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Th W t Shore Symphony will ponsor a bus
trip to Chicago for ingl only on Saturday and
Sunday, October 9th and 10th. Singl can en-
turday night perform nee by nan ,.
n Chi go ymphonyOrch -
, ic Di !1Conductor of
Symphony will provid com-
you t I to Chi-
Sunday
oon.
. Thi fun ay wend provid f
time S turday fternoon and Sunday to njoy
your choi of th wond rful hopping nd cul­
tu I activiti of Chicago.
Singi will y at the utiful Sheraton
Plaza Hotel on Michigan A venu .
Sunday b kfast buffet' included in th •
price of 148 per person, double occupancy ( in­
gle occupancy is available at an additional coet).
To rve your pace, nd a 25 non-re-
fundable deposit to WSSO, 425 W. W tem
Ave., Suite 406, Mu kegon, Ml494 O. Full pay.
ment must be received by September 15.
For additional information call the W t
Shore Symphony at (616) 726-8231.
MTU Graduate
DAVIS
BH IN BRIEF
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T Graduate
Alvin D.
Johnson Jr.
bas completed
the prescribed
program of
electronic en­
gineering
technology
and graduated
from ITT
Technical In-
stitute of JOHNSON
Grand Rapids.
Johnson is a 1990 graduate of
Benton Harbor High School.
He is presently employed
with Electro Chemical Corp.,
Andrew J.
Davis, son of
Rev. and Mrs.
Andrew Sr. of
Benton Har­
bor, graduated
from Michigan
Technological
University's
SchoolofEngi­
neering.
AIDS Coalition sponsors
construction of Quilt
The Berrien County AIDS Coalition is sponsoring the construc­
tion of a Memorial Quilt, patterned after the national NAMES
Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
According to Pat Friend; Coordinator of Self-Help, the purpose
of both the local and national projects is to call public attention to
the humanity behind AIDS statistics and the enonnity of the AIDS
epidemic, as well as to memorialize loved ones.
The memorial panels will be made by all sorts of people i'n' all
kinds of colors, fabrics and styles.
For more infonnation and to receive quilt construction guide-.
lines, contact Carolyn Frank at 927-6211 or Pat Friend at 925-
0594.
Animal Aid Mutt March
Animal Aid of Southwestern Michigan is holding its 3rd Annual
Mutt March on Saturday, August 28, from 10a.m. to 1 p.m, at Lake
Bluff Park in St. -Joseph, The raindate is Saturday, September 11,
same time and place.
The Mutt March is a non-competitive walk of people and their
dogs to raise money for Animal Aid in its effort to help lost,
abandoned and abused dogs and cats.
Walkers are asked to obtain a Sponsor form and-collect mone­
tary pledges from friends, family and eo-workers for walking.
Pledges may be per lap walked or a straight donation amount.
Honey is to be pre-collected (based on projected laps) and turned
in at registration the day of the walk
A $3 registration fee is required to help offset 003ts of the event.
All dogs must be leashed and have proof of current inoculations,
according to Vicki Dunlop, Animal Aid volunteer and Event Chair-
. person. .
Sponsor forms are available from your local V terinarian, li­
brary and many businesses, including Subway, Long John Silvers,
Shade Tree Tees, Tootie & Dreamers, St. -Icsepb Today and Mike
Young Surplus.
Call Chris at 983-2717 or Cindy at 925-0531 for further infor­
mation.
City of enton
rece ive fund
arbor
Georgia Sanders, President of the Neighborhood Information
and Sharing Exchange (NISE), p nted the City ch kfor$750
to use for their recreation program.
According to Sanders the money was given to NISE for
tion but NISE d n't sponsor any recreational program nymo
, .
so the funds were donated to the City.
n
Benton Town hip
DDir
Yerni Akinwale, Community-Economic Developm nt
for Benton Charter Township ign from hi ition
years to become Director of the Township'S Downtown
ment Authority.
Promoted
, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class
Juan B, Morris, son of Eugene
and Geraldine Morris of Benton
Harbor was recently promoted
to his present rank while serving
aboard the amphibious assault
ship USS Peleliu, homeported in
Long Beach, C '. lie is a 1984
graduate of Ben n Harbor High
School.
TO HARBOR - Benton Harbor Oity of.
ficlals are in. h p or tabJ.i8hlng t
.. :l'Qute thfough th Ci� to limit t e trame flo
'. ot large truCks t t in identi
CIty Ensi RolandKlookow id iiM will
pa.ted t 1 locations at the eity limJ eem-
ing into the city notifying drivel'S of th truck
rout .The igns will read: Trucks, no toppin&
standing or. parkiJll on any rest except for
p. okup, Of del1�J 11 trucksmuat stay on ck St
routes. He id <in ddition to th local true
route, signs with directional arro win be
posted along the designated rou .
