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M)l |< HKST \!>\ KUTISINt; MK1)I \ IV I IIK I.U K \TIVK IH.V K MAHKKT t \l.l. “ ------- Price: 35 Cents ENGAGING TAMARA OATES ...Dazzles everyone Tamara Oates Is -Beauty Of Week By Teresa Burns . Post Staff Writer Blossoming on the verge of a tantalizing angel and a muse of delight, our beauty Tamara Oates can dazzle \ anyone, anytime with a \ simple smile. I The daughter of Limuel .and Juanita Oates our In dependence High School s4Ajjor is a young lady full ofr^alents and the motiva tion to achieve. Her attributes extend far beyond her intellect and pours over to include a humane nature filled with compassion and caring for others. Ms. Oates was chosen as Miss Independence 1981-82 and selected semi-finalist —for Senior Class Beauty. But beauty was not the only qualification Ms. Ogtes had to meet. Her poise, charm and person l aUty were also taken into consideration. j Our Capricorn beauty is owgoing and enjoys meet ; ing people. “I also enjoy sewing, arts and crafts and '9* skating,” Ms Oates admitted. Charlotte License Plates Available If you’re proud to live in Charlotte, then the Greater Charlotte Chamber of Com merce has a way for you to show it. Charlotte license plates bearing the Queen’s crown and the words "Charlotte-Queen City” have gone on Sale at the Chamber The plate is white with a gpld crown and green letic a. The li cense tag sells for $5 each. Jack Miller, vice presi dent and general manager of the Chamber, says the Chamber produced the li ceiH tag to. fill a need. "Wove been asked over and over again for items ... identifying Charlotte and nan*1 were feeing produced beyond souvenirs and pro motion items for a few companies,' said Miller. "The license plate was a logical citoice for us since each one Becomes a mobile reminder of our com munUy/’ All (hat I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for aft T have not seen. Behind those sparkling, congenial eyes of our beauty lies an intelligence Ms. Oates isn't about to waste. Her plans following high school are to attend Hampton Institute and study architecture. “My ideal person is Harvey Gantt," Ms. Oates stated. “He was the first black in North Carolina to graduate from offerer the major universities in archi tecture. He has done a lot for Charlotte.” Ms. Oates relaxes lu the music of George Benson, one ot ner favorite enter tainers. She attends St. Paul Baptist Church where Rev. Paul Drummond is pastor. Other activities our beauty is involved in in clude the Fellowship Christian Athletes Asso ciation at Independence Senior High School. She is a member oT "ner ~ school's Spirit of 1982 Club; Head Cheerleader for the Varsity Cheerleading Squad; a member of the NAACP and the Spanish Club. sne is auo a member of the Leo Club Committee and the Civinettes Club. Ms. Oates finds time to accomplish what she feels is important in her life. Being a member of several organizations has not ham pered the quality of her contributions. “I feel that one should live every day to the fullest. Go for what you can get out of life.” — She is concerned for those who may not be able to accomplish their goals because of federal spend ing cut backs. "Today high school seniors are faced with a dilemma," she began con cerned. “I would change Presi dent Reagan’s policies in relation to financial aid for students and for others who have planned to attend college," she continued The time has come for Americans to take a good look at not only themselves but at the country as well. Our beauty has realized this and has pooled her strengths and tutored her weaknesses. Public Hearing The Charlotte Public Hearing this year will be Monday, April 19 at 1 p.m. in the Science Theatre of Discovery Place, 301 North Try on Street, Charlotte. Persona interested In speaking are requested to contact the Study Commis sion Office (U9> 733-0077. Please have ytur requests in by April 2. Speakers will be limited to 10 minutes and are to submit a one-page sum mary or outline of issues and concerns in writing by April 9. T< ~top Natural Gas Decontrol Second Poor People March Planned The second in a planned series of Poor People’s Marches and Rallies will begin 3 p.m., March 27, in front of Johnson C. Smith. University. From the JCSU campus to West Charlotte High School, citizens protesting President Reagan’s econo mic policies and supporting the extension of the Voting Rights Act will march. “It is high time that poor people and black people stand up and demand an end to President Reagan's economic policies,” Rev. James E. Barnett, one of the march’s organizers, explained. “We cannot sit by waiting on ministers to lead us, most of them don’t feel the effects of the cuts because poor black people have made life too good for them.” The first march drew only about 40 people. Ac _cording to Rev. Barnett. “many people staled That they did rtot know about the march." “Black ministers have been asked to personally encourage their members to join the march or sup port the rally,” Rev. Barnett continued, adding, "This time members of People United For Justice will spend time going from door-to-door asking people for support. “This march is not only for the poor people of America. Those who do not wish to march are asked to meet the marchers at the West Charlotte High School parking lot." Barnett con cluded. Anyone with questions about the march can call WGIV