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The theme for this year’s convention .is “Black Women Attorneys in the Community: Advocates for Social Change.” “Black women attorneys can have a tremendous Impact In resolving social problems, especially be cause of the ever-increas ing numbers of black women attorneys through out the country,” said Ruth Harvey Charity of Danville, Va., National President of the National Association of Black Wo men Attorneys. “We as a group are^n a unique po sition to suggest strategies for social change because of our past experience and first-hand knowledge of* some of the most pressing iflfwcfl ” The three-day convention -Will cover a broad spec trum of topics, ranging from criminal Justice re form to problems of pro fessional women in ba lancing career and person al relationships. The group black Wdgfen as trial at torneys, concerns of black law students, and numer ous other issues of inter est to blacks and women. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Congress Woman Cardiss Collins OD-ILL.), and attorney activist Florynce R, “Flo” ESC Fills 10,000 Jobs Unemployed workers in Ndrth Carolina were matched with more than 10,000 Job openings fur nished by employers in April. The 10,000 Job place ment transactions repre sented a significant im provement over April, 1982. Job placement efforts gen erated a return of more than $1.5 million to the state's economy. Catego ries which benefited from the increase included agriculture, service oc cupations and clerical Jobs. . Glenn Jemigan, chairman of the N.C. Employment Security Commiaslon was particularly with the more than w percent increese in veteran placement. •. New statistical data from Region IV of the U S De partment of Labor Indi cates that of the eight soutbeaefeern states North Carolina ranked number one in putting people, who were receiving unemploy ment benefits, back to work. Jornigan said, "By reluming workers back to the labor force the unem ployment insurance trust raid solvency is strength a i E Caroline McLendon .Myers Park senior Caroline McLendon Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor Beauty is a significant part of the fashion world. Each creative thought and twirl of the thread or yarn gives the public the op portunity to express them selves physically through various garments. Not only can our beauty model clothing but she is also in the process of learning the various aspects of promotion, de signing and selling of fashions. Caroline McLen don, a senior at Myers Park High School, has decided that her major concentration in studies will pertain to fashion merchandising and com puter programming. She seems to be an excellent contender in both respects. She has taken classes at the Barbizon Modeling School brushing up on the basic modeling techniques. Ho* courses at school in fashion merchandising have given her further in sight into what the Held is all about. computer programming is another interest of Ms. McLendon’s. “I’ve always enjoyed working with machines. I like to help other students when it comes to writing pro grams. I think computers have become important in this generation,’’ Ms. McLendon explained. Her studies in college, (she would like to attend Baqder Fashion College or the American Business Fashion Institute), will in clude fashion merchandis ing and computer pro gramming. Sadly, Ms. Mc Lendon stated her continu ing education will depend upon financial situations. "Hopefully,! will have the chance," Ms. McLendon said. “I am full of en thusiasm and optimism and I sm self confident. No matter how hard things become I Just try to keep smiling. For one thing I know that God has pro mised me that He will open the gates to heaven for evervone.” i With faith in God and self confidence M* McLendon would like to not only achieve the career goals she has set for herself but she also wants to advance spiritually. She attends Primitive Baptist Church where Elder 0. J. Hatchett la pastor. She la a member The Charlotte City Coun cil will hold a special meet in* on Tuaeday, May 31, at • p m in the United Com munity Services Audito rium, 301 South Brevard Street, to chscues the re location of the Smith Metal and Iron Company from its location In Third ii fc. T of the choir., “I enjoy meeting people and I like doing things for people. My mother, Gloria Digsby, has been a positive influence on my life. She is always there when I need her and she is the besl mother anyone could ever have.’