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June, 1976 - CROSSROADS - page *
ALIMNI NEWS
By Mrs. Mary Cook
’30 — Thanks, Ed Mansfield, for your letter and for
identifying the members of the basketball team whose
picture was in the last issue of CROSSROADS. Hope
your friend will stop by for a visit when he is next in
this area, but better still, when are you coming for a
visit?
“*40 -- Congratulations to Rear Adm. Vincent Lascara,
commanding officer of the Norfolk Naval Supply
Center for the past three years who has been
nominated by President Ford for a third star and
assignment as vice chief of the Naval Material Com
mand.
’48 - Otis Collier visited the Abbey just after Easter.
He is manager of the warehouse for Morgan & Allen
Company, wholesale jewelers, in San Francisco.
’49 - Thank you. Jack Sherry, for sending the news,
particularly about Russell Johnson’s death on January
30. Russell \vas a boxing star while at the Abbey and
captured the Virginia middleweight crown in 1948
when he was home for the Easter holidays.
’54 - Carroll Thomas is with Crompton & Knowles in
Charlotte.
-59 - Congratulations to Zean Jamison, who has been
elected to the Board of Directors of Lance, Inc. in
Charlotte, where he is their personnel director. Louie
b’Gorman is headmaster of Andrew Jackson Academy
and he and Gail and their four children - Farrell,
Kevin, and the twins - live in Denmark, S.C. Clement
Porzio is coordinator of day care centers in Dade
County, Florida, and lives in Ft. Lauderdale.
’60 - Congratulations to Steve Delaney, who has been
elected president of the International Association of
horeign Correspondents. Steve is foreign
correspondent for NBC and is based in Tel Aviv. He
expects to be home in Charlotte for a visit in July and
we re looking forward to seeing him then.
’63 - Congratulations to Mike Maloney, who has been
promoted by Weyerheuser to General Manager in
Jackson, Mississippi as of May 1, where he and Yvonne
and their three children - Gregg nine, Kim eight, and
Brad five - will live.
’66 - Enjoyed talking with Brian Mause recently
when he called from Louisville. He is product manager
for American Air Filter Co. and he and Linda and their
two sons, Christopher and Patrick, live in Prospect,
Kentucky. Congratulations also, Brian, on receiving
your degree.
’67 - Our deepest sympathy to Barry Henfey, whose
father died Easter Sunday.
'68 - Congratulations to Carolyn and Bernie Lange
on the arrival of Steven William on September 14, their
first child. Bernie is still in production planning with
Abbey Library Books
Pre-Date New World
Reynolds Metals Co. in Richmond. Tom Bledsoe has
been promoted to assistant vice president by North
Carolina National Bank. He is manager of the Con
sumer Credit Department in Spruce Pine.
’69 - John Schrenker, CPA, has opened his own office
in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and has enrolled in
Florida Technological University in their Master’s
Program. Congratulations and best wishes to Jerry
Paul Lackey and Vickie Gayle Graham, who were
married in Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Lincolnton,
N.C. on May 2.
’71 - Randolph Sorrell has joined User Corporation of
Charlotte as a sales engineer. It was good to see Bruce
Martin, his wife Lois and five-year-old Barry when
they visited the Abbey on May 10. Bruce is in graduate
school at the University of South Carolina in Business
Administration.
’72 - Joe Ford has been employed by Virginia
National Bank since graduation and is Assistant Vice
President and Branch Manager working in Virginia
Beach. He was married in July, 1973, and has a 15-
month old daughter, Kimberly.
’72 - Congratulations and best wishes to Amy Page
Stephens and Wayne Farris, who were married April
10 in Unity Baptist Church, Belmont. Wayne is em
ployed by Catawba Pharmacy.
’74 - Congratulations and best wishes to Richard
Harlow and Jane Rose Reichenbach, who were
married May 1 in West Raleigh Presbyterian Church.
Richard is account executive at WGLD Radio in
Winston-Salem, where they will live. Keith Wolfson
visited the Abbey in May. He is with Eastern Air Lines
and plans to marry Kathryn Gayle Gray on June 19 in
Belmont Abbey Cathedral. Allen Morris has been
chosen to have his biography appear in Notable
Americans of the Bicentennial Era and The Dictionary
of International Biography. He is headmaster of St.
