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Volume 8, Number 48 J" “ -—
• 11t 1 .1 _THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, May 12, 1983 ~ -
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KAREN PARKER
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feature writer
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Uiarlotte Post Reporter
"Receives Honorable Mention
Special To The Post
Kathleen Crosbry, a
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
SEW&HGt
fessionals, politicians and
community residents to
keep a positive attitude,
“the news' is good if you
want it to be.”
Mrs. Crosby, speaking at
the Black Media Associa
tion’s awards banquet last
Saturday said v’Many
times when we think doom
% coming we can make
something positive out of it
by rallying our forces and
by speaking our minds.”
Deal with problems then
move on to something else,
“you can’t keep being ne
gative everyday," she said.
inese words ot encour
agement came as black
■media professionals in
Charlotte gathered to
honor-for the first time
broadcast and newspaper
stories'that captured the
accomplishments, hopes
and potential of the black
community. The BMA also
gave a oommunity ser
vice award. Each first
place winner received «so
and a plaque..
The Charlotte Post re
porter Xaren Parker- re
ceived honorable mention
In the newspaper category
for a January 27 story on a
footer temporary secre
ts^, Brenda Goodman,
who started her own Job
training and referral agen
cy, Step Up Temporaries.
Charlotte News column
ist John Vaughan won first
place In the newspaper
category for a column an a
north Charlotte mother an^
her 10-year-old son who
lit their home by hand
ft Was destroyed by
WBTV photographer
Williams won first
in fee broadcast on
tegory for a Black History
Month photo essay featur
ing a musical tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. and
A photography exhibit
showing the faces and emo
tions of Charlotte’s black
citizens.
Charlene Price, WBTV
community affairs pro
ducer, received the com
munity service award. She
serves on the board of
directors of the Sickle Cell
Disease Association for
Charlotte and Metrolina,
and is a member of the
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity communications de
partment’s advisory com
mittee, the NAACP and the
Little Rock AME Zion
Church Choir.
Abigail Flanders, a cre
ative services director at
WBTV, received honorable
mention in the broadcast
category for a piece trac
ing the life of a black doc
tor from infancy through
adulthood.
Twenty-six entries were
Judged by local NAACP
president Kelly Alexander
Jr., businessman and com
munity leader L. C. Cole
man, Afro-American Cul
tural Center executive
director Shirley Farrar
and WBT radio commun
ity affairs director Ray
Community
Awareness
Carnival Set
The Salvation Army
Boys' Club will be having
its first Community Aware
ness Carnival on Saturday.
May 28, from 11 a m. to 2
p.m.
This event will be held at
the Milton Road Boys’ Club
located at 2901 Milton Rd.
There will be games,
food, fun and prizes for the
children. Also Lbs adults
may have a blood pressure
check, register to vote and
many more items of in
terest ^
Community College
The community college
system will celebrate Rs
20th birthday May 17. Tbit
event recognized the high
achievement that North
Carolina’! community col
lega system has made
Since 1983, whan the N.C.
General Assembly paaaed
a higher education bill that
meted the community col
grown to the point where
today more than 880,008
students enroll in cdm
Gooding. BMA president
Linda Florence Callahan
was a non-voting member
of the juding panel.
All entries will be on
permanent loan to the Afro
American Cultural Center
as part of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg black history
archives.
The Black Media Asso
ciation is a non-profit or
ganization of black profes
sionals in radio, televi
sion, newspapers and
public relations. The 32
member group produces
the public affairs televi
sion show “Images” (airs
monthly on cable Channel 3
and WTVI>, sponsors
Career Day workshops for
area students and monitors
the portrayal of blacks
people in advertisements.
The BMA was formed in
1977 by blacks citizens in
the Charlotte print and
broadcast media.
In Federal Funds
North Carolina To
Receive $1.3 Million
NAACP To
Pay Tribute
To Youths
The seventh annual
NAACP Youth of the Year
celebration will be held
Saturday, May 21, at Saint
Augustine’s College in Ra
leigh.
The theme for this year’s
conference is “Youth, You
Must Carry The NAACP
Spirit Forward.”
A special tribute to youth
and church music will be
given through the Youth of
the Year Gospel Songfest.
Youth choirs from all over
North Carolina are asked
to come and participate.
Special recognitions will be
given. The deadline for
choir registration was May
5th.
The Youth of the Year
Contest will recognize the
junior youth who raises the
mo^t-money over $160 and
the youth who raises the
largest amount over $150.
