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ENGAGING LOUISE PRICE
.'I o attend Livingstone
“Beauty Of The Week”
There’s Something Special
About Miss Louise Price
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
There is something spe
cial about' our beauty,
Louise Price. The way she
smiles emits the cheerful
ness of her being. She is
also one tuba views life
through optimistic eyes,
and feels her goals can be
accomplished.
Ms. Price describes her
self as independent, re
sponsible and easy to get
along with. “My philosophy
of life is to try to achieve
my goals,” she continued.
On June 8 she will grad
uate from Garinger High
School. This is one goal she
has successfully comolet
ed. During her senior high
years she has been a mem
ber of the Explorers, a
cheerleader for the Derita
Football team, and a mem
ber of the ETC Club.
Her plans now include
attending Livingstone Col
lege. There she will study
Computer Science. "The
Explorers Club introduced
me to Computer Science.
With them I was able to
work with computers and
became involved. That's
where I learned I liked it.”
Ms. Price enjoys track,
tennis, skating, swimming,
dancing and a frequent jog
around the track field to
stay in shape
our Taurus Deauty also
enjoys soap operas includ
ing "All My Children,”
"General Hospital,” and
“The Edge of Night.”
Gap Band and Shalamar
are her two favorite groups
as far as musical enter
tainment is concerned. She
enjoys how they express
their musical messages.
A few of her favorite
people are Jo Ann Blakney,
her cousin. "We are real
close and I consider her my
best friend."
Another person, Ms.
Price thinks highly of is
Brian Parks, who is a
special part of her life.
The daugnter of Ruby
Price and Maxie Price, our
beauty has two sisters,
Maxine and Jannelle, and
one brother. Tony.
If Ms. Price could make
one change today it would
be in attitudes. “The
change I would make
would be for everyone in
this world to get along. If I
could change anything I'd
try to change that.”
NAACP Launches
^Crusade For Dignity
• NEW YORK - In a major
announcement from Na
tional Headquarters,
NAACP Executive Direc
tor Benjamin L. Hooks de
clared this week that Free
dom Tag Day, a major
drive to raise one-half mil
lion dollars to save vital
programs within the Asso
ciation that have been
largely responsible for
many of the civil rights
gains throughout this cen
tury, will kick off June 13th
in cities across the country.
“The sudden rollback in
some affirmative action
gains over recent years,
the detrimental impact of
the Administration’s bud
get cuts on minorities and
the poor, the continuous
battle in congress over fair
housing legislation and ex
tending the Voting Rights
Act - all of these present
day problems," Hooks as
serted, "have placed a
greater demand on our
resources. As a result we
are now facing a serious
financial deficit.”
“We plan to carry out our
message that ‘Freedom
Ain’t Free’ to street corn
era, shopping malls, parks
and other public areas and
requqest financial contri
butions from all Americans
who believe that decent
housing, schools, and jobs
can be acquired for every
^citizen.”
" The nationwide effort
will be launched in cities
throughout the country,
with the major thrust fall
ing under the jurisdiction
of nearly 1,800 NAACP
branches, youth councils
and college chapters from
coast to coast. Hooks said,
‘‘We hope to raise suffi
cient funding to enable us
to implement new pro
grams to fight the conserv
ative swing in congress, the
growing climate against
student reassignments to
achieve school desegre
gation and the increase in
violence against blacks and
other minorities.”
Specially designed solici
tors will be stationed at
specific locations to be an
nounced by local NAACP
branches in numerous
communities. In many
areas where a heavy
church involvement is anti
cipated, the fundraising ef
fort will also extend into
the following day. In the
event of inclement wea
ther, some communities
may postpone the event to
the following weekend
June 20-21.
"We expect the public to
rally generously around
the worthy cause,” Hooks
concluded.
‘ TURTLC'WK
Go often to the house of
thy friend, for weeds choke
up the unused path.
According To Joe Black
Proposed Welfare Cuts
Blessing For Blacks?
Democrats
BlamedFor
SS Crisis?
WASHINGTON. D.C. -
Senator James McClure,
Chairman of the Republic
an Conference, last week
sharply criticized Congres
sional Democratic leaders
for “blocking the only
available exit as the eco
nomic roof collapses on
elderly and disabled Ame
ricans.”
Mcciure s comments
came in response to at
tacks by Senate and House
Democratic leaders on
President Reagan’s pro
posed reform of the Social
Security system. Citing
twenty-five years of
' spending more in Social
Security benefits than So
cial Security revenues pro
vide.” McClure called upon
House and Senate col
leagues to “ignore the irre
sponsible and discredited
claim of some minority
members and act decisive
ly to save the Social Se
curity program from finan
cial ruin.
"The day of reckoning is
here. Social Security funds
have been squandered
away through 25 years of
Democratic-fostered over
spending," said McClure
"And now, those most re
sponsible for the impend
ing catastrophe are imped
ing every realistic effort to
avert it."
