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Black Caucus Backs Hunt’s Road Program The North Carolina Black Leadership Caucus has endorsed Governor Jim Hunt's highway pro gram, which is now being considered by the General Assembly. Pamela Jordan ...Ms, Delta Debutante Sorority Seeks < Debutantes Applications The Charlotte Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is now in the process of receiving appli cations for prospective De butantes for the 1981-82 Cotillion. Flising seniors interested in participating should con tact Michael Vaughn at 537-3974 daily from 7:30 p m. until 10 p.m. This year Pamela Denise Jordan, now a South Meck lenburg graduate, was crowned Miss Delta Debu tante. She will continue to reign for one year. Ms. Jordan has also received an impressive scholarship from the Delta Sigma TFie ta Sorority, Charlotte Alumnae Chapter. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie F^ee Johnson.» Mercy » VolunteersWant To Keep Busy How can we actually fell better about our problems? Do some volunteer work in a hospital where there are plenty of -people worse off than us. Many volunteers at Mercy Hospital, for ex ample, do feel that way; according to Linda Ball, director of Volunteers. "This just makes me feel s<£feood,” Ms. Ball said many volunteers tell her. “I’vegot problems but they don’t seem so bad now.” While many of Mercy’s volunteers just want to keep busy and accomplish something, others who were hospitalized them selves at one time have since thought of ways to make a patient’s stay easier, she said. Whatever a person’s rea sons for volunteering, their efforts are much needed at the hospital. Volunteers can assist nurses by ad mitting and discharging patients, distributing flow ers and menu., reading mail to patients, and trans porting them to other de partments in the 427-bed hospital. Glenda Grate Participates In Workshop ORANGEBURG Glenda A. Grate of Charlotte, N.C., Dennis Jefferson of Charleston, S.C., and Queen A Smalls of Huger, S.C., a'l juniors at South Carolina State College, participated in the 1981 CORP-(Corporate Orient ation Program) Workshop sponsored by College Placement Services, Inc. It was held in the IBM’s l&anigement Training dKnter in Atlanta, Ga. CORP is a new and unique program that was presented as a pilot pro je<>. It exposed 30 junior le^W students from 10 hi storically black colleges to the workings of corporate businesses and the pro blems that negatively af fect the career prospects of minority managers and manager trainees. Leaders in the workshop Included Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr., dean of the Atlanta University School of Business, Robert W. Brocksbank of Mobil Oil !Cf>rp . Gilroye A. Griffin |Jr. of Bristol Myers Co., Charles F. Cammack of |fBM and Cheryl R. Basye f>f International Paper Co. About 70 members of the caucus, representing most of the state's 11 congres sional districts, took the action recently in a meet ing at White Hock Bap tist Church in Durham, according to Dr Lavonia Allison of Durham, chair man of the organization. Dr Allison said no one relished the prospect of new taxes, "but good roads have a tremendous impact on new jobs.” Governor Hunt's high way program would pro vide about $200 million a year to the highway fund for maintenance of existing roads and bridges, and for a limited amount of new construction. The package includes a three-cent per -gallon gasoline tax, with an income tax refund up to $22.50 for necessary driv ing such as going to work, school, church and shop ping. ii aiso contains a oo percent increase in the tax on liquor, a tax on min erals mined in the state and a sales tax on rental or vacation homes. Hunt has also ordered the Depart ment of Transportation to save $20 million a year in its operations, and to re evaluate the need for every new project that hasn't already been started. He is also pushing the Legisla ture to enact the toughest law in the nation against bid-rigging. Juniorettes The newly organized Washington Heights Ju niorettes met recently and discussed plans for plays, fashion shows, buying and fertilizing plants. Members are planning to meet with the Council of Garden Clubs on the fourth Wed nesday in June. Hosted bv Estrica Clav ton, members attending the meetings were Sheneta Lindsay, Terri Lindsay, Dana Williams, Minnie Hays, Tracey Lindsay and Yolanda Straighte. Minnie Hays will host the June meeting —-—— j J.C. SMITH RETIREES j Certificates were presented recently to— five Johnson C Smith University retirees who together worked 85 years for the school. Nancy Alexander was employed there from 1946-81. Homer Polk worked “afthe school Trom~I9a3-HU, Louis Jack son - 1967-81, Mrs Julia Shilty- 1960-81 and Mrs Sally Macon-1973-80. A recep tion was held in the Union Building. ' Uhoto by Jim Black Photographers) MOTHERS AM) DAUGHTERS BANQUET > TTTTTT.rt-r^ BatKJUe' sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of Mecklenburg General Baptist Associa tion was held recently. Minnie Patterson. president —ui uiui these auxiliaries served as guest speaker . Photo by J.m Black Photographers i A/vl I*result*nt Suys: Schools Must Combat Ku Klux Klan Influence .