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BEVERLY DUNLAP
...Working on ECE degree
Beverly Dunlap Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post SUff Writer
Love for little children
has prompted Beverly
Dunlap to become an ele
mentary school teacher.
She is now in California
working on her A. A. degree
in Early Childhood Edu
cation. She has completed
two yean of study at Oak
wood College In Huntsville,
;4SE8iKK3ES
Bom in Charlotte De
cember 7,1957, Ms. Dunlap
graduated from Mt. Pisgah
High School located in
Asheville. There she was
active in various high
school activities including
the AYA Sorority and re
ceived numerous typing
awards.
“Put God first in your life
let all else follow,” is not
only a thought of Ms. Dun
lap’s but the philosophy she
lives by. She is a member
of the Seventh Day Ad
ventist Church, 1801 Double
Oaks Road. (
There are philosophers
who believe that love and
knowledge are major goals
in life. People, making
friends, the family and
home are loves of our
beauty. Her parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J.
Shropshire, and she has
two sisters and three
brothers.
Ms. Dunlap spends as
much time as possible with
her close-knit family. She
also enjoys bike riding,
skating, gymnastics, bask
etball, and softball. She
adores athletics, but is also
fashion conscipus and looks
forward to long shopping
sprees.
A talent for drawing has
also emerged and her in
terest has grown. One of
her favorite subjects is
commercial art. Through
her drawings she has found
expression and a past time
that will always be present
in her life.
Andrea Croutch, Walter
Hawkins and Stevie Won
der are a few of Ms. Dun
lap’s favorite entertainers.
She is at ease with the
stereo playing gospel and
religious music.
Ms. Dunlap has mapped
her future to correspond
with her personality, her
lesires, and will. With this
:ombination she will most
ikely be successful, con
sent and effective in her
>ursuits. If only more
jeople would follow her
sxample, the world could
>ecome a paradise.
320,000 Youth Tried
Alcohol Once Last Year?
RALEIGH - In 1979,
320,000 North Carolina
youth between the ages of
12-17 tried alcohol at least
once. More than 169,000 are
current users. In addition,
almost 66,000 youth be
tween the ages of 13-19 are
considered heavy drinkers,
drinking at least once a
week and typically five to
seven drinks on each occa
sion.
“Experimentation by
young people with alcohol
and other drugs Is a well
known phenomenon.
Parents, teachers and
health workers are con
cerned about the frequency
teenagers are drinking and
the resultant problems,"
explains Secretary of Hu
nan Resources Dr. Sarah
T. Morrow.
tantMMit
A good LISTENER la not
only popular everywhere
but aftae^a^wMte^he
In the 18-25 age group,
760,000 had used alcohol at
least once and 600,000 are
current users.
“One of the chief pro
blems that young people
experience when drinking
is that they cannot judge
their capacity to hold al
cohol,” explains Steven L.
Hicks, state deputy direc
tor for substance abuse
services.
For youth, both alcohol
and drugs have increased
effect, due to the biological
and psychological effect of
puberty. Adolescents can
develop addictions more
quickly than older people.
David Abernethy, sub
stance abuse services co
ordinator for Forsyth
Stokes Mental Health Cen
ter, notes that both the
outpatient clinic and the
residential facility in his
town have seen an increase
in the number of youth who
are admitted for alcohol
ism.
"It used to be that the
youngest person who might
show up would be 25, now
It’s down to 17 years,”
Abernethy explains
He cites parental refer
rals, especially those who
have recovered from alco
holism, referrals by at- I
torneys and from the Al
coholics Anonymous com
munity, as the ways most
teens get help.
Bob Walton’s Fate Rests With
Absentee Ballots Countdown
Food Stamp
Recipients
Increase
Figures for food stamp
assistance programs are
up again according to find
ings released recently by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Food stamp recipients
increased nationally from
$19 million in August, 1979
to $22.1 million in August,
1980.
In Mecklenburg County,
participants increased
from 33,113 to 33,557 in that
same period, says food
stamp director, Linda
Cook.
While the value of bonus
coupons rose from $636.2
million to $760 million,
local figures showed a
growth to $1,156,830 - up
from a year ago at $1,115
393, she explained.
The average bonus per
person in Mecklenburg was
the same as the national
average - $34.47.
Ms. Cook said 554 more
families participated in the
August, 1980 food stamp
program than in last
year’s.
Cleveland County
Blacks Plan
Protest Rally
Cleveland County blacks
will protest injustices
against them in city and
county government with a
march on Saturday, No
vember 8th.
The 1,500 to 3,500 ex
pected protestors will rally
to heighten public aware
ness of the main issues,
according to a spokesman
Starting at 10 a m. from
Shiloh Baptist Church in
the heart of Shelby’s black
community, protestors will
march to the County Court
house where they will hold
a rally led by local black
leaders.
Complaints range from a
lack of appointed black
magistrates in the county
judicial system to incon
sistent hiring and firing
practices in city and county
government.
