John W. Ligon High School - Class of 1968
Meeting Notes - Sat., February 4, 11 AM – 1 PM
D&S Cafeteria Buck Jones RD Raleigh
NEXT short mtg/drawing
– Sat., March 4, 10:30 AM – 12 noon
R. B.
Harrison Library, New Bern AV & Hill ST
Michael Corbett, Committee President Presiding
Present: George
Bailey; Alice Banks Lambright; Toney Bethea;
Pauletta Brown Gaither; Mike Corbett; Esther Delany; Janet Howard; Helen
B. Montague; Geneva Rogers Hill; Fabette Smith; Rosalyn Swayze Ollison; Lawrence
Upperman; Clarence Williams; (13 class members); 1 guest
Reports/Updates:
Raffle - Bethea – reported on the
raffle tickets and described the process for receiving and reporting; also
suggested how to engage absent members.
Alumni Association – Rogers Hill –
reported that she has attended two (2) J. W. Ligon Jr. Sr. High School Alumni
Association; the dues is $120/annually or $10 per month. Dues can be paid by class or individual. If two class representatives participate, the
dues can be evenly divided or $60 each. She quoted the minutes that the purpose
of dues is to cover the cost of social activities for the Board and to purchase
supplies. The treasury balance: [$9439.58 ($2632-scholarship; $4025-Dues; &
$2782.58-gen fund). The 2017 Alumni
Celebration weekend is the weekend before July 4th, Fri., June 30th
– Sun., July 2nd. Marriott lodging rate is $139 $115/night, ID JWLigon Alumni Reunion for this group rate (correction).
Consensus Decisions:
·
The Raffle Drawing will be Sat., March 4, between 11 AM and 1 PM. @12 noon. (correction)
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Each class member will sell (donate) 30 one dollar
($1) tickets
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The raffle prize is $68 cash
·
Another fund raiser will be planned for later that
will include a silent auction
·
Table decisions regarding dues for the JW Ligon
Alumni Association
·
Members may donate $30 rather than sell raffle tics
& enter raffle if they like (Many present pd $30 during meeting)
Action Items:
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Donation of 2 hand-made items (hour glass and/or
thermometer) for silent audition during an event – George Bailey volunteered to donate these hand-made items
·
Contact Janet Howard @919.274.4874 to schedule
raffle ticket pick up.- Raleigh class members
·
Mail before Sat., March 4 raffle sale money order
& stubs to our treasurer Esther
Delany, 620 Delany DR, Raleigh, NC 27610 OR bring on March 4 to Richard B. Harrison Library mtg room, 10:30
AM – 12 noon, drawing time .
Out of town class members may donate or enter raffle by mailing
donation. - All class members
·
Raffle ticket monies & unsold tics
just be submitted to later than Sat., March 4, 10:30 AM – noon. - All class
members
·
Contact absent members re: raffle tickets – Bailey (Donald Evans & Gregory
Mial); Corbett (G. McCullers
Clinton, Shirley Hunter, Harold Wms, Glenda Watson Graham); Banks Lambright (Hall Herndon);
Howard (Mason Dingle, Noble, Junenell Blackmon, Geraldine Fuller);
·
Set-up Facebook page – Howard
·
Begin
payment plan for member dues: Mail to treasurer, – All class members We will also set-up an online payment option.
·
Set-up service fee-free bank account – Delany & Howard
Announcements: Clarence Williams
22nd African American
Celebration: A Special Tribute to Cash Michaels, March 3 and 4, 2017
The 22nd African
American Celebration: A Special Tribute to Cash Michaels, “Reflections of a
Journalist's Life” produced by the Town of Cary in
partnership with The Ujima Group, Inc.
Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, starting at 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The venue for the event is The Cary Theater at 122 East Chatham Street, Cary, NC 27511. Refreshments will be served in the lobby from 6:15 p.m. until 6:45 p.m., and the program starts at 7:00 p.m. on both nights.
Friday, March 3rd, a compilation of Cash Michaels video productions, followed by a panel discussion of "The Role of Journalism in Social Activism" featuring special guest panelist speakers.
March 4th, an "up-close, in-depth reflective interview" of Cash Michaels and his journalistic career, followed by the evening’s entertainment from the award-winning superstar jazz musician and vocal stylist singer, Eve Cornelious.
Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, starting at 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The venue for the event is The Cary Theater at 122 East Chatham Street, Cary, NC 27511. Refreshments will be served in the lobby from 6:15 p.m. until 6:45 p.m., and the program starts at 7:00 p.m. on both nights.
Friday, March 3rd, a compilation of Cash Michaels video productions, followed by a panel discussion of "The Role of Journalism in Social Activism" featuring special guest panelist speakers.
March 4th, an "up-close, in-depth reflective interview" of Cash Michaels and his journalistic career, followed by the evening’s entertainment from the award-winning superstar jazz musician and vocal stylist singer, Eve Cornelious.
Cash Michaels is an
award-winning contributing writer for The Winston-Salem Chronicle,
and The Carolina Peacemaker in Greensboro. Michaels also
serves as staff writer and award-winning columnist for The Wilmington
Journal Newspaper in Wilmington, NC and has been a contributing writer
to The Amsterdam News in New York. Many of his stories
are also carried across the nation via the 200-member National Newspaper
Publishers Association. Mr. Michaels is also a weekly news commentator
for 680 WPTF-AM in Raleigh. Since January 2008, Michaels has served as a
regular panelist on WRAL-TV’s “NC Spin,” the weekly public affairs program that
airs statewide. Michaels is happily married to his wife of 15 years,
Markita, and they have two exceptional daughters, Tiffany and KaLa.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:05 PM - NEXT short mtg/drawing – Sat.,
March 4, 10:30 AM – 12 noon (R. B. Harrison Library, New Bern AV & Hill ST)
Thank you Evelyn Lewis for our Digitized Echo 1968 - https://archive.org/details/echoserial1968john
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Corbett, President
Janet Howard, Recorder
