Who Is The Typical
Female Drug Abuser?
special to the Post
RALEIGH--The female
drug abuser? You may know
her. She could be a co-worker,
a neighbor, a friend. She
Cwi.ld be your wife, your
mother, your sister. She could
be you.
VVtio is the typical female
drug abuser? Drug treatment
program staff members
Christine Massey and Ajuba
Joy can give you a variety of
descriptions. They see all
types at "Transition,” a drug
treatment program for
woman located in Wake
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RALEIGH-Bernadine
M<*es of Raleigh has been
named state director at public
j. information for the Division of
f Community Employment
(DCE) of the North Carolina
; Department of Natural
| Resources and Community
« Development.
Moses is a graduate of
; Spelman College in Atlanta,
: Georgia and holds a master’s
■ degree in journalism from the
: University of North Carolina
: at Chapel Hill.
\ Prior to joining DCE Moses
: was the assistant editor of the
£ North Carolina Association of
f Educators. V
\ She has held positions as
t director of the Southeastern
; Black Press Institute, media
[ consultant for the Atlanta
| based Emergency Land Fund
* (ELF), and visiting lecturer
g at the University of North
[ Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Division of Community,
: Employment administers
* federal Comprehensive
S Employment and Training
E Act (CETA) funds for public
service employment, job
; training and youth programs
5, in 87 “balance of state’’
C counties.
Moses, a Greensboro native,
; nils the position formerly held
I by William Scarborough.
j Washington
l Heights Garden
: Club Meeting
Mrs. Cora Gaither of 1601
Beattiee Ford Road was the
: hostess to the Washington
Height Garden Club meeting
held last week. President Lois
Scott resided over the
meeting.
Elected officers for 1900 and
1901 are: Mrs. Lois Scott,
president; Mrs. Nancy
English, vice-president; Mrs.
Ethel Choate, secretary; Mrs.
Viola Allison, assistant
secretary; and Mrs. Wlllete
Patterson, treasurer. Chair
persons will be selected by the
president at the next meeting.
The garden club is also
making plana for their State
Convention which will be held
in Durham, August 8, • and 7.
Delegates to the Convention
will be selected at the July
meeting, which will be held at
the home of Mrs. Arelia
Gabriel, 2212 Tata Street
Members present at the
meeting were: Mrs. Ethel
Choate, Mrs. Wlllete Patter
son, Mrs. Essie Stovall, Mrs.
Jessie Lee Hamlin, Mrs. Cora
Gaither, Mrs. Carrie Pitta,
Mrs. Lillie Mae Carter, Mrs.
Pearl Phillip, Mrs Arelia
Gabrial, Mrs. Edena
Williams, and Mrs. Viola
Alliaon
Heavy Luggage
Before packing the trunk of
the car with heavy luggage, try
a "dry run” with the empty
hag* and make a diagram ao
you’ll know which piecea fit
whet*
Actually, there is no “typi
cal" female abuser, although
many people think of the skid
row junkie as typical - just
like the image of the "typical”
alcoholic.
What is becoming more
prevalent today is the middle
class female who abuses pres
cription drugs - tranquilizers
such as Valium and Librium.
She may get them from her
doctor, a well meaning family
member or a friend.
In a drug oriented society
which encourages the use of
tranquilizers, sedatives and
pain killers to cope with life.
Transition is a unique pro
gram. It meets the many
needs of female drug abusers
so they may live drug free
lives.
Christine, coordinator of the
program, explains, "Drug
abuse is one way of escaping,
making it easier on yourself.
We teach coping skills, ways
to deal with life, instead of
reinforcing escape."
iiaiuinun is located ai bib
Peace Street in Raleigh. It
provides many services and
learning situations for women
including counseling, gra
duate education degrees
G.E.D.) programs, and group
classes in assertiveness train
ing, values clarification and
goal setting techniques.
Funded - 'through the
National Institute of Drug
Abuse (NID^) and a matching
grant from the Z. Smith Rey
nolds Foundation in Winston
Salem, this' free community
service is offered through
Drug Action of Wake County.
Drug Action is a private, non
profit agency which provides
treatment, education-preven
tion and outreach programs.
Programs such as Transi
tion are funded by NIDA
through the N. C. Department
of Human Resources, Division
of Mental Health, Mental
Retardation and Substance
Abuse. Competitive grants for
local treatment, education
and outreach programs are
awarded to accredited public
and private non-profit alcohol
and drug agencies throughout
North Carolina.
For further information on
grants applications, contact:
Joseph Tallent, Chief, Plan
ning Branch, DHR, Division of
Mental Health, Mental Retar
dation and Substance Abuse
(919) 733-4506,325 North Salis
bury Street, Raleigh, N.C.
27611.