— — a iuiv niou pi ir
Sexual Assault Against
Women Will Be Discussed
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
Charlotte Women United,
i new women's rights or
(anization, will sponsor a
liscussion and film on
'Sexual Assault Against
iVomen" on Saturday, No
vember 8, at 2 p m. The
neeting will be at the
Metrolina Independent
Living Center, 909 South
College St. (next to Pied
nont Natural Gas). Child
:are will be provided.
The program will feature
he film "Rape: Victim of
/ictor?", followed by a
liscussion on sexual as
lault with representatives
rom the Rape Crisis Cen
er, the Battered Women's
Shelter, and the Victim’s
Assistance Program.
The film depicts four
ypical situations where
vomen are asaultad -
shopping alone at night,
opening the door to strang
ers, hitch-hiking, and walk
ing alone in deserted areas
It illustrates preventive
measures women can take
to prevent assaults.
“The assaults on women
in the downtown area these
past few months are only
part of what we’re talking
about,” according to Judy
Vaughan, member of Char
lotte Women United. "Sex
ual assault is not unusual,
it happens everyday to
women It takes the form of
wife beating, sexual
harassment on the Job, and
verbal harassment on the
street ...Women are vic
timized because of the un
equal position they occupy
in our society.”
On urging women to at
tend this first program of
Charlotte Women United,
Vaughan added, "Alone we
are victims, but together
we are strong.”
The purpose of Charlotte
Women United is “to em
power southern women of
all nationalities with edu
advance our political, so
cial and economic status,
and to help us lead strug
gles for justice and equal
ity for all working people,
on the job and in the
community," according to
member Geraldine May
hew.
The program will feature
some of the services avail
able to women who are
victims of sexual assault.
The Battered Women’s
Shelter offers temporary
housing and counseling to
battered women and their
children (332-5213).
The Victim's Assistance
Program provides profes
see SEXUAL Page 2
PRECINCT WORKER ANN McCUL
LOUGH checks voter registration book
for record of unidentified voters at
Precinct 25 at West Charlotte High
I-1
School Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Thelma
Brewington, another precinct worker, is
seen in the background (Photo by
Peeler)
With Management Techniques
Data Business Center
To Help Small Businesses
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Public information from
the American Stock Ex
change and the New York
Stock Exchange revealed
that a large number of
black-owned businesses in
the United States have no
paid employees.
This may be an indica
tion of a number of things:
the owners may simply
enjoy workihg or the busi
ness is not grossing enough
to hire individuals. If the
latter is the reason, Com
mercial Credit Company
has established a Control
Data Business Center at
3726 Latrobe Dr. to help
small businesses succeed
and prosper through access
to advanced management
techniques, services and
Small Business Adminis
tration (SBA) loans
The center is aimed at
those people planning to
start a new business, new
companies; or generally
businesses with sales
volumes of under ten mil
lion dollars. The Business
Center has the added ad
vantage of diverse aid
located in one centralized
area.
First, your needs are
assessed Whether you
need assistance in capital;
assistance in general busi
ness management; avail
ability of existing techno
logy ; and-or assistance in
dealing with, government
regulations,'help Ts*avail
able.
Commerical Credit be
came the first non-bank,
non-regulated lender on a
nationwide basis in Janu
ary of 1980 and has the
power to issue loans gua
rantied by the Small Busi
ness Administration (SBA)
- up to $500,000. The Char
lotte Center has two loan
officers.
In addition to the loan
officers, the center also
provides the services of an
accountant, a marketing
and insurance specialist
and a Learning Center. The
Learning Center is
equipped with a sophisti
cated computer system en
titled Plato. Various les
sons such as purchasing,
taxes, employer-employee
relations, sales, just to
name a few, are taught by
the computer, Plato. This
computer also quizzes the
student in order to find out
the owners’ employees
and-or business weakness.
I^arge companies such as
Exxon take advantage of
the Plato system to train
employees in various
areas. The system provid
ed high quality individual
ized instruction In addi
tion to the many topics
offered to enhance any
business. Plato also Dro
vides self-paced instruc
tion; one-on-one learning;
and immediate and er
roneous feedback to
answers.
The system also provides
tests. This process makes it
easy for trainee's to be
certified.
Communication of the
computer is not limited to
words and numbers. Plato
can incorporate pictures,
charts, graphs, and anima
tion as well as text. The
typewriter-like keys can be
redefined to represent
math symbols, creative de
signs or a new alphabet...
whatever is necessary for
the training program.
Anytime the terminal is
operating trainees are in
vited to learn. (In Char
lotte Monday through
Thursdays, from 9-8:30
p.m. and Fridays 9-5:30
p.m ) Schedules of employ
ees who have limited time
can be accommodated.
