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By jaiyne strong
Post 8Uff Writer
Lynn Slaughter is the pretty teller
who greets people at NCNB Bank on
Morehead St. Many of the people
who meet her probably find the
personable young lady to be quite
endearing. And the feeling is
mutual. According to Lynn, “I like
my job, especially the customers.
Most of them are sweet.
“I like my co-workers, too,” adds
the 24-year-old teller who began her
banking career in Orlando, Florida,
working for Sun Bank. “I’ve been in
the banking field for five and one
half years,” she tells.
Lynn plans to expand her hori
zons in the field. ‘Til be going back
to school in the fall,” she pro
jects, “to major in business admin
istration.” Her aspiration is to
become a CPA. “It’s going to take a
lot of work,” Lynn believes “But I
know I can do it.”
Hailing from Orlando, Lynn has
only been In Charlotte far three and
one-half months. Though she spent
several years in Florida, she was
born and raised in Lakewood, New
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About Charlotte, Lynn comments,
"It’s a nice place The people hare
are really friendly and I've met a lot
of new people. Some parts of the city
are beautiful, too.”
However, so sorry, Charlotte just
doss not compare to Orlando.
according to this week's beauty. And
homesickness is something she’s
having to deal with. “I loved
Orlando,*' she wistfully sighs “The
scenery there is so beautiful. I have
a iri of friends there and enjoyed
working there.
“Of course.” replies the former
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The reason she’s traveled from
New Jersey, to Florida, and finally
to Charlotte is, explains Lynn, be
cause her father is a minister with
the Church of God and over the
years he’s been called to churches in
these areas. Asked how does she like
having a minister for a father, Lynn
states thoughtfully, “It’s fine now
that I'm grown.” With a smile she
recalls being picked on when she
was younger. “Other kids would
always yell, ‘Preacher’s daughter!
Preacher’s daughter! ” Those days
behind her, Lynn now relates, “But
It’s nice growing up in the church
We’ve acquired a lot of values. I
know who God is and will never
forget Him.”
Lynn has two brothers, Alphonso,
23, and Donald, 25, and one sister,
Debra, 27. She remembers growing
up as being “fun,” since she and her
siblings are all close in age. They
still maintain a close relationship,
says Lynn, though they are sepa
rated now. Her brothers have re
mained in Florida and her sister
lives in Atlanta, Ga. Lynn also has a
nephew, Eric, 10-years-old, who
she’s very fond of.
Her mother, Lovie, is the person
she most admires. Lynn notes,
"Over the years my mother’s
shown a lot of strength and has kept
out family together even through the
rough times. And through it all,
she’s always been a best friend to
me. I can talk to her about
anything."
This week’s beauty describes her
self as a "private" type of person
Yet she is also “caring and fun
loving.” Her favorite activities are
going to the movies and the parks
See LYNN On Page 13A
As Executive Director
Rev. Benjamin Chavis Takes
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Agency In New Directions
Special To The Post
Durham - The Rev. Dr. Benjamin
F. Chavis Jr. will be installed here
April 27 as the executive director of
the Commission for Racial Justice of
the 1.7 million member United
Church of Christ. The service will be
held in Duke University Chapel at 7
p.m.
Since his election as head of the
Commission in late 1985, Dr. Chavis
has already begun to take the natio
nal church civil rights agency in
some new directions. He has been an
initiator of the new Freedom
Rides to defend the rights of voters
in the Black Belt of Alabama and
has given leadership to a campaign
to spur economic development in
minority communities.
He has also maintained the
23-year-old Commission’s attempts
to er)d apartheid in South Africa,
acting as a leader in the move
ment for divestment from com
panies with operations there, and
has continued the church agency’s
historic criminal justice efforts,
most recently through the dispatch
of an investigator to follow up on
information challenging the convic
tion of Darryl E. Hunt in Winston
Salem.
Himself imprisoned in North
Carolina on false charges for
four-and-a-half years as the best
known of the Wilmington Ten, Dr.
Chavis describes his installation as,
“in a sense, a victory celebration
over all the trials and tribulations of
the past.”
The event will be held in the
United Church of Christ’s Southern
Conference, where the majority of
the denomination's black churches
are located, because "I wanted this
to be an opportunity to celebrate the
black church in the United Church of
Christ,” Dr. Chavis explains. “In
fact, the order of service will focus
on the African-American Christian
tradition.”
