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of SECTION B--PAGE 4 THE MUNCIE STAR, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1981 Muncie Performance Scheduled Women's Movement Gets a Singer's Point of View By SHERITA CAMPBELL For The Muncie Star Kristin Lems, author of 100 songs, writes and sings about the womens movement. Lems, not embarrassed about feminism, says "'What I sing about isn't men-hating, but people loving." She and her accompanist, Tim Vear, recorded and sung The Ballad of the ERA at feminist rallies, and included it on her first album. Kristin Lems will be in concert in the Pittenger Student Center Ballroom, at 8 p.m. March 26. Tickets: are $5.

The concert is sponsored by Muncie-Delaware chapter of National Organization for Women. Lems organized the National Woman in Music Festival in 1974 on the University of Illinois campus. She marched in Chicago in 1965 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in what became her introduction to activism, freedom songs and a music career.

Her knowledge of the oil situation and the Arabs was, in part, acquired while still a student. She earned a master's degree in Asian studies, and has worked to educate people in Middle East politics. She traveled to Jerusalem, learned Hebrew, and then sang and wrote ethnic songs there. When she returned to America she taught Hebrew songs in a Jewish Sunday school and was the only non-Jew in the school. She taught a year in Iran and sung with a Persian rock and roll band, performing hit Persian rock songs.

Still a part-time student, she shares a house with six people in Urbania, and is the president of her own record company, Carolsdater Productions, named in part for her mother. The label put out her first LP and two single releases. Her first album, Oh Mama, sold over 3,000 copies. She is working on a second album called In the Out Door. Singer Marilyn UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL DALLAS Singer Marilyn Maye will recall her "eight terrible years" as a battered wife for the audience at a benefit concert to help victims of domestic violence.

do a song in my act Will Survive," Ms. Maye said. "It will have special meaning in this show, And I plan to talk about my own experiences during this performance. No one knew of Ms. Maye's problems with her husband when she Kristin Lems, feminist singer and songwriter, will perform in Muncie March 26 in Emens Auditorium.

Her appearance is sponsored by the Muncie chapter of National Organization for Women. Recalls 'Battered' her life a constant hell, Ms. Maye said, and there was no one she could tell about it. Ms. Maye, who has appeared on the Tonight Show 74 times, said the abuse came during the high point of her career.

"I had hit records. The world should have been at my feet," she said. "Who would believe what was happening? I kept on performing, praying it wasn't too obvious to the audience. "It went on for eight years," she said. "From the outside, it seems was asked to perform for the scheduled Sunday night benefit sponsored by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers.

"Finally I decided to come out of the closet," she said Wednesday. "You see, I was the victim of that kind of violence. I was a battered wife. I suffered through it for eight terrible years." The problems, she said, began 20 years ago when she realized her husband also the pianist in her backup group was an alcoholic. The physical and verbal abuse made that I should have just been able to walk out.

But it doesn't happen that way. There's too much involved. "That's why I know I have to talk up. I want other people to know they aren't the only victims, that there is something they can do. They need the strength of support.

It's important for wives and husbands to know that it can happen to anybody, anywhere." Proceeds from the benefit will support a project to provide legal aid and community resources to victims of domestic violence. Blacks Only Race Named by Color, Says Media Analyst By PAMELA NOEL blacks are rarely in the forefront of a commercial and that the Knight-Ridder Newspapers derogatory term "nigger" has somehow become chic in Redd Foxx's Since Stokely Carmichael's for Power" in the 1960s, the "Fred series. cry word has backfired as a positive term in the English language, The only time "black" means something good in the English media analyst who 10 years ago began examining how blacks language, Verner said, is when it refers to being financially in the says a were described by newspapers, television and other media. black or having a smart black dress. Brenda Verner, a Chicago-based Harvard graduate, started her "Black is associated with everything no one wants to be," she said.

mission after noticing, in garage sale memorabilia, how blacks were If you write the words "black" and then "white" on a board, school during the 1800s and early 1900s on greeting cards, children would immediately associate welfare-ghetto-lazy with "black" portrayed postcards, in advertisements, and on sheet music covers. and successful-motivated-suburban with "white." The word "black" has become a shackle, she says. It connotes the Verner first began examining the subtle nuances of language usage only segment of the world's population that is defined by color. Blacks while lecturing at Ithaca College and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. should insist, she contends, that they be called African-Americans, just "I wanted to know how whites came to think of black women as as citizens of Chinese descent are called Chinese-Americans and those mammies." Verner said.

