llBN THE CHARL >TTE POST
TT-. c M c-----THE VOICE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY
NAACP Sets
“Project
Power”
“Project Power" (Poli
tical Organization With
Education and Registra
tion) is one of the most
ambitious projects ever un
dertaken by the NAACP,
which has as its goal to
educate and register over
two million potential young
voters between the ages of
18 to 24.
According to NAACP
President Benjamin
Hooks, “black youth in this
country, plagued by high
unemployment and declin
ing expectations clearly
have the most to gain from
aggressive participation in
the political process.”
Project Power will be
conducted in three phases:
(1) seek legislation in
every state legislature
authorizing the deputizing
of all High School Princi
pals as voter registrars, (2)
provide NAACP voter edu
cation materials to all
secondary school and col
lege curriculums to focus
on the importance of the
youth vote, and (3) pro
vide financial assistant
from the NAACP Voter
Education Department to
NAACP Youth Councils
and college chapters which
will target certain geogra
phical areas in their com
munities to encourage
voter participation among
18-24 year olds.
The NAACP is investing
over $500,000 in its voter
registration efforts for
1980. Many of the 1,700 local
branches have already
been funded. Emphases
have been placed on those
congressional districts
which have 30 percent or
more black population.
There are currently 33 such
districts throughout the
nation.
“The largest group of
unregistered potential
voters in the country
today,” Hooks insists, "are
our nation's youth. Our
political action program
therefore, will specifically
focus on registering and
educating them and getting
them to the polls.
The South has the poorest
voting participation record
among young blacks than
any other region in the
nation. Approximately 1.8
million black youth repre
million black youth 18-24
years who are eligible to
vote live in the South re
presenting 53 percent of the
3.4 million black youth,
18-24 years, nationally who
are eligible to vote. How
ever, only 37 percent of the
South’s eligible black youth
registered and onyl 26
percent voted in the 1978
Congressional elections.
Georgia State Sen. Julian
Bond, who serves as Na
tional Co-Chairman of the
NAACP’s High School and
College Youth Voter Re
gistration Campaign, is
traveling throughout the
southeast region speaking
to high schools, colleges
and adults on the import
ance of the black vote in
this crucial Presidential
election.
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By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty, Gwen
Wallace, is an ageless rose.
Her caring attitude repre
sents the stem of support
she readily hands to others.
And with each passing day
she allows pedals of know
ledge to emerge.
There is no accomplish
ment too difficult to defeat,
Ms. Wallace insists, “You
can really do and be what
ever you set your heart and
mind to if you work hard
enough at it.” This belief
alone sets our Sagittarius
beauty apart from the
mass.
Originally from Bronx,
N.Y., Ms. Wallace decided
to make a change in 1972.
She moved to Charlotte and
in 1976, was hired as a
teller at NCNB Bank. Pre
sently, she works at the
bank on Beatties Ford Rd.
“If I stay with the bank,
eventually 1 would like to
go into the credit depart
ment with the end result
becoming a loan officer,”
she explained.
On the job she sees
nothing to complain about.
"I like where I am,” she
remarked, “I live in the
community and I get
laminar with customers
from the same community.
I have access to a wide
variety of people and I like
meeting people. It seems
like I’m doing something
for them as well as
myself."
Ms. Wallace, 29, enjoys
reading, playing back
gammon and sewing. She
attended Seward Park
High School and Manhat
tan Community College in
New York. She has two
daughters, Ronette 12, and
Ronda 6. She also men
tioned that one of her favor
ite people is her mother,
Mary Chaney. “I feel like
since I have become older,
we can understand and
appreciate each other ✓
more now," Ms. Wallace
commented She also has
two sisters, Veronica and
Nickie, and four brothers,
all of whom reside in New
York.
If you really know Ms.
Wallace you have probably
seased her characteristics
of patience and under
standing. “I'm sincere
about anything I do,” she
revealed. And as a result
this blossoming rose will
forever have a positive
affect on those around her.
Here Sunday A fternoon
Mayfield Memorial Church
To Celebrate Homecoming
Mayfield Memorial Bap
tist Church, 700 Sugar
Creek Rd. West, will gather
for their annual Home
coming and Revival Ser
vice* beginning Sunday,
September 21, and ending
• Friday, September 26.
Homecoming dinner will
be served at 2 p m. the 21st
and the annual Home
coming Service will begin
officially at 4 p.m.
Dr. R. E. Devoe, the
choir and congregation
of Shiloh Baptist Church in
Shelby, are special guests.
Beginning Monday, Sep
tember 22, and continuing
each evening through Fri
day, September 26, Rev.
Dr. Otis Moss of Cleveland,
Ohio, will deliver sermons.
This guest speaker pastors
the largest Black congrp
...Mayfield’s pastor
gation In the state of Ohio
and serves on various
boards and committees
throughout the US. Dr.
Moss' counsel and advice is
often sought be President
Carter.