Stephens Academy in St. Stephen, S.C.
’75 - Congratulations and best wishes to Bob Daniel
and Susan Killian, who were married in Belmont
Abbey Cathedral on May 8. They will live in Winston-
Salem where Bob is with Tacoma Enterprises, Inc. and
Susan (who was a junior here at the Abbey) will attend
UNC-G.
In Memoriam
Russell Johnson, Class of 1949
Albert G. Myers, Sr., Class of 1957 (LL.D.)
“Not many institutions
the size of Belmont
Abbey College possess a
collection of books and
manuscripts which date
back to the fourteen
hundreds,” stated Mrs.
Jane Freeman.
When our present
library was opened in
1959, many valuable and
rare books were moved
from the former library
and stored in two rooms
in the new library for
safety.
Mrs. Freeman and
the library staff began
the task of restoring and
cataloguing the literary
valuables this year. At
this date, approximately
five hundr^ books and
manuscripts have been
catalogued.
In April of 1976, the
library staff discovered a
family Bible and register
bearing the inscription;
Thomas and Elizabeth
Claggett, 1840. After
numerous attempts to
place the Bible m the
hands of its descendants,
Mrs. McDonnell dis
covered an article in the
September 1975 issue of
TOWN AND COUNTRY
which discussed the
family of Captain
"rhomas Clagett and his
descendants. Conse
quently, the library staff
sent the family Bible to
Brice M. Clagett, a young
man who was immensely
interested in his family
ancestors. Perhaps this
event could happen only
“once in a lifetime;”
however, Mrs. Freeman
is now pursuing the
descendants of General
John Newton since she
has discovered a com
mendation, which is
dated the twenty-sixth of
September, 1876, from
the State of New Yiyk.
How was Belmont
Abbey able to possess
and discover these
valuable works? Mrs.
Freeman speculates
“that many of the books
and manuscripts were
donated by the Bishop of
Charleston in 1942;
Father Thomas
Oesteriock, St. Maur’s
Priory in Bristol, Vir-
^ia; and others were
brou^t to the Abbey by
the benedictine* prieste
from Europe.”
The manuscripts which
have been catalogued
thus far include: an
“incunabula” which is a -
handwritten manuscript,
that dates back to the
(Cont. on p. 5)
A.P.O. Alumni
Brothers!
Alpha Phi Omega, Rho Mu chapter will celebrate
its tenth anniversary in February 1977.
Preparations are underway for a banquet. All
alumni brothers are requested to send their current
address:
Alpha Phi Omega, PM Chapter
Care of P.O. Box 135
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont, North Carolina 28012
Robin Roberts
Abbey Grad.
Gets L.B.J.
Internship
Robin Ray Roberts, a
senior - political science
major at Belmont Abbey
College, has been
selected for the Lyndon
Baines Johnson
legislative internship
with Representative
Charlie E. Bennett of his
home district, the 3rd
congressional district of
Florida. Under this
program each
congressman is annually
allowed one intern for
general clerical work and
research during the
month of August. Ap
plications for this
position must be filed by
late fall of the preceding
year.
Robin has just com
pleted his term as
president of the Student
Association. During his
tenure, the Student
Association of the Abbey
was completely
remodeled and put into a
functionary tri-branch
unit consisting of a
representative body of
governors, a legislature,
and a judicial board.
Robin, who transferred
from Florida Junior
College in 1974, has
served the college in
various other positions.
He was treasurer of the
Student Association, the
student newspaper,
yearbook, and of his
fraternity - Phi Kappa
Theta. He has been
active in WABY (the
student radjo station),
the Campus Ministry and
the N.C. Student
Legislature, and is a
member of Who’s Who in
American Colleges and
Universities. Also, Robin
has acted as Chairman of
Orientation, and student
assistant to the Dean of
Students.
Robin is the son of
Capt. and Mrs. Roy
Roberts of 1869 Embassy
Drive in Jacksonville,
Florida.