Senator Erwin Belk Elected
Chairman of Board of Advisors
BORN TO serve;—The dramatic color and sound film about Chowan Col
lege, filmed this summer, is now available for showing to schools, civic,
church and club groups. The picture above uxjs taken during the filming
of the movie in front of the historic Columns Building.
Jameson Appointed Chairman
For Tattern Gift' Solicitations
Archer LeRoy Jameson, vice pres
ident of Virginia Electric and Power
Company’s Southern Division, has
been named Pattern Gifts Chairman
for phase one of Chowan College’s
campaign to raise $2,225,000.00 for
necessary expansion by 1973, the year
Chowan observes its 125th anniver
sary. As Pattern Gifts Chairman,
he will supervise the program of
fund-raising among, and participate
in selecting leadership for, major
gift prospects in northeastern North
Carolina and southeastern Virginia,
outside of Murfreesboro.
Goai Is Set
Goal for the phase in which Mr.
Jameson is serving as Chairman,
with contributions to be pledged by
the end of this year, is $500,000.00
This was established by Chowan’s
Board of Trustees in sessions Septem
ber 26. Contracts are to be let in
December, with ground-brealdng ex
pected late in the year, for the first
facility of this expansion; a new li-
brary-fine arts facility to shelve
100,000 volumes, contain space and
equipment in several reading areas
for 400 students and faculty, and
space and equipment for music, dra
ma and fine arts. This facility, to re
place inadequate facilities now used,
will cost $800,000.00, equipped.
Virginia Native
A native of Alexandria, Va., now
living in Williamston, he is a mem
ber of the North Carolina Atomic
Energy Advisory Committee, the
State Emergency Resources Planning
Committee and the Newcomen So-
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Archer L. Jameson
ciety of America. Mr. Jameson is a
member of the Martin County Eco
nomic Development Commission, the
Martin County Advisory Board and
the Beaufort-Martin-Hyde Library
Board, as well as being a member
of the Board of Directors for the
Roanoke County Club.
He is past chairman of the sales
committee of the Southeastern Elec
tric Exchange, past president of the
Williamston Chamber of Commerce
and a former Board of Directors
member for the Kiwanis Club. Mr.
Jameson has been active in numer
ous clubs and civic organizations in
cities where he has served.
Senator Irwin Belk of Charlotte,
leader in North Carolina’s educa
tional, political and religious life for
many years, was recently elected
Chariman of Chowan College’s 25-
member Board of Advisiors.
Active in Community
Currently serving in leadership po
sitions with eight church and religious
organizations. Senator Belk is known
as one of North Carolina’s outstand
ing champions of the cause of church-
related college education. His lead
ership has been credited with aiding
the growth and progress of many
church-related colleges and institu
tions, and Senator Belk is also known
as a dynamic public speaker for
Christian causes, being among Ameri
ca’s outstanding churchmen. He has
represented Mecklenburg County, as
State Representative and Senator,
for almost 18 years. Senator Belk
serves State government as a mem
ber of nine legislative committees and
is chairman of the Highway Safety
Committee and Vice-Chairman of the
Appropriations Committee. He is also
an outstanding businesssman, serv
ing as President of Belk Enterprises,
Inc., and Chairman of the Board of
the Belk Foundation.
Combat Veteran
Senator Belk is married to the for
mer Carol Gretnes and they have
four children: William Irwin, Irene
Gretnes, Marilyn and Carl Gretnes
Belk. He is a veteran of combat duty
during World War II.
Senator Irwin Belk
The Board of Advisors, created by
action at Chowan College’s Board of
Trustees on February 22, 1965, also
discussed matters related to Chowan
College’s development and the cam
paign now in progress to raise
$2,225,000.00 for necessary expansion
by 1973, the year the college observes
its 125th anniversary. Other matters
discussed by the Board of Advisors
included participation in the cam
paign effort and in the total life of
Chowan College.
Hill Named Campaign Chairman
For Murfreesboro, County Area
Bob F. Hill, chairman of Hertford
County Commissioners who was ac
tive in reopening Chowan College
after it closed due to difficulties
brought on by World War H, has been
named chairman in the Murfreesboro
area for phase one of Chowan Col
lege’s campaign to raise $2,225,000.00
for necessary expansion by 1973, the
year Chowan observes its 125th anni
versary. As chairman, he will super
vise the program of fund-raising and
participate in selecting leadership for
the campaign in Murfreesboro.
Former Trustee
Mr. Hill, general manager of Moon
light Enterprises, was a member of
Chowan’s ^ard of Trustees at the
time of the college’s reopening. He is
president of the Murfreesboro Indus
trial Development Corporation and a
director of the Farmers Bank of
Woodland and Murfreesboro, as well
^ being director of Radio Station
WWDR and The Pine Forest Rest
Home at Potecasi. He is a member of
the Murfreesboro Planning Board
and past president of the Murfrees
boro Rotary Club and the Chamber
of Commerce.
Active in Community
The 44-year-old chairman, who has
farming interests in Northampton
Bob F. Hill
county, is Sunday School superinten
dent and a deacon for Murfreesboro
Baptist Church. He is Chairman of
the Hertfort County Board of Com
missioners. His wife, the former
Josie Lassiter of Potecasi, graduated
from Chowan in 1940 and her mother
graduated from Chowan in 1908.
THE CHOWANIAN