Endowment Needs of
College Are Outlined
Chowan
in Speech
Wedding Bells
The following is by H. D.
White, Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Chowan College
in 19i3 and 1964, is the second
of a series of articles on Cho
wan College and its endow
ment needs. The first article
appeared in the last Alumni
Issue of the Chowanian and
was written by the vice-chair
man of the Board of Trust
ees, Mrs. C. W. Beasley.
This information is dissemi.
nated with the hope that a-
lumni of Chowan College will
be thoroughly acquainted with
the endowment program and
the implications of its grow
ing strength. The Endowment
Fund has just recently gone
over the $100,000 mark and
the Endowme«it Corrunittee
has, through a through
study, seen the need to raise
the Endowment of Chowan
College to at least {2,000,000
within the next decade. Mem
bers of the Endowment Com
mittee believe that this can
be accomplished if alumni and
friends of the college through
member the college through
gifts from their estates as
may be designated in their
wills.
By H. D. WHITE
Chairman of Board of
Trustees-1963-1964
This article is directed to all
the alumni of that now great
Christian institution so well
known as “Chowan College” of
Murfreesboro, N. C. Also, to
every trustee, present and past-
to all members of the faculty,
present and past—to all mem
bers of the student body and
to its thousands of friends, old
and young, throughout Eastern
North Carolina, all parts of
this fine state, Virginia and
many other states of this great
country of ours. As your Chair
man of the Board of Trustees
for the past two years and a
member of your Board for a-
bout ten years and now rota-
tating off the Board in this
month: allow me to express to
you some of my visions and
MK. H. I). WHITF.
feelings for this great school.
In the first place, the real
spirit of God directed a few
‘‘strong in faith Christians” to
reopen Chowan College after
having been closed several years.
Under the direction of Dr.
F. 0. Mixon, president, and a
small number of supporters
Chowan came to life. After a
few years of real struggle for
funds and students things began
to happen.
Then came a shock! Dr.
Mixon, in the height of his ac
complishment, was called by
his God.
Briefly and quickly, God
showed us the way to Dr. Bruce
Whitaker and he became Presi
dent of Chowan.
Under Dr. Whitaker’s leader
ship came new spirit, broader
vision, greater challenge. Things
began to happen on larger
scales—bigger buildings, better
buildings, improved faculty,
larger and stronger student
body, a much larger and a
more progressive program
generally
Now Chowan College is known
far and wide. She was once so
small, so limited in many ways.
Man s Best Friend?
"Cars are truly man's greatest
friends—except when he really
needs one,” says columnist John
Marshall in the University of
Cincinnati NEWS RECORD.
After having two flat tires in
three days on Colimibia Park
way during rush hour, Marshall
described the desperate commu
ter's plight:
I used to drive an old Chevy
Uiat once developed a strage
sound; it was kind of like
“pocketa pocketa, pocketa.”
Needless to say I left the car at
a garage and set out on the im
possible task of finding transpor
tation back and forth for my 20-
mile drive to the university.
Every night for a week I would
call the garage, and every night
the mechanic would tell me he
hadn’t started working on it yet.
As the week progressed, my
mode of transportation shifted
from busses to low-flying air
planes to an army surplus camel
and finally to a sway-back St.
Bernard. Finally he called and
said he had found my trouble.
Without letting him say another
word, I slammed down the re
ceiver, jumped in a taxi, slam
med a gun to the driver’s head,
and ordered him to drive me to
the garage. Upon arrival I jump
ed out of the taxi, threw myself
at the mechanic's feet and holler
ed, "You’ve got to tell me what’s
wrong with my car.”
Do you know what he told me?
“Your problem is that you've
got a strange sound that is kind
of like 'pocketa, pocketa, pock
eta.”
Needless to say, I changed
mechanics and found one that
seemed really capable. I remem
ber he was from the East and
kept talking about my “cah”
instead of my car.
One day 1 was involved in an
accident and my good old chevy
was wrecked. My mechanic fri
end told me he could have the
engine made over and my body
formed up like a new “cah.”
But I couldn’t see my way clear
to having it fixed.
Every night 1 had this horrible
dream. I dreamt I had an acci
dent in my made ’n formed
“cah.”
but today with more than 1,100
students, over $1,200,000 bud
get, better teachers, stronger
administrative staff, improved
facilities, we are all proud of
her record. We have no regrets
for our efforts, other than per
haps many of us wish we had
given more to her support.
Right now what does Chowan
College need most? Chowan
needs more buildings, more
money to pay existing obliga
tions, and these responsibili
ties will not cease.
We now need to build the
“Endowment of Chowan Col
lege.” If the College hopes to ful
fill its mission completely, it
must have a much enlarged en
dowment. As most of you know,
endowments are used to aid
many students of limited means
to get a college education. Our
needs are many and we cer
tainly want to continue our
growth. Your Endowment Com
mittee consisting of Dr. Gilbert
T. Stephenson, Chairman, Pen
dleton; John 0. Askew III Har-
rellsville; Mrs. C. W. Beasley,
Colerain: E. P. Brown, Sr.,
Murfreesboro; Herbert Jenkins,
Sr., Aulander; Cohen W. Par
ker, Aulander; R. Hunter Pope,
Enfield; George Underwood,
Murfreesboro: Rev. B. M.
Whitehurst, Roanoke Rapids
and H. D. White, Rocky Mount,
have spent many hours together
studying ways and means of
improving the much needed en
dowment of our college. We have
a pamphlet now available, on
request to the college, called
“How You Can Help Build Up
The Endowment of Chowan Col
lege”.
