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September 1976, THE BARB 6
Florida Reports
by Peter T mas
ED’S N-’ Flossie is one of
those ra t: persons who is always
there wb -n you need her. She
never really agreed to become a
regular columnist, we just kept
asking her what was going on
and she let us know. She also
gave us regular critiques on our
grammer and spelling. Atlanta
staff people began to wait for
Flossie’s column to get their
“grade” on last month’s work.
It seems impossible that
Flossie has been toiling away for
two years! We wish she would
stay with us a little longer and
perhaps she will. We know her
retirement is imminent. We can
not replace Flossie, but hopefully
we will find someone with a
healthy percentage of the
dedication and love that Flossie
has given her column and the
BARB.
Can you believe, my
little pussycats, that Sep
tember is already here?
Such wonderful month to
take a vacation so won’t you
visit MY wonderf i State of
Florida and discover the true
meaning of Paradise?
September is also an
niversary time for Flossie
who celebrates two full years
with THE BARB this month.
Hang on to momma’s tail,
pussycats, as we go skipping
to the Florida hotspots.
FT. LAUDERDATE: Let me
call you Sweethearts, I’m in
love with you! If that rings a
bell so will WAYNESART’S
new sculpture
SWEETHEARTS depicting
the heavenly glow of tender
love between a young boy
and girl. America’s noted
artist Wayne Hampton has
done it again with this
sensational new work that is
a perfect gift for a king or a
queen. Mr. Hampton has
become, in three short years,
one of the best known artists
in the United States, and his
creations are very much in
demand not only here, but all
over the world. What more
priceless a gift for Christmas
than a work of art, Write to
Waynesart, 28 Southeast 9th
3L.
We've
what
you
want
Street, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
33316 for details, and order
now to make sure your
Christmas order is filled.
And don’t fo
get to ask about FRIEND-
Sand FIRST LOVE bpth
showing two young men in
love, just perfect for wyour
special friend!... More an
niversary news with Peter
and Ed of the lovely BELA-
MAR MOTEL celebrating
their seventeenth an-
niversarytogether.
than ever with contests, spec
al events, and haply hours
PRACTICALLY every day
and night. TACKY’S is one
WayMurt'i New Scnlptnre “SWEETHEARTS’
Congratulations, my
pussycats, and many, many
more! Incidentally, kiddies,
that is THE place to stay
when vacationing in Ft.
Lauderdale, where the you-
know-whats are!...The
LAUDERDALE BEACH
BAR is now open from 1:00
P.M. until 2:00 A.M. so do
drop in for 13 hours of
moonshine in the sunshine.
There’s a Sunday Buffet
from three to six p.m. just in
case you get the mun-
chies...TACKY’S is busier
We've got everything you
expect in a really great
vacation. And then some.
Ocean beaches. Sparkling
pool. Tea Dances. Famous
Poop Deck Disco. C
frvtHc Do3ii41ful ■
of Ft. Lauderdale’s super-
topbars thanks to Bobby Joe
and Jim, who by the way just
celebrated their 10th year
together. Congratos you
little darlings! THE POOP
DECK remains at the top of
my list of favorite eating
places, and as often as I go,
there is always a new dish
(honey, please, I’m talking
about FOOD) to try.
Excellent cuisine along with
top-notch sercice by
BEEY OOTEEFULL people
makes dining here the
TREAT of the year...New
disco SON OF
FRANKENSTEIN at 1791 W.
\ Broward Blvd. has now
'opened Le JARDIN which
specializes in crepes.
Dearie, that’s a fancy
pancake, not a dress
material. Reports on this
new spot are pure rave
notices so put on your
firuitboots and stomp on out
there...Just returned from
; haming my hair styled at the
HAIR CLINIC, 2028 E.
Oakland Park Blvd., one of
the town’s top styling
saloons. Want to be as
pretty as me? Then do
yourself a favor and call 561-
8416 for your appointment
today. P.S. It’s reasonable
too! I just adore
EVERYTHING Italian, and
that includes Italian food,
and the best bet in town is
TONY’S VILLA at 2468
Wilton Manor Drive. Just
call 563-1201 for reservations
and directions. Good food,
reasonable prices, pleasant
-atmosphere, plus take-out
superpizzas as well as sit-
down dinners...Discoed over
to the TANGERINE and had
a supernight as always. I
was lured upstairs for a
pinball game, and I lit up
with all the beauties there.
Go see for -yourself and
whether you disco or dine
downstairs, or play in the
UPSTAIRS at the
TANGERINE you’ll have an
evening to remember.
MIAMI: My heavens to
Betsy, I went to the RACK on
bare chest night and I
fainted. How much ex
citement can a girl take?
Brunches, buffets, western
garb, gorgeous brutes, and
bare chest nites mafe this
spot in the Dallas Park Hotel
a place to visit time and time
again. Being a lady I did
NOT go topless but I must
admit between you,me and
the cowboys, that I did NOT
wear a bra. Some days I’m
just a brazen hussy...The
STONEWALL TOO at the
8000 CLUB is making
discohistory with all the
hunky young numbers
sashaying around, jsunday
afternoon barbeque time is
Four P.M., and if you like to
eat, I’m sure you’ll find
something there... If you
want to get into the swim of
things we suggest that you
paddle on over to the CLUB
MIAMI baths where a boy
can get happy, and stay
happy 24 hours a day. Towel
anyone?