**' me late rred j. McLen don is the father of out beauty. She also has on« sister, Venus McLendon and one brother,. Georgs Digsby Jr. Family life is importan to Ms. McLendon. She enjoys conversing with family members as well as listening to the talentec Michael Jackson anc watching Todd Bridges ol "Diff’rent Strokes.” She also enjoys tennis, bowling roller skating, basketball creative dancing anc swimming. An Aries, our beauty lives up to the notion ol being a leader. At Myert Park High School she has been a homeroom class president for three years; s member of the Student Council; she is presently a Flag Girl; and a membei of the NAACP. She is also a member of the Charlotte Tennis Gub and a Rec Cross volunteer. She has won trophies in bowling and received the Perfecl Attendance award in the ninth grade and Best Atti tude award in the seventh. Her philosophy of life car be simply stated, but be hind the words is a power ful message: “Peace would be all humans coming together as one spiritually.” Minority Contractors Plan Strategy Session Democrats Fundraising Rally Set Special To The Post . .Democratic Party Chair man Russell Walker an nounced that he has ap pointed National Democra tic Committee woman Mrs. Betty McCain and Nation al Committeeman Cla rence Lightner to chair North Carolina's participa tion in the national Demo cratic Party television fundraiser “Celebrater America.” The 17-hour telethon will be broadcast on the NBC television network over Memorial Day Weekend. It will feature many of the nation’s top show business personalities including Paul Newman, Mary Tyler Moore, Gene Kelly, Mario Thomas, John Forsythe, Waylon Jennings, Leslie Uggams, Jack Lemmon, Jean Stapleton and Tom i Boslev. ' —' s The event will begin on Saturday, May 28, at 9:30 p.m. Except for one half hour break for local news at 11 p.m., “Celebrate America” will continue without interruption until 3 p.m., Sunday, May 29. It will be broadcast live from Los Angeles. There will also be special tributes to President John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Ken nedy’s birthday is May 29th. In North Carolina, Mrs. McCain and Mr. Lightner have named an at-large state committee: Linda Ashendorf of Charlotte, Wallace Hyde, of Asheville, Jeannette Carl of Raleigh, E.V. Wilkins of Roper and the Honorable Daniel Blue of Raleigh. "It is going to take a lot of money to meet these challenges and to win. In our state it is going to be particularly expensive be cause in our state the multi-million Congression al Club will be blanket ing the state with big money to defend its lead er Jesse Helms.” DR. WILLIAM HENRY L. GREENE - / / Livingstone's Seventh President Livingstone Picks Greene Salisbury - Dr. William Henry L. Greene has been elected the seventh presi dent of Livingstone Col lege and Hood Theological Seminary, according to an announcement by Bishop William Milton Smith, Chairman of the College Board of Trustees. Dr. Greene, 39, current ly serves as Director of ■Career Counseling and Placement at Johnson C. Smith University in Char lotte, and will assume his duties effective July 1. Dr. James Y. Younge, a former Salisbury resident has served as interim pre sident since the retirement of Dr F. George Shipman, in June, 1982. Livingstone College is the only four year Liberal Arts College in the world which receives major sup port in excess of $1.5 million from the AME Zion Church each year. Thirty candidates were interviewed for the job with one of the requirements being that the new presi dent be a member of the AME Zion Church. In a recent interview, Dr. Greene stressed the need for a strong team concept as evidenced by his wife, Dr. Ruth Lipscomb Greene, who will teach psy chology at Livingstone. Dr. Greene cited two of his major priorities as in creasing the college’s en rollment and strengthening the college's fund raising and institutional advance ment area. Dr. Greene was born in Richburg, S.C. and moved to Charlotte when he was four. He earned his B.A in Political Science from ' Johnson C. Smith Univer sity. Continuing his educa tion, he earned his mas ter's and doctorate degrees in Curriculum and Instruc tion from Michigan State University. , Clayton Perry Receives Certificate From Truck Market Institute By Lari Grier Pom 8Uff Writer It only seems like yester day when Clayton Perry began a career as an auto mobile salesman at Roy ■ton Chrysler-Plymouth on PinavUle Road. , Times were rough for the high school drop out who had to join the Army to support his disabled father and struggling family. Today, Perry is not only a Special Marketing Direc tor for LaPointe Chevrolet, but he recently received a certificate from the Truck Market Institute in Cali fornia LaPointe Chevrolet payed Perry’s tuition for the truck course, making him the first buck in Meck lenburg County to graduate from the school. He grad uated with honors and re ceived enthusiastic letters if recommendation. Perry enrolled In the I Cl.ytaa'Perry (Marketing specialist nvf-momn course u> learn mere about the truck in dustry. “Eighty percent or more of all businesses re quire some form of truck work to help their busi nesses, such as, pick ups and deliveries. The more you learn the more you earn,” he said. LaPointe has been very fair to Perry and has treated Ms customers with dignity. LaPointe has also A given him the opportunity to one day own his own dealership by assisting him in advancing his car and truck knowledge. "If a per son is interested in buying a new car or truck, my prices are $200 cheaper than my competitors’,” he said. His experiences at the Truck Market Institute were those of only great achievement and benefit. Perry said, "This gives me the ability to perform duties as a truck manager in any dealership-whether it be Ford or Chevrolet. I am capable of answering all questions about the truck line up.” According to Perry, his