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VOLUME II, NO. 28
DECEMBER 4, 1974
15 CENTS PER CXPY - $5,00 PER YEAR
Recruiter Profile
HE MAKES IT SOUND SO EASY
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HIGH POINT - The YWCA is offering a travel event
that will surely engender a feeling of anticipation anil
hope during the days which face us. The Singing
Christmas Tree, December 6th, in Charlotte provides
an excellent opportunity for one through the medium of
music and dance to escape the hurry and hustle of daily
living.
HIGH POINT -- The YWCA is offering ;i travel evcnl
that will surely engender a feeling of anticipation and
hope during the days which facc us. The Singing
Christmas Tree, December 6th, in Charlotte provides
an excellent opportunity for one through the medium of
music and dance to escape the hurry and hustle of daily
living.
The '‘tree" is a 2-1/2 ton pyramidal structure upon
which the choral group climbs to perform their
program. With faces wrapped in tinsel and greenery
and an angel 32 feet above the stage, the choral group
performs carols of Christmas from a w ide repertory.
The chorus, 107 strong, offers a meaningful Yuletide
experience enhanced by lighting and sets.
Call the YWCA, 882-4126, to make a reservation.
Keservation includes transportation, box dinner and
ticket for the evening performance.
HIGH POINT -- YWCA F.vents. Fourth Street
Branch: December 2nd, Y-Tecn Club, 7:00
p.m....December 3rd. Peace Makers Club. 5:00 p.m.;
.Juanita Hill's Teenage Club, 8:00 p.m December
4th, Teenage Drop-In, 7:30 p.m....December 5th,
Golden Agers Club, 11:00 a.m December 8th,
SUNDAY, "CelebratioTi" Hanging of the Greens, 3:30
p.m. Monday thru Friday, Adult Day Care begins at
7:00 a.m. and After School Care begins at 3:00 p.m.
HIGH POINT - Mrs. .loyce Belo was recently
promoted to Branch Operation Co-ordinator for the
North Main Street branch of North Carolina National
Bank.
Hmployed with N.C.N.B. for sc\en years. Mrs. Belo
began at the main office on South Main Street.
Preparing herself for the banking business. Mrs. Belo
has studied several A.I.B. courses as well as Principles
of Banking, and is presently attending a Loan School in
Cireensboro.
Mrs. Belo is married to l.arry Belo, and thev ha\ e one
son, Anthony. Thcx li\e at 503 Rtinvon Dri\e.
by
JOl Patricia Gedrin
“My methods are simple: Locate
the prospects, present my product
and enlist the individual in the
Navy.” When you hear Chief Ma
chinist’s Mate Mike Melvo make this
statement, it makes recruiting sound
so easy.
Mike became recruiter-in-charge of
the West San Antonio Recruiting
Station in October 1973 and since
then his station has placed number
one in competition with other medium
stations of the district four times.
Why is Mike so successful? As he
puts it, “When 1 put on my uniform
in the morning I become a Navy re
cruiter until 1 remove it in the eve
ning. I think, talk and live Navy. At
the end of each day 1 look back to see
what I’ve accomplished.”
He finds the most rewarding thing
about recruiting is enlisting a person
who’s sitting around doing nothing,
out of a job, living in poverty, and
in general just spinning his wheels. ’
Mike feels the individual is being
given a second chance at life by go
ing into the Armed Forces.
Where does-Chief Melvo find his
applicants? He goes to high schools
and spends a lot of time talking with ,
the juniors and seniors about thwr
MMC AND MRS. MELVO display the plaque he
received for his selection as Outstanding Non-
Commissioned Officer of the Year by the San
Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
futures. In addition to visiting
schools, Mike seeks young people at
the local arcades in his area and he
attends every rock concert within a
190 mile radius of his station. “I
reach the young people by telling it
like it is.”
When talking to applicants Mike
doesn’t use the “big brother” ap
proach. He says the applicant may
have 15 big brothers at home and
that method might turn him off. Mike
becomes close friends to each person
he enlists because he treats them as
equals.
The first thing the chief tells an
applicant is about boot camp and this
is where he stresses the point that
some people will wash out. He gets
the person so mentally psyched up
for recruit training they find it easy.
As for recruiting techniques. Chief
Melvo points out to be sure the ap
plicant understands everything he
signs. On one occasion, an enlistee
and his father came into the office to
pick up the bonus check “due” the
young man for completing boot camp.
Mike says from that day on, he
started going over each applicant’s
contract twice to be sure they under
stood what they were signing.
Governor Anhounces New Office For Children
RALEIGH - The admini
stration of Governor Jim
Holshouser has taken a
major step to improve the
State’s performance in the
delivery of a v\ ide range of
services to children offered
mation of the new agency.
Governor Holshouser said
its mission will be to
“assure the development,
support and timely execu
tion of a dynamic and
comprehensive plan for
through the Department of meeting the human ser-
Human Resources.
Three agencies in (he
department -- the Gover
nor's Advocacy Council on
Children and Youth, the
Council on Developmental
Disabilities, and the Office
of Child Development --
have been merged into a
new North Carolina Office
for Children.
In announcina the for-
vices needs of all children
in the most effective and
efficient manner possible."
A major objective of this
program, he added, is a
better coordination of the
various services and pro
grams offered to children.
