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Weddings, engagements, events... 4A-Burlcson Star. Monday. August 12.1991
Hip Pocket's Picnic
a summer romance
MRS. ANTHONY DION HOLCOMB
...Rhonda Schemen Bentley
Bentley—Holcomb
exchange wedding
vows at Immanuel
Baptist on June 8th
The, Immanuel Baptist Church
in Abilene, Texas, was the setting of
the June 8, 1991, 1 p.m. ceremony
uniting Rhonda Schemen Bentley of
Midland, with Anthony Dion
Holcomb of Midland in marriage.
The bride is the daughter of
Ronald R. (Ron) and Dian Bentley,
former residents of Burleson, and
graduates of Burleson High School,
currently residents of Oklahoma City.
The groom is the son of Wayne and
Theola Fields of Midland.
Rev. H.S. Calahan, the bride's
grandfather and former pastor of Cal-
vary Baptist Church in Burleson
performed the ceremony. The bride's
gandinother is a former school teacher
in the Burleson Public Schools.-
Paternal grandparents of the
bride areRay and Irene Bentley, for-
mer residents of Burleson. Ray was a
former Burleson city manager, and
Irene was in the real estate business.
Maid of honor was Chris Wat-
son of Midland, and matron of honor
was Christy Strickland of Midland.
Best man was Brad Brown of
Midland. Kevin Bentley, of Okla-
homaCity, brotherof the bride, served
as groomsman and Shawn Bentley,
brother of the bride of Oklahoma
City and Sean Atchley of Midland
served as ushers.
The flowergirl was Shari
Holcomb of Midland, daughter of
the groom, and Randy Atchley of
Midland served as candlelighter.
The bride is a graduate of Robert
E. Lee High School in Midland, and
attended Midland College.
The couple honeymooned on a
Caribbean cruise and make their home
in Midland.
Hip Pocket Theatre will open
William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning play Picnic Aug. 9 for a four-
week run, closing Sept. 1 Perform-
ances are Friday, Saturday, and Sun-
day at 9 p.m. at the Oak Acres Am-
phitheatre, 1620 Las Vegas Trail, in
Fort Worth.
Picnic, subtitled a "summer ro-
mance," was first produced in New
York in 1953, directed by Joshua
Logan and featured a young new actor
named Paul Newman, along with Kim
Stanley and Eileen Heckart. Inge had
previously written Come Back. Little
Sheba, and Bus Stop, and wanted to
"write something on the porch in the
sunshine," in contrast to dark, inte-
rior settings of those plays.
Guest DirectorSharon Benge has
assembled a stellar cast to recreate
this classic piece of American the-
atre. The action of the play takes
place in die early fifties over Labor
Day weekend on the porches and in
the yards of two small houses that sit
close beside each other in a small
Kansas town.
The occupants of the houses are
Helen Potts (played by Peggy Bott),
a widow lady who lives with her aged
and invalid mother. Next door is the
Ownes family: Flo (Melinda Wood),
another widow lady, and her two
young daughters, Madge (Lorca
Simons) and Millie (Jessica Kaman),
the younger tom-boy sister.
The Owens have a. boarder,
Rosemary Sydney (Dena Brinkley
Phillips), an old maid school teacher,
who's courted by Howard Bevans
(Ronnie Franks), who owns a small
shop. Madge in turn is hopelessly
pursued by Bomber, the paper boy
(Britt West), and more seriously by
Alan Seymour (Thomas Orr), her
boyfriend, the son of a local wealthy
Into their common existence
come Hal Carter, played by Dallas
actor John Morgan, a co-founder of
the newly-established Kitchen Dog
theatre. Hal is a drifter; Inge calls him
a "youngvagabond," and he’s come
into town hoping his old college pal
Alan will g;ve him a job.
He does some chores for Mrs.
Potts and reluctantly becomes partof
the life of these neighbors, intruding
and disrupting their habits and rela-
tionships. All of the women are
touched irrevocably by him, and re-
spond with feelings of resentment,
enchantment, and passion.
Others in the cast include Tricia
Franks and Yvette Lyons playing the
two school teachers Irma and
Christine.
Zelmer Phillips will design the
reperentational set with pieces of the
houses; Diane Simons is designing
the period costumes; with lighting
design by John Leach and sound
design by Richard Hill.
Kerry Kleiman is providing
choreography and hair styling is by
the Nail and Hair Shoppe.
James Quave's Oak Acres Res-
turant provides delicious meals and
refreshments beginning at 7 p.m.
Individual tickets are $12 for
adults on Friday and Saturday, with
discounts for students, senior citi-
zens, military at $ 10, and $8 for chil-
dren 12 and under; with $8 adult
tickets on Sundays, and students/
senior citizens/military at $6, and $5
for kids. Reduced rates are also avail-
able for groups of 10 or more.
Patrons may use their American
Express, MasterCard, Visa, Passbook
Club.orTandy Coupons. Tickets can
be secured through Rainbow Tickey-
M aster or by calling the Box Office at
(817)927-2833.
