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Joyce Grant
ftewand Fund
^Established
City Councilman Charlie
Dannellv has announced
the formation of a reward
fund for information lead
ing to the arrest and con
viction of the person or
persons responsible for the
death of Mrs. Joyce Grant:
The identify of the person
giving the information will
not be revealed.
Friendship Baptist
Church, 3201 Beatties Ford
Road, is holding the reward
money. Contributions have
been pledged'by Mayor
Eddie Knox, Harvey Gantt,
Rev. L«on Riddick, Rev.
James Palmer, Ron Leep
er and others. Checks
should be made payable to
the Joyce Grant Reward
Fund.
“We as citizens won’t be
any safer than our own
level of participation,”
Dannelly emphasized. He
asks us to consider why
citizens remain uninvolved
while a handful of people
give the city a bad name.
Women Voters
Seek Minority
Membership
Call them greedy, but the
— League of Woman Voters of
the United States are
stagbiffa^iirect attempt to
increase minority mem
bership in local Leagues
throughout the country,
ktfhey feel that added
minority participation
would benefit the League
with “the experience, ^er
spective and energy we
need to make more pro
gress on the important
issues of our day.”
Well known for the
League’s commitment to
increase social and poli
tical quality of life for all
people and their strong
- record of supporting issues
of concern to minorities,
the League of Women
Voters offers quite a bit to
its members.
City Manager
Issues Statements
To FD Employees
Charlotte City Manager
Wendell White has issued
the following statement on
concerns of Fire Depart
ment employees:
“As I mentioned in a
letter dated June 11, 1981,
to all Fire Department em
ployees, the City admin
istration is interested in
hearing their concerns. We
have established a com
munications process for all
suggestions and comments
to be formally considered.
We will provide written
' responses to each and
_everyconcem. The process
is currently TlfRferwsy^ and
employees are responding
with positive and con
- structive input._
“1 do not plan on making
any response to other com
merAand criticism until
this afort is completed.
“Now is the time to let
the process work. I intend
to do so."
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LOVELY KIM ANDERSON
...A dash of sparkle!
Kim Anderson Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Bums
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty this week is a
unique dish. With a dash of
sparkle, a hint of unpre
dictability, and a cup full of
intellect and aggression,
Kim Anderson is one bomb
shell of a young lady.
“It’s important for me to
stay in shape,” Ms.
Anderson proclaims, “be
cause of where I work.”
She’s employed at the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Sheriff’s Department full
time. Lifting weights and
jumping rope are part of
her fitriess routine.
She enjoys swimming,
dancing (Oscar’s Disco is
her favorite place) auto
mechanics and the radio
station WPEG.
“I enjoy music especially
contemporary jazz. Tom
Browne, Carl Carlton and
Chaka Khan all fall into
this category,’’’ she re
marked.
Some of her favorite peo
ple include Arthur Ashe.
“He keeps up with the po
litics of sports," Ms. An
derson injected, and
Andrew Young.
The most outstanding
entertainer in Ms. Ander
son’s opinion is Chaka
Khan. “She has an unbe
lievable voice range,” Ms.
Anderson continued.
On a professional level,
Ms. Anderson is impressed
with Judge Tom Bond. “He
is both intellectual and fair
in his profession,” she
stated.
A John Muir High School
(Pasadena, California)
graduate, Ms. Anderson al
so attended Pasadena City
Collage*, the third highest
ranking Junior college in
tne nation. Her major was
/Psychology.
She received the South
western- Environmental
Tour Scholarship during
her high school years and
was able to rough it over
Mexico for three months.
From California to Mexi
co to Charlotte, Ms. An
Uptown Drop Box
Added For Water
Bifl Payments
The City of Charlotte has
installed a drop box at the
Uptown Transit Informa
tion Center, ill West Trade
Street, for 24-hour deposit
of water bills, parking tick
ets and pet violations.
The depository was
placed at the Square as a
convenience for uptown
workers and transit pa
trons. Deposits must be
for the exact amount of the
bill or violation and per
sons should include the
payment card or bill for
proper credit.
♦
derson finds the South a
welcoming change. “I love
the Southern hospitality. I
like the mountains and i
love the water.” When she
can't have the Pacific at
her feet she’ll settle for a
pool. But confesses that
L.A. is her favorite place.
Reading the works of
Nikki GtovaonT and thW
thrillers of Steven King,
such as "The Shining” are
pastimes of our Gemini
beauty. She also enjoys
documentaries and “60
Minutes” because both are
informative.
“Winners never quite,”
Ms. Anderson proclaims..
And maybe that's why she
didn’t quite until she knew
the intricate parts of her
automobile.
“Someone ripped me off
when they fixed my car and
that’s when I decided to
learn for myself,” she said.
So from books and from
other people who knew
about cars, Ms. Anderson
learned a great deal about
the meaning of car ail
ments.
