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^hanges To
Hack Format
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
An all-black Christian
station is Charlotte's latest
attempt to provide the kind
of religious music its au
dience desires.
WQCC (for Queen City of
the Carolinas) offers con
temporary and traditional
spiritual music, local choir
recordings, soul, teaching,
preaching, counseling and
news at 1540 on the radio
dial.
“We play a lot of musu.
young people can relate
to,” according to Jean Al
buquerque, who recently
assumed the general man-^
ager’s position, at the sta
tion located at 1402 E.
Morehead. ,.
Unlike its predecessors,
WRPL and WAME, which
had operated at the 1540
frequency, WQCC is spe
cializing in black religious
musical artists, says Dan
ny Dyer, who doubles as a
disc jockey and program
director. *
Known as “Double D,”
Dyer described the new
.format as 50 percent con
temporary artists such as
Andre Crouch, Amy Grant
—and the Christian Rockets:
and 25 percent consists of
traditional angelic gospel
sounds of James Cleve
land, Shirley Caesar and
others.
— One selection by a local
church choir is played
every hour. And another 25
percent of the program
ming is devoted to “blue
eyed soul." he added.
Dr. Johnny Johnson, who
has achieved many first for
. blacks may head the Board
oM|rectors and host a new
interview program. In
“From Wasfiington With
Love,” he will interview
government officials.
Johnson was the first
black to become an officer
in the Air Force and the
first black insurance agent
to write over $1 million in
insurance.
Local additions to their
staff include Rick Frone
berger, %a graduate of
Barber-Scotia College and
Bessie Whitehead from the
Carolina School of Broad
castine. Both are in sales.
Albuquerque said the sta
tion managment is open to
listeners’ comments on the
programs, including sug
gestions for changes. ,
What kind of Christian
music would you like to
hear?
Jobs For Teens
Charlotte has a problem.
Our young people cannot
find summer jobs. But now
there is a program run by
Charlotte business and
civic leaders which can
match jobs with qualified
applicants.
The Mayor’s Private In
dustry Council (CPIC)
works through Charlotte
City government and can
mean real benefits for area
employers, such as: pos
sible tax credits, no red
tape, professionally
screened applicants, no
cflU for replacement and
(jSlk response.
Interested? Call or write
Mayor’s PIC, 401 East Se
cond Street, Charlotte 28202
or telephone 374-3101.
TUKTIMAU
In these days of uncer
tainty, th* only thing you
can coun^ on is your
fingers.
GRACE AME ZION CHURCH
...An historical .site
Grace AME Zion Church
Celebrates Its History
By Lawrence Turner
Special To ThePost
Recently designated a hi
storical site, Grace AME.
Zion Church held a pro
gram Sunday to celebrate
its history with one of its
former ministers attending
as a speaker.
pastor, Dr. A. N. Gibson,
praised the church for its
history and themembersfor
their success on the church
becoming a landmark.
“She deserves it and
you’ve earned it,” Gibson
said.
Gibson, pastor of the
church 31 years ago,
praised the founders and
ministers who supported
the church physically and
spiritually. ‘‘When we
think in terms of commit
ment, power, you think of
Grace AME Zion,” he said.
“When the marker is un
veiled a greater responsi
bility rests on you...to ful
fill the dreams your fore
fathers had,” Gibson said.
He challenged the church
as all others to remain, a
strong place of worship and
to be concerned about im
portant community issues.
The minister of Memo
rial AME Zion Church in
Rochester, N.Y., Gibson is
very active with commun
ity and local organizations
such as the NAACP.
Earlier in the program
Grace AME Zion's min
ister, Rev. Smith Turner
111 vowed after the ar
ceptance of the historical
marker. **.,.as long as we
have loyal an3 faithful
members we will continue
to do the work of God."
Turner added a land
mark amidst new struc
tures in the downtown area
is important to Charlote.
Grace AME Zion’is one of
the first in its district and
in Charlotte to become a
landmark, a church mem
ber explained in the hi
story of the church. The
church is 80 years old.
City Councilman Charlie
Dannelly gave greetings
from Mayor Eddie Knox
and commended the
church on its achieve
ments. Also, he announced
from a proclamation that
May 17 was “Grace AME
Zion Day.”
Chairman of the Historic
al Society, Paul Escott
said, the church has much
craftsmanship and ‘‘it
would be difficult or im
possible to reproduce such
a structure today." But
aside from the architec
ture, the history of the
culture was recognized as
important by the Historical
Society, Escott said.
“Another member of the
HistoncafCommission was
present along with several
ministers and the architect
who helped the church with
its presentation for con
sideration as a landmark.
The church was declared
a historical site under con
sideration from the City
Council and the Historical
society in October. 1980
After the unveiling of the
marker, awards were pre
sented church members for
their work with qhurch
activities.
