■■BKB9HB9I By Bob Johnson 2HBHS55BH
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ut.a time...Le Cocomotion, Ltd. struck
again! This time with a sensational sip and
snack held recently, at the Casbah Club on West
Blvd. Featured music maker was "Meat
Packer," who furnished the disco sounds.
Many people crossed the threshhold of what
turned out to be a very successful venture.
Among them were Richard Moore, Ernestine
Brown, Edward Jackson and Gloria Dean
McConico.
JAMES EDWARD
MCCONICO, presidënt
of Le Cocomotion, Ltd.,
says the next event on
the 4th of July, at the
Foxfield Apartments,
(formerly Hawaiian Vil
lage) Clubhouse, pro
mises to be a real jam
mer. An all-day party
by the pool with refresh
mente available.
SPRING BALL..
Going., .going.. .gone !
That's . .. ... How ...
Bob Johnson
- „ the lick
reaas ior me sale of tickets to the EXTRA
ORDINAIRES' 2nd Annual Spring Ball. The
tickets were scarce from the start, and now the
panic is about to set in, because this very
promising affair is only two weeks away and
tickets are as scarce as great grandpa's teeth.
If last year's triple decked enjoyment is any
indication of what is in store for this year's guest,
Look Out Radisson Plaza Hotel!
This semi-formal dance will be held on the 24th
of June, from 9 p.m. until everyone is exhausted
from the frolic.
The North Wilkesboro music machine called
Brief Encounter will titllate the sense of hearing
for club members and guest including Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Mutch Evans,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
White, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cox, Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Whaley, Kitt Massey, Carolyn Hailey, Edna
Johnson, Berna dine Coles, Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Hayes, and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Barnett.
C. B. GATHERING... 2525 Dr. Carver Rd. will
be the address used Sunday, June 18, for a Tea
sponrored by the DODGE CITY C. B. CLUB.
This Father's Day Tea will swing from 3 p.m.
until. And it will boast all the characteristics
inhetant in affairs of this nature.
DISCO DANCE...Disco dances are the rage
novfr, and in keeping with the tempo. SECOND
WAÇD HIGH SCHOOL'S CLASS OF *51 will
sponsor a Pre-Fourth of July Disco Dance at the
National Guard Armory, from 9 p.m. til l a.m.,
on July I.
luis gives you plenty of time to get your boogie
shoes and your dance act together. \
COCKTAIL PARTY...THOMAS C.
SAUNDERS III, owner and operator of Tommy's
Restaurant on West Boulevard, hosted a very
nice cocktail sip last Friday night at the
restaurant
The 7 til 10 p.m. affair was given in honor of
clubs and organizations that have patronized his
establishment at one time or another. This was
his way of saying, thanks!
Some of the organizations invited to partici
pate in this event were; the Pyramid Club, the
Thousand Aires Club, Cuzzettes Social Club,
Cuppettes Social Club, the Blue Slipper, West
Charlotte's Class of 1954, Cassandra Chapter 021,
Rainbow Chapter, Solomon Lodge 257, Main
liner's Lodge, Charlotte Business League,
Hidden Valley PTA Bowling League, Ebony
Eyes Social Club, Les Dames Modernes, The
Greatest Men's Club, and The Starship Social
Club.
METROLINA FUNCTION...More than 140
people gathered at the John Yancey Motor Inn,
Sunday, June 11, for an evening of Music
sponsored by the Music Lovers of Metrolina, a
recently formed group of music enthusiasts.
The evening began at 6:30 p.m. with buffet
dinner and bubbling champagne in the banquet
room at the Yancey. Cecil Clement and his staff
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μι cpai eu au me nxins ior ine aeucious meal.
The highlight of the evening was a concert
featuring the jazz sounds of Zoom, with vocalist
Ms. Lee Freeman. Some of Charlotte's finest
musicians comprise the group: Arthur Cross
(drums), Grady Seigle (bass), Ron Hare
(piano), Leroy Paige (sax and flute), and
Raymond Gossaway (sax). They were enthusi
astically received by the guests, who were
thrilled to hear some good jazz and easy listening
music in Charlotte by local artists.
This event, co-chaired by VIVIAN ROSS
NIVENS and VIVIAN WILLIAMS, was a benefit
for the United Negro College Fund. Harvey
Gantt and Ray Davis, coordinator of the local
UNCF-Johnson C. Smith University fund-raising
drive were on hand to accept contributions from
the music lovers.
