woow1346 On Your AMDial She Is JoyWhat You See, Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know & Save " Eastern North Carolina Ts Minority VoiceGREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834LOLA THOMPSON OFGRIMESLAND NAMED TOMARY KAY DIRECTORThompsonNamedDirectorMs. Lola Thompson ofGrimesland, North Carolina hasbeen appointed to the position ofsales director for Mary KayCosmetics, Inc. Ms. Thompson,who joined the company inNovember, 1987, will provideleadership, training and manage-ment for her unit of beauty con-sultants. She joins an elite groupof 4,000 professionalbusinesswomen, who as salesdirectors, assist the efforts ofmore than 165,000 independentbeauty consultants.In preparation for her newposition, Ms. Thompson attendeda week long training session atMary Kay Ts international head-quarters in Dallas, where she at-tended classes on product know-ledge, sales techniques, businessmanagement and fashion trends.Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.manufacturers premium skincare, hair care and body careproducts, including cosmetics,toiletries and fragrances. TheCompany was founded in 1963 byMary Kay Ash and RichardRogers.Lola is an active member ofCornerstone Missionary BaptistChurch where she also sings inthe VOICES OF CORNER-STONE CHOIR. The ~m T Voicesalutes Lola Thompson.COME ON IN AND JOIN US... Brother Melvin McLawhorn, alongwith his son and other family members pose for our camera outsideEditor Ts Note: This is a conti-nuing series of true accounts.We are going to teach this nig-ger a lesson how to talk to whitefolks. They continued to beat himuntil he fell to his knees. Hismother stood by pleading forthem to stop and the more shebegged the more they would beathim.Then she told them to pleasestop because he was a good boyand if they would stop she wouldmake him go with them. Thepolice then said he was a sassynigger and they had to take himin so the chief could talk to him.It was a sad sight to watch a veryyoung man getting beat andnothing you could do about it.There were about 25 or 30 peoplestanding doing nothing but look-ing. In those days, if you saidanything you could get shot andnothing would be done about it. Sothey picked him up from wherethey had handcuffed him aroundthe utility pole and pushed him inthe car. One of the neighborsbrought him a large rag that hadbeen torn from a sheet and gaveit to him to wipe the blood fromhis face. After they got him to thecar they came up to the crowdand made them disperse and goto their homes. The next day thechief of police made a statementthat he was arrested for resistingarrest but he was soon to learnthat his father was an employeeof the city and was one of thehardest workers that worked forthe city. So the chief dismissedthe charges and they let him gobecause the chief said his fatherwas a good nigger.After I got back to the drugstore I sat down trying to get thathorrible scene that I had justwitnessed out of my mind. I hadbeen there for about ten minuteswhen I got an order to go toanother part of the city. I pickedup the order and read the addresson it that sent me to the other sideof town and in almost the samekind of segregated section that Ihad just left. I arrived at theplace where I was to deliver thepackage, got off my bike andwent to the door and knocked. Anelderly lady came to the door,almost out of breath and told meto come in and have a seat untilshe got the money. She cameback into the room and sat downand said she was almost becauseshe suffered from asthma, andthe medicine that I brought wasthe fast-growing Carolina Grill. Melvin and his wife, Saundra, tookover control of one of Greenville Ts oldest and most historical land-marks. The Carolina Grill Cafe T has been preparing oSoul Food � withthat downhome taste that we all love. Melvin invites you to join themfor dinner, soon, and experience the old fashion Saturday morningbreakfasts served all day long.