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THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. September 25. 1980
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BISHOP WALTER MCCOLLOUGH
.«.Delivers epitaph
Elder Wilkinson Dies:
Baptizing, Band Parade
Highlight Convocation
ι ne second aay of the
United House of Prayer's
Convocation brought many
members, choirs and
bands from various states.
Their intended plan was to
arrive on the weekend, but
the funeral of Elder C. L.
Wilk* on, the first North
Carolina senior minister,
appointed by Bishop
McCollough, was held Mon
day, September 22, at the
House of Prayer, 2321 Beat
ties Ford Rd. Bishop W.
McCollough delivered the
eulogy. Elder Wilkinson
pastored in Philadelphia,
Washington, D.C. and re
cently at the Beatties Ford
Rd. sanctuary here in
Charlotte, and Newport
News, Vrginia.
Elder Wilkinson was ex
tremely active during his
years as pastor. In addi
tion to an Elder's duties he
was also a member of the
General Council, appointed
Judge of the General Coun
Elder C. L. Wilkinson
I ...An outstanding leader
cil, and participated in
■ various other dimensions
of the United House of
Prayer.
ι Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. C. L. Wilkinson,
i and son Claude Wilkinson
i Jr.
I The Convocation con
■ tinues despite the lose of a
[National Family Sex
Week Win Β
Planned Parenthood of
Greater Charlotte is cele
irating National Family
>ex Education Week, Octo
>er 5-11, by holding a work
hop for parents and teen
igers on human sexuality.
Research shows girls
vho have an open relation
hip with their parents are
ess likely to become preg
lant than girls who cannot
alk wTOi their parents,
iccording to Lorena Page,
he workshop coordinator,
iset for October 10-12 at
le Park Road YWCA, the
Orkshop is open to boys
nd girls ages 11-14 and one
r both parents. Fees range
om $20-150 depending
pon weekly iamily in
>me
«BSX
&
sPQjf,
REMEMBER when the
ly PAYCHECK deduct·
ι was the one slipped out
r a BEER on the way
me from work?
ι *
e Celebrated
This workshop is de
signed to enhance com
munication between teens
and their parents and
peers.
Postal Workers Will Celebrate 67
Years Of Progressive Unionism
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Poet
Charlotte postal workers
will celebrate 67 years of
progressive black union
ism on Saturday, October
4. The National Alliance of
Postal and Federal Em
ploye» ( NAPFF. ) will hold
its annual Awareness Week
Dinner at the Park Road
SAW (Park Rd and Wood
lawn) beginning at S p.m.
City Councilman Ron
beeper (Diet. 3) will be the
featured speaker. Also on
the program will be George
Lacy, NAPFE attorney
from New York; Oren
McCullough giving the Al
liance's history; and Con
nie Berry giving the wel
come. Freddie Dewalt will
serve as toastmaster
The national theme for
this year's Awareness
ι
Ron Leeper
.. guest speaker
Week will be "The Sands of
Time: A Look at NAPFE's
Roots," with a special
focus on the contributions
of the Alliance's oldest
members and retirees to
black unionism.
Dinner reservations are
due Monday, September 29,
by calling Tom Thompson,
523-3384 or Dewalt, 523
9197, 527-2946 Tickets are
$10.
The Alliance claims 126,
000 members in 127 locals
throughout the United
States and the Virgin
lalands. According to
Dewalt, some 130 Charlotte
postal workers are mem
bers.
The Alliance was found
ed in 1913 when 35 black
railway mail clerks met in
Chattanooga, Tn., to form a
union to prevent the
elimination of blacks from
the railway mail service
For 67 years the union has
continued to fight against
discrimination of all kinds
in federal employment and
in the community at-large
In 1923, unlike many old
line craft unions, the
Alliance opened its doors to
any postal worker seeking
membership It has kept
those door open to all eli
gible persons, regardless of
race, sex, creed or religion
As early as 1914, NAPFE
worked to eradicate the
discriminating practice of
identifying photographs re
quired for civil service
exams, a battle it finally
won 26 years later At the
close of World War fl, the
Alliance vigorously sup
ported equal status, bene
fits and protection for wo
men in the postal service.
In perhaps the most
courageous moment of its
history, the Alliance stead
tastly stood t>y its members
accused of Communist
see POSTAL on Page 2
wen-Known and loved
Elder. Thursday, Septem
ber 25, the young people of
the state will perform and
deliver salutes to Bishop
McCollough.
On Saturday, September
27, special salutes to the
Bishop will continue. A
multitude of churches from
various states will parti
cipate. Preaching and sing
ing in celebration of Bishop
McCollough's 20 years of
outstanding leadership will
occur. Citations from
mayors of different cities,
the governor, and the City
Council will be presented to
Bishop McCollough also.
