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Charter Members of UPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity expanded to the Maryland suburbs when its 370th chapter was installed on December 13 in Montgomery County with 35 charter members. The installation ceremonies, held at the Washingtonian Motel and Country Club, Gaithersburg, Maryland, were witnessed by more than 100 Alphas and their ladies. Dinner and cocktails preceded the program. The charter was presented to Iota Upsilon Lambda Chapter by Attorney Belford V. Lawson, Jr., past national president of the fraternity, who also installed the chapter officers. The featured speaker was Dr. Charles H. Wesley, also a past Alpha general president as well as president emeritus of Ohio's Central State University. Currently serving as executive director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), Dr. Wesley challenged the new chapter to have vision and dedication in the likeness of the fraternity founders. A check for $100 was presented to the ASNLH official, an internationally recognized historian, as a chapter contribution to the Carter G. Woodson Building Fund established to acquire permanent, suitable office spaces and facilities for the Negro history organization. Chapter officers installed were Werten F. W. Bellamy, Sr., president; Hanley J. Norment, vice president; Edward D. Young, recording secretary; Robert E. Hatchel, corresponding secretary; Roy R. Gwyn, financial secretary; Robert U. Turnquest, treasurer; Coleman R. Seward parliamentarian; McRussell Flynt, associate editor to the Sphinx; Elbert L. Roberts, historian; and Kenneth C. Jackson, chaplain. Also included on the program was a trombone solo, Handel's Sonato No. 3, presented by Calvin Jones, instrumental instructor, D. C. Schools and D. C. Youth Program. Samuel F. Yette, Newsweek correspondent, served as toastmaster. Among those sending congratulatory messages were Dr. Henry A. Callis, the fraternity's only surviving founder; Ernest N. Morial of New Orleans, national fraternity president; Laurence T. Young of Chicago, fraternity executive secretary; James P. Gleason, Montgomery County Executive, and the Montgomery County chapter of the NAACP, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and the National Organization of Tots and Teens. Visiting Alphas came from Washington, Northern Virginia, Annapolis, and Baltimore. Attorney Charles Howard, fraternity regional director, was among those attending from Baltimore. (Continued on page 28)
ALPHA PSI LAMBDA CHAPTER NEWS Alpha Psi Lambda begins a new year with high hopes and great expectations under the leadership of our conscientious, and very effective president, W. J., "Dub", Davis. Brother Davis is also the State Director. The Chapter has enjoyed its highest membership the past year, with 55 active members in the greater Columbia area. The members of the chapter were happy to have elected to the State Legislature, a brother, I. S. Leevy Johnson, who is now Representative Johnson. Brother Johnson, along with two other blacks, are the first black men to serve in the S. C. State Legislature since 1902. Many of the brothers helped in various ways to achieve this victory. The brothers of the chapter recently celebrated the thirty-fifth birthday of the chapter with a breakfast on Sunday, December 6, at the beautiful Fountain Bleau Restaurant. Brother Davis presided at the historical occasion. Brother T. S. Martin recounted the ideals which motivated the founding of the Fraternity. Brother Raymond Bailey recalled some of the high lights and various changes that he has witnessed in the chapter from its beginning to the present time. (Continued on page 12) 11