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Conducting Bertie Campaign The Bertie County Area Campaign has been launched under the leadership of Bob Spivey, area chairman. Serving in the “Ac complishing Our Mission” capital cam paign, are, from left, Seaton Fairless, Jr.; Bobby Cross, director of development: Julian “Pike” Harrington; Bob Spivey; Nor man Clyde, Special Gifts Chairman, Mrs. Hazen Lancaster; Robert White; the Rev. Bennie Pledger; W. J. Barnacascel; and Jim Edwards. White and Pledger are Chowan trustees. C.kT'*!)* seo) Wrestlers Post Winning Season The Chowan College wrestling team finished the 1977-78 season with a 11-6 record, the first winning team since the Braves started their wrestling program in 1970. The Braves were led by two freshmen, Mike Ferrara and Roger Randall, and two sophomores, Ramon Col lins and Dan Kraft. Collins, who finished the regular season with a 13-4 record, was termed as this year's biggest surprise by Coach Steve Nelson. Three Braves, Ferrara, Randall and Kraft, captured Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships as Chowan finished third. During the season, each won 20 or more matches for a combined total of 64 wins against 16 losses and one tie. Wrestling in the 142 pound division, Ferrara finish ed 23-5, Randall (150) 21-6-1, and Kraft (158) 20-5. In the national tournament, Ferrara won two matches and lost two to finish eighth. Kraft ended his Chowan career with a 49-12 mark. He is Chowan’s only two-time regional champion. He was Chowan’s 1976-77 “Most Outstanding Athlete.” Wealth of Musical Talent To Highlight Concert Series Alumni News Mrs. Gale Marie James Kizzar resides in Richmond, Va., where she is a secretary with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. 1976 Linda Staton Freeman is married to Wayne Freeman. They reside in Rocky Mount where he is employed by Servoma- tion at N.C. Wesleyan College. Betty Jo Britton Young and Joseph Young (’74) have one child, Joseph Brown Young. He is employed as manager of Peachtree Court Apts. The couple reside in Pendleton. Betsy Guedri is a senior at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is major ing in biology and chemistry. 1977 Christina Creed lives in Augusta, Ga., where she is a legal secretary with the firm of Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett and Johnson. Alan K. Jones of Henderson is a book keeper with J. P. Taylor Tobacco Co., a subsidiary of Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., Inc. Kathy Coltrain Roberson is married to William Roberson and resides in Williamston. Betty Louise Moores Johnson resides in Durham with her husband, David. He is employed by Harris, Ulligan, Embice, Herbert, & Derr Law Firm. She is employed by Southeastern Surveys and is a student at Durham Technical Institute. Gilbert Lawson (Bob) Ketner is married to Debra Jo Lane and resides in Charlotte. Both are graduates of the N.C. School for the Deaf. He is employed by Anderson Press, Inc. Cindy Howell Lassiter is married to Mackeire Lassiter, Jr., and they live in Eure, N.C. She is a secretary in the Development Office of Chowan College and he works for Union Camp Corp. MIT Professor Visits Campus A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, Dr. Bruce Mazlish, addressed members of the Chowan community on “The Uses and Abuses of Psychohistort: Kissinger and Carter” and “Karl Marx” when he visited the campus in early April as a member of the popular Visiting Scholars Program. The noted author heads the Humanities Department at M.I.T., and holds the Ph.D. degree from Columbia University. For May-June, 1978 New Trustees Continued state University with a bachelor of elec trical engineering. He is a graduate of the Public Utilities Program of the University of Michigan and the Executive Program of the University of North Carolina. Teal has long been active in community affairs. He is a Rotarian; member of the Redevelopment Commission, Town of Tar- boro; chairman of the Edgecombe Co. Chapter of N.C. State Alumni Assoc.; and member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Independent Telephone Assoc. His service includes past president of NCITA, past secretary and treasurer of the Tarboro Rotary Club, past chairman of the Edgecombe Co. Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, and past member of the Board of Directors of N.C. State Alum ni Assoc. At First Baptist Church of Tarboro, Teal is chairman of the Personnel Committee, a deacon, and past chairman of the Finance Committee. A World War II veteran, he is a profes sional engineer, member of lEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers). He was named to the N.C. State University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. A wealth of musical talent will highlight the Chowan College Community Concert Association’s 1978-1979 season. Four attractions, Lonstreth and Escosa, duo harpists; Peanuts Hucko Jazz Five; Grant and Winn, duo-pianists; and The Ronnie Brown Trio have been scheduled. “This is one of the strongest programs we have offered, stated Dr. Alton Parker of Murfreesboro, president of the concert association. Parker said area residents will be given an opportunity to attent the concerts through membership during the associa tion’s annual membership drive April 10-15. Tickets for the 1978-1979 attractions are $6 for students, $12 for individuals, and $30 for families. They may be purshased from any of the workers or at the McDowell Col umns switchboard. Membership informa tion is available by calling 3984101. Parker said Longstreth and Escosa per formed several years ago, and due to their popularity they have been invited back. “But this will be their first appearance in the renovated McDowell Columns auditorium. We believe this will be a perfect setting for their concert.” The Jazz Five features the clarinet of Peanuts Hucko, singing star Louise Tobin, plus piano, bass and drums. Peanuts Hucko has played in many major bands in cluding Benny Goodman and Louis Arm strong. For several seasons he was seen on weekly television as “King of the Clarinet’' on the Lawrence Welk Show. The concert by the Denver natives was called “a magnificent two piano recital,” by the Worchester (Mass.) Gazette. The leader of the Ronnie Brown Trio is a former faculty member of Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. His trio of piano, bass and drums presents a pro gram of classics, pops and jazz. A Los Angeles Times critic commented, “One of the nation’s top pianists bar none — Ron nie Brown — capable of playing anything.” Grant and Winn will appear September 25; Peanuts Hucko Jazz Five November 6; and The Ronnie Trio, March 1. The Longstreth and Escosa concert has yet to be scheduled. PAGE FIFTEEN
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