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-■-----THE CHARLOTTE POST Thursday, November 24, 1983 Price: 10 Cents
—What Do You Have_
To Be Thankful Of?
Kids And Sports
Knowing The Limits
iMMT J 3>^0Z iu\
Have A Happy
Thanksgiving!
A fund has been established to aid Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Gregory to purchase a
much needed well. Here, they are shown
with their visiting grandson as they
prepare to haul more water to their home
from a nearby service station hose.
(Photo By Teresa Simmons>
Insurance Problems Unraveling
Thanksgiving Will Be
Happier For The Gregorys
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
As I walked for the se
cond time towards Sadie
^ind Charlie Gregory’s
“mall framed home I felt a
tinge of happiness for
them. At least they were
warm, 1 thought...there’s
nothing like being cold and
not knowing when you'll
ever be warm again.
Just as I was approach
ing the house, out of the
corner of my eye I spotted
a gentleman. “Are you
from the media,” I asked.
“No, I’m one of the big bad
insurance men you’ve been
writing about,” he replied
sarcastically.
Arriving at the same
time, both the insurance
man and I walked into the
heated living room of the
Gregorys and sat down.
“You didn’t tell me that
you were paying $190 a
... month in insurance,
Sadie,” he declared. He
still didn’t have his figures
correct. Mrs. Gregory and
the Information Referral
Service relayed that each
month their insurance bill
came to $112.78 and each
third month $125.78. “We
pay a cancer insurance po
licy...$13 every three
months,” Mrs. Gregory in
formed.
According to one insur
ance agent the cancer
policy was totally un
necessary because of the
, $45 she pays for Medicare
Supplement each month.
“Which would include
cancer,” he stated.
wer the years, Mr. and
Mrs. Gregory report that
they have purchased five
other insurance policies
each for $1,000 burial in
WCOMNW
_A V
f Experience is some
thing you would like to
have if you didn’t have
j to live through it.
sura nee. Last week she
cashed one of those in, she
stated. The insurance man
presented her with a check
'for a little over $200 “It
didn’t take as long as I
thought it would,” the in
surance man spoke.
Acutally it has taken too
long..too long for the poor
and needy, black or white,
to take advantage and.
benefit from the knowledge
insurance people possess.
“Many people in earlier
days paid by the week,” an
anonymous insurance man
stated. “When the income
became better and insur
ance more affordable the
payments were then made
by the month.”
With anyone who plans to
purchase insurance isn't it
normal policy for the in
surance agent to explore
whether or not the clients
have other Insurance poli
cies or not? “Everyone
has a different way,' yet
another anonymous insur
ance lady commented,
“We do financial analysis
and go over the insurance
they already have. We de
termine what they need.
You can’t base insurance
on income. What we can do
is recommend a policy
within their means which
may be close to what they
need and later be con
verted.”
Before the Gregorys
dropped one insurance
policy she stated that they
were paying $67.78 in burial
insurance. Five $1,000
policies.
Is $5,000 needed for
burial of two people Ac
cording to Lem Long of
Long and Son Mortuary,
“...an extraordinary good
funeral for one person
could be arranged for
$2,500. You can be buried a
lot cheaper and it would be
a decent burial.”
Robert Dawson of the
Beasley Funeral Home
quoted an average amount
of $2,000. "But that’s not
the very cheapest One can
get buried for $1,000 and
have the grave space free
Spaces range from $150 to
$200 each.”
Currently the Gregorys
are being advised about
their financial situation.
Whether Mrs. Gregory was
advised to cash in one
policy is unclear. “I cashed
in that policy because I
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Jesse Jackson Stirs “Deep And
Justifiable Concern” Among Jews!
Special To the Post
A national Jewish leader
says that while Jesse Jack
son stirs “deep and justi
fiable concern” among
Jews, his presidential can
didacy should not be turned
into a Black-Jewish con
frontation.
