River Cruise
for Guests
Spouses of members of the
Board of Trustees and Board of
Advisors enjoyed a boat tour on
the Chowan and Meherrin
Rivers the morning of the
meeting of the two Boards.
Wives in the above photograph
are, from left, Mrs. Glenn
(Muriel] Kiser of Blowing Rock,
Mrs. Charles L. (Martha)
Revelle, Sr., of Murfreesboro;
Mrs. H. D. (Janet) White, Rocky
Mount: and Mrs. J. Felix
(Frances) Arnold of Enfield.
— Phofo by Wilson Hitchtns
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Board Told of Increased Enrollment, Sound Finances
After hearing a report of increased enroll
ment and a sound financial picture, Chowan
College trustees and advisors continued
their semi-annual meeting in early
September on a positive note by facing
several challenges.
Clayton Lewis, dean of students, told the
trustees of a fall semester enrollment of
1,052 which represents an increase of ap
proximately 75 over last year.
The president reported the coUege
conclud^ the 1977-78 year by operating in
the black for the 20th straight year.
Following a groundbreaking service for
the college’s new gymnasium-physical
education center the day before the semi
annual session, the trustees and advisors
faced several challenges related to the “Ac
complishing Our Mission” campaign.
E. L. HoUowell of Edenton, the cam
paign’s general chairman, reported Chowan
has received over $1,338,000 in pledges and
gifts for the new facility.
Adopt Goal
Trustees adopted a goal of immediately
reaching the $1.5 million mark in pledges
and gifts in order to qualify for construction
loans. They also recwnmended reaching
the full $2,150,000 cost of construction by
January 1979. The recommendation was
presented by Edwin Williams of Kinston on
behalf of the development and finance com
mittee of the Board of Trustees.
In addition to HoUowell, other national
campaign leaders include Mrs. Texie Camp
Marks of Boykins, Va., honorary chairman;
Mrs. Mary Alice Matthews of Hamilton and
Semi-Annual Meeting Held
state Sen. J. J. Harrington of Lewiston, co-
chairman of the leadership gift phase.
In other financial matters, advisor Henry
S. Johnson, Jr. of Hamilton reported on the
1978-79 Annual Givii^ Fund. The drive’s
chairman said the minimum goal is $65,000
and the challenge goal is $75,000. A
distinguished service award was presented
to Mrs. Dorothy H. Brown of Murfreesboro,
chairman of the successful 1977-78 annual
giving drive that raised over $52,600.
Record Budget
The Board of Trustees also approved a
record budget of $4,650,000 for the 1978-79
academic year. Diowan’s budget for the
1977-78 year was $3.5 million. Much of the in-
creae is due to a change in bookkeeping pro
cedures. Some $800,000 for student aid,
which was previously reported in a separate
account, is included in the operating
budget. These funds are received from
various sources including work-study pro
gram, grants, and scholarships. Normal in
creases for budgeted items, to include a
greater enrollment, account for the remain
ing increase.
Trustees adopted resolutions to the
memory of former trustee and benefactor,
Walter L. (Roy) Simons of Ahoskie. Simons
was recogniz^ for his service to Chowan to
include his “commitment to the furthreance
of the aims and objectives of Chowan,” and
his “charitable deeds.”
William Nortis of Greensboro presided for
the advisors as acting chairman. A boat
tour on the Chowan and Meherrin Rivers
was provided spouses of members of the two
boards.
Trustee chairman, H. D. White of Rocky
Mount, told the trustees and advisors before
they adjourned that the meeting had been
“very positive and magnified the continuing
achievements of Chowan College in sevice
to young men and women and the entire
area and region.”
Wildlife Group Honors Graduate
James Twiford, wildlife officer of Monroe
£ind a Chowan graduate from the Class of
1962, was honored by the North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission during the
summer upon his completion of the Advanc
ed Law Enforcement program of the state’s
Criminal Justice Training and Standards
Council. The award was presented by Don
Curtis, chief of the law enforcement division
at a special dinner in Twiford’s honor in
Albemarle.
Twiford has served in Albemarle,
Raeford, Fayetteville and now in Union and
Mecklenberg counties since joining the
wildlife commission in January, 1968.
Twiford graduated from Chowan inl962,
and continued his education at Florida
Southern University. He is married to the
former Frances Blackwelder and they have
two children. Windy, 14, and Lynn, 12. The
alumnus is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winbon
J. Twiford of Engelhard.
For October, 1978
Promoted
Sarah Elizabeth Merrill
daughter of Willie Dennisco Wig
gins of Cofield and the late Milfred
Wiggins, has been promoted from
executive secretary to the Sales
and Marketing Department of
Zurich-American Insurance Com
panies of Moorestown,N.J., to per
sonnel administrator. A 1970
graduate of Ahoskie High School
and 1972 graduate of Chowan Col
lege with an associate degree in
secretarial administration, she
recently attended a Personnel
Seminar in Chicago.
—Photo by Wilton Hlfchfns
Buffet Luncheon
A buffet luncheon was served members of the Board of Trustees and Advisors
and their spouses following the semi-annual meeting of the trustees and advisors
in September. From left: Dr. L. Mack Thompson, trustee, pastor of Warsaw Bap
tist Church; Keith Lamb, of New Bern, advisor; Charlie Whitley, Winston-Salem,
trustees; Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. White of Windsor (Mr. White is a trustee).
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