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.T^dT; Gr^hen ** MitS
•11 and Sidney Earl Smith Jr.
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matron of honor, the bride
iJh86 q" u9t*r* Yvonn® Byrd.
India Smith of Rand, West Vir
ginia was her maid of honor.
haunn Simmons, Carolyn
Mitchell, of Detroit, Michigan
and Carmen Mitchell of Inkster,
Michigan, both of whom are the
bnde s sisters, Tammy Patterson
f Atlanta, Georgia, Kelly Har
mon of Rand, West Virginia,
and the bride's cousin, Latonia
Mitchell of Westland, Michigan
were the remaining brides
maids.
Mower girls for the service
were the brides neice, Brandi
MlV*e11. of Inkster, Michigan
and Tori Simmons.
Acting as best man was Rode
rick Smith. He was assisted by
groomsmen, Donnie Simmons,
Kevin Mitchell, Eugene Stitt, Sid
ney Cunningham, Stanley Cun
ningham, Thomas Alexander of
Dale City, Virginia and Maurice —
Artis of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Ushers for the wedding were;
L«on Norman, Clauzell Krider
II, Devin Byrd and Phillip Mintz
;of Greensboro, NC.
Master Kevonte Mitchell was
the ring bearer.
Music was provided by organ
ist/soloist Charles McRae and
soloists Alita Mitchell and Ango
la Gay.
Hie daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl M. Mitchell of Inkster,
Michigan, the bride is a graduate
of Marshall University, Hunt
ington, West Virginia. She is
Gretchen Smith
employed at Duke Power in cus
tomer accounts.
A graduate of North Carolina
State University, the groom is
also employed at Duke Power. He
works in the design engineering
department. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney E. Smith.
Proceeding a reception which
was held at the Afro-American
Cultural Center, the couple
cruised to Bermuda.
The Goodes Celebrate 50th
Wedding Anniversary
Koosevelt and Leatha Goode
have taken the scriptures from the
Bible that tells a man to leave his
family and cleave unto his wife
and the verses that emphasizes
that wherever one goes, there the
other will be also and with them
have a forged a marriage that has
prevailed for 50 years.
On Saturday, April 17 at 5:30
p.m. they will be renewing their
wedding vows in a special cere
mony at Gethsemane Baptist
Church.
The wedding and reception,
which will be held in the Church's
fellowship hall is being spon
sored by the children of the golden
anniversary couple.
50 years ago in a small country
church in Chester, South Caroli
na, Roosevelt and Leatha met.
For Roosevelt it was "love at first
sight", while Leatha's love grew
with time. For seven years, this
couple dated, finally marrying
on April 17,1937.
Through those years there have
been ups and downs But accord
ing to both Leatha and Roosevelt,
it was love that has kept them to
gether. "I tell young people plan
ning on marrying, that marriage
has its bitter and sweet," com
mented Mrs. Goode. Her hus
band responded, "It's all what
you make out of it."
In Mr. Goode's words the past
60 years have represented a
"beautiful life together." For
them the success of their union
has come from "putting God in
front."
Now retired, Mr. Goode who
was self-employed in scrape met
al and Mrs. Goode who was most
ly a homemaker spend their days
working in the church and enjoy
ing similar hobbies. Both are ac
tive on the pastor's aide commit
tee and the missionary circle.
They are avid gardeners and
love to fish.
As husband and wife, the
Goodes are the parents of seven
children: Gladys Goode, Benny
Goode, Charles Goode, Jacqueline
Goode Smith, 8ylester Goode, Ed
die Goode (recently deceased) and
Rita Goode Vance. They have 17
grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren.
In addition to this being their
60th wedding anniversary and
that they will be renewing their
vows, this wedding has special
meaning
because their children and oth
er relatives as well as dear
friends will be taking a part in
the ceremony.
Matron of honor will be the
couple's daughter, Gladys Goode.
Mrs. Goode's sisters, Oiella
McCluney, Martha Robbins, her
niece, Otella Goode and best
friend, Prances Griffin are the
Roosevelt and Leatha Goode i
—To renew vows
bridesmaids.
