New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00309
1963
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Host To African Wives
WTVES OF AFRICAN DIPLO
MATS — The Women’s Africa
Committee gave a Tea last
Wednesday for the wives of
some of the African diplomats
at the home of Mrs. Marian
Logan. From left: Mrs. Jo
seph Liebman, wife of the vice
president of Macy’s Depart
ment Store; Mrs. Inell Neals,
chairman of the Tea; Mrs.
Emelia Eke. Nigeria and Mrs.
Lovi Delgado of Senegal. Serv
ing tea is Mrs. Logan. (Mc
Adams Photo)
Clubmen
Score With
Plush Ball
The Westchester Clubmen gave
their annual Champagne Ball at
the Fountainhead in Yonkers last
Friday for some 700 guests. Har
old F. Hamilton is president.
the Pharmaco Company which
gave a plaque to the club at
Ruth president of the W estchester —Us scholarship ball held at the
Eountainhead ftattrorrm in Yon
kers last Friday evening.
’ PRESIDENTIAL GREETING
Srogden and Bettie Brown Coles Atty. Harold Hamilton, left
of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Boone,
Mr. and Mrs. George Treadwell,
Judge and Mrs. Tom Dickens,
Walter S. Thomas, Dr. and Mrs.
Matt Branch, Former City Coun
cilman and Mrs Herbert Evans,
Mrs. Orville Payne, Hank Smith,
^rs. Gerri Govan, Miss Elaine
MeNeill, Mr. and Mrs. James
Johnstone, John Young and Wal-
Clubmen, is shown greeting
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sears of
WORDS FOR A WAY OF L1FS . . .
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"Hearts, like doors, will open with ease
To very, very little keys.
And don't forget that two of these
Are "Thank you" and "If you please”.
—Old Nursery Rhyme.
THE INTERNATIONAL SET ... The Phil Tillars
cruised down to Bermuda recently on the SS Nieuw
Amsterdam and had a ball! The George Branches
(Dr.) of New Rochelle won the first prize in the ship
costume party, while the Andy Coopers of Brooklyn
won 3rd prize. Enjoying it all on the boat were Evelyn
Hunt and Claudine Gaynor of New Rochelle . . .
Those Boyd sisters — Dorothy Boyd Paige and
Margaret Boyd Delany—will leave for Europe by boat
in early July to spend the Summer browsing around
over there . . .
The Jonathan Eliases (Leola) found a good excuse
to hit the trail for a holiday in Washington, D.C. last
week. ’Twas to take daughter Ligia and niece Neyda
Giscombe visiting them from the Republic of Panama
there “to see the Nation’s Capital” . . .
The Circle and Chain Club’s scheduled trip to Nas
sau and Bermuda on the Brittany in July had to be
changed to the S.S. Independence and to Bermuda only.
Reason? The Brittany was burned in Greece on April
9 . . .
DINNER OF THE YEAR . . . When Rose Aumaitre
took the Joseph Dargans (Eloise) home with her from
Vassal Thomas’ cocktail party last Sunday she served
both roast suckling pig and lobsters for dinner! Whatta
gourmet — and no wonder her George adores her so
much! . . .
SCENE AND HEARD . . . Multi-talented Ora Brinkley
now with the NAACP national office . . .
LaVerne Harris, the doll-like daughter of the
Herbert Harrises (Edna) who as a teenager was one of
America’s most beautiful!) spent the Spring vacation
on tour of Mexico arranged by her school — Wagner
College — where she is a sophomore Spanish major . .
“Mama” went to Philly to visit her sister, Beulah
Credit . . .
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It’s nice to know that Ada Fisher Jones, one of the
co-founders of the National Association of Fashion and
Accessory Designers, Inc. was honored for the part
she played in its organization at the group’s recent
luncheon . . .
ON THE GO . . . Handsome Alvin Hudgins got-away-
from-it all by taking his lovely wife and the kiddies
for a long week end in the Nation’s capital . . .
The Madison Joneses (Muriel) are now seeing New
York’s skyline from the top floor of Peter Cooper yil
lage . . .
Zelna Carmena, drama and dance teacher of New
York City, returned from a holiday visit with relatives
in Cleveland, Ohio . . .
McHenry Boatwright, baritone par excellence, took
off aver the weekend to go to Boston to take a Fayette
Taylor mural that he owns to the artist to be exhibitec
> in his one-man show there at MIT (Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology to you non-Bostoniansf and after
house guesting with the Taylors will bring his mura
right back . . .
