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Together We Will Find The Ri^ht Direction
ELIZABETH CITY.N.C.
October 1979
Robinson in runoff for Mayor
By LARRY LISTER
“Elizabeth City needs a
new sense of direction and a
change to Black leadership,”
asserted Albert C. Robinson,
Jr., Personnel Director at
Elizabeth City State
University in his campaign
speech for Mayor of
Elizabeth City.
Robinson said that if he
becomes Mayor he would
provide more industrial
growth to the area and would
become “the people’s
Mayor.”
A runoff with John Bell,
present Mayor of Elizabeth
City is scheduled for Nov. 6.
Robinson called for the runoff
because on October 9, he
came withing 250 votes of
unseating Bell
VOTE FOR
A. C.
Robinson, Jr.
— for —
Mayor
OF ELIZABETH CITY
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Native and Life-long
Resident of Elizabeth City
Experienced in:
• Personnel • Policies
• Procedures • Budgets
INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE
. . . NOT IN THE POLITICS
U.S. Jaycee President Visits ECSU
A Historical Event
By GAYLE PLUMMER
Who would ever believe
that a visit from a big miin to
a small town could promote
student involvement and
enhance enthusiasm about
our city, state and nation in a
matter of minutes?
Those who attended can
verify that last Thursday
marked an historical event on
the campus of Elizabeth City
State University as students
and faculty members were on
hand for an address by the
U.S. Jaycee President in
Moore Hall Auditorium.
In his address, J.
TerrylBechtol, the 60th U.S.
Jaycee President mentioned
that out of approximately 267
college Jaycee chapters in
the United States, his first
campus visit was to ECSU.
He added that the college
chapters have only been in
existence for approximately
five years.
Travelling from Alexan
dria, Virginia late that af
ternoon, Bechtol was in
Elizabeth City for the 30th
anniversary of the Elizabeth
City Jaycees to be celebrated
later that evening .at the
Elizabeth City Jaycee
Fairgrounds.
The installation of 40 new
members was a highlight in
the program. Campus Jaycee
President, John A. Ward,
senior Music Education
major presented Bechtol with
gifts as a token of
brotherhood.
After expressing his ap
preciation for the invitation
and gifts, Bechtol went on to
elaborate on the charac
teristics of a good Jaycee. He
urged students to get involved
with campus as well as civic
organizations and to lend a
helping hand in the com
munity when needed.
The U.S. Jaycees, the
second largest volunteer
organization in our country
also has several members in
the U.S. Houseof
Representatives - ap
proximately 62 percent.
The first U.S. Jaycee
President in 31 years without
a college degree, Bechtol
stressed that earth’s greatest
treasure lies in human per
sonality and that this
organization was built upon
brotherhood, free enterprise
and service to humanity.
He added that it is left to the
young Jaycees to bring the
nation back to patriotism.
“Our country is in a time of
crisis,” he emphasized.
This crisis can only be
(cont. on p. 12)