This pamphlet will explain the
many ways and conditions by
which you can make contrubu-
tions to the Chowan Endowment
by wills, by cash gifts, and by
many other conditions. All mem
be.'s of the Endowment Commit
tee urge and request, your full
support to the “Endowment
Fund' '
Don't put it off—make your
will now and include the much
needed Chowan General Endow
ment, then don't hesitate to ask
others to join with you to help
make a great college even
greater.
James Riley Caldwell of Havelock to Brenda Joyce Allen of New
Bern. The marriage took place in the Concord Christian Church in
P'lorence. Caldwell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Caldwell and is
a graduate of Havelock High School. He is currently employed with
the A&P Company. The couple make their home in Havelock.
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Ella Louise Chappel to Johnny W. Byrum. The wedding took place
in the Piney Woods Friends Church in Elizabeth City. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Chappell of Belvidere and
the groom is a native of Hertford. Mrs. Byrum is a graduate of
Perquimans County High School and Chowan. The young couple will
make their home on North Church Street in Hertford.
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Martha Sue Shott to William Alfred Forbes, IIII. The wedding took
place in Winterville and was followed by a reception at the Winter-
ville Community Center. Mr. Forbes attended North Carolina State.
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Carey L. Williams to Sandra Carol Gardner. The wedding took
place in the First Baptist Church, Rockport, Texas. Mrs. William is
a native of Rockport and Mr. Williams is a graduate of Concord
High School and Chowan. He has just completed three years service
in the U. S. Army Dental Corps with 18 months of that time spent
in Korea. He is currently a dental technician at Ford Hood, Texas.
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Trudy Nan Murray to Donald Woodrow Jones. The vows were
spoken at the Union Hope Baptist Church at Sylva, N. C. The bride
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent Murray. She is em
ployed as a stenographer with Southern Bell Telephone Company in
Raleigh. Mr. Jones, a graduate of Bunn High School, is in the Air
Force and stationed at Great Falls, Montana.
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Pauline Ann Van Dyk to Donald Clarke Permenter. The wedding
took place in the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, N. C.
The bride is a graduate of Pantego High School and received a sec
retarial diploma from Chowan. She is presently working in Raleigh.
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Hardie LeRoy Martin to Sarah Frances Parker. The groom was
2, 1964. Since May, he has been employed by the State Department
graduated from Atlantic Christian College and nservice until April
of Revenue in Greensboro and Raleigh, The bride was a senior at
Meredith College.
Graphic Arts Alumni
(Continued)
dent. Stephen W. Deal, 104 St.,
Mary Street, Kannopolis, Daily
Independent: Richard Horace
Freeman, 1429 W. Queen Street
Hampton, Va., Daily Press, Inc.
Wallace Lyndon Guilford, Jr.,
Lot 12 White’s Trailor Court,
Greenville, student; David Lar
ry Hollowell, 2009 Redgate Dr.,
Portsmouth, Professional Print
ing, Inc.; Julian Dewey Hursey
Jr., P.O. Box 64, Roanoke Rap
ids, Herald Printing Co.; Rob
ert Cary Jones, Box 232 Sea
board, truck driver, Carroll Dav
is Mann, Jr., 2 D. Elizabeth
Road, Hampton, Virginia, Army
(Civil Service) Charles Edward
Medlin, 717 Glenbrook Drive,
Raleigh, N.C. National Bank;
Julian Randolph Norvell, 311
Polk St. Raleigh, Fire Rating
Bureau; Richard Douglas Walsh
2709 Eastwood Drive, Winston-
Salem, King Photo Supply Co.;
William Thomas Walker, 305 S.
Elm St., Greenville, The Daily
Reflector; Ronald Woodrow
Ward, Tabor City, Atlantic Pub
lishing Co.; Kenneth Frank Wil
son, 102 Rose St., Smithfield,
Smithfield Hearid Pub. Co.: and
Arthur Marvin Williams, Jr., 7036
Strathmore St., Apt. 12, Chevy
Chase, Md., Central Intelligence
Agency.
1963-1964
Tony Lee Barnhardt, 611 Oak-
shade Avenue, Kannapolis, The
Daily Independent; Walter Alan
Basnight, Route 3. Box 119, Co
lumbia, U.S. Army; Joseph Dav
id Cave, 3021 Hermosa Lane,
Havertown, Pa. student, Arkan
sas State College: Angelus De-
metri Christopher, Arkansas St.
College, Arkansas, student; Win
ston Churchill Daughtry, Route
1, Murfreesboro; Bobby Hayes,
P.O. Box 6095, Virginia Beach,
Va. Construction work; Mrs.
Mary Jeanette Hodges Barnes,
107 West Lee Street, Wilson, The
Wilson Daily Times; Larry H.
Hunter, 4495 Tise Ave., Winston-
Salem, Student, Arkansas St.
College; Rodger Lewis Jones,
207 1/4 W. Park Dr., Raleigh,
News and Observer; James Nel
son Lee, Jr., 704 Morehead Ave.,
Greensboro, Deal Printing Co:
Joseph T. Liverman, Jr., 704
Joseph T. Liverman, Jr., 401 W.
Washington Ave., Kinston, Rider
Printing Co.,; Lloyd Fenton Mad-
drey, Jr., % Courier Times, Rox-
boro; Mrs. Brenda Kay Painter
Dickens, Box 39, Tar Heel Mob
ile Home Park, Chapel Hill
Weekly & Colonial Press: Robert
F. Sykes, Box 222, Haw River,
Richmond County Journal; Kin-
chen Carl Taylor, Box 2, Whi
takers, The Wilson Daily Times;
William John Thurman III, Box
160 Airport Road, Rocky Mount,
Rocky Mount Evening Telegram;
James Alan West, 1109 Killette
St., Wilson, A&P Tea Co.; and
Clifton Jenning Weeks, Route 1,
Box 312, Chesapeake, Va., Amer
ican Bank Stationery Co.
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