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Volume 8, Number 52
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Dazzling Linda Poole
.Involved in civic activities
Linda Poole Is
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Apathy would be a fo
reign existence in the life of
Linda Poole. It’s a noun
that has little substance or
room in her day to day life,
$ in her view of accomplish
ments and in the way she
perceives herself.
At 13 Miss Poole has
received numerous awards
and certificates for parti
cipation in civic, school and
-ua*nHHmity organizations.
She has received certifi
cates from the Youth In
volvement Club, the Char
lotte-Mecklenburg School
Performing Arts Depart
ihent, the Queen City
Youth Bowl for participa
tion in the Pal Youth Bowl
and many more.
Her trophies sit tall and
aglow in her home. She
received the Westover
Baseball Hills Little
league trophie as the 1961
rtauier-uo and the 1961 tro
phy for Best All-Around in
the Community of Clinton
Park from the Charlotte
Parks and Recreation. An
other trophy in Miss
Poole’s possession is the
South Mighty Mites Cheer
leading award for “Most
Consistant Cheerleader” in
1961.
“I enjoy being involved.
It gives me a better un
derstanding of people and
lets others know the way I
fed. I think being involved
gives me a good reputa
tion also.”
Miss Poole has been in
volved in various activities
and clubs for many years.
At five she was a major
ette. Her main influence in
doing well at what she
undertakes comes from her
mother, Maria Poole, and
her grandmother, Annie
Rosie Poole. “Both of them
understand me and both
have influenced me to
achieve.”
Working with people
seems to be a gift of Miss
Poole’s. But in certain
cases she enjoys a certain
amount of privacy. “Some
times I like to work alone.
This gives me more space
to concentrate,” she ex
plained.
As a seventh grader at
Northeast Junior High
School our beauty obtains
A’s and B’s. One of her
favorite teachers was her
sixth grade teacher Lucille
Cato. “If I ever had a
problem she was always
there to help me out.”
The studies and adjust
ment of being in junior high
has not hampered Miss
Poole’s interest to partici
pate. She is a cheerlead
er at Northeast and still
plays the cello in the or
chestra.
She enjoys swimming,
skating, movies and visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs.
Poole, who is a profession
al gospel singer.
At St. Paul Baptist
Church where Rev. Dr.
Paul Drummond is pastor,
she is a member of the Girl
Scouts and sings on choir.
Margaret Wilson Calls For
Statesmanlike Leadership
Bussler
Investigates
Stamp Fraud
Special To The Post
..Washington - "I hear
you’re the spy. That’s the
word that’s out now,” a
food stamp recipient re
cently told Alison Bussler,
a senior eligibility worker
in Loudoun County, Va.
Translated, it means the
word is getting around
that, in addition to inter
viewing applicants for food
stamps and welfare aid,
Bussler investigates fraud.
Bussler is one of 10 eli
gibility workers at the Lou
doun County Department
of Social Services. They’re
among several such eligi
bility workers throughout
the country who daily
make the crucial decisions
about who should receive
the $11 billion worth of
federal food stamp aid.
They interview potential
food stamp clients, help
them fill out their appli
cations, determine who- is
eligible and what benefits,
if any, are to be granted.
The way the workers do
this job has a lot to do with
whether food stamp help
goes to people who are
honestly in need. In this
way, food stamp eligibility
workers are truly the first
line of defense against food
stamp fraud.
Armed with knowledge of
a very complex program of
rules and regulations and
trained with interviewing
skills, they must correctly
process many applications
a day. With these abilities
and some common sense,
workers can deter a lot of
potential fraud.
Ron Eamich, supervisor
of Loudoun County’s eli
gibility workers, says,
“You can go through an
application and get the in
formation and process the
case. You also can go
through it and use common
sense and ask ’How can
this be?’ Workers know
that certain responses trig
ger certain questions.
Pictured abpve left to right: Rev. Larry
Robertson, president of the Baptist Con
vention of Chester and York Counties and
Mrs. Annie Kettles, president of Friend
ship College Alumni Association, observe
as supporters of the college present
flowers at the Founder’s Day Memorial
Service. Friendship College was founded
In 1891 by Rev. M. Hall. D.D. (Post Photo
by Karen Parker)
Ancient College To Reopen
Friendship College Survives
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
.. More than $14,000 was
raised on behalf of Friend
ship College May 28
at a Founder’s Day Pro
gram and Rally.
Founder’s Day was ob
served at Mount Prospect
Baptist Church in Rock
Hill, S.C. next door to the
92-year-old college. The
Baptist-oriented, private
and predominantly black
college was forced to close
its doors of education in
December, 1981 after an
administrative scandal
was detected. The former
president of the college and
other personnel were
charged with misuse of
funds.
Nevertheless, Saturday’s
assembly was not a
mourning period for the
hundreds of staff mem
bers, alumni and friends of
Friendship College who
wanted to celebrate its
establishment of May 8,
1891.
