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Public Employee Press
Local 420 women hold a
tea party Usually,
we celebrate Mothers Day with cards, flowers and dinner as tokens of our
love. But on Saturday, May 5, the ladies of Local 420 celebrated with a pre-Mothers
Day tea. The Womens Committee of Municipal Hospital Employees Local 420
sponsored the event and billed it as the Sophisticated Ladies Social Program.
Co-chair
Patsy Carter presided and committee member Ursula Joseph served as the mistress
of ceremonies. Minister Eunice Sebro offered the benediction and Committee Chair
Anita Holder introduced keynote speaker Evangelist Edith Pledger of the Greater
Zion Hill Baptist Church. She spoke about her work with the Prison Ministrys
outreach program. When Local 420s own Geneva Burch read two of her poems,
Super Woman and In a Mothers Absence, the audience
gave her their rapt attention.
Decked out in festive dresses, large bonnets
and big smiles, the mothers, aunts, and grandmothers of Local 420 feasted on a
special lunch menu, while a fashion show unfolded for their enjoyment. In a turn
of the tables, the younger generation, dubbed the Inkets, got to serve
instead of being served. They wore aprons and uniforms and also got some
lessons in etiquette, said Holder.
It was their day, and the
mothersalong with the aunts and grandmothersenjoyed themselves,
said Isabel Figueroa, 1st vice president of Local 420.
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