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Miss White,Willie Moon SpeakChurch Vows Introducing S. Sgt. WellntOn
Memorial United Meth
odist Church provided the
setting on Saturday for
the wedding of Miss
Marie Ann White to
WiUie Ulysses Peter Moon
Jr. of Clinton, S, C.
The Rev. Peter Moon,
father of the bridegroom,
was officiating minister.
A prelude of wedding
music was provided by
Ronald Evans, organist,
and Leon Chestnut, vo
calist.
The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Edith
Black White of 412 Cedar
St. The bridegroom is the
son of the Rev. and Mrs.
Moon of 212 S. Bell Cir.,
CMnton, S. C.
Given in marriage by
her uncle. Elder Walter
White, the bride wore a
formal gown of white
satin, fashioned with a
fitted waistline, softly-
flared skirt and long, bell
sleeves of lace. She added
a full-length veil of illusion
edged with lace, and she
carried a bouquet of
white carnations.
Honor attendants were
Eva Y. White, sister of the
hair and carried nosegays
of white carnations tied
with ribbons to match
their gowns.
The bridegroom sel
ected Joe Mac Adams to
serve as his best man.
Ushers were Robert J.
White Jr., brother of the
bride, Sylvester White,
Walter White Jr., Jacob
Moore of Clinton, S. C.,
Lloyd Nance and Melvin
The bride is a 1972
graduate of Andrews
High School and was
presented at the Cotilhon-
ette Ball in 1972.
The bridegroom gra
duated in 1973 from
Clinton High School and is
employed at Inman Mill in
Enoree, S. C.
Earher on their wed
ding day, the couple
shared honors at a
wedding breakfast given
by Mrs. Helen Henderson
at her home on Ashburn
bride, and Jayne White. Cassandra Scott. Street.
Bridesmaids included They wore formal The bridegroom’s par-
Sherita Moon, sister of gowns in shrimp-color, ents entertained Friday
the bridegroom, Mary fashioned with empire evening with a rehearsal
Jackson, Barbara Reed waists. They pinned dinner at Hohday Inn.
Snead, Mary Miller and matching bows in their The newlyweds will
reside in Clinton, S. C
MRS. WILLIE ULYSSES PETER MOON JR.
Price Freeze Results Announced
Greensboro — The
Internal Revenue Service
announced today (7-5)
that it has contacted 403
North Carolina firms for
possible violations since
the current price freeze
want into effect on June
13. The majority of the
contacts were the result
of citizen complaints.
Of the total contacts,
219 were gas stations, 85
were food firms, and the
balance covered various
other businesses.
Investigators found that
195 of the gas stations
surveyed were in viola
tion of price or posting
requirements. All of the
stations made voluntary
adjustments and rolled
back prices where nec
essary.
Twelve food firms were
judged in violation of
price and posting regu
lations, and adjustments
and rollbacks were effec
ted.
■ The public is urged to
participated in the price
freeze monitoring pro
gram by supplying infor
mation to IRS about
possible violations.
To aid in the freeze
program, the pubhc can
look for a sign measuring
no less than 22” by 28”
which every seller is
required to post in a
prominent place. The
poster must inform the
customer how he can
obtain freeze price infor
mation for the goods sold
by the particular retailer.
The customer is also
entitled to a Freeze Price
Policy On Hiring Blacks
Information Request Form
to which the seller
must respond within 48
hours by mail. This
applies to every retailer
except certain large food
retailers who have more
stringent requirement a-
bout posting price infor
mation within depart
ments. These regulations
may be found in IRS
offices.
Where meat is con
cerned, retailers must
comply with the ceiling
price regulations imposed
By Albert A. Campbell, Staff Writer
To most Blacks, espec
ially southerns, a recruit
ing sergeant only comes in
one shade; White! Be
cause whites have been
exclusively used in that
capacity, that belief is
well founded. No more, at
least presently in High
Point. At the High Point
Post Office located on the
second floor in the U. S.
Marine Recruiting office
is the exception. He is
Staff Sergeant Thomas J.
Wellman, who happens to
be black. He is the
ranking N. C. O. at the
Marine Recruiting Station
in High Point.
Sgt. Wellman comes to
High Point by way of
many other stops and
points. He was born in
Brunswick, Georgia, and
attended the public
schools there. After
graduating from high
school, he enrolled in
Morehouse College in
Atlanta. He subsequently
enhsted in the U. S.
Marines in Asbury Park,
New Jersey in January
1962. There his world
travels began which
eventually brought him to
his present duty here in
High Point.
Prior to coming to High
Point, his duty stations
included; '
January 1962 - April
1962; Recruit Training,
Parris Island, S. C. April
1962 - May 1962; Cruis in
Carribbean Ocean. May
September 1962 - March
1963; Meditteresn Cruise.
March 1963 - September
1963; Camp Lejeune, N. C.
September 1963 - April
1964; Electronic School,
1962 - September 1962; San Diego, Cal. April 1964
Camp Lejeune, N. C. - May 1964; Camp
Pendleton, Cal. May 1964 -
April 1965; Twenty Nine
Palms, Cal. April 1965 -
October 1966; Vallejo, Cal
October 1966 - January
1968; Danang, Vietnam.
January 1968 - September
1968; Beaufort, S. C.
on them during Phase III sold,
of the Economic Stabh- When the customer
zation Program. Price does not see the required
lists must be posted signs, he should contact
prominently where the the IRS District Office in
majority of meat items are Greensboro. Addition
ally, if a customer
receives no answer to a
request for price inform
ation or if a price quoted
is suspected to be higher
than it should be, the IRS
September 1968 - October
1970; Iwakuni, Japan.
