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THE TWIG
November 24, 1944
With the Alumnae
OFFICERS
Mrs. R. Bruce Wilkins, Durham President
Mrs. J. Winston Pearct, Durham Vice President
Mrs. Graham Reams, Asheville (Asheville Division) Vice President
Mrs. Henry Lowrance, Winston-Salem (Charlotte Div.)....Vice President
Mrs. Albert Simms, Littleton (Elizabeth City Division)....Vice President
Mrs. E. M. Stanley, Greensboro (Greensboro Division)....Vice President
Mrs. Henry D. Ward, Lumberton (Wilmington Division)....Vice President
Mrs. Rand Bryan, Garner Acting Recording Secretary
Mae Grimmer, Meredith College Executive Secretary and Treasurer
Carolyn Mercer, Raleigh / ^ lumnae-at-Large
Mrs. W. W. Parker, Henderson )
Mrs. James S. Farmer, Raleigh Commencement Speaker
Edna Martin Scarborough, Char
lotte Green Shepard ’44, Virginia
Garnett Slotnick, Pvt. Marine
Corps, Helen Jones Smith, Mildred
McIntyre Stack, Etta Taylor, ’44,
Winnie Davis Turner, Ted Mussinan
Utley, Beulah Rowland VanSant,
Ella Johnson Webb, Margaret
Broughton, Edna Frances Dawkins,
Elizabeth Kimzey.
1945 REUNION CLASSES
Ellen Brewer, General Chm.
1905 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918
1920 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936
1937 - 1943
Alumnae Give
Luncheon
Dr. Campbell Speaks;
Sextette Featured
President Carlyle Campbell was
the speaker on Wednesday, Novem
ber 15, at the annual alumnae
luncheon which, this fall, was held
in Efird’s dining room in Charlotte.
Special musical feature of the pro
gram was the Meredith Sextette
composed of the following students:
Anna Lou Toms of Shelby, Jane
Watkins of Durham, Jean Davis of
Selma, Rebecca Barnes of Black
Creek, Betty Jean Donley of Davis-
town, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Holcomb of Winston-Salem. The
sextette rendered several numbers
accompanied by Emily Hine of
Winston-Salem. Other music was
furnished by local talent.
Rose Collins, president of the
Charlotte cliapter, presided, and
introduced President Campbell. Dr.
L. E. M. Freeman, head of the De
partment of religion, returned
thanks. Among the guests who were i
especially recognized were Mrs.
Carlyle Campbell of Raleigh, Mrs.
Casper C. Warren, wife of the pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Char
lotte, alumnae president Marguerite
Mason Wilkins (Mrs. R. Bruce), of
Durham, alumnae secretary Mae
Grimmer, of Meredith College, and
Mattie Jenkins Henderson (Mrs.
D. E.), first president of the Char
lotte chapter.
Mrs. Foy Johnson Farmer (Mrs.
J. S.) presented missionaries. Belle
Tyner Johnson (Mrs. T. Neil), of
Shanghai, China, and Rosa Hocutt
Powell (Mrs. J. C.), of Oyo, Nigeria,
West Africa; and Mr. R. H. Satter
field, director of the department of
public relations in the college, pre
sented the trustees present: Mr.
W. A. Thomas of Statesville, Mr.
C. T. Council of Durham, Mr. V. M.
Dorsett, of Siler City, Mrs. J. S.
Farmer and Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn of
Raleigh, Mrs. Gordon Maddrey of
Ahoskie, and Mrs. Cooper E. Taylor
of Charlotte. Also Director Satter
field introduced members of the
Meredith faculty who were present:
Dr. Benson W. Davis, academic
dean, Dr. Das Kelley Barnette of the
department of religion, and Mr.
Zeno Martin, bursar.
The more than one hundred and
twenty-five alumnae and friends at
tending this annual affair sang Alma
Mater at the beginning and at the
close of the program. Quantities of
luxurious white chrysanthemums
furnished the floral setting.
