3rd Annual Cotillion Ball (1974)
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Title
3rd Annual Cotillion Ball (1974)
Subject
African American Women, Post-Secondary Education, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.,
Description
This source is the booklet for the third annual Cotillion Ball held in May of 1974 at the Ramada Convention Center. It includes biographies and photographs of Retha Cobb, Wendy Freeman, Clara Giddens, Gina Jackson, Diane Nearing, Donna Rivers, Susan Smith, Tuwanna Thorton, Janice Williams, and Alcarcilus Shelton as well as many advertisements for local businesses.
List of Debutantes:
| First Name | Last Name | Married name (1981) | Parents | Sponsor | Escort | Address | Church | School | Planned College | Planned Major | Updates (1981) |
| Janice Marie | Williams | Rev. and Mrs. James Thornton | Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Griggs | Paul Hursey, Jr. | 807 N Fifth Street, C | St. Luke C.M.E. | University High/Centennial High | University of Illinois | Law and Psychiatry | ||
| Tuwanna Eulala | Thornton | Rev. and Mrs. Hugh James Thornton | Hugh James Thornton | Tony Weatherspoon | 807 N Fifth Street, C | St. Luke C.M.E. | Centennial High | Parkland College | Music and Drama | ||
| Susan Margaret | Smith | Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Smith | Earl E. Smith | Sammie Britten | 1302 Crispus Drive, C | Salem Baptist Church | Centennial High | Southern Illinois University | Communications | graduated in 1979 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a B.S. in family services; presently pursuing her M.A. in Media Communications at Governors State University and plans to work in public/community relations. She resides in Park Forest, IL. | |
| Alcarcilus Christina | Shelton | Boodram | Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shelton | Albert Shelton | Edward Sykes, Jr. | 1803 S. Anderson, U | Macedonia Baptist Church | Urbana High | University of Illinois | Technical Physicist | |
| Donna Kay | Rivers | Butts | Mr. and Mrs. Allen A. Rivers, Jr. | Allen A. Rivers, Jr. | Eric Lewis | 109 Stanage, C | Bethel A.M.E. Church | Central High | n/a | freelance writer | attended Western Illinois University in Macomb for a year and a half. At WIU she majored in English and music and worked at the Black House. In 1975 she married Charles A. Butts, Sr.; they are presently residents of Champaign and they are the parents of two sons; presently employed by Unit School District #4 (Champaign) at Columbia School .as a teachers aide |
| Diane Carolyn | Nearing | Mr. and Mrs. George Nearing | George Nearing | Thomas Ingram | 2083C Orchard, U | St. Luke C.M.E. | Urbana | Hampton Institute/Northern Illinois University | Nursing | ||
| Gina Annette | Jackson | Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Giddens | Edwin R. Giddens | Randolph Johnson | 1210 W. Eureka, U | Mt. Olive Baptist | Urbana | n/a | n/a | attended the University of Illinois until 1976; became a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.; In 1976 joined the U.S. Army | |
| Clara Mae | Giddens | Thorpe | Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Giddens | Oscar Giddens | Edward Thorpe, Jr. | 1203 N. Sixth, C | Northside Church of Christ | Centennial High | Parkland College | n/a | attended Parkland College; in 1979 to marry her Cotillion escort, Edward Thorpe, Jr.; moved to Texas as he was enlisted in the armed services. After a year and a half away they have recently returned to Champaign |
| Wendy Paulette | Freeman | Higgins | Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Freeman | Frederick A. Freeman | Raphael Harrison, Jr. | 711 Tawney Ct., C | Mt. Olive Baptist | Centennial High | Illinois State University | Special Education | |
| Retha | Cobb | Mrs. Mamie Cobb | Franklin Cobb | Clarence Wilson | 1211 W. Bradley, C | n/a | Central High | Durham College, NC | Law |
Date
25 May 1974
Identifier
http://eblackcu.net/portal/items/show/523
http://eblackcu.net/portal/archive/files/ball_1974_d5566bf7ff.pdf
Collection
Citation
"3rd Annual Cotillion Ball (1974)," in Cotillion Yearbook Database, Item #28, https://eblackcu.net/cotillions/items/show/28 (accessed April 19, 2024).
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