pfflUS-UEw'M.K :: . * ISrSitSB? m!S* ; - \ ;jin.23 wr^ ^ ^ ^ ing^yHE CHARLI >TT£, POST ?m*F . .... -The I „iee-4)f The lllm k Cm„„amily~ _L^' •<4. —Utne 8- Number 7 * THK CHAKI.OTTK POST - Thursday, .lulv :*2. IHH2 ' -“ - “-----. -___ ^l| |< '' -l.’> < «*nls Toni Byrd STUDIOUS TONI BYRD ...Wants to be an attorney Our Beauty Of Week Flails To '• %,0\ • * • Outrun The Eicon omy Storm By Teresa Simmons Post Managing-Editor - it ieems as if our eco nomy resembles the wea ther we’ve been having lately: stormy, cloudy and awaiting more thunder. It's one aspect of our country our beauty Tonja Byrd would like to improve. Personally her plans in clude completing her edu cation, in pre-law, “I’ve always wanted _to be an attorney. Pm 'argument ative and I enjoy trying to see that justice is done." That is one way she plans to outrun the economy storm. On the other side she would like to indulge in her favorite hobby, fashion de signing. “I also like to draw and cr'iate my own fa shions and express myself through designs and clothes I make," she con tinued. With her ingenuity Ms. Byrd may well suc ceed in both areas. “I like to try new things I am an individual. Once I make up my mind you can't change it. I’m a veFy~deiCTffl1TOKr A rising 11th grader at North Mecklenburg Senior High School our beauty is a member of the Student Council, a Flag Girl and an Archonette for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. She also at tends Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church (Rev. Gaston, pastor) and participates on the Young Adult Choir and is president of the Young Adult Missionary Society. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs Willie Byrd. Her interests span into several categories include ing drawing, dramatic* --» TURTLt-TAU When a friend makes a mistake, don’t but it in. Rub it out. _ ' -- —---^--1 and the music of Donna -Summer. "She g1vre~me~ inspirahon'and hope Some of the things she has ac complished I would like to do the same," Ms. Byrd began. ‘‘I have looked at her career and the things she’s done gives me nope," explained Ms. Byrd who also enjoys the television program "Chips ” Presently Ms. Byrd enjoys learning Spanish at~ school. “I like commun icating with others and 1 like having the ability to make friends with others and pursuing a foreign lan guage.” This is her fourth year studying Spanish She will get an opportun Ttv to confinue her studies in the language at one of the universities she has de cided to attend “I would like to attend either UCLA, New York University or Florida State," she con fided In her zest for complet ing her goals Ms Byrd feels that "One should do the best one can and never ~gtVr up hoping." This is a _ truth that will overshadow our beauty's life like the sun overcasts the earth As long as she keeps her hopes shining brightly her goals will always be within reach. At 8th Anniversary (Celebration Post’s “Ouirchwonian Of The Year” ^ -■—— =-■--•■ -•---_ Will Be Announced Friday Night By Robert Lane Post Staff Writer . The Charlotte Post will Bfffif itff sscoirt annual "Churchwoman of the Year” contest to an end this Friday night The con test will conclude with The Post’s Eighth Anniversary Banquet, commemorating the paper for eight suc cessful years under Publisher and Editor Bill Johnson. The banquet is scheduled to begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. at McDonald's Cafe teria on Beatties Ford Road. Along with the an nouncement of the "Churchwoman of the Year” winners, The Post will honor 10 of its long standing advertisers. Because of an unforeseen occurrence, the previously scheduled speaker, Dr. John Perkins, will not be available...Instead the guest speaker will be Dr. H. S. Diggs, pastor of the Dr. H S Diggs ...Guest speaker Mayfield Memorial Baptist Church in Charlotte Publisher and Editor Bill Johnson would like to extend his sincere appre ciation to the 20 church women and churches in volved in the "Church woman of the Year" con test. Johnson would also like to thank all of The Post’s advertisers and High Blood Pressure: A Real Problem High blood pressure is a particular problem for black people Government figures show that nearly one out of ever two black adults has high blood pres sure That's about twice the average for other races. High blood pressure is a disease for other races High blood pressure is a disease that can go un noticed But its effects are often devastating, for high blood pressure can lead to heart disease, stroke and kidney problems For black Americans, the effects of high blood pressure show up in stroke Census Bureau