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Miss Deborah Hall
Is Beauty Of Week
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
The Post Beauty of the
Week, Deborah Hall, came
here in 1971 to attend Johnson
C. Smith University, fell in
Wlove with the “clean air”
and decided to make Char
lotte her homo- Of course,
clean air isn’t the only reason
Deborah likes the Queen
City so much. She also likes
the climate, the abundance of
things to do and the friendly
southern hospitality.
A native of Westfield, N.J.,
Deborah graduated from
Smith in 1974 and is currently
employed there as a Financial
Aid Assistant and Need Analy
sis Technician. For the bene
fit of other dummies like I
am, she explained that this
lofty title means she calcu
lates data to establish just
bow much need there is and
from that information pre
pares financial aid awards
(if any) for applicants.
Eventually Deborah would
like to obtain a Master's
degree in Business Adminis
tration and possibly later have
her own business.
“I -notice there are a lot
of young girls reaching the
age of fashion consciousness -
between nine and fifteen years
old - who have no models to
go by or any place to go to
learn the ways to enhance
their natural attributes”,she
explained.
“Most ‘charm schools’ or self
improvement courses are
geared toward the older teen
ager and women and the
public schools are doing very
little in the way of training
these youngsters. What I’d
like to do is create a center
where adolescents could come
and receive instruction in how
to dress, care for their clothes
and body, maybe learn to sew
and learn social skills. I’d
concentrate particularly on
helping them to develop a
strong feeling of self-worth,"
she added.
At present, Deborah is
working with the LaChaques
Social Gub preparing a fash
ion show to be presented on
the Smith campus in the
Student Union April 16.
“The fashion show will be
an attempt on the part of
the club to showcase some of
the creativity that is going
to waste on the campus and
in the community," she said.
"It will provide a platform
for the non-professional fash
ion-concious individual to ex
press their creativity. Many
of the fashions we'll use will
be designed and sewed by the
participants".
Deborah sews about 50
per cent of her own clothes
and said she's been sewing
since she was about 11 or 12.
She describes her taste in
clothes as "casual to conser
vative". Her favorite colors
are black, burgundy, deep
wine and beiges.
A Scorpio, born October
27, Deborah says, "I’m a
homebody • into good jazz,
plants. I go to clubs occa
sionally but usually I like
to relax with a few friends
at home.” She attends Faith
C.M.E. Gxirch in Hidden
Valley.
McKee's Condition
Listed Unsatisfactory
Popular businessman, Jim
mie McKee is a patient at a
local hospital.
According to a hospital spok
esman, Mr. McKee is in the
cardiac unit and his condition
is listed as unsatisfactory.
He entered the hospital on
March l
Omegas, Westinghouse To
Co-Sponsor Career Conference
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NAACP
Supports
Carter
NEW YORK—The NAACP
gave its full support to President
Carter's equal employment
opportunity reorganization plan,
which was sent to Congress on
Thursday, February 23.
Participation in the White
House ceremony at which Mr.
Carter signed the plan were Mrs.
Margaret Bush Wilson, chairman
of the Board of Directors,
William H. Oliver, vice
president, Dr. Aaron Henry, a
third member of the Board,
Nathaniel R. Jones, general
counsel, and Clarence Mitch
ell, Washington Bureau direc
tor.
Mr. Carter said the plan
‘‘represents a major effort to
improve the effectiveness and
efficiency and enforcement of
equal employment opportunity
laws.’’ The NAACP leaders
called on NAACP members and
branches to urge their
congressmen and senators to vote
for the plan.
A major feature of
reorganization is the transfer of
powers for policing federal
employment discrimination from
the mission. This proposal has
aroused the most opposition.
EEO will also assume the
enforcement powers of several
other agencies. Some powers
will also be transferred by
presidential executive order to
the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance in the Department of
Labor.
Another feature of the plan
includes a transfer to EEOC of
the Department of Labor's power
to enforce laws that require equal
pay for women and men doing
similar work and banning age
discrimination in~employment.
I he Department of Justice will
retain its authority to file
employment discrimination suits
against state and local
governments and public school
systems. Funding agencies will
still be responsible for enforcing
employment discrimination
regulations in llteir respective
federal programs. To be
abolished will be the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Coordinating Council, which has
been viewed as ineffective. This
council is composed of heads of
the Labor and Justice
Departments, the EEOC, the
Civil Service Commission and
the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights
Angela Davis Joins
Wilmington 10 Supporters
Angela Davis, herself a cau
se celebre several years ago,
has joined the long list of
supporters who will march on
Washington March 18 on be
half of the Wilmington 10 and
the Charlotte Three, accord
ing to Dr. Helen Othow, sister
of Rev. Ben Chavis, one the
principals in the celebrated
Wilmington 10 case. Ms.
Davis and Mrs. Elisabeth
Chavis, mother of Rev. Chavis
will be two of the speakers
when the marchers assemble
at the elliDse between the
White House and The Washing
ton Monument.
