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* THE CHARLOTTE POST - ThurstUy. July M, 1983 --Pi^tce: 40 CenU
BARBARA MACK
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-Kie* for beauty title
Our Beauty ——
Miss Mack’s Determined To
Become “Miss Hack America”
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Competition in the
national Mias Black Ame
rica Pageant will be stiff
but Barbara Mack, repre
sentative of North Carol
ina, has set her sights on
die title.
“1 feel, that such pa
geants are openings for
bS-l^L JwSS
be national exposure for
Ms. Mack who is-a prtfc.
fessional fashion and run
way model.
She completed TRIM
Modefcg School and com
peted in die International
Fashion Modeling Compe
tition ITSMA. Presently
she is taking voice lessons
under Ted Avery. She has
performed in productions
of GM Productions and re
ceived career guidance
from Defoy Glenn, direc
tor of GM Productions.
All of these experiences
should help Ms. Mack dur
ing the competition which
will include talent, bath
ing suit, evening gown,
poise, competitions and
answering questions cate
gory.
“I am looking forward to
the pageant which will be
held in Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania. There was no
competition in North Carol
ina so I had to send proof of
my high school graduation
from Olympic High School
and that I had never been
married or divorced. You
can’t have any children
either.”
Ms. Mack also sent in
photographs of herself and
USDA B3b ,Sk States
For Food Stamp Errors
Special To The Poet
. .Waahiogton - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture
will Mil six states for more
than IS million for food
stamp error rates above an
acceptable level, Assist
ant Secretary of Agricul
ture Mary C. Jarratt said
today.
Jarratt said the states to
be billed are: Arizona,
Alaska, Colorado, New
Hampshire, Connecticut
and Florida. These states,
along with five other states
and Guam, were notified
last November that their
error rates for the report
ing period April-Septem
ber, mi, were above the
'national error rate of 13.6
percent, or their individual
foal for that period.
1 “Each state was given
ihe opportunity to request
that their penalties be re
duced or eliminated
through the ‘good cause*
provision of the error rate
Auction system,” Jarratt
-; Examples of good cause
leading to high error rates
which result in substantial
reductions in those rates
and significant caseload
growth prior to or during a
six month reporting period.
Guam and all the states
notified submitted good
cause requests. However,
USDA’s Fooa and Nutri
tion Service determined
that six states did not
qualify because their good
cause requests did not
meet the department’s cor
rective action standards.
The amounts the states are
being billed are: Arizona,
*236,206; Alaska, *2,148,
102; Colorado, *821,180;
New Hampshire, 1288,165;
Connecticut, *1,338,345;
and Florida. *3,801,937.
The states will have 30
days from billing to re
spond to thehr bill.
The error rata are nart of
USDA’s food stamp quality
control system which mea
sures the accuracy of a
household’s eligibility for
benefits and determines
whether the correct cou
pon allotment was issued to
eligible households.
States are required by
law to bring their food
•tamp error rates in line
with the nations! average
or, in some eases, to make
substantial progress to
ward reaching the national
Featured Speakers
Stephanie Noonan and
Kathleen Blackwell of the
Selwyn Avenue life Center
will be featured speakers
at the next Psrktneon’s
Support Group, Tuesday,
July 19, Charlotte Reha
bilitation Hospital Audi
torium, 1100 Blythe BHd
A.
was accepted to compete
nationally for the Miss
Black America crown.
Ladies from 18 years of age
to 23 will compete July
16-23.
Witttapise and assurance
Ms. Mick will perform the
theme' from the "Ma
hogany” movie. “I think I
must have been bom sing
,ing,” she smiled.
Not only is Ms. Mack a
talented singer and model
she also possesses a ra
diant beauty which extends
from inside out. Her hu
manitarianism is reflected
in her choice of careers and
her expressions ot com
passion for mankind.
“I would like to study
sociology and computer
science. I chose computer
science because that is
what you must know in
order to be marketable. I
chose sociology because I
like dealing with people
and their problems.”
“I enjoy helping people
get over the problems and
helping them to understand
their problems and them
selves better,” she con
tinued.
Ms. Mack would like to
attend North Carolina
State University but will
first study at Central Pied
mont Community College
for prepping.
if the crown befalls our
beauty she will walk away
with a $5,000 scholarship to
the college of her choice.
There will also be scho
larships awarded to run
ner-ups.
It's not the thought of
winning money or praise
that has drawn Ms. Mack
into this competition, it is
the thought of fellowship
among others who are also
striving for excellence.
“Of course I’m looking
forward to winning but my
philosophy is to do the best
that I can do in any en
deavor. I would also like to
wish the best of hick to all
of the other pageant con
tenders and I hope that
they will do the best they
can.”
The daughter of Eddie
and Mary Howard Ms.
Mack has one brother, 13
year-old Eddie Howard Jr.
