Les Arbres Club celebrates
38th Black and White Ball
Members of Les Arbres
Club celebrated their
38th annual Black And
White Ball Nov. 26.
The first Black and White Ball
was held at the Patterson Avenue
Armory in 1960. Members spent
three days transforming the interior
of the old building into a place of
beauty.
At that time members adopted a
strict dress code for the ball. The
ladies attending the ball wore lovely
? white gowns. The men were attired
in black tuxedos, white tux shirts
and black ties.
Jet Magazine ran a spread of
scenes from the first ball.
Music halls and ballrooms were
unavailable to blacks during the
1960s. Finding a place to hold the
ball presented a real challenge. The
Reynolds/Babcock family offered
club members the use of a building
on Reynolda Village grounds for
their second ball. Les Arbres was
one of the first black clubs to inte
grate the Robert E. Lee Ballroom.
During the last several years, Black
and White Balls have been held at
the Benton Convention Center.
The Ball has attracted guests
from across the country. It has not
been unusual for friends to fly in
from California, New York, and
Michigan. Former members also
drive in from Atlanta, Washington,
D.C., and Virginia.
The fellowship and music have
been the main attractions. In earlier
years the group danced to the music
of famed jazz greats Bernard Foy,
Harry Wheeler, Billy Bright, Robert
Grier and "School Boy" Oates.
Numerous other highly talented jazz
groups have played for the ball since
that time.
Two years ago the dress code was
broken. Many guests are quick to
say that they miss the gorgeous
white gowns and the distinctive
beauty they gave to the ball.
Pictured left to right are illo Bote Da/ton, Bmulah
Sherman and Patty Ughty. The latt two ladlot arm now
deceated.
Winston-Salem funds portion of redevelopment project
The City of Winston-Salem,
through its Housing/
Neighborhood Develop
ment Department, funded a por
tion of the total $12.3 million
l.adera Crest Estates redevelop
ment project. City loans were
derived from federal program
funds of $ 1.9 million and $6.8 mil
lion in mortgage revenue bonds.
An additional $3.6 million was
provided as equity, by the develop
er from the sale of tax credits.
Ladera Crest Estates was
bought from the five previous
owners, including Fairchild Hills
Apartments, by Regency Housing
Development Associates, the
developers of Chestnut Plans and
Burke Village apartments. Co
owner of the development is
Liberty East Redevelopment Inc.
(LER), a nonprofit corporation.
LER is a neighborhood-based
organization made up of residents
of the area and other community
and business leaders, whose presi
dent is Naomi Jones.
The Ladera Crest Estates pro
ject facilitated the partnership
between Regency and LER as the
developer/owners of the property,
a first for a project of this scale.
The neighborhood is located north I
of 25th Street between Fairchild
Road and Ansonia Street.
The complex consists of 245
units of rental housing in single
and multi-family buildings.
Rehabilitation begins this month
and will be similar to the renova
tion of Burke Village between
Cleveland Avenue and New Hope
and Bethlehem roads.
Super Nationwide Game Dec. 19
Winners Last Week
Monday, Dec. 1, 2 p.m., Carl H. Russell Community Center
First Place ? Pauline Caldwell and Inez Geralds
Second Place ? Rudolph Boone and Floyd Neal
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m., Carl Russell Community Center
Winston-Salem Duplicate Bridge Club's annual meeting
and grad C tournament
Flight A Winners (over 600 master points)
First Place ? Richard Bowling and John Griflfis
Second Place ? Pauline Caldwell and Sandra Brown
Third Place ? Inez Geralds and Reginald McCauley
Fourth Place ? Geraldine Cary and Geneva Coleman
Flight B Winners (under 600 master points)
First Place ? Demerice Erwin and Olivia Thompkins
Second Place ? Jefferson Rollins and Vivian Rollins
Third Place ? Erline Parmon and Pauline Winphrie
Fourth Place ? Cleester Hickerson and Goldia Anderson
The Winston-Salem Duplicate Bridge Club celebrated its 24th
anniversary in grand style. The evening began with a delicious meal and
fellowship, followed by the grade C tournament. The seven-table game
was directed by Charles W. Gadson. Olivia Thompkins is president of
the club. Other officers are Sarah J. Boone, secretary; Mavis H. Lloyd,
treasurer; and Rudolph Boone, club director and point coordinator.
Goldia Anderson and Renita Thompkins-Segers are assistant direc
tors. Other club member* include Bessie Al|en, founder and a past pres
ident; Rosalind Bell; Llillie Cuthrell; Darlene Grady; Demerice Erwin;
Freddie Gary; Cleester Hickerson; Marjorie Lester; Waldo Lester;
Beverly Mitchell; Floyd Neal; Margaret Payne; Jefferson Rollins; Vivian
Rollins; and Juanita Wynecoff Other past presidents include Rudolph
Boone and Renita Thompkins-Segers.
The club was scheduled to elect officers for the next two years
Tuesday, Dec. 9. The results of that election will be published in my next
and last column.
Nationwide Game Dec. 19
The Triad Bridge Unit will sponsor a Super Nationwide Game on
Friday, Dec. 19. The game will be held at the Urban League Building.
Registration will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the game will begin at 8 p.m. All
bridge players are welcome to participate. This will be a great way to
compete with some of the state's best bridge players before the year's end.
Ruth G. Washington is president of the unit.
BRIDGE NEWS
Festival of
Lights trip
planned for
children
Family Services Inc., Head
Start, Piedmont Coach Line
and Tanglewood Park
Foundation will jointly sponsor a
trip for 449 children to the Festival
of Lights at Tanglewood Park
Thursday, Dec. 18, approximately
4:45 p.m. The 3-5-year-olds will see
for the first time his spectacular
display of holiday lights. The
evening will conclude a month of
Winter Celebration and Christmas
around the world. Head Start is a
federally funded program for chil
dren 3-5 years old from low
income families. The uniqueness of
this program is its service delivery
areas: nutrition, education, family
services and parent involvement.
Our daily motto is "We make
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Space is
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To request an application, call our
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Sechler at (910) 725-4247.
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