William Pierce, with the NYU ROTC will be re
tiring after May 31st as a Lt. Col. and the first thing
on his agenda will be to visit some friends he hasn’t
seen for a long time . . .
Charming Alice Baxter of the Bronx just up and
took off for a visit with her sister Hazel Hayes down in
Fayettesville, N. C. and long time friend Edna Ad
kins . . .
Dr. James W. Thornton went down to Washington,
D. C. last week and joined his daughter Bessie Thornton
Draper to see Atty, Thomas Eggleston and Senator
Long present son-in-law Atty. George Draper of St.
Louis to the Supreme Court . . . Bessie came back to
Mt, Vernon to visit mama and papa . . .
"
" If you missed Dr. Gene J. Riggins last week, he was
in Philadelphia attending the National Chiropractic
convention at the Marriot Hotel . . .
Among the N.Y.C. Ques who went to the second
district conference of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity
recently held in Pittsburgh last week were James E.
McNair. Melvin Coleman, Edward Taylor, John Butler,
Herahal Day, George Mears, Archie Drew, Nathaniel Also
Burrell, Neureus Jackson and Dennis Edwards . .
Dr. and Mrs. Prezell Robinson of Raleigh, N. C. in
;NYC celebrating a 10th wedding anniversary with
shows, shopping, a change-of-scenery and visiting Mary
Richardson. The Missus is assistant professor of Eng
lish at St. Aug’s . . .
NYC Rinkydinks, Mona Hinton, Helen Darden/’
ChlcUe Evans and Doris Glover jetted-away-from-you-
all last weekend to go gala at the Rinkydinks Ball in
Columbus, Ohio, as guests of the president, Mary
Brooks and her William (yep, he’s a judge!) . . .
LAND OF ROMANCfc . . . The Carl Culvers of Wash
ington, D.C. honeymooned in NYC . . .
Long time bachelor James Wooton and Nellie Arm-
, strong spliced in Philly . . .
Walter Lowe and Gloria Vaughan going steady? . . .
The Percy Rochesters will have a 25th wedding
anniversary next week, but won’t be able to celebrate
’ until he gets off jury duty! . . .
BASSINET ROAD , . . The Harry Delanys (Dr. and
Harhara) got a bundle from Heaven recently. A darling
baby boy to join Harry and Brenda. He will have a big
responsibility since he is the namesake of both grand
fathers “Hubert Charles” ...
Queens College senior, Rosalyn Terborg, has been
« Inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, national honor society
• in Matory ‘
’
Hilda Haynes resting up from the movie shooting of
r'Purtie Victorious” on the warm sand of St. Thomas
In the Virgin Islands . . .
A feature of the evening was
the presentation of its “Demo
cratic Action Award” to Herbert
Brodkin, executive producer of
the "Defenders” and “T h e
Nurses.” Mr. Hamilton present
ed the award, received by Sid
ney Katz.
Cite Miss Fisher
Richard Sears presented an a-
ward to “The Most Promising
Young Actress” to Miss Gail
Fisher a member of the Lincoln
Center Repertory Company. Miss
Lucia Hawkins sang; the Tainy
Hill orchestra provided the mu
sic and Dave Hepburn was em
cee who announced the benefic
iaries of the event which is aid
to students.
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Officers and Members
Members and officers of the
club were presented to the guests
by Miss Fisher who include Ted
Shearer, Marion English, Dr. Al
vin Mason, Herbert Cave, Stan
ley Godsey, Oscar N. Graves,
David Hepburn, Cornelius W.
Jenkins, Dr. John E. Maupin,
Robert F. Norton, Alfonso Orr,
Jr., Gordon Parks and J. Ern
est Wilkins, Jr.
Many Guests
Among the guests were Am
bassador Alex Quaison-Sackey of
Ghana; Mr. and Mrs. Oladeinde
Fernandes of Nigeria; Judge and
Mrs. Amos Bowman, Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Tyler, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Randall, Mrs. Dick Sears.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Katz, Mr. and
Mrs. Danny Gilden and Hilton
Hill.
Also Miss Martha Lewis, Miss
Evelyn Roberts, Misses
Hazel | ter Lowe.
