m£Z TWENTIETH ANNUAL RALEIGH MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM Raleigh, North Carolina NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Seven Sponsored By The Alpha Theta Omega Chapter The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Raleigh, North Carolina OFFICERS BASILEUS Soror Phyllis B. Mann ANTI-BASILEUS Soror Sylvia W. Payne GRAMMATEUS Soror Mertie H. Batey EPISTOLEUS Soror Elsie H. Perry TAMIOCHUS Soror Gladys V. Hunt DEAN OF PLEDGEES Soror Joyce C. McLendon PARLIAMENTARIAN Soror Susie V. Perry IVY LEAF REPORTER Soror Gertrude H. Harris GRADUATE ADVISORS Beta Rho Chapter Shaw University Soror Marguerite M. Adams Soror Martha W. Wheeler Gamma Xi Chapter St. Augustine's College Soror Shirley Madison ROSTER 1957-1958 Soror Marguerite M. Adams 112-A Lincoln Court Soror Thelma H. Anders 1315 Garner Road Soror Delores M. Baker 509 Freeman Street Soror Mertie H. Batey 2525 Western Boulevard Soror Joselyn E. Boulware .. .. D-19 Washington Terrace Soror Marguerite R. Cook ..... 911 South East Street Soror Myrtle C. Crockett 3320 Garner Road Soror Frances H. Cutchin 110 South Pettigrew St. Soror Marjorie B. Debnam .. 216 South Swain Street Soror Minetta B. Eaton .. 123 South Tarboro Street Soror Hattie M. Edmondson 314 Smithfield Street Soror Carolyn S. Green , ... G-2 Washington Terrace Soror Gertrude H. Harris .... ... 409 South Blount Street Soror Jeannette E. Hicks 314 Smithfield Street Soror Gladys V. Hunt 203 South Pettigrew Street Soror Ophelia M. Irving 615 East Lenoir Street Soror Irene T. Lane 207 South Pettigrew Street Soror Catherine L. Larkins .. 300 Parrish Street Soror Fannie V. Latham 1303 South Bloodworth St. Soror Bessie S. Lewis 126 Lincoln Court Soror Audrey H. Logan 621 Oberlin Road Soror Phyllis B. Mann 1307 East Jones Street Soror Mamie R. McCauley ... .... 8 North Tarboro Street Soror Rachel H. G. McCauley .... 14 North Tarboro Street Soror Louise H. McClennan 101 East South Street Soror Joyce C. McLendon 121 South Tarboro Street Soror Virginia K. Newell 1211 Fayetteville Street Soror Sylvia W. Payne 719 South Blount Street Soror Elsie H. Perry 1304 East Jones Street Soror Susie V. Perry 1105 South Person Street Soror Ruth Pope 511 South Wilmington Street Soror Janice W. Robertson 749 South Blount Street Soror Juanita Thorpe 1507 East Edenton Street Soror Gladys A. Turner 1011 Oberlin Road Soror Martha W. Wheeler 223 East Lenoir Street Soror Minnie T. Williams 1019 Oberlin Road Soror Ruth L. Woodson 1613 Oakwood Avenue Soror Celia J. Wortham 17 South Swain Street NATIONAL OFFICERS SUPREME BASILEUS „ Arnetta G. Wallace 1116 McGhee Street Knoxville, Tenn. REGIONAL DIRECTOR Grace Matthews 1302 Carey Street Richmond 20, Virginia ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY Carey B. Preston 5211 South Greenwood Avenue Chicago, Illinois 1957 DEBUTANTE BALL COMMITTEES Fannie V. Latham Chairman Janice W. Robertson Executive Secretary Housing and Registration Gladys V. Hunt Committee Minnie T. Williams Hattie M. Edmondson, Booklet Committee Chairman Gladys A. Turner, Chairman Delores Baker Minnie T. Williams Joselyn E. Boulware Sylvia W. Payne Louise H. McClennan Mertie H. Batcy Marjorie B. Debnam Elsie H. Perry Mamie R. McCauley Gladys V. Hunt Invitations Committee Decorations Committee Ophelia M. Irving, Chairman Minetta B. Eaton, Chairman Thelma H. Anders Joyce McLendon Social Committee Louise H. McClennan Wednesday Night Figure Committee Marguerite