THE CHOWANIAN, OCTOBER 1959
Students and Faculty Invited to
Attend Local Church Services
bers are invited to attend the
services at each of the three
churches within Murfreesboro,
or the church of your choice.
Here is a short biographical
sketch of the pastors of the
three churches.
Murfreesboro Baptist Church
The pastor of the Murfrees
boro Baptist Church is Rowland
S. Pruette. He was born in
Wadesboro, North Carolina, and
attended Wake Forest College
where he received the B.A. de
gree in 1943.
He secured his theological ed
ucation at Duke Divinity School,
receiving the B. D. degree in
Students and faculty mem-
Bettye Loui«e Crouch of Vald-
ese, and they have four child
ren; Johnny 9, Marian 8, Laura
4, and Leslie 1.
Methodist Church
The Reverend F. Owen Fitz
gerald, pastor of the Murfrees
boro Methodist Church, is a na
tive of Kinston, North Carolina.
He received his formal educa
tion in Kinston public schools
and is a graduate of High Point
College and Duke University
Divinity School.
For three years Mr. Fitzger
ald served as officer in the North
Carolina Conference Method
ist Youth Fellowship. During his
senior year at High Point College
he was President of the North
Carolina Methodist Student
Movement. In 1950 he spent ten
weeks with the Methodist Youth
Caravan doing reconstruction
work with the Methodist Church
in Europe.
While a student at Duke Div
inity School Mr. Fitzgerald ser
ved as student pastor of the
Walstonburg Methodist Charge
1947, and then took a M. A. de
gree from Duke. He served in
the United States Army from
1943 to 1945 with overseas duty
in North Africa and Italy.
He has served pastorates in
Booneville and Cullowhee, North i
Carolina. At Cullowhee he was i
also B. S. U. Director. He is a -
Member of the General Board
of the North Carolina State
Convention, State President
North Carolina Baptist Library
Convention, and President West
Chowan Pastors’ Conference.
He is married to the former
Mary Virginia Price of Mt.
Olive, and they have two child
ren; David 11, and Beth 8.
Meherrin Baptist Church
John D. Davis, of Beaufort,
North Carolina, is the Pastor of
Meherrin Baptist Church. He
received the A. B. degree from
Wake Forest College, the M. A.
in Guidance and Counseling from
Appalachian State, and the B. D.
from Duke Divinity School.
He entered the United States
Navy in 1943 and served for
three years aboard a minesweep
er as a Lieutenant J. G. Rev.
in Greene County. Prior to com
ing to his present appointment,
he was for two years Associate
Pastor of the Hay Street Metho
dist Church in Fayetteville,
North Carolina. It was in Fay
etteville that he married the
former Mary Owens Bell of that
city. Mr. Fitzgerald is now serv
ing in his third year as pastor
of the Murfreesboro Metho
dist Church.
B. S. U. LEADERS — Guiding and directing the activities of the Baptist Student Union this year will
be the nev^ly elected Executive Council. Seated, they are, Audrey Marriner, Hickory, Va., publicity
chairman; Janice White, Lynnhaven, Va., social chairman; Peggy Carr, Pine Tops, listen chairman;
Delores Hill, Woodland, vesper chairman; Serina Davis, Davis, N. C., Training Union chairman;
Susan Harris, Elizabeth City, Y. W. A. representative; standing, Barbara Byrd, Suffolk, Va., enlist
ment chairman; Walter Storey, Franklin, Va., publicity Chairman; James Henry, Lanrinburg, vice
president; Dr. William C. Young, B. S. U. director and chaplain of the college; Leonard Capps,
Back Bay, Va., Ministerial Alliance representative; McCoy Dilday, Ahoskie, periodical chairman;
John Brake, Red Oak, Sunday School representative.
Coach McKinney Evangelism Speaker
Davis is a former Baptist Stu
dent Union Director at Appa
lachian State Teachers College,
and has been pastor of Fountain
and Eagles Baptist Churches in
North Carolina.
He is married to the former
Davis.
BSD Council Holds
Pre-School Retreat
Some twenty-five members
of the Baptist Student Union
Council of Chowan College pra-
ticipated in the annual pre
school retreat on Tuesday, Sep
tember 8, at the Hill Camp on
the Chowan River.
According to Dr. William C.
Young, Chowan College chap-
lian and director of religious
activities, the retreat is held
each year for the purpose of
planning campus religious ac
tivities for that year. He went
on to say that in addition to
the planning periods scheduled
for the retreat, the Council
members would also be engaged
in recreational and fellowship
activities.
