C umheriand Community Action Program '* N. Y. C. GETS OUT-OF SCHOOL PROGRAM The Neighborhood Youth Corps Office announced the funding of an Out - 01 -school Program that will empioy 20 school dropouts. The youths will be employed by local a gencies for 32 hours per week and be paid $1,40 per hour. They will also be required to attend an educational program at least six hours per week. Mrs. Jennifer Johnson has been hired as Out-Of-School Supervisor. This program is sponsored by SEA-CAP, Inc. and will be directed by the local N. Y. c. Office. * * * BOARD MEMBERS-KEY STAFF VISIT On Tuesday, February 13, five key staff members of Neighborhood Services Com ponent, CCAP Deputy Director, WiU ia m i.i3ill) Bowser, and Board Members, Robert A. Ed t wards and Mrs. Mable Smith visited Operation Break through, the official Anti-pov erty Agency of Durham, North Carolina. The group was welcomed and entertained by Char ci e Hedgepeth, who is the Director of Community Development for the Durham prograrn .Mrs, Hedgepeth, outlined and sum - marized trie program's history, functions, organizational struc ture, and plans for the future, ail of which were very impres sive. All staff and board members in attendance thoroughly en joyed the trip and recommend ed that more agency inter charges of this type be encour aged. C-CAP CREDIT UNION The C-CAP Federal Credit Union Board met Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at the office on persosi Street, The board took the following actions: They voted to hold the an j nual meeting Monday, March 24. at 8 p.m. The location of the meeting will be announced later. The board voted to give each member a savings bank in the shape of an egg. The res ignation of Mrs. Lillie Mercer was accepted by the board. It voted to change to the card system of record keeping. 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C membership. * # * CHILD DEVELOPMENT MEETING The Policy Advisory Com mittee of the Child Develop ment Program met at the CCAP Office Tuesday night, February 23. Mrs Marian Gunnells pre sided at the meeting. The agenda was as follows: The bus situation at New Bethlehem Center; cold bath rooms at Cross CreekandCape Fear Centers; the problem of lunches at some of the centers; health problems in relation to contagious diseases. Human Relations News F A YETTEVILLE -The Fayetteville Human Relations Advisory Commission was es tablished by an ordiance of the City Council on March 31, 1968. This represented the beginning of the continous effort of the Council to seek to resolve many of the ethnic and racial com munity problems. The depart ment provides a channel through which tensions can be reduced and cooperation can be attained. The challenge is to work to ward the elimination of dis crimination and toward r-eat ing the climate of tolerance and appreciation of the cultural and national differences among the citizens of the City. During this week each com mittee of the Human Relations Advisory Commission will meet in executive session to discuss the scope and extent of pro gress in the various areas of human relations. Each com mittee will plan in mediate activities for the summer and longrange programs for the en suing fiscal year. The Progress and Informa tion committee met Tuesday, March 4 to discuss more ef fective means of disseminat ing information about the work of the Commission and how to keep the entire community fully aware of the problems and pro gress of the Commission. The Education Committee met Wednesday, MarchStodis cuss possible summer work shops and conferences which can involve parents, teachers and administrators in the ef fort to discover and seek to ful fil the community's educational needs. The Community Affairs Com mittee meets on Thursday, March 6 to consider ways and means to anticipate, prepare for, and investigate any and all FAYETTEVILLE CHOIR SETS CANTATA - The Metropolitan Choir of the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church is preparing for its annual Easter Cantata which will be presented on Palm Sunday evening at six o’clock in the church sanctuary. The cantata will be based on “The Crucifixion” by James Weldon Johnson, and musical excerpts from the “Messiah.” by Handel, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” and “God’s Trombones.” The Buds Choir, youth choir and the Maggie Lett Gospel Choir ot the Evans Church will also render musical selections during the cantata. The Metropolitan Choir is under the direction of Mrs. Inez Easley aivi C. tOgglor ;.i;.stor. AAU ATHLETE CITED - Staff Sergeant James Wallington of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, (left, standing) rec the Fisher Award fiom and is congratulated by Staff Sergeant Roy Bennett, also of the di vision. The presentation honored Wallington as the Outstund male amateur athlete of North Carolina, and took place in Charlotte, on February 28. Doctor Warren Giese, University of South • arplina athletic director and guest speaker ut the event, is seated mrectlv u front of Sergeant Bennett (U. S, ARMY PHOTO BY SSG Lvie \V. Lipke). Deltas Schedule Negro Seminars FAYETTEVILLE - In an ef fort to help bridge the black history "creditability gap," Fayetteville’s graduate chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has scheduled seven NegroHls tory Seminars, Mrs. C. W. Crenshaw, president, an nounced last week. According to Mrs.Crenshaw, the purpose of the. seminars is to promote an appreciation of the Negro’s past, to encour age an understanding of his present status and enrich the promise of the future. Dr. D. YV. Bishop, chairman of Department of History and Political Science, Fayetteville State