The purpose was too
great a challenge for
such dismal emotions. One
spokesperson informed the
audience it was there to aid
in an effort to “reclaim,
renew and return Friend
ship to its owners, ”
Actually, the Friendship
College campus and its
personal property (books,
typewriters, library mate
rials, etc.), have already
been repurchased from the
overtaker., Trustee and
Bankruptcy. The Baptist
Convention of Chester and
York Counties acquired
those properties for $100,
000 last year.
However, according to
Attorney James Wells,
more than the campus and
personal property was
lost. He stated, 208 acres of
land beyond the college
grounds were also repos
sessed. The land known as
the College Farm has been
valued at $168,000. Bene
dict College (Columbia,
SC) has loaned that amount
to the Baptist Convention of
Chester and York Counties.
Now, a campaign is under
way to repay Benedict
College.
Churches, social and
civic organizations, politi
cians, and private contri
butors attended Founder's
Jim Richardson Says:
Helps Established Businesses To Survive
Jj I
The Greater Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce re
cently established a two
year pilot program, Busi
ness Opportunity Network
(fc.O.N.1.
According to the man
agar, James “Jim” Rich
ardson, the purpose of the
program is to form a
liaison between Charlotte’s
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(her than you have font
yourself.
larger corporations with
minorities or women who
own businesses.
B.O.N. was officially
started May 1C, 1083
Though the program is in
its early stages of opera
tion, Richardson expressed
he has already received
numerous phone calls In
reference to B.O.N. He ex
plained many callers
inquire about the program
in general while others call
with the mistaken idea
B.O.N. furnishes money for
the start of new buslneaa
•a, or for assisting existing
ones.
Loans of any type are not
an aspect of B.O.N.,”
Richardson stressed He
continued, “Emphasis is
put on helping already
established businesses sur
viva by putting them in
contact with other compan
ies who may need their
services." As a result wo
men- and minority-owned
businesses will be aWe to
increase their production,"
Richardson Miarffc. ;
“The legislation to fund
such s proyarn was passsd
Jim Richardson
• MtB.O.N* Mftfi8f(6r
after the Attorney General
cited an opinion that to give
women and minority
owned buaineeaee a certain
percentage of a city * job
programs might be const!
tuttonally illegal,” said
Richardson.
Apparently no fault was
viewed in making larger
corporations aware of
smaller businessea and
their services; therefore,
the City of Charlotte,
Mecklenburg County and
the Chamber of Commerce
agreed to fund B.O.N.
Richardson remarked,
"The first step of the
B.O.N. program Is to com
pile a directory available to
area corporations. A com
pany seeking a particular
service can refer to this
directory.” He added, ser
vices offered by B.O.N. are
no cost to businesses.
The manager feels
B.O.N. is a potentially good
program. Richardson ac
knowledged many of the
larger Charlotte corpora
tions are members of the
Chamber of Commerce and
are supportive of the pro
gram.
He did point out, "The
success of B.O.N. will be
determined by the amount
of increase in a company’s
business and revenue as a
result of using B.O.N.
services.”
For further information
on Business Opportunity
Network, contact Richard
son at the Chamber of
Commerce, 13* West Trade
St.. 377-0*11.
Mr. Richardson is a pro
minent figure in the Char
lotte community. A grad
uate of Johnson C. Smith
University, be is a retired
See B.O.N. m Page 3
Day ceremonies to try to
make the campaign a
success.
Dr. P. P Pendergrass, a
member of the Board of
Trustees at Friendship
College, stated, "The pro
gress of the collection is
good."
Because Friendship lost
nearly 700 employees and
encountered other negative
factors, the financial situa
tion is not solely prevent
ing the school from open
ing again. “We don’t know
exactly when Friendship
will be able to reopen,”
professed Attorney Wells.
One thing he was sure of:
‘‘When Friendship does
open again there are three
keys which must be main
tained--dreams and vi
sions, sound planning and
hard, organized work."
Dr. S. L. Evans, mo
derator for the Sandy
River Baptist Association,
Lower Division, reitierated
the attorney's comments.
“We must work together to
make sure we don’t error in
the future,” he warned. Dr
Evans acknowledged many
people had predicted the
loss experienced at Friend
ship College. "Had we lis
tened, we might have
avoided the loss.”
Me continued, pointing
out to the audience that it
has learned something
from the closing of Friend
ship College. “We have
learned we are a people
who will rise to an oc
casion of crisis.” Many
people applauded the fact
they were attending Foun
der’s Day as a celebration;
and they were not willing to
accept defeat.
The keynote speaker,
Rev. Latta Thomas of
Second Calvary Baptist
Church, asked attendants,
"How can we let Friend
ship college die? We make
enough money to turn
around and take care of
what’s ours." Rev Thomas
was speaking of material
items such as cars or al
cohol which most people
are willing to spend money
for,
He explained the people
couldn’t let Friendship die
because "it is among few
schools of higher learning
that will reach out to
financially deprived stu
dents.”