Cecilia Galvan
Cecilia Galvan
. nominated for
mathematics
Cecilia Galvan, who attends
Burleson Junior High,was nominated
for a national award in mathematics
by Brenda Johns, a mathematics
teacher at the school. Galvan will ap-
pear in the United States Achieve-
ment Academy Official Yearbook,
published nationally.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
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First Baptist brings brotherhood
to New Orleans housing projects
BY LORI ELMORE
Youth Minster, Mike Henson,
along with 45 kids and 15 adults
headed down to New Orleans to the
Fischer housing projects, a govern-
ment housing project on a church
mission to spread the word of God,
and incorporate love and fellowship
to those in need.
The group spent the week of J uly
29 through Aug. 2 at the projects,
coaxing an apprehensive community
into the many activities Henson and
his followers had planned.
From9 to 11 a.m. Henson sgroup
sponsored a recreation program,
which included playing dodge ball,
kick ball, and games to serve as an
ice-breaker to get the youngsters ot
Cj
the projects to join in the tun . From
2 until 4 p.m., the theme’s spotlight
was a backyard Bible club, where en-
tertainment from clowns, puppets,
arts and crafts, Bible stories, and
music were featured. Refreshments
were offered and the youngsters en-
joyed the foods that some of them
had never had before.
"We had bananas for them. We
had them (the bananas) cut up, and
they (the children) didn't know how
to peel them," Henson remembered,
"so we showed them how to peel their
banana and eat them."
The area is by the most part, a
dangerous place to live, but Henson
and his group were not deterred. Other
residents in the immediate area
warned Henson and his followers that
the area had a reputation of high
crime.
"A lot of people in the area tried
to discourage us from going in there."
The children in Henson's group re-' up with the Fischer projects, based on
ceived an eye-opening experience to l^e s‘ze Hensons group and the
in Atlanta is a nationwide network.
The group was connected with Joan
Stovall, mission director of New
Orleans. Stovall matched the group
the conditions of poverty.
"It kind of hit home, that these
kids don't have anything,” Henson
said about the youth group’s reac-
tions to theconditions of the projects.
"A lot of kids wore the same clothes
five straight days. We had a lot of
little bitty kids one and two years old
and their brother and sisters would
bring them out.”
The Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention based
kinds of activities they offered. Hen-
son and church members travel every
year, going to Minnesota last year,
and venturing to Nebraska the year
before.
Henson was able to work with a
pastor of the Fischer Community
Baptistchurch, Thomas Glover, who
has been in the community eight
years, andwho was able to help Hen-
son and his group gain the commu-
nity's trust.
Time out
for quiet thought
The heat of the day gave way to relaxing in the grass while sharing
thoughts and friendship, warm weather and warm feelings.
Funding for the trip was raised
through fundraisers which included a
service auction where the members
would donate their time to do serv-
ices such as lawn-mowing, with the
proceeds to go for the youth group's
trip. The ehurch also raised funds
through DFW Research Company's
foodtasting survey. The church used
120 people to sample various edible
products for the company and give
them their opinions of the products.
Through this venture, the church
raised $1,500. Each child that was
able to make the trip was required to
pay an additional $85 dollars. Not a
bad investment for Five days of food,
fun and fellowship.
"The difference by the end of the
week was incredible," Henson said
of the experience. The community
had gone from apprehension with the
busload of outsiders to total trust as a
blending of brotherhood between
blacks and whites came together in
the name of Christianity.
First Baptist Church of Burleson
portrays a shining example of caring
and love.The city of Burleson can be
proud to call this church one of their
own.
MR. ANDMRS. HARVEY MOON
...Gwen Arnwine
i
Arnwine—Moon
unite in Burleson
Gwen Arnwine,of Visalia,Calif, groomsman. Blaze Lambert, grand-
and Harvey Moon, of Santa Fe son of the groom, was the ring bearer,
vSprings, Calif., were united in holy Sam Lambert, the groom's son-in-
matrimony at Reece Prairie Baptist law, was an usher.
Church, Burleson, Texas on June28, The bride and groom are both
J991 residents of Burleson. The bride, hav-
The ceremony was conducted ing lived in Visalia for the last 15
by Rev. Larry Elsea, pastor of Reece years, and the groom having lived in
Prairie Baptist church, the bride, Santa Fe Springs for the last three and
given in marriage by her son-in-law, a half years, became reacquainted in
Kenneth Metz, was attended by her California after not having seen each
daughter, Tracie Metz, as matron of other in 15 years,
honor, and by Rhonda La.nbert, After an extended honeymoon
daughter of the groom, as bride's on the Texas coast, the bride and
matron. Sandi Metz, granddaughter groom will make their home in Dal-
of the bride was flowergirl. las. The groom will be employed by
Randy and Cary Moon, both sons DART as Managerof Systems Safety
He's not heavy, he's my brother
These two apparently enjoyed each other's company-a happy rider con-
tent upon a willing friend's shoulders.
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