annual formal affair. Also, the chapter members were feted by the Alpha Wives Auxiliary in July for an awards banquet at the Officers Club of the Alameda Naval Air Station. The event, a Thank-You Banquet, was the Alpha Wives Auxiliary's way of expressing their appreciation to those who have supported their philanthropic endeavors over the last year. The men of Alpha and other guests enjoyed a lavish buffet dinner
California Gamma Phi Lambda Chapter of Berkeley, California hosted a DinnerDance, held at the Claremont Hotel in the Berkeley Hills prior to the Alpha General Convention. The chapter members, wives, and guests listened to an address by the Honorable Ronald Dellums, Congressman from Oakland, during the dinner hour. Following the dinner, 400 other guests arrived for the
and dancing after the Auxiliary presented Gamma Phi Lambda Chapter with a check for $ 5 0 0 for its educational program. Another $ 5 0 0 check was presented by the Auxiliary to the NAACP for a Life Membership in the organization. After the presentations the President of Gamma Phi Lambda, Brother Luther Harris, was called upon to install the new officers of the Alpha Wives Auxiliary. Paul Forbes
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A Gala Affair! The Gamma Phi Lambda Dinner-Dance. At top left, Brother Herman Long, Scholarship Chairman, receives $500 check from Mrs. Verna Joshua, Financial Secretary of the Alpha Wives Auxiliary. Top right • Outgoing Alpha Wives President Mrs. Dorothy Sylvester accepts NAACP Life Membership plaque from Mrs. Virginia Robinson, Bay Area NAACP Life Membership Chairperson. Some of the brothers present at the Dinner-Dance were (bottom • I to r) Luther Harris, Levester Williams, Luchan Baker, Rogernald Jackson, Richard Cartwright, Maurice Henderson, James DeWitt, Lester Davis, Richard Lankford, James Cato, James Joshua, Harold Cotton, Rev. R. C. Thomas, and Frank Gardner. The Sphinx / October 1976
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