™ By Bob Johnson
WHAT’S
HAPPF’MNG!!
CELEBRATION TIME.Theroom wa*
cozily lighted, the air was filled with the
sounds of Ray Parker Jr.’s new tune, “I’m
In Love With The Other Woman,” and the
brightly painted signs on the walls read
30+5th - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE
FERGUSON.
The Woodlawn Hollow clubhouse is where
all of the above things were cleverly put
together in a way that greatly enhanced an
evening filled with tun
Celebrate life was
what it was all about,
the 35th anniversary
of the life of Jackie
Ferguson.
-Many people were
involved in this re
cent funfair that his
sister Diane Wingard
spearheaded, and as
they filled out into the
early morning air,
the phrase was, we
can’t wait until your
36th birthday.
BOBJOHNSON
DANCE AND SHOW. The Cross Country
Social Club is sponsoring a spring dance and
fashion show, Sunday, May 16, from 3 p.m.
- - ’tiUate,._--.-r-._
The dance and show will take place at the
Cross Country Sportsman Lounge on West
;Blvd.
„ After you have finished your Sunday
morning activities, go by and relax with the
friendly people of the Cross Country Social
Club._
EXT RAORDINAR Y A F F AIR...The
Extraordinaire’s Civic and Social Club held
its 5th annual Spring Dance last Saturday
night. May 8, at Charlotte’s Park Center.
The music for the dance was rendered by
Onyx, formerly Future Shock. ^ mu8ic
wasn’t as solid or as fluid as it was with the .
old band, which is understandable with the
recent personnel changes. Nonetheless, the
popular tunes played by the group enabled
the guests to dance merrily through the
night.
A night highlighted by the crowning of
Mrs Emmaline White, “Miss Extra
ordinaire 1982,” an introduction of the club
members to the guests and some after
parties: __
Some of the people involved in this gala»
spring dance were Mr. and Mrs. Lutner
Kennedy, Ruth “Lightfoot” Townes,
Carolyn Vaughn, Arthur Burgess, Gerald
Blakeney, Bobby Fewell, Mr. and Mrs.
Luke Vassar, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Blackmon, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Albert, Mr.
and Mrs. James Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cox, Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. George Duren, Steve
Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. William Myers, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Morrison, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Abraham, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith
and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mitchell.
GOLF CLASSIC...The Tri-Country Athle
tic Club presented its third annual Tri
Country Four-Ball Golf Classic, last
Saturday and Sunday, May 8-9.
The Lancaster Golf Course with its traps,
water holes, doglegs, and woods killed the
dreams of many of the participating
_golfers. The dreams of winning trophies and
■prizes “a warded first and "second ^jiace
winners in each flight, or the trophies
awarded the third ahd fourth place winners.
As usual the Charlotte golfers were there,
15 strong. The team of Ralph King and
James Bouler, riding high from their recent
Mecklenburg Four-Ball victory and playing
super golf, won the tournament with a
36-hole score of 134 (65-69). Donald Little
john and Alvin Grier, two strong players,
teamed up and played the tough Lan
caster course very well. Their 68 score
Saturday and 69 Sunday was not enough to
overtake King and Bouler.
Robert “Greasy” Brown and Raymond
FewelTs score of 74 placed them in the first
flight, but their 75 Sunday placed them out
of the prize winning categories.
In the second flight, Don Queener and Len
Gibson shot a solid 77 Saturday; however,
they shot a 79 Sunday which nipped their
chances for a trophy.
The majority of the Charlotte players
were lumped into the third flight. The
highest finish was a two-day total of 154
carded by John Love and Sinclair Clinton,
good enough for a second place finish.
George Williams and Willie Thompson won
fourth place prizes with a total score of 158.
Freddi Goodman and Robert Cummings
scored 79 Saturday blit missed the prizes
with an 80 Sunday. The same snake bit John
McClure and Billy McCollum, who shot a 79
also Saturday, yet scored an 84 Sunday,
which put them out.
- The Tri-Country Athletic Club members
hail from Lancaster, Chester and Rock Hill,
£outh Carolina.
