Meharry
receives
beq est
ASHVILLE, T - eharry
edical College has received
100,000 bequest from the
e ate of ddie Lee Wi! n,
an an . oman who ha
al contributed toward crea-
tion of holarship fund at
the hool.
A lifelong re . dent of arian,
r, r . il n. ex pre d
intere in donating mon y to a
medical institution follo ing the
de th of h r hu and Fred,
in 1979. Since he had di d
from diabete -related c use and
e her If ffered from di -
bete d cancer, e wan ted
to donate her money where
it ould have some impact on
the re arch into the diJea .
ODy al, Jr., r. n 0'
attorney and the executor of
rete, told her of eharry
edical College, the or bein
done there, and its historic
m on a le ding educator
ofBI c physi 'an •
Ba d on hat
of the coll , r . il n
de . n ted in her Will . that
eharry receive 100,000, and
t t 50 P rcent of the residue
of her e te be u d endow­
ment for a scholarship fund
to be named in her honor.
e reque ed that at lea t
part of the moDie bud for
re arch into diabete and cancer
at the college.
Founded in ashville in
1876, eharry edical College
i a private, four-year histon-
y-Black institution dedicated
to the education and training
of health care profe onals
to rve in unde ned com­
munitie . early three quar­
ter of it graduates are cur­
rently practicing in the under-
rved rural and inner-city com­
munitie of the U.S.
ICHIGAN CITIZEN SEPTEMBER 14 - 20, 1986
c
a
.e
3
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post he served as a political
campaign strategist for the late
Massachu tt Senator Robert
Kennedy during his 1968 presi­
dential bid and is currently the
only mayor that serves on the
International Advi ory Commit­
tee to the U.S. Trade
Ambassador. Since 1979, he
has served a chairman of the
State Southern Christian Le der­
ship Conference and also serves
as a memb r of the national
board of directors of SCLC.
Ford received hi bachelors
degree in 1964 from Knox­
ville College in Knoxville, Ten­
nessee, and in 1965, studied
public administration at the
ational Executive Institute in
Mendlam, ew Jersey. From
THE SUBJEcr' Is ExCELlENCE
1967-68, he was a journalism
student at the e Yor Sch 01
of Announcing and Speech in
ew York City, and he re­
ceived his master's degree in
public administra 'on from Au­
burn University in Auburn,
Alabama in 1977.
eating i limited to 350
persons for the banquet. Ticket
are 16.00 per person for adult
and S 1 ?oo per per n for
nior and youth. Tickets
are available from the Freedom
Fund Committee members, The
Twin Cities Area Chamber of
Commerce, 685 ain QI
by calling 925-9825 or 925-
4824, according to attle E.
Roddy, publiCi!_>' chairman.
Imagine tryin to clivi your tim equally
among 30 or 40 ernp a day.
This' the daily dil mma teache face in
overcrowded c rooms.1heym t pendmo
time with the low aero' , extra time with rh
bright t rodent ,leaving lit de time for the rest
of thee .
In m t schools, a ru nt get hours of
daily instruction. But when a child needs pedal
encoura ment OT 0 -on-o teaching, he or h
. lucky to t ten minut of individual
attention a day.
Regard} of grade level or ability,
tudents achi more as class ire i
reduced. A tud nt in a class of 40 will
10 point I r on national � than the
tudent uld in a class of 20.
we also seen that mall r c
di ipline problems. And th i a tudent'
If- teem while also increasin a teach r' .
tisfacti n.
Reducing class ire' a primary goal of th
NF..A. know it' of the u t ways of tting
education ba in picture and on th track of
excellence. And that i our goal.
a In over 128 years, that' n r
wavered. � tand for cell ry
classroom, for every child.
ational Education Association
BENTO HARBOR The - banquet is "Economic Develop-
Twin Cities AACP will hold ment In The 80s - Where e
its 33rd Annual Freedom Fund Are! Where e Have To Go".
Banquet, Friday, September 26, - Social hour begins at 6: 30
• 1986 at the Twin Cities Plaz p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
Inn, 798 Ferguson Drive Benton Guest spe er for the event
To nship. The theme for the is the Honorable Mayor Johnny
Ford, ayor of the city of
Tu egee, Alabama. Mayor
Ford 'm de history when he
became the first Black mayor
of the city in 1972. Currently
president of the Wod Con­
ference of Mayors, Fords d­
ministrative career began in
the mid 60s and in his almost
twenty years in the public
sector Ford h served in a wide
variety to positions throughout
his state and the country.
Among tho noteworthy