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Kelly Alexander, Sr. • .Board chairman Kety Alexander 1 Is Laymen’s Banquet Speaker The Laymen’s League of the General Baptist State Convention of North Caro lina Will bold its annual Statewide Fellowship Ban quet, Friday, April 27, at the Holiday" Inn in down town Raleitf). Kelly M. Alexander, Sr., chairman of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP, will be the guest speaker. The Laymen’s One Day Session will be held April 28, at the Springfield Bap tist Church near Raleigh where Rev. Daniel Sanders is the pastor. Tickets for the banquet may be purchased form the General Baptist State Con vention Baptist Head quarters, 808 S. Wilming ton Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27801, for $u. For further information, call Keith Rooby, laymen's ' secretary, at 010821-7486. Schedule ' The preschool child de velopment screening clinics will be offered by the Charlotte Neighbor hood Centers Department, Center for Human Devel opment, Charlotte-Meck lenburg Schools and the Council for Exceptional Children during April May. The program, called “Screen-O-Rama,” is a rapidscreening cllntp for children ages four and five aimed at evaluating the developmental skills of children before they enter public kindergarten. “Screen-O-Rama” cli nics will be held on the following dates and loca tions: Saturday, April 28, Belmont Regional Center, 700Parkwood Av*.; Satur day, May 12, Greenville Neighborhood Center, 1330 Spring Street and Satur day, May 19, Alexander Street Center, MO North ' Alexander Street. Appoint ments are still available at the May 12 and May 19 clinics. Each clinic can only ac commodate a limited num ber of children, so parents must make appointments for each child to be screened. Appointments can be made by calling the Neighborhood Centers De partment at 374-3061. The free clinics are for resi dents of Mecklenburg CftUnty only. JH* total screening pro cess is about two hours in length, and parents are re quired to remain with their children. resting will involve • 40 minute developmental screening in groaa motor, fig? motor, concepts and cemmunications skills. The children will be given rapid •Openings for problems In volving professionals and trained volunteers. Aftsr the tests parents will meet with a profes sional counselor to discuss the results of the evalua tion At that time, they will be given information of any problems observed during the screening and given information on bow to re ceive additional smlstanq to handle a particular problem. Of For Youf A dvorffelng OoCorf WMBN WB ({OQAQUttimiZ [jx®aa US. Commissioner Addresses Livingstone Conference Special To The Peat Today’s aged are better educated, healthier, more active and more financial ly independent than ever before,” Dr. Lennie-Marie Tolliver, United States Commissioner on Aging told practitioners and edu cators during Wednesday's gerontology training con ference at Camp Caraway in Asheboro. Sponsored by the Liv ingstone College Social , Welfare and Sociology Ge rontology Certificate Pro gram along with the North west Piedmont Area Agencies on Aging, the conference was designed to explore linkages between education and practice in dealing with the elderly in North Carolina. “If we are to meet chal lenges that will appear ip the nation’s elderly by the year 2000, then it is im perative that higher edu cational institutions and practitioners join together to improve toe quality of life for all older Ameri cana,” Dr. Tolliver said. Having served as a so ciology professor at Duke University and the Univer sity of Oklahoma, Dr. Tolliver stated that "the administration’s programs are designed to improve services to older Ameri cans by stressing four major areas: 1) Career development for persons working with the elderly, 2) Increased employment op -J I ' ■ ■ port uni tiee for peroom over 63, 3) Continued support of adult education programs, and 4) Expand ed and improved geron tology course work and practical experience. Dr. Tolliver stated, "North Carolina was the first state to have its Gerontology program im proved for 1964. Living stone College, a private school, and North Carolina Central University, a state . school, are considered role , —«■'! ■ ' iliriU 'in' ■edUfci models for other historic ally black colleges that are seeking to improve thatr capabilities in serving the minority aged.” “The existence of nega tive attitudes toward the elderly should be recog nised and countered by more positive and realistic attitudes and approaches, while educational and so cial service programs should emphasise senettfvi ty to the unique health, emotional, cultural, econo mic, ethnic and social circumstances of older adults,” Dr. Tolliver said. Dr. Olivia T. Spaulding, Dean of Academic Affairs at Iiviastoas, recognised special giants. Mr. Ernest Messer, Assistant Secre tary of the North Carolina Department of Human Re sources, introduced the speaker and Dr. Phil J. Cho, Chairman of the Li vingstone Sociology and Social Welfare Depart ment, presided. 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