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Volume 8. Number 12 -—-- ■ ■ •
- THE CHARLOTTE POST Thursday. Aum.sl *6 ' ' '
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Earl Graves
Is Banquet
Speaker
Earl G Graves, publish
er of "Black Enterprise”
magazine, will be the key
note speaker at the Char
lotte Business League's 5th
annual awards banquet.
The banquet will be held
October 29
Graves was named one of
the to most outstanding
minority businessmen in
the country by the Presi
dent in 1972 and presented
the National Award of Ex
cellence in recognition of
his achievement in minor
ity business enterprise. He
is also listed in Who’s Who
in America, and in 1974 was
named one of TIME maga
zine’s 200 future leaders of
the country.
It was indeed a wise
selection by the magazine
staff, because today
Graves heads six corpora
‘ tions. He is associated with
the following organiza
tions: Magazine Publishers _
Association, Interracial
Council for Business Op
portunity, National Minor
ity Supplier Development
Council, Inc., the Advertis
ing^ Council Coalition for
New York, and many
more.
me recipient of the U S.
Army Commendation
Award received his B.A.
degree in economics from
Morg-'M Stai' University
(Baltimore* „..d has re
ceived honorary Doctorate
of Law Degrees from nu
merous universities, in
cluding his alma mater.
Long And Sons
Mortuary Being
Renovated
If you think Long and Son
Mortuary Service cannot
be of assistance because
the building is getting a
facelift, think again.
Lem Long Jr., owner and
funeral director at the mor
tuary on 2312 Beatties Ford
Road, wants everyone to
know that arrangements
have been made through
local churches to continue
convenient and efficient
funeral services during the
renovating period.
“In about two or three
months, our building will
be twice the size it is now,”
Long expressed. “We have
invested nearly $200,000 to
enlarge the chapel, display
room, morgue and even to
add three more offices, and
[wo ueurooms.
A large family room and
shelter parking are also
part of the plans. Long
has even arranged to buy
all new furniture except for
a love seat which was given
to him when he first opened
his mortuary in 1947 Long
and Son’ Mortuary is
open 24 hours. The phone
number is 394-1111.
Nursing Course
The Greater Carolinas
Chapter of the American
Red Cross will be offering a
course called, “Home
Nursing.”
The “Home Nursing”
NOW chapters will hold a
Red Cross, 2425 Park Koaa,
Charlotte. The cost is $10 50
which includes your text
book.
tlKUMMJ
Our true acquisitions lie
only In our charities, we
gain only as we give.
Black Family Self-Help
Plan Approved By Most
ATTRACTIVE ANNETTE PATTERSON
...Announces future plans
Annette Patterson
fc Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Kditor
.. "With all the crime there
is today 1 would like to do
my part for society,” com
mented our determined
beauty, Annette Patterson
And becoming a policewo
man is one way Ms Patter
son will give more of her
self to the community.
Before becoming a police
woman however, Ms. Pat
terson plans to prepare
herself by entering the
army first and then attend
ing college.
Army will provide me
witn more experience and
then I’d like to study at
New York University.
Like most conscientious
people our beauty has a
backup plan. "If police
work is not in store for me.
then I would like to own a
modeling school. It seems
that the youth are matur
ing much faster today and I
would like to provide a
place for them to learn.”
Stepping away from Ms
Patterson’s future into her
present, one finds her wri
ting poems, keeping up
with the softball team at
school and the Carolina
Storm’s games. At school
sne is also in Project Aries
and the chorus; and her
favorite subject is mathe
matics.
So far our busy Ms. Pat
terson has received certifi
cates in Project Aries and
-softball.
A member of Galilee Bap
tist Church where Rev.
Davis pastors, our beauty
and a few others are in the
process of beginning a sing
ing group “I try to do my
best at everything. When 1
think, why not think big,"
she commented.
Ms Patterson has tieen
inspired greatly by her
mother. Ruby Patterson.
"She is my favorite person.
All the things she does for
me, I will always remem
ber. She is always there
wnen i need her.
Joe Houston is another fa
orite person of our beau
ty's. She also has one sister
she loves dearly, Laverna
Patterson.
Entertainment is one en
joyable part of our Libra
beauty’s life. She enjoys
the acting talents of Billy
Dee Williams and the co
medy ••Good Times.”
‘‘Many times this program
shows how it is today,” she
explained
Generous and easy to
talk to, Ms Patterson
seems to fit the mold of
someone serving the com
munity And in these times
its a pleasant notion to
know that concerned indi
viduals like our beauty
exist.
