Page lOA - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, April 5, 1984
Mrs. Drayton Says Of Identical Twins:
“Sometimes I Can’t Tell Who’s Who”
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
“Sometimes I can’t tell
who’s who,’’ admits
Eleanor Drayton, mother
of identical twins Letitia
and Patricia.
“It’s very hard for me to
tell, especially if they are
not facing me directly.
Letitia was born with a
light spot on her forehead,
but it’s fading away now.
Letitia also has a birth
mark on her arm.”
Letitia, first born, and
Patricia are 18 months old.
They were born premature
and the mother feels
blessed that there were no
birth defects. “I just thank
God that they are healthy,”
Mrs. Drayton commented.
In the beginning, the care
of the twins was rather
difficult. Mrs. Drayton
had to wake them up
every two hours so they
. could be fed. “It was hard
work,” Mrs. Drayton ex
plained,” but I look at
them now and see a mi
racle.”
After working from 9
until 5 p.m., Mrs. Drayton
comes home to her six
year-old daughter,
Adrienne, her three year-
old daughter, Ellie and the
twins, Letitia and Patricia.
“They make my day. It’s
the little things they do that
can make me laugh. I
might be despressed but all
I have to do is look at
them.”
Mrs. Drayton describes
her oldest children as be
ing extremely helpful in the
care of the younger twins.
“They sometimes even
Eleanor Draylon
.With twins Letitia and Patricia
fight over who will hold
them. So it usually ends up
that Adrienne will have one
twin and Ellie will hold the
other,” she continued.
The twins are close, ac
cording to the mother. If
Mrs. Drayton has to spanx
one, the other will come
ahd stand in front of her in
a desparate attempt to
“save” the other ohe. If Ohe
is coughing, the other will
pat her back. If one is
trying to climb down off a
chair, the other will assist.
“I have seen Letitia fall
down and cry and then
Patricia will fall down and
cry, too. Both want atten
tion and they want every
thing to be the same for
them.”
While they both love to
watch the television pro
gram “Webster” and lis
ten to Michael Jackson’s
“Beat It” and “Thriller,”
they are different indivi
duals. This is a fact Mrs.
Drayton has come to terms
with.
“Letitia is quiet and will
be content most of the time
to sit and comb her baby
doll’s hair. While Patricia
has to get into everything.
She is very active. The
problem^ comes in when
Patricia gets blamed for
everything, when some
times it’s not her fault but
Letitia’s fault.” This is one
problem Mrs. Drayton
feels parents of twins may
have to look out for.
Mrs. Drayton and her
family attend Greater Mt.
Sinai Baptist Church where
Rev. N.E. Kerry pastors.
At church, as well as other
places, “people are always
stopping and telling me
how beautiful the twins
are. They always tell me
how blessed I am. Even
though in the beginning
having twins was a shock, I
agree that having twins is a
blessing.”
The Draytons will par
ticipate in the “Twins on
Parade” program spon
sored by Chi Eta Phi So
rority, Iota Chapter, Sun
day at 4 p.m., April 1, at the
Greenville Center.
Members of the Charlotte Chapter of
Golfers of America are pictured above
right before their journey to the Green
ville, S.C., tournament. Prepared both
mentally and physicall'^ fe~ their first
match of the season, these golfers cane
out the winners. The event was held it
the Lakeview Golf Course. (Photo fy
Bernard Reeves)
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Mr. Charies, RiB.
..QUESTION: Mr.
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is a science that deals
with the study of hair,
its diseases and its
treatments. Therefore,
the people who hdve
trained in this science
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The necessary treat
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There is a movement
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When You Care
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Si The
House of Charles
Hawthorne Junior High
Wins 4-H Energy Bowl
A team of five students
from Hawthorne Junior
High Captured the fourth
annual 4-H Energy Bowl
Championship title. Haw
thorne defeated 15 other
public schools and two pri
vate schools to capture the
Agency On Aging
The Centralina j^rea
Agency on Aging is pleased
to annouce that ^ jjasic
gerontology course,
“Issues In Aging," will be
offered in Charlotte begin
ning Wednesday, April ^18.
