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MISS PATRINA WEATHERS
~Marie G. Davis 5th grader
ithers’ Hossnning
Lady Of Oass
beauty has three brothers
Maurice, Arnold and
Curtis. Her life has plea
santly been influenced by
her family and she regards
her mother and father as
her favorite people.
According to Miss Wea
■ tetfraBSKs:
are taken care of. Her
grandparents are another
source of comfort to her.
“My grandmother, Daisy
Fuller, is nice. If I get hurt
she’ll take care of me. Miss
Weathers’ grandfathers
are Wakefield Fuller and
James Weathers Sr.
A member of East Stone
wall AME Zion Church
where Rev. Bernard Sulli
van pastors, Miss Wea
World Day Of Pray er
To-Be OJebrated Friday
3MKrS
easier to
is to do It
11 I
Holy Comforter Episcopal
Church, Park Rd.; Blair
Rd. Methodist Church,
Mint fflll; and Robinson
Presbyterian Church, Har
risburg Rd.
Services will also be belt,
at: 11:30 a.m. Simpson
Gillespie United Methodist
Church, Winston St.; 2:30
p.m. Methodist Home,
Shamrock Drive; 5:30 p.m.
Children's Service, Simp
son-Gillespie United Me
thodist Church, Winston
Rd.; 7 p.m. Cook’s Me
morial Presbyterian
Church, Mt. Holly-Hunters
ville Rd.; and 7:30 pm.
Trinity United Methodist
Church, Beatties Ford Rd.
and Gethsemane AME Zion
Church, 531 Campus Street.
Church Women United Is
the Christian movement
that brings together more
than half « million Pro
testant, Roman Catholic
sad Orthodox women into
One Christian “community
of caring.’’ World Day of
Prayer offerings make pos
sible the mission of Church
Women United, including
the Intercontinental Grants
from Mission programs
that funds national and
international projects in
support of the empower
anent of women, human
rights. Justice end peace.
NAACP Membership
The Charlotte-Mecklen
burg NAACP membership
drive continues, with free
•dmiMrioa to all NAAC»< *
sat
fun
there is active in quite a
few activities.
“I am a member of the
Usher Board and Girl
Scouts. | just enjoy church
work,” commented Miss
Weathers.
Other interests include
swimming, basketball and
ptSyUt^hac Main. Music is
also a pastime, especially
Jermaine Jackson's "Let
Me Tickle Your Fancy."
Possibly the talents of
Jackson has prompted our
beauty’s ambition of be
coming a movie star. She
also confessed that the
money to be made in this
particular profession
served to attract her as
well. •
Born under the Leo sign
Miss Weathers describes
herself as “...quiet, soft
spoken but hot-tempered.”
Her concerns stem towards
the usual worries of fifth
graders, but she also real
izes that inflation is a
national problem. Her wish
is that rising prices decline
or at least come to a halt.
Many characteristics of
Miss Weathers have served
to make her parents proud.
Perhaps portions of a
caring personality have not
as yet been discovered,
even by herself. What time
has proven to her loved
ones will also prove that
Miss Weathers is a special
charm.
Governor Jim Hunt
Cites Lowery, Person
SCLC Raffles
For Job
And Peace
The newly formed Char
lotte-Meek] enburg Chapter
of Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference (SCLC)
will host a Rally for Jobs
and Peace on Saturday,
March 5, at 6 p.m. at Amay
James Presbyterian
Church, 2400 West Blvd.
Our guest speaker for the
event will be Dr. Joseph E.
Lowery, National Presi
dent of SCLC. Also at the
Rally the installation of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
SCLC chapter officers and
members of the board of
directors will be con
' ducted.
At the Rally, we will be
graced with the presence of
Delano R. Raekard, a' 1871
graduate of Johnson C.
Smith University, who is an
ardent admirer of the late
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
and keeps his memory
alive with his spectacular
ability to deliver Dr.
