Hauser Williams Russell descendants celebrates 100th family reunion
SPWTIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The seventh generation descendants of
Bethania Hauser Williams Russell will
hold their 100th Family Reunion, Friday,
July 24 - Sunday, July 26, 2015 in North
Carolina. All Family and Friends are invit
ed.
As a prelude to this 100th event, sever
al Hauser relatives spent the Father's Day
weekend, June 19-21, at the H4 Reunion
of descendants on the Caucasian side of
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Clemmons, Winston-Salem, and
Bethania. These descendants
were among the founding fami
lies of Bethania, NC - Moravians
who came from Pennsylvania in
the 1700's.
Winston-Salem native and
former resident. Actor/
Director/Writer Fay Hauser-Price
will attend from Los Angeles, CA
as well as Mocksville resident
Raphael Hauser.
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i iic nausci luiimy ancnors u s reunion
on Bethania Hauser Williams Russell who
was born in Bethania, NC. She began her
life as an enslaved person who was head
housekeeper on the plantation of
Theophilus Hauser, a local North Carolina
farmer and landowner who fathered three
of her 11 children. Through two mar
riages, many children and grandchildren,
Bethania managed to lay the foundation
for a productive multi-racial American
family that thrives today across the coun
try and the world. It is with great pride that
we announce that our family will celebrate
its 100th family reunion. It is a reunion
started by her second son Martin Hauser
in 1915 on her 75th birthday and the 50th
anniversary of the ratification of the 13th
Amendment making American slavery
illegal.
Family members include the late Dr.
Charlie Brady Hauser, Sherman Hauser
and Moyer Hauser families of Winston
Salem, which include area residents Pam
Bradsher, Steven Floyd, Maria Hauser,
Dianne Caesar and Donald Benson. The
reunion weekend will include great food,
music, fashion, drama, and shared stories.
A scenic bus tour of sites related to the
family will include Bethania, NC;
Winston-Salem State University and the
Hauser Building; the Old
Safe Bus Co of Winston
Salem which was owned and
operated by Mary Miller
Green, a family member; the
Yadkinville, NC area where
Bethania was head house
keeper of the Hauser planta
tion.
The exciting planned
weekend will include a com
memorative libration cere
mony, a Fish fry, an elegant
banquet, church services and family sto
ries and videos. Highlights will include a
family song lead by former lead singer of
The Temptations, in-law Louis Price;
dynamic Fashion Show lead by national
model and social advocate Mertine Moore
Brown; performance by Emmy awarded
actor, Producer/Director Fay Hauser; and
memorabilia shared by English High
Sheriff, Peaches Golding, both former res
idents of Winston-Salem. Family will be
converging from points North, South,
East, West and across the Atlantic.
.Reunion headquarters is The Village
Inn Event Center, Clemmons, N.C. For
reunion information, please contact
TheSpiritOfBethania@yahoo.com or call
818-453-2053.
Fay Hauser-Price
Submitted Photos
The 2014 Hauser Williams Russell Reunion in Yadkinville.
The 2012 Hauser Williams Russell Reunion in High Point.
Submitted Photos
Newly inducted members of the Winston-Salem (NC) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated (l
r): Reba Hayes Warren, Deborah Washington-McNeill, Kimberly Moore, Monica Rivers and
Sonny S. Haynes.
Five members are
inducted into local
Links chapter
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE ?
The Winston-Salem (NC) Chapter of The Links,
Incorporated, recently extended its "circle of friendship."
On Friday, May 29, 2015 the chapter inducted five new
women into its membership during a ceremony at the
Piedmont Club led by chapter president Linda Jackson
Barnes.
The newest members of the Winston-Salem (NC)
Chapter of the Links, Incorporated are Sonny S. Haynes,
Attorney of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.;
Kimberly Moore, SVP, Director of Retail and Commercial
Marketing Strategy, BB&T; Monica Rivers, Principal
Consultant at Corbitt Rivers and Company, PLLC.,
Deborah Washington-McNeill, Director, CMS Contract
Administration. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North
Carolina; Reba Hayes Warren, Managing Counsel, RAI
Services Company.
As part of the membership process, these ladies com
pleted a two-part service project, borne out of The Links'
Services to Youth facet. The group designed a four-mod
ule workshop entitled, "Pearls of Wisdom, Tools for
Success" to teach fifth graders at Kimberley Park
Elementary School etiquette, decorum, and other social
graces. Dr. Amber Baker, Principal, and her staff helped
pave the way, so that the students were very receptive to
learning, and reinforcing the skills.
The program included four modules; A Note of
Thanks, Interpersonal Relationships. Table Etiquette, and
Introductions and Greetings that was respectively present
ed by Kimberly Moore, Monica Rivers, Reba Warren and
Deborah Washington-McNeill. Sessions were conducted
with one class of boys and one class of girls. The boys'
session included several men who described the impor
tance of social graces to their careers and personal interac
tions.
In addition to handouts that the students can reference
later, they were given an interactive quiz to reinforce the
new behaviors and were rewarded with prizes for correct
answers.
The 5th graders and their teachers were treated to a
catered celebration meal, complete with stainless china
and glassware. The keynote speaker was Reverend Toure
Marshall.of Grace Presbyterian Church.
After the April 21 and April 24, 2015 events at
Kimberly Park, a mini-fotif-part session was held with stu
dents in the after-school program at Reynolds Park
Recreation Center. The five women in the group consider
"Pearls of Wisdom, Tools for Success" to be a program
that provides a meaningful service to the youth in our
community by helping them become more self-aware and
respectful of others.
The Winston-Salem (NC) Chapter of The Links,
Incorporated, was chartered on March 23, 1950 and
recently celebrated its sixty-fifth anniversary.
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Kimberly Park Elementary School Students prepare for the
etiquette luncheon ds a part of the "Pearls of Wisdom, Tools of
Success" program.
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