Durham
Residents
Filling
New Job
Mrs. Bernadettc
Watts, a native of Green
ville and a former exten
sion . home economics'
agent in Durham, has
begun her new duties in
Raleigh. ., .
Mrs. , Watts has been
promoted to a district
program leader by the
North Carolina :
Agricultural , Extension
Sevice. She has been
placed in charge of all
extension home
economics programs in a
34-county ! area ' of
Western and
Southwestern North
Carolina. Her new office
is at North Carolina
State University, state
headquarters for the ex
tension service.
Mrs. Watts has a B.S.
degree , from Bennett
College and a M.S.
degree from East
Carolina University. She
joined the Extension Ser
vice in I 1 97 1 in Durham
County where she won
recognition for her work
in family resource
management, human
OSAGE BEACH, MO
Mrs. Bernadette G.
Watts, former home
economics extension
agent, Durham County,
has been - selected to
receive an award from
the National Association
of Extension Home
Economists.
Mrs. Watts and three
other Tar Heel Home
Economics Extension
Agents will be given
distinguished service
awards at a recognition
dinner at Tan-Tar-A,
October 7.
Mrs. Watts received
: 1
'j' - i
i ?
-.4
:': ,
l L
SATURDAY, CCTC2E3 1SS2 THE T,:S-17
Local Teachers To Head Student Travel
Mrs. Rita Thorpe and the Arc de TriOmphe
Tyson and Mrs. M.V. in Paris; - and to
Thorpe have . been ; Westminster Abbey, the
selected by the American; Tower of London and
Institute For Foreign i the Changing of the.
Study (A1FS) to accom-; Guard at Buckingham
pany a group of students; Palace in London. Away
MRS. WATTS
development, foods and
nutrition and geron
tology. She was , selected as
one of the outstanding
voting agents in the state
in 1976 and in 1982 she
was picked for the
Dean's Award at East
...Also
the. honor for her service
to Durham County. She
is being recognized, for
developing monthly site
"lunch and learn" ses
sions that reached nearly
500 persons. Program
sites included hospitals,
insurance companies, a
university ind a tobacco
factory; learners took
classes in nutrition, time
and financial manage
ment, comparlative shop
ping and waJerAconserva
tion. f
Mrs. Watts'is current
ly a member of the state
and nationa, associations.
Carolina University for
outstanding work in
home economics.
. While she moved her
office to Raleigh, Mrs.
Watts will continue to
make her home in
Durham for the im
mediate future.
of Extension Home
Economists and the state
ad ' national Home
Economics Associations.
She belongs to trf;
North Carolina Famry
Life Council, Durha'n
Day Care Counc 1,
Durham . NutritiAv
Council, and Epsilon
Sigma Pi, extension
honorary fraternity.
She resigned her
Durham County post in
August to become a
district program leader
for the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension
Service.
on a travel adventure ,
.abroad. This trip is
organized by . the
American Institute For,
Foreign Study of Greerl
wich,. Connecticut. To
date. 300,000 teachers,
students and adults in
terested in international
educational travel have
participated in AIFS
programs since it was
founded in 1964.
1 Group members of
"London, Paris,
Switzerland and Ger
many" spend nine spring
vacation days visiting the
exciting capital cities of
London and Paris, and
enjoying the more
leisurely pace of visiting
the Swiss Alpine resort
of Lucerne, the Black
Forest, Heidelberg and
the Rhine. A profes
sional guide-lecturer
leads sightseeing visits to
Notre Dame, the Louvre
Subscribe To '
The Carolina Times
Call Todav ,
682-2913
from all the hob-bub. the
group enjoys a relaxed
cruise down the Rhine,
watching a timeless
panorama of the castles
and vineyards glide by.
This program is especial
ly attractive because it
combines visits to the .
"must see" sights in
each locale, with drives
through the surrounding
countryside to enhance
the sense of. national and
regional setting plus
allowing for plenty of
free time for individual
exploring and shopping,
.'- There are stilt places
available in this group.
For further information,
parents, students and in
terested persons may call
(919) 544-3395 or (919)
471-2016.
Barbara Wyatt Overcomes
Difficulties
By Thomas W. Pauken looking for a higher pay- assigned children have
Director of ACTION ing job with greater developed a close rela
Her erandDarents had resDonsibilitV. She found tionship with her. They
- beeit slavp$. Her live Nil
......... U MnnkM ILFiicnitaf in ir Ordn4rvio Harh'e jiv.
wcic iiic in ai uiavKS iu t tit i an . iiuohui
settle in Abilene, Kansas, Des Moines, Iowa. With
but when Barbara Wyatt her qualifications, her
application was accepted
grew up in the early days
of the century, Abilene
was a completely in
tegrated community, and
Mrs. Wyatt was the first
of her race to graduate
from high school there.
Not long afterward she
attended a dance given in
honor of the 9th and
10th Cavalry, black
regiments that had long
been famous in the ter
ritory. Across a crowded
room, Barbara's eyes
met those t of the
youngest horse soldier
present The bells were
ringing that night and
redding bells soon
followed.
