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MINNIE EVANS

M.E. I didn't have any idea of this being, of this gathering of [[margin note]] The Links [[/margin note]] people. I have never been to a luncheon before and it was a great surprise to me especially when Mrs. Garrity came and invited me to the luncheon and would love to use some of my pictures and asked me would I come and I said yes. I was delighted to come but I didn't have any idea of what it was going to be. I was greatly surprised and I was thankful to Mrs. Garrity for inviting me because it made me feel so happy.

N.H.S. Tell me about that picture. I want you to tell me about the picture with the two lions. You understand?

M.E. Okay, now the two lions as I have often told you I dream of. I dream of a bright beautiful city. The whole element was a city. A ray of rainbow colors and it is beautiful. When they passed away those two lions came. One in the north and the other in the south. They were beautiful and the two of those two lions were beautifully designed. I am not able to paint the designs that I saw but I have just put something here in the way of it and there was a few stars. I didn't know how many stars. So I painted twelve stars. I was talking to my pastor about it. He say those lions is a sign of the lions of the tribe of Judeah [[Judea]]. The Bible only speaks of one lion but I saw two. They were so beautiful. The most beautifullest lions you ever seen and I tried to imitate by putting some kind of designs on but it was not like the designs that I saw between these two lions. They were beautiful.

N.H.S. Who is your pastor? [[note]] -Y2 [[/note]]

M.E. He isn't here now. My pastor that told me that is not our pastor now. He is Rev. C. J. Rev. Humphrey. Rev. Humphrey was my pastor. A.T. Humphrey and he was the one that told me about these lions. Of course I read in the Bible about the lions of the tribe of Judea and to put it exactly that was my dream then of the lions. I haven't had another beautiful dream like that since.

N.H.S. When did you have that dream?

M.E. It was in '67. This is Dec. '68 but I waited nearly 8 or 9 months before I decided to paint. To make the paintings of them. See they are pasted on. I had -