(Voice photo by Jim Rouse)We've Come A Long WayBy Deacon James Vineswhat she needed for relief. So she _paid me and I told her that Ihoped that she would get better.So I left and went back to the bikethat was lying in the yard. I pick-ed up the bike and started toleave when I heard someone callfor me to come back for a fewminutes.It was the lady next door whowas the cook for the lady that wasgiving me trouble. I went acrossthe yard to the next house wherethe lady was that called me. Iwent up on the porch and she toldme to have a seat there in the liv-ing room while she did somethingin the kitchen.She came back in the livingroom and sat down and asked mehow did I like my job, and I toldher that I liked it fine. Then shesaid that I was a very nice boyand that I would be somethingone day. She asked me how old Iwas and I told her 17 and she said ~You sure are young, I thoughtyou were about 22 or 23. And Isaid no, I will be 18 September 20.Then she told me that she was 37and that made her 20 years olderthan me. But she said thatwouldn Tt make any difference iftwo people loved each other.Then she got up from her chairand walked over to the placewhere I was sitting and sat downon the arm of the chair and puther arm around my shoulder andasked me if I liked her. She wasa good looking woman, filled outin all the places. She didn Tt looka day over 25 and she knew it. ButI didn Tt know what she was get-ting at until one day she came bythe drug store and told me whenI got off that she had somethingto ask me. I could hardly wait toget to her house that night. Whenthe time came for us to get off Ihurried to empty the trash cansand mop the floor. It was about5 minutes before quitting time soI locked all the doors and by thistime it was time to go. I wasn Ttlong getting there because I ranall the way. I was out of breathwhen I got there so I stood on theporch for a few minutes to catchmy breath. After catching mybreath I knocked on the door andshe said ~Just a minute. �After a minute or two she cameand opened the door. I walked inand she told me to sit downbecause she knew I was tiredfrom riding that bike all day. Iwalked across the room and satdown where she had laid the(Continued on page 2)One of the country Ts leading ex-perts on civil rights and the ex-periences of blacks in Americanpolitics will speak at EastCarolina University April 13.Dr. Charles V. Hamilton, a pro-fessor of government at Colum-bia University will present thelecture ~ o ~Dual Agenda: SocialPolicies of Civil Rights Organiza- ~ tions, New Deal to the Present � Tat 7:30 p.m. in Room 1031 of theGeneral Classroom Building. Theprogram, sponsored by the ECUMinority Presence Initiative Pro-gram and Department ofPolitical Science, is free and opento the public.Hamilton, currently on leavefrom Columbia to teach at SmithCollege, is the author of five.books, the best known of which isFundraiser in supportof Shaw UniversityThe Shaw Players and Com-pany will be performing, ~ o ~THEAFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPER-IENCE: AND YOU SAY TOFORGET?, � conceived by H.Bruce Caple, on Saturday, April15, 1989, at 6:00 p.m, in the AydenAuditorium, South Lee Street,Ayden, North Carolina.Proceeds from this productionwill assist Shaw University in ob-taining an Educational Grantfrom the U.S. Department ofEducation Grant for 2 milliondollars. In order to receive thisgrant, Shaw Univeristy mustraise 1 million dollars as a mat-ching rquirement, We are depen-ding on you to help us reach thisgoal and to maintain educationalopportunities for our youth.You can support us by: (pleasecheck your choice)1. Purchasing tickets: $6Adults or $3 for Children.2, Supporter (Business aOwner or Manager, AddressTHURSDAY, APRIL 6-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989-THE ~M T VOICEWarren, Eakin,and others helpECU network linkA powerful new education andresearch tool was activated at4:00 p.m. on April 4th, when EastCarolina University joined themicrowave communications net- ;work operated by the Microelec-tronics Center of North Carolina.In a vivid demonstration of theihcapabilities of the network, ECU #3officials hit the switch to initiatea tree-way teleconference linking ~the local transmission site atthe ,ECU School of Medicine with theMicroelectronics Center inResearch Triangle Park and theBowman Gray School of =Medicine in Winston-Salem.Funded by a $3.9 million ap-propriation ~from the NorthCarolina General Assmebly, theextension of the network of ECUwas witnessed by members of thelocal legislative delegation,which included Rep. Ed Warren,(D-Pitt) along with others.Chancellor Richard R. Eakinlead ECU Ts participation in theteleconference.The microwave communica-tions link will all but obiliteratethe distance between ECU andother institutions in the system,which include most of the state Tsmajor public and private univer-sities, the four medical schoolsand several sites in the ResearchTriangle Park.The television system will per-mit interactive teleclasses, videoseminars and teleconferencesbetween two or more distant loca-tions. For example, graduatenursing students