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Vacation Bible School
To Hold Clinic at Mercer
THE MOST FILTERS
FOR THE
SMOOTHEST TASTE
May 18,1956 THE MERCER CLUSTER Page Three
Mrs. J. IN. Holding
Manages Laundry
bv Betty Langford
Whether or tiot she believes the old maxim, “'Cleanliness is next to
Godliness,” Mrs. John W. Holding C'hfully strives to put cleanliness
into effect at Mercer University. Mrs. Holding is the Supervisor of the
Mercer laundry and the wile of the University Business manager.
Before her marriage Mrs. Hold order to get the laundry ready on
■ng was Miss Beltie Chappell ■>[ time In spite of this Mrs. Holding
V ilia Rica, Georgia. \\ hlle comntut i .ainlains a friendly relationship
.ng from her home to Atlanta, with each member of her staff. She
where she »as a student at Drang- describes the faithfulness of one
..on School of Business, Miss ( hap- employ ee » ho has worked with the
i-*'ll met her future huMiand, a I.,undry since 1925, serving under
young chemist who worked in the 3 presidents—Hr. Weaver, l)r.
mod, drug, and insecticide depart- Howell, and Hr. Connell. For 31
cuent at the State Capitol. years she has ironed shirts for
During the cui ly years of their Mercer men.
marriage the Holdings lived tor Under Mrs. Holding’s supervision
some tune in Rome, Geuigia. I.ater the laundry is kept smoothly run-
D.ey moved to Clewiston, Florida, ning on its Schedule. Clothes are
out because they preferred Georgia, brought into the laundry on Mon-
.hey returned to their, native state day morning. Bundles are delivered
to settle in Macon. from MKI’ by truck; the boys bring
tneir own laundry. For this reason
Mrs. Holding has the opportunity
of getting acquainted with more
boys than girls. Some of the boys
[ I’ark on one ot Macon's hut sum i jokingly, yet respectfully, call her
niei days, while Mr. Holding dig- ‘ Petunia.” And half the students,
cussed with Hr. Howell, then presi- she claims, don’t know her name,
(lent of the I niversily. the possi- After the laundry has been pro-
bilities of obtaining a position on cessed it is ties! in neat bundles
•the faculty. In September, 1347. and placed on the shelves according
Mr. Holding began his work as pro to laundry numbers. The new color-
fessor of chemistry at Mercer. He < J paper has caused much comment,
later assumed his present position Mrs. Holding confesses that it is
as business manager. used to break the monotony of the
Mrs. Holdings first job on the brown paper,
campus was doing secretarial work A week’s wash at the Mercer-
in the faculty-trustee room for tne L... i ury includes table linen from
Education Endowment . Campaign, ti.. i.ining room, infirmary linen,
She enjoyed her employment so family laundry, dormitory stud-
much that when the campaign was cuts’ laundry, military uniforms,
completed, she continued working end married students’ family wash,
on campus as the supervisor of the lb .', s usually send more clothes
laundry. She finds this work even than girls; sometimes they rend
more pleasant than her pr< vious a> many as 13 shirts and 5 pairs
job. of trousers.
In this capacity she works from addition to her duties on
H:30 a.m. until 4:3(1 p.m. on Monday c ilupii-, Mrs. Holding keeps busy
through Friday. Ordering supplies, sharing the activities of her 12
seeing that the machinery is in J'ear old daughter, Elaine, who will
good working order, recording all giaduate from Alexander II Eleni-
money collected, and supervising ei.tary School in June. Elaine has
the 21 employees of the laundry. ° her credit several superior med-
Among her pet peeves in the f°r playing the violin. She is a
laundry she lists the lact that uc- member of the elementary orches
rasionally the machinery must be lra -
repaired. Sometimes this necessit- -'^ s Jit- Holding is an avid
ates working long alter hours to fisherman, often Mrs. Holding finds
complete the work. Another diffi- htrsell preparing fish for dinner,
culty occurs when sometimes on * ooktng is one of her hubbies. She
Monday a large percentage of her specializes in cakes, pastries, and
workers fail to report for work, '"its. Because the Holdings en-
When this happens it is necessary jhy entertaining friends^ in their
to obtain any available help in home in the laculty apartments on
Adams Street, these sweets are a
delightful addition to parties, us
weii as to everyday meals.
Mrs. Holding is a member of the
Parent -1 eaehers Association the
Mercer Auxiliary, and the Mulberry
Street Methodist Church.
