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VOL. 4, NO. 1
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLE(JE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988
'Day for Wesleyan* next week
H. Kel Landis, III, city executive
for Peoples Banks and Trust Co., has
been named general chairman of the
“A Day for Wesleyan ’89" fund rais
ing campaign, set for next Tuesday.
The annual campaign provides
funds which help underwrite the cur
rent operations budget of North Caro
lina Wesleyan College.
Last year, the September drive
brought in over $331,357 for the Col
lege. Landis feels the campaign tliis
year will be as successful.
“I am very pleased to chair this
years “A Day for Wesleyan Cam
paign,” he said. “In supporting
Wesleyan College, we as a commu
nity not only support a high quality
educational institution, but also a
College which has as part of its mis
sion the desire to increase its position
as an integral part of our region and
its economy.”
“We are very excited about Kel
Landis chairing the “A Day for
Wesleyan” campaign this year. He is
part of the new generation of commu
nity leaders in our area who have the
vitality, strength and commitment a
campaign such as this needs. Under
BUSH VISIT — Vice President George Busli (center), flanked by N.C. Gov. Jim Martin (left) and U.S. Sen.
Jesse Helms, makes a point during his visit to the N.C. Wesleyan campus two weeks ago. (Photo courtesy of the
Spring Hope Enterprise.)
Laugherys host fundraising
reception for Vice President
By DELL LEWIS
Overcast skies, and periodic rain
fall did not deter approximately 300
people from attending the $500 per
person fundraiser held for George
Bush at the home of Jack and Helen
Laughery on Aug. 30.
The private reception was held
just prior to Bush’s visits to the
Bendix Corporation and to North
Carolina Wesleyan College. Jack
Laughery, Chief Executive Officer
of Hardees serves as finance chair
man of Bush’s state campaign. His
wife, Helen, active in tlie Republican
party, served as a North Carolina
delegate to tlie GOP convention in
New Orleans.
“We had known for some time
tliat tliey (the Bush campaign) would
make a couple of visits to the state,”
said Mrs. Laughery. “As finance
chairman for the campaign Jack be
lieved there was money to be raised
and votes to be gotten, “ she added.
However, “Jack didn’t stomp and
scream,” she said. Mrs. Laughery
indicated that her husband had sent
“little memos,” and made a few
phone calls, only “occasionally,” as
to why this area would be a worth
while stop for tliem.
Mrs. Laughery feels tliat Bush’s
visit “show his interest in the rural
areas, not just the urban areas.” In
addition, “the visit was also a state
ment of Bush’s conservatism. He
was here to help give tliat message
and also to ask the people to spread
that message for him,” said Laugh
ery. “We’ve gotten wonderful feed
back. The day after his visit, I got a
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his leadership we are certain this
campaign will be an overwhelming
success,” said Sylvia Parker, cam
paign director.
A Rocky Mount native, Landis re
ceived his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees
from the University of North Caro-
lina-Chapol Hill.
Landis is very active in commu
nity affairs. He is currently on the
board of directors of the Rocky
Mount YMCA, the Rocky Mount
Area United Way, the Program for
Excellence in Education and is presi
dent of the Tar River Region of the
American Lung Association. He is
also a member of tlie Rocky Mount
Rotary Club and tlie Rocky Mount
Chamber of Commerce.
Campus hosts
Vice President
campaign stop
By DON RHODES
Republican President nominee
George Bush spoke at the NCWC
campus Aug. 30 before an estimated
4,000 people.
His message was standard cam
paign rhetoric, but Bush did not for
get that almost one quarter of the
crowd were students, as he called
Wesleyan an “outstanding campus”
and stated that “young people de
serve representation.”
Ostensibly, Bush visited Rocky
Mount because of tlie financial lift
for his campaign, and the extent of
Hardee’s contribution was indeed
noticeable. Cale Yarborough, Nas-
car driver for the Hardee’s team
spoke during the ceremony and sev
eral Hardee’s booths were selling
hamburgers, biscuits, and drinks to
tlie pines, with all of the profit going
directly to the Republican party.
If one message stood out among
the rest, it was a criticism of Gov.
Michael Dukakis' veto of a law in
Massachusetts requiring all teachers
to lead their class to the Pledge of
Allegiance every morning. During
the rally, the pledge was recited no
fewer than three times.
Also speaking Tuesday were
Rocky Mount Mayor Fred Turnage,
Governor Jim Martin, Senator Jesse
Hehns, and candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Jim Gardner. With tlie
exception of Helms, all had a slightly
different message from George
Bush.
All mentioned economic devel
opment for Eastern North Carolina
and Jim Gardner and Jim Marlin
both spoke out against the secret
meetings of the North Carolina Leg
islature.
Clearly, Governor Martin made
his case for better schools, jobs and
roads. Martin supported both merit
pay and the career ladder for teachcrs
and also pushed for his strategic cor
ridor of state highways.
Vice I’resident Bush, who spoke
for 16 minutes, also mentioned eco
nomic development, but he was
merely standing on tlie Reagan ad
ministrations record of the past
seven and half years. Bush stated
tliat the “bottom line is jobs — 17 1/
2 million jobs” which have been cre
ated during tlie past two presidents
terms.
Bush also blamed tlie Congress
for tlie tremendous budget deficits,
stating that anyone who understands
tlie system should know that it is the
Congress, not tlie President, who
makes tlie budget. He used tlie budget
deficits to support a line-item veto for
tlie President, stating “if Congress
can’t balance the budget), let the
President do it.”
Computer club forms
A new Computer Club has been
established at Wesleyan by Alex
Koohang for all interested faculty,
staff, and students, and the first meet
ing will be held in two weeks.
Dues are SI per semester. Mem
bership applications are available
from Koohang, Bob Lewis, Marilyn
Vick, or Sharon Keel.