She is IS and recently
graduated from Olympic
High School where she was
a letter girl, played the
clarinet In the band (three
years) ran track, was a
member of the Drama De
partment and a member of
VICA.
Her hobbies include ten
nis, Singing, playing bas
ketball and writing letters
and poems.
Ma. Mack’s sponsors for
the pageant include rela
tives and friends. Registry
ton, Potts Hardware Com
pany and Pepsi Cola
Company.
r
»
ations To
“Study War No More”
Pierce
Attacks
Joblessness
Attacking the nation’s
swollen minority youth un
employment problems,
Samuel R. Pierce Jr., Se
cretary of Housing and Ur
ban Development, an
nounced in Washington,
D.C. a unique cooperative
program between his
agency and the Depart
ment of Labor that he said
will ultimately lead to giv
ing disadvantaged youth
permanent jobs in the pu
blic and private housing
industries.
In unveiling his program
before 19 mayors and pu
blic officials of 19 cities and
their representatives, as
well as members of local
private industry groups, to
take positive action, not lip
service, in the newly cre
ated Minority Youth Train
ing Initiative program.
Secretary Pierce said. ‘ *We
expect some far reaching
and beneficial results from
this program.”
In setting up this youth
labor force to improve and
maintain our existing hous
ing stock, the Secretary
stressed that this would be
the only chance to break
the vicious cycle of unem
ployment, poverty and loss
of self-esteem that “too
many of them know only to
well.”
Included among the cate
gories in Which minority
youth will be trained are:
maintenance, carpentry,
clerk, custodian, electri
cian, laborer, mechanic,
painter, plasterer, plum
ber, steamfitter, manage
ment aide, appraiser, as
sistant storekeeper, clerk
(cashier or personnel),
groundskeeper and recep
tionist.
Jessie McCombs, the 1982 The Charlotte
Post “Churchwoman of the Year” re
lates to candidates her personal experi
ence as a participant in the contest. Ms.
McCombs encourages her listeners to
turn their work into fun. (Post Photo
BvBernard Reeves)
Is Oft And Running
Biggest Fundraising Event
Ever In City Of Charlotte
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer
What the churchwoman
candidates of The Char
lotte Post’s third annual
“Churchwoman of the
Year” contest were sup
posed to get from the kick
off meeting held at Mc
Donald's Cafeteria last
Friday night was an ex
planation of rules and
clarification of any ques
tions.
What they received, how
ever, was something more
valuable. The candidates
present at McDonald’s
Cafeteria were challenged
to look at this yearly event
as an avenue of assisting a
worthwhile cause, their
respective church and
themselves. It was with
that attitude that the
churchwoman candidates
were boosted to “make this
the biggest fundraising
event ever in the city of
Charlotte.”
Following the welcoming
by publisher and editor of
The Post, Bill Johnson, and
the invocation by WPEG's
gospel disc jockey, Bob
Harris, Ken Finch, co
ordinator of the Church
woman contest and cir
culation director of The
Charlotte Post proceeded
to go over the rules of the
contest.
Although most of the
rules were self-explanatory
some changes in the con
test included: 1.) the
breakdown of the churches
in three categories, small,
medium and large; 2.) for
every subscription sold $1
goes to the church and $.75
goes to the grand prize
At Green Oaks Baptist Church
Rev. Fairchild To Lead
Old Fashioned Revival
An Annual Old Fashioned
Revival will be held at
Green Oaks Missionary
Baptist Church beginning
July 17 and ending the
22nd.
The church, 1505 Kennon
St. and pastored by Rev. M.
N. Kelty, will open ita
spiritual doors each night
at 7:30 p.m. For 45
minutes old hymns of the
church will be sung by
various hymn choirs from
local churches.
Guest speaker Monday
through Friday will be
Rev. Charles Fairchild,
of Greater Faith Church
Baptist in Chicago, Dl.
Rev. Fairchild is known
for both his dynamic
preaching and singly abi
lities. He sang with the
James Cleveland Singers
and the Jesse Dixon Sing
ers. He is a graduate of the
public schools in Chicago
His religious education be
gan at the Chicago Baptist
Institute where he studied
Church Administration and
Old and New Testament
Doctrine. He also studied
at the Tennessee School of
Religion where he received
his B.A. degree He is
chairman of the Evangelist
a
Rev. M. N. Kelly
.Ho*ts revival
Board of the New Fellow
•hip District Association.
He is a member of the
Directors Evangelistic
Board of the National Bap
tist Convention; a mem
ber of the Board of Direc
tors of the EC Morris In
stitute at the Arkansas
Baptist College and a
member of the Board of
Directors of the McKinley
Theological Seminary
He is also involved in
many community activi
ties but the most Impor
tant aspect about Rev.
Fairchild is that he is a
sincere gospel preacher
and singer.
