Keep Up With The Times! THE Read The Future Outlook! VOL. 23, NO. 47 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1964 PRICE 5 CENTS Mrs. Thelma F. Davis Of Griffin, Georgia, To Speak Here Sept. 22nd Thelma F. Davis, a first-grade teacher of Griffin, Ga., is presi dent of the NEA Department of Classroom Teachers for 1964-65. Mrs. Davis received a bach elor of arts degree and a mas ter of education degree from Mercer University in Macon, Ga. She is a candidate for the sixth year program at the Uni versity of Georgia. Mrs. Davis entered the teach ing profession as a teacher of high school Latin and mathe matics in Lula, Ga. She also taught junior high grades in two other cities. At the time of her marriage, Mrs. Davis temporarily left the classroom. When her daughter was entering fourth grade, she accepted a position as a supply teacher for the first grade in the Griffin-Spalding school sys tem. She has taught in Griffin t ever since. Mrs. Davis has been active in her local, state, and national professional organizations. She Served her loool unit . of .the Georgia Educational Association as vice-president, president, and chairman of a number of com mittees. She has been vice-presi dent of her GEA district. Active in the Georgia Depart ment of Classroom Teachers, GEA, she served as president for two years, as executive board member for seven years, and al so as vice-president, secretary, and consultant. She was chairman of the Classroom Teachers National Study Conference on the Teach er's Role in Educational Con troversy sponsored by the NEA Department of Classroom Teach ers in November 1961. During 1962-63 she was the Depart ment's vice-president and in 1963-64 she served as president elect. She is a life member of the National Education Associa tion. One of Mrs. Davis's special interests has been parent-teach er work. She has served her local council of parents and teachers in virtually every of fice and has been vice-president of the county council. She is an honorary life member of the Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers. She is a mass media chair man of the American Association of University Women, and she has served on the mass media committee of the Georgia State Department of Education. She is listed In Who's Who in Ameri can Education. Frequently Mrs. Davis is in vited to address civic groups on educational matters. In January 1961, she testified at a hearing of the Appropriations Commit tee of the Georgia House of Representatives on teacher pay raises. Her husband, L. Herschell Davis, is with the Georgia De partment of Education. Their daughter, Lisa, graduated with honors from the Woman's Col lege of Georgia at Milledgeville in June 1963 and is presently doing graduate work at the Uni versity of Georgia. Mrs. Davis will speak at a dinner meeting at Holiday Inn South, Tuesday, September 22, 1964, 6:00 p.m. The dinner is co-sponsored by the Greens boro Unit of NCACT. Mr. Louis Fields, president, Mrs. Mary Reese, Unit president of NCTA. THELMA F. DAVIS Over Half Of 19(4 Bennett Colleae Graduate Students Are Back In Class The ringing of school bells this month finds more than half of the 1964 graduates of Ben nett College back in the class room, either as graduate stu dents or teachers, a survey by the placement office completed this week reveals. Scheduled for graduate schools are the following: Misses Joanne Turner, of Win ston-Salem, at Wake Forest Col lege; Helen Knight, of Greens boro, at Atlanta University; Lois Lucas, of Greensboro, at the U. S. Public Service Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y.; Eunice Jackson, of Selma, Ala., at the University of Indiana; Zenora Williams, of Sierra Leone, W. Africa, at Beth-Israel Hospital, Boston, Mass.; Miss Lilia Alphones, of Pan ama, Susie Powell, of Whitakers, N. C., and Bertha Stokley, of Bristol, Va., all at Smith Col lege; Brenda Green, of Phila delphia, at Temple University; Linda Powell, of Goldsboro, at the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill; Eleanor Davis, of Charlotte, at the University I of Pittsburgh; Barbara Reeves, ; of Belmont, N. C., at Appala chian State Teachers' College, and Peggy Ann Leach, of Pitts I boro, at Howard University. Miss Brenda Woodard, of Houston, Texas, is employed by the Sun Oil Company in Phil adelphia, Pa.; Mis Gloria Blair, of Greensboro, is a group work er for the N. Y. Mission Society; Phillis Strong, of Brooklyn, N. Y., with the YMCA there, and Dolores Polk, of Newark, N. J., with the Urban League in New York City. Employed as a computer pro