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PUBLIC LIBRARY OF 4 YOUR BEST ADVERTISING MEDIA IN THE LUCRATtWlW BLACK MARKET CALL 376-0496 M -91980 '*1ΉΕ CHARLOTTE POST BLACK NEWSPAPERS EFFECTIVELY REACH BY FAR, MORE BLACK CONSUMERS Price 30 Lents Democratic ■û Platform Hearings Set The N.C. Democratic Party's Platform Com mittee will hold regional hearings at six locations across North Carolina at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13. Interested organizations and groups are invited to testify. "These hearings are the first step in a process lead ing up to the adoption of a platform at the State De mocratic Convention on June 21," according to Sam Poole, Platform Commit tee chairman. "We are hoping for broad participa tion as the Party draws up its 'contract with the peo ple' for 1980." . The hearings will be held simultaneously at the fol lowing locations: -Greenville, Pitt County Courthouse. -Fayetteville, Hearing Room No. 3, Old County Courthouse -Raleigh, Room 700, Wake County Courthouse -Gastonia, Courtroom B, Gaston County Courthouse -Asheville, Room 906, Buncombe County Court house Wuircsses will be per mitted to make a brief oral presentation, but should al so prepare a written state ment for distribution. Per sons or groups wishing to testify at any of the hear ings, should notify State Democratic Headquarters, P. O. Box 12196, Raleigh, NC 27605, 919-821-2777. îy Reserve Gives Boost To Black Senior Scores of Black youths are disappointed each year when high school gradua tion fails to lead to a challenging career or edu cational opportunity. Black youths are motivated, but too often the economy has limited ways to market that incentive. The U. S. Army Reserve is a positive alternative. For qualified youths at least 17 years of age the U.S. Army Reserve offers training in over three hun dred job skills and while they are learning, they are earning Army pay For example, a high school student can enter the Army Reserve as early as six months prior to graduation, with initial mi litary training deferred un til after graduation. And prior to that training, stu dents attend monthly Re serve unit drills (16 hours, usually on a weekend) for which they receive pay. On the other hand, if a student is planning on going to college, the Army Reserve has programs designed so as not to interfere with school schedules. One pro vides for Split Training. That is, the enlistee can take Basic Training during the summer following high school graduation, with Ad vanced Individual Training (AIT) deferred up to one year. This option give· the student two full summers of employment and offers pantyime work with the Re 4rve during the rest of lUwvhflal vmt Γ ENGAGING ALTAVIA FILMOHE ...Garinger High junior Altavia Filmore Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer There is no special rea son for the appeal of small children. Even our 16 year old beauty Altavia Filmore can't explain it. She knows, however, that her life will probably be connected with children in some fashion. "I just like kids," she saidl'I want to be a teacher and work with small kids, maybe child care.'' Presently Ms. Filmore is in the 11th grade at Garinger Senior High. There her favorite subject is mathematics. From 3:30 until 6:30 she does what she enjoys the most - working with children. "I work with kids now- 1 work at a nursery in Grier town. Just a few days ago we took them to the Grier town Park," she said. "I really don't have any pro blems with children. The only thing is riding the bus to go to work- sometimes the buses may not come on time." Children are just one facet of our beauty's life. She also enjoys dancing, basektball, (she won a tro phy in the Gethsemane Baptist Church Basketball Program), and acting. Be sides being a teacher, Ms Filmore has even thought of becoming an actress. "I'm in the drama club at Garinger and I enjoy the stage," Ms. Filmore com mented. "The Wiz," spon sored by the Gethsemane Baptist Church Program, ESC Recovers I Insurance Overpayments RALEIGH - The North Carolina Employment Se curity Commission re covered $138,937 In unem ployment insurance over payments during April, ac cording to figures released by the commission's anti fraud unit. Of the money recovered, $113,480 was obtained by withholding payments to eligible unemployment in surance claimants and $25, 457 was refunded to the commission by recipients of overpayments. The anti-fraud unit found that 135 of the 161 persons it ι investigated during April · had been overpaid a total of $37,714. was just one play Ms. Filmore was featured in. She was the scarecrow. Whatever path our beau ty decides to pursue, whe ther it's teaching or acting, she is bound to be a star. Acting seems to come na turally for Ms. Filmore, but she feels that the signs of a good teacher include acquired skills, patience, courtesy, and not being lo hard on the students. According to Ms. Fil more, a perfect example of a disciplined teacher is Ms Coffey. "I just changed to Garinger," Ms. Filmore began, "While at East Mecklenburg, I had Ms. Coffey for a class She seemed to be a nice teach er, not to hard, and she didn't fuss a lot." Our 5*11" Leo beauty has two brothers and two sisters. She says her