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Bishop Joe Sherman
Salutes Dr. King
Shirley Chisholm
...SeniorDemocratic
Ken Koontz
. . .Observance emcee
At King’s Observance
Shirley Chisholm Will
Speak Here Friday Night
It> Teresa Burns
I’ost Staff Writer
When the WBTV Black
Advisory Council and the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Community Relations
Committee members first
sat down to decide who
would be the featured
speaker for the Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial
Observance, two directions
were presented to them.
Would the Speaker be a
local leader or one of
national prominence'.’
After the question was
knocked around a little the
ill member committee <\f
- M and eight whites
could think of no beffer,“'
oratorical guest than U.S.
’ Representative Shirley
Chisholm, (D-N.Y.>.
Mrs. Chisholm, the
senior Democratic woman
in the U.S. House of Re
presentatives is the only
woman and the only black
American to sit on the
powerful House Rules
Committee. She is also
secretary oi the House
Democratic Caucus and a
member of the Congres
sional Black Caucus.j
Born in Brooklyn. New
York, November JO. 1924.
Mrs. Chisholm spent her
early childhood on the
island o! Barbados. West
Indies She has often cre
dited her stable family life
strict in discipline - and an
educational milieu where
excellence was demanded,
for her early achieve
ments.
She was first elected to
the 9lst Congress in 196B
No other congressional dis
trict is so diversified in its
constituents. Mrs. Chis
holm represents the 12th
Congressional District in
the borough of Brooklyn.
New York. The center is
Bedlord-Stuyvesant. and
includes parts of Bushwick,
Brownsville. East New
“Tdlk Jinl (Ji eciipuint
Blacks and Puerto Ricans
comprise more than 70 per
cent of the population
Others include Jewish.
Polish. Ckranian and
Italian constitutents.
Known widely for her
articulate expressions.
Mrs. Chishom has often
expressed that she derives
her power Irom "the
people." She has long been
a fighteF-ol public needs
and entered public serivce"
more or less from the
demands ol others in 1964
A specialist in early
childhood education she
earned It A rim>r<-<>
WBTV To Offer Free Bus
Service To Observance
n> leresu Burns
I’ost Stafl Writer
There will be no excuse
to miss the Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Observ
ance at the Charlotte Civic
Center Friday, January 15.
beginning at 5::*0 p.m
WBTV's doubledecker
bus will pick up anyone
from public housing and
take them to the evening
service
All you have to do is call
the Housing Authority. 332
0051, and ask for Betty
Harris Or contact Dot
Crockett, a member of the
WBTV Black Advisory
Council at 372-3010.
Of course there will be
other excuses - "Oh. it's too
cold!" - But unlike the noon
scheduled program at Mar
shall Park this even! will
not be held on the ouUide
Aud it you long for music
itn Strclr Drum v ...pt.— -
ette will grace your ear
drums to a unique sound
starting at 3:30 p m
King exhibits from the
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A handful of good lilp is
better than a bushel of
learning.
Martin Luther King Center
in Atlanta. Ga.; the Afro
American Distribution
Center in Chicago; and the
Afro-American Cultural
Center in Charlotte, will
also be on display
Say you'll probably get
hungry’’ Well, you can
bring your own boxed
supper and begin to eat at 0
p.m. And don't fret, you
won't be the only one
eating
The program officially
begins with Ken Koontz.
Director of WBTV Com
munity Affairs and mem
her of the WBTV Black
Advisory Council presid
mg
The invocation will be led
by Dr Kugenc Owens of
Myers Park Baptist
Church.-Biftb.op Joe Sher
man win lafer obserWDr
King's accomplishments
J. Randolph Taylor.
Trarrmran of the charlotte
Community Relations
Committee will deliver the
statement of purpose
Proclamations that Jan
uary 15 will he observed as
Martin Luther King Jr day
in Charlotte and Mecklen
burg County will be pro
sented by the Honorable
Tom Ray. Chairman of the
Mecklenburg Board of
(.'ounty Commissioners and
the Honorable Kddie Knox.
