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Vol. 5 No. 1β
"Oiariotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly"
THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, November 8, 1979
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ANITA DAWKINS
...Enjoys jogging
Miss Anita Dawk in s
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
"Without trust and disci
pline, you can't go very far in
life," was the profound state
ment made by our beauty of
the week, Anita Dawkins.
Dawkins is just 15 years-old,
but poesesses the discipline
Hjplayed only through
maturity. For instance, she
jogs 1 mile just about
" -everyday.
"I enjoy jogging - I've been
jogging since last year and I
try to do it every day." she
informed the POST, adding,
"I jog to keep in shape · if I
-don't exercise I might get fat -
1 I dôn't want that - I've been fat
before."
Our beauty said that when
she was overweight she felt
"horrible" and avoided
mirrors.
"But now 1 can't pass a
mirror without looking in."
Standing an even 5 feet, our
beauty is a slim 105 pounds.
And in addition to running, she
enjoys creative writing,
dancing and cooking.
Her future plans involve
fashion modeling photo
American Baptist
graphy and college.
"I Dlan to attend either
Winston-Salem State or N.C.
State in Raleigh," Dawkins
stated.
But our beauty has two
more years of high school to
attend before college. Asked
what would she like to see
changed at her present school.
Harding High School,
Dawkins noted only one thing.
"J would like to see less -
destruction of school property.
Whether they know it or not
their parents are paying for it
and it doesn't look nice."
Dawkins has observed dis
crimination nation wide and
wishes that both races would
see each other simply as
people
"If everyone was one color
the world would get along a lot
better, but instead we must
work around the color."
Our beauty has learned a lot
about life in general from
her sister, Johnnie
Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman
Dawkins of 125 Verbena St.
are the proud parents of our
Capricorn beauty. Anita has
two sisters and two brothers.
Invest In Local
Bank
Valley Forge, PA (ABNS)
On Saturday Morning, no
vember 3, Dr. Walter Parrish
II, Executive Minister of
American Baptist Churches of
the South, presented a check
for $20,000 to Walter Tucker,
Senior Vice President of Char
lotte's Mechanics and Farm
ers Bank.
Election Results
»
And Stories Can Be
Found On Pages.·
8 and 12
LaSalle Street Improvement
NCDOT Will Conduct Second
Publie Information Meeting
Union To Picket Right To
Work Meeting Tuesday
The Charlotte Central Labor
Council is calling on other
equal rights supporters to join
their picketline when the
National Right to Work
Committee meets Tues Nov.
13 at the Sheraton Center
The informational picket
will take place at Independ
ence and McDowell from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m., and again from
5 to 8 p.m
According to a Labor
Council spokesman, "These
right-to-work folks are union
busters, a modern version of
slave masters "
Union members have long
opposed the right-to-work
laws which now exist in 20
states, including every state in
the South. The laws make it
illegal for a union to negotiate
a "union shop" where all
workers must join the union.
Other laws require unions to
bargain for and represent all
workers in an organized plant,
regardless of union affiliation.
"The thrust of these laws is
to weaken unions and keep
wages low. It also means a
reduction qf social services
because organized labor has
been the main force fighting
for these things," said the
union spokesman.
In 1961, Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. said of the right-to
work laws: "It provides no
'rights' and no 'work.' It is a
law to rob us of our Civil
Rights and job rights. It is
supported by Southern segre
gationists who are trying to
keep us from achieving our
Civil Rights and our right of
equal job opportunity."
King went on to say that
such laws "destroy labor
unions and the freedom of
collective bargaining by
which unions have improved
wages and working conditions
for everyone. Whenever these
laws have passed, wages are
lower, job opportunities are
fewer and there are no Civil
Rights."
The National Right-to-Work
Committee says the laws are
only to forbid "compulsory
unionism." The national office
in Virginia refused to
comment to the Post on the
Charlotte meeting, saying "it
is an un publicized meeting."
"Why are they so secret?
What do they have to hide?"
asked members of the CLC
organizing committee. "They
want to sneak into town and
sneak out because they are
planning more of tliese lav's
with the aim of making unions
illegal in this country."
