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MISS EVE SHELL
....CPCC student
Lovely Eve Shell
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa B urns
Post Staff Writer
It has been questioned. Is
television a mbdel of society
or do people model themselves
<^Iter television? Whatever the
'case may be, our beauty Eve
Shell, feels that people today
spend to much time watching
the tube.
Shell believes that people
find themselves day after day
siding to much time either
witching television or
listening to music. “Instead, I
would like to see people go
back to school or start their
children in early educational
art programs,” Shell said. She
also feels that Blacks should
join more committees and
Organizations. In this way
they may have more voice in
the community.
Shell's main ambition is to
help people. She wants to
someday be an entertainer
and start a school for
youngsters. “I’d like to start a
school for 4 or 5 year-olds so
they can start out early in the
arts., such as ballet,” Shell
said.
More Black businessess is
one of Shell’s hopes for the
future. Since there are people
who complain about their pre
sent jobs, she feels they should
start their own businessess.
There is a lot Shell has
achieved in her 19 years. She
is a graduate of Troyanne
Institute modeling school and
now attends Central Piedmont
Community College. Her
major is drama.
It seems as if everything
Shell tries, she puts forth
every possible effort to make
it a success. Now that she is
sejif-.employed with Ideal
Industry, she is planning a
fashion show to promote the
make-up products she sells.
Shell has twin daughters
and lives with her mother and
brother at 2108 North Pine
Street.
Our beauty for this week is
not only attractive, but she is
articulate and no doubt has a
bright future ahead of her. She
would like to help other, but
contends that to be successful
people must help themselves
also: “Instead of making
excuses, put forth a little
effort for the oportunities that
are available/’
Avon Helps Launch Drive
For Black Universities
Special To The Host
William R. Chaney,
President of Avon Products,
Inc., hosted a reception to
launch a new person-to
person drive for the United
Negro College Fund. Held at
Avon’s New York world
headquarters, the event
drew a number of prominent
New Yorkers, including ten
nis star Arthur Ashe and his
wife, photographer Jeanne
Moutoussamy; NBC-TV
newsman Bob Teague and
“News Center 4's ' Carol
Je^ins, who is chairman of
tHt'new campaign.
The United Negro College
Fund is a non-profit
organisation, raising funds
for 41 private historically
Black colleges and univer
sities across the country.
Mr. Chaney, who has
served for two years as
General Chairman of the
College Fund’s New York
Campaign, said that he wan
"deeply impressed, not only
by the caliber of New York
residents who turned out for
kick-off, but also by the level
of those who, though unable
to attend the reception, are
actively working on the
drive.' The drive consists of
781 volunteers in all.
In a presentation to the
guests, Ms. Jenkins explain
ed that the six vice-chairmen
are responsible for coor
dinating the efforts of five
separate volunteer units,
each organised in pyramid
fashion. Each unit is being
administered by five leaders,
to whom 25 captains report
on the progress of 125 addi
tional volunteers.
According to Ms. Jenkins,
the UNCF expects to realize
at least 1300,(KM) in the drive.
Vote Task Force Focusing
Efforts On Good Voter Turnout
NAACP
Declares
Jubilee Day
NAACP Executive Direc
tor Benjamin Hooks has de
clared January 1 as “Jublilee
Day for Black Americans."
According to Hooks, “Jubi
lee Day” will be a day of
nationwide celebration, spirit
ual renewal, worship and
thanksgiving, and a day to
“re-dedicate and revitalize ”
black efforts.
Hooks spoke of a need for a
“Jubilee Day” at the recent
70th annual Convention in
Louisville, Ky. where he told
delegates that black Ameri
cans need to celebrate "the
peculiar and unique genius of
black folks.”
As a result of strength and
faith blacks, in the days of
slavery “could .no matter how
dark it was ... always look
beyond that day and declare
there is a brighter day
ahead."
January 1 was chosen,
Hooks said because on that
date in 1863“ Abraham Lincoln
struggling between the Dr.
Jeckyl of slavery and the Mr.
Hyde of freedom, signed the
Emancipation Proclama
tion.”
Yet, said membership
director Ina Boon,“we are
keenly aware and concerned
that there are still many form
idable obstacles in our path
before we gain full equality of
opportunity for all Americans
as is evidenced by the 30
percent unemployment rate
among blacks nationally."
Additionally, Hooks said his
office will publish Jubilee Day
recipes, and sponsor a Jubilee
Day Youth Essay Contest for
grades 8-12. Essays will be
judged on historical data,
form and structure, appro
priate language and origina
lity.
World’s Wildest
Attic Sale Set
For Saturday
If you are looking for good
bargains on adding machines,
“antique” calculators or just
about any type of used office
equipment then come to
Family Housing Services
“World’s Wildest Attic Sale”,
Saturday Oct. 27 from 10 to 4.