Mayor of Charlotte
A tribute to King will be
expressed by Dr Wesley
Clement, president of the
Metrolina Morehouse
Alumni Association iDr
King is a graduate of
Morehouse University in
Atlanta, i
See WBTV on Page t
•cum laude> and both an
M»A in Education and a
diploma in Administration
I rom Columbia University
Before that she graduated
I rom Girls High School in
Brooklyn.
She is a lluent speaker ol
Spanish , has been a school
teacher and director ol a
day nursery During this
time she became deeply
involved in all aspects ol
day care and education lor
children.
As a freshman in the 9lst
Congress in Mrs. Chis
holm established herself as
a force to be reckoned with
She was assigned to the
—Mourn nl .Vaii.-nl^ne Sub
committed on Forestry and
Rural Villages, which she
felt had no relation to the
needs and problems ot her
district. Admonished by
the Speaker of the House to
accept and be a good
soldier " she made the un
precedented move of
placing an amendment be
lore the House to remove
her name from the com
inittee assignment She
prevailed and was -then
assigned to the Veterans
Affairs Committee, which
had some relevancy to her
constituency.
In 1971. upon the con
veiling of the 92nd Congress
All's Chilsholm won a spot
on the House Kducation
and Labor Committee,
w hich was her mam I ield ol
concentration and interest
She served on that commit
tee lor six yeprs before
moving to the prestigious
and powerful Rules Com
mittee. where she is now a
ranking member
In 1972 she took a pro
lound step that placed her
in the spotlights across the
nation She ran lor presi
dent. the first black wo
man to seek the nation st
highest office Although
See Shirley Rage -»
Postage Hike
“Wrong
Answer”
IC \l.EU.II With news ol
a sharp increase in postal
rates lor non profit maga
zincs and newsletters.
Chairman Russell c.
Walker ol the Slate Demo
cratic Executive Commit
tee said today that "impos
ing this charge, without
notice, on organizations
that contribute to the
public good is the wrong
way to bail out the Repu
blican budget
The increases, effective
January to. cover publica
tions Irom North Carolina's
Biblical Recorder to the
nationally circulated t on
sumers Repyrt. -tixj* in
elude publications 01 such
groups as the N.C Asso
r1 ■* 1,1111 nl-in in |hi
State Employees Associa
tion. the March ol Dimes,
and the American l.ung As
sociation Nationally about
200,000 publications are
affected
A ty pical rate increase is
that ol the weekly Biblical
Recorder ol the Baptist
State Convention, which
circulates 115.000 copies
and now pays $2,550 per
issue lor postage This will
jump to Sfi.'aTn- more than
double.
"The increases' were or
dered on short notice, w ith
out public hearings." the
Democratic Chairman
said "The Keagan Admin
ist rat ion has been saving
that we need volunteerism
to replace federal pro
grams This is a hard blow
to main public service
groups that have been the
nation s leading volunteers
through the years That's
why Congress has awarded
them a lavoruhle postal
status Newspapers and
magazines will also leel
rate increases, and that's
another wrong direction It
certainly is il you believe in
keeping the public in
lormed. and I thought we
all agreed on that
Northwest Community
Organizes To Fight Crime
I’>\ t<a> It- llinsim
1'iM Malt W l iter
-Stum: citi/ens m norlh
west (hariouc are not jiKT
silting back complaining
about crime, they are doing
w nal MieyfSft to prevent it
BiddieviHe Heights
Neighiiorbood Association
has been actively working
on a crime prevention pro
gram for the past year.
