For Scholarships
Housing Authority Youth
Services Raises &50.000
The Charlotte Housing
Authority has made it pos
sible for students living in
public housing in Char
lotte to extend their edu
cational horizons.
John Crawford, the di
rector of Youth Services at
the 21 Board members
could not have accom
plished this feat alone.
Many individuals contri
buted to a special fund
entitled the Charlotte
Housing Authority Scho
larship Fund. To celebrate
and honor citizens who
“Gave Youths a Chance”
the scholarship committee
will sponsor a victory
celebration May SO at 5:30
p.m. at the Strawn Acti
vity Center, 1225 South
Caldwell St.
“This project began last
November,’’ informed
Crawford. “We set the goal
at 150,000 and now that we
have reached it we want to
have a victory celebra
tion."
ihe slogan for the com
mittee is "Give A Youth A
Chance.” The funds are
handled by the Greater
Charlotte Foundation, Inc.
"This foundation handles a
number of other funds,
about 250, this is one rea
son we have the connec
tion with them.” Craw
ford indicated that the
Greater Charlotte Foun
dation was extremely in
strumental in reaching the
.^Drinking Drivers
Continue To Kill
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..Drinking drivers contin
ue to kill and main others
on the roads, but North
Carolina now has better
laws to deal with them.
“And ther'e are encour
aging signs that last year’s
publicity about the pro
blem and the law’s pass
age ha vereduced the death
and injury toll caused by
drinking drivers,’’ said B.
H. Parker, a spokesman
for the North Carolina In
surance News Service He
is Raleigh-based vice
president-regional man
ager for Nationwide Insur
ance Company.' *
“We must insist that
state and local law
enforcement officers con
tinue to use the provisions
of the Safe Roads Act to
save lives and property,”
Parker said.
“In other states and
other countries tough new
laws have brought reduc
tions in the mayhem
caused by drinking drivers,
but then the public has
grown complacent. When
apathy has set in, the
deaths and injuries have
risen,” he said.
The insurance executive
added, “Our challenge is to
keep pressure on the ad
"ministrative, legislative
* •___.
and judicial branches so
that we continue reducing
the deaths and injuries.
“The Safe Roads Act ~
certainly provides a good
basis for a continuing re
duction in the problems
caused by drinking drivers.
And it’s not just drunken
drivers that cause the pro
blem. Often one drink can
cause some people to be
impaired to the extent they
shouldn’t be driving,’’ be
said. “That’s why the pro
blem is drinking drivers,
not just drunken drivers.
“For example, one of the
mitigating factors allowed
in evidence under the
Safe Roads Act is 'slight
impairment, solely from
alcohol with an alcohol
’content in the blood not
exceeding 0.11.’ Even
slight impairment could
contribute to an accident.
As all of us should know,
driving an automobile re
quires full attention and
unimpaired faculties at all
times. Split-second oc
currences can cause an
accident at any time,” he
said.
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goal due to the proper
handling of the funds
raised and excellent man
agement of the endowment
funds.
The purpose of the scho
larship is to increase the
awareness, motivation,
and opportunities for post
secondary education
through providing scholar
ships and stipends to in
dividuals residing in pu
blic housing in Charlotte.
The eligibility of receiv
ing the scholarship re
quires: i.) that the person
be a resident of the public
housing, and 2.) he-she
must be a high school
graduate. “If the person is
over 21 he or she can still
apply,” Crawford stated.
"If someone is over 25 they
must have already com
pleted their freshman year
to qualify for the scho
larship.”
If you would like to aid
deserving residents who
without this kind of assist
ance would be unable to
attend college, send your
donations to Greater Char
lotte Foundation, 301 South
Brevard St. All contribu
tions are tax deductible.
Although the vast ma
jority of the 3,756 families
in public housing aspire to'
improve their chances and
their children’s chances for
an education and subse
quently a better way of life,
this aspiration is often
frustrated 'by certain eco
nomic realities:
-an average net family
income for public bousing
residents of $4,359 per year,
-a national reduction in
grants and scholarships for
higher education, and
-a high rate of unem
ployment in public bousing
complexes (66 percent).