Most of the speakers at
the program insisted the
educational opportunities
offered at Friendship Col
lege should not be ter
minated.
Controversy Will Be
Resolved With Dignity
special 10 inerosi
..Kosemont, IL - Mrs.
Margaret Bush Wilson,
chairman of the national
board of the NAACP, dis
cussed "the risks of lead
ership" at the first na
tional Leadership Confer
ence of eight Black Greek
letter organizations at the
Hyatt Regency O'Hare in a
Chicago suburb
In a wry response to a
warm introduction by At
torney Demetrious Gibson,
Mrs Wilson said, "I need
ed that. I have some rea
son to be concerned about
how long I will hold that
title (the NAACP chair
manship) but some things
are more important than
titles.”
Referring to a new book
about the late architect of
many civil rights legal vic
tories, Charles H. Hou
ston, Mrs. Wilson said
Houston knew, "You have
to stand alone for the prin
ciples you believe in He
did it in his lifetime. To
some extent I am trying to
do it now and you are also."
me NAACP leader
touched off a media storm
when she suspended
NAACP Executive Direc
tor Benjamin L. Hooks,
reinstating him shortly
thereafter. She was, how
ever, warmly received by
the luncheon audience of
Black leaders.
"We cannot be effective
without professionalism in
our conduct and how we
carry out our responsibi
lities," the St. Louis law
yer said.
“We must have skill,
competence and effective
administration. We can no
longer afford to be casual
about the ways we do our
business We need to ex
amine our systems, the
tools we use.
“We cannot win the bat
tie Black Americans are
still waging (for equality;
if we allow ourselves to be
overcome by emotionalism
and a lack of discipline.'
she declared.
“The NAACP," she con
tinued, “is almost 75 years
old. It is the premier civil
rights organization, not
only in the nation, but
throughout the world.
“It is an organization of
stature, of integrity, of dig
nity, of discipline and
civility. If I have one
fault, it is that I hold these
standards very high As
chairman of the board of
this distinguished organi
zation, it is my firm con
viction that one of my
responsibilities is tq hold
these standards high.”
Calling the recent con
tretemps, "an internal
matter" and "pretty small
potatoes” in the long hi
story of the NAACP, she
was warmly applauded as
she added, "They will re
main internal matters as
far as I’m concerned ”
Throughout the speech, she
did not refer by name to
Dr. Hooks
The controversy, she
said, "will be resolved with
dignity and civility in the
best interests of the
NAACP membership.”
Calling for "statesmanlike
leadership" and “a vision
of greatness for the
NAACP," which she said
she held, she added, “I
expect every other officer
and staff member to do the
same."
The audience gave her a
second standing ovation at
Mona Bailey
.Sorority president
the conclusion of her re
marks and Greek Letter
Conference Chairman and
Alpha Phi Alpha President
Ozell Sutton, of Atlanta and
Mayor Johnny Ford, of
Tuskegee, Alabama, who
chairs the national Black
Mayors Organization,
rushed forward, among
others to embrace the
slender NAACP chairman.
Mrs. Mona H. Bailey, of
Seattle, president of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
luncheon chair, expressed
the evident feelings of the
group as she exclaimed,
"This tremendous woman,
this tremendous lady,
thank you for coming!”
Again, the audience rose to
its feet a third time to hail
Mrs. Wilson.
In her remarks, Mrs
Wilson praised the Gree!
Letter Presidents’ Coun
cil for coming together to
deal with the “unfinished
agenda” of equality.
“Forty percent of Black
children are growing up in
poverty,” she reminded
her listeners.
She chided the Reagan
Administration's call for
“color blindness" in na
tional policy before "being
fair and just "
Referring to President
Reagan's new appoint
ments Friday to the U S.
Civil Rights Commission,
she said. “What disturbs
me is how President Rea
gan purges a Black, a Jew,
a Hispanic I consider this
act an insult ”
She commended as a role
model the 167-member
Detroit Association of
Black Organizations
<DABO> organized in 1979,
which uses the local
NAACP branch as its um
brella group
Dr. Englev
Heads Minority
Affairs
North Carolina Demo
cratic Chairman Russell
Walker has appointed Dr.
Donald Ensley of Green
ville as the State Chair
man for Minority Affairs
for the Democratic Party.
Ensley’s responsibilities
began June 1, and by vir
tue of Chairman, he will be
a voting member on the
State Exeuctive Council
and the State Executive
Committee. Walker stated
that Dr Ensley’s primary
responsibility will be to
work with the minority
community in conjunction
with the total Democratic
community The provision
governed by this appoint
ment are in pursuant to the
Party’s rules in the Plan of
Organization.