McClure’s warning came
..on the heels of reports from
the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Servic
es. that project a Social
Security deficit as high as
$111 billion in the next five
years, unless drastic action
is taken at once.
Health and Human Re
sources Secretary Richard
Schweiker grimly reported
on May 12, that the present
Social Security system will
be bankrupt by fall, 1982
Should that happen, an es
timated thirty-six million
Americans would be finan
cially ruined by the col
lapse
“The Administration's
proposals would put Social
Security, for the first time
in decades, on a firm fin
ancial footing," said Mc
Clure
Mrs. Alfreda Alexander
St. Paul Presbyterian
Mrs. Hazeline Sarter
University Park Baptist
Mrs Rosa B Cuthbertson
Matlhews-Murkland
(hurr/uvomanOf Year Con testa n ts
3 Examples Of Dedicated
Hard-Working Christians
i.oreua Manago
Post Staff Writer
Mrs. Aifreda Alexander.
Mrs Hazeline Sarter and
Mrs Kosa Bell Cuthbert
son. What do these three
ladies have in common?
Other than the fact that
they are candidates in
The Charlotte Post's
"Churchwoman of the
't ear" campaign, they are
shining examples of dedi
cated. loyal and hard work
ing t. nristians
Mrs. Aifreda Alexander
A member of St Paul
Presbyterian Church. Mrs
Alexander spends her time
wisely. She serves as a
member of the Usher
Board and is the program
chairman for the church.
When she is not involved in
either of these activities
she functions as youth
advisor. Previously, she
was a Girl Scout leader for
the church camp
A graduate of J H. Gunn
High School, Mrs. Alexan
der is employed by the
School System as a class
room assistant and attend
ed J.C. Smith for one year
She and her husband,
Kenneth, are enjoying pa
renthood as they are
blessed with a daughter,
Danielle. 14 months old.
When church and com
munity activities aren't
keeping her busy, Mrs.
Alexander enjoys sewing,
reading and her latest hob
Marian Maxwell, John
and Carolyn Rhinehart are
active committee mem
bers working diligently to
see that Mrs. Alexander is
crowned '‘Churchwoman of
the Year."
Mrs. Hazeline Sarter
Mrs. Hazeline Sarter had
to have been chosen to
represent University Park
Baptist Church as their
candidate for the ‘ Church
woman of the Year” cam
paign because of her deep
involvement and commit
ment to the church she
attends.
An ardent and diligent
worker, Mrs Sarter serves
Christ in several capaci
ties She is the Public Re
lations coordinator for the
church and their program
coordinator. Recently she
coordinated Rev Palmer's
appreciation day service
which transpired into a
highly successful event.
Mrs Sarter is also the
Associate Editor of the
church newsletter, the pro
gram chairman of the
Pastor’s Aide Society, trea
surer of the Young Adult
Choir and a faithful pupil of
the Baptist Training Union
and Sunday School
The seventh of twelve
children born unto Ernest
and Lucy Scott, Mrs
Sarter attended Second
Ward High School and A&T
State University Presently
she works for Southern Bell
as an administrative clerk
■■“'W TT 1 • ^11 oy, cross-siitchmg. Her husband. Odell
Ur. Hawkins Charges Blacks With
Sleeping Through Retrogression”
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
"Many blacks who slept
through the revolution in
the 60's are sleeping
through retrogression
now,” warned Dr. Regin
ald Hawkins in an address
before many prominent
blacks in the Charlotte
community. Hawkins was
guest speaker Sunday at
the House of Charles' first
annual benefit awards ban
quet at the Excelsior Club
"Government has been
taking away gains minor
ities have made since the
Johnson Administration,
Hawkins told his audience,
adding, "It has failed to
allocate monies for pro
grams to help the econo
mically disadvantaged,”
he said, denouncing the go
Dr Reginald A. Hawkins
...Civil rights leader
vernment as blocking pro
grams to repair damages
done by reconstruction.
Hawkins called the Rea
gan Administration a
‘‘planned violence against
blacks.” He said that by
I
withdrawing funds for food
stamps. CETA grants and
Affirmative Action, it was
"encouraging a black
revolt.”
Instead of using plural
ism (where members of
.different racial groups par
ticipate in dev >loping their
own specific culture within
the confines of a common
civiliztion) he said blacks
“have lost identity with
each other ”
"Classes have emerged
in the black culture. While
25 percent of the popula
tion can cope with all the
obstacles blacks face, 75
percent cannot cope, dis
couragement exists espe
cially among young blacks.
Hawkins pointed out
"We need to go back into
the streets to protest.“ he
said Hawkins called upon
the leaders in the hlack
community to start the
process
Honored for their
achievements in business,
politics, education, human
relations or the arts were
Bill Johnson, publisher of
The Charlotte Post. Walter
Tucker, vice president of
Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, Charles James, phy
sician; Judge R Max
Blackburn; Bob Davis.