"White women in my class really believed of Italian descent Italian-Americans. black women were born to be domestics. To back up her theories, Verner uses slides from her collection of She soon expanded her study to include images of black men and memorabilia. And, in contrast to the way the blacks there were children. Inspired by "'Roots' author Alex Haley.

portrayed by artists, she also shows Victorian studio portraits of young black women who were attending an all-girls' school in New England. White audiences, she said, sometimes can't believe what they see. Someone once even accused her of altering the slides. In one slide, a baby lies in a cradle and the cradle is carved out of watermelon. In another a Cream of Wheat advertisement from 1933 a boy in rags is eating a bowl of the cereal and has his back to a watermelon.

The message: This dish is even better than your favorite foodstuff. In yet another, a greeting card carries the message: "Ah's skeered to say it-Ah's so shy-But yo's the apple-Of my eye." "It was language that was telling us what to think," Verner points out. "The words would tell you negative things about the photos that you saw." In modern times, the messages are more subtle, she says. She and a friend monitored television advertising and noted, she said, that Whatzit? Maye This Week's Whatzit The metal item shown above measures 10 inches in length. The iron material in the center of the object is fashioned like a plate and serves a specific purpose.

Persons who want to guess what the item is, or what its purpose is, should write to Whatzit, The Muncie Star newsroom, P.O. Box 2408, Muncie, 47302. Last Week's Whatzit Five persons wrote that last week's Whatzit is a an adjustable wrench. One of the five, Charles W. Northam, permit inspector for the Indiana State Highway Commission, wrote, "I have one of these and mine is marked The Elgin, patented 6-8-'97 and I think they called it an alligator wrench.

Northam, of Portland, was in' agreement with Ron Farling, Hartford City, who also identified the item as an alligator wrench. The person who submitted the wrench, Claude Ritchie, R.R. 9, says the 1908 Sears catalog identifies the object as a "linesman's wrench. Henry C. Denney, 112 N.Hackley wrote to admit he looked up the edition of the Sears catalog and found it listed in the book.

Wanda Ray, Mount Summit, said she believes it is called a Victor wrench. And Mike Elton, R.R. 1, Parker City, simply said it was adjustable. (Star Photos) Weddings Morrow Sakel YORKTOWN Ann Marie Sakel and John Wallace Morrow were married during a 6:30 p.m. wedding March 14 in Chandler (Ind.) United Methodist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. John Sakel, Newburgh, are parents of the bride. Mr. and Mrs.

G. Junior Morrow, Yorktown, are parents of the bridegroom. Vicki Sprengel, Boonville, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Vicki Harlos, Indianapolis, and Jennifer Morrow, Bloomington, sister of the bridegroom. Tim Gant, Muncie, was best man.

Groomsmen were Brad Cooper, Bluffton, and Mike Morrow, Anderson, cousin of the bridegroom. Ushers were John Scott Sakel, Muncie, brother of the bride, and Greg Hartman, Goshen. The bride is a 1975 graduate of Castle High School, Newburgh, and earned a degree in social work from Ball State University in 1978. She is a medical social worker in Fountainview Place Health Care Facility: Her husband is a 1975 graduate of Yorktown High School and attended Salem (W.Va.) College. He is currently studying nursing at Anderson College.

He is a member of Sigma Nu Sigma and received a Jaycee's Outstanding Young Men in America Award in 1980. They live in Muncie. Ritchie Thurman Jacqueline K. Thurman and Alan Arthur Ritchie were married during a 2 p.m. ceremony March 14 in Reed Station Christian Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Thurman, R.R. 6, are parents of the bride. Mr.

and Mrs. Claude Ritchie, R.R. 9, are parents of the bridegroom. Debbie Thurman, Muncie, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Years Anniversaries Mrs.

Paul Reed Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reed, 1212 E. 15th will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary during a private family celebration Sunday, April 5, in the the Holiday Inn. They were married March 25, 1931, in Vigo County.

