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* Page AWlit Chronkk; Thurtdav, December 1ST people Close-up McCarters Fill ' AUDREY L. WILLIAMS Staff Writer Miriam and Ed McCarter searched for a void in Winston-Salem's black community -- and they found one. They both agree that when trying to choose cards for 4'special occasions," black consumers basically had to settle for what was available. That prompted the McCarters to open their own card shop, Special Occasions, on New Walkertown Road in the Jetway Shopping Center on July 4. 44We did a little brainstorming and looked to see what wasn't available," says Ed McCarter. "Both Miriam and 1 knew what it was like looking for black cards and not finding them." Miriam adds: 44We put emphasis on the black cards, but we do sell cards for everybody." The McCarters first began their venture in the card business several months ago from their home. They contacted a card distributor who specialized in black cards, and eventually decided that their demand was much larger than their supply, which prompted them to open their shop. _____ The featured artists in the McCarters* selection of - .L- I 1 1 ? ? - - - taiua arc inc nusoana ana wue artistry team ot James _ and Ernestine Huff of Atlanta, now making their home here, and actress Fay Hauser. Also included in the Huff selection are limited edition drawings and paintings depicting black life, while Hauser's Christmas cards are somewhat unique in their design and messages that highlight the holiday season from a black perspective. Special Occasions is different because of its various selections in cards and gift ideas, which include everything from battery-operated musical cards to jewelry to a lighted, battery-operated bow tie that Miriam says her husband really gets a kick out of when the two attend parties. It is almost impossible to focus on any one item in the McCarter shop. All the cards are arranged in such an accessible order that finding just the "right" card is easy. MwHMoas will be heW for the FATA TWp " .AwoeMoa*' production of Agatha Christie's "tcnf Little tndiM^from 6-8 p.m. today and at 3 p.fn, ? Saturday at 550 Kinard Drive. For more information J^i piedwnt Opera Theatre win present ?Hani| Carlo Menotti's "Amhal and the Night Visitors/' a Ourfctmi* open for children of all ages. The opetft pwiffbe sung in English; with shows tonight at 8 p.mi|^ and Saturday and Snnday at 2:30 p.m. For more in The annual children's holiday party at th* llttiftOlda House Museum of American Art will be ^^[TURDAY, DECEMBER 17 / The 17th Street Community Goodwill Club will tips* its annual Christmas banquet at 7 p.m. at Towers at 1201 East Ninth St. Tommie Douthit will be the guest speaker. K* . i eThe Christ Rescue Temple Nursery and DaycareCenter at Dunleith Avenue will have an open house s irom n a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 722-9841. The Fourth Annual Christmas Party for inner-city f kids will be begin today at U a.m. in the Jetway ? Shopping Center. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by ~ fielicopter around I p.m. For more information contact either Betty Hanes at 722-0200 or Jim Conrad at I 725-3074. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 | , The YWCA will operate ail-day student Fun Days today and Tuesday. Fun Days are open to all children 6*12 and are held on teacher workdays throughout ' the year. For more information call 722-51 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 '*** . :<!." ? *' ' . The YWCA will be closed today through Jan. 1 for equipment maintenance. IkV' ' *V< ' I '- !?- 11 11 1 ||i Chronicle welcomes Community Calendar - notices^ Announcements should be concise and % i typo# or neatly printed. They should include the ) day, time, place end sponsors of the event, plus a number to call for additional information. Announcemmts should be addressed to the WinstonSatem Chronick Community Calendar, P.O. Box 1 ?iM54, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. The deadline L for announcetnents is Mondays at 5:30. T ms ? * ?? Social Notes, Servic Void In Black Coi "Peonle have reallv Knuino c oniin ?? c?u< - , - w. VUI WJ UgUII 1 I JOJ J Miriam, "and we've really gotten a a great reception from the community." Both McCarters are teachers in the Forsyth County school system. They say they enjoy running Special Occasions, especially since their business is a selective service to black consumers not found anywhere else in the Winston-Salem. "With Special Occasions, we've tried to bring things to this part of town that you