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TENNESSEE TALES
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Tennessee Tales has been written by
several people, such as Kathy of
Chattanooga, Larry Foster, and B.K.
of Knoxville.
B.K. of Knoxville has done the major
portion of report for Tennessee Tales
in recent issues. We appreciate his
efforts and welcome others from
Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville,
Chattanooga, and points in between,
to let us know what is happening in
Tennessee.
Well, it seems there were
a few mistakes in last
month’s issue that I would
like to straighten out for you.
It seems that the Carousel
Cub was totally forgotten
about in the last issue.
Honey, the Carousel is doing
just fine and is hopping with
goodlooking trade. It seems
that when the weather gets
hot so does the trade. Our
competition had a couple of
mistakes in his AD in last
month’s issue. Europa is not
the only gay bar in town, he
forgot about the hottest, the
Carousel Cub. The show
director at Europa is not
Jamie Chambers because
Miss Gay Tennessee, Jamie
Chambers is the show
director at the Carousel
Cub. How some people can
get so dizzy, I’ll never know.
Jamie has really gotten
the shows together and he’s
working up some of the
hottest numbers I’ve ever
seen. In her cast now is Miss
Chattanooga, Andrian
Sanchez, Daffodile Murphy,
Porsche Logan, who is filling
in for Francine Wilson while
she is on vacation, and
Arlene Davis, who is back
from Memphis.
The Carousel is now open
at 12 noon daily serving the
best deli sandwiches in town.
Bob is your cook serving you
die finest meats, including
his own. Your bartenders
are David Fleming, alias
Peggy; Bob is your cook
serving you the finest meats,
including his own. Your
bartenders are David
Fleming, alias Peggy; James
Hoskins, Jackson Long (hey,
hey); and Barbra. Your
waiters are Jackie, Charlie,
Dale, and Steve; Fran was
playing Ginger Rogers on the
Dance Floor and fell and
broke her arm so she’ll be
out for awhile. Eddie Lyons
is your Disc Jockey and
Queenie or Baby Blimp,
whichever you prefer; is on
lights, and putting away two
gallons of COKE a night.
Until next month - Stay Hot
B, L.
July action in Ten
nessee centered around the
Go Go Club in Chatanooga.
The Go Go Club was host to
the first annual MISS GAY
TRI STATE PAGEANT on
July 15th...
Wade Hampton the
owner of the Go Go Club and
the fantastic showdirector
Mr. Jimmy Dee really went
£11 out and came up with a
beautiful pageant. The club
was completely redecorated
and dressed up for the oc
casion. Contestants from
Georgia, Alabama, and
Tennessee put on a fantastic
display of clothes and
talent... Prize money was
$400 for winner, $200 for 1st
runner up, and $100 for 2nd
runner up.
Representing the state of
Georgia mostly from Atlanta
were; Lisa Fraymonte, Dina
Jacobs, Lady Shawn, Kim
Mills, Vicki Lawrence and
Gina St. John. The state of
Alabama and especially
Birmingham was well
represented by Missy
Malone and Tina Louise
MontclifHI.
Tennessee contestants
came from Nashville,
Chatanooga, Johnson City
and Knoxville. These cities
sent their top talents such as
Amber Sinclair, Darla Child,
Crystal Lambego, Sheila
Sexton, Samantha Starr,
Wendy Meadows (I am
going to get me a bite of this
lovely beauty no matter what
her hubby Bill thinks), and
Satan Fabray.
The judges were Miss
Gay Florida, Hot Chocolate;
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Jody Paramour, Sheila
Moore, Mr. John Thomas,
Mr. Dick Kavana, and
Sharon Nicholson.
Judging was in Evening
gown (what a lovely gown
creation that Vicki Lawrence
presented), Sportswear
(Lady Shawn must have
scored very high in this
category) and talent com
petition. (stunning the
performance of Crystal
Lambego doing a LaBelle
number, all with costume,
smoke and fireworks).
The emcees for the
evening were Mr. Mickey
Day and Mr Jimmy Dee.
Special entertainment
was provided by Jimmy Dee
doing Diana Ross better than
anybody in the country.
Fireballing Hot Chocolate -
that tall talent of Miss Candi
Cane • the buxom beauty and
talent of Mr. Mickey Day •
Miss Gay Chatanooga of ’76
Cheerleader and some
gorgeous male leads.
The tension ran high
when it came to the crowning
of the winners.