Medicare
Rates
Increase
The Medicare hospital
insurance deductible, the
amount a Medicare patient
is responsible for when he
or she first receives hos
pital inpatient services in a
benefit period, will in
crease to $260 in 1982. a
Social Security spokesper
son said recently The 1981
deductible was $204
Also scheduled to in
crease are the per-day
amounts patients are re
sponsible lor after speci
fied lengths of stay in a
hospital or skilled nursing
facility, the representative
said.
After 60 days of inpatient
hospital care in a benefit
period in 1982, Medicare
will pay for all covered
costs except $65 a day. The
1981 figure was $51
For each reserve day of
inpatient care. Medicare
will pay for all covered
costs except S|ro a day
The 1981 figure was $102
After 20 days of care in a
skilled nursing facility.
Medicare will pay all
covered costs except
$92.50. The 1981 figure was
$25.50.
The Medicare medical
insurance annual deduct
ible is also scheduled to
increase in 1982, the first
increase since 1973 The
1982 annual medical insur
ance deductible will be $75,
up from $60 Medical in
surance generally pays 80
percent of the approved
costs or changes for
covered services and sup
plies after a person incurs
covered charges equaling
the annual deductible.
More information about
Medicare or about Social
Security can be obtained at
any Social Security office.
The address and telephone
number of the nearest
Social Security office can
be found in the telephone
directory white pages
Scott, son o! Phyllis Armstrong, former
National Council publicist, is pictured
with his grandmother, Mrs Gertrude
Scott. They all reside in the Atlanta area.
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Kxchanging love and learning, they/
capture the essence <>| National Grand
parents Day which tails S« ptember 12
this year.
IN ational Grandparen ts
Day Set For September 12
Special To The Host
Historically speaking,
respect for the elderly has
always conic more natural
!>’ in the black community.
Phis is especially true since
economic conditions have
often made it necessary for
the children of working
black parents to be reared
by their grandparents This
is one reason why the new
holiday, National Grand
parents Day, now in its
fourth year has taken hold
so quickly The holiday set
for September 12. this year,
always falls the first Sun
day after Labor Day
i ne iaea ot two genera
lions of grandparents and
grandchild sharing to
gether is what it is all
about. The symbolic event
w'as originally conceived
by a retired Atlanta bust
nessman, Mike Goldgar
After a visit to see an
elderly aunt at a nursing
home, Goldgar was struck
by the encircling wall of
loneliness he saw there
Determined to do some
thing about it, Goldgar
went on to lobby Congress
tor some six years before
he got the legislation final
ly passed in 1978 and
s imed into 'aw bv then
President Jimmy tarter
Goldgar, a grandparent
himself, now heads the non
profit Atlanta based Na
tional Council for Ohserv
ance of Grandparents Day
which is the official entit\
set up to create awareness
for the holiday.
I his year, the National
Council has an exciting
innovation and a giant pu
blicity boost, a record
made expressly for the oc
casion by superstar Mickey
Rooney.
The catchy number on
titled “Grandparents
(Ev'ry Baby’s Best
Friend i”. is written and
produced by gold record
tunesmith Robert ( olhy
and is being released by
Moss Music Group of New
York Twelve children's
voices chosen Irom Talent
Town of Woodbridge. N.J..
back Rooney in the
recording
‘i he record, m heauled to
go on sale country-wide
just prior to the holiday.
Sunday. September 12, is a
grand tune." says Gold
gar. that truly extolls in a
beautiful way the virtues of
grandparentcy.
r.xpect ing thousands
t'nore over the 20.000 ob
servance held las* year,
(ioldgar stated he doesn't
know exactly how many
observances were held in
• the black community, but
ho docs know that it was
considerable, saying “I
P'ked this i-n the number of
press clipping-, we re
ceived " Feeling respect
for the elders is ir.h'-rent in
the black ((immunity,
laoidgar state- In this
respect, black f-.milies are
examples for society
u_naaaar
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Goodlett
Disagrees
With Plan
By an overwhelming 71
percent majority, a televi
sion opinion poll approved
a "Black Family” self
help plan propsed by the
Congressional Black Cau
cus tCBC). The poll was
taken in Cincinnati, Ohio
during a live-telecast of
"Tony Brown’s Journal.”
which utilized the QUBE
two-way talk-back system.