Musical selections were
given by church choirs and
twice by most members of
the Alpha Lambda Omega
chapter of Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sorority.
The program served to
gather the whole church
membership, to allow the
Historical Society to make
the presentation and to in
vite the citizens of Char
lotte to the celebration, a
church member said.
VEP Study Shows
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State’s Purchasing
l
Dollars Bypass Blacks
Property
Revaluation
Underway
The Mecklenburg County
Tax Supervisor’s Office
has begun work on the
County's property revalua
tion program, which goes
—into effect in 1983.
The first step in the
program is field work
which involves actual in
spection of some proper
ties. Appraisers from the
Tax Supervisor's Office
will be talking over pro
perties. getting measure
ments and in some inslanc
es asking the property own
er questions concerning the
number of plumbing fix
tures, heating and air con
ditioning, basements,
upper stories, and other
matters that might affect
the value of t'ie.p"‘.,perty.
The appraisers will be
looking at the condition of
The property, considering
_Lis market value, and try—
ing to determine its taxable
worth. An appraiser may
be recognized by the of
ficial Tax Supervisor's
patch on their shirt or
jacket and a personal iden
tification card.
The field work will con
tinue for the next 18-20
months and will be per
formed by the County's
own staff appraisers.
Based on information col
lected during this period,
an appraisal-an estimate of
the market value-will be
placed on each piece of real
estate. This will be the
County’s first revaluation
since 1975
North Carolina State law
requires County govern
ments-to revalue local pro
perty for tax purposes at
least every eight years.
The new values will be
come effective January 1.
1983. For more inform
ation, call the Tax Super
visor's Office at 374-2712.
ATTRACTIVE ANGIE HILL
...Enjoys singing gospel music
Angie Hill Chosen
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post,Stuff Writer
Swinging intothe fashion
world is the longing desire
our 16 year old beauty,
Angie Hill, possesses.
"1 would like to attend a
college ana major in
Fashion Merchandising,"
our beauty began, "I have
always wanted to work
with clothes...1 like show
ing them off to people and
helping them match colors
and designs.”
“If it's the lord's will I
would also like to get a
little singing in between my
career in fashion and de
sign," she contained As a
first soprano Ms. Hill en
joys singing gospel and
soul music. Her favorite
List Swells To 34
Six More Churches'Join Post’s First
‘Church woman Of The Year’ Campaign
My l.oretta .Wanago
Post Staff Writer
As another week rolls by
The Charlotte Post is hap
py to announce the parti
cipation of six additional
churches in the Post's
“Churchwoman of the
Year" campaign.
Those churches are East
Stonewall AME Zion
Church, Rev. James Mc
Coy,'pastor; Green Oaks
Missionary Baptist
Church, Rev M. N. Kelly,
pastor; Faith Memorial
Baptist Church, Rev. W. H.
Caldwell, pastor; Memo
rial United Presbyterian
Church, Rev. Edward New
berry, pastor; Matthews
’ Murkland United Presby
terian Church, Rev. Daniel
Hennigan, pastor; and
Grace AME Zion Church,
Rev, Smith Turner Sr.,
pastor.
Each candidate will be
presented a feature article
focusing on the nominee,
her involvement in church
and community affairs and
personal information This
week’s issue will feature "
*
Mrs. Rena Blake
Stonewall Contestant
Mrs. Josephine Morris,
Walls Memorial AME Zion
Church’s candidate; Mrs.
Regina Polk Hill, Grier
Helgnis Candidate; and
Mrs, Rena Blake, East
Stonewall AME Church's
nominee.
Mrs. Josephine Morris
A member of Walls Me
morial AME Zion Church,
Mrs. Morris has served her
church devotedly since
1956 She is active at both
the local and national
levels of the Methodist
church.
Constantly on the go for
Christ's cause, Mrs Morris
aim ri - - •—
Mrs. Josephine Morris
Walls Memorial Contestant
has journeyed all over the
world representing her
church at the World’s Fe
deration of Methodist Wo
men Convention and the
World’s Methodist Council.
Her travels include places
like West Africa 'fLiberia,
Ghana, Nigeria), London,
England. Georgetown and
Trinidad, South America,
the Bahamas, the Virgin
Islands, West Indies,
Rome, Italy, Tel Aviv,
Cairo, Egypt, Dublin,
Ireland and Paris.
On August 3,1980 she was
the recipient of 'he Dr
*>
Mrs Kegina Polk Gill
Grier Heights Contestant
Florence Randolph citia
tion for her outstanding
work as a general secre
tary in the supplies de
partment. She served in
this position for eight
years.
During the month of July
Mrs.
During the month of July
Mrs Morris will travel to
Honolulu, Hawaii, to attend
the World’s Federation of
Methodist Wrfmen and the
World’s Methodist Council.
