THE CHARLOTTE P< 1ST 11=' ___ _ 1 ^ “The Voice Of The Block Community” \» » i.Mum. Volume 7. Number 5 j[,H Ur„ ' CMiit* '^IfiiRilaa ■ THE l HAKLOTTK POST - Thursduv. September 10. mi 77 Save Black Colleg es ♦ Rally Set On Monday. September 28, the second annual march and rally in support of the continued existence of black colleges - Black College Day '81 - will take place in the 16 states under the gun of desegregation orders or justice depart ment lawsuits. It has been said that these govern mental policies force the black colleges to become white while the white col -leees remain whitg The Project 8rcbalition' for black colleges, sponsor of the highly successful Black College Day '80 march and rally in Wash ington, D.C., last year, is in the process of forming statewide coalitions in the states where the greatest peril to black udleges exists: Alabama, Arkan sas. Florida, Georgia, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Mary land, Mississippi, North Carolina. Oklahoma. Ohio. Pennsylvania, South Caro lina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Each state coali tion will hold a march and rally at their state capitol on September 28th - with the exception of Pennsyl vania, which will hold its rally on September 30th -- to voice their support for black colleges. On August 24, members from state coalitions around the country gathered at Howard Uni versity in Washington, D C . to draw up a plan of action lor each state coali tion to follow. Issues covered ranged from pu . blicity strategies to lobby -lerhniqiuU fnll^. up campaigns for future rallies. Tony Brown, found er iiid chief organizer of BU.< k College Day, headed rtw meetmg-and deemed iL highly successful State coalition leaders at the meeting emphasized a need to develop strategies to combat the new state federalism. City Begins Special Tra (importation Service Inc City of Charlotte has begun operation of two spe cially-equipped vans for curb to-curb transit serv ice for Charlotte residents with handicaps. The Special Transport ation Service (STS) ope rates Monday through Fri day from 7 a m. to 6 p.m. To qualify for service, resi dent: should call the De partment of Transport ation at 374-2261 and request an aoDlication form The form, along with a doctor's certificate of disability, must be com pleted and returned to the Department of Transport ation, City Hall Annex, 600 East Trade Street. Char lotte. N.C. 28202. Applications are review ed and STS I D cards are issued to eligible people Tickets are $.85 and sold in books of 10 ($8.50). Trips require one ticket each way and travel attendents must also tickets. Seeing eye dogs lie allowed on the vans. TUKTLt-WK —. * ( ourtesy is too cheap for some people to be interest <>d in it. wm ss ALLURING DAISY WATTS ...Fashion designer Daisy Watts Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns Host Staff Writer Believing in people is part of our beauty's spirit ualism. And her faith in God has turned her whole life around. "I found the Lord and now all of my ambitions are geared towards Him 1 asked him to fulfill me and I asked Him what He want ed me to do." Ms Daisy Watts divulged. Even her profession with the newly originated per fume company. Chlon is related to her religious realizations. --The first perfumist were priests It was used as a weapon of love, peace ..it is the essence and soul of plants. jNo one has .ever fought -over-perfume.' Ms, Watts explained. As part of the Chlon team Ms. Watts designs fashions for the fashion shows. "During these fashion shows the 10 different fra grances are introduced Each model is outfitted for a particular mood of a perfume...for instance ele gance is portrayed in fa shion while the model al lows the audience to smell the perfume." In addition to designing, Ms. Watts is also getting involved in other facets of the eight-month-old busi ness. She is also recruiting, for the company. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Watts of Fort Mill. S.C "My father is one of my favorite people, ’ she revealed "His goal is to take care of all of his six daughters He worries about us...and he is such a beautiful person." Ms. Watts also admires Ricky Sampson, manager of Jim Black Photograph ers "Most people seem to be thinking about making money, but Ricky thinks about people and he helps his black people " Eula Rush is another favorite of our beauty. . mainly for her belief in the Lord, in people and the way her spiritual light shines "You can just tell that the Lord is with her and that —He is using her And there is one more person Ms. Watts admires a great deal B .) Richard rates high on her list be causeoLJus positive atte_ tude. According to Ms. Wat's -Diana. Ross_ and Stevie Wonder are noted enter tainers Ross as an inspi ration and Wonder as a true-todife artist. As a change Ms. Watts would wish for people to become involved in the Word of God. "I would have more people in the church diving for the Lord. Na tionally, no doubt, there would be no more crime." she declared. As a member of the Central Church of God, Ms Watts is not only dedicated to the words of the Bible, but also to the well-being of people. This attitude indi cates that her heart is made of pure gold