The march, sponsored by
the National Alliance Against
Racist and Political Oppres
sion, is “one more way of
keeping national and interna
tional attention focused on the
case," Dr. Othow said. “We
cannot and will not let up until
these men are free. Perhaps
by taking the issue to the
president’s very doorstep we
can impress upon him our
determination to press on until
something is done about this
gross miscarriage of justice "
At a Raleigh press confer
ence on Monday North Caro
lina Alliance Against Racist
and Political Oppression state
coordinator, Anne Mitchell,
outlined plans for the march
on the White House. Referring
to Gov. Hunt's refusal to grant
a pardon or commutation of
sentence to the Wilmington 10,
Ms. Mitchell said," We must
tell Gov. Hunt we cannot and
will not forget. We must tell
President Carter to bring the
human rights campaign
home; to free the Wilmington
10, Charlotte 3 and all U S.
political prisoners .
The Alliance is urging citi
zens to write or wire President
Carter demanding that he: 1.
Direct the Department of Jus
tice to seek immediate bail for
the Wilmington 10 from the
Federal District Court. 2.
Direct the Department of Jus
tice to join the defense, throu
gh an amicus curiae (friend of
the court; brief, in its appeal
before the Federal District
Court. 3. Call upon Governor
James Hunt to grant pardons
of innocence to the defen
dants.
At the Raliegh press confer
ence Ms. Mitchell listed some
of the supporters for the dem
onstration, including the
Raleigh Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance; the Wo
men's International League
for Peace & Freedom; the
N.C. State Cooperative Cam
pus Ministry; Attv. Jerrv Paul
of Durham; David Moose of
the Fayetteville Cumberland
County Human Relations
Committee; Gary Brown,
Laurinburg; Senatorial Can
didate Joe Felmet; Dr. & Mrs.
Everette MacNair, Chapel
Hill; Margaret E. Gulick,
Chapel Hill; Dr. PatilJo Don
ald, Chapel Hill; U.S. Con
gressmen Don Edwards, Par
ren Mitchell, Pete Starke,
John Conyers, Ron Dellums,
Michael Harrington, Father
Robert Drinan, Charles C.
Rangel; Dr Charles Cobb, ex
dir.. Comm, for Racial Jus
tice, United Church of Christ;
Nat Hentoff, colmunist; Na
tional Association of Black
Social Workers
Buses will leave the parking
lot by the Administration
Building on the campus of
Johnson-C Smith Univerisity
Friday, March 17, at 12 mid
night. Anyone wishing to
make reservations may call
372-2370, ext. 242 before 5 p m
After 6 p.m. call 392 3321 or
334-2728
Coleman Calls Meeting To Discuss
Fate Of University Park Post Office
By Jeri Harvey
Poet Staff Writer
L.C. Coleman announced
Monday that he has arranged
a meeting of postal execu
tives, postal workers and
members of the community
March 14, to discuss the fate
of University Park Post
Office.
Stating that, "They are
trying to close University
Park by providing poor and
inadequate services," Cole
man listed several examples
"Mail is often late, food stamp
service is undependable, there
are not enough boxes avail
able and there has been a
constant cutback of services
in every area. There are
only two employees where
there used to be 14 or 17
but the officials keep telling
us they’re not going to close
it. Something is wrong."
Coleman said he has invited
representatives from Con
gressmen Jim Martin and Bob
Morgan’s offices, the mayor's
office and the county Commis
sion to attend the meeting
He said he's receive** three
letters from postal officials
promising to "look into the
situation” but so far nothing
has been done and he hopes
by focusing attention on the
matter more action will be
taken to "return University
Park to a full service sta
tion.”
It’s Coleman's belief that
Univeraity Park. Di I worth and
Freedom Drive stations are
in danger of being fazed out
and he blames it on the fact
they are in less affluent
neighborhoods
The University Park Poet
Office is located at 3239
Beatties Ford Road and was
opened in August of 1969.
At one time there were
between 30 and 35 employees
but all carrier operations were
transferred to the new
General Mail Facility on
1-65 South in August 1977,
according to a spokesman
Presently there are two full
time employees and one part
time R is estimated that
approximately 60 percent of
the clients who use the facility
L. C Coleman
Community leader
are bl*ck
Efforts to reach postal
officials for comment on the
matter were unsuccessful
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Program To Inform Students
Of Career Opportunities
By Jeri Harvey
Post Staff Writer
Pi Phi Chapter of Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity and West
inghouse Corporation held a
press conference Wednesday
morning at Holiday Inn,
Carowinds Ave., 1-77, to an
nounce plans to co-sponsor
a career conference for
junior high school students.
The career conference will be
held on the campus of John
son C. Smith University,
Saturday, May 6, from 9 a jn.
to 2:30 p.m.
Walter Byers, chairman of
the Education and Scholorship
Committee for the fraternity
said the purpose of the con
ference is to make Junior high
students aware of the many
career opportunities which
exist. “We believe a clear
insight into the careers avai
able is extremely important
If we can guide a few stu
dents toward making intelli
gent choices which may affect
them the rest of their lives,
we will have succeeded be
yond our wildest dreams,"
Byers said.
Speaking for Westinghouse.
