Sorority of educators celebrates Founders Day
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On Sunday. May 18, the
Beta Lambda Chapter of the
National Sorority of Phi Delta
Kappa, Inc., started its
Founders' Day celebration by
performing a torch lighting
ceremony and worship service
at Mount Zion Baptist Church,
where the Rev. Dr. Serenus T.
Churn Sr., is the pastor.
On behalf of Beta Lambda,
Chapter Basileus Valeria
Edwards presented a $100
donation to Mt. Zion's R. L
File Scholarship Fund. The
chairs of the Founders' Day
committee, Evelyn W. Sanders
and Veronica Walker, are
members of Mt. Zion.
The Chapter continued to
celebrate its national founding
and local chartering by dining
together at the Hawthorne Inn,
where sorors were honored for
their service to the Sorority.
Awards were presented to
sorors of the re-activated char
ter Jjne of March 14. 1998.
The chapter was first char
tered in 1955. The honored
members were: Georgette
Chin. Beth Day-Hairston,
Helen Johnson, Sallie
Ledbetter, Litia Pemberton,
Princess Pressley, Evelyn
Sanders, Jacqueline Spencer,
Patsy Squire, Sharon
Strachan, Glynis Walker and
Raquel Wilkins. Soror Valerie
Edwards received the Basileus
Award. All sorors attending
Founders' Day received a cer
tificate of attendance.
The purpose of this sorori
ty is to stimulate- personal
growth among teachers; foster
a true spirit of sisterhood; pro
mote the highest ideals of the
teaching profession; and
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From left to right, bottom to top are Norma Corley, Valaria Edwards, Helen Johnson, Evelyn Sanders, Veronica Conner, Rinita
Williams, Donna Mickens, Doris Herretl, Christon Rann, Benita Brown, Candice Johnson, Jacqueline Spencer, Catherine
Lowe, Joyce Mack and Pasty Squire.
encourage the development of
the potential of our youth.
The National Sorority of
Delta Kappa firmly believes
education to be a potent faetor
in maintaining and perpetuat
ing democracy as the most
ideal form of life. Through the
day to day instruction in the
classroom and multiple con
tact in the community, the
National Sorority of Phi Delta
Kappa seeks to inform all citi
zenry of the ever changing
problems of our culture and to
equip them with the necessary
social skills to solve these
problems according to true
democratic process.
The date of incorporation
was May 23, 1923, which has
become the group's Founders'
Day.
The sorority has chapters
throughout the nation and
even in Liberia, West Africa
and Barbados.
Triad Zetas score at regional conference
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Recently, members of Nu Tau Zeta
(Kernersville) and Rho Zeta (Winston
Salem) chapters of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority Inc., traveled to Charleston,
WVa., to greet, meet, and teach sorors
from all parts of North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington,
D.C.
Joining Zetas at the 63rd Eastern
Regional Leadership Conference were
some of the brothers of Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity Inc., Zeta Amicae (Friends of
Zeta) and the youth affiliates.
There were workshops for both grad
uate and undergraduate Sorors and all
other attendees. Soror Marian Hairston,
president of Winston-Salem's Rho Zeta
Chapter, served as facilitator of "Doing
the Right Thing." Presenter Maty Wright
held the audience spellbound as she
expounded on protocol and parliamen
tary procedure.
There was a silent auctioa spearhead
ed by Rosalyn Evans, Addie Jabber and
Juanita Penn. The profits will support
Women of Color Zeta Health Clinic at
Afua Kobi Ampem Girls' Secondary
School in Terbium, Ghana, West Africa.
At the awards banquet, the Winston
Salem chapter took top honors for its
Premier Chapter Report and Z-Hope
Project. Penn, of Nu Tau Zeta chapter,-"
was inducted into Zeta's Regional Hall of
Fame. She is the first North Carolinian to
be so honored. At the previous Regional
Conference, Penn was awarded the Zeta
Image Award.
Graduates, undergraduates 4 and
Amicae from the Triad were Lydia
Barber, Pollye Bailey, Naomi Cecil,
Evalena Clayborn; Rosalyn Evans,
Jamita Griffin, Mildred Griffin, Marian
Hairston, Addie Jabbar, Dollye Mack,
Lucretia, McNeely, Juanita Penn,
Roberta Parson, Alice Roseboro, Brenda
Rowdy, Deborah Roseboro, Charlene
Roseboro, Lundon Sims and Ruth
Torrance. LaTonya Davidson, Adawntra
Luke and Shauna Williams, undergrads
from the Omega Chapter at Winston
Salem State University, also attended.
Bettye Murchison, 16th Eastern
Regional director, presided during the
four-dd$?$esfion. Also in attendance was
22nd International Grand Basileus
Barbara C. Moore. The next regional
meeting will be hosted by the ladies of
Washington, D.C.
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Juanita Penn
Dr. Bell
Bell to
keynote
Wentz's
Men's Day
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Dr. Edwin D. Bell, a profes
sor of education at Winston
Salem State University, will
deliver the keynote address for
the Men's Day Memorial
Service on Sunday, June 15 at
11 a.m. at Wentz Memorial
Congregational Church (UCC),
3435 Carver School Rd.
The theme for the Men's
Day Service is "This Far By
Faith: What Men of the Church
Can Do to Change the Culture
of Death in Our Community."