This course will focus ion
the causes and consequenc
es of growing older and \yill
be particularly beneficial
to professionals find f^-
ily members who work
with the'elderly. .
This ll-sessiqn i course,
arranged through Central
Piedmont Community, Col
lege, will meet Wednes
days at the LIFE Cento,
Selwyn Avenue PresbjSe-
rian Church, 2929 Selwyn
Avenue, J from 5:30-8430'
p.m. Ms. Beverly Pat-
naik, lecturer in Social
Gerontology and former
Project Director of the
Weiss Institute Research
Project at the Philadel
phia Geriatric Center, >:ill
serve as instructor.
Registration will take
place at the first sgssion
and an $11 tuitipn will be
collected: For niore infor
mation, .please contact
Alice Hedt, Area Agepcy on
Aging, 3?2-2416, or Nancy
Cheshire, CPCC, 373-6633.
Gty Govenunent
There’s a new television
service in Charlotte, Chan
nel 32 is now available to
Cablevision customers who
have converters for ex
panded programming. City
government news and in
formation is now aired 24
hours a day from the Pu
blic Service and Informa
tion Department of City
Hall. Meetings calendars,
events and activities, job
opportunties, public ser
vice messages, bulletins,
the City Council meeting
agenda, news and informa-
' tion are updated daily.
The channel also provides
the correct time and date
with background music.
Watch Channel 32 for the
latest in local informa
tion.
Imch Wcridiop
WomanReach, Inc. will
offer a single session bag-
lunch-workshop for women
interested in exploring
Father-Daughter relation
ships and their lasting in
fluences. Entitled “On
Daddy’s Knee,” the work
shop will be held Satur
day, April 14, 10-3 p.m. at
WomanReach Center.
title. Team members were
Christopher Burns, Due
Bui, Teresa Turner, Mi
chelle Mitchell, and Char
lene Altman. They were
coached by teacher, Rich
ard Caldwell.
The runner-up team.
Smith Junior High, was the
1983 champions. Team
members were Michael
Schwartz, Anthony DoU,
Jill Burleson, Kim Swope,
and Larkin Murphy. Smith
Junior High was coached
by Mr. Michael Bentley
and student assistant,
Richard Williams.
The 4-H Energy Pro
gram is conducted as a
school enrichment pro
gram by the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools,
Duke Power Co. and the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 4-H
Program. The Junior High
science programs receive
information from the Agri
cultural Extension Ser
vice, Duke Power Co., and
the State Department of
Transportation on various
energy conservation topics
and programs during the
fall. Teacher-volunteers
utilize after-school hours
for students to prepare for
selection on the school
team. Schools select their
teams through some elim
ination process as best fits
their needs.
Team members contin
ued to study energy ma
terials through the next
several months with the
program culminating at
the county 4-H Energy
Bowl in March. During the
contest (which is pat
terned after High I-Q
Bowl), team members
were exposed to over 300
energy related questions.
These questions ranged
from “How to Weather
proof Windows” to the
“Difference Between Nu
clear Fusion and Nuclear
Fission.”
Dr. Robert C, Hanes,
Deputy Superintendent,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, presented the
championship and reserve
champion trophies. All par
ticipants in the program
received 4-H Energy Bowl
T-shirts sponsored by the
Corporate Communica
tions Division of Duke
Power. In addition, the
following Duke Power Of
ficials served as mo
derators for the contest.
Mr. Jim Tyson, Mr. Walter
Moss, Mr. Kenneth Young,
Mrs. Kathy Wilkins, Mrs,
Suzanne Tisola, Mr. Rich
ard Armstrong, Mr. Mike
Smith and Mr. Buddy
Seymour. Also, Mr. Chuck
Vizzini, Science Specialist,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, and Mr. Rod
Cameron, Energy Coordin
ator, Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Schools, assisted with
the planning and imple
mentation of the contest.