The junior youth winner
will receive a junior life
membership in the
NAACP. The youth winner
will receive an expense
paid trip to the NAACP
National Convention in
New Orleans, La.
Other highlights will be
workshops on sex, jobs and
personal success. The key
Youth of the Year Awards
program will be Alexander
Killens, special assistant to
the governor in minority
affairs.
For more information
about the 1983 NAACP
Youth of the Year celebra
tion, contact your local
NAACP unit or call 919
855-1847.
MONICA GLEATON
~Senior credit secretary
Monica Gleaton Possesses
Both Charm And Beauty
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Like a line from a fine
book of poetry Monica
Gleaton possesses charm,
intelligence and beauty to
mesmerize many and gent
ly comfort others.
Her gift is that one of
friendliness. One would
feel right at home with her
even in the most uncom
fortable situations. As a
senior credit secretary in
the Cooperate Upholstery
Division of Barclays Arne
rican, Ms. Gleaton has op
portunities to extend her
personality in a beneficial
way, not only for the com
pany but also in conjunc
tion with her professional
aspirations.
Ms. Gleaton, a graduate
of Independence High
School, 1977 and Kings Col
lege, 1978, plans to continue
her education through
courses such as accounting
sponsored by Barclays.
“I’d like to take more
courses and one day to
Supreme Court Justice To Address
Barber'-Scotia Commencement
nte Honorable Henry E.
Frye will make history
again when he addresses
the Commencement exer
cises at Barber-Scotia Col
lege in Concord on Sunday
morning, May 15, at 10. The
long list of Commencement
speakers at Barber-Scotia
dating back to the school’s
first classes in the late
1800s has included civil
rights leaders, business
leaders, ministers, and
public officials, but never a
black Supreme Court
Justice.
Henry Frye has been or
ia ail of the above except a
minister. He is a deacon of
his church in Greensboro.
Until he was sworn in to
serve on the bench oi the
Supreme Court of North
Carolina on February 3,
lt«. there had never been
a black Justice on the
bench of the highest legal
authority in ihe state. So.
for Barber-ScotU, Justice
Frye will mark history for
the college. Fifty-four
seniors will receive their
diplomas in the exercise at
Convocation Center on the
Barber-Scotia campus
The 30-year-old native of
Eller be, N'Jc., marks his
30th class reunion this year
after .graduating from
North Carolina A*T State
Uidversity In Greensboro
In IMS. Frye, a former Air
Force Captain, graduated
Henry Frye
.Supreme Coart Jaatlee
from the University of
North Carolina Law School
in 1959. Following several
years of practice in hia
successful Greensboro law
firm, Frye was first
elected to the State House
of Representatives from
Guilfdrd County in 1999,
serving through 1980 and
then winning a seat in the
State Senate for one term
He chose not to run for re
election, and went back to
his private law practice in
1983.
While serving in the State
Legislature, PYye was as
signed to numerous com
mittees, including chair
manship or vice-chairman
of several committees. His
committee work included:
Ways and Means; Congres
sional Re-districting; Elec
tion Laws; Constitutional
Amendments; Higher Edu
cation; Appropriations
Committee. He is also a
former member of the Ad
visory Budget Commis
sion. Frye was an organ
iser of and served as pre
sident of the Greensboro
National Bank.
In naming Frye to the
Supreme Court bench, Go
vernor Jim Hunt recog
nised Frey as being one of
the best legal minds in the
state. Frye has been the
recipient of numerous
awards and certificates of
appreciation for his work
as lawyer, businessman,
legislator and community
leader.
Frye is married to the
former Edith Shirley Tay
lor. They have two sons and
live in Greensboro
For more information
about the commencement
activities at Barber-Scotia
College, contact Mrs
Emma Witherspoon at
786-5171, ext 239, or Ms
Peggye Campbell at 788
4800
HUD Funds Available
Housing and Urban Do
velopment Secretary Sam
uel R. Pierce Jr. has an
nounced the availability of
M34 million in loans to
finance rental housing
units for the elderly and
handicapped.