Dr. Young presided over the
retreat. The principal speak
ers for the occasion was the
Rev. Harold Cole, BSU director
of the Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina, and the
pastors of Murfreesboro’s two
Baptist churches-the Rev. Row
land Pruette and the Rev.John
Horace “Bones” McKinney,
head basketball coach at Wake
Forest College, was the
principal speaker for Chowan’s
annual “Campus Evangelism
Week”, October 19-23.
“Bones”, one of North Caro-
ina’s greatest high school and
college basketball performers,
is only the 12th man to handle
the head cage coaching duties
at Wake Forest since the sport
got its start back in 1907.
After serving as assistant
coach to Murray Greason for
five years, McKinney was pro
moted to head coach on
March 26, 1957 when Greason
was elevated to the post of as
sistant athletic director after
23 years as cage boss of the
Demon Deacons.
“Bones” McKinney’s full name
is Horace Albert McKinney,
and he is a native of Lowlands,
N. C., which is on Goose Creek
and Pamlico River in Pamlico
County. He was born on Janu
ary 1, 1919, the youngest of
four children.
When he was five-years-old
his family moved to Durham
where he attended Watts Street
Grammar school. Central
Junior High, and Durham High
School.
His Big Start
He got his big start in basket
ball under the late Dwight
Steussy at Durham High, and
played three years of high
school ball under Paul Sykes.
He was the starting center on
the great Durham High quintet
which ran up a string of 69
consecutive victories, including
three state championships, two
South Atlantic High and Prep
School crowns, two Duke-Dur-
ham tournament titles and the
Eastern States Championship.
He also played on the Durham
High golf team, and for the
past several years has served
as coach of the Wake Forest
golfers.
“Bones” finished high school
in 1940 and enrolled at N. C.
State College where he played
freshman and one year of var
sity ball. He was an All-South-
ern Conference selection as a
sophomore in 1942, and led the
HORACE "BONES" McKINNEY
league in scoring with 200
points.
In April of 1942 he was in
ducted into the Army where he
served for three years, nine
days. He saw service at Fort
Bragg, Camp Seibert, Ala., and
Camp Butner. He was discharg
ed on January 11, 1946.
Immediately after receiving
his discharge he entered the
University of North Carolina
and became a starter on the
UNC quint which bowed to Ok
lahoma A&M in the 1946 East-
West NCAA finals by a 43-40
score.
“Bones” played only one sea
son at North Carolina, and fol
lowing the 1946 campaign went
to work for Hanes Hosiery in
Winston-Salem. On Oct. 15, 1946
he turned professional, signing
a contract with the Washington
Caps of the National Profes
sional Basketball League.
He played with the Caps until
the middle of the 1950-51 season
when the club was forced to
cease operation. He was serving
as coach of the club at the time
it folded and was assigned to
the Boston Celtics as a player.
He played through the 1951-52
season with Boston before cal
ling it quits.
Attended Seminary
“Bones” entered Southeastern
Baptist Seminary at Wake For
est in the fall of 1952 to prepare
himself for Christian work. He
was later ordained as a Baptist
minister and served one year
as pastor of a Raleigh church.
At the same time he was serving
as assistant basketball coach at
Wake Forest.
He was married on Christmas
Day in 1941 to Miss Edna Ruth
Stell of Raleigh. The McKinneys
have five children: Horace
Albert Jr., Kay, Kittie, Karen
and Kenneth.
At the time of going to press
“Bones” was to speak at the 10
o’clock chapel hour each morn
ing Monday through Friday,
and at a 6:45 vesper service
each evening Monday through
Thursday. He also lead in
formal discussions in the dor
mitories several nights during
the week.
In making the announcement.
Dr Young stated that he felt
the Chowan student body was
very fortunate to have Coach
McKinney as its “Campus Evan
gelism Week” leader since he
has had wide experience with
young people and is in constant
demand as a speaker for youth
meetings.
Students Set Plans
The Chowan College Baptist
Student Union met on Monday,
September 8, on the college
campus to set up their plans
for the school year.
The Rev. John Davis of Me
herrin Baptist Church, and the
Rev. Roland Pruette of Mur
freesboro Baptist Church, were
the devotional speakers.
Dr. William C. Young, college
Chaplin and director of religious
activities, presented ideas for
the year.
The Rev. Harold Cole, State
Baptist Student Union director,
explained state-wide BSU work
as related to colleges.
The Council voted to have
vespers each Tuesday and
Thursday and to have prayer
meeting each Wednesday.
Members present were: Bar
bara Byrd, Delores Hill,
Audrey Marriner, Peggy Carr,
Janice White, Charles Thomp
son, Serina Davis, Gene Eason,
Susan Harris and Gloria Sum-