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Downtown Post Office To Open For Business On October 13.8 p.m., the New Downtown Station of the Charlotte. North Caro lina Postal Service, located at 201 North McDowell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina ^28204-9998, will open for Postal business. Karen Jacob _ ..‘‘Main Squeeze" 1980 Smirnoff Vodka To Conduct “Star Search” Smirnoff Vodka will launch a search for a new star for its current and highly successful “Main Squeeze" advertising cam paign directed to the black consumer market. Beginning In October, four color ads will appear nationally in EBONY, JET, ESSENCE, BLACK EN TERPRISE and DOLLARS & SENSE magazines with supporting black news-‘ papers, out-of-home, point of-purchase and sales pro motion programs in 25 tar get markets. Search ads will run through October 1961. A national panel of beauty and fashion experts will make the final select ion from photographs sub mitted by interested parti cipants. The winner will appear in Smirnoff Vodka advertising during 1962. tne main squeeze campaign is named for a popular mixed drink made with Smirnoff Vodka and grapefruit juice and a tra ditional black slang expres sion for “best girlfriend.” The campaign achieved in stant success upon intro- . duction in Spring 1980. The search contest was in spired by the volume of unsolicited photographs and letters from readers suggesting candidates for future “Main Squeeze” ads plus requests for additional ad copies and posters. The “Main Squeeze” campaign was developed by Uni World Group, Inc., a black owned agency providing advertising services for Heublein's Smirnoff Vod ka, Don Q. Rum, Harvey’s Bristol Cream and Rhum - St. James alcoholic bever age brands. Now in its 13th year of operation, Uni World has annual billings in excess of $12,000,000. Its account roster includes the A&P, American Telephone & Telegraph, General Poods, General Motors, Gulf Oil, RCA and Welch Poods. This unit will replace the Charlottetown Station lo cated at 1200 Baxter Street, the Dilworth Station at 208 East Blvd., and the West Trade Street Station at 401 West Trade St. These units will provide service as fol lows on October 9-10, 1981. Dilworth and Charlotte town Stations: Customers will be able to pick up Post Office Lockbox mail on Oc tober S, during regular hours.No Lockbox mail will be available at these units on October 10. It will be available at the New Down town Station. West Trade Street Sta tion: Customers will be able to pick up Lockbox mail until 10 p.m. on Oc Oclober 10, 1981, this unit’s Lockbox mail will be avail able at the New Downtown Station. The issuance of keys to Lockboxes at the New Downtown Station will be at the Caller Service Window from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. oh October 10-12. Customers may exchange one or two old keys for the same number of new keys. If additional keys are needed, they will be ordered. Effective October 10, the telephone number for the New Downtown Station will be 333-5135. ‘‘The new Postal facility will be an asset to the community,” Postmaster O. B. Sloan said today. Mallard Creek Barbecue Will Be Big Feast The 52nd annual barbe cue for the Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church will be held Tuesday, October 22, at the Mallard Creek Church Community House on Mallard Creek Road about seven miles north of downtown Charlotte. For this major church fundraising activity, volun teers plan to cook over 12,000 pounds of pork bar becue, prepare 900 gallons of brun8wick stew, make 400 gallons of applesauce, wrap over 8,000 sets of eating utensils, prepare se veral 60-gallon vats of cof fee and provide parking and traffic control for thousands of vehicles. Known as the "grand daddy of the barbecues” two serving lines and two take-out box lines will sup ply the dinners. Each year congregation ments of fruits and vege tables at the head of the serving line, and deck out the barbecue grounds with banners. Flowers, pump kins or fall leaves will de corate each table. Plates will cost $3.50. PREDICTIONS EAST AT WEST East is East and Westja. West and never the twain shall meet. In this case it is unavoidable. Both teams are having discouraging seasons The home team advantage is good for six points. West by 6. INDEPENDENCE AT OLYMPIC The Trojans could be in first place if it wasn’t for fumbles, and interceptions are at key moments. A pass at the two yard line cost the team a possible win over Harding. The Patriots have lost one now. They are vul nerable to the Trojans passing attack. Olympic by six. MYERS PARK AT NORTH MECKLENBURG It is hard to beat the Viking at home. Next to impossible. They still have a shot at the league crown plus a tremendous rivalry with Myers Park. North by six. SOUTH MECKLENBURG AT HARDING This is the week's feature game. The Sabres should find out how tough they are. Harding’s offense is probably the best in the conference. An upset is in the offering. Harding by three. WEST CHARLOTTE AT GARINGER The Wildcats continue their slide backwards. A o-io record could be in the offering. West Charlotte by twelve._ MEAC To Hold Basketball Clinic ir'hmam - rue Mid Eastern Athletic Confer ence will conduct its annual Basket ball Coaches and Of ficials Clinic, Sunday, Oc tober It, at the Happy Inn I 8!