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[[note]] Amsterdam News [[/note]] [[newspaper clipping]] SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1948 [[image 1]] MEARIMORE McLEAN NUPTIALS ... after the ceremony. Wedding Bells Chime For Happy Couple Wedding bells chimed for Joy Mearimore and Charles McLean recently at St. Andrew Church. The Rev. Irving Anthony performed the nuptials. John Mearimore, father of the bride, delivered her to her spouse. Mrs. Miriam Drake Weston was matron of honor. Dr. Ronald Loyell of Washington, D.C., was best man. Mr. McLean, the groom, is a native of British Guiana, and is the son of the socially prominent McLeans. He plans to attend the Inns of Court at London University. Upon graduation, he and his wife will reside in British Guiana. ZETA SOROR Mrs. McLean, the former Joy Mearimore, is the daughter of John Mearimore, prominent New York businessman. She is a graduate of of Hunter College, and is a Zeta Phi Beta soror. During her stay in England, she plans to continue her voice studies. Her return to British Guiana will be welcomed by her many relatives and friends who remember her vocal triumphs there in 1946. After a two-week honeymoon here, the newlyweds will sail for England on June 21 aboard the S.S. Mauritania. They will arrive in time to attend the Olympics. Immediately following the church ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride, 210 West 122nd Street. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[right margin note]] Amsterdam News 1944 [[/right margin note]] [[newspaper clipping]] Hunter College Diary by Carlotta Henderson [[image 2]] The month has been one of anticipation. With the progress of the war on the European front, we have been expecting the great news ... V-E Day. Our little Mayor is making preparations for it. Instead of getting excited about it, you are to hurry to the Central Park Mall and be entertained by stage and screen stars until the ebullience of the spirit has subsided ... but the schools will go on - as usual. We, at Hunter, must close our ears to the cacophony of sounds - bells and sirens, rising voices of a joyful, grateful people. We must concentrate on the theory of diminishing returns, etc., as usual. I'm afraid the Mayor reckons without the benefit of psychology. The release of great tensions at the thought of our brothers, husbands and friends returning to us will preclude any attempt of studying. May the great day be hastened. Meanwhile, we are on vacation. The Easter season is not without its whirl of activities. At the Toussaint meeting held Monday, March 26, the program committee suggested a Post-War Minority Group Conference. They plan to have leaders from Negro, Japanese, Chinese, Indian and labor groups address the conference. Also, they plan to sponsor the film "Races of Mankind." The club approved of the plan. The senior class meeting was held March 28. The class voted to have as its slogan, "Farm for Freedom." It is the hope of the group that many will be willing to work on the farms this summer. They feel they can do the most good in relieving this shortage of man labor in this area of production. They also decided to hold the Senior Prom at Delmonicos, Fifty-ninth and Park Avenue, June 23. Verna Thomas was presented with a very beautiful compact from the advisers of the Y.P.F. of St. Philip Church of Brooklyn, in appreciation of the valuable work which she has done in this group ... The Y.P.F. had a panel discussion on the subject of Compulsory Post-War Military Training. Other churches were represented on the panel. Gloria Shumpert and Mayetta Williams took part in the discussion. Eloise Owens, a Hunter grad, has completed her work on her Master's degree from the New York School of Social Work. She received a scholarship from the Harlem Committee of Community Service Society. She will start working next month with the C.S.S. at the Bronx County Community Service Society. The Epsilon girls will dance during the holidays for the Talisman dance. They will also dance at a fashion show to be held at the YWCA April 5. Grace Morgan, an upper sophomere at Hunter College, and a pre-social major, is co-director of the dance group. Grace has appeared in many school productions. She appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience," at P.S. 130, Mann .... She appeared in an original dance, "Medicine Man," in the G.O. play, in Hunter High. Grace first became interested in the dance, through her talented brother and sister, who are professional dancers. Her brother was "Slim," of the Paul, Slim and Eddie team, who performed with Cab Calloway. Enid Morgan, her sister, worked with the Leonard Harper's Chorus. Grace hopes to continue with dancing, and make it fit into the pattern of her life work. One of Olivia Carewe's childhood friends, Launcelot C. Brown from Trinidad, came down to Hunter March 23, preparatory to his departure to Howard Dental School, where he plans to study. Olivia, who spent three years in Trinidad, had not seen her friend in five years. Olivia showed him around the "Big Town." Lieut. Henry Hutchinson, from Charleston, S.C., is just back from overseas. He is the brother of Marilyn Culberson. He visited Hunter last Friday, and while there saw the moving picture, "Wilson." Lieutenant Hutchinson is spending the holidays in the city. He was formerly an instructor in a South Carolina high school. Other visitors at Hunter last week were Lieut. Dudley Glasse, Lieut. Jack Pollard and Royce Phillips, all City College men. Lieutenants Glasse and Pollard are on leave. The Debonnaires gave a "Hen Party" on Thursday, March 23. Each girl brought the picture of the man she would like to have had as her escort. The members of this club are Aclen Barber, Annazella Cooke, Lois Palmer, Harriet Pruitt and Eleanor Walker. Marie Johnson, a Hunter grad, and Faith Norman attended a party at the Harlem Hospital for the internes, on Friday evening, March 23. Faith's sister, Ruth Norman, who has been attending North Carolina Law School, came to the city for the Easter Holidays. The many clubs at Hunter are cooperating in promoting a "United Nations' Dance." Among our girls who are participating are Gloria Madison, Elinor DesVerney and Grace Morgan. The Toussaint Choir, directed by Rhea Jackson, will also be on the program. [[bracketed]]Joy Mearimore, one of the solo dancers of Toussaint's "Interlude" (which is being presented May 27, at Hunter) is a very talented young lady. She is a dancer, pianist, singer and director. Her singing career dates back to her childhood, when she sang in an amateur show, on a ferry boat, plying between Bridgeport, Conn., and New York. She won the prize for being the best singer. Later she sang in the A'capella Choir of Ridgewood (N.J.) High School. She also played in the orchestra of the high school. She rehearsed the choir of Emanuel AME Church for a while. She played for the Manhattan Melodiers, also the Four Squires Male Quartet. She started vocal lessons in 1942. She sings in the Hunter College Choir. Joy directs the [[footnote]]*[[/footnote 1]]Mazort Young People's Chorus. She also directs the Chaplain's Chorus. This group is presenting a concert in May. Joy has accompanied Myrtle Gauntlett and Charles Alford in concerts here. She made her debut recital Feb. 26. She has been offered a concert in Panama. She plans to tour Central and South America, giving concerts, after the war. -VV- [[/bracketed]] [[footnote: * MOZART]]
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[[image 1: black & white photograph of Bride and Groom eating wedding cake]]
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