radio station Sun day night between 9-11. Rev. William Jones Jr. - ...To deliver sermon Rev. William Lawrence ...Will lecture Rev. H. S. Diggs ...Host pastor Here Next Week Nationally-Known Minister To Head Week-Lons Servk*es By Dan Ketter Post Staff Writer Black clergymen of all denominations are banding together to hold a week long Seminar-Preaching Service that will benefit clergy and laity. It is hoped that the public ^vould join with lhe~iTilff ister each afternoon, be ginning Monday and end img Thursday at Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church, 700 Sigar Creek Road West. Rev. H. S. Diggs is pastor. Rev. William Lawrence, Dean of Hood Theological Seminary of Salisbury, N.C., will lecture on Systematic Theology from 4:30-6 p.m., Rev. K. Mottr Rollins, pastor of St. Au gustine Presbyterian Church of Bronx, N.Y., will lecture on Homiletics, 1 nightly at 7:30 and Rev. William A. Jones Jr., pas tor of Bethany Baptist Church of Brooklyn, N.Y., will deliver the sermons. Rev. Jones received a B.A. degree from the University of Kentucky, he also received a Bachelors of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Semin ary, Chester, Pa. Jones is the recipient of an honor ary degree from Benedict College. Rev. Jones has received many awards from various groOrr-He-was named Man of the Year in 1967 by the Brooklyn Jaycees. In 1972 Jones received the Com munity Service Award pre sented to him by the Brook lyn Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, Rev. Jones also re ceived the Frederick Dou glass Award presented by the New York Urban League. - Rev. Jones has preached throughout America, Cana da, the Caribbean. Austra lia, England, Israel, India and Africa. The Christian Ministers' Fellowship is composed of 143 ministers representing virtually every church de nomination where Blacks hftlri mnmhnrfihip Rpy Bryant Clancy, pastor of Prince of Peace Luthern Church, is president of the fellowship which meets every second Saturday. Secretary of the fellowship is Rev. Edward Newberry, pastor of Memorial United Presbyterian Church on the Salisbury District, serves as Treasurer Parents Voice Concern Over Financial Aid Changes Special To The Post The board of directors of the North Carolina State University Parents’ As socation, meeting on the campus Saturday voiced their concern over pro posed Reagan budget pro Saturday Night Mayfield Memorial To Celebrate Its 13th Year mayneia memorial Bap tist Church will begin it’s 13th Anniversary Satur day, March 20, with a reception being held in the Fellowship Hall from 7:30 p.m. until 9 p m “It hardly seems pos sible that the Mayfield Me morial Baptist Church Fellowship having been or ganized just 13 short years ago, has come as far as they have,” says Rev. H. S. Diggs. Meeting in the Oak lawn Elementary School auditorium, Dr. J. Arthur White, pastor of Shiloh Institutional Baptist Church, organized the group In March, 1909, when it was officially named Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church. The church mem bers met in the Oaklawn Elementary School until Jamnry «74 After that time (hey began worship ping in the formerly all white Sugar Creek Baptist Church facility. Eight months later the member ship voted to purchase the 10-year old church build ing. With Rev Diggs as the only pastor, Mayfield's membership roll has swol I _ _ Dr. Noel C. Taylor ...Mayfield speaker len 10 more than 2,000 and their properties are valtied at more than $4 million The church is affiliated with the Mt Peace Mis sionary Union, Mecklen burg Baptist Association Mecklenburg County Mis **onary Union, and the Baptist World Alliance. Mayfield’s special guest for the 13th Anniversary will be Rev Dr. Noel C Taylor, Mayor of Roanoke. Virginia, a position he has held since 1975. Dr. Taylor is also pastor of High Street Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia, where he has 1 4 served as pastor since 1961. The public is cordially invited to attend the reception on Saturday evening: Sunday teaching at 9:30 a m. and the corporate worship services which begins at 11 a m. Mayfield is located at 700 Sugar Creek Road West. Talent Contest The Charlotte Council of Alpha Pi Chi Sorority will hold its annual "Torch lighters Talent Contest” 5 p:m. Sunday, March 28 at the Greenville Center. Local contestants John etta Berry; Andrei Grier; Elaine Jones; Brians Hunter; Enya Flack; Don nell Truesdale; Bridget! Pride; Donna Crawford; Fred Alexander; and Shelia Caldwell will exhibit their talents in the areas of dance, vocals, drama and instrument solos for first, second and third place cash prizes The first place winner will enter the North Carolina State Contest Talent coordinators for the contest include Gerald ine Brandon and lone Jones. posajs which could drastic ally'cut financial aid for undergraduates and elim inate aid for graduate stu dents in the next two years. The Parents’ Association is made up of all parents of NCSU students. The board of directors consists of 40 parents (20parent couples) from all over the state. James W. “Slug” Clai borne of Charlotte is Chair man of the Board and president .of the associa tion. The directors heard a report on the financial aid outlook from Ron Butler, NCSU’s associate dean for student affairs. In his re port, presented earlier in February to the NCSU Board of Trustees, Butler said that the proposed bud get changes could mean that