RAMBLEWOOD MODEL HOME
_First home buyer's dream
Ramblewood Subdivision’s
Model Home Onens Saturdav
By Sidney Moore, Jr.
Po6t Staff Writer
: (jJewlyweds, the first-home
buyer, the apartment renter
- and the mobile home cus
: tomer have a friend in home
: builder August Higgins.
: He is the owner of a com
pany that builds low-coat
'houses. Prices range from
{about $25,500 to $32,000. Fami
lies with incomes of $12,000 to
414,000 can qualify, according
'-to Higgins.
Models of the homes he
rbuilds are on display Saturday
*and Sunday, June 3-4, from 1
to 6 p.m.
: Tbe 31-year-old business
man is building a new subdivi
sion called Ramblewood on
{Nations Ford Road, about one
and one-naif miles south of the
intersection of 1-77.
• Homes in this new housing
section will offer three bed
moms, one and one-half baths,
bblity roonj, with space for a
washer and dryer, furnace
with conventional duct work
so that the buyer can add their
air conditioning or heat pump
later and energy-saving in
stallation.
Century 21 American Realty
is exclusive agent for houses
in the development. Ed Hen
ning of the agency said Fede
ral Housing Administration
(FHA) and Veteran Admini
stration (VA) financing is
available.
Higgins is a fast-talking,
enthusiastic graduate of
Hampden-Sydney College and
Emory University. He has
worked with NCNB Mortgage
Company and Greenebaum
Southeast Mortgage Co., both
of Charlotte, and Hart Corp. of
Pennsylvania.
His only full-time employee
is building supervisor Bruce
Patterson, a 35-year-old ex
Marine captain who put him
self through Rutgers Uni
tCJijah Rhodes JMamed
-Day Care Center Director
Clinton Chapel AME Zion
Church Day Care Center has a
rWf director.
tie is 33-year-old Elijah
Rhodes of Pennsylviaiiia.
with his wife, who had already
made arrangements to be con
sidered for a job at the Day
Care Center. After finding out
that a director for the center
was also being sought, Rhodes
made anapplication for that
_fifth grade
teacher beads a staff of nine
Day Care teachers .including
his wife She was recom
mended by a friend who came
from Belmont and lived in
Pennsylvania until recently.
They have four children of
their own. The center cares
for 51.
His initial experience at the
center was a little frustrating,
explained Rhodes, because of
hfiMphttlMMMsla. Now..
after seven months, that pro
blem has been solved.
“We’re on our way to suc
cess now,” be said. A reason
for this change of heart had to
do with receiving some funds
from the Department of Social
Services for the two to five age
group served by the center.
Rhodes even anticipates
changing the name to Clinton
Chapel Child Development
Center.
He said the center was
formed in the mid 60s and is
one of the oldest such centers
in the city.
versity working at construc
tion jobs. He worked as
project superintendent for
John Cro6land Co., and Placo,
Inc., before joining Higgins,
according to a published arti
cle about the company.
City water and sewers are
available on each of the 80
building sites In Ramblewood,
said Higgins. He explained
that the houses being built
there are good values because
he was able to obtain the land
at a good price and because
his company has a low over
head.
The builder is excited about
the project also because it is
close to Arrowood Industrial
Park and Textron. He des
cribed the area as one of the
fastest growing in the city.
Rawlins Named
Assistant To
Vice Chancellor
Chapel Hill-Benjamin E.
Rawlins has been named assi
stant to the vice chancellor of
administration at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Rawlins, who has been an
assistant dean of student af
fairs, succeeds Sarah H. Ram
say. —Ramsey ■ resigned to
enter a postdoctoral research
program at Duke University.
A 1972 graduate of Johnson
C. Smith University, Rawlins
earned his J.D. degree from
Georgetown University. He
has served as a Congressional
intern in the office of Sen.
Edward Kennedy and as a
legal intern in the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Com
mission’s Washington district
office.
Rawlins joined the univer
sity in 1977. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rawlins of
Wheeling, W. Va.
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Thursday i,„,e \ THE CHARLOTTE POST-Paae 11
Mrs. Randolph Named “Educator Of The Year”
By Sidney Moore, Jr.
Post Staff Writer
"Educator of the Year" is
another award Elizabeth
Randolph has received.
Mrs. Randolph, Chariotte
Mecklenburg Schools Associ
ate Superintendent, received
the honor recently from Phi
Delta Kappa, said a statement
from the school district-office.
The group is a society of
professional educators, of
which she is a member, said
Mrs. Randolph. Her award is
one of three important profes
sional accomplishments she
has achieved this year.
Among the most prestigious
is service as president of the
Association of Supervision and
Curriculum Development
(ASCD). She became the first
black woman and the second
black person to serve as presi
dent of the 33,000 member
organization, said Mrs. Ran
dolph.
As president of the associa
tion, she made her presi
dential address to the group in
Marcn. it was entitled,
"Maximizing Human Poten
tial," and its presentation set
up another honor for the edu
cator.
Her speech was published in
the May issue of Education
Leadership, the official organ
of ASCD.
Mrs. Randolph is one of
three administrators who
work directly under superin
tendent Jay M. Robinson. She
was promoted to this position
this school year when Robin
son was hired. This, too, was
an important honor, she said.
She has held several posi
tions in the school system
since starting as a teacher at
West Charlotte High School.
In her ASCD speech, she
said schools have a responsibi
lity to help every individual
New Community Group
To Meet Tuesday Night
A new community group is
meeting Tuesday, June «, at
7:30 p.m., at Clinton Memorial
Chapel, Rozzells Ferry at
Whitehaven.
The group is being organi
zed to prevent deterioration
and to preserve their neigh
borhood so that it is safe and
desirable, according to an
official of the group.
Area covered by the new
neighborhood effort extends
from West Trade Street down
Tuckaseegee to the railroad,
along West Trade to Seldon
Drive, behind Roslyn Avenue
and across Rozzells Ferry
Road, and from there zig
zagging back to the railroad.
Within the area are Clinton
Memorial Chapel, Shiloh Bap
tist Church, Smallwood Pres
byterian Church and E. C.
Cannon Temple.
Assisting the new organiza
tion to get started is a group of
students tram university of
North Carolina at Charlotte
(UNCC). These students are
part of the University Year for
Action, a federally funded
program.
These students want to co
ordinate services and promote
self-sufficiency for the inter
city neighborhood, said UNCC
student Carole Cato. She is of
the College of Human
Development and Learning,
headed by Dean John Chase.
Full time UNCC students
'are eligible for the program.
At present, 22 students receive
credit while doing community
oriented in-service training,
said Ms. Cato.
Although the area is next to
the Five Points Community
Development Area, it is not
being included, said the stu
dent.
Among these needs were
housing, drainage, recreation,
hot lunch program for senior
citizens, child care, and health
and transportation programs
said Cato.
Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph
. Associate superintendent
without regard to race, socio
economic background, sex, or
any other flctor to help that
person maximize their human
potential. She described how
good a job local schools are
doing in a recent interview.
“We do a good job and we
are always in the process of
trying to improve,” Mrs.
Randolph said.
“We are on our way and I
think we have the kind of
leadership to take us in the
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right direction, she conti
nued
The experienced educator
said competency testing
should be used for diagnosis
and remediation but not to
I
kick a kid out ot school or to
withhold a diploma.
When asked about her plans
for the future, she said she
plans to do the best job she
can.
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