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Large-scale Atkins Reunion will honor the late Amos Harper SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Atkins High School Reunion Planning Committee for Classes'of 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951 will meet on a regular basis to finalize activities sched uled for Labor Day Weekend. The Committee will honor former leader and organizer Amos W. Harper Jr., who passed away last year. It was more than 25 years ago that Harper put together an organization in which several Atkins High classes would come together to prepare reunion activities that took place every two years. Through his leader ship, the groups grew to seven classes and held some of the^largest reunions ever for Atkins High. In 2001, the group held its first Millennium Celebration, which drew more than 400 alumni. The event returned in 2003. Some of the tentatively scheduled events for this year's Reunion include skits dedicated to Harper and a slideshow presentation showing many highlights from his life. These activi ties will be held on Friday, Aug. 31. A dinner and dance will follow on Saturday, Sept. 1. The culminating activities will include a memorial service, a business breakfast, a Sunday morn ing meeting, a worship serv ice at a local church and a picnic in the afternoon. Other reunion activities and attractions will include singers, dance groups and a fashion show. The weekend celebration will be held at the Sundance Plaza Hotel & Spa on University Parkway. The organizers are Robert Scales Jr. and David N. Peay. Annie Pearl Wilson is the advisor, event planner and program chair. Submitted Photo Members of the Atkins High School Reunion Planning Committee. Amos Harper. Submitted Photo Sigmas (seated, from left) Darryl Prince, Ezekiel Polk, Anton Jones (standing) Reginald McCaskill, Stuart Eaton, Carl Leak, Duane Hackney, Billy DeShazor and Jonathan Tillery. Sigmas register voters SPECIAL JO THE CHRONICLE Members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity conducted a voter registration drive during the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament's Community Day at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Educational Building. Project Vote is one of the fraternity's national initia tives. Sigmj chapters across the country are encouraged to continuously register and educate citizens to partici pate in the democratic process. The priorities of Project Vote are also voter education, voter participa tion and getting out the vote. The Sigmas of Winston Salem (Dfelta Sigma and Delta Alpha chapters) worked jointly to register new voters. Delta Sigma Chapter President Reginald D. McCaskill was given per mission to conduct Project Vote during the Community Day by Tim Grant, the head of the City's Recreation and Parks Department. Voter registration materials were provided by the Forsyth County Board of Elections. ft HPU VP to speak at Urban League breakfast SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Dr. Donald A. Scarborough will be the special guest speaker at the Winston-Salem Urban League Business Consortium Breakfast Meeting on inursaay, iviarcn zy. tne event will be from 8:30 -10 a.m. at 201 West Fifth Street. Scarborough, vice presi dent of community relations at High Point University, will make a presentation on "Building a Business Model that Works: How to Measure the Economic Impact of your Business on the Community." The Urban League Business Consortium is a net work of more than 80 corpo rate and non-profit executives who participate in regular UL programs, including human resource development training, the annual Career Fair and youth leadership development activities. In his position at High , Point University, Dr. Scarborough works directly with President Nido Qubein, and he has been directly involved with the recent growth and expansion of the university. The breakfast meeting is free and open to the public. Those interested in attending may contact Patricia Sadler at 336 725-5614 or psadler@wsurban.org. HPl! Photo Dr. Donald A. Scarborough ? .yAf' rjLfldfT^ p iQllWlW |o^Ta|Ww8o037meniror ItJIw golf ?odatlon PiTnS^^BnBBaj^^^BBB^Bf?!||yEC^r3CT^!pr? T j Golf clinic scitedule* available-online at Www.tanglewoodMw|^^W Vv^Awa J/ <6 fj?s.*s?r?Z Don't miss out on ADO\ Clearance Orapary Fabric Sal* with discontinued drapery fabrics, trims, ttebacks, fringe, drapery hardware and a whole lot mora. Choose from faux-sMt. linen, woeen, lace, prints, textured, embroidered and sheer and S4MM reedy mad* Araperiesl MhiilmwIiraHi mi rogoOocty HI->H pit yard. 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