They are the parents of Nellie Dudley, Muncie, and have four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They lived in Virgo County until moving to Muncie in 1941. Reed retired from Broderick Co. in 1977 after 37 years of service as supervisor. Stanley Vergene Bentz WINCHESTER Mr.

and Mrs. Stanley Bentz, R.R. 2, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary during an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Wallowbrock Intentors 1107 S. Tillotson, Muncie (317) 747-1118 Featuring WALLPAPER OFF NOW thru MARCH 31 FOR COMMUNITY INTEREST McCOY'S KEYBOARD MUSIC IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE AN ORGAN CONCERT AT THE MUNCIE CENTRAL AUDITORIUM FEATURING, ROCK FERRANTE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

MARCH, 23rd 7:00 p.m. THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! SPONSORED BY McCoy's Keyboard Music 801 W. JACKSON PH. 282-3136 MRS. JOHN MORROW MRS.

ALAN RITCHIE White Weaver DUNKIRK Stephana Ann Weaver and David C. White were married during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony March 14 in Gods Freewill Tabernacle, Gaston. Mr. and Mrs.

Don L. Weaver, R.R. 2, are parents of the bride. Judy Morris, also of Muncie, was bridesmaid. Nikki Clevenger, Muncie, cousin of the bride, was flower girl.

John Goth, Muncie, was best man, while Nathan Jackson, Muncie, was groomsman. Ushers, both of Muncie, were Scott Smith and Bud Thurman, brother of the bride. The bride is a 1979 graduate of Wes-Del High School and works in the business office at The Muncie Star and Muncie Evening Press. Her husband is a 1978 graduate of Wes-Del and is a member of the Gaston Lions Club. He is a farmer.

They live in Muncie. They are the parents of James A. Dawson, Muncie, and Lyda Paige Dawson, at home. They have lived in Delaware County for 25 years. Dawson is a sergeant in the juvenile division of the Muncie Police Department.

Mrs. Dawson, the former Eyolene Minnick, is a teacher at Franklin Middle School. They are members of the First Baptist Church. Richard Carolyn Ross Mr. and Mrs.

Richard W. Ross, 2912 N. Westwood Road, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary March 31. They were married March 31, 1956, in herman REALTOR INSURANCE brown 286-8400 Sunday, March 29, in their home. Family and friends are invited to attend.

The couple request gifts be omitted. They were married March 29, 1936, at Winchester in the home of Rev. Zelma Mills. Mrs. Bentz is the former Vergene Rowe.

They are the parents of Larry Bentz, Union City. They have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. James James Eyolene Dawson Mr. and Mrs. 1808 N.

Colson their 25th wedding week. They were 1956, in Pendleton Church with Rev. ciating. They will be celebration in Mr. and Mrs.

Charles White, Springport, are parents of the bridegroom. Lisa Weaver, Dunkirk, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Raymond Phillips, Middletown, was best man. Ushers were Don L. Weaver Tuscon, brother of the bride, and Mike Price, Blountsville, brother-in-law of the bridegroom.

The bride is a 1978 graduate of Delta High School and a 1981 graduate of Southeastern Academy. Her husband is a 1978 graduate of Blue River High School and works at Chevrolet-Muncie. They live in Middletown. Muncie with the late T.J. Miller officiating.

Mrs. Ross is the former Carolyn Harker. They are the parents of Cpl. Richard A. Ross, Camp Lejeune, N.C.: Aaron B.

and Todd M. Ross, both at home: and Victoria Ross, Panama City, Fla. They have two grandchildren. They have lived in Muncie most of their lives, but lived in Dallas, Texas, in 1968, when Ross worked for the American District Telegraph Co. He is now: district manager in the circulation department of The Muncie Star and Muncie Evening Press.

He is a member of American Legion Post 19 and the Forty and Eight. Mrs. Ross is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. James E. Dawson, Drive, will celebrate anniversary this married March 24, (Ind.) Christian James Horner offi- honored at a formal Beachler's Fine Furniture of Hagerstown Your Drexel Heritage Gallery Drexel Heritage' At Beachler's A beautiful experience in "Design for your home.

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