Great Deal Of Imagination Went Into “Menia’s Bash”
MENIA’S BASH... The faculty of
imagination is the great spring of
human activity, and the principal
source of human improvement. As
it delights in presenting to the
mind scenes and characters more
perfect than those which we are
acquainted with, it prevents us
from ever being completely satis
fied with out present condition, or
with our past attainments, and
engages us continually in the pur
suit of some untried enjoyment, or
some ideal excellence^ '
A great deal of imagination went
into the construction of Menia’s
Bash. For those of you who may
not know what Menia’s (Mena’s)
Bash was, it was a delightful
birthday party honoring Wilhel
menia Roper Adams.
As the guests approached Mrs.
Adams’ lovely home, 1819 Baxter
Street, they were greeted by a
huge banner that read WELCOME
TO MENIA’S BASH. The banner
was white with red and blue
lettering. It had two large deep
purple orchids with pink throats
and dark green leaves emblazoned
on it. Printed at the bottom left
hand corner, was the year 1924
representing the year Menia was
born. The year 1982 was printed in
the corner on the right, represent
ing this anniversary year.
Mrs. Adams’ friends, not being
satisfied with the usual conditions
of an annual occurrence, put their
minds together and developed this
''delightful scenario. They brought
platters of delicious bors d’
oeuvres and a wide assortment of
beverages.. Sarah Stevenson
played the role of chef, and made
sure everyone had as much of the
tasty fried fish, cole slaw and rolls
they wanted. Billye Roper and
Ruth Fletcher, sisters of Wilhel
menia, were the hostesses.
Caught «g>jn the excellence of a
well planned affair were Jeon
Thompson, Sarah O' -hi, Mr
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and Mrs. HarvejTRo&ertson, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Redfem, Bill
Johnson, Jackie La wing, Susan,
Sandra, and Deborah House,
daughters of Mrs. Adams, Ami,
Joye and Jonathan House, grand
children of Mrs. Adams. Also
Mildred Connors and children,
" Oscar Alexander"Price Davis,
Aloid Tucker, Lillie bell Thomp
son, Steve Martin, Carl Lewis and
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stitt.
The Cherry community is noted
for ideal happenings. Menia’s Bash
held on July 24, 1982, was added to
the list. ?
BENEFIT FUNCTION...Fa
shion is 'a tyrant from which
nothing frees us. We must suit
ourselves to its fantastic tastes.
But being compelled to live under
its spontaneous laws, the wise man
is never the first to follow, nor the
last to keep them.
The Extraordinaire Civic and
Social Club sponsored an extrava
gant evening of “Fashion and
Entertainment” recently at the
Excelsior Club. The purpose
wasn’t to dictate to the guests
whether they should be first or last
in the fashion arena. The purposes,
however, were to raise money to
benefit the McCrorey Branch
YMCA and to show the guests that
fashion is the science of appear
ance.
The Ebony fashion organization
dressed 18 models whose pseudo-—
nyms read like a dairy bar's Ice
cream list; brown glaie, butter nut
cream, tropical delight, passionate
raisin, sweet carmel, classic
copper, honey amber, copper glow,
golden nector, earth brown and
brown sugar. The group used
professional models, experienced
models and amateurs for the
guests to observe the causual look,
today’s leisure and sport look,
swimwear, dressy and formal
wear.
Phil Gary, whose mother and
grandparents were in the audience
was the male model who received
the overwhelming approval from a
vocal audience. Bernitta Morgan,
an exciting self-taught model, was
the female crowed pleaser. Pas
sionate Raisin as she is called says
the key to her electrifying style is
that she really enjoys people and
entertaining.
The fashion show was just a
portion of the evening’s amuse
ment. Music has charms to soothe .
the savage breast, to soften rocks
and bend the knotted oak, as the
saying goes. With that thought in
mind, “The Extraordinaries” gar- i
nered the services of George Ezell 1
and Bill Ford on saxophones, Joe
Harper on drums, Matthews Smith
on piano and Dave Young on bass,
for the jazz session. The real crowd
pleasing tunes rendered by the
local combo were the haunting
ballad--“Danny Boy,” and a lilting
version of the legehdary "Sum
mertlme ”-r
Stevie Russell and Dawn Black’s ,
animated youth over-flowed
naturally in harmonious move- j
ments, as they entertained the
guests with a dance that had to
take elaborate preparation to exe
cute as well as they did.
As if the events mentioned
weren’t enough to fulfill an even
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Some of the other guests were
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fever contest in Charlotte. He and
his partner will travel to Los
Angeles soon to participate in
.another run-ofL Laveme Couch, of
'L'.C. Fashions, designed a number
of the fashions modeled in that
memorable Sunday evening filled
with “Fashion and Entertain
ment.”
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