by the 1983-84 acade mic year, NCSU support to students could be cut by as much as 50 percent, Under the Reagan pro posals. Pell Grants would be cut 40 percent, work study programs would be cut 28 pdriWIT. and three federally-supported grant and loan programs would be eliminated entirely, Butler said. In response to the pro posed elimination of loans, Butler pointed out that NCStf has had a very favorable experience with the repayment of national defense education loans. In his report to the group. Acting Chancellor Nash N Winstead also commented on the financial aid pro posals, noting that 40 per cent of the students at the university receive finan cial aid, with 94 percent of black students in that ca tegory -- - Exfra Fuel Coste To Soar Over 700 Million DoDare i ne North Carolina Cam paign to Stop Natural Gas Decontrol, a coalition of _over a dozen organizations and labor unions, Iasi'week announced their campaign to stop President Reagan’s plans for decontrol of natural gas prices. Speaking for the cam paign, AFL=C10J>reident E. A. Britt emphasized that the issue of natural gas decontrol is not dead, despite Reagan’s an nounced plans to BackT down from decontrol legislation. "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has made clear its plans to decontrol gas administra tively, bypassing Congress altogether. This back-door decontrol will have virtual ly the same disastrous im pact as legislative decon trol," Britt said. “This action threatens to cost the people and indus tries of the state over $700 million dollars in extra fuel costs between now and is«5, uritt warned. "This includes $45 million in extra expenses for the tex tile industry and $35 mil lion for the stone-clay-glass industry." "Congress has shown its understanding of the seriousness of this threat by resisting pressures for legislative decontrol, and by fighting Reagan’s plans for back-door .decontrol. We are today calling on North Carolina Congress men to join the over 100 colleagues in the House who are standing up to Reagan by co-sponsoring the Dingell Resolution.” The Dingell Resolution (H.Res 371) was introduced by John Dingell, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on February 24th and opposes the Federal Energy Regu latory Commission at tempts to speed up gas decontrol. The North Carolina campaign is con centrating on getting N.C Congressmen to co-sponsor and support this resolution According to the cam paign, administrative de control carries the double threat of higher inflation and lost jobs. Britt ex plained that businesses will be caught in a double bind as consumers have less money to spend on non energy costs, and as busi ness expenses also rise "To take steps which increase both unemploy ment and inflation at this time is an action which jeapordizes chances for economic recovery in the near nKUre'” Brm IHH cluded The North Carolina State Grange is another of the many organizations which have announced opposition to Reagan's decontrol plans. Campaign coordina tor Elisa Wolper explained that, ' terslants* fees* tnrf la cratntf NtNi gen fertilizer aM atber costs to skyrocket, Increas ing the cost squeeze on farmers. Decontrol is esti mated to coat our farmers in N.C. $83 million in extra fertilizer coats along by 1985 " Jane Sharp, President of the Conservation Council of N.C added, “Accelerating Me increase in gas prices will encourage gas users to switch to other energy sources. These other sources, oil, coal, electri- ... city, pose greater dangers to our environment than gas. Decontrol is also likely to cause a switch back to imported oil by many users ”__ Jennifer Henderson of the Fayetteville-based N C, Hunger Coalition ex jaressed^concern about the impact of gas decontrol on the state's over 300,000 re sidential users. "Most of these users will see their bills double at a time when too many individuals are already struggling to make ends meet." lhe organizations which have announced their op position to accelerated decontrol include: AFL CIO, United Food & Com — mencal Workers Union Local 525, AFGE Local No. 3347, N.C. Joint Board Amalgamated Clothing & Textiles Workers, N.C. "~SratcGiunge, N C. Hunger — Coalition, Carolina Action, N.C. Public Interest Re search Group, N.C. Peo ples Alliance, N.C. Senior Citizen Federation, Con sumers of N.C., Associa tion of Black Social Work ers, Conservation Council of N.C., United Electrical Workers, and the N.C. League of Women Voters. Barbara W. Skinner Assistant coordinator Mrs. Skinner To Work With Black Leaders Barbara Williams-Skin ner, former executive director of the Congres sional Black Caucus, re 'cently joined the staff of Tom Skinner Associates, Inc. (TSA). Mrs. Williams Skinner is assistant coor dinator of TSA leadership development and support work. She will work par ticularly among the nation’s black leaders Tom txunner Associates i» a non profit, interdeno minational service and leadership evolution min istry. Formed in 19M, the group’s primary goal is to raise a leadership genera tion committed to serving the needs of the poor. The ministry works through youth programs Mil an black cottage cam pus** to develop and train future decifion-fnakers. TSA offers personal and technical support to politic al, civil rights and public interest organizations. A native Californian. Williams-Skinner served as Administrative Assistant to California Congressman Ronald Dellums.