January 1976
Chronological file
Methodist College professor receives doctorate (Dr. Robert S. Christian) (January 2,
1976)
Bicentennial special to be presented at Methodist College ("Nuts in May") (January 5)
I. H. "Ike" O'Hanlon to lead Methodist College Loyalty Campaign (January 7)
Fall semester dean’s list at Methodist College announced (January 7)
Spring semester begins January 15 at Methodist College (January 8)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Deborah Kay Walker of Elizabethtown)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Virginia Moore Williams of
Wilmington) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Gail Ellen Vogels of Schwensville)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Alan P. Swartz of Apex) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Debra Ann Underwood of Havelock)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Rebecca Gayle Stephens of Hallsboro)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Constance Steiner Taylor of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Jack W. Snodgrass of Dallas) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Joe Mitchell Shepart of Biscoe)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Mickey Dean Scott of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Elizabeth Blair Robertson of Oakton)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Kathy Denise Reynolds of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Brenda Gail Roberts of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (George M. Provost of Bridge City, TX)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sherry Morrow Randall of Forest City)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sybil M. Porter of Sanford) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Janice C. Price of Sanford) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Teresa Ann Poole of Knightsdale)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (John F. Parker of Supply) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Debra Elaine Neill of N. Cape May)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (David William Mowry of Fairhope, PA)

(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Ann Victoria Morrow of Falls Church)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Mary Christine Moore of Galivant's
Ferry) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Donna Lynn Mercer of Creedmoor)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Debra W. Maynard of Elizabethtown)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Victor C. Mansfield of Raleigh)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sue Ann McQueen of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Joseph M. McAbee of Farmville)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Stephen N. Little of Wurtland) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Jerry D. Lewis of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Blanche E. Lee of Four Oaks) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (David I. Langston of Roxboro) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Carla B. Kraehenbuehl of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Deborah Hardison King of Wallace)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Deborah F. Inman of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Patricia A. Horne of Clarkton) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Norman E. Hanner of Bear Creek)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Walter David Ham of Goldsboro)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Gary W. Hall of Winston-Salem)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Arthur H. Gensheimer of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (John A. Gedeon of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Kathy A. Fealy of Broadway) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Michael S. Ellis of Richmond) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Cynthia Lou Edwards of Bladenboro)

(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sheryl Adrien Dennis of South
Yarmouth, MS) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Ruth Ann Davis of Conway) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Lynn M. Bumann formerly of Aurelia)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Reginald H. Braxton of Fayetteville)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Roger K. Braun of Euclid) (January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Frank Guy Braley of Garner) (January
9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Becki H. Boatwright of Patrick)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Helen Barnhill Barrington of St. Pauls)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Martha Turner Ballard of Houston)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Beverly Overton Atwood of Garland)
(January 9)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Paula L. Adams of Minturn) (January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Bernard R. Wilcosky, Jr., of
Uniontown) (January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Yvonne B. Walker of Hillsborough)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Sherry S. Thompson of Clarkton)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Lee Anne Poteat of Fayetteville)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Joseph L. Parker of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Mary J. Miller of Fayetteville [?])
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Gail V. Miller of Chase City)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Jo Anne Jones of Ellerbe) (January
9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Kathryn B. Jernigan of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Richard L. Hinson of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Brenda G. Hester of Bladenboro)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Sue P. Duffitt of Grand Rapids)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Claudia G. Harrelson of
Cherryville) (January 9)

Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (George T. Dent of Summerville)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Luz M. Baumann of Olivia)
(January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Sheldon J. Bathurst of Fayetteville
[?]) (January 9)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Lynn S. Barnes of Hamptonville)
(January 9)
"Methodist Cites Students" newsclipping
Methodist College's evening and weekend college begins next week (January 11)
Methodist College names new admissions counselor (James R. Stanley) (includes cutline;
January 12)
New course for Sunday school teachers begins Tuesday, January 20 (for United
Methodist adult Sunday school teachers) (January 12)
Final registration for MC night school set (January 13)
Two join Methodist College faculty (Claude C. Capps, business, and Charlotte K. Jones, education) (January 20)
Community seminar set for Tuesday at Methodist College (“Impact of Ethnic Groups on
American Society”) (January 21)
Mary Jeanne Blackburn scholarship established (January 26)
Spring enrollment up at Methodist College (January 26)
Economist to speak at Methodist College (Kenneth E. Boulding) (January 28)
High school band clinic schedules Sunday concert (January 30)
February 1976
Chronological file
February 8-14 proclaimed Methodist College week (in Fayetteville and Cumberland
County) (February 4)
World studies program set at Methodist College (lectures and symposiums) (February 6)
Resident makes dean’s list at Methodist College (Carol Teresa Mann of Sanford)
(February 6)
Methodist College Foundation to hear Bishop Kenneth Goodson (February 6)
Methodist College scholarship exams to be given today (February 11)
“Equal Treatment of Unequals by Government” forum set for Thursday at Methodist
College (February 13)
Art exhibit begins February 13 at Methodist College (Walter Auders) (February 13)
Methodist College fund drive progressing (February 16)
New Methodist College tennis courts (February 17)
Methodist College night school begins second term March 8 (February 18)
Seven Fayetteville high school students earn credit by testing at Methodist College
(College Level Examination Program, CLEP) (February 19)
Four national exams being offered at Methodist College this semester (ACT, GRE, GRE
Advanced, and CLEP) (February 19)
World studies program set at Methodist College (lectures and symposiums) (February 20)
Dr. W. Kenneth Goodson speaks at Methodist Foundation dinner (February 20)

Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (David Waddell of
Sanford) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (William Smith of
Cary) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Lura Taggart of
Fairfax) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Edward Owens of
Burlington) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Maxwell Morris of
Camden) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Catherine L.
Hutchins of Gastonia) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Barbara J. Grob of
Pennsauken) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Jewell L. Absher of Elizabethtown) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Rhonda Gore of
Nakina) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Pamela Gould of
Alexandria) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Elizabeth Gillis of
Durham) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Marselene Stanley of Shallotte) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Kimberly A.
Spooner of Mt. Holly (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (John T. Madison,
Jr., of Shallotte) (February 24)
Local student earns credit by exam at Fayetteville Methodist College (Cynthia Cole of
Brevard) (February 24)
Spring concert set at Methodist College (chorus) (February 27)
First world studies program set for Tuesday at Methodist College (“Casting Off the
Chains - Women of the World”) (February 28)
March 1976
Chronological file
Methodist College hosting handbell festival (includes flyer; March 5)
Methodist College professor to attend conference (Sid Guatam, attending the Third
Century Youth Conference on the future) (March 5)
College chorus tour to take in Northeast (March 8)
Alumni parent's committee formed at Methodist College ( includes photo with cutline;
March 8)
Commemorative plate given to Methodist College (of the Marquis de Lafayette; given by the Cumberland County Historical Society in memory of Jack Crane) (includes

cutline; March 8)
Dr. Burton F. Beers to speak at Methodist College (on the problem of the two Chinas: mainland and Taiwan) (March 9)
Methodist College professor attending meet (Dr. Sid Gautum to attend the annual conference of the Southwestern Marketing Association) (March 10)
April activity calendar (March 15)
African to give guest lecture at Methodist College (Dr. Victor C. Uchendu speaking on
"American Interest in Africa: a View from an African") (March 18)
Ensemble to present concert at Methodist College (Methodist College wind ensemble)
(March 23)
Ministers' wives to meet at Methodist College (North Carolina Conference Ministers'
Wives) (March 23)
Faith and life week observed at Methodist College (March 26)
Community seminar set for Tuesday at Methodist College ("The Cultural Contributions of New Immigrants") (March 26)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Frederic Batchelor)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Max Pierce of
Fayetteville) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Charles E. Hughes of
Ft. Bragg) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Thomas R. Canham,
Jr., of Fayetteville) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Eloise Williams)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Richard E. Pearce)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Eugene Southers)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Charles Firnkoess)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Craig T. Knight of
Fayetteville) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Charles E. Priest, Jr., of
Fayetteville) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (David L. Radford of
Durham) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Herman G. Speigh of
Hubert) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Harold L. Boone)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Dennis Copson of
Franklin Square, NY) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Capt. Bernard R.
Wilcosky, Jr., of Uniontown, PA) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (James Edward Malloy,

