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Lovely Doris Tyson Is
“Beauty Of The Week”
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Beauty is Doris Tyson, a
young lady with a grand
smile and a personality to
match.
' Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Bethea, our
beauty is a ’78 graduate of
South Mecklenburg. She is
now working at a Family
Dollar Store and is plan
ning to become both a
computer operator and
model.
“As far as the computer
operator’s field is con
—cemed." Ms.—Tyson bo
gan, there is money to be
made - and I want to do
something to get me sotne
where.” /
Modeling," she con
tinued, “will afford me
attention. I liKe clothes and
just being beautiful.”
Her modeling career has
already begun and the first
Sunday in May she wiU
appear in a fashion show at
the Chaparel Club.
Our Aries beauty is a
member of a unique
family. She has one sister
and six brothers “I love
-mv hip family •• she con
Carl McDaniel Loses
Battle With Cancer
fessed. “We are so close. I
never run out of people to
talk to.”
Her favorite person is
her mother, Doris. “She’s
my best friend. I can talk
about things to her from
A-Z and she’s just like my
sister.”
Dancing, singing, disco
ing and sewing are a few of
Ms. Tyson’s hobbies She
also attends Nazareth Pri
mitive Baptist Church
where Rev. James A. Frie
son is pastor.
When it comes to enter
tainers Diana Ross tops our
—hrillltv'n lirt • *Th n li^y j.;
simply amazing," Ms. Ty
son explained
With all the discouraging
aspects of the world, our
beauty is sure never to let
any touch her permanent
ly. “I think we should
always think positively and
never let things get us
down. We should be inde
pendent and always set and
try to reach our goals. We
should always be on the
top.”
Ms. Tyson is concerned
with the present adminis
tration. “I feel that Rea
gan’s proposed cuts in
Food Stamps, Welfare, etc
should be analyzed." Lo
cally our beauty would
change the face of poverty.
She feels that some part of
the citv could be upgraded.
For herself, our beauty
has a sense that she is
headed for the top With a
smile like hers, who would
want to stop her’’
For 2'2 years Carl Mc
Daniel fought a tough
battle. A battle in which
many would have waved
their white flag of sur
render a long time ago
Carl McDaniel was fighting
a battle against cancer
which he lost. Monday,
April 13. Carl died and thus
ended two years of agony,
sufferine and pain
When Carl was 6'2 years
old it was diagnozed that he
had cancer. It was believed
at that time that he only
had a year to live. How
ever, Carl put up a tre
mendous fight against the
deadly disease and extend
ed his expected life span
from one to two and a half
years.
During those years, Carl
was first placed on Kemo
therapy to aid in treating
the cancer. However, when
those treatments proved
futile in arresting the dis
ease*. CarKwas taken off
Kemothifrapy and just
given^pflls to ward off the
According to Carl’s
father, Carl Love Bailey,
“Carl knew he was real
20 Workers
Nearly one in 20 workers,
about 4.7 million persons,
held more than one job in
Nw 1979. About three out
of every 10 multiple job
holders were women, near
ly double the proportion 10
years earlier.
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A great man shows his
greatness by the way he
treats little men
sick but what hurt him
more was that he couldn’t
go out to play.”
Despite the fact the he
couldn’t go out to play, he
never lacked for compan
ionship. Hjs doctor, Debra
Scott, had grown especially
fond of Carl and members
of Hospice. Sharon Dixon
and Daniel Busch took time
with Carl by sitting with
him, talking to him or
reading to him. Rev. Dew
berry and Rev. Waddell
often visited Carl, too
On Thursday at to a m
at York Road Memorial
Park, a graveside funeral
service will be performed.
Alexander Funeral Home
is in Charge
Sullivan Tells Bush _
‘TrotectThe Poor,
Tighten Safety Belts”
5,000 March
For Voting
Rights Act
SCLC President Joseph
E. Lowery and Operation
PUSH President Jesse
Jackson kicked off a na
tional campaign last Sun
day to extend the Voting
hights Act of 1965 with a
partial re-creation of the
tide-turning Selma to Mont
gomery march of the 1960s
The legislation has an ex
piration date in 1982
Lowery and Jackson
- marched .with .5,000 sup
porters in downtown Sel
ma, Alabama April 5 to
demand extension of the
Act, protest the budget cuts
proposed by President
Reagan and encourage
support for a massive, na
tional march in Washing
ton, D.C., in May if the
administration does not re
consider the devastating
impact its economic poli
cies will have on the poor
and disadvantaged.
Standing on a platform
near the famous Edmund
Pettus Bridge in Selma
where civil rights march
-ers wprp bn i tali/eft hr
state troopers in 1965, Dr
Lowery attacked the eco
nomic plan, but not its
draftsman, 'We pray for
the president's personal re
covery, but not for his
program of economic re
co very."
Dr Lowery has not been
bashful about his criticism
of the program, which he
says essentially "takes
from the poor and gives to
the rich.. a reversed Robin
Hood" approach.
Similarly, Rev Jackson
denounced the program,
saying, "the war on
poverty is now the war on
the poor."