on another cam-pus can o ~attend � T a class orien-ting at ECU. At both sites, thestudents will not only see andhear the instructor, the instructorwill see and hear the students viatwo-way color television._. Dr. James A. Hallock, medicalschool dean, said he is excitedabout the opportunities thatassociate with the networkpresents. oThis technology allows fortransmission of information andideas in a highly efficient and ef-fective manner, � said Hallock. oIcan see tremendous potential forexchange among the universitiesand medical schools on the net-work, and we are delighted to beactive participants. �Additional receiving sites arealso contemplated for locationselsewhere on the ECU campus toenhance convenience for users(Continued on page 2)ECU Speaker to Lecture On Civil Rights Groups oBlack Power, T T co-authored withStokely Carmichael. His otherworks include ~ o ~The Black Ex-perience in American Politics, � oThe Bench and the Ballot, � T oSouthern Federal Judges andthe Right to Vote, � ~ ~The BlackPreacher in America, T and oAmerican Government. �Considered one of America Tsmost distinguished black politicalscientists, Hamilton has receivednumerous academic honors in-cluding two awards for teachingexcellence. He has taught atRoosevelt University, AlbanyState and Miles College.He received his BA degreefrom Roosevelt University, hislaw degree from Loyola Univer-sity and his MA and PhD fromthe University of Chicago.Director of Italian OperaGroup Returns to ECUTalmadge Fauntleroy, agraduate of East CarolinaUniversity, who is now director ofthe Studio Lirico operawhorkshop in Stia, Italy, willreturn to his alma mater nextweek to work with advanced stu-dent singers in the ECU School ofMusic.Fauntleroy Ts visit is part of "ECU Ts Minority Presence In- ©itiative, a program sponsored bythe Offices of the Chancellor,Vice Chancellor for Academic Af-fairs and Equal OpportunitiesPrograms. Fauntleroy is one of anumber of noted scholars who aremembers of a minority racescheduled to visit ECU this year.a ae weeklong atECU, Fauntleroy will lead a oCharacterization Workshop � forECU opera students, culminatingin a public presentation of operascenes on Friday, April 7, at 4:00p.m. in the Fletcher Music CenterRecital Hall.a ;RALLYING TO SOMETHING NEW ... Mr. Roger Kramer, right,and Brother Abdul Namaz paused for our camera and enjoyed 99 cent,1/4 hamburgers after the new ~ ~Rally Ts99?was completed and opened.Brother Namaz is an independent contractor (commercial andresidential) and Mr. Kramer is the proud owner of ~ ~Rally Ts � T inGreenville.(Voice photo by Jim Rouse}Rally Ts Comes To GreenvilleGreenville now has a new con-cept in fast food dining at great-ly affordable prices. ~ ~Rally Ts, � T anational hamburger chain, open-ed its doors for the first time thisweek to offer Greenville and arearesidents an opportunity to enjoygreat quarter pound hamburgersfor only 99 cents.Store owner and retired air-man, Roger Kramer says ~ ~Ral-ly Ts T T will offer its delicious andjuicy quarter pound burger at itsregular low price of only 99 cents.The innovative design of thedrive-thru diner, which offers twowindows to drive up to, as well asa walk-up window with plenty ofparking and outdoor dining, willfurther feature its fast, efficientand friendly service. Locatednear the Memorial Drive andFarmville Blvd. intersection, ~ o ~Rally Ts T � � moves into an areaalready saturated with fast-foodchains. oNEWEST � MANAGER ON THE BLOCK . .. TRADE Service Sta-However, Kramer insists ~ ~Ral-ly Ts � T brings a totally new conceptto Eastern North Carolina thatshould become greatlyappreciated.The company is also seekingcareer oriented people to jointheir firm that already an-ticipates new stores to open in theGreenville area very soon. The ~m T Voice welcomes ~ ~Rally Ts T T tothe Greenville BusinessCommunity.Mail CommentsAnd Articles To:The 'M' Voice304 Evans Street MallGreemville, NC 27834Or Call757-0425tions proudly presents their newest African-American store manager.She is Ms. LaJuan Phillips. Ms. Phillips was formerly with the Penn-sylvania State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before mov-ing to Greenville. She is married and has two sons and she invitesyou to stop in to see her for allyour gas, oil, kerosene, fuel oil andsnack needs. Her goal is to supply good quality service and products;fast, friendly, efficient and with a smile!! The TRADE Station is onWest Fifth Street in Greenville. Congratulations, LaJuan and goodluck!!!¥i T(Voice photo by Jim Rouse)