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Floral arrangements are being present ed to staff workers at Aery’s Rest Home by members of the Mecklenburg Chapter of Las Amigas, Inc. From left to right are: Dora Mason. Barbara Atwater, Ann Anderson, Jacquelyn Cox, Joyce Mat thews, Margo Jones, and Kate Brewer, members of the organization, (photo by Peeler) Las Amigas Making Marks In Community Involvements By Margo Jones Special To The Post In the fall of 1979, the political campaign began its race, so did the Meck lenburg Chapter of Las Amigas, Inc. The race for Las Amigas, a civic and social organization, began with its involvement in the mayoral political cam paign. The members, in dividually, purchased Gantt shirts in support of the candidate, Harvey Gantt. We sure were proud. Time moved on and so did we. Aery’s Rest Home, located at 1003 McArthur Ave., captured our at tention. Our organization adopted this facility as a two-year project. Our first major concern was to re decorate the dining area. We ran here. We ran there. We painted the walls, made and hung drapeshung flo wer baskets, and made tableclothes, and center pieces for the tables. The dining area now has a new look, one of which we feel most proud. We will con tinue and complete this project in the fall. In November came Thanksgiving - and with it, many blessings, especially for the 44 patients at Aery's Rest Home. The members of Las Amigas prepared and delivered individual fruit baskets and shared in an Inspiration Service with the patients. Las Amigas also ar ranged and sponsored a -Christmas Fair. This suc cessful event was held at the Amay James Recrea tion Center, December 15. Recipients from the com munity were able to come and select free items for their children's Christmas. We hope to provide these services next year. Our organization stays abreast of civic and com munity concerns and tra gedies; therefore, we im mediately responded to a woman in such a need (fire tragedy) with a monetary donation from our Emer gency Fund - just before Christmas. Next week: Present act ivities of Las Amigas, Inc. and future plans. Pace INC Program Can Help You RALEIGH - Need more help this summer? Operate a public or non-profit_ agency? Have only limited funds for hiring? Interest ed in helping youngsters pay for their college educa tion this fall? If your answer to all these questions is yes, chances are the PACE I.N.C. program qan help you and at the satne time help a college student. The Plan Assuring Col lege Education in North Carolina is administered by the Division of Social Services of the N.C. De partment of Human Re sources. The purpose of the program is to provide sum mer employment for stu dents who have the scho lastic aptitude but lack the financial means to begin or continue their higher education. This summer will mark the 16th year the program has been in existence. Over 23,600 students have worked all over the state in a variety of jobs since the program began in 1965. Agencies interested in hiring PACE students for the summer should contact PACE Program, Division of Social Services, N.C. Department of Human Re sources, 325 North Salis bury Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27611. The telephone num ber is 919-733-4650. > One In Five Women Feel Wife Beating Justified Special To The Post CHAPEL HILL - One out of five women in North Carolina feels that a man is justified in beating his wife under some circum stances, according to a recent survey conducted by the Institute in Research in Social Sciences at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The less educated the wo man, the more likely she is to believe wife-beating is justified, said Karen M. Gentemann, a research as sociate at the institute who is analyzing the data. Women over 40 and non whites also are somewhat more likely to feel beatings by men are justified than younger women and whites, Gentemann said, , but, education remains the primary predictor of at titudes toward the just ification of wife beating. Also, more than 20 percent of those questioned said they believe the woman causes the beatings she receives. The research showed that women tend to ration alize the behavior of men who beat women by blam ing outside causes for their actions. Gentemann said she expected to find a stereotype image of the wife-beater as a boozer out of work. But the study showed women perceive the amount of family violence a man grew up with to influence his beating be havior more than drunken ness or unemployment. Women were asked the following questions: Do you think: -a man who beats a woman is usually drunk when he beats her? -often times a man beats his wife because there isn’t money at home? -often times a man beats his wife because he can’t work? - -a man who beats a woman was himself prob ably beaten as a child? Gentemann found that 67 percent agree that a wife beater was probably beat en as a child; 51 percent believe lack of money could be a cause; 47 percent see unemployment as a poss ible contributing factor; and 26 percent associate the behavior with drunken ness or alcoholism. Because so many people believe men are justified in beating women, or em pathize with the man’s rea sons, women are less likely to report the beatings or seek legal action against the man, Gentemann said. _ A potential victim also may be less likely to seek me dical aid because she may be ashamed to admit that her marriage is not work ing. ffomen were asked two sets of guestigns tojind out their attitudes toward wife beating. The first questions were: Do you think it is okay if once in a while: -a man swears at his wife? -a man slaps his wife on the face? -a man punches his wife with his fists? ~a man kicks his wife? Using these questions less than 1 percent ap proved affncianK, l per cent approved at punching and 3 percent approved of slapping. Forty percent of the women approved of men swearing at their wives. Gentemann is extending her analysis at the data now, looking at the cor relation between sex role attitudes and justification Ask for me at Callaway Cadillac: WJ. 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