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Volume 6. No. 48
THE CHARLOTTE POST • Thursday. July 9. 1981
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NAACP
Rejects
Budget Cuts
The hJAACP National
Convention last week voted
on an emergency resolu
tion declaring the 1982 bud
get and its cuts in govern
ment spending on social
programs and concurrent
enormous and dubious in
creases in military spend
ing.
“The sum total of the
cuts represents a radical
departure from the re
sponsibility of government
to promote the general wel
fare and is a cruel burden
on the poor, the low-income
wage earner, the unem
ployed and disadvantaged
who are called upon to
make unnecessary and un
bearable sacrifices while
the Reagan Administration
proposes obseene tax re
ductions for the wealthiest
individuals and corpora
tions,” said Benjamin L.
Hooks, Executive Director
of the NAACP.
“President Reagan is
wittingly or unwittingly
leading a cynical assault on
thejpublic sector and social
justice,”"moles added—
"The budget is slashing
funds for job training...
legal services...public edu-.
cation...urban aid...medic
aid...employment pro
gram...public service jobs
...aid to families with de
pendent children and
school lunch programs.”
The convention asked
that President Reagan re
consider the NAACP’s own
alternative budget propos
als contained in a 130-page
document officially titled
“Alternative Policies in the
Public Interest for Eco
nomic Growth.”
"A government which
knows the value to the
black community of target
ed federal aid or categoric
al grants,” Hooks pointed
out, “is proposing the re
structuring of the process
so as to institute ‘block
grants' to the states.”
“Speak Out”,
Metric Board
Urges
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Members of the public will
have a chance to speak out
on metrics when the United
States Metric Board meets
in North Carolina, July
9-10, at the Sheraton Center
Hotel, Charlotte.
The Metric Board will
conduct a Public Forum
beginning at 10 a.m., July
9, in the Carolina Ballroom
of the Sheraton Center,
with several scheduled pre
sentations followed by an
“open mike" session from
11:30 a m. until 1 p.m.
Metric Board Chairman
Dr. Louis F. Polk said the
open session is designed to
allow Charlotte-area citi
zens to tell the Federal
agency what they think of
the metric system, and to
ask questions of the mem
bers of the Board.
TlKTLt-Wft
A man who Is always
looking for a helping hand
can always find one -
attached to his arm.
LOVELY BARBARA HOLLAND
...Rising NCCU senior
Barbara Holland
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post StafTWrRSr
Barbara Holland gives
one the impression of an
intelligent being. She is.one
who possesses the purpose
and intensity to endure and
defeat a challenge. Her
goal is to achieve.
A rising senior at North
Carolina Central Univers
ity, Ms. Holland is studying
Business Administration.
“1 plan to become the
president of a multi-million
dollar corporation and be
come my brother’s,! Ricky
Holland) financial advisor
Ricky is a pre med
student.”
The .daughter of Mar
garet Holland and the late
Gignilliat Holland, our
beauty has one sister,
DeLaine, and two brothers,
Wayne and Ricky.
She most admires her
older brother, Ricky. “He
has exhilerated the defini
tion of being strong. I don’t
think I'll ever go through as
much as he has,” she
stated.
She also thinks highly of
her fiancee, Kevin Cacu
-ttiers -She d»m.ribcahlm^
betng a 'generous and
super' person.
Readingjnd dancing are
favorite pastimes for Ms.
Holland. But there is some
thing inside of her that
yearns to help others. "I
help others because of that
something inside of me. I
enjoy helping others and it
makes me feel good also ."
If you ask our Capricorn
beauty just what type of
person she is, she’ll casual
ly suggest that she is easy
going. “I try to be myself
all the time. You’ll find it a
lot simpler than putting on
airs,” she advised.
At 21, Ms Holland is
extremely articulate and
radiates an air of maturity.
As far as her studies at
Central are concerned she
has maintained a discipline
unique to honor students.
She received an Acade
mic Award her freshman
year and was awarded a
scholarship by the School
of Business and Economics
See BEAUTY on Page 4
Mrs. Anna Hoods 9 Leading
Civil Rights: Need
For A New Approach
Post Marks
Seventh
Anniversary
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Once upon a time a small
church newspaper was
destined to become a black
oriented weekly-published
reflection of the black
community.
As The Charlotte Post
marks its seventh anni
versary this week under
the direction of editor
publisher BiU Johnson, the
paper has weathered eco
homic sttwms ant!'' pros
pered While other small'
businesses have failed.
