Where’s There To Go In Charlotte?
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■oop, cassava leaves (African**
spinach), fried bananas, white
beans with a special sauce, rice, and
fried donuts.
The evening will Include a pre
sentation about the country of
Zaire, native dances and costumes,
and the opportunity for guests to
dance.
For more information, call the
"Y’\ 333-7553.
Fairfly Support Group
The Charlotte Alzheimer’s Family
Support Group will hold its next
meeting on Thursday, March 6, at
St John’s Baptist Church, 300 Z
Hawthorne Lane, next to Presby*
terian Hospital, at 13 p.m. for a bag
lunch and sharing and at 13:30 p.m!
for the program.
This month the program will be oe
rapid autopsy and be presented by
Gail Cook, R.N., Nurse Clinician,
from the Duke Alzheimer’s Disease
Research Center. ;
Far additional information, please
call the facilitator, Rita Thornton, at
home. Her number is 704-536-0645:
You may also call the Chapter office
between the hourk of 8:10 a.m. and 5
p.m., weekdays at 704-875-0737. f
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The Charlotte Feat
Where's there to go in Charlotte?
What’s there to do?: questions fre
quently asked by out-of-towners
passing through and even a few of us
who’ve been here for a while.
Well In this column 111 try to
answer those queries by revealing a
few places I’ve been and finding out
where other people are gol<« as
well.
For example, a few weeks ago, I
decided on a night out at Tiffany’s, a
nightclub located on Freedom Dr.
Upon entering, I first noticed, I must
admit, the crowd was pretty glum.
Hit music was playing but the dance
floor was clear. Empty. What was
everyone waiting for?
The band, it so happened. When
Stormin', a group out of Roanoke,
Va., revved up with Morris Day’s
"Oak Tree,” suddenly aU the bumps
on the log got up and commenced to
shaking their leaves. From then on,
to thq wee hours, the place
steamed!
I met a few people there: Eric
Rivera and Martha Hampton of
Charlotte were having a good time.
Earione Warts of Gastonia also
showed. Jonathan Phillips of
Charlotte danced a little and also
spun a few records as the club’s D.J.
Around 1 am. Maria Howell,
singer at Jonathans Jan Cellar, the
very same girl who was featured in
the choir scene of the movie “The
Color Purple” arrived with friends.
Maria shared the spotlight with
the band’s lead singer, Keith
McCullough, for a few moments of
»duet. “I like Tiffany’s,” she
later. Since she sings at the
downtown club from 9 until l a.m.,
she commented, "Tiffany's is the
only place I oome for some real fun
after work.” - rTT?TW> T
,£.And so it should bo, commented
on* of the club’s managers. Ha
related, ’’TUtaay’s la a total enter
tainment institution, specienting in
n good than.’’
There waehiao a party at M5 Irma
St., recently whoa Anna Branham
turned "Sweat Sixteen.” The guest
list included Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Parley, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Woods,
Laura Branham, Ronald
Zimmerman, Pearile Pauling,
Palleia Faatharson, Michala
Featharson, Teresa Frasier, Tatra
Robertson and Cornell Robertson.
The cake was beautiful and there
wore plenty of refreshments.
The party was given by Mr. and
Mrs. Robert MoMay.
For 'those with a preference for
. the Beta
of Sigma
Jjggn W^lsms^owner^of Vlv’s"
Mg the latest of fashions. Amongthe
models was mother and daughter
Mam, Lavenla S. Young with
daughter, Mrs. Eigeoe Alexander.
They walked the runway looking
beautiful in ivory colored outfits and
silk ensembles.
The day was complete with card
«*mes and brunch. Prises were
given to winning players.
Qjsirwomsn for the program was
Sorer Jean Kanipea who comment
ed that the event waa a "morning of
moments to remember.”
Also memorable... Mrs. Hopte D.
Parry of Monroe, N.C., was selected
as the Sigma Woman of the Year
whan the Sigma r^o
Sorority, Inc. Beta Omkron Sigma
Chapter held their Founder's Day
Awards Banquet
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« years and retired from the i
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Notes
About People & Places
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& tiope u. t erry
.Retired teacher
Monroe Board of Education in 1972.
v She's the widow of the late Winston
Perry.
She became a charter member of
Beta Lambda Sigma Chapter of
.Agma Gamma Rho Sorority, be. in
1M» in Raleigh, N.C. she trans
ferred to Beta Omicron Sigma in
Charlotte after its organisation. ..
Her affUiatione include board
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Martha Hampton
... J*artl«a at Tiffany's
member Emeritus for the Council of
Aging, third vice-chairman of the
Union County Democratic Women’s
Organisation; and active of
the National Association of United
Women.
A member of Elisabeth Baptist
Church, Mrs, Perry serves gs a
church clerk and member of the
Trustee Board .
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m < ?1.8e^eillt)er 196711 arrtv0d ** Nortil Carolina AfiTT University, a predominantly
Blaok institution, to pursue a degree in physios, though I oould barely say the word,
oould not spell It, and knew even loss about the subject matter After ritaftnaaimy the
matter with my counselor and taking standardized tests, I was advised to ‘go and try’
physios because, in the words of one oounselor, Tfcu’re good enough! Obediently I took
this advioe-and went on to graduate in physios, with honors, on schedule and armed
with the tools that would launch my oareer on a trajectory through graduate school, into
the industrial laboratories and, ultimately, around the earth aboard the spaoe shuttle.
Black institutions have distinguished themselves through their
capability to transform academic potential into scholarly achievement—whn«
simultaneously challenging the precocious appetite. If there is unoei^
taimy about what area to pursue, one must choose a college that
*lvee_the latitude to think about it and then ‘go and try1 Many
■ wionals (including mpadf) will readUy conoede
frobably would have taken a different oourse if
pport structure and academic programs of a
institution had not been avaflable. Hhourfh'i
I do not advocate that anyone select or elimi
nate a school solely on the basis of Its racial
makeup;, .my support of Black ooDegqp and
universities as competitive and Indispens
able Institutions Is firm ami.unequivocal.