Residents that drive semi-trucks and have
been parking them on the st while they
visit or 0 l'night, will not be able to do that now,
Klockow said '
He said at slater date he would make recom­
mendations to add to the ordinance penalties for
<: .those., who par their trucks while visiting or
OBITUARIES·
Benton Harbor.
Burial was In Crystal Springs Ceme­
tery.
Mrs. Waller was born, February 1,
1948, In Tate County, Miss.
Survivors Include: Her husband,
William; a son, Keith of Benton Har­
bor; a daughter, Clareece Cummings
of Benton Harbor; two grandchildren;
her mother, Eula Caradine of Senato­
bia, Miss.; six sisters, Sally King of
Coldwater, Miss., Mary Lee Cathy and
Lorene Davis, both of Senatobia, Hen­
rtetta Jones of Holly Springs, Miss.,
Catherine Davis of South Haven and
Hazel Harden of Memphis, Tenn.; and
two brothers, Andrew Lee of Byhalia,
Miss., and Lee Boyd of Senathobla
Charles Harris
Charles W.
Harris, 46, of
Benton Harbor,
. died AUgust 7, at
Mercy Memorial
Medical Center,
St. Joseph, after
a short Illness.
The funeral
was held August
13, at Hope
Methodist Peace
Temple, Benton
Harbor. Burial
was In Crystal Springs Cemetery.
Robbins Brothers Funeral Ho.me,
Benton Harbor was In charge 01 ar­
rangements.
Mr. Harris was born October 18,
1946, In Forest City, Ark.
Survivors Include: His wife: Ruth;
one son, Charles Jr. of Benton Harbor;
two brothers, James of, Elkhart, Ind.
and Otha of Charleston, Mo; two sis­
ters, Queen Foster of Benton Harbor
and lola Hyshaw of University Park,
III.; and one grandchild.
HARRIS
Grand Rapids. He is the son of D a vis
Verlene Jones and Alvin Devon' earned a BachelorofScienoe de­
Johnson Sr. gree in' electrical engineering,
and also two Associate of Ap­
plied Science degrees - electri­
cal engineering technology and
electromechanical engineering
technology.
from Wa
in S
'.
Jerlene Reed
Jeriene Reed, 76, of Benton Har­
bor died July 29, at Berrien General
Hospital, Berrien Center, after a long
Illness.
The funeral was held August 5, at
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor. Burial was In North
Shore Memory Gardens.
She was born January 26, 1917, In
Tipton, Tenn. .
SurvIvors Include: A brother, 0.0.
Clay of Benton Harbor; and two sis­
ters, Martha Ewell of Benton Harbor
and Augusta Simms of Memphis,
Tenn.
ev. James
Holloway
A memorial service for longtime
resident and community leader Rev.
James L Holloway was held August
14, at the Union Memorial African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Benton
Harbor.
Rev. Holloway died July 11, at the
age of 72. In Las Vegas, Nev., where
he had retired to In 1991. He had
served as assistant pastor at Union
Memorial and at Franklin AM. E.
Church In Niles and as pastor of Oulnn
Chapel AM.E. Church In Cassopolis.
He was born In Michigan City and
graduated from Edwardsburg High
School. He was a graduate of Tus­
kegee College with a degree In
epidemiology and from the Interna­
tional Seminary In Plymouth, Fla.
A Worid War II veteran, he was a
strong community and civil rights
leader In Niles and Cess County. He
was a member and past president of
the Cass County Chapter of the Na­
tional Association for the Advance­
ment of Colored People and attended
the March on Washington In 1 963.
Survivors Include his wife, Katie,
and six children.
Memorials may be made to Katie
Holloway, 1615 North Fifth St., Apt.
115, Niles.
in
II
Peart Harvey-Haley. 74, ot Benton
Harbor, died August 8, at her home
after a short Illness.
The funeral was 'held August 12, at
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor. Burial was In Crystal
Springs Cemetery.
She was born' April 15, 1919, In
Lovelace, Ala She 'was retired, for:
merly employed as a ore manager.
Survivors Include. H r husband.
John Harvey of Chicago; two sons.
Bernard Harvey of Warren, Ohio and
William Harvey of Chicago; two
daughters, laVergne Lewis of Chi­
cago and Elaine Wadford of Benton
Harbor. one sister. Ada Hawkins of
Mingo Junction, Ohio; 16
gmdchlldren; 22 great-grandchildren;
and four great-great-grandchlldren.
