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Vol. 17, No. 12 The Week Of Nov. 21-Nov. 25 1991 THE AWARD-WINNING VOICE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY
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News And Notes From Charlotte
And The Rest Of The World.
Scitrborough
On State Hoard
Charlotte , City Council
member Ella Scarborough
has been
elected to
the Board of
Directors of
the N.C.
League of
Munlclpallt
les for 1991-
92. Her elec
tion took
place during
the league's
annual con
vention In
Scarborough
Charlotte.
Caillege Night
F(n’ Hoys, (Jirls
The Salvation Army Boys
and Girls Club will sponsor
College Night from 6 p.m.-8
p.m. Nov. 21 at the club, lo
cated at 2600 West Trade St.
For more information,
call Tonla Williams at 394-
7447.
:}:Jrd Dt'greo
Masons
Ten Charlotte men re
ceived the honorary 33rd
Degree from the United Su
preme Council of the An
cient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry In
Wa «h ingtpij,.^ . ,...
'* Othar Davidson, Gussie
Bellinger, James Dodd,
Walter Easley and Made
Grady received the degree,
as did Robert Harris, John
nie Montgomery, Jeffrey
Moore, Bobby Ray and Elli
ot Martin.
Albright On
Advi.soi y Hoard
jonnson u. smitn uni-
verslty President Robert L.
Albright has been appoint
ed to the National Small
Business Development Cen
ter Advisory Board. Alb
right’s
term will
run
through
1994.
The
mission
of the
board, es
tablished
in 1982,
Is to ad
vise,
counsel
and confer with Small
Business Administration
officials concerning the
Small Business Develop
ment Centers' program.
Nt*igbl)orliood
Sfini nai’s'
1 nc iVcignDornooQ L-Oaii-
tlon Organization will
sponsor a two-part seminar
on Dec. 7 In the Govern
ment Center's meeting
chamber from 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m.
For more Information,
contact Lloyd Scher at 845-
5016.
Clu'cring And
(ifooving
r CIA lliCi liiCiiiUCid Ui tllv
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity band or cheerleader
squad are Invited to a meet
ing Nov. 23 at 11 a.m. at the
JCSU band room to discuss
the formation of an alumni
band.
For more information,
call 378-1000 or 375-8376.
Albright
INDEX
DSS 'Stonewalling' Black Adoption, Says Critic
By William J. Brock
POST CORRESPONDENT
Second of two parts.
The head of a Charlotte
community advocacy group
says she might be forced to
take legal action against
Mecklenburg County and the
Department of Social Servic
es if her complaints continue
to fall on deaf ears.
Sylvia Grier, President of
WHERE ARE
THEY NOW
HATTIE DEEPER
Black
Radio's
Diva
By Winfred B. Cross
THE CHARLOTTE POST
Grier
Friends of
Black Chil
dren Coun
cil, accused
the DSS Per
manency
Planning
unit of
"continuous
stonewalling
regarding vi
tal informa
tion neces
sary to facilitation of Black
UNREST
AT DSS
child adoption."
Grier blames Laurie Bettln-
ghaus, head of Permanency
Planning, for creating
"unnecessary roadblocks" by
refusing to provide clear pol
icy guidelines, numbers of
candidate children In-
process, numbers In group
home and other settings and
numbers specific to racial
makeup of the entire pool of
available children. Grier
also blasted County Com
mission Chairman Rod Au-
trey for falling to Intervene
on behalf of the children.
"it's another typical gov
ernment cover-up," she said.
"I've tried for months to get
this Information. I wrote Ms.
Bettlnghaus a formal letter.
Hattie Leeper never
dreamed her after-school Job
at a radio station would
make her a legend.
But It did.
Leeper, known In her radio
days as "Chattle Hattie," was
. not only loved by all who lis
tened to Charlotte's WGIV-
1600 AM, but earned a spot
as the only woman In the
Black Radio Hall of Fame.
"It never crossed my mind
that I was a pioneer," Leeper
said. "If It had, I would have
been scared to death. 1 was
young, 16, when I started in
the business and I really
didn't know I was In the busi
ness. It was an after-school
job for me. It was a supple
ment to getting school lunch
money. That's all It was."