Jr., of Fairmont) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (George Thomas Dent of Summerville) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Vernon W. Brown of
Raeford) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Charles J. Nash, Jr., of
Silver Spring, MD) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Mickey D. Scott of Mt.
Airy) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Susan M. Ipock of New
Bern) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (John L. Buffaloe)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Stephen F. Walker of
Elizabethtown) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Johnny G. Young of
Raleigh) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (John A. Gedeon of
Pittsburgh, PA) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Larry Robinson of
Orrum) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Jeffery Gaither of
Atlanta, GA) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Sara Jo Young of Falls
Church, VA) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (John M. Sands of
Durham) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Dian M. Eichenlaub of
Cherry Hill, NJ) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Sheldon J. Bathurst)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Kenneth Eugene
Reavis) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Dave M. Perry) (March
29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Sandra Miller) (March
29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Gayle Brice) (March
29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Catherine Williford)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Cherie A. Lynn)
(March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Jerry D. Lewis, Jr., of
Morehead City) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Stephen Holland of

Godwin) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Luiz M. Vieiralves of
Winona, MN) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Deborah J. Wood of
Kernersville) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Regina L. Hagler of
Charlotte) (March 29)
Local student at Methodist College participating in 343 mile run (Frank Gilliam, Jr., )
(March 29)
Chamber music concert to be held at Methodist College (March 30)
Community loyalty campaign passes half-way mark (March 31)
"World Order" lecture slated at Methodist College (by Dr. Richard A. Faulk) (March 31)
April 1976
Chronological file
Fayetteville resident chosen Miss Methodist College (Chun Hui Song) (April 2)
Methodist College hosting "The Invisible Fire" April 28 (oratorio by Cecil Effinger telling of the conversion experience of John Wesley) (April 5)
Local student at Methodist wins prize in art exhibition (Stephen Holland of Godwin)
(April 6)
Local student at Methodist wins prize in art exhibition (Sue Ellen Mills of Fayetteville)
(April 6)
"The Future of Free Enterprise in America" to be examined at Methodist College (guest speakers, A. C. Podesta and Holmes Brown (April 6)
Bishop preaching at Methodist College's Palm Sunday service (Dr. Robert M. Blackburn)
(April 7)
John W. Hensdale named "Entrepreneur of the Year" (April 9)
Methodist College hosting North Carolina band contest (April 9)
Resident named editor of college magazine (Kathy L. Ewing of Durham) (April 9)
Wilmington native to head Methodist College annual (Virginia Moore Williams) (April
9)
Resident named outstanding business alumnus of Methodist College (Jerry A. Keen)
(April 10)
Easter sunrise celebration set for O'Hanlon Amphitheatre (April 13)
Ginger Lee Workman named "Miss Congeniality" in the Miss Methodist College pageant
(April 13)
Four American plays to be presented at Methodist College ("The Lottery" by Shirley
Jackson, "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches" and "This Property Is
Condemned" by Tennessee Williams, and "Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning" by Mark Twain) (April 13)
Methodist College schedules 8 summer youth programs (April 15)
Resident elected to office at Methodist College (Bryan C. Davis elected treasurer of the
Student Government Association) (April 15)
Resident elected to office at Methodist College (Brenda Gail Roberts elected secretary of

