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Sears-Roebuek Gives *1,606 ! , £ lui;j To Livingstone Sears-Roebuck Found ation has contributed $1,606 to Livingstone College A check for that amount has been presented by Gene F. Myers, manager of the local Sears-Roebuck store, to Dr. F. George Shipman, president of the college. The foundation is contri - buting over. half, a million dollars this year to private ly owned and operated col leges and universities with $45,000 coming into North Carolina. “We are deeply indebted to the Sears-Roebuck Foundation,” Dr. Shipman said, “for its support over the last several years. This gift will assist us in our Centennial Era efforts to strengthen curricular pro grams, student services, and the Centennial Capital Campaign Fund.” City Council Schedules Public Hearing The Charlotte City Coun - cil will hold public hearings on Wednesday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall for the purpose of hearing comments and suggestions on the proposed annexation of three areas adjacent to the city limits. Persons wishing to speak * ■ should contact the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 600 East Trade St., tele phone 374-2247, by noon the day of the hearings. Com ments may be made oral ly or submitted in writing. The City Council formal ly adopted four resolutions of intent on January’ 14, 1980, to annex approxi ! mately 7.5 square miles of . land and 9,400 people. Due ; to the recent annexation by • the town of Matthews, the ; Monroe Rd. area has been ; eliminated from the Char • lotte annexation proposals. ! The remaining areas in ; elude the Sardis area, • Carmel-Rea Rd. area and \ the Coulwood development. ; These areas represent 6.8 ; square miles of land and \ 9,198 people. , The effective date of an • nexation is set for June 30, ^ 1980. \ Persons with specific \ questions on the location of • the areas should contact I the Charlotte-Mecklenburg ; Planning Commission, - Cameron-Brown Building, 301 South McDowell St., ; telephone 374-2205. ; Subscribe to the Post. Your ! »ug|>2Ethe|jgs^ • I 1980 GMC , CABALLERO Power steering, power brakes, tinted glass sir condition ing. tilt steering wheel, black finish Stock f220. UST SALE $8379.59 $64 2959 1980 PICKUP 6 cylinder. 3 sp«9d transmission, gauga*. whit* finish. Stock #004 UST SALE $6504.81 *4654 1980 CMC VAN 6 cylinder. 3 »peed transmission. power (leering. AM radio, passenger seel gauge* lan flnl*»i Stock /492. pIJ:- sale $726^5^5918®* PRODUCE SALESMAN JOHN ERWIN — With hist Grandchildren Erwin Sells “Everything!” By Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer Spring and summer bring not only warmer weather but John Erwin’s fresh garden grown fruits and vegetables as well. Erwin, a retired farmer sells everything from ap ples, oranges, and tanger ines to pickles, pig feet, okra, cabbage, beans and corn. He travels throughout tKe South Boulevard, West Boulevard and Hidden Val ley areas in his own truck. When school is no} in UNCC Trustees WiD Meet On Campus Friday The UNCC Board of Trustees will meet on cam pus Friday, March 7. Com mittee meetings will begin at 9 a.m. The full board will meet at 1 p.m. in Atkins 317. Retiring UNCC faculty members will be honored at the meeting. They are Mozelle Scherger of the Library and Dr. Newell Bush of Foreign Lan guages, who retired in De cember and Lois Langhorst of Architecture who will retire af’the end of the current semester. Committee meetings and the full board meeting are open to the public except when they go into executive session for matters author ized by the Legislature for such consideration. For information, contact Mrs. Juanita Sims, assist ant secretary of the board, in the UNCC Chancellor’s Office at 597-2201. session, his two live-in grandchildren, Shantina, 13and La Monte, 8 and two other grandchildren ac company him. n-rwin, wno lives in the Hidden Valley area has been a farmer all his life. Although he retired from farming about 6 years ago, last summer Erwin de cided to sell produce, for the exercise. So, two to three days a I ween he ana nis grand children go out into the neighborhoods. Erwin tends his garden on the other days. i ne trails and veget ables are less expensive because I’m raising them myself,” Erwin said. To order fresh fruits and vegetables during the growing season (beginning in May) Charlotteans can call Erwin at 574-7764. sbwe YDURcpinmir AS YOU -- SERVE YOURSELF. L NOW YOU CAN JOIN THE ARMY FOR ONLY 2 YEARS....