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W'uh Weyerhaeuser fey Br0wn Ends Long Career ■I POST Staff Writer ^^The TV set in the small, Bnfortably furnished living |Hm wsa tuned to a Braves Bdgers baseball game while Bmny Brown relaxed in an By chair and watched the j^Bion on the screen with Bvious enjoyment. He wasn't Ball happy when this reporter ^ftlked in and interrupted his Baceful afternoor and Botested mightily when Mrs lown insisted on turning the St off because, as he said, “I j^Lnt to see the game, and I ■n’t want to be in the paper no ■ As far as Mr. Brown was ^ftncerned, there was nothing Bewsworthy about his Btirement from the Weyer Beuser Company after 26 ^Lars. It took about 15 minutes gentle persuasion to convince Bm atet our readers would like B> h™ about him because he's Bich a good example of the Hany hard-working, honest Black men who go about their Baity lives un-noticed. . . uiuinary :itire n receives little ecognition unless he does omething extraordinary — ither bad or good. Brown's long career with Weyerhaeuser began after he was laid off from a job at Duke Power in 1952. The company was then tailed Old Dominion Paper Company, which later merged with Weyerhaeuser. The company manufactures paper board products and Brown worked on the same comigating machine the whole time he was there. “I knew everything about that'machine." he said proudly. “None of those young fellows that came to work there could beat me doing my job right up until I retired. Sometimes they teased me and asked me why I didn't go home and let a young man have my job, but I didn’t pay them any mind. My boss didn't want me to quit when I di^but the policy of the company is that you have to retire at 65. So 1 had to go." Pjmnt foreman, Jerry •JOHNNY BROWN PLAYING CHECKERS .... W ith fripnd Rim Cochran, has worked with Brown for the past 21 years and describes him as, “So good, I don’t even know how to tell you. I’ve worked with him since I was 17 years old, and he is just one fine fellow. He’s dedicated, unselfish and a dependable, hard worker. For about the past 18 years Johnny depended on other people for transportat ion to work, but he was always here and on time. He didn’t complain and gripe about thi ngs, but did his job and minded his own affairs. There's no way we can replace Johnny.” Cochrane, who was made plant foreman in 1966, said he asked Brown if it were possible for him to stay on a few more years, would he want to do it, and Brown said, “No." He told us the same thing, adding that he’d worked a long time and now he was ready to "do nothing”. To Brown, “doing nothing” means playing checkers “every day", watching baseball on TV *xfcat.Grtffith Stadium, maybe babysitting a little with his two grand children, Nina,8, and Lawrence, 6, and spending time “with the boys" talking over old times. Mrs. Brown, the former, Hattie Gabriel, has a few plans for him when he tires of doing nothing—like painting a little and doing some other things around the house. Right now she’s enjoying watching him enjoy his freedom from the time clock. Brown said he can't get used to sleeping late and is up every morning to have breakfast with his wife before she goes to work. “Getting up early is a hard habit to break after working so Iona." he said. A native of Lancaster County, Brown said he spent his early childhood working on his father’s farm. He left home on Christ mas Day in 1929 and came to Charlotte, and he’s been here ever since. "Many is the time I wished 1 had stayed with my dady," he said, “but I thought I was grown and 1 wanted to be my own boss so I toughed it out." He has two daughters, Ruth of Lancaster County and Barbara Jean of Newark, N. J. There s also one son, Lawrence, here in Charlotte. Brown is a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church. Mr. Brown's early reluctance to talk to us had given way to a warm, friendly manner by the time we took leave at the end of a thoroughly enjoyable visit. As we left, he “rared back" in his easy chair and prepared to enjoy the end of the baseball game. We wish him a long and happy career “doing nothing". Benefit Concert Family Housing Services To Snonsor There- will be a benefit concert for Family Housing Services, Inc iFHS) at My?rs Park Baptist Church on Mon day, April 17, at 8.15 p.m. Choral groups from Johnson C. Smith University, Davidson College, Queens College and the University of North Carol ina at Charlotte will perform and all proceeds will go to The FHS. The college choirs are donating their time and tal ents and Myers Park Baptist Church is donating the build ing. Tickets are *2.50 for adu lts, *1.50 for students. Family Housing Services, Inc. was established in 1972 as a private non-profit agency to assist disadvantaged persons in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area in improving and advan cing their general welfare in relation to housing problems, foreclosure, eviction, housing acquisition, rental procedur es, and theraising of housinj standards for the target group through one-to-one counseling consumer education, minor home repairs, and a winteri