the Student Government Association) (April 15)
Resident elected to office at Methodist College (John Larry Buffaloe elected vice president of the Student Government Association) (April 15)
Resident elected to office at Methodist College (Kenneth K. Daniel, Jr., elected president of the Student Government Association) (April 15)
Resident elected to office at Methodist College (Frank G. Braley elected Chief Justice of the High Court of the Student Government Association) (April 15)
Registration underway for Methodist College's summer session (April 15)
Student government elections held at Methodist College (April 15)
"The Future of Oceans and Seas" to be discussed at Methodist College (April 16)
Spring concert to be presented by Methodist College bands (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Joseph M. McAbee of Fayetteville elected an usher for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Wayne D. Powers of Lumberton elected a marshal for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Gail Ellen Vogels of Schwenksville elected an alternate marshal for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Teresa Ann Poole of Knightdale elected an usher for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Jo Anne Jones of Ellerbe elected a marshal for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Frank Guy Braley elected an usher for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Wanda Gail Willett of Sanford elected a marshal for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Claudia Gail Harrelson of Cherryville elected a marshal for the spring commencement) (April 16)
Donkey basketball game to be played at Methodist College gym (April 19)
Senior recital scheduled at Methodist College (Karen Carlton, clarinet, and Becky
Sanger, French horn) (April 19)
Senior piano recital set for Monday at Methodist College (Mildred H. Dexter) (April 21)
Art gallery to present at Methodist College exhibit, sale of original prints (from the
Ferdinand Roten Galleries) (April 22)
Commencement marshals, ushers at Methodist College announced (April 22)
Senior exhibit on display at Methodist College (Kathy Fealy) (April 22)
Senior exhibits on display at Methodist College (Becki Benecke and Kathy Fealy) (April
22)
Senior exhibit on display at Methodist College (Becki Boatwright Benecke) (includes cutline; April 22)
Student newspaper at Methodist College wins national honors (April 22)
Claudia Gail Harrelson elected publicity chairman of Koinonia (April 22)
Vernon W. Brown, III, elected treasurer of Koinonia (April 22)
Ruth Ann Davis elected vice president of Koinonia (April 22)
Yvonne B. Walker elected president of Koinonia (April 22)
Elizabeth Blair Robertson elected secretary of Koinonia (April 22)
Methodist College hosting lecture by South African (A. Beukes to speak on "The

Problems of South Africa") (April 27)
Methodist College night school begins summer term May 10 (April 29)
Academic honors awarded at Methodist College (results of Awards Day ceremony)
(April 29)
Resident receives honor at Methodist College (Mary Christine Moore receives
"Outstanding Female Senior" award (April 29)
Student receives award at Methodist College (James Richard McDowell awarded an
American Bible Society award) (April 30)
Resident receives award at Methodist College (David I. Langston of Roxboro) (April 30)
Resident receives award at Methodist College (Frank Guy Braley of Garner awarded the
Tobler Award in Political Science) (April 30)
May 1976
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity elects officers (James E. Malloy, Jr., elected president)
(May 1)
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity elects officers (Thomas G. Holland elected vice president)
(May 1)
Area high school seniors awarded Methodist College scholarships (May 3)
Presidential scholarship awarded to resident (John H. Berberich of Woodford) (May 3)
Resident receives award at Methodist College (Carol Ann Tindell of Fayetteville) (May
3)
Louis Spilman, Jr., named Methodist College's outstanding alumnus (May 4)
Writing contest winners announced at Methodist College (Jim Nash, Daniel Hood, Frank
Guy Braley, Gary Rigsbee) (May 4)
Honor society formed at Methodist College (Phi Gamma Mu, national social science honorary) (May 4)
Methodist College alumni elect association officers (May 6)
75 graduate at Methodist College (includes honor graduates and list of graduates) (May
9)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Sherry Sue Thompson of Clarkton)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Daniel Livingston Hood of Durham)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (James Cooper Cannady of Roseboro)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Capt. Bernard R. Wilcosky, Jr. of
Uniontown) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Kenneth Eugene Reavis of Yadkinville)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (John Frederick Parker, Jr., of Supply)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Cheryl Lynn Olson of Babylon) (May
10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (William Lathrop O'Keeffe of Cary)