They have been getting
valuables engraved,
placing crime prevention
and warning stickers on
doors and windows and
holding seminars on crime
prevention
Since the program start
ed there have been no
major break ins "We may,
not have a linger on every
little thing but no major
crime has been - commit
ted. said H W Hill, the
association s president
Since the crime pre
vent ion street signs were
S* Hill
\ssoA) ion > president
pul up Wv feel l ha I the
program'.has been success
ful. he coni inued
"Some one in the neigh
borhnod ix at home at all
times watdung for suspi
clout* persons and activi
lies." he added
Even though there is no
project scheduled now the
rrime prevention program
/ -
is a continuing effort and
every spring the club holds
a yard pilHy or seminar l<>
re emphisi/e the import
TTTlW1 til Anne |imh.aiuUuu_
The dull was organized
to provide lor the physical
tmprm-etnem ot-the com
munity. to encourage pride
in community appearance
to promote greater interest
in political allairs, to cn
courage fellowship among
neighlMii’s and to remem
tier those w ho are sick and
have emergencies
Officers- are || \\ Hill,
president U H Taylor,
vice president Mrs Her
lha Alexander, treasurer
and Mrs Ktla Winter,
secretary
Officer Norman Ciarnes.
winner ot last year's police
community relations
award, works'closely w ith
the association and is the
crime prevention officer
lor the area.
Ford To Eight Further
Domestic Program Cuts
ENGAGING andkea
...NCCU junior
Andrea Beatty Ls
Beauty Of Week
ISy Teresa Bonis
I'osl Stall \\ l itei
l ncmployment is creep
mgly--iiecmninu our
nation s most severe pro
Idem Th(* situation has
e\ en allected the w a\ spine
college students think, how
they chooses their majors,
etc
More importantly the un
employment crisis has
changed directions ol
many lives including our
heauty. Andrea Beatty
The Charlottcan. now a
junior at North Carolina
'Central I'niversity. lust
decided that Business Kdu
cation was the held she
would pursue But alter
much consideration her
mind was changed
No« I plan In change
m> major into thy com
pater held. It is a more
expanding held with more
opportunities I hope to
return fn Charlotte and
obtain a job in my major al
First Union
Ms Beatty is not or!v
-44wiLmg...uJ. _her>j,.)i
I low
‘■'er She staled thai u she '
had ttie (lower to change
anything il would he ihe
joblessness many blacks
lace
I would like to change
fhe stale ol the economy
By making a plan lor more
people to have jobs There
should also be more going
on lor senior citizens, such
as varying activities, she
continued
Ms Beatty is a person
who enjoys helping others
She describes herselt as
easy going, but lirm Born
January 4 Capricorni our
Ix'uuty also enjoys the
lyrics and melodics ol the
musical grou|i LTD I like
their type ol music .It
places me in a relaxing
tnood she explained
Dancing reading novels
and baking are a lew other
activities enjoyed l»v Ms
Realty
she most admires her
mother and lather Mr ami
.Mrs Telplna Beatty Jr
and her grandmother. Kva
Barv er
lh«y give me good ad
vice and are always ihere
to help me I look up to
■litem M> Bealls a I s, >
enjoys the lamilv fml1 Hum- -
her I wo brothers and one
sister
a «”■MTnBrnwfTf^th(t»,“
School graduate Ms
Beatty was active and r*e
cefvod many certificates of
achievement She is a
member ol Hast Stonewall
AMK Zion Church, the I’hi
Beta l.amUla Business
Club an was chosen by the
l.as Ainigas Club as one ol
< harlotte s 'Outstanding
High School Students
during her senior year
Her l>eauty and talents
also sparkled at the Cin
derella Ball and a Talent
Pageant presented at Kjist
Stonewall AMK Zion
Church
To say the least our
Sec* \ndrea on page* .1.
Ford: Stasliing INogrum
Will Not Erase Deficit
special I'o The Post
t\ \Mii\(.ro\ Presi
Sent Koiui Id Keagan should
not approve additional cuts
m the Aid to Families with
Dependent Children
AFDC1 program until the
lull impact of- recent
changes and deductions
can tic determined, said
Congressman Harold Ford
1 D-Tenn
Ford, chairman ol the
Public Assistance and I n
employment Compensation
Subcommittee ol the Coin
miHee on Ways and Means,
said he was dismayed to
hear that Keagan has
okayed $1 billion in addi
-.tionul cuts. ,
"The jury is .still out on
the lull impapt'ol October l
cuts and program changes
said Ford, whose subcom
mittee Overseek the AFDC
program.
