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December 1980
Spelman Spotlight
Page 5 NEWS
Pascal’s Success Story
Paschal’s Motor Hotel and Restaurant is a symbol of achievement for its community.
Photo by Whitney Young
By La verne Foster
Junior Reporter
In the business world, which invariably
stands in need of more black
representation, a prominent and most
successful black business like that of
Paschal Brothers’ Moter Hotel and
Restaurant is always received as one of
blacks' finest images of achievement.
Although Mr. James Paschal, a
distinguished and impressive-looking
man. was in business since the age of
thirteen, shining shoes, running a paper
route, and doing other odd jobs, the
success story of the Paschal Brother’s
Moter Hotel and Restaurant began in
1947. At that time, their operation was
located in a residential buildingacross the
street from the present day site of
Paschal’s.
After minor business experiences with
his paper route, Mr. James Paschal and
his brother Robert, whose business
experience resulted from a job in a
drugstore, decided to courageously open
a lunch stand. “Back then." Mr. Paschal
stated, “we served lunch everyday. We did
not have a kitchen, so the food was
prepared at my brother’s house and
delivered here by cab. We had two other
employees who helped us.”
One of the problems the Paschal
brothers encoutered was acquiring a loan.
“Even today, loans are not too easily
acquired, but then, loans were (very) hard
to get, so we got a loan of S5.000 from a
white bank.” Acquiring that loan shortly
after 1947, the Paschal brothers’staff was
increased from two to fifteen and their
dining room was enlarged.
A few years later, parts of the house
were converted into dining areas and the
Paschal brothers arranged loan terms
with Citizen Trust Company, a black
bank. In 1959, the new' restaurant was
constructed, seating approximately 250
people. Today, their establishment is
composed of about 108 employees. 125
guest rooms, and 1200 seats in the dining
Continued on page 8
AUC Students Help To ‘Save The Children’
By Diane C. Moss
Jr. Reporter
Various organizations around the
Atlanta University Center are actively
supporting the “SAVE OUR
CHIL DREN” campaign.
On November 15, 1980, the Junior
Class of Morehouse College and the Miss
Junior Court of Morehouse sponsored a
search involving AUC students. Mr.
Cobbie Ransom III, a junior Urban
Studies major at Morehouse College and
president of the junior class, collaborated
with Ms. Melanie Blocker, a junior
English majorat Spelman College who is
Morehouse’s Miss Junior 1980-81 to
sponsor the search.
T he effort was sponsored in
conjunction with the Committee to
“STOP CHILDRENS MURDERS.”
Students met at the M. L. King Chapel on
the campus of Morehouse College and
proceeded to the West Hunter Street
Baptist Church where they joined other
members of the search party.
Ransom stated, “In aid to our races’
progression, we as black people must
increasingly continue to show our
concerns, pro or con, toward the various
issues and plagues that frequently
confront us.”
On October 30, 1980. the men of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity. Inc., Alpha Rho
Chapter. Morehouse College, in
Centennial Center Opens
By Julie Washington
Jr. Reporter
This 1980-81 school year is a landmark
in the history of Spelman College: This
year Spelman is celebrating its 100th year
of existence and dedication to academic
excellence for black women.
To commemorate this momentous
occasion, various displays, exhibits and
other activities have been scheduled.
The Centennial Center has a year-long
display featuring pictures, record books,
diaries, diplomas and other items that
illustrate Spelman’s history from its
establishment on April 11, 1881 to the
present.
A special feature of Centennial Center
is its listening room in which students
may listen to great speakers who have
visited the campus over the years.
An idea of a listening room was
inspired by Howard Thurman’s "The
Sound of the Genuine,” a speech he
delivered at the 1980 Spelman College
Baccalaureate Service.
The Center, located in the basement of
Packard Hall, is open Monday-Friday
from 9-5 p.m.
Other centennial activities include an
exhibit “Black Women Against the Arts,"
sponsored by Collections of Life and
Heritage Inc., w hich will be on display in
the upper concourse of Manley Center
through Dec. 21.
A series of centennial vesper services
will be held every fourth Sunday
throughout the centennial year in Sisters
Chapel. The series will feature several
guest speakers.
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