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Christian Athletes meet 7:30 Feb. 12 Fighting Christian Room WSOE 89.3 FM Stereo Music and More Mon. night 6:00 Volume V Number 15 Elon College, North Carolina February 8,1979 PIRG eyes utility deposits North Carolina Public In terest Research Group (NC PIRG-Elon) today announced the availability of a free pam phlet entitled, “Utility Depos its and Your Rights.” The pamphlet describes four ways consumers can establish credit to avoid paying cash deposits on their telephone, gas and electricity services. A consumer may avoid paying a deposit in any of the following ways: owning real estate in the county, provid ing credit references, showing that he or she was a reliable customer of a similar utility during the past year, or fur nishing a satisfactory guaran tor. The PIRG handboolc states, “North Carolina utility com panies hold millions of dollars in deposits from North Caro lina consumers. Some of you never should have been re quired to pay a cash deposit in the first place! Others of you am ‘establish credit’ and Fashions aid students The Alamance Branch of, the American Association of University Women will spon sor an evening of fashions, food and entertainment on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the McEwen Dining Hall. “Fashions for Fellowships” is the theme for the spring fashion show, which will be staged by Koury’s of Burling ton. A tempting menu has been planned for the diimer which will be served at 6:15 p.m. Dinner tickets are $6 and may be obtained from Dr. Mary Ellen Priestley, Dr. Martha Smith, Dr. Carole Chase, Professor Jeanne Wil- / demand your deposit back right now.” The pamphlet includes a sample refund request letter and an account of the process for appealing a deposit re quirement. It notes that “the utility must pay 6 percent interest on any deposit held more than 90 days.” To get this pamphlet, students may inquire in the Student Affairs Office in Alamance. liams, and Mrs. Catherine Halbert. A special student ticket is available for $2 which in cludes dessert and the fashion show. These tickets are avail able from members of the Campus Civinettes, some of whom will model in the fashion show which starts at 6:30 p.m. Susan Burkhart is President of the Civinettes. Deadline for reservations is Feb. 15. All proceeds from the event will go to the AAUW Educa tional Foundation, which was established to encompass all the awards and grants of coat. OB p. 4 Queen of Hearts The Elon Civinettes will sponsor their third annual ‘Queen of Hearts” drive during the week of Feb. 12-16. Each organization on cam pus is sponsoring a candidate. Votes are one cent each and will be collected each day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Long Student Center. The queen will be crowned on Feb. 20 during the college program assembly. All proceeds will go to the 1979 Heart Fund drive. Memories of one of Graves. ‘the greatest”—the Rev. Johnnie Community loses humanitarian In his dual capacities of professor and minister, the Rev. John Graves was known to most of the students who had attended Elon since he joined the faculty in 1956. Fred Young, president of Elon, said, “Generations of students loved Johnnie. He lived through Christian values that he preached. His service to the college and community constitute an unexcelled dis play of Christianity in ac tion.” To help offset the expenses of his lingering and costly illness, the college held a Johnny Graves Day, a fund raising effort that, according to its sponsors, was successful because of Mr. Graves’ popu larity. A 1950 graduate of Elon, Graves received his masters degree from Hartford Semi nary Foundation, Hartford, Conn., in 1952. Before enter ing college, he worked in Connecticut and served in the Army four years. He was director of Chris tian education at the First Congregational Christian Church and later became the director of Burlington teenage club before joining the Elon faculty. Surviving are Jiis mother, Mrs. Ollie Graves of Elon College; a sister, Mrs. Vir ginia G. Johnston of Elon College. Memorials may be made to Elon College for a scholarship fund to be set up or to the church. Water tank is retired at 65 Anybody wanna buy a used water tower? by Tim McDowell A significant part of Elon College’s history hterally bit the dust last month, and ac cording to college officials, “Good riddance.” The 65-year-old water tank, which towered over the mas sive oaks on the north side of the main campus and was the unauthorized billboard for many a fraternity slogan, was dismantled and shipped away for good. The move came after the college tapped onto the town’s water supply for its total water needs, abandoning several wells, the source of the institution’s water needs for the past 90 years. Although the town and college have shared water for some years now, the college still relied on wells for the major portion of its water and the tank provided water storage for fire protection. However, when the town completed its new 200,000 gallon tank earlier this year, the wells and water tank on campus were no longer need ed. It didn’t take college ad ministrators, who pride them selves on a beautiful campus, long to decide that the 50,000 gallon monster had outlived its purpose. Two men with cutting torches and a massive continued on p.4
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