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TOE CHARLOTTE POST Thursday. July 26. 1979 Pnce30 Ce Ls
WIN
t Program Wins
Recognition
RALEIGH--North Caro
lina's efforts to train and find
jobs for welfare recipients
was recognized in Raleigh this
week as the most cost effect
ive in the nation for the second
consecutive year.
Governor James B. Hunt,
Jr. was presented Certificates
of Achievement Tuesday by
David T. Duncan, Regional
Administrator of the Employ
ment and Training Adminis
tration of the U.S. Department
of Labor. The Certificates
were for J. B. Archer, Chair
man of the Employment Secu-i
rity Commission, and Robert
H Ward, Director of the Divi
sion of Social Services of the
N. C. Department of Human
Resources. These two agen
cies are jointly responsible for
the administration of the Work
Incentive (WIN) program in
the state.
For the twelve-month period
ending September 30,1978, the
average cost for administra
tion and services of $834 per
WIN registrant entering un
subsidized employment, was
the lowest in the country.
North Carolina's program
also ranks either first or
second in the top three in other
areas
During uie teuerai uacai
year 1978, these two agencies
through their respective local
offices, assisted more than
5,000 Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC)
welfare clients in entering
unsubsidized employment, of
which 700 were AFDC appli
cants whose welfare grants
had not yet been authorized.
Annualized Welfare savings
resulting from the employ
ment amounted to over $8
million, while an estimated
$1.2 million was generated in
Medicaid savings,” Duncan
said.
Additional benefits accruing
to North Carolina through
WIN was the $24 million in
annualized wages earned by
these welfare clients enrolled
in WIN. During the same
period 2,500 of these clients
went off the welfare rolls com
pletely according to Duncan.
“These monetary savings
are very important to your
state and the reason why we
bring this to your attention;
however, as you readily recog
nize, the more critical savings
are in terms of the human
benefits derived as many of
the individuals no longer face
the specter of welfare as a
way of life, but instead have
strengthened their self-esteem
and now contribute to society
in their own right. Your WIN
program has made this pos
sible,’’ concluded a letter pre
sented to the Governor by
federal officials of both the
Departments of Li >or and
HEW.
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County Road Closes
The Division of the North
Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) has
closed the ramp leading from
the 1-65 northbound lane to 1-77
northbound lane in Charlotte
to through traffic for approxi
mately two months, according
to Division Engineer David B.
Roberts. ,
The ramp, located at the
intersection of 1-77 and 1-66
wilt be closed until Monday,
September 17.
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MIDDLE AGE l> when a
person starts thinking about
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• Photo by Jorry Curry
GORGEOUS DORIS ANNETTE NORMAN
...South Mecklenburg graduate
Doris A. Norman
Is Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
“To love and to be loved” is
the underlying principle of our
beauty for this week, Doris
Annette Norman.
Doris, a 1978 graduate of
South Mecklenburg High
School, is presently working
part-time at Stuart’s Ladies’
Apparel on Freedom Drive.
She began matriculating at
the University of North Caro
lina in Charlotte last semes
ter. She plans to study ac
counting, but her main inter
est lies in helping mentally
retarded children. She also
plans to attend the American
Business and Fashion Insti
tute on Independence Boule
vard to study the basic funda
mentals of modeling.
Doris describes herself as a
“sensitive and indifferent”
person, “yet shy in certain
situations.’’
Her hobbies consist of sew
ing, singing, roller skating,
dancing and playing pool (for
4Mi years).
An only child, Doris credits
her mother with the distinc
tion of being her “guiding
light.”
"Her suggestions are very
influential,” Doris related.
“She’s very interested in
eeverything I do.”
One of Doris’ most exciting
moments was the day of her
graduation from high school.
"It was a cnance tor me to
get and pursue a career of my
own choice,” she noted. “I no
longer have to wait around
and wish for a career, I can
now go out and pursue it.”
Someday Doris would like to
visit the Bahamas.
‘‘I’ve heard so many talks
and seen many pictures about
it," she said. “The island is
my idea of a place where I can
just go, relax and enjoy my
self.”
But for now, she’ll just be
contented with her trip to
Orlando, Florida the last week
in August with a group of her
friends. Calling it a trip “to
get away from work," Doris
said they will visit Disney
world and the sandy beaches
of Florida.
When she returns to UNCC
this Fall (which she said, “I
gave it up for the summer with
every intention of returning
this Fall”), Doris plans to join
the Alpha Beta Sorority, a
social club specifically for
freshmen women. She also
plans to become a cheerleader
next year, something she’s
been doing since junior high
school.
By 1984, Doris said that she
hopes to have settled down
(she plans to make her home
in Charlotte) and get her
family started.
Nineteen-year-old Doris is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Norman.
John C. Brooks Says:
North Carolinians Priced
Out Of New Home Market
Mercy P:rT^is
Arthritis
Class Series
Julius Caesar, John Calvin,
Mary Queen of Scots and
Henry VIII of England all had
one thing in common - each
suffered from arthritis. Many
patients in Mercy Hospital
today can more than sympa
thize with their plight because
they, too, know the pain asso
ciated with chronic rheuma
toid diseases like arthritis.