College, will serve as co ordinator. Persons who are na tionally known for their writ ings, lectures, teaching and re search in the aiea will serve as consultants at each session. The Initial session will be gan Wednesday, March 6, and will be held at First Baptist Church. Each session will com mence at 8:00 p.n'i. "A General Ov e r v 1e w on Afro-American Heritage" will be the topic of the first session. The seminars are open to any high school student who has an Interest-In the area, The seminars will be limited, how ever, to 50 participants, All sessions are opened to the general public. Other topics include "African incidents related to racial ten sion. The discussion will con cern Itself with more effective means to finds solution to various grievances. The Housing Committee will meet on Friday, March 7 to discuss ways to involve real tors, reutors, and low-income group members in finding con - crete and lasting solutions to the acute housing problems. The Employment Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 11 to hear reports n progress In employment and consider ways to expand the community’s consciousness of and sensitivity to employment of the dis advantaged. Out of these conferences will come recommendations and programs proposals to be sub mitted to the full Commission. Within the past year, there lias been significant progress and the Commission desires to continue and to Increase the momentum, Background” (March 13), "Con tributions of the Free and slave Afro-Americans to 18 65 ” (March 20), "Literary Contri butions of Afro-Americans in the 20th Century” (March 27), "From Reconstruction to the Booker T. Washington Era” (April 10), "The Black Revo lution” (April 17) and a suin Youfh Council Activities PREPARED BY MEMBERS OF THE FAY KTTfc VILI-F YOUTH COUNCIL On Feb. 22, the Fayetteville Youth Council sponsored a pro gram held at the Veteran’s Hospital. The program v. m pre sented to the patients of four wards. Various kinds of music were played by four different groups of Youth Council members. The program was very beneficial, especially to the students who participated and we are looking forward to making the programs a fre quent occurauce. We want to remind ail adults and students of project "Call in”. If you are looking for an employer or an employee for a part-time job, he sure to call 484-5176, at the Ree: cation and Parks Office. Sheila Young is the head of a Youth Council project designed to help beautify Fayetteville, It is appropriately named "Beautification Project." This project is sponsoring a contest between Terry Sanford High School, Reid Ross High School, E. E, Smith, and Massey Hill to see which, school can do the most to improve its appearance. If any of you have -any ideas on how to improve your school, be sure to contact a Youth Coun cil member. The \outh. Councils of North Carolina held a board of directors meeting In wilmin; - ton last weekend. Attending from the Fayetteville Youth Council were Vicki .vinfreeand James Petersen as FYC’s nominating committee, and Jo Grehner. Boh Sutttes, Mary Louise Snell and Deborah Leonard were on the f«oav<i of directors. The Youth Council Bill was discussed as part of the agenda. The nominating committee presented the slate of officers to he placed tx'toiv the YCNC Convention for (‘lec tion, Rob Suttlos of Fayetteville lias been named to run for chair - mm \ on April 24th, Students selected for parti cipation will receive certifi cates and prizes based on their performances. Additional information on the seminars can be obtained from Soror Q. M. Uzzell, 759 Chad wick Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 29301. man, Susan Le-very of Greens . ;:io to run for vice-chairman, and Lynn Briggs of Asheville and Nancy Robertson of Greens bro, to run for YCNC secretary. Final plans for the convention, to be held in Asheville on March 21.22, 23, were made by the hoard of directors. Patriotism Week will begin today at 2 p.m. A rally is Deuig eld in Rowan Park with a keynote speaker, glee clubs, folk singers and the R.O.T.C, from the four high schools in the citv. Varous high school s“t vice clubs are participating during the week by working on numerous piojocts. a izes for the Essay Contest will be pre sented to the top three sub mitted essay. Contact any Youth Council mem bat this week to obtain your flag decal to show you are taking part in the Shop Sam’s And Save! PS] SAM’S sitt STORE 131-218 Person St, Fnyettevillc, N. C. 2830! Phone 483-7004—483-3457 Pr®f®c! Are® Commit!®® Meeting On Tuesday, February 18, at 8 p.m. the Project Area Com mittee met with representatives from the Atlanta Regional Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the planning consultant for the Re-development Commis sion. The PAC is composed of re presentatives from each Block Club and persons from other in terested organizations. Present at the meeting were representatives from FAPPO and Black Unity, here in our City. A Reuse Map was presented to those present, which indicat ed the plans of the Redevelop ment Commission. The fact that more people will be living In the area at the completion of the protect than are living in the area at present was agreed A FRO-A ME RI CA N SEMINAR PLANS- Finalizing plans for the forthcoming “Seminars On Afro-American Heritage” are members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Dr. D. W. Bishop (center) coordinator. With Dr. Bishop are (J-r-seated) Soror M. H. LeGrand, Dr. Bishop, and Soror Q. M. Uzzell, Standing (l-r) Sorors M. L. Wood, A. G, McGeachy, N, R. Smith and M. R. Little. The seminars will commence March 6 and will be held at the First Baptist Church, Fayetteville. All