(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Debra Elaine Neill of North Cape May)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Charles James Nash, Jr., of Silver
Spring) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Mary Christine Moore of Galivant's
Ferry) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (James Richard McDowell of
Petersburg) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Jenny Varue Lyon of Chadbourn) (May
10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Stephen N. Littleof Wurtland) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Charles T. Leverett of Morrisville)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Deborah Faye Inman) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Robert Fred Hughes of Pittsboro) (May
10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Patricia Ann Horne of Clarkton) (May
10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Brenda Gene Hester of Bladenboro)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Patricia Church Harless of Lenoir)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Sharon Louise Grant of Dillon) (May
10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Arthur Harold Gensheimer of
Lawrenceburg) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (George Thomas Dent of Summerville)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Sheryl Adrian Dennis of So-Yarmouth)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Patricia Inez Crissman of Hopewell)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Karen Lee Carlton of Fayetteville)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Frances Elizabeth Benson of
Battleboro) (May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Becki Boatwright Benecke of Patrick)
(May 10)
Area resident graduates from Methodist College (Luz Baumann of Olivia) (May 10)
Methodist College scholars elected (May 10)
75 receive degrees from Methodist College (May 10)
Methodist College receives $8,000 foundation grant (from the W. K. Kellogg
Foundation) (May 11)
Methodist College Board of Trustees elect Richard Allen as chairman (May 17)
New comptroller joins Methodist College (Roy A. Whitmire) (May 20)

College foundation passes $100,000 in current drive (May 21)
Methodist College professor receives foundation grant (Bruce R. Puliam receives grant from the Japan Foundation to attend a workshop at Duke University) (May 21)
Methodist College announces president's and dean's list (May 24)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Frank G. Braley of Garner) (May
25)
Resident makes president's list at Methodist College (Yvonne B. Walker of Hillsborough)
(May 25)
Methodist College "smallies" invade elementary school (puppet show) (May 27)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Julius L. Williams of Camden) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Wanda G. Willett of Sanford) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Pamela S. West of Bunnlevel) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Deborah K. Walker of Elizabethtown)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Debra A. Underwood of Havelock)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sherry S. Thompson of Clarkton) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Alan P. Swartz of Apex) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Paula C. Smith of Goldsboro) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Kenneth E. Reavis of Yadkinville) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Patricia A. Poulk of Selma) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sybil M. Porter of Sanford) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Teresa A. Poole of Knightdale) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Patricia A. Phillips of St. Pauls) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Anne F. Pate of Roseboro) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (John F. Parker, Jr., of Supply) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Alice L. Miller of Burlington) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Debra W. Maynard of Elizabethtown)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Victor C. Mansfield of Raleigh) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Carol T. Mann of Sanford) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sue A. McQueen of Raleigh) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (James R. McFayden, Jr., of Ellerbe)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Jenny V. Lyon of Chadbourn) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Jerry D. Lewis of Morehead City) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Charles T. Leverett of Morrisville)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Charles T. Leverett of Parkton) (May

28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Blanche E. Lee of Four Oaks) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Jo A. Jones of Ellerbe) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Susan M. Ipock of New Bern) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Patricia A. Horne of Clarkton) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Daniel L. Hood of Durham) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (George T. Holland of Jacksonville)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Claudia G. Harrelson of Cherryville)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Norman E. Hanner of Bear Creek) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Kathy L. Ewing of Durham) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Cynthia L. Edwards of Bladenboro)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Kenneth K. Daniel, Jr., of St. Pauls)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Debra E. Neill of North Cape May)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Gail E. Vogels of Schwenksville) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sara J. Young of Falls Church) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Charles J. Nash, Jr., of Silver Spring)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Elizabeth B. Robertson of Oakton)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Ann V. Morrow of Falls Church) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Jane A. Miller of Jersey Shore) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Morana Kallon Kelfala of Kenema)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Sharon L. Grant of Dillon) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (John A. Gedeon of Pittsburg) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Diane M. Eichenlaub of Cherry Hill)
(May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (George T. Dent of Summerville) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Daniel L. Hood of Snow Hill) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Ruth A. Davis of Conway) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Gale L. Cannon of Haddonfield) (May
28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Becki B. Benecke of Patrick) (May 28)
Resident makes dean's list at Methodist College (Karen L. Beaty of Newport News) (May
28)

