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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
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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.