THE COUGAR CRY, FEBRUARY 8, 1974 — PAGE 3
WCC Secretaries Do Well
Conrad Shaw, Vice President
for Administrative Services,
doesn’t have to have that doc
torate he’s pursuing to prove
his proficiency in selecting
secretaries. He claims the
Secretarial Science Program
here trains them well. Their
bosses will attest to their pro
ficiency, and the camera will
prove their pulchritude.
HELEN CHAPMAN is execu
tive secretary in the Registrar’s
Office. A native of Dublin,
Georgia, Helen has been with
the college since September,
1966. She is married to Thomas
L. Chapman and formerly
worked for Jones and Douglas
Attorneys of Dublin. She en
joys sewing and water skiing
and says she likes it here bet
ter than in Georgia.
Of WCC, Mrs. Chapman com
ments, “It’s a good place to
work. People are friendly.”
JUDY HOLLERS, a graduate
of the Clerk-Typist Program is
in her second year as a secre
tarial science student. She is
executive secretary in the Di
vision of General Studies.
Judy graduated from Wa
tauga High School where she
was secretary of the Futile
Business Leaders of America
Club. She is married to Kyle
Hollers (also a Watauga gradu
ate who now attends WCC) and
likes to sew, read, and take
long walks. She has a special
interest in cosmetics.
Judy says, “I enjoy working
here, especially working in the
general Studies Division. I
think the faculty I work with
are among the best!”
PATSY CLANTON, executive
secretary in the Division of
Physical Sciences, is another
product of WCC. She and hus
band Robert Uve at Moravian
Falls where Patsy enjoys sew
ing and gardening.
At Wilkes Central High
School, Patsy was selected for
the National Honor Society.
Upon graduation she worked
seven years in the office of
Blue Ridge Shoe Company.
After Patsy received her
A.A.S. Degree here, she enroll
ed in Appalachian’s Bachelor
of Technology Program as a
part-time student. Patsy s en
thusiastic appraisal of the col
lege is “I think it’s great. If
it weren’t for WCC a person
who had been married eight
years wouldn’t be likely to go
back and pursue a degree.”
SHERRY ROBERTS, a gradu
ate of East Wilkes and Wilkes
Community College, is now en
rolled in ASU’s Bachelor of
Technology Program part time.
She’s doing an internship at
night in Office Machines II.
With all this, Sherry works as
executive secretary in the Di
vision of Business and Com
merce.
Sherry was a cheerleader her
four years in high school. Ac
tivities she enjoys now, when
she can find the time, are stock
car racing, dancing, and going
to the beach.
Quoting Sherry on WCC: “I
think it’s great!”
BETTY JO JOHNSON, secre
tary in Planning and Develop
ment, is a 1973 WCC graduate.
As a student here, she was
Miss Cougar, was a marshal at
the ’72 graduation, and was
named to Who’s Who. She
teaches the first and second
graders Sunday School at Cub
Creek Baptist Church. Betty
Jo worked for WWWC Ra^o
before accepting her position
with the college. She enjoys
swimming, horseback riding,
and dancing.
Miss Johnson, too, believes
in WCC, commenting, “I think
it is the best thing that has
ever hit Wilkes County.
It has given many students
the chance to get a college de
gree who would otherwise not
have had the opportunity.”
BRENDA BLEDSOE PAR-
DUE, who was an honor stu
dent at WCC, came to this in
stitution from Beaver Creek
High School. She is executive
secretary in the office of Presi
dent Thompson. Her husband
Andy is also a WCC alumnus.
Brenda’s pastimes include
sewing, hiking, cooking, and
music.
She really gets excited when
she talks of WCC as “one of
the best two-year colleges in
the state.” Brenda adds, I en
joyed the helpful assistance I
received from the instructors
as a student and now enjoy
working with them and the
complete staff as an employee
of WCC.”
LYNN SIMMONS and
CATHY COWHIG are secretar
ies in the Division of Life
Sciences. Lynn is executive
secretary to the director, and
Cathy is secretary for Elarly
Childhood Education instruct
ors.
Both young ladies are ’73
graduates of WCC. Lynn form
erly worked for radio station
WIFM in Elkin and is current
ly enrolled in ASU’s Bachelor
of Technology Program.
Cathy enjoys dancing and all
physical activities. She and
husband Stephen are proud
parents of four - year-old
Christy (“BO”).
KAREN STEVENSON is ac
counting clerk in the College
Business Office. She is a
former president of Phi Beta
Lambda. Karen’s hobbies in
clude decoupage and watching
basketball games.