Bell is a native of Roxbury,
Mass., and anended the Boston
Public Schools. He has earned
degrees from Bowdoin College,
Boston College and the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
He was trained as an organi
zational development consultant
in the National Training
Laboratories Organizational
Development network. He has
worked as a community organ
izer, consultant, educator and
e valuator in Africa, Asia and
United States.
His publications and
research focus on organizational
development," program assess
ment, multicultural education
and the integration of technolo
gy into education. Before he
came to WSSU, he taught at
Simmons College, North
Carolina A&T State University,
UNC-Greensboro and East
Carolina University.
For more information about
the Wentz Men's Day Service,
call Rudy Anderson at 336-744
0048. The public is cordially
invited to attend. The pastor of
Wentz Memorial is the Rev.
Ren6e Griffin.
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Author 1
reads to
children
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Children's writer Andreana
DuBose Little read to students
last week at Konnoak
Elementary School as part of the
school's Young Authors'
Celebration.
She
read her
latest
book,
"How
Little
Buddy
Learned
H i s
ABC's,"
to several
kinder
garten
classes. The book is illustrated
by Alfreda D. Floyd, a local
graphic artist, and shows that
learning can start in a child's
home.
Little feels that at an early
age, children should be sur
rounded with positive and car
ing experiences. She feels par
ents, grandparents or guardians
can teach children how to help
create their own (fcstiny by
showing them unconditional
love.
Little is a retired school
administrator who currently acts
as a mentor to new teachers. She
is also a multicultural presenter
on diversity issues.
This is Little's second book.
Her first book is an "African
American Quiz Book." which
focuses on contributions made
by African Americans.
Little is the wife of Curtiss
Little, a retired school adminis
trator. She has two children and
one granddaughter.
Dudley Class of '64 gives scholarships to '08 graduates
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The James B. Dudley High
School Class of 1964 awarded
scholarships to three graduates
of the Dudley Class of 2008 on
Sunday, June 8, following the
school's graduation exercises at
the Greensboro Coliseum.
The scholarship awardees
are: Paris A. Pratt, Austin R.
Smith and Vonche S. Clark.
Pratt plans a career in engi
neering and will enroll at North
Carolina A&T State University;
Smith plans a career in medicine
and will enroll at North Carolina
State University; and Clark
plans a career in mortuary sci
ence and will enroll in Guilford
Technical Community College.
On hand to represent the
James B. Dudley High School
Class of 1964 and to present the
scholarship awards on behalf of
the Scholarship Committee
were Attorney Marquis D.
Street, Odessa Barksdale Long,
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Graduates Paris A. Pratt, Austin R. Smith and Vonche S. Clark accept the scholarships from
Odessa Barksdale Long ,far left , Marquis Street and Marvin Richmond, far right.
Ernest H. Pitt and the Rev. W.
Marvin Richmond.
Efforts to organize the
Dudley High School Class of
1964 started at a 40th reunion
picnic at Barber Park, when
Miltrene Jenkins-Barden of
Greensboro said loudly, "we
i
need to get on that Internet like
some of the other classes from
Dudley."
Eventually, the class started
its own Web site '
(www.dudleyhigh64.com) ,
which was created by Warren
Jones, currently of Sanford,
N.C. and Toni Clark Oliver, of
Atlanta.
A volunteer committee com
prised of Attorney Marquis
Street and Crystal Stroud
McCombs of Greensboro; Paula
Foster Spaulding of
Washington, D.C.; Sanford's
Jones and Atlanta's Clark Oliver
worked on the Charles Sanders
Scholarship Fund, which is
named for a member of the class
who was recently inducted into
the NFL Hall of Fame. More
than 150 members of the Class
of '64 contributed to the schol
arship fund.
Tlie class gives special
thanks to Felita Newman,
Dudley's curriculum facilitator
for science, for being the critical
liaison between the Gass of '64
and the scholarship applicants
and their families.
David Peay with Annie P. Wilson and Annie Lee Phillips.
Atkins Classes Will Reunite In August
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The Atkins High School
class reunion committee has
planned its joint class reunion
for this year. The reunion will be
held on Aug. 8 - 10 at Sundance
Plaza Hotel & Suites, 3050
University Parkway.
There are eight classes, 1943
through 1951, that will join for
the event The theme for this
f
year's reunion is, "We Are
Camels, Yes We Still Can."
For more information, you
may contact Chairperson David
Peay at 971-2230, Co-Chair
Annie Lee Phillips at 784-6799,
Annie P. Wilson at 722-8149 or
Robert Scales at 767-6802. All
class members should contact
one of the representatives if they
plan to attend.
Teachers
vs. Students
Kimberley Park Elementary
School had its Annual 5th
Grade vs. Teachers Basketball
Game on May 29 in the school;s
gymnasium. Pictured are
Keeshon Patrick, a graduating
5th grader, on the way to make a
basket while being guarded by
his teachers, Ms. Rountree and
(top) and Ms. Markland.
Keeshon' s father, Willie "BB" -
Patrick Jr., volunteered to
coach the 5th grade team. The
game ended in a 22 - 22 tie
game.