M. Adams, Fannie V. Latham, Chairman Chairman Bessie S. Lewis Ruth L. Woodson Jeannette E. Hicks Catherine L. Larkins Hattie M. Edmondson Juanita Thorpe Susan Caldwell Friday Morning Publicity Committee Gladys Hunt, Chairman Susie V. Perry, Chairman Elsie H. Perry Time - Place - Rehearsal Gladys A. Turner Committee Minnie T. Williams Myrtle C. Crockett, Irene T. Lane Chairman Escort Committee Jeannette E. Hicks Marguerite R. Cook, Music Committee Chairman Martha W. Wheeler, Phyllis Mann Chairman Gifts Committee Virginia K. Newell Elsie H. Perry, Chairman Celia Wortham Gladys A. Turner PAST DEBUTANTE BALL CHAIRMEN Soror Marguerite R. Cook -- 1946 Soror Susie V. Perry ---- 1947 Soror Virginia K. Newell 1948 Soror Elsie H. Perry 1949 Soror Janice W. Robertson -- 1950 Soror Thelma H. Anders 1951 Soror Beryl O. Brooks 1952 Soror Bessie S. Lewis 1953 Soror Myrtle C. Crockett 1954 Soror Frances H. Cutchin 1955 Soror Marguerite M. Adams ---...-- 1956 PAST QUEENS OF THE BALL Miss Ruth Ann Carter Miss Patsy Brewington Miss Sarah C. Williams Miss Annie Manley Miss Ann Delores Freeman Miss Carmen Jeanette Payne Miss Merrill Jones Miss Shirley Hood Miss Swayzene Harris Miss Barbara Yvonne Autry Miss Gwendolyn Charles Miss Barbara La Nell Miss Helen Cooper Anderson Mrs. Julia Perrin Davidson Miss Ann Virginia Harris Mrs. Gwendolyn Harris Fitts 1957 QUEENS MISS ADDESSA ELOIS BROWN Raleigh, North Carolina MISS SYLVIA JUANITA RANSOM Warrenton, North Carolina MAIDS OF HONOR Miss Delores Ann Smith, Raleigh Miss Phyllis James Mann, Raleigh ATTENDANTS Miss Sheryl Schooler, Durham Miss Wilma Marilyn Pridgeon, Raleigh Miss Mamie Carolyn Riddick, Raleigh Miss Evangeline Alice Hunter, Raleigh Miss Clarice Rand, Raleigh OFFICIAL WELCOME TO NORTH CAROLINA DEBUTANTES DR. JAMES A. BOYER President, Saint Augustine's College Honorary Chairman MRS. FANNIE V. LATHAM Executive Secretary MRS. JANICE W. ROBERTSON Official Announcer MR. JOHN D. LEWIS Cover Designed By MR8'. FANNIE V. LATHAM Music By BUDDY KLEIN'S ORCHESTRA Decorations By FAIXON'S FLORI8T VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES FOE DEBUTANTES — 1957 - 58 SEPTEMBER — "Charm Poise and Hair Styling for Debutantes" Chavis Heights Recreation Center OCTOBER — "A Debutante's Civic and Social Responsi­ bilities" Chavis Heights Recreation Center NOVEMBER — 1957 DEBUTANTE BALL Raleigh Memorial Auditorium DECEMBER — Christmas Party Chavis Heights Recreation Center FEBRUARY — "A Debutante Cares for the Sick" Chavis Heights Recreation Center MARCH — "Youth Looks at the Atomic-Space Age" Chavis Heights Recreation Center APRIL — "A New Look in Fashions" Chavis Heights Recreation Center MAY — Summary of Year's Activities and Fare­ well Party Ohavis Heights Recreation Center GENERAL PROGRAM NOVEMBER 27 - 29, 1957 Under the auspices of the Alpha Theta Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of Raleigh, North Carolina. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 4:00- 6:30 P.M. Registration — West Campus, Shaw Univer­ sity. 8:00 P.M. Dance — Given by 1956 Debutantes United States Armory, JUS Western Boule­ vard, Raleigh, N. C. Debutantes and Chief Marshals THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 v00-10:00 A.M. Registration — Shaw University — West Campus 8:00 P.M. Dance — United States Armory 3115 Western Boulevard, Raleigh, N. C. Debutantes, Marshals, and Parents FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 :»:00-11:30 