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SAT., AUGUST 1,1 31
HoaRIi.;EnricEitiiGnt -Program End
s
ByTrtUieUJeffcn
The closing seminar for
the third annual 1981
Summer AcademX Ad
vancement Program
(SAAP), an eight-week ex
tensive healih sciences
enrichment program ?of
35 minority junior, senior
and graduate students
was held on Saturday; Jul
ly 25, at Chapel Hill. the.
program is sponsored by
the N.C. Health Man
power Development Pro
gram at the University of
North Carolina and is one
of four other health
sciences enrichment pro
grams held during the
school year.
the seminar marked the
end of a demanding
schedule for the 35
students who worked
diligently to strengthen
their academic and basic
skills backgrounds in ,
biology, chemistry,
mathematics, physics,
reading speed and cbm-u
prehension and test-taking
skills.
The students who
represented 23 colleges
and universities from nine
states eight colleges and
universities of Notth
Carolina were chosen ."
to participate because of
their outstanding
academic records. The
purpose of the SAAP is to
rananrp inr ki uur-iii
ability to compete for ad-
mission to graduate, bio-
medical science programs
and schools of medicine,
optometry, X dentistry,
podiatry and public
health.
The seminar program
included a certification of
participation to- each of
the students 13 males
and 22 females and
academic achievement
awards of excellence to
students who obtained the
highest scholastic average
during the eight-week pro
grams. 7
The high overall
average in the four basic
sciences was - .made by
Patrick Martin, College of
the Virgin Islands, and the
outstanding achievement
award in reading was
earned by Michelle Brum
field of Xavier University
for a reading rate of near
ly 2,000 words per minute.
Other ? awards ; in the
order- listed were ; as
follow: Biology; Sharon
Mitchell, : Fayetteville;
Gail ; Allen, Winston-Salem;-
and, Kimetta
Knotts, Sanford. ' : X
Chemistry, Wiley Davis,
Raleigh; and, .. Patrick
Martin (tied for- first
place).
Mathematics, Leon
Copeland, Tougaloo
(Miss.) College; Jay
Farobee, Winston-Salem;
Annette King,
Greensboro.
Physics, Adrian Jessee,
: Morehouse College;
Patrick Martin; and,
Horace Mitchell, Albany
. State University. ' v
Most improvement
awards in biology went to ,
Vanessa Edwards, Albany
State College; in chemistry
, to Betty, Monroe, Savan
. nah S tate College; in
. mathematics, to Gail I
Allen, Raleigh; in physics
to Zana Hondy; Raleigh;
and, in reading to Jay
Farobee.
.This summer's residen-;
tial ' program ended
Wednesday, July 29, after
a three-day educational
trip to Washington where
the students- will visit a
number of health profes
sional schools and health
and governmental agen
".' cies. - - 1
;The 1981 SAAP is the
third and final component
: of" a three-year project
funded by ' the " Health
: Careers Opportunity Pro
;( gram (HCOP), bffice of
- Health Resources Oppor-
tunity, Health Resources.
A dm i n i s t r a 1 1 o n ,'
f Washington, D.C. X X
' "The extremely
beneficial academic ex--'
periences the students had
2 this summer will be im
measurable as they con-.-;
tinue . their efforts to
become;- very needed
: minority health profes
sionals," said Dr. E.'.
Lavonia Allison, director
of . the N.C. Health Man
power Development Pro
gram. .,'
General Teleplwne Opens
' New Downtown Office
Att'y General Urged To
' Support Voting v - ;
Rights Act
CREWS, DAWSON PROMOTED
The Brown & William
son Tpoacco Corporation
has, recently promoted
John E. Crews, Jr, to,
fabrication manager at its
manufacturing facility in
Macon,. Ga., and Ronald
W, Dawson' to assistant
production manager at its'
manufacturing facility in
Petersburg, Va.
Crews joined B&W in
1966 at its Petersburg, Va.
. branch, where he held
several positions of in
creasing responsibility, in-"
eluding primary depart
ment supervisor, fabrica
tion department manager
and most recently,
fabrication superinten
dent, which he had been
since 1976. "
He holds a B.S. degree in
business administration
and a M.B.S. in business,
science from , Virginia
State University. Current
ly, he is working toward a
master's degree in
business administration.
Crews is a former first
vice president , of the
Petersburg -X International
Management Council.
He and his . wife, An
nette, have one son.
Dawsdn joined B&W in
1970 in Louisville, Ky.,
where he held several posi
tions including production'
supervisor, fabrication
department 4 superinten
dent and most recently,
primary department
superintendent, which he
had been since 1979. f .
Previous to the start of
, CREWS
DAWSON
General , Telephone
Company opened a new
downtown business office
i Monday at the corner of
. Mangum : and Parrish ,
; Streets. It replaced the
present business office
..which .the company has
operated for many years
across from City Hall at
104 . City- Hall Plaza '
(formerly Holloway
Street).' ' ! .'
The new office Is in a
building constructed in
, 1907 and purchased by
General Telephone in late
1979. The company com
pleted renovation of, the :
( second floor last fall and it
-.- has since been occupied by
employees in the switching
services department.