Some of the supporters of the affair were Oren
McCullough, Phil Hatchett, Val Griggs, Leroy
Doe, Lucille Batte, Eugene and Diane Alex
ander, James and Julia Sanders, Julius and
Vivian Chambers, Wesley and Ginise Clement,
Gerado and Nancy Stroud, Rowe and Alma
Motley, Vivian R. Nivens, C Warren and Vivian
Williams and Harvev and Cindy Gantt.
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Linda Smith
...Accepts challenge
Bennett Student Excelle
In New Degree Program
vjreensuuro-Ljnaa smiui is
one of two Bennett students
who dared to accept the chal
lenge of the women's college
new dual degree engineering
program.
"It took some persuasion
and conjoling on the part of
my math professor to remain
in the program once I en
rolled," says the quiet Linda.
"1 started out rather slow in
the engineering classes at
neighboring North Carolina A
& Τ State University because I
lacked a strong background in
the sciences and math."
Linda noted that in high
school she did not take
physics, upper level algebra,
geometry or chemistry
courses.
"Instead I opted to take
some of thoee frill courses
which really did not prepare
me for college science or math
courses."
The only thing, she admits,
which sustained her was an
interest in physical science
and her determination.
"I had a hard time at first
and could not fiad a tvM*. [|
was actually 1 courting a F
average in the introdaetorvv
engineering classes." s *
Linda was a frequent visitor
to her A & Τ adivisor's office
seeking assistance.
"After many tears and sup
port from the A & Τ staff, I
received that tutor and subse
quently my average went up
to A."
Actually, Linda had not
planned to major in electrical
engineering. She was a math
major during her freshman
year at Bennett.
"The engineering program
was just being implemented.
The Science Division at Ben
nett wanted to attract some
students into the program
which offers a degree In
mathematics and another in
either electrical or mechani
cal engineering."
It was the suggestion of Miss
Dorothy Harris, Director of
the Freshman Studies and
Academic Support Program,
that Linda explore the new
program.
"I was apprehensive about
doing it when I noted the
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strong emphasis in heavy
science courses. I read
brochures about engineering
and the opportunities for
women in the field, but it
wasn't until I had constructed
my first working model stop
light that I decided to declare
the major."
Linda Smith is a native of
Greensboro and certainly a
part of the Bennett Experi
ence. Not only did her mother
and two aunts attend the
college, but her great-aunt,
Dr. Willa B. Player, was a
former president, 1955-1966.
Two sisters also have
attended.
Dr. Mattie Moss, a true
Linda supporter, hopes to
attract more students to the
dual degree program.
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60 Blacks, Other Minority
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VICUIOWU, VJ.V/. OIAI^ UldtA
and other minority high school
students are going to college
this summer to find out if they
have a future in engineering
They are participants In a
summer engineering program
for minority students which
started June 12 at Clemson
University in South Carolina.
Joe Wright
Vows To Work
For 8 Release
»vaitign--W niiam "Joe"
Wright, age 25, the youngest
member of the Wilmington
Ten was paroled after serving
2W years in North Carolina
prisons. Wright is the first of
the remaining nine incarce
rated members of the Wil
mington Ten to be paroled
since North Carolina's
Governor James Hunt re
duced the groups sentences in
January of this year.
Maintaining the innocence
of the Wilmington Ten Wright
said, "Instead of today being a
happy occasion for me, it is a
sad one. For although I am
being released from prison
after serving a sentence for a
crime which I did not commit,
eight (8) of my brothers re
main in prison for crimes
which they did not commit."
Wright vowed to continue
his fight against racism in the
state. "I will be actively
involved in speaking out
against the deplorable condi
tions of racism and injustice
which exist in my own state of
North Carolina..."
Wright thanked the many
thousands of people who have
called for the release of the
Wilmington Ten.
According to program
director Robert Snelsire, an
engineering professor at
Clemson, the demand for
black engineers far outstrips
the supply
But he says young people
don't realize the opportunities
'.hey have in this high-paying
field.
"Too many students get
discouraged and turned off by
math and physics courses in
high school,1' he says.
"Without that preparation
they just can't make it in a
college engineering curricu
lum."
Snelsire hopes to change
that this summer for 60 high
school sophomores from
North and South Carolina and
Georeia.
He wants to get the kids
"turned on" to engineering by
having them build model air
planes, test solar cookers and
concrete canoes and learn to
program computers.
Next summer the same stu
dents will have a chance to
come back after their junior
year in high school and spend
two weeks working on a more
complex engineering project
while another new group
begins the program.
The whole program is free
because of contributions from
more Mian 25 business and
industrial firms throughout
the nation.
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