The sale will be in the Office
Annex and parking lot at 423
North Tryon St, across from
the old Cavalier Hotel
Proceeds from the attic sale
will be used to help the
operating expenses of the non
funded
Services
Oil Bill And Profits Of Oil
Companies Soaring Out Of Sight
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
Edna Reid ot vtooaaie
Terrace saw two things
soaring out of sight last week
her oil bill and the profits of
the oil companies.
“Oil is so high I can't make
my payments,’’ said Mrs
Keid at the Oct. 17 ralley on
Square to protest Big Oil
Companies. “I’m worried
about how to get through
another winter, living on
social security I just can’t
afford heating oil.”
At the same time, Exxon,
the world’s largest oil com
pany, reported quarterly pro
fits of $1.14 billion, up 118 per
cent and the largest in the
company’s history.
The protest against oil
prices was called by Carolina
Action and local labor unions
as part of a national campaign
of the Citizen-Labor Energy
Coalition aimed at lowering
energy prices. Over 200 labor
unions, consumer, religious,
senior citizen and community
groups joined the national
coalition.
In Charlotte Local 725
International Association of
Machinist, Local 64 Laborers
International Union, Local 850
United Rubber Workers, and
the Amalgamated Clothing
and Textile Workers Union
joined with Carolina Action
and the Carolina Brown Lung
Association.
They passed out 300 "dis
credit cards” to people as they
passed by, and collected sig
natures on petitions with the
the same message
“I m tired of the oil com
pany rip offs, windfall profits
and higher prices.” The coali
tion called on Congress to put
a lid on oil prices, appoint a
special prosecutor to investi
gate oil shortages, create a
publicly owned energy corpo
ration and end the oil
monopolies.
The energy campaign will
focus on getting this legisla
tion through Congress in the
next few months.
Community leaders are con
cerned that many people, like
Mrs. Reid, will face a cruel
choice bewteen food and heat
this winter.
Speaking for Carolina
Action, Brenda Best said,
"The choice between freezing
and starving is really no
choice at all, especially to our
senior citizens, living on fixed
incomes, the unemployed and
working people, who are
already hit hard by energy
inflation.”
Mildred Nix, also of Caro
lina Action, said "the big oil
lobby has been dictating to the
White House and Congress for
too long. Now we are
beginning to fight back.”
Minority Business Agency
To Provide Assistance
Under Secretary of Com
merce Luther H. Hodges.
Jr., recently announced
substantial changes in
federal efforts to bring
minority businessmen into
the mainstream of the
American economy.
Hodges said the Depart
ment is upgrading and ex
panding its current minority
business development pro
gram under a new federal en
tity called the Minority
Business Development
Agency IMBDAI. The new
agency will replace the
Department's 10-year-old
Office of Minority Business
Enterprise (OMBEl.
According to Hodges, the
reorganization of the
I) epariment s minority
business program is design
ed to help minority
businesses develop into
medium and large-sized
firms in growth industries
that produce jobs, add
stability to communities,
and improve the overall
economy.
“Minority business is no
longer all 'mom and pop'
stores struggling for survival
in ghettos," Hodges said.
“In terms of the overall na
tional economy, S3ii billion
in receipts from minority
business enterprise may
seem like a small sum. But it
reflects some very substan
tial progress.”
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mation is now high on the list
of needs for minority
businesses. I share a strong
conviction with many
observers that the federal
government, and the
Department of (Commerce,
can and must play a major
role in this area," Hodges ad
ded.
He said the reorganization
will make basic changes in
the structure, management,
and focus of existing OMHK
programs in a far-reaching
effort to increase the quality,
duration, and account.-]! :!ity
of management und
technical assistance to
smaller firms, and to prm i«i«*
comparable assistance l<>
medium-sized firms.
Evangeline Redding To Speak Here
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Poet
The race for governor of
North Carolina is still u year
away, but Evangeline Grant
Redding is already hard on the
campaign trail.
She will appear in Charlotte
on Fri. Oct. 28 at the Greater
Bethel AME Church, 201
Grandin Rd., at 7:30 p.m. The
program Is free and open to
the public
"The campaign Is beginning
to pick up interest now," said
Earline Nelson, Ms Redding's
campaign manager in
Charlotte. She has organized
a local campaign committee
called “Friends of the People”
(P O. Box 18342,Charlotte, N.
C. 28218). "We hope to enlist
many volunteers in the com
ing months, and of course,
raise campaign funds ”
Ms. Redding is the first
black woman to run for gover
nor of North Carolina She has
been active in human rights
issues for many years, and
has authored two books,
"Nothing: The Mentality of
. Gubernatorial candidate
the Black Woman" (Now
available at Dar e* Salaam
Store, 7th and N Tryon), and
a forthcoming book on the
Wilmington 10
She lives in Oxford and is a
neighbor of Mrs. Elizabeth
Chavis, mother of Ben Chavis
of the Wilmington 10 Her book
on the case of the political
prisoners is based on her
experience in civil rights work
and her friendship with the
Chavis family.
