Baldwin To Give
King Memorial
Lecture
Chapel Hill - James
Baldwin, novelist, play
wright and civil rights ad
vocate! will give the sixth
Martin . Luther King Jr.
Memorial Lecture on Wed
nesday, September 28, at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The free public lecture
will be at 8 p.m. in
Memorial Hall. It is spon
sored by the Chancellor’s
Committee on Established
Lectures.
Baldwin has gained the
reputation as one of Ame
rica’s finest writers and
has received international
recognition as a leader and
spokesman for the civil
rights movement.
He calls himself a wit
ness to that movement and
is one of the few black
playwrights who have had
more than one production
performed on Broadway.
He i& the author of 16 books
and is a member of the
National Institute of Arts
and Letters.
The Martin Luther King
Jr. Memorial Lecture was
established in 1977 to “com
memorate the lives and
work of those who de
dicated their energies to
fostering the concepts of
human rights and dignity.’’
Fraternity
Awards Four
Scholarships
Four college scholar
ships will be awarded at
the 1983 National Achieve
ment Projects Essay Con
test sponsored by the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc.
This high school essay
contest will feature a first
prize of $1,500; second
prize of $1,000; third prize
$500; and fourth place $250.
This contest is open to all
high school seniors.
The following rules must
be adhered to: the essay
must be entitled "Family
Motivation: The Key to
Black Achievement;” the
essay must be original, i.e.,
not previously published;
the essay must be between
700 and 750 words, _ three
typewritten, double spaced
copies must be submitted;
the name, address, city and
school must appear on the
first page immediately un
der the title.
All awards must be
claimed within 18 months
after the announcement to
be valid. Awards will be
submitted to the college
and the scholarship will be
applied to tuition upon no
tification that the winner
has been admitted.
Local winners will re
ceive a cash prize of $50;
$30; and $20, respectively.
All essays must be sub
mitted to: Sterling P.
Woodard, 6709 Cove Creek
Dr., Charlotte, NC 28215, on
or before October 31,1983.
BSC students organized letter writing
campaign to Reagan for King holiday.
With Letters To Reagan
Barber-Scotia Students
Campaign For King Holiday
By Melvin Walton
Special To The Post
..Concord - With their
spirits renewed and rekind
led by the recent March On
Washington, students at
Barber-Scotia College or
ganized a letter writing
campaign (during fall re
gistration) to President
Reagan and senators to
solicit their support in the
passage of legislation to
make the third Monday in
January a national holiday
in honor of the late Martin
Luther King Jr.
—“As we register for fall
classes, we are registering
our concerns in Washing
ton,” said Augustine Web
ster, president of the BSC
student government.
“Two decades after
Martin Luther King’s elec
trifying speech at the Lin
coln Memorial, we have
recaptured that old spirit to
meet the challenges of the
1980s. We will not stop now.
We will let President Rea
gan know that the dream is
still alive.”
Webster said that the stu
dent government hopes to
collect over 500 letters
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from students, faculty and
staff to send to the Presi
dent.
BSC students say that
honoring Dr. King in such a
manner would not diminish
other great Americans who
might be deserving of such
an honor.
“Martin Luther King re
presents an extension of
what men like Thomas Jef
ferson and Abraham Lin
coln stood for,” explains
Regina Russell, a sopho
more from Concord. “What
these great men conceived,
King nelped make a real
ity. It’s really not a reality
even today, but at least
King took the first steps
toward meaningful pro
gress in this area.”
'“His peace and civil
rights movement were for
all people,” added Antonio
Jordan, a senior from
Charlotte. “And more
over he paid the highest
price, the giving of his life,
to these ideals.”
The students say that
they are not in favor of
what some congressmen
call “alternative ways” of
honoring Martin Luther
Dr. Melvin Finn won first place in the 1983 tournament
for the 35 years and older division. The tournament
was held at Hornet’s Nest Park. (Photo By Cal-Du
Photographers)
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Re-Elect
Ron Leeper
For
City Council
District 3
September 27, 1983
RON LEEPER
AN EXPERIENCED AND DEDICATED
COUNCILMAN FOR 6 YEARS
• A family man - Married to Phyllis Leeper, they have two
children-Rhonda & Atiba.
• A ehureh man-He attends St. Mark United Methodist
Church.
