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What It’s Like j
Marrried To '
Successful Men?
Mrs. Veronica George j
CIA A Coaches’
Pre-Season
Predictions
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Kemp Maintains
I 34-Year --
Tradition
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( hristopher Kemp
YOLANDA LOGAN
—Outgoing and sincere
Mb. Logan’s Bright Eyes And
Baby Doll Face Is Contagious
By Lori Grier
Post Staff Writer
"I want to be able to help
people. Knowing that God
loves me, I want to be an
extra love or joy to some
one so that they can see
God’s love reflected in
me,” smiled 19-year-old
Yolanda Logan.
Our beauty’s bright eyes
and babydol] face are con
tained in her peaceful
nature. “1 wish there was
worldwide peace wherein
everyone accepted each
other and lived in har
mony.”
i he 1982 graduate of
West Charlotte High School
is an Aries and describes
herself as a very out going
and sincere person. She is
the coach of the West Char
lotte High School cheer
leaders who have won nu
merous cheerleading com
petitions. Her hobbies in
clude writing poetry, sing
ing Gospels and reading in
general.
When Miss Logan was in
the second grade, she was
recommended by Mrs.
Rolland Jones < wife of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools Superintendent
before Dr. Jay Robinson)
to jiend First Presbyte
rian Church. 200 West-—
Trade Street, for lessons in
violin (nine years),
chorus (eight years), piano
(four years) and drama
WRUC-IMK
(three years). “That expe
rience was interesting and
new to me. There were so
many foreign people there.
A togetherness existed in
that school-like environ
ment,” she responded.
ner energetic personali
ty continued throughout
junior and senior high
schools. While at Wilson
Junior High School, she
was a cheerleader for two
years. In the 10th and llth
grades at West Charlotte
High School, she was a
member of the Student Go
vernment Association and
the sixth in the- nation
cheerleader squad (three
years). L«gan was also
Homecoming Queen, 1st
runner-up for the Miss
Carrousel Pageant and re
ceive! the Most School
Spirited, Most Popular and
Most Talented Senior Su
perlative honors in the 12th
grade.
She attends two church
es-Second Calvary Baptist
and Mt. Calvary Holiness.
"I attend Second Calvary,
because it has an atmos
phere of love and together
ness. I get a spriritual
fulfilling from Mt. Calvary
Holiness.” Logan is a
member of the Charlotte
Interdenominational Mass
Choir along with three
groups at Mt Calvary
Mrs. Evelyn Logan, her
grandmother, is her favor
ite person, but Debbie
Allen, star of Fame, is her
favorite entertainer. "My
grandmother has always
portrayed the perfect
person. She’s very spiritual
and gives as a spiritual
background to fall-back
on.” She continued, "Deb
bie Allen is a strong
willed person with beliefs
that she can accomplish
anything. She represents
positivity and energy.”
Miss Logan plans to at
tend A&T State University
for a degree in Com
munications in order to
pursue a career in the tele
vision industry and Chris
tian Ministry through tele
vision.
Ecumenical Festival Of Love
Greater
Bethel Launches Crusade
“I am convinced an
effort longer than the 11
a.m. Sunday service is
needed to -grrwit -the at—
tention of people to cause
them to see Christ as the
answer to life’s basic
needs," stated the minister
of Bethel AME Church
nev. Levi Brown along
with his congregation have
decided on an addition to
the Sunday morning wor
ship services Each night
at 7:30, December 10-21, at
the church, 201 Grandin
Rd., the Charlotte com
munity can participate in
the Ecumenical Festival of
love-Evangellsm at
Christmas. The special
program is a city-wide cru
sade, according to Rev. .
Brown.
{
Rev. I,evi Brown
.Festival of Ix>ve leader
He will deliver a differ
ent message each night
k
The guest soloist each
evening will be Anne Rose
Poole; Rev, Paul Drum
mond will handle the "Of
fering of Love.” Both are
members of St. Paul Bap
tist Church. The Greeter
Bethel Crusade Choir and
other choirs will also be
present nightly
Sunday, December 18,
special recognition will be
given to senior citizens.
The worship song leader
will be Rev. Retoy Gaston
of Clinton Chapel AME
Zion Church. Monday's
guests to receive special
recognition will be all visit
ors from South Carolina
The worship song leader
for that night will be Elder
W T. Roary of Zion
Chapel Church of the
Living God Rev William
Lee Jr. of Silver Mount
Baptist Church will be the
worship song leader for
Tuesday, December 20.
That night all attendants
from cities within Georgia
will be recognized. Then
Wednesday night, the final
night of the Crusade. North
Carolina and all other
states will be recognized
The worship song leader
will be Rev Rayfield
Medcalf of Parkwood CME
Church Rev Wilburn
Sanders will also serve as a
worship song leader that
night.
Rev. Brown is looking
forward to the Crusade
because he wants to see his
church and other churches
work, more in the com
munity “We can make a
See Ecumenical Page «A
4
Congressional Black Caucus
Black Voter
Turnout Up
In 1982
The Black voter turnout
rate increased tc 43 percent
in 1982 from 37 percent in
1978, according to a report
on a survey by the Com
merce Department's
Census Bureau.
The rate for blacks was
34 percent in 1974 and 44
percent in 1970.
.4It’i jigh 50 percent of
whites voted in 1982, their
increase over 1978 was only
3 percentage points com
pared with 6 for blacks
In November 1982, the
black voting age population
totaled 17.6 million, of
which 10.4 million (59 per
cent) were registered.
Among those registered,
7.6 million (73 percent)
reported that they voted.
