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FAYE ANNETTE PETTIS
...Ambitious Aquarian
Faye A. Pettis
F* Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
It is not everyday you
come across a lady like
Faye Annette Pettis. She is
ambitious, yet she is warm
enough to treat others with
consideration.
Many often describe
Aquarians as humani
tarians. This certainly fits
our beauty. Born February
10, Ms. Pettis is the epi
tome of beauty, inside and
out.
Presently she is em
ployed as an Inventory
Clerk at United Coatings
The company manufac
tures paint and one of her
responsibilities is to see
that goods don't run out.
“I make sure that the
pamis arc siocnea ano l
also complete the inven
tory on finished goods,"
she explained. Ms. Pettis
would like to continue
working and saving money
for her future.
She is the only daughter
and youngest child of Mr
and Mrs Harvey Lee
Pettis. Her two brothers
are Harvey Jr and Carl.
“Star Wars" is Ms.
Pettis’ favorite movie for
80-81 while "Dallas" and
Stevie Wonder took first
place in their respective
categories
When she is not listening
to the wonders of Wonder
or the next scheme of
fll R s. Mrs. Pettis may be
spending her time sewing
or bowling.
She also is involved with
her church. St Paul Com
HKItMN*
The SECRET of
PATIENCE is finding
something else to do in
the meantime
4 9
mumty Missionary Baptist
Church. There she is a
member of the choir; she is
the church secretary and
assistant secretary of the
Sunday School.
‘ I enjoy my work with
the church." she con
fided. "I like doing some
thing for the Lord."
God is loved by our
beauty becuase God is love
But the earthly being she
most admires is her
mother, Anne B Pettis
"It's easy to talk to my
mother when I have pro
blems. She tries so hard to
teach me the right things to
do about being a lady." Ms
Pettis explained
Evidently Ms Pettis'
mother must have gotten
her point across success
fully for our beauty is one
extraordinary lady
Women ()f Odor
IVBni-Cjonferwiot*
Scheduled
“Women of Color Mini
Conference" will be held 7
p m Thursday, February
19. at the YWCA. 41B E.
Trade Street.
The purpose of this con
ference is to discuss the
Equal Rights Amendment.
(ERA) and its impact on
the black community
Featured speaker will be
Dr Bertha L. Maxwell,
Director of the Afro-Ameri
can and African Studies at
UNCC and Frank Graham
Porter, Professor Black
History Month will also be
reconized at this con
ference,
But the main focus will
evolve on the ERA and
whether the black com
munity should support it or
not.
Section 1 states- “Equal
ity of rights under the law
shall not be denied or
abridged by the United
States or by any state on
account of sex ’’
The public is invited to
attend this "Women of
Color Mini-Conference "
I
Black Community Mobilizes
To Prevent School Closing
Income Tax
Check-Off
Urged
North Carolina's two ma
jor political parties have
joined forces to urge par
ticipation in the state's in
come tax check-off. State
Democratic Chairman
Russell G. Walker of Ashe
boro and former Republi
can State Chairman Jack
son F. Lee of Fayetteville
have co-signed a letter tc
accountants and tax con
sultants across the state
urging them to reminc
clients that they have the
check-off option. Lee
leaves his post on March 1
to take a position with the
Reagan Administration
"Elections are expen
sive, and the check-off af
fords everybody a chance
tocontribute," said Walker
of the joint venture with the
Republicans. “Democracy
thrives on grass-roots in
volvement. The income tax
check-off is vital to broad
cased funding of elec
tions."
“Many people don't give
through the tax check off
because they think it will
increase their tax or re
duce their refund,” said
Lee of the project. "Better
information will increase
participation in the check
off plan."
The North Carolina indi
vidual income tax form
(D-400) has a provision for
each taxpayer to designate
one dollar to the North
Carolina Election Cam
paign Fund. Income from
the 1980 check-off total
$243,805
womens Uay Observance
Mount Sinai Church
To Hear Iamed Educator
Mrs. C. R. Edwards, one
of North Carolina's most
outstanding Christian
women and educators, will
appear Sunday. February
22, as guest speaker at the
Annual Woman's Day Ob
servance at Greater Mount
Sinai Baptist Church. 1243
West Blvd.