The guiding philosophy
of the Scholarship Fund is
that public bousing resi
dents deserve the chance to
live, work and achieve r
their maximum potential.
Your gifts in whatever
size or form, increases the
opportunities for low in
come residents to achieve
constructive goals in their
lives. By making a do
nation now, you are mak
ing a significant invest
ment in someone’s future.
Karen’s Many Faces
Expect to see Karen Jones-Meadows in many roles, as playwright,
performer, teacher; In television commercials, films, magazines; and
as mother of eight year old son Jayson. Here she’s Queen Nzinga 17th
century African warrior. For the Arts in Education prooram. Karen
visits schooirporTriymgprgmment women in black history. Karen
expresses special enthusiasm about the plays she’s written, like
’ Tapman," recently seen by a sold-out audience at Spirit Square, or
Henrietta," accepted for the New Playwrights Project of Atlanta.
Karen grew up in the BrShx, New York, but decided she’d settle in
Charlotte when she visited here at age sixteen. "I’ve been a
Charlottean for six years, and I like the quality of IHe." Karen says.
“I've also compared Republic Bank to the big ones, and I feel more
comfortable and secure with the smaller bank. They remember my
name. They know I'm the one who accidentally drove away from their
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Diocese Bishop Estili (right), Is Vicar at
St. Michael’s and AO Angels Episcopal
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ComnaUee Seeks *800000 To Reefeae Church
The, aampaign to raise
$800,000 to restore the old
Little Rock AME Zion
Church tp house the Afro
American Cultural Center
is off in grand fashion.
When - the campaign
kicked off at a news con
ference. rtfchairman Rolfe
Nein announced that more
than) $106,qoo had already
been pledged* to the cam
paign which ends June 30.
“We have the campaign
voluhteers- organised now
and we are out there
throughout the Charlotte
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Mecklenburg community
trying to make our goal,”
say& T£)ee0ee Murphy,
campajgn'coordinator.
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offer to. ’help,’’ adds
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The Afro-American Cul
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Project will have its first
reporting session at one
o’clock, Tuesday after
noon. May 29 at the Greater
Charlotte Chamber of Com
merce located at 129 West
Trade Street. While details
of the total amount raised
or pledged sp far is being
withheld until that re
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officials have announced
that NChfe has pledged
$35,000.
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Students who attended
West Charlotte High School
during.the span of the 18
yearn In which'Clinton L.
Slake-was the principal,
surely got a goo? taste-tf
life. ’
- “Blake'was not only. MI
Outstanding -educator, tag
was,- also mown ‘ as a.'
staunch supporter of th$
fine « arts, especially
drama,” stated Rudolph
Torrence, president of the
West Chat lot te Natfcjpal
Alumni Association, gjo
keep pis contributions to
West Charlotte alive,, thfc
alumni haVe decided^
dedicate and natuMM*
high school's auditoriigjfc'in.
Blake’s hoopr. .. ..
The principal, was'quire
than the leader’. cOhe .
school for nearly 28 yfeers.
Blake was the first nrin
cipahat West Charlotte. E|j»
was guiding and instilling
determination- into the
miode of young pfcQfJe
wherfiWeat Charlotte was
located at the site -pre
sently known as Northwest
Junior High Scfaftl, ac
cording to Geraldine
Powe.Vn ahimna of West
Charlotte High School. •
West Charlotte relocat
ed to 2219' Senior {Drive
around 1951,” JBtfjlw in
formed; One* age>p,jBlake'
was in the fartbMpt. He
encouraged academic
achievement at alt*jines
'The dedication trill be
.held May 27 at ♦ pm. in
West Charlotte Audito
rium. tV West Cferiotte..
Alumni extend an infla
tion to students, par eft,
friends, graduates
former and presentjhculty
members. The Community
is also invited to attend. A
reception will follow the
program, '■) >
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