Albert Vorspan of New
York, vie# president of the
Union of American He
brew Congregations, told
the organization's biennial
assembly in the Western
Galleria last Monday with
3,000 delegates in attend
ance:
“Jesse Jackson will pro
bably infuriate us, but his
candidacy may jiSt help to
expose the American peo
ple to the real world and
the real conditions of our
cities, our minority fa
milies, our youth, our el-'
derly and our future.”
The Reform Jewish lead
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Jesse Jackson
.Presidents! candidate
er said Jews should "re
fuse to turn the Jackson
campaign into a Black
Jewish confrontation.” He
added:
"We and the rest of the
responsible Jewish com
munity should repudiate
and condemn the vigilante
campaign of the Jewish
Defense League thugs who
have announced they will
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disrupt jacKson s political
rallies.
“Does that mean we
should ignore his views and
his record, especially his
unconscionable theatrical
embrace of Yasir Arafat
and his ties to Arab
groups, which stirred deep
and justifiable concern
among thoughtful Jews?
“Jesse Jackson should be
subjected to tough and
sharp scrutiny, exactly
like all other candidates,
and on issues across the
board, not only on the
Middle East. To exempt
him from judgement be
cause he is black would be
supremely patronizing
“If he can articulate the
pain in the streets and the
desperation of those blacks
and others who feel reject
ed and outcast in our so
ciety, America will gain
even though Jackson loses
With Special Services-- -
Local Churches Will
Observe Thanksgiving
Patrol
Expecting
Safe Weekend
According to Highway
Patrol Commander Col. D
L. Matthews, the highways
of the state are expected to
be safer during this year's
Thanksgiving holidays.
. "Alcohol abuse has al
ways been a major factor
in many fatal traffic crash
es, especially on holidays,
but with the 'Safe Roads
Acl' of 1981 dramatically
reducing the number of al
coholic-impaired drivers
on the highways, we are
anticipating fewer fatal
accidents this holiday
period," Matthews said.
Figures released by the
Highway Patrol showed
that 19 people died in 18
fatal traffic crashes
during the long holiday
weekend in I98T. The
Patrol reported that 10 of
the fatal accidents in
volved alcohol-impaired
drivers.
"The ThanKsgiving holi
day,” he continued, "is the
final long weekend for tra
vel by most families be
fore the winter season. All
available Troopers will be
out in force to protect high
way users from traffic law
violators. Troopers will
also be on the look out for
motorists in need of cour
tesy assistance."
Matthews concluded, “I
encourage motorists to use
their seat belts and sug
gest they insist that their
passengers also buckle up.
1 know of no greater pro
tection for otherwise safe
drivers and passengers, as
they are often innocent
victims in traffic acci
dents,"
Katrina McCullough
.Grasps spiritual meanings of life
Katrina McCullough
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Even though our beauty
is a tenth grader at North
Mecklenburg she seems to
have passed that uncer .
tainty period most of us
experience. With maturity
she has grasped many
spiritual meanings of life, a
token by which she claims
a special sort of success in
her life.
As a memlnir of Salem
Baptist Church where Rev
Anthony .1 inwright pastors.
Ms. McCullough feels her
philosophy stems around
the verse of the Bible, “Be
ye steadfast, unmovable,
always abounding in the
work of the Lord."
As a member of Salem
she is active in the Young
Adult Choir, the Usher
Board, the Steering Com
mittee and serves as se
cond vice president of the
Missionary Department
and as Director of the
Children’s Choir.