Among those who served on the
luncheon committee were: Beth
Carroll Taylor (Mrs. C. E.), Mary
Browning Cromer (Mrs. Buford),
Frances Morris Spurrier (Mrs.
W. M.), Elsie Jackson Howard (Mrs.
Vance), and Lois Massey Steger
(Mrs. Emmett).
Class of 1944
Shows Versatility
The youngest graduate class dis
plays versatility, as demonstrated
by the questionnaire returns show
ing seventeen different fields of
service. Seventy-two of the eighty-
seven members heard from are pur
suing the following occupations:
thirteen are studying; thirty-one are
teaching; eight are doing secretarial
work; four are chemists; two each
are home economists, welfare work
ers, housekeepers, WACS, following
their husbands of the armed forces;
one each is a home service repre
sentative, journalist, student dieti
tian, personnel counselor, church
educational director, computer,
N.A.C.A., auditor, pastor’s assistant,
city recreation adviser.
Smith (Rachel Leonard, ’37), of
Greensboro, a son, James Lawrence,
on November 4.
Lt. (jg), and Mrs. Merle Roberts
Showalter (Cornelia Herring, ’42),
of Washington, D. C., a daughter,
Elizabeth Herring, on November
12.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Welch
(Marion Fiske, ’29), of Moyock, a
daughter, Mollie Charlton, on
October 12.
Marriages
ACTIVE ALUMNAE
CHAIN LENGTHENS
Class and chapter Loyalty Fund
chairmen are right on the job, ac
cording to report from Lois Stafford
Kelly. The names of the links that
have been added to the Active
Alumnae Chain are: Carolyn Allen,
’44, Mary Misenheimer Bailey,
Helena Baker, ’44, Hildreth Squires
Barnes, ’35, LIFE MEMBER, Alma
Carlton Barnett, Inza Tomlinson
Bell, Mary Elizabeth Bell, Margaret
Bullington Blackman, Clarice
Holder Bryan, Dorothy Burchette,
’44, Nancy Bradsher Burruss, Mary
Jane Carroll Clarke, Catherine
Chiffelle, Johnnie Lou Davis Cox.
CHAPTER ENTERTAINS
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
Mr. R. H. Satterfield, field repre
sentative, spoke and showed up-to-
date Meredith moving pictures to
the high school seniors of Ahoskie
on Saturday evening, October 21.
The party, sponsored by the local
alumnae chapter, was held in the
school cafeteria which was suitably
decorated in Meredith colors and
banners. Mabel Claire Hoggard
Maddrey is president of the chap
ter.
Births
Mary Williams Creech, Florence
Crutchfield, Addie Davis, Evelyn
Short Davis, Joyce Dawson, Dorothy
Dockery Dickinson, Dr. Elizabeth
James Dotterer, Carolyn Duke,
Sarah Fox Eddleman, Nell McCullen
Faulkner, Nell Hord Fulton, Mattie
Macon Norman Gardner, Evelyn
Crutchfield Garrison, Ruby Bar
rett Graham, Della Roberson Gil-
1am, Irene Mullen Green, Lois
Grimes, Lois Johnson, Josephine
Arnette Kendall, Kempsie Knight,
Elizabeth Williams Lassiter, Lyda
Lee Long, Barbara Behrman Mc
Clain, Fannie Paul Malpass, Mar
garet Martin, Kate Matthews, Mae
MacMillan Olive, ’20, LIFE MEM
BER, Lois Morgan Overby, Maurine
Winfree Patterson, Kate Ford Peele,
June Fay Sewell Perry, Rachel
Wilkinson Raper, Ruth Rauten-
strauch, ’44, Sarah Cooke Rawley,
Maybelle Barker Reams, Dorothy
Roland, Norma Rose, Eleanor Rozar,
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Mr. an^ Mrs. George P. Millar
(Vera Se^on, ’35), of Rocky Mount,
daughter, 'p.Cajfolyn Ann, on
September 16.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wagoner, Jr.
