Twin-City herald., 1940-02-17
PHYLLIS WHEATLY NEWS
Phyllis Wheatley's Sixteenth Annual
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II red and seventy people present
made up of interested citizens and diff
ferent groups. The groups were the
Dukes and Duchess Club, Forty Club.
Elks Lodge, American Legion, Postal
Alliance, Urban League Auxiliary,
Phrllis Vheatly Progressive Club, K.
and II. Mothers Club, Working Girls
Council and the Knights of the Round
Table.
Attorney Harry l.. Scott was our
Master of Ceremonies. Rev. H. w.
Bolts furnished the invocation. The
String Ensemble under the direction
of Miss Dorsey, furnished dinner
music
The opening of the Pageant was
made by the appearance of Wanda
Wallace on the stage in the center of
lighter frame as a bugler. This
pageant gave examples of the ac-
tivities of the House. Miss Magnolia
Latimer, Head Resident as narrator.
Miss Ruth Majors was the featured
vocalist liked by everyone. Miss
Majors was attired in beautiful rose
street dress. She sang "Lilacs in the
Rain," and the Orchestra rendered "In
the Mood" and swung out with One
O'clock Jump" featuring Charles
Beasley and Percy Hughes on the
saxophone, Stanley Berry on the from
bone, Clayton Hughes on the trumpet
and Bobby Williams on the drums.
Also, Arthur Briggs, Luther Hubbard
and David Faison.
Mrs. Mae Hatcher, wife of Mr.
Raymond o. Hatcher, Boys Worker,
did the prologue at Phyllis Wheatley
and Sarah Strader as the aspiring
young girl. Following this were the
activities and characters as follows:
Story Hour, Nursery School-Edgar
Jackson, Renee Jackson, Thomas
Jackson, Glenn Williams, Thatcher
Williams, Roger Grigsby, Charles
Grigsby, Richard Greene, Joan Car
ter, Wallace Williams, Beverly
Lockett and Miss Mildred Erricks
Mothers Club (K & N)-Mrs. Irene
Harvey, Mrs. Marjorie Beasley, Mrs.
Weller White, Mrs. Evelyn McNeal,
Mrs. Ethel Williams, Mrs. Geraldine
Marty
Dancing (Tap)-Patricia Lacey and
Dolores White.
Skating Skiing-Eunice Lloyd, Lucille
Majors, Ernestine Smallwood, and
Wanda Wallace.
Doxing-Gene Robinson.
Patriotic Observation-Disclosures Will.
Jams, Richard Greene, Renee, Jack
son, Joan Carter, Edgar Jackson
and Beverly Lockett.
Choir-Under the direction of Miss
| Dorsey, sang, Morning" and Des
ert Song"
Craft for Little Children-Reene Jack
son, Beverly Lockett, Joan Carter. :.
Xmas Party-Delores Beas1ey played
the part of Santa Claus.
Dental Clinic-Mrs Monjoy Jones anc
David Hammond.
Library, Richard and Lawrence Ham
mond.
Cooking-De1ores Beasley, Jacquelin,
Cuff, Doris White.
Football-Albert Wallace.
Baby Clinic-Mrs. Marjorie Beasley
Baby Tyrone Cedric Beasley, anc
Mrs Carrie M. Jones (nurse)
Personal Service-Mrs Monjoy Jones
Juanita Wynn, and Scott Tyler.
String observation-disclosures Cook, Carte
Faison, David Faison, Lawrenc,
Griffin, Clifford Hawkins, and Mis-
jeanette Dorsey.
Baseball-Shelton Booghery
Tennis-Bernice Denny, and Mar.
Marg. Allen.
Hockey-Newton Campbell
Girls Craft-Doris White and Bonis
telle Jones.
Archery-John Harper
Community Singing-Director, Car
men Allen.
Painting-Mary Marg. Allen, Bernie
! Denny, and Raymone Harrison.
Basket Ball-Ralph Barbee.
Girls Gym-Juanita Wynn, Francin
Smallwood, and Clementine Lacey.
Girls Game Room-Katherine Robin
son, Patricia Lacey, Norma Ric'
Dolores White and Villa White
Gardening, Renee Jackson and Rcf
ard Greene.
Starlight Club-Carmen Allen, Boni:
telle Jones and Louise Cuff.
+. Debonaire Club-Ruth Majors, Dort
: thy Mccoy and Katherine Quartei
man.
Friday Mite Social-Mildred Mile
Robert Whitaker, Katherine Allen an
Henry Majors.
j Jr. Dramatic-Eleanor Harris, Suzet
Harris, Pauline Campbell, Marcel
Hogan and Vercella Earle.
t The principal speaker of the ev
: ming was DR.. w. D. Brown. He spol