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Lottery For
^tentative
Schools Set
The annual lottery to de
termine enrollment in the
four CMS schools operated
as part of the system’s
’’alternative education’’
program will be held April
22, 1981 in the Board Room
of the Education Center.
The lottery will begin at
9:30 a m.
Students wishing to apply
to attend Elizabeth or
Myers Park Traditional
Elementary School, Irwin
Avenue Open Elementary
or Piedmont Open Middle
School may do so by com
pleting a special “Request
for Reassignment" form
available at all CMS ele
mentary and junior high
schools or from the Educa
tion Center. Final selection
will be based on a lottery
drawing, by grades, of all
black students and all
white students separately
using the racial ratio for
each school.
Alter a school is filled to
capacity, the remaining
names drawn in the lottery
will be placed on an “al
ternate list” in the order
they are drawn. This list
will be kept ONLY for the
1961-Kl school year. Alter
nate students will be grant
ed places in the alternative
schools as vacancies occur
during the school year.
‘ The alternative schools
are: Irwin Avenue Open
Elementary, Elizabeth
Traditional Elementary,
Myers Park Traditional
Elementary and Piedmont
Open Middle School. Irwin
Avenue is a k-5 schools,
Elizabeth and Myers Park
are k-6 and Piedmont is 6-9.
In order to be eligible for
the lottery, all students
wishing to attend an al
TerhiJferMS'sehodl rnW
apply during the applica
tion period February 1 -
March 3i. For more in
formation, contact your
leijal school or the CMS
Office of Pupil Assignment
at 379-7044.
Johnson To Be
Sworn In As
Parole Chairman
,'Greensboro lawyer
Walter Johnson will be
sworn in as the first black
chairman of the state
-Parole Commission on Fri
day, February 6, at 10:30
a.m. The ceremony will be
held in the House Cham
bers of the Capitol.
Johnson, 40, will succeed
James Woodard, who has
been appointed Secretary
of Correction. Johnson is
chairman of the N.C. In
mate Grievance Commis
sion, but will give up that
post for this chairmanship.
"I am delighted to ap
point a man of Walter
Johnson's caliber to this
position,” Gov. Hunt said.
“His superb service as
chairman of the Inmate
Grievance Commission, his
outstanding tenure as one
of North Carolina’s finest
trial lawyers uniquely qua
lify him for this post."
» Johnson will serve the
remf|ri|der of Woodard’s
temv^hich ends June 30,
1961.
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The bord gave us two
ends to use, ONE to think
with, and ONE to sit on ..It
all depends on which you
choose: HfeADS you win,
TAILS you lose.
ATTRACTIVE KATHLEEN JONES
...Irwin Avenue third grader
Kathleen Jones Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
-Like Slin myg hunting
from behind dark clouds,
our beauty, Kathleen
Jones, is a shining example
of brightness and radiant
energy.
The nine-year-old‘dffugtr-'
ter of Mary Jones and
Herman Jones, this Aquar
ian is fond of activities that
keep her on the go.
“I love to play basket
ball, dance, draw and
spend money," Miss Jones
revealed. She also attends
Friendship Baptist Church
where she is in the Brownie
Troop.
'■-•■Smgmg-is-a-ftrvorite-of
our beauty. "I would like to
become a singing star be
cause music means a lot to
me.” Her number one en
tertainer is the young star
Stacy Lattisaw.
As a third grader at
Irwin Ave. Elementary
School, Miss Jones enjoys
art, gym, language arts,
and mathematics. Mathe
matics is the most exciting
subject for- her, mainly
because “You don’t have to
do all the writing,” she
explained.
Other aspects of school
that fascinate Miss Jones
“are the field crips "We
have already been to see
plays and we are going to
Camp Thunderbird soon.’’
Much time at school is
. .spent ,wiUi..be.r best friend,
Rachel Clark, also a third
grader. Both of them enjoy
going to the movies, swim
ming and attending pa
jama parties together.
Our beauty’s favorite
person is her mother, Mrs.