Telestar Cotillion Gala
At Hotel Roosevelt
Salem Methodist Church pre-i Ellis, Michele’Oliver, Debra Is-
aac, Denise Pelton, Sharoh John
son and Donna Taylor,
sented i t s Telstar Cotillion at
the Hotel Roosevelt last Friday
evening. Music was provided by
the Ross Carnegie Band.
Special guests included Atty.
Charles Beavers, Mrs. Oretha
Brooks, Charles De Charleroy,
Atty. Maurice Green, Miss Dor
othy Height, Mrs. Lillian Sharpe
c a-
Also Robert Logan, district
manager, Pepsi Cola Metropol
itan Bottling Company and Mrs
Logan; Mrs. Gerri Major, Mrs
Doris Ncnnally, Mrs. Nettie B.
Smith. Miss Gladys Thome, Rev
and Mrs. Clifford E. Gatewood
and Rev. and Mns. Joshua O.
Williams.
” Debs Roster
Debs presented were Misses
Inez Arnett, Linda Bell, Doris
Berry, Miriam Brite, Pat Ed
wards, Fran Etheridge, Elladean
Johnson, Carolyn Jones. Delor
es Kirkland, Dianne Lewis. Son
ja McGill, Cynthia Ray and Gwen
dolyn Sawyer.
Guards of honor were Mrs.
Addie Bradely, Mrs. Eugenie
Cropper, Mrs. Gloria Simpson,
Mrs. Iris Caby. Mrs. Bessie Cur
tis, Mrs. Gertrude Douglas, Mrs.
Anna Woodby, Mrs. Rose L. Chad
wick, Mrs. Irene McNair and Mrs.
Geneva Wilson,
Ladies in waiting were Misses
and Mesdames Ann Green,-Corp
auelo Parks, Zelna Carmena,
Ruby Bailey, Wilhelmenia Out
ing, Louise K. Moss, Alma Ev
ans, Jeannette Hardy, K$te Cas-
ley, Serena Allsopp, Vernell Cole
man, Mattie Daniels, Esther
Butts, Aielene Tyler, Constance
Collins, Grace Jackson,CleoSims,
Alice McInnis. Eleanor PTeston
and Novella Whiten.
Program Participants
Other program participants in
cluded Floyd Ellison, tenor; Pat
ricia Thomas and Cherlyn Kann
dancers. And Cynthisr^Mincry.
Choreographer was Mr. Alvin
Wilks.
Mrs. Washington
Has Birthday
A QUEEN IS CROWNED —
Miss Cherry Stroman is shown
as she is crowned “Miss Tele
star of 1963” by Miss Dorothy
Height at the debutantes cot
illion given by the Salem Church
at thc„ Hotel Roosevelt last
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Sunday.
Mies Cherry St roman
Audrey Smith, Charry Stro-
man, Lois Tlndley, A Ion a Wal
cott, Gilder Washington, Michelle
Williams and Pat Williams.
Several guests were entertain-
crowned “Miss Telstar of £’ JL*
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by MLss Dorothy Height, presi*th. Wash "’ 1840 1 . " I
dent of the National Council ofi °* V^’irthd. OCC£UH’n of her Oliver, and Misses Gloria Muni.
Jean McIver, Shirley Gomes.
Negro Women. Second and third
Telstar awards went to Drh< Hostesses were Marie Fogle, Thelma Larkins, Thelma Stucks,
Elladean Johnson and Dorie Bcr ',rs- ^ra Bi(har<lsnn a'’d Mrs. Ethel Stucks and Celestine Brown
— i.vndeU Brown, all relatives ol Others were Herbert Kendrick,
ry respectively
Dennis Fagle, Julius Richardson,
Willie Jones, Benny Gaynor,
James Givens, George Taylor,
Herbert Moise, Joseph Scott and
Ernesto Rivera.
Escorts were Michael Boone,
Richard Brown, Ted Dodson,
Wendell Harria, Richard James
on, Frank Lee, John Martin,
Francis Miller, Robert Russell,
Frank Vallade, Comdius Wil
tft Rev., Gatewood, cotillion ad- Guests prewept included Mr.
liams, Samuel Brabay, Paul Bur.
visor; Mrs. Esther Butts, Church ^rS' t^arWce Richardson,
nett, Rodney Graham, Montique
secretary; Joan McNair, cotill- Mesdames Hclet Stewart, Syl-
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James.jJuhus La ^Palmer, Fddl* gecretary and Charles Charle- Stagger. E#el Grant, Ver
Lilly, Herbert. McQuay, Willie
assie Thomas,
Reece. Willie Shield* and Leon
urd Watkins.
ify of the Pepwi-Cola Company, *’*•
James Washington and Jean Tay- f’l*lya Jay««. Lillian Smallwood, Christianity
lor. cotillion chairman.
fhelnva Brown- n«‘rnia Newson.
