• Gamma Epsilon Lambda Continued from page 3 largest all Negro high school; Brother Dr. Phillip C. Brooks, Sr., Owner and operator of Brooks Memorial Hospital, this hospital has 30 beds and services an area covering seven counties in Western Kentucky; Brother Thomas A. West, Sr., Principal, Banneker Elementary School, Christian County, and Member of City Recreation Board; Brother Garland H. Brooks, Sr., Pharmacist and owner of Brooks Pharmacy; Brother Phillip C. Brooks, Jr., Teacher of Business, Attucks High School, and President and Co-founder of the Fraternal Loan Co., Inc.; Brother James W. Frazier, outstanding Physician and Surgeon; Brother Cowan H. Brooks, Vice-Pres., Manager and Co-Founder of the Fraternal Loan Co., Inc.; Brother E. Whitney, Realtor, Tax Accountant Internal Revenue Service, and member of City Council for 9 years, recently re-elected to another 2 year term; Brother Matthew Brooks, Teacher Vocational Agriculture, Franklin Kentucky High School; Brother Claude Snorton, Teacher Vocational Agriculture, Attucks High School; Brother Andrew W. Morton, Dentist, Paducah Kentucky; Brother Ezra Everett. Captain Chaplains' Corp U.S. Army, Fort Campbell, Ky.; Brother Theodore Munday, Funeral Director and Embalmer, Paducah, Ky.; Brother Charles S. Lasiter, 1st Lt. U.S. Army Hospital, Pharmacist, Fort Campbell, Ky. All of the brothers of Gamma Epsilon Lambda try to "walk worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called."
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To the O f f i c e r s and Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha F r a t e r n i t y , I n c o r p o r a t e d :
As Mayor of L o u i s v i l l e , I extend the warmest welcome to the o f f i c e r s ar.o members of Alpha Phi Alpha on the occasion of your 55th anniversary being held here December 26-30, 1961. I am both proud and pleased t h a t L o u i s v i l l e has been chosen to celebrate the golden anniversary of your f r a t e r n i t y ir. the s t a t e of Kentucky. We hope, as our guests, you w i l l f i n d t h a t Kentucky h o s p i t a l i t y has not been o v e r r a t e d . I t i s a matter of pride w i t h us t h a t many of your d i s t i n g u i s h e d members are also outstanding c i t i z e n s of Kentucky who have c o n t r i b u t e d much to our progress — not only m a t e r i a l l y , but i n the more important areas of r i g h t s of c i t i z e n s and of humar d i g n i t y . You honor L o u i s v i l l e by your presence and we s i n c e r e l y hope your d e l i b e r a t i o n s w i l l be p r o f i t a b l e and your stay pleasant i n our C i t y . Most s i n c e r e l y yours,
BRUCE HOBLITZELL
Co-Host
Alpha Beta Lambda LEXINGTON, K Y . — A l p h a Beta Lambda Chapter was founded June 9, 1928. It was the first Greek Letter Fraternity among Negroes in Lexington, Kentucky. Brother Theodore M. Berry, then third vice-president, set the chapter apart for the General Organization. Charter Members were Brothers W. H. Ballard, Jr., Dr. J. E. Hunter, Sr., Dr. J. M. Mclnham, A. A. McPheeters, The Reverend F. M. Reid, Dr. N. J. Ridley, A. W. Continued on page 5 PAGE 4
ALPHA LAMBDA "PREXY" GREETS CONVENTION LEADERS Brother Lyman T. Johnson, (right) President of Alpha Lambda Chapter, Cohost to the 55th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is shown with Brother W . J. Hodge, (center) pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church, where the conventions' public meeting will be held Wednesday night, December 27. Making the threesom is Midwestern Vice Presidnt, Stenson Broaddus, (left) the host National officer. Brother Johnson helped to make history for Alpha Phi Alpha by opening the doors of the University of Kentucky to Negroes in 1949.
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