Pictured (LtoR) Ollie Matson, Baltimore City Public Schools educator/teacher/coach; Stephanie Matson, retired Baltimore city teacher; Kerry Robertson, Fairfax Realty real estate agent; and John Robertson, Montgomery County school administrator
October 29, 2016 – Martin’s West
Pictured (LtoR) Linda Williams, retired teacher; Barry Williams, ONOSE president; Edna Harold, Baltimore City Public Schools assistant principal; and Anthony Harold, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute college advisorPictured (LtoR) Margaret Turner, retired university administrator; Mitch Turner, retired systems engineer; Igehart Williams, ONOSE scholarship chair; and Correan Baker, retired Baltimore City Public Schools school administratorPictured (LtoR) Sonia Wilson, retired US Social Security Administration customer service representative; David Green, retired electrician; Florine McCready-Lewis, retired human resources professional; and Patricia Moody, retired schoolteacherPictured (LtoR) Richard Baker, Baker Engineering Services president; Jackie Williams, Coppin State University School of Education graduate programs chair; Michelle Gross, University of Maryland College Park administrator; and Otto Gross, Leadership Growth Training Institute president/CEOPictured (LtoR) Mary Wright, WrightChoice Productions owner/event producer; Kendra Glover, NAACP environmental climate program manager; Tonya Freeman, National Institutes of Health general engineer; and Staci Miles, Embassy Suite director of operationsPictured (LtoR) Kishna Degraffinried, Baltimore City Police detective; and Larry Lewis, Nandi Products ownerPictured (LtoR) Verna Edwards, Northside Center for Child Development executive assistant; and Argin Hutchins, Coppin State University professor of psychologyA Party for Patronage (October 29, 2016) Because Jim Crow laws denied them access to social clubs, decades ago a group of African American men in Baltimore formed their own social group, ONOSE (which stands for One Night Only). Since then the group has expanded and changed, now focusing on raising funds for African American students in Baltimore City Public Schools. The name One Night Only still applies – as its annual dinner at Martin’s West this year attests.
Sloane Brown
Baltimore's longtime fashion and social scene reporter, Sloane is the founder/managing editor of Baltimore Snap.
