——————— —* Mr. and Mrs. James Curtis Buford were treated to an anniversary dinnerjgt Nam ML Bon Baptist Church in celebration at the couple’s 80th ^Ti . . » f -• , Observes Founder’s Day ~ _ ...r- __ The Alpha Pi Chi Sorority re cently obser The sorority ' First United \ at the 11:00 outgoing president of the Alpha Pi Chi Council, Mrs. Carolyn Gib son, presented a check from the sorority to the church’s building fund. ■ At 4 p.m., the Founders Day ob servance continued at McDo nald's Cafeteria with a reception and the installation of-the follow*, ing officers: Mrs. Sara Caldwell, president; Mrs. Ruth Cohen, vice president; Mrs. Lula Brown, recording secretary; Mrs. Myrtle [ .Miller, corresponding secretary; jMrs. Gwendolyn Porter, finan cial secretary; and Mrs. Utha Johnson, treasurer, v’ The Alpha Gamma Chi Sorori Jty, Inc., was founded in 1942, with -headquarters in Lovelace, Colo rado. It was an interracial, inter , national organization with chap -ters throughout the world. Early •tn the 1950s, under the sponsor ship of Dean of Women, Miss Anne Hawkins, two local gradu ate chapters were organized— Alpha Alpha and Alpha Beta-on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University. They were affiliated for several years with the inter national sorority. In 1962, the present organization became in dependent under a new name, Al pha Pi Chi, and a new Constitu ;tion. Today, there are Alpha Pi Chi chapters covering the north east, southeast, midwest, and : southwest, with headquarters in 8t. Louis, MO. The local Council consists of three chapters: Alpha Alpha, Al pha Beta, and Gamma Xi. The national organization makes contributions to worthy causes: $5,000 to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for 8ocial Change; ' $5,000 to the United Negro College Fund, and others, such as the Mental Health programs, and gave to the Septima a ark Fund. Hie torch is the national symbol and the motto is, "Lighting the way for livirig and learning." To raise money for scholarships, the dan Of ’62 To Meet The 1962 Clue of West Char lotte Senior High School is mak ing plans for their 26th Reunion. All interested persons are asked to contact one of the following i. •' Harriet Gentry Love, 704-392 1036; John W. Love Sr., 704-392 1036; Turner Sumpter, 704-636 »*6; Ann Cannon White, 704 362-2041; Butrilla Byers. Ratch fdrd, 704-652-8438; Barbara Floyd, \704-62^6218and nesft scheduled meeting is .< 1 at 629 Plumstead Rd., aged to attend this meeting. ,* <«sA> *-' j y'rr-i *1 • *8 Torchlight*™' Talent Hunt i* held annually with tenth, elev enth, and twelfth grade high •chool students as contestants. For several years, the local Council sponsored a summer out ing for patients and staff at Lee's Nursing Home on Reames Road. Mrs. Ruth Cohen is national vice president of Alpha Pi Chi and Mrs. Carolyn Gibson is the North Carolina State president. A Follow-up Alexander Reformulates Policy On December 29,1986, Alexan der Funeral Home, Inc. circulat ed a policy on "Flower 8hop Sales, Commissions and Cash Advanc es." The policy was developed af ter receipt of complaints concern ing practices of flower shops. The intent of our policy is to do two ,\j things. First, we believe that the practice of paying sales commis sions to funeral home employees by flower shops places the employ ee in a situation where he/she might be tempted to steer a'cus tomer toward a flower shop sim ply because that shop will pay a commission. This, we believe, is unfair competition. It places those flower shops that don't pay com mission at an immediate disad vantage. Our research indicated that some flower shops, such as Occasion Florist, paid commis sions, while others did not. We therefore set out to learn what was going on by ashing florists to tell us if they did or did not pay com missions, since commissions were being paid, in many cases, directly to sales persons without management being informed. We also said clearly that "if you pay a commission then one-half In reference to the article written concerning the controversy between local florists and Alexander Funeral Home. Lem Long, one of the contri butors |o the article made this statement. “Alexander’s policy does not reflect the policy of Long * Son Mortuary Service. Additionally. I, in no way, have anything deroga tory to say about any of our competi tors.” of it ought to come to the corpora tion to offset the cost to us of col lecting money for the florist.” Aside from the question of com missions, we wanted to make good on our promise of a year ago to operate Alexander Funeral Home in a business-like man ner- The practice of collecting third party charges, in this case the chargee of florists, without making any charge to the florist for the service has the unintended consequence of increasing the cost of services to our clients. Hus is not fair to our clients. As you know, there is no free lunch. If the florist doesn't contribute to the overhead cost of collection, then the customer pays for it through higher flineral costs. We therefore concluded that commis sion or no commission every florist that used us as a collection agency would be charged a mod est fee. Since our letters went out, we have spoken with a number of re sponsible florists. Based on our discussions with them we have re formulated our policy. Hie policy WomanReach "When Becoming Begins: De veloping Your Human Potential” will be a workshop at Woman Reach for WOMEN ONLY. Bring your lunch on Saturday, January 31. Hie workshop will be facilitated by Mma Dibble. For more information, cal 334 3614. r-■—— -- now in effect is as follows: 1) No employee of Alexander Funeral Home, Inc. shall accept a sales commission from any flor al company. 2) On all floral cash advances placed on our contracts, we shall charge the florist a ten dollar ($10) processing fee. 3) Alexander Funeral Home, Inc. shall maintain a listing of florists who have agreed not to pay sales commissions, kickbacks or other side payments to ftineral homes, funeral directors or fu neral service licensees. We believe that our policy serves the best interest of our cli ents and the general public. 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