Working closely with Drs.
Patrick and Jane Box, inter
nists specializing in rheumato
logy, the hospital’s Patient
Education Department has
n 4 L_1AI_
teaching program for in-house
patients. The program in
cludes a series of three classes
a week plus films aired over
in-house closed circuit TV.
Classes began July 17 for
patients of Drs. Box, although
they are open to other patients
with specific orders from thcr
physician.
Held each Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday at 2:30
p.m., the classes discuss the
nature and types of arthritis
and inflammatory disease,
myths about “cures ’, proper
exercise and treatment, and
the community resources
available.
“Over $4 million is lost to
quackery each year" in arth
ritis “cure-all’’, explains
Patient Education instructor
Joan Angely, RN, citing
examples from copper brace
lets to moondust and acupunc
ture. Myths about such cures
for arthritis are presented to
the class In the film, “Flim
Flam Man." Remissions may
occur while attempting one of
these cures, says the film, and
the credit is given to the "flim
flam man” even though the
remission may have occurred
anyway.
12,000 Attending Women’s
Baptist Home Convention Here
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Over 12 thousand women
from across North Carolina
flocked to Charlotte this week
to attend the 95th Annual
Session of the Women’s Bap
tist Home and Foreign Mis
sionary Convention.
Mayfield Baptist Church
<Dr. H S Diggs pastor) host
ed the four-day convention
held July 23-26.
“Christ, the Challenge to a
Desperate World.” was the
convention theme, manifested
in the objective of saving souls
through the state mission,
foreign mission, Shaw Univer
sity, Shaw Divinity School,
Central Orphanage and Bap
tist Assembly.
Rev James Alexander,
Dean of the Shaw University
Divinity School in Raleigh,
N.C. spoke at Monday s pre
convention banquet.
A graduate of Shaw Univer
sity, Rev. Alexander received
a Bachelor of Divinity degree
and Master of Sacred Theo
logy from the Andover Newton
Theological School, Newton
Centre in Massachusetts
Under a scholarship from
the World Council of
Churches, Rev. Alexander did
post graduate study at the
Ecumenical Institute, Cha
teaude Bossey, Celigny, Swit
zerland.
Rev. Alexander has pastor
ed the Peoples Baptist
Church in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire and the Star of
Zion Baptist Church in New
Bern. He has also served as
the university minister and
director of church relations at
Shaw University.
The Tuesday morning
speaker was d.w.b Lewis,
pastor of the First Cosmopo
litan Baptist Church in
Raleigh, N.C,
Highlighting the evening's
activities, Dr. J. Ray Butler,
vice-president at large of the
General Baptist State Conven
tion and pastor of Shiloh Ba
tist Church in Winston-Salem
was the guest speaker.
Wednesday’s session began
with an address from Mrs
Georgia Turner, president of
the Women’s Baptist Home
and Foreign Missionary Con
vention. Other speakers
featured at the morning ses
sion were Dr C. C. Craig,
executive secretary of the
general Baptist State Conven
tion, and Dr Priscilla Bro
die, executive secretary-trea
surer of the Woman's Baptist
Home and Foreign Missionary
Convention of North Carolina.
Dr. Priscillla Brodie has a
B A degree in English from
Shaw University, and a Mas
ters of Divinity degree from
the Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Wake
Forest. N.C.
Prior to her current posi
tion, Dr Brodie was assistant
professor of Christian Educa
tion and coordinator of the
Church Vocations Program at
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She has taught English at
B F Person-Albion High
School, in Franklinton. N.C.
and Shaw University
Dr. Brodie is a member of
the First Baptist Church.
Franklinton, N.C where she is
a superintendent of the Sun
day .School, assistant super
visor of the youth and organist
of the junior choir
The guest speaker Wednes
day afternoon was Mrs.
Darlene Eaves, president of
the Young Adult Department
and Ms. Lititia Lewis, presi
dent of the Youth Department
Mrs louise Slater. Director
of Woman's Work, Lott Carey
Women’s Auxiliary in Wash
ington, D C was the keynote
speaker Wednesday evening
She worked for 30 years with
the Header s Digest and B.
Altman and Company of New
York Before accepting her
present position. Mrs Slater
served as director of the youth
department of the lott Carey
Convention. She has served as
a volunteer with Social Ser
vices the lied Cross, the
YWCA, the Girl Scouts and
some religious organizations
Activities concluded Thurs
day afternoon with the instal
lation of officers
Rally Set For Saturday Night
Grier: “Without District Representation
We’d Be Down The Creek Without A Paddle”
by EUeen Hanson
Special to the Post
“Without District Represen
tation we’d be down the creek
without a paddle.” That’s why
Ernest Grier, President of the
Wibnore in Action Community
Organization, has been ring
ing doorbells in Us neighbor
hood all week. He is Inviting
residents to come to the rally
for district representation on
Sat. July a at Marshall Park
beginning at 2 p.m.
The rally is called by Caro
lina Action to support the
continuation of electing City
Council by districts. Mayoral
candidates Harvey Gantt and
Eddie Knox will speak on the
issue between 2 and 3 p.m.