; The downstairs space
i on the ' corner was oc-;
cupied from 1914 through
. 1963 by Rogers Drug ,
Store, and since had been
subdivided for the use as a
music store, - a barber
shop, a shoe shop and a
wig shop. ,'
"The corner space now I
has been extensively
remodeled to provide a
modern, efficient and at
tractive place to provide
service for - our
customers," said Claude
O. Sykes, vice president
and general manager of a
the . company's ' North"
Carolina Division.; MI am
pleased to add, however,
that we were able to retain -
his B&W career, he was a ;
counselor and drama in-
structor at the Lincoln
School for LGifted
' Students in Simpsonville, '
Ky. . -
; Dawson earned a B.A.
in sociology - and , drama
, from Kentucky , State, .
University.
He and his wife,- Nina,
have three children.
the building's historical
architectural features."
-Among the, most
-. notable of the features,'
Sykes pointed out, are an
intricately .tiled floor in
' one portion x of X the
buildings several overhead
fans, an ornate tin ceiling.
" We i are 'particularly
' pleased1 with the' blending
of the old and the new that
permitted the saving of
one Durham, older
downtown buildings for a
very useful "purpose."
General Telephone recent-
' ly was one of several com
panies recognized by the
Durham Historical Preser-'
vation Society for the
restoration and use , of
older . downtown
buildings. ' . ,
Regular traffic flow will
provide for entrance at the
corner of Mangum and
Parrish Streets and exit on
the ' Parrish. . A ' night
depository . for those
wishing to pay bills out
side normal business
hours also will be provid
ed on the Parrish Street
side. The business office
will bev open from 8:30
a.m.- to 5 p.m. Monday
.through Friday. -
V Remodeling has not yet
been completed in another
portion of the building's
first floor where plans call
for location of the comp
nany' personnel office.
" As long as supply lasts,
visitors may pick up a free
copy of the 1891 Bird's
- Eye View of Durham that
was reproduced on the
cover of , the current
telephone directory in
conjunction with the
county's centennial obser
vance. k , 1 v
"We are very proud of
this"" new , downtown
. business office for several
reasons," Sykes -, said,
"and we are particularly
-.-
' : NAACP . executive
' director Benjamin L..
Hooks, along with several
civil rights leaders called
upon Attorney General
; William French Smith last
v week to support extension
of the 1965 Voting Rights
Act for at least; another
ten years, in response to
e recent -overtures by the ;
Administration for a con
tinuing dialogue on civil
rights concerns. , . ,
; , Appearing in his capaci
ty.' as chairman, of the
Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights, - Hooks
declared following the
hour-long meeting that
"This issue is almost a lit
mus test in the black com
munity of the Administra
- tion." . The Leadership
' Conference , ' represent
some: 152 national civil
rights, religious and labor.,
, coalitions.
Hooks deplored recent
statements of the" Ad
ministration which sup-'
port extension of the key
f provisions, of the Voting
Rights Act to all fifty ,
states. . He said, ."This
would materially weaken
. rather strengthen the en
; forcement powers of the
Act."
The ; Administration,
thus far, has postponed is
suing a definitive position
on the controversial
legislation pending the
, outcome of a study by the
Justice Department
scheduled to be released in
October. Meanwhile, the
key provisions of the
Voting Rights Act are due
to expire in August 1982.
Hooks said he learned
that several options are
"fm. I i l ii";"1 :i "' . . " '
pleas.ed that it may con
tribute in some small way
to the continued
revitalization of . the
downtown area.!", -
currently under review iu
the Justice. Department
He said Smith, however, '
declined to make any com
mitment. But Hooks add- ,
ed the civil rights group is
' vehemently opposed to
any " A modifications or
amendments that would in
effect reduce the enforce
ment measures in the Act.
One of the most important
provisions under attack by
conservative groups, Sec
tion 5 of the Act, requires
certain ! $tatc and local
governments to .acquire
advance clearance on any
new changes in voting or
' election procedures with
either the Attorney
General or the y.S.
District Court
Washington, D.C. '
Hooks said the
Hohts coalition"
suports a bin sponsoreq py
Rep. Peter W, Rpdino,-Jr.
s (D-N. J.) and Sen. Charles
Mathias (R-Md.) that
would allow a ten-yeaf ex
tension on Section 3 and
further protect the rights,
of citizens J. S ""'
1 Inflation Alert?1
Save Dollars
in
r'-Jf"
civil
also
May;
If the rising cost of living is
creating a financial crisis in
your household, it may be time
to put your family on "inflation
alert." ..,-,
The first step in "inflation
alert" is to call your family's
attention to the financial pic
ture, says Dr. Justine Rozier,
extension family resource man
agement specialist. North Car
olina State University. . .. .
"When you do this, be care
ful not to scare children by
giving them visions of the poor .
house," she cautions, "Just
leave them with the idea they
may have to wait a while for a
new bicycle, not that they will
have to wear rags, .
Mrs. Eagleson tfohored By lndidnd U. ' M&F Names Vice-President
BLOOMINGTON, IND Mrs. Frances family. ' v -i , . x.