Nothing seems to be out
of this world for Ms. An
derson - if it can be thought
of, it can be done. She
would like to improve
Municipal Bonds for parks
and roads and somehow
see the city contruct a
man-made beach some
where in the suburbs of
Charlotte.
In many respects Ms.
Anderson is way ahead of
her time and in essence she
is the master of her future.
CA Groups Mobilize To
Save Programs For Poor
Dilworth
Jubilee Set
For August 8
Stage entertainment,
home tours, children’s
games, speakers’ corner,
plant sales, country store
and much more are all part
of the ninth annual Dil
worth Jubilee.
The August 8 event spon
sored by the Dilworth
Community Development
Association from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. will celebrate the
anniversary ol one of Char
lotte’s oldest neighbor
hoods.
Nine families in the Dil
worth area will offer a tour
of their homes to the
public, and the WTB Fun
Bus will transport specta
tors from three locations.
A plant sale will be of
fered from 10 a.m. till 2
p.m. Baked goods, pies,
cookies and other tasty
-treats Will be at the Coun
try Store; but everything is
usually gone by 11 a.m.
Children can play games
an aay. Horse ana ouggy
rides, which are a new at
traction this year, will be
featured from 11 a m. to 3
p.m. Story-tellers will
amuse children for two
hours at the library begin
ning at 11a.m.
For musical entertain
ment, the Carolina Brass
Quintet, a Blue Grass
group from Hatteras will
perform and Michael
Porter will present a jazz
concert.
Local artists will sell
original works beginning at
10 a.m.
City Council members
and mayoral candidates
will attend to debate the
merits of living in Char
lotte, speaking during
meetings throughout the
afternoon.
Booths will provide ii.
formation on crime pre
vention, the Red Cross,
clowns, safety skits, mo
bile City Hall, and a bike
clinic for repair and main
tenance.
Tickets are $4 in advance
from Circa Interior and
Antiques, August 3-7
— Mrs. Anna Hood, left, beams brightly as
she holds the handsome trpphy she
earned for winning the Post's first
“Churchwoman of the Year” Contest.
Mrs. Betty Pride, contest coordinator,
who made the presentation, looks on.
(Photo by Jim Black Photographers)
Post Anniversary Guest Speaker Warns
“Stop Being Preoccupied
With President Reaean”
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer
One of the most memor
able occasions in the Char
lotte Post’s history would
have to have occurred Sa
turday night, July 18, when
the weekly newspaper cele
brated its seventh anni
versary and its first annual
“Churchwoman of the
Year” campaign.
In every sense of the
word the night was a "suc
cess”.
Demonstrating support,
love and cooperation for
the 104-year-old institution.
The Charlotte Post, the
hlack community through
their presence, added a
new dimension to the word
“Success.”
Emcee, Bob Davis, com
menced the evening’s pro
gram with a message on
"The Importance of Black
Business to the Charlotte
(3>rnni unity.”
■?. «icv. A. B. Sutton, pastor
of Ebenezer Baptist
Church, led the gathering
ii*an uplifting prayer.
After being introduced
by emcee Bob Davis, as the
city’s representative, Ron
Leeper made remarks and
presented the Charlotte
Post editor and publisher
Bill Johnson with a pro
clamation from Mayor
Eddie Knox.
Mr. Davis, continuing
with the program proceed
ed to relate the history of
the black press by reading
excerpts from Lerone Ben
nett’s "Before The May
flower ”
And then time arrived for
the guest-speaker. Tony
Brown was introduced and
presented an illustration of
bimself by Roddy
McIntyre.
To an audience of pre
3,500 Delegates To
Attend
Woman’s Baptist HFM Convention
More than 3,500 dele
gates are expected to at
tend the Ahriuai 'Ses
sion of the Woman's Bap
tist Home and Foreign
Missionary Convention of
North Carolina in Char
lotte July 26-30.
Headquarters will be at
the Radisson Plaza Hotel.
General sessions will be
held at the Civic Center
dally with host church,
Second Calvary 114 Nelson
Ave., Rev. Lemar Foster
pastor.
Relegates from all coun
ties in North Carolina will
converge and study under
the theme “God’s Will: A
Cause, A Concern, A Con
viction ”
The WBH and FMC is the
largest auxiliary of the pre
dominantly black General
Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina with state
wide membership exceed
ing 355,000
Georgia Turner of Lum
berton is president of the
Convention and Dr. Pris
* A
Rev Lamar Foster
...Host pastor
cilia Brodie serves as
Executive Secretary-trea
surer.
Speaking in reference to
the convention, Dr. Brodie
announced that its purpose
is many-fold. In addition to
teaching Baptist women,
along with men and youth,
to be missionaries, the con
vention also seeks to help
others through its object
ives: Shaw University, The
Shaw Divinity School, Fo
A
reign Mission, State Mis
sions, Central Orphanage,
and the Baptist Assembly,
she added. " —-—
Activities for the week
will include a pre-conven
tion musical at Second Cal
vary Baptist Church, 114
Nelson Ave., Rev. Lennar
Foster pastor.