ses sions are open to the general public. Next Week In Fayetteville Mar. G - s. S. O. L. W. Club, 8 p.m., Tuesday, home of Mrs. Annie M. Boyd, 2835 Rosehill Road. Mar. 6 - Newton Oddfellows, 8 p.m., Thursday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell Street. Mar. 7- Queen Esther Chapt er No. 3, 0.E.5., 7 p.m., Fri day, Prince Hall Masonic Tem ple, 515 Caswell Street. Mar. 10 - A. J. Henderson Lodge No. 792, 8 p.m., Mon day, Prince Hall Masonic Tem ple, 515 Caswell Street. Mar. 11 - Household of Ruth, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell .Street. Mar. 11 - Young Men’s Social Club, 8 p.m., Tuesday, Cape Fear Gardens Recreation Center, Wilmington Road. Mar. 12 - Antioch Tent, 3 p m., Wednesday, United Order of Tents Hall, Larnon St. Mar. 12 - Evans Assembly No. 1 Older o? Golden Circle, 8 p.m., Wednesday. Prince Hall Youth Patriotism Week. Cars have been signed up at the participating high schools for tire Cavalcade to be held on Saturday, March 8. They will meet at the Recreation and Parks Depart me n t office at 10:15 a.rn, The group will pro ceed down the Fort Bragg Road at 11 a.rn., to Hay Street and around the Market House and return to their starting point to disband. Murray Fogler, on behalf of the FYC, has written a letter to one of our represen tatives in Congress to state how the FYC feels about their love lor their country. The tournament for the inter scSiool basketball league will be played on March 15, at the Honeycutt Recreation Center. The top two teams from each league win oe in the semi finals. This game will start at 10 a.m. A revolving trophy will be given to the winning team to be placed on display at their school for the year. THE CAROLINIAN RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 8. 1969 upon as outstanding. The question of commerical zoning was asked and it v/as stated that the commercial in terest would be that ot profes sional offices (doctors, law yers, drugstores) and possibly neighborhood shopping canters to include a novelty store or the like. The pians were endorsed by the majority of the people pre sent as a plan to improve liv ing conditions and give pres tige to residents as members of an outstanding neighborhood. Each Block Chairman was able to secure information re garding the plans to take to the members ofhisor her Block Club. Persons wishing to re ceive information regarding these plans are invited to at tend his next Block Club meet ing. Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell Street. Mar. 12 - Edward Evans Con sistory No, 196, 8 p.m., Wed nesday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell Street. Mar. 13 - Electa Chapter No. G 27, O. E. S., 3 p.m., Thursday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell Street. Mar. 13 - Savannah Lodge No. 4 07, 8 p.m., Thursday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell Street, Mar. 15 - Iserettes Youth Club, Kindah Court No. 43, Daughters of Isis, 3 p.m,, Sat urday, Prince Hall Masonic Temple, 515 Caswell Street. Organizations and groups wishing to post notices In this column may do so by calling Fayetteville 488-5386 by noon on Mondays for publication the following Wednesday. Deadline for hometown new s; 12:00 noon Mondays. Murdiison Road Area Causes Citizen Concern On February 15, the members of Block Club No. 2, with the help of other Evans Hill resi dents, completed the first of their plans for "Clean-Up Cam paigns." The area In question is that at the bottom of Monagan Street, around the foot bridge, and north of this point to a burned out dwelling. Since late summer anti the be ginning of school, there have been at least three attacks on school girls; which ukl not go unnoticed. Upon the suggestion of several members of the Block Club, the project was planned, and work began on the morning WANTED INDEPENDENT CARRIERS Join THE CAROLINIAN North Carolina's Leading Weekly Try out now. You can tarn extra money by building your own paper route and delivering to friends and neighbors. You'll work just a few hours a week, and have regular weekly income. Fill In and mail the coupon below for complete Information. JAMES W. MeCALL. 721 Eccles Drive Fayetteville. N. C. 28301 Send me complete information on joining the carrier team Name Age Parents* Name Address City Sip Telephone Number of the 15th, Trees, bushes and under growth were downed and piled for burning. The object of this project was to clear the area around the bridge and widen the path which leads to Greensboro Street ex tension. With the help of Mr. George Ray, Mr. John Gillis, Mr. Lee McPhaul, Mr. Lucius Nettles, and young Lean Farmer, the job was completed. Our hats off to these men for their efforts and cooperation. Not forgetting the iadies - with the help of Mrs. Catherine Adams, Mrs. Margaret Kelly, Mrs. Roxie Mcßae, Mrs, Jean Dobbins, Mrs. Mary Ford, and many more not mentioned, our job was a success. Our thanks to all who partic ipated - in spirit and labor - to show that the residents of Evans Hill are concerned with the leaders of tomorrow (their children). This proves that with mutual interest in a neighborhood, a problem can be solved and as in this case eliminated, all through your neighborhood Block Club. i fsMJi r&ip n i7fi j "We hold these truths to ba I self-evident, that all men M . are created equal; that they M | are endowed by their Cve || 1 ater with certain unalien- S 3 able rights; that amftng gs I these are life, liberty, and H | the pursuit of happiness.” SAFETY FIAT believes you do! Protect yourself and your loved ones with these safety features when you buy a ear. 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