The N.C. AFL-CIO at its
annual meeting in Fayette
ville in September called for a
repeal of Section 14(b) of the
Taft Hartley Act (the 1947
amendment to the National
Labor Relations Act), which
gives states permission to out
law the union shop. The
resolution points to N.C.'s low
wages, discrimination against
blacks and women, and low
quality of education and social
services as a direct result of
the right-to-work law
The National Right-to-Work
Committee has been active in
initiating new laws in states
outside the South
Walter Tucker (center) receiving check for
$20,000 deposit from officers of the American
Baptist Churches of the South
Mechanics And Farmers Bank
Enjoying Tremendous Growth
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
It looks like any other bank
carpeted floor, tellers behind
booths and the usual hussle of
clients hurrying in and out
Yet, Mechanics and Farmers
Bank's main office on Beatties
Ford Rd is different.
If you look closely the
average client is Black and
living in the middle income
bracket A Johnson C. Smith
University student will most
likely come in. And it might be
a long time before you see a
white customer." We only
have about 4 or 5 white cust
omers," one employee of
Mechanics and Farmers
(main office) Bank said.
The bank is rather spacious
and if you notice there's a
glass enclosed office to your
left And behind the door is
Mechanics and Farmers
senior vice president Walter S.
Tucker.
According to Tucker,
Mechanics and Farmers is
small compared to other
banks, but in the past 20 years
the bank has grown from a 6
million dollar deposit to a 42
million dollar deposit.
In addition to its fast
growth. Mechanics and
Farmers has proven its en
durance.
"This bank was organized in
1908 and was one of the few
banks that stayed open
(except for the declared
holiday) during the depression
in 1932," Tucker said.
Today the bank still faces
perils Since the increase in
robberies and embezzlements
in the state Tucker feels that it
is necessary not to create
temptation
"We have certain minimum
security precautions-electron
ic equipment-cameras and
alarms to police," Tucker
said.
In addition, employees are
instructed how to conduct
themselves during a robbery
Concerning embezzlements.
Tucker said "It's not much we
can do-if a person wants to
(embezzle» he will. However.
we have audits by outside
auditors and internal auditors
We also communicate with
customers about their state
ments of account and educate
people'ftbout the consequences
of being caught "
The uncertainty of em
bezzlement or robbery is a
threat, but the recent bank
rupcy legislation "stinks"
according tn Tucker
"It will make it difficult for
a lot of people to borrow
money. Banks will be
selective to their customers
and not as liberal," he
continued.
Tucker also foresees a
downward trend in borrowing.
"Borrowing money is about at
the same level now, but I
Foresee a downward trend
especially in Ι98υ after people
have had their last swing in
1979."
He predicts that future
borrowing will be aligned to
the economical situation "If
the cost of living does not
taper off in !98<i people will
have some tendency not to
borrow for things they really
don't need."
In the present economical
state of the country.
Mechanics and Farmers
senior vice president stated
that his bank is competitive
with other banks price wise on
a consumer basis
Take for instance the
finance of a car-other lenders
may charge 12 percent
interest rate Well. Mechanics
and Farmers will have to
charge 12 per cent also to
offset the 12 percent interest
charge on the money they
have.
Financial advice from
Tucker during the present
economical state stresses the
importance of being cautious
"Be careful not tocreate debts
for things not necessary In
stead think in terms of saving
money instead of spending
money "
TUCKER VP
Tucker is a family man His
wife is Doris and he has three
children, Wanda, Velma and
Michael
The operation of Mechanics
and Farmers Bank is under
the leadership of a 46 year old
man with 22 years of banking
experience He remembers
how his banking career
started, "I came down to
North Carolina after Τ was in
the Army and walked into
Mechanics and Farmers in
1958 I started as a teller
was promoted to assistant
cashier, then to assistant vice
president and to my present
position as senior vice
.M>e Mt ihanics on page 4
' In Greensboro, Dlov. 18
Interfaith Service And Rally
Will Be Held Against Klan Killings
By Eileen Hanson
Post Staff Writer
An Interfaith Service and
Rally will be held in
Greensboro, Sun Nov 18, at
1:00 p.m., In response to the
recent murder of Five anti
Klan demonstrators. The
service will be held at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, 1901 Spencer
Street in Greensboro It is
sponsored by a local commit
tee of ministers and civil
rights leaders
The five, members of
Workers' Viewpoint Organi
zation, were slain by Klan and
Nazi members who drove into
a black housing project Nov. 3,
just before an anti-Klan rally
was to begin, pulled out
weapons and began shooting.
