Jeannine Mauney crowned Miss Jabberwock 1997
A Theme: 'I Believe I Can Fly'
By FELECIA P MCMILLAN
Special to the Chronicle
Mount Tabor senior Jeannine
Mauney, daughter of the late Dou
glass Mauney and Clementine
? Mauney, claimed the title of Miss
Jabberwock 1997 on Saturday,
March 22 at the Anderson Center
on the campus of Winston-Salem
State University. Douglass Brown
was her escort. She raised $8,330
with the help of family, friends
co-workers and church members.
The theme for the evening was "I
Believe 1 Can Fly."
"I feel like I am flying," said
Mauney, "1 believe that 1 have
accomplished a lot with the help
of my family and friends. I thank
my mother for her love, her time
and for just putting up with me. It
was a joy to raise money for such
a good cause." In the fall, Mauney
plans to attend the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill to
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study biology.
Her mother, Clementine
Mauney, said, "I'm just over
whelmed. We worked very hard.
'.She is a fine young lady, and 1 am
' very proud of her. I wanted the
; best for her. Our friends, relatives,
!church family and co-workers
.were very supportive
The First runner-up was
. Cherie Wagner, daughter of Jerrye
:Wagner, attends Parkland High
^School. She raised $2,005 and
was escorted by Bobby Kim
brough III. The second runner-up
was Chanel Smith, daughter of
Daphne Johnson, from Reynolds
High School. Escorted by Josh
Jefferies, she raised $1,682.
According to Denise Harts
field, the co-chair of the 1997 Jab
berwock. the young ladies in the
'?contest have helped to generate
jnore than $25,000 in Scholarship
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funds.
"This year's Jabberwock
theme symbolizes the spirit and
freshness of the new millennium.
Young college-bound women no
longer must deal with the stereo
types and stigmas of the past.
They can enter into occupations
on every sphere from astronomy
to zoology," said Pan Pryor
Grace, the president of the W-S
Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority.
She thanked the community
for its generous support of this
event, because through the efforts
of the community, college stu
dents will be able to afford a lap
top computer or pay for textbooks
for classes.
Johnetta Huntley served as
the co-chair of the event. She
announced the award* the contee
tanta won. "You are all winners.
We love you dearly, and we wish
you well," she said before she
issued the superlative awards. The
contestants have been together
since October, and they voted on
the following awards: "Best All
Around" was a tie between
LeCole Vance, daughter of Kerrie
Vance; and Tamika Grasty, daugh
ter of Carsenia Carpenter, grand
daughter of Willa Grasty, both
from Mount Tabor High School.
"Most Talented" went to Ayanna
Jones, from North Forsyth High
School.
Mount Tabor senior Dionne
Harris, the daughter of Georgia
Harris, won the award for "Most
Dependable." Randy Baker and
Mr. Pender won the award for
"Best Ail-Around Escort." All of
the contestants received trophies
for their hard work and other
prizes as well.
Reginald McCaskill sere
naded the court with a medley of
songs that included "The Greatest
Love of All," and "Believe in
Yourself." The contestants per
formed in various scenes called
"Meet the Fly Girls," "Flying
High in the Friendly Skies," "Fly
Me to the Moon and Let me Live
Among the Stars." Other perform
ers included a harmonious male a
capella group called TNT, Brandy
Thomas, who danced, Ayanna
Jones, who performed a song,
Kelita Dickey, who did 9 song,
and Shemeka Jordan, who per
formed "Phenomenal Woman" by
Dr. Maya Angelou.
The Jabberwock Court
included Quanella Cloud, of
Carver High School, daughter of
Gail Ingram; Toya Davis, from
North Forsyth School, daughter of
Harrison and Linda Davis; Kelita
Dickey, from North Forsyth High
School, daughter of Alphonzo and
Betty Dickey; Tonya Gentry, from
Glenn High School, daughter of
Troy and Brenda Gentry; Tamika
Grasty; Carmen Griffin, from
North Forsyth High School,
daughter of Willie and Ernestine
Griffin; Dionne Harris; Ayanna
Jones; Shemeka Jordan, from
Parkland High School, daughter
of Nathaniel and Vera Jordan;
Sandra Marshall, from Carver
High School, daughter of
Anthony and Sharon Marshall;
Jeannine Mauney; Chanel Smith;
Mikkea Stancell, from Reynolds
High School, daughter of Char
lene Cherry; Melody Taylor, from
Mount Tabor High School,
daughter of Jackie Taylor; Brandy
Thomas, from Mount Tabor High
School, daughter of Cassandra
Smith-Thomas; Tameja Thomp
son, from North Forsyth Hith
School, daughter of Denise Wasm
bum; LeCole Vance; and Chenp
Wagner. *
The members of the 1907
Jabberwock Committee for tie
Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapijr
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Inc. were Alicia Bailey, Mo|?
