The Sunday Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1976 Page: 21 of 24
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Marketing students from two black colleges in Wilberforce,
Ohio, are competing nationally in a W ler Foods supermarket
merchandising program in major citier through its agency for
black consumer advertising, Franklin I ett Associates. Standing
from left to right are: Joseph Tillnun, Central State Univ.;
Richard Lindsay, Wilberforce L'niv.; tnthony Martin, Central
State L'niv.; Frank Lett, President, Franklin Lett Associates.
Seated from left to right are: David Thomas, Central State Univ.;
■ Marietta Kay Gardner, Wiberfori Univ.; and Snell King,
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information represen-
tatives at an port' and at the
main shopping venters in both
Nassau and Freeport.
In mam cases, travel agents in
the Unliv'd State.' and Canada
have been telling their clients
about the campaign before they
depart for the Bahamas
More than 800 people-to-
people" hosts have volunteered
their services to entertain
visitors interested in the
program.
don’t think a visitor is in
terested in attending lavish
dinner parties." a Ministry
spokesman said. "We should
show them the simple joys of the
Bahamian way of life our exotic
fruits, our gardens, our beaches,
our children and friendly neigh-
bors."
The secret of the success of
People-To-People program to
date has been the ability to match
visitor w ith the appropriate local
resident.
A Texas visitor who came to
the Bahamas w ith a keen interest
in deep sea fishing, signed up for
the program following his un-
successful attempt to catch a fish
during an all-day deep sea fishing
trip.
The Bahamian couple took me
into their home like a close
friend." he wrote in a letter to
tourism officials. "They
prepared a delicious Bahamian
fish dinner in my honor With this
type of hospitality, 1 forgot the
big ones that got away on my
fishing trip."
So far tlic home has been the
focal point for entertaining
visitors who registered for the
program. However, there are
other avenues of entertaining
available to Bahamian hosts.
We took our Chicago guest to
a Gooinbay Parade on Bay Street
and introduced him to authentic
Bahamian music," said Peter
and Mary Smith. The Smiths are
Bahamian civil servants. They
have been active "people-to-
people" hosts since the campaign
was first started, "before
returning him to the hotel, we
took him to a tiny nightclub in the
native quarter of Nassau. He had
a wonderful time."
In addition, from the en-
tertainment arranged by in-
dividual hosts, tourism officials
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Jeffrey, Charles, Jr. The Sunday Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1976, newspaper, August 1, 1976; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1805822/m1/21/?q=music&rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.