The Daily Times-News from Burlington, North Carolina • Page 14

SECTION, 6 PACES TUESDAY, J975 The Daily Times-News atmi iKuvrnNi KI BURLINGTON, N.C. LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEWS Dr. WJ. Elzey Chosen County Home Director Named By LINDA JACKSON Times-News Writer GRAHAM--A new superintendent has been named for the Alamance County Home for the Aged. Dr.

William J. Elzey, a former pastor and a professor at Elon College, will assume the position following the March 31 resignation of present superintendent of the home, Ervin Brown. Recommending Elzey's appoint- a i to the Alamance County Board of Commissioners, County Manager D.J. Walker said "a number" of applications were received for the post, and all were interviewed by himself or members of the personnel committee. County commission chairman Harvey Newlin said Friday Mrs.

Irene JSuliss, an employe at the one of those under consideration for the job. Passing over Mrs. Euliss Monday, though, Walker said Elzey was "so well qualified it would be a mistake not to get him." Elzey, 48, attended Tennessee Wesleyan College and received a B.A. degree from Maryville College, a B.D. degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and a Ph.D.

Boston i i Graduate School. A former pastor with both the Methodist church and the United Church of Christ, he in addition has taught at Emory and Henry the University of Chattanooga and Elon College. Elzey and his wife Ruth, who is director of nursing at Alamance County Hospital, reside at 2722 Catherine Drive in Burlington. His appointment was unanimously approved by the board of commissioners. Prince Charles Will Visit Canada OTTAWA, Canada (AP) Prince Charles will make a lOday visit to Canada in April.

An announcement Thursday said the heir to the British throne will stay at Government House for three days beginning April 20 and then visit arctic islands and other points in the Northwest Territories April 23-30. Individual Help Praised Learning Prescription Given By JOAN BLANCHARD Times-News Writer There is a lot of confusion, conflict and ignorance about individualized instruction, according to Dr. Lola J. May. Dr.

Lola J. May She left no doubt as to where she stood on the issue when she spoke at Elon College Monday. "Every good teacher I've ever known believes in individualized instruction," she said Pacing, gesticulating and speaking at machine-gun speed, Dr. May in turn exhorted, challenged and pleaded with her audience of educators and school administrators to be both positive and sensitive in their approach to teaching. "There's nothing new about individualized instruction," she told them, "It's been going on a long time, schoolhouse to the largest educational institution.

And it means you have to diagnose, prescribe and evaluate for each student." a i diagnosis as finding out where to where the child is and where he needs to go. To do this, she said, takes more than paper, pencil and tests. "You diagnose through your eyes and ears. You observe the student. You find out how he perceives math.

How he feels about it. Does he see patterns? How does he attack problems? You have to know these things to help." The prescription is offering the right tools to the student to help him learn. Urging teachers to use every aid available, Dr. May said there are times for textbooks, times for the whole class to work together and times for aaudio-visual aids. "The art of good teaching is to provide a model," she said.

"I never enjoyed being a living flash card and now we have audio-visuals to perform this task. What's more, the audio-visuals don't get impatient. A tape will repeat the same things over and over and still remain sweet. I can't." Dr. May also urged teachers to vary the content of lessons, vary the methods and vary the expectations from each student.

"Develop new teaching strategies. Try "Show me how you arrived at that answer," instead of "That's wrong!" Try "What if?" instead of "why?" Put excitement into your classroom and remember teaching is a journey, not a destination." Dr. May is a i professor of education at Northwestern University and Winnetka Public Schools. She has had a long-standing interest in math education and has prepared texts for elementary and primary grades as will as two television series for NBC-TV on Modern Math. Her appearance at Elon College was under the auspices of the Visiting Scholars Program of the Piedmont University Center.

Approval of Health Unit Is Awaited By KAREN BACHMANN Times-News Writer The Alamance County Rural Health Center will be a reality after an official announcement tomorrow from the office of Rural Health Services, Alton Wilson said Tuesday. Wilson is chairman of the temporary steering committee for people working for a rural health center, which would provide additional medical facilities for Snow a i i Saxapahaw, Pleasant Hill and Mt. Hermon. A problem arose in getting approval when the steering committee could not get a committment from a doctor who would serve as a backup to a nurse practitioner. The doctor would supervise the nurse's records each day and would be available whenever needed.

