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The Afro-American, September 10, 2016 - September 16, 2016
The Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosted more than 1,400 guests from across the region at their Annual Crab Feast fundraiser on Aug. 12 at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Md. Proceeds from the event will support the chapter’s programs to continue to provide assistance to the needs of the Prince George’s County community.
Edwinna Love, Jakki Wilder and Saundra McNair
Event Committee Leadership Stacia Shields, Diane Venable and Henri Cooper join Rene Buckmon (2nd Vice President), Miriam Brewer (1st Vice President) and Greta Wiggins-Lewis to welcome guests.
Photos by Angela Holmes
Channel Brown, Karen Burks, Ronald Burks, Jr., Kevin Ford, Jr.
Miriam Brewer (1st vice president) shows off the Delta Stroll Kichelle Joseph and Dominique Joseph
Cassandra Logan and Renita Chappell
Sandra Anderson, Mary Hall Cooper, Joyce Hall Shambley, Harold Shambley
Presentation to Committee Chair Rosa O’Neal
Leslie Hagans-Johnson, Nadine Bennett, Jonya Wagner, Beverly Reed
Eastern Regional Director Rosia Blackwell Lawrence and Prince George’s County Delta Alumni Chapter President Greta Wiggins-Lewis
Alumni and former teachers of the Hoffman-Boston (H-B) Junior Senior High School gathered from Aug.12-14 to observe the centennial anniversary of the school. The high school was established in Arlington, Va. to educate the children of freed slaves whose families had come out of the Freedmen’s Bureau and Queen City, the current sites of Arlington Cemetery and the Pentagon. The speaker for the “Senior Prom” was the Rev. Wilbert Talley, a 1962 graduate and first quarterback of the school’s football team. The oldest graduates in attendance at the celebration at the Arlington, Va. school were: Loretta Reid, Delores Downey, and Florence Ross from the class of 1949. Today, the school is an elementary Alum school, enjoying serving more dinner than 26 nationalities. Kimberley Graves, current H-B principal and Carmen Dela CruzScales, assistant principal
Karen Willis (Event Committee), Robin Jacobs (Past Eastern Regional Director)
Frankie Evans and Brenda Cox with welcoming remarks
Courtesy Photos Classmates gather for a group picture
Ron White, Class of ‘64 and Mary McCoy, former Ms. Senior District of Columbia
Prom King, Rev. Roy Carter and Prom Queen Carolyn Syphax Young
Alumns dancing to old school music by DJ Nate D Skate
Crowning of Prom King, Rev. Roy Carter
Prom Queen Carolyn Syphax Young
Elizabeth Evans and William Gee light the Memorial Candle
Members of the Class of 1948 draw names for King & Queen of the Prom
Louise McGregor, former Home Economics and Special Education teacher