Chief Justice Prather to keynote program honoring women

Contact: Kay Fike Jones

Tickets are on sale now for Mississippi State University's March 31 Celebration of Women Luncheon.

Sponsored by the campus President's Commission on the Status of Women, the noon-1:30 p.m. program in the Colvard Union ballroom will be the finale to a month-long series of activities.

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lenore L. Prather is featured speaker. "Women Helping Women" will be her topic.

A reception honoring the Columbus resident and West Point native will follow the luncheon in the John Grisham Room of Mitchell Memorial Library.

Tickets are $10 and, because of limited seating, must be purchased by March 26.

Residents of Starkville, the Golden Triangle or other locations interested in securing tickets should, as soon as possible, either telephone Roxanna Weber at (601) 323-5783 or visit the Starkville Area Chamber of Commerce at 322 University Drive.

For more information on the luncheon, telephone Georgia Lindley at 325-2121.