Leeper started at the station
as what she called the
"handy girl," answering the
phone, opening the stacks of
fan mall the deejays received
and doing other odds and
See CHATTlE On Page 2A
neto/CALVXN PBROUSON
It Won't Be Tall, But
Habitat Home Will Be
Just As Great
"Chattle" Hattie Leeper, a pioneer in Black radio when she was a personality at Charlotte's
WGIV, now heads the communications department at Gaston College in Dallas, N.C.
Not Bad For A Rookie
By Ellison Clary
SPECIAL TO THE POST
The team developing the Carollnas' tallest tower will take
time to build a house for a low-income family In Charlotte.
NCNB, Charter Properties Inc., Lincoln Property Co. and
McDevltt & Street Co. armounced that they will work together
to build a Habitat for Humanity house from the ground up In
Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood.
Susan Hancock, executive director of Habitat for Humanity
In Charlotte, said the cooperative effort Is unique In the
Adopt-A-Home program for the Queen City.
"We've had churches team up on a house but this is the first
time corporate entitles have banded together to buUd one,"
Hancock said.
Sherwood Webb, senior project manager for McDevltt &
Street on the NCNB Corporate Center, and Lee G. Lyles, an
NCNB senior vice president, announced the cooperative Habi
tat project jointly.
'We’re putting up a world-class high-rise building," Webb
said. "But we also are concerned about people who need basic
housing. Adopt-A-Home lets us express that in a concrete
way."
Normally, an Adopt-A-Home effort requires a sponsor to
contribute $37,000 and volunteer labor for construction.
Webb said contractors and subcontractors for McDevltt &
Street on the NCNB Corporate Center wUl contribute materi
als and labor to the house. NCNB and Charter Properties will
contribute the bal2mce of the house costs, Lyles said.
Volunteers from NCNB, Charter Properties, Lincoln Proper
ty and McDevltt & Street will join the prospective homeown
ers to construct the house.
Fboto/nUNK WIUUliB
Charlotte Hornets forward Larry Johnson (2) has made an
Impact on the team In just 12 NBA games. Everyone-from
coach Allan Bristow to teammate Kendall GUl~has been im
pressed with his play. Please see story on Page 7B.
Save The Seed Wants Mentors
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Northwest Area
Council of Charlotte's Save
The Seed program will be
looking for a few good
Black men this weekend.
The church-based organi
zation, In which men act as
mentors to boys, will hold a
meeting at 10 a.m. Nov. 23
at Friendship Missionary
Baptist Church's Enrich
ment Community Center at
3239 Beatties Ford Road.
For more Information on
Save The Seed, call Frede
rick Bowman at 399-5448.
we've had meetings—they're
simply refusing to provide us
the information we need to
help get these kids placed tn
real homes. Rod Autrey won't
even return my telephone
calls. The problem Is, most
of these kids are Black—the
County just doesn't seem to
care about them."
Bettlnghaus has declined
several opportunities to ad
dress any of the accusations
See IS DSS On Page 2A
On The
PiU
JCSU Hopes To
Promote Safe
Sex On Campus
By Juana Jordan
SPECIAL TO THE POST
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity has taken a turn towards
safe sex.
Last month, the Health
Center Implemented the Is
suance of birth control pills
to students. Condoms were
already available.
Before the first pUl could be
given, the Health Center had
to review the legal concerns.
JCSU’s Vice President of Stu
dent Affairs Franclne Ma-
drey and the Board of Trus
tees approved the issue of
birth conrtrol pills.
Taking Into consideration
Smith's religious affilia
tions, university staff point
ed out the benefits of having
such a program on campus.
The school, founded by the
Presbyterian Church, is in
dependent but stm receives
church money.
'We felt that the university
should Intervene by provid
ing a service to students,'
said Madrey. 'We felt ft
would give us an opportunity
to counsel students on health
See JCSU On Page 2A
Christmas
Bureau
Registration
By
SPECIAL TO THE POST
Registration for The
Christmas Bureau has begun
and will continue through
Dec. 6. The bureau is located
in the Community Services
Building at 500 Spratt St.
Hours for the registration
are Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the bureau
remains open for evening
registration until 7 p.m. on
Tuesdays only.
The Christmas Bureau pro
vides food, new and nearly
new toys to needy Mecklen
burg County residents each
holiday season. Sponsors
are United Way of Central
Carollnas, The Salvation
Army, the Empty Stocking
Fund and the Mecklenburg
County Department of Social
Services.
People registering must
bring the following items to
qualify for assistance:
•A current driver's license
or picture identification
•A Social Security card for
each family member
See CHRISTMAS On 3A
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