Mary Jones. “For my
birthday she took me to the
skating rink and 1 like to go
skating,” our beauty com
mented. ‘‘My mother
■spends'■a'-fet'of'money'tHT'
me.”
Miss Jones didn’t want to
omit the rest of her family.
Her grandmother Ella Mae
Bates of Laurens, S.C., her
brother, James Coleman,
and her sister, Teresa Cole
man, are all “very sweet to
me,” Miss Jones stated.
Beauty appears in all age
categories and Miss Jones
is one who exemplifies this.
She is a princess who will
certainly grow to become a
queen.
Here Inarch 1
New Noise Ordinance
Will Go Into Effect
To make Charlotte less
noisy, a new noise ordin
ance will go into effect on
March 1.
When three of more peo
ple not of the same house
hold complain about a
noise as an unnecessary
sound, the charge will be
presumed true and in vio
lation of the ordinance.
A noise control officer
can issue a $10. citation for
violating the ordinance and
impose penalties of 30 days
in jail or a $50. fine, or
violations can bring civil
penalties up to $500 Plus,
Um> City Attorney can seek
injunctions against ordin
ance violators.
Under the new law pets
are prohibited from con
stantly barking and
howling.
Noise levels have been
established for radios, tape
recorders, phonographs
and musical instruments,
and cannot be exceeded on
adjacent properties
Noises are also restricted
between 11 p m and 7 a m
On public property such as
city parks, using sound
equipment is prohibited ex
cept in designated areas
such as amphitheaters.
Outdoor use of sound
trucks is prohibited, except
for emergency and utility
vehicles, and sound am
plifying equipment for
commercial advertising
Noise from garage
operations and filling sta
tions is restricted after 9
p.m.
With Fraud
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Hunt Urged To Support
Minority Businesses
Know Plans
Program For
Disabled
Charlotte Mayor Eddie
Knox has announced a
nine-part program for ob
serving the 1981 Inter
national Year of the Dis
abled (IYD) as proclaimed
by the United Nations.
The Charlotte plan,
which has become a model
for the North Carolina state
program, was developed in
cooperation with the U.S.
Conference of Mayors pnd
the White,House.
During the year, the City
will attempt to increase
public awareness of the
unmet needs of the dis-,
abled through a calendar ot~
major events.
in April, me uty s spe
cial Population's Recre
ations Center will open. It
is fully accessible to the
■ handicapped and v/firrea- -
ture many special pro
grams for the disabled.
May will bring the begin
ning of a special transit
system for the handi
capped Features will in
clude fully accessible door
to-door service which will
enable the disabled to be
come more productive.
During late May the City
partment will sponsor the
statewide Special Olym
pics in coordination with
the Civitans. Over 3,000
athletes are expected to
compete.
The City, in conjunction ’
with private business will
make a strong effort in
August to remove any re
maining barriers to the
handicapped
Along with the Govern
or's Advocacy Council on
Disabled Persons, the City
will sponsor a symposium
in September to bring all
organizations serving the
handicapped together to
better define the needs of
the-disabled and-how -leeal
govemment and the pri
vate sector can attempt to
address those needs.
Th City Handicap Ad
visory Group..\y.UJ be the
coordinating committee for
■the City’s efforts.
Harold Davis, Walter Twitty, E. J.
Clemons and Connia Watson (1-r) are
shown above prior to the Sales Salute
Luncheon honoring Twitty's 41 years of
service. (Photo bv Teresa Burns)
trailer W, l witty
NCMLIC’s Most Impressive
Sales Manager Retires
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Even though Walter W.
Twitty represented one of
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company’s most
impressive District Sales
Managers, he also contri
buted vastly in other areas.
«twt« <4ee«tv
knowing how to work with
others. He also realized
that team work could pro
duce exactly what his staff
had become - one of the
highest collectors of
premium incomes in the
company’s various dis
tricts.
Under Twitty last year 26
agents, five staff man
agers, and five clerical
workebs busted the seams
of the premium income
achieving 103.96 percent.
More than $1.5 million dol
lars was brought in as a
result.
