Graphic Arts
Alumnus Active
Baptist Layman
By VERNON F. SECHRIEST,
Rocky Mount Telegram
ROCKY MOUNT—There’s a general feel
ing around the Rocky Mount Telegram’s
composing room that if you let John do it
there will be little room for complaint.
The “John” in this instance refers to
John J. Nicholson Jr., compositor, who
has been with The Telegram since 1959.
Nicholson, a 1957 Chowan graduate, com
mutes from his home in Pinetops where he
is an extremely active member of Pine-
tops Baptist Church. In fact, you can name
the church job and the chances are that
Nicholson probably holds it. He is chair
man of the pulpit committee, adult Sunday
Sunday School superintendent, chairman of
the properties committee, assistant Train
ing Union secretary and Royal Ambassa
dor councilor.
A native of Warren County, Nicholson
moved to Pinetops, in Edgecombe County,
in 1957. He was married in 1954 to a Texan,
Ruth Boyd, and they have a four-year-old
son, Charles Boyd.
Nicholson entered Chowan after his grad
uation from Macon High School in Warren
County. He worked briefly with the Edge
combe Journal in Pinetops before going
with The Telegram. , .
In addition to his work with advertising
layouts, Nicholson has charge of The Tel
egram’s front page layout two days every
week.
Chowan Alumnus
Valued Worker;
Church Leader
John Powell, (left) a native of Nashville,
graduated from the Chowan School of
Graphic Arts in 1957 and has been a valued
employee at the Ahoskie plant of the Park
er Brothers chain of newspapers since his
graduation.
John is a member of the Ahoskie First
Baptist Church and its Barraca Sunday
School class of which he has been
Secretary-Treasurer and President. Powell
is married to the former Joyce Rackley of
Nashville, North Carolina and they have
two children, Terasa, 7, and Johnna, 4, all
of whom participate in the activities of the
First Baptist Church of which the Reverend
Isaac Terrell is pastor.
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