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July 2016 Edition

General Information Continues:

Community Activities:

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General Information:

The Association is proud to inform you that we will be sponsoring our sixth Christmas Gala the weekend of December 23-25 2016 and it is our hope that you will join us. This year we would like to get members of the former C. A. Brown choirs together to do a selection on Saturday December 24, 2016. If you are interested in participating, please contact Joey Washington. Kindly pass this on to any alumni that you may contact. Mrs. Conyers has agreed to conduct the choir. We will also honor all Eastside Businesses during the Gala Banquet.

We will utilize the beautiful North Charleston Marriott, located at 4770 Goer Drive (East Montague Ave. exit 213-B off I-26), as the official headquarters for the Gala event. To make hotel reservations, you may call the hotel directly at 1-888-747-1900, please be sure to identify yourselves as a participant of the “C. A. Brown High Alumni Association, Inc. Christmas Gala 2016” in order to receive your preferred rate of $99.00 per night single or double occupancy or use the link below to make online reservations:

Book your group rate for C.A. Brown Alumni Association.

We are excited about seeing each of you at the gala. Since an event of this magnitude takes considerable planning, your response is needed as soon as possible if you have not already contacted us. 

The cost for the entire weekend is $150.00 per couple and $80.00 single. The cost per night is $30.00 for Friday night per person and $50.00 for Saturday night per person. The Gala itinerary will be sent out by email or you may find it on our webpage or Facebook upon completion.

CABHAA GEORGE D. STANYARD SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

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The CABHAA at its regularly scheduled meeting on August 9, 2016 awarded Aaliyah Bryant, Joshua Miller and Sterling Campbell its $500.00 George D. Stanyard tuition scholarship. Their essays were received and submitted anonymously to Mr. Gerald Mackey, former English teacher at C. A. Brown High, who read and critiqued them to make the final selection.

Sterling Campbell is the grandson of Solomon Shokes (75). He is a rising junior at Morehouse College.

Aaliyah Bryant is the grandniece of Annette Gibbs (79). She will be attending the University of South Carolina-Upstate.

Joshua Miller is the grandson of Lundean W. Dingle (75). He is a rising sophomore at North Carolina A&T State University.

We are still soliciting your help with the scholarship fund. You can help by making a monetary donation. All checks or money orders should be made to the CABHAA Scholarship Fund and mailed to: CABHAA Scholarship Fund; P. O. Box 532; Ladson, S. C. 29456 for George D. Stanyard Scholarship.

The Effie M. Bryant Memorial Scholarship will be accepting applications in April 2017. Your child/children can apply for both scholarships. We are still soliciting your help with this scholarship fund. All monetary donations should be made to C. A. Brown Class of 1970 and mailed to: Sharon Coakley 210 Foxborough Road Goose Creek, SC 29445.

Don’t forget to join us on our website: and on Facebook at: C A Brown High Alumni Association, Inc. As the Association grows, we will do our absolute best to keep you posted through

e-mails, letters and by updating our web page and Facebook. The annual dues for the Association are $25.00. Membership renewal helps with our community outreach programs and other events.

We continue to worship together in church services. We worshiped at St Matthew Baptist Church in April. We will attend Emanuel AME Church on Sunday, August 21, 2016-9:30am worship service and Friendship Baptist Church America Street on December 25, 2016, ending our Gala weekend.

Upcoming & Past Events

Progressive Chapter #310, O. E. S annual “Prayer Breakfast” will be held Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:00 A. M. at Charleston Temple Association 3900 Azalea Drive – North Charleston, SC. Donation $10.00. Sister Sharon Coakley, Worthy Matron. Please see her for tickets.

Travel with “Club 310” to beautiful Cherokee, North Carolina to Harrah’s Casino on Saturday, December 10, 2016. Bus will leave from Food Lion downtown Charleston at 5:30AM. The cost is $60.00 to include free snacks on the bus and $20.00 slot incentive play. For further information contact: Sharon Coakley 843-214-0550 or Mary Dilligard at 843-276-4654.

The Association displayed a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day video tribute for the C. A. Brown/Eastside family which appeared on our website and Facebook page.

To continue honoring the Panther legacy and build a mutually beneficial partnership with C. A. Brown and Simmons-Pinckney Middle School, (formerly Rhett School), the Association has partnered with the School on Burke Campus. A trophy case will be set up displaying C. A. Brown memorabilia’s; the school will also carry the name of our Mascot, the Panther. There will be a tour of the school during our Gala weekend. We’re looking forward to great things developing from this partnership and look forward to each of you supporting this worthwhile effort. “Lead A Child”.

You’re invited to Simmons-Pinckney D-20 BACK to SCHOOL BASH located on the campus, 244 President Street, August 13, 2016 at 10am. Show your support and wear your CABHAA t-shirt!

