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TTE POST
Black Community"
_ Thursday, September 94. 1987 Price: 50 Cents
The Metro lina Chapter of the National Association of Black Social
Worker* celebrated It* fourth annual Cenle J. William* Community
Service Award*pinner an September 1L John E. Gordon CD, president
of Oe organisation, presented the Community Service Award to the
nightfa honors* Douglas Boyd (r), Executive Director of the Bethlehem
Center, Inc, of Charlotte.
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Gantt Speaks At MED
.
Johnson C. Smith University
will host the Annual North Caroli
na Minority Small Business
Awards Luncheon, September 30,
1987, at 1:00 pjn. The keynote
speaker will be the Honorable
HervjyB Gantt, Mayor, City it
Tha lunchaan, co-aponsorad by
tha U. 8. Small Boainaaa Adminis
tration, tha Charlotte Minority
Bualnaaa Davalopmant Center and
other city and county agendea, la
held each yaar In obaervance of
Minority Entorprlaa Davalopmant
Waak (MED WEEK) and praesdes
tha national celebration of MED
Waak '67 In Waahington, D.C.
This yaar the 8BA has chosen to
recognise graduates of tha faction
8(a) Program who have continued
to operate suceoesftilly In tha com
mercial markatnlaoa
Each 8BA District Office will se
lact a Minority Saudi Business Par
son of tha Yaar from tha Section
8(a) graduates within their state.
These firms will contend for th*
Regional honor. During MED
W**k *87, (October 4 -10), tb* 10
Regional winners and theH^MR
Minority Small Busineas Version of
the Year will receive awards at a
ceremony in Washington D.C* » M
Mr. Charles C. Fuller, President
and owner of Fuller Oil Compaq,
Fayetteville, has been chosen as
the North Carolina Minority Small
Business Person of the Year. Full
er Oil Company participated in the
Section 8(a) Program from 1975 to
1984. During this time th* firms
sales increased from less than
8500,000 to more than 810,000,000
per year. Successful minority
entrepreneurs from the Charlotte
Mecklenburg area will be recog
nised by the Charlotte Minority
Business Development Center.
For further information contact
Rom Marie Cotton, SB A, (704)
871-6590 or Troy Watson,
CMBDC, (704) 884-7522.
Masons To Meet Oct. I,
Hooks To Speak at Fete
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Twanty-flva hundr.d Prlnea
Hall Muon, of North Carolina
and othar Jurladlctlona ara as*
paatad to arrlva In Charlotte nast
waak to taka part in tha ranownad
flratamity'a IX 7th Orand Commu
.nlaatlan at tha Adama Mark Ho
tel an MeDowall St
Tha two-day avont bagina
Thuraday, Oatobar X with ragla*
tratlan and aulmlnatea on Friday
with a Fallowahlp and Raaognl*
tian Banquat
BanJamln L. Hooka, Exacutiva
Diraetor of tha NAACP will ba tha
■uaat apaakar for tha banquat.
Hooka la tha Right Worahlpfol
Orand Saaratary of tha Print.
Hall Orand Lodga of Tarmaaaaa,
Tha banquat la aponad to tha pub*
Ua.
Tha aommuni ration of tha
Print* Hall Maaont of North
Carolina it authoriaad by Wil
liaa A. Clamant, Orand Maatar
of tha Grand Lodga of fna and
Aaoaptad Maaona of North Caroli
na and Juriadittian.
Tha purpooa of tha aonfbranaa ia
fbr tha mam bar* to raviaw tha
atata of tha organiaation and
tranaaationa of buainaoa. During
tha two day aorribronaa, tharawfll
ba maatingi of tha organ!aation'a
aavoral eommlttaaa, a Hat Maa
tar* Lunchaon, Clamant will of
fbr an addraaa bafbra tha gathar
ing, and thar* will ba a tour of
Chariot** fbr vtaiting Prinaa Hall
Maaona.