He also serves on the
Board of Review of the
Harvard Divinity School.
He is a much-sought after
speaker and lecturer on
many college and univers
ity campuses As a gospel
preacher few can deny that
he is first rank. He has
contributed many thoughts
from pulpits across
America.
Rev. Dr. H. S. Diggs,
pastor of the Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church
invites the public to hear
this dynamic speaker Ac
cording to Dr. Diggs. "The
Charlotte community will
be blessed to hear tyis
dynamic prophet of God's
expound on the unsearch
able riches of God's truth
and grace.''
Mayfield Memorial is "A
Church Putting I>ove In
Action," Dr. Harold S
Diggs has been pastor of
Mayfield since October,
1969. The church was or
ganized March, 1969.
Today the membership
count exceeds 1,800 and
there are 27 church auxi
liaries actively reaching
out toward church mem
bers, attenders and the
community.
The church invites you to
worship with them at re
gular services as well as
the Homecoming and
Revival Services Sunday
corporate worships are 11
a m and 6 p m
United House Of Prayer’s
Convocation P ;j^ng Sunday
" --
The
Dropout
Problem
Approximately 30,000
students -- 8 percent of the
total enrollment - drop out
of the . public schools in
North Carolina each year.
It is believed that the pri
mary causes are: a lack of
basic skills and adequate
guidance counseling, and a
need for improved pro
fessional attitudes and
skills, a more responsive
school program, employ
ment, expanded vocational
programs, and participa
tion in school activities.
In recent years, a variety
of programs have been
implemented in the schools
to counteract the dropout
problem. The Kindergar
ten Program and the Pri
mary Reading (Program
have resulted in excellent
progress in basic skills
achievement for children
in K-3. The Annual Testing
and the Competency Test
injj rrogram are aimed at
assuring that all students
possess necessary basic
skills. The Extended Day
Program - extending the
regular school day into the
late afternoon and early
evening hours to meet the
individual student's needs
-- has been very successful.
North Carolina has one of
the most comprehensive
vocational education pro
grams in the country
Primarily because of these -
programs, the dropout rate
has decreased from 13.7
percent in 1956 to 8 percent
in 1979.
State assessment and an
nual test results show that
children in K-3 are per
forming at or above grade
level. The Board of Edu
cation feels that these
grades now have sufficient
personnel to reduce class
size and enough funds for
instructional material and
training for teachers. Since
test results show a serious
decline in achievement of
children in grades 4-12 in
basic skills as they pro
gress up the grade span,
this year’s biennium bud
see DROPOUT Page 2
Reduces Welfare Payments
Special To The Post
RALEIGH - North Caro
lina’s Work Incentive Pro
gram (WIN) reduced wel
fare payments in the state
by an estimated $6.9 mil
lion during the first nine
months of fiscal year 1980
which ended June 30.
Employment through
WIN also reduced tax dol
lars used for Medicaid and
Food Stamps while it
increased state and federal
government revenue
through income taxes.
For the third consecu
tive year, the WIN pro
gram was rated the most
cost effective in the nation
for fiscal year 1979 WIN is
a federal program de
signed to help adults re
ceiving Aid to Families
with Dependent Children
(AFDC) to become econo
mically independent of
public assistance.
In spite of a shrinking
budget and increasing in
flation and unemployment,
WIN, operated jointly by
the Employment Security
Commission (ESC) and the
Division of Social Services
(DSS), is succeeding in
helping the traditionally
unemployed find jobs.
In the first nine months
01 nscai year 1980, the ESC
helped thousands find per
manent employment, coor
dinated on-the-job training
for 216 participants, pro
vided WIN-funded institu
tional training for 261
people and located non
WIN-funded training for
464 people.
The DSS staff provided
supportive services to 2,907
participants during this
period. Child care, coun
seling, transportation, and
home and money manage
ment were the services
most frequently used.
Total WIN expenditures
by both ESC and DSS for
the first nine months of
fiscal year 1980 were only
$4.1 million, or less than 60
percent of the welfare
savings alone during that
period. The federal govern
ment supplied 90 percent of
the WIN funds and North
Carolina contributed 10
percent.
“WIN is a very success
ful program,” says ESC
Chairman J B Archer,
"both in terms of utilizing
human resources and in
terms of cost effectiveness
It is a program in which
you can point to individuals
and measure their pro
gress and this is very
satisfying. '
wiin participants en
tered 5,472 jobs during this
period, ah increase of 2
percent over the 5,282 jobs
found during the same
nine-month period of fiscal
year 1979. (This does not
include AFDC recipients
entering employment who
were not registered for
WIN, nor those who en
tered jobs with Compre
hensive Employment and
Training Act (CETA) spon
sors unless the placements
were made by ESC staff )
WIN expenditures dropped
by (131,515 during this
period.
