Mrs. Abreu Mailing,
.She was Miss Sharon Barnette
Miss Sharon F ^neOek
Bride Of Abreu Mullins
snaron Denise Barnette
' and Abreu Lose Mullins
were united in holy ma
trimony Saturday, January
U, at Friendship Baptist
Church.
Rev. Clifford A. Jones,
Sr. officiated at the 3
o’clock ceremony.
Given in marriage by her
brother, Anthony Barnette,
Ytl|» bride was dressed in an
ivory gown made of Venire
arid Chantilly lace accent
31 with pearls and sequins.
er derby hat featured a '
chapel length train. The
bride carried a flower bou
quet of red and ivory rosps.
The bride’s sister, An
nette Barnette, acted as
maid of honor. Other
bridal attendants were
Joni Mills, Cynthia
Vaughn, Beverly Williams,
sister of the groom and
Cassandra Patterson, the
bride’s sister.
Tameeka Barnette and
•tanelle Barnette per
formed as flower girls for
tie occasion
As best man, Robert H.
Mullins assisted the
groom. The remaining
ushers were: Tomieka
Arnold, Abreu Williams,
Eric Barnette and Derrick
Barnette.
Master Tico Mullins was
the ring bearer.
The music was provided
by soloist Spencer White
and organist Gerado
Stroud.
A graduate of North
Mecklenburg High School,
the bride attended Spelmari
College and Johnson C.
Smith University. She is
also employed by Eastern
Airlines and is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Dorsey Barn
ette.
The groom, a native of
Atlanta, Ga., is the son of
Hazel and Robert Mullins.
He is currently employed
with Eastern Airlines in
Kansas City, Mo., where
the couple will reside after
a wedding trip to Barba
does, West Indies.
Tuesday Is Deadline For
LLtlug Property Taxes
Reminder: Tuesday,
January 31, it the dead
line for listing your per
sonal property with the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Tax Supervisor’s Office.
North Carolina law re
quires all residents to list
their personal property
Airing January, and fail
ure to list will result in a
10 percent pebalty, which
must be paid in addition to
the property tax itself.
All residents, excspt
those who haye moved
h sre in recent months,
should already have re
ceived a tax listing form in
t m mail. Almost 200,000
i dividual Personal Pro
I srty Listing Forms have
1 sen mailed, according to
J.A. Stone, City- County
1 ax Supervisor and Tax
Collector. Newcomers and
t^ose who have not re
ceived a form should re
quest one from the Tax
Supervisor’s Office, tele
phone 374-2813.
Huntersville, Pineville
and Matthews. For infor
mation about office tours
and location, call the town
hall.
All real and personal
property assessments are
at 100 percent of the ap
praised value of the pro
perty. All property in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg is
assessed by the Tax Su
pervisor’s Office, and the
amount of property tax is
based on that assessment
and the current tax rate.
Ur. Bynum
Continued From Pa*f 1A
most of ffie employees have
no complaints about the
merger. “I don’t want to
draw any conclusions until
I’m sure which concept will
allow the ‘best of both
worlds,’” Dr. Bynum
continued.
Vice chairman of the
Housing Subcommittee
with the Charlotte-Meck
ienburg Community Rela
tions Committee and a lieu
tenant-colonel in the Army
Reserve, Dr. Bynum
noted, "Being interested in
community service,” is
another reason be decided
to run for Cotmty Com
missioner. The member of
the Black Advisory Board
of WBTV and board mem
ber of the McCrorey
Branch YliCA, has al
ready received an endorse
ment from the present De
mocratic Maaklenburg
County CommMonan.
At least three of the five
Cowty Commission seats
are expected to be up for
grabs this year. Rev. Bob
Walton has already an
nounced ha will seek a
fourth term as County
Dr. Bynum trend
voters shouldn't feat that a
choice has to be made
between him and Walton,
pi iiwM) the only two
blacks who have an
nounced to run far County
Commissioner. “People
can vote far ooe of us or
both of no, hut they
ebouMfel faei they have no
choice hut to vote far only
pop Mack candidate," Dr.
Bynrnn emphasised.
