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" —. THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday. January 27 iqri
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' Dtt. CLIFFORD JONES
, -faced major decision
As f uu-Time Pastor
IF. Clifford Jones Assumes
Friendshj> Baptist Church Dufe
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Hhwr
Making the move from
First Baptist Church- in
Clinton ..to Charlotte's
Friendship Baptju was
certainhJjlB'flysr decision
of Dr. Clifford
A. Wm Sk. and his fa
mily, berfag the month
that De. Jones has served
■■ pastor of Friendship
Paptiat the transition has
Jboth busy and sue
^Standing in a pulpit
todag about 1,000 mem
bers; Dr. Jones seems to
havi forgotten the decision
ma king but not the ties and
• P^iple of his past...not the
congregation or commun
itw he served for 10 years in
CVinton. The pulpit at
Fniendship, however, is a
r/atural place for him and
fevtri strangers feel com
I fortable listening to his
booming voice and his aura
/ of self-confidence.
/ Members of Friendship
i are even more relieved
7 perhaps to have a leader
{. for their flock.
It’s stilt too early for Dr.
Jones to explain his exact
plans for the church and
community. “I have to
have time for observ
ations....to see what the
community needs.”
Through various agencies
such as the Mental Health
Board, Public Health, and
Crime Prevention, Dr...
Jones wants to reach out
into the community to aid
senior citizens, child care
institutions and youth
programs.
“I believe that a church
should be active in the local
- ^community. There should
; f^oe more than a Sunday
! morning service. We
should have the realization
.♦that we are our brothers’
) keeper.”
*'I believe in expressing
love to all segments...of
"> being active practitioners
'/ of our Christianity,” Dr.
' Jones continued
Through various circles
Rev. Jones feels that not
only Friendship, but
Christians in genera], can
make positive changes
af-'-Ji!■'«■-!-! ■■ULJ-J
tURflt-TMK
* A handful! of good life is
better than s bushel of
learning.
I/earning makes a good
man better and an ill man
through jobs and their
social lives. Through
group solidarity, through
the recognition of change
events, and even through
voting participation, a
community can be changed
only for its betterment, he
stated.
Dr. Jones is married to
Carolyn Brenda, formerly
of Asheville. She is a grad
uate of Bennett College and
obtained her master’s in
counseling-career at
Campbell University. They
are parents of Michelle, 14,
and Anthony Jr., nine.
Dr. Jones has been an
ordained .minister since
1969. He received two
master’s; one in divinity
and the other in theology.
He also earned a Doctor
ate of Ministry from Bos
ton School of Theology and
studied the history of
Galatians abroad in Ox
ford, England, at Oxford
University. He has also
taught school and his last
ministry was at First
Baptist Church in Clinton.
He is Recording Secre
tary for the General Bap
tist State Convention of
North Carolina which is
composed of 1,700 black
churches serving 360,000
members across the state.
Dr. Jones has also volun
teered time to prison
ministry.
9 Blacks Named To
Cafiseum Committee
Charlotte Mayor Eddie
Knox has appointed a
Coliseum Committee of 100
to assist the City staff and a
consultant in evaluating
the need for a new
coliseum in Charlotte
Mecklenburg.
Among those asked to
assist in this evaluation in
clude Leroy “Pop” Miller
who will serve as vice
chairman of the Executive
Committee; Gwen Cun
ningham, Elizabeth Ran
dolph and Jim Richard
son, all to serve on the
Executive Committee.
A few of the committee
members include Mack L.
Davidson, Betty Harris,
Phyllis Lynch, Eddie
McGirt and Myra Dockery.
In making the announce
ment, Mayor Knox in
formed: "The Coliseum
Committee of 100 repre
sents aH segements of the
community and will be in
volved with every stage of
the study. I am confident
that all community con
certs will be addressed
through this com prehen
sive citizen participation
proceas.”
Local businessman John
ny Harris will serve as
committee chairman. The
committee will be subdi
vided into an executive
committee of 15 persons
with other subcommittees
assigned by the chairman
The executive committee
will wort with the City staff
and the consultant to help
develop a Joint recom
mendation on the heed for a
new coliseum If a new fa
cility is needed, the group
will also provide informa
bon on facility size, lo
cation, cost and possible
methods of financing
When the study is com
plete, the Coliseum Com
mittee of 100 wiD review
the recommendations and
through Chairman Harris
make a presentation to the
Mayor and City Council
regarding their position on
the report and other re
commendations. The full
committee of 100 will meet
as needed throughout the
consultant’s review. The
Executive Committee will
meet as required to re
view the work of the con
sultant and to assist the
staff in obtaining public
input.
If a new coliseum is re
commended the Coliseum
Committee of 100 will be
charged with the responsi
bility of implementing the
approved plan.
