Page 8B - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, November 7, 1985
Candra Whitley Chosen “Little Miss” Johnson C. Smith
By Leigh Davis
Special To The Post
Her lady-in waiting is her
mom. Her favorite royal
subject is Jennifer, a
Cabbage Patch doll.
She is Candra Kathleen
Whitley, a queen, and
typical four -year-old.,
Candra is the 1985 Little
Miss Johnson C. Smith
University (JCSU) who
wants a television for her
bedroom, dessert rather
than dinner and bubble
gum. And no banannas.
“I hate bananas,” says
Candra, the four foot tall
daughter of Cornell and
Shirley Whitley. “I like
dessert, not vegetables. I
want a television for my
room because mamma and
daddy have one.”
For Candra, being
Little Miss JCSU means
wearing blue and gold
colors in Saturday’s JCSU
Homecoming parade. It
also means a possible trip
around the world, says
Candra.
“It feels fine being a
queen,” she said recently
at her home on Louvaine
Drive in the Deerhurst
community. “I’m going all
around the world. I’m
going to be in a parade. I
got the gold ribbons (for
my hair) but I need some
kind of socks.” Candra will
be one of about 30 queens
I who will represent JCSU in
Saturday’s parade. Also
participating is Sharon
Jennings, 1985 Miss JCSU.
The university elects a
youngster as queen each
year as a way to involve the
community in Home
coming and as a way to
introduce youngsters to the
college.
Candra was crowned last
Friday during the Miss
JCSU coronation held on
the JCSU campus. She
wore an Ivory-colored
dress with trim and a pink
sash, pink stockings and
ribbon and black shoes. She
carried a bouquet of roses.
Candra’s mother, Shirley
Whitley, an applications
processor in the Financial
Aid department at JCSU,
said her child was selected
as queen by raising the
most money-$249-in a
competition. About 50
friends, relatives and co
workers at JCSU and at
Celanese Fibers, where
Candra’s dad is a research
engineer, contributed to
Candra’s campaign.
“Candra will write
thank-you notes to all her
patrons and I will send
them,” said Shirley
Whitley. “Even at four, she
writes well.”
Mrs. Whitley says she
and her husband are proud
of their daughter, a pre
schooler at St. John’s Child
Development Center on
Hawthorne Lane. Candra
attends Mount Carmel
Baptist Church on Tucka-
Candra Whitley
Typical four-year-old
seegee Road. “We feel a
sense of pride to know that
our child has won some
thing,” said Mrs. Whitley.
“We’re proud of anything
she thinks is a big deal, be
it running, jumping or in a
contest. She’s our only
child and I spoil her.”
One big deal in Candra’s
life is “Radio 1990,” a
television video program.
“It comes on (television)
after ‘USA Cartoons,”’
says Candra. Her favorite
pop artists are Michael
Jackson and Prince. Her
favorite neighborhood
friends Kimberly and
Lauren. Her best friend in
school is Misha. Her fa
vorite fellow, a young man
named Christopher. Her
favorite football player is
her uncle, Shelton Boyer, a
wide receiver for Clemson
University and a West
Charlotte High School
graduate.
She also loves her bed
room - her playhouse -
where dolls are scattered
near a play refrigerator, a
stove and sink, dishes and
play food. A wilted rose
occupies a vase on her
dresser. Next to it,
balloons float from another
vase. There is a jar of
coins. Clowns and movie
she’s a good girl. She’s
very quick, and she cor
rects me in my grammar.
She’s a quick learner,”
said Mrs. Whitley. She says
Candra knows the alpha
bet, and each afternoon,
they spend time strength
ening her vocabulary.
“When she does (her les
sons) well, I draw her a
smiling face. When she’s
working the house is silent. No TV.”
character ET hang from
the wall.
“I help momma wash
dishes sometimes,” says
Candra. “Sometimes I
make a mess.”
Outside her dream
house, at school, Candra is
one of 17 children in her
day care class at St.
John’s Child Development
Center. Betty Curlin, one of
her teachers, calls
Candra an “outgoing,
active, pretty little girl.
She told us she has won a
contest but students don’t
know what’s going on. I
think I will have a dis
cussion about it. I will
explain it to them.”
Candra will help her
teacher explain what it
means to be queen. “I’m
going to take my crown to
show-and-tell,” Candra
says. “I won’t give auto
graphs. At school, we don’t
give autographs.”
Day care is far from
college, but Candra pre
pares for it. “I want to be a
children’s doctor like Dr.
Johnston, my doctor,” she
says,, one leg swinging
from above a love seat in
her living room.
Her mother says she
doesn’t push Candra, but
urges her to form good
study habits. “Overall,
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