Dr Bynum attends
whore he Is a ^tecon,
* JH^pPt^prjsfldeot of the
Carrie Graves Attends
Workshop For Eddie Carthan
By Lori Grier
Poet Stan Writer
Civil Rights Leader
CArrie Graves and ap
proximately 133 commun
ity activists and organizers
from across the South,
recently attended a work
shop at Miles College,
Birmingham, Alabama.
The body of the workshop,
which included speakers
such as Rev. Ben Chavis,
Dr. Joseph Lowery, Mrs.
Barbara Majors of the
Hungry Coalition in Loui
siana, Jack Odell, Direc
tor of the International
Operation PUSH, and
Carrie Graves, resource
person, endorsed Rev!
Jesse Jackson.
The main issues dis
, cussed were militiarism
and racism link up in sec
tors, racism’s detrimental
effect on the state and
country, and the plight of
poor people.
The most important to
pic of discussion focused on
Eddie Carthan, former
Mayor of Tchula, Missis
sippi, and the Tchula
Seven. The events sur
rounding Carthan, which
led to Graves and others
attending the workshop,
are taken from the June 3,
1982 edition of The Post.
On April 12, 1981 the se
ven officials were convict
ed of felonious assault on a
police officer. On May 1,
1981, the alderman and
Carrie Graves
.Community leader
police officers were given
suspended sentences and
fines ranging from $500 to
$1,000. Carthan was sen
tenced to three years in the
state penitentiary.
Five months after the
first conviction, Carthan
was convicted on the first
of several federal charges,
pending against him. This
one was for fraud in con
nection with the purchase
of equipment for a day care
center he oversaw as
Mayor.
On April 15, 1982, for
mer mayor Eddie Carthan
and his brother, Joseph
Carthan, were charged
with murder of former
alderman Roosevelt Gran
derson. This charge, along
with the rest, has been
labeled as part of a con
spiracy to destroy Carthan,
not only politically, but to
enable the white power
structure to reestablish its
control and reinforce the
political and economic Im
provements of blacks in the
country.
“We learned that al
though Eddie is no longer
behind prison bars (re
leased October 13, 1983) he
and all the members of
Tchula Seven are still in
prison. They don’t have
jobs. He must pay his
parole officer >15 for each
visit. If he doesn’t pay, it
will be a violation of his
parole and he could be back
in prison. There is a plea
for Governor Winters to
pardon Eddie so he can run
for a political office again
in Mississippi,” an
nounced Graves.
According to. Graves,
Carthan’s release from pri
son is a victory for the
People's Movement in the
South, but a gigantic legal
battle which will cost a lot
of money lingers.
“We need an outpouring
of support for them from
across the country," she
continued.
The Eighth Annual Na
tional Conference of Black
Studies will be held Febru
ary 29 through March 4 at
the Sheraton Center. Dr.
Bertha Maxwell is chair
person of the conference.
Registration will be $25,
which includes workshops,
culture night, fashion and
talent show and the expect
ed appearance of Rev.
Jesse Jackson and other
Presidential candidates.
Eddie Cathan will be one
of the featured speakers,
and the Tchula Seven are
expected to be in attend
ance. "Thev will be able to
Wedding Date Set
Charles and Sylvia Wana
ley of 1344 Plumstead
Road, announce the en
gagement of their daugh
ter, Karin Maria Wansley,
to Michael Dean Calhoun.
He is the son of the late
James A. Calhoun and
Willa Dean Calhoun of 705
20th Avenue Middle Town,
Ohio.
Rev. Clifford A. Jones
will officiate the 4 p.m.
wedding on May 26,1964, at
Friendship Baptist Church. J
The bride is a teller at [
Citizens and Southern Bank
and the groom is an
electronics designer at
Consultant and Designers.
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talk about the plight under
which they still live,”
Graves explained.
If you would like more
information about the con
ference, or if you and your
organization would like to
participate, please call
Carrie Graves at 374-0057
"»• 372-0780.
Keep your out-of-town
friends informed of -
what’s happening in
Charlotte by sending
them a copy of The
Charlotte Post each
week
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