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MAYOR ANDREW YOUNG PROCLAIMS ESSENCE DAY IN ATLANTA

ATLANTA, GA--Mayor Andrew Young issued a proclamation declaring December 9, 1982 ESSENCE Day in Atlanta at a recent ceremony commemorating the opening of the magazine's new southern regional office in the Peachtree Center business district.

The celebration was held in the Manley College Center at Spelman College. The Black women's magazine also used the occasion to pay tribute to 13 outstanding Black women of Atlanta for their civic contributions.

In issuing the proclamation, Mayor Young cited ESSENCE for its "professional success and continual celebration of the Black woman." The mayor added that it was a pleasure to welcome the publication to the city, "and we thank their executives and staff for their confidence in the future of Atlanta."

The proclamation was accepted by Edward Lewis, publisher and chief executive officer and Clarence O. Smith, president of ESSENCE Communications, Inc. The company's Atlanta office will be headed by Joy C. Barnes, southern advertising sales manager.

ESSENCE, with its corporate headquarters based in New York, is now in its thirteenth year of publishing. It is one of the fastest growing women's magazines, with a monthly circulation of 700,000 and a readership of over 2.7 million.

Those women who were honored as the "ESSENCE of Atlanta" were: Dorothy Bolden, founder and director of the National Domestic Workers of Atlanta, Inc.; Crystal Britton, owner of the Crystal Britton Gallery; Xerona Clayton, producer and host of "Open Up"--Turner Broadcasting Systems; Barbara Cruel, communications instructor, Atlanta Area Services for the Blind; The Honorable Thelma Wyatt Cummings, Atlanta City Court Judge; Shirley Clarke Franklin, chief administrative officer, The Mayor's office; Freddye Henderson, president Henderson Travel Agency; Coretta Scott King, president and chief executive officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-violent Social Change; Theresa Deborah Newsome, pilot and flight instructor; Lottie H. Watkins, president of Lottie Watkins Enterprises; Mary Welcome, partner in the law firm of Welcome nd Spence; Jean Young, Atlanta's first lady, chairperson for the Mayor's Task Force on Public Education and former chairperson for the International Year of the Child; and Sonia Young, president and founder of Eventions, Inc.

Beverages were provided by Brown-Forman Distillers, Inc., Schenley Industries and Schiefflin & Co.

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[[caption]] ATLANTA, GA--ESSENCE Magazine recently celebrated the opening of its new southern regional office in Atlanta with a reception at Spelman College. At that event, which also honored 13 outstanding Black women in Atlanta, Mayor Andrew Young issued a proclamation marking December 9th as ESSENCE Day. Pictured left to right are: James Forsythe, ESSENCE vice president/circulation; Ed Lewis, publisher & CEO; Coretta Scott King, president & CEO, Martin Luther King Center for Non-violent Social Change; Susan Taylor, editor-in-chief; Clarence Smith, president; and Roger Witherspoon, writer. [[/caption]]

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