A.M. Breakfast Dance followed by Box Luncheon Chavls Heights Recreation Center Debutantes and Chief Marshals 12:00 Noon Rehearsal — Debutantes and Marshals Raleigh Memorial Auditorium FORMAL OPENING OF THE A. K. A DEBUTANTE BALL 8:30 P.M. Presentation of Members of the Alpha Theta Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 8:40 P.M. Sorority Hymn (All Alpha Kappa Alpha women are invited to the Circle) 8:50 P.M. Recognition of Parents and Sponsors 9:00 P.M. Presentation of the 1957 Debutantes 10:30 P.M. Official Welcome to North Carolina Society 19:35 P.M. Waltz for Debutantes and Chief Marshals 10:45 P.M. Dancing — Debutantes, Marshals, and Guest? of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1:00 A.M. The End of the 1967 Debutante Ball. MISS GLORIA DELORES AUTRY -828 East Lenoir Street Mother: Mrs. J. O. Autry -Raleigh, North Carolina Chief Marshal Mr. Walter Nobl* Assistant Marshal - __ __.Mr. Newell Hunter SPONSORS Mr. Roger Dixon Mrs. John Peebles Mrs. Lucinda Farrell Mr. H. B. Pullen Mrs. Waldo Gay Mrs. Ollie Russ Mrs. Callie Jones Mr. Fred Thomas Mrs. Gladys McKinley Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Watklns MISS MARKETHIA GWENDOLYN BALDWIN 107 North Roberson Street Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Baldwin Chapel Hill, N. C. Chief Marshal . Mr. Samuel Jones Assistant Marshal . ._ Mr. James Lawrence Medlie SPONSORS Mrs. Allie Brewer Mrs. R. O. Kornegay Mr. Roy Caldwell Mrs. Effle M. Mann Mrs. Bessie Cordal Miss R. P. Pope Mrs. Maggie T. Craig Mrs. Thomasine Regester Mrs. Ruby L. Jones Mrs. Drucilla Suggs MISS CHRISTINE BATES 607 South East Street Mother: Mrs Averick Bates Raleigh, North Carolina Chief Marshal Mr. Charles Crump Assistant Marshal Mr. John Winters SPONSORS Mr. Marshal E. Butler Mrs. Marguerite W. Davis Mr. and Mrs. John Cobb Mr. and Mrs. John Kay MISS BETSY ALICE BATTLE. Hillsboro Street Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Louis Battle -Chapel Hill, N. C. Chief Marshal _ Mr. John R. Davis Assistant Marshal Mr. Jodell Minor SPONSORS Mr. Ivey Battle Mrs. Margaret Jones Mrs. Johnie Mae Battle Mrs. Minor Mrs. Katie Battle Dr. R. T. Taylor Miss Margaret Battle Mrs. Mable Weaver Mr. John Ray Davis Mrs. Susie Weaver MISS PATRICIA ANN BECOAT 515 South Saunders Street Mother: Mrs. Lucy Becoat _. Raleigh, N. C. Chief Marshal ... .._ Mr. Alfred Morris Harris Assistant Marshal _ Mr. John Dunn SPONSORS Mrs. Lawen Becote Mrs. E. B. Jones Mrs. George Cameron Mrs. Earnest Jones Mr. James Cameron Mies Gloria Lester Mrs. Walter Cameron Mrs. J. A. Lester Mr. Sam Carter Mrs. John Minter Mrs. Mattie Dunn Mrs. I. B. Newton Mrs. Richard Evans Mrs. Elsie H. Perry Mrs. Andrew Fellers Dr. N. L. Perry A/2c Carlton Fellers Miss Betty Person Mrs. Edward Freeman Miss EfHe Robinson Mr. Richard Hardy Mrs. James Slade Miss Annie B. Harris Mrs. Willie Smith Mrs. Eddie L. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harri 3 Mrs. G. E. Williams Mr. Merriman C. Hill Mrs. Isaac Winfleld Mrs. Roosevelt Hill Mrs. James Wooden MISS JUANITA LaVERN BLOUNT -716 Latta Street Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Willie Blount _Ralelgh, N. C. Chief Marshal Mr. Thomas Earl Terrell Assistant Marshal Mr. Arthur Lee Battle, Jr. SPONSORS Mrs. Alvin Blount Mrs. M. R. Lyon Mrs. J. B. Blount Mrs. Elizabeth McKeithan Mrs. Rogerleen Blount Miss Claudia Morgan Mrs. Gertrude Carrlngton Mrs. Hattie Peterson Mr. Walter Curtis Mrs. Irene Price Dr. and Mrs. G. D.