Of WCC she says, “I think
it’s a great place to go to school
and a great place to work. The
people are wonderful.
WCC secretary-alumni, the
COUGAR CRY staff salutes
you. If we have overlooked
anyone, come by and tell us. It
wasn’t intentional.
WCC Secretary-Alumni
Secretary’s
Prayer
“Dear Lord, I need help;
help me to be a good subordin
ate, and help me to have the
memory of an elephant — or
one at least three years long.
Help me, by some miracle, to
be able to do six things at once,
answer four telephones at the
same time, while typing a letter
that must go out today. And,
when that letter doesn’t get
signed until tomorrow, give me
the strength to keep me from
going over the brink of hys
teria.
“Dear Lord, let me know al
ways just where the boss is,
what he’s doing, and when he
will be back — even though he
did leave without telling me!
“And Lord, when the year
ends, please let me have the
foresight not to destroy rec
ords that will be asked for in a
few days, even though I’ve been
told to destroy them.
“Above all, O Lord, in the
midst of the hustle and bustle,
and the compliments and sheer
flattery about how absolutely
indispensable my counterparts
and I are to the success of this
organization, let me not be
afflicted with delusions of
grandeur.
“Help me to keep a level
head and my feet on the
ground so that my secretarial
performance will be a proper
reflection of those pioneer
women who made a place for
me in the business world, and
who established me in this pro
fession.”
author unknown AH, MEN!
HELEN CHAPMAN
JUDY HOLX.ERS
PATSY CLANTON'
SHERRY ROBERTS
BETTY JO JOHNSON
BRENDA PARDUE
LYNN SIMMONS
KAREN STEVENSON
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NICK COLEMAN
Nick Coleman (A.A., 1973),
continues to worry himself
about life’s most profound and
least pressing issues. He is
studying archaeology and en
vironmental anthropology at
Chapel Hill, and has his sights
set on a summer at the anthro
pology department’s dig near
Asheville.
GLENDA TALLENT
Mrs. Glenda C. Tallent,
(Class of ’72) a Junior at Appar
lachian State University has
been unanimously selected to
become a member of the North
Carolina Chapter of Alpha Chi
(AX), a national honor society
at ASU. AX consists of the
upper-ranking tenth of colleges
and universities having local
chapters of the society.
Glenda maintained a 4.0 av
erage the spring quarter at
ASU and is currently doing an
internship in the Data Process
ing Department of Carolina
Mirror Corporation. She plans
to finish her undergraduate de
gree and go on for a Masters
and eventually go into tiie
field of Personnel Direction.
Glenda is the wife of James
Q. TaUent, the vice president
and general manager of Peer
less Hosiery Company.
What a man sows that shall
he also reap is not a threat. It
is a promise of things to come.
Our Veterans
The flowers and wreaths laid
on our soldier’s graves have
surely wilted. The few months
of peace may have erased for
some the memory of our veter
ans and their families, even
those soldiers who were involv
ed in the recent Vietnam con
flict.
The Vietnam war proved to
be a long, indecisive, costly
and unpopular conflict that is
still being waged despite a
cease fire truce signed January
1973.
It was a war that divided our
nation, leaving lasting residual
bitter imprints. The casualties,
the dead and maimed, the
staggering drain on our re
sources that have left an un
stable economy in their wake^—
these are some of the memories
that remain.
One can only hope that dur
ing 1974, our actions will result
in progress, achievements, and
hope. Have we paid sufficient
heed to our Vietnam veterans?
Few of them asked to fight in
Asia in a war waged for, what
to many of them seemed, no
valid purpose. We Americans
must treat these veterans fairly
and compassionately to solve
frank shuford
Frank graduated from Wilkes
Community College in 1969
with a degree in Agriculti^al
Business. He is now a full time
student in the Data Processing
Program, as well as being a
part time employee as an
equipment co-ordinator for our
college.
Prior to his arrival at Wilkes
Community College, Frank held
various jobs in the Army. He
was selected as an Outstanding,
Service Member for Er5 and
below in 1972. During his
three-year term in the Army,
he drove for eleven different
generals in eleven different
countries. Another job he en
joyed was doing the advertising
for recruiting stations. These
ads were published in maga
zines, shown on television and
used as spots on the radio.
After graduating again from
Wilkes Community College,
Frank will continue his educa
tion at Appalachian State Uiu-
versity and obtain a B.A. in
Business Administration.
the serious problems they have
found upon their return.
Mac Warren
Winter is the season when we
try to keep our homes as warm
as they were in summer when
we were complaining about the
heat.