~T IliillK lln it lull II.
is moving too last without
giving any thought to the
repercussion's Irom Its pro
vious action I ntil all the
lads are in. it would be
senseless to wreak more
havoc on slates and AFDC
recipients
The new AFDC cuts
would .come on lop ol Si
billion already trimmed
from Hie Al- DC program in
fiscal IH1I2 The Adnunis
will help wipe out a pro
.levied S1 .'ili billion budget
delicti, but Ford lakes
issue will) dial claim
I here is ncyWay Reagan
is going In erase the d<^
licit l»> slashing domestic
programs. Ford ex
plained That will only
eonie when he stops adding
money to the defense
budget y
III reviewing the pro
posed changed. Ford said
some provisions raise
serious poliev <|iicsl lolls
hoi example, one require
ment calls lot mandatory
workfaye which the Kepu
hlicans in the Senate re
tected last year based on
the President > philosophy
that states should have
more discretion in opcrail
ing programs
Is Ihe President chang
ing he mind and now sav
ing that the federal go
comment should dictate
welfare policy Ford
asked
Post Office
Announce*
New operating hours lor
<h~«Wot«wu ""iff
located at 201 \ McDowell
SI . arc from Ham to 5
pin
/1hc schedule lor the
latest collection ol mail
Irom the collection boxes at
the downtown post oftice is
as lollmps 7:.V> pm
Monrjaf Friday. 4pm'
Salrirday and 5 to pm
Sunday
The latest collection
Irom the collection boxes
located Ix’hind the Charles
K Jonas Federal Build
■ng. 401 W Trade Street, is
made at x 15 p m Mondav
through Saturda\,-and 7
pm on Sundav/
Another provision would
terminate AKIK benefits
to a lainily when a child
reaches It; Ford said this
might lorce many students
to quit school because their
parents could no longer
Jit lord to send them
ford said i ungress must
gi'e this set ot proposed
budget cuts much more
time and consideration that
those thiii were approved
Iasi year
Meanwhile, the Ways
and Means Committee is
scheduled to hold addition,
a! hearings on the impact
ol budget cuts and program
changes .January ih iii ln
Sacramento and Seattle,
respectively
Arthur
Grier's president
Grier Elected
President Of
NCSKOM Science
Arthur i-.ugcnc (.rier
president and general
manager ol (trier Funeral
Service, Inc has been
elected president ol Vi
Stale Hoard ol Mortuarv
Science
The Stale Hoard of
Mortuary Science deals
with ihe practice ot funeral
service as it affects the
public health safety and
welfare and is subject to
regulation and control iri
the public interest
The Hoard is charged
will) the responsibility ot
insuring that only qualified
applicants .11 e licensed and
that only qualified practi
I loners are permitted to
continue to practice*
\s a young man Grier
was introduced to the
luricral profession and has
taken an interest in every
aspect ot the business
being the son and grandson
of funeral directors.
Arthur fcL Grier Sr . owner
and founder of Grier
Funeral Service he has
Ti.nl .111 early rrr*is;ht 'on.
ihe business
Grier is a graduate 0f
V| < oral V.ard High School
He also attended Florida
At M Ini versify in
Tallahassee Florida.
<' e n t r a I I ’ 1 e d m o n t
Community College and
was graduated from
Cincinnati College of
Mortuary Science in
Cincinnati. Ohio He
served in the I' S Army for
three years and received
an Honorable Discharge
Grier is affiliated with
many civic, religious and
social organizations
Grier is tne proud latner
ot three sons Anthony. A
Kugene III and Allen
Klimt