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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.