Belton-Brown, Karen Ducketi,
Yvette Hatcher. Denise HartsfieM,
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Annette Howard, Johnetta HuiQ
ley, LeDonna Martin, Catljy
Poole, Valerie Sadler, Patricia
Shouse, Mary Smith, and Pap
Wagner. ;
Jarrttt York, Trinity Manning, KKK Irvin, and DtQuan Jones per
formed as members of TNT.
Co-chair Johnetta Huntley confers with president Pamela Pryor-Grace
before the program.
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Co-chair Denise Hartsfield pauses with president Pamely Pryor-Grace
before the program.
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Grandmother Margaret L Bass, grandmother Birdie Vaughn, mother Clementine Mauney, winner Jeannuie,*
Mauney, escort Douglass Brown and Charles Frank Wallington greeted each other in the receiving line.
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Members of the Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority were in full support of the Jabberwock as
they observed from the audience. ?
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Alunmae Chapter member Carolyn Far abet (Center) greeted the ushers
from the Pi Omicron chapter of Wake Forest University. Left to right are
Michel Edwards, Michel Scriven, Melody Hairston, and Heather
Sawyers.
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; Electric company stresses importance of reading
Graymac Electric Supply
? Company in Kemersville, a com
? pany owned by an African Amer
j ican, sponsored a Read-In Dinner
? for a first-grade class and their
? parents at Forest Park School.
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Esther C. Collins, the teacher
? of the class, told parents, "The
? child is learning skills in reading
? from the time he is in the crib,"
' she said, "Therefore, it is impor
? tant to talk with your chilli so that
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he can hear and learn to speak the
language of the books he will
read." She encouraged parents to
read, not only books, but the
words on cereal boxes, street
signs, labels on cans, words on
TV, etc.
"Reading is a vital part of
our culture," she said. "The child
must have a positive attitude
toward reading, and the child
must have skills for reading. Both
of these things are developed '
from infancy."
Then each child chose five
books to take home for their own
home library. The Read-In ended
with dinner for everyone. Among
those present were Mr. Lane,
principal; Brenda Dixon, first
grade chairman; and Grace E.
McRae, vice president of Gray
mac Electric Supply Company,
with her daughter, Lydia McRae.
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Don't Beat Your Child j
"Don't Beat Your Children.
Psychology and love should be
used to raise them so that they
become mature, trusting, emo
tionally stable adults."
Anyone who knows me,
knows how strongly I feel about
j the above statement. However,
| many people get quite upset
? regarding my ideas on this issue.
? The usual comments that I hear,
i in opposition to my ideas, are,
? "My parents beat me and I am
? going to continue to beat my chil
dren." "The only way that you
can make children obey you is to
beat them." "My parents beat me
and it made me a better person."
"The Bible says 'Spare the rod
and spoil the child.'" "I only
harmlessly spank my child. There
is nothing wrong with spanking."
(Note: spanking and beating are
essentially the same.) These
remarks only scratch the surface.
Some people are so passionately
in favor of beating children that it
is frightening. Yet, they seem
unaware of the following:
1 ) One of the major causes
of violence in society is the many
parents who use violence to raise
their children and whose children
use the same method to relate to
others in society.
2) Many parents feel the need
to control their children and force
them to obey.
3) Most parents know of no
alternative way to raise children.
They believe that they are blessed
by God with an inherent ability to
raise children. Yet, they would be
furious if their spouse, boss,
friend, child or stranger were to
use die same behavior with them.
4) Some parents beat their
children as a means of getting rid
of their own stress and insecurity.
5) Many parents have used
violence in their homes for so
many years that they believe that
no other method will work. They
are afraid to change.
6) Some parents do not real
ize that the basic mistakes that
they have made in rearing their
children over the years are the
direct cause of their emotionally
troubled children disobeying
them. They feel "trapped" with
no way out of the problem that
they ha<e created.
7) Many parents try to "con
trol" their children when they, in
fact, should try to guide them so
that their children can logically
decide between good and bad
behavior. Some parents feel a
need to "control" their children as
a means of showing them who's
the "boss." So while they are
making themselves appear to be
like tough parents, they are
destroying their children and, in
some cases, creating predators
who will terrorize other members
of society.
8) Usually, when a parent
directs violence at his/her chil
dren, that parent uses violence to
control the spouse also. Yet, few
such people will admit that they
are participating in child and
spouse abuse.
9) There are wonderful, easy
to-understand and easy-to-use
methods for raising children.
Such proven methods will result
in a healthy relationship between
parent and child, as well as
between a child and society.
10) Children who are victims
of parental violence or child
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abuse usually lose complete
respect for their parents and ipr
other members of society.
They might learn to obey the
parent, but they also learn to tape
him or her.
11) Once the child has lost
respect for and trust in the parent,
more advanced methods of coun
seling must be used to bring thb
child back to a state of normality.
Most abused children, and theft
parents, are in need of extensive
counseling. It is clear that nothing
good can result from the abuse
beating of a child. ,j
(if you have fj&ions, com
ments, or suggestions for Dr.
Faulkner, write him at 5722
Green Street, Suite 302 (do
YMCA), Philadelphia, Pa
19144.)
COPING
By CHARLES FAULKNER