Chairman of the Mecklen
burg County Democratic
Party. Bertha Maxwell.
Director of Afro-American
and African Studies at the
University of North Caro
lina at Charlotte, Jimmy
McKee, owner of the Ex
celsior Club, and attorney
James Ferguson
Special awards went to
Alan Rousseau, president
of the local chapter of the
National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People, and John
McDonald, owner of Mc
Donald's Cafeteria on La
Salle St and Realties Ford
Road
County Commissioner
Bob Walton served as
Master of Ceremonies and
Miss Donna Mitchell, the
1980 Miss Black North
Carolina from the Eastman
School of Music in New
York, performed musical
selections
Alcohol Abusers
Studies show that be
tween one-third and one
half of alcohol abusers are
women ■*
Sarter is employed by
Westinghouse as a welder
blader specialist Because
of the limited people in this
field Sarter often travels
throughout the United
States Both Mr. and Mrs
Sarter are blessed with
four talented children All
of them are placed in
classes for the gifted.
In her spare time. Mrs
Sarter enjoys roller skat
ing, reading and creative
writing, especially poems
and has even been encour
aged by her sister Julie to
have her work published.
Working along with her
in the “Churchwoman of
the Year” campaign is
Geraldine Hunter, Shirley
Scott and Ruby McCrorey.
Mrs. Rosa B. Cuthherlson
If a person has led a good
life, walking down the path
of righteousness, no one
has to say anything about
them Their lives speak for
themselves. And although
for those who know Mrs
Rosa Bell Cuthbertson,
nothing needs to be said
For those who don't know
her. life serves as an in
spiration.
one is me iriomer ot 10
living children. 52 grand
children and 42 great
grandchildren One of her
sons is pastor of Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church.
Recently she was no
minated "Mother of the
Year" at Matthews-Murk
land Presbyterian Church
There, she is president of
the vocal choir and a mem
ber ot the missionary For
the past three years she
hasn't missed a Sunday at
church
Outside the church, Mrs
Cuthbertson is active in the
Senior Citizens’ Organiz
ation
For relaxation, Mrs
Cuthbertson enjoys bowl
ing and fishing
Assisting her in the cam
paign is her son, Walter
Cuthbertson
Hearings Set
For 1981-82
City Budget
The Charlotte City Coun
cil will hold two public
hearings on the proposed
198182 City budget The
hearings will be held on
Monday, June 8, at 3 p.m
and on Tuesday, June 9, at
7pm Both meetings will
be in the Council Chamber
located on the second floor
of City Hall, 600 East Trade
Street
Cuts Will
Challenge
Parents
Special To The I’ost
Former Brooklyn Dod
ger baseball star Joe Black
said in Augusta Sunday
that President Reagan's
proposed cuts in welfare
are "sort of a blessing for
Black Americans ”
The welfare cuts, black
said, will challenge black
parents to show their child
ren that this government is
not obligated to take care
of them
“Parents have allowed
children to develop apathy
and they didn’t develop
their niindsund dreams “
Black, whose father was
from Augusta, was in town
to speak at the Boggs Aca
demy commencement in
Keysville Sunday after
noon. •*
He said he hopes that
most graduates plan to go
to college. But. he cau
tioned. "A college educa
lion does dot guarantee you
a job It guarantees a bet
ter opportunity to compete
for a job.
“As long as you don't
have a job. you're depend
ent bn somebody. As long
as you're dependent,
you're not free.” said
Black, who is vice presi
dent for special markets at
the Greyhound Corp.
rt graduate oi Morgan
State College, he taught
school for seven years in
his native Plainfield. N.J..
when his baseball career
was over
Black was "Rookie of Hie
Year" in 1952 and the first
black to pitch in a World
Series He fell 11 votes
short of winning the Most
Valuable Plaver award in
'he .National League in
1952
Since Black has been at
Greyhound, he has done a
column called "By The
Way " In it he says he talks
"to blacks about blacks "
But some blacks have
labeled' him an “Oreo,"
black on the outside; while
on the inside Black said he
is called an oreo because he
refuses to use the word
racism "I don't use it We
know it (racism) is there,
so why waste time talking
about it? What we should
be doing is saying. ‘In spite
of it, let's do this and
that.'"
Black said the word ra
cism suggests that all of
the problems of black peo
ple are due to race
“I don't say whitey this
and whitey that That
doesn't overcome the pro
blem
He used former Dodger
Jackie Robinson as an ex
ample “When Jackie
started playing he suffered
so much abuse that his hair
went from black to white in
one year.
"He was a violent man.
He liked to fight and he
could fight But when he go
the job (the first black in
modern times to compete
in major league baseball),
he overcame all of that,”
Black said
He credits Robinson for
his success in baseball as
well as those that came
later
Black received an honor
ary doctorate two weeks
ago from Miles College in
Birmingham. »