By Bob Johnson MRS. SARAH POLK of 2826 Botany Street will be among the 100 Pillsbury Bake-Off finalists in San Francisco, February 22-25. Our Mrs. Polk will be vying for the $25,000 top prize money in the contest. In talking with the very lovely grandmother of 4, Happening found out that she was nervously excited about the whole thing. Nevertheless she plans to enjoy her trip because she will get an opportunity to see many things she hasn’t seen before. One thing Mrs. Polk definitely wants to do is meet and take pictures with the master of ceremonies for the Bake-Off. BOB BARKER. ..Good luck Mrs. Polk and if your cooking compares to your charm and grace you are a cinch to win. • RANDY HENSON has a good thing going at the "Soul Train Club” on South Boulevard. Thus far RANDY’s been able to keep a very nice crow d every night in the week. He hopes to deve lop his place into a swinging disco and bring in some top enter tainers for his custom ers. The young club owner has on his weekly _ ■ J a a • a . tdicuudi t cuucgc mgm, iun nigni, a nigni with a top radio personality” and “live music.” ..Some of the people who have enjoyed them selves at the rapidly growing club: MR. AND MRS. HUBERT EARL FAULK, MR. and MRS. RONNIE JAMISON, SANDRA TAYLOR, NADINE McNAIR, LARRY FLOYD, TERRY POWELL, CONNIE JAMISON, LEE TURNER, and JOHNNY COX. ..The Epsilon Theta Social Club sponsored a Sweetheart Dance at the National Guard Ar mory last Saturday night. The Valentine atmos phere plus Big X and the Nighthawks band aided in making the evening delightfully gratifying for RUDY and BARBARA PHARR from New York City, VAN JACKSON and his wife, RUSSELL and GLADYS McDOWELL, RUSSELL and LOIS PROCTOR, CLARENCE and REOLA WRIGHT, ROBERT and CELESTE PROCTOR, FLOYD and BETTY McDOWELL, ELAINE WOODS, FLOYD and MARGARET WALLACE, OTIS and MAZETTE LEWIS, FRANCES and RUBY COWANS, LEWIS BLAKENEY and THELMA THACKER, MARILYN FERGUSON, FOSTER and ELLA BURNS, JAMES DODD and “BOOT SIE” GERALD BLAKENEY and DUFFIE. . .A precinct tea will be given Sunday, March 9, hv vntf>r Prprinrt Mn 19 at th» ITILr’c 1 nA (To on Tuskaseegee Road. The affair will be held between the hours of 4-11 p.m. A door prize will be given to the lucky ticket holder. . .West Charlotte High School Classes of ‘46 and 47’ held a very booming tea last Sunday at the Elk’s Lodge. Many people were there mixing with classmates and friends in a very spright atmosphe. Included were: ISABELLE DAVIS, AMANDA ADAMS, MITTIE SIGLER, ETHELLS HILL, NATHANIEL DAVIS, FRED JAMES, “SLACK” IRBY, ERNEST JONES, LEON GOitMLEY, JOHNNY MASSEY, THOMAS RHODES, HYDER MASSEY, ROBERT (MONEY) RAY. EDWIN and RUSSELL McDOWELL. The classmates who were not in attendance were: BILL COVING TON. JOHNNIE MAE MAXWELL, MATTIE EAVES ADAMS. RUBY EAVES JOHNSON, HENRIETTA BYNUM WILLIAMS, JOHN HUNTER, MR. and MRS. JUDGE CALHOUN, , ETHEL JACKSON RANDOLPH, ODESSA DISMUSKE McCARROLL, CALVIN Me CASKILL, RANDOLPH CUNNINGHAM, LAFAYETTE LEE, EDNA HOLMAN GASTON, MARY DAVIS, LEROY HILL, MARY HORTON McDOWELL, WILLIE GABRIEL and RUDY iunne<ntL. . .The very cozy Midway Lounge was the setting for a tea given last Sunday by the C’Est LAVie Social Club. Smiles of fortune encompassed the lovely ladies for the place was well populated all evening. Some of the folks present: CARL LOVE. GEORGE EZELL. ARCHIE HAYWOOD. DELORES ROBBINS. MATTIE McCRORY, VADELLA MOFFETT. LINDA COCHRANE. PHYLLIS BAXTER. WILLIAM ROGER. HAR OLD HARRISON. JIMMIE STRICKLAND. JIMMY WALLACE, THOMAS NEELY. LUTHER CARELOCK, DEE CLARK. ROY EZELL. TOM BROWN, JULIUS LLOYD, ROBERT PARKS. DAVE TRUE8DALE and , BOBBY CARELOCK. The ladies of the club, who were the hostesses for this auspicious event:. MARTHA PARKS president. MAE NEELY, mary McDonald, blondella Robert son, AND DELORES NEAL. . .Remember beautiful people.Happiness can be built only on virtue and must of necessity have truth for its foundation. .. Until we rap again do yourself a big favor and ROCK EASY!!! f ™?-Hp.BABr Ck°NTEST WINNERS - First. Second, and Third Place finishers in Beta Nu Lambda Chapter s Babv ( ontest announced last Sunday at the McCrorey Branch ' MC A are: left to right: First Place. Traci Bullock, held bv her mother Mrs. W.B. Bullock; Shawn Hill, held bv hi's mother Mrs. William Hill; and Lorrie Irby, held bv her mother Mrs. Curtis Irby. Photo by Peeler. Alpha Baby Contest Traci Bullock Wins ..Traci Mullock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. B. Bullock, finished first in a field of eight children in a Baby Contest sponsored by Beta Nu Lam bda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. . Traci was sponsored by Alpha Fraternity members Webber. Asbury, I.ooper. and Davis. The culminating activities were held last Sunday at the McCrorey Branch Y.MCA be ginning at 4:00. ..Master Shawn llill. son of Mr. and Mrs. William llill. finished in Second Place and w as follow ed in Third Place by Little Miss Lorrie Irby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cur tis Irby. ■ Other participants in the first Alpha baby Contest were: Mario Cochrane. Ver onica Genee Bellinger. Court ney Bowers, Antione R. Rai ford. Karen Koontz, Sandra Hunter and Jacon L. Bryant. According to fraternity spokesman C. A. Hood, the 'proceeds from the program will assist Beta Nu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha h raternity in underwriting it scholarship program.” v - — - juren im eonUB Longs l o Become Fashion Model ...» •*.''