Tha aalamn and ravarontial
avant of tha Maaonio Lodga of tor
row will taka plaee on Thuraday,
YtIO • MO p.m., at tha Littla Kook
AMI Zion Chureh on MoDewall
•t
William C. Parker Jr., Deputy
INSIDE THIS WEEK
Voters Stay From Primary
Bob Davis To Face Dan Clodfelter In Runoff Election
Black candidate* for Charlotte
city eoundl flared well in Tues
day's primary, although voter
turnout waa lower than expected.
Despite good weather, only 9.3
percent of 198,108 registered vot
ers went to the polls for ths two
party primary.
Tsn-year incumbent Charlie
Dannelly retained his District 2
seat by defeating Steve Barker, a
political newcomer. With no Re
publican candidate to face in the
Nov. 8 general election, the Dem
ocratic* are assured of the seat.
Ella Scarborough will take on
Republican Roosevelt Gardner in
the District 8 election. Mrs. Scar
borough, with 981 votes, turned
back challengers Samuel Carr
and Paul Recard, with 423 and 96
votes respectively.
non l/seper, an incumbent in
District 8, received the second
highest number of votes for at
large seats in the Democratic pri
mary behind mayor pro tern A1
Rousso. Lee per garnered 8,103
votes to Rousso's 8,854 as eight
candidates compete for four coun
cil seats.
Leeper said he was happy with
the primary results, which in
cluded some surprising strength
in white precincts in addition to
, black psadnct .upper® ’ - .
"O always happy,*hr if
firmed. "Our goal was to be one of
the four nominees."
Leeper said his best support
came from the west side of town,
which includes District S. South
ern districts provided more sup
port than expected, especially in
precincts that make up districts S
Where were you when the voting took pleoe? Many
Charlotte polle were empty, like thie one at the
Staff Development Center on Weat Blvd, ae regie
trare awaited the acant number of citizene who
Photo By Calvin Fnrifuaon
turned out ror the primary elections Tuesday
night. Less then 10 peroent of Charlotte's regis
tered voters cast their balkrta.
and 6.
"It ahowa that we have name
recognition in areaa where we
haven't run before," Leeper aa
aerted.
Leeper aald hia campaign ia in
the proceaa of making plana for
the November election, where the
competition will be heated.
"The numbera in the primary
don't mean a thing," he etated.
"It all atarta over now and our fo
cua is on the general election. For
all practical purpoaea, we're com
fortable with the poaition we're in
right now."
Bob Davia aaid he ia happy to
have an opportunity to win a Mat
but he'll have to win a runoff
election Oct. 13 againet Dan
Clodfelter.
Davie got 1,139 votee in the pri
mary compared to Clodfelter'e
1,009. Davie hae experience in
runoff electione, losing a bid for
an at-large Mat on the council in
1984.
Davis lamented that the low
voter turnout may have hurt hie
chances for an outright victory but
the results were encouraging.
"I'm happy the election came
out as well as it did although 130
votee separated me from a clear
victory and a runoff," Davis stat
ed.
To avoid a runofT, the top vote
getter must have more than half of
all ballots cast.
Voter participation will be the
key to the election, Davis said.
Because there will be no other rac
es on the ballot, voters who cast
ballots in the primary may not
next month.
Yesterday's win can be a reali
ty on Oct. 13 if they go back to the
polls," Davis said.
During tha third annual banquat of tha Watt
Tracia Baattlaa ford Araa Marahanta Aaaaolatlon,
Natlf Majoad, pra aidant of tha organltatlon.waa
honotod with tha l'0ood NaifhbotV award, glvan
by tha National Oonfcronaa of Chriatlan and Jawa
wffilST
and praaantad by city oounollman, Ron Laapar.
Watching him aooapt tha award ara 0) Patti* Nor
man, tha guaat apaakar far tha availing and (r) Dr.
Albright, praaidant of Johnaon C. Smith Univorvi
ty
Business Can Help West Side
Fort Staff Writer
Thro# yoora ago a group of an*
trapranaura whoaa bualnaiaai
llnad up along tha corridor of
Wart Trada Straat and Boatdai
Ford Road ban dad togathar to im
prove tha aroa'i phyaioal appear*
anoo and to rovitaliaa it aaonomi*
aally.
Slowly, but quit* visibly tho
•too bofttn lu transformation.
Projoet Catalyst was bom. Now
buslnssMt movsd la tho arsa.