• A community man - He received Award of Appreciation from
Senior Citizens United Service for services to Senior Citizens
& the handicapped, Memberof Board of Directors of The
National Conference of Christians and Jews; One of the
organizers of the Voter Task Force, Organized The Paul
Watson Fund, President of N.C. Black Elected Officials
Association, Member Board of Directors of Charlotte-Meck
lenburg Urban League.
F«td for by the committee to r--elect Ron Leeper.
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King because of the ex
pense to the taxpayers for
such a holiday.
“To say that the holiday
for Martin Luther King
would be very expensive is
misleading,” said Webster.
“First we can look at the
holiday savings in govern
ment utility bills, which
can be quite considerable
in January. Then, other
profits would be added by
the sale of extra items, in
the private sector, that
would bring extra tax re
venues to the govern-'
ment.”
And besides,” said Rus
sell, “in these times of high
unemployment, when edu
cation is being put on the
back burner, and when the
civil rights issue has taken
a back seat in the Reagan
Administration, we need to
honor King in this manner
to remind ourselves of a
dream that we need to hold
on to for the good of this
entire nation.”
Webster said that he
hopes students all over the
nation and the world will
write to the President to
solicit his support in the
King holiday effort.
“It is in our hands too, as
students and leaders of
tomorrow, to do something
about this,” he said. "We
all should, because Martin
Luther King’s message
is universal.”
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Cosmotologists Present $500 To JCSU
The Charlotte Coemotolo
gists Chapter 4 presented
Dr. Robert L. Albright and
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity with a check for $500
for a general scholarship.
“We are grateful for
their involvement,*’ com
mented Dr. Albright. “The
outlook for the future suc
cess of Johnson C. Smith is
strongly positive thanks to
the community support as
exemplified by the Char
lotte Cosmetologists ”
Chapter president Carrie
Kirkpatrick explained that
the gift was a first of its
kind by the 100 member
chapter.
“We are committed to
helping the Charlotte com
munity and the local col
leges,”. remarked Mrs.
Kirkpatrick. “We have
been active in the past in
raising funds for Sickle Cell
and the NAACP, but this is
the first scholarship we've
set up.”
The local chapter has
also been active in con
ducting fashion shows,
make-up workshops and
clinics in area high schools
and clubs. They have also
donated their professional
services in working with
Dr. Robert Albright
.JCSU president
senior citizens.
The scholarship idea ori
ginated with the chapter’s
Junior Executive Board
Project, co-chaired by
Janie Deese and Donna
Smith. Cosmotologists
Chapter 4 will continue the
scholarship in the next five
years. The award will be
given on the basis of need.
The local chapter was
also recruited by Dr. Al
bright to help conduct
workshops in the univer
sity’s residential life
programs.
, “Part of our educational
commitment is to develop
the entire student,” Dr.
Albright explained. “Cer
tainly the image in looks
and fashion that a young
person projects makes a
statement, positive or ne
gative, about that person.
We appreciate the ex per
tise and help that Cosmo
tologists Chapter 4 has
offered "
Also present for the
check presentation were
Vivian Aery and Faye
Talford.
Washington Height Garden Liub
Mrs. Nancy English,
president of the Washing
ton Height Garden Club,
attended the 48th Annual
Convention Federation of
the Garden Club of North
Carolina at the Inn on the
Plaza in Asheville, N.C.
The theme of the con
vention was “The Key of
Success, ” and the slogan
was “Keep North Carolina
Beautiful. ’ ’ Members of the
garden club throughout
North Carolina attended.
Mrs. English was elect
ed financial secretary of
the convention, and Mrs.
Inez Ellis was elected
treasurer. The garden club
members of Charlotte are
very proud of these ladies.
-Celebrating Their -
Annual Homecoming & Revival
Beginning Sunday,SepL 25th 3:00 pan.
Weekly Services Mon.-Fri. 7:30 p.m.
With Evangelist Rev. John E. Jones
Rev. Dr. George W. Thompson. Pastor ^
5905 Rockwell Church Rd. "_
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TO TRAIN AN ARMY.
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teach over 300 skills. And we have many
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Some Army skills can help you qualify
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many of our skills can give you the high-tech
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Your Army Recruiter can give you all
the details. Call 1-800-USA-ARMY today.
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. BE ALL YOU CAN BE.
ELECT
Bob Davis ,
CITY COUNCIL AT-LARGE
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