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Eleanor Anderson
.. Born under Capricorn sign
Eleanor Anderson
Our Beauty Concerns Herself
With Striving For The Best
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
A soft nature, a peaceful
final touch to a conversa
tion filled with ambitional
querries and an inner beau
ty can all be linked to our
beauty, Eleanor Anderson.
Bom under the Capri
corn sign to Mr. and Mrs.
James Anderson, our beau
ty has concerned herself
with striving for the best in
all aspects of her life.
“There is a lot out there
to be offered. And I am
striving to get the best out
of life.
Even with her delicate
nature Ms. Anderson
strikes one as being rather
outgoing. “I like to be
ground people, meeting
people and helping others
out,” she remarked.
Her path in life is to
become an entertainer.
Now a rising senior' at
South Mecklenburg, Ms
Anderson has plenty of
time to decide upon her
choice of college, but she
has already chosen the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro to attend.
A talented young lady,
Ms. Anderson can act, sing
and literally make the cha
racters she portrays come
alive.
Her favorite entertainers
are Daniel! Spencer, the
young lady who performs
on "What’s Happening"
and Florence on “The Jef
fersona.” Both, she ex
plained, “have the quali
ties of making their cha
racters real beings, instead
of simply television
Governor Jim Hunt
Praises General Assembly
Governor Jim Hunt Mon
day praised the General
Assembly for its favorable
action on two pieces of
legislation - an enacted bill
that will make drivers'
license registration lists
and voter registration rolls
the primary lists from
wmch jurors are called and
pending legislation that
would ban dangerous wea
pons at demonstrations and
other public gatherings.
“I commend the mem
bers of the General
Assembly for enacting le
gislation that will make
our system of selecting
prospective jurors more
equitable and more repre
sentative of our total popu
lation. The previous sys
tem, which relied on pro
perty tax rolls and voter
registration lists, did not
fairly represent minorities
and women," the Governor
said.
"I want to thank the
Human Relations Council,
the Crime Commission and
the Courts Commission for
their active support of this
legislation,"he said.
The N.C. Senate gave
final approval to the bill
today. The House had
earlier approved the legis
lation. It will go into effect
July 1.
On the dangerous wea
pon bill, Hunt said, "I also
commend the Senate Judi
ciary I Committee mem
bers for their favorable
action earlier this wees on
legislation to prohibit dan
gerous weapons in the
vicinity of parades and
public demonstrations.
Tumwx
if you're a man of few
words, you won’t have to
take so many of them back.
“Law enforcement
officers must have the au
thority to protect the public
from extremist elements
who would perpetrate vio
lence at public gatherings.
This legislation will allow
officers to take preventive
action before violence
erupts. That is why I made
this bill a part of the anti
crime package I submitted
to the Legislature,” he
said.
"I urged the full Senate
to promptly enact this im
portant legislation into
law.” Hunt added
The bill n«s spearheaded
by the Human Relations
Council and would make it
a misdeamenor to possess
or have immediate access
to a dangerous weapon.
Mrs. Sorter Closes Gap
Interest Mounts As “Churchwoman
Of The Year” Race Enters Fourth Week
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer
First place again!
Astonishing as it may seem
Mrs. Anna Hood of
Memorial United Presbyte
rian Church has managed
to retain her number one
spot for the third consecu
tive week.
Whatever her strategies
are for maintaining first
place, one thing’s for sure,
they do work.
By no means has this
streak of luck dampened
the other contestants’ spi
rits. According to them the
race is anything but over.
They are still planning on
capturing the crown for
themselves, by utilizing
their own perfect plan.
Mrs. Hood leads the
churchwoman contest with
1,580 points. She is followed
by a lady who has been
consistently making her
way to the top of the contest
from its onset Mrs Hazel
ine Sarter of University
Park Baptist Church trails
Mrs. Hood with 1,125
points Week by week she
Mrs. Betty Orr
.. New St. John Baptist
has narrowed the wiae
margin of the present first
place contender and before
it’s all over she plans to
capture first place for her
self. In third place this
week is Rena Blake of East
Stonewall with 825 points.
Evidently she has some
"tricks" up her sleeve be
cause she very determined
ly says "do not discount me
from having the lead
again." Once again Mrs
Occie David of St. Luke
holds fourth place with 470
points From 30 points, as
Mrs. Mable Woodley
.. .Mt. Sinai contestant
of last week Mrs Gladys
Massey of Mayfield Me
morial skyrocketed to fifth
place.
