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In Our 27th Year Issue No. 1966 July 2010 Associate Consultants Serving the Triad FREE
Atkins High School
Class Celebrates
Rep. Larry Womble and President Obama's Grandmother Awarded Degrees
KUSHEREKEA CELEBRATION
by John Raye
By now, nearly the entire civilized
world has heard, seen or met
President Barack Obama.
But precious few can lay claim to
having met his grandmother, Sarah
Obama.
And fewer still can show evidence
of having been invited to her
house, sat at her kitchen table in
Kenya for fan afternoon of tea and
shared memories.
This signal honor now belongs
to Winston-Salem State Repre
sentative Larry Womble who,
in addition to numerous other
honors, awards, commenda
tions, letters, citations, titles,
and positions, has added yet
another block of letters behind
his name. It is official; he Is now
State Representative, Dr. Larry
Womble.
In addition to sipping tea with
56
Years!
John Martin,
Class Reunion Chairman
About fifty members of the Atkins
High School Class of 1954 gathered
with family and friends on July 2nd,
3rd, and 4th to celebrate their fifty-
sixth graduation anniversary. The
class chose the holiday weekend to
meet, reminisce, and mingle smiles
with tears at the Holiday Inn Select on
University Parkway in Winston-Salem,
NC.
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the President's grandmother, Womble may very
well be the only American to be awarded two
doctorate degrees on two different continents,
from two different universities, all in the same
week.
And all while enjoying a cup of tea, not coffee,
mind you, with the world's most famous
grandmother. That week, some might say,
was the week that "Dr Womble found himself
traveling in high cotton".
Winston Salem State University, his alma mater,
blessed him with the high honor of Doctorate
of Humane Letters. Then came another
Doctorate of Humane Letters from
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