M. Eagleson, for whom Eagleson Hall at In BlpomingtonMiss Frances. Marshall ,;
North Carolina Central University, is nam-" alr&athcaglesonamily.,Tb.ai. family's,,;
1! was rwSitlv hrnnrH hv Tnrliann Univer- f fri-trr-h- TTiV-Far?- h.nnei'JiteA fb4f ,A
sity for "long and meritorious service to shop, advertising Tiimself fs the
The long-time NCCU registrar was In
diana' University's first black woman
graduate. She received her bachelor'; degree
from the BFoomington institution in 1919.
Likf many of her fellow: students, the
young , Miss : Frances Marshall went to
Bloomington on a financial shoestring. She
found housfftg near the campus in the home
of Hiram P. Radley, a stone executive,
receiving room and board in exchange for
cooking and cleaning.
Mrs. Eagleson told an interviewer in
Bloomington during Indiana's Alumni
Cream and Crimson weekend that she recall
ed being treated like a member of the Radley
'Best: "naif
cutter in the State,', while quietly putting his
children through college. ; Mrs. Ealeson's
future husband, Wilson . Vashori Eagleson,
was one of those childrep,; getting his chem-,
' sitry degree from Indiana in 1922. .
Mrs. Eagleson joined the faculty of North
Carolina Central University in 1921. The
' school was then the National Training
School, operating primarily as a private high
school. She was to remain with the university
for 43 years. f f ' ,
Mrs. Eagleson was employed as a teacher
of English. She pursued courses in educa
tional administration at the' University of
Chicago and Columbia' University, and
became the university's registrar and admis
sions officer. That appointment came in
I928v after the institution became the first
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,,,x iuouppurieu i.u?rai ans couege ior DiacK
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. Mrs. fcagleson s; husband, who was the se-
i cond football coach 'at NCCU, died in an
automobile accident in 1933, He was at the
time seeking his Ph.D. degree Jn chemistry.
Both of Mrs.' Eagleson's children, W
Vashon and Rosalind," were from Durham.
1 -i. The son carved out a career in the Air Force,
x flying with the 99th Pursuit Squadron and
the 332nd Squadron during World War II,
and ... continuing as a career r non-
, commissioned officer with the Strategic Air
Command. , . t ; ; "r
Mrs. Eagleson now lives "with her
daughter, Mrs. Rosalind M. Exum, who
teaches at Hampton Institute in Hampton.
Va. ' ' ' , . , ,m
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st Hid corner of r.1angum and Parrich Streets.
Constructed in 1907, this Downtown Durham building has been restored to
provide a modem and attractive place for you to conduct business with
General Telephone. The building's historical architectural features have
been retained, including the intricate tile floor that served Rogers Drug
Store at this location for almost 50 years, several ceiling fans, and an ornate
tin ceiling. Come see our new office and pick up a free, copy of the 1891
Cirds' Eye View of Durham that appears on the cover of the Durham Tele
phone Directory. Hours: 8:30-5:00, Monday-Friday. - v , - ; J' , ,
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fV'.-Your v.:
Club & Social
News
. .
News about hap
penings of , your club
oix social events
- should be in office not
'.later than Monday at
5'p.rmof the week .of
publication.
Mrs. Betty J. Hanes has
been hired by Mechanics
and ' Farmers Bank of
Durham,, Vice-,
President. The announce-'
ment was made recently
by J.J. Sansom.V Jr, on
behalf, of the Board of
Directors. . ', " 1 '
, Mis. Hanes was most
recently an assistant vice-'
president - on loan ad
ministration for , a large
southeastern bank., She
eaned her B.S. degree in
business 'S administration .
from Johnson C. Smith
. University w in Charlotte
and recently completed
the three-year program of
the N.G-School of Bank
ing at" UNC-Chapel HU1.
She has also "completed
several -courses' through
the American Institute of
. Banking.' vX X X
Mrs. Hanes has been ac
: tive with many community .
and civic organizations.
She currently serves on the
Board of. Directors of
Bankers Educational
Society, Inc. (BESI), is
treasurer of the Winston
Salem chapter of the
Johnson C. Smith 'Alumni
Association, Tau Gamma
Delta Sorority and , Jack
and Jill of America. She
served as general chair
man of the 1980 .local
United Negro - College
Fund Drive and is auditor
for, United Metropolitan
Baptist, Church .in
Winston-Salem. v She is
also a member of the Na- corporate responsibilities
tional Council of Negro for training and develop-
Women. v ment as well as planning
3 'nmiiem; fori opening '4 'ofihe.
198Cf adershiri1 'AWifd 4 Winston-Salem Vfice-bf
from ' BESI and the 1980 : Mechanics and Farmers
Meritorious Award from "Bank,
the United Negro College
' . , Mechamics and Farmers
She resides m Winston- Bank is the nation? third
Salem with her husband, oldest minority-owned
Jerry, and -two. - sons, bank and : operates eight
Jahmal and Jerry, Jr. branches in Durham,
Mrs. pnes wiU share Raleigh and Charlotte. -
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