> in Durham. Registra tion begins at 8 a m. in the Knox Room, with the meet in? slated to start at 8:30 am. MEAC Commissioner Ken Free and Ed Boyd, MEAC Supervisor of Offi cials, will preside. The MEAC Head Basket ball Coaches are: "Jack "Cy'' McClairen (Bethune Cookman College), Ajac Triplett (Delaware State College), James “Josh" Ciles (Florida A&M Uni versity), A. B. Williamson (Howard University), Kirkland Hall (Maryland • Eastern Shore University), Don Corbett (North Caro lina A4T State Univers ity), and Johnny Jones (South Carolina State Col lege). Williamson became the first MEAC coach to parti cipate in the NCAA Divi sion I Basketball Cham pionships, when he took his Bison to UCLA's Pauley Pavilion last March and Corbett became only the third league coach to com pete in the NIT, when the Aggies met Duke in Dur ham last March. Hall has guided the Hawks to the NAIA Playoffs for the past two years, and returns to the ME AC after a two year UMES absence from the Conference. JUST CLOWNING AROUND IJoame Hemphill, a sixth grader at iDilworth School has her face painted by Ithe obliging clown, June Bub. at the Festival in the Park (photo by Jim Black Photographers) Special Events Set For German-AmericanWeek The City of Charlotte will sponsor official opening ceremonies on the Square at noon, Monday, October 12, for German-American Week and will salute the observance with a celebra tion in Marshall Park start ing at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 17. On Monday, October 12, Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox will officially receive a sundial from the German people in ceremonies at noon on the Square. Dr. Ernst Ingendaay, consul general of the Federal Re public of Germany, will make the presentation. The sundial has been designed in Bonn, Germany, to com memorate Charlotte serv ing as host for German American Week, October 12-17. This event will signi fy the official opening of the week-long celebration. The City of Charlotte will also host a public festival in Marshall Park on Satur day, October 17, as part of German-American Week activities. Events will start at 2 p.m. with a European style bicycle race and a balloon launch involving 1,000 area school children. Rodney Marsh, coach of the Carolina Lightnin’ soc cer team, will conduct a soccer clinic at 4 p.m. Other activities will in clude a European folk pup pet show by the Lynch Puppeteers, polka and oompah band contests, hot air balloon rides, exhibits by the Charlotte Nature Museum, classical ballet demonstrations and wood ^rvin^disnlay^^All events are free and the public is invited to attend. Germand foods and sou veniers will be sold. A limited number of tick ets are still available for the Octoberfest to be held at the Charlotte Civic Cen ter the evening of Satur day, October 17. N.C. Central Alumni Will Meet The Charlotte Alumni Chapter of North Carolina Central University will meet Wednesday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bel mont Center, located on Parkwood Avenue for its regularly scheduled meet ing. All alumni are invited to attend. Black Caucus Tells Blacks To “Organize” lonunueu irotn Page 1 budget?" Describing in more de tail the effects of the cuts upon the black elderly, Dr. Davis-Wong said, ‘‘They will pay higher rente, high er out-of-pocket medical costs, get fewer food stamps. Energy subsidies have been slashed and wea therization programs eliminated. The elderly will face the reality of eating or freezing. Clearly, we must organize and turn this around, otherwise we may actually see older peo ple die from malnutrition, lack of heat, or lack of health care." ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE ‘Already me gdmtnlstra tion responded to pressure from seniors. President Reagan back tracked on his original intention to cut the minimum monthly So cial Security benefit, and agreed to save the $122 monthly minimum for cur rent enrollees. This is a small victory, but indicates that organized strength works,” Dr. Davis-Wong said. And encouraged the audience to join NCBA to help organize black elderly citizens. Congressman Ford, a ranking member of the House Committee on Aging, went further and interupted the agenda of the workshop to praise NCBA’s efforts during the past decade, “The National Caucus and Center on Black Aged has been the only aging organization de voted exclusively to solv ins the Droblems of black elderly. I urge you to join, and to call ncba» free number (800-424-9566.' ’ Repeating his strong ap peal and the toll-free num ber several times, Con gressman Ford empha sized, “NCBA is a watch dog for the black elderly, I urge you to join and keep this strong voice alive." Congressman Ron Del lums (D-California) added his support for organizing pressure. "In the first bud get, the President said we’re going to cut 3 million people who receive mini mum Social Security bene fits, then he changed his mind and restored the $122 a month,” he told NCBA. “Why did he do that? Be cause millions of people stood up and challenged the President, that’s whyl” In announcing NCBA's current membership drive, Dr. Da vis-Wong told the group, "We have never talked membership before, but there are four million black elderly out there who needTo Bpeak-coWeetivoly— through NCBA. The path to strong advocacy is a strong, organized member ship, I urge you to call and join today.” Information on NCBA is available by calling the na tional headquarters toUr wno-424-9566. Wachovia To Open Office Here Wachovia Bank and Trust Company has applied to the U S. Comptroller of the currency to open an additional office in Char lotte. The new office, Wacho via’s 19th in Charlotte, would be located in the Three Guys Shopping Cen ter on Tyvola Road be tween Pineville Road and Highway 77. “We are very pleased to announce this proposed further expansion in Char lotte,” said Harold G. Hoak, regional executive of Wachovia in Charlotte. “We are convinced that having a new office in the shopping center and on Tyvola Road will be a real convenience lor our tomers,” _ This Is Your Paper. Use It. *. GOD SAID, • AS TflE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS. I; Isaiah 55:9 ..For strength and peace »f mind, read your King lames Bible and pray !to God everyday. •' -4*-. “Golden Bulk” ~ - j~~ 1 —. __• , , -VS- / • SOUTH CAROLEV A STATE UNIVERSITY “Bulldogs” Oct. 10,1981 ' 1:30 p.m. “Good Luck Bulk!” North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Life Insurance Health Insurance Group Insurance Disability. “For Information Call” 375-5594 N. L. 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