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On the I t Sunday in July
St. Cyprian Bpi copal church
pre ented Educ tion Sun
d y ... General Superintendent
of Detroit Public School , Dr.
Deborah McGrif w gu t
pea er The PAw rd C. Syl
v ter Memori I chol hip
wa pre ented to There a
Thorne, orthwestern High
School grad ... Honor stu
den from Sampson Elemen
tary, Webber Middle and
Northwestern also received
awards. In the fall The will
enter Lincoln University in
Missouri ...
Travelers .. John Stevens'
cheery card came from Canada
where he attended a family re
union with many, many rela
tives ... Tomi Jackson dropped a
colorful card froni Hawaii,
where she enjoyed the lovely
'flowers, good food and
wonderful people. So did her
daughter, Linda and
granddaughter, Adia .. .Mildred
Brown and Grace McGivens
are back from an exciting
week-end in Atlantic
City .. .Helen Tims is back from
aeveland, Ohio where she at
tended her granddaughter's
wedding ...
Paul Hubbard, New Detroit
president, is hostin a Senior
'Citizen"1>roJ� on He Isle,
near the ca 'Re n Monday,
August 24th starting at 1:?noon.
There will be games, prizes and
food. More than 300 are ex
pected to enjoy the day ...
The Monday Night Bridge
club held its annual picnic and
card party last week in the Belle
Maison Friendship room. The
delicious menu prepared and
served by Cornelia Cheek,
Nancy Walstine and Marge At
kinson consisted of chicken
salad, cole slaw, baked beans,
polish sausage, hot rolls, melon
slices and punch.
Attending were Helen'
TIms, Pat Costa, Vera Duncan
(top prize winner), Billie
Anderson, Mary Faulkner, Art
Johnson, Neanine Sherrill, Ber
nice Curtis, Alice ONeal, Dor
sey Walker, Henry Robinson,
Sherman Cheek and Rhetta
Johnson ...
Last Saturday Sharon
Simpson became the bride of
James Gholston in a �ftemoon
ceremony at the Little Wedding
Chapel in Farmington Hills.
Following their honeymoon in
Florida they will make their
home in Grand Blanc. Ruth
and Joseph Simpson of Detroit
are parents of the
bride ... Parents of the groom are
Mr. and Mrs. James Gholston,
Sr. also of Detroit. ..
On Saturday, August 15th
Idlewilders and their friends
will soon join others in Id
lewild, Michigan for a round of
week-long activities. Planned
are a champagne brunch, a
"Ship Ahoy" party, Carribean
Mardi Gras, a picnic, "Fifty
Plus" party, an amateur show
and a "Tee Shirt Day" ... Lela
Lee is Detroit chapter presi
dent.
Good wishes, calls and
cards aplenty are going to Thel
ma Haugabook while she
recovers from an illne while
in Idlewild ...
Funeral services were held
for Earl Van Riper, well known
pianist, who passed after a long
illness in Veterans Ho pital.,
Congratulations to Elke
Rhodes, who graduated with
honors from Taft Junior High.
In the fall she'll enter Cass
High. Elke is 13 years old ...
DETROIT
o G 0 mot
of his life, then finally owning them
d great influence on him. So
much 0 that he had to try it one more
time.
At 78, and not in th be t of health
he drive around town in his 1976
Chevy Impala peddling peanuts,
produce - you name it and'he's got
it.
Extending a long slender finger,
he points toward south, "you can
find me on that comer seven days a
week from 9 to 5" he said.
Considering hi age, and health
and the number of hours he pends
sitting on street corners alone and
unprotected, had he ever been
confronted by individuals looking
for trouble? "Every once and a while
someone will come along and try me,
but so far I haven't ha�d any serious
"TOO Y 0 our youth
have gone to hell in a hand basket.
We have got to bring them back. At
some . t in time the parents nave
failed tIleS children and if we don't
reach out and help them they will be
lost forever. I want the young people
to know that sometimes the road
leading bac can get a little rough
but they shouldn't give up. They can
make it, I know," he said, "because
I did,� he said.
Well, it w getting late and blac home. As I passed congregations of THEM, THEY WIIL BE LOST
clouds began to darken the sky, so I our youth, milling around on dirty FOREVER," too on a whole new
thanked Mr. Page for baring his street comers, the words, "IF WE meaning.
thoughts and once again I headed for DONT REACH OUT AND HELP
Youth engage in workshop to reduce violence
" GER walked in," he
aid, "when he realized that I was
alone, he pulled gun and shot me. I
didn't think I ould make it but I
never gave up hope. Most of my
friends thought I died the night of the
robbery. I pent eight months in
recovery.
Henry Armstrong, 69, owner of
Armstrong Paint and Hardware has
been a Businessman on the comer of
DETROIT - WIVS Channel 56,
in conjunction with its "City For
Youth" Community Partnership of
450 reltgious, educational, youth
service and media organizations, and
the Detroit Public Schools recently
ponsored a youth conflict mediation
workshop at Northern High School
in Detroit.
The three-day work hop,
d ipd to reduce the'lturnlief of
yot1t1twho commit or are vlct11n1zed"..,
by violent acts in schools and neigh
borhoods, involved counselors and
young people 11-14 years of age.
In addition to providing guidance
to the young people participating, the
workshop assisted students and of
ficials in the development of conflict
management programs. Portions of
the three-day event were taped by
WTVS for "City For Youth"
programs to air on Channel S6 in
October, and for use by chools and
organizations.
"City For Youth" was officially
launched by wrvs Channel 56 in
October 1991. The community
partnership seeks to unite the com
munity in support of Detroit area .
young people. Organizations or in
dividual wishing to become in
volved in the project are invited to
call wrvs at 1-8OO-886-CITY.
Inkster NAACP to
ho t " Annual
State Conference
INKSTER - The Inkster branch of
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored, People
(NAACP) will host the 56th annual
NAACP Michigan State Conference
September 11-13, 1992 at the Royce
Hotel in Romulus, Michigan.
More than 400people from around
the state and the nation are expected
to attend the conference to form the
NAACP's Michigan agenda for the
coming year through a host of
workshops, seminars and key formal
presentations.. The theme for this
years Conference is "The NAACP -
Standing Up Today - For Tomor
row."
FORMAL PRESENTATION
will be presented by Benjamin
Hooks, national executive director,
Joanne Watson, executive director,
Detroit branch, and Mal Goode,
broadcast journalist.
The co t of the conference is $35
which includes admission to all con
ference workshops and the annual
Mass Meeting. Meals, admi ion to
. key events and lodging are excluded.
Housing information can be obtained
by calling 1-800-937-6923.
For more information on member
ship or the programs of the NAACP
Inkster Branch, call (313) 595-3550.
The NAACP-Inkster Branch
meets the second and fourth Monday
of every month (except July and
August) 6-8 p.m. at the Meek/Milton
Elem ntarv Schoo1. 1771 H "TV Ruff
. . � • LI Iu. . L:r.
Dr. Deborah McGriff, general superintendent of Detroit Public Schools
presents a certificate of merit to a workshop parnclpaot, as WTVS
·City For ""uth· Project manager Judith Scage looks on. .
Dr. ROlUlldA. White, P. C.
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