And rooontly, at tho third annual
banquot of tho Woot Trado
Boattioo Ford Road Arsa Mar
ehanto Asaoslation, proaidant
Naaif Majaod announaod to tba
fatharlnf that mombora of tho as
ooaiatlon would soon moot with
Mayor Harvoy Oantt and Char
lotta'a Ohlaf of polls# to dloauoo
oafoty In tha oacnmunlty.
•yawing to thOM who aonfr#
gotod ot tho vooont bonquot, Mo
jood who MU bootowad with tho
"Good N tighter " award by tho
Nationol Oonfbranaa of Chrlatlan
ond Jowa told, "In tho word* of
Bdgnr Out at, aomooho aald it
aouidn'tbo dona.' Butwohovaaot
goal*; we have dreamed dreams
and w* ara realising those
dreams. W* are rebuilding our
community,"
The third annual West Trade
Beattles Ford Road Area Mer
ohants banquet, held at McDo
nald's Cafeteria took time to
highlight the organisation's past
successes and hiture endeavors.
Quest speaker for the evening
wa* Pattis Norman, a former pro
fenional football player and Dal
las entrepreneur. Prior to his
•peech, Norman complimented
the West Trade.Beeftlee Ford
Area Merchants Association for
its efforts to revitalise the West
Charlotte Area.
"Thera la nothing more power
ful than an idea whoae time haa
oome; Project Catalyst la that
idea,' stressed Norman.
But «s good as the ideas are that
have some from tha Merchants
Association Norman warned that
tha Waal Charlotte revitalisation
is (hr from completion "It's Just
on its tray," cautioned Neman.
Norman reminded '{he audi
ence that the problems of rebuild
ing being (heed In West Char
lotto la a problem being tackled by
moat black communitiea in
America.
"Until wa can anawer the four
queetlon poaed to ua by Lerone
Bennett: Where are we going?'
How will we get there?' Will
where were going take ua to
where we want to bo?' and Where
do we want to be?' we will never
make any progreaa," enforced
Norman.
According to Norman tho an
■won to thoao question* lie within
a system that ia about to aelf
destruot. "Racism, aexiam, and
claaaiam ia prevalent in Ameri
ca. In education we have bed ad
miniatraton. In finance then's
nd lining. The judicial system
has insensitive police offioen
and in the political anna then
gerrymandering.'’
"Watershed times" ia how
Norman described the nation's
state economically, politically,
educationally, morally and spi
ritually.
The growing undonlaee, the
88* of blacks living in poverty
Minister
Opposes
Contra Aid
By Loretta Richardson
Poet Staff Writer
Local activist Rev. James Bar
nett is concerned about a possible
confrontation In Nicaragua. He
feels that in the event of war, only
the poor and blacks will face
battle. He's also concerned that
while the United States has seen
fit to send millions of dollars to
Central America, no aid has
reached 8outh Africa where mil
lions of natives are under repres
sion.
On Tuesday, September 29
Rev. Barnett and n delegation
he's formsd called Blacks
Against Contra Aid (BACA) will
head towards Washington, D.C.
for the purpose of lobbying
against contra aid and holding a
prayer vigil. BACA Is set to meet
senators Terry Sanford and Ales
McMillan, as well as a North
Carolina governor's aide, Caro
lyn Roberts. "W* also have
called 8*nator Jesse Helms' of
fice to eet up an appointment. But
none of our correspondence has
been acknowledged. When we
arrive in D.C., BACA intends to
go to Senator Helm's office any
way," stated Rev. Barnett.
Other plena scheduled Include
e meeting, (unconfirmed) with
President Ronald Reagan to dis
cuss the concerns of group. In
that meeting the group hopes to
present an lS-mlnuts slide shew
of a Nicaraguan ftut finding trip
Rev. Barnett oompleted last year.
"What we want the president to
ass Is that on the Atlantic Coaet of
Nicaragua, there are African
Nicaraguans. Consequently, if a
war were to occui in that country,
blacks would be fight! rw «»«t^
blacks."
Bven if BAGA doesn’t get a
chance to see the Prusldcnt, Rev.
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