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f etiJiulutn 1:00 Robbin Thompson Band Wed., Oct. 8 Concert «t The Oaks tonight Volume Vn Number 5 Elon College, Elon College, N.C. Thursday, October 2, 1980 Elon couple to match CROP funds By Bonnie Barnes “We will match any or ganization on campus raising up to $250 in the CROP Walk for Hunger this week end.” Bold words? Perhaps from anyone other than Dr. and Mrs. W.W. Sloan of Elon College, veteran CROP supporters. Having already pledged $250 to the Walk, the Sloans want to match any indivi dual, organization, fraternity or sorority on campus with up to an additional $250. The Sloans applaud CROP’S (the service arm of Church World Service) use of funds with more than 90 per cent of its proceeds reaching the “field” and more than 80 per cent of that utilized in training pro- pams. CROP’S philosophy is not to feed hungry peo ple— only— but to help them learn a trade or a skill which will guarantee some independence from their ab ject poverty. North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt and South Caro lina Governor Dick Riley have officially declared Oct ober as “Hunger-Fighting Month” in full support of over 20 walks to be held in the Carolinas this month. Alamance County’s walk will begin this Sunday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m., Williams High School, Burlington. Pledge envelopes, instructions, and maps of the route can be secured from the” Rev. Bill Sharpe, Dr. Carole Chase, and Rae DiProfio. Although not planning to walk this year, Dr. and Mrs. Sloan will be adding to Ala mance County’s projected $30,000 donation to CROP. One quarter of this total will be returned to the county for local use ( i.e.-, Meals on Wheels, etc.). Dr. and Mrs. W.W. Siou wear CROP buttons on the of their suits. The Sloans have supported the CROP walk for many years. Photo by Whitmore BJ. offers $50^000 challenge grant to college Burlington Industries Foundation has offered a $50,000 challenge grant to Elon College. The grant will be used to challenge alimini and friends of Elon College to increase their annual con tributions. Under the proposal, Bur lington Industries Founda tion will provide $100 for each new A.L. Hook Club member giving $100-$499, $500 for each new Oak Club member donating between $500-$999, and $1,000 for each new member who joins the President’s Club with a gift of $l,O0O or more. The challenge grant will be awarded on the basis of new club membership during Elon’s current fiscal year which ends May 31, 1981. “This grant will provide excellent motivation,” said Dr. Fred Young, president of Elon. “It is imperative that annual giving to Elon College be expanded if we are to meet the challenges of inflation and provide the resources required by an expanding enrollment. We are confident our alumni and friends will meet this challenge when they learn that their gifts to Elon can double in value.” Charles LeGrand, chair man of the Alamance Coun- ,ty Community Relations Committee for Burlington Industries, said the grant is an expression of Burlington Industries’ confidence in the academic program at Elon. “This grant from the Foundation is made on be half of the 3,000 Burlington Industries employees in Ala mance County. It represents the Company’s interest in an institution which has dedi cated itself to helping young men and women better themselves,” LeGrand said. “It is in this spirit that we make this challenge to Elon College and its thousands of alumni and friends, to make cont. on p. 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS Lherary Contest Entries for the Colon nades Literary Contest are being accepted from now until Dec. 15. All Elon College students, faculty, and alumni are invited to send in material for possi ble publication. (Rules on page 4.) Reward offered One hundred dollar re ward for information lead ing to the arrest of the person or persons who have stolen flags and cut halyards from flagpoles in front of Biomedical Ref erence Laboratories. Con tact the Burlington Police Department or Mr. Fred Miller at Biomedical Lab oratories. Phi Psi CU Group pictures for cam pus clubs and organizations that would like to be represented in the year book will be taken tc^ay and tomorrow. Please have your group contact Mary Lib Moore at 226-7499 for further details. HPER Attention HPER Majors! Plan to attend an impor tant meeting of the HPER Society on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. in 214 Jordan Gym. A movie will be shown and refreshments will be served. Homecoming All organizations wishing to sponsor a homecoming candidate are reminded to have their entries in by Oct. 10. The elections for queen start Oct. 28 with semi-finals narrowing the choice to the top third candidates. Final elections will start on Nov. 4. Dr. Bob Blake presides over the Alpha Chi ceremony while Jan Whitfleld takes the pledge of induction. Photo by WWtmore. RegO plans to hire local workers Several Elon people were inducted into the N.C. Al pha Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the international social science honor society on Sept. 23. These inductees were Dr. Linda Weavil, Dr. Frances Marlette, Prof. Ja nie Council, Angela D. Can- nady, Shelia Bumgarner, Elena Viso, Paul Hirsch- man. Tommy Norwood, Ri chard Alford, Laurence Sel tzer, Wayne Mizell, Hamp ton Hite, and Tony Wesley Wilson. The next meeting of Pi Gamma Mu will be on Oct. 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Powell 206. Nominations for the upcoming spring initiation may be made by faculty members and sent to a sponsor. Dr. Thomas Hen- ricks or Prof. Rachel Holt. John Morrill, president of RegO Company, spoke to about 50 community leaders and business people last Thursday to inform them of the plans of the Chicago- based firm which will estab lish a manufacturing plant in Elon College soon. “We will be a good corporate citizen, I assure you,” Morrill said. What will RegO mean to Alamance County? Mr. Morrill told hft^ au^ence at a luncheon that at the pres ent wage rate, the payroll should be at least $4 million by 1983, paid to workers who “would be almost to tally local.” This fact should be of interest to merchants and suppliers here, he said. The company will produce valves and regulators to con trol flow of gas — oxygen, argon, propane and others, but not natural gas. RegO, Morrill said, is the largest producer for the propane industry, “the fuel of rural America.” “If you look at propane tank v^ves in Ala mance County, you will see that nine out of 10 will have been made by RegO,” he said. His company’s non-pro pane products, such as regu lators for oxy-acetyline, are growing at the rate of 40 per cent a year. Because each product requires machining, 50 per cent of the employees will be machinists, to be cont. on p. 4
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