Ebony Aids Mu Lambda . . . WASHNGTON, D.C.—The members of Mu Lambda joined with the Alpha Wives in sponsoring the premier performance of "Ebony Fashion Fair" for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund on Saturday, October 4, 1958 in the Presidential and Congressional Ballrooms of the Statler-Hilton Hotel. The overflow crowd with "Standing Room Only" available saw and applauded the fashions around the world that were displayed. Freda DeKnight, Johnson Publishing Company Home Service Director, arranged and directed the Show and also served as commentator describing the creations from Paris, Rome and America designed by such distinguished persons as Fontana, Georgiana, Luciana, Hannah Troy, Ed Abbott and Ceil Chapman. The eight lovely models, Cordie King, Terry Springer, Joan Wright, Alberta Culberth, Harlean Harris, Elaine McNeal Smith, Carrolle Preston and Rochelle Boxie, were featured emerging from four entrances on
to the ramp where they paraded the length of the ballrooms. Male models Carl Byrd and Harold DeWindt wearing sport fashions and formal wear received much applause in the new styles especially the combination outfits with matching coatsuit and dress for husband and wife. The entire production is under Johnson Publishing Company headed by Brother John H. Johnson, publishers of "Ebony, Tan, Jet and Hue" magazines and Brother Johnson was present in Washington, D. C. for the opening. The sale of tickets was made easier since each purchase included a one year subscription to Ebony with door prizes contributed by Almar Manufacturing Company, Lady Schaeffer Pen Company, Ekco Products, Kraft Foods, Mercury Records, Libby Glassware and Helene Curtis Industries. An a la carte cocktail hour followed the performance in the hotel. The Scholarship money will be presented to Howard University for undergraduate students selected by the
University benefiting from the Fashion Fair. The models and Johnson Publishing Company staff were welcomed Friday preceding the Show at the fraternity house at an affair attended by the Press and the Committees of Alpha Brothers and Alpha Wives. Brothers Newman Taylor, Chairman; Edward Austin, Co-chairman; C. C. House, Joseph Waddy, Norris Atkins, Verdi Robinson, Melvin Johnson, Aubrey Robinson, William F. Nelson, Merrill Curtis, H. Gray Gilliam, John Bandy, Howland Ware, Millard R. Dean, Richard L. Bass, David Byrd, George Scurlock, John Ellison, Jr., William H. Smith and Alpha Wives Sarah Robinson and Catherine Morrow, chairman and cochairman, respectively, Frankie Dean, Elizabeth Atkins, Clara Washington, Marguerite Bruce, Pearl Curtis, Adelaide Clark, Avis Terry, Pauline Byrd, Viola Smith, Agatha Aikens, Ernie Smith, Elaine Cassell and Sally Jenkins. The joint committees recommend that other chapters investigate the possibility of such a promotion as Brother Johnson's Fashion Fair visits 30 cities in the United States. continued
ALPHA WIVES AND BOARD MEMBERS (Left to right)—Newman Taylor, Catherine Morrow, Frankie Dean, Sarah Robinson. (Standing left to r i g h t ) — C . Edward Austin and Verdie Robinson.
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