**• -'MU 'Idi uigd Ulgll School Senior has her eyes and hear! set for New York City and the whirling, swirling world of fashion modeling and . fashion designing, ..Jaren McCombs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mc Combs of 1542 Gunn Street, is the aspiring young model. “When I was in the third grade. I wanted to be like the famous fashion model Billie Blair," smiled Jaren. She ad mits that the money fashion designers make attracts her. . ."Billie Blair makes $2,500 a week or $75 an hour. She is quite a show model," said Miss McCombs. ..Jaren has participated in several fashion shows before but she has a diversity of activities. At Garinger, she is in the concert and marching hand, the Red Cross, the .-tiuueni council ana a home room representative. ..She has won all expense paid scholarships to Barbizon in New York, Bauder Fashion Institute and the Fashion In stitute of America, both are in Atlanta. . .In August, she will pick one and at this time she is leaning towards Barbizon in New York. She said the school would take a year of her time and after successful com pletion, she would become eli gible for fashion modeling jobs. She will also take sewing at the school and will learn how to sew some of the fash ions that she is presently de signing. . .‘‘I think I can make it," said the confident aspirant of high adventure in the fashion world. | PEELER'S PORTRAIT STUDlOl FIRST_ For Fine Photography 2224 Beatties Ford Rd. Charlotte, N. C. 392-2028 or 392-0945 ★ Weddings |j In Natural Color ^ ★ Cap & Gown | Photos ^ ★ News Photography! ★ Group Functions jj[ ir ttestoration £ ★ Portraits ★ Copies ijjj Woman s Day S/u>al,rr most famous educators will appear here Sunday morninj as the guest speaker at thf annual Woman's Day obser vance at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 817 E. Seventh Street. ..She is Mrs. .JohBnie Blunt McLesl^pof-'fJt^fraiu^ho has attained the status-ns^an out --slamfti.1 n "dllCillnr itnl ? leader of both adults »m! youths. ..A native of Mobile. Ala. where she completed her ele mentary and high school training at Emerson Institute. Mrs. Md.ester holds a bache lor of arts degree from Tall adega College in the areas of English and French and a master's of arts degree front Columbia Cniversity in New \ ork City in the areas of English and Student Person nel Administration. She has been a leader in the Woman's Baptist State Con vention for the past 2.', years, havingserved in the capacity of president, third v ice presi dent. second vice president, first vice president, chairman of the Executive Committee and chairman of the Committee for the Replace MKS. ('. K. Mil.ester Famed educator mem of an Kxecutive Secre larv. t»n both district and local lev els she siii; serves as Youth Supervisor and for over 12 vi ais siii- served as chairman *»t the adv isorv council for ' noth (tilde < amp. sin also conducts leader ship training classes on the slate level and she co-ordin atcs Hu leadership training conference as assistant to Mrs. V A llorne. the execu tive secrelarv which convenes Mt. Sinai Church To Hear Mrs. McLester annually in June in co-opera tion with the Department of Religious Promotion of Shaw I'niversitv. In 1974 she was elected chairman of the Hoard of Dir ectors of the J. J. Johnson Assembly, a committee of the General Baptist Convention. ’We mci.psht finished an - years of service as teacher and counselor in June 197J. She received the Durham Kiwanis Club's "Citizen Teacher Award" in 1971 for the Durham city teacher who best exemplified the highest ideals of teaching and citizen ship. She also was the reci pient of the Distinguished Ser vice Award in 1971 for "merit orious service as a teacher and counselor from the Re source-1 se education Confer ence of North Carolina. The Observance, which be gins at II o'clock, is sponsored bv the Missionary Depart ment of the church. Mrs. T. K. Kravlon is the president and Mrs. Queenie l.ockhart is the chairman of the program committee. In addition to inviting the public to share ihis mumentus occasion with ihe members of her church. .Mrs. Kras Ion said a special woman's choir under the direction of Mrs Norman I- Kerrs, vs ill proside music for the observance. - ! new spring separates V"1 - 'A SAVE 25%I LADIES’ 8-18 Upolyester \\ pants / f REG. 5.97 each ^UIDK SKLKCTION of cuffed and uncuffed pull-on x styles with stitched creases, elasticized waistbands Qsnme with 26" wide leK. Solids, pin dots, jacquard > Patterns in Navy. I.t. Blue. Peach. Pink or Yellow in machine washable polyester. Buy now and save! 2 for SAVE to 25%l LADIES’ S-M-L screen print tops REG. 4.97-5.97 each I.OM. AND SHOUT SLEEVED cardigan styles with button front closings ( olorful screen prints on front i amt hack on w hite or pink. blue, maiae. mint or peach backgrounds in machine washable double knit poly ester. Can be worn as a top or a Jacket. 2 for $<i SAVE to 25^1 LADIES’ S-M-L cotton knit tops »?G. 4.97-5.97 each lit f.E SELECTION of styles in novelty knit tops including pointelles. embroideries and more in solid colors and prints While, Dink, Blue. Mist. Yellow or r I'each in machine washable cotton knits. "Top" ® fashion buys for spring! 2 for 19.

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