"While there are a
number of fine programs.
there has been a growing categories,
concern that our efforts “These services have
have not been well-coordi- been fragmented," Hols-
nated and may be duplica- houser added. “The needs
ting rather than comple- of children have been
menting each other," the dealth with in a piecemeal
Governor said. way, rather than through a
“Most agencies of the comprehensive, i.initled ap-
Department of Human proach that considers the
Resources have some direct total child."
interest in and responsibi- Formation of the new
lity for children. For the Office for Children culmi-
most part, however, these nates several months of
various responsibilities are study by Human Resources
limited to specific handi- Secretary David Flaherty
‘"'C- three agencies that have
--Services tor all pre- been merged are responsi-
school children w ho w ant or hie for spending more than
need services, including $13 million this year in
health services and quality state and federal funds and
capping conditions, eco-
noniic conditions, diseases
or other narrowly defined
New Oata Found
On Pot
The use and possession of
manjuanii is a major criminal of
fense. Yet much debate continues
over the issue, and many influ
ential and respected organizations
such as the Illinois Bar Associa
tion are calling for repeal of the
laws which make it a major of
fense.
The results of some recent re
search. as reported in a June
Washington Post article, may
help to shed light on the question.
According to the article, research
on the clTecls of marijuana use
show that:
• Marijuana users have a sig
nificantly higher rate of chromo-
sonal breaks in white blood cells.
These breaks may increase
chances of developing cancer or
of bearing a child with birth de
fects.
• Heavy marijuana use has
been linked to a low level of the
principal male sex hormone,
testosterone. Possible conse
quences of this condition include
potency problems and, in the case
of pre-teenage users, impairment
of normal sexual development.
Pregnant female users may “dis
rupt sexual differential in male
fetuses.”
♦ Marijuana appears to dis
rupt the brain's transfer of in
formation from the short-term
memory to the long-term memory
bank. In this case, information
acquired when someone has
smoked marijuana will not be
retained as long as that acquired
sober.
• Researchers have found that
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the
primary intoxicating agent in
marijuana, reduces pressure in
the eye. and may be eflective in
treating glaucoma. They are now
looking for other cannabinoids
which have the same therapeutic
cHcct but arc not intoxicating.
The results of the studies men
tioned are preliminary. More
testing and examination is nec
essary before the links between
marijuana and the various con
ditions indicated is definitely
established.
Copies of the Post article may
he obtained from the VISTA
Technical Resources Information
Unit, Room M-WOIE, 806
Connecticut Ave., N.W., Wash
ington. D.C. 20525.
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and his staff, the Governor
noted. “At the same time,"
he added, “it marks the
beginning of v\hat we
believe w ill be a new era in
North Carolina's efforts to
meet the special needs of
our children."
The office for Children
will concentrate its efforts
in four primary areas. They
child care.
--Services that arc com
plementary to public school
programs w ith emphasis on
support systems for child
ren with special needs and
their families.
--Assistance to all child
ren and their families in
obtaining services which
are available and to which
they may be entitled.
--Assistance to consum
er, religious, civic and
professional organizations,
at both the State and local
level, in promoting and
developing interest and
action in behalf of young
people.
Holshouser said the
Womem For justice Met In Raleigh
HIGH POINT - Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 716
Leonard Avenue, High Point, N.C., will observe
“Youth Day”, December 8th. The regular Sunday
morning service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Speaker for the
service will be evangelist Cynthia Deberry. Rev. P.O.
Bass, pastor, invites everyone to and come and
Worship.
By: Mrs. Velma Hopkins,
Chairperson Concerned
Women for Justice
RALEIGH -- The Con
cerned Women for Justice,
a statewide organization of
women, in conjunction w ith
the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and
the Commission for Racial
Justice, met last week with
Mr. Ralph Edwards, Di rec
tor of N.C. Prisons; his
associate. Deputy Direc
tory, Mr. Morris Kea:
Superintendent of Wo
men's Correctional Center,
Mrs. Juanita Baker: and
Dr. Grady Davis, a member
of the State parole Board. A
series of written questions
were submitted to them
and their responses were
open and frank. However,
some answers were to our
satisfaction and sonic
answers were quite distur
bing. We were taken on a
tour of the Correctional
Center for Women and
were shocked at somi of
the conditions such as:
1. Open dormitory
2. lack of privacy
3. Deplorable living
conditions for safe keepers
4. Slave labor - This
grueling labor borders on
slave labor and involuntary
servitude.
The Executive Commi;-
tce will seek an audience
with the Governor lo
discuss these conditions.
We call upon the
Governor to personally
intervene to correct living
conditions of safe-keepcrs
at womens prison in
Raleigh at once.
have a payroll of more than
50 people. “By consolidat
ing them," he said, “we
will be able to do a better
job in all these areas with
no additional money and
with no additional staff
members.
“With this new office,"
the Governor said, “there
now will be one unified
agency coordinating the
planning of programs for
children. There will be one
unified agency responsible
for coordinating all pro
grams for children within
the Department of Human
Resources. And there will
he OTIC agency responsible
for developing a system for
monitoring and evaluating
all children's services
carried out by the depart
ment."
Heading the Office for
Children is Donald E.
Taylor, who since Februarv
had been executive director
of the Governor's Advocacy
Council on Children and
Youth.
1 ayl(;r has been elevated
to assistant secretary and
will exercise, for Secretary
Flaherty, management au-
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