The marchers began
their demonstration at
Brown's Chapel AME
Church where they also lis
tened and responded fa
vorably to calls for black
unity and an end to
violence irv America and
the world.
• People, lined up.Jo ..sign..a petition for
keeping Charlotte Community Hospital*
open Hosted by the hospital. 4ihi
attended Sunday's rally. Photo bv .Jim
nfack” Studio i * •
“Cancer: A Family
Affair” Worksh op Sell ed u led
A family touched by can
cer is often at the center of
a whirlwind of emotions -
fear, anger, frustration,
hope. Dealing with these
emotions and the needs of
cancer patients or other
seriously-ill persons is the
~~Stlhjuil of n w m il' Imp cn.
titled "Cancer: A Family
Affair" to he presented
Tuesday. April 21. in
( harlotte Workshop lead
ers Erik and Micki Ksscl
styn w ill explore, a range of
emotional issues, options
and techniques helpful to
anyone dealing w ith cancer
and severe illness, using
their personal experience
of Erik's eight-month
struggle with cancer and
recuperation
The Esselstyns are co
directors of the Art of
Living Workshops in Blue
Mill. Maine. Micki Ksscl
styn received her masters
of social work degree from
Boston University and is a
member of the Academy of
Certified Social Workers.
She is a former faculty
member of the University
of North Carolina's Grad
uate School of Social Work
Erik Esselstyn received his
doctorate in education
from Harvard ami was
dean of students at Central
Piedmont Community Col
lege in Charlotte before
moving to Maine Since
Krik s personal and suc
cessful confrontation with
-< iiiici-r Hu- <~in11il,• has Iii-.-m
intensely involved w ith the
subject ol personal re
sponsibility in health and
illness, as well as the role
of family and others in
dealing with illness They
have conducted workshops
on these topics and others
such as anger, marriage
counseling, relaxation and
personal growth
Health prolcssionals of
all kinds and anyone deal
ing with a present or past
illness ol tl.tlf ow n or ol
someone in their family are
invited to ill tend the April
21 workshop at the ( oven
ant Presbyterian Church,
moo K Morchead Street, it
a m. - 4:.'to pm 'registra
tion begins at H to a m
Registration lee is $10 for
health professionals $12 if
continuing education cre
dits (CKl 'si are desired
or $5 for students with valid
identification cards Kn
For $50,000
Ms. McKoy Sues County Commissioners
My .Susan Kllswurth
Post Staff Writer
A Charlotte woman will
attempt to sue the Meck
lenburg Board of County
Commissioners, attorney
W. Thomas Ray (Board
Chairman) and the Meck
lenburg County Police De
partment for 150,000 in
damages
In an affidavit filed
March 23 in district court,
Mrs. Thelma Newton
McKoy of 2025 Bankcroft
Street has charged the de
fendants with placing her
under "illegal police sur
veillance, search and sei
zure without a warrant, not
informing her of her legal
rights and denying her pri
vacy.”
Mrs McKoy’s charges
stem from an incident last
spring which she says be
gan when she sent letters to
former county commission
chairman. Ed Peacock pro
testing how some dishonest
lawyers cheat the poor She
said she requested a meet
ing to discuss the issue.
"We, the poor, submit
complaints to the N.C. Bar
y
Mrs. Thelma McKoy
...Retired teacher
about the theft of our funds,
fraud, etc.,,by dishonest at
torneys..." she wrote, ac
cording to her affidavit.
She continued. "We re
ceive a form letter from the
State Bar informing us that
the complaints are
dismissed and that even
theft of funds doesn't con
stitute a finding of probable
cause that the attorney
has violated the N.C. State
Bar's Code of Professional
Responsibility."
Accompanying her letter
was a copy of a file on her
former attorney. Thomas
T. Downer whom she filed
17 complaints against for
alleged theft of accident
insurance benefits.
A former West Mecklen
burg social studies teacher
for 29 years. Mrs. McKov
charged that Ray routed
her letters to District At
torney Peter Gilchrist III.
and discussed how a pos
sible negative image of
attorneys could affect com
mission election results
She said Ray sent a
memo to then County
Police Chief Lt. Col. B. C.