On Sunday, August 21, 2016, we will worship at Emanuel A, M. E. Church during our third quarter group visitation. We will present the congregation with a memorial flag embodied with a picture of the school and the Emanuel 9 who lost their lives. We want them and the three survivors of that Bible study session to know that our thoughts and prayers are always with them. Church service begins at 9:30 am.

Congratulations

See Rosemary Singleton for all of your expert tailoring needs. Owner/Proprietor of her business: “Hot Needles Burning Thread” located at 7671 Northwood’s Blvd. Suite-L North Charleston, SC 29406. Call 843-735-8877 or 404-217-5050. Office hours are:

Monday - 5:00pm-9:30pm

Wednesday - 10:00am-6:00pm

Thursday - 10:00am-6:00pm

Friday - 4:30pm-9:00pm

Saturday - 9:00AM – 12:00noon

Tommie Middleton, scholarship recipient, graduated from Columbia College, Columbia, SC and has been accepted at Oklahoma University School of Law & North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is the daughter of Tommy Middleton and Penelope Middleton (82).

Joleitha Taylor Solomon received her (MBA) Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Webster University.

Louis Waring IV graduated from Faulkner Elementary School in Greensboro, NC. He is the grandson on Patricia P. Brown (68).

Ashley Chambliss granddaughter of Virgie Bryant-Green (71) and Joseph Gadsden (66) graduated from Norfolk State University with a degree in Information Systems.

Happy Birthday goes out to the following alumni association officers: Karyn Hart 8/10, Vanessa Goodwin 10/17, Mosetta Clark 11/6, Nathaniel McKnight 8/6 and Patricia Brown 11/27.

Happy Birthday goes out to the following alumni association officers: Karyn Hart 8/10, Vanessa Goodwin 10/17, Mosetta Clark 11/6, Nathaniel McKnight 8/6 and Patricia Brown 11/27.

The Alumni Association held it’s Fifth “Panther in the Park” on Saturday June 25, 2016 from 12 noon until 7:00 pm at beautiful Hampton Park in downtown Charleston with free food, fun and games for all. It was a huge success with a tremendous amount of support from our alumni’s. The kids enjoyed snow cones and a jump castle while the adults were entertained with music, dancing and playing horse shoe. We had the community and Panther family’s full support as we welcomed new faces and reminisced with others. We’re looking forward to next year.

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Alumni Officers

Joseph T. Washington (Joey), President (80)

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Sharon Coakley, Vice-President/Public Relations (70)

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Virgie Bryant-Green, Secretary (71)

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Rose Mary Singleton Assistant Secretary (71)

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Mosetta Clark, Treasurer (82)

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Richard Gathers, Assistant Treasurer (66)

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Robert Crawford, Sr., Chaplain (71)

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Blondelle C. Gadsden, Public Relations/Scholarship

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Ruth G .Coleman, BMC Chairperson (72)

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Karyn Hart, BMC (79)

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Joleitha Solomon, BMC (80)

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Vanessa Goodwin, BMC (75)

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Nathaniel McKnight, BMC (67)

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Phyllis Chinnis, BMC (67)

(CABHAA Queen 2015-2017)

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Patricia Brown BMC (68)

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Rev. David Riley, BMC (66)

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Bernice L. Brooks, Esq., (66) Out of town correspondent

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P. O. Box 532

Ladson, S. C. 29456

(843) 437-0183

For all your future events contact Crawford Photos; “We tell the story through photos, weddings, special occasions & individual artwork-framing and matting”. Call 843-875-3277.

Prayer Line

Please keep our committee members and all of the Emanuel 9 families and the three survivors in our prayers.

Let’s remember to keep all of our classmates, teachers and their families in prayer.

Memorials

Shaquan Brown, niece of Wilhelmena B. Whaley (70) and Ruth Coleman (71), celebration of life was held on Friday, July 29, 2016 in Charleston, S. C.

Annie Mae Frasier, mother of Emily S. Sampson (68) home going services was held Monday, June 20, 2016 in Charleston, SC.

Robert “Lefty” Lawrence, Sr., father of Robert, Jr., Cynthia, Karen & Sonya, funeral service celebrating his life was held Tuesday, March 8, 2016 in Charleston, SC.

Veronica Logan-Mack entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in North Charleston, SC.

Emerson M. Morris, Jr., husband of Sherral R. Morris, celebration of life was held on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Charleston, SC.

Cynthia Elaine Sanders, sister of Easter Mae Mack and Sandra Nesbitt (71), funeral service celebrating her life was held on Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Charleston, SC.

Rodrick “Rocky” Simmons (80) funeral service was held on Saturday, June 6, 2016 in Charleston, SC.

Lavonia P. Smalls, wife of Lamont Smalls (82), funeral services was held Saturday, February 20, 2016 in North Charleston, SC.

Lukey “Mullet” Snipe, Jr., brother of Juanita S. Harley (66), entered into entered into eternal rest on June 6, 2016 in North Charleston, SC.

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