Only 14 men in the t vehicle
convoy, believed to have
carried 30-35 people, have
been arrested and only one
van has been confiscated.
According to Jerome Scott
of the Southern Regional
Equal Rights Congress,
"there has been a tremendous
outpouring of response from
acroM the country." Scott will
serve as staff person for the
Interfaith Service, which is
expected to draw people from
all over the nation. Members
of the local committee are
Rev. rleo McCoy, Rev
George H rooks, Rev George
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Gay, and George Gardner.
The Charlotte Equal Rights
Council and People United for
Justice sponsored a news
conference on Nov. 7 to de
nounce the Klan killings and to
begin mobilizing Charlotte
support for the Interfaith
Service
A joint statement signed by
member* of local religious,
labor and community groupe
called on every citizen to
"denounce the Klan, Nazis
and other right-wing hate
groups," It also called on the
state and federal governments
to "disarm these groups be
cause they stand only for
violence, terror and racial
hatred."
Rev. James Barnett, head of
People United for Justice,
said. "We've been warning
people that the Klan was
violent. They should be out
lawed completely The Klan is
not dead and not harmless
The Greensboro killings
prove racism is alive and
doing well in North Carolina."
Barnett told The Charlotte
Poet that the people killed by
the Klan last weekend had
been active in support work
for the Wilmington 10,
Charlotte 3 and other human
rights struggles
"You have to believe that
these murders were planned,"
said Barnett. "The police say
they had no reason to stop the
convoy of 9 vehicles But they
know the Klan has a history of
carrying and using weapons.
Why didn't they stop them''"
Greensboro Police Chief
W E. Swing said Tuesday that
an unmarked police car fol
lowed the convoy for 17
minutée before the gunfire
erupted, but that the police
department "was not in a
position to stop the violence "
Representing the Equal
Rights Council, Carrie Graves
called the slayings a
See Interfaith on page 8
Rev. James Barnett of People United for Justice, and Carrie
Graves of the Equal Rights Council apeak out against the
murder of 5 people by the Klan and Nazis, (photo by Eileen
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Open-Foruni
Meeting Set
For Wednesday
RALEIGH—The North
Carolina Department of
Transportation ι NODOT ι will
conduct a second public infor
mation meeting on proposed
improvements to Lasalle
Street-McArthur Avenue from
Statesville Avenue to Graham
Street in Charlotte
The informal, upen-forum
meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, November 14 a!
7:30 p.m., at Druid Hills
Elementary School in
Charlotte
State Transportation Secre
tary Tom Bradshaw com
mented. "This meeting repre
sents our commitment to
involve the public in our(
highway improvemtM proc
ess. We welcome .ind
encourage interested . itizens
to attend and nwki- revoir,
mendations or ask questions
concerning proposed improve
ments "
NCDOT representaiives and
members of the private firm
of Madison Madison Inter
national will be at the meeting
to explain proposed pians a*.d
answer any questions
The project is itv luded in
the state's 1979-1985 Trans
portation Improvement Pro
gram Planning sti dies are
now underway for improve
ments to Lasalle Street
McArthur Avenue beginning
at Statesville Avenue and
extending easterly to Graham
Street for approximately one
mile A public hearing will be
held before a specific
improvement alternative is
selected
For more information,
interested citizens can contact
Mr. T L. Waters, Manager of
Planning and Research,
NCDOT, Division of High
ways, P.O. Box 25201, Raleigh
Ν C 27611, (919) 733 3141
City Government
Offices To (lone
Veterans Da ν
All Charlotte City govern
ment offices will be closed for
Veterans Day on Monday.
November 12 Itegular busi
ness hours will be resumed at
8 a m on Tuesday. November
13
Due to the holiday there will
be no meeting of the City
Council on Monday. Novem
ber 12 The next regular
Council meeting will be held
on Monday, November 19 at 6
ρ m in the board room of the
(•'.duration Center
The City .Sanitation Division
will not collect backyard
garbage on Monday. Each
residence will receive refuse
collection on a Tuesday
Thursday or Wednesday
Friday schedule Curbside
trash will he picked up with
the garbage on Thursday and
Friday
I^eaf collection crews will
operate as normally sched
uled Monday through Friday
The York Road Landfill will
open as usual Monday through
Saturday