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ETA PHI BETA SORORITY Founded in 1942 FOURTEENTH BIENNIAL GRANDE BOULE and THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY John Marshall Hotel, Richmond, Va. AUGUST 2 - AUGUST 9, 1980 Theme: "Crossing the Barriers of Yesterday to Chart the Paths of Tomorrow" Host: Alpha Delta Chapter Gen. Chairman: Mrs. Mary Thompson Future Convention Sites Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1982 Chicago, Illinois 1984 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1986 Conventions are held in even years --- Regional Conferences in odd years Seventh National Convention of the National Council of Shad (Husbands of Sorors) Held at Richmond, Virginia in conjunction with the 14th Biennial Convention of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. George D. Sutton, National President Fort Worth, Texas Our aim, as an organization, is to have enough wisdom to think in the right channels, enough perception to see an opportunity, enough judgment to appraise it, and enough energy to embrace and make use of it. We are ever seeking, and keenly aware of community problems, and only by participation and involvement will our organization be known. HISTORY ETA PHI BETA SORORITY was organized September 4, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan by eleven (11) women who felt the need of a closer relationship between women in the business and professional community. It was the desire of this group of women to seek ways and means of obtaining for Negro women, the highest standards in all business and professional fields, and to implement this goal through the establishment of a Scholarship Fund and contributions to the Retarded Child Program, working cooperatively with kindred organizations and contributing to worthwhile community endeavors. The eleven women who met that September day in sisterhood to give meaning and structure to their ideas and ideals were: Merry Green Hubbard, Lena Reed, Ivy Burt MOrrus, Ethel Madison, Katherine Douglas, Atheleline Shelton, Ann Porter, Earline Carter, Dorothy Sylvers Brown, Mae Edwards Curry, and Mattie Rankin. The first elected officers were: Merry Green Hubbard, Basileus; Ann Porter, Anti-Basileus; Ethel Madison, Tamiouchous; Dorothy Sylvers Brown, Chaplain Parlimentaian; Mae Edwards Curry, Tamias; Lena Reed, Epistoleus; Earline Carter, Grammateus; Ivy Burt Morris, Guard; Mattie Rankin, Keeper of Peace, and Katherine Douglas, Historian. The officers were installed by Mrs. R. Louise Grooms, Founder-President of the Detroit Institute of Commerce, and later to become the Sorority's first honorary member. [[image - Sorority logo]] [[image - photo Gloria Chapman Grand Basileus, Cleveland Ohio [[image - photo Bettye J. Timmons First Anti-Basileus Miami, Florida [[image - photo]] Elizabeth Anderson Second Anti-Grand Basileus Tulsa, Oklahoma 187