June 1976
Schur elected campaign chairman of Methodist College Foundation (June 8)
Term II of Methodist College summer session begins on Monday (June 8)
Four new members elected to Methodist College trustees (Dr. Charles M. Speegle, J.
Bernard Stein, Rev. Clyde G. McCarver, Rev. Rufus H. Stark II) (June 17)
Resident elected honorary alumnus of Methodist College (Mrs. Allen (Mildred Cozart)
Brantley of Goldsboro) (June 23)
Ray A. Muench, Jr., to head Methodist College Foundation (June 23)
Local students win scholarships at Methodist College (June 24)
Resident awarded scholarship (Claudia G. Harrelson of Cherryville awarded Presidential scholarship) (June 25)
Resident awarded scholarship (Yvonne B. Walker of Hillsborough) (June 25)
July 1976
Beasley gives encyclopedia to Methodist College (George Beasley of Goldsboro donates a set of "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia" to Davis Memorial Library) (July 21)
Methodist College Foundation elected 11 directors (July 21)
Resident earns All-American baseball honors at Methodist College (David E. Roller)
(July 27)
Resident earns All-American baseball honors at Methodist College (William Earl Bunn)
(July 2)
August 1976
Methodist College professor named chairman of United Nations Day (Dr. Sid Gautam)
(August 6)
Methodist College music department sets "Choral Reading Session" (to learn about available choral music) (August 6)
Coverdale to speak at Methodist College graduation (Brigadier General Robert F.
Coverdale) (August 18)
Twenty-eight graduates from Methodist College (August 23)
Methodist College to begin 17th year (August 25)
Continuing education division added to Methodist College (August 25)
Continuing education division started at Methodist College (August 26)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Travis Lynn Hurt) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Odis Whitaker) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Hugh E. Stephens) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Paula Smith Horne) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Jerry Lee Rawlings) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (David W. Mowry) (August 28)

Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Carol Teresa Mann) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Susan Hadley Githens) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Kathy Ann Fealy) (August 28)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Donna Ellyn Clark Scheideberg)
(August 28)
Vann joins Methodist College staff as director of continuing education (Dr. James E.
Vann) (August 31)
September 1976
Methodist College officially begins 17th academic year (includes cutline; September 2)
Six professors join Methodist College (Dr. John R. Klutz, Dr. V. Dwight House, Regina
Daniel, Linda Jackson, Dr. W. S. DeLoach, Eleanor Ninestein) (September 3)
Dean of Students appointed at Methodist College (Gordon L. Joyner) (September 6)
Enrollment up at Methodist College (September 8)
Enrollment up 15% at Methodist College (September 15)
Methodist College receives three gifts (from the estate of Mrs. Bessie B. Davies, the
Piedmont Aviation Foundation, and the Pilot Club of Fayetteville) (includes cutline and photo negatives ; September 15)
VA representative joins Methodist College (Richard A. Marsh to represent the Veterans
Administration) (September 16)
Grace Nash music workshop begins Monday at Methodist College (September 17)
Car wash set by Koinonia (September 24)
National academic honorary established at Methodist College (Alpha Chi) (September
28)
Coping with divorce class to be offered by Methodist College (September 3)
Methodist College offers course in effective speaking (September 30)
Serendipity singers to perform Saturday at Methodist College (September 30)
Transactional analysis being offered at Methodist College (September 30)
Pace Exam preparation course being offered by Methodist College (September 30)
October 1976
Homecoming week begins Monday at Methodist College (October 1)
Vacancies still exist in 3 Methodist College non-credit courses (Effective speaking,
Divorce, and Parliamentary procedures) (October 15)
Term II evening college begins Monday, October 25 (October 15)
Methodist College student newspaper wins national award (October 15)
Engineering workshop to be offered at Methodist College ("Multiplying Management
Effectiveness") (October 18)
United Nations Day Sunday (October 18)
Hay Street United Methodist Church celebrates Methodist College Day (October 20)
Hillsborough Street school kids have field day at Methodist College (sponsored by Ethos)
(October 23)

