NAACP SETS FUNDRAISER ON SATURDAY

A pre-Thanksgiving feast, flea market and art show will be held Saturday at the Cape Girardeau Civic Center, 232 Broadway.

The event, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau chapter of the NAACP, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The dinner will feature turkey and all the trimmings. Cost of the dinner is $3.50 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $1.75 for children, age 12 and under.

Dinners will be served at the civic center. In addition, there will be carryout and home delivery for those who request it. Requests can be made by calling the civic center at 335-7141, said Michael Sterling, president of the local NAACP chapter.

"We are expecting a large turnout," said Sterling. "Our goal is to sell 300 dinners."

Sterling said the event is a fundraiser for the local chapter. The public is invited to attend, he said.

The art show will feature paintings of black artists, Sterling said. The flea market will include Christmas items for children. In addition, Delta Sigma Theta sorority will be giving away assorted clothes for families.

Sterling said the event was planned by the NAACP chapter's Freedom Fund Committee, consisting of chairman Larry Gray, and members Opal McManus, Helen Sterling and Bernice Coar-Cobb.