Don Gill said that this
effort is a new venture for
his firm. “Our corporation
takes pride in our affirma
tive action programs and the
results", he said, “and we
work very hard to fulfill social
and moral obligations. Our
home office (in Pittsburgh<
thought now might be a good
time to try something a
little different They felt we
should try to reach children
at an early age rather than
wan until u migni De loo
late for them to become
engineers or draftsmen or
other technical professions be
cause they would not have
prepared themselves with the
proper academic back
ground."
It was Mark Hyman, senior
consultant of Mark Hyman
Associates Inc who was in
strumental in bringing West
inghouse and the Omegas to
gether to work on this
pilot project He has been
involved in several projects of
this kind and when he was
contacted by Westinghouse to
help in the selection of a co
sponsor he suggested the fra
ternity
The local chapter was the
choice for several reasons,
according to Gill. He said
the Charlotte Westinghouse
Turbine plant has a good
record in its affirmative
action program and Charlotte
is regarded as a rather pro
gressive city with a black
community that has demon
strated a willingness to co
operate in ventures to pra
mote the common good.
“So when we were asked to
co-sponsor a program to show
youngsters what the world is
really like we jumped at the
opportunity," Gill said He
also said that if some young
sters attending the conference
decide later in life that they
might like to become a part
of the Westinghouse family,
that would be fine," But
if they don't and the expe
rience guides them toward the
selection of another career
that will be meaningful and
rewarding, that is good too."
The Westinghouse Turbine
piant is located at Westing
house Boulevard and York
Road and employs approxi
mately 1000 people, 18 percent
of whom are black
Byers, principal of Fairview
Elementary School until his
retirement in 1970, said that
the local Omegas are con
stantly trying to come up
with new ideas to be of ser
vice to their community and
reminded us that they gave
more than 400 scholarships
between 1971 and 1975 to resi
dents in Charlotte's Model
Cities Target Areas These
students attended schools in
Charlotte and throughout
North Carolina and other
states
He pointed out that it has
been determined by evalua
tions and testing that junior
high is the place to start
talking about career plans
not late in high school
Byers said he hopes that
many Omega brothers who
have become successful "in
spite of the odds" will take
part in the conference to show
youngsters what can be
accomplished if one is willing
to prepare one’s self, take
advantage of opportunities
and work hard. In addition,
other members of the commu
mty and from outside will
be asked to participate
“Anyone who is willing to try
to inspire our youth to achieve
may be included in this pro
gram", Byers concluded
Offices will be set up on
the Smith campus in the
near future to begin active
work on the project Byers
and fellow Omega Odell
Kobinson. along with Gill and
Kon Hare of Westinghouse w ill
be some of die coordinators
Hearing Set For
Proposed Use Of
Revenue Funds
The public can give
comments and suggestions on
the possible uses of the
General Kevenue sharing
Funds of $5 million for the
fiscal year beginning July
1,1978 and ending June 30.1979
A public hearing for obtaining
these comments and questions
has been scheduled by the
Charlotte City Council for
Monday, March 13 at 3 p m
in the Council Chamber at City
Hall
According to "'iomas W
Finnie, Director of the Budget
and Evaluation Department,
in the past the revenue
sharing funds have been used
primarily for constructing
facilities such as parks, roads,
low income housing,
redevelopment projects, fire
stations and other municipal
uses. “By this hearing,”
Finnie stated, "the City
Council and city Manager can
gain input from the
community prior to develop
ment of a plan for the use of
the funds ” He goes on to
comment, "Thus by obtaining
these community suggestions,
the Council will be able to
make vital decisions, and the
community can feel more at
ease knowing that they played
an important part in helping to
reach these decisions.”
All interested persons are
invited to attend and parti
cipate In this hearing Persons
who wish to speak should
contact the Office of the City
Clerk, City Hall, «00 East
Trade Street, telephone 374
2247 before noon on March 13.
Comments may be made
orally or submitted in writing
Eastland Mall
Bus Schedule
Revised
On Monday, March 6 the
Charlotte Transit System
revised the Route 10-Eastland
Mall bus schedule. Two
changes were made to im
prove the bus service to the
Eastland Mall area.
The first change affected
the bus presently departing
from Eastland Mall at 7:30
a.m. and arriving at the
Square at 8 a.m. These times
were changed to a 7:25 a.m.
departure from Eastland Mall
and a 7:55 a.m. arrival at
the Square.
The second change included
a new Midwood bus trip
leaving the Square at 5:10
p m. and arriving at Central
Avenue and Club Road at
5:28 p m. This additional ser
vice is for the Midwood trip
only.
Persons with questions a
bout these service changes or
any Charlotte Transit System
route should call the Transit
Answer Person at 37+-S888.
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There’s only one cure for a
man In love-MARRIAGE If
that doesn’t cure him, nothing
will.
These Johnson C. Smith University students
were caught by Post photographer Sherwood
Channel 1 ON THEIR WAY TO CLASS
Wednesday afternoon. They are, left to right,
Sylvia Cheeks,Sandra Bryant and Lydia
Garrett.