Dorothy Shringle of Frederick Ave, Arbutus, recounts her "brush with greatness' in 1964. Shringle says she was visiting Paris, France, on a trip with her church group when she stepped into the elevator at her hotel. Shringle explains: "A black man with a dog walked into the elevator. The man said 'Lay down, Lady.' Naturally, I thought I was being robbed. Scared, I did as the man said, and laid on the floor of the elevator. The man looked at me with utter confusion. He got out at his floor and walked on. Years later, I realized that man was none other than the writer James Baldwin and that he had been commanding his dog, named 'Lady', to lie down." Wow!
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