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The Post Wishes You A Safe & Joyous Fourth
GOREGEOUS ARNETTA HOUSTON
~Attends Harding High School ‘
Araetta Patrice Houston
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Success seems to be a
word engrained into our
beauty's consciousness.
It's a word embedded into
the vePyTDtit't>f-a-person
seeking inner peace.
Arnetta Patrice Houston
has claimed, "There are
certain things 1 have my
mind set on - goals that I
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outgoing and ambitious,
but at the same time I ant -
friendly.”
School to Ms. Houston is
one of those challenges she
seeks to perform well at.
"My favorite subject is ac
cduhtlWg.T've srfways been
better at math than
English. •
Ms. Houston attends
Harding High School but
plans on majoring in ac
counting after graduation.
_Qne school in the running is
Kings College ---—
Her favorite instructor at
Harding is Milton Caldwell,
an extremely caring indi
vidual. “He tries to help all
students. When you're
HowiTBeti ius to help build—
-ynnr confidence up again."
she explained.
So far our beauty has
excelled in her desires She
is not only working up to
par in her studies but she is
a member .of .JJhe Account
ing Club and has been a
Joint Civil Rights Labor
Group Activities Urged
A. major effort to coor
dinate the local activities of
civil rights and labor
groups has been launched
by the heads of the NAACP,
the National Urban League
and the AFL-CIO. The
effort is aimed at election
day, November 2, but en
compass all areas “of
mutual concern.”
Benjamin Hooks, execu
tive director of the NAACP.
and John E. Jacob, presi
dent of the Urban League,
have each written to their
local chapters with an
appeal to “contact the local
AFL-CIO central labor
council as soon as pos
sible" to coordinate acti
vities. - -
And AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland issued a
similar appear to the heads
of 744 central labor bodies
in separate letters about
the NAACP and the Urban
Leagufe.
Kirkland’s NAACP letter _
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Sucre** Tip: Start at the
bottom and wake up!
cited the rich history of
cooperation between the
~Tworgroupr, including auu.
jor legislative battles and
Solidarity Day 1981 when
more than 400,000 demon
strated in Washington,
DC., against Reagan
omics. But he stresses it is
important to coordinate
"activities at the commun
ity and state as well as at
the federal level."
Similarly, Hooks wrote to
the NAACP chapters that
"it is important to encour
age joint NAACP-AFL-CIO
activities at the local
level, especially in such
matters as voter registra
tion and get-out-the-vote
campaigns "
"We must continue to
streghthen and expand this
necessary coalition as it is
important to forge strong
alliances that protect the
hard-won rights of minor
ties and workers general
ly." Jacob said. His letter
lists such previous joint
labor-civil rights efforts as
opposition to Reagan bud
get cuts and to proposed
changes in the federal
contract compliance pro
gram
Jacob also requested that
local Urban league Boards
include a labor represent
ative The letters were
sent between June M and
June 17 and were cross
referenced so each local
group received the name
and address of the office to
contact.
member of the Pep Club
and Red Cross. In May she
was chosen from her home
room to be "Miss May’- in
the school calendar.
Music is comforting to
Ms. Houston. She enjoys
soft mustc espcetatiy the
crooning of Teddy Pender
grass Dancing, skating,
and playing softball are
also hobbies she passes
time with.
—The flnughter nf Trfny_.
.and Mary Houston our
beauty has three sisters
and two brothers. She and
her family attend Univers
ity Park Baptist Church,
where Rev. Dr. James
• Palmer, is.pastor...
Ms. Houston’s motto in
life is to succeed. Even the
television programs she
views, such as ’Dynasty,"
are based on a type of
success.
—Tp m-.»ny success may be
determined by a state of
mind, but for Ms. Houston
*nnrepi rrnrhes much
farther.
Jessie McCombs Receiving Tough
Opposition In Churchwoman Race
By Loretta Manage
Post Staff Writer
For the second consecu
tive week Ms. Jessie
McCombs. "Churchwoman
of the Year" candidate, has
managed to hold on to the
lead with 645 points
But it hasn't been easy.
