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Dr. FerrebeeBanquetedBOSTON. MASS. (Special)— Last Friday a delightful banquet was given by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in honor ofOr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee of Washington, O. C\, Grand Basileus of the Sorority, and Dr. Mary C. Wright. Regional Director of the North Atlantic Region, in the private dining room at the C olonial Kitchen.Dr. Wright, well known in Greater Boston for her outstanding civic contributions, brought greetings fiom the Regional Convention held in Baltimore during May. Dr. Ferebee. one of the country’s distinguished physicians, gave the main address. She was introduced by Soror Lucy Mitchell, Basileus of Psi Omega Chapter. Dr. Ferebee inspired her audience with a recital of how the Sorority has grown from an organization almost purely social in its activity to an institution of great national strength in which serious minded women are banded together to promote racial progress.The banquet closed with the presentation of gifts to the guests of honor and the inspirational singing of sorority songs led byCorinne Howe, basileus chapter. Soror Gertrude banquet chairman, was mistress of ceremonies.Dr. DOROTHY FERREBEE, head of A.K.A. Sorority.
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Hartford Springfield Chronicle
Springfield, Massachusetts, US
Sat, Jun 15, 1940
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