Survey Shows ---—- % Black Family Income NAACP Struggles To Survive? Bv Mac Thrower Host Staff Writer A strange civil war is continuing within Ameri ca’s oldest civil rights or ganization. the NAACP The NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund are about to engage in a legal battle over the question of whether the LDF is improperly using the NAACP name while maintaining an indepen dent organization. This well-publicized rift be tween people that for years everyone assumed were united in the same effort has left many black opinion makers wondering about the future of the NAACP-and worried about the lack of cohesiveness that seems to be negatively affecting the civil rights movement in the 80's Columnist Jim Smith re cently wrote that the NAACP unfer tile leader ship of Benjamin Hooks, “is in an historic battle for survival and leadership " Smith traced the origins of the dispute back to Roy Wilkins' tenure as execu ttve director of the NAACP According to Smith. "The fight, it seemed, ivas be tween Thurgood Marshall and Roy (Wilkins) regard ing the control oQhe fund, which was basically re sponsible for the many legal victories of the NAACP." Smith holds Wilkins re sponsible for alienating Marshall and the Legal De ( nntinurd on Page Ifi Kiglit year old Mariel McAllister of annual 1MH2 Girls Club Photography Knoxville. Tenn . won the $100 first place Contest for her picture award in the junior category of the In Tuesday's Runoff Attorney Sidney Eagles Seeks Judge Robert Martin’s Seat —-Hy M.rr 'Threw r» -pr t '.cn rrx Tel ret— II automated teller ma chines m Charlotte A new drive-in Teller II is now in use al the Sugaw Creek office al 4111 \ Try on Street, and another machine has been installed at the Triangle Center of fice at 6300 Conference f)rive “We have already heard many favorable comments about Row convenient anff easy to use< the drive in Teller II is," said Harold (J. Hoak. regional vice presi dent of Wachovia in Char lotte "Customers at both offices seem pleased to have the convenience of conducting many of their routine hanking transac lions any hour of the day or night, o«v weekends and holidays." There are now 13 Teller Its In rharlotte, and 104 in the state Teller II accepts pay ments and deposits, dis penses cash in multiples of $5 up to a daily limit of $200, Rives account balance in formation and transfers funds among accounts A special “Fast Cash" trans action lets customers au tomatically withdraw $20 from his or her checking account in one quick step Nij^nber Of "Black Poor -InCrCctSCS The twin eflt ts of in > tion and a depressed i nomy resulted .n a 'fee! : in black' family media income in ihHl. and an crease in the number ; blacks below the poverty lc'V.i.'accordingto ■ rgport from the Commerce Department's ( < nsus Bureau This marks i! c second cotisecuuv. year in which inflation coupled with a recessionary economy re suited in significant de clines in ical 'family in come tnd increases in the poverty popula' on Median tatiy".. income . for olack fairtities was Sid 27o compr/ed with vdr ,v>n for w tiife Ibmilip- .md > • lot'i spi.nisl, triptn fami lies ' f l ur regions of the natior. The Northeast was lh< (in 1;. region that lid not show i decline in real income t'hange:. in real ' me dun family income refer to comparisons after adjust ment for inflation. men sured hy the change in the annual average Consumer Price Index _ ( nil I ri billing Fai lor A downTfirn iri eeononue activity was a contributing tuctor in the number of persons who tell below the poverty level in 1981 The number of blacks below tin: poverty line rose by (•18.non, from-al/ou! 8 fi' mil lion in I9B0 to 9 2 million in 1981 There were 21 (> mil Umi whites below (he poverty level in 1981. up 1 :> million from 1980 About 70 percent of all black families below the poverty level in 1981 were maintained by women with no husband present There were 1 4 million poor black families maintained by women in 1981, about the same as in 1980 Other Highlights: In 1981. 31 8 million, or one in seven Americans were below the poverty level, an increase of 2 2 million persons over the 1980 total of 29 6 - The number ol poor children under 18 years old rose from 11.5 million in 1980 to 12 3 million in 1981. and the proportion of child ren below the poverty level rose from 18 3 to 198 percent POVERTY R \TE -Between 1980 and 1981. the poverty rate rose from 13 2 to 14.0 percent and was highest among hlackd .34 2 percent) followed by per sons of Spanish-origin 126 5 percent) and whites (11.1 percent). 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