Sargeant Rudolph Toirence Is Sir: iziiero To Many People
“J icrniouni
Post Managing Editor
The “tough cop" Image
has barricaded the tele
vision and movie screens
and given its audience
images or superheroes
In a way Sgt. Rudolph
"Rudy” Torrence, Super
—Visor Of the Chariot?
Police Department’s Youth
Bureau, is a superhero, at
least to the many people
who have come in contact
with him during his 27 year
career.
Standing tall and sta
tuesque Sgt. Torrence can
handle any Kojac or Shaft"
role model. Behind that
tough yet debonair phy
sique lies a tender heart of
compassion. And that’s one
reason why Sgt. Torrence
was chosen as one of the
five finalists in the Third
Annual Police-Community
Relations Awards.
Nominations were ac
' cepted from cilitcnn over a -
seven week period. Over
100 nominations were re
ceived, nominating 61
officers. Finalists were
selected by the Police
Community Relations
Awards Subcommittee of
the Community Relations
Committee.
Rudolph Torrence
—There—were—si* wmi.
finalists who received cer
tificates. The five finalists,
including Torrence,
received a plaque and s
$500 cash award.
The program for the
ceremony (held in April)
briefly stated the purpose
of the relations awards:
“The Police-Community
Relations Awards have
been established to express
the community’s apprecia
tion for all the effective
work of the city and county
police department* and to
encourage each officer to
exhibit in his-her dally
performance those quali
ties that will Improve
-police community rela
tiona.”
Working as supervisor
over the investigators in
the Youth Bureau, Sgt.
Torrence has the respons
ibility of making quite a
few decisions relating to
various instances.
Before his promotion to
supervisor he held the posi
tion of investigator, “This
unit investigates crimes
involving persons 15 years
of age and younger,*’ Sgt.
Torrence explained, “whe
ther they are victims or
participants.”
“The rewards come
when you see youngsters
you come in contact with in
latter years succeed in
life,” he continued.
Compassion is one ele
ment of Sgt. Torrence that
stands out. And when it
comes to his job he has
plenty to spare, even after
27 years. ---__J.
"You have to have com
passion for the young and
some positive directions
that would be of benefit to
the youngters you come In
-contact with,1’ lw> n
"Each incident will hope
fully hinder that youngtfar
from getting involved in
other incidents ’’
The Youth Bureau also
impresses the need for
victims to be more cau
tious and conscious about
security in daily activities,
Sgt Torrence remarked.
To parents who are ex
periencing difficult times
with a child, Sgt. Tor
rence advises better con
trols, checks and balances.
"I would also advise more
family involvement in
terms of doing things as a
family. Involve young
sters in community in
terests and endeavors."
"Family togetherness"
as Sgt. Torrence dubbed it,
should be placed high on
any family’s priority list.
Even those who work
should find time for family
Sgt. Torrance and Me
WU6 JOyCf IU6QQ rTHOO
ship Baptiat Church. Ha la
a member of tbo WBT
Radio Black Advisory
^Smson C. Smith Univers
ity 100 Chib; tbs West
Charlotte High School
Alumni Association;
Omega Pal Phi Fraternity;
and the North State Law
Enforcement Officers
Association.
Sgt Torrence started Us
career with the Police
Deportment In the Uniform
Patrol Division. He served
in the Traffic Division fal
lowed by working in the '
Police Community Rela
tions Division. Hk promo
tion to sergoant was
formalised in 1V70.
Sgt. Torrence pinna to
stay in the force far three
more yean to mark hk
30th anniversary. Thane
will bt three name yean
Charlotte can cberkh one
of its “on-the-job” super
heroes, Sgt. Rudolph
Torrence.
I'Ve are pleased to announce that
^Richard S. EHh—-—.
is now associated with us in our
Charlotte Off tee -
as an
Account Executive
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Atlantic Christian College
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plus room and board which
is available at a nominal
rate at the college.
Dr. John S. Savage, Pre
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of highly skilled trainer
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mission of the church. It
was Dr. Savage’s original
research wtth thc ApaUie
tic and Bored Church
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this area of ministry.
- Anyone interested in
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to share in the ministry of
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