At Walls Memorial. Mrs
Morris is a member of the
Walls Memorial Choir, pre
sident of fhe Pastor s Aide
Club, a member of the A P
Morris Class < named in
memory of her husband),
and a member of Class No
3.
She is a graduate of
Second Ward High School
and Barber-Scotia College
where she received a B.S.
degree in Elementary Edu
cation A mother of two
children. Mrs Teresa Wil
liams and Steven Morris,
and a grandmother of two,
Mrs. Morris' work demon
strates that she is a true
disciple of Christ.
Mrs. Rena Blake
Being involved in the
church is just as natural to
Mrs Rena Blake as is
breathing and eating. A
member of East Stonewall
AME Zion Church, Mrs
Blake is active as a Sun
day School teacher, as the
corresponding secretary of
the Missionary Society and
a member of the Pastor’s
Aide Board.
Mrs. Blake also serves
the Lord through the capa
See 34 on page 13
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entertainers are the mem
bers of Parliament. "They
are just different from- all
the rest. My brother ,bas
eight or nine of their al
bums.. When they first
started out they had the
.satne style of music "
At United Presbyterian
Church. Ms Hill sings on
the church choir In her
spare time she also enjoys
working with flowers, play
ing the piano, dancing,
reading and studying.
Our I.eo beauty would not
change her lifestyle for all
the riches one could stand
"I have six brothers and
two sisters...I am the
youngest of them all I am
crazy about my family.
Having a large family is
great We help each other
do everything 1 just re
member that a family that
pravs together stays to
gether." Her parents are
James and Ella Hill
Describing herself. Ms.
Hill reveals. "People think
I'm quiet, but I’m not and
I’m not too outgoing
Just the right combination
to make our beauty an
astonishing standout
As a junior at Independ
ence High School she is a
Keyette, a member of the
Red Cross and the Health
Club and sings on f he choir
In the ninth grade she
received honors in Social
Studies and gymnastics
and was awarded the per
fect attendance certificate.
There is a controversy
presently brewing in the
public schools and our
beauty has a definite
opinion about it. "When I
graduate I would like it to
take place in the Coliseum
but this has all* been
changed now All grad
uations will now take place
at the schools "
Following her graduation
from high school her plans
have been laid out "My
goal is to become the sales
person I know I can be in
Fashion Merchandise and
travel while I'm involved
Certainly Ms. Hill has
many aspects of her life in
perspective and that is say
ing a lot for a young lady of
16 years
N.C Has l\o
Law To Set
Procedures
ATIWTA. ».\. The
Voter Education Project.
Inc 1 VHP released- lost
week a study of the State of
North Carolina's "procure
ment policies relating—tn—
minority businesses.
The study, done by
VHP's Research Depart
ment. shows that the Slate
of North Carolina lias no
law, no administrative po
1 icy. and no set procedures
for insuring that minority
business liriii.- .i'-ti:', entif
able to share of the state's
purchasing dollars Fur
ther, the state keeps no
centralized records nt the
amounts it spends each
year for goods and
services
The Minority Business
Development Agency was
set up In t*1. Mote m 1977_
If) encourage greater pari,
cipation in the purchasing
system by minority enter
prises However, the
agency's small staff its
limited information about
purchasing opportunities,
and its lack if enforcement
power severely limits li
ability to significantly in
crease stale business with
minority firms
Based upon the l S t'en
sus Bureau's 1977 Survey oi
Minority-Owned Business
Enterprises, the State of
North Carolina has over
10.000 minorily businesses
whose gross receipts run
over $:i30.ono.noo annually
The VEF studv points out
that many of these firms
could be potential Udders
on state contracts VEF's
Research Associate.
Richard Hudlin stated. "In
view of North Carolina's
long history of invidious
discrimination, it is naive
to assume that these firms
are receiving a lair share
of state business
In recent years, the
federal government has en
acted legislation requiring
its agencies to develop
. practices and policies de
signed to open up the
federal government as a
direct market for minority
firms The State of North
Carolina has thus far not
enacted similar legislation.
' In order to open the vast
state government market
to minority businesses,
» /
VEP's study recommends
that the State of North
Carolina institute an- ag
gressive affirmative action
policy that would enable
minority firms to obtain a
fair share of state business
Further, VHP recom
mends that the state's
minority political and busi
ness leaders organize
around this crucial issue of
minority enterprise and
work through the political
system to bring about po
sitive change on their be
half.
VHP's Executive Direc
tor. Sherrill Marcus, said,
"This study has been
issued as part of VHP's
effort to establish a prac
tical link between politics
and economic development
in the lOROs We hope that
this study will open the
door further to state busi
ness for minority enter
prise."
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