Dr. Cobb Says:
New NCAA Requirements
Are Racially Motivated?
650 Seek 68 Positions
For Head Start Program
The Board of Directors at
the Bethlehem Center is
working diligently to enroll
its first group of children
by February 14 for the new
Head Start Program.
According to the Center’s
executive director H. Dou
glas Boyd, the first step is
to choose a staff for the
Head Start Program. “We
expect to fill 60-68 positions
and already we have re
ceived 650 applicants, nine
times the number of people
being sought,” Boyd stated
in an interview Tuesday
afternoon.
He expects to be select
Wehe Morvirg!
According to Bill John
son, editor and publisher^
The Charlotte Post, the
newspaper will be relocat
ing to a larger building.
Operation from the new
office at 1531 Camden Road
is expected to begin Mon
day, January 31. “In order
to better serve our growing
number of supporters, it is
necessary for us to acquire
more space,’’ Johnson
stated.
“Without the support of
our subscribers we would
not be experiencing this
growth; and we want to
continue to provide them
with a quality service,” he
noted. The telephone
number at The Charlotte
Post is 376-0496.
Homecoming
Barber-Scotia College
alumni and friends cele
brate the school's home
coming February 4-5 in
Concord. A variety of ac
tivities have been planned
for the two-day observance
including a basketball
game pitting former mem
bers of the school team
against students, an alum
ni dance and “soul food”
dinner.
ing children eligible for
Head Start by next week.
“Since the school year ends
in June all 400 youngsters
who would normally enroll
for Head Start will not be
able to do so. Instead 120
125 students will be select
ed for February’s enroll
ment, with priority being
given to those children who
will be entering kindergar
ten in September of this
year. The remainer of
children will be enrolled on
a phased-in basis.
The Bethlehem Center
Head Start Interim Transi
tion Team met with Head
Start officials in Atlanta
last week where they dis
cussed the gearing-up
schedule.
Boyd expressed "a con
tinued cooperative spirit
from the Charlotte com
munity will maintain
smoothness in the opera
tion of the new Head Start
Program.” February’s
classes will be the first held
since October 31,1982 when
the Charlotte Area Fund
dropped its sponsorship of
the Head Start Program.
Joe Black
Appearance
Rescheduled
The Hidden Valley Opti
mist Club was forced to
cancel its banquet in cele
bration of its third anni
versary, last Saturday, due
to inclement weather.
Gerald Johnson, presi
dent of the Optimist Club,
announced the banquet,
which features Joe Black
as keynote speaker, will be
rescheduled at a later date.
Black is Vice-President of
Special markets of The
Greyhound Corporation.
SHEMTA BOST
—~.(.oncord High senior
Shenita Host Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Shenita Bost, a junior at
Concord Senior High
School is an active indi
vidual determined to make
a positive change in the
world.
'ine daughter of Connie
K. Bost and Stancil Bost,
our beauty has taken the
initiative to become in
volved in many community
activities
In school Ms. Bost is a
member of the French
Club; Gold Key Society;
Varsity Football cheer
leading squad; and played
basketball in her ninth and
10th grade years. She also
sings alto in the Advanced
Chorus.
1 emporary Agencies May
Solve Unemployment Problems
Post Staff Writer
The 6.6 percent of un
employed people in Meck
lenburg County should re
member to seek assistance
from temporary job
- agencies.
Approximately 40 tem
porary Job agencies exist in
the city; and according to
Brenda Goodman, man
ager of Step Up Tem
poraries, "about 90 percent
of -the companies in
Charlotte seek temporary
employees at some time..’*
Since December, 1962,
Goodman and her staff
located at 4706 Park Road,
Suite 206, have been train
ing applicants in word pro
c«**ing, typing and other
skills most often required
by employers who need
people for temporary posi
tions.
Companies that depend
on Step Up Temporaries
for employees can be cer
tain they will receive com
petent and well-qualified
workers to enhance their
business. Goodman ex
Brenda Goodman
...SUT manager
plained her clients spend
almost three hours receiv
ing basic office training
Soon they are demonstra
ting their expertise on IBM
equipment which is used at
■Step Up Temporaries;
however, Goodman pro
vides her clients with
reference manuals which
relate to many other
brands of computers.
"Once the clients master
those skills they are ready
to be sent out on assign
ment,” assured Goodman.
There is no fee for the
service rendered at Step
Up Temporaries Good
man’s idea to start the
business evolved after she
had spent nearly one year
working as a temporary
employee.
“My skills were very
good, but seldom would the
Job agency refer me to a
company that had a chal
lenging assignment,” she
revealed. Goodman saw
this happening to many
other people as well, par
ticularly blacks.