Special Cotillion awards .went
the gue.st of honor.
recent birthday.
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The procession and pageantry
Included Heralds Jerry Best, Ro
land Singleton, Darrell Halley,
James WMtfieid, William H.
Jones Jr., and Irving Young
Flower Girls included Sandra
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Amsterdam New'g every week. Rrvwn. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rich How real is Christianity.
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Also Mr. and Mrs. Henry: All men will lose their doubts,
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The Women’s Africa Committee
of the African American Institute
gave a charming Tea in honor
of the wives of same of the Af
rican diplomats of the United
Nations at the home of Mrs.
Marian Logan last Wednesday.
Mrs. Oscar Ruebhausen is chair
man of the group
Mrs. Inell Neals was chairman
of the Tea. Miss Vinnie Burrows,
currently appearing in the Blacks
read African and Negro poetry.
occo; Mrs. Delgado, Senegal;
Mrs. Eke, Nigeria; Mrs. Victor
Sumner, member of Commission
on Status of Women, Sierre
Leone; Mrs. Prosper Amaizo.
Togo; Mrs. N’Garabaye. Chad;
Mrs. Abebe. Ethiopia; Mrs. Ctss,
Senegal and Mrs. Okoye. Nigeria.
Members Guests
Members and guests attending
included Mesdames George Dock
ery, Elmer Carter, James Jones.
Bernard Needle, Richard Carey.
Harold Picker, George Norford,
Carole Liebman, Cameron (Hay
nes. William Anderson and Odile
Stern, Paul Le Percq, Emanuel
Stern. Brooke Aaronson, Karey
Donchian. Roger Steinhardt and
Guests Of Honor
The guests of honor included:
Mme George Martres. Congo
Brazzaville; Mrs. Ramaholima
haso, Madagascar; Mrs. Sidibaba,
Morocco; Mrs. BenjouUoan, Mor-iJean Klmet. ____________
Cocktail Party
By The Roberts HaveConvention
Male Coiffeurs
, . .
Lt Col. and Mrs. W. A. Rob- The International United Male
Coiffeurs Association gave its
annual convention aIld trade ^ow
erts entertained their
Samuel O'Neil with a cocktail j rpcen,ly at the Sheraton Atlan-
tic Hotel. Henri Judon is pres-
party last Sunday. I
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Mr. O’Neil, executive vice ident.
president of the Federal Loan “Mr. Demetrius” of Detroit
won first prize for his hair style
Association in Birmingham, Ala.
called “Fantasy”; Charles Wood
was in NYC attending the Citi
won second prize and A1 Jones
zens Federal Savings and Loan
Association convention meeting
won third prize.
at the Americana Hotel.
Other program participants in-
Guests included Dr. and Mrs. eluded Dee Cannon, Faye Saxon,
Paul Williams, Dr. and Mrs. Joyce Graham, Rivon West, Mit-
ehell Wallace, Bill Barnes, Rick
Minor Sullivan, Dr. and Mrs.
ey Jackson, Natalie Haskell, Julio
James Parker, Dr. and Mrs.
Pabon. Frank Consolo, Robert
Clarence Hill, Dr. and Mrs. H.
Tartamella, Robert Platin.
G. Humphrey, Dr. and Mrs. Spur
geon Sparks, Dr. and Mrs. Phil
Gear, Major and Mrs. A1 Bern
stein, Commander and Mrs.
Harold Frumas, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Taylor and Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Crews.
Many on Program
Also Norda Washington, Mrs.
Mattie N. Evans, Rev. D. J.
Williams, Miss Lou LuTour, Miss
Vickie Buie, Mrs. Clara Gray,
Mrs. Sophie Divers, Mrs. Paul
ine Berry, Mrs. Evelyn Layton,
Nat Cooper, Howard Jacoby and
Eric DeFrietas.
Also the Wardell Boulewares,
the Luther Archers, the Irven
Kaufmans, Mrs. Ethel Sissle, C.
D. King, the Benjamin Pesti-
koffs, Dr. and Mrs. Irving Swat-
zel, the Henry Newburys, the
Charles Lamberts, the Lloyd
Dazallas, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph
Silversmith and Miss Rose Mor
gan.
