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Along The
Campaign
Trail
Independent Presidential
candidate John Anderson
recently asked the federal
government to put the
Humphrey-Hawkins Full
Employment Act into
effeg*
Anderson said the fe
deral government should
attempt to meet the act’s
goal of four percent un
employment and three per
cent inflation by 1983.
The Illinois congressman
also reaffirmed his support
for the Comprehensive
Employment and Training
Act (CETA) and Food
Stamp program, saying
both would be vital parts of
his administration.
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U.S. Senator Robert Mor
gan’s record has been
“intentionally and repeat
edly distorted and misre
presented,” charged Rus
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Democratic Chairman.
In a statement issued
from his headquarters,
Walker said John East,
Morgan’s opponent has not
only admitted the distort
ions but defended them as
necessary for an outsider
trying to unseat an in
cumbent.
Walker said East's
charges that Morgan was
soft on national defense,
ha^pposed the B-l bomb
er Jr was a free spender
were “short-sighted ways
of deceiving the voters.”
East has made these ac
cusations in television com
mercials which have ap
peared throughout the
state.
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Randall Kincaid, Ninth
District Democratic candi
date for Congress will hold
a news conference at 6:30
■ p.m. Friday, October 24,
with Gov. Jim Hunt, Sen.
Robert Morgan and other
candidates attending the
Unity Party Rally.
In continuing his cam
paign, Kincaid will attend
the Westside Community
Organization candidates’
forum at St. James United
Methodist Church Thurs
day, at 7:30 p.m.
Kincaid also will attend a
bazaar at 4:30 p.m. Satur
day at St. Ann’s Church in
Charlotte.
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County Commission can
didate Bob Walton will be
on hand for an Urban
League meeting on Thurs
day, October 23, at 4 p.m. in
First Union Bank.
Later that day he will
meet with the Westside
Community Organization
ai i:.w p.m.
Walton will be among
those v appearing at the
NintMlistrict Rally at the
Park Center on Friday at 7
p.m.
The candidate will par
ticipate in the Johnson C.
Smith University Home
coming activities on
Saturday. October as.
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In the October 30
Charlotte Post the tabloid
section will be devoted to
candidates of the 1900
If a MAN could have Half
Us wishes, be would
Us TROUBLES
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New Concept To Aid
Small Businesses Here
GALE VERONICA WRIGHT
...Enjoys Jarreau’s music
Gale Wright Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
When it comes to having
a big heart our beauty,
Gale Veronica Wright cer
tainly qualifies. One of her
immediate goals is to be
come a Big Sister to child
ren who don’t have
parents.
“I think they need some
one to relate to. I have
applied and they will
match me with a child if I
am accepted,” Ms. Wright
remarked.
Next month she will turn
21 and her plans for a
professional career have
already been blueprinted.
“I’ve started studying al
ready and I plan to start
at South Eastern College of
Beauty at the end of Oc
tober.”
“I’ve always liked to do
hair and I’ve learned a
great deal from my mother
who is a cosmotologist.
Presently I am trained in
professional braiding,” she
continued. *
Our beauty’s inspiration
over the years has come
from her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert B. Lee. Her
favorite person is her
mother and she has two
sisters, three brothers and
a son Robert, who is four.
Bom in Charlotte, but
raised in New ioric, Ms.
Wright finds the Queen
City life a little nicer. “I
came back to Charlotte in
1976 and I found that the
life here was not as fast. I
like it - it’s cleaner, safer
and the environment is
nice. In New York people
were crowded on each
other,” she emphasized.
As for hobbies - dancing,
jogging, tennis, going to
movies and to the park are
certain highlights of her
agenda. A1 Jarreau hap
pens to be her favorite
entertainer, mainly be
cause his style is definitely
unique.
“I enjoy A1 Jarreau's
music - it relaxes me.
Actually I like getting into
jazz,” she commented.
Ms. Wright’s plans in
clude becoming a Big
Sister, aiding children,
becoming a cosmotologist
and eventually working be
side her mother. She also
explained that without
stepping on anyone she
would like to better herself
and become closer to God.
With such unselfish goals
Ms. Wright will no doubt
lead a successful life with
enhanced knowledge and
love.
NAACP
Mmilreshp
Drive
Benjamin L. Hooks,
Executive Director of the
National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People, and Ina
Boon, Director of Mem
bership have announced an
October 18th kick-off date
for the organization's most
ambitious and comprehen
sive membership cam
paign ever attempted.
The goal will be one
million members by 1984,
the 75th anniversary of the
Association’s founding.
