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Dock Mangrum Jr. Wins First Place In Baby Contest By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer The Baby Contest and Talent Show at Grier Heights Presbyterian Church produced a lot of winners. Everyone who participated knew they were contributing to a worthwhile cause. But Dock Mangrum Jr, 23-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dock Mangrum Sr. was the standout. Compet ing against several other contestants Master Man grum walked away as the highest contributor to the Baby Contest with pro ceeds of over $300. i He received a $100 cer tificate for his family's efforts, especially his seven-year-old sister, .Tomontra. Q. F. Boulware was Mangrum's sponsor. Besides participating in baby contests, Mangrum loves the outside, especial ly the water. He also likes fried chicken and candy. "And he loves to ride in a car...he’s just gas happy. He also loves to eat at Duffs and he’ll tell you so," his mother stated. The Mangrum family at tends Antioch Baptist Church where Rev. Pres ton Pendergrass is pastor. Second place winner in the Grier Heights Presby terian Church Baby Con test was Sabrina Nicole Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Crawford. Third place winner was Wendie Amelia Norton daugnter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Norton. Both Sabrina and Wendy re ceived a certificate of $50 each. The program was held at Grier Heights Presbyte rian Church, located at 325 Skyland Ave. Donations were $1 with proceeds go ing toward the enhance ment of the Griertown area. According to Barbara Simpson, spokesperson for Grier Heights Church, monies will be used to supply the Annual Picnic in Mercy Graduates 3 Charlotte Area Residents Three Charlotte area residents will be graduated September 4 from the Mercy School of Radiology Technology in Charlotte. The local graduates from the school are: -l.isa Ann Smith nf 7049 Mount Holly Rd., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Smith Jr. Deborah Jean Stirewalt of 4913 Central Ave., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernard A. Stirewalt. John Martin Thomas of 3100 Pontifex Court, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thomas. Other graduates include Robin Lea Pate of Hamlet, Bobbi Dean Greene of Monroe, Cheryl Rebecca Sea bock of China Grove and Candace Love Over cash of Concord. The Mercy School of Ra diology Technology, which was founded in 1951, pro vides clinical instruction and training in X-ray tech ^togyauvtercy^fospitai^ Race Pride Begins With The Black Press Dock Mangrum Jr. ...Contest king Griertown. “This is called Griertown Day which will be held on Labor Day. People will be coming from as far away as California and other parts of the country to come home for the picnic. The money will also go to improve the Griertown Winn Dixie’s Sale Reaches All-Time High Sales and earnings for Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., have reached all-time highs in fiscal 1981, ac cording to a recent finan cial statement released by their home office in Florida. Sales for the year ending June 24, exceeded $6 billion, representing a 15 percent increase over the previous year. Fourth quarter sales rose 12 per cent. For this year, primary earnings per share were $3.67 compared with $3.42 in 1980. Net profit after tax was over $95 million, an increase of more than $3 million from the prior year. “Sales and profits for the first three quarters were on target, but we were not pleased by our fourth quarter performance,” commented Winn-Dixie president, Beit L. TIiuiiijb.— “A more cautious atti tude by consumers in a keen competitive environ ment produced sales gains below budget levels,” he continued. "Current mer chandising efforts are de signed to achieve improved sales momentum and ac ceptable results in fiscal 1982.” Dividends were raised for the 38th consecutive year in July when monthly payments rose from 16 cents to 18 cents per share,' making the new annual rate $2.16, up from $1.92 in 'fiscal 1980. During fiscal 1981, the company opened 66 new supermarkets, closed 38 and had eight more stores in operation over last year. area," Ms. Simpson concluded. I WAS $7411 ALL K CARS NOW *6411 #4537 CHRYSLER REBATE $500 CAROLINA DODGE REBATE $500 YOU SAVE $1000°° ALL IMPORTS *5965, wow *5365 "4995 CHRYSLER REBATE $300 CAROLINA DODGE REBATE $300 YOU SAVE $600°° WAS *6327 ALL OMNIS (EXCEPT MISERS) wow *5727 CHRYSLER REBATE $300 CAROLINA DODGE REBATE $300 #4553 YOU SAVE $600°° ALL PICKUPS WAS $6918 4 wheel drives, total savings $1400. wow .’5918 r #4562 CHRYSLER REBATE $500 CAROLINA DODGE REBATE $500 YOU SAVE $1000°° VAN CONVERSION HEADQUARTERS / NOW at most dealers ‘19,500 PRICED CQOQA AS LOW AS yO?OU 7725 S. Blvd. ■ Showroom No 1 554-8300 TRYUtCTOSfU your car* WE HAVE THE ANSWER Co« Donnir Drummond or Mod iron Roo<h at SS4-I300. INTERNATIONAL AUTO BROKERS. INC IN CHARLOTTE CALL 554-8300 CALL TOLL FREE IN NORTH CAROLINA 800-532-0499 CALL TOLL FREE IN CONTINENTAL U S 800-438-6306 1-77 & Tyvola Rd. (West Park Mall) Showroom No. 2 527-4037 At Camp Green Concert Donation Wffl Be Used To Build Chapel B> Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer The voices are soft, con •vineingly harmonizing to proclaim that there is a God. Where else could these five men receive such a blessing except from the grace of the Lord? Five men. Donald Cure ton. Joel Williams. Frank Mitchell. Thomas Patter son and Marvin Anthony comprise the gospel quin tet of the Hearts of Har mony. All of these men are residents of Camp Green and are on work release. they practice together two or three times a week when time permits and have been singing together as a group for three months. “We all like gospel sing ing," Williams stated "We have all sung with groups before and we all happen to be in the same place at the same time." To date the group has sung in various churches in the community. They also sing most Wednesdays and Sundays at Camp Green to other residents Members believe firmly that their singing may help others realize the glory of know ing Christ. ‘ We are all HEARTS OF HARMONY believers in the Almighty God," Cureton explained. "And we feel like we are helping other inmates." One of the most import ant performances on the Hearts of Harmony agenda will occur August 30 at Greenville Memorial AME Zion Church, 6116 Monteith Dr. (in the Hidden Valley community), pastored by Rev. Dr. A.C. Hunnicutt ....Singing to the praises of God The Hearts have sent off 3U invitations for various groups to participate. Con cert donations will be used toward the planned chapel at Camp Green. The Advisory Board, chaired by Verona Vaughn, appointed Rev. Dr. R.B. Phifer, (a member of the Advisory Board and assist ant to the pastor of Green ville AME Zion Church), as Chairman of the fund rais ing committee for the chapel, The Hearts of Harmony will also sing at the con cert in addition to the groups and guests planning to perform iji this benefit concert. Their repertoire consists of 20-25 songs and is con tinually growing. Old songs, as well as one com posed and arranged by members of the group will be featured. You may hear "I Want Jesus to Hold My Hand,’’ authored by Joel Williams or ’’Going Home,” also au thored by Joel Williams. "Most of our numbers are older songs rearranged to suit our style,” Williams explained. "Gospel songs never grow old, we simply take them and rearrange them to acquire the com plete group effect.” I he group will usually sing four or five songs de pending on where they are. Presently singing accapel la, group members how ever are also instrument ally inclined and can play lead and bass guitars. Members plan to stay to gether and if possible make recordings of their musical selections. If you would like for the Hearts of Harmony to sing their praises to the Lord at your church, civic or social event, contact Captain Robert Reese, superinten dent at Camp Green. Subscribe To The Rost Your Support Helps
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