Greek embassy official speaks at Methodist College (Alexander A. Coundouriotis)
( includes photo and negatives ; October 24)
Organ recital is Sunday at Methodist College (Jean Ishee, organ, accompanied by various campus musicians) (October 27)
17 make "Who's Who" at Methodist College ("Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges") (October 27)
Local girl elected homecoming queen (Ann V. Morrow of Falls Church) (October 29)
November 1976
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Kenneth K.
Daniel, Jr., of St. Pauls) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Debra A.
Underwood of Havelock) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Yvonne B.
Walker of Hillsborough) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Victor C.
Mansfield II) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Blanche E.
(Winkie) Lee of Roanoke Rapids) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (John A.
Gedeon of Pittsburgh) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Kathy
Lynne Ewing of Durham) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Gale L.
Cannon of Haddonfield) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Frank G.
Braley of Garner) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Sheldon J.
Bathurst of Baltimore) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Wanda G.
Willett of Sanford) (November 1)
Resident attending Methodist College selected for inclusion in "Who's Who" (Virginia
Moore Williams of Wilmington) (November 1)
Organ dedicated at Methodist College (November 1)
Methodist College to present "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon" (play) (includes cutline; November 1)
Methodist College wind ensemble schedules Tuesday afternoon concert (November 5)
Three generations come together at Methodist College (Alice Pearce, mother of
Methodist College president Dr. Richard W. Pearce, and grandmother Methodist
College sophomore Ed Pearce) (includes cutline; November 10)
Two join staff at Methodist College (G. Thomas Dent, admissions counselor, and Judy B.
White, library specialist) (November 16)
November 30 recital scheduled for Methodist College (Diane I. Carlson, piano and harpsichord) (November 19)

Resident selected for inclusion in national honorary (Wanda G. Willett of Sanford inducted into Alpha Chi) (November 22)
Resident selected for inclusion in national honorary (Frank G. "Guy" Braley of Garner inducted into Alpha Chi) (November 22)
Resident selected for inclusion in national honorary (Mary Jane Miller of Panama City inducted into Alpha Chi) (November 22)
Resident selected for inclusion in national honorary (Joyce L. Foreman of Cache inducted into Alpha Chi) (November 22)
Resident selected for inclusion in national honorary (Sheldon J. Bathurst of Baltimore inducted into Alpha Chi) (November 22)
Statewide conference begins Thursday at Methodist College (Continuing Education
Conference) (November 30)
December 1976
Methodist College to host economics symposium ("Economic Outlook for 1977")
(December 1)
Methodist College music department to present "A Winter Concert 1976" (December 3)
Christmas concert set for Wednesday at Methodist College (December 6)
Methodist College again offering pace exam preparation course (December 7)
Moravian love feast hosted by Methodist College (December 7)
New athletic fields being built at Methodist College (running track, two intramural fields, and concrete basketball/volleyball courts) (December 9)
Methodist College beginning weekend college (December 15)
Methodist College winter graduation exercises are Sunday (December 16)
Methodist College holds winter graduation (December 19)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Jimmie L. Rogers of Mt. Airy)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Michael C. Smith of High Point)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Gary D. Rubart of Bennington)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Patricia A. Poulk of Selma)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (James M. Peterson of Clinton)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Donald G. Neligh of San Bernardino)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Donald G. Neligh of Hope)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Kelfala Morana Kallon of Kenema,
Sierra Leone) (December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Doreen A. Grant of Corte Madera)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Sue W. P. Duffitt of Grand Rapids)

(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Larry E. Cooper of Newark)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (Herman L. Adams of Pink Hill)
(December 20)
Resident awarded degree from Methodist College (John A. Gedeon of Pittsburgh)
(December 20)
Registration for Methodist College's evening college (December 20)