Twitty attributes this
success to good customer
"servicST "Tea- imisr’prcF'
spect sale, and render good
service to your clients,”
Twitty advised. "Sales
doesn't, have to be an eight
hour a day job - you can
spend all the time you want
- the key is serving people
well.’
Demands of Twitty's job
included ‘‘...staying on top
of the situation." His job
involved motivating many
-- keeping people working
and earning a living and
selling competively.
E J. Clemons, the Re
Twitty’s immediate super
visor, has known him for 26
years.
“1 find that he is one of
the most loyal and dedicat
ed district sales managers
that the company has had
He is policy oriented and
will be a tremendous lost,"
Clemons commented.
According to Vice Presi
dent of Field Operations,
Harold S. Davis, Twitty
possesses a strong will.
“Twitty made tremendous
contributions to the Metro
lina and the Piedmont
areas. He also pioneered
our entry into the Los
Angeles area. He has a
-strong—detcrm-i-natton- to
excell to the top."
When Twitty began his
career September 4, 1939
with North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Com
pany, he was a Combin
ation Agent. He was draft
McKoy Charges Doctor, Attorney _
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
It took Thelma McKoy a
nearly two-year struggle to
get what she said she
should have received in the
first place - disability
benefits
'The retired West Mook -
lenburg social studies
teacher has charged a
Charlotte doctor and at
torney with conspiracy to
defraud both her and an
insurance company of
funds resulting from an
accident case
Mrs. McKoy’s problems
started in November 1977
when she suffered spinal
injuries in an auto ac
cident.
Two months later, Dr.
Edwin Mize, referred to
her by another doctor, told
her she was totally dis
abled by the injuries and
complications
According to Mrs
McKoy, Dr. Mize related to
her and West Mecklenburg
assistant principal, Joseph
B. McGinn in January 1978
that he was recommending
i
Mrs Thelma N. McKoy
. . Retired teacher
her for disability retire
ment and promised to com
plete the necessary
medical forms.
After teaching for 29
years, Mrs. McKoy then
retired and awaited her'
benefits. None came, nor
did her disability mortgage
insurance, social security
disability or accident in
surance
Mrs. McKoy, a widow,
said Mize did not complete
the forms, despite her plea
that retirement income
was her only source of
funds.
Mize stalled until April
1978, she said, when the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education, at her
request, pressured him into
sending the forms
This delay, however,
inn lam mmbI
months of income during
which time she had no
other source of livelihood
Unaware that Mize was a
convicted felon who pre
vjdusly had his license sus
pended for a five year
period, Mrs McKoy said If
she had know of his record
she would have chosen an
other doctor
"Among his disturbing
practices, Mize sent all my
medical bills directly to my
attorney, Thomas Downer,
who was suing the North
Carolina Farm Bureau
Mutual Insurance Com
pany on my behalf for
1200,000," Mrs McKov
explained
She said Downer refused
to let her see the bilta_t|tis
customary for the^lient Rr
receive bills anrythen give
• •/
inem to the attorney ac
cording to a local lawyer).
Mrs. McKoy charged
that Downer intercepted a
$1,000 check from the N.C.
Farm Bureau by writing to
the company saying he was
authorized to receive the
M«-g hAnKny cJtrf
she did not grant him that
authorization
The money was returned
to her in 1979 after she
lodged several complaints
with the State Bar
When she released
Downer as her attorney, he
required her to pay $100 for
her file. After reviewing it,
she learned the insurance
company was charged for
medical services she al
legedly had not received
“This experience-fras
ruined my health and
financial well-being,'' Mrs
McKoy said.
Although State Farm
paid her claim retro-active
until she was accepted for
disability in 1978, Mrs
ordeal had only
See McKoy on page 7
ed into the Army August
1942 returning to North
Carolina Mutual February
1946.
In 1949 Twitty was ap
pointed to Assistant Man
ager of the Wilmington
District; transferred back
to the Charlotte District as
and eventually was named
Staff Manager on Novem
ber 1, 1955.