Approval for the doctor was necessary before a grant could be awarded The Rural Health Service under the Department of Human Resources indicated "that as soon as we can get a com- mittment for a back up doctor, they're ready to go with us," Wilson said. The doctor's name was not mentioned because "We've got a verbal committment but no contract so we can't reveal that yet." Wilson said part of the holdup was the time needed for the doctor to check out legal requirements concerning the nurse practitioner. Elon Alumni Meet On Thursday Night Scholarship Finalists Six Burlington students have been named finalists Holmes, Mike Sykes, Tom McGowen, Roger in the 1975 National Merit Scholarship competi- Thorne and Susan Wright. (Times-News photo by lion. They are, left to right, June Woody, Ann Jack Sink) Six Area Students ELON COLLEGE Elon College alumni, parents and friends will meet for dinner and entertainment "fun, food and fellowship" at 6 p.m., Thursday, in McEwen Dining Hall on the Elon campus.

The Alamance County Chapter of the Elon College Alumni Association will hear the premier performance of "The Smoothies," a new band combination, and attend a basketball game, Douglas Hartsell. chapter president, announced today. Dr. Fred Young, Elon College president, will speak following the dinner. Smoothies" will play songs of the '50s and the Big Band era, Prof.

Jack White, director, said. "This new 10- piece band is part of The Emanons (Eton's nationally- a a a features two vocalists, Marie Curry and Chuck Hutaff," he explained. Hartsell points out that all alumni, parents, friends and prospective students in attendance will then be admitted free to the Elon-UNC- Wilmington basketball game at 7:30 p.m. "Thursday will be an exciting evening with a full slate of activities, including a a i meeting," Hartsell said. "We looK forward to the program because Alamance County alumni have always been interested in and supported the college," he said- Reservations for the dinner should be made by Wednesday by contacting the A i i at Elon College.

Scholarship Finalists Chosen Bloodmobile Visit Six Burlington high school seniors have been named finalists in the 1975 National Merit Scholarship Competition. They are Michael Edward Sykes, Roger Weldon Thorne, and June Karel Woody, all of Cummings i School, a A Farringlon Holmes, Thomas David McGowen, Jr. and Susan Elaine Wright, all of Williams High School. The students are now eligible lo compete for scholarships awarded on the basis of Men! competition. Sykes is Jho son of Mr.

and Mrs. Earl W. Sykes of Sandston, Va. He is a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society and a former member of the band and chemistry club. He received the school's chemistry award and is also active in Boy Scouts, having attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

Thorne is the son of Mr and Mrs. John C. Thome of 310 Bland Blvd. and is a member of the cross country and wrestling teams. Ihe jazz ensemble and concert band, the High IQ team.

National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, chemistry club and varsity club. He attended Governor's School in 1974 and is the first i i a a i Morehead Scholarship com- petition. He is a member of Northside Presbyterian Church. Miss Woody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Woody of 708 Kidd Drive, is a member of the chemistry club, newspaper staff, concert choir and French National Honor Society. She serves as vice president of the National Honor Society and is class salutatorian. She is listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students and is a member of Northside Presbyterian Church. Miss is daughter of Ralph Holmes of Burlington. She received the Good Citizen Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution and is a member of the National Honor Society and the French National Honor Society.

McGowen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.D. McGowen of 429 Oakland Drive. He is a member of the Key Club, National Honor Society and the band.

Miss Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie A. Wright of 1603 Woodland serves as homeroom president. She is a member of the French National Honor Society, National Honor Society and the band.

She attended the Governor's School and won a French award at Williams. She also sings in the choir at her church. Collects 417 Pints A total of 415 pints of blood was collected during the three- day visit of the February Bloodmobile sponsored by Burlington Industries. During Ihe three-day visit, 79 replacement donations were made, 79 were deferred for various reasons, 41 first-time donors gave making a total of 494 people reporting to give blood. Coordinators for the visit were Phil Cheek.

Mayfair, Mike Albertson, Burlington Socks; Bill Bradham, Burlington House Finishing; Earl Guss, Pioneer David Johnson. Pioneer II; Billy Hunt, Burlington House Divisional Offices; Bill Lee, Plaid; Bill North, Graham Plant; Elbert Pritchard. Burlington Print Shop; and Wayne Scott, Burl Craft. Coordinating the 131 volunteers who served 378 hours during the operation were Mrs. Ella Kerr, Mrs.

Ernestine Swain, and Mrs. Betty Johnson. Doctors serving were G.R. Kerr, H.B. Kernolde, H.

