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Arthritis
Workshop
Qffered
An intensive two-day
workshop on arthritis and
rheumatic disease for alli
ed health professionals is
being planned for May S
and 7 at the Charlotte Area
Health Education Center
(AHEC). The program be
gins at 9 a.m. on Friday,
May 6, and continues
through 4:15 on that day.
After breaking for dinner,
sessions begin again at 7
p.m. Friday evening and
conclude at 9:30 . Satur
day’s schedule goes from
9:30 a.m. through 4 p.m.
The two-day event is act
ually two separate work
shops which were put to
gether} tit-prdei"*to mgrtr.
mize their educational val
ue aAff cost effectiveness.
Friday’s daytime program
is being sponsored by the
North Carolina Arthritis
Health Professions Ass
ociation (N.C. AHPA), a
professional association of
allied health personnel who
have interest and expertise
in rheumatology. The pro
gram includes presentat
ions on medical manage
ment in rheumatic
disease, physical assess
ment, arthritis in industry,
and the psychological and
social impact of arthritis,
■he program for Friday
mght and Saturday is a
second workshop which is a
part of a statewide project
entitled Community-based
Arthritis Continuing Edu
cation (or CACE).
Thomas Moore
To Travel
To Nigeria
Thomas Moore, educa
tional consultant to the
government of Rivers
State, Nigeria, is leading a
team of educational and
management consultants
who will be working in Port
Harcourt, Riven State, Ni
geria from April 30 - May
21st.
The educators who will
be advising the govern
ment of Riven State are
Bobbie H. Rowland, Ph.D.,
of the UNCC College of
Human Development and
Learning; Dorothy McKen
zie, Director of Weekday
School, First Presbyterian
Church, Gastonia; Judith
Wish, Ph.D., Pembroke \
State University; Jan Ann
Springs, Director of Fair
view Homes Daycare
Center.
The management con
sulting team consists of
Jim Polk, President of
Manpower Management
Associates and Norris
Frederick, Ph D., Partner
Reid-Frederick Asso
C*ates. Along with Moore,
they will be ■■■■■ring
needs and possibilities for
more effective function
ing of the Rivers State go
vernment, as well as in
vestigating prospecta for
commerce with Nigeria.
On the return trip from
Nigeria, Moore and Fre
derick will stop off in New
York to meet with the na
tional salea represent
atives of East Woods
Press, which is publishing
a book they have . co
authored. "The Saturday
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ENGAGING VANESSA JACKSON
.South Mecklenburg senior
Vanessa Jackson
Is Beauty Of Week
Poat Managing Editor
For our beauty, Vanessa
Jackson, there is a special
meaning in the cliche
“People helping people.”
“For instance,” she be
gan, “something should be
done about the starving in
the world, like people in
Cambodia. All the un
necessary money being
used on welfare could be
given to people who are
starving.”
A senior at South Meck
lenburg High School, Miss
Jackson has concentrated
not only on her studies but
also on the affairs of the
world and the various
perils facing us. Her plans
are to attend Winston
Salem State University and
major in Mass Communi
cation with a minor in
Airline Travel.
My first choice is Radio
and Television Broadcast
ing. I enjoy working with
the public.” Ms. Jackson
has also thought about be
coming an airline steward
ess or trying her luck in the
world of fashion modeling.
Actually she has plenty
of time to try either or all
occupations. Presently,
however, she is vice presi
dent of the DECCA Club at
South Mecklenburg; voted
to the Homecoming Court
of 1983; nominated for
Valentine’s Queen of
Hearts and is a Letter Girl.
She attends Second Cal
vary Baptist Church where
Rev. Dr. Lemar Poster is
pastor.
When she is not working
at her part-time job at
Bojangles, she “enjoys
swimming and softball.
“I’ll play softball this
summer with the Salvation
Army Boys Club,” she
commented. Reading is
also a favorite hobby of our
beauty. She also enjoys
novels and magazines.
Ms. Jackson most ad
mires her mother, Doris
Jackson, and Diana Ross,
the superb entertainer
many feel our beauty
favors physically. Myra
and Anthony Jackson are
the sister and brother of
our beauty.
Her musical taste lands
on the waves of Prince, and
Debarge. "I really enjoy
the music of Prince. Since
he is young his music ex
plains a lot about the men
tality of teenagers. He is
very open with his music.”
Studying has always
been important to Miss
Jackson. She remembers
her favorite teacher from
Quail Hollow. “He was
John Montgomery and he
was my English teacher
English is still my favor
ite subject. Mr. Montgom
ery was a father figure to
me and we became
friends.”