"We are indebted to the
Charlotte business com
munity and the general
public for their overwhelm
ing support during the last
seven years,” Johnson
said.
He pointed out that paper
is "seven times bigger now
than when we started
marketing it in 1974...“and
has experienced a 33 per
cent increase in gross re
venues from 1977 to the
present.”
Created in 1877 as a
church newspaper called
the "Messenger,” the
paper was renamed "The
Charlotte Post" and trans
formed into a general
black-oriented weekly pu
blication in 1918. The brain
child behind this change in
Charlotte’s only black
newspaper was A. M.
Houston, a black civic lead
er and commercial printer
See POST On Page 2
— TTie Order df knights of Pythagoras,
Pyramid Council No. 46 stands proud as
the tirst organized group of the Order in
the Western region. Accompanied by
.a'dvisurs and a few parents in the above
photo, -the—Kmghts.jU-i.‘__s_triving for
knowledge and excellence in all
endeavors.
Prince Hal1 Masons Plan
Youth Development Program
Black youths are being
helped. At least by the
Prince Hall Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Ma
sons. The organization they
originated is a Youth
Development Program en
titled Order of the Knights of
Pythagoras.
Charlotte's group of
Knights is entitled Pyra
mid Council No 46 and was
founded by George Sand
ers, Grand Knight Direc
tor of the Mountain Region.
These pyramids were the
first to be organized in
their western region The
group is sponsored by
Silver Set Lodge No. 327.
According to Fred Alex
ander. Director of the
Board of Regions of the
Order of the Knights of
Pythagoras, the organiz
ation accepts young men
from ages 1' ■ to 17'-..
"We try to follow them
and give them guidance
from elementary to high
school." Alexander began.
"We give them leadership
training and any young boy
at that age can apply for
membership "
Traits of quality in cha
racter are also developed
in the youth participating
in the Knights of Pytha
goras "These traits w ill be
with the young men for
life." Alexander explained
William Clement, Grand
Master, North Carolina
wrote recently that “The
Youth is hope of our to
morrow. Expose them to
destiny and make them
leaders "
The late Bishop Herbert
Bell Shaw, past Grand
Master of North Carolina
Masons saw the necessity
of such as organization
for young black men and
emphasized its establish
ment by regular masonic
lodges over the state
An athletic hoard has
been organized with Bro
ther Luther Carter as
Director.
Softball is one activity
provided to the members of
the Order of the Knights of
Struggle H08
Reached
An hupasse
li> lta\ard Itustin
It is widely recognized
that the struggle to im
prove the social and econo
mic life of Black Ameri
cans and poor people in the
U.S. has reached an
impasse.
While we are fully aware
of the impending problems
and hardships we face, loo
little thought has been
given to three important
questions:
What eionomic changes
- have .occurred Jn the i!»7i»s
and 1 fWOs which require"
changes in the strategies
and tactics used so success
fully in the 60s?
W'hy do we appear to
have lost the support of
those allies who stood firm
ly alongside us in the 1960s?
Why do so many of the
major objectives and pro
grams we. in the civil
rights movement earlier
espoused, appear to have
lost support even within
much of the Black com
munity integrated schools
and housing, busing, etc .?
To intelligently answer
these questions we must
ask others: ✓
Tn what degree has race
declined as the dominant
lactnr in (lie continuing
inequality of the races and
in what areas is this de
velopment must apparent*
Wi n ! pi oblerns have not
traititne ally received sig.
piln an! attention by Black
leaders Imp require their
attention today?
(’an we develop a stra
Interest Continues To Escalate In
“Churchwoman Of The Year” Campaign
Hv l.orottu
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer
Though the Post’s first
annual "Churchwoman of
the Year" campaign is
nearing a close, the tension
and excitement of the
contest have escalated far
beyond expectation. With
barely two weeks left in the
campaign Mrs. Anna Hood
is still clinging to the
coveted first-place posi
tion. This Memorial United
Presbyterian contestant
has managed for four
weeks to keep the lead.
Presently she has 2,240
points. For her hard work
last week, Mrs. Hood won
the $125 wardrobe gift from
Ruth’s Fashion Shoppe.
Following her again this
week is Mrs. Hazeline
Sarter of University Park
Baptist Church, who trails
Mrs. Hood by a slim 513
points. With 1,725 points to
her credit, Mrs. Sarter has
plans for being Number
One. "When it's all said
and done," she warns
As a result of Mrs. Sor
ter’s hard work, she won
the dinner for two from
Taco Tlco.
