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SATURDAY
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
X, No. 7
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
January 17, 1947
j$26,356 Given Saint Mary’s
Recently in Endowment Funds
‘^Sande” Childs is May Queen,
Jean Jenkins Maid of Honor
uis'i Gift To Further Chris-
f(| ''ian Education
endowment of $25,000 to
to be used for the ad-
i fo ^®enient of teaching has been
’ >:,f'=eived 1. “ X . - - *
}hv
as a gift from James A.
^^'airman of the Executive
dfbac ttee of R. J. Reynolds To-
’0lreep,?f *^?™Pany, as a part of a
, i(;gift of Reynolds Tobacco
1('„ P^iiy stock to eleven North
' ! It institutions.
®*''aret' stated that the funds
'‘Edu to further Christian
f* and medical science.
‘iiJteinlSl
■I»ir^4-1946
1946.
^*iiem College.
ay’s daughter, Christine,
Saint Mary’s during
and Avas graduated in
She is now a student
,j, Other Schools
j the if °ther schools endowed are
ildup ^"'nian Gray School of Medi
’ Wake . .. •
of V' aite Forest, University
at I), 1 ^ Carolina, Divinity School
le«e * Salem Academy and Col-
bolig Winston-Salem Teachers’
le»e (Xegro), Greensboro Col-
Poll’e„ *^ti t^°int College, Brevard
iiavi'a^’ Couisburg College, and
''1^011 College
ll, p Top Man
the i*^ now Chairman of
I'OiUp'^^i^ntive Committee of his
he setf^^'i I’l'eneding this position,
l^ars vice-president for 14
.''ears president for 12
*ipverf,f the same company. For
''krakp. y®ars Mr. Gray was a
^tate 4 the North Carolina
tfoip ‘ ^late. He was graduated
haroli,,.'*' University of North
the v^’ which he is a member
'Hard of trustees.
j?^^oiis Ballet Russe
^onte Carlo
Tonight
ftepheV*^ McDonald and Charlie
i T "'ill present the Bal-
: jlan, 4-7' ® Monte Carlo tonight,
®igh Ar ^t 8:30 p. m. in the Ra-
*^naorial Auditorium.
The
famous Ballet Russe
^ast of 125
^tars . a
'«* 41 V4.cv^v
®hipj5g.^. .gyninasium
dance
,'l'hed yesterday.
Presented for Centennial, Me
morial Funds
A total of $1,856 in endowment
funds, in addition to the James A.
Gray fund .just received, has been
added to various Saint Mary s
fifnds since Christmas, an an
nouncement from the president s
office discloses.
The estate of Mrs. Addis S. Cox,
Winterville, sent $156, which,
added to the $3,950.75 forwarded
in 1944, makes the total gift from
Mrs. Cox’s estate $4,106.75. This
money has become a permanent
part of Saint Mary’s endowment
fund.
Alinnna Gift
Mrs. R. G. S. Davis, Henderson,
formerly Mary C. Shuford, 10,
now a member of the Alumnae
Council, contributed $1,000 to the
Centennial Fund.
Mrs. C. C. Dawson, Cramerton,
a member of the Board of trus
tees, contributed $100 to the Cen
tennial Fund in December in the
name of her daughter, Poncie
DaAVson, tvlio was graduated from
Saint Mary’s last year.
For Memorial Fund
J. Webb Cox, Thermal, Cal., has
mailed his check for $100 to Saint
Mary’s for the Bishop Cheshire
Memorial Fund.
Blanche Thebom
To Give Concert
In Raleigh Feb. 28
Hlanche Thebom, contralto,
Metropolitan Opera star, will be
presented by the Ra eigh Civic
Music Association heb. -8 at 8
p. m. in Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium.
This concert will be the fourth
in the series. Three others wil
follow to complete the season.
persons,
^ a group of brilliant
'''^*'iiinn ’^y'^Phony orchestra will
P'^^y the ballet.
ro Dance
p’’^'hreak dance of this
ill Saturday night, Jan.
, Betsy
marshal,
She ex
may bring
Dance Group To
Sponsor May Day
Festival in Spring
Chairmen and Committees Se
lected to Complete Plans
Reviving one of Saint Mary’s
loveliest traditions, Orcliesis,
dance group under the direction
of Mrs. William C. Guess, will
sponsor a May Day celebration
about May 1, complete with the
crowning of a May Queen and the
recognition of her court.