Earlier Saturday after
noon at 2 p.m. a softball
game will be played at
West Charlotte Senior High
School.
Baptismal Services will
be held at the House of
Prayer, 2321 Beatties Ford
Rd., Sunday, September 28,
at 11 a.m. and a band
exhibition, including bands
from a number of states
will follow at 2 p.m.
In the past 20 years,
under the leadership of
Bishop McCollough, the
House of Prayer has grown
in number, adding 70
churches and more mem
bers To date there are
over 4 million members,
4,500 locally.
Employers Urged To Seek
Alternatives To Layoffs
Competenc}
Tests Await
Our Student
Mecklenburg County stu
dents will be takine the
state's competency test on
September 30 and October
4 at each senior high
school. Students are re
quired to meet minimum
competency standards in
basic skills to receive a
high school diploma.
Tenth graders will take
diagnostic tests while 11th
grade students take the
competency test and the
12th graders who failed the
competency test at pre
vious attempts will take it
again.
Most tests will be given
in the morning with read
ing in the first three hour
block on September 30 and
math on Octoher 4.
Make-up tests for stu
dents who missed school on
these two days will be held
October 2-8, depending on
which school the student
attends.
ι ne lesung is a resuil ai
1977 legislation passed by
the General Assembly to
make sure high school
graduates possess the
skills and knowledge ne
cessary to function suc
cessfully in society. The
program is intended to
identify strengths and
weaknesses in the educa
tion process and make the
education system account
able to the public for
results.
State Competency Test
results for last spring's
session showed that 71,795
North Carolina seniors
< class of 1980) took the test.
Of the seniors, some 70,814
<98.6 percent ι successfully
passed the reading portion;
70,565 (98.3 percent > passed
the math portion. Some 981
(1.4 percent) of the senior
class did not pass the
reading portion; 1,230 (1.7
percent) did not pass the
math test. These students
continued to work in re
mediation programs and
had an additional oppor
tunity to pass the test the
last month of school.
The class of 1980 was the
first elass issued grad
uation certificates rather
than diplomas to those fail
ing the test.
STUDIOUS BRENDA McKOY
...Wake Forest University senior
Brenda McKoy Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Slaff Writer
While most people shy
away from the difficult ma
jors in universities, our
beauty, Brenda McKoy. de
cided to plunge into a sub
ject she believed to be a
challenge.
"I decided to major in
mathematics. It's one of
the few challenges I've
had. It's not something to
iust memorize and repeat -
it's something you have to
understand and I enjoy it,"
she remarked
Now a senior at Wake
Forest University, Ms
McKoy has had time to
narrow her future down to
two paths "I will either
continue in graduate school
or enter the business world
in accounting."
But for the present she is
actively involved in Wake
Forest's Student Govern
ment, Poetry Reading.
Afro-American Society,
and Intramural Sports
where she plays softball
and volleyball
Our beauty is energetic
mentally as well as phy
sically She doesn't have
much lime to watch tele
vision · she is busy reading
or exploring another mu
seum. One of her loves is
art. She even draws a bit
herself
It seems she believes in
the old saying 'sound body,
sound mind' and makes
sure she keeps physically
fit, by dancing and jogging
in addition to her intra
mural sport activities at
the university.
Ms. McKoy has lived in
Charlotte for 20 of her 21
years. She was born in
I^aurenburg, N.C. She at
tended Myers Park Senior
High School graduating in
1!»77, and is a member of
Faith CM Ε Church. Mr
and Mrs James McKoy
are her parents
"My mother is my favor
ite person," Ms McKoy
began, "She's done a great
job and everyone is doing
well because of her "
Characteristic ol a
Gemini, Ms. McKoy wishes
for more harmony. "I
would like to see everyone
work toward removing
some of the racial and
sexual discrimination that
still exists The laws and
regulations are not always
enforced - they exist but
they are subtle It is there
V.IMi Ot/IIIVVMIIIg IICCUA HI l/c
done." she commented
You'll never find our
beauty sitting around idle
"Enjoy each day to the
fullest," she advises, "Life
is too short to waste one
moment. There are too
many wonderful things to
do to be bored."