The loans, under HUD's
Section 202 Program for
the Elderly and the Han
dicapped, are made to pri
vate nonprofit corporations
■nd consumer cooperatives
sponsoring residentiel fa
cilities for elderly and han
dicapped persons. These
are direct federal loans at
low interest for a term of a
maximum of 40 years. The
Xo)ects can be either new
ly constructed or substan
tially rehabilitated existing
structures
Secretary Pierce noted
some changes in the pro
gram for this year. For one
thing, a portion of the
funding will be directed to
minority participation "As
part of HUD’* efforts to
implement the President’s
announced objective of in
creasing minority business
participation in govern
ment procurement/’ Se
cretary Pierce said, "I
have a set a minimum na
tional goal of 17 percent for
such participation./
Regulation changes for
this fiscal year require that
under certain conditions,
construction contracts be
competitively bid.
Ik
have my own secretary.”
Ms. Gleaton revealed.
“I am somebody now,
but I want to become more
I have a lot of abilities but
there are more that I have
been gifted with and can
use, however, they must be
developed,” she continued.
“No one should be stag
nant.”
Being one who enjoys
conversing with people our
Gemini beauty is also one
who presents her view
points when she feels it to
be necessary.
“I have a lot of ways
from my later father.
Emanuel Brown He was a
great influence on my life
and now that he is gone a
lot of people have told our
family that he is not only
missed by us, but by others
also He was a leader of
leaders, and an extremely
free hearted person.”
ms. uieaton is the daugh
ter of Frances Brown. She
also has a son Emanuel
Gleaton who will be two in
June.
From the lesson Ms
Gleaton learned from her
father concerning perform
ing at one’s highest poten
tial has caused her to take
her profession seriously
She has attended several
seminars for professional
secretaries and has applied
for membership in the Pro
fessional Secretaries Insti
tute. Her degree from
Kings College was in Se
cretarial Science. On her
job she has advanced to
become a senior secretary
within five years. “I love
my job and I enjoy every
thing I do. I like having
plenty to do Lynn Craig,
the assistant treasurer and
Jim Stenhouse assistant
vice president in the
Credit Department both
have aided me greatly.
Ms Gleaton has com
bined the joys in her life
and the ambitions inspired
by loved ones to come up
with a recipe for life that is
priceless. Her philosophy
that “No one should stop at
a certain point...if you
know you can do it,” is
certainly representative of
her initiative to explore life.
Funds To
Help The
Elderly
Human Resources Secre
tary Dr. Sarah T Morrow
announced that North
Carolina will receive $13
million in federal funds to
provide temporary food
and shelter to help unem
ployed and low income ci
tizens. The money is North
Carolina's share of the
Emergency Food and Shel
ter Program recently
established by Congress as
part of the $4 6 billion
federal Jobs Bill.
The funding for the pro
gram was divided among
the states on the oasis of
their unemployment rates
and the number of indivi
duals living below the po
verty level.
Dr Morrow said the new
program will help fill a
great oeed ir. the state "
"With so many of our peo
ple out of work, these are
very hard times Many
citizens, through no fault of
their own, are hungry and
homeless,” she said. "I’m
pleased that Congress has
cared enough to help these
needy Americans.”
The North Carolina De
partment of Human Re
sources' Division of So
cial Services will distri
bute the money to local
non-profit service agen
cies, public and private, to
supplement their emergen
cy food and shelter pro
grams. Priority will be
given to agencies serving
the hardest hit areas of the
state - those with high or
rising rates of unemploy
ment and large populations
that are at or below the
nation's poverty level
Starting June 1, 1983, the
distribution of the federal
money will be made to
local non-profit organiza
tions that have applied for
funds, have demonstrated
they can provide emergen
cy food or shelter, and have
met other eligibility re
quirements All the funds
will be spent by Septem
ber 30, 1983
in uruer 10 oe engioie tor
funds distributed on June 1.
agencies must submit their
application by May 16,
1983 Applications will be
accepted after the May 16
deadline, but late awards
will be made from funds
that are available after the
initial June 1 distribution.
The Department has dis
tributed applications to a
number of agencies which
provide emergency assist
ance Other agencies in
terested in receiving pro
gram guidelines, applica
tions, or additional infor
mation, should contact
Michele T. Nelson. Social
Services Block Grant Sec
tion, 325 North Salisbury
Street, Raleigh, NC 27811,
919-733-8250 or call CARE
LINE, toll-free from any
where in th% state, 1JKX>
Mjf7030.
Dr. Whiting h
NCCU Speaker
North Carolina Central
University Chancellor Al
bert N. Whiting will be the
principal speaker tor a
May 14 Alumni Awards
luncheon at the univeraRy
He will retire June 90 alter
18 yean at the institution. '
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