Committees
Cliairmeii and committees in
charge of May Day plans are as
follows: Jean Roberts, Durham,
elections, with Elizabeth Blun-
don, Charleston, W. Va., and
Sarah “Chubby” Covington, Ben-
nettsville, S. C.; Ann Lanier, Dan
ville, Va., costumes, with Eliza
beth Myatt, Goldsboro, and Fan
nie “Tumpie” Hudson, Shelbj';
Margaret Moore, Roanoke, Va.,
programs; Katherine Clark,
Lynchburg, Va., pageant, with
Myrtle Alston, Henderson; Serena
Ashburn, Norfolk, Va.; Josephine
Cooper, West Hartford, Conn.;
Violet LaRue, Raleigh; and Jean
Strickland, Wilson.
Other Committees
Betty Anderson, Cheraw, S. C.,
is chairman of the productions
committee, tvitli Nancy Ford,
Washington, and Susan Taylor,
Morganton; Katharine Moseley,
Kinston, properties, with Sara
Lon Davis, Morganton; Elizabeth
Roberts, Culpeper, Va., marshals;
Nancy Hamel, Greensboro, music;
Jo Anne Darden, Newsoms, Va.,
business, with Ann Nowell, Ahos-
kie; Ann Fripp Jones, Summer
ville, S. C., publicity, with Mary
Blair Bowers, Jackson, and Willie
Marjorie Riddick, Scotland Neck.
Stage Coachf Annual^
Ready For Press
STAGE COACH, Saint Mary s
innual is almost ready to go to
the printer, Gene Rose, Hender
son, editor, has announced. She
explained that she expects to send
the material off in two weeks.
.■til pictures Taken
All pictures have been taken by
Havnes Studio, RaleigK The art
work is finished and the copy is
more than half completed.
The annuals will be distributed,
as is customary, on Senior Class
Day.
Student Body Elects Beauty
Favorites
Elizabeth “Sande” Childs, Co
lumbia, S. C., was chosen May
Queen and Jean Craft Jenkins,
Hartwell, Ga., maid of honor by
the student body in elections held
Tuesday and Wednesday. The
May Court will be chosen at a
later date, Jean Roberts, Durliam,
cliairman of elections committee,
announced.
Sande Childs
Tall, brunette Sande is a Senior
and a Sigma. Last year at Saint
Mary’s she was a member of
Y.W.C.A., Political Science Club,
and Letter Club. She made all-
star basketball team, all-star soft-
ball team, ping-pong team, tennis
team, was student life-guard in
charge of the swimming pool, and
won the award for the outstand
ing basketball player of the sea
son.
In addition, this year she is a
member of the Woman’s Auxiliary
and the BELLES staff, and is a
marshal.
Jean Jenkins
This is Jean’s first year at Saint
Mary’s. She is a member of the
Sophomore class and of Doctors’
Daughters’ Club. At Hartwell
High School, Hartwell, Ga., last
year Jean was a member of Beta
Club, Sub Deb Club, Latin Club,
and was a cheerleader.
The May Queen and maid of
honor Avill be the center of the
May Day celebration to be spon
sored by Orehesis early in May.
Elizabeth Roberts
Elected Marshal
Elizabeth Roberts, Culpeper,
Va., has been elected the new mar
shal by the student body, succeed
ing Martha Best Yorke.
The following girls were other
nominees for this position: Lil
lian Lumpkin, Amerieus, Ga.;
Dorothy Leak, Wadesboro; Mary
Anna Dunbar, Laurinbnrg.
Activities
“Libby,” a Sigma, is a member
of Honor Council, Hall Council,
Altar Guild, Woman’s Auxiliary,
and Orehesis.
Underclassmen To
Qive Formal Dance
In Gymnasium
A Moonlight Serenade will be the
theme of the Freshman-Sophomore
annual formal dance in the gymna
sium April 12 at 9 p.m. The bids
will be $1.75 each, and every girl
may have a date and three stags.
Plans for an orchestra have not yet
been completed.
Committees
The chairmen of the various com
mittees are as follows: Myrtle Al
ston, Henderson, decorations; Fran
ces Drane, Monroe, refreshments;
Iris McEwen, Burlington, orchestra;
Aurelia Fulton, Walnut Cove, bids
and dance cards.
Pages
Fifteen pages and five servers will
be chosen from the rest of the stu
dent body. All girls interested should
sign their names on a sheet provided
in the covered way. The names will
be drawn from a hat.