Mrs. Edwards will speak
during the 11 a m. worship
service.
A native of Rocky Mount,
N.C., Mrs. Edwards now
resides in Fayetteville,
N.C. Mrs. Edwards is a
graduate of Shaw Untvers- .
ity in Raleigh, where she
majored in Religious Edu
cation. She has done fur
ther study at East Carolina
and North Carolina A&T
Universities
An active member of the
First Baptist Church of
Fayetteville, where her
husband. Dr C. R Ed
wards is pastor. Mrs Ed
wards serves as Second
Vice President of the Wo
man's Baptist Home and
>
Mrs. C R Edwards
...Mt. Sinai speaker
Foreign Missionary Con
vention of North Carolina
She is recording secretary
of the National Association
of Ministers' Wives and
Ministers' Widows In addi
tion she has memberships
in the North Carolina As
sociation of Educators, the
*
Association of Classroom
Teachers and the NAAC|>
Mrs Edwards has com
piled the “Young Adult
tiandoook and the 'Offi
cial Guide for the Woman s
Baptist Home and Foreign
Missionary Convention of
North Carolina." She is a
loving mother of one
daughter and is grand
mother to a grandson and
granddaughter
The observance is spon
sored by the Missionary
Department of the church.
Mrs J. B Woodley is pre
sident Mrs. Woodley and
Mrs.Queenie Lockhart are
chairwomen of the pro
gram
The public is invited to
share in this momentous
occasion Special music
will be presented under the
direction of Mrs. N E
Kerry Sr . Minister of
Music Rev N E Kerry
Sr is the pastor of Greater
Mount Sinai Baptist
Church
Ron Leeper
.. District 3 Councilman
Charles Dannellv
• District 2 Councilman
(My Coum ilmm Stty:
Without Progressive Future
There Can Be No History!
By Loretta Manage
Post Staff Writer
Black history is not ex
clusive to its past. As a
matter of fact without a
sound present and a pro
gressive future there can
be no history to speak of
In talking with city coun
cilmen Charles Dannelly
and Kon Leeper, the black
community has its work
cut out for them to insure
that the richness of its past
transcends into the future
Obviously, one way of
cementing a prosperous fu
ture is to reflect upon the
past and multiple contri
butions of our ancestors
February is Black History
Month and although there
have been many aclivfues
and programs to acknow
ledge the black people's
contributions. Dannelly felt
that more needed to be
done He is concerned with
the lact that, in his opinion,
older adults aren't doing
justice to the young people
in telling them about the
richness of our culture and
historical heritage Dan
nelly remarked. "We’ve
come a long way. but we
still got a long way to go "
He also felt that black
history should be a year
round effort in the homes,
churches and schools The
increasing awareness and
interest in the black
people's contributions to
Deeper is gratifying It was
mf
his thought that We must
first recognize our own
people's achievements lie
tore anyone else will "
That the black commun
ity should concentrate on
contemporary issues was
made clear by both city
councilmen Leeper and
Dan nelly Doth men
seemed to agree that the
economy , the political pro
cess, hnusmg. education ol
the young and social pro
grams lor the elderly are
matters ol both immediate
and long range concern
Discussing these matters
in reference to the eco
nomy, Dannelly replied.
"We have to make sure
there are enough jobs for
everyone who needs work
and that jobs are generated
at all levels of employment
for all levels of people
I here was total agree
merit by both city council
men. about the role the
black community should
play in the political pro
cess beeper has this to
say "We've got to start
monitoring the political
process It is the key that
the black community bene
lits Iruifc Also leeling
strongly about this issue.