Heidi Is Five
A gala birthday party was cele
brated in honor of Heidi Smith's
fifth birthday by her classmates
at the Jamaica Child Care Centef.
Among her guest^x&ere Deirdre
Albert, Craig JJailey, Janice
Grevious, Lori Holland, Leslie
Jones, Francesca Keough, Danny
Leimanshtein, Michele Nashe,
Dwight O’Brien, Alphono Parks,
Reginald Patterson, Mary Simp
son, Darren Wilkerson, Judy Wil
liams, Randy Wilson, Richard
Shipman, Karen Terry.
Her grandmother, Mrs. Alberja
Bowden, was also present.
Also Louis Lomax, Rev. Rich
ard Hildebrand, Mrs. Kate Hicks
and Mrs. Cordelia Jennings.
Miss Davis is Queen
Malitta Davis won a seven-
day vacation cruise and the title
of “1963 Queen of the Internation
al United Male Coiffeurs” and a
bon voyage party.
Lavenia Wilson won second
prize and Inettar DeLoatch won
third prize. The Queens pageant
and contest is sponsored for the
benefit of the scholarship fund
of the group. Pennye Pennix
directed the pageant, Charles
Street was chairman.
Committee Chairman
Music was provided by Man
hattan Paul, the Van Avalon Trio,
and Milton Robinson.
Members of the group who
served as committee chairman
were Horace Williams, Charles
C3 aye, Walter J. Moran and Wil
lis W. Morton.
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PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS
THE WEEK’S -
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May 1—OPEN HOUSE; Morningside Community Center;
Child Care Center.
May 3—CONCERT; Frances Walker, Rhea Jackson; St.
Martin’s Episcopal Church; Coffee Concerts.
May 3—DANCE; Riverside Plaza Hotel; The Careerists.
May 3—DANCE; Riviera Terrace; Club Silk Stockings.
May 3, 4. 5—REGIONAL CONFERENCE ; Hilton Inn (Tarry -
town); Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
May 3—DANCE; Audubon; Randall Memorial Church.
May 3—DANCE; Renaissance; E. E. P. Club, Inc.
May 3—DANCE; Audubon; Club Lezier.
May 3—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Morristown College Club.
May 3—DANCE; Savoy Manor; St. Ann’s Church.
May 4—FASHION SHOW; Kennedy Community Center;
Mo-Wad Models.
May 4—LUNCHEON; Waldorf Astoria Hotel; Hope Day _
Nursery, Inc. benefit.
May 4—AWARDS PROGRAM; YWCA; Vocational Guidance
and Workshop Center.
May 4—DANCE; Rockland Palace; The Flamingo Club.
May 4—CARD PARTY; Sterington House (Montclair, N.J.);
Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority.
May 4—DANCE; Hotel Theresa; Vanguard Club.
May 4—DANCE; Audubon; Carib Social Club.
May 4—DANCE; Hunt’s Point Palace; Mitchell Royal Post.
May 4—DANCE; Audubon; My Pal Social Club.
May 4—DANCE; Hunt's Point Palace; Prince Hall Ashlar
Square Club.
May 4— DANCE; Renaissance; Sons and Daughters of St.
Christopher.
May 4—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Superior #25.
May 4—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Gay Ladies Social Club.
May 5—LUNCHEON; Westchester Town House (Yonkers);
New Rochelle club. National Association of Negro
Business and Professional Women, Inc.
May 5—MEETING: Mrs. Ersa Poston; Convent Avenue Bap
tist Church; Key Women, Inc.
May 5—COCKTAIL PARTY; Shalimar; Ruby Bender As
sociates.
May 5—TEA; Red Shield Club; Solace Girls Charity Group.
May 5—DANCE; Renaissance; N. Manhattan Mental Health
League, Inc.
May 5—DANCE; Audubon; St. Charles Church.
May 5—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.
May 5—MUSICAL TEA; Savoy Manor; The Variety Club.
May 5—DANCE; Riverside Plaza Hotel; The Careerists
Society.
May 6—MONDAY NIOHT CAMP FUND PARTY; Dawn
Cafe; N. Y. Amsterdam News.
May 9—DANCE; Audubon; Bottle and Cork Rales Club.
And here’s
another big event:
, the new falj Pepsi
. in the 1S oz. battle
Serve more, save more!
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