Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 May 1966 — Page 4
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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
MAY 21, 1966
Davis-Ervin betrothal
Progressive Mother's Club to present an operetta
BONITA DAVIS DAVIS ERVIN BETHROTHAL Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Davis, 6003 Lafayette Road, announce the engratrement of their daughter, Bonita, to Charles Ervin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ervin. 2005 Mansfield. Miss Davis is a graduate of Pike Township Hifth School and attended Indiana University Extension. She is a member of St. Bridget’s Catholic Church. Mr. Ervin served in the United States Navy and was a graduate of Crispus Attucks High School.
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The Progressive Mother’s Club, are pleased to share with Indianapolis their latest endeavor — an operetta for young: folks, “Snow-White and The Seven Dwarfs" by Clara Louise Burnham and Georgre F. Root. The operetta, libretto founded upon GriTnm’s well known fairy story of “Snow-White,” will be presented Saturday afternoon, May 21, at 3:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 35th Street at Graceland and Boulevard Place. Princess Snow-White will be sung: by lovely Nicki Sue Myers. The part of the Queen is to be dramatically portrayed by the charming: Natalie Jane Bruce. Carl the Huntsman will be splendidly done by Alan Burke. The Prince is tenderly handled by Kevin Holloway. The Seven Dwarfs are imaginatively played by Charles Wilson Jr. as Max, Byron as Hans, Charles DeBow III, Reginald DuValle III, Gregory DuValle, Melvin M c N a i r y Jr., Montgomery Mance and Isiah Cooper. James Ballovv Jr. as the gnome. Arbutus, Daffodil, and Violet are Kay Ann DeBow, Joyce Landrum and Marva Guess, respectively. The littlest chorus will be composed of Kathy Mance, Tania Mia Stuart, Jeffery Cooper, Dwain Davis and Marva Guess led by Valerie Mae Ballow. Forest children chorus will be sung by Joyce Landrum, Linda Pettrie, Sheryl Talley, Frank Smith, Kay Ann DeBow, Dierdre Spencer, Portia Spencer, Valerie Ballow, Cecile Cooper, Stephanie Cooper and
Sherrie Mills.
Talented director, Mrs. Verno-
ca Ferguson is assisted by Choral Directors, Mesdames Barbara Spencer, Celestine Petrie, Patsy Wilson, Davine Nolcox and Mattie Ballow; accompanist, Mary Singley, practice accompanist, Trili Smith; Choreographer, Sallie Prince; Dance Director, Joycelyn Hardy; Costume Designer,, Violet Talley; Production Staff includes Ruth McNairy, Denise Taylor, Cecilia Nolcox, Marshall Pettrie, Julian Coleman III, and Frank Holloway Jr.; Contact Mothers, Barbara Coleman and Shirley DuValle; State Mothers, Mercedes Guess, Furniss Holloway, Barbara Mills, Phyllis Cooper, Patsy Wilson, Susie Myers, Kathlyn Mance, Carleen Davis, Mary E. Landrum, Jane DeBow, Grace Ransom, Barbara Spencer and Mattie Ballow. The untiring and much appreciated General Chairman of the production is Mrs. Christina Stuart. The Progressive Mothers and their children cordially invite you and all of your friends to participate as the audience for “Snow-White and The Seven Dwarfs,” Saturday afternoon, May Twenty-first, Three O’clock p.m. at the Mt. Zion Church auditorium, Thirty-fifth street at Graceland Avenue and Boulevard Place. Tickets will not be sold. Those attending may give a silver offering at the door.
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MEMBERS OF THE CAST of "SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarfs" are: standing, left to right, Valerie Mae Ballow, Kevin Holloway, Melvin McNairy, Diedre Spencer, Charles DeBow III, Reginald DuValle III, James O. Ballow Jr., Portia Spencer, Nicki
10 thousand members wanted by N.A.A.C.P.
DEADLINE All club news and articles must be in by Monday at 5 p.m. Pictures and legend copy must be in by Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon McNaughton and two children, Brian and Venessa, of Chicago, Illinois, visited with Mrs. Lucy B. Kimble, 1151 N. Pershing
for Mother’s Day.
Mrs. McNaughton, the forpxer Virginia Kimble, is a medical social worker in Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. She is an
Attucks graduate.
Mr. McNaughton is a teacher in the Chicago school system. FORTNIGHTLY LIT. CLUB The Fortnightly Literary Club convened in the home of Mrs. George Bolen with Mrs. Osa Woodall, president, presiding. It was a delightful evening with Mrs. John Powers reviewing the book, “No One Hears But Him’’ by Taylor Caldwell. Next meeting will be the closing party and will be held in the home of Mrs. Peter Hobson Ziegler. Mrs. Woodall, presi-
dent.