A Gemini, Miss Jackson
states that she is two op
posites wrapped into one
individual. She is a person
who knows how to enjoy
life, but she is also one who
never overlooks the pein
others endure. These are
qualities that will benefit
her well both personally
and professionally.
Winston Lecturer Says:
Lack Of Public Support
Responsible For Cuts
Communities
To Share
$15 Million
Special To The Post
North Carolina commun
ities will share $15,454,000
in Community Develop
ment Block Grant (CDBG)
funds as part of the emer
gency jobs bill recently
signed into law by Presi
dent Reagan, it was an
nounced by Secretary of
Housing and Urban Devel
opment, Samuel R. Pierce
Jr.
The $4.6 billion jobs bill
which includes $1 billion in
CDBG funds is designed to
provide humanitarian as
sistance to indigent and
jobless persons. Funds to
North Carolina were de
termined by a formula
which is used each year to
allocate CDBG funds to
states. This standard for
mula was modified to take
into account both current
and long-term unemploy
ment rates statewide.
TTie final allocation of
funds provides $6,924,000
for North Carolina’s lar
gest (entitlement) cities
and $8,530,000 for small
cities and towns.
“I am very pleased that
the Southeast Region re
ceived $143,701,000. This
money will not only be used
to expand the job market
but also respond to our
country’s call for funding
necessary to maintain eco
nomically and socially vi
able communities," states
Clifton G. Brown, HUD’s
Regional Administrator for
the Southeast Region.
In fiscal year 1983, the 15
entitlement cities in North
Carolina received $19,585,
000 in CDBG funds and the
State's smaller cities and
towns recevied $43,868,000.
The funds announced today
are new appropriations
awarded in addition to the
fiscal year 1963 CDBG.
Both entitlement cities
and the State of North
Carolina which admin
isters the CDBG program
for small cities and towns
must meet normal submis
sion requirements for re
ceipt of the emergency
CDBG funds. These re
quirements include a
public hearing and submis
sion of program objectives
to HUD. Communities may
begin to ufte the funds
within a few weeks, but all
will have until July 1.
MS. BESSIE HEMPHILL
—mother to many
100-Year-Old Bessie Hemphill
Post’s Mother Of The Year
Has “Remarkable Memory”
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
.. Remember cooking corn
bread on an openfire in the
house? The common know
ledge of course was to pour
the batter in a pan and
place hot coals on top of a
lid to cook the combread.
Chances are you don't
remember...that was 100
years ago when the cooking
technique was used. But
our ‘Mother of the Year,”
Bessie Hemphill, can tell
you all about those good old
days. Ms. Hemphill turned
100 years old April 24th.
“If anyone had told me
when I was 25 that I would
live to be 100 I would not
have believed them,” Ms
Hemphill smiled.
Those first 25 years or so
were spent living the farm
Max Robinson Is Guest Speaker
For J.C. Smith Commencement
Max Robinson at ABC>
'World News Tonight” will
bo the keynote speaker at
to be held at Johnson C.
Smith University May It.
Mors than 1M students
are^ expected^to receive
which begins at rSTpu? ,
The public is invited to
Robinson has became a
srs.'ttt.n;
anchor for me national
news segments of "World
News Tonight” as well m
tor ABC News special re
ports. Beyond Ms pried
Max Robinson
.Keynote speaker
pte rote of national desk
anchor in Chicago, Robin
•on also coven major
•tortea ranging from the
maiden flight of NASA'*
Space Shuttle Columbia to
the murders of black child
ren in Atlanta.
Robinson is the recipient
at two national and two
regional Emmy Awards,
the Capitol Press Club
Journalist of the Year
Award and the Ohio State
Award, aa well as an award
from the National Educa
tion Association. His most
recent national snuny was
in the Newt and Docu
mentary category, 18TOAO.
An accomplished paint
er, Robinson has taught
communicative arts and
television production at Fe
deral City College. The
recipient of the 1M1 Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial
Drum Major for Justice
Award is listed In "Who’s
Who in America,” "Who’s
Who in Black America,"
and “Who’s Who In the
Midwest.”
He is married to the
former Beverly Hamilton
and has four chilAen
Republican Women
The Mecklenburg Even
ing Republican Women’s
Club will hold its annual
Attic Sale on Saturday,
May 7, at the Memorial
United Methodist Church,
4012 Central Ave , Char
lotte.
life. Born and raised in
York County, S.C., Ms.
