�ennan Ivory honored as
'em n of the year'
ByMaryG y make up the West Shore
Muskegon County Com- Youth Symphony.
i sion Chairman Herman Both performance ill be
ory � honored recently preceded by a lecture
by the The t Chapter of preview, designed to provide
Omega Psi Fraternity Inc. as concertgoers with a guide for
it "Citizen of the Year". listening to the works on the
He i a retired production program.
control engineer at Sealed . WSSO principal cellist
Po er Corp. Jackson Brooks will be the
He bas been very active in speaker at 7 p.m. on Saturday
his community and ha served. and 2 p.m. on Sunday in the
Frauenthal Center's
I Beardsley Theater. They are
free and open to the public.
on the Heights City Council
and as Mayor Pro Tern.
- This event was held at the
Harbor Hilton.
In observing Black History
Month at New Hope Baptist
Church, Mrs. Carol yn Byrd
will be speaking on "Blacks
In Politics", during Morning
WorShip Service. Rev.
Gregory Kirksey is the host
pastor. '
Beulah Baptist Church will
have a Birthday Celebration
Program, Friday, March 9, at
7 p.m. There will be soloiest
and Male Chorus on program.
Rev. Willie .Paul Jr., is the
pa tor.
The West Shore Symphony
Orchcstr will celebrate their
fi ftie th anniversary season
with concerts, February 24 at
8 p.m. and February 25, at 3
p.m. in Muskegon's Frauen­
thai Thea tre.
Music will be conducted
by director Murray Gross.
Joihing the orchc tra for
the program's finale will be
musicians of the future: the
68 students who currently
Teen center
advi ory
board to m
The Highland Park Teen
Health Center Advisory Com­
mittee is scheduled to meet at 4
p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the
seventh floor conference room
at Detroit Osteopathic Hospi­
tal, 12523 Thrid Avenue, High­
land Park.
All interested Highland Park
residents are invited to attend
the meeting,
The Teen Center, located
near DOH, is sponsored by the
hospital and funded by a
Michigan Department of Public
Health grant. The Center
provides general medical ser­
vices and counseling for teens.
Fees for services are charged
according to ability to pay.
Written consent of a Parent
or guardian is required treat­
ment. For additional informa­
tion on the Teen Center or the
Advisory Committee meeting,
call 252-4440.
hurch brings Black histo� alive
t
The Mt. ZioD
Bapti t Cia re , 100 Miller
St., ·Do agiac will bring
Black Hi tory alive, Sunday,
February 2S, beginning with
an open house at 1 :45-4:00
p.m. The program will begin
at 5 p.m.
At the open house display
of Black Art exhibi ts, old
items, such a real miniture
size bail of cotton, old irons,
old chum, clothe, re I cotton
sac and other old i terns used
in the pa t.
. Old fashion tea cakes will
be served free of charge.
During tbe program Blac
History Alive wiJI be present­
ing the lour (4) V' ; voices of
the p-ut, voices of ex­
p e r i e ce , voice of'the
present and voice of the fu­
ture. A cast of over 70 people
will be taking part.
Voices of experience -
Mr. Will Br •• c mb, of Ben­
ton Harbor, past president of
the NAACP for eight years in
the si xties will be able to
how and tell of his house
being burned and bombed and
much more.
Mr. Leonard Anderson
and Ganell Anderson, two
COllege students in the 60's
will tell of experience they
had. Both are members of jhe
Second Baptist Church, B -
ton Harbor. .
Mr. La oot (Sonny)
Bo en ,director bf the Small
Business Development Cen- _
ter for the Tri-County area
will share experiences.
Rev. Raymo d Landry of
Lousiana will share experien­
ces he had in the fifties.
The title of this one-act
play is "Coming Up North",
featuring Mr . Alice Fay
Clark, Amo CI rk, Sr.,
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Special guest will be Dwlg t
Jo 0 from Nile .
The famous Masonic Quin­
tett from Chicago, lllinois,
will feature Mr. G t er
Barrington and the SpirituaJ
Aires. Also the Fisk Jubliee
- Choir will bring special selec­
tions such as, "If God Is
Dead", "I Love-To Prai e His
Name", "Nobody Knows the
Trouble I've Seen", "Steal
A ay", "Anyway You Bles
Me Lotd·, and "Precious
Lord".
Directors of choir is Grace
endrlc alld C risti e Gil­
le p e. Musicians are Trena
Mmray and Mr . Birdie Bell.
The Rappe ,E.J. cere,
Lee Wood and Leo Pr tt
wm be rapping in spiritual
way. Also there will be lady
rapper.
Others participating and
who they are to protray in­
clude, Jim Woods., Paul
Robertso ; Bruce
Bouldware, Sa Cook;
Cleadu Fergu on, Ge er I
Robert Small, 1st Black
General in the Confederate
Army and 1st Black Coo­
gre sm n of oulh Carolina;
M r Ie Ca..: a d Lore t
Pulliu ,Harriet Tubman;
Ardie D ily, Sojourner
Truth; Bobby Jordan, Stoke­
ly Carmichael; Genev
Dougl ,Rosa Parks; Laur
Williamson, Pe rl
Bro nwill nd Ethel Young
wiJ) protray lave ·womens;
Do aid Bar 0 ,Je J cs­
son; Rodney Jennings, Ho iea
Williams; and Darwi. Wat-
o , Ralph Abernathy, all
members of Pilgrim Re t Bap­
tist Church.
GrayU. 1111 a , of
Pilgrim Rest, will protray and
do Dr. Martin Luther Kin "
speech, "Drum Major For
lice, Bee.n To The Mount in
Top"; Deacon Melyi ReUl
will db Martin Luther King's
Speech, "I Had A Dream";
Rev. John Ja per a pre cher in
the 1800 will be protrayed by
Rev. Morga . Siers; Rev.
Sa H yes d Dr. Rev.
Ellis L. Hull, Sr., ill
protray COttQD p i c ing
preachers; Joe 'rray will
demon tra te what and how
cutting wood w,as done for the
pOI belly stove; and Gre.
William will play guitar.
The narrators will be Mrs.
M rilyn Morg . d Mrs.
Ollie M. Hull.
South African ch
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JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa - Black political leader
Jesse Jackson reci ved a virtual
heroe's welcome from South
Africa Blacks when he began a
12-day visit to the apartheid
practicing nation las wee .
The white minority govern­
ment immediately surrounded
him with tight police security
following fears that he might be
attacked by angry whites. In
fact, the security was one of the
t�g�test ever given a foreign
VISItor.
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