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The Modernettes. one of the oldest and most outstanding social clubs in cnarloUe. played hostess (or more than— 150 f^ests at an anniversary dinner dance during the holiday season A four-course dinner was served by candle light and soft dinner music with sparkling champagne Handmade mini ature loir-covered matcTT5oxes“tie<rw7lh red ribbons were placed at each setting as souvenirs The cocktail table was decorated with huge five-arm silver candelabras flanked w ith poinsetlias and red velvet bows Dot Flagg served as coordinator for arranjging the occasion Club officers are Louise Swift, presi- - dent; Dot F'lagg. vice president; Samella Twitty. treasurer. Other mem bers are Geneva Adams. Lou Benson. Wahbirk Corley. Deborah Craig. Eliza beth Dargan. Evelyn Floyd. Florence . Dumps ' b onvielll*. Sutlltf Ouuies. Ocic Harrison. Adelaide Hunt. Ruth Morris. Blanche Oliver and Grace Wyche. The club has operated through the years on iriendship. love, understanding, ad miration. concern, respect, tolerance ancTtfie treasure bnogetherness- 'Mem - bers pictured above < seated left to right i are: Dot Johnson. Louise Swift. Deborah Craig. Ocie Harrison and Blanche Oliver Standing, left to right are: Sudie Gomes. Geneva Adams. Dot Flagg. Samella Twitty. Elizabeth Dar gan. Grace Wyche. Adelaide Hunt. Ruth Morris. Wahbirk Corley. Lou Ben son. Florence Fonvielle. No pictured is Evelyn Floyd WBTV To Offer Free Bus Service Continued from page 1.' Several community church choirs will render selections throughout the program and an offering, to be donated to local charity. Ushers from local churches will render their services. Sarah Stevenson, mem ber of the WBTY Black Advisory Council and member of the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board will introduce the guest speaker for the evening, the Honorable Shirley Chis holm, U.S. House of Re presentatives. Delano Kackard will fol low Mrs. Chisholm with excerpts from a Dr King speech. Kackard. a Char lottean, is known nationally lor his interpretations "of King and his messages The selection "We Shall Overcome." with audience joining hands will end this evening ol memorial ob servance to a man well known lor his peaceful dreams. By no means will "Inis observance be a -bore It's one time out ol the year to pay a complete tribute to a powerlul per sonality - Key Dr. Martin Luther King Jr But more importantly it is a time to strengthen our convictions lor complete Ireedom Andrea Beatty Is Beauty Continued Irom page 1 beauty is a most impres sive and industrious indi vidual Gathering her goals in life from the circum stances that will perpeiual ly affect them will definite ly insure our beauty's dreams. Even so. taking the future into consideration has not hampered Andrea Beatty's assumptions for today "1 teel that you should take each day one at a time." she projected, "and live it to the best ol your ability." Anniversary Dance The Distinguished Men’s Social Club anniversary dance will be held at Best Western • Downtown. 9(H) N. Tryon St., on January 2:1. from 9 p.m. to l a m. Is Financial Uppermost II' Teresa liurns I’ost Stall Writer Nationally, the thought ol Dr Martin Luther King's birthday becoming a holi day was probably too much for governing offi cials to_bear One Meek lenburg County Commis sioner leels that the denial shows ".. the smallness of the country." But locally County Com missioners have cut the red tape and crossed the finan cial and racial barriers, thus announcing recently that inspite ol some opposi tion. January l.> will be come a King holiday lor —C-onnl v oii'pli"■»»»••. in \l... L-, lenburg In Charlotte many re bulled the King holiday because an extra day at Christmas w ould be elimin Counly employees to do now is to wait and see w hat other holiday the Person nel Commission w ill delete in order to observe King s birthday. Community relations ^ specialist lor the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Relations. Willie Batch lord. feels that the upper most reason lor rejecting King s birthday is a finan cial one —- — .... _ "Today's government places emphasis on cutting back the mood ol the com munity is more conserv ative now and to add an other holiday may cause more expenditures " "Then there are personal reasons." Ratchtord ex claimed "There are those with racial~views which would cause them to be against the holiday also Locally, however. Robert "Bob" Walton, member of the County Commission feels that individuals were more concerned about losing the extra day at Christmas than they were about Dr King being a black man "The reactions I re ceived when I talked to ~We've Cui Pikes 25% - 30% Misses' Pull-on Pants and Easy-Moving Fashion Tops SAVE s3 Pants Regular S10 SAVE s4 Tops Regular $14 Pants that bend and stretch to move right with you With ribbed elastic waistband, they're doubleknit Ceianese Fortrel* polyester in basic colors and Misses' sizes ^ S 15 Patterned Pants 10.99 Tops that coordinate beautifully with our pants They're easy fashion in soft muted prints of polyester and cotton eyelet or solid cream color polyester Misses' sizes S. M. L In Our Sportswear Dept. Ask about Sears Credit Plans Sale ends Saturday ip,c" [Searsl f stAm tKxmuCK ano co South Pork 364-7550 Eostldnd Mall 568-9100 Reason For Rejecting King’s Pirthday W illie Itatchlord Relations specialist -t-oiintv emnlm <■.■>. vt :■> n... ones against Dr Kings birthday becoming a holi day. Walton stated They were reacting to the l bristinas time. .Many tra td- und tumr home Christmas is family time and I agree So the Her sonnel Commission is look ing into eliminating an other day May be taster Monday The report should be Itnal within todays, he continued Walton, by the way: says he will lead an eliort to ■ --*-1 I I I t • i I—1—... Hob Walton < ounty (ommissioner make Kings birthda\ .. state holiday To his know ledge approximately it other slates have already succeeded in making Jan uary IT* a holiday The city ol—Charlotte. w’aUuu eon tinued. will observe the holiday beginning in i9H:t I hen. he stated, it will be up to the City employ ers to observe the day or not What about the other cities the ones with no holiday commemorating I»r King" Will they torget the impact I Jr King made on the countr\ Will thev lorget that this Nobel Peace Prize winner intro duced a peaceful concept that startled many to tiod like realizations'* Kven without a holi day. Katchlord theorized. "People will remember Ur King others in the com munity won't let us lorget Walton expressed that the King memory will not lade Mis work was so great and pronounced not only m this country but throughout the world Katchlord eloquent ly summed up the sigml cance ol the King holiday Dr Kiwill be remem bered tor getting people t look inside ol themselves Me was able lo get the message across that re gardless of color, we are all children ot i >od A In in t>-i All v & I \ggie Mumni are iiiMlcd • > .. special meeting ol the Queen City Chapter ol the A & T State I'm versify Alumni Association Friday Jan 15 at « p m in Parlor C ol the Executive Inn (iuest speaker will be Ken Free. Commissioner ol the .Mid-Eastern Athletic ( onjereiice. I mm Durham interested alumni are I'kc in attend v •.. . Kosi'oe i> Dies idem Soii*i i Hu i ii I lo I ll.ii lull! I,n*| Nobody Saves You More Than Winn-Dixie! 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