October 1970 - June 1971;
. Twenty Nine Palms, Cal.
June 1971 - July 1972;
Iwakuni, Japan. July 1972
- January 1972; San Diego,
Cal. January 1972
- Present; High Point Re
cruiting Station.
Sgt. Wellmans selection
for recruiting duty came
from Personnel in Wash
ington, D. C., and the
duration of his tour of
duty is three years.
Afterwards he will return
to the rough and tough life
of being a marine.
When not recruiting,
his specialty is Tele-Com
munications. He is a
Maintenance Technician
on equipment such as;
radio, radio relay, tele
type, and telephones.
To relax, Sgt. Wellman
said he likes all sports,
two of which he has many
trophies to prove it. Golf
and Bowling.
His acceptance of his
present duty was one of
great hope and anticipa
tion. ReaUzing the short
age of Black recruiting
Sgts. in the south, Sgt.
Wellman set out to be an
example for young Blacks.
His record will attest to
that.
Sgt. Wellman now
makes his home in High
Point at 1454 London
Drive. Married since
1960, he and his wife
Sarah, have three boys-
young marines - Rodney
12, Ren’e 8, and Reginald
4.
office is where complaints
are filed.
The IRS District Office
in Greensboro can be
reached toll-free by dial
ing 1-800-822-8800.
North and South Caro
lina’s all - important
textile industry, which
once almost excluded
black workers, ^as be
come an important min
ority employer, according
to a research report
released this week by
A&T State University.
Compiled by the uni
versity’s Department of
Economics and Center for
Manpower Research and
Training, the 149-page
report is being issued by
the U. S. Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Com
mission.
“The textile industry in
North and South CaroUna
stood at the end of the
1950s as a symbol or
archetype of the segre
gated patterns in south
ern employment,” said
Dr. Alice Kidder, one of
the principal researchers.
‘‘Over the period of the
1960s, the industry has
radically changed its
attitudes toward racial
hiring.”
THE STUDY concludes
that in a majority of the
companies interviewed,
black employes are found
today working along side
of whites in most
entry-level production
jobs.
Textile Industry Hiring More Blacks
‘‘One may conclude these statp« i • r , . , , , ^—
that the decade of the "About 40 per cent of u k f
1960s saw the disappear- allU S textile Drodurtinn a u e most repor s w ich employers North and South Carolina, the sit-ins a visible symbol
ance of many racial pkce Tn h^^ What are the causes of that the black community
barriers to entry level region ” stated the renort fnll e that emp oyes are required to the dramatic change in was no longer willing to
jobs in the production Dr Kinder plted out ^ nt" ’ black participation in the tolerate social conven-
departments of Carolina that until about 960 Te l"k ^ T ^ -«“-hers textile industry? tions maintaining unequal
textiles,” said Dr. Kidder, t*^^ cent to I 1 f The report suggest that opportunity.”
She said racial disparities states “had been char- total ” ^ in erviews wit employes, changes in community The change in com-
continue in white collar acterized by nearly total THE RFSFARPH ' ™ personnel, gov- had more of an effect on munity mores interacted
actenzed by nearly total THE RESEARCH was ernment agency person- speeding up black em- with the passage of equal
employment.
“The fact that racial
hiring patterns are dif
ferent is reflected in the
overall increase in black
employment from less
than 15,000 in 1960 to
more than 61,055 today,”
the researchers stated.
“It is also reflected in the
extent to which firms can
and do hire black
supervisors in positions of
authority over whites,”
DR. KIDDER was joined
in the study by Dr. Sidney
H. Evans, chairman of the
Department of Economics,
Michael E. Simmons and
DuPont P. Smith, both
instructors in the depart
ment.
The report noted that
the textile industry plays
a major role in the
economy of the two
Carolinas, employing
more than 432,000 per
sons. This is about 41 per
cent of the total manufac
turing employment in
Vernell Stallings (L) Interviews .Job Candidate At Cone Mills
Ployment in textile mills employment opportunity
than even federal pres- laws to promote employ-
sure or the shortage of ment for minorities, ac-
white workers. cording to the report.
Although the Civil “The law was a visible
Rights Act was not passed evidence of change, and
into law until 1964, the employers could cite the
expectation of such an law as an explanation for
event in the preceding 10 company behavior which
years may have affected might be otherwise’ques-
attitudes in the white tionable to white work-
community,” said Dr. ers,” the researchers
Kidder. reported. “Had the white
She noted that one third community decided to
of the companies inter- ignore the law, significant
viewed reported major changes in black partici-
breakthroughs in the pation would not have
hiring of black workers been so smoothly accom-
into production Jobs prior plished.”
to the passage of the Civil A BRIGHT future for
Rights Act. blacks in management
THE REPORT also
suggest that the subtle
pressure of blacks, using
vehicles such as Greens
boro’s sit-ins of the early
1960s, also had a
profound impact on the
black hiring.
“The black movement
had an important effect,”
ly, with httle employee
friction or other impedi
ments to productivity.
“One wonders, from
talking with the personnel
managers, why it was not
possible to have achieved
this status even 10 years
ago,” added the report.
“It appears that the
time may be ripe for
greater emphasis on the
need to expand black
participation into profes
sional and managerial
areas,” stated the report.
“Some of the major textile
companies have recently
hired black managers and
recruitment of black
students occurs in pre-
dominantly-white univers
ities offering textile cur-
riculums.”
“Such overtures,” said
Dr. Kidder, "may be the
beginning of a fruitful and
more extensive relation
ship in the future.
positions in the industry is
also suggested.
The report stated that
interviews with company
personnel indicate that
the hiring of black
workers into positions of
responsibihty, long feared
as being impractical, has
in fact proceeded smooth
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