Garden club
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about cactus
The Along the Garden Club
met recently at the home of Mrs.
Robert Shoaf at 624 W. 24 1/2
St.
Mrs. Ellsworth Banner, the
president, called the meeting to
order by the reading in unison of
the Collect and the singing of the
club song.
The assistant secretary, Mrs.
Savilla Wilson, read the minutes
of the previous meeting.
The agenda for the meerino
was as follows:
the president made a report on
the Garden Club Council
meeting;
a report was read on the
Christmas Open House and
tickets were distributed to each
memeber;
the Garden Club Christmas
party was discussed.
Mrs. Julia Johnson presented
an interesting program on sueculant
plants, with special emphasis
on the varieties of the cactus
plant. *
t Mrs. Shoaf served a delicious
full-course dinner afterward.
Members attending the
meeting were Mrs. Ellsworth
Banner, Mrs. Bronnie Daniels,
Mrs. Sinclare Crowder, Mrs.
Louise Hamilton, Mrs. Verna
Grier, Mrs. Julia Johnson, Mrs.
Ruth Shoaf, Mrs. Eunice Long,
Mrs. Savilla Wilson and Mrs.
Eliza Williams.
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practice as long as she wants
whenever she wants at the School
of the Arts.
"Because the people are so nice
here at the school, I'm glad I
came," says Gentry. "To me, it
is just like a large family.
Everyone is so friendly and willing
to give a helping hand.
This school brings out'the - ^ ?
talent in every student, and each
one has an opportunity to show
his or her talent. Sometimes, during
summer vacation, you can
even go on tour."
She doesn't own a harp -- a
fact that almost changed her
mind about playing the instrument.
"When I started playing, 1 was
discouraged, because I knew I
needed to purchase one/' she
says. "My mother was the one
who said to go ahead anyhow."
Gentry has sought bank loans
to buy a harp, but used harps cost
$8,OCX) and a new one costs
$15,000. She has been turned
down each time. But she is determined
and dreams of the days
when she will own one. For right
now, though, she uses the one at
the school.
"If 1 can see myself doing or
obtaining something, I can
achieve it," says Gentry. "It may
take a lot of hard work, but I
know it can be done."
This is all the more .obvious
when one realizes she plays an instrument
that is 5 feet 5 inches
tall and weighs 70 pounds and
is 5 feet tall and weighs 100
pounds. But, she says, "I can
carry the harp by myself."
When she completes her college
education in four years, Gentry
plans to play for a symphony
orchestra "somewhere in the
world." Right now, she plays for
concerts, parties, clubs and
church functions.
Gentry says she realizes there
aren't many blacks in the
classical music Field, yet she
hopes that one day her efforts
and those of others will change
that.
Elvis Presley was another
top performer who never
took a lesson in his life. He,
too, could not read music
and learned most of his
songs by listening to demo
records. ,
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