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ATTRACTIVE ROSLYN BLAIR'
...Christian Day iunior
Miss Roslyn Blair
Is Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty for this week is
Roslyn Blair, a rising junior at
Carolina Christian Day
School, where she is a mem
ber of the school’s honor
society and the National
Honor Society.
Ro6iyn characterizes her
self as a “friendly and sort of
outgoing person” who “gets
along pretty good with peo
ple.”
Her hobbies are cooking,
playing tennis, and reading a
lot of novels, mostly fiction.
She also plays the flute in her
school’s band and plays the
piano as a personal interest.
Taught by her mother who
plays for the same reason,
Roslyn has been playing the
piano for four or five years
now.
Another favorite past-time
of hers is ordering and collec
ting odd things (stamps, etc.)
as collectors’ items.
At her church, Berean
Seventh Day Adventist,
- Roslyn serves on the Usher
Board and other various acti
vities.
Registering lo
Vole Made Eoao*,
And Enjoyable
WBT Radio and the Meck
lenburg County Board of Elec
tions have a plan to make
registering to vote easier and
enjoyable.
For a series of eight Satur
days, beginning August 4th,
the double-decker WBT Fun
Bus will serve as a mobile
registration unit w..ere three
registration commissioners
will register new voters, file
changes of address and-or pre
cinct, and provide general
voter information.
^ The WBT Fun Bus will
™ register voters from 11 a.m. - 3
p.m on the following dates
and locations: August 4 -
Eastland (Belk side), August
11 • Latta Park (Dilworth
Jubilee), August 2S - Univer
sity Park Shopping Center,
September 8 - Sguthpark Mall
(Faurvlew Road side), Sep- ;
tember 8 • Southpark Mall.
Recreation Center, September
22 • Try on Mall Shopping
Center, September 29 • Bel
mont Regional Center,..
VQIMWI
Business prophets attempt
to tail us WHAT WILL HAP
PEN. Business profits teU us
WHAT DID HAPPEN.
Upon graduation from high
school, Roslyn said that she
will most likely attend a local
college (in the state of North
Carolina) to major in Business
Administration and minor in
Economics.
Roslyn cites her parents as
having the most positive in
fluence in her life.
1 “My father (deceased since
last November) always push
ed and encouraged me in
things like my schooling,” she
explained. “My mother helps
me in day-to-day things like
cooking and music.”
Some of the most enjoyable
times Roslyn recalls have
been class trips at the end of
the school year to Washington,
Florida and Atlanta. The class
trips, usually lasting from
three to four days, began when
she was an eighth grader.
Laughingly, she said,
“They’re half educational and
half fun.”
bummerume seems to De
the season for the Bahamas
fever. Like many others who
think of a pleasure trip con
sisting of pure relaxation and
peacefulness, Roslyn said that
someday she would like to
visit the Islands.
"It’s not like a reality,” she
said, “but like a fantasy
island,” adding that it’s like
the saying, “The grass is
always greener on the other
side of the fence.”
Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old
Roslyn is contented to just
“live and enjoy life each day
as it comes and not worry
about things in the future.”
An only child, Roslyn is the
daughter of Mrs. Bernice
Rl»ir.
U. S. Urged To Link Unemployment
Solutions To Energy Solutions
Client
Council To
Hold Sale
By Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
The Client Council of Legal
Services Corporation will hold
a benefit attic and bake sale
on Saturday, August 4 at the
Fireman’s Hall, 2801 E. 7th
Street, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The benefit will raise funds
to send Charlotte delegates to
the National Conference of the
Client Council, August 9 -12 in
San Diego, California. Dele
gates from Charlotte will be
Betty Sue Huntley, Evelyn
Arant and Carrie Graves.
inis comerence is very
important for poor people,”
said Ms. Graves. "The aim is
to involve clients in the policy
making of Legal Services
programs across the
country.”