She had 16 years of se
cretarial experience and a
first-hand concept of how to
manage a temporary Job
agency. As a result,
Goodman decided to open
the doors of opportunity for
all those not receiving a
deserving chance in the Job
market.
“In September I set the
goals for my business
Then I proceeded to de
sign brochures ad to pu
blicize my desire to help
others find a Job,” Good
man stated.
The first week she re
ceived 17 applicants and
the number has increased
considerably since then
Not only is help to find a job
a free service at Step Up
Temporaries, but Good
man strains at her appli
cants' convenience. “Some
of my clients are unable to
come in and be trained on
different machines during
the regular business hours
of 8:90 a m. until 5 p m
Therefore, I allow them to
make appointments for
more suitable times,” she
noted.
Undoubtedly the opening
of Step Up Temporaries
will benefit Charlottes ns
Of course a permanent,
full-time job may be pre
ferred over temporary am
ployment; however,
today's economic situation
does not leave too many
people with a choice of pay
or workhours
Goodman encourages all
people unemployed to give
her a call at 823-M45.
As a member of Grace
Lutheran Church where
Rev. Fredrick Hedt is
pastor, Ms. Bost is presi
dent of a youth organiza
tion entitled the Lutheran
Youth Fellowship; mem
ber of the Youth Choir and
occasionally teaches Sun
day School.
Ms. Bost also enjoys par
ticipating in the commun
ity projects sponsored by
the Acronettes, a youth
group organized by the
Zeta Sorority.
"I also help with the
circulation of The Char
lotte Post in Concord," Ms
Bost stated. This gives her
experience in various
phases of business
"It’s my ambition to one
day own my own business
I’ll probably major in Data
Processing and computers
when I attend college,” she
continued Ms Bost has
narrowed her choices to
three universities: Win
ston-Salem State, Univers
ity of North Carolina at
Greensboro or the Univers
ity of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Our Libra beauty has al
ways been taught by older
and wiser members of her
family to be independent
Sometimes you don t
know who you can trust So
my mother and grand
mother have always taught
me that there is nothing
wrong with being by your
self at times."
Ms Boat says one of the
most influential persons in
her life has been her grand
mother, Lurean Gamble.
“Any problem my mother
can’t handle my grand
mother is there with the
solution. She never gives a
wrong answer and what
ever she says always helps
me to make a decision and
helps me to solve my pro
blems. And more import
antly she sticks by me."
When Ms. Boat is not
conversing with her family
members, including her
seven year old sister,
Tania, and her athletic
brother, Stanley, she is
See BEAUTY Page 2
On Tests
Hacks Score
Lower Ilian
Whites
By Dr. Charles E. Cobb
Special To The Post
The recent action by the
National Collegiate Athle
tic Association requiring
that college athletes
achieve a minimum score
of 700 on the college en
trance examination is un
doubtedly racially moti
vated This decision has
come on the heels of a
report by the college board
that Black students score
on the average 100 points
lower than whites on the
scholastic aptitude test In
addition to the test require
ment, the NCAA is also
requiring that students
maintain a 2.0 high school
grade point average while
taking a “core” curricu
lum. This curriculum con
sists of three years of En
glish, two of mathematics,
two of social sciences and
two of physical or natural
sciences.
It is interesting 10 note
that the NCAA is con
cerned singularly with
college entance require
ments. For in addition to
the resolution passed, they
had the opportunity to
impose a 2 0 grade point
average standard during
college eligibility years
and refused to do so.
Such a move would have
compelled academic insti
tutions to address the aca
demic needs of their Black
athletes which they have
traditionally ignored. Most
Black athletes attending
predominantly white insti
tutions never receive their
Baccalaureate degrees.
However, this is not the
first time these issues have
been raised in college
sports; heretofore, they
have been raised in a much
more selective posture.
For example, during the
early 70s Howard Univers
ity won the NCAA National
Soccer Championship. This
championship was im
mediately scrutinized and
rescinded by the NCAA on
the basis of Howard ath
letes not having taken the
SAT I find i! interesting
that this was only raised
after Howard had won the
National championship
which smacks of selective
enforcement. Certaihly,
the application of the Ade
was out-come oriented.
Yet, consistent with the
currents of the NCAA,
Howard athletes had more
than proven themselves
academically at the Phi
Beta Kappa level.
The obvious conclusion la
inescapable: The NCAA ia
attempting to decrease l
minority participation in
college athletics Of the
Black high school students
across the nation who have
taken the racially biased
SAT, lees than SO percent
have scored as high as 700.
While this is e aed com
mentary on the American
educational system, it is
unlikely that the scoring in
the 700 range rnprsemis
significant numbers of oar
best Black athletes.