Lnanetes Is lhird Leading Cause Of Death Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the United States and con tributes to such serious conditions as blindness, circulatory and heart diseases An important step in con trolling any disease is early detection. The Medicine Shoppe, 2919 Central Ave nue in Charlotte, is offering a free diabetes screening on Tuesday, September 15, from 10 a m. to 6 p.m. Volunteers from Medical Personnel Pool will be par ticipating in the program to create awareness and help detect elevated sugar levels that occur in persons who have diabetes Inform ational literature will be available. No appointment is necessary. Individuals planning to be tested should eat a ba lanced meal approximate ly two hours beforehand Due to possible complica tions. known diabetes will not be screened. Those persons over 40 years of age, who are over weight or have relatives a who are diabetic should be checked At-Large Seat Rickey Reid Announces For City Council By Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer Rickey Reid wants to be recognized as one of eight ' Democrats seeking an at large seat in the City Coun cil primaries on September 22nd. Although he originally filed for a District 3 seat he has since recinded his bid and refiled for an at-large seat, choosing not to run against incumbent Ron Deeper It would split too many black votes and cause too much animosity," says the Charlotte native. Reid grew up in the Brookhill community He became active in public affairs during his junior high days. He was a spokesman for the Martin Luther King movement and "brought it down to a Rickey B. Reid Community leader local level for students That interest intensified after an incident at South Mecklenburg High School While a student there he was arrested for allegedly I disrupting school during a demonstration He called it a coincidence The scene erupted He arrived on campus just in time to be ceized instantly Reid said he was "harrassed because he had been affiliated with Civil Rights and schools sponsoring movements with marches ” Charges were dismissed but he said the incident made him more aware of the need of civil rights i ei, ne did not choose to become a radical. In 1971 Keid received an award from the Respect for I^aw Committee headed by former mayor John Belk Since he w-as keyed up about community action and self-improvement. Reid joined the Army after graduation. Me served in military intelligence for six and a hall years, stationed in Germany hall ol that time Me was involved in weapons instruction, draft ing procedures for plan ning response to a nuclear war. and biological and chemical war defense training After his return to i.nar lotto in 1979, Reid enrolled at Central Piedmont Com munity College to study political science, expects-to transfer to the University of North Carolina at Char lotte next semester and works full-time as a tele phone operator for South ern Bell Reid, who says he has dealt with discrimination throughout his life said he "wont mind having to prove himself to the voters." He has worked on poll tical campaigns lor Kaleigh Bynum, partici paled on the Vole Task Force and is a member of the Young Democrats Keid attends Metropolitan t'nited Presbyterian Church, pastured by Kev. Dr Reginald Hawkins Four at-large City Coun cil seats are available Half of the Democrats will be eliminated in the primaries and the four who win will run against four Republi cans in the November general election CPCC Registration Residents of the western sections of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County can easily register for any fall CPCC courses at College Mart in Freedom Mall - _____ rmc <>v Lems Census Bureau Reports 783,000 Elderly Blacks Are Living In Poverty Budget Cuts Face Massive Resistance The September tilth So lidarity Day march pro mises to be the massive peoples' demonstration since the historic li»6:t Civil Rights march." said Charlene Mitchell, execu tive secretary ol the Na tional Alliance Against Ra cist & Political Repression in a statement released today. ■'Our organization." con tinued Ms Mitchell, "stands firmly committed to doing all within its capa city to turn all out for Solidarity Day because now like never before there is a need to reject Rea ganomics and government repression. We w holeheart edly agree with the API, CIO that only mass unites action can turn back the Administration's assault on vital social programs, civil rights, women's rights and labor rights I he cruelty ol Reagan s budget and tax offensive -athiinM workinc people and farmers is only marched by his policy of promoting racist and political repres sion 4o unprecedented hetghts-The attacks on the Voting Rights Act. affirm ative action, busing and the-drive for-sLates rjghl^ are mere episodes in the criminal plot to reinstitute jim crow like policies and to deny some 50 million people of color every sem blance of democracy "In the lace of massive resistance President Rea gan continues to try and turn our country into an economic wasteland for working people, small farmers and the racially oppressed and a haven of super profits for the cor porations. And to comple ment this mean-spirited mania