King’s speeches in an
amazing form. In fact, if
you sit back, relax, close
your eyes, and listen as
Delano begins to speak,
you feel as though Dr. King
himself is in the room.
Prior to the Rally, there
will be a Prayer Vigil at
Marshall Park at noon at
Dr. King’s statute. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was
the founding president of
SCLC.
During the day on Satur
day we will be doing voter
registration and voter edu
cation. We will haye the
assistance of Rev. Albert
Love, Administrative
Director of the National
office and Rev. Fred Tay
lor, Director of Chapters
and Affiliates during our
Voter Registration and
Education Campaign.
Rev. Dewberry Believes
Gethsemane Baptist Church Will
And More Unif5 ; J
By Andrew MeCerkJe
Peet Staff Writer
The pastor of a Charlotte
church which has teen em
broiled in a Uttar contro
versy, said that Us church
will emerge stronger and
more unified from the con
flict,
“The nature of the
church is to stn^gle,” said
R«v. C. E. Dewberry,
pastor of Gethsame Bap
tist Church, M70 Dr.
Carver Rd. “I luppsT that
we will go forth and be a
better church after we
have settle^this."
For MPbral weeks the
pastor Ims been involved in
a dispute with a member of
tips church and a small
fraction of Ms follower*
The argument has re
ceived wide spread publi
city.
Rev. Dewberry, 94, said
the dispute should have
never been made public
and that it could have been
handled within the church.
However, the majority of
IJ f ' L™ T"V - . |-| - ,
. \si uewoerry
Embroiled In controversy
the 850-member church has
bached Dewherry from the
start, be said, because be
bas operated the church
the way most of the mem
bers have wanted it.
Rev. Dewberry served
six years as assistant
K RAIPH B. EVERETT
- •••»Democratu■ (.hief Counsel
Ralph Everett Is Black
Democrats Guest Speaker
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
Ralph B. Everett will be
the keynote speaker,
March 10, at the Mecklen
burg Black Democrats’
Fundraising Dinner.
This second annual event
will be held at 7 p.m. in the
J. A. Grimes Lounge at
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity.
Everett is the Democra
tic Chief Counsel and Staff
Director of the Senate
Committee on Commerce,
Science and Transport
ation. He was appointed to
this position by Senator
Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC).
Mr. Everett is the first
black in history to serve as
a Senate Committee Chief
Counsel and Staff Director.
The committee has juris
diction over all matters
relating to science and
technology, oceans policy,
transportation and com
munication.
A Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Morehouse
College and Duke Univer
sity Law School, Everett
has worked on Senator
Hollings’ personal staff
since March, 1977. Since
April, 1978, he has been a
legislative assistant,
analyzing, monitoring and
drafting legislation in the
following committees:
Commerce; Banking;
Housing and Urban Af
fairs; Energy and Natural
Resources; Environment
and Public Works;
Finance; Small Business;
Rules a .d Administration
and Indian Affairs.
preacher to the Rev J. A
Reeder, before he inherit
ed the pulpit when Rev
Reeder died In 1966
Ten years later, the
native of Henrietta, N.C.,
has piloted the church into
financial prosperity.
between 1966 and 1977
Gethsemane Baptist
Church went from having
$4,000 in Us treasury, own
ing a plot of land, the per
sonage and piecemeal
church structure to having
$270,000, 4H acres of land
and six houses
Members of the church
wanted to hove a building
fund, Rev. Dewberry said.
"We raised the mooey
through contributions !
was teaching tithing
You've gotta motivate
them (members) totfve.”
According to Rev Dew
berry, he parlayed that
$4,000 into eight houses, a
cafe and a remodeled
church, which he sold to the
City of Charlotte for about
$137,000 in 1976
Dewberry used the pro
ceeds from the sale of the
properties to help finance
Gethsemane's new sprawl
ing $700,000 facility which
boasts a sanctuary that
holds about 1,100 persons,
an education building that
has four classrooms and a
fellowship and dinning hall.