Founder's Day observed by Evansville Sorority
The annual Founder’s Day Willie Effie Thomas, Delores observance of the Alpha Eta Kelly and Betty Watkins; Chapter of the National Phi Mesdames Eula Williams, DephDelta Chapter Sorority was ne Smallwood and Carl Lyles held at Evansville College an d Sorors Christine Bowling,
Ethel M. West, Julia Moore, Mary Ann Hollerman, Alberta Anderson, Betty Alexander, Al-
Sue Myers, Frank Smith, Gregory DuValle, Montgomery Mance, Natalie Jane Bruce, Byran Mason, Alan Burke, Linda Pettrie, Sheryl Talley. Seated, left to right, Joyce Landrum, Marva Guess, Kathy Mance, Tania
Mia Stuart, Kay Ann DeBow.
PATRICIA HIGHBAUGH Spring ida(( C^u een Cdrown ed
d
The Indianapolis Chapter -of Potter, Willard B. Ransom, whh a I unehenn Mnv inth the NAACP started their an- Thornes Schakelford, William ^uneneon May lutn. nual membership drive with a Taylor, Ollie Weeks, Robert Installation of officers and Kick-Off Dinner at Shiloh Bap- Williams, Judy Bridges, Vir- remarks were made by the Batist Church on April 27th. Over ginia Chapman, Alvin Davis, sileus, Christine Bowling, two hundred participants heard James R. Hall, Thomas Howard, Program: brief history of John Ward, master of cerenjo- Larry Liggett, Lula McCamp- Founder’s Day and of the Soror
nies, outline how the local chap- bell. Janet Majors, Richard i ty A beautiful and impressive Corvette Club
ter could reach its coal of 10,- Moore Pat Powell, Orville Rain- candlelight Service climaxed
000 new members. Potential es, John Sherron, Robert Turn- ^e
bana Spurling, Marjorie Arm-
stead and Mabel Holley.
Miss Patricia Highbaugh, daughter of Mrs. Mattie Edward was crowned “Queen of the Spring Ball," May 6th at the Christamore House. Run-ners-up who vied for the crown were Misses Hilda Young, Beretha Watson, Bertha Davis and Mona Washington. Music was furnished by the DuKanes Band,
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Alyce Hardin. outstanding East High School student and daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Granville N. Hardin, 216 Sherborne Drive, Columbus, Ohio, was honored last week when she was selected to attend the Midwestern Music and Art Camp which will be held at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence', Kansas, June 19 through
July 31st.
Miss Hardin is a Junior at East and is completing her third year of German. Because of her outstanding work, she was recommended by her teacher, Mrs. Jeanne Parker. She notified us that she would be one of one hundred and thirty students from all over the United States to receive this honor. Miss Hardin said, “I’m so thrilled, I know that I will like it and I am sure that I will be helped a lot." Besides being a good student, Alyce is very popular and has been selected to serve as a varsity cheerleader for the next
year.
Her father, Rev. G. N. Hardin, is pastor of Centenary Methodist Church and her mother, Mrs. Marie D. Hardin, is the office secretary of the Columb-
are^former reside^nt^of ^ndia^ cellent sermon on life with will be June 7th. This will be a nlpoIU Alyce was a student at many Kood thin * s t0 liTC by business mcetin <*
Sh^r 1 at each day; Mrs. Fannie Bartlett
, .. , tial es, John Sherron, Robert Turn- the obser vance. Decoration A Sweets Party is planned by r™' n 7, ed b , y ‘l t DuKane3 Ban ^' vT,”d b up h in B to7wo k Xisrn^ t Woo» fe^.Ye^ andTand 6 m“s M^ry Ann^ot ^ -o P uT , Dec l o 0 r Ca i f te th n eTa., m rs SS'of'SSL’Sr Decor was in red and 1966. E ^ M * y 2#th ’ 3 Pr0fUS10n of
L S \ h 77tX7h%t: iP to Z was* in^cha The 8 O'clock party will be ^ T"“red by nZ mrberlht^trfhVclu^'wS The retiHnl ° Basiled "SSZ ^
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an Burke, Melvin Chesnut, memberships; the colonel and uest An array of desserts will be All young women who rp*idp Ohver Duncan, Maxine Fergus- the general whose sector reports Mr Clarence Fjcld , k j the feature of the evening, in the Haughville Area are in-
- - F Th '"'“ : — - ‘ d to become a member of
civic and social club. Meet-
on! Charles e! Hart? Wallace the most memWship and to the tu Z s There w^V^ert SSfi rtte’d* KMeXS^re 1 ! Br ^ ~ “ailaW^
3SLi? “ - Pauline Franklin, D. W. D. 25 memberships or more. Hector, Mary Hollis, Harry For more information cntact Maxey, Marjorie Parker, Billy Doris Ward, General Chairman Perrin, Andrew Ramsey, Frank or Wallace Hall or Meredith Steward, John Talley, Ben Rob- Matthews, Co-Chairmen,
