " Clinton will be presented a proclamation de claring Friday George Clinton day. After the luncheon, Clin ton will be at the .Soul Shack in inn il y il ai an. When asked how the organi zers of the project intended to get people to vote after thev became registered. Black re plied "That's an easier pro blem to deal with. I think, than getting them ι people) regis tered I think if folks were registered to vote, that on some things they would go out Photographer Jim Black .. Political activist and vote for. Th«y just know they have not made that first commitment, and therefore, they don't get interested or involved " "Project Clout," according to Jim Black, "embraces the philosophy of where do we go from here?' Clout simply means strength We will be trying to get in touch with folks like the Chairman of the Black Political Caucus. Black Women's Caucus, different ministerial alliances and even leaders of neighborhood groups, and people who are politically astute, or people who are involved in politics or have been involved in politics •nd people who understand politics to see if we can work with young black folks who don't really understand what politics is," Black concluded Friday won't be the end of the campaign to get the poten tial voters registered Project Clout is going to continue to find ways to get people regis tered. and if anyone or any other organizations have plans for future registration drives, the people of Project Uout and WGIV will be willing to help in promoting the drive and in ways to get good response Nation's School Face Critical Fuel Problems By Don Huskey Post Staff Writer "Only under extreme wea ther conditions or a state of emergency as ordered by Gov ernor Hunt would cause the closing of Charlotte-Mecklen burg Schools due to the on going energy crisis or the recent coal strike. Our present budget is substantial for the 1977 through 1978 school year," J R. Cameron, energy coordinator for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools said Tuesday morning in a tele phone interview. Cameron's statement fol lowed a recent news release by the State Department of Public Instruction which re vealed that the rising cost of fuel and electricity as the most serious threat to the nation's schools, according to a survey conducted by the American Association of School Administrators. Thirty-six percent of the 3,410 school administrators in the survey believed that ener gy was a •"critical" problem for their districts Another 41 percent said they were greatl> concerned about energy and are starting to eliminate was te. North Carolina is well on its way to eliminating wast·· in the state's public schools, ac cording to Carsie Denning, director of the Division of Plant Operation for the De partment of Public Education "The 32 million annual energy costs for the state's schools can be cut by $12 million largely assisted by following the state's energy conserva tion program," Denning not ed. The keys to the North Carolina energy conservation plan are a computer, state and local committees, building au dits by qualified engineers, communications and follow up Symposium To Examine Panama Canal Treati*» Proposed Panama Canal treaties will be examined at a symposium Wednesday. Feb 22, sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg League of Wo men Voters Dr Lyman Johnson, profes sor of history specializing in l^atin America at UNC-Char lotte, will be the featured speaker at the program, open to the public The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Charlotte OBSKKVEK meet ing room. 600 S Tryon Λ film of a trip through the canal, produced by the Pana ma Canal Company, also will tie shnun Dialogue between the audi ence and speaker will follow the formal program, and Marilyn White of Greensboro, International Relations Chair of the league of Women Vot er* of North Carolina and director of the Panama Canal project will moderate One of the series of forums being held statewide by local league, the program will in elude historical information on the Panama . Canal and examine the values questions raised by the proposed trea ties It is funded by a grant from the \erth Carolina Hu manities Committee Lameron is not optimistic about a great savings due to conservation in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools which spent $2,798,808 for energy last school year "There are many variables, and of course the major factor is the weather For instance it has been war mer this year, and it is diffi cult to decide whether warmer temperatures or conservation efforts is responsible for a difference in last year's use , and this year's energv use,' Cameron explained The maximum heat in area schools has been reduced to 68 degrees, and 78 minimum cooling Lighting in class rooms. auditoriums, and gym nasiums has been cut lo Ihe level where it will not affect the student's vision "People don't seem lo con serve unless they are afraid We will just have to wait and see." Cameron concluded Don Huskey Joins (Charlotte Post's Staff Don Huskey. recent grati ii;it(Mit ihi· University of Iowa, has joined the Charlotte Pom reportonal staff The -on of Mr and Mrs John Huskey of Shelby, wiil cover the articles and serving as the company's photogra pher Don attended Crest High School in Shelby where he was editor of the student new spa per and recened the Daiforth Foundation I Dare You" a ward. He also attended the American University in Wash ington. D C on a Scripjis Howard Journalism Scholar ship and later transferred to the University of North Caro lina at Asheville before going to Iowa to study at the Writ er's Workshop A story by Huskey has ap peared in the Foothills Review and he has completed a novel which is as yet unpublished Much of his sparetime is involved in creative writing but he also enjoy* racqu^ball and weight lifting Publisher Hill Johnson said "We're ver\ fortunate to se cure the services of such an outstanding young man It is our feelings that Huskey will bring to the Post the kind of quality services that will add greatly to our overall service to the Charlotte black com munlty, and our great desire to provide the best possible coverage of the Charlotte black community Mayor llarrw Announce* Monthly "Peoples Day* Starting Friday, February 24. Charlotte Mayor Kenneth Κ Harris will hold a monthly "People's Day" at his City Hall office, 600 East Trade Street The activity is being planned for the fourth Friday of each month to give cit:*eas a regular opportunity to dis cuss concerns with the Mayor To schedule an appointment persons should call the Office of the Mayor, telephone 374 2244