* Army always seemed too long, now you can choose a two-year enlistment. Which means you can earn good Army pay (1448.80 to start, before deductions), get to see some of the world (possibly Europe), learn a valuable Army skill, and be Hume in iwu,ycarb wnn caucauonai benefits to use for college. Plus, you can do a whole lot of maturing in two years in the Army. When you think of all you can ge t, two years is not a lot to give. ; J 'Xmffisst* You re an individual. And the Army appreciates that. That is why, of the hundreds of skills you can learn in the Army, there may be one that especially excites your inter ests and complements your qualifications. If there is, we ~ 6u«iamtt yuu udiiuiig m mat sKiu. its part oi the Delayed Entry Program, in which we match your desires with our future needs. So if you’re a high school graduate, or about to become one, you can choose your training, get it guaranteed, then take up to a year to report for duty. 2J!QW HOM-CAIIOET AN ENLISTMENT 5.WFLL helpyou SAVE UDTD«ia inn BONUS OF UP TO *3,000. Army needs certain types of soldiers more than FOR fail I CRB You can now accumulate w,ifcfc,arl— money for college while vonVp still in fh- Arrnu 'T'V.io „_ ii needs others. bo we re willing to pay you a bonus to be what we need yvou most to be. It’s very simple. If you enlist for 4 years to be a Radio Operator, an Infantryman, an Armor Crewman, an Interrogator, or one of the 28 other specialties we need, we’ll give you a lump sum bonus between 5 1,000 and $3,000. Yes, t means doing some of ^ the most challenging work in the Army * But it’s also some of the most rewarding. » is called VEAP, which stands for Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program. If you contribute a certain amount of your Army pay each month toward your ed ucation, the government will match your savings two for one. In addition, the Army is currently offering an educational bonus to VEAP participants who qualify and enlist for certain skills. § You could accumulate up to $14,100 for a four-year enlistment. Up to SI 2,100 for a three-year enlistment. And up to $7,400 for a two-year enlist -mcnt. Not a bad way to start college. . 111 upc couia De me experience oi ^ a lifetime. You could work in the shadow of a 900-year old castle, experience the cAiiicmcm oi uKiooertest, or even ski the Alps on a weekend. In exchange, you have some of the toughest and most important duty in the Army. A ■ ... nuu so you spena a 101 of time training, keeping ready. But when you come back to the States after 18 months, I you ii r>c glad you had the experience. You’ll be better for it, too. loading dock needs you, more than the assembly line needs you. Certainly more than the crowd on the corner needs you. | So besides all the reasons for joining F the Army listed above — the pay, the ^ bonuses, the travel, the training — m maybe you’d just like to experience W the pride that comes from being H needed, really needed. Because tne Army really needs you. So if you want to serve your ■ country as you serve yourself, see your local Army Representative listed in the Yellow Pages under “Recruiting!’ Or call the toll free number below. FOR MORE INFORM# . ^ CALL 800-431-1234 In N.Y., call 800-942-1990 RIF Has Become Very Successful RIF, or "Reading is Fundamental” has become an increasingly successful and popular program in North Carolina, according to officials with tne state Department of Public In struction and the RIF Of fice in Washington, D.C. Ms Mary Erkson, Tech nical Assistance Specialist with RIF in Washington, says that North Carolina's RIF program is the fastest growing in her six state region According to Ms. Jean Blackmon, Reading Con sultant with the Depart ment of Public Instruction, the program has expanded rapidly in recent months “The number of RIF pro grams in the - state has jumped from 82 as of Sep tember 1, 1979 to 144 as of January 31, 1980." said Ms Blackmon “In addition, the number of students served has gone from 69.527 to 98,144 in the same period.” RIF, founded in 1966, is a program designed to mo tivate children to read by providing them an op portunity to choose and own inexpensive books. RIF projects select and buy the books and offer them to youngsters at "Book Distributions." At least three such distribu tions must be held each year for a project to qualify for program participation. According to Ms. Black mon, a variety of organ izations have participated in North Carolina RIF projects. “PTA’s and schools are very involved," she said, “but groups such as the Roy^an/t Hirl C/»ni|ts mm-_ munity centers, churches, libraries, civic groups, clubs and others have also participated." une Key to me program s success is parental involve ment, according to Ms. Blackmon. “Parents are involved not only in setting up and operating the pro jects, but also in selecting books which will be avail able to the children." I Ms. Blackmon also noted I that sponsoring groups are I encouraged to make the Book Distributions as fes tive as possible. Spelling Bee The 1980 Charlotte-Meck lenburg Schools ‘Spelling Bee” will be held Tuesday, March 17 beginning at 9 a m. Junior high school contestants (one from each school) will meet in Room 237 at the Education Cen ter, and elementary con testants will meet in the former Curriculum Li brary. For additional inform ation, contact Dr. Genie Ball, CMS English Special ist, 372-8620, ext. 271. Unit Pricing Use unit pricing to find the brand and container size of food that costs least per unit - pound, ounce or pint. According to Ms. Black mon, sponsors of local RIF projects select the books themselves, from among books published by ap prm^mitel^28^ publishers. For more information, contact Jean Blackmon, Reading Consultant, De partment of Public In struction, 919-733-2466. _ w-l'-ssr That Rock"* Th# # Read the truth about the Shah, the Shi’ite ex plosion. Full dramatic account. MMU NOW *r* I I by Eddie Stone from HOLLOWAY HOUSE THE BLACK EXPERIENCE PUBLISHER
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