(Elizabeth Tucker, ’42), of Louis
ville, Ky., a son, Otis Tucker, on
October 22.
Major and Mrs. Walter Henry
Pierce (Dorothy Shipman Pierce,
’37), of Raleigh, a son, Robert
Mitchell, on October 25.
Chaplain and Mrs. James Henry
Elizabeth Money, ’38, of Madison,
and Corporal Raymond H. Laney,
USA, on October 2. At home,
Miami, Florida.
Helen Swaim, ’41, of Winston-
Salem, and Staff Sergeant Isaac
James Bynum, USA, on November
5. At home, Winston-Salem.
Lucile Wyatt, ’41, of Winston-
Salem, and Ensign James W. Bo-
vender, on July 29.
Ethelene Stevens, ’42, of Raleigh,
and Mr. Lynn Gray Maddry, on
November 17. At home, Raleigh.
Lorraine Chappell, ’43, of Mount
Airy, and Mr. James Robert Mc
Kinney, Jr., on May 12. At home.
Mount Airy.
Charlotte Green, ’44, of Danville,
Virginia, and Chaplain Samuel
Groover Shepard, Lt. (jg), USN, on
October 24. At home, Norfolk, Vir
ginia.
Mary Jo Williamson, ex-’46, of
Raleigh, and Bryan O. Sandlin,
USMM, on November 17. At home,
Raleigh.
We Extend Deepest
Sympathy to:
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
CHAIN LENGTHENS
Two more links have been added
to the LIFE MEMBERSHIP CHAIN,
making it now forty-five links long.
The newest links are Mae MacMil
lan Olive (Mrs. W. W.) of Southern
Pines, member of the class having
the distinction of being 100 per cent
active the past year—class of 1920;
and Hildreth Squires Barnes (Mrs.
H. W., Jr.) of Wake Forest, mem
ber of the tenth-year reunion class
—1935.
The International Relations
Club has a special alcove in the
east portion of the library. Books
here were catalogued last sum
mer and are now available to
all students as well as to club
members.
TRY OUR DELICIOUS DOUGHNUTS
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‘They Melt in Your Mouth’
Eleanor Lilley Gobble (Mrs.
James), ’35, of Hampton, Vir
ginia, in the loss of her hus
band, Sergeant James Gobble,
in action in Holland on Octo
ber 3.
Lillian Horton Ammons
(Mrs. Fred), ’23, of Raleigh, in
the loss of her brother, Major
Oliver M. Horton, who was
killed in action in Holland on
October 5.
Irene Mullen Green (Mrs.
H. H.), ’18, of Morrisville, in
the death of her mother, Mrs.
W. A. Mullen, on October 25.
Lonie Hocutt Goodman
(Mrs. J. P.), ’10, of Asheville,
and Naomi Hocutt Petteway
(Mrs. Walter R.), ’17, of
Miami, Florida, in the passing
of their sister, Mrs. R. L.
Holmes in Danville, Virginia,
on October 27.
Eugenia Booth, ex-’22, of
Catawba, in the loss of her
mother, Mrs. Frank Booth, on
October 29.
Mamie Howard, ’24, of
Salemburg, Lula Howard Bul
lard (Mrs. T. Perry), ’09, of
Roseboro, Bessie Howard
Wynn (Mrs. E. D.), ex-, of
Gainesville, Florida, and Let-
tie Jean Howard, ’18, of Balti
more, Maryland, in the pass
ing of their father and brother,
Frank C. Howard, of Salem
burg, on November 7.
Hallie Neal Sanders (Mrs.
W. C.), ’13, of Monroe, in the
passing of her father. Dr. J. W.
Neal, in a Charlotte hospital,
on November 7, after a brief
illness.
There are 28,406 volumes in
the Meredith library. During
the month of October of this
school year, 2,057 books cir
culated and 7,143 volumes were
used in the library.
Thomas Meredith was the
founder and first editor of the
Biblical Recorder, the organ of
the Baptist State Convention in
North Carolina.
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