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NAACP Sets
Spiritual
Program
. By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
The NAACP Women's
Auxiliary will hold its se
cond Spiritual Emphasis
Program Sunday, Dec. 30,
at East Stonewall ΑΜΕ
Zion Church, 1729 Griers
Grove Rd., at 5:30 p.m.
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr.,
president of the North
Carolina NAACP, will de
liver the keynote speech on
"Projections for 1980:
NAACP Programs."
Rosa B. Davis, NAACP
Mother of the Year for N.
C., will preside. Other par
ticipants will include Mary
Clark, Vice President of
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Branch; Rev. Thomas W.
Samuels, coordinator of the
Religious Affairs Commit
tee^ Winnie Floyd, Presi
dent of the Women's Auxil
laft and Rev. James
Mc^oy, pastor of East
Stonewall Church. The
Choir of Mt. Moriah
Primitive Baptist Church
wiU sing.
V.
According to Ms. Clark,
thejHirpose of the Women's
Auxiliary is to bring a
spiritual enrichment into
the NAACP and the
NAACP into the churches.
"At our last state confer
ence we decided to go back
int· the black churches,"
said Clark. "The NAACP
started in the black
churches, dedicated to the
struggle for equality."
The NAACP is the oldest
civil rights organization in
the country, started 70
years ago by blacks and
whites who were appalled
by the great injustices ac
to some because of
their race. Author W. Ε. Β
Dubois was its first presi
dent
"We're proud of our or
ganization and what it
stands for," said Ms
Clark. "We urge people to
get involved in the oldest
civil rights organization
The door is open."
Officers for the Women's
Auxiliary are Ms. F'loyd,
President; Ms. Clark, Vice
President; Cora Jenkins,
Treasurer; and Rita Robin
eon, Secretary. For inform
ation contact 334-0207
^eriran Diabetes
Loeal Chapter To
Meet January 24
The Mecklenburg County
Chapter of the American
Diabetes Association will
hold Its first general meet
ing at 7:30 p.m., Thursday,
January 24, i9flo in the
Eastland Mall Community
Room. The meeting is open
to everyone interested in
diabetes.
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A NARROW MIND and 8
WIDE MOUTH often g<
ENGAGING PRISCILLA STOWE
...Unique and gifted person
Fnscilla Stowe Is
Beauty Of Week
Dj ι crtrsa nurns
Post Staff Writer
Priscilla Stowe is a
unique and gifted person.
So, for a Christmas present
from her sister, she is
Charlotte Post's beauty of
the week.
As a 16 year-old junior at
West Mecklenburg Senior
High, Stowe is involved in
many activities. The in
volvement is mainly to
keep in contact with
people
"I like to get involved
with people. I enjoy being
around people," Stowe ad
mitted. To get to know
people, according.to Stowe,
you first have to meet
them. And what better way
than contributing lime to
organizations?
«y Decoming a member
of West Mecklenburg's
Cheerleading squad and
band; reigning as their
Homecoming queen, as a
member of the Civinettes ·
an organization of which
members must maintain
an A or Β average; the
Project Aries, Red Cross,
Pep Club, and the YMCA's
Drill Team, Stowe has ob
served that people are im
portant
"1 feel that I have the
ability to help others,"
Stowe said. And because of
her attitude, she is plan
ning to become a lawyer.
She believes she is the
person"...to help people
who are called guilty with
out proof I can show them
he's innocent from proven
fact, and not just by hear
say."
Stowe feels as a lawyer
she can convince others to
become involved - no mat
ter what others are saying
about the defendent
Or pieces beauty studies,
watches television, and en
Joys dancing, cheering and
running.
She is also involved in
various church activities at
Tabernacle Baptist
Church Serving as secret
ary of the Youth Club,
which seeks out lonely indi
viduals. is another facet of
Stowe's involvement with
people
In addition, she is a
member of the Gospel
Choir, Vice President of the
Usher Board, and Assistant,
Secretary to the Youth Mis-.'
sionary
Stowe, who stands 5'4"
115 pounds, says she's a Ιο»
like her mother, who inci
dcntallv is her favorite per J
son.
"I have her ways, and
I'm named after her. Her
name is Priseilla Ann and
my name is Priseilla
Antionette. She has
brought us through a lot.
Like the accident when I
was five when I had to
learn how to walk again,"
Stowe said.
Stowe's parents are Mr
and Mrs. Walter J. Stowe of
3800 Bardot Dr. She has two
brothers and one sister.
At this festive season,
Stowe would like to wish
everyone a Happy New
Year. If your happiness is
the same as our beauty's, it
is simply, "I want to live
with everyone as my
friend."
