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Spring Festival Fun
Spring Festival activities begin early in the
week for students, vi/ith many events and
programs planned for entertainment and
recreation. One of the most popular is the
afternoon of "Anything Goes" in center
campus, when a variety of gomes and
contests are held. One of the fun gomes is
the giant "earth ball" and Jennifer Ryan, a
sophomore art major from Raleigh, is
assisted by Craig Mosser in an attempt to
master the rolling technique.
Alumni
News
Class of 1957
Louis Keamey, a 21-year em
ployee with The Durham Sun and
Durham Herald newspapers by
President E. T. Rollins, Jr.
Class of 1959
Rev. Julian R. Mills, Sr., of
Warrenton, has been elected
president of the CuUom Baptist
Association Pastors’ Conference.
CUssofl968
Barry Lee Pope of Wilson, was
married to Martha Diane Morris,
also of Wilson, on March 16,1985.
Class of 1970
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mitchell
(former Margaret Harris) of
Rocky Mount, N. C., announce the
birth of their second daughter,
Lauren Harris Mitchell, on June 9,
1984.
Class of 1971
Bobbie Harrison Wagner and her
husband, Robert Z., of Poquoson,
Va., announce the birth of their
daughter, Kaura Kay, bom March
24,1985.
CUss of 1973
Ted Allison Proctor, of Raleigh,
was married to Wanda Gail Spikes
on November 18,1984.
Class of 1974
John R. Byrd received a Masters
of Recreation Resources
Management with a Minor in Adult
Education from North Carolina
State University on May 15,1984.
Frances Fidler Childs and R.
Wayne Childs have a son, Trevor
James, bom February 24,1985. He
weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz.
Rev. and Mrs. G. Richard
Troost, Jr., (former Karen Hun-
berstone) of Winder, Georgia,
announce the arrival of a
daughter. Tiffany Christine
Troost, bom on September 24,1984.
CUss of 1975
Thomas Russell Cobb of Rocky
Mount, N. C., was married to
Margaret Lynette Wells on June
30,1984.
Anthony T. Fann of Kenner, La.,
was married to Debra Ann Gan-
carcik on November 24,1984.
Stephen Randolph Skinner of
Aulander was married to Brenda
Copeland Byrd on January 26,1985.
Class of 1976
Shirley Spencer Hiser of Norfolk,
Va., works for System Develop
ment Corporation, a Burrough
Company, as a Technical Engineer
Draftsperson.
CUss of ms
Michael Wayne Bryant of
Colerain and Elizabeth Hayes
Matheson were nntarried on
February 23,1985.
William Norris Winesett of
Florence, S. C., was married to
Oystal Lorraine PouUs on August
18,1964.
Mike Bamhardt has joined The
Wake Weekly as a staff writer.
Ethel Florence Hawkins and
Maurice McDonald Quick were
married August 25,1984.
Deborah Sue Hill was married to
Michael Jefferson Robbins on
August 11,1984.
CUss of 1979
Ricky Gray Little of Durham
was married to PauU Dawn Mills
on December 29,1984.
CUss of 1986
Floyd Fortune, Jr., was married
to Jacqueline Marie Bass on
August 11,1984.
Belinda P. Gatling of Sunbury
was married to Duane W. Banks on
January 26,1985.
Christof^r Wayne Miller of
Charlotte was married to Penne
Delores Home on March 30,1985.
CUss of 1981
Victor Aaron Gaither was
married to CUrrissa Olive Road on
August 18,1984.
Larry Douglas Smith of
Aulander, N. C., was married to
Chrystal Gay Carter on August 25,
1984.
David Michael Sweeney is
production coordinator at Venture
Graphics in San Francisco,
Califomia. Heiind his wife live in
Concord, Clalifomia.
CUss ef 1982
Anita Latitia Hickman and David
Thomas Gale, both of Raleigh, N.
C., were married October 6,1984.
Denise Renee Ricks and Lin-
wood Roy Drake were married on
August 10,1984.
CUss of 1983
Julie Frances Campbell of
Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and Jesse
Augusta Harvell, III, of Weldon, N.
C., were married August 18,1984.
Susan Barber Lowe, (rf Ahoskie,
N.C., was married to James
Michael Byrum on September 15,
1984.
Jeffery P. Melton, a former
photographer for The Shelby Star,
has joined The News-Herald staff
in Morganton as a photographer.
CUss of 1984
Donna Carol Vaughan of Weldon,
N. C., and Franklin Juan Brennan
rf Key West, Florida, were
married August 4,1984.
Kim BUnchard Jones and
Theresa Marie Powers were
Married July 21,1984.
Usa Joyce Carden of Ayden, N.
C., was married to Joseph Henry
Burgess ai Conway, N. C., on
August 11,1984.
Shari Lynn Harris of Mur
freesboro, was married to Joseph
Kevin Lee on September 23,1984.
CUss of 1985
Jacqueline Renee Sandlin of
Franklin, Va., was married to
David Steward Bowers on August
11,1984.
Lynn Gruber
runner-up in
competition
Lynn Gruber, assistant director
of admissions at Chowan College,
pUced first runnemp in the district
Business and Professional
Women’s Club’s Young Career
Woman speech competition held
recently in Hertford.
Gruber represented the Ahoskie
Business and Professional
Women’s Qub. The eight con
testants were judged on their
speech and judges’ interview.
The topic of the five minute talks
was career choice including short
and long-term goals. Gruber
presented her talk to the Ahoskie
club prior to the district competi
tion.
Gruber, a (Thowan alumna,
received her B.S. in jour
nalism/public reUtions from West
Virginia University. She has taken
graduate studies in marketing at
American University.
Prior to coming to Chowan in
1981, Gmber had a variety of work
experience. Her career included
animal welfare lobbying, working
public relations firm in
Washington, D.C., coordinating
membership services for the Na
tional Association of College and
University Attomeys, and free
lance consultant for an outdoor
recreation organization.
During her speech, Gruber
noted, “I chose my present posi
tion because I enjoy working with
students and education and feel a
responsibility to help educate to
day’s youth- whether by counsel
ing, recruiting or teaching.”
Mary Lou Graham Banks, presi
dent of the Ahoskie club, said that
Lynn Gruber “represented
Chowan College very ably and
highlighted its Christian heritage.
She did very well in the competi
tion.”
She added, “Lynn is an asset to
our club, this area and Chowan
College.”
IN MEMORIAM
Class of 1907
Mrs. Ray Jenkins Curtis
Mrs. Viola Pakre Powers
Class of 1908
Mrs. Georgia Piland Cohoon
Class of 1910
Mrs. Jessie Piland Midgett
Class of 1911
Mrs. Elizabeth Stephenson
Fleming
Class of 1959
Mrs. Giles Robert "Bob” Miller
Class of 1970
Dr. James Wesley Raymond, Jr.
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