Featuring adult students in Forsyth Technical
Community College's Basic Skill and
High School Completion
Programs.
Name: Enid Lynch
Age: 75
FTCC Program : Adult High School ? 2nd
quarter
Highest grade completed before coming
to FTCC: 8th grade
Home City: Trinidad, West Indies
Family: 4 children, 6 grandchildren
Employer: Retired in 1989. Last job was
working with handicapped and elderly
Reason for returning to school : Strong
desire to help others
Why dropped out: Work and family were
the main reason students dropped out of
school in the West Indies
Community Involvement: Member of Our
Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
After 50 years of working and raising children, what
wouldyou do? Most would answer that it is time to put
their feet up and rest awhile. Enid Lynch's answer is to go
back to schoofso that she can help others. "Even though I
am 75 years old, I am still very healthy. Getting an educa
tion will help me to help others," said Mrs. Lynch.
Having come to the United States in 1969, to be with
her daughter, Enid Lynch has rarely been idle. She helped
raise her grandchildren in New York and then later in Win
ston-Salem while keeping jobs off and on until the ripe age
j>{ 73. In September, 1991, she decided it was time to go
back to school, get her high school diploma, and then go
on to college. In college, she wants to study physical thera
py. Teachers at Forsyth Tech know that she can and will do
whatever she puts her mind to.
After two quarters of classes in Forsyth Tech's Adult
High School Program, she has yet to make a grade less
than an "A T Of the 240 Adult High School students, most
of whom are between the ages of 17 and 25, she stands
out. This is not because of her age, but her academic excel
lence.
"She is outscoring everybody. I don't think she has
scored less than a 98 on any of my tests. Her zeal for learn
ing defies her age," said teacher Robert Tompkins. "She is
the perfect student. Although the other students are much
younger, they really admire her for her academic excel
lence."
"I think I make the other students work harder," said
Mrs. Lynch. "They are challenged by me." Challenging
others and herself to be the best is what has guided Mrs.
Lynch through lifeTTI am very proud of my health. Never
smoking or drinking and always staying active has been
my secret/' she added.
It will take Mrs. Lynch about one and a half years to
complete her high school education. At 76 years old, she
will be one of the oldest graduates to ever complete
Forsyth Tech's Adult High- School program. She probably
will have one of the highest grade point averages too.
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% sponsoring the 1992 Regional Conference March 20-22 at the Holldav Inn-North. TI?^ommitteei6P
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they have planned sessions on student recruitment, general reports, and national business. A iun?
? cheon on Saturday, March 21 has been planned featutfngtheWSSUsChorus, directed by Hampton
D Walla Simmons. Featured speakers witt Include Al Knight, National president of NHAA,
im Inland William Hap^pr^|dem,HamptonUniverslty, All aluiihi and guest are Invited to attend. I
Registration begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 21.
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? Spring Conference held
Tfie Department of Nortn car
olina American Legion, American
Legion Auxiliary, Sons of the
American Legion Spring Confer
ence was held at the Four Seasons
Town Centre Greensboro, N-C.
Department Commander Frank T.
Rose presided pver the conference
for the Legion.
The opening session began at
7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Special
recognitions were given to all past
Department Commanders and
Department Auxiliary presidents.
Mrs. Grace Ragan, Department
the opening session. Reports were
given by Department officers, Divi
sion president and Department
Chairman of Committees.
Department Historian Martha-^
G. Jones reported on the importance
of recording a Unit History Book to
be entered into the yearly judging
contest in June at the state conven
tion to be held in Raleigh, N.C.
Mrs. Evelyn Funches reported her
yearly program of work for the
American Legion Auxiliary Emer
gency Fund where she serves as
chairman. Mrs. Ezel Free, Southern
Division National vice president
spoke to the group during the gener
al session.
Aaaiuonai reports were giveir
by Kay Hirst - Girls State chair
man; V A & R - Frances Foushee;
Foreign Relations - Helen Smith;
and Jr. Activities - Mary Jane Jus
tice. The Jr. Auxiliary President and
10 other juniors were present.
Membership - Vice President Anne
Morris as of Feb. 1992 - Total Paid
membership for North Carolina
9,853 which gives them 88.96%.
Henry A. Wilson is running for
4th Division Commander. The elec
tion will be held at the June Con
vention. District 18 which includes
#1?8, #??0, and #453 ?
have reached their membership goal
of 555.
Ralph R. Morgan Legionnaires
and Auxiliary members attending
?were: Auxiliary President Lucy
Boykins, 18th District Vice Presi
dent Naomi Lone, Carrie Richard
son, Martha Jackson, Magelene
Cuthrell, Addie Jenkins, Mary
Thomas, Darnella Moore, Henry A.
Wilson, William L. Wright, Melvin
Beatty III, Robert Surles, Thomas
Foggie, George Cason, Paul Frazier,
Charles Parker, Patrica Herring,
Gail Coston, Ronald Brown, Carl
Miller Jr., Clarence Simington,
James Vinson Sr., and James
Walthour.
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With all the benefits of fitness ? stronger heart
and lungs, reduced stress, increased energy ?
isn't it time you started a
regular exercise program with
your children? The good fitness
habits they develop now could
give them a healthier, happier
lifetime ? a gift they'll
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Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102-0686
The President's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports