When the Fellowship Circle, comprising the wives of local freemason brethren, held another major fundraising event, it can easily be claimed that near 90-year-old Mrs. Ruby Sampson stole the show.

It was a well-attended dinner and fashion show at St. Mary's Church Hall, Warwick. Organised more than 30 years ago, the Circle is at present headed by Mrs. Helene Dill, president; Mrs. Luverne Trott, vice-president, and Kay Byron Twyman, treasurer.

Historian Dorothy Butterfield said the Circle has in recent years been helping young people finance their college and university education without fanfare . It sponsors three major fundraisers a year.

Saturday's show featured fashions from CeCi's Boutique in Somerset; A.S. Cooper's in Hamilton, and All About Eve Boutique and Bermuda Hat Lady Millinery Shop, both operated in St. George's by Denise Trew. Of course, Ruby held her own with fashions from her personal wardrobe.

The entire show was given added oomph by the sparkling commentaries of the emcee, Gwen Robinson, who has been coming into her own since retiring as a substance abuse counsellor.

Mrs. Sampson will officially become a nonagenarian on December 5. She was one of the earliest members of the Fellowship Circle. Her late husband was a most prominent Mason. She has been much in the spotlight since his passing, having been crowned three years ago as Glamorous Grandmother of the Year, and featured in various shows.

In fact, Mrs. Sampson is a great-grandmother of six, grandmother of ten and mother of Kevin, Tyrone and Anton Sampson.

Our pictures show Mrs. Ruby Sampson, glamorous-great-granny, close-up and in other poses with models in the Fellowship Circle's latest show. Models shown are Denise True and Severina Saliha, better known as Mott, while Brenda Wingood and Jacqui-Neath Myrie are with Kenneth Todd, the only male in the show.

The trio below, though fashionably dressed, were not featured models, rather guests Edith Mills, Delight Rawlins and Devena Lightbourne ¿ photos by Ira Philip.