Abercrombie requesting
she be placed under police
survellance
Sinde Abercrombie was
then up for confirmation as
police chief by the Board of
Commissioners, Mrs
McKoy alleged Ahercrom
hie accepted Ray’s request
without considering her
rights to privacy or civil
rights
The episode climaxed
with an incident in Marsh
all Park on April 5, 1980
where Mrs McKoy said
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she was seized by plain
clothes officer Michael
Crowell and “informed I
was under government sur
veillance because I did not
like the way mv attorney
if (owner i handled a legal
iKatter for me '
She said she was
searched without a war
rant and not informed of
her legal rights, a violation
of the Fourth Amendment
Although Crowell, she
claimed, told her Peacock
ordered the search, Mrs
McKoy said she later
learned from » county of
ficial that Peacock was in
New Orleans at the time
Kay offered no comment
and said he did not wish the
case “to be tried in the
newspapers “
Attorney James Cobb, on
behalf of Ray and the
County Commission filed a
statement denying the
charges He also requested
they be dropped on a legal
technicality - the one year
statute of limitations ex
pired on Ms McKoy s
charges made prior to
March 21 when she tiled the
complaint
Mrs McKoy explained
she would have begun pro
ceedings sooner il she were
able to obtain legal eoun
set. Since 1H7K, Mrs Me
FoV said her rase was
rejected by 14 local law
yers She eventually de
cided to represent herself
The case must be ap
proved by the l! S. Dis
trict Court Western Dis
trict of N.C before a trial
date can be set
Lunch Program
On April 1. Presbyterian
Hospital's Dietary Depart
ment prepared lunch for 15
people •• not patients; vi
sitors or employees -- hut
people in the community
who needed hot meals and
were unable to prepare
them themselves
It was the first day of
Presbyterian's participa
tion in Friendship Trays, a
non profit program de
signed to provide reci
pients with nutritious
lunches and a visit from
someone w ho cares
f
rollment is limited, so
those interested in the
workshop should pre
register as soon as jmjs
sihle: registration deadline
is April 17.
Workshop sponsors are
< harlotte Area Health Kdu
cation Center. Committee
Tin Moltgmn and Ih uilh. f*-—
partment of Family Medi
cine at Charlotte Memorial
Hospital and Medical Cen
ter. Liayspnng and Kinder
Mourn. Inc.
Registration forms are
available from Charlotte
AHEC. 373-3120
For more information,
contact Carla Wright. As
sistant Director of Public
Information. Charlotte
Memorial Hospital and
Medical Center, at 373 tt-tl
or Rob Singletary, ( bar
lotte AHEC at 373-3120
“Womens Day’ Is
An Awareness
Experience
“Women's Day. .in
awareness experience of
women in traditional and
non traditional prates
sions. will he held at the
University of North r ,tro
lina at Charlotte Tuesday.
April 21
Sponsored by the
Women's Studies Commit
tee. the day will include a
women's professional
trade fair at li a m fea
turing professional women
who will informally share
their trade Some -.1 the
professions include rim
gion. communications,
public relations, nursing,
temporary help, banking,
marketing, architecture,
engineering, politics, real
estate and investments
Also, a women's panel
will discuss their profes
sional fields and challenges
at 12..V) p m m McKmght
Hall The panel includes:
Or Jonnie McLeod. a pe
diatrician and counselor;
Or fiertfia Maxwell, edu-~~
cator. ( arol ( ollyar, news
paper journalist. Inga Ha
genbarten. a business wo
man; and Jo Ellington who
works in an alcoholism
treatment clinic Or Bar
bara Goodnight. UNCC As
sociato Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs, will
serve as moderator
Both events are free to
the public
OIC Head
Sa>s National
Crisis
Hev I .eon Sullivan
chairman of the Opportun
ities Industrialization Cen
ters o| America, told Vice
President (ieorge Bush at a
recent AVhite House meet
mg that growing unemploy
ment Tn-thr-Pflited Stales
represents a national cri
sis, requiring the joint ef
fort of government, busi
ness and community or:
ganizations to help solve
the problem
Calling high unemploy
ment. "social dynamite,
waiting to explode.' Sulli
'an said "If unemployed
youths and adults are not
put to work this year, the
numbers of high school
dropouts will increase the
welfare rolls w ill grow. and
unemployment lines w ill be
lengthened beyond accept
able levels
»'o apprec iate. »c ar,
pleased, with the saiotv
nets. Sullivan said, re
I erring to Keagan's plan to
maintain a gioup of soc ial
programs, including Social
Securi’y veteran's bene
tits Medicare. food
“lamps and MliOol lunch—
programs
' We vv at it to see the net
work, bpl we do want to
impress upon you that the
net has a hole* in it.'
Sullivan told Kush "The
hole is the lack of a pro
gram and ellort to prov ide
skills and training lor the
millions of Americans who
would like to work, but who
do not have the -skills to
prepare them lor work in
the* private sector in the
years ahead."
booking at Bush. Sulli
van continued: "We have
come to make an appeal to
you on behalf of the poor,
those who are jobless!
I hose who have no hope, to
say we want to work with
you, we want you to work
w dh us W'e encourage you,
we want you to succeed,
hut let us tie up the hole in
the net."
Kush replied: "The
whole program is designed
lo do that, let us sit down,
and I will tell you how
we re going to do that."
To strengthen the safety
net. to protect the poor, and
lo save the youth, Sillivan
urged that OIC, a self-help
job training program, and
other community based or
ganizations of demonstrat
<•<1 effectiveness in employ
merit training, he used as
intermediaries between the
joniess, private sector cm
ployers, and the govern
rnent
Also present at the meet
mg were U S. Senators of
Pennsylvania. H. 'John
Heinz, III, and Arlen Spect
er. as well u Elizabeth
Hole, deputy assistant m V
charge of Public Liaison
The April 1 meeting was
arranged as a White House
briefing for Sullivan and
HIC leaders representing
140 .communities in 47
states
65 Years Of Age
Currently persons 65
years of ages and older
comprise about 11 percent
of the population By the
year 2010, older persons
will comprise more than 13
percent of the population