Lad? of the Golden Circle I
, , When Loyal Lady Ruler Beverly
. Hosch took office as head of the
Golden Circle, she vowed to have a
... committed and dedicated cabinet of
ladies working together in love and
,, harmony. To date, she has achieved
every goal set. In the next few
installments, we will turn our atten
tion to her. and to the members of
,her cabinet. Each individual plays a
\ery significant role in the Order of
the Golden Circle.
Loyal Lady Associate Ruler Pat
Rhodes-Landingham is a 26-year
veteran cyf the Masonic family. She
was born into the organization. Her
mentors were also her neighbors.
< She lived next door to Past Grand
| Worthy Matron Elizabeth Tilley,
! two doors from Grand District
Deputy Areatha Broadway and
t
across the street from Past Matron
I Annie Hennie. Her childhood
i dream was to one day wear that
?; white and to be like her mentors.
; women of faith ... believers.
She is a member of Goler
Memorial AME Zion Church.
| where she is a deaconess, a member
! of the gospel choir, and a volunteer
? for the Kid's Cafe.
J,' She was mistress of ceremonies
!, for the Gospel l est at the Dixie
? Classic Fair for two consecutive
'' years.
I1 She is co-chairman of the
! Citizens Steering Committee of the
j Planning Board of Forsyth County.
She is Past Matron of Rebecca
J', Chapter 626 (Greensboro). She is
;! currently serving the Grand
[ Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
I as grand alternate-west. She has
| served the Grand Chapter in some
?; capacity since 1980. In 1992 she
j| organized the local court of Cyrene
?' Crusaderc (Elizabeth Court No. 7).
j! She served as its royal princess com
J mandress for three years. She is also
J the royal grand secretary for the
j' state of North Carolina. She is a
r . ..
Loyal Lady Assockrta Ruhr Pat
Rhodos-Landingham
member of the Queen's of Olympic
No. 620 Order of the Eastern Star,
illustrious high priestess of Sethos
Court 105 Daughters of Isis; secre
tary of Elizabeth Court 7 Order of
Cyrene Crusaders and Duck
Lassiter Heroines of Jericho; secre
tary of the Mjnor/Perkins Auxiliary
of the Pvlaxis Society of North
Carolina, 30th District
Administrative Council, and the
NAACP
Landingham is a member of the
Friends of Black Children in
Raleigh, an organization promot
ing adoption of minority children.
She is an alumnus of Bennett
College in Greensboro, and com
pleted her graduate degree at
Appalachian State University. She
is a licensed funeral director.
She is the single parent of the
youngest mason in the organiza
tion. Byron Ben Landingham. who
is 5.
In 19% Most Worshipful Grand
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The Masonic Mission
Pat Rhodmi-Landinghom
Loyal lady Priastan Joy AtJamt
Master Nathaniel Johnson cited
Landingham for her work in the
area of publicity for the State of
North Carolina as an honor to the
organization.
Loyal Lady Priestess Joy Adams
is a retired teacher of the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County School
System. She attended 14th Street
School, Atkins High School Class
of 1953 and is an alumnus of
Winston-Salem State University
(1957).
Mie is a memner 01 ivm. ^.icn
Baptist Church, where she serves
on the Ladies Usher Board, the
Deborah Missionary Group, a
Bible study class, church Sunday
school and the Forsyth County
United Usher's Group.
She is married to Alfred L.
Adams. They have two daughters,
Lori Adams and Myra Adama
Grant; and grandchildren, Porshia
Lyde and Kvra Jones.
Chancellor Julius Chambers to speak at WSSl
B> ENGLISH BRADSHAW
Thi Chkonicu. Staff Writer
Julius L. Chambers, noted
civil rights attorney and chancel
lor of North Carolina Central
University, will be the keynote
speaker at Winston-Salem State
University's J. Alston Atkins
Memorial Lectures in
Constitutional Law today at 7
p.m. at the university's Dillard
Auditorium.
This is the third year of a
series of lectures named after the
son of WSSU's founders Simon
G. and Oleona P Atkins. Among
previous speakers are Judge Leon
A. Higginbotham from Harvard
University, and Drew Saundrew
Days III at Yale University.
As a lawyer. Atkins was
renowned for his experience in
constitutional law, civil rights,
and education, and later became
an administrator at Winston
Salem State Teachers College.
His work paved the way for the
landmark NAACP Catherine
Scott case that ultimately deseg
regated Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County schools.
