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Brother Ben RufTin
said he is grateful for the
example Wheeler shows
to the younger brothers
of Kappa Alpha Psi.
RufTin chuckled as he
remembered how
Wheeler wore his Kappa
hat, shirt and even socks
when they went to visit.
Although Wheeler can
not speak, he responded
when the men sang the
Kappa Hymn as he
mouthed the words and
even shed tears of
acknowledgement.
"When we gave him
the sign, he nodded, and
it was so touching and
moving. He shed tears of
joy, and we knew he was
very appreciative," RufTin
said.
Wheeler's lifetime
achievement scrapbook
includes many awards and
citations. Wheeler was the
first musical director of "Don't Bother
Me, ! Can't Cope" in Winston-Salem in
1977 at the Little Theatre. The theater
had been built for 30 years, but this per
formance marked the first time a black
cast performed on stage at the Little
Theatre. Dorothy Graham Wheeler was
then the director of Urban Arts, and her
husband directed "Jazz Transit," an Arts
Council program to briog jazz into com
munity recreation centers and parks.
Wheeler is most famous for his show
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DuBoit Whaalar during tha Thanksgiving holiday.
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90th birthday during tha
Thanksgiving holiday.
Thm brother* of the Winston'
Salem Alumni Chapter of Kappa
Alpha Psl gathered around
brother Harry Dubois Wheeler
this year as they have done for
the past four years during
Wheeler's illness.