MWNd I'ugeant
Is Kerruiting
(lontoiUinte
The Miss Wheelchair
North Carolina Pageant
Corporation is now recruit
ing contestants for the
Third Annual Miss Wheel
chair North Carolina
Pageant to be held in July
of 1980
The Pageant will be held
at the Kadisson Plaza Hotel
in Charlotte, North Caro
lina
New City Council Faces
Great Challenge In 80's
Veterans To
Receive
Extra Checks
About 2.6 million veter
ans and survivors who re
ceive compensation pay
ments for service connect
ed disabilities from the
Veterans Administration
will get an extra check this
year in time for some late
Christmas shopping.
The special payment will
got out because a 9.9 per
cent compensation in
crease passed by Congress
and signed by President
Carter last month was re
troactive to October 1.
October and November pay
was made at the old rates
and the extra checks will
be to make up the added
amnnnt Hno
VA said the checks will
be mailed in time for deliv
ery the week before Christ
mas. The regular Decem
ber payment will come at
the end of the month.
The legislation raised
compensation for a 10 per
cent disabled veteran from
$44 monthly to $48. The rate
for a 50 percent disability
went from $232 monthly to
$255 and a veteran with 100
percent disability now re
ceives $889 monthly, an
increase of $80 over the old
rate.
Surviving spouses and
certain children of persons
who died in service or of
service connected causes
also got increases under
the new pay schedule and
will receive the makeup
checks.
Higher Interest Rate
The Northwestern Bank
today announced that it
will increase the interest
rate paid on 90 day pass
book savings from 5'^ per
cent to 5^4 percent.
The new rale will become
effective January 1,
UNION SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE
.^.Election victory at RSM Company
Union Victory
Workers Claim It's "A
Beginning Of A Better Life"
by Eileen Hanson
SPECIAL TO THE POST
A union victory at a
small Charlotte textile
plant last week went al
most unnoticed, but the
majority of workers claim
it is "a beginning towards a
better life."
The workers at RSM
textile company, 811 Pres
sley Rd., voted to join the
Amalgamated Clothing
and Textile Workers Union
( ACTWU ) by a vote of 51 to
32 in an election supervised
by the National Labor Re
lations Board
ACTWU is the union
organizing J.P. Stevens
plants in the Carolines, a
campaign which has focus
ed national attention on the
low-wage textile industry
in the South. Almost half of
North Carolina's work
force is engaged in some
phase of textile production.
The union claims N. C.'s
low wages (50th in the
nation) are because the
textile industry is not
unionized
At RSM, the majority of
the workers are black wo
men, traditionally the low
est paid sector of the work
force.
"We see the union as a
way to get better benefits
and regain our seniority,"
said one employee, who
asked not to be identified.
"It doesn't matter if you've
been here 10 years, you're
paid and treated like you
just walked in off the
street."
She said that blacks will
have a better chance for
promotions under a union
contract. "Now there is
only one black supervisor,
and some of us (blacks)
have been here for 10
years."
Wages at RSM start at
around $4.00 an hour,
slightly below the N.C.
textile industry average of
$4.23, but well below the
national manufacturing
wage of $6.75 an hour.
Union supporters admit
their election victory is just
a first step. They will begin
benefits, wages and a
seniority system. Now the
company offers paid insur
ance and two weeks vaca
tion, but no pension plan or
sick leave.
ACTWU recently won
elections at J. P. Stevens
plants in High Point (N.C.)
and Allendale (S.C.). The
union is still trying to se
cure a contract at the
Stevens plants in Roanoke
Rapids where the union
won an election in 1974
V ote Task Force Honors Fifty
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
Volunteers are the key to
any political campaign.
However, when the Vote
Task Force honored over 50
volunteers Dec. 19 at a
reception at the Chaparel,
it wasn't claiming a victory
for any candidates or politi
cal party
The victory celebrated
was the registration of 2200
new black voters in Char
lotte due to the efforts of
the Task Force and volun
teers prior to the 1979 City
Council elections
"We wanted to show our
appreciation," said Task
Force chairman, Sam
Heid Without them (volun
teers) we couldn't have
carried out the campaign."
The Vote Task Force is a
non-partisan organization
devoted to registration and
* education, especially
among Charlotte's black
eligible voters The Task
Force worked with local
churches and community
organizations, WGIV and
WAYS, The Charlotte Poet
and other media to public
ize the importance of
voting and to get voters to
the polls.