inson, Hestor Walton, and Fran-
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ALYCE HARDIN
&e oLserued
The Auxilary and Post of the
Shortridge High School. C^itu ^dederation
sang “Thank God For the Mrs - Mamie Gibson was hostFlowers”; Mrs. Sarah Allen ^ss^to ^the^ P j r ^ t re p^ ay Ne ^* read “However You Live, It was a business session. Mrs. Will Show In Your Fac|”; Mrs. Sadie Hardiman and the presiSarah Stokes gave an address dent were elected delegates to
w rx L ^ # on “A Time for Holiday”; Mrs. the StiV.e Convention. The next Mrs. Rachel Overby, presi- C. Sanders, played and sang meeting will be with Mrs. H. dent of City Federation, pre- “Shadows and Sunshine”; the Hall as hostess. Mrs. Vernoca sented a lovely “Family Night” Ferguson is president, program, Tuesday evening. Mrs. president, Mrs. Overby, read The Lend A Hand Club met Sadie Hardiman, first vice the history of the organization last Sunday afternoon and plans president, was Mistress of of City Federation; Mrs. Ollie were made for the State ConCeremonies. T' 1 “TT * rrrt 4.; TV/r__ t- ^ •-
A new member of the Household Arts Club, Mrs. Truth Patrick, gave a most excellent address o n teenagers, theme, we should help them by encouraging rather than critizing. Mrs. Het-
g.
Douglas sang “How Great Thou vention. Mrs. Fannie Bartlett is
Art”; Mrs. Priscilla D. Lewis, president,
guest speaker, spoke on “Family . . „ ^ . Life” and closed with a family American Beauty Club will prayer. Mrs. Lewis presented meet J u !? e 6t , h r with Connie Bry-
son, 2426 W. 66th St. Mrs.
Luther Scott, a clerk in the Emma Brown is president, office of Congressman Hartke, ^ in Washington, D, C. He spoke teri^wif meet'aT whfeh 7 time Tr„“ T RL e D, Yrs3 ^ 7' -portr'wilft mad^aSd“the* 3? day.” Mrs. Sarah Allen, Schoh lt e a C t , i 0 Co 0 nvelltio d n 1 ?rtll tC be t0 he t |d arship chairman, presented Mrs. mVs Sarah Allen is president Alice Carter with an electric All clubs are again asked to can opener as she was the win- send in reports and don’t forner in the contest to raise get to work for “Miss Federa-
M D v iS T\ nE " Kever Alone " : by’ ?h? "city^Federation ^’’con^ntten ^ Cr °'™ ed Mrs. Mae Thomas gave an ex-to some local boy or girl. The convention.
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cis Smith. James Taylor the general for division B is being assisted by colonels Andrew Bowman and William Lester Craig. Captains of this division are: Lilia Adams, Margo Brooks, Jack Durham, Ruth
Harris, Doyal Hoggatt, Mark American Legion No. 107, unJones, Joyce Martin, Monroe der the leadership of it’s chairOwens, Hazel Parks, Calvin man, Mrs- Hortense Davis, is D • s* ■ _ ■ anticipating a successful Poppy DCISIC Completed Day this year. The date is May
29th.
Members of the Auxilary will numerous and locations as usual. All the members are hoping to sell the largest number of poppies and make this our best year. The committee is distributing the poppies among enthusiastic members. For many years this grand event has been celebrated. The poppies are made by disabled veterans. The regular meeting of the Auxilary was held at the Post home, 2034 N. Capital, on the first the month. Officers and chairmen made their Theressa were by Chaplain, Mrs. Hazel
the
1,., the ^ Kfl in memory of the deceased
the
Echoes of the District meet-
Cpl. William E. Bples, son ing were given which were quite of Mr. and Mrs. Ester Boles, interesting. 928 N. Elder Ave., has just com- The president, who attended pleted basic training at Fort the Susqui-centennial meeting, Leonard Wood, Mo. gave a wonderful report of it’s On completion of basic Cpl. meeting. Members and particiBoles was given 10 days leave, pants were in costume, which was spent with his fam- Mrs. Manlove was selected as ily, relatives and friends. chairman of the nominating Returning to Missouri, he will committee for officers for the be in training as a switchboard ensuing year. Officers will be Cpl. Boles is a graduate of elected at the next meeting and
" ’ ’ installed later. Hostesses for the meeting
were Mrs. Maude Gaillard, chairman; Mrs. Hortense Davis, Mrs. Marie Bartee, Mrs. Hazel Johnson, Mrs. Mavis Keno, Mrs. Addie Ridley, Mrs. Mae Owsley and Mrs. Elsimena Davis. The next regular meet-
Crispus Attucks High School
operator.