Dannelly went so far as to
say "the political process is
the black community's sal
vation "
Another major priority of
the black community
should be the housing si
tuation According to Dan
nelly. ' "too many people
are living in conditions that
are unbelievable " He
added, "there are still peo
pie in Charlotte who are
living on dirt floors and are
housing six people to one
room " Even Deeper com
mented that "there are
2,300 black people w ho are
on waiting lists for low cost
housing "
Educating the young
seems to be a matter of top
consideration, also "Edu
cation of our youth is their
best vehicle to break away
from joblessness. ' said
Dannelly "Too many
young people think educa
See PROGRESS on Page 22
j
I rend Is "Developing;
White Schools C losed —
R> Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
"The Hoard of Educa
tion is using solutions of the
60s and 70s to deal with
problems of the 60s."
declared Calvin Harris,
president ol Double Oaks
PTA
If Double Oaks Elemen
tary School closes, it will
join the grow ing number of
schools in the black com
munity shut down for
racial imbalance
Residents ol the Fan
view Homes community
i w here the school is lo
cated! PTA and agency
members will comprise a
1-’ person task force to no
got late with Dr Ja> Ro
binson. superintendent ol
<'harlotte Mecklenburg
Schools and the Hoard ot
Education
I he task force, if it
persuades them not to close
the school, then will be
authorized to formulate a
plan lor more acceptable
racial distributions ac
cording to Harris.
Double Oaks now boasts
of a 45-50 percent black
student population. Harris
said Robinson wants
blacks to remain a minor
ity at the elementary
school, not consist of al
most half of the student
populace, as is the current
situation
"Black schools arc
singled out for treatment
when there is a problem
with racial balance." Har
ns commented "That au
tom.it ic solution is to close
the school
When bussnip white* stu
dents to black communities
white absenteeism in
crease and admissions to
private schools- rise, he
explained
"A trend is developing
No schools in white areas
close, but five or six
schools in the black neigh
borhoods have already
closed." Harris said
I'nder the new bussing
plans proposed for Septem
her HI. the HO students trom
Fairview Homes who now
walk to school would be
bussed to the isolated
Keeuy ( reek area 12 miles
away.
Then ;!79 students who
presently are bussed to
Double Oaks would walk to
Devonshire Another 275
students bussed irom Vibe
marie. I’mey Grove, and
Devonshire and those w ho
normally walk to Double
(laks would have longer
bus rides and be bussed for
12 years instead ol nine
l losing Double Oaks
would have a negative el
feel on the Katrview Homes
eommunit\. Harris said
He emphasized that
parents and teachers w ould
find it difficult to corn
municate since some pa
rents do not have tele
phones and must rely on
public transportation l*a
-rer+t-. mvoUenuinl_would__
diminish with the school
such a distance away, he
added
Harris said to close
Double Daks would be an
echo ol the status quo as
opposed to being in the
forefront ol change "
NAACP To Honor
Unsung Heroines
How often have women in
your church, at work or
even in your family given
extraordinary service and
never been recognized"’
How many women do you
know who have worked
many tireless but thank
less hours on community
projects"’
To spotlight the import
ance of the "extra effort
woman and her often
thankless work, the Nation
al Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored
People is calling for no
minations for "Outstand
ing Women Awards" to be
presented at the Second
NAAC'P Women’s Confer
ence in Cincinnati on May I
and 2 this year
Each nomination is li
mited to one person and
only in one of the following
categories: Arts and Sci
ences, Kducation, Govern
ment. Homemaker. Law.
Business Kducation. En
gineering. Health .Services.
Household Technician. Re
ligion. Community and
C.'ivic Volunteer, l^abor
Cnions. and International
Affairs
A double-spaced type
written explanation in 2iXi
words or less, indicating
why the nominee should
receive the 1981 NAACP
Women's Award, should be
submitted as an entry and
postmarked by February
21. 1981 Send entries to
NAACP Second Women's
Conference. i:tl N Ludlow’
St . Talbott Tower. Suite
260. Dayton. Ohio 45402
Among last year's award
winners were women re
cognized for outstanding
work in community and
civic leadership, in the im
provement of relations be
tween unions and the black
community, and for ser
vice above and beyond the
call of study to employer,
church and family.
The presentation of the
Women's Awards will cli
max the two-day confer
ence which will be held
F riday and Saturday. May
1-2, at the Cincinnati Ne
therland Hilton Hotel
Conference activities will
end on a social note Sa
turday evening with a Ken
tucky State Derby Dinner
in Louisville. Kentucky,
one hour s drive from Cin
cinnati
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