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PagcBA THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, June 4. 1937 WestFest '87 Attracts 25,000 Scenes From A Good Time ; » ■ ■■■■ ■«■■ i n——mmmm§ The mini-amusement park provided five-year-old Shayla Edwards a nice ride on a carrou sel puny. (Top). One Above The Heat The crowds posed no problem Cor the Pasta man on the stilts, as be was able to see above every one's heads. The gay on the ground probably wanted a lift so he oould get a good look at the bands. (Left). frKarc jae^ ^ i Barbecue Contest Winners | Ten contestants competed in the WestFest Barbe K«us contest. However, there could only be three IWinnen. Walking off with the first place sward r^as Karen Chavis, (front row, left), who was |awnrded $350. Laura Crudup (front row, center) f?°n *200 th* second plaoe winner and John 1 HaU (front row, right) plaoed third, winning *80. Standing behind the contestants are the judges of the Barbecue contest. Attorney Charles Jones (far right) said of the competition. It was some of the be* barbecue I have ever had the pleasure of tast ing."-C«Wk and Karo Syrup oo-sponsored the yy^.r 'la*rv>s >"»*■•' ,v- V 1 '■ V- V : V , — " — ■ ■■-:-«-L ftp. WilliamCrawiMPd «h^tonr^rear-oldlW>ra Robfamm that ona'« health. Ten-year-old Laron Molvar await* hi* ti«L Uptown Center YWCA Looks For Lost Swimmers On June 17, the pool at the Up town Center of the Young Wom en's Christian Association will be declared a VIP • Very Important Pool. To assist in that recognition, the YWCA ia encouraging area residents who learned to swim in that pool to call the Uptown Cen ter at 333-7553 and leave their name and address. They'll receive a personal invitation to file event from 6:30 • 8:30 pm, June 17. And their names will be posted on a wall of fame being temporarily erected next to the pool. Uptown Center Director Terry Hogan said she got the idea far the pool party because of the large number who say they learned to swim at the Trade Street pool. "The YWCA's 85th anniversary seemed a good time to give the pool a party," Hogan said. The pool was opened in 1922 the product of an intensive fund raising effort led by Mrs. Charles C. Hook. A I960 history of the YWCA says the interest in build ing a pool was an outgrowth of WW Ts emphasis on physical fit ness as a patriotic duty stressed in the slogan, "Help Win the War by Keeping Strong and Well/' Emphasis was also placed on the sanitary aspects of firs pool. Tb swim in the new pool, you to pass a physical exam attesting to your freedom from heart, skin and lung disorders. 8wims, which cost 35 cents, had to be taWfe YWCA sanitised suits which ewe, need- • less to say, drab and nondescript The pool sms also touted as recy cling all its water every tenlwurs. By 1928, there was co-ed swim ming on Friday nights. ■v. /■ ^ ( V-A ^ tIl '■ ■' *4 1 ’ When swim classes for eery young children were bpgun in 1931, parsnte were admonished to "teach children to swim before they become afraid of the water" and that, in the South Pacific," ba bies learn to swim before they can walk and are perfectly at home in the water." Registration for infant swim classes often caused linee to form around the Uptown Cantor building. Evan ae late as 1959, the YWCA waa written up ae being ■ the only group teachings and 6, ! year olde to swim. By 1961, the YWCA atarted •« "slim and swim" classes and, in ! 1964, offered swimming lessons.! for the mentally handicapped. In 1966, tha YWCA hired former Olympic swimmer, Sharon Shep hard, to instruct T »• Even after the 1914 building was raxed, the pool continued in ! use ae the Trade Street facility 1 was built ovar it One of CxJfZ'. lotte's oldest pools still in Use, the pool sees service for everything ! from infant swim and water exerv!! dee to lap swimming and 8CUBAT! training. The June 17 event, which in eludes festivities and a birthdajrV' cake for the pool, will be held dm?" ing the annual "Loam to Swim j Week. Juneteenth '87 Wants To Involve All Sectors Of The Community By I^retta RichjutUon Port Staff Writer \\ With all of the gaiety and fee* !y one can muster, freedom is ed worth celebrating. celebration of freedom on e 19 and 20 ia what the Char i community will revel in ing the 10th annual June th observation. hile the Junteenth Celebra has generally been solely co lored by the Charlotte Equal ta Congress, this year's cele on marks an commitment to ng the community involved II levels of planning. a^un ‘’fygji ■ > According to Thelma McKoy, of the Charlotte Equal Rights Oongrese, "We want this 1987 Jimeteenth to fhow a feeling of racial unity and no signs of a ra cially divided America.” .'All signs point towards a true community effort. Thus far, the NAACP-Charlotto Chapter, the fclk* Organisation, the Beta Eta chapter of the Gamma Phi Delta Soronty, SCLC-Charlotte chapter, the Afro-American Cultural Cen ter and the National Council of Negro Women, collectively called the Charlotte Juneteenth Committee, are participant* of the two day affair that will kick-off Friday, June 19' at 7 p.m. at the Greehville Neighborhood Cen ter. The activities going on that night include a feast and a talent •how. Although the comipittee will be providing some of the food, everyone who attends this affair is invited to bring a cov ered dish. On the talent program, them ie •till time for talented acts to come forth and register. Those inter ested need only to call 872-9575 (days) or 833-4007 (evenings). When the talent Is over, a local speaker ( as yet undetermined' will speak. On display community organ izations will sponsor informa tion booths and hand-out Area lit erature. A door prize of $100 in Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation Jan. I, fa*3. hut blacks In tba Lone Star State were enslaved until June IS, ISSS. Teaas blacks began celebrating that date as "JuaeteeMh.’* caah will b# awarded to some lucky person. The donation ia ♦l. But eveiyone who attends this feast and talent show will receive the 1987 Calendar of Black Histo ry On Saturday, the Juneteenth celebration continue*. In what ia b«ing tagged a* a "flrat", June teenth and a portion of the Air*. American Cultural Festival will be hold simultaneously. ' This dual event will take place in the park directly across from the Afro-American Cultural Center and the Post Office-downtown branch, located on McDowell 8t. and will last from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For the past nine years, the Charlotte Equal Rights Congress be* celebrated Juneteenth. Th* holiday of Juneteenth, which is recognised as 'Negro Nation Day" represents the end of slav ery. While July 4 is celebrated as Independence Day, that date did not Include th* freedom of mil lions of blacks who were heid in slavery. It wasn't until June IB 1 862 that Congress passed th* first act prohibiting slavery in th* ter ritories. But reed freedom did not com* on that day, nor on January 1,1863, the day the Emancipation F,rnc]amation officially ended slavery. For slaves in Texas real freedom did not com* until June 19, 1866, when th* union troops landed on Gavelston, Tex Thelma McKoy that tha abolition of alavarv went into affact. It 1. alao ironic that the Civil Right* Act waa alao paaMd on Jon* 19 in 1964. If yaw are interacted in partld* pa«ng in Charlotte* obeervation of Juneteenth, aithar aa a volun ta«r. a aponaof or a talent entrant, * i«5372*9675, 833‘4007 « 3Sk ?
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