Heights Coronation
marked with usual
glory
GO H IGHTS - On
turday evening, ov. 17, 1984
u kegon Height High h I
held it annual Corornation the
cro ning of the 19 4- 5 hom -
coming in and Queen am ng
the usu I pomp a ciated with
the Coronation.
Thi year's royalty are King
J ame Ed ard Purnell and
Queen Sherry Lynn Kelley.
Both are excellent students
nd tar on their re pective
b ketball team .
The ce emonie involve four
court.
The Youth Court consi ted
. of repre ntative from e ch el -
mentary school and the Middle
hooI. They ere: Phillip Pitt
mann and Carla Turner - Char
le A. Lindbergh; Leroy King
and Latin ilson - Edgewood;
Daron Phillips and Carmeka
Bate - . Grace Loftis; Chris
topher Ramirez and Rachel Cur
t' - Glendale; Brian Vi erette
d Lakicia Johnson - ar-
tin Luther King Jr; Eddie Pur
nell and linda King - uskegon
Height Middle School; hemU
Strong and Brandi Jones - The
odore Roo velt.
The High Court comprised
of clubs and auzillaries included:
Danyel Blake, Tracy Woods,
Glen Chapman, Demetria WAlk
er, Joey Williams, Bridget Lind-
ey, illy Warren Sherita it
chell, Demetrius Hannah, Brid
gette Landingham, Devon Wade,
Sonya Hines Jeffery Robinson,
Quintina Conley, Keith Walker,
J e ie Ray William, Gerald
Hughe ikki Hill, Jonathan
Ward, Youlanda W. Cooper,
Billie orri , Jr. and Con-
tance Kitchen.
The Higher Court was made
up of repre entative from each
cia . Repre enting the freshman
cla ere Anthony Phillip and
Shauntrice Ander on; the sopho
mores, Michael Todd and Angela
Greer' the juniors, Darryl Day
and Carol Spencer; and the n
ior ichael Pierce and J acque
lyn Sydnor.
The Highe t Court included
the Prince and Prince , Hugh
i el and Bernadette Ramsey;
the Duke and Du tchess, Brian
Pa chal and Cheryl Day' the
King and Queen, James Purnell
and Sherry Kelly.
p.cial'
Chicken 1& Dressing
Roast B f * aaked Ham
Assorted Vag.
Homemad.Dinn r Rolls
Bananna Pudding
Puch Cobbler
TAKE OUT AVAILABLE
SHERRY LYNN KELLY,' the
claupter of Mr. . Fred
ric Wade. A member of the var-
sity b e and ey baD t
also tr8ck, enjoys read-
"IDe .. illl time
JAMES EDWARD fUKNt
. the n of Mr. and Mrs. Jame
E. Purnell Sr, 2004 Park Street.
e h participated in football,
b etball nd track. Though he
pia on becoming an engineerr,
he h not yet decided on which
college he will be attending.
A variety of entertainment
was provided over the three hour
ceremony. The Mu egon
Height Jazz Ensemble opened
the program with a medley of
jazz and pop tunes. Dance
troupes and singer performed.
Christopher Pena and Tonya
Mcleod erved as commentat
ors.
Emma Jean Modisett Hob-
son wa in charge of this year's
Coronation. Although it wa her
first effort, the ceremony rivaled
the best in recent year specta
tor agreed.
Coronation wa begun by
alcolm Stevens and mu hr om
ed into a community event over
(he year.
The continuing ucce of
the event i a tribute t Steven'
fforts at c mmunity building.
NOVEMBER 21 - 27,1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE SEVEN
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MUSKEGO - City, coun
ty and state officials met a pick
et line, Monday, ov. 19 hen
they gathered to break ground
for the new Hilton Hotel at the
comer of Western Avenue and
Third Street.
The u egon Branch
AACP pickets were protesting
city hiring policies, according to
president Bill Gill.
Dillard'
brin
co a y
to· 10 y r
By liz Sh ppard Coleman
Thi h 'I i cele-
brating ten years of operation.
The company w form d
when Ge r e Dillard, Robert
Cope and Bruce E ex combined
their ideas and talent to create
a firm that manufactures alum
num die-casting for furniture,
automobiles and mi cellaneous
parts.
Es ex is no longer with the
company.
DiJe co was fir t located at
1211 Eleventh Street but mov
ed to their present site at 1806
Biedler off Laketon when they
decided to expand.
The officers at Dile 0
prove that dream c n become
realitie if you wor at it.
A company th t t rted
with 22 employee, no em-
ploy 84. I
Dillard and another execu
tive from Dile co, Jerry onrad
visited Japan I t July t ttend
a seminar and plant tour to
study produc ivity of Japanese
industry.
The two toured everal Ja-
pane e firms including issan
Motor Co., Xero Toyota and
Suzuka Fuji. They visited the
cities of ian, ikko, Ma hi
ko and ec Ibaraki.
'Corporations from around
the world had representatives at
the rninar, Among, the many
topic covered wa adopting
Japane e manufa turin techni-
••
n
Gill said the AACP wanted
to keep before the public the
fact that the city of Muskegon
is still i criminating in its
hiring policies.
Gill stated that the city
manager, Robert Hagennan
is "sitting" on approximately
se n jobs "because he is deter
mined not to allow a Black
applicant a fair opportunity"
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to be employed.
Gill stated that Hagerman
thought the ballot proposition
to get rid of civil service would
win and Hagerman would "then
be able to hand pick a personnel
committee that would support
hi apparent bigotry."
The NAACP has filed suit
against the city on its hiring
policies.
i
ques in Western culture.
Dillard felt the trip to
Japan as very beneficial and
the knowledge gained for his
company' unmeasurable.'
The Japane e method of
productivity has been initiated
at Dilisco. Managem nt and
workers discu problems that
ari e and wor out lution
together.
Dillard said the method is
working and are plea ed it h
the re ults 0 far.
Dillard re ide with hi
wife Ja quelyn in Mu egon
Height. They have four .hil
dren: Tarnn R b n. 11-
thony and St
o.
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