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Dr. Charles McCoy, Danforth Visiting Lecturer, to Appear Here MR. and MRS. JOHN B PARKER, JR. John Parker, Chowan Grad, Weds in Cairo, Eygpt, Church JOHN B. PARKER, JR., class of 1953, whose marriage took place in Cairo, Egypt, informs his many friends and former classmates, “There, I worked as the Assistant Agricultural Attache at the Ameri can Embassy and Seija was the work er in the Finnish Embassy in cha''ge of Passports and records. We were married at the United Church of Cairo on November 6, 1965 and were fortunate to have the American and Finnish ambassadors attend our wed ding and reception.” “Last July we traveled through Central Europe after spending a month in Finland. In the Middle East we stayed about two weeks in Leban on, 9 days in the Sudan, 6 days in Kuwait and 4 days in Gaza, during the spring of 19ed.” “Since my return to America, I have been working as an agricultural economist with USDA in Washington. I am now the country specialist for India and South Asia. In the future I will be doing more work with econo mic projections for the demand growth for food in Asia.” “My parents live near Winsor, North Carolina where we often go to spend the week-ends. I have over 100 Muscadine grapes and orchards there, Graduate Wins DSA Award FRANKIE SYKES, external vice president of the Haw River Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been pre sented that club’s Distinguished Ser vice Award, honoring him for civic efforts and contributions to his com munity. He is an assistant scoutmas ter and a member of the Fire Depart ment who worked this past year with the Halloween Festival and the Christ mas Cheer Fund. He is employed at Western Electric Company. whicn were started while I was in High School.” “After I graduated from N. C. Sta*e in Agricultural Economics in 1956, I went into the Army. Since 1959, I have been working with the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, and foreign mar kets has been my specialty with them the entire period. Before going to Cairo, I worked as a marketing speci alist in the Tobacco Division of the Foreign Agricultural Service. I travel ed to 52 countries while working with the Tobacco Division, and had 3 books published on foreign markets for to bacco.” “Seija is busy with our daughter, Sylvia, who was born on October 18, 1966. We live at our home which I purchased before going to Cairo.” Dr. Charles S. McCoy, professor in the Graduate Theoloical Union and the Pacific School of Religion, Berke ley, California, will be on the campus of Chowan College on February 20- 21 as a Danforth Visiting Lecturer. While here Dr. McCoy will give a public lecture on “The Emergent Agony of Higher Education” and a convocation address on “God is Dead: The Future of This Illusion”. In two classes or informal meetings with students and faculty he will discuss “The Divine Disguise: Theological Reflections on Art”. Campus visits by Dr. McCoy are made possible by a project which was begun in 1957, and sponsored jointly by the Danforth Foundation and the Association of American Colleges. Dr. McCoy is one of several scholars or specialists from this country and abroad who have been selected by the Foundation and the Association’s Arts Program for campus visits dur ing the current academic year. A native of Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. Dr. McCoy was graduated from the Laurinburg Public Schools, Presbyterian Junior College, the University of North Carolina, and Duke University Divin ity School. He received the Ph. D. degree in theology and ethics from Ya'e University in 1952. During the pa’>t year he has been in Europe en gaged in research at the University of Heidelberg and Basel. In 1942 Dr. McCoy enlisted in the U. S. Navy and served as an Ensign in the line during 1943-44. Following his ordination to the Methodist min- DR. CHARLES S. McCOY istry, he was on active duty as Chap lain in 194546, and again from 1952-54. His teaching appointments between 1946 and 1949 include Presbyterian Junior College, North Carolina State College, New Haven (Conn.) State Teachers College, Yale University, and the University of Flordia. He as sumed his present position at Paci fic School of Religion in 1959. Dr. McCoy served as pastor of the Methodist Church at Creedmoor, N. C. f~om 1946-47. At North Carolina State College he was director of the Wesley Foundation. He served on the executive committee of the Fellow ship of Southern Churchmen and the Florida Council on Human Relations. Wedding Bells Toll Class of 1960 ANNE ELIZABETH ALLIGOOD and Thomas McConnell MacKie. Both are employees of Bertie County Me morial Hospital at Windsor, N. C. Class of 1961 JAMES CURTIS MCGILL and Ber tha Gail Sutton. They make their home at 1006 Jasper Street, Clinton, N. C., where he is employed by the First Union National Bank and she is employed in the accounting depart ment of Hamilton Beach. Class of 1962 WILLIAM DALE BURRUS and Lorraine Howard. They are now liv ing at Hatteras, N. C. SARA LOU PRITCHARD and Mer rill Elwood Copeland. Their home is in Elizabeth City, N. C., and he is employed by the State Highway Com mission. Class of 1963 EDWARD MATTHEW MCCAULEY and June Pamela Pritchard. He is employed by the Nash County Health Department, headquartered at Nash ville, N. C., where they are making their home. She recently completed tra'ning at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine to be come a cytotechnologist. Class of 1964 MARY BETH FOWLER and George Larry Ivey. They are making their home at 108 East Sixteenth Street, Lumberton, N. C. DONNIE HUGH PITTMAN and Patricia Louise High. They live at Belfast, N. C. Class of 1965 DAUGHN VICTORIA PARKS and Thomas Edward Casley. They live in Raleigh, N. C. BRENDA KAY STILLEY and Wil liam Sidney Halstead. They are mak ing their home at New Bern, N. C. Class of 1966 FRANCES ANN CLEMENTS and James David Allen. They live at 701 Franklin Street, Roanoke Rapids. CLEAMON EDGAR EURE, JR., and Audrey Wrenn Edwards. He is serving in the U. S. Army and she is a medical secretary at Sampson County Memorial Hospital. GEORGE LINWOOD HOLLOND and Nelda Ann Hudson. They are making their home at 916 College View Apartments, Greenville, N. C., where he is employed by The Daily Reflector. ALICE JUDITH PAGE and MAR- VIE EDWARD YARBOROUGH. They live at Rocky Mount, N. C., where he is employed as a linotype operator for The Evening Telegram. ANN THOMAS NOWELL and James Fentress Lane. They live at Hertford, N. C., where she is employ ed by the Peoples Bank and Trust Company. SANDRA GAYLE SINK and RO BERT DELOS LYON. Their home is in High Point, N. C.,' where he is employed by Marsh Furniture Com pany and she is employed in the office of Influential, Inc. 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