She was preceded In death by two
sons, Mike Mcallist In 1976 and Leroy .
Harvey In 1977, and a daughter,
.Grace Harvey In 1984.
Mary Givens
Mary Givens, 73, of Benton Harbor
died July 31,at Mercy Memorial Medi­
cal Center, St. Joseph of Injuries ra-­
calved In a car/pedestrian accident.
The funer8J was held August 6, at
the New Bethel Baptist Church, Ben­
ton Harbor, MI. Burial awas In North
Shore Memory Gardens. Robbins
Brothers Funeral Home, Benton Har­
bor, was In charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Givens was born January 16,
1920, In Marvel, Ark. She was a mem­
ber of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist
Church, Benton Harbor.
Survivors Include: Two daughters,
Wan J an Bell of Kansas City, Mo.
and WIllie O. Forest of Benton Harbor;
14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchil­
dren and four great-great grandchil­
dren,
annie r er
Fannie Ursher, 81, of Benton Har­
bor, died August 11, at Mercy Memo­
rial Medical Center, St. Joseph.
The funeral was held August 16, at
the Church of Our Lord and Savior.
Benton Harbor, of which she was a
member. The burial was In North
Shore Memory Gardens, Hagar
Shores. Arrangements were made by
Robbins Brothers Funeral Home,
Benton Harbor.
Mrs. Ursher was born October 24,
1911, In Augusta, Ark. She was for­
merly employed as a cook for Berrien
General Hosp ai, Berrien Center.
Survivors Include: Her husband,
Lester; a daughter, Artrlc Watson of
Benton Harbor; five grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; 9 great-great
grandchildren; two brothers, Willie
Washington of Benton Harbor, and
Phylander Washington of Mississippi;
and a sl er Bennie Moody of Parkin,
Ark.
Kenneth Moltlmore, 41, formerly of
Benton Harbor, died August 4, In long
Beach, Calif,
The funeral was held August 12, at
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church,
Benton Harbor. Bunal was In Crystal
Springs Cemetery. Arrangements
was made by Robbins Brothers Fu­
neral Home, Benton Harbor.
Mr. Mottl more was born AuguSt 24,
1951, In Benton Harbor.
Survivors Include: HI wtfe, Deb0-
rah of Hawthorne, Calif.; fIv 8�
Kenneth, Dadra.ln and Devtne, I �
Benton Harbor, and John d J I
both of Bakersfield, Calif.; two p-
sons, Joseph Duckett of Phi delphi
Pa and Terry Harper of Hawthorne,
Calif.; epdaughter, Dawn Florea �
Hawthorne, Calif.; five sisters, Iwdrey .
Pringle of Benton Harbor, Lav me
Davis of Kalamazoo, Lotony Broyl
of Joliet, 111., Avetta Baker of Chk:ago
and T osha Baker, serving with the
Army In California; six brothers, Ozell
Baker of Benton Harbor, Arthur BaI<
of Milwaukee, Wis., Jamie Baker of
Chicago, Adrian Baker of Grand A p­
Ids, Marcus Baker of Detroit d
Stephen Baker of Joliet, III.; three
grandchildren; and his grandparents.
Grant and Clara Moltlmore and Carr1e
Harden, all of Benton Harbor.
t th
ibrary
Mrs. Minerva
(Caradine) Wal
ler, 45, of Benton
Harbor died Au­
gust 4. at Mercy
Memorial Medi­
cal Center. St.
Joseph after a
long Illn ss.
The funer I
was h J August
9, at Robbins
Brothers Chapel,
WALLER
turdays with Dr.
eu "film ries continues at
noon on turday, August 28th,
with: "Th Lorax" and "The But­
ter Battle Book."
Th vid d partment grate­
fully a p donations of used
vid ld vid re used for
rep ir p rts, and new videos are
circulated for p tron use. Both
adult and children's videos are
needed.
P 1m n y
D· a
g
The B th rs' Club, a re-
c ntly formed pulmonary di -
support group, ponsored
by Mercy Memorial Medical
C n r nd th Am rican Lung
Associ tion of Michigan will
m t at 2:30 p.rn., Wednesday,'
August 25, t he Maud P ton
Palensk Public Libr ry, 500
Mark t St., t. Joe' ph. The topic
for di cu ion is nutrition.
Th program is f nd open
to th public. For mo informa­
tion, call P trick Duncan. at
983-8288 tw n 8 . m. and
4:30 p.m. w kdays.