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TOM THUMB WEDDING PARTY - - _~°f James Presbyterian Church_\ ■ j Anthony-Austin United In “Mock” Wedding Ceremony_1 By Loretta Manago Paat Staff Writer Angel Anthony and James Austin were recent ly united as husband and wife. And in comparison to other weddings, this is where the similarities end. Angel and James' wed i a “Tom Thumb” . Sponsored by the Women of Amay James Presbyterian Church a Tom Thumb wedding is a mock wedding ceremony that involves only children. Dressed in a white satin gown and a netted veil headpiece, the bride was escorted by her father, Keith Foster Maid of honor for the occasion was Kyatta King and the bridesmaids were: Erica Richards, Aretha Dunlap, Christy Rutledge, and Chisa Beatty and Le Andres Connely. The best man was James Edward Cloud and the groomsmen were Michael Horton, Marlon Anthony, David Graham, Joseph Johnson, and Dondra Johnson. During the ceremony Otob Sngas Conoot - The Chamber Chorus of The Oratorio Singers of Charlotte will present a concert of works by Shuts, Bach and Vaughan Will iams on Tuesday, Mays, at I p.m. at Sharon United Methodist .Church, 4411 Sharon Road. The 34-voice chorus, all members of The Oratorio Singers’ full .chorus, will be under the direction of Dr. Mary Nell Saunders. Accompanist for The performance will be Jeanne Dayton. - The concert will open With “Die mit traen saen” and "Selig sind die Toten” by Heinrich Schutz, who is Regarded as the master of the 17th century motet. Next on the program will be one of J.S. Bach’s six * extant motets, “Jesu meine Freude.” Written in >723, this chorale motet not E illustrates Bach as poet and mathema n, but also shows the Composer reaching to wards truth solely through the shaping of musical r Jogic Ralph Vaughan Will iams’ “Serenade to Music’’ Will close the program, prawn from Shakespeare’s '‘The Merchant of Venice” the work is regarded aa one pt the finest incidental cho ral pieces in die 20th century. t The Chamber Chorus, founded three years ago by Dr. Saunders, performs Jworks which have been composed for small choral roups. In its short his tory, the chorus has per formed with Dave Bru beck, Judy Collins and last year performed under the direction of Zubin Mehta at Davidson. Said Mehta of .the Chamber, “I never ex pected to come into a si tuation where a chorus was any better prepared than was the Oratorio Chamber Chorus. It performed on a standard equal to any cho rus I have worked with in New York,’’ Tickets for the concert are $5 ($2 for senior citi zens and students) and are available at the Oratorio Office, Spirit Square, 110 East Seventh St, Char lotte, NC 28202. For fur ther information, call 704 332-8151 week-day morn ings. Water Safety Advanced Lifesaving will be offered May 12 through May 17. Registration must be completed by May 10th. A course fee of $20 for McCrorey members of $35 for non-members must be paid at Registration. Classes will meet daily from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Weekend hours are9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The Water Safety In structor course will be con ducted May 19 through May 25. Registration must be completed by May 17. when the vows were being made, instead of the tra ditional pledge to love, honor and obey, the groom promised “to go to work and clean the bathroom.” The bride vowed to “spend her husband’s money, go strapping khd talk omther telephone.” Other participants in the Tom Thumb wedding were: Brian Beatty as minister; Shanese Mc Cain. as the bride’s mo ther; and Natasha Fox and Freddie Leach as the groom’s parents. . Following the wedding the second segment of the Amay James women pro gram, a baby contest pre ceded. Six babies were in com petition for first place in the fundraising effort. The winner of the contest was Racheile Nichole King, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hermie King. In «Apnnd place was Michelle Nichole Fox. She is the Amghtor of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fox. The third plade winner was Shannon Wiliams, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Williams. Holding fourth place was LaEbony Anthony, the daughter of Trandra Anthony. In fifth place was James Benton, Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. ' James Benton. And the sixth place recipient was Mario Rutledge, the son of Teresa Rutledge. The top three winners received trophies and all the con testants were given a monetary award. President of the Wo men’s organization is Mrs. Patricia Hykes. We Are Offering' 20% OFF Ail In Stock Fabrics ■ Large selection of designer fabrics ■ Free arm covers with every order • Samples shown in the shop or borne by appoint ment i • Free Estimates Free Pick-up & Delivery 172-4554 1933 So. Blvd. Financing lx Available TORO “tS-ss-BB Mode! 16M0 Side Discharge 3 Way Mulcher M Bagger Opt (« Model 18006 ^ 1 MlCartSped^mpitod Model 5fi»55 Q HP 32" Key start Over 15.000 Parts In Stock- 2 Year Warranty over 32 Years With Toro Sales And Service I 9T ARNH MOWS 525*326 | 3528 S. Tryon St. 527-1954 || Pfeiffer College Sets Graduation For Saturday MISENHEIMER - Pfeif fer College will hold its annual graduation exer cises at 10:30 a.mi, Satur day, May 3, In Memer Gym on the school’s Misen beimer campus. Students from both the Misenheimer and Charlotte campuses of Pfeiffer, about 160 in all, will receive their bach elor’s degrees. A. Mitchell Faulkner of Charlotte will address the graduating class on the subject of ‘Education for Life, or Job Training?’ Faulkner will soon be re tiring as executive director ———-r* i1 ■ ■ 01 uie council for Higher Education of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, a position toe has held since 1978. As Council director, Faulkner coor dinates the relationship be tween the Methodist Church and its four colleges in the Western Conference — Pfeiffer, Greensboro, High Point, and Brevard. " Faulkner UTgradnate otf Brevard Junior College (A.A.t, Wofford College (A.B.), Emory Univer sity's Candler School of Theology (B.D.), and High A«..* a.' i Point College (D.D.). Be fore assuming his present position, be served Meth odist pastorates in Char lotte (Myers Part), Lex ington (First), Shelby (Central), Eden (First), Concord (Forest Hill), Pineville (United Meth odist Churbh), and Union County (Prospect Charge). He has been a member of the Pfeiffer College board trustees since 19<B. Several important recog nitions are scheduled as part of the graduation oer emonies, including the awarding of two honorary degrees. The Reverend Clarence Harley Dickson, senior minister of Charlotte's Providence United Meth odist Church since 1975, will receive the Doctor of Divinity degree. A native of Asheville, he holds degrees from Davidson College (B.S.) and Duke University (B.D.). Dickson has ser ved Methodist pastorates Jn~ Lexington (First), Wades boro (First), Albe marle (Main Street), Shel by (Aldergate), and the Coleridge area (four churches). He also served the Church tor four ~yi«n as Waynes ville District Superintendent. Dickson has published e book entit led ."A Special Kind of Man.” Aabeboro native William David Stedman, chairman and chief executive officer or the Asheboro-based Stedman Corporation tax tile firm, will receive the doctor of Laws degree. ■ Stedman was educated at Duke UnivdFslty (A.B>; the Harvard Graduate School of Business (LA.), and Georgetown Univer sity (M.A.). t ' ,' • . • A1924 City Hall doesn’t work for a 1984 population. I '• 1924. Charlotte built a new City what it was in 1924. The results are a meat manv HalL ^e poputation was 46,°°°. And we’re still using the same costly inefficiencies anfalarge 00±1984ourrlat,on,s City HalL And the equally old City Hall overflow. , 328,000—more than seven fames Annex. —i__ » _ We’re spending $1 million a year cm office rent. The overflow from the old City Hall has forced the city to rent space in commercial office buildings — in Cam eron-Brown and Independence Plaza Buildings. That rent costs the city almost $1 all—would be an estimated $17 million a year. million a year. Thirty years horn now the rent on Particularly in this case, owning that same amount of space — ass urn- is a whole lot cheaper than renting, ing city government didn’t grow at - am——ai-i———.__ A new City-Coilrity Government Center would save $24 million. The arithmetic is simple: A hew City-County Government Center will cost $32.7 million to cppstruct. t "If the City-Gxmty Government Center is not built, the (Mice tag to the ^ • city for office spacfe rental for the next 30 years will be $56.6 million. The savings to the City—to tax payers—is $24 million. And at the end of that 30 years, we will own the Government Center. If we rent for 30 years, we won’t own anything. h r- - City Council chambers—room for everyone Our present City Hall has out grown the citizens’ needs too. If you want to address the City Council or attend a meeting, you must fight tv cameras, newspaper reporters, city staff people and other citizens for space in the tiny chambers. Most often, you end up in the hall outside where you cannot participate and it's difficult even to see or hear. Citizen participation is an increas ingly important element in municipal government today. Our present Coun cil chambers are woefully inadequate. Re-centralize services under one roof. Today if you need water and sewer service or street maps or zon ing information, you first have to hunt down their office. The new City-County Govern-;. ment Center will once again put most - ■—-- . —,-^__ of the city departments with which the public comes into contact, under one roof. No tax increase is necessary. There will be no increase in prop erty taxes because of the bonds to build the new City-County Govern ment Center. That is because Charlotte City government has an outstanding record of good long-term planning. — . ————— > * • •' .J / ;• ,>*<a Ki. • ■'Stfer • ’• ’ • ••> • ' 'vi,'£a It The AAA bond rating from both rating services is the highest attainable and attests to the fiscal responsibility K • shown by city government as well as "I r1 the overall soundness of the city and its governing bodies. _ City-County Government Center Facts Cost: Bond package is for $32.7 million, the total estimated cost for the City County Government Center and park ing deck. Location: City-County Government Center to go in the block bordered by Third and Fourth streets, Alexander and Davidson streets where city parking is now located. Parking deck would be in the adjacent block bordered by Third and Fourth streets, Davidson and l—Caldwell streets. Size: 15 stories, designed for space and operation efficiencies. 313,000 square feet, scaled down from 425,000 square feet proposed in 1975.780 space peaking deck for employee and public parking. Old City Hall: City Hall will continue to be used for administrative offices. City Hall Annex will be tom down. m Dates: Projected construction start, Spring, 1985. Projected occupancy by Spring, 1987. VOTE: May 8 on ballot with primary elections. All registered dty residents can vote on proposed City-County Government Center bonds, listed on the ballot as “Public Building Bonds” Aphorized and paid for by the Government Centei Bond Committee, Betty Chafin Rash, Chairman; George Shaheen. Treasurer. City-County Government Center Bond Committee 1200E. MoreheadSt. 372-7590 VWeYES on City County Government Center Bonds Hay 8. It makes good business sense. •
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