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By ALBERT NICKERSON
Chronicle Staff Writer
Barry Williams and Halimena MontclaireXreque
have a marriage they say must have been made in
heaven.
For months, friends and relatives told Barry and
Halimena, then Halimena Montclaire Creque, that
they thought the two would be compatible and that
they should meet.
About five years ago, the two of them decided to
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contact each other. Discovering they had a lot in
common, they started dating and eventually married
in April 1983.
For two persons who took so long to get acquainted,
they have quite a few things jn common.
Both are residents of Winston-Salem, both are
Methodists and both are 28 years old. Both are
graduates of Bowman Gray Medical School, both
attended Ivy League schools and both are medical
interns in psychiatry at Baptist Hospital.
"I guess you could say we have a marriage made
in heaven," Barry Williams said. "We have learned
to trade roles and have learned to compromise out
of necessity."
. In the middle of a medical internship, Creque
said married life can be very hectic for the young
couple, especially since the arrival of a new baby
boy, Barry Neil Creque Williams. "When we are on
call, we have to take turns with babysitting chores,"
she said.
Born in Winston-Salem, Creque - affectionatley
known by friends and relatives as Monte ?
graduated in 1973 from Bishop McGuiness
Memorial High School. Later, she attended
Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass.
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Lassiter was elected president of application
the Minority Business League at Technological
the group's bi-monthly meeting. Authority for a
Other officers elected were A1 go up to $200,C
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Margarita Marsh, secretary; Mrs. tion Facilities P
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committees and a special trade automobile sa
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committee, with Bill McClain, decorating cont
George Brown, Charlie Jones, and lithograph
Margarita Marsh, J.R. Grace and manager, a
James R. Miller III as members. manager, a spc
Robert Miller is chairman of gift shop owni
the publicity committee with enterpreneurs.
R.L. Jackson, A1 Martin and An- Those preser
nette Squire as members. Melvin have accepted
"Rip" Wilkins was named trade responsibilities
fair director. George Brown was together inforrr
named chairman of the member- ting an app
ship committee with Rip Wilkins Technologica
and A1 Martin as members. Authority, wh
The main order of busi less at and expand sm
the meting was the consideration create jobs to a
Housing week schei
The Winston-Salem over $2.4 billio
Neighborhood Housing Service in those neig
(NHS) agency is among NHS funds provide
agenices across the country that private lender!
will celebrate Oct. 7-14 as ments and
?"Neighborhood Housing Ser- themselves.
-vices Week." In revitalizir
B aimer*, recognizing this neighborhood,
event, have been placed along 15 NHS hor
Patterson Avenue. An open loans grar
house also is scheduled for $121,973.75.
residents to see rehabilitation provements, wl
projects that have been under- paving, sidew
taken by other residents in the planting and
community. Residents will tour provided by th<
other areas in the citv to set ideas Salem totals ab<
on improving their homes and there are other
community. and projects s
Lending institutions also are place in the coi
joining in the celebration by Isaiah Tidv
posting advertisements about Na- president of W
tional NHS Week. Trust Co., is
The local NHS, like _many NHS. Mem be
others, is a private, non-profit board of dir?
corporation which is locally Coker, vice
funded. Through a partnership, Gayle Andei
neighborhood residents have Charles Cardw
joined with local businesses and man; Gary Br
government leaders to bring Funderburke, .
renewed vitality and an improved Doris Gilliam,
quality of life to the Greenway Cynthia Mac
neighborhood, according to pro- Cullough, Wa
ject's directors. man Williams
Across the country, NHS part- Noble,
nerships are active ih 137 cities. For more
working to revitalize 200 NHS, contact 1
neighborhoods. By the end of the NHS office *
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"My parents instilled in me a tremendous
amount of motivation," she said.
Her father, Dr. Luritz C. Creque, is a patholgist
at Columbia University in New York City. Her
mother, Florence Davis, is the assistant director for
Winston-Salem's Community Development
Department.
"I grew up in a medically oriented family,
therefore I was exposed to medicine early in life,"
Creque said.
Williams was born in York, S.C., but his parents
moved to Winston-Salem when he was very young.
He attended Kimberley Park School and Paisley
' 7 guess you could say we have a marriage
made in heaven."
- Barry Williams
Middle School. He earned a scholarship and later
attended the Phillip Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.
" 44It was tough at the school/* said Williams. 44It
was a novelty coming from a public school system
and going to a prep school. But whatever it took to
succeed, I wanted to get through/*
4The exposure at the school was very beneficial.
In 1973, we were already working with calculators.
It was like a glance into the future.**
The education paid off. Williams went on to attend
Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., where he
earned his undergraduate degree.
44My father always told me that if I got an education,
I wouldn't have to work as hard as he did,"
said Williams.
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Williams and Creque said they eventually will
become psychiatrists. They have interests in several Ci
areas of psychology, leaning toward what they to
termed "geriatric psychology."
"The population of the country is generally get- lit
ting older," Williams said, indicating there will be ht
an increase in the serious study of psychology of
elderly people in the near future. ar
The couple's main concern is completing their in- ol
ternships, which they hope to finish in 1988. They ?
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"We don't have much time for socializing," said
reque. MWe are each others best friends and tend
associate each other."
"After completing our internships, we would
ce to play some role in community mental
;alth," Williams said.
Both parents said they hope their son will not feel
ty undue pressure to become a docotor once he is
der.
"We want him to pursue his own interests," said
rilliams. "But we may do a little friendly arm *
listing' to persuade him to become a doctor."
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