don't ordinarily get," says Miriam. "Now you don't have to go all the way across town just to get a card." Adds Ed: "1 like to play tennis and there's not a blackowned sporting shop or even a hardware store on this side of town. When a black businessman examines the community and finds its needs, then he can have a successful and respectable business. All you have to do is be willing "With Special Occasions, we've tried to bring things to this part of town that you don't ordinarily get." ? Miriam McCarter to take a chance." The McCarters' working relationship appears almost child-like in the affection they show for each other. They both share the same excitement about their business and are eager to show off each item as if it just arrived. what's even more special about Special Occasions is the McCarters' willingness to assist the customer who can't decide on what card to buy. They say they are considering offering a_card service__for those wha-can't^ remember the birthdays of loved ones. Their present aim, though, is to make available to the black community what it couldn't find before in other card shops and pharmacies. The McCarters also distribute their cards in Jan's Social Notes ~ 49ers Throw Party The 49ers Plus Club Davis, Mrs. Maxwell Grier, recently held a Christmas Mrs. Louise Jones, Mrs. dinner nt the Martin 1 n?w?r t, ? - .. .... ...in wii wuwawi iMimiiii .<uauiuiurcr'< iviF&i King Jr. Recreation Center. Wyona Murray, Mrs. Clara The program was Nesby, 2nd vice president; highlighted by members Mrs. Elizabeth Nesbitt, joining in on Christmas Mrs. Helen Peters, Mrs. Ida carols such as" Silent Phillips, Mrs. Ida Simons, Night" and "Hark the Mrs. Rosena Smith, Herald Angels Sing." treasurer; Mrs. Willa Seventy-five members Smith, Mrs Alice Taylor and guest - attended the repor,er; Mrsr Elizabeth celebration. Williams- Mrs- Ella Whit" worth, first vice president; Guests included Mrs. Mrs. Savilla Wilson, finanMildred Batchelor, Mrs. cial secretary; and Mrs. Roberta Coak, Mrs. Louise Dorothy Mills, president. Garden Gub Meets To Discuss Holiday The Within The Picket make the original wreaths. Fence Garden Club received Mildred Poindexter and monu n?ui i/4?ac "r:n * ?viuvao iv/i uuuuay dciic i uiman, memoers 01 decorations when it met the program committee, recently at the holiday assisted in arranging the decorated home of Mrs, wreaths for display in Mrs. Cora Grogan. Grogan's family room. To add to Mrs. Grogan's To enhance the spirit of ideas of Christmas decora- Christmas even more, the tions, each member brought members exchanged plants a Christmas wreath. Pine for gifts. branches, magnolia leaves Mrs. Arie Wright, vice and straw were among the president, presided at the many materials used to meeting. Flora Buff Oub Meets Needs Of Adopted Family The Flora Buff Garden firmed as the local site for Club met at the home of city beautification. Tickets Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith were collected for the Sr. on New Walkertown Christmas Holiday Houses, Road, with president Mrs. sponsored by the 4th Doris Hartsfield presiding. District Garden Council. Mrs. Mae Phillips opened Requests were made for atthe meeting with prayer and tendance at the houses Dec. presented a Christmas 11 by the club treasurer, story. Mrs. Olivette Bynum. The review of the yhe activity for the day mont s activities included was jnstrUction for making the 11th anniversarv . .. . , ... . ' wrcams, directed Dy Mrs. celebration .winch was held Esther Rockett at the Holiday Inn North, and the group worshipped The club also collected at United Metropolitan food, clothing and other Baptist Church. items for the club's adopted Mrs. Phillips was family. Mrs. Peggy Martin, chairperson of the anniver- Mrs. Gladys Oldham, Mrs. sary and commendations Ruth Washington, Mrs. were presented to her due to Modesta Earl and Mrs. Ann the success of the program. Dew brought large boxes of Bowen Boulevard was con- canned foods. V e News, Club News i mmiinitv WiA 48n, >? ? ... _ Mm|BHBI| S:*>: J*, zj^^r .s.; !v\ a ^^prr ;is ?? fl ^nmH Special Occasions owners Miriam and Ed McCarte by offering a choice In greeting cards (photo by Ja Florist, the Record Boutique, Lewis & Styles Florist and i Imperial Barber Shop, all black businesses in Winston Salem. 