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Anna Hood .President, Charlotte Club * NANBPWC Plans Anniversary Celebration The Charlotte Club of the Na tional Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. < NANBPWC) will hold an anni versary celebration on April 27-28. The national association is cele brating 50 years of serving through-. out the United States during the month of April. The theme is "A Proud History—A Determined Fu ture." According to the Club president, Anna Hood, the Charlotte celebra tion will begin with a symposium focusing on black women and the economy. Participants are Bar bara Gales, moderator and Club member; Marilyn Wright, CPA; Mamite S. Perry, attorney; Wilma Hood, nursing instructor; Ella Scarborough, administrative super visor; Ruthie Giles, clinical co ordinator and Club member; and Mae Orr, educator. The symposium is open to the public. A Founder’s Day Awards Lun cheon will follow at McDonald’s Cafeteria at 11:30. Featured speak er will be Frankie Jacobs Gillette, national president of NANBPWC, Inc. Scholarship awards will be pre sented to two local high school students, as well as to the Housing Authority Scholarship Foundation. The Club’s highest award, the Sojourner Truth Award, will be pre sented to retired nurse, Cleo Younge. Other festivities of the weekend celebration include a cabaret fea turing styles and music of the 1930s at McDonald’s Banquet Center at 9 pm., Saturday; an 11 a.m. wor ship service Sunday at Memorial PresjtytsMfrT Church; a dosed din- ’ no* in the afternoon; and a candle light &Srviee of rededication for Club members. The Charlotte Club num bers 36 women in various busi nesses and professions. Tickets to the Founders Day Awards luncheon are $10. Cabaret tickets are $8. For further informa tion, contact Hiereasea Elder at 569-1681, or Connie Smith, 394-3262. Mobility Devices An "environmental control sys tem” which permits individuals con fined to wheelchairs to control household appliances, lighting, and other electrical accessories directly from their wheelchairs has been _ perfected by Fortress Scientific. The firm is a leading manufacturer of mobility devices for the disabled. . - The system uses an ultrasonic transmitter built into the operating controls of the wheelchair. The transmitter has four channels which operate lamps, appliances, televi sion sets, or other electrical de vices by remote control. Information on the environmental control system is available by writ ing to: Fortress Scientific, 61 Miami St., Dept. 1000, Buffalo, N Y. 14204; or call toll-free, 1-000-387-3611. WomanTalkSesaong WomanReach will host noon Woman Talk sessions each Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p m. at the WomanReach Center. Come when you can, leave when you have to. BYO lunch, struggles and triumphs to share with other women. For more information and to register, call a WomanReach peer counselor Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at 334-3614. All women are welcome at Wo manReach, where all serices are free. A United Way agency. ■ OPEN 'TO THE PUBLICl PAPERTOWN Food Service - Tissues - Towels - Office Supplies - Moving A Sto rage Boxes - Janitorial - Cater ing Supplies - Bags - Can liners - Buffet A Party Supplies - Tape - CepyPapcrs - Waxes - Cleaners - INSTITUTIONAL COMMERCIAL . ACCOUNTS 1*1 INVITED No Minimum * We Break Cases 4426 East Indep. 568-6663 *r MM Governor Jim Martin To Appear On Live, Phone-In Telecast Governor James G. Martin, who has adopted the town meeting con cept as a way of communicating directly with the people of North Carolina, will hold what is being described as “the first statewide town meeting" when he makes a live appearance on OPEN-net April 36. OPEN-net, the Open Public Events Network, is a cable tele vision network which brings to the people of North Carolina coverage of state government meetings and an opportunity to talk directly" to state leaders in a live telephone call-in session. Appearing with the governor will be Secretary Howard H. Haworth of the Department of Commerce and Secretary Aaron J. Johnson of the Department of Correction Secre taries Haworth and Johnson ac companied the governor during a March 26 town meeting in Newton which wAs videotaped for OPEN net. “I am looking forward to my upcoming joint appearance with Secretary Haworth and Secretary .Johnson on OPEN'-net,” Governor Martin said. “I hope many North Carolinians use this opportunity to discuss with me specific concerns." Tlrt program will air from 8-10 pm. on over 80 cable television systems and one public radio sta tion serving more than 150 North Carolina communities. During the first hour of the telecast, viewers * - • . T~ will watch a videotape of Gover nor Martin's Newton town meet ing. In the second hour, the go verror will be taking viewer tele phone calls live on-the-air from the OPEN-net studio in Raleigh. The program will be moderated by ve- .■ teran legislative reporter Fred Taylor of WRAL-TV, Raleigh. Angela Hudson Is Setting Records Angela Hudson has quite a track record at North Carolina State Uni versity. She's a Dean’s List student who will graduate May 11 with a bache lor’s degree in zoology with a pre medicine option, and she’s the hold er of NCSU records in discus throw-' ing and shot put. “I chose N.C. State because I was looking for a school with a good pre-med curriculum as well as a good track program,” said the Booton, N.J., native. Hudson plans to take graduate courses this fall at NCSU to strengthen her background when sh lea to medical schools. ecause of her knee surgery in her junior year, she’ll have one more year of eligibility in track. “It’s something I enjoy doing and it’s been a good outlet for me,” she said. now does ner arnmtion to "may be make the Olympic someday" fit in with medical school plans? "I haven't figured that one out yet,” Hudson said with a laugh. In addition to academic and ath letic pursuits, she is an active member of the Alpha Zeta honor and service sorority. This past Christmas she organ ized the sorority’s annual needy family program, which included not only providing a Christmas tree, food and gifts, but also several visits with the family. ■Mlfft Sale Good April 81st thru April 83 S } Sunday thru Tuesdays, ae \ REBUILT Alternator All Except Late Model // GM Integral and AMC f \ i Motorola. 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