In 1961 he was appointed
Pioneer Staff Manager of
the New Los Angeles Dis
trict; named Field Train
ing Supervisor January 1,
1963 and District Manager
of the Charlotte District
January 1, 1968
From 1968 to 1980 Twitty
performed spectacularly,
achieving runner-up for
Manager of the Year in
1972. He also won several
NIA Convention and Presi
dent’s Club Convention
trips. His duties as District
Sales Manager involved
managmgr-super-vifcing.and..
selling. He retired Decem
ber 31 and was honored
January 29 with a Sales
Salute Luncheon at John
son C. Smith Student
Union He received the^of:'
ficial retirement plaque,
$100. and a silver dollar for
each year of service.
“I still plan to write up
insurance on a part-time
basis to keep, me active."
Twitty commented. "It’s
sort of difficult after get-_
ting up for 41 years '
moPhing to just stbp.**'vy
Twitty also plans to
execute an exercising pro
gram. He enjoys all types
of sports and plans to play
golf and bridge He also
pmnvE Irauollnfl. _
Active in both commun
ity and civic affairs, Twitty
is presently serving on the
Board of Directors McCro
rey Branch YMCA (25
years); and the Board of
Visitors at Johnson C.
Smith University He
served on the Board of
Parks and Recreation N.C.
for four years. He is a
member of the Swanks So
cial Club, Metrolina Dupli
cate. Bridge Club; the
Bridgeteers Bridge Club;
and a member of Simpson
Gillespie United Presbyte
rian Church where he is
chairman of the Finance
Committee He is also a
member of JCSU’s 100
club.
Twitty is married to the
former Samella Brown
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Council Cites
Steps To Aid
Minorities
TheJN.C. Human Rela
tions Council has requested
that Governor Jim Hunt
endorse measures that
would assist small, minor
ity businesses.
During a recent weekend
meeting in Wilson, the
council went on record as
supporting recommend
ations of the Governor's
Small Business Advocacy
Council, especially three
steps which would help
minority firms, and voted
to send a letter to Gov.
Hunt asking for his en
dorsement.
These steps are:
-That the Office of
Minority Business Enter
prise in the N.C. Depart
ment of Commerce hold
periodic meetings through
out the state in an effort to ™
explain existing proce
dures designed to facilitate
the development and ex
pansion of-small business
and that the Office also
implement a proposal to
establish a State Loan
Guarantee Program for
Small Businesses.
-That State Purchase
and Contract Division ap
iUeaJta,
include easily-understood
definitions of terms as
needed.
-1 nat records of all state
purchases and contracts
include amounts awarded
to minority vendors
In other business during
the two-day meeting, the
council, headed by Dr.
Jerry Drayton of Winston
Salem, urged the governor
to include the proposed
dangerous weapon bill in
his crime package to the
General Assembly. The bill
would make it a felony to
carry a dangerous weapon
while on a street or side
walk within 300 feet of a
parade, funeral procession,
picket, public exhibition or
public demonstration.
The council also en
dorsed a bill to provide
interpreters, (or.dft8( People.
in certain judicial, legis
lative and administrative
proceedings in the state
and also directed that an
abstract of the study "Sen
tencing in Six North Caro
lina Cities’' be prepared,
printed and distributed to
.persons in the state
'criminal justice and court
system and to key govern
ment officials. The recent
ly completed study found
that in six North Carolina
cities in 1978 blacks were
arrested for aggravated as
-ffriull, huiglary and rnpo ..
offenses twice as often as
were whites and blacks
received maximum sen
tences for these charges
more often than did whites
Siclde Cell Disco
FOSCIA (Friends of
Sickle Cell In Action) will
sponsor a Pre-Valentine
Disco Dance on Tuesday,
February 10, at Freedom
Village, beginning at ft p m.
Proceeds will benefit the
Association for Sickle Cell
Disease for Charlotte-Me
trolina, Inc
Tickets will cost (2 and
are available from The
Soul Shack, Queen City
Sundries, Campbell's
Superette, Statesville Gro
ceries and the Association
for Sickle Cell Disease