4 4 4 We just want to allow black people the option of be- t ing able to pick and choose," says Ed. "We don't claim to be completely unique, but Special Occasions is dif- t ferent. There have even been white people who have stop- S t Phoebe Beasley c 1 W. Va. State College Graduates of West Winston-Salem, ^ Virginia State College Greensboro and High I residing in the Triad recent- Point. F ly organized an alumni Officers elected were 1 chapter at the home of Mr. Acie McGhee Jr., presi- S and Mrs. Acie McGhee Jr. dent; Lazelle Free, vice b of Kernersville. president; Lois Powell, The chapter, which has secretary; Melvin Griffin, been named the Triad treasurer, and Raymond g Chapter of West Virginia Crowder, sergeant-at-arms. d State College National Other members are Mrs. s1 Alumni Association is com- Martha Atkins, the Rev. 1< posed of members from William Crawford, Mrs. tl Alpha Kappa Alpha Hosts Members of the Phi part of the organization's ? Omega Chapter of Alpha desire to provide service to c Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. the community and all r< recently hosted a Christmas mankind. party for two-year-olds at The children were enterthe Bethlehem Center as a tained with the reading of tl Black Family Task Force The Black Family Task Some of the models that b Force will sponsor a male will be featured in the celebrity benefit fashion fashion show are City n show Sunday in the Hyatt's Manager Bill Stuart ^United T Regency Ballroom to Way Executive Director a benefit the second annual Doug Ashby; Urban Arts d Black Family Conference in Director Lin wood Oglesby August. and Alderman Larry Worn- n ? t ft a " "C. ecial Occasions' I flHf< ' . r;v ^M J^j^^MjPPPP^PPPPPPPi^^^ jjjl I! I^IH * <^*' fc^S^BTj^3 iFyl r fill a void In Winston's black consumer marks* mes Parker). / 1 i >ed in here and were very receptive.** ~ "This is really the way it-should be," says Miriam*4We try to set an atmosphere in here that's not like going o the grocery store." Special Occasions is open from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday? hrough Friday, Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. through the Christmas season. ?^ Beasley Opens At WSSlf Guests attending the Savannah College of Art >pening night of the and, Design and the Evj? >hoebe Beasley exhibition Dorog Gallery if? it the Fine Arts Gallery at Hollywood, Calif. Vinston-Salem State Her works are also inft Jnivnsfty wer?; surprised eluded in the coUecjftggiS rtien they met featured ar- the Atlanta Museum of Lifljr ist Beasley. Insurance Company, thg ueasiey is an active and Afro-American Museum o? espected artist with Life and Culture in Dallas, lumerous shows and Maya Angelou, Doll? lonors to her credit, in- McPherson and CampbeB; hiding a recent commis- Cawood of Winston-Salem, ion, to design the tennis the La Puente Hospital in nedals and trophies for the La Puente, Calif, among 984 Olympics many others. Her oil paint and tissue ' ,, , The 40-year-old artist has >aper collages have even . , . 4 ippeared in an art gallery also workfed 88 ? aCC0Unt etting for two episodes or ?"u"ve'"?5? s,at'fns 'Hill Street Blues." *FI ,and *?ST ln Los Jeasley was also cover artist n?e es or ^ears' or "Black Art," an inter- Her exhibition at the Fine lational quarterly. In addi- Arts Gallery will continue ion, she has had a variety through Jan. 20. Gallery >f one-woman exhibitions, hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. rK/> mACt r/von i n r?l ii/J? * * * * * "" 1 iivji ivvviu uiviuuK me ivionaay inrougn trio&y. Organizes Chapter 4ary Hairston, Mrs. ding, non-graduates on the .ouise McGhee, Mrs. faculty and staff of the col'earline Monk, Mrs. lege, and friends of the col"helma Pearsall, Necota lege. >mith and Henri Wester- The purpose of the >and. organization is to promote the college program and;~ Membership is open to provide scholarships tog raduates and honorary local students. egree recipients, former 5 tudents who completed at For additional informal ;ast one semester and left tion, call 788-1010 otj he college in good stan- 727-2122. - - * m Christmas Party | V 'The Night Before basileus Alletis Bryant,^: Ihristmas" and given Mrs. Inez Adams, Mrs.:*J jfreshments. Barbara Brown and Mrs;* T* ~ ^ ocrnice Davenport. MrSrjs Members coordinating Patricia Shouse is the direc-^J he festivities were outgoing tor of the daycare center, jjjg | Holds Fashion Show | jm 3 lc. organization in its efforts to? Louise Wilson, Alder- stress the importance of the lan Virginia Newell and continuing existence of the^g helma Smalls will be family and to continue to 5 warded for their outstan- provide them with self-helpS ing community service. resources. Jg The purpose of the fund- Members of the Task? aiser is to assist the Please see page A7 ?
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