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*-THE C HARLOTTE POST - Thursday. April 8, 1982 “
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State Democrats Back
Home-B ui If I i ng Program
LORI ANN GRIER
Miss V.C. Central”
Lori Ann Grier Chosen
“Beauty Of The Week”
By Teresa Burns
Post Managing Editor
Sophistication is the air
of our beauty, Lori Ann
Grier.
Recently elected Miss
North Carolina Central,
Miss Grier was chosen over
other contestants with
319 votes.
A Charlottean Ms. Grier
is the daughter of Ethel
Grier. She is extremely
close to her mother and her
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lee Grier.
Being a junior at North
Carolina Central Univers
ity in Durham has not
made our beauty forget her
roots. ‘Tm the first in the
Grier family to attend col
lage. But no matter how
far we as black people
advance,” Ms. Grier com
mented, “we must remem
ber where we came from,
the people who helped us
and know that without God
none of this would be
possible.”
Currently Ms. Grier is
majoring in English-con
centrating on Media Jour
nalism. "My ambition is to
become one of the best
reporters in media journal
ism.”
She is now gaining the
needed experience in the
world of competitive jour
nalism by writing features
for the NCCU campus
newspaper, “Camous
She is also the editor of
Baynes Hall newsletter.
At the university Ms.
Grier is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror
ity; a member of the
Dean’s List and Honor
Carolina Pol Finfe gj>
In Opinion Of Reagan!
By John Royster
-Special Tn Th. n~8(
* -CHAPEL HILL - Ronald
Reagan s job performance
rating is slipping among
North Carolinians, accord
ing to the Carolina Poll, a
statewide telephone survey
conducted by the Univers
ity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill School of Jour
nalism.
Forty-eight percent of
the pool respondents said
the president’s perform
ance was either good or
excellent. In last fall’s
Carolina Poll, 62 percent
had rated Reagan’s per
formance as good or
excellent.
Reagan won North Carol
ina's electoral votes in 1980
jgth 49 3 percent of the
^pular vote.
The latest poll was a
survey of S»3 North Carol
inians chosen at random
and contacted by telephone
sarly In March. Poll re
i pendents were ashed tp
TUmtAKft
Success is getting what
you want, happiness is
wanting what you get.
rate Reagan's perform
ance as president as ex
cellent, "I'Nitty guml,"
“only fair” or “poor.” The
margin of error for the
results is plus or minus
four percent.
But Walker's GOP count
erpart, state chairman
David Flaherty, said Rea
gan remained popular and
criticized the poll.
Roll; junior honorable
mention; was elected Miss
Baynes Hall and crowned
"Miss John D. Lennon.”
She is also on the Stu
dent Steering Committee
and Student Government
Association (secretary to
the vice president of the
student government).
Other activities include
Charlotte's Finest Club
which is on the NCCU
campus; the English and
French Clubs; plus she is
an Iota Phi Theta Sweet
heart
Ms. Grier enjoys model
ing and recently modeled
at Freedom Mall in a
Spring Fashion Slrow: She
also likes the games back
gammon and tennis and
truly enjoys meeting
people.
The lyrics and the soft
ness of Luther Vandross
are enchanting and relax
ing to our beauty.
A part of Ms. Grier’s
make-up is to be concerned
about current events and
how our present govern
mental structure will affect
..111 i-rii.iirt..alg Thm
the side of the intellect and
ambitious career lady.
But then there is a soft
side to Ms. Grier. The lady
who loves her mother and
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lee Grier
A combination that
births a shining star
Bill Of
Rights Lobby
Mobilizes
In an 11th hour effort to
insure the extension of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
the ACLL', its Washington
Legislative Office and~50
state affiliates are distri
buting 20,000 copies of a
Q&A pamphlet on the Act
to members of Congress,
civil rights organizations,
community leaders and
key members uf ACLl“S "
Bill of Rights Lobby.
Important provisions of
the Voting Rights Act are
due to expire in August
1982. A Voting Rights Act
extension bill, passed by
the House last year, is
currently before the
Senate
The ACLU pamphlet
makes clear that the Act's
promise of voter equality
has yet to be fulfilled It
explains why the Voting
Rights Act was passed,
how it works, where it has
failed, and hew it can be
strengthened It discusses
the new bail out formula
and tne addition ot a
“results’' test for finding
discrimination -two provi
sions of the House-passed
extension bill which are
coming under heavy attack
by opponents of the Voting
Riohtc Art
The pamphlet was writ
ten by Laura Murphy,
ACLU legislastive repre
sentative and director of
—the—Voting Rights Pubjic
Education Project.