Gantt is a strong supporter
of district representation and
worked for Ms approval in
1977.
Knox has not declared him
self on the issue that has fired
up a number of community
organizations, but says he is
“studying it.”
The N.C. President of Caro
lina Action, Jim Harrison of
Greensboro, will speak about
the successful referendum for
district representation on the
Greensboro school board
Registrars will also be on
hand to register all new
voters. Any citizen 18 years
and over is eligible to register.
“District Representation is
one of the best things City
Council has done," said Grier.
“People from your district
know the needs of your area.”
When Wilmore in Action
went to Council seeking funds
for housing rehabilitation/
their representative Ron
Leeper (District 3) helped
them find (177,000 in Commu
nity Development funds.
"Representatives are Just
more sensitive now to commu
nity organisations,” said
Grier.
Charlotte instituted district
representation on the Council
two years ago, after a referen
dum vote that passed by only
88 votes.
The system allows for 7
council members to be elected
by districts and 4 by the voters
at-large. Under the old system
the Council was 7 members,
all elected at-large.
Under the new plan black
membership on City Council
has increased from one to
three, reflecting the 30 percent
black population in Charlotte.
The black council members
are Charles Dannelly (District
2), Leeper and Gantt (at
large).
However, in recent weeks
district representation has
come under attack by some
downtown businessmen who
are circulating petitions cal
ling for another referendum to
abolish the district system
Supporters of district repre
sentation see this move as a
threat to poor and black com
munities
“There is no question that
blacks and poor people have
more access to the Council
under district representa
tion,” said Rev. Robert
Morgan, pastor of Seigle Ave
nue Presbyterian Church and
a member of Carolina Action.
"Before community groups
were treated like dirt when
they went before Council,"
said Morgan “But the new
Council is willing to hear us
and gives us respect “
Morgan pointed to park
improvements, more traffic
signals and flood control pro
grams as some of the benefits
of district representation
"Under the old Council the
bureaucrats made all the deci
sions and the Council rubber
stamped them,” said Morgan.
"Now they have to be more
sensitive to community
needs ”
Opponents of district repre
sentation say the Council is too
bogged down in these smaller
issues and that 11 members is
unwieldlv
Average Single
Family Home
Cost $37,738
The average North Carolina
worker has been priced
almost completely out of the
market for the average new
single-family home. N C
Labor Commissioner John (
Brooks said Tuesday, when
releasing statistics on month
ly building permits issued in
February by 38 North Caro
lina cities of more than 10 000
population. The permits total
ed $46,681,349 in estimated
construction costs
While the monthly building
statistics provided by the U S.
Department of Commerce
through our research and sta
tistics division are interesting
and useful in themselves, they
are also a reliable economic
indicator of a broader
nature,” Brooks said. “They
are particularly valuable to
all of us who are concerntd
about the state of the economy
in North Carolina because
they are both immediately
indicative of significant shifts
and also may be plotted to
show an emerging long-term
pattern
“For example, the average
estimated construction cost of
single-family homes authoriz
ed in February was $37,738, up
22 6 percent from February
1978, when the average cost
was $30,775.
Brooks added that just not
ing construction cost alone
does not adequately reflect the
actual total expenditure for a
new home in any case, be
cause it leaves out of consi
deration the many other addi
tional costs generally associa
ted with such an investment,
including purchase of lot-, clos
ing costs, finance charges,
and the builder’s profit. At the
end of 197, the average single
family home in North Carolina
sold for $50,000. This average
home contained three bed
rooms and a bath and a half,
he said
‘‘This information tells as
that the cost of becoming the
owner of an average new
home has simply gotten out of
reach of the majority of North
Carolina’s 2,554,300 workers
If the old rule-of-thumb is still
working, which says that a
family should be able to afford
a home that costs two-and a
half times its annual income, a
family would have to earn an
annual income of approxi
mately $20,000 in order to buy
an ‘average’ home in today's
market Yet the average an
nual wage of our largest single
group of workers, the more
than 800.000 factory produc
tion employees, is currently
less than $9,500 This situation
compels that there be at least
two adult wage earners in
many North Carolina families
seeking to own their own
homes
“I believe that it is becaase
of these financial considers
tions, rather than by actual
individual preference, that
more and more persons are
turning to life in multi family
dwelling units in North Caro
lina as well as across the
nation, ” Brooks said He noted
that the 38 reporting cities
issued permits for 434 multi
family dwelling units in Feb
ruary. at a total cost of
$7,866,458. which is up by 84 7
percent from the 235 units
authorized in February of
1978
KEY NOTE SPEAKER, The Reverend
James Z. Alexander, Dean of the Shaw
Divinity School addresses a gathering of 2,000
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ErnMt Grier, l»l« Woodale Terrace, Is president of Wilmore
In Action Community Organisation Neighborhood group*
will bold a rally and voter registration drive to support
District Representation on Saturday afternoon in Marshall
Park. (Photo by Eileen Hanson)
last Monday night at the Charlotte Civic
Center. (Photo by James Peelen