Temptation Bali Plans Progressing
Beautiful Holcomb Gardens ^ avio . x., c
was the background for the pic- i n g will be the first Friday in
tures taken Sunday, May 15th, June,
of the finalists of the “Miss _ , „ A Temptation” popularity con- RETURNED TO U.S.A.
test sponsored by the Defiants Club, which climaxes May 28th. Highlight will be the crownino" of a queen at the fabulous Temptation Ball to be held in
ACORN NEIGHBORHOOD of the Hoosier Capitol Girl Council, was awarded the blue ribbon for its display shown during the Council's Friendship Festival, held recently at the State Fairgrounds. The girls in the quaint dresses above are five of more than a hundred girls who participated in the festival. Acorn Neighborhood selected "Tying and Dying" as its theme. The early settlers used this process to make designs and add color to their clothing. A "limestone" fireplace, made of beaver board, newspaper and crayola colored construction paper, was the main attraction
SENORITA CLUB
The Senorita Birthday Club
of the "windblown" log cabin, made of painted linoleum rolls. Stools and benches were made by Mrs. Thurman's Senior Scouts. The story, mounted on an easel made by Senior Scout Betty Heater by lashing three small logs together, humorously told visitors how to make the dye and how to tie the material for dying. Mrs. Archie Ransom is the neighborhood chairman. Shown, left to right, are: Cynthja Blue, Zana Hughes, Debra Farmer, dressed as boy; Patricia Walker and Ava Blue as granny. Walnuts and onion skins were used to dye the material for the costumes.
will meet with Mrs. Geneva
Thomas, 1341 W. 27th, Satur- 0LD SET-T " LER S CLUB : ^ OQ ., ^ „ , The Old Settlers Club will day, May 28th. Mrs. Helen meet at the home of Mrs Mat _ Grace Morgan, president. • he Davis, 502 W. Fall Creek
Parkway, Tuesday, May 27th.
SP/4 George Wilson son of Mr. and Mrs. James Craig, 3146 Northwestern Ave., rec-
. ently returned from Germany the Manufactors Building of the with his family. He has been Indiana State Fairgrounds Sat- selected to train troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for com-
bat duty.
He is a graduate of Crispus Attucks in Hopkinsville, class
of 1963.
While in Germany he parti-
cipated in sports.
urday. May 28th
The club is working hard to see that this first Temptation Ball is a success. Eddie (Fpx) Rogers, contest chairman, says that everyone attending this affair will prove that there are
people in Naptown who really LUBF CLUB TO enjoy good wholesome enter- coniM^OD TFA
tainment on a large scale such
as this. The L.U.B.F. Club, formerly
formerly the Phyllis Wheatley
Semi-formal and formal at- Branch Y.W.C.A., is sponsoring tire will be the dress of the a 40th Anniversary Tea Sunday, evening. Proceeds will go to j un e 5 from 4 until 7 p.m. at the many civic and charity pro- the Fall Creek Parkway Y.M.jjects contributed to by the club c.A., Galloped Room. Everyone each year. 1 welcome. Mrs. Elina Smith,
president.
FINALISTS FOR THE MISS TEMPTATION' POPULARITY CONTEST, sponsored by the Defiants Club, May 28th are: left to right, (first row) Donald Means, Barbara Rowe, Willetta Tinsley, Larry Terry. (Second row) Billy Glenn, Pat Hendricks, Cynthia Jones, Eddie Rogers. (Third row) Joe
Broyles, Linda Tipton, Teresa Wilson, Flody Tolliver. (Fourth row) Phyllis Washington and Gwendolyn Davis. Not shown are Saundra Turner, Joyce Rice, Pat Tinnin and Verna Washington, Sarah Flody, Beverly Young and Lorenza Horton.
Rose Festival Queen Entry Forms Contact Mrs. Nelson if you ore between the ages of 18 to 25 years and ore attractive. Rose Festival Entry Forms are at this office and may be given if you meet the requirements. Entries must be in this office by May 28.
THE DEBUTANTE BALL an annual affair sponsored by the Amigas Club of Hopkinsville. The club contributed liberally to a number of charity organizations, the most recent being a donation of $100 to the Rotary Club auction. Amigas Club members are Miss Lorene Banks, president; Mrs. Bertha Torain, Miss Rosa White, Mrs. Carrie E. Lesley, Mrs. Elnara Wil-
liams, Mrs. Evelyn Cayce, Mrs. Ruth White, Mrs. Bernice Torian, Mrs. Labordell Falls, Mrs. Carrie A. Adams, and Mrs. Florence Watkins. Debutantes shown are: left to right. Misses Toni D. Wallace, Shirley Waters, Wanda Fleming, Carolyn Mack, Alice C. Adams (Miss Debutante), Erma Watkins, Patricia A. Wilson, Carolyn D. Victor and Paulette Mallory.