MRS. HARRIS-WILSON
MRS. MILLS
2 Are Nominated
For State Awards
Two area women are
among 41 nominees
statewide under consid
eration for the Distin
guished Women of North
Carolina Award to be
presented by Gov.
James G. Martin on
March 22. As many as
five awards may be pre
sented.
In the running locally
are Mrs. Kathy Harris
Wilson of Route 3,
Warrenton, executive
director of the Haliwa
Saponi Indian Tribe,
Inc., and Mrs. Linda C.
Mills of Route 1, Hollis
ter, secretary-fiscal of
ficer of the tribe.
Nominations were
sought throughout the
state by the sponsor, the
N. C. Council on the
Status of Women,
through the news media
and contacts with a
number of organiza
tions. A selection com
mittee appointed by
Mrs. Ruby Jones of
Greensboro, council
chairman, will de
termine the award
recipients.
The awards were pre
sented for the first time
in 1984 as part of the
council's 20th anniver
sary observance. This
year's presentation
again coincides with
Women's History Month
in March.
Mrs. Harris-Wilson's
responsibilities with the
Haliwa-Saponi Indian
Tribe, Inc. include the
promotion of social and
economic growth of the
community through
working with various
agencies and through
assisting individual
members of the tribe.
She served a four-year
term on the Warren
County Board of Educa
tion. At present, she is a
member of a number of
area committees
related to economic and
cultural development of
the community.
In 1980, she was
honored as a Special
Volunteer by former
Governor James B.
Hunt ana was revug
nized at the first Tribute
to Minority Women.
Mrs. Harris-Wilson
was educated at the
Haliwa School in Hollis
ter and has studied at
the Women's Leader
ship Institute at
Meredith College in
Raleigh. She is married
to Marshall Ray Wilson
and has two daughters,
Vonda and Kimeko, and
a son, Augustus.
Mrs. Linda C. Mills u
the second nominee for
the Distinguished
Women of North Caro
lina Award. She
shoulders general office
responsibilities for the
Haliwa-Saponi tribe and
has in the past served as
a secretary/talent
search counselor with
the N. C. Commission of
Indian Affairs in
Raleigh.
Mrs. Mills is a gradu
ate of John Graham
High School and has
done additional studies
at Nash Technical In
stitute in Rocky Mount
and Halifax Commun
ity College in Weldon.
Her involvement in
community affairs in
cludes serving as a
member of the Hollister
Volunteer Rescue Squad
and a judge with the
Halifax County Board of
Elections. Mrs. Mills is
a member of the Mt.
Bethel Baptist Church.
She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Cooper
of Route 3, Warrenton.
The awards banquet
on March 22 is open to
the public and will be in
Raleigh at the Hilton Inn
on Hillsborough Street.
It will follow a reception
at 6:30 p. m. honoring
the nominees.
Reservations must be
made and the registra
tion fee of $25 per person
must be received by
March 15, with checks
made payable to the N.
C. Department of Ad
Department of Ad
ministration and mailed
to the N. C. Council on
the Status of Women, 526
N. Wilmington Street,
Raleigh, N. C. 27604.
Persons making reser
vations must submit
their names and may
obtain their tickets at
the registration table on
March 22.
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