Genealogical
Society Will Meet
Wednesday
The Mecklenburg Genea
logical Society, Inc is
holding its monthly meet
ing Wednesday, April 14, 7
p.m. at the Commonwealth
United Methodist Church,
2434 Commonwealth Road.
-MlUIL)} OuniUj. 'mill ha
speaking on techniques
used to research the bio
graphy of a North Carolina
civil war soldier His book
will be published in mid
May of this year.
The meeting is open to
the public and guests are
welcome.
Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph
IsYMCA
Annual Membership Dinner Speaker
The Henry L. McCrorey
Branch YMCA will hold its
Annual Membership Din
ner meeting Tuesday, April
13 at 7 p.m. McCrorey Y is
located at 3801 Beatties
'TorSHSift
Featured speaker for this
year’s meeting will be
Elizabeth S. Randolph, as
sociate superintendent of
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools •
Tl__Ltl. I— _it . it
» pumiv id vviuiaiijr
invited to attend this dinner
meeting and hear this dy
namic lady. Reservations
can be made by calling the
Y at 394-2356. The cost for
this year’s meeting is $7
per person.
Members of the McCro
rey Centry Chib will be
recognized at this meeting
The members j»re indivi
duals, churches, business
es or organizations, that
have contributed $100 or
more during the last year.
Elizabeth Randolph
...CMS superintendent
Those attending this af
fair will be greeted by Mrs
Randolph one of the few
black associate school su
perintendents in the U S.
She has hadan outstanding
vareer in education and has
held prominent profession
al positions and elective
offices.
Her career in education
has covered the entire
spectrum of public educa
tion from the classroom to
the superintendency She
has served as a teacher in
the public schools of North
Carolina and principal of
University Park Elemen
tary School.
Other positions held in
Charlotte prior to becom
ing associate superintend
ent include: director of
ESEA Activities; adminis
trative assistant for school
operations and assistant
superintendent for Zone II
Mrs Randolph attended
the public schools of Ra
leigh She received her AB
degree from Shaw Univers
ity, the MA degree from the
University of Michigan and *
advanced certificate in
school administration from
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
She has had additional
study at Syracuse Univers
ity of Maryland.
Mrs. Randolph's many
honors and awards include
the following: recipient.
Woman of the Year Award
Southern Area Links, Tnc,
1977; 1977 Shaw University
alumni Achievement
Award; 1977 Educator of
the Year Award, Charlotte
Chapter Phi Delta Kappa
WBT Woman of the Year
Award 1978: Doctor of
Humane Letters from
Shaw University, 1979; she
has received citation from
Alpha Kappa AJpha Soror
ity, the National Honor
Society, the National Black
Caucus of the Association
for Supervision and Cur
riculum Development
(ASCDt and others
She is also listed in Who’s
Who of -American Women
and Who’s Who Among
Black Americans
County Road To Close
KAI.EKill - Rush hour
traffic on Trade Street
(NC-51» in the Mecklen
burg County town of
Matthews could be a little
more congested beginning
Aoril S
Acting on a request from
Seaboard Coast Line Rail
road, officials of the North
Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOTi
will close two of the four
lanes at the railroad cross
ing just south of Charles
Street,
The closing will allow
railroad maintenance
crews to upgrade the
crossing
Traffic will move
through the area on the
remaining two lanes of the
crossing
HENRY AND GEORGIA ORR
....First married in 1914
After 68 Years Of Marriage
Oros Are Closer Than Ever!
By Teresa Burns
Post Managing Fditor
Grandpa Ben was a fear
less soul. For a scare the
white men would tell the
niggers on the plantation to
put their heads on the cut
ting block.
i ne poor blacks would all
yell and cry all, except
Grandpa Ben
He'd lay his head on the
block and say “Go ahead.'
This is just one memory
90 year-old Henry Orr and
his wife, 85 year-old Geor
gia, share Henry Orr's
father, grandfather and
Ben were slaves. It makes
you think when some of us
living today just missed
slavery by one generation
The Orrs have been mar
ried for 68 years Many
moons for a couple to be
together.
"But I think about her
more now," Henry Orr
commented about his wife
"Love don’t change,"
Mrs Orr added "It gets
old and you can’t love like
... . . nil f"»re for
one another more when you
get older.
"Earlier years we both
couldn't go at one time.
One of us had to stay
around the house to tend
the flock or take care of the
crops," Orr commented
Today they both confessed
they don't want to be apart
Henry Orr was christ
ened during infancy in the
same house he and his wife
reside in today. The house
was his father’s and
mother's, Alexander and
Alice Wallace
»y me time Henry s
father was 35 he was no
longer a slave and married
13 year-old Alice They had
13 children, 10 boys and
three girls Henry, next to
the youngest is the only
living child
After his freedom Alex
ander Orr bought over 20
acres of land from his
white owner also namecf
Orr. Over the years kin
divided the land but the On
descendants still awn
“.. from the church to the
woods," a long strip along
North Sharon Amity Rd
fformerly Hickory Grove
Road),” On explained
When the Orrs first mar
ried in 1914 they lived in
the house on Sharon Amity
for about three years with
_HenrvOrr|s_£arents.