mother, Mrs. Theresa Fil more is her favorite per son. She attends Antioch Baptist Church where she is a member of the Youth Choir. With only 16 years of experience our beauty has already realized that at times silence can be just effective as words. "I do talk around people 1 know, but I don't talk too much I talk when I have something to say." From Black Precincts Black Candidates Gain Overwhelming Support Rights Council Sets Attic Sale Bv Eileen Hansn Special To The Post The Charlotte Equal Rights Council will hold an attic sale to benefit the on going work of the or- " ganization on Saturday, May 10, at the Firemen's Hall, 2601 E. 7th Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m Furniture, clothing household articles and other attic sale goods will be in good supply. Refresh ments and balloons will also be available. At 2 ρ m shoppers will be able to fill "Ρ a bag of clothing items for $1.00. The Charlotte ERC was formed two years ago as an affiliate of the national Equal Rights Congress, an umbrella of organizations joined together to struggle for the equality of all peo ple who have been discrim inated against because of their nationality, color, re ligion, sex or economic status. " Activities of the Council include working for a new trial for John E. McCombs. co-sponsoring Inter national Women's Day. and uniting black and white groups in opposition to the Ku Κ lux Klan and Nazis. The Council has also sup ported several union drives, including the work hi? 31 Î'arr's-Teeter ware house, the city bus drivers the sanitation workers, and textile workers at Woon socket Spinning Co The Southern Advocate is a newspaper published by the regional ERC and cir culated through the South The Charlotte ERC hopes to unite a wide range of groups through unity of action in the struggles for equality and economic justice. For more informa tion, contact the Equal Rights Council, Ρ ο. Box 31594. Charlotte. NC 28231. I'ant* Hunger* Tousers should be hund 1 on special pants hangers ι that suspend them by the I hûi In i,his way· cavity i helps pul] the crease straight and removes mi- ι nor wrinkles Food stamp funds are going to feed the military budget, not hungry people," according to Rev Bob Morgan (2nd from left ι at a press conference organized by food stamp recipients in Dalton Village and Piedmont Courts, to protest cuts in the food stamp pft)gram effective June 1 ι photo by Eileen Hanson' Survival Week Protests F ood Stamp Cuts i>.. «■ u—1 —4 —-it* »- — - - Special To The Post Over hall a million North Carolinians will face a bare cupboard next month be cause the federal food stamp program is broke But the poor aren't the :>nly ones who will suffer. The loss of $19 million in Tood stamps to North Caro linians will have an overall economic impact of over 571 million, according to he Ν ('. Hunger Coalition. Residents of Dalton Vil lage and Piedmont Courts, joined with representatives nf social services and reli gious groups last week to explain the food stamp crisis and to call for united action during "Survival Week," May 4-11 "People are literally go ng to 'bite the bullet' be cause our food stamp mo ley is going to feed the nilitary, not hungry peo >le," said Rev. Robert Morgan, pastor of Seigle Vvenue Presbyterian Jhurch. "We're paying for t now in taxes, and will pay or it later in lead poison ng" The proposed military mdget for 1981 is $161 8 till ion, while the food -»~··' J- w«v«f,vv « -.11 m; (υ.. billion. "Our taxes are not going to feed the poor, they're going to feed a hungr\ military machine that con sûmes 47 percent of our tax dollar, while only 29 per cent goes for hunan ser vices." according to Carrie Graves, a Dalton Village resident and organizer of the press conference. Speakers called for pass age of Senate Bill 1309 now before Congress, which would appropriate $2.5 bil lion to the Department o! Agriculture to bail out th« food stamp program. They also urged the de feat of the "Helms Amend ment" offered by N.C Senator Jesse Helms which would take away $1( in food stamps for everj child in the school lunch program. Activities planned during Survival Week include let ters and phone calls tc members of Congress, and involving school children in drawing pictures and wri ting letters about the ef fects of no food stamps or their families. On Sunday, May 10, pea pie from across the South will converge in Atlanta tt coiuroni t'resuient Jimmy Carter when he speaks at Morehouse College at 3 ρ ni "We must send a mes sage to Carter and Con gress that poor people must have food stamps to sur vive," said Ms Graves, who is organizing busses from Charlotte. (For in formation call 374-0557 ) "The message to Carter is that we're tired of this. He has to put more focus on people and not on guns anil bullets," said Ms Graves "The crisis we face is here in the U.S., not in the Middle East or in Iran Come back home and take care of things here " Last January 577,034 low income people in North Carolina participated in the food stamp program The $19 million they re ceived went right back into the economy to local grocery stores and farmers. In Mecklenburg County some 35,000 food stamp recipients will face a bare cupboard come June Local food stamp authorities