Above plxs show excited enthusiasm that permeated Bronco homecoming. At the left “Miss Homecoming,” Jackie Rendleman’s
float, catches all eyes during the parade. Center photo shoves opposing captain at the toss before the game got underway. At the right
President Rudolph Jones busses “Miss ECSC” during the half time ceremonies. Larry Ray is the yielding escort.
•THE VOICE
FAYEHEVILLE STATE COLLEGE
VOL. 22 NO. 3
Fayetteville, N. C.
NOVEMBER 15. 1968
WEBER LEGISLATIVE
NOMINEE
By LOU BAKER
Colonel Frederick R.
Weber, Mayor of Lumber
Bridge from 1960 to 1963,
is a nominee for one of
the four seats in the House
of Representatives of the
North Carolina State Le
gislature for the 24th Dis
trict including all of Ro
beson, Hoke and Scotland
Counties. He asks for the
vote and support of the
residents of this area a-
gain.
Colonel Weber chose
North Carolina as the fu
ture home for his family
when he came to Fort
Bragg as Garrison Com
mander twelve years ago
from Japan, and bought
the Tolar home in Lum
ber Bridge. Now he is the
Director of Guidance at
Pembroke State College,
while Mrs. Weber is the
Coordinator of the Pro
grammed Learning Lab
oratory at Fayetteville
State College. Together
the Weber’s received
their Master of Arts De
grees from East Carolina
University in 1965. Phi
Delta Kappa, national
graduate honorary fra
ternity initiated him into
membership in 1964. Both
are pilots of their single
engine plane. The Webers
taught at Vardell Hall in
Red Springs in 1964-66.
He is working on his doc
torate at UNO.
Colonel Weber served
on the county Industrial
and Agricultural Com
mission in 1964-66 which
was interested in bring
ing in new industries. He
was President of the Fay
etteville Athletic Offi
cials Association which
provides judges and re
ferees for football, base
ball and basketball to high
schools in the counties.
Before entering poli
tics, Col. Weber com
manded five infantry reg
iments, served as mili
tary advisor to the Re
publics of the Phillipines
and Korea, commanded
units of the Special
Forces in Europe from
Paris after ranking one
in his Special Forces
class at Fort Bragg,and
was the last Army com
mander at Sasebo, Japan.
At West Point he was
executive officer of the
1802nd Regiment which
demonstrates military
tactics to the cadets of
the United States Mili
tary Academy, where he
was graduated in 1930.
ing. Fencing dueling
swords, and the Fencing
team in 1936 in Berlin.
He was captain and man
ager of the Modern Pen
tathlon in the London O-
lympic Games in 1948.
Winning two gold med
als, he competed as cap
tain of Fencing in the
first Pan - American
games in Buenos Aires
in 1951. Again in 1964
he was captain of the
Modern Pentathlon and
C.I.S.M. Fencing Team
winning in Vienna, Aus
tria. The New York Ath
letic Club had him on its
rolls as an athletic mem
ber for twenty-five years
when he became a mili
tary member.
The nominee feels that
continued service to his
country and community is
of the utmost importance
at this time. He will try
to implement the will of
the people when he is
sent to the House of Rep
resentatives.
BETTY COOPER
NAMED
Bettye Cooper, a na
tive of Wade, N.C., has
been appointed to the po
sition of Claims repre
sentative trainee in the
Miami, Florida Social Se
curity District office ac
cording to an announce
ment by Mr. W. W.
Thomas manager of the
Fayetteville, N. C. Social
Security District office.
She received her BS de
gree from Fayetteville
State College in 1968. Bet
tye has recently complet
ed a 13-week period of
intensive trainin g in the
Knoxville, Tennessee So
cial Security training
center where she receiv
ed instructions on the
laws and regulations
dealing with the Social
Security Program.
NCTA
HUDDLES
AT FSC
Fayetteville State Col
lege hosted the 32nd An
nual Meeting of the South
eastern District of the
North Carolina Teachers
Association (NCTA) Fri
day, October 11.
“ A Time for Educa
tional Statesmanship”
was the general theme
of the one-day meeting.
Mrs. Mary Scott, NEA
Director, Dushane De
fense Fund, was the key
note speaker at the Gen
eral Session in Seabrook
Auditorium.
Others appearing at the
general session were FSC
President Rudolph Jones,
Mrs. Ruth B. Jones,
President, North Caro
lina Teachers Associa
tion; and E. B. Palmer,
Executive Secretary NC
TA.
“Responsibility to Act”
was the subject of a panel
for the Association of
Classroom Teachers held
in Seabrook Auditorium.
Panelists included Mrs.
Edna C. Richards, Exe
cutive Secretary, North
Carolina Association of
Classroom Teachers (NC
ACT; Miss Mary E. Ven
able, President, NCACT;
Mrs. Mae Sue Henry,
President-elect, NCACT;
Mrs. R. B. Jones and E.
B. Palmer.)
Time Out For Chatter
FSC Grads With S. S.
A dministration
Fayetteville - Six Fayetteville State College grad
uates are among more than two-hundred Social In
surance Representatives hired by the Atlanta Region
of the Social Security Administration, President Ru
dolph Jones announced today.
During the past Spring the Atlanta Region of the
Social Security Administration conducted a large-scale
recruitment among college seniors and graduates for
the position.
Fayetteville State graduates now with the agency in
clude Mesdames A. B. Tatum, A. W. McLean and Ger
aldine Henderson; Misses Carolyn Council, Betty L.
Cooper and Willie M. Lewis.
According to J. C. Jones, FSC coordinator of place
ment, more than 16% of the 1968 graduating class gain
ed employment in government and industry. FSC had
124 graduates last year and the college is primarily
a teacher-education college offering non-teaching
majors in biology, mathematics and sociology.
Social Insurance Re
presentatives begin at the
trainee level of GS-5 or
GS-7, depending on quali
fications, with a salary of
$5,732 or $6,981. The
journeyman GS-9 levei
with a beginning salary
of $8,462 is reached af
ter eighteen months.
In commenting on the
appointments. Dr. Ru
dolph Jones said, “The
college is always delight
ed to learn about the suc
cess of its graduates. We
are particularly gratified
that they were selected
on their merit.”
Dr. Rudolph Jones catches a bit of the pulse of the
campus as he chats with left to right, Boaby Wright,
Rebecca Alford, Annie McCullough, “Miss FSC,”
and Sam Barnett.