zation program. FHS is certified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Com prehensive Housing Counsel ing Agency. It has established a cooperative referral relati onship with the other helping agencies in the area includ ing: Crisis Assistance Minis try, Consumer Creditcounsel ing. Department of Social Ser vices. Legal Aid, and many others. The agency counsels and assists any family requesting service who is having a hous ing problem During 1977, FHS worked with 1180 families Approximately 540 of these families were facing foreclos ure on their homes or eviction from their apartments Arou , nd 70 percent of these families were able to current their mortgages or rental paym ents. Less than 5 percent lost their homes through foreclo sure or eviction. The remain ing 25 percent are continuing in payment plans or have been assisted in relocating to more affordable housing. Some 200 families were helped with obtaining adequ ate housing, provision of min or home repairs and consumer education 440 families were provided with emergency heat and winterization in the nine Community Development Target Areas FHS does not distribute any funds to any clients, it couns els the family and mediates with the Landlord, mortgage company or credit company to set up an individual program to meet the family need. In addition to the one-to-one cou nseling. the Consumer Hous ing Education Program, min r— — JL or home repairs program, and the winterization program. FHS is presently training un employed youth in housing rehabilitation and related job I skills. The agency depends prima rily on governmental funding and is regularly staffed with 20 professionals in the housing field Tickets to the concert are available through the agencv offices located at 403 North Try on Street, Suite 500, and the following area banks: NCNB-Main Office, One NCNB Plaza. Beatties Ford, 2449 Beatties Ford Road. Eas tland Mall 5555 Central Ave- ' nue. First Union Main Office. Jefferson First Union Plaza, Southpark. 5401 Morrison Bou levard; Cotswold. Cotswold Shopping Center Mechanics and Farmers - Main Office. 101 Beatties Ford _Road _ Library Booked Solid Once Again ? The Public Library’s base ments are booked solid once again. And that adds up to book bargins and another spr ing book sale. The garage doors will open at 9 a. m., Saturday, April 22 at the Main Library uptown. New books will be put out up to 4 p.m. closing time Included among the 8,000 plus volumes to be put on sale are some 3,000 paperbacks, a number of children’s books, and copies of Antiques magaz ine (25c) and back issues of National Geographic. (5c) For those who want to rem ember Watergate, there’s John Dean’s BLIND AMBIT ION and Woodward and Bern stein's FINAL DAYS. Best sellers include TRINITY DOLORES, 1876, OUR DOC UMENT, AGENT IN PLACE and TOUCH NOT THE CAT. Sale coordinator, Susan Cro cker, says the selection is even better than usual. “You can shop our sale and impress everyone on the beach this summer by reading the hard back copies,’’ she suggests. Area residents have traditi onally used the book sales to decorate their shelves, stock up vacation homes, and look for unusual books as well as add to their personal collect ions. The library has used the *13,393 to buy needed materi als and clear off needed shelf space. Dr. Pankey To Address Local Physicians Dr. George A. Pankey of the renowned Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans will address loc al physicians April 14 at the weekly Medical Staff Confer ence at Mercy Hospital. A specialist in internal medicine and infectious diseases, Dr Pankey will discuss how vari ous diseases appear as skin rashes or other visible disord ers All 'nterested physicians are invited to the program which begins at 12 noon in the Auditorium of Mercy Hospit al. Information On 77 Tax Return Orreesboro • The cost of living continues to rise, and if you make less than *8,000 earned income, remember the “Earned income credit” the Internal Revenue Service may have for you if you file a 1977 Federal tax return. Even if you had no tax withheld from you paychecks last year the credit may be available to you. It’s actually easy to qualify - you must have maintained a household ii> the U S. for all of 1977 for you and you child must have under 19 or one who is a full-time student, made under $8,000 and file a tax return. The credit is 10 percent of the first $4,000 of earned in come (wages, salaries, tips and self-employment inco me). The maximum credit of $400 must be reduced by to percent of the amount that exceeds $4,000 and is eliminat ed when your income reaches $8,000. And remember, receiving the credit will not reduce your benefits under other assist ance programs financed by' Federal funds, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Chil •dren. To claim the credit you may file either the 1040 long form of 1040A short form. mwM&m*. Southern Bell is going to press £ with the new Charlotte Directory. The deadline is almost here. If you’d like to change your listing, call our business office now. 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