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[[image - Shriners emblem]] [[image - photograph of Bossie Benjamin Simmons]] [[caption]]BOSSIE BENJAMIN SIMMONS, Mocha Temple 7, PH Shriners, Richmond, Va. Imp. Director of Publicity, AEAONMS.[[/caption]] [[image - photograph of Miss Amelia J. Hodges and Dr. William C. Parker as Miss Prince Hall Shrine Queen]] [[caption]]MISS PRINCE HALL SHRINE QUEEN, 1975-76, Miss Amelia J. Hodges, is shown with Dr. William C. Parker, Imperial Director of the PH Shrine Talent and Scholarship Pageant Program, after being named winner of the first-place scholarship award of $2,500. The 20-year old beauty is the daughter of Mrs. Lou Netta Hodges of Los Angeles, is a member of 1st African Methodist Episcopal Church in the city, and is a student and former student of Los Angeles City College and West L. A. College. She is also a member of the L. A. Division of the Los Angeles Opera Company. MISS HODGES was sponsored in the national Talent contest by Egyptian Temple Nr. 5, Region 7 in L. A., California.[[/caption]] [[image - photograph of John W. Edghill]] [[caption]]John W. Edghill, the immediate past imperial potentate, from Abu-Bekr Temple 91, in Brooklyn, N.Y., is expected to be on hand to assist Imperial Potentate Marshall S. Johnson wherever needed.[[/caption]] 297