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Volume Vn Number 14
Elon College, ELon College, NC 27244
Thw^ay, February 5,1981
Ownby heads food services
by Joy Hamiltoii
“1 put myself under a lot of
pressure — I’m a perfec
tionist as far as quality
goes,” says new director of
ARA food services Scott
Ownby. “I’m responsible
for all aspects of fc 3d serv
ice, including both cafeter
ias, the Varsity Grill, and
catering for parties.”
Ownby is not new in the
food service business. He
has worked at Clemson,
Wake Forest, and most re
cently, Wesleyan College in
iMacon, Ga.-He has been in
his new job for almost a
month and worked intensive
ly with Howard Souther
land, who now heads food
liervices at Chapel Hill.
As for changes in the
cafeteria program, Ownby
says, “As time goes on, I
will interject my personality;
there will still be special
nights, picnics under the
Oaks or by Harper Center
Lake, and occasional steak
copkouts. We will defmitely
have steak and will serve it
as much as possible.”
Scott Ownby, new ARA director, talks witk ■ Pendnliim
reporter. Photo by Priestley.
At this time, about 75
students work in both cafe
terias and the grill, but
few, if any, are on work
hours. The three-week cycle
of menus is now in effect,
but Mr. Ownby says he is
always looking for “better
balance and variety.” Al
though many students feel
the cafeteria diet has too
much starch, Ownby says
that with a little “restraint”
on the part of the student,
starches can be an important
part of the diet.
cont. on p. 3
Plaque honors nurses
who served at Elon
during 1918 flu siege
by Janet Spoon
Roby E. Taylor presented
a plaque to the Elon College
Infirmary Tuesday in re
membrance of the dedica
tion shown by four Catholic
nurses who came to Elon
during the 1918 influenza
epidemic.
Taylor, a well-known
Winston-Salem business
man, was an Elon College
student during the great epi
demic that hit Elon in Oc
tober 1918. Few students es
caped contracting the dis
ease, and 12 students died
during the epidemic includ
ing Modesto Lopez, a native
of Spain.
A member of the Elon
unit of the Student Army
Training Corps, Taylor was
delegated orderly duties to
help one of the nurses while
she conducted the funeral of
Modesto Lopez.
Mr. Taylor said “that the
memory of those nurses who
gave so much of themselves
to bring the students back to
good health made an im
pression on me,” and he
dedicated the plaque to them
for the unselfishness they
showed.
Lopez, the only foreign
student to die at Elon, had
no known relatives. By ap
proval of the Spanish con
sulate in Washington, D.C.,
he was buried in the Mag
nolia Cemetery of Elon Col
lege.
In 1980 Elon citizens pro
vided a stone marker for the
grave to keep alive the
memory of a dramatic chap
ter in Elon history. The
money was contributed by
local people, the Elon Col
lege Community Church,
Elon College, the Magnolia
Memorial Association, and
the Elon Book Club.
Vandalism, alcohol disturb Town Board
Vandalism in the Town of
Elon College is costing tax
payers a lot of money,
creating overtime work for
public works men and public
safety officers, as well as
damaging the reputation of
town and college.
These were some of the
distressing effects of vanda
lism discussed at the agenda
session of the town Board of
^dermen on Monday even
ing. Board members and the
town administrator also dis
cussed possible steps to re
duce the costly destruction.
Since the completion of
the downtown improvement
project, which turned the
Williamson Avenue business
town hall area from a
"Dodge City” block into an
attractive village, vandalism
has plagued officials and
citizens.
Since last July 1, the town
has had to pay out $818 in
taxpayers’ money for repair
parts for lamps alone. Six of
the black iron lamps have
been pushed down, breaking
bases, glass tops and long
life bulbs. The initial cost of
the lamps was $450 each. A
bulb, which lasts about three
years under normal condi
tions, costs $11. Replace
ment costs, as well as labor,
continue to rise, according
to Beth Hetrel, town ad
ministrator.
Slats on the street benches
have been destroyed numer
ous times. Trees and shrub
bery have been broken, up
rooted and sometimes car
ried off along with sprinkler
heads. Private and public
property has been damaged
or stolen.
Citizens of the town have
blamed the abuse of alcohol
as one of the causes of van
dalism. They asked the
Board of Aldermen to do
something to protect the
residents, including coUege
residents, from such abuses.
Members of the town board
voted to ask local represen
tatives in the North Carolina
Legislature to request per
mission for a local referen
dum to determine conmiuni-
ty preference for on- and
off-premises sales of beer or
for no such sales within the
town limits. With the as
sembling of the legislators in
January, Mayor Timothy
Parker wrote to all loc^
representatives on this ques
tion.
At the Monday night
agenda session, Mayor Park
er reported on initial re
sponses. Key to the matter is
the power and jurisdiction
of the Alcoholic Beverages
Commission (ABC) Board
of the state which tells local
governments if and when
they may vote on matters of
alcohol sales, ABC stores,
and liquor-by-the-drink.
Rep. Tim McDowell wrote
that he had asked the legis
lative research staff to look
cont. on p. 3
This Iron i«mp lies In shrubbery near the llbrary-McEwen gate on Williamson Avenue after
vandals knocked It down In daylight hours. Photo by Priestley.