grammer in the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce in Washing ton, D. C., is Miss Yvonne Clark son, of Raleigh, Mrs. Ethel Morehead, Welfare Department of Greensboro, and Miss Bar bara Whitfield, reporter on Hamden Chronicle. In the classroom as teachers are: Misses Creola Alston ;md Winsie Hedrick at Mooresville, N. C.; Doris Alston and Carolyn Williams at Danville, Va.; Gwynn Brown, at Atlantic City, N. J.; Laura Coleman, at Bir mingham, Ala.; Catherine Bounds, librarian, Burlington County, N. J.; Wlllete Daye and Sylvia Duncan at Richmond, Va.; Gloria Gilchrist, at Portsmouth, Va.; Audrey Wynn, at Washing ton, D. C.; Shirley Booth, at Charry Hill, N. J.; Christine (Continued on Page 8) Agency Department Announces Two New Appointments Recently W. A. Clement, CLU, Vice | President and Agency Director | of the North Carolina Mutual | Life Insurance Company las an. I nounced the appointment Of 1 Laurence W. Reaves, Executive I Assistant Manager of the North : Philadelphia District, an?V- P. A. 1 Ramseur, Manager o t th^ New | ark District to new assignments. Effective Septembei^U 1964, - Mr.* Reaves.,will assume -fc du ties of Manager of tfe tfwnrk", N. J. District, and MV. R^nseui will be assigned to the ^gency Director's Staff. Mr. Reaves began his career with the Company as a Combi nation Agent on the Philadelphia fPa.) District in 1938. In 1945, after receiving an honorable dis charge from the Army, Mr. Reaves was reappointed as a Special Ordinary Agent. He was appointed Assistant Manager, in 1950, and Executive Assistant Manager in 1962. He has been a consistent winner of many convention trips and sales con ventions. ..." "A" -graduate oi Ltjtc", 'j/ft-; Reaves has been very act}vel?< the business and civic life of Philadelphia. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Mercy Douglass Hospital and Chairman of its Personnel Com mittee. He is also a member of its Executive Committee. Mr. Reaves and his wife, the former Miss Carolyn Waples will make their home in Newark, N. J. Mr. Ramseur became employ ed with the Company in 1939, on the Winston-Salem (N. C.) District as a Combination Agent* He served the Company as Staff Manger on the Greensboro (N. C.) and Atlanta (Ga.) Districts. In 1046 he was appointed Man ager of the Macon (Ga.) District. Mr. Ramseur was promoted to Manager of the Newark district in 1961. He has been a winner of many sales convention trips and was a member of the Presi dent's Club. He is an LUTC graduate, and was recently hon ored by being elected a mem ber of the Newark Underwriters Association of the National As sociation of Life Underwriters. Mr. Ramseur is an Elder in the Weequahic Presbyterian Church; board member, Essex County Urban League, board member, Stella Wright Unit, Boys Club of Newark; a mem ber of the Newark Area De velopment Corporation; a mem ber of the Newark Unemployed Out of School Youth Committee; a member of the Group Work and Recreation Committee, Council of Social Agencies; first Vice President, Business Men and Women Community Service Organization; a Mason, and a Shriner. He is married to the former Miss Arnieze Fitch. Harass Blind Man Who Gave Swimming For CORE Tucson, Arizona ? Charles Hamill, 72-year-old, blind retired manufacturer who of fered, his swimming jx>ol for a fund-raising party for Tucson CORE, has been harassed in a manner reminiscent of the deep south. On the eve of the Party, he had received several threaten ing phone calls from persons accusing him of beiqg a "nig ger-lover" and "Communist'' and warning him to"' "beware of the dark." Several days after the party, when his wife was out, his pool was polluted with two gallons of motor oil. Being blind, he was unable, to identify the vandals. Commenting on their action, he said, ironically: "That took real courage, did n't it?" > The most recent harassment w;ls a boinb threat. A voice which sounded like that of an elderly man threatened "to bomb you and the niggers." F-inaLRitcfr Tfr Be Held For Mrs. R. S. -Xhomas Mrs. Roumella S. Thomas Final riles for Mrs. Rou niciki S. Thomas, age 69, of < .08 Pearson St. who died ?Sursday at her home will be h ?!(! 3:00 p.m. Friday at Zion Temple Holiness Church with Bishop F. Yelverton of Dur ham, officiating assisted by Rev. Prince E. Graves of St. James Baptist Church, burial will be in Maplewood Ceme tery. Survivors are the husband Rev. Richard T. Thomas, two daughters, one son, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild and one great great grandchild and two sis ters. Smith's Funeral Directors in charge.