Planning under way fo
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
BE T THE DRU 1988 committee members Include: Pastor Auldwin Humpbrey, Mable Davis, Ber­
th ng, undra Jon -Rutter, Joyce Jones, Virginia ivens, Edward Conrad, Pat Leonard, Gladys
P pie Bur , nd Ether D de Clay ( eated). Other members not hown include Kathryn Joyner, Tom
T m ndl, ry Wit on nd Wynn Grab m.
K eping the dream of Phipp.
togetherness alive is the goal of Sinbad, a popular actor/co-
this ear's Beat The Drum com- median from the Twin Cities
mittee in honor of the nation's area, will conduct a special
ne e t holiday, according to co- youth rally on Sunday afternoon,
chairpersons Edward Conrad of January 17.
the Twin Cities Area Chamber The Brotherhood and
of Commerce and Pastor Human Development Con-
Auldwin Humphrey of the ference is a new addition to the
Highland Advenue Seventh Day Beat The Drum program in
Adventist Church in Benton 1988, and will begin with a
Harbor. Prayer Breakfast Monday
"We want t expand on the morning for area ministers and
u ces lf the fir t two celebra- officials, according to
tion. of Dr. King's birthday", Humphre�. "We �ope this con-
. aid Pa lor Humphrey. "This ference will con der carefully
year. e are planning a birthday the efforts being made to carry
celebration on Saturday, forward the work of Dr. King in
January 16 a youth rally on Sun- world peace and brotherhood,"
d y, January 17 and an all-day he said.
conference of Br therhood and The first session will deal
Human Development on Mon- with Africa and Inter-American
day, January 18 at Lake issues, and presenters will be the
Michigan 'ollege Community Honorable. O. M�geto, Am-
Center." A in previous years, bassador to the. United States
the celebrati n will focus on Dr. from the Repubhc of Kenya, and
King's efforts f r world peace, Dr. John Karefa-Smart, former
human devel pment and Minister of tate for' ierra
equality for all, according to Leone.
Humphrey. Dr. Frank Hale, Vice Provost
Televi ion star Clifton Davis of Ohio State University will
will a ain read elections from present the second session on
Dr. ing n 'at urday evening. Issues in Education, focusing on
D a i. i nth e pop u I a r the importance of higher educa-
tel visi n. cries "Amen" and has tion for youth to realize their full
recentl c mpleted studies at potential.
Andr ws University. He will Economic Development in
a) 0 pre ent a birthday tribute to uthwestern Michigan will be
Muhammed Ali, now an area the topic of the third session,
resident in B rrien prings. and will include u.S. Con-
A mass ed children's choir gressman Fred Upton and
fr m area ch I nd churches others to be named.
will affirm the pirit of brother- J. Richard Munro, Chairman
h d th t cxi t in outhwestern of the Board and Chief Execu-
Mi higan, according to co- tive Officer of Time, Inc., will be
ch irper. n onrad. Musical the keynote speaker at the Mon-
pre cnt ti n. will b made by day luncheon at �C. T�e Beat
Da i. and. inger Wentley the Drum committee will also
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present World Citizen, National
Achievement and Community
Achievement awards during the
luncheon.
The afternoon session will
deal with Medical Issues,
pecifically A lD in the
Workplace. LMC will offer
Continuing Education c. edit to
professional physicians, nurses
and dieticians attending the ses­
sion. The presenters will include
Dr. Ruben Hubbard and key
physicians from the National In­
stitute of Health.
As in past years, Beat The
Drum will be raising funds for
scholarships for yOU! g people in
the area as a memorial to Dr.
King. The committee will sell
advertising for the program
booklet to area businesses and
individuals wishing to sponsor
the celebration.
One of the original or­
ganizers of the holiday celebra­
tion in th Twin Cities area is Es­
ther Dade lay of Benton Har­
bor. "I was on the Board ofSym­
phony, and they asked me if I
would .. chair a celebration. I
reached out and asked Julie
Keller of t. Joseph to assist me
in bringing the communities
together. W�.pounded the pave-
ments to collect funds and or­
ganize a celebration," Clay aid.
She is still a member of the Beat
The Drum committee, w rking
to continu the dream of bring­
ing p ople together."
Tickets for the January 16
evening celebration at Lake
Michigan College Conference
Center will go on ale December
1 at selected locations at $3 for
children and S6 for adults. Tick­
ets for the Sunday Youth Rally
will be $3 apiece,
Registration for the Brother­
hood Conference will be an­
nounced on December I, with
Prayer Breakfast tickets at $7
and Luncheon tickets at $15.
Along with the co-chairper­
son, other committee members
include: Mary Wilson,
secretary; J ames Brinkman,
treasurer; Tom Tamandl and
. Virginia ivens, publicity;
Saundra Jones-Rutter, ad book;
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Glad Peeples Burk , fraternity
and sorority support; Wynn
Graham, children's choir; Es­
ther Dade Clay, past chairper-
on; Mable Davi , Bertha King
and Kathryn J yn r.
"We expect our committee to
grow a plans develop,"
Humphrey said. He requests
that all past members of Beat
The Drum and others wishing to
help plan the celebration attend
the committee meetings each
Thur day at 3:45 p.m. at the First
ongregational Church at 292
Belleview in Benton Harbor.
For more information or
questi ns please contact: Pastor
Auldwin Humphrey, 926- 72,
Highland Ave. .D.A. Church;
Edward nrad 925-0044,
Twin Citic hamber; Tom
Tamandl, 927-1064, Private In­
dustry Council; and Virginia
iven ,925-3948, N.I.S.E.
At the library
BENTON HARBOR - Pre-
chool Story hour will be held
at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,
December 9. The program is
designed for 3-5 year olds and
no pre-registration is required.
Mark your calendars for Dec.
30th! We will be showing
Disney's 101 Dalmations at 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. It is free and
open to the public.
M ovics being shown on
S turday, Dec. 12 arc: "Snow­
man" and" 'kating Ring".
Christmas
Senior itizens are invited to at-
tend a special half-hour
program" ant a's Frosty Follies"
at the Benton Harbor Library on
Monday, December 14 at 1:00
p.m.
The library has an elevator
nd res 1 room which are barrier
free. enior. will be admitted
without charge, but non-senior
will be asked t make a donation
of at least one dollar upon ad­
rru I n.
A short preview of this festive
program was given at the con­
elu ion of th Fin Arts ight
Concert presented at Lake
Michigan College on ovember
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