\crv little nine remains after
tic-e activities for Mrs. Holding
to watch a game of football, her
favorite sport. Occasionally sl,<
spueis a quiet evening reading one
of her favorite books or magazines,
another hobby.
Often the busy person is -the
b.qqiy person. This is certainly true
ot Mrs. Holding, who enjoys all her
roles -wife, mother, and supervisor
of the laundry. In spite of the few-
minor complaints of the students,
site says of the laundry. "Very few
problems arise that we can’t 'iron
oil 1".
Mrs. Holding recalls among her
first memories of Mercer an alter |
| noon of wailing with (heir small I
daughter Elaine in latnall Square j
TH* exclusive Viceroy filter Is mode
from pure cellulose—soft, inow-whit®, natural I
AH students who ate interested
or are available for work in Daily-
Vacation Bible Schools tin's sum
mer aye invited to a Vacation Bible
Clinic, Thursday, May 22, in. room
12 of the Theology building.
State officials will direct the two
sessions of the clinjc, which will
Mr*. J. W. Holding, wife of Mercer’s Business Manager, shown * ,0 C> n at 2:-4-5 PM and immediately
hera at her desk in tha University laundry. following Vespers on Tuesday.
Phi Eta Sigma
Elects Officers
Phi Eta Slffma Honorary Scholas
tic Fraternity held its last meeting
on May 10, this year.
The election of officers was held
at this meeting. The following mem
bers will head this organization in
the coming year; Pat Smith, presi
dent! Bill Simmons, vice president;
Dean Cook, Secretary-treasurer;
and Beverly Bates, Historian.
200 Mercer Students
Will Graduate In June
Appro ximataely 200 Mercer University graduates will receive
degrees on Monday morning, June 4, at the commencement ceremony.
The speaker at the final degree- The wet ker.d commencement o le
awarding services will he Honorable hath,,, will begin Saturday morn
, r j ' °°I )er » federal Court, it g, June 2, with the annual alumni
Judge of the northern district, of, meeting. Honorable A. Ed Smith
Atlanta, Georgia. The academic pro- , attorney of Columbus, Georgia
cession will begin at 11:00 a.m. in will be the speaker
Mercer’s Willingham Chapel. , The baccalaureate sermon will
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Q/tfk/o/m cm dtscoi/m'ng u/hg
Viceroys
are Smoother
le debvered op Sunday morning,
i Jane .1. by I)r Hillyer Stratum pas
i i°t of the First Baptist Church
, V’aMen, Massachusetts. This tradi
tionai service will be held in Ma
[con's First Baptist Church at 11 30
i a.m.
j On Sunday evening at 8 p.m. in
| Willingham Chapel, the Rev. Guy
.V Atkinson, president of Norman
j College, Norman Park, Georgia.
| will present the missionary sermon
Official
Notices
Departmental tests for seniors
will be given on June 25 from
1:45-5:00 l’M. All Seniors who
expect to be graduated in Aug
ust will register for these tests
at the University Guidance Cent
er in the Co op building.
Pasquale E. Malfeo
Director of Guidance
Hare is Hie reason: Only VICEROY has 20,000
filters in every tip—twice as many filters as the
other two largest-selling filter brands—to give
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VICEROYS are Smoother than
any other cigarette. Because
Viceroys have twice as many
filters as the other two
leading filter brands!
Moore Appoints
SGA Committees
President of the Student Govern- |
ment Association, Buddy Moore, [
has appointed the committees for j
the coming year as set up in the |
Student Government Constitution. !
The committees are as follows: !
Elections Committee, Bill Nash, j
chairman, Doyle Pinholster, and j
4rt^ Bntrrrm; Automobile Commit
tee, Milton Gardner, chairman. I
Norman Burnes, Sara C ordell, and I
Bill Wills.
The Constitution Revision Com- :
mittee is composed of John Binns, i
chairman, Jim Meloney, Byron'
Metis, Joe Dukes, and Barbara I
Beindorf; Ratting Committee, Dean
Cook, chairman, Bob Steed, Jerry ;
Vines, Sara Cordell, and Woody
Richardson; Bookstore Committee,
Morton Boyette, chairman, Billy
Lee, and Bobby Cooper; and the
Chapel Committee, Buddy Moore,
chairman, Shirley Wheeler, Julian
Franklin, Gene Temple, Iris Bal-
com, and Clay Manley.