The cost of the house was $20,000.  In 1954, we made additions to this house. We added six more bedrooms and a larger, more efficient kitchen.  These were added to the back of the house.  It is rumored that “Yea Alabama” was first played on the piano in this house. 

It was during the years we were living in this house that we began our most loved tradition: Luau.  In 1947, the Alpha-Phi Zeta had its first Luau.  Brother Samuel B. Abston Alpha Phi 291and others who served in the South Pacific during World War II are responsible for bring the Luau tradition home to the Alpha-Phi’s.