Chowan
Alumni
Chairs
Now you can own your own
Alumni Chair in either the University
Style Boston Rocker or University
Style Captains Chair. These chairs are
available either in cherry or stain lac
quer black finish with gold trim —
available with silk-screened college
emblem or seal in gold only.
Prices—
Captains Chair $190.00
Boston Rocker $200.00
(Shipped freight collect.)
To Place Order, Contact-
THE TRADING POST
Chowan College Bookstore
P. O. Box 1848 Murfreesboro, N. C. 27855
Telephone (919)398-4101
Alumni
Oldest Living Alumna
Ursula Vinson Carter is
Chowan’s oldest living
graduate. She was bom
December 10,1889, in
Murfreesboro. Mrs. Carter just
turned 103. A member of the
class of 1910, she is the
daughter of John Hen^ and
Sudie Garris Vinson. €lpon
graduation, she attended
Baptist Woman’s Missionary
Union and Southern Baptist
Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
She taught school for seven
years in Williamston and
Beaufort, N.C.
She is the widow of Rev.
J.F. Carter, long-time pastor of
Waughtown Baptist Church in
Winston-Salem. She has three
daughters, five grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
She is currendy a resident of
Meadowbrook Manor Nursing
Home in Clemmons, N.C.
Ursula is pictured here reading
a letter from herfather she
received while she in school at
Chowan College.
In Memoriam
ALUMNI;
Helen W. Holland
Class of 1916
Theo E. Hammond
Class of 1921
Glenn S. Benthall
Class of 1925
Marylou Jones Armstrong
Class of 1929
H. F. Anderson, Jr.
Class of 1967
Grady P. Davis Sr., of Conway
He served two terms on the Chowan
College Board of Trustees. His wife, Mrs.
Marguerite Davis, serves on the Board of
Visitors.
Hazel Cornelia GrifHn died recently in
Roanoke Valley Nursing Home after a
lengthy illness. She was 87.
Griffin was a native to Northampton
County. She received her B.A. from Chowan
in 192(5, then went to North Carolina State
University to obtain her master's. She taught
in public schools in Rocky Mount, Raleigh,
and Fayetteville. She taught Enghsh at
Chowan College from 1949 to 1951.
Interested in historical places, especially
old homes, she wrote ‘The Village of
Woodland-George,” a history of the town.
She was a member of Woodland Baptist
where she taught Sunday school. She was a
member of the Northampton Historical
Society and a past member of the Woodland
town council.
PAGE 8--Chowan Today-Winter 1992
The Official
Chowan College
Watch
A Seiko Quartz timepiece.
Featuring a riclily detailed three-dimensk>nal
re-creation of the College Seal,
finished in 14 i(t. gold.
Electronic quartz movement guaranteed accurate
to within firteen seconds per month.
The leather strap wrist watches are $200 each, and the pocket watch with matching chain is $245.
There is a $7.50 shipping and handling fee for each watch ordered. On shipments to Pennsylvania,
add 6% state sales tax. A convenient interest-free payment plan is available through the distributor,
Wayneco Enterprises, Inc. with five equal monthly payments per watch (shipping, handling and full
Pennsylvania sales tax, if applicable, is added to the first payment).
To order by MasterCard or Visa, please call toll-free 1-800-523-0124. All callers should request
Operator A14JS. Calls are accepted weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. (Eastern Time). To order by mail, write to: Chowan College Alumni Association, c/o P.O.
Box 670, Exton, PA 19341-0670 and include check or money order, made payable to: “Official
Chowan College Watch”. Credit card orders can also be sent by mail—please include full account
number and expiration date. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery.
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