Recreation Planned
For Senior Citizens >
The Active Recreation for
Senior Citizens program is
similar in intent and facilities
as the Developmentally Dis
abled program It will run
from June 25 to August 10, on
the Smith campus sponsored
by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
County Commission. Hours
are 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. (June 2S -
July 20) and 9 am. - 8
p.m.(July 23-August 10).
For more information call
Charles Cox, JCSU at 372-2370
Ext. 249.
Retirement Luncheon
Mrs. Limes teen Moore Hams, a cos me to
logy instructor at West Charlotte High School,
was presented two plaques Monday after
noon during a Retirement Luncheon held at
the high school.
The plaques were presented by Mrs.
Romaine Dooley Worth, owner of Romaine’s
Beauty Rama, and her staff which includes
Mrs. Eliza Steele, Miss Loma Thompson and
Mrs. Carolyn Smith.
The first plaque was presented to Mrs.
Harris for her assistance in establishing Mrs.
Worth’s beauty shop and for her support and
participation during the shop's first anniver
sary celebration last year.
The second plaque was given to Mrs. Harris
from Mrs. Worth for outstanding services
rendered to her personally for help in teacher
training and her continuous support for future
endeavors.
Mrs. Worth expressed her elation for being
included in this memorable occasion. Wish
ing God’s blessings upon her always, Mrs.
Worth concluded by reading the Optimist
Creed which Mrs. Harris formerly gave her.
To Pay Your Bills
Tired Of Writing Checks?
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Are you tired of writing
checks to pay your bills?
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association in Charlotte
is one of 17 savings banks in
the Carolinas offering a new
method of bill-paying.
A Pay-By-Phone system,
which will get underway in
July, allows a customer to
authorize his bank by tele
phone, to pay a merchant
anywhere in the continental
United States.
Fifteen cents will be charg
ed for each transaction at the
seven First Federal branches
in Charlotte.
customers can pay bills
such as utility, mortgage,
credit cards and retail
purchases in 5-10 minutes;
whereas, the bill-paying pro
cedure using checks may
normally take 30-60 minutes a
week.
Under the program, when a
customer calls in he will give
the teller his account number,
his secret code, the mer
chant’s code number and the
amount and other information
about the payments he wishes
to make.
Customers will talk with a
live teller rather than a com
puter during regular business
hours.
Participants in the program
may also transfer funds from
their savings and loan
accounts to their checking
accounts and vice-versa.
Interest of 5 Vi percent will be
compounded daily on the
savings account.
At the end of each month the
customer will receive a fully
descriptive detailed statement
of all activity throughout the
month. Additionally, at the
end of each year, the customer
will receive an annual state
ment that will list for him
every merchant he has paid
throughout the year, the total
dollar amount he paid them
and a breakdown of all the
customer’s bill payments by
various budget categories.
The systenp will be avail
able to customers 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. A
customer may use telephones
anywhere in the U.S. to either
pay bills or transfer funds.
rn
The service will be offered
by the loan associations in a
joint effort corporation called
Automated Payment Systems,
Inc. (APS). APS will provide
all systems support to these
associations to offer the Pay
By-Phone service. The joint
effort involving APS will be
the largest Pay-By-Phone
system to be introduced any
where in the U.S.
Labor Council To
Sponsor Unity Rally
The Charlotte Labor Council
will sponsor a unity rally on
Saturday, June 30 at Marshall
Park from 4 - 7 p.m.
For more information call
Bill B raw ley (536-3795) or Tim
Lund (333-19250.
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Offers Variety Of Subjects
CMS Summer Quarter Program
Junior and senior high
school students will huve an
opportunity to further their
education this summer through
courses offered by the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
System.
Students attending Harding.
Olympic. North. West and West
Charlotte High Schools, or the
junior highs feeding into them. I
may attend the program at |
Harding High School, 2001
Alleghany Street.
Those students who go to I
East. Garinger, Independence, |
Myers Park and South Meek- /
lenburg high school or the '
junior highs feeding into them. I
will attend the summer pro- ^
gram ut East Mecklenburg |
High at 6800 Monroe Road.
The first session will run '
from June 25-July 13 from 7:45 I
a.m. - 1:15 p.m. and the second |
session will be held July 16- |
Aug. 2 at those same times.
Most courses will cost $40.00 '
for each three-week session. |
High school courses in 10,11, j
and 12th grade Engish. science. ,
mathematics, social studies,
business and foreign language I
will be taught. |
Additional courses will be |
offered if there is enough inter
est. They are: art. driver educa- I
tion. marine oceanography, |
physical education, children's (
theater workshop, math and
reading competency lab, 1
summer dance workshop at i
Spirit Square. Eco travels, and ,
a summer workshop in basic {
Intaglio printing.
One semester of credit is
earned for each three-week
session successfully completed.
Students can earn a maximum
of one year's credit during the
session.
Although transportation will
not he free, the C’hnrlotteTrun
sit Authority will make arran
gements to provide service from
the sqnure to each school.
All registration will take
place in the gymnasium
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