Mrs. Rena Blake
...Promises to win
In third place this week is
Rena Blake. Needless to
sAy Mrs. mane, an &ast
Stonewall contestant, says
she has devised a plan
whereby she'll reach
second place and first
place by the end of the
contest, Thursday, July 16.
Still holding fourth place
Is Mrs. Occie David of St.
Luke Baptist Church. She
has 620 points. The other
contestants and their
scores are: Mrs. Gladys
Massey (Mayfield Memo
rial), 375 points; Mrs. Re
gina Polk Gill (Grier
Heights), 370 points; Mrs
Mattie Caldwell (Ebene
Mrs. Hazeline Sarter
...Firmly in second place
zer) who made an impres
sive move from the bottom
to seventh place, has 310
points, Ms. Sandra Ander
son (Green Oaks), 235
points; Mrs. Alfreda Alex
ander (St. Paul Presby
terian), 235 points; Mrs.
Helen Singleton (Antioch),
200 points; Mrs Kitty Cau
then (Ben Salem), 120
points; Oneda Lewis (Me
tropolitan) 110 points; Mrs
Mable Woodley (Mt.
Sinai), 95 points; Mrs Jo
sephine Morris (Walls Me
morial), 90 points; Mrs
Delores Cherry (Mender
son Grove), 65 points; Mrs
Theodora Tolbert (Plea
r
Mrs. Anna Hood
...Holds slim lead
sant Hill), 55 points; Ms
Meloney Ashemore (Little
Rock). 40 points; and Ms
Dora Durante (Greater
Bethel), 25 points.
Torrence Chapel, Mat
thews Murkland, New St
John and Penecostal Tern
pie have not reported
points as of yet. Also Mrs
Dolly Peay of Mt. Carmel
is not participating in this
year’s campaign.
Both the Post's anniver
sary and the crowning of
the churchwoman of the
year will be held July 18 at
the Civic Center. A special
program and dinner is
underway for this occasion
Occie David
4th place contestant
1'he Charlotte Post is also
pleased to announce that
Tony Brown, host of his
own program, "Tony
Brown’s Journal’’ will be
the evening quest speaker.
Mr Bob Davis will serve as
emcee.
Until the evening of the
program the winner of the
churchwoman of the year
contest will remain a
mystery This program is
open to the public Reserv
ations can be made by
mailing a check of $12 50
to: Hill Johnson, Publisher
Charlotte Post Newspaper
P.O. Box 30144
Charlotte, N.C. 2K230
Pythagoras Emphasis is
not only on sports, but also
on education Hut often
spiritual and physical well
being goes hand in hand
A Parents Committee
with Brother Thomas Cole
man appointed -is Director
and nidi. idual members of
Silver Set bodge as spon
sors have also been or
ganized for the 11 riefit of
educating and improving
the minds nt the Knights
The cause of the Order of
the Knights of Pythagoras
is such a large concern of
the Prince Hall Grand
bodge of Free and accept
ed Masons in North Caro
lina that they will hold their
Sixth Annual Assemblage
Grand Council for Knights
soon
At this assemblage Ma
sons will overview and plan
for future Knight adven
tures and projects
In Charlotte their last
major event was the
Family Picnic July 4 at the
Silver Set Lodge, Torrence
Grove Rd , Newell from 10
a m until
Pyramid Council No. 46
was pitted against a local
church group in softball
while the members of Grier
Heights Lodge No. 752 bat
tled against the members
of Silver Set Ix>dge No. 327
in the baseball arena.
See MASONS On Page #
legs to deal with the
decline in Black political
p;n licipatioii?
This question involves
liotli the role of Blacks in
the electoral process
(mil iciil parly participa
te i registration, levels,
\ |. r participation rates*
and the relationship of
Blacks to such grassroots
lores as community
groups, business. Ihe trade
u op inn-. • ment and the *
like '
Can new approaches to
affirmative action be de
vised which can win the
support of a consensus of
those groups which once
comprised the civil rights
coalition’
Here it would be essen
tial to carefully look at
wheiher a course of action
based on economic and
class criteria or on ethnic,
religious, racial, and
sexual criteria should lx?
pursued, including:
An examination of the
process by which Blacks
can achieve further econo
mic and social progress
-An assessment of the
differences between the so
cial and economic pro
grams of the traditional
civil rights organizations
and those of the Black po
litical leadership, with a
view toward creating a
common program for the
future.
See CIVIL On Page <