Hooks said the effort
would attempt to reach a
record one million member
goal by asking each one of
the organization’s almost
1,800 branches to pledge a
minimum yearly increase
of 25 percent over their
present enrollment.
Ina Boone -- who in addi
tion to her role as NAACP
Membership Director, is
the Director of the Asso
ciation's Sustainer Pro
gram and National Co
ordinator of Jubilee Day -
said the campaign would
initially focus its efforts on
32 cities where Member
ship Chairpersons will at
tempt to correct a chronic
"below average" Black in
volvement in the organ
ization. In addition, Ms.
Boon said Benjamin L.
Hooks would be asking the
nation's Black churches,
fraternities, sororities and
other similar organizations
to set up community
“membership” drives. The
success of these drives
would then be listed on a
"Drive Meter," graduated
in percentages that reflect
the community group's
own membership
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Members of Scout Troop 127 practice
knot-tying at Memorial United Presby
terian Church. The Bov Scout Round-Up
lasts through December 31. (Photo by
Eileen Hanson)
Local Boy scouts Program
Offers Numerous Highlights
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
Camping out under the
stars. Hot stew cooked on
an open fire. Learning to
swim. Trips to near-by
Charleston or far away
New Mexico. Emergency
preparedness training,
sports, skills and com
munity service.
These are just a few
highlights the Scouting pro
gram has to offer black
youth, according to troop
leaders Scotty Hendricks
and Ken Alexander.
“Scouting is unique. It
builds character and pre
pares youth for every as
pect of life," said Hen
dricks, Assistant Scout
master at St. Paul’s Bap
tist Church, 1401 Allen St.
The Boy Scouts are hav
ing a Council-wide Round
up, the annual recruitment
program to involve more
youth and parents in the
scouting program
According to Doug Co
"field, Scout Executive,
Mecklenburg will have
7,600 Scouts by the end of
the Round-up, December
31, 1980. Some 30 percent of
the membership is black
youth.
At Memorial Presbyte
rian Church, 2600 Beattie.'
Ford Rd., a Cub Pack and
Scout Troop meet every
Wednesday. Members of
the Booster Club, parents
of Scouts, help out with
fund raising and special
projects.
Camping heads the list of
favorite Scout activities at
Memorial’s Troop 127.
Buan DeLaine likes to
travel. Last summer he
went to the Boy Scout
National Wilderness Camp
in Philmont, New Mexico.
Next year his sights are set
on the worldwide Scout
Jamboree in Virginia. Last
June DeLaine received the
Eagle Scout Award, the
highest merit achievement
in Scouting.
Mir>hoo I 1/ "ip
miles during his 10 day
stay at the Philmont Camp
“It was hard, but it was
worth it!" said Kee, with a
gleam in his eye.
For others, scouting is a
head start on school pro
jects, or an entrance to
different careers.
“Through the merit
badge system Scouts can
gain skills and confidence
in many different fields,
from citizenship to knot
tying,” said Alexander,
leader of Troop 127 and a
13-year veteran of the
Scouting movement
"The boys develop a dif
ferent image of them
selves. They set their own
program and goals, and
then work toward achiev
ing them," he said.
The Scouts decide their
own service programs
Last year Troop 25 at St.
Paul's Church sponsored
"Tovs for Tots." collect
ing toys, food and
donations for 100 needy
Leadership Is Part Of Gwendolyn Cunningham
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Leadership is a part of
Gwendolyn Davidson Cun
ningham - a port no one can
ever snatch away.
She was born to be
inquisitive and through her
various experiences she
admits that she has grown
a great deal.
‘‘I like working with peo
ple and I enjoy learning.
I'm interested in a number
of things and I have a
number of challenging op
portunities," she stated.
Among her challenging
duties is the demanding Job
of running an elementary
school. As principal of Oak
lawn Elementary School,
Mrs. Cunningham said, “I
must grow and stay on top,
I have to be an instruction
al leader.”
In a broader sense the
whole business of educa
tion is helping boys and
girls grow, develop and
utilize their potential," she
continued.
Mrs. Cunningham stress
es the Importance of other
aspects of principalship as
well. "The staff, material,
space, working with
parents, the affective co
ordination and articulation
GWENDOLYN CUNNINGHAM
...Principal for 28 years
ui gening II BU ui^rurci aie
all roles the principal must
observe in becoming an
instructional leader.”
For 28 years, first at
Double Oaks, now Oak
lawn, she has noticed the
importance of using the
iniurrnauon arm oaia avail
able on each child in
providing alternative op-,
portunities for learning. '
“Learning occurs all the
time," Mrs. Cunningham
began, "But you must be
involved with the student^
- help them have a real
istic understanding of their
own role in obtaining an
education.”