The groom's brother, Raymond
Goode is the best man. Their son,
Benny Goode, best friend, Eddie
Griffin, and Eugene Anthony are
the groomsmen.
Serving as hostesses will be the
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couple's daughters, daughters-in
law and granddaughters. One
daughter-in-law, Eva Goode
handcrafted the dresses for the
bride and her attendants.
The ushers' roles are being
filled by the couple's sons.
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Are There Answers To
Every Problem?
Dear Carole,
A few people have politely tried
to tell me that I talk too much. It
didn't bother me to be told that. I
juat don't agree. I think t'a a per
sonal matter for a person to talk as
much or as little as they may
want.
What difference does it make
anyway? I happen to have a lot to
talk about. Anyway, How can I tell
if I do talk too much?
"Motor Mouth"
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If everyone leaves when you
enter a room; if two or more peo
ple tell you not to talk as much as
you do, consider talking less. If
you do talk excessively, others
may feel that you have little re
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volves at least a two-way ex
change of ideas andjnformation.
Otherwise, it would be sufficient
to stand in front of a mirror and
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What you have to say may be
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express their ideas, too.
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Dear Carole,
Since you talk with people
about all kinds of problems,
maybe you can help me with my
problem. But before I tell you
what my problem is let me ask
you some questions.
Is there really an answer for
every problem? I think that you
think there is. How will I know
when I have found the answer to
my problem?
Now for my problem. It seems
that I can t keep a boyfriend be
cause I'm overweight. What
should I do about this problem?
Overweight
Dear Overweight,
The firet step in resolving any
problem is to admit that a problem
does exist. The biggest barrier to
problem-solving is the denial that
a situation isn't working well for
you. Another barrier to problem
solving is to know what "the prob
lem'' really is and face it. It is easi
er to avoid facing the real problem
by placing the blame everywhere
else.
You have let your weight affect
your confidence. Relationship
problems may be caused by some
reason other than your weight.
You may define your weight as
the problem when the problem
may be how you feel about your
weight. Make a decision to change
your weight or change your atti
tude about the weight you have.
Carole
Editor's Note. Carole B. Ricks,
A.C.S.W., is a marriage and family
therapist with a private practice in
Charlotte, NC. If you have person
al, parent-child, or marriage prob
lems, write to:
Carole's Corner
P.O. box 37107
Charlotte, NC 28237
Families Look At Teenage Pregnancies
Adolescent sexuality and preg
nancy and their consequences are
urgent problems for the "children '
who bear children, their parents or
guardians, their partners, parents,
doctors, nurses, social workers,
teachers, the neighborhoods, com
munities, the State and all taxpay
ing citizens. All of us are affected
by the teenage pregnancy syn
drome.
Home Economics Extension
Service, located at 700 North
lryon Street in
the Hal Mar
shall Center,
will examine
the subject,
"Families Look
At Teenage
Pregnancy," on
Wednesday,
April 22, at 10
a.m. Participat
ing in the pres
entation will be
Martin
Ms. Barbara Zeigler, executive di
rector of the Council on Adoles
cent Pregnancy for Mecklenburg
County and coordinated by Mrs.
Mary C. Martin, Home Economics
Extension agent in charge of hu
man development.
Church groups, social, civic and
neighborhood groups are invited
to attend and get involved in a
movement to curtail and alleviate
the problems facing families,
neighborhoods and the state. The
program will help individuals look
at what families can do early in
the life cycle to give direction that
leads away from the problem.
They will also see a presentation
on "Pressure Points on Teens."
Reservations are necessary to
this free_ program and group
workshops are available as a fol
low-up in teaching, "Postponing
Sexual Involvement" in conjunc
tion with the Council on Adoles
cent Pregnancy.
Much emphasis will be placed
on the family taking responsibility
for direction from birth. Strong
family ties and development is a
must, says Mary Martin, whose
personal quote is: "The home is the
greatest State of all, when in it
there is a together' family; many
together families create neigh
borhoods which are the makings
of viable communities; these fine
communities constitute the kind of
State we all like to live in."
For more information about the
workshop, call Mary C. Martin at
336-2692 Monday through Fri
day, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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