euphemistically called "fiscal responsibili ty Reagan's Administra tion proceeds with frighten ing rapidity, to dismantle democratic institutions F reedom of speech, assem bly, the right to organize and protest are rights that this Administration is at tempting to erase from the law books/' Annie Bell Caldwell ...Mother of her church “Serving Tlw Lord” ^9-Year-( )ld Annie Caldwell Devotes Time And Energy By Teresa Burns Post Staff Writer -Annie Bell Caldwell h<j. is the Mother of hcFchurcn. Greater Providence Bap tist. Rev. Fred Gibson, pastor. Since 1919 she has de voted time and energy to serving the Lord Her life's story is one of courage and endurance But what stands out most of all is her belief in one Supreme Being-God Church members recent ly honored Mrs Caldwell with a birthday party and flowers, an indication that her contributions are well thought of. I he following is the Post's honor to Mrs. Cald well. Through our discus sions we learned her story. And now through this keep^ sake, her Christian beliefs, faith and works will never be forgotten Ft was -'1982, and in the home of Rev and Mrs J K\ "Wilks another child was to be born They would have to and of this number nne'wonld-hc-n.iravj^ Annie Hell Ar.nie Bell grew up, in frame, to be the smallest family member. Her statue was no indication of her iarge heart, however And when her brothers and sisters needed someone to understand them or needed someone to listen. Annie Bell was always there During those early years. Annie Hell s father was w ell respected He was one of the oldest ministers and founder of Bethlehem Bap list Church in Chester, S.C. Religion and strictness were two major principles of the Wilks' household. Annie Bell was 20 when she married I.eroy Cald well, December 26, 1912 to be exact They first farmed in Chester. S.C, In 1919 the young couple moved to Charlotte and lived in the Greenville section of town for 10 years Her husband even fought -ui V. \Y IJle returned home to hi.s wife lind~TdgefPier again they picked up their lives. Annie Bell, doing domestic work, while Leroy worked with South ern Railroad The hard times ap peared. The country was in a turmoil hit by depres sion and panic The safest path lor the Caldwell fa mily was to return to their original profession of farming They raised their own foods, just about anything one can imagine. And the life was good The Cald wetls raised .two brothers. Fred and Clarence Mont gomery on that farm also Today. Mrs. Caldwell has six foster grandchildren and n foster great grands Leroy Caldwell passed December 27. 19:15 and at see Annie on page H j Two Out Of Five Live In Poverty V\.cduiigtoii. I) ( . El derly Macks arc worse off today than they were two years ago. National Cau cus and Center on Black Aged NCBA' President. Dr Dolores Davis-Wong declared last week "Hecent Census Bureau figures show that two oui ol every live Macks f years or older li\ed in poverty :n WHO. but what is worse, the numbers and percentages of elderlv blacks living in poverty have increased in the past two years.' Dr I)avis-\Vong said This is the highest number ot itn poverished elderly blacks since poverty statistics were lirst tabulated more than two decades ago • According to the recent • ensus Bureau tigures, old or Americans were con sidered poor it their ir. comes fell under $01-1 \it estimated 781.odd el derly biacks were consi dered below the poverty line it. oho. as compared to tie-.ooo .11 W7H. an 18 per irt—wig—Tin- pm . I -1 rale among elderly blacks rose from i:t.*i percent a. ■18.1 percent m those two years, i nope Vhi> e- not indicative r,t ;r trend. Dr Davis \\ ong -aid "Aged blacks are nearly till ee tunes »•»-ol. eh Jo In-_ poor as elderlv whites, she emphasized In 1080, 118 1 percent ot older blacks were poor in contrast to !.; ti perci nt of elderly whiles r in o:t t more. inest po vor'v licjrcv represen only the tip of 'he iceberg Another ■'• • ihm older black Amen-'iiri: m.i gin.illy poor J !>•• net impact is that I i mill: >n black.' ti' years or older < itlier !we ir dire povoriy or >o close to <t that they rtally ant tf .opre ciate the ditfeietiee Dr I an is A mg \plan ed reop!, mr—rrmrdered— marginally jhk.; d their income is abort* the pover ty jthri .-hold but n .t mor. thin percent above it 'll know there are many apologists who say these ligures not represent reality and who try to soothe their own nagging consciouses by telling themselves that these same poor have fringe prtv grams to soften the blow of poverty The reality is that poor is poor, and the fear of poverty, illness, lack of food heat and housing is the reality lacing elderly black people.' Dr Davis Wong stated "It is abso lutely essential that the White House Conference on Aging comes to grips with these issues " Approximately 2,000 de legates from all walks of life will meet in Washing ton at the White House Conference on Aging, No vember 30 through Decern ber 3, 1981, to develop a national policy on aging. "NCBA has developed, through a series of mini White House Conferences, a detailed policy statement which directly attacks the problems of poverty high lighted in these gloomy See Elderly on Page t

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