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Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Fredda Witherspoon National President ’77-81 [[/caption]] 1981 - 1983 Theme: “Women Facing The Challenges of a New Decade” Effective Communication NATIONAL OFFICERS 1981-1983 MRS. LOLA M. PARKER Founder-President Emeritus Chicago, Illinois MRS. CLARENCE E. BROWN National President, Chicago, Illinois DR. EVELYN SEARS PEEVY National President-Elect, Norfolk, Virginia MRS. BILLIE O. GLOVER National Vice-President, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama MRS. DORIS, GENERAL National Recording Secretary, Chicago, Illinois MRS. GLADYS I. HALL National Financial Secretary, Houston, Texas MRS. ALMA BYRD OSBORNE National Treasurer, Los Angeles, California MRS. M. LOUISE STEWART National Dean of Pledges, Buffalo, New York MRS. ETHEL MINOR National Journalist, San Antonio, Texas MRS. CORA DELL HENDERSON Eastern Regional Ddirector, Hartford, Connecticut MRS. CLEMENTINE H. JONES Southern Regional Director, Birmingham, Alabama MRS. LYNN G. NORRIS Southwestern Regional Director, New Orleans, Louisiana MRS. DOROTHY J. WILLIAMS Central Regional Director, Chicago, Illinois MRS. HELEN M. JOHNSON Farwestern Regional Director, San Francisco, California MRS. MIRIAM DANSBY JOHNSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NATIONAL OFFICE 1062 PEARL STREET JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39203 [[image]] [[caption]] DR. OSSIE WARE MITCHELL National President, ’62-’66 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. FLORENCE MADISON HILL National President, ’58-’62 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. MARION H. JACKSON National President, ’54-’58 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. WASHINGTON RHODES National President, ’50-’54 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. BESSIE COSTON National President, ’69-’73 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. A. LUCILLE REYNOLDS National President, ’72-’77 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. MARSHALL S. EVANS National President, ’66-’69 [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] MRS. LOLA M. PARKER Founder-President Emeritus [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] —ALTHEA T. L. SIMMONS, ESQ., Director of the Washington Bureau, NAACP, was inducted at the 1981 National Convention, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as a National Honorary Member of Iota—along with Dr. Dorothy I. Height, National President, National Council of Negro Women. [[/caption]] extension of the Voting Rights Act. A “first” was the appointment of an Executive Secretary for the Sorority, Mrs. Mariam Dansby Johnson, Jackson, Mississippi, where the national office will be located. Substantial donations were given by the Sorority to their affiliates: NAACP, United Negro College Fund, National Urban League, National Council of Negro Women, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Black Leadership Roundtable, and the Black Women’s Agenda. The Sorority also holds membership in the United Nations, the only Sorority to hold membership status herein. Time for merriment was found when the Pan Hellenic Greek Council assisted Beta Alpha, the host chapter, in sponsoring a delightful “Emerald Ball.” The gala affair was held in the adjoining Winston-Salem auditorium. Another heart-warming event was the beautiful “President’s Reception” given for outgoing President Witherspoon, when many community citizens, including the Winston-Salem Barristers’ Wives, joined more than 500 visiting guests on the rolling estate of Rev. and Mrs. Moses Small. Mrs. Thelma Small served as Convention Chairman. President Witherspoon received numerous plaques, gifts, and other mementos of esteem and gratitude for her most progressive and fruitful four-year administration. She, in turn, presented plaques in the sorority’s colors and appropriately worded to each member of the Executive Board who had served during her tenure. The new President is Mrs. Clarice E. Brown, Chicago, Illinois; Dr. Evelyn Sears Peevy, Norfolk, VA., was elected President Elect, and Mrs. Billie Glover, Tuskegee, Alabama, was elected Vice-President. Delegates and other attendees from St. Louis’ Alpha Zeta Chapter were: President Odessa and Amos Tandy, Sarah and Melton Lewis, Esq., Mazie and Clyde Orr, Virginia Cooper, Magdalene Moore, E. Inez Nicholas, Marguerite Best, Frances Thomas, Margaret Small and Ruth Robinson. 127
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