Born in IV.r6 and reared in a
small rural community east of
?Charlotte. Chambers learned
about racial discrimination grow
ing up in North Carolina.
In 1954. the year of Brown vs.
Board of Education, he entered
North Carolina College and
graduated summa cum laude in
history. He earned a master's
degree at the University of
Michigan. attended the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, and taught at
Columbia University School of
Law while earning his law degree
from that school in 1964.
Chambers was the first intern
of the NAACP Legal Defense
and Education Fund Inc. in 1963.
This program provided promis
ing young African-American law
graduates 12 months of training
in civil rights litigation and sent
them back to their home towns,
where they would commence law
practices specializing in civil
rights. Me returned to Charlotte
and opened the state's first inte
grated law firm, which did more
litigation of federal civil rights
law than any other private law
practice in the United States.
Chambers' Charlotte-based
law firm successfully litigated the
landmark Swann vs. Charlotte
Mecklenburg Board of
Education (1971). which argued
that busing was an acceptable
tool for desegregating schools. It
was during this case that
Chambers saw his life threatened,
his office torched and his car fire
bombed by segregationists. In
Griggs vs. Duke Power Co. (1971)
and Albemarie Paper Co. vs.
Moody (1975), Chambers argued
that racial discrimination in hir
ing and at the workplace was
unconstitutional. This decision
precipitated the enactment of
Title VII prohibiting employment
i
discrimination.
In 1984 Chambers becarr
director/general counsel of tl
NAACP Legal Defense Fum
where he supervised 24 sta
attorneys and 400 cooperatir
attorneys nationwide. The Leg
Defense Fund maintains a
active civil rights caseload (
more than 1.000 cases, coverir
such areas as voting rights, cap
tal punishment, employmen
housing, affirmative action an
prisons. In 1993 he was appoin
ed chancellor of North Carolir
Central University. Since h
arrival at that university, he hi
launched a $50 million capit
fund-raising campaign and estal
lished its first 10 endowed chair
including the $1 million Charli
Hamilton Houston Chair at tl
School of Law.
I. ~
! Missionary group presents social
Missionary Group No. 5 of
j New Bethel Baptist Church. 1016
J' N. Trade St.. presented a fellow
| ship social Oct. 11 in the Drayton
\ multipurpose room.
The event was planned by the
>\ group's leader, Mildred M.
I, Griffin. The agenda consisted of
j! game playing and question-and
5 answer sessions. There was a song
J: contest with volunteers singing the
I; song "On Top of Spaghetti" in the
j; tune of "On Top of Old Smokey."
? Winners received gifts of their
ft,
choice from a table filled with all
kinds of very nice gifts.
Griffin gave trophies to the
Rev. L.S. Werts, Eugene
Thompson, Monica Gilmore.
Donna Gilmore. Audrev Brown,
and Regina Barr for service ren
dered. Nonnie Gilliam was given a
flower arrangement of artificial
flowers.
Werts offered prayer and Dr.
Jerry Drayton said grace. Music
was rendered by Kathryn C.
Speas.
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I Junior Roundtable to hold elections
The Black Leadership
r - Roundtable invites public participa
! tion with their Youth Leadership
1 committee ("Junior Roundtable")
J in their Citywide Board Elections.
J The Junior Roundtable is a youth
I organization's organization. Ages
j 13-21 may run for a seat on the
i Junior Roundtable Board.
The Junior Roundtable is com
I
j prised of leaders of Forsyth county
[ ages 13-21 from schools, churches,
and civic groups who share their
organizations' agenda issues and
concerns. They speak out on behalf
of the Youth of Winston-Salem in
the areas of politics, education, cur
rent issues, economic and commu
nity development ? whatever
affects them directly.
The Junior Roundtable was
established to nurture youth leader
ship and to embellish upon "the
responsibilities our youth have to
lead us to the next millennium."
Help is available for each young
person to present a required speech
at one of the forums from Oct. 19
to Nov. 6. Nov. 6 is Junior
Roundtable Election Day
Thursday. Citywide polling stations
will be set up for ages 8 to adults to
vote for Junior Roundtable Board
members.
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i telephone poles, right of ways, or
large wooden billboards in resi
dential areas, call the city at 727
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i :
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on his illegal signs would pay for
police officer raises, property tax
cuts, and part of the national
debt."
Robinson could not be
. reached for comment on the mat
ter.
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