“It’s not what we do to
them, but what we do with
the child. The child must
get turned on and realize at
the same time that educa
tion is not a jelly bean
circus," she continued.
Staff members mast
continue their professional
growth, students must
realize that self-discipline
is important in obtaining
an education - but what
about the parents’ role?
While the school is the
formal setting for instruc
tion, parents can reinforce,
encourage and listen to
children in the more in
formal setting and home.
“I think It is important
that a parent spend at least
15 minutes of undivided
time with a child to listen
and inquire what is hap
pening. Those 15 minutes
are better than an hour of
interrupted time," Mrs.
Cunningham suggested
During her duration with
the school system Mrs
Cunningham has observed
the improvement of pro
grams for children. The
programs are more sen
sitive to the needs of child
ren. Resources, such as
social services, school psy
chologists, etc., are now
used more effectively, etc.
in many respects she has
been instrumental in im
proving the educational
system. As vice president
of the Education Action
Council, Mrs. Cunningham
is in charge of all activities
of the task force. “We are
concerned with the total
aspect of the quality of
educational opportunities
in the greater Charlotte
area Our projects are ac
tion-oriented,” she
explained.
Mrs. Cunningham is an
Elder at First United
Presbyterian Church. She
is also a member of the
Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Develop
ment, NEA-NCESB and the
American Association of
University Women She is
also past president of the
American Lung Associa
tion of North Carolina and
serves on the boards of
United Community Ser
vices and Mecklenburg
County Health Authority
She is also affiliated with
the Southern Piedmont
Health Systems Associa
tion Project Review Board^
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Black Scout Troops face
some special programs
"Few black men were
Scouts themselves.
Fathers don't encourage
their sons to participate,"
said Hendricks
"The Main ingredients of
a good Scouting program
are a sponsoring institu
tion, two adult leaders, and
a troop committee of adults
to oversee the program,”
said Hendricks
But the best promoters of
Scouting are the boys
themselves "Scouting
keeps you busy,” said 11
year-old Mark Bridges
Kirharti Erwin
To Be Sworn
In October 31
Richard C. Erwin, lorin
er Judge, North Carolina
Court of Appeals, will be
sworn in as the first Black
Federal Judge since recon
struction for the U. S.
Middle District of North
Carolina on Friday, Octo
ber 31, at 2 p m in the
Forsyth County Courthouse
in Winston-Salem
Immediately following
the swearing in, there will
be a public reception at the
Benton Convention Center
from 2:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Center To
Offer Variety
Of Services
Commercial Credit Com
pany last week introduced
a new business concept,
and service, to Charlotte
area small business execu
tives with the opening here
of a Control Data Business
Center, the ninth establish
ed in major United States
cities this year The cen
ters offer services usually
associated with large cor
porations such as special
ists who will provide finan
cial and insurance services
in addition to advanced
management techniques
and such sen ices as pet
son IIP 1 nnH trainino
marketing; accounting:
and tax assistance
Commercial Credit will
also offer the U S Small
Business Administration
guaranteed loan program
through Commercial Cre
dit Financial Corporation
co-located with the Busi
ness Centers Commercial
Credit, in January, became
the first non-bank, non
regulated lender author
ized to issue SBA guaran
teed loans on a nationwide
basis
The Charlotte Control
Data Business Center is
located at 3726 Latrobe
Drive. Other Business Cen
ters have been established
in Baltimore, Atlanta, Den
ver, Chicago, Los Angeles.
Minneapolis, Cleveland
and Dallas. Others will be
open this year in Tampa.
I^ouisvilleand Kansas City
Control Data's long
range strategy calls for the
introduction of some -too
business resource and ser
vice centers throughout the
United States. The centers
will market a variety of
services offered by Com
mercial Credit and Control
Data
The maximum loan
amount permitted under
the SBA guaranteed loan
program is $500,000 al
though the average loan
extended by current lend
ers approximates $100,000
Interest rales vary w ith the
pi ime aim mammies aver
age about seven years
Commercial Credit eco
nomists estimate there are
four million businesses eli
gible to apply for the loans
which can be issued lor a
number of purposes to
finance new companies, to
refinance young, growing
companies, to assist in the
purchase of equipment and
expansion of facilities, and
to provide operating capi
tal for established com
panies.
Small businesses com
prise by far the majority of
the companies in the pri
vate sector. They contri
bute 43 percent of the gross
national product and have
accounted for the majority
of the technological inno
vations made during the
past quarter century.
Small business provides
more than half of the jobs
in the U.S. marketplace,
and a livelihood for more
than 100 million Amen
cans ^