Latham, Paul Abernethy, H. Riser, Jack Davis, Ronald Pruitt, J.N. McNeil, W.D. Rippy, and R.B. McQueen.

Max Leach, blood program chairman, and other Red Cross officials expressed appreciation to the sponsoring firms for their outstanding support in making the visit a success, and for exceeding the 400 pint goal. The state does not require a nurse practitioner before approval. The practitioner is not on the dotted line yet," Wilson said but he did not expect that to be a problem. In addition to the medical staff, the county is required to contribute $10,000 in a five- to-one matching funds plan in which the state contributes $50,000. The money will be obtained in the form of a.

drive, Wilson said. "The money will come as a result of a community project. We are waiting for a formal organization to get set up with the state before we get a drive," he said. The temporary steering committee is a volunteer group that organized plans for the rural health center last spring, Wilson said. The formal request was made to the state last July, after the group discovered one of fifteen grants appropriated for the health centers was still available.

It will be another year before the facility will open, he said, because training the nurse and building the facility will take at least that long. The nurse practitioner must work six months in diagnostic training and sixth months of training under the doctor. Wilson said the center will be set up "just as any clinic that a doctor would set with anything a doctor would have. There would not be x- ray facilities, but there would be lab equipment. What's He Up To? Two cows gaze suspiciously across their pasture, appearing to wonder what the photographer is up to.

They had enough problems with the rain and mist Monday without being bothered by strangers. (Times- News photo by David Rolfe). Gibsonville Seeks Cluster Box Plan GIBSONVILLE Authorization was given by the Gibsonville Board of Aldermen Monday night for the U.S. Postal Service to install "cluster boxes" along the town's street right-ofways. The action was the last required by the board before Postal officials could let bids for the installation of the cluster box system later this year.

Approval of the use of cluster boxes in the town was given by the board last July. About 58 cluster boxes, each containing IS individual postal boxes, will be placed at a a i throughout the town. The cluster box system will enable residents to pick-up their mail within 300 feet of their homes. A proposal for up-grading library services in Gibsonville was referred to a. volunteer group that assists with the operation of the town's library for evaluation.

Under the proposal, the Greensboro-High Point libraries would supply about $9,600 in supplies, books, magazines and newspapers, while Gibsonville would pay a $9,500 for a professional staff. A new library would be provided under the proposal because of the lack of parking at the present site. Approval was given by the board to include funds in a Interest Group to Be Formed ELON COLLEGE-The organizational meeting for a Ralph Nader-type Public Interest Research Group 4 PIRG) will be held on the Elon College campus at 7:30 p.m. today. Peter Brown, a Nader associate, will meet with Elon College students, faculty members and citizens Elon College, Burlington and throughout Alamance County in Room 205 on the second floor of the student union building.

Tenative plans call for the formation of a college based group with citizen participation from throughout the area. Brown discussed the formation of PIRG and the impact PIRG groups have had in other locations at an assembly program earlier in the day. preliminary 1975-76 budget draft for a recreation director to work in conjunction with the Alamance County Recreation Department in the establishment of a program to meet the needs of all of the town's residents. An ordinance was adopted amending the 1974-75 budget to allow for the extablish- ment of a seperate account for Law Enforcement Assistance Act (LEAA) and Emergency Manpower Employment Act funds. Approximately $1,000 was transferred from the water and sewer capital improvements funds to the a i because a 12 inch emergency water line from Burlington to Gibsonville had not cost as much as originally estimated.

In other board action: --A low bid of $1,289 was accepted from Gilmore Pland and Bulb of Julian for the landscaping of the town green in front of the post office. One other bid was received. --A report was requested detailing the amount and reasons for overtime for the Police Department for the last month. Junior Arts Association Is Planned GRAHAM The Alamance County Arts Association is forming a Junior Arts Association for young adults ages 13 to 18. The a i a i a meeting will be held at 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the Arts Center, at 135 W. Elm Street in Graham. The junior association is being established to bring together young people interested in the arts. Five categories of interest to be established will be dance, visual art, drama, creative writing, and music. Each category will be separate will be separate so that mutual interest can be promoted In the first meetin, objectives and goals for each group will be set.

Each group will be free to plan and promote their own interests. Students interested in dance, visual arts, drama, creative writing or music are i i to attend the meeting. For additional information, call the Arts Center at 266-4816. IV '8.