Until World War II,
Mrs. Wyatt was an Army
wife, raising a family
two boys and twoA girls.
Cynthia, the youngest,
was four when her
father, Master Sergeant
Gleji Bowman, went off
to' the South Pacific a
combat soldier. He did
not return, and Mrs.
Wyatt, widowed, was
left to raise the children
alone. She had previous
ly passed a civil service
examination and for the
next eight years she serv
ed as an assistant nurse
at the Army Hospital at
Fort Riley, Kansas. With
the children growing up
and their education to be
considered, she began
sight unseen. The dif
ficult 'move was made,
whereupon, she ran into
a 15-.month road block
because of her color.
Quietly, tenaciously,
she fought back and,
finally, the State of Iowa
sent its representative
who sat dawn with the
hospital administrators
and said "look here."
In finally gaining
employment at the level
for. which she was
thoroughly qualified,
Mrs. Wyatt led the way
for others of her race to
do the same, no longer
consigned to the lowest
job level regardless of
capabilities. That was
more than thirty years
ago, and in the interim,
Mrs, Wyatt's children
grew up, graduated from
college, married and had
children of their own.
Irt 1971 Mrs. Wyatt
retired officially, but
unpfficially she's been a
very busy lady. She join
ed ACTION'S Foster
Grandparent Program
and is working with emo
tionally disturbed
children at Smouse
School in Des Moines.
Her supervisor, Mary
Caligiuri, says of Mrs.
Wyatt: "She has pa
tience of a saint. Her
to Grandma Barb's ex
pectations.'!
And what has Grand
ma Barb to say? "These
children provide me with
spiritual thoughts. You
learn that there are other
people who need help
and prayers. In this pro
gram you don't have the
time to feel sorry for
yourself. The children I
work with give me love
and understanding, and I
face the problems more
easily."
Mrs. Wyatt is also in
volved as a volunteer in
child abuse cases, using
the quiet strength of her
personality and the
depth of her profes
sionalism in helping to
resolve these damaging
relationships.
As for her own
children, they are all do
ing well in' the world.
Cynthia is married to
Tom Vaughn, former
Detroit Lions football
star and now a bank
president in Chicago;
another daughter, Bar
bara Jean, is a bank of
ficial in California. One
son is an executive with
AT&T and daughter Dee
is a housewife. There are
ten grandchildren and
that makes for lots of
good company. .
Mrs. Barbara Wyatt,
wife, mother, nurse,
volunteer. She's what
America is all about.
. ws n .
r
A .'-''.kli AW?
V'i,..
. Ill .LI-HL. ILJ .JlllJ.J..is
ft ""H" 1
-i V .
MISS KIMBKRLY JORDAN OF DURHAM, right,' a freshman at North
Carolina Central University, is a 1981-83 recipient or the university's National
Alumni Scholarship. Makinx the presentation recently was Ms. Dora Carr
inon, president of the university's Alumni Association, which awards (he
scholarships on the basis of academic merit and potential. Miss Jordan is a
chemistry major. . '
19
01 fx'
WEI
j- . , " ' h
iv s.,.m. k
m$. on
Lie.
amoi
The nutritious cereal
that tastes so good,
even kids like it.
I
Save 50$
5024
O
I
I votive vwr 3 1
I on anysize Cinnamon Flavor Life'Cereal. i
I i p "-""i- i I
I
I
jj os STORE COUPON 50 j
lETMliK As out nfM iou ma, jcupt tins contxm bail ittl cmlwntn
wily when tedeemed on the emitted producftu Quahef mH imnbune feu
nr ine face raJue ot tnn coupon plus ( Of mndbftf. Ha, oner ne mtf con
stitute hand Adequle pioot of putcluw msl sr soomittnl agon itwml
Custonwf pays any tai, this coupon is d il tiansieired mupvt
duced. taied licensed restricted or arfierevet preAtbited b Im Olfer food
only in the U SA and milttaiy commtjr$ nd eiclungn CmH slue
001 1 Only retaitets and Quaker authorized treating tout? send to Tie
Quaker OjtsComiwn,. P0 Boi106 OaaParH M 60303 HIMSOf OTFll:
Redeemable oflf on the purchase ol speciftett proiacKy Any ottrer use man
void all coupons submitted for redemption and such coupons may be confiy
cated. limit one coupon per transaction
1982 The Quake Oats Company
1982 The Quaker Oats Company.
Z
W"
1 rrsKfulWlavor robust KRAFT Naturaf Cheddar
Cheese. versattie enougn id ooa special jtesr to v -many
of your treasured recipes. r i
Aaa a suce to pen up v?ranar nu s owe npuoi i
Apple pie. It's os great with desserts as it is on
- burgers and in sandwiches. KRAFT Natural Cheddar
will keep you cooking up family favorites with
fresh ideas.
, , ; mans rnDretrmci
vj.b... ., - .. n 'v: t
J-
c::::?c:::i:::n