North Carolina is Dr. Chavis’
Rev. Benjamin Chavis
.To be installed Sunday
home state, where he worked for
many years in the civil rights move
ment. The Southern Conference,
headquartered in Burlington, is
1 hree Outstanding Women Vie For
NAACP’s Mother Of The Year Contest
By Bonita Hardin
Poat Staff Writer
Three outgoing mothers will par
ticipate in the Charlotte branch
NAACP's “Mother at the Year"
contest. Established years ago, the
contest recognizee women for their
achievements and for the purpose of
fuming such a vital part of the
commtatity. This year's contestants
are: Ms Shirley Chisolm, Ms.
Barbara Israel, and Ms. Geraldine
8. Mason.
Ms. Shirley Chisolm, an employee
of Lance Packaging Company, self
employed hair stylist and part time
model for Sophisticated Ladles and
Gents of Rock Hill. South Carolina,
anflcipatea becoming "Mother of the
Year. ’ Sh* believes it is important
for her children and grandchildren
to know about the NAACP (all are
members), Black History and their
heritage Ms. Chisolm says that her
family is Indeed an "NAACP
family ” and being involved in this
contest has bean an invaluable
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llnrtar. IM, tanking
bean in their employ for seven
years Her main purpose for rua
Geraldine Mason
.Eager to serve
ning as a contestant Is to raise
money for the NAACP. “It does not
matter who wine, only that an
organisation that helps all people in
au areas of need Is being funded,"
she said.
She la the mother of one son,
Joshua Samuel and attends Friend
ship Baptist Church. She la a mem
ber of the NAACP Finance Commit
tee, Women's Auxiliary and the
Board of Directors for the Neigh
borhood Housing Services of
Charlotte, Inc. -t
Barbara Israel
.Desires to raise hsdi
Ms. Geraldine J. Mason, Renewal
Control Technician at Kemper
Insurance Company, Is a member of
the Black Political Caucus, the
Mental Health Alliance Association,
the Kemper Social Club as weD as an
active member at the Charlotte
NAACP. She believes her Involve
ment both In church and civic
organisations will enable her to
serve the community as Charlotte’s
next "Mother of the Year." Ms.
Mason Is the mother at two sons and
is the proud grandmother of four.
Shirley Chisholm
.Stresses Mack history
The NAACP, the nation’s oldest
and largest civil rights organiza
tion established in the community
will use the funds raised from this
project to help carry out its ob
Jectlvaa of serving and protecting
tha basic rights guaranteed to every
American.
Anyone wishing to make e tax >
deductible contribution to either of
the contestants may make checks
payable to: NAACP, 113 North Irwin
Ave., Charlotte. N.C. 3003
where he has ministerial standing,
and Duke is where he received his
Master of Divinity degree.
Featured speakers at the instal
lation include the Rev Dr Avery D
Post, New York, president of the
United Church of Christ; the Rev
Dr Charles E Cobb, Washington,
D.C., director emeritus of the
Commission for Racial Justice; and
the Rev Dr Yvonne V. Delk, New
York, executive director of the
United Church of Christ's Office for
Church in Society
The internationally-acclaimed
Chuck Davis African American
Dance Ensemble will perform an
African liturgical dance during the
ceremony, and a mass gospel choir,
with representatives from any of the
140 black United Church of Christ
congregations in North Carolina and
Virginia, will provide music.
The installation follows a meeting
of the Commission for Racial
Justice commissioners, slated for
April 25-26 in Durham’s Hilton Inn
A native of Oxford, NC, Dr
Chavis holds a B A degree from the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte. In addition to graduating
magna cum laude with an M. Div
from Duke, he has earned a D. Min.
from Howard University, Wash
ington, DC, and has completed
course requirements for a Ph D. at
Union Theological Seminary, New
York City He is an ordained
minister in the United Church of
Christ.
The United Church of Christ is •
1957 union of the Evangel teal and
Reformed Church and the Castro
gstional Christian Churches. Its
Commission for Racial Justice
works with churches, interfaith
groups, and communities te combat
discrimination and secure justice
for blacks and other minorities.