Other contestants and
their scores are as follows:
Ms Sandra Anderson
Green Oaks, 22S points;
Mrs. Regina Polk Gill
Grier Heights, 210 points;
Mrs Alfreds Alexander
St Paul Presbyterian, 205
points; Mrs. Helen Single
ton- Antioch, 190 points;
Mrs Josephine Morris
Walls Memorial, 90 points;
Mrs Kitty Cauthen- Ben
Ms Dora Durante
Greater Bethel contestant
oalem, 70 points; Mrs
Oneda Lewis- Metropoli
tan, 60 points; Miss
Meloney Ashemore- Little
Bock, 40 points; Ms. Dora
Durante- Greater Bethel,
25 points All other church
woman contestants have no
tallied points. On July 6 all
contestants will meet Mrs
Betty Pride, coordinator
will contact the candidates
For being the candidate
having the most points this
week, Mrs Anna Hood won
a $50 grocery spree from
Dilworth Food Center
Culminating activities
for the “Churchwoman of
the Year" campaign will
coincide with the Charlotte
Post's 7th anniversary. A
dinner and anniversary
program will be held at the
Civic Center, July 18, at
6:30 p.m. Tony Brown is
the evening's guest speak
er There, the winner of the
Post’s invigorating cam
paign will be honored
Candidates featured this
week are Ms Dora
Durante, Mrs Betty Orr,
and Mrs Mable Woodley
Ms. Dora Durante
The church, sports and
political involvement com
prise a majority of Ms
Durante's time A member
of Greater Bethel AME
Church. Ms Durante finds
working for the church
very exciting. A member of
the Young Adult Choir and
past president, a member
of the Bessie Coley Mis
sionary Circle, a class lead
er 'and a stewardess, Mr
Dora Durante discovered
that through each organ
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figures.”
Ms. Anderson feels her
talents will be best dis
played on television or
Broadway. In either case
she is outgoing enough to
pursue her ambitious
goals.
But there is more to our
beauty than ambition. She
enjoys the simple aspects
of life...going to church,
visiting the park and meet
ing friends for a chat. She
also enjoys dancing, sing
ing, swimming, and
bowling.
Her favorite person is
her sister, Janice. They are
close in age with Ms. An
derson being 17,' her sister
is 18. “Just about every
where we go we are to
gether,” Ms. Anderson be
gan. “She is one of the
main persons I can talk to
besides my mother."
Ms. Anderson also has
two other sisters and one
brother, Shirley, Joan and
Henry.
As a member of Univers
ity Park Baptist Church,
Ms. Anderson has sung on
the choir since She was six,
been a member of the Girl
Scouts since age six,
served as a Junior Usher
Board member, and is now
serving as secretary over
the Sunday School.
At South Mecklenburg
she has been a cheer
leader, a member of the
Pep Club, a member of the
Red Cross, a 10th grade
Homeroom Representative
and a member of the
Drama Club.
Active, persistent and de
termined, Ms. Anderson
will attain her goals whea
ther it be in the entertain
ment domain or not . she
will be in the spotlight.
Patrol Sets
Operation
CARE
Citing a reduction in traf
fic deaths during the last
two major holidays, Crime
Control and Public Safety
Secretary Burley Mitchell
has announced that North
Carolina will again imple
ment Operation CARE
during the July 4th holiday
weekend. Mitchell credited
the program < Combined
Accident Reduction Effort)
the cooperation of the
motoring public and the
hard work of the Highway
Patrol with reducing the
number of deaths during
the Easter and Memorial
Day holiday periods to less
than half the number killed
during the same weekends
in 1980.
Highway Patrol Com
mander John T. Jenkins
said, “Highly visible
patrols will again be used
on designated CARE high
ways to eliminate hazard
ous violations. Weare-com
mitted to reducing acci
dents by detecting all the
accident-related violations
possible. The detection and
removal of drunken drivers
from our highways will
also be of utmost import
ance.”
The National Safety
Council has established 6
p.m.,—Thursday,—July 2,
through midnight, Sunday,
July 5, as the official ho
liday. period; however, in
North Carolina the holiday
period begins at 6 p.m.
Friday and ends at mid
night Monday, July 6. Ac
cording to figures released
by the Patrol, 19 persons
died during the 78-hour
period in 1980.
Final Hearing
The final public hearing
on the Parks and Recre
ation Master Plan will be
held on July 13 at 7:30 p m.
in Park Center, 310 North
Kings Dr. This is the last in
a series of five hearings.
Rameses Temple No. 51 Bowling Team
pictured above left to right: Jerome
Sherrill, Captain Willie Flowe. Lecola
Mungo and Paul Ford placed third in the
Mid-Atlantic Joint Gala Day Bowling
Tournament, held in Huntington, West
Virginia. The Double Team, consisting of
Jerome Sherrill and Captain Willie
Flowe, came in second in Double Com
petition. Individual Honors went to John
ny Harrison with a 249 high game High
series went to Captain Willie Flowe with
717. Total events went to Captain Willie
Flowe with total pins of 1,384. The next
bowling tournament for Rameses Bowl
ing Team will be in Washington, D C, in
August and in Norfolk, Virginia, in
November.
Profile Of The Black Church
Black Churchgoers
Contribute $1.7 Billion
Despite the plunging
economy, the nation's 20
million Black churchgoers
contribute to collection
plates an estimated $1.7
billion annually, according
to Donald C. Walker, editor
and publisher of “Dollars &
Sense" magazine, quoting
from the June issue, “The
Black Church in America."