Sunday, July 17, is the
opening of the revival with
Rev. Danny Martin, pastor
of New Life Baptist Church
as guest speaker This
service begins at 7:30 p.m.
On Monday the Interde
nominational Choir will
render the music. On
Thursday the Charlotte
Choral will be special
guest On Friday, the M. N.
Keity Gospel Choir will
sing
We are asking everyone
to make this Annual Old
Fashioned Revival a great
one,” Rev Kelty stated
“We are all aware that we
are living in times when
revival Is needed. A re
vival not of the mouth but
of the heart ’’
Free Seminar
A free seminar for wo
men will be offered at
WomanReach, facilitated
by Cindy Busher and
Susan Scannell and called
“Choosing The Therapist
That’s Right For Me,"
Saturday, July l«, 10 • i
p.m. at WomanReach,
lOtt Bast Blvd.
cash award; 3.) the top
contestant of each cate
gory enters the final stage
of competition whereby a
letter from her pastor ex
pounding on the reason she
should be selected
“Churchwoman of the
Year” is submitted and
judged upon by a panel of
judges; and 5.) money for
subscription sales is to be
turned in weekly.
Aside from expressing
his personal sehtiments for
working in the church
woman contest Finch re
minded pastors, commit
tee members and candi
dates, “The work of God is
an ongoing endeavor, there
is always something that
requires money. The
‘Churchwoman of the
Year’ contest is a program
designed to generate more
money for the church.”
Other spokespersons,
Charlie Dannelly, city
councilman and public af
fairs director at WPEG,
State Alexander, empha
sized to the contestants,
that by entering the
WPEG-The Charlotte Post
sponsored affair that they
were already winners.
Alexander also spoke of his
station’s commitment of
support to the church
woman contest.
With those remarks of
encouragement Francetta
Farrer-Bradley, director of
advertising at The Post,
and Ed Bennet, district
sales manager at Eastern
Airlines, tantalized the
contestants with the fabu
lous prizes being offered
this year-a trip for two to
the Bahamas, grocery
shopping sprees, hair-doe,
furs, a television set among
other prizes. The excite
ment of receiving one of
those presents could be
detected on each candi
date’s face.
The person who perhaps
urged the candidates to
move forward with more
determination and resolu
tion than anyone that night
was Ms. Jessie McCombs,
the reigning “Church
women of the Year.”
“We have got to help one
another as a people,” re
marked Ms. McCombs. A
true champion of The
Charlotte Peel’s effort, Ms.
McCombs exclaimed that
The Post’s cause should be
wholly supported.
Super Power
T c 1 To Lay
Swords Down
Special To The Post
.Prague - Trumpeting the
language of an old Negro
spiritual, The Rev. Joseph
Lowery, head of the South
ern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC), chal
lenged 3,000 delegates to
the World Assembly for
Peace and Life Against
Nuclear War...to call upon
their nations...particularly
the super powers to “lay
down their swords and
shields down by the river
side of dialogue and co
existence and study war no
more." Lowery was one of
several keynote speakers
including the former presi
dent of Mexico, and the
head of SWAPO a southern
African liberation organi
zation, who addressed the
meeting in Prague, Czech
oslovokia, June 24-28.
Lowery declared that “the
threat of thermonuclear
annihilation hangs as a
dangling sword over the
collective heart of the hu
man race., and the mad
dening arms race-fueled by
bellicose and interven
tionist policies and prac
tices of the super powers -
has drawn dismal shadows
of fear across the face of
the human race. These
fears and shadows,” he
continued, "must be met
by hope and light generat
ed by a demand of the
peoples of the world for
nuclear disarmament and
arms control.”
The head of the Atlanta
based organization once .
headed by Martin Luther
King Jr. told the delegates
from more than 140 nations
that...“These fears and
shadows must be countered
by dialogue bom of faith to
overcome and the will of
the human spirit to sur
vive... Non dialogue can
lead to non-existence but
dialogue can lead to co
existence." he preached.
Lowery brought the
crowd to its feet when he
thundered, “putting on our
long white robes...down by
the riverside of our human
ness, will cover all racial,
national and ideological
differences beneath a di
vinely invoked common
ality of hope for peace and
life.”
More than 200 Americans
from universities, rights
and peace groups, United
Nations Committee, and
representatives of Mayors
and members of Congress
attended the assembly.
Lowery also met with
members of delegations
from the African nations of
Zimbabwe, Angola, Ni
geria, Congo, Malawi,
Mall, Ethiopia, Ghana and
others.
Calling the expenditures
of trillions for instruments
of death, "beating plow
shares into swords,”
Lowery called the failure to
address hunger and pover
ty In the world as "threats
to peace as well as racism
and militarism.” When
questioned about meetii«
behind the Iron Curtain, •
Lowery replied that "the
Gospel commission Is to
preach In all the world and
I refuse to let anyone of any
faith or ideology be more
committed to world peace
and Justice than I.”