Legal Services is a federally
funded program that provides
free legal services to low
income people. Legal Services
of the Southern Piedmont
offices are located at 403JW^
Tryon. The Client Council U.
composed of those eligiUaJ^pi
free legal services. 'kk*re3Lrr
cil helps set policy, loobies for
legislation to. benefit low
income farpilies, and works to
educate people about their
legal rights.
Speakers at the national
conference will include Sena
tor Edward Kennedy
(D-Mass) and Congressman
Ronald Dellums (D-Calif).
The Charlotte Client Council
needs to raise $1200 for their
trip to the west coast.
President lo
Appoint Georgian
For Judgeship
Washington -- President
Jimmy Carter has announced
he will nominate Dudley H.
Bowen, Jr., of Georgia, as
United States District Judge
for the Southern District of
Georgia.
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1CKLEMBURG
COUNTY
VOTER
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A whole family of new voters - Mahon and
Wilbert Brown, Adele and William Jackson,
all of 909 Spruce. The deadline to register to
n . a Ad*
vote in the city primary is August 25.
(Photo by Eileen Hanson)
oauiraay Ajiernoon
Cherry Community Organization
To Hold Voter Registration
by Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
“Every Vote Counts.”
That’s the message the
Cherry Community Organiza
tion is spreading door-to-door
in their neighborhood canvas
for unregistered voters
New voters are invited to
register on Saturday. August 4
between Noon and 3 p.m. at
Morgan Park (Torrence and
Baxter), in the heart of
Cherry.
As an added attraction, can
didates Harvey Gantt and Don
Carroll will appear to meet
new and old voters and to
discuss issues in the Septem
ber 25 City Council primary
election.
Gantt, currently an at-large
City Council members, is run
ning for Mayor If elected, he
would be the first black tc
head Charlotte
V. >
Carroll is running for a
second term as District 1
Council representative.
Cherry is located in his dis
trict.
The Cherry voter registra
tion drive is part of a city-wide
push to involve more blacks in
the voting process.
"Voter registration is en
tirely too low in our communi
ty," said Janie Tucker, mem
ber of the Cherry Organization
Steering Committee "We are
explaining to each resident
that their vote counts. The
vote is our power."
A special emphasis is direc
ted towards getting 18 year
olds and senior citizens to
register. Any citizen 18 years
and older is eligible to regis
ter. There is no fee or test. The
registrar will ask a few simple
questions about residence and
party affiliation Voters may
register as Democrat, Repub
lican. Libertarian or unaffilia
ted
For those unable to come to
the park on Saturday, regis
tration is available every day
from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. at the
Board of Elections, 710 E 4th
Street, at any public library or
branch of First Union Bank
New voters, those whose
registration has lapsed from
not voting in the last 4 years,
or those who have changed
name or addresses, must
register by August 25 to vote in
the September primary
According to the city-wide
Vote Task Force, only 20
percent of Charlotte’s poten
tial 56,000 voters cast a ballot
last year.
The Cherry voter registra
tion drive is an effort to turn
that low figure around. “We
are striving for 100 percent in
Cherry," said Mrs Tucker
In Black Community - -
Poll Shows Gantt With Overwhelming Sunnort
by uary uregg
Special to the Post
If Charlotte’s mayoral elec
tion was held last week, city
councilman Harvey Gantt
would have carried more than
90 percent of the city’s black
vote.
Local black political leader
ship would have had little
impact on that vote as blacks
would have demonstrated a
growing independence in
choosing elected officials.
These conclusions were
drawn from a Charlotte Post
poll conducted last weekend
by a local communica
tions research and planning
consultant firm.
In the poll, 81 percent of the
respondents said they sup
ported Gantt, while one per
cent supported Knox and eight
percent said they were unde
cided.
Responding to questions
about black political leader
ship, 38 percent of the persons
questioned said they believe
local black political leader
ship has significant impact on
how blacks vote, while 27
percent disagreed and 35 per
cent said they weren’t sure of
the impact
However, *2 percent of the
respondents said they feel (he
leaders' influence is decreas
ing today, while 18 percent
said they think it's about the
same as it always was, and 30
percent said they had no
opinion.