That’s about it. Sorry
that I don’t have time or
space to mention all the very
superplaces in Florida, but I
do welcome news from all
over the STATE. Do drop me
a line. Write to Peter
Thomas, 3801 N. 0<ean
Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida 33308, and clue me in
on your bar, club, restaurant,
or whatever and I’ll find
space anytime, anywhere,
and anyhow, just for you. A
personal and loving good
wishes to my dearest friends
Chick and Jerry celebrating
their 32nd anniversary on
October* 3rd. Now that’s
what Flossie calls
TOGETHERNESS . Love
you all, bless you all.
MOTHER F’
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been in getting an acceptable
script. She has no con
tractual authority, but
claimed that producer
George Englund has been
consulting her. Still
. unresolved, she said, is the
question of who will play the
young runner opposite Paul
Newman’s coach. She gave
little credence to the rumors
that have had Jan-Michael
Vincent and Richard Thomas
up for the role, and said
they’ll probably go with an
unknown actor: “Vincent
and Thomas would make
good beefcake, but they
don’t look like distance
runners.’’ (Englund might
check out his own family; his
son, Adam, would fit both
qualifications.)
Another guest of the
conference was Dr. John E.
Boswell, Assoc. Prof, of
Medieval History at Yale
University. His scholarly
lecture dealt with the at
titudes of civilization in
general and the Church in
particular to homosexuality
through the £ges.
His material, compiled
for a book to be published in
the fall, was surprising in its
revelation that the Church’s
negative stance is a relatively
recent devlopment; through
the Middle Ages, he said,
priests and bishops were
known to have gay
relationships that were
officially tolerated, if. not
condoned.
Dr. Boswell pointed out
that the Church responds
slowly to prevailing at
titudes, and will eventually
follow society in accepting
homosexuality. This, he
said, will work to our good
when the pendulum swings
back the other way.
A Social Action
Workshop held during the
conference included two gay
workers from Capitol Hill-
Craig Thigpen and Gary
Aldridge: form the offices of
Bella Abzug and Alan
Cranston respectively. They
emphasized the need for
continued correspondence
with our congresspersons to
let them know we exist.
“So many times,’’
Aldridge said, “I hear them
say, ‘Tnere are no gay people
in my district.’ To find out
differently, they don’t even
have to look beyond their
own staffs!”
Thigpen said the Abzug
Bill, which would add sexual
orientation to the other bases
for discrimination outlawed
by civil rights legislation, has
been renumbered HR 13928,
and should be referred to
that way in your letters of
support.
Also on the panel were
Dr. Bruce Voeller, co
executive director of the
National Gay Task Force; Dr.
Franklin Kameny, member
of the Washington, D.C.
Human Rights Commission
and president of that city’s
Mattachine Society; Mary
Stephens, former N.Y. state
president of NOW; Sr.
Jeannine Gramick, former
chaplain of pignity Baltimore
who works full-time on Gay
Rights with the- Quixote
Center in Washington; and
Dave Glasscock, special
assistant to L.A. County
Supervisor Ed Edelman.
Highly acclaimed was a
report from the Commission
on Faith, Fellowship and
Order, charged with an
swering theological
questions. Although the
chairperson, Rev. Howard
Wells, described it as an
“interim report”, it was
hailed as a milestone by the
Rev. Elder James Sandmire,
who said, “For the first time
in the history of the Christian
church, a theology has come
out of the people. ”
The conference approved
unanimously a proposed
budget for 1976-1977 of
$168,413.00, about double
the preceding year’s.
Elected to the
fellowship’s Board of Elders
were Rev. Charles Arehart
and Rev. Nancy L. Wilson,
replacing Rev. John W. Gill
and Rev. Richard C. Vincent.
The Rev. Troy D. Perry,
MCC founder and Moderator
of the Board of Elders, said
that one sister, noting the
election of another woman to
the board, enthused, “Now
we have three women, three
men and a moderator!”
Preaching at the closing
service, Rev. Perry told how
he had addressed a Lutheran
church group shortly after
last year’s general con
ference. “I was telling them
how glorious it had been,”
he related, “when a man got
up in the back of the room
and said, ‘I was there’. I
didn’t know who he was, but
he went on to. say that he had
attended one of our services.
“I haven't felt that way in
years! ” he said. ‘I knew God
was in that room!’ This man
turned out to be the Bishop
of the Lutheran Church for
Southern Califomis!”
Certainly no one at
tending worship services at
this year’s conference could
question either the presence
of God or the church’s
sincerity. Sermons,
speeches and musical
selections were joyously
greeted with more applause
than was heard at Wood-
stock.
But because of the
emphasis on MCCs ministry
to the gay community, Rev.
Perry said they could not
forget their need to be in the
forefront of the drive for
social change, even if some
members and even some
ministers prefer to be quiet
and not rock the boat. “We
can’t let ourselves get
comfortable,” he said. “We
can’t let ourselves become a
white, male, middle-class
church and let the poor,
women and blacks have their
own churches across town!”
His infectious spirit
stayed with the 800 who
attended the MCC General
Conference, as they returned
to their respective homes to
Proclaim Liberation in the
Land.
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