“They (members) want
ed to build a church," ,
Dewberry said “They
wanted to build it from the
ground up In fact, that’s
what I wanted ”
Dewberry said the
church has usually worked
together and been unified.
He remembers when a
Charlotte traffic engineer
wanted to take down a stop
light at Dr. Carver Rd. and
West Blvd. The light
helped to regular hectic
traffic before and after
service on Sundays.
“We went to the council
meetings and carried
members and we were able
to do something,” ha Sa
ke* GETHAEMANE Pg. 4
Everett is a member of
the North Carolina State
Bar, the District of Colum
bia Bar and American
Bar Association. He has
been admitted to practice
law in the U.S. Supreme
Court, the N.C. Supreme
Court, the U.S. District
Court for District of Co
lumbia, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for District of Co
lumbia. the U.S. Tax Court
and the U.S. Court of
Claims. He is also a mem
ber of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity and Phi Alpha
Theta International Honor
Society in History.
According to the Chair
man of the Mecklenburg
Black Democratic Party.
Sam Young, this annual
fundraising dinner is “held
to encourage black people
to devote time and energy
to the Democratic Party
Not only that, but also to
put more money into the
Party.”
l*si year the Black
Democratic Party contri
buted about $1,200 to the
Democratic Party Of
course we want to exceed
that amount this year Our
goal within the next five to
six years is to contribute at
least one-third of the total
Democratic Party’s bud
get,” Young noted
He acknowledged blacks
have political clout and the
more they contribute to
every facet of the Demo
era tic Party, the more
their clout will be reflected
The $25 fee for the fund
raising dinner show) be
forwarded to the Mecklen
burg County Black Demo
cratic Party, 951 S Inde
pendence Blvd , Suite 330.
Charlotte, N.C. 2*202
Young expressed donations
are acceptable
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sfjftkurnu
Chariotteans
Paid Special
Honors
Bobby Lowery, Presi
dent of Better Cleaning
Janitor Service, and
Robert Person, Director of
the City of Charlotte Em
ployment and Training De
partment, have been
awarded a Certificate of
Appreciation as Outstand
ing North Carolinians.
Signed by Governor
James B. Hunt Jr., the
certificates were issued to
Lowery and Person by
Deputy Secretary Jim
Summers of the North
Carolina Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development
The Charlotte businessmen
received their honors at a
recent meeting conducted
by the Employment Train
ing Council m Raleigh.
i ney were cited for sig
nificant contributions to
the progress of North
Carolina and for exem
plary service to the citizens
of their community and
state," by the Governor.
The Employment and
Training Council, author
ized under the Compre
hensive Employment and
Training Act (CETA), pro
vided oversight to state
wide employment and
training programs desig
nated to provide training
and employment opportun
ities to the state's unem
ployed and disadvantaged
citizens.
The Council was com
posed of representative
from business and labor,
state agencies, educational
institutions, employment
and training organizations,
local governments and
special interest groups
charged with advising the
Governor on employment
and training policies and
programs.
A new Council will be
appointed by Governor
Hunt early next month to
administer the Job Train
ing Partnership Act This
Act will become effective
October t, 1983, replacing
CETA
I Jr. Anderson
Is Featured
Speaker
Internationally recog
nized diabetes specialist
and author. Dr James W
Anderson, is the featured
speak at the upcoming
“Diabetes Symposium:
Diabetes In the 80s ”
The day long sympo
sium, sponsored by Dia
betes Services, a division of
Community Health Asso
ciation, is scheduled for
Wednesday, March SO, 1M3
at the Holiday Inn - Wood
lawn.
In addition to Dr.
Anderson's presentation.
Dr Christ Saudsk of the
Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine and local special
ista Dr. James Plonk mid
Dr. Scott Jaben will dto
cusa various aspects of
diabetes and ita control.
Hie $25 registration fee
Includes lunch. For further •'
details please contact
Diabetes Services, at .
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