The respondents completely
reversed themselves on the
question of the black political
leadership’s influence on the
upcoming mayoral race that
pits black city councilman
Harvey Gantt against former
state senator Eddie Knox, who
is white. On this question, 37
percent of the respondents
said they think the leadership
will decide how blacks vote in
this race, while 38 percent
disagreed, and 35 percent
were unsure
The poll was conducted in
response to reports that Char
lotte’s black community is
split in its support of Knox snd
Gantt, and that this split is
largely fueled by the fact that
Knox has significant support
among black leaders.
In the poll, 190 black regis
tered voters in scattered pre
cincts were asked four ques
tlons in telephone interviews
No whites were interviewed
The questions were:
+ Does Charlotte's black
political leadership have sig
Harvey Gantt
Mayoral candidate
nificant impact on how blacks
vote?
+ Is the influence of Char
lotte's black political leader
ship decreasing today?
+ Do you think black politi
cal leadership will decide how
blacks vote in the upcoming
mayoral race between Harvey
Gantt and Eddie Knox'
+ Who are you supporting in
the mayor's race?
Persons interviewed were
asked to respond one of three
ways: l think so, I don't think
so, I'm not sure, and to desig
nate the candidate they sup
A
ported, or to select "undeci
ded” if that was the case.
Though saying he complete
ly backs the poll's conclu
sions, Milton Jordan, presi
dent of Jordan & Associates,
the communications, research
and planning consultant firm
that conducted the poll, said
the process had two major
flaws.
"We did not seek to deter
mine if 150 respondents was an
adequate sampling of the
city’s black registered voters,
and respondents were not
asked to define black political
leadership," Jordan said,
"and the interviewers offered
no definition.”
According to current board
of elections figures, there are
26,028 black registered voters
in the city, compared to
123,094 registered whites.
Blacks make up about 28
percent of the city’s popuia
tion
In separate interviews,
other individual blacks in
their comments basically sup
ported the poll’s findings
"I don't think the so-called
leaders will have much at an
impact on this election," said
Carrie Graves, a community
activist who livas in Dalton
Village, off West Boulevard
M.
"I believe that mo6t black
people will see that Harvey
(Gantt) is the most qualified
of the two candidates, no
matter what the leaders say,
and I think he will be judged
on his record, which I think is
very good ’ ’
Johnsie Evans, a retired
nurse who lives at 1000 Baxter
Street, said she is supporting
Gantt because ‘Tve watched
him on the council, and he
appears to be for the people,
and uncontrolled by any spe
cial interest group He backs
whatever he thinks is right,
and is his own man."
Elma Clancey of 1609 North
brook Drive said she listens to
what the political leaders say,
but then makes up her own
mind about who to vote for
“My final decision," Mrs
Clancey said, “is based upon
what I know and feel about a
particular candidate "
But Mrs Clancey also said
she thinks there are blacks
who wait to see what the
leaders say before making up
their minds, and who pretty
much follow the leadership's
direction
Gantt, a two term city coun
oilman, who holds one of four
at-large seats on the 11-mem
ber city council.
Rev. Sullivan Praises
Domestic Policy Chief
Special to the Post
WASHINGTON, D C.-Stuart
E. Eizenstat, President Car
ter’s assistant for ^domestic
affairs, joined recently with
Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, foun
der-chairman of OICs of
America, to pinpoint the chal
lenge posed by rising youth
unemployment in the nation
when he received the OIC
Public Service Award, the
'highest that the organization
gives for government execut
ive leadership.
Rev. Sullivan praised the
U.S. domestic policy chief for
his “total commitment to ser
ving those who need help
most" and for his “unswer
ving dedication to the public
interest, setting an example
for a new generation in public
administration and public
service."