During the first nine
months of fiscal year 1980,
training of WIN partici
pants dropped 6 percent
from the level of the same
period of fiscal year 1979
This decrease may be part
ly attributed to the shift in
program emphasis from
training to job search and
placement
During the first nine
months of fiscal year 1980,
about 90 percent of the WIN
job entrants entered un
subsidized employment
Week-Long Celebration
To Attract Over 15,000
A^special salute will be
givdn to Bishop YY.
McCollough at the 54th An
nual Holy Convocation of
the United House of
Prayer. The convocation,
which will last from Sep
tember 21st through 28th,
will be held at the House of
Prayer, 2321 Beatties Ford
Road.
Throughout the convoca
tion, delegates from each
state will salute Bishop
McCollough for his im
pressive leadership skills
exhibited over the last 20
years.
Citations and proclama
tions have been showered
upon Bishop McCollough
trom various governors
across the US. President
Jimmy Carter also set c
day In honor ot Bishop
McCollough-. He has bee
the leader of this holmes
group for 20 years and i
aiiecuonateiy Known a
Sweet Daddy McCoIlough.
Bishop McCoIlough is*
credited with displaying
goodness, mercy, mi
racles, soul-saving teach
ings, spiritual guidance,
parental support, and com
passion. His prayers have
helped to feed the indigent
and cure crippling dis
eases.
Higher education and in
struction have been made
available through fund
drives and personal finan
cial assistance from Bishop
McCoIlough
Today there are more
than four million members
of the United House of
Prayer For All People,
including 5,000 local mem
bers.
The convocation will be
gin with an introductory
service Sunday, September
21. Bishop McCoIlough will
be guest speaker during the
convocation also
Elder C. B. Gibson
...Pastor, Chairman
On Saturday, September
27, a softball game will be
played starting at 2 p.m. at
West Charlotte High
School. Baptismal Services
will be held at the House of
\ Prayer, 232t Beatties Ford
s Road. Sunday, September '
s 28, at 11 a.m. and a band
i exhibition will follow at 2
p.m.
Representing pastors
from the state include
Elder H. Dillard, pastor,
Charlotte No. 2; Elder J.
Wynn, Biddleville Mission;
Elder Guy, North Char
lotte No. 2; Elder C.
Bailey. North Carolina No.
1; Elder R Belton. First
Ward Mission; Elder H
W'illiams. Third Ward Mis
sion. Elder Rhyne Sr.,
Matthews; Elder W. Sim
Jr.. Concord. Elder S.
Ford, Derita; Elder R.
Patton. Gastonia; Elder D
C. Truesdale. Huntersville;
Elder E. Webb. Mallard
Creek; Elder G. Grier,
Mooresville. Elder O.
Smith. Statesville. Elder J
Barringer, Hickory; Elder
F Barringer, Dallas;
Elder J Henderson, Lan
caster. Elder Dockery.
Rockingham; and. Elder
C. B. Gibson, pastor of
Mother House
High Surplus Of Public
School Teachers Exists
Not even half of the
1979 80 teacher graduates
from North Carolina Col
leges and universities
found teaching jobs in the
state this school year A
definite surplus of both
elementary and secondary
public school teachers
exists in the state as well as
the nation, with the excep
tion of a few specialized
areas
For the 1979-80 school
year, the total demand for
teachers who had not
taught in the state the pre
vious year was 4,551 About
2.000 new North Carolina
graduates found employ
ment Nationally, the num
ber of prospective teachers
from the 1979 graduating
class seeking teaching po
sitions exceeded by almost
60.000 the number of teach
ing positions open to them
Teachers accounted for
almost 25 percent of the
total graduates (23,617)
from North Carolina public
and private schools last
year Among tne state in
stitutions, Appalachian
State produced the largest
number of teachers follow
ed by East Carolina Uni
versity, UNC at Greens
boro, Western Carolina
Cniversity, and UNC
Chapel Hill. Mars Hill
College graduated the
largest number among the
private schools followed by
Atlantic Christian. Mere
dith, Campbell, and Elon
College.
The new supply of
teacher graduates has de
clined slightly each year
both state and nationally
since the all-time high in
1972 In North Carolina, the
supply of graduates com
pleting preparation to
enter teaching in 1979 was
about l percent smaller
than the number reported
in 1978 Nationally, the de
crease was 4 7 percent for
the same time period.
Some 56,270 persons were
employed as classroom
teachers last year, another
16,000 worked as teacher
aides, while 10,355 worked
as superintendents, princi
pals, supervisors and other
instructional staff.
If entry patterns in the T
profession continue, the
supply of trained teachers
is expected to significantly
exceed the demand. Teach
er demand
drop along with
rollment
V
WINSOME GWEN WALLACE
...NCNB Teller
Gwen Wallace Is
Beauty Of Week
Only 16
Days Left
To Register
’’I
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f-,
merely because they are
the parents of a fine fellow
fSb • r
Bishop Walter McCollough
.. .Receives special salute