Under the musical direc
tion of Theodore Martin,
director of choirs at Second
Calvary, more than 50
voices will be in concert.
The choir will consist of
members from various
area churches.
The concert will be pre
sented Sunday, July 26, at
Second Calvary beginning
at 7 p.m Admission is free.
The Eighth Annual pre
convention banquet will be
held Monday night July 27,
6 p m. at the Civic Center.'
Guest speaker will be
Dorothy A. Allen, president
of the Woman's Auxiliary
of the Virginia Baptist
State Convention. Tickets
for this affair can be pur
chased for $14.
During the week, pro
grams, workshops and
guest speakers -will high
lights the convention's
work and home and
abroad. '
The Charlotte commun
ity is welcome to Join the
Woman's Convention for
this informative gathering.
Foreign Teachers V»h UNCC
Two groups of foreign
teachers will visit the cam
pus of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
this month.
Both groups are partici
pating in programs spon
sored by UNCC’s Center
for International Studies.
Both groups will partici
pate in university'and com
munity life by visiting
classes, interacting with
students and faculty and
sharing their own cultural
orientation.
All-Out
Campaign
Launched
WASHINGTON - Com
munity action advocates
across the country have
launched an all-out cam
paign to save community
action programs in over
3,000 counties from what
could be a lethal blow
coming from the House
Senate budget conference
next week.
The aim of the program
is to persuade the Congress
to adopt provisions which
will earmark funds for
community action pro
grams and will at the same -—
time preserve a federal
anti-poverty office.
“At a time when the ad
ministration is asking all
citizens to take a fair share
of the budget cuts, the
proposed community ac
tion cuts are glaringly in
equitable,’’ said David
Bradley, director of the Na
tional Community Action
Foundation which is" Co
ordinating the media, let
ter writing and petition
effort. "The act shows a
callous disregard for the
needs of our most poor and
needy, both young and old.
We’re not asking for a full
funding of CSA, because we
ao acKnowledge the reality
of budget cuts. We are try
ing to ensure that 17 years
of Federal commitment to
the needs of the poor in this
country does not get wiped
out.”
Bradley explained:
“As legislation currently
stands, the Economic Op
portunity Act which pro
claimed this country’s de
termination to help the
poor, has been repealed.
People do not realize that if
the House version of the
budget becomes law, local
community action pro
grams in their home town
will have no legal assur
ance of funding. Under the
Senate version of this bill,
these community pro
grams will at least receive
definite funding preference
and there will be a mech
anism, the proposed Office
of community Services in
the Department of HHS, to
monitor the flow of funds
administered by the states. ,
The NCAF effort is geared
to mobilizing support for
the Senate version of the
budget and for reauthoriz
ation of the Economic Op
portunity Act.”
rmeen congressional
districts with members
participating in the Confer
ence~Sut>Tonrerence on Po
verty and Older Americans
are being targeted for spe
cial attention in this last
phase of a grassroots effort
that has been underway for
months on the local level.
The local groups spear
heading the current action
recently banded together to
form the NCAF, ii privately
funded resource and lobby
ing group headquartered in
Washington. NCAF is also
working closely with the
National Coalition for Re
Authorization of the Eco
nomic Opportunity Act,
which is composed of 88
public and labor groups, in
its effort.
The impact of the budget
action - particularly if the
House version should pre
vail - will Be devastating to
the poor, especially the
elderly and rural poor,
Bradley said.
dominantly black people,
Brown channeled his mes
sage toward the subject,
“Being Black.” He re
sounded some acutely poig
nant statments about the
blkck race.
dsing a quote from the
late Senator Fred Alexan
der, Brown said, “You can
make all the speeches you
want to make, but what we
need is a mechanism." And
then he proceeded to tell
what that mechanism was.
He advised that blacks
stop being so preoccupied
with President Ronald
Reagan. According to
Brown. “Reagan is like all
presidents, past and pre
sent, when it refers to
blacks. They (past presi
dents) gave us (blacks)
nothing, Reagan will give
us nothing and future pre
sidents will give us
nothing.” Continued
Brown, “What we have is
what we earned and what
we fought for.”
Brown shifted his mes
sage toward the power of
the black race, announcing
that "...economically, poli
tically and spiritually,
blocks are a powerful
group.”
“The black population is
worth_$H0 billion dollars,
equal to the wealth of the
ninth largest country,"
quoted Brown, who added,
"Politically we are the
most powerful group in the
country and most import
ant is our soul power in
doing the work of God."
With all the optimism,
Brown was obligated to
speak on some of the dark
er realities such as the fact
that amidst all the power
the black church is all that
we own; "...we only turn
our money over once in our
own community, whereas
the white race turns their
money over at least 12
times before it leaves their
community." Brown began
with an audience that un
doubtedly felt that on the
subject of "Being Black."
they knew it all and he
finished with an audience
that realised that they had
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