As if in anticipation of the
Camp David decisions of Pre
sident Carter to concentrate
on the energy crisis and the
economy, the two men spark
ed an enthusiastic response
from 2,000 delegates attending
the 15th annual convocation of
the Opportunities Industrial
ization Centers, held in Wash
ington, D C., by identifying
unemployment among the dis
advantaged as a key barrier in
achieving economic and social
progress.
mii uii, uiuciai noiea mat
not only is Mr. Eizenstat a
strong supporter of what OIC
is trying to accomplish, but a
strong voice in finding solu
tions to America’s pressing
energy problems In this envi
ronment, he said, "Rev. Sulli
van's war on youth unemploy
ment now takes on new signi
ficance as a battlefront in the
overall fight to reduce
America's high level of depen
dency on foreign sources of
energy."
Rev Sullivan and OIC feel
that a strong domestic energy
industry can be a key source
of new jobs and therefore,
job-training opportunities
The OIC official noted that
minority groups and economi
cally disadvantaged indivi
duals are hardest hit by the
spiraling costs of energy and
in many places, energy short
ages "We therefore heartily
support and encourage
attempts by the President and
leaders such as Mr Eizenstat
to make America stronger on
the energy front," he said.
"At this early stage in the
new energy program, how
ever, we urge U S policy
makers to link our high degree
of unemployment, particular
ly among our young people
and most of all among our
minority youths, with the
planning on how to stimulate
energy development
"The matter of energy is a
tremendous problem for our
government leadership But
we at OIC also see it as an
opportunity - an opportunity
for jobs We must discover
and develop new sources of oil
and natural gas within our
borders We must learn to use
our vast resources ol coal, as
well as oil shale, in an econo
mically and environmentally
sound manner We must en
sure that present and future
nuclear plants will he safe
And we must develop other
alternate sources of energy,
from geothermal to solar to
the use of solid waste mater
i&iA. " he declared
“All of this will require
people trained people cons
tructing pipelines ■*«* plants,
working in lai<or.sionea, runn
ing energy facilities, mining
and drilling and doing a host
of other things.
"OIC and other community
based job-training organiza
tions of proven effectiveness
could have a vital role in this
process, and thus help to solve
the energy dilemma in a posi
tive way that will at the same
time help reduce our alarming
rate of unemployment OICs
of America, for one, is re&jy
and eager to do what it can to
contribute to reduc.ng the
twin problems of unemploy
ment and lagging U S energy
development." he said.
NAACP
Praises
House Action
Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks,
Executive Director of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People, last week praised the
House of Representative's
action on the Mottl Amend
ment Dr Hooks slated, The
NAACP, as well as all persons
who deeply believe in the
majesty of the Constitution,
are gratified at the action
taken by the House of Repre
sentatives in rejecting the
attempt by forces of retro
gression to turn the nation
away from its commitment to
eliminate segregation in
public education
‘ Resounding rejection of
this attempt and the Supreme
Court’s decisions in the Co
lumbus, Dayton and Weber
cases spur us to an even
greater resolve to bring
America's practices to terms
with its promises ”
Mecklenburg
County Jai Earns
Accreditation
The Mecklenburg County
Jail has been awarded official
Accreditation by the Ameri
can Medical Association
(AMA), and representatives
of the North Carolina Medical
Society will present the award
at the Jail Thursday. August 2
at 11 am
The AMA Accreditation
Program is sponsored by the
association's Advisory Com
mittee to Improve Medical
Care and Health Services in
Correctional Institutions A
spokesman for the committee
says that over the past year,
Jail personnel "have taken the
opportunity to improve the
Jail's compliance with various
standards The amount of im
provement which has taken
place is impressive.’’
Participants in the presen
tation ceremony will include
Dr J Dewey Dorsett, Jr.,
local doctor and North Carts
lina Medical Society Council
or; William L. Griffin, Exe
cutive Director of the Meek
lenburg County Medical
Society; Gena Sauls and
Nancy Jo Taylor of the North
Carolina Medical Society
staff, and Mecklenburg
County Sheriff John Kelly
Wall
The accreditation la the first
honor of Its kind in North
Carolina. It is awarded for a
two-year period, beginning
June 7. 1979
For additional information,
contact Louise Williams at
374 2543