Ms McCombs is receiving
tough opposition from
Gethsemane Baptist
Church candidate Gale
Miller, who has 545 points
In earlier reports Mrs
Miller led the contest but
later dropped to fourth
place In a strong com6ack
Mrs. Miller has just begun
to fight
Trailing Mrs Herron in
her claim to the honor and
prestige of being the
"Church worn an ' of the
Year" is Gladys Massey A
candidate for Mayfield
Memorial Baptist Church.
Mrs. Massey moved from
fifth place to third place
with 300 points
Ann Herron of Metropo
litan United Presbyterian
Church is still hanging in
fourth place with 270 points
Gladys Massey
— Moved up to Jrd pJace
and is followed by Letha
Short, of Grier Heights,
with 185 points.
Gaining ground is Great
er Galilee Baptist Church's
candidate Bonita Peay She
has 120 points
Other candidates, the
churches they represent
and their points are:
Josephine Morris, Walls
Memorial AME Zion
Church, 90 points: l.ula
Watson. East Stonewall
AME Zion Church. 80
points. Ella Miller. Great
m / i#
Lois G Pendergrass
...Antioch contestant
er Providence Baptist "
Church, 70 points, Flo
rence (.illis. University
Park Baptist Church. 60
points. Hattie Harris.
Chappell Memorial Baptist
Church, 55 points; Viola
Buyers, Pleasant Hill Bap
tist Church, 70 points;
Patricia l,eak, Grace
Memorial Baptist Church,
50 points; F'lmira Polk.
First United Church of
Christ, 80 points; Delia
Kibler, Catawha Presbyte
rian Church, 45 points; l ois
Ann Herron
.In fourth place
Pendergrass.-AnDoeb Bap
tist Church. 40 points, and.
Cola Gilchrist. Pentecostal
Temple, 10 points
Lois Pendergrass, Ella
Miller and Della Kibler are
this week's featured
churchwomen.
LOIS PENDERGRASS
Church is where Lois
Pendergrass devotes most
of her time A member of
Antioch Baptist Church,
Mrs Pendergrass is a
member of the Mt Peace
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Three Led Tickets __
_j>BlackCandidates .
inners
Jobless Rate
Increases
. RAI.KIGII - The total
-linemplnympnl r.-i|P jn
creased to 8.7 percent in
May moderately above
April s 8.2 percent, accord
ing to figures announced
Tuesday by Glenn R.
Jernigan, Chairman of the
North Carolina Employ
ment Security Commission
< ESC). The rate represents
255,800 jobless state
residents.
Jermgan said, “In 1975,
comparable unemploy
ment rates were recorded „,
and after a high in March
of that year, a steady
decline followed. In May
1982, however, the level
rose above the May 1974
rate of 8.4 percent and
may continue to rise unless
economic conditions im
-prove significantly ."
The national unadjusted
rate of unemployment
dropped in May to 9 1 per
cent from April's 9.2
percent.
_ Jermgan said, “The rise
inNorth Carolina's unem
ployment rale'as well as—
the increase in the labor
force is primarily due to
the numbers of students
now seeking work either
permanently or for the
' summer !"WeTtaveadded:tO
youth coordinators in our
offices across the state as a
special supplement to
youth employment "
Manufacturing jobs over
all showed a net loss of
"l.bOUjobS duel I ms wuc -
experienced in both
durable and non-durable
goods. ----i
This darling little gentleman just won Gethsemane
AME Zion Church’s Baby Contest But even as LaMont
Rhamel Norman was being awarded a $50 gift
certificate to Carolina Baby and the silver cup, his
■mind was out on the baseball field Already at 19
—months his faum ii^ [taciiinu baseball He _
is one friendly and~Ioving tittle buy and hia mothor. -
Joyce LaRose Norman, says he never cries. His father
is Larry Kirkpatrick, his aunt is Ella Norman and his
grandparents are James and Dorothy Norman The
Baby Contest at Gethsemane was sponsored by the
.. churches On-Goers organization and was entitled the
"Darling Babyt'ontestv;:—LitUe-- Nomvan-.competed...
against nine other babies He raised $218 for the
church, pastored by Rev George L Battle Jr.