Not counted in this figure
is a sizeable sum obtained
from benevolent donations,
business enterprises and
investments. Also, he
stated, five million Black
Church members attend
church regularly and they
worship in 65,000 church
properties having an
estimated total value of
$10.2 billion.
"What we observed, in
attempting to determine
what the Black church is
doing to improve the social,
economic and political
status of the communities
it serves,” said Walker, “is
a stronger emphasis on
economic development.”
To ascertain the current
state of religious affairs,
the magazine conducted a
national survey among
Black clergymen. The
results, reported in the
June issue, reveal import
ant changes in the struc
ture, attitudes and activi
ties of Black churches,
such as:
-Female church mem
bers outnumber males two
to one; the average of
church members if 48.3
years; 95 percent of the
ministers said their church
participates in some type
of economic development
program, serving between
six to 200.000 persons and
providing jobs for two to
250 persons; eighty percent
reported church assets
ranging from $84,000 to $34
million, and over 90 per
cent approve of women as
ministers.
“Clearly," said Walker,
“it appears that the Black
church recognizes its re
sponsibilities and we laud
their efforts to provide the
type of economic supports
necessary in these distress
ing times.
“Present economic con
ditions and the current ad
ministration’s cutbacks in
social and economic aid to
Blacks and the poor make
it clear that the churches
are among the last bastions
of hope," Walker continu
ed “The changing empha
sis of governmental prior
ities, coupled with the an
ticipated magnitude of suf
fering. point to the ne
cessity for a coordinated
effort that crosses deno
minational lines to bring
about meanmgiui solu
tions We would hope that
philosophical differences
can be set aside for this
purpose
Walker stated that sur
vey results point to an
increased participation in
the political process among
churchgoers, which include
political education, voter
registration and exposure
to candidates, but indicate
a reluctance to provide
financial support or organ
ized help to get candidates
elected
Other subjects covered in
the June issue include a
brief history of the Black
church Black Catholics
and the followers of Islam
and Judaism; outreach
ministries; Bla'-k women
ministers, the psychologic
al effect of religion; the
economics of the church;
the rising popularity of
gospel music, and an ana
lysis of the Moral Majority
Jti) Hkrtrt* Study
For those people who are
employed, underemployed,
or career changes, Woman
Reach is offering a six
week Job Hunters Study
and Support Group called
the Parachute Group
First meeting is Tues
day, July 14, at 7 p m at
1009 East Blvd Donna
George will be the group
leader There is a $3 fee for
materials
Inner-City
Residents Are
Prisoners
Black Americans spend
less money for consumer
goods and save more -'
than do whites of compar
able incomes, a study
published by the University
of Michigan reports.
Black consumers spend
more for clothing and non
automobile transportation
and less for housing,
medical care and automo
bile transportation than do
whites at comparable
income levels.
There is no consistent
racial difference in expen
ditures for either recrea
i tion and leisure or home
furnishing and equipment.
I These are among the
| findings recorded in
I “Black Consumer Profiles:
I Food Purchasing in the
Inner City” by economists
Marcus Alexis. Uecnrge H
Haines Jr and Leonard S.
Simon. Their report is
-based- on various—studies—
which indicate that race
does play a role in the
market behavior of
consumers.
It can be argued, the
authors say, that inner-city
residents are, in effect,
prisoners They note that
“food purchasing behavior
of Blacks is affected by
both their race and their
low socioeconomic status,
which is highly correlated
with being Black.”
For the 30-40 percent of
low-income families which
do Iheir shopping in inde
pendent stores las many
inner-city i families do.
whether by actual prefer
ence or such constaints as
lack of mobility), the au
thors say "if they make
Iheir purchases at the bot
tom of the price range, they
pay more than they would
if they shopped in chain
stores."
The 104-page monograph
is published by the Division
of Research in the U-M
Graduate School of Busi
ness Administration
Senior author Marcus Alex
is is a commissioner of the
Interstate Commerce Com
mission in Washington.
DC . currently on leave
from Northwestern Uni
versity. where he is chair
man of the economics de
partment Prof Haines is
at the University of Toron
to and Simon is executive
vice president of the Ro
chester ' NY i Community
Savings Bank
While it is difficult to
arrive at a general con
clusion about food prices,
the authors say, "There is
a consensus that residents
of low-income areas pay
higher prices if they shop
at the smaller stores in
their area There is no
convincing evidence of
price differences in low and
high-income areas in units
of the same chain.”
They report on a Ro
chester, N.Y., study which
found that "consumers in
the lowest economic group
are more likely to patron
ize independent neighbor
hood stores than consum
ers in the middle and
upper-income groups
"This tendency is pri
marily a function of the
lack of mobility due to the
lower level of automobile
ownership, but a lesser
amount of schooling may
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