Court Pushes
Unemployment
Benefits Bark
RALEIGH · The State
Employment Security
Commission last week said
a recent U S District Court
ruling has pushed the ef
fective date for extended
unemployment benefits
back to July 20 from Au
gust 24
Individuals who qualify
for extended payments will
receive checks for 50 per
cent longer than under
their original entitlement
Special Attention Focused
On "Workshariiiif*
Special To The Post
WASHINGTON -· The U
S. Equal Employment Op
portunity Commission
(EEOC) issued a policy
statement published Mon
day for comment in the
Federal Register urging
employers and labor
unions to make serious
voluntary efforts to find
alternatives to layoffs that
may have a disproportion
ately harsh impact on
minorities, women and
older workers during re
cessionary periods
In suggesting alterna
tives to layoffs that may be
used by employers, the
Commission focused spe
cial attention on ••work
sharing," where the work
week is usually reduced to
four days, and indicated
that unemployment insur
ance has been used to
subsidize this arrange
ment
The Commission saic!
that it is greath concerned
that the routine usti.ol
•'layoffs on a last hired,
lirst fired basis thai
usually has an adverse
wiicti «m minorities,
women and older workers
may eradicate man)
recent affirmative gains
made in the workplace.
In its statement, the
commission asked employ
ers, who have developed
"sensitivity and mechan
isms" to avoid discrimina
tory layoffs, and others
familiar with the problem
to submit comments and
information for the
EEOC's consideration
The Commission noted
that almost one-third of all
union contracts provide tor
worksharing as an alter
native to layoffs It said
that this alternative
becomes particularl> at
tractive where state law.
as in California, allows the
payment of unempUn ment
insurance to workers who
work a partial workweek
For example, if an employ
er has to reduce its normal
workforce by one fifth, (!><·
California law permit*
affected workers to work
four days each week and
collect unemployment in
surance benefits for one
day layoff each week The
Commission urged employ
ers and unions to >eek
similar modifications to
unemployment insurance
laws through their own
state legislatures in order
to make worksharing an
attractive alternative
The Commission also
urged governors and state
legislators to make the
minor changes in state
unemployment compensa
tion laws that would allow
unemployment insurance
to be used to subsidize
shortened workweeks to re
duce unemployment
The Commission warned
of potential liability em·
nlmiAvx ··*«»■ ·'
r—J ■·—/ ■"vv ·· ···»/
routinely resort to layoffs
"Even where a partxuiiai
layoff may not be violative
of Title VII, an employer
may find itself vulnerable
to private litigation or
enforcement by the EEOC
or other governmental
agencies, such as the Office
of Federal Contract Com
pliance Programs, at a
later date when the
employer is in a new hiring
phase The employer may
then be confronted with a
situation where it has to
institute or reinsJ'tiite I
Urinative action plans t>e
cause its earlier . to
correct pas! discrii:.ii..ttii n
were largely null ι i «·<? · >
intervening la> <»tis
There also are -ubs ίί
tial incentives tor empi· ■
ers to consider ,i!ti ι iutt ι ν ·■>
to layoffs, the Com miss · >ii
said As the eeono.ny ias
become increasing!; de
pendent on tochno' "' ·
cost of training '«··.·.
employees has becon .· a
much greater part <>l the
employers' investmei!.
compared to prior jji ; I
when the econom> ..!·>
dominated by unskilled -.t.-·
semi skilled manufactur
ing jobs and worker»
When an employer lays oil
a worker today th»* · i.i
plover often loses 'he
considerable investment
that an experiem ed and
trained \\orkfor< ι repre
sents Therefore, u. today'·
e'.-wmy it is to th·· ••n·.
*plo.ers advantage to
exploit· aiiernitive m. .1
01 reducing lal·· .· '.-is
îich to the ■ < a ·
ν. λι«κι μυ;>.- vu;»;
laying < il w■ >rk«-i -
The HKuC sa:') ι Mû·
then* are »ub>:antial
centives i >r labor organ
izations a «ell Some
alternative appr<>aihes
would resuit m moM λ »rk
ers. not oni· the η ·ιι<>:.;>·
and female worker χ· ι·ρ
ing their jobs and Km>
at fording protection
against lay Ms to all union
members generally K< r
example. if wurksharing
were the selected alterna
tive. greater jot) security
would also be afforded to
the less senior whi'e work
ers who might otherwise be
subject to being !..:d off
fa
Boh Walton
l<oliti«'iil t artdii ιί ι ' C
Marshall Park
Rally KirkofU
Walton < am|Kii^n
County Commission can
didate Boh Wallon a ill
officially kickoff his ram
paign on Saturday. Sep
tember 27. with a r.illy in
Marshall Park from 10
a m to 2 ρ m. Plenty o(
music and food will he
provided at the festivities
That evening, the Excel
sior Club will host a
kickoff disco for Walton
from 9 p.m. to 1 a m The
donation is $2 00.
The Pi Phi Ensemble of
the Pi Phi Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
will give a benefit concert
at 7:30 ρ m in the Uni
versity Church at Johnson
C. Smith University.
Voters are encouraged to
register before the October
6 deadline