customers who respect pro fessionalism can get the best possible prices and knowledge on trucks since his completion of the course. Behind every successful man there is a successful woman. Attorney Marnite Shuford Perry contributes her husband's success to his willingness to stay with the industry over many years. "The car industry is on the upswing because of low interest rates. Perry has layed the groundwork for his success It all boils down to his hard work, determination and fore sight," she informed When you’re in the mar ket for buying a new par or truck, listen to the man who knows about the busi ness. "You need to consult with someone you know who has a good reputation and is in a position to give you the best possible price on a new car or truck. You are asking for trouble when you walk onto a car lot not knowing anyone in particu lar. Remember, it's not what you know, it’s who you know,” he said. Prior to coming to J.C Smith University in 1979, Dr. Greene has an im pressive list of credentials which include his serving as Assistant to the Chan cellor and Director of De velopment and University Relations at Fayetteville State University; Director of Inservice Education at the Center for Urban Edu cation at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass.; Director of the Navy Rape Relations School, rtey West, Florida; and teaching experience in every level from high school through the mas ter’s level. At 6'1" and 165 pounds. Dr. Greene looks much younger in appearance than his age indicates His versatility is also reflected by his experience as a baseball coach and choir director at Laurinburg Institute Active in numerous or ganizations, he serves as a director and treasurer of Greene Brothers Flooring, a family owned business in Charlotte, a Sunday School teacher at The Greater Gethsemane AME Zion Church, a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons and as a Shriner I he Greenes are the pa rents of two children, Omari, 5, and Jamila, 4 Mrs Greene is a native of Institute, West Virginia and earned her Ed D from the University of Massa chusetts at Amherst in Educational Psychology “Livingstone has been a very viable part of the Salisbury-Rowan Com munity for over 100 years,” he stated, "and we must continue to reach out into the community, offer more community service and programs which will be mutually beneficial.” “We want to make sure that we have first rate programs in every area that we offer a degree A strong advocate of the small liberal afta college, Greene said he foresees no change from the basic for mat. Conferees To Hear Ben Hooks Special To The Post ..Washington, DC' - The Howard Inn, Washington. D.C.’s only black-owned and operated hotel, will be the site of the National Association of Minority Contractors’ (NAMC) 14th Annual Convention. Rally ing under this year’s theme, "Building Bridges ...Crossing Barriers," the more than 500 expected conferees will chart a new course for minorities in the construction industry. Be ginning June 22, the four day confab will focus upon the legislatively mandated minority business partici pation aspects of the Sur face Transportation Assist ance Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-427). In addition, con ferees will hear an address by Dr. Benjamin Hooks, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) . at the closing event sched uled for Saturday even ing. June 25. 1 he Mitchell Amend ment is of prime interest to our constituency Over the next four years, minority businesses could realize an estimated $7 billion as a result of this legislation," said Dewey Thomas, Executive Director of the Washington-based minor ity trade association. Last December, Congress passed a five cent per gallon gasoline tax. Re venues from the new tax will finance the multi-year, multi-billion dollar High way Repair and Urban Mass Transit Act The Mitchell Amendment re quires states to take im mediate steps to award a minimum of ten percent of their contract funds to minority-owned business es In addition to strategy sessions on the new legis lation, convention partici pants will hear from high level officials representing the U S. Departments of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, the Minor ity Business Development Administration (MBDA), and the U S Small Busi ness Administration. Seminars designed to ad dress the specific needs of large and small contrac tors; opportunities for graduating 8(a) firms; new technologies, and the unique problems of women entrepreneurs are among the topics to be covered. Dr. Hooks' presentation is expected to cover the progress of the NAACP’s Fair Share Program and outline a closer working relationship between the NAMC an the NAACP ■ in: I^atiunai /isaociauon of Minority Contractors is a full-service, minority trade association established in 19W to address the needa and concerns of minority contractors nationwide. Currently, NANC has membership in 34 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Most recently, NAMC an nounced the formation of a wholly-owned, non-profit subsidiary For more details about the convention schedule of events, contact PS trice Newman at 302-347-t2SS.