have already stopped taking any new applica tions for next month Cur rent recipients were noti nea May 1 not to expect an "Authorization to Pur chase" card in June The loss to Mecklenburg County will be about SI 25 million a month, but the human loss can never be measured "If people don't eat well they develop permanent medical problems." said Sandy Welton of the Ν C. Hunger Coalition The main benefactors are chil dren, the elderly, the un employed and the handi capped " Speaking at the press conference Dalton Village resident Ruth Andrews said, "It would have a whole lot of effect on my kids if we don't get food stamps I don't know what we'll do." President Will NomintiU' Brill For I . S. JiuigfMhip The President announced last week that he will no minate W Earl Britt, of Lumberton, North Caro lina, to be U S district judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Post's "Mother Of The Year* win converge in minima 10 Mrs. Hailey: "I've Been Happy Over What My Parents Taught Me" By Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer "Honor your mother and ather I've been happy >ver what my parents aught me," declared 80 /ear old Fearlie Hailey, 'The Charlotte Poet's ;hoice for Mother of the fear. She in turn has taught 1er children to obey the tame commandment Mrs. Hailey, a former joetal clerk who has lived >n Holly Road near John ion C. Smith University for the past 20 years, is a lative of Anderson, South Carolina. She and her late iiMband. Charlie, formerly ι painter, had moved to rharlotte in 1926. After putting her six chil dren, Mr*. Laverine Mrs. Pearlie Hailey Koontz, Eileen Hailey Ty son, Walter Hailey, Mabel Hailey Cunningham, Paul Hailey and Wilton Hailey ι deceased) through John son C. Smith University, Mrs Hailey opened her 4 homo to other college stu dents needing a place to stay. She set no fee and ac cepted only what a student could afford to pay her While Mrs. Hailey's eldest daughter and her family lives in Texas, the rest of the Hailey clan, including 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren reside in Charlotte Parents should be God fearing and teach a child the commandments, ac* cording to Mrs Hailey "A child copies his parents ..so the parents should present better examples," she advised Mrs. Hailey emphasized a need for teaching respect and obedience to elders. "1 here s so much older people can teach you,'' she said. Asa mother, Mrs Hailey desires her children to do well. "I want to see my chil dren have a home and spiritual involvement in the church," pointed out Mrs Hailey, who herself is a member and former Sun day School teacher at First Baptist Church She said all of her children are active church members Does Mrs. Hailey have a recipe for longevity' "I try to be obedient to the Word (of God) I read my Bible everyday," she explained "You can get one word (of comfort) that will get you through the day." Bob Walton Is Top Vote Getter By Susan Kllsworth Post Staff Writer "Vote" blacks are ad vised repeatedly. "Your vote can make "a differ ence," a slogan reads Many blacks took the message seriously as Tues day's primary results pro duced some surprises Robert (Bob) Walton be came the first black to lead in the Democratic County Commission primary race Although early returns placed him fourth, top numbers of votes in the black precincts pushed him up to first. Capturing 21,713 votes. Walton secured 33 percent of his support from the black community. Walton attributed his be ing favored to a "combina tion of a good black voter turnout and general ap proval across thp l>oard." Dr Raleigh Byi urn who got the last of the five Democratic County Com mission seats received 'ji percent of his 16.701 votes from black precincts. While 1. C Coleman derived 35 percent of his support from the black community, only a total of 11,928 ballots were cast in his favor The seven blacks no minated to the school board generally did well in the black precincts with Phil Berry as the top vote-getter followed by Ella Scarbo rough and Sarah Steven Berry with 26,460 votes, won overwhelming support not only from the black community but from many white precincts as well He is the only definite winner ol the school board election Ms Scarborough with 11, 138 votes along with Ms. Stevenson who received 11 (>4ft votes will be in the run off competition for two of the six seats remaining In the North Carolina .With District House of Re presentatives, Democrat primary winner Dr Bertha Maxwell received the top number of votes in most of the black precincts. Among her 16,926 votes, 27 percent came from the black community Τ Michael Todd will re tain his judgeship in the 26th Judicial District since he faces no Republican challenger Walton urges blacks to continue supporting black candidates by registering and voting in the Novem ber election Youngsters To Compete On Fin* Safety In a format similar to the popular "High Q" and "College Bowl" television quiz shows, elementary age youth will represent their schools on Saturday, May 10, in the Mecklenburg 4-H Fire Safety Bowl The contest, sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Mecklenburg County, tests the students' knowledge and quick recall of fire prevention and safety f f *0/ Λ