Prison Camp Donation to MLK Statue h una
m .vitxKienDurg i, a minimum
security prison under the North Carolina
Department of Corrections recently raised
*150 for the Martin Luther King Statue Fund.
Members of the Mecklenburg I basketball
team played against WGIVs team and held a
disco at the Excelsior Club to raise money
Among the 160 inmates in Mecklenburg I,
Edward Davis, John Wood, David Blackman
and James Grant organized the fundraising
events “to show their concern for the
community, according to Robert Reese,
superintendent of the unit
The inmates at the minimum security prison
"are within a short time of returning to the
community." Reese said.
They are presently employed in the Charlotte
community and pay the Department of
Corrections for room, board and transporta
tion. Reese pointed out.
Mecklenburg I s basketball team won the
South Piedmont Championship.
Spotted Fever Strike During Summer Months
special to the Post
Spring and summer months
are traditionally outdoor
months for North Carolinians.
They are also the months
when most cases of Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever
strike. While the Tar Heel
state is nowhere near the
great western mountains it
continues to claim the dubious
distinction of leading the
nation in the number of cases
of Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever.
In 1978, there were 204 cases
of the tick-borne disease,
down from 223 in 1977. How
ever, the number of deaths
from spotted fever jumped
from four in 1977 to eleven in
1978, the highest since 1948
when twelve persons died.
So far this year six cases of
the disease have been report
ed in North Carolina. But the
season has just begun. It
generally starts in March,
peaks around mid-summer,
" Rocky Mountain Spotted
fever is an infectious disease
passed on to man through the
bite of an infected tick (in this
part of the country it is the
“American dog tick”). The
T .■ ■
most imeiy candidates lor tne
disease are young boys be
tween the ages of five and
fourteen.
If the tick is infected, symp
toms of Rocky Mountain Spot
ted Fever may occur within
two weeks The symptoms
include chills, fever, head
ache, pains in the joints, and
often a rash that starts on the
hands and soles of the feet and
spreads to the trunk. In
severe cases the victim may
go into a coma.
If these symptoms are pre
sent a visit to the doctor is a
must. Left untreated, the
disease can be fatal.
The reason Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever is such a pro
blem in this state stems from
the combination of the right
kind of tick and the right kind
of habitat. The "American
dog tick” thrives in hickory,
oak and pine forests. Unfor
tunately, this type of forest
predominates in the Piedmont
wstegg&t&z
also the most populous area of
the state.
While all ticks are not infect
ed, any tick on the body should
be removed very carefully.
Never try to jerk the tick out
of the skin as this may leave
part of the tick under the skin.
The best way to remove ticks
is with a pair of tweezers. If
this does not work a drop of
nail polish will. As the polish
hardens it suffocates the tick
and it is easily removed.
Charlotte Arts
League Sets
Sidewalk Slow
Art enthusiasts will have the
opportunity to meet with
artists, watch them work and
view their paintings at the
Charlotte Art League Side
walk Show to be held on Satur
day, June 2 from 10 a m. - 5
p.m. at the Foxcroft East
Shopping Center in Charlotte.
Demonstrations in various
media, portrait sketches and
paintings for sale will be
featured at this event.
The Charlotte Art League
holds monthly meetings open
to the public and provides
programs for artists who paint
and those who wish to learn
art appreciation.
OIC Takes Lead In Sponsoring Gtizenshin Seminars
special lo the Fo6t
Opportunities Industrialize
tion Centers of America (OIC1
has taken the lead in sponsor
mg a series of Citizenshif
Seminars which describe pro
grams that show corporate
social responsibility.
The OIC purpose is to en
courage businesses and indus
tries to renew their obligations
to the communities in which
they do business.
Rev La -m Sullivan, Presi
dent and lounder of the suc
cessful manpower training
organization, announced the
first pilot seminar held in
Philadelphia in February was
such a success it would be
repeated at the OIC National
Convocation in Washington,
D.C., June 10-14.
Rev Sullivan said, ‘There
are numerous examples of
major corporations which
have not neglected their res
ponsibility to the community.
Many of the companies that
support OIC have marvelous
community relations pro
grams What we're trying to
do is stop the trend in compa
nies which seem to be neglec
ting this obligation while enga
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affairs activities which pro
vide no payback to the co
mmunity."
Rev Sullivan said the pilot
seminar in Philadelphia was
organized by members of his
National Technical Advisory
Committee (NTAC) which re
present some of the more than
several hundred businesses,
which support OIC with finan
cial contributions and execu
tive volunteered time and ex
pertise.
“One of our NTAC people
remembered a challenge that
Secretary of Commerce Jua
nita Krepps had sounded at an
OIC national convocation,"
explained Sullivan. “Ms.
Krepps thought some group
should take the lead in re
minding industries that a fun
damental part of public rela
tions is to return some of their
earnings and profits to their
own communities.
“We knew many of our
NTAC companies had innova
tive community projects and
we asked five of them to tell
other Philadelphia area firms
and community leaders about
them," declare I Sullivan.
"The interest in Philadel
phia was high On a cold,
snowy morning nearly 100
people attended and partici
pated.”
They heard Campbell Soup
1 1
OIC CITIZENSHIP SEMINARS are being
planned for various major cities . Top) The
pilot project in Philadelphia included, left to
right, Frank Moore, Campbell Soup Co.;
Frank Hess, Gulf Oil Corporation, Matthew
Moore, OIC advisor; Richard Jackman. The
Sun Co.; and Roy Kohler. Gulf. < Bottom, left)
Rev. Leon Sullivan. OIC founder, at press
conference (Bottom, right) Sarah Smith.
General Electric Co., was aided in the GE
presentation by a "leader of tomorrow.” The
seminar will occur next at the OIC national
convocation in Washington. D C. June 12 It
stresses corporate programs that show social
responsibility.
i-ompany explain how A Cor
porate Neighbor Gets a Job
Done" in Camden, N.J., a
rundown of numerous projects
including day care and health
care.
Gulf Oil Corporation repre
sentatives talked about the
evolution of Minority Kela
tions programs and featured a
eropouls Dr Daisy Richar
son. Principal of Simon Gratz
High School in Philadelphia,
supplemented the Gulf presen
tation
The Sun Company described
its programs to stimulate em
ployees to channel their volun
tary energies toward the bet
terment of their communities.
International Business
Machines related its expe
riences with "Junior Achieve
ment" which featured pro
grams to help inner city youth
to become extrepreneurs
General Electric Company
described its “Town Meeting
on Tomorrow" program
which prepared young leaders
for decision-making in tomor
row's free enterprise system.
There also was a presen ta
tion by Philadelphia Regional
Introduction For Minorities to
Engineering (PRIMEi, a
Philadelphia area program
which prepares minority
youth for engineering and
related fields
Rev Sullivan revealed that
the seminar would be adapted
for his national Convocation,
with Pfizer Incorporated re
placing the PRIME segment
OIC employees and Wash
ington, D C area community
leaders will be invited to the
seminar on Tuesday. June 12.
from 10:30 a m. to 12:30 p m
in the Sheraton-Park Hotel It
will be one of many events of
the five-day Convocation
which will be attended by
major black leaders such as
NAACP Executive Director
Benjamin Hooks. Andrew
Young and numerous govern
ment officials and industrial
leaders
Rev. Sullivan said. "K is
especially appropriate for the
Citizenship Seminar to be held
at the OIC National Convoca
tion because it contains a
number of strong examples of
the corporate social responsi
bility to the youth of our
nation.”
The OIC head said that
during the convocation he
planned to present President
Carter with numerous signa
tures petitioning stronger
national legislation to aid
youth training programs such
as OIC and others
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