The special program en
titled "Congressional
Black Caucus Plan. Yes or
No°" analyzed the merits
of a proposal by the CBC
tor a national black self
help movement
"Tony Brown's Journal”
is the nation’s longest run
ning black affairs series
and has been sponsored by
Pepsi Cola Company for
seven consecutive years
Televised nationally on
public television, the pro
gram will be seen in this
area on Channel 58--check
listing
in an interview with host
Tuny Brown. CBC Chair
man Walter Fauntroy ar
gued the merits of the plan
which he describes as a
proposal for the unity,
survival and progress of'
black people. Fauntroy, a
Congressional Delegate for
the District of Columbia,
said that the plan was
designed to meet the cur
rent across-the-board chal
lenge to the quality of life
for all black Americans
and he outlined its 12 major
points
However, Dr. Carlton
Goodlett, publisher of Re
porter Publications in Cali
fornia. said the plan was
one of the most pitiful
remedies ever prepared
and describes it as a plan
for genocide, not for sur
vival. He called it an
evil document” tragical!}
compounded by "would-be
leader " Dr Goodlett felt
that because plans haven’t
worked in the past decades,
that blacks should adopt a
basic ideology and not
agendas
congressman r auntroy
refuted Dr. Goodlett's as
sessment and said that Dr
Goodlett’s apparent lack of
familiarity of the plan pre
vented him from being a
fair judge of the proposal
Me added that these are
unsettling times for black
America and that many of
the gains of the 60s have
been eroded by a well
irgamzed white commun
ity and misinformed ele
ments of the black com
munity Therefore, Con
gressman Fauntroy be
lieves, the plan is a neces
sity.
Some of the major points
of the plan highlighted
were a call for blacks to
“buy and bank black,"
“support the black
church," "register to vote”
and increase the financial
support of black institu
tions by sending in a
monthly contribution
Women * Right*
On Saturday, August 28,
the members and support
ers of Charlotte National
Organization for Women
and other North Carolina
NOW chapters will hold a ,
PAC WOMAN Walkathon
to raise funds for the NOW
EQUALITY-PAC
Is Frequently Asked!
What’s That You Are Wearing?
By Loretta Man a go
Post Staff Writer
‘‘0oooh.. that smells so
nice! What’s that you're
wearing?” That phrase
alone has sent millions of
Americans rushing into de
partment stores, dabbling
on this cologne, splashing
on this fragrance, in search
of that perfect scent that
turns them into unfor
gettable memories
What has precipitated
'this mania of cologne con
sciousness? According to
Mrs. Eula Rush, certified
beauty specialist and dis
tributor of CHLON fra
grances, "people have al
ways linked feeling good
along with smelling good."
"Now more than ever,
Mrs. Rush added, with the
downward turn of the eco
nomy, people's self
esteems have seemed to
worsen and helping to boost
those egoes are colognes
“I have noticed that
cologne is something peo
ple buy regardless of the
bills to be paid,” revealed
Mrs Rush
When shopping for a spe
cial scent the choices are
wide and varied and it all
depends on whether you’re
•a
Eula Kush
...Prefers Patou 1,000
interested in purchasing
cologne, perfume, eau de’
toilette, or after bath
splash.
The difference between
these types of bottled
scents is the ratio of es
sence oil and alcohol solu
tions. Perfumes, the most
l»tent of all fragrances has
20 percent essence oil and
80 percent alcohol solution
ratio; cologne has a six to
10 percent oil and 84 to 90
percent alcohol solution
ratio; eau de' toilette has a
13 percent oil and 87 per
cent alcohol soltition ratio;
and after bath splash con
Bernice Johnson
...Adores I^auren
tains five percent oil and 95
percent alcohol solution
Selecting the right co
logne is about as arduous a
task as being fitted for a
tailor made suit. It has to
feel good and fit well after
it is applied in order to be
truly effective. The fra
grance that most men
seem to consistently ask
for when they frequent
Mrs Rush's business is
Opium "For the ladies
there is a toss between
Bal A-Versailles and
Opium with Oscar De 1-a
Renta running a close
third." remarked Mrs
I-a Verne Bllerbe
..Favors While Linen
Rush.
There are many who
aren't certain of any par
ticular scent Mrs Rush
mentioned that when they
come in they are usually
looking for "something
light.”
How does cologne fit in
with what you wear Un
doubtedly you wouldn't
dress in a simple attire and
have an overbearing potent
fragrance on "The cologne
you choose should depend
on what you're wearing."
emphasized Mrs Rush
And what is this beauty
See WHAT On Pa** 12
Miss Margie Lynette Prioleau, daughter of MSGT
James Prioleau and Carolyn Puryear, was recently
crowned queen of the Western North Carolina District
of the African Methodist Episcopal Church The queen
received the honor at an affair that took place in High
Point She is a member of Greater Bethel AME
Church, Charlotte, where she serves in the Young
Peoples Department A 1981 graduate of West
Charlotte Senior High School, Margie is employed with
the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Sytem and Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company