HKIl x. i sfc V&|?F-"$m . " Y J.. . > ?>-".< and agencies. | B^to dmr^" A"'3,400 \ Magnolia Minister Elected General Board Of Baptist State Convention [uapin, attended Chinquapin iigh School, Campbell and Wake :orest College, and South eastern Baptist Theological Se ninary. He is presently doing lome graduate work in the field if Guidance at N. C. State Unl ?rslty. He has served as pastor of he Hallsville and Cedar Pork Ihurches of Beulavllle, the Old Forest Road Baptist Church In Lynchburg, Va., and Is pre sently In his fourth year as pastor ot the Magnolia Baptist Church. He has served in many po sitions of leadership in the Eastern Association, having just completed a term as Pre sident of the Pastor's Confer ence. I Guest Of Rotary The Honorable Edwin M. GUI, State Treasurer, was guest ipeaker at the Warsaw Rotary -lub on Thursday, January 18. Because of Mr. Gill's many rear of distinguished' aerrfce to the State of North Carolina, he Club members were espe tially pleased 1 n having him ts a guest and to have him dis cuss North Carolln a and Its pro ;ress. Before becoming Tree surer. Mr. Gill served as Se cretary to Governor Gardner, Commissioner of Paroles, and Commissioner of Revenue. He has also practiced law and ser ved in the General Assembly. Because of his position as Trea surer, Mr. Gill serves Ex Officio on several other boards and commissions in die state Mr. Gill stated that education Senator Simmons Files For Re-election Leroy Simmons of Albertson has filed for re-election to the N. C. State Senate for the No. 2 seat of the Tenth District. Mr. Simmons served in the 1967 term of the N. C. State Legislature and in the 1963 term. In the past a rotation agree ment among the four counties comprising the district pre vented senators from succeed ing themselves except on alter nate terms. Counties in the dis trict are Duplin. Sampson, Pen der and New Hanover. Simmons is currently a mem ber of the local government study commissionfrcmthestate Senate. He is a vice president of the North Carolina Farm . Bureau Federation and chair man of its tobacco committee. He is a member of the com mittee of life sciences of North Carolina State University. 1 Among his actlvites is mem bership on the board of direc tors of Tobacco Associates, of the SENCland Development As sociation aid chairmanship of the Farm Bureau resolution; committee for six years. During the 1967 term, Sim mons was on the public utili ties. agriculture, education and propositions aid grievances committees. jHTkiifii'l'niiir . , ? ?uAAJWk a; t?av ^ Livestock and tobacco farm er, feed manufacturer and grain dealer, Simmons is a native of Albertson in northern Duplin County. He was graduated from B. F. Grady High School In 1933. Simmons is a member of the Universalis! Church at Outlaws Bridge aid of the Masonic Lodge He Is married to the former Edith Martin. The couple have thrw children.