"We proved that through
organization and commit
ment we can get the black
community registered and
voting," said Reid "We
also need attractive candi
dates," he added
Awarded certificates of
appreciation were: Ella
Talley, Ron Leeper,
Deanee Maxwell, Vivian
Hicks, Eleanor Pettis. Jim
Black. Bob Walton, Rev
Howard Campbell, Rebec
ca Taylor, Rev James Pal
mer, Mary Clark. Freddie
De Walt. Erline Watson, ι
Bette Harris, Sara Harris,
Lucille McNeil, James El
κοη Leeper
.. District 3 councilman
lis and Bob Davis.
Also honored were Eliza
beth Crawley, Spencer
Thompson, Charlie Dan
nelly, Phyllic Lynch. Harry
Gantt, Earnest Grier,
George Free, Scottie Hen
Jricks, Rev Preston Pen
Jergrass, Rev Paul Drum
uond, Rev J Β Hum
jhrey, Rev Clyde Owens,
Marnite Shuford, Sarah
Coleman, Don Baker and
Va Iter Dillard
Also receiving certifi
Elderly To Get Help In
Applying For Food Stamp*
WASHINGTON-Elderly
and disabled people could
apply for food stamps at
cates were Jerry and
Brenda Springs, Ali Shee,
Judy Patterson, Judy
Jones, Harold Winaon, Bet
ty Harris, Carrie and Lon
nie Graves, John
McCullough, Rev. John
Eppe, Bill Cunningham,
Linda Bennett, Dora Du
rante, Paula Miller, Roger
Seegars, Sa y lor Mathison,
Rev. Howard Campbell,
Doris McLaughlin, and
Eileen Hanson
The Task Force now
turns its attention to the
1900 election year, and has
set a goal of S to 6,000 new
registered black voters in
Charlotte. "We hope to in
crease black registration
from the present 28,000 to a
goal of 32-35,000," said
Reid "We also plan a
campaign of education, tel
ling people who their re
presentatives are and how
to contact them." The Task
Force will carry out work-<
shop· in local precincts
the same time they apply
for supplemental security
income benefits under
rules proposed recently by
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture
Under the USDA propo
sal, the Social Security Ad
ministration, which admin
isters supplemental secu
rity benefits, would also
accept food stamp applica
tions. People could apply
for food stamps simultan
eously it everyone in the
household is applying for or
receiving supplemental se
curity benefits, and no one
is already receiving food
stamps.
The proposal, which im
plements a provision of the
1977 Food Stamp Act, could
take effect a· soon as next
summer.
Currently, those who re
ceive supplemental secur
ity income must go to a
different location to apply
for stamps
"This has placed a féal
burden on people who are
elderly or disabled," said
Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture Carol Tucker
foreman.
Housing
Tops List
Of Issues
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Poet
Housing, transportation
and city growth top the list
of issues facing Charlotte
in 1980. According to three
City Council members in
terviewed this week by The
Charlotte Poet - Ron
Leeper (Dist. 3), Charlie
Dannelly (Dist. 2) and Don
Carroll (Dist. 1) - these
will be the greatest chal
lenges before Council in the
New Year.
"The decision on the fu
ture of scattered site public
housing will be one of the
biggest decisions," said
Leeper. "We are at a cru
cial point now on the locat
ion of public housing in
southeast Charlotte. How
the Council goes on this
issue will indicate the di
rection for Council in the
next two years."
Dannelly feels the Coun
cil is committed to scat
tered site housing through
out the city. 'The biggest
shortage of housing is
among the poor," he said.
"We should act now while
federal money is avail
able." (The cost of con
struction of public housing
is shared between federa1
and local governments.)
Dannelly also sees Coun
cil assisting the develop
ment of private sector
housing by extending new
water lines and roads in
areas that need develop
ment, such as the UNCC
area
increasing uie supply of
> decent, affordable housing
' is also top priority on Car
roll's New Year's list. Two
programs are already un
derway in his district. In
the Greenville area 100 new
homes are underway
through a program where
the city sold lots for $1 each
to encourage development.
In the Cherry area, the
local community organiza
tion is involved In a ren
novation campaign to ke«p
its neighborhood. "I'm
very pleased with Cherry,"
said Carroll. "It's the moat
innovative thing that's hap
pened in community organ
ization. Cherry will sur
vive."
All three councilman
agree that public trans
portation will be a hot item
in Council in 1M0.
"We have to make buses
more convenient and re
liable," said Dannelly.
"We have to ensure they
will get people there on
time." He advocates new
and better routes, more
buses, improving the street
system, and possibly lo
wering fares to encourage
ridership.
The theme of "balanced „
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