As shown by past sur
veys, the black voter turn
out was higher in the North
and West (49 percent), and
lowest in the South (38
percent). The South has the
largest concentration of
black voters.
OTHER FINDINGS
-Thirty-four percent of
the unemployed voted in
1982 compared with 27 per
cent in 1978.
-Voter participation was
higher among white-collar
workers (58 percent) than
blue-collar workers (39
percent),- and among col
lege graduates (67 percent)
than afftong those with four- -
years of high school (47
percent).
-The turnout rate was
considerably higher among
homeowners (62 percent)
than among renters (32
percent >.
-A low turnout among
Hispanics (25 percent) was
attributed to the large pro
portion who could not vote
because they were not
citizens
MRS. ESTELLE DAVIS
~JPosts (fraud prize winner
Irip To Bahamas Holds Fond
Memories For Estelle Davis
By Loretta Manago
Post Staff Writer
While Estelle Davis was
flying aboard an Eastern
jetliner, her mind, no
doubt, drifted off to the
pleasant imagery of a
warm, tropic island.
Within hours the sights
and scenes Mrs. Davis had
imagined were within her
reach. The airplane that
she had been flying on
landed at its destination,
the Bahamas.
As" winner of The Char
lotte Post s 1983 ‘ Church
woman of the Year” con
test Mrs. Davis, who was
the recipient of the grand
prize, was entitled to a
four-day, three-night stay
on the Bahamas.
For Mrs. Davis, her visit to
the Bahamas was her first.
She admitted upon ' her
return that she woshed she
couJd have stayed longer
and added, "I covered as
much territory as I could."
During her visit to the
Bahamas there weren’t
many idle moments. Ac
cording to Mrs Davis,
"There were so many
places to see and some
thing to do all of the time ’’
Boat riding, sight seeing,
swimming, frequenting the
Pilot Light Club and the
casino amply filled Mrs.
Davis’. days and nights
And although there were
all kinds of parties the
"shipwreck party” held the
fondest memories for her.
The multiplicity of ac
tivities in which Mrs’
Davis engaged herself
were only exceeded by the
beauty of the islands them
selves. Recalling the geo
graphics of the Bahamas
Mrs. Davis stated. "The
Bahamas are very pretty
islands that are set off by a
myriad of flowers and
palm-like trees.”
Being a tourist, Mrs
Davis quickly discovered it
is very expensive. ' The
meals and even souvenirs
cost a lot of money,” she
commented.
ouoner man she
imagined the trip was over.
Mrs. Davis capped her
feelings about the trip by
asserting. "I had a glorious
time and I hope to come
back."
She is already looking
forward to The Charlotte
Post's campaign next year
"The trip is one in a
million; every future con
testant should work
towards that goal .” More
than likely Mrs. Davis will.
I ouce eji dorse
Edciie Knox
Asheville - Citing his out
standing record of support
for law enforcement, the
state hoard of the Fratern
a I Order of Police has en
dorsed Eddie Knox for
governor
State Fraternal Order of
Fohre President IA Shell
Byars of the Shelby Police
Department said the deci
sion by the 40-member
board came during a meet
ing in Asheville It marks
the. first time the Fraternal
Order of Police state board
has ever endorsed a can
didate for. statewide office
Byars said the board en
dorsed Knox "because we
want to keep professional
ism in law enforcement
and we know from his past
record that he has been an
active supporter of law
enforcement We feel that
if he is elected governor he
will do a good job helping
local law enforcement of
ficers and the communities
they protect. ”
Hearings
To Begin In
December
The Greensboro Civ»i
Rights Fund has received
the endorsement of the
Congressional Black au
cus for the massive federal
civil rights suit brought by
widows and survivors ot
the November 3. 1979
Greensboro Massacre.
Hearings on the suit will
begin this month
The endorsement b. the
group of 21 black Ce.-igri ss
men is added to i li>t ol
more than 100 other sup
porting groups arri pru
minehrTn3IvT3n<rt5 The
American Civil Liberties
Union, the National Coun
ciJ of Churches Operation
RUSH, the Presbyterian
Church, the National Law
yers Guild, entertainers Ed
Asner, Harry Belafonte
Trrrtl Pelt iieepei-—e-re
among the endorsers of the
Greensboro Civil Rights
"uit.
That suit demands $48
million real and punitive
damages from Klansmen.
Nazis, officials of the
Greensboro police. Bureau
of Alcohol and Tobacco and
Firearms, FBI, Justice
Department and North
Carolina Bureau of Inves
tigation The 88 defendants
are charged with violating
and conspiring to violate
the civil rights of Com
munist Workers Party
labor organizers and com
■mumty activists who were_
killed and injured at an
anti-Klan demonstration in
Greensboro NT on Novem
ber 1. rj7«.t The Suit claims
that local and federal of
ficial used their office to
violate the civil rights of
the demonstrators They
conspired with Klanstnen
and Nazis in that attack,
they unlawfully arrested
demonstrators, and they
concealed and manipulated
evidence after the fact.
On December T lawyers
for the Civil Rights Fund
will enter federal district
court in Durban^ NC to
argue against motions to
dismiss the suit filed by the
federal Tfwstiee
ment the state of North
Carolina and the City of
Greensboro.
The government pre
viously successfully
stopped the discovery
(court supervised investi
gation) process in the suit,
which Civil Rights Fund
lawyers project will ulti
mately reveal the full ex
tent and character of the
multi-agency involvement
in the murders.
Lawyers from the
Greensboro Civil Rights
Fund believe that the De
cember 3 hearing will
result in the denial of the
government’s motions to
dismiss the case.