When a student leaves his
lesson he can return at any
time and continue from the
same spot
In addition to the Plato
system, printed materials,
audiotapes, videotapes,
and filmstips with sound
are also available to in
duce a creative learning
t n v ii isiiijiciii. m Ida, mere
are 52 various learning
services available at the
center
Charlotte's center is the
ninth built in the U S.
Areas showing plentiful
new business starts will be
sought. Tentatively, 12
Business Centers were
scheduled to open in 1980 --
nine have already been
opened in Baltimore, Los
Angeles, Atlanta, Denver,
Minneapolis, Chicago, Dal
las, Cleveland and Char
lotte. Centers are sched
uled to open in Tampa.
Louisville and Kansas City
this year. Plans are to open
400 throughout the U S
within five years.
“Rest Control
Technology"
Course Offered
“Rest Control Techno
logy” will be the theme of a
20-hour continuing educa
tion course taught at Char
lotte Memorial Hospital in
the AHEC Building No
vember 7-9
For turther information,
contact James Stroud, at
Charlotte Memorial Hospi
tal and Medical Center.
Walton Held Slim Lead
Over Booe At Press Time
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Charlotte's black com
munity may lack repre
sentation in the North
Carolina House and the
Mecklenburg County Com
mission in the next few
years.
Bob Walton, whose cam
paign followed a two-year
absence, held a slim lead
over incumbent Bill Booe
when "The Charlotte Post”
went to press late Wed
nesday afternoon.
Although Walton led
with 60,439 votes to Booe's
59,500, a remaining 4,784
absentee ballots were be
ing counted late Wednes
day afternoon
Walton is the only one of
three black candidates
with a glimmering hope of
winning in Tuesday's
election.
Dr Raleigh Bynum lost
his bid for a County Com
mission seat, and Dr.
Bertha Maxwell holds
uium piav.c ill IIIC l\oru
Carolina race for eigh
seats in the House. Botf
are political newcomers.
Election supervisor Bill
Culp predicted a 65 per
cent black voter turnout or
23,000 voters. He also point
ed out Mecklenburg County
has a total of 33,000 regis
tered black voters.
He was on target.
The predominantly black
precincts gave Walton 16,
058 votes comprising 27
percent of the total number
cast for him. Only 1,815
votes or three percent of
Booe's support came from
black precincts
Bynum garnered 13,828
votes in black precincts
which contributed 28 per
cent to his total He placed
distant eighth with 48,768
votes
Dr. Bynum said voting
patterns were contrary to
the expectations He had
anticipated a better show
ing when the polls indicat
ed him struggling for fifth
place.
In the State House of
Representatives race Dr
Bertha Maxwell obtained
26 percent of her support or
14,864 votes from black
precincts.
majority of votes in the
final countdown to com
pensate for the 2,000 dif
ference separating her and
the seventh place candi
date It appears Gus Eco
nomos will win the last
available seat
Incumbent Sen Robert
Morgan and ninth district
congressional candidate
Randy Kincaid (both De
mocrats) received heavy
support in the black pre
cincts, but it was not
enough to elect them.
Morgan captured 11,131
black votes, representing
17 percent of his total
Blacks in Mecklenburg
County cast 10.7H ballots
for Randy Kincaid,
amounting to 21 percent of
his total
The black vote helped put
four Democrats in the State
Senate, shutting out Re
publican contender
Michael Mullins
Democrat and black dis
trict court judge T. Michael
Todd who ran unopposed
was returned to office.
. The Presidential race in
Mecklenburg County was
Bob Walton
...Outcome in doubt
close with a total of 67,281
ballots cast for Carter and
68,658 for Reagan
Statewide the gap was
larger While 746,094 voted
for Carter, 763.787 chose
Reagan
Black precincts register
ed 16,658 votes or 25 per
cent of the county's total
vote compared to 1,903,
representing three percent
tor Reagan.
A! Bass Jr
Loan Administrator
Bass Appointed
Vice President
Of M & F Bank
AI Bass Jr has been
appointed Vice President
and laian Administrator
for Mechanics and Farm
ers Bank, Durham
The announcement,
made by J. J, Sansom Jr.,
President, came after re
cent approval by the Board
of Directors of the newly
created position.
Bass, a Durham native
and the son of Mr and Mrs
Al Bass Sr., has seven
years hanking experience
with a major southeastern
bank He holds a degree in
Business Administration
from A&T State Univers
ity and is a third year
ctii/tnnf o ( ltw\ T’ n __
School of Banking at UNC
Chapel Hill. He also has
completed several courses
through the American In
stitute of Banking and has
completed the real estate
brokerage program at l,er
Institute
He will have primary
responsibility for the
soundness, profitability
and growth of the bank's
entire loan portfolio and
will report directly to the
president
Bass is a member of
Bankers Educational
Society, Durham Chamber
of Commerce Contact Club
and North East Baptist
Church. He has previously
served as Group Team
Member for United Way of
Durham.
He enjoys fishing, read
ing and bicycling.
Bass is married to the
former Virginia Austin of
Durham. They have one
child. /