-tpri-iai i o i ne i-ost WASHINGTON. D.C. - A resurgent Ku Klux Klan is carrying on a determined recruiting campaign among high school and ele mentary students ~ some as young as 10 - and succeeding in areas where the white-sheeted, night riding organization hither to have been virtually un known. Exploiting racial ten sions in the schools, feeding on nativism, intolerance and fear, fanning group suspicions and applauding Nazi like tactics, the Klan -- although numbering only about 11.500 - is now ac tive in 22 states It defies the popular no tion that the organization exists only in the Southern states. Klan activities are now reported in such in dustrialized Northern states - traditionally as sumed to be immune from its influence - as Pennsyl vania and New Jersey and even New York and Con necticut. The story of Klan resur gence and its activities among school-age young sters is spelled out in the V VII I VIII issue VII IIIV .> r„.»\ Reporter." published by the National Education As sociation for its 1.750.000 teacher-members and others in the education pro fession. Commenting on the in creased activity by the 115 year-old Klan, once thought to be dying or even dead, NEA President Wil lard H. McGuire said; "The NEA has long re cognized the Klan for what it is and we have already taken action to fight it in a meaningful way - not broadside counter propa ganda. but by monitoring its activities and helping teachers develop the skills necessary to combat the student behavior that re flects prejudice and dis crimination. "As in all education, en lightened citizen participa tion will be welcome and helpful to the school and the teacher While a small number is reported as Klan membership - real figures are kept secret -- we do not believe we are over-react-' ing to the reports of KKK youth recruitment." Mc Guire added The NEA leader, who has a parti cuiara tnreat that cant be ignored. There have been too many lessons in the past that teach us that it takes only a few fanatics to set off sparks where ten sions exist." The NEA, at its 1981 convention. July 2 7 in Min neapolis, will bring out a new ly-developed curricu lum guide for teachers that hot only traces Klan hi story but encourages class discussions on the broader issues raised by Klan ac tivity - separatism, white supremacy and racism The guide was developed by an N'EA state affiliate, the Connecticut Education Associatioft. in cooperation with the NEA and the Council on Interracial Books for Children The action followed a Klan cross burning in a private field outside the town of Scotland in eastern Con necticut in September, 1980 NEA action on Klan ac tivity started, however, even before the Scotland incident. Reports of Klan T-shirt-wearing children in Decatur < ALA. > burning a school bus. a camp near Houston i Tex > set up to train youths from 13-20 years old in racist ideology and hand-to-hand combat, and vulgar, frontal-assault propaganda against blacks and others, have sparked support for NEA affiliate action. Last year's NEA convention committed funds to "train, inform and assist teachers' in connect at combating intolerance. It is estimated that Klan membership has tripled in the last decade Aside from the states mentioned earlier, the Klan is active in Alabama. Arkansas. Ca lifornia. Colorado, Florida. Georgia. Illinois. Indiana. Kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland, Mississippi. North Carolina. Ohio. South Carolina, Texas. Tennessee and Virginia. Rooster* Club The North Carolina Con Ira I Boosters Club is start mg planning early (in Monday. June . at 7 ill p in . the Boosters Club will meet at the Beacon Club, located at :i(ijy Beatties Ford Kd This is a very important meeting and it you can’t come but are interested in what’s going on. contact Lawrence Pet tis at :iiU-:ffl:i(i READ THE POST!!! 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