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be uty. She re che out. She
touche . And ometime he i
rew rded with, "How do you do
that (read 0 cle rly nd di -'
tinctly?) tt nd tt you do beauti­
ful job."
... And this morning our
prayer go out to the
Wa hington /thc Clark /thc
Jones/Brother and Si ter Mack
and family and the hut in at
Grace Memorial Ho pital nd ...
Tunc I n, De troi t. 1200 on
your am dial. Tune in for some
of 'dat good old go pel mu ic
and, of course. the reading of
the prayer Ii t.
rt-time
r e el-
o trolt Urb n
L gu I ct n
bo rd offlc r
The Board of Directon of the
Detroit Urban League ha elected
ne 0 ficers for the 1991-92
year.
Helen Love, Corporate Urban
Progr ms Mana er of the Ford
Motor Company, WI elected
Board Chair.
M . Love has been with the
Ford Motor Company for seven
yean. She i a former executive
DETROIT - Good morning
Detroit. It' Sund y. The
we ther i whatever th Lord
ha decreed for thi d y.
It' sunny. Hot. R in i fall­
ing. The wind is blowing. It'
cold. Icy. Snow covers the
ground.
The i ck ; the shut in. A
mother in need of 01 ce holds
back tear a she wonder about
a daughter walking in the back
treets of life. Another mother
envisions her son wallowing in
thc dungeon of de pair and
wrestles with the life and death
question surrounding the Per-
ian Gulf. They, like countless
other mothers, rc ch for their
radios. They turn the dial in
search of appea ement. And
words gush forth like a mighty
river. Words become ound ...
poetic names. Names being
read at a fast paced clip.
Good morning, Detroit. This
is Joella Likely. She is reading·
the prayer list on the Hollywood
Fashion Gospel Hour.
For 16, 17,18 and sometimes
20 minutes, Likely reads the
hand written names that are
compiled by three people. Oc­
casionally, she stumbles. But
like an Aretha, a Chisholm, a
Robi nson or Reverend Green,
she benet l '" 1 � hh
rune into the ' ong of her- read­
lng, .
TH Y OTIV th t's
pr cticed is the reflection of
the gue t ' genu nine nd
positive involvement in. the
city.
Her Honor's guests h ve
been from 11 w 1 of life,
H line nd field of the
producer for P.M. Magazine on
WJBK-TV.
Other officen include Robert
L. Hurst, Vice Chair; Eddie R.
Munson, Treasurer-Secretary:
and Pamela E. J c son, Assi tant
Treu ure-Secretary.
Seven ne member ere
elected to the board: Jeffery C.
Felton; Wyatt Lafayette Jones,
Jr.; Sharon L. Madison; Juli T.
Richie; Sandra J. White; A. H r­
lana Willi mil; J me R. E.
Younger.
Sp cuu to Michigan Citiz..n
NOT 20, SO, one, or 200
names. No. Thi songbird of
the airways averages 900 to 950
names each week. And once,
(he list numbered 1100.
Mere words cannot convey
the beauty of the sound as the
names fall from the lips of Like­
ly.
The Jones/the Greens/Sister
Mitchell and family and Airman
So and So in the Persian Gulf
spiral. They become parts of
the names she has read and fore­
shadow the ones to come.
Likely has five children. She
ha been a member of Faith
Temple Baptist Church for the
past ']0 years. And she main­
tain that whatever gift she pos­
sesses is God's doing, not hers.
"I give the Lord credit for all
I am doing," she said, as she
remembered a lady with cancer,
who was contemplating suicide
untilshe found, through her
rea ngs and inspirational talks,
and lRSP . onal word of
Reverend Wilmo Allen, the
will to live.
REVEREND ALLEN,
WHO is the host of the Sunday
morning broadcast, is al 0 an
Associate Minister at New Star­
light Baptist Church.
His brand of broadcasting is
flavored with the deep South.
He talks about bathing in num­
ber three tin tubs, pig feet, yam
and tatters. He syncopates the
playing of a record by the late
Sister Rosetta Tharp with, "Play
that guitar woman. Play it."
Sunday mornings: fifty two
times a year, Likely, a mistress
of ceremony at different chur­
ches, volunteers her lime. She
does what she believes God
wants her to do.
She read names. She be­
comes an in trument of'-divlne
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