Hie surprise winner and
the new queen of the Tri
State Pageant was deser-
vingly the dynamic Crystal
Lambego sponsored by the
Your-open club in Knoxville.
First Runner up and
giving a great run for the
money was the elegant
beauty of Lady Shawn.
Second runner up was
Vicki Lawrence.
Darla Child and Dina
Jacobs rounded out the top
five finalists
The contestants voted the
prize of Miss Congeniality to
Lisa Fraymonte.
All and all it was a
fantastic evening and I wish
to extend my congratulations
to all the winners and to
Crystal Lambego, Good Luck
at the Miss Gay America
Pageant where she is to
represent the Tri-State area.
BK
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The Long Journey Begins
ED'S NOTE:
This is the third in a three part series
on Father George Hyde and th6
Eucharistic Catholic Church. The
Quest published in the June issue of
the BARB gave the fascinating
backgorund of George Hyde. The
Question in the July issue of the
BARB dealt with Father Hyde's
decision to minister to gay people,
and The Long Journey Begins, tells
the story of achurch reaching out to
gay people in 1947!
In e^irly 1947 the
congregation was able to
secure a large second floor
accommodation on Peachtree
Street in Atlanta. By night
the room was a dance hall.
Here church services were
held for the next several
years. Within a year a
second parish was
established at Savannah,
Ga., followed later bv new
congregations in North
Carolina, Virginia and
Washington, D.C.
At its height, the
Eucharistic Catholic Church
numbered about 1,300
members - male and female;
homosexual and
heterosexual, though ad
mittedly the heterosexual
members numbered only a
fraction.
Throughout its history,
the ministry of the
Eucharistic Catholic Church
and its pioneering priests
was never nationally known.
Indeed, no deliberate effort
ever was made to seek at
tention or publicity outside
the several parish boun
daries. Primarily this was
due to the sincere feelings of
those involved that they were
not doing anything so very
exceptional, but only that
which was very natural.
(And as one person said,
“what is so special about
doing that which is natural to
one’s life-style?’’)
While the Church did not
attract attention throughout
the gay community
nationally, it did attract the
attention of Senator Joseph
McCarthy who was engaged
in this era in an extensive
warfare against “com
munists and homosexuals’’
in the government, the news
media, education and the
arts.
The Eucharistic Catholic
Church and its gay ministry
has survived. Senator
McCarthy and his hate
machine did not!
The first attempt at an
outreach to the national gay
community came in 1954
when the page of ONE
Magazine (an early
homosexual publication) was
employed to announce the
existence of an open ministry
to and for the gay com
munity. The response to this
notice was only modest, but
was the indirect cause of the
establishing of additional
missions in other sections of
the country. Interestingly, at
this period in time many gays
actually denounced this gav
ministry. Apparently it
made some feel un
comfortable and insecure,
since it did not have, as one
person said, ‘the strength
and the validity of other
churches’. But primarily, it
was because they seriously
feared that any association
with such an open activity
would result in their being
“foundout”.
Because of the outlook of
some of the newer
associates, the congregations
of the Eucharistic Catholic
Church became, at least on
the surface if not actually,
exclusively homosexual in
membership. The
philMOphy which created
this situation was contrary to
the intent of the initial
ministry, which proclaimed
throughout that an exclusive
homosexual church which, in
the exercise and practice of
religion, treated
heterosexuals differently,
was as wretched as the
exclusively heterosexual
church which for so many
years had treated
homosexuals in the same
manner.
Some of the newer
members were overly
anxious to become “up
front’’ in their fight for
respect, recognition and civil
rights, whereas the majority
felt the time was not yet, and
that a more effective and
stable movement would be
bom of ‘activity by example’;
to witness, to demonstrate by
a way of life, that the
homosexual is not in every
case a criminal, not always
unstable, not always without
roots in the community
structure. This dissension
within the Church was the
major influence causing
Father George to apply to the
Holy Synod of the Orthodox
Catholic Church to receive
the Eucharistic Catholic
Church into its membership
as an autonomous diocese.
The response to this appeal
was very positive. In
February 1957 the Holy
Synod granted the Church
affiliation and membership
in the greater whole of the
Orthodox Catholic Church.
On May 7 of this year, the
Reverend George Hyde was
confirmed as Bishop of
Washington, Atlanta and the
American Missions, and with
the concurrence of the synod
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