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SATURDAY, MAY tl. IHt THE CAMOUMA TIMES Dr. Samuel D. Proctor Named President Of Va. Union U. D^n Of School Of Religion And Vice-President Trustees' Choice An impretsive Mother’s Day program was held here Sunday morning at the Mt. Olive AME Zion Church, Rev. J. Z. Siler pattor. Betty Jean Lauirence, 7-3 CloMs of Whitted School, wa» the first prize winner in the city-wide Essay Contest, spon sored by the Housewive’s Lea gue of the Durham Business and Professional Chain, Mrs. Percy Tenney won the distiriction of being Ideal Mo ther. She was selected on the basis of an Essay written by her daughter. Mrs. Tenney was pre tented a gift from the Houte- wive’s League and several gifts from the merchants of the citii. The above photo was taken during the awarding of the title of “ideal mother” by Miss Sarah Dotson, president of the Houte- u>ive« League of Durham and Chapel Hill. Those in the pic ture from left to right are. Rev J. Z. Siler, pastor of the church; Betty Jean Lawrence, Mrs. Clara Stroud, Mrs. .Tenny, Miss Dotson, Miu Francis Hicks and Mrs. Maude Pratt. In the back ground partly hidden from view i Mrs. Callie Daye, former president of the League. Announces Promotion Of Negro To The National Executive Staff Of Anheuser-6usch»lnc. ST. LOUIS. Mo. Tthe appointment of William G. Porter as National Represent tative to the Vice-President and General Sales Manager of An heuser-Busch, Inc., was an nounced this week by August A. Busch, Jr., president. In mking the announcement, Busch said: “We are deUghted that Willi am Porter has been promoted to our national executive staff. He is now one of the high^t ranking officers of Anheuser- Busch, Inc. “Mr. Porter's promotion is due to his fine record in our Chicago Regional Sales Office and his high character and out standing personality. “We are proud to have him on our ataff. The appointee, who was a re gional representative of the world’s large^ brewery, will work directly under and with James E. Barsi, Vice-President and General Sales Manager, Brewery Division, Anheuser- Busch. In his new position. Porter will evaluate and assess the needs of individual markets, supervise personnel and make recommendations on the basis of his observations and find ings. Working under a broad and expansive job description, the new executive will also plan convention activities; arrange regional and community activi ties; devise and initiate market ing tecimiques; work with re gional and branch managers; advise with wholesalers in all markets requiring special atten tion; review reports and advise on particular problems; estab lish and cultivate contacts among commimity leaders on local and regional levels. He is a soft spoken individual with natural personal charm. He joined the Anheuser-Busch Sales Force at Kimbark Branch in Chicago in October 1952. In March of 1963, he was appoint ed regional representative of the brewery, this assignment broadening his work to include Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Porter was bom in Montgom ery, Alabama, in 1911 to Mr. and Mrs. William G. Porter, Sr., the eldest of six children. At the age of twelve he nioved to Berkeley, Callfomla, where he lived with an uncle. He was educated in the Bev erly public schools and gained a mild reputation in high school athletics, notably baseball and basketball. After leaving school, he worked for the Connecticut Westchester Fire Insurance Co, of San Francisco. In 1930, Porter moved to Chicago where he has resided until this appointment. In 1936, he married the for mer Miss Ruth C. Townsend and presently their three child ren are attending Chicago schools. Janice, age 17, is in her junior year at the Univer sity of Chicago; Lane, age IS, and Diane, age 13, are enrolled in high schools. In February of 1954, Janice was crowned Queen of the Uni versity of Chicago in a contest in which she won out over four other finalists. She was crown ed by Robert M. Strozier, the University’s Dean of Students at the Washington Promenade of the school. After moving to Chicago, Porter gathered additional training by studying business administration and marketing at night schools. « He has a wide vocational iMtckgrtmnd with experience from sales clerk at the South Center Department store in Chicago, to distributor 1 and franchise holder for a frozen (Continued on Page Eight) Calv«rf Distfllers Company NEW YORK CITY \ BICNOEO WHISKEY 86.8 PROOF, 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS RICHMOND, VA. Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor, Dean of the School of Religion and Vice-President of Virginia Union University, was named President of the University by the Board of Trustees during their annual meeting Wednes day, May 11, according to an announcement released by Dr. Theodore F. Adams, Chairman of the Trustee Board. Dr. Proctor holds the Bache lor of Arts degree from Vir ginia Union University, Bache lor of Divinity degree from Cro- zer Theological Seminary and Doctor of Theology degree, Bostpn University. He has also studied in the graduate schools of the University of Pennsyl vania and Yale University. Before coming to Virginia Union University he served as the pastor of the Pond Street Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island. While in Rhode Island he served also as presi dent of the Roger William Bap tist Association. Dr. Proctor has given much of his time as a speaker in student conference and in college assemblies. In recent years he has served as a leader in summer confer ences at Epworth Forest, Indi ana; Camp Casawaako, New York; Green Lake, Wisconsin; Block Island, Rhdde Island; Ocean Park, Maine. He has par ticipated in religious emphasis programs at Randolph-Macon College, Princeton University, Southern University, Pennsyl vania State College, the Univer sity of New Hampshire, Bow ling Gc^n State University, Ohio, Pfembroke College, Tuske- gee Institute, Maryland State, Fisk University, West Virginia State College, Wayne Univer sity, Bucknell University and Alleghany College. He has served as lecturer in ministers institute at, Howard University, North Carolina A. and T. College, Benedict Col lege in South Carolina, Mary land State College and Hamp ton Institute. Dean Proctor received an award from Freedom’s Founda tion of Valley Forge, Pennsyl vania, for a brotherhood ser mon delivered at the Chef Sho- lon Temple of Norfolk and at Westhampton‘College of the University of Richmond. He served the American Bap tist Foreign Mission Board as part of a three-member team in Germany, Palestine, Asuun, Bengal-Orissa, Burma and South India to conduct a series of Christian Life Conference at Baptist Mission Schools and Colleges. Samuel DeWitt Proctor: Biographical Memorandum Bom July 13, 1921, Norfolk, Virginia; parents, Herbert Q. and Velma G. Proctor Educated at Virginia public schools of Norfolk Studied at Virginia State'Col- lege 1937-39 A.B., Virginia Union Univer sity, 1942 B.D. Crozer Theological Seminary (Chester, Pa.),-‘45 Studied at Yale University, Graduate School, 1945-46 Th.D., Boston University, 1950 (Thesis: New Testa ment Interpretation Among Northern Baptists, 1898-1948 Pastor, Pond Street Baptist Church, Providenfe, R. I., 1945-49. Blarried Bessie L. Tate, Fred ericksburg, Va., September, 1944. Two sons, Herbert Stu art and Timothy DeWitt. 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