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An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

New officers of Hallie's Golden Agers were installed by the director, Mrs. John M. Patton, at the Feb. 20 meeting when Mrs. Phillip (Alma) Freeman of Los Angeles was a special guest. Mrs. Freeman, former St. Paulite, gave a mini-concert for the club, accompanied by Mr. Jon Whitaker, in the Cultural Arts Department of the new Martin Luther King Center.

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The GOlden Agers of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center had their weekly meeting February 6 with election of officers as part of the program. Elected president was Mrs. Evelyn Robinson. Others voted to office were: Mr. Wade Hamilton, vice president; Mrs. Thelma Mays, recording secretary; Mrs. Mary Green, financial secretary; Mrs. Charles Bradley, Jr., treasurer.

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Golden Agers held their annual Christmas party at the Center on December 18 at which time gifts were exchanged and passed out by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus (David Mayes and Lorine Dillard). Seventy Golden Agers enjoyed eggnog, cookies and other goodies.

Scope and Contents A poem, typed in green ink on a paper card, reads as follows: When I was young my slippers were red/ I could kick my heels right over my head/ When I got older my slippers were blue/ But I still could dance the whole night through. Now that I'm old my slippers are black./ I walk to the corner and puff my way back./ So the reason I know that my youth is spent/ Is my get up and go has got up and went. But I really don't mind, when I think with a grin,/ Of all...

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Black and white print. Depicts Golden Agers standing together on a stage, shoulder to shoulder. Eight (8) of them, all in the front row, have been identified, left to right, as follows: H. Potts; [illegible]; Z. Eskngoll; Wade Hamilton; T. Moorland; Verda Watts; Lela Jackson; D. Williams; Emma Hyde; and E. Bailey.

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Color print. Depicts to women sitting on a park picnic bench.

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Color print. Depicts a woman standing next to a parked car in a driveway.

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Color print. Still Life.

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Color print.

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Yellow program for the annual Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Golden Agers. An excerpt from the program reads as follows:

Our sincere thanks to the Holiday Bureau, Mesdames Maceo Moody, W.D. Brown, Sr., St. Paul Open School, Mr. Dutch Sutton, Mr. Marion Stone and other friends and group members who made this celebration possible.