At North Mecklenburg
Ms McCullough is also ac
tively involved in the FHA
and DECA “My favorite
subject in school is
history. It’s a very en
joyable subject "
Career wise however,
Ms McCullough would like
to Invest her time at a
modeling school and pre
pare herself for a career in
cosmetology
“I’m interested in model
ing and cosmetology. 1 like
clothes and I like to dress
up. I like for people’s hair
to look nice and I like to
experiment on different
hairstyles on myself also ”
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Rottis McCullough
our beauty has three sis
ters-Rosalyn, Janis and
Viki; and one brother,
Ravnarrt
“My mother and my
sister Vicki are my favorite
people. My mother is
always there when I need
her and she tires to always
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Rev. Marion Jones Is
Greater Bethel Speaker
"Two men went up to the
temple to pray, the one a
Pharisee and the other a
tax collector The Pharisee
stood up and said this
prayer to himself, God, I
thank You that 1 am not
like the rest of men-rob
bers. cheats, adulterers, or
even • like this tax collec
tor. 1 fast twice a week; 1
pay tithes on everything I
get. But the tax collector
standing at a distance
would not even raise his
eyes toward heaven, but
struck his chest and said
God, be merciful to me, the
sinner, 1 tell you, it was he
who went home forgiven,
rather than the other; for
whoever exalts himself
well be humbled but he who
humbles himself will be
exalted," Luke 18:10-14
At times knowing what to
be thankful for is more
important than being
thankful. Perhaps it is you
who has to scuffle to find
something to be thankful or
are you on the other end of
the spectrum? Whatever
your case may be the
scripture above reveals
that each man, as different
as they were, had some
thing to be thankful for •
The emphasis, however, is
how we thank God • not
with a boisterous spirit but
with one of humbleness
Various churches in
Charlotte will hold Thanks
giving Services scheduled
around and on the holiday
First Mt. Calvary Baptist
Church held a service No
vember 20. Rev Waylon
Wallace delivered the spe
cial message during the II
a m worship hour
St. Luke Baptist Church
will hold its Annual
Thanksgiving Day Service
Thursday, November 24, at
11 am.
Rev L. D Parker will
deliver the message The
public is cordially invited
St. Luke Baptist is located
at 1109 Rodey Avenue
Belmont Park United
Methodist Church and
Kilgo United Methodist
Church will hold a joint
Thanksgiving Service
Thanksgiving Eve, 7:30, at
the Belmont Park United
Methodist Church, 1303
Hawthorne Lane
Rev. Michael Leather
wood, pastor of Kilgo. will
preach. Rev. John A
Lowder of Belmont Park
Church will preside. Music
will be by the Belmont
Park choirs.
An offering will be taken
for the Charlotte Crisis
Assistance Ministries. The
public is warmly invited A
nursery will be provided
for pre^Achool children.
Thanksgiving morning
services will be held at
Greater Bethel AME
Church at 10 a m.
Participating churches
include Grace AME Zion,
Moore's Sanctuary AME
Zion, Metropolitan AME
Rev. M. I. Rich
....Metropolitan pastor
Hev. Abraham Lockhart
. ...To be honored
Zion and Greater Bethel
AME •
Rev. Marion Jones,
pastor of Grace AME
Zion, will deliver the
Thanksgiving message
The public- is invited.
Greater Bethel is located at
201 Grandin Rd
Morning Star Baptist
Church, 5623 Phillips St.,
Rev A Lockhart pastor,
will hold a Thanksgiving
Service November 24, from
to a m. until II a in The
public is invited
A Thanksgiving service
will he held at Gethse
mane Baptist, 2670 Dr.
Carver Hoad. November
24. beginning at 6 a m.
Breakfast will be served at
7 30 p m Senior citizens
and those not employed are
cordially welcome. Rev. C.
E Dewberry is pastor.
As Thanksgiving arrives
and leaves us it is im
portant to take the lesson
the scripture reveals to us
It is |i*st as important to
know how to be thankful as
it is to be thankful to God
Planning
CommiHsion To
Meet At East
Planning for the futur^H^
East Mecklenburg will WMof
the focus of the Charlo^pbe
Mecklenburg Planning
Commission's final quart
erly meeting of the year to
be held Tuesday, De
cember 6, 7 p m at Inde
pendence High school, 1967
Patriot Drive.
An informal session is
scheduled for 7-7:30 p m
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