Mary Ballance Gives
Concert In Africa
Mary Ballance, Southern Baptist
Missionary Journeyman from Aulander,
recently gave a packed-house concert at
the University of Nairobi in Kenya, East
Africa.
The concert attracted over 1,000
students. Ballance’s singing debut on the
miversity campus included contemporary
Christian songs, which have been
presented during her two-year stay in
Nairobi before audiences in churches,
schools and colleges.
Mary arrived in Nairobi in August of
1975 and has been teaching business at the
Baptist Center in Shauri Moyo. She is a
graduate of Chowan College in Mur
freesboro and the Atlantic Christian
College in Wilson. She was the state vice-
president of North Carolina’s Baptist
Student Union in 1974-1975.
76 Grad Named
Manning Awardee
Mrs. Charlotte Gail Woodard Garris of
Murfreesboro, a 1976 graduate of Chowan
College, has been named the Florence
Manning Bicentennial Third Place
Awardee for achievement as a junior
college secretarial student.
The award was presented by the
National Alpha Pi Epsilon, secretarial
science honor society, with chapters
throughout the country. Mrs. Pat Ed
wards, professor in the Department of
Business, is the sponsor of Chowan’s
chapter.
Mrs. Garris received three awards at
the 1976 Honors Day program: Alpha Pi
Epsilon Scholarship Award, Department
of Business Academic Award, and Highest
Scholastic Average for a sc^homore.
She was selected to Who’s Who Among
Students in American Junior Colleges and
Phi Theta Kappa.
ENTERS PRIVATE BUSINESS—Danny Deskins, center, manager of the college
cafeteria, resigned his position recently with Mark IV, Inc., to operate his own restaurant in
Courtland, Va. Prior to leaving the college, Deskins was presented a monogramed
rocking chair by members of the faculty and staff. Mrs. Undine Barnhill, right, a professor
in the Department of Languages, made the presentation during a recent noon meal, while
Mrs. Deskins looks on.
1905 Grad
Is Claimed
By Death
One of Chowan College’s oldest
alumnae, Mrs. Frances Sears
Francis, 91, died February 7 in
Southampton Memorial Hospital in
Franklin, Va. She was a member of
the Class of 1905.
A native of Como, she was the
widow of Albert Sidney Francis and
mother of Gilbert W. Francis of
Boykins, Va., who serves as
diairman of Chowan’s Endowment
Committee and is a member of the
Board of Advisors at Chowan. Her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gilbert W.
Francis, directs Chowan’s mer
chandising management program
sponsored by the Department of
Business.
Mrs. Francis was a member of
Boykins Baptist Church and its
Women’s Christian Temperance
Union.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Deaton Faucette
and Mrs. Katherine Draper of
Boykins, and Mrs. Natalie Coleman
of Blackstone; two sons, Everette
Sears Francis of Richmond and
Gilbert W. Francis of Boykins; 13
grandchildren; and 13 great-grand
children.
The funeral service was held in
Boykins Baptist Church by the Rev.
G. Durham Ipock, the Rev. J.
Shelton King, and the Rev. Ben B.
Ussery.
Wallaces Attend Church
Services With President
HELPING EDUCATION—Charles M. Geer, (left), manager, shows an educattonal exhibit
used by Ahoskie’s Alamac Knitting Division of West Point Pepperell, Inc., to Bobby Cross,
Director of Development. Greer earlier presented Cross with a check for $1,000 toward
the Missk>n PossiMe Campaign for Carrie Savage Camp Hall. The donation is from the
Alamac employees through the West Point Pepperell Foundation.
Not many people ever get a chance to
see a United States president even when
ftey want to, but Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Wallace, Chowan College professors,
received a surprise peek at President
Carter on March 20.
The Wallaces attended Washington’s
First Baptist Church where Carter is a
member, and, sure enough, as soon as they
entered the sanctuary about thirty
minutes before the service, they could
Students Attend
National Confab
Seven Chowan College students attended
the National Convention of Phi Theta
Kappa, March 30-April 4 in Minneapolis,
Minn.
They were accompanied by the sponsor
of the Phi Theta Kappa Chapter at
Chowan, Carl Simmons, chairman of the
Department of Mathematics.
Phi Theta Kappa is a national, honorary,
scholarship fraternity for the junior
colleges of America. It is open to students
with a minimum of a three point average,
(B), who are recommended by a faculty
committee and approved the student
members of the organization.
Students attending the National Con
vention were:Nancy Sullivan of Gamer;
Richard W. Brown, Salem N. J.; Gary
Randall Boyter, Moore, S. C.; Kent L.
Roberts, Woodbridge, Va.; Richard
Allen Walsh, Lenoir, N. C. Charles Thomas
McClain, New Castle, Del.; and Mark T.
Everhart of Chuckatuck Station, Suffolk,
Va.
hear President Carter teaching the adult
men’s and womoi’s class in the balcony.
The Wallaces both expressed their
surprise in seeing the President teach, but
were unable to hear good because of ex
cess noise in the auditorium. The Wallaces
were even more surprised when President
Carter, his wife, and daughter Amy sat
just six pews in front of them during the
sermon. The Pastor was Dr. Charles
Trentham, who addressed the com
mencement exercises at Chowan College
several years ago.
During the service, Amy Carter’s
controversial governess was inducted as a
member of the church.
The only [rivilege given to the Carters
came at the end of the service, when
everyone was asked to remain seated
while the presidential family was escorted
out. Mrs. Wallace added that President
Carter and his wife Rosylan were full of
aniles, but daughter Amy seemed em
barrassed at the extra attration and kept
her head down.
When asked about secret service
protection, Mr. Wallace stated that a few
men were constantly around the family,
n^e others were inconspicuously plac^
around the church. They ^d not, however,
try to stop anyone from entering, and it
appeared to Mr. Wallace that anyone who
wished could have attended, as there were
a few empty seats in the balcony.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace were in
Washington to attend the Mid-Atlantic
Regional American Accounting
Association meeting, which was held at
George Washington University March 17-
19.
For May, June 1977
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