Hemphill remembers well
the work of picking cotton,
pulling com and raising the
food that she, her brother
and sister and mother,
Jane and father Hugh
Hemphill would have to
eat.
“I moved from the farm
when I was about 35 or 40
and began to work for a
white lady. I tended to their
children and raised their
children. That was around
1928 and I believe Hoover
had been elected president
and Franklin was the vice
president.”
With this remarkable
memory Ms. Hemphill pro
ceeded to explain what
may be the reasons for her
longevity. "I really don’t
know what to think about it '
myself. I do know that my
granddaddy lived to be 107
or 108, all my uncles and
aunts lived to be in their 90s
and my mother was in her
80s before she passed.”
Whatever the reason Ms.
Hemphill is glad to be
alive, and in the same
breath she will tell you that
she is not afraid to die.
“Just as long as I am right
with the Lord and do His
will I’m not afraid to die. If
I don’t go to church I’ll
read my Bible all day.
Sometimes I feel like I’m
going to pass away and
then it leaves me."
What has Ms Hemphill
faced in her 100 yean?
More recently death has
resided a little closer to her
home in Piedmont Courts.
She has had to have ca
taracts removed from her
eyes, she broke her leg and
last February she fought
off pneumonia within a
13-day stay in the hospital
With only a small
degree of difficulty in get
ting around Ms Hemphill
is physically and mentally
fit. “I hold a Bible study
each Tuesday night at my
home. About four ladies, all
of them are younger than I,
wall come over and we will
read. I’ve been reading the
Bible since I was big
enough and I’ve always
been involved in the
church.”
i oaay she is a member of
the United House of Prayer
For All People. She at
tends both the Beatties
Ford Rd sanctuary and the
Mission in Third Ward. In
past years she has beem
president of the Usher
Board, involved in many
programs for raising
money for the church and
attended church each Sun
day and just about each
night for many years
There is no telling how
many people Ms. Hemphill
has influenced “In my
community no one has
given me a cross word
Sometimes people will
bring me dinner ” In work
she raised children in two
different families. She
raised her own two child
ren, John Fred and Mary
Porter, who are now both
deceased She has also
raised a host of grand
children, great grands and
great, great grands. Even
today she gives out tidbits
of advice. She was mar
ried to Bishop Henry but
later went back to her
maiden name
See Masker on page I.
Su^irt For
Program
Has Eroded
Current cutbacks in
social welfare programs
are the result of shifting
political and social values
since the 1960s, and are not
just the result of the 1980
election, a national public
welfare leader said at
North Carolina State Uni
versity.
Edward T. Weaver,
Executive Director of the
American Public Welfare
Association, spoke on cur
rent trends in welfare po
licy in the first lecture of
the Ellen Winston Lecture
Series, a program which
has been established at
NCSU to annually bring
prominent speakers on
social welfare to the cam
pus.
His lecture was entitled
“Promoting the General
Welfare: Social Welfare
Policy in the 1980s."
Weaver, who heads a
national membership or
ganization of 1,500 social
welfare agencies, briefly
traced the history of social
welfare in the United
Stales since World War II.
After the Great Depres
sion and World War II, he
said, “The government
was seen as a shining
knight which could save the
world from totalitarianism
and cure social problems at
home.”
But since the 1960s,
which he described as re
presenting the “zenith” in
social welfare programs,
public support for welfare
programs has eroded He
attributed this shift in at
titude to “a lack of
money, a lack of concen
sus and a lack of confi
dence” in the ability of
government to make a dif
ference in poverty cycles.
He characterized the
1980s, with inflation, high
unemployment and tight
budgets, as a period of
transition between “an era
of affluence and the un
known future.”
The welfare executive
said that when money is
tight, people become con
servative, but that the cur
rent extreme emphasis in
government on efficiency
in welfare programs is
harmful to the people who
need services
Weaver said a small por
tion of taxes should be set
aside to provide the basic
necessities for the poor, the
old, children, the disabled
and the unemployed
The Helen Winston bee
ture and Development
Fund in social work as
established last spring by
the Humanities Foundation
of North Carolina State
University to support a lec
tureship and to provide
support tor faculty and cur
riculum development In the
Bachelor of Social Work
program at NCSU.
The fund honors Dr.
Ellen Winston, a former
N.C. Commissioner of Pu
blic Welfare and the first
U.S. Commission of Wel
fare in the U.S. Depart
ment of Health, Education
and Welfare.
She also was an adjunct
professor in the NCSU so
cial work program and la a
member of its advisory
committee.