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I gMcGhee elected head of W.Va. State alumni
LTC (RET) Acie McGhee, Jr..
A member of the class of 1954,
was elected national president of
the West Virginia State College
National Alumni at their eighth
■ national conference held April 21-
24 at the Hyatt Hotel.
McGhee succeeded Dr. P.
Ahmed Williams. Retired profes-
SOT, Emeritus who ends a long and
“ptinguished tenure as the second
psident of the association.
Williams was unanimously
yarded the title "professor Emeri
ti lus."
McGhee, master of cere-
.^1 monies at the banquet on Saturday
night, is currently president of the
triad chapter and national president
of the Kimball High School
National Alumni Association,
JS^nounced that both he and Dr.
4^11iams were graduates of Kim
ball High School, McDowell
\County, West Virginia. Tom
l^bbell. first vice-president, is also
atomball graduate.
Williams was presented with
a certificate of appreciation by the
Triad Chapter.
Former students of Williams’
McGhee
first school, Mrs. Louise McGhee
and Mrs. Lillian B. Alexander,
graduates of Excelsior High
School, McDowell county and
WVSC Alumni, witnessed the
award along with Mrs. Beatrice
Mitchell a Kimball graduate.
McGhee and Diana Williams-
Cotton were local coordinators
while Mrs. Ann B. Smith was
national coordinator.
The theme of the conference
was "Molded in the Past, Serving
the Present, Developing the
Future." Approximately 300 alum
ni, friends and guests enthusiasti
cally pronounced the conference as
the best in the history of the associ
ation and the first one held in a
Southern City. The conferees par
ticipated in business sessions,
workshops held by local mer
chants, shopping tours, awards lun
cheon and the Charles A. McLean
banquet and dance. McLean was
presented with a plaque for his
overall support of the triad chapter,
the national alumni association and
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Mrs Katherine McLean, wife
of the hwioree, accepted the award.
Melvin W. Griffin, treasurer and
charter member, received the 110
percent award. Mrs. Mary "Coon"
Hairston was honored as the oldest
living graduate and received a
standing ovation from the audi
ence. Mrs. Martha Spencer Atkins
was honored as the co-author of
the Alma Mater.
Dr. Hazo Carter, president of
the College, gave the main address
at the Saturday night banquet. Dr.
Carter announced that the college,
which has the distinction in West
Virginia of having the longest con
tinuing accreditation of any four
year public institution by the North
Central Association - since 1927,
was successfully evaluated by the
association last month. The col
lege, currently enjoying its second
highest enrollment of 4,500, has
launched a recruiting program for
minority students since the enroll
ment is only 13 percent. Dr. Carter
urged the alumni to be more vocal
in promoting the college rather
than taking its successes for grant
ed.
Other graduates participating
in the conference were: Reverend
William R. Crawford, who con
ducted the first memorial service at
the conference; Raymond Crowder,
Life Member; Richard and Barbara
Archia; Sabrina Mance; and Flon-
nie Anderson who renewed friend
ship with her roommate for the
first time since graduating in 1949.
The next conference will be
held in Philadelphia in April 1989.
Arts Council receives $150,000 challenge grant from national arts group
’ The Arts Council, Inc. has
announced that it has received a
special challenge grant of
$150,000 from the National
Endowment for the Arts. The Arts
Council was eligible to compete
for the NBA Local Programs grant
as a result of receiving increased
support from the City of Winston-
Sidem and Forsyth County during
its 1987 United Arts Fund Drive.
The grant will be used to initi
ate the previously announced
Salary Assistance grant program, a
new category of funding designed
. to help not-for-profit, cultural
^encies establish new positions
and obtain professional expertise.
The NEA Local Programs
grant represents a first for The Arts
Council, stated Joseph Kyle Walls,
ISecutive director. "It is the first
time that The Arts Council has
ilified for an NEA Local Pro
grams grant because these grants
are contingent upon obtaining
increased grant monies from
municipal and county govern
ments."
"The awarding of the grant
represents a real commitment to
the arts and cultural life of this
community on the part of Winston-
-Salem and Forsyth County. The
Arts Council is most grateful for
this increased public support," he
The Arts Council is one of
seven local arts agencies that
received the NEA grant in national
competition.
\N^ls noted that the designa
tion of The Arts Council as the
official local arts agency for Win
ston-Salem, Clemmons, Kern-
ersville, Walkertown, and Forsyth
County strengthened the council’s
eligibility fw Federal funding. He
Along..the, Garden Path Club meets
' The Along the Gr^deh Path”'
C^den Club recently held its regu
lar monthly meeting.
Louise Hamilton was the host-
^ ess for the meeting, which was
held at the home of Carrie May-
pield .Ellsworth Banner, president,
opened the meeting with a short
devotion, the reading of the Collect
and the singing of the club song in
.unison.
^ f Emmaline Goodwin, the club's
secretary, read her report and Savil-
la Wilson, treasurer, presented the
trfeasurer's report.
'>Other reports given included a
report on the meeting of the Gar
den Council. Roberta Cook report
ed that Edith Williams, interim
president of the council, has
announced that a Horticultural
Show is scheduled for early June.
The council also is planning to
plant trees on the grounds of the
Winston Lake Family YMCA.
. Mrs Goodwin reported that the
North Carolina Federation of
Flower and Garden Clubs conven
tion will be held in Raleigh Aug.
7-8.
The club's project for the
afternoon was a workshop on flow
er arrangements for special occa
sions. Mrs. Banner was the leader
for the workshop. She offered tips
on selecdng a container to anange
flowers for the dinner table. She
cautioned against making arrange
ments so tall that all of the the
guests cannot be seen over the top
of them.
Following the business portion
of the meeting, Mrs. Hamilton
served a dinner to club members.
Members attending included
Ruby Dunlap, Ruth Glenn, Julia
Johnson, Sharon Lindsay, Mrs.
Bronnie Daniels, Verna Grier and
Sinclair Crowder and Mable Allen.
Guests at the meeting were
Dorothy Wright of Canton, Ohio,
Leona McKnight and Gwen Ashlq^.
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Accredited Member AICS
also stated that the designation rep
resents a commitment by local
governments to the development of
a responsible cultural policy.
The Salary Assistance grant,
for which the NEA Local Pro
grams grant will be used, is a
three-year commitment by The
Arts Council to provide support on
a declining scale.
In the fourth year, the member
organization will assume full
financial responsibility for the
position.
The maximum award will be
$18,000 in the first year, and will
require matching funds from the
recipient organizations.
Recipients of the first Salary
Assistance grants will be
announced after July 1.
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