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SEAKS FASHION MODEL —Showing new spring outfit lunes Are Changing Men Are Becoming More Conscious Of Clothes hv Siiaan Flliu/Arth formal attira T aianM ...u. Post Staff Writer Fashion may once have >een only of interest to wo nen. Times are changing. “Men are becoming more lonscious of clothes," says ■*aul Rogers, fashion director or Sears, Roebuck and Com >any's men’s stores in the South. “Historically women buy nost of men’s clothes. Now nore men are buying their >wn clothes, especially young >r men,” Rogers pointed out. Why the increase in nterest? Variety in lifestyles is pro lucing a need for more clothes iccording to Rogers. “Young people and blacks ire willing to experiment with lew fashion trends,” Rogers imphasized. “Blacks are nore individualistic in the nay they dress. They experir npit with and eem to be more aware of lothes.” Al#ough many blacks dress onservatively, Rogers said, 'They spend more time with tyle and fit and are generally nore clothes conscious.” Male shoppers can expect to ind more sportswear sepa ates in bright colors and soft init fabrics this Spring, j^isual attire is favored in the louth with the warm weather, togers commented. In dress clothing linen ^brica, vested suits, brightly igmented accessories to ccompany subdued colored idts and straight-leg pants re in fashion, he continued. Men have increasingly been uying 3-piece suits in sepa Stes The western influence f denim, boots, western suits ttd hats have again grown in opularity in big cities. ■Rogers emphasized a major told in people dressing up for Ke occasions. “There’s pier detail but a more Ktaed. dressier look.” He Pthe disco scene with a more ornate look to lothing. re preferring to either iportswear or in more popular in the early 70’a are now outdated, Rogers said. Young men aged 20-35 are the most influential to per suade in accepting new styles. Most trends take 6 months to one year to be accepted, Rogers explained. One excep tion was the leisure suit intro duced in 1965 but not accepted until 1971. In establishing trends for men’s fashions this rule still holds true, Rogers says, "Men will dress for comfort first and fashion second." County Offices Will Be Closed Easter Monday Mecklenburg County . .Government offices and agen cies will be closed Monday, April 16, in observance of Easter Monday. This includes all units of the Department of Social Services and the Health Department, all branches of the Public Library, the tax offices, and the County’s two landfills, Harrisburg Park and Hol brooks Road in Huntersville. Day care centers operated by the Department of Social Services will be closed Good Friday, April 13, as well as Easter Monday. The Main Library, 310 North Tryon Street, will be closed Easter Sunday. The Board of County Com missioners, which usually meets the third Monday of the month, will meet, instead, at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 17. The meeting will be in the County Office Building. The County Animal Shelter will be closed Easter Monday,. and the County Police will handle the shelter's emergen cy calls at 374-2391. All District and Superior Courts will also close in obser vance of Easter Monday. Read the Charlotte Post. ■ ■ *n Thursday. April 12. 1979 THE CHARLOTTE POST Page 7 Home Moravian Church To Conduct Annual Sunrise Services opci-uu 10 me rosi WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Under the dawn sky on Easter morning every year, many RJR Archer employees parti cipate in the world’s largest sunrise service, held at Home; Moravian Church. The service at Home Mora vian dates back more than 200 years. The 13 Winston-Salem churches belonging to the Salem congregation sponsor the annual service, which has drawn crowds of 30,000. And, while those people are assembled in downtown Winston-Salem, countless others participate in simulta neous sunrise services at other Moravian churches on — WO VS kU TV 11. “In our faith, the Easter sunrise service is the climax of the church year,'' says Jack Holder, a technical services group leader for Archer Holder is a member of Clem mons Moravian Church, but he also plays in the Christ Church band. Moravian bands not only play at sunrise services, but also perform in residential neighborhoods during the pre dawn hours before the service This tradition began long ago as a way to wake townspeo ple for the sunrise service “The sunrise service is something that really gets to you,’’ says Holder. "I began warning around the streets with the Moravian bands when I was six When I was a little older. I ushered people through the Moravian ceme tery, where the service is held, and then I was finally old enough to play in the band "Family tradition is very much a part of the Moravian services," continues Holder “My father was an usher, I've been playing in the band for 38 years, and my 20-year-old son has been playing for 10 years " After playing at the sunrise service, Holder returns to Clemmons Moravian to play at an 11:00 a m. service He recalls one Easter many years ago, when he played at five different churches in one day "However," he laughs, "that was when I was much younger I only did that once." Marvin Doub, another Archer employee, is a mem ber of Konnoak Moravian who ushers for the sunrise service downtown "All the different Moravian churches in the city come together at Home Church for the sunrise ser vice." Doub's role in the sunrise service is not limited to usher ing "I help our church cook breakfast for the choir, band, ushers and guests around 4 a m ," he says. Doub and his wife also help clean the an cient tombstones in ‘ God's Acre," the Salem congrega tion cemetery Doub's daughter is also ac tive in the sunrise service “She learned how to play an instrument last year, just so she could play in the sunrise service,” points out Doub proudly. "It was her doing, not ours. That's how Mora vian tradition keeps on going - the kids get started in the services.” James Tesh adds, "Making the rounds with the bands really gets to you. My father used to lead the band at Enterprise Church and all my brothers and sisters have played I have three sons who have played in the band_ "When you’re playing in the dark streets and you see the lights come on, you know people are really looking for ward to hearing the music. A lot of older people and shut-ins stay up just to hear the bands." says the Archer em ployee who began playing when he was eight. Dick Larrimore, on the other hand, began taking music lessons at age 34 just so he could play in the Moravian band. "There’s a lot of ful fillment from being in the band,” says Larrimore Preparations for the sunrise service involve countless Moravian members, points Gil Frank Why are so many people using Wachovia Teller II when the bank is open? The answer is, convenience. ' To some, it’s the convenience of not having to write a check. To others, it’s just the convenience of not having to go inside the bank lobby. Teller II is truly the banking machine for people who don’t like machines. It can handle just about any banking service you may need. Quickly, easily and conveniently. So, when you have banking to do after hours, or on weekends or holiday, by all means use Teller II. But don’t forget that you can use it during banking hours as well. Give it a try, this week. When you bank at Wachovia, you can always use Teller H.
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