Bethlehem Center Will
Observe “Black History”
By Lori Grier
Port Staff Writer
..A Black History Ob
servance Program will
take place at Bethleherr
Center on Thursday
February 23, from S-S: 3<
p.m. It’s free and open U
the public.
The 150 employees a
Bethlehem Center, 2705
Baltimore Avenue, intent
to Involve the entire South
side and Brookhill com
muni ties. The center ii
1 located within the South
side community, and pro
grams are targeted to
wards both communities
They will also try to bring
about a reunion between
the past and previous em
ployees of the center,
volunteers, community
people and the United
Methodist Church because
1 of their contributions. The
Women Missionaries of
United Methodist Church
started Bethlehem Center
1 in the IMO’s.
The Black History Ob
servance Program is
> aimed at a continuation of
bringing forth information,
services and a sense of
- being to the residents of
Southside and Brookhill.
; Sorority Schedules
Fashion Extravaganza
- Tb« Charlotte Chapter of
Zeta Phi BeU Sorority will
present a Talent and Fa
shion Extravaganza Sun
day, February 19, from 44
p.m. at the Greenville
Center.
- The talent and fashion
show is a salute to "Miss
Blue Revue." The Blue
Revue Pageant is sched
uled for March 23 in the
Northwest Junior High
School auditorium.
Jane ReW, president ol
the Zeta local chapter,
announced recently that
the program wiQ provide
an eacaUent opportunity
for the contestant! vying
for the “Mm Blue Revue”
title, and the Zeta Archon
ettes to display their
- modeling and talent skills.
' Cecelia W. McCorkle, a
fashion designer from Kan
napolis, is coordinator of
Maw.
Participating contest
ants include Sharon Cald
well, Stefanie Clay, Ereka
Crawford, Adriane Dean,
Angela Glenn, Angela Uc
Knight, Rhonda Neal,
Candance Sorter and
DanyeU Stroud.
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in spite of some of tbe court
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bate, ashed the two men if
lit was possible to mak»
peace on this issue.
- Mr. Hooks said peace
; was not poosibte “under the
present circumstances.”
- Tbe host of the popular
:te*%. on show, “Positive
;ly Black," since 1972, Mr.
Heningburg had had a long
! career in civil rights,
education and urban af
fair* and has worked close
ly with both Hooks and
;Pendleton.
“Our role,” Mr.. Hen
ingburg said in an Inter
view, “is to try to bring the
issues most important to
the Mack community to the
level of public discussion.
We tried to get die most
effective communication
! going between our guests to
help our audience deal with
basic, fundamental issues.
! Aa the former President
of the Greater Newark
-(NJ) Ur banij Coalition
from 1988 until 1980, Mr.
Heningburg was respon
sible tor numerous inno
vative social, educational
and economic development
programs that have been
duplicated in other com
munities
nr. nemngnurg served
for five yean as Assistant
to the PresMant of the
NAACP Legal Defenae and
Educational Fund and also
worked as a vice president
of the Harold L. Oram, Inc.
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The Archonette Contest
ants are Michelle Cunning
ham, Barbara Dinkins,
Rosalind Henderson, Cyn
dda Kelly, Tobora Ken
nedy, Deidra Spivey and
Geraldine Vaughn.
Other Archonette par
ticipants include Fettta
and April Oousart, Sonji
and Nicole Crockett, Ange
la Drakeford, Velvet
Blackman, Tamara Ford,
Feleeia Barnette, Tho
masenia Banks, Tlandre
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mittee members include
Mario Tann, Jane Reid,
.«ttitin*Pial«p and An
gotaTayljjr,
There will be a special
dedication ceremony,
conducted by Robert Al
ston, honoring someone
who previously worked
with Bethlehem Center
for approximately
15 years. Alston, president
of the Urban League, will
also be the guest speaker.
His topic will focus on how
to continue services to the
community and where we
are today as a people op
posed to where we intend to
be. •/
Local agencies, such as,
Sickle Cell, Males Place,
American Diabetes, Teen
In Touch, Red Cross,
Parks and Recreation and
others, will participate.
You can get free screen
ings for sickle cell and
diabetes. Entertainment
consists of the Earle Vil
lage Steel Drums and '
Bethlehem Center Dance
Group. Children’s arts pro
jects, which will be judged
tor awards, will be ex
hibited for Black History
Month along with T. J.
Reddy’s art displays, Afri
can Heritage-Information
Cento: and ceramics for
sale.
Albert WOUams has been annotated nir«-inr „»
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