Then we moved mlo 5—
little house and then we
went to Virginia," Mrs On
announced "We came
back to Charlotte and
farmed for a white man a
while."
Together they bought a
farm on Idlewild Road and
lived there for 32 years
When their health began to
fail they decided to move
back to the old home on
Sharon Amity •
They raised the late
Mary Bell Johnson and
their late nephew. Janies
Orr. One of the major
changes they have seen in
the past 68 years is how
children are raised
"People don't raise the
children like they did Pa
rents didn't allow their
children to hear cuss words
or see them do wrong," the
Orrs stated.
"And you’d better not go
nowhere it they told~yoiT
no.''
Going beyond those 68
years Orr remembers his
childhood. "N'o holding
hands with your girlfriend,
no kissing and if I bought a
girl something I couldn't
spend over a nickle on her
If I spent any more her
paents would give me the
money back
~11111111 11111
Jrr's early davs Many
blacks worked tenant
farms On Sharon Amity
the land produced cotton
and corn. Others worked
for 50 cents a day.
Mrs Orr s parents were
Lucy and Julius Johnson
She had four brothers and
six sisters "I wasn't
going to marry Henry un
less 1 got my mother's
blessings. She finally said
it was all right." Only then
were they married at the
home of magistrate Martin
Davis. __
From the beginning the
couple never thought about
divorce. "When we mar
ried husbands and wives
didn’t part They called it a
sin and no one wanted to
commit adultry," Mrs Orr
ggptslttetf
"People seemed to be
live in God’s word more
than they do today," Orr
commented.
During those years the
couple has worked diligent
ly at St Paul United
Presbyterian Church on
Robinson Church Rd Rev
Robert Walton is now the
pastor Orr is an inactive
elder and deacon Mrs Orr
was the respected treasur
er of the church for years
and worked in the mission
ary society
Last Saturday Rev
Walton performed the cere
money for Mr and Mrs
Orr to repeat their wedding
vows
Program
To Provide
Stimulus
North Carolina Demo
cratic Chairman Russell G
Walker this week urged
North Carolinians to sup
port a Democratic proposal
"that would mean afford
able homes for families in
the market and also pro
vide a healthy shot-in-the
arm to a decldtjdly'un
—healthy home building
market.’1 ' ■
Senator Walker said the
program "would provide a
real stimulus, at a price
that is pocket change com
pared to some federal
programs-only $1 billion a
year for three years. Peo
ple concerned about hous
ing should write North
Carolina's Republican sen
- ators.-as well.as Congress.-,
men, about this important
program "
The plan was announced
by Senator Robert Byrd
D-WVi Democratic lead
er. and Senator Henry
Jackson < D-Wash.) who
heads the Democratic
housing task force. Key
points of the plan include
Stimulate construction
and sale of 500.000 single
family homes through an
interest subsidy of four
percentage points on new
mortgage, with 70 percent
of the homes actual new
starts. The other 30 percent
would be new homes,
standing unsold
Stimulate construction
and sale of 100,000 single
family homes byCproviding
a one-time $5.0flib matching
payment to help young and
low-income families make
a down payment on a new
home
Rescue 100,000 homeown
ers and family farm oper
ators by providing federal
loans for up to 21 monthly
payments
Build 50,(i0<j new units of
public housing
Since this can be done for
"only *>1 bllllllH J U'dl, K'j a
good deal when we have a
double depression in hous
ing People who need
houses can't buy them, and
builders have no market to
keep them in business," the
\'or»h Carolina Democratic
chairman said
'Mere is another exam
ple of when Reaganomics
is clearly out of step with
the times." Senator Walker
continued "Rather than
moving to solve a problem
that affects .North Carol
ina and every other state in
the nation. President Rea
gan's budget cutters are
proposing taking back $9
billion that would have
provided 50,000 housing
'units In 1982-- and
reduced home building pro
crams in itun and 1984."
<‘Hy Manager
To Speak At
NAA Meeting
0. Wendell White, City
Manger of Charlotte, will
be the speaker at the April
meeting of the National As
sociation of Accountants,
Charlotte Blue Chapter
The monthly meeting
will be Tuesday, April 13,
at 6 p.m at Sharonview
Country Club
Persons interested in at
tending the April meeting
should contact Karen
Edwards at 373-5513.