Post Salutes Black Businesses
Sen 'ilriru't imd _
in tabloid section
Walton, Battle, Berrv,
Were Top Vote Getters
By Mac Thrower
——Pn*| Sl:,ff Wri*"-_
Five black candidates,
aided by a strong'turnout in
Charlotte's predominantly
black precincts, were
among the winnersTn 1 ueS~
day s primary races in
Mecklenburg County
Rev George Battle, Bob
Walton and Phil Berry led
the ticket in their respec
tive races for School
Board, County Commis-'
sion, and N.C House
Jim Polk, bidding to bfc
come Mecklenburg's
second elected black State
senator, ran second in the
Democratic contest for
four Senate seats in the
22nd District of Mecklen
burg and Cabarrus Coun
ties
.. Phil Berry, present
chairman oT theX*hartotte
Mecklenburg Board of
Education, finished first in
the voting for eight Demo
eratie nominations to the
N.C. House of Represent
atlvestmtheHfHb-Duitcicl
i Mecklenburg).
Newcomer Jim Richard
son placed fifth in the
House voting.
Rev George E Battle Jr.
a School Board incumbent,
ledttrcvntvng-for four -seats.,
in the non-partisan School
Board election Ella Scar
borough, in her second try
for the Mecklenburg Board
of Education, missed
claiming the fourth spot by
tem am.tintm ^nggir
Lamb • Nicholson finished
sixth in the Board of Edu
~ rut inn rare
Bob Walton garnered
over lfi.iXXj votes to lead the
Democratic County Com
mission ticket
Black voters had a signi
ficant impact on the out
come of the sheriffs race
as well C W Kidd, who
out polled the second place
finisher, incumbent sheriff
John Kelly Wall, by nearly
2-to-1-benefitted from a
favorable vote from the
black precincts
In Mecki -nburg County,
the turno'.t in black pre
cincts averaged from eight
to 15. "percent higher than
the overall turnout of 16
percent Even with the
heavy black turnout, the
overall vote was one of the
lightest for a primary elec
tion in years
The following is a com
plete list of local winners in
-the-June aft primary.:_
sheriff: C W Kidd
finished first with 47 per
cent of the vote, but second
place finished John Kelly
Wall can call for a run-off.
if he chooses to do so
County Commission: Bob
Walton, Susan Green.
Fountain Odom, Tom Ray
a run-off between Joe
Sailers and Jack King may
be necessary for the fifth
seat
State Senate: Ben Tison,
Jim Polk, Craig Lawing.
Jim Polk
..Ran second
Jim Richardson
Finished 5th
Cecil Jenkins
■ State House: Phil Berry,
Jo Graham Foster. Parks
Helms. Louise Brennan,’.
Jim Richardson, Ruth
Easterling. Jim Black. Gus
Economos
Board of Education:
Rev George E Battle,
John McLaughlin, Karen
Gaddy, Ashley Hogewood.
In the race for N. C.
Court of Appeals run offs
are possible for both seats:
Eugene Phillips and Hor
ton Rountree led the voting
for Seat One Sidney
Eagles and Paul Wright
finished first and second
respectively for Seat Two
Three of the five consti
tutional amendments on
the statewide ballot
passed, the four year term
proposal for State legisla
tors was soundly defeated
and an amendment extend
ing the leasing authority of
the state air and seaport
agencies is still in doubt.
Talbert Named
Postmaster
At Paw ( reek
Peggy F Talbert is ap
pointed the new postmaster
at Paw Creek, North
Carolina effective Sttw
day, June 26, Sectional
Cent er MtmagsHNtttmast
er O B sloan of Char
lotte, \ ( announced this
week
Talbert, 41, a native of
Charlotte, has served as a
f,,"k in the Charlotte Port
Office for the past 16 years1
L Mrs Talbert and her
husband, Bobbv .
children, two