She has identified herself as
a “people's candidate" in the
1980 election and says she is
counting on many volunteers
in Charlotte
Task Force To Concentrate
On City Council Elections
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
The Vote Task Force, which
brought out the largest black
vote ever for a city primary a
month ago. is back in the
swing again, now focusing
efforts on the Nov 6 City
Council elections
Under the theme “Promote
that Vote." the Task Force's
campaign will include spot
announcements on WGIV
signs in the community,
letters to churches and a ride
service to the polls
Lonnie Graves,co-chairman
of the Task Force, said,“We
want to ensure a good voter
turnout Nov. 6 from the Black
community. We have political
power, but onlv if we use it ."
The ride service, which
operated effectively during
the primary, will again
furnish rides to those who
need transportation to the
polls Beginning Oct 29, any
one needing a ride should call
333-0907 between 9am and 9
p m. to reserve a ride.
The Task Force will send
letters to churches asking
ministers to publicize the tele
phone number in church
bulletins.
WGIV’s public relations di
rector Deanie Maxwell will
cooperate by publicizing the
importance of voting and the
ride program.
Task Force chairman
r'I wn a a
Samuel Keid will be a special
guest on Ms Maxwell's "Let's
Talk" show on WGIV Sunday,
Nov 4 at 9 p.m.
"Anyone who can volunteer
to drive or staff phones should
also call us." said Graves,
who wants to enlist a hundred
volunteers in the "get out the
vote" effort
The non-partisan Task
Force worked throughout the
summer months to register
some 2,500 new black voters
There are a total of 28.000
black voters in Charlotte,
about 18 per cent of the total
registered voters
According to election
superintendent Bill Culp,
about 45 per cent of the
registered black voters
participated in the Sept 25
primary City-wide. 35 per
cent of the voters went to the
polls. The close race between
councilman Harvey Gantt and
attorney Eddie Knox for the
democratic nomination for
Mayor moved mam people to
vote for the first time Knox
won by a slim margin
The polls will be open or
Nov. 6 from fi-30 a m lo 7 30
p m Those needing ab.-enter*
ballot;- must contact the Board
of Elections offices at 7ln E
4th Street by Oct 31 for a mail
ballot, or by coming into the
office by Nov 1 For more
information call 574 21 1.3
3ome KMierw Will Get (ash
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Instead Of Food Stamps
special lo 1 he rost
WASHINGTON — The
l'. S. Department of
Agriculture will conduct a
demonstration project to
provide cash rather than
food stamps to participating
households in which every
member is (i5 years of age or
over, or has been determined
eligible to receive Sup
plemental Security Income
I SSI I.
Supplemental Security In
come is a cash assistance pro
gram administered by the
Social Security Administra
tion that provides benefits
for aged, blind and disabled
people.
"The project will examine
whether this alternative
form of food assistance will
encourage participation by
eligible elderly and han
dicapped fiersons, enabling
them to improve their nutri
Carol Tucker Foreman said.
"Checks in the amounts of
their food stamp allotments
will lx* mailed on a monthly
basis.” The project is
authorized by the Food
Stamp Act of 1977.
Currently, about half of
the eligible households with
aged, blind or other han
dicapped members are par
ticipating in the ftxxl stamp
I rogram.
Kight sites will be selected,
nationwide, with an ur
ban rural balance. Project
areas may be on a statewide
or l<x al basis, and all eligible
households in the designated
area will participate. Ifie
demonstration projects will
begin in April 1980 and
operate for a year.
The nroiect will also test
whether more aged and han
dicapped will participate if
they can apply and be inter
viewed at a locution other
than a welfare or food stamp
office. In some demonstra
tion areas, people applying
for Supplemental Security
Income at a Social Security
Office will be able to file an
application for food stamps
at the same time.
For further information,
contact: Claire l.ipsninn.
Program Development Divi
sion. Food and Nutrition
Service. L’.S. Department of
Agriculture, room 058. 500
12th St. S. \X ., W ashington.
D. C.. 20250. Telephone
(2021 447-8325.
A notice of intent is
scheduled to be published in
the Oct. 12 Federal Register
asking for applications from
state welfare agencies.
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Nominates (ales
For Judgeship
Washington — President
Jimmy Carter last week
nominated James T. (riles,
of Philadelphia. Penn
sylvania, to he United States
District Judge for the
Kastern District of Penn
sylvania. He would replace
Herbert A. Fogel. who has
resigned.
Giles has been associated
with the Philadelphia firm of
Pepper. Hamilton A Scheetr.
since PHrB.
He was horn January 31.
1**43. in Charlottesville.
Virginia.
FRUSTRATION is not hav
ing anyone to BLAME but
YOURSELF.
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W.C. Coffey of Grier Heights and Sean Reid, oil as members ot Carolina Action, (photo by
6, of Woodale Terrace protest the high cost of Eileen Hanson)