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May 1, 2006
The Clayton High School Alumni
Association held its Annual
Meeting at the Media Center,
Clayton High School, on Monday
night, May 1, 2006. Bucky Coats,
Class of 1956 and President,
presided. The Clayton High
School Alumni Association, Inc.
was founded in 2004 and is a
tax-exempt Section 501 (C) 3
organization as described in the
Internal Revenue Code.
Treasurer Linda Alsobrooks
reported that the Association
had $5,320.66 in our checking
account. Bucky Coats thanked
all Associates for their
contributions and advised that
the Alumni Association would
award four (4) $1,000.00
scholarships to the Clayton High
School Class of 2006. 17
students have applied for the
scholarships. The Scholarship
Committee of Gwen Allen Canady
(Chair), Emily Barden Bagley and
Andy Pleasant will review the
applications and conduct
interviews and select the four
recipients of the scholarship
awards.
The Alumni Association voted to
designate one of the annual
scholarships the James O. Waters
Memorial Scholarship. Mr.
Waters career in education
spanned four decades working in
North Carolina schools,
including a 30-year stint as
principal of Clayton High
School. He was principal of
Clayton High School from 1951
until his retirement in 1981. In
1955, the high school annual was
dedicated to him for his
interest and inspiring belief in
students as individuals and for
his willingness to help with
their problems. Throughout his
service at Clayton High School
he touched the lives of
generations of graduates. The
Scholarship Committee will
select the recipient of this
scholarship.
The Alumni Association will have
a booth at the September 16,
2006, Harvest Festival and will
need volunteers to staff the
booth. It was further agreed
that the Association would
continue to mail our Newsletter
to current Associates as well as
prospective associates
and Clayton business. The
editor of the Newsletter is Jan
Johnson who also serves as a
Director of the Association.
President Coats thanked Hugh
Myers for his work as the
Association's webmaster. The
web site address is:
www.claytonalumni.com.
Bucky Coats thanked the three Directors
(Bobby Alsobrooks, Linda Pittman Alsobrooks and Billy O'Neil) whose terms ended
on May 1, 2006.
The Alumni Board elected Ramona Brady
Robertson ('84), Dan Wall ('58) and
Sharon Spence Whitley('83) as Directors
for the term ending in May 2009.
Ramona Robertson was also elected
Treasurer. In addition to the
three new Directors and Treasurer the
following serve on the Board: President
Bucky Coats ('56), Vice-President Andy
Pleasant ('69), Secretary Allen Tew
('62), Director Jan Johnson ('80) and
Donna McDowell White ('67).
In closing the annual meeting Coats
reminded attendees that Alumni
Association Associates are asked to
contribute a minimum of $10.00 annually.
Contributions should be made payable to
the Clayton High School Alumni
Association and mailed to: P.O. Box
1015, Clayton, N.C. 27528. In our two
years of existence the Alumni
Association has made good progress but
we have only scratched the surface of
our potential. There are many graduating
seniors at Clayton High School that need
and deserve the financial support of CHS
Alumni, former faculty and friends. For
addition information please contact
Bucky Coats at (919) 550-5719 or e-mail:
claytonalumni@aol.com. Please
include your name, mailing address,
telephone number, e-mail address and
class year if applicable when mailing in
annual contributions.
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May 5, 2008
ANNUAL MINUTES
OF
CHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
2008
ANNUAL MEETING
Monday, May 5, 2008, Clayton High School
Media Center, President Ramona Brady
Robertson called the properly noticed annual
meeting to order.
The
following persons were present:
Duba
Coats, Bucky Coats, Kathy Creech Ellen,
Warren Steen, Ann Jones Wall, Dan Wall,
Vicky
Andrews, Ramona Brady Robertson, John Bagley, Sharon Spence Whitley,
Everett Coates,
Donna M.
White, John W Lee, Lexene Lee, Stephanie
Canady Parker, Gwen Allen Canady
MINUTES OF
2007 ANNUAL MEETING
Minutes of the
previous meetings were read by Dan Wall and
were approved as read.
INFORMATION
John Bagley
presented the Treasurer's Report for
information. The bank account balance was
$7,218.39. After five $1,000 scholarships
are awarded, the balance will be $2,218.39.
There are
no
outstanding debts or checks.
Bucky
Coats, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee
reported that there were 29 qualified
applicants for the five scholarships, which
includes the James 0. Waters scholarship,
being awarded in 2008. The field has been
narrowed to 11, with interviews to be
conducted on May 21, 2008. Scholarships will
be presented on Awards Day.
Ramona B.
Robertson reported that there were 397
associates and friends contributing. The
Association contribution history is as
follows:
2004--$4860
2005--$4550
2006--$6640
2007--$6895
2008--$8760
:Bucky Coats, Founder of the Association, and Hugh Myers,
Web-master, were given special
thanks for the many hours they have spent for the benefit of the
Association.
BUSINESS
The
following items of business were raised,
discussed and acted upon as indicated:
1.
1.
The Harvest Festival will he held on
Saturday, September 20, 2008. The Alumni
Association will have a booth as in previous
years. It was suggested that members also
work up and down
the street in order to contact people who
may not come by the booth.
2.
Distribution of the newsletter was
addressed again. Upon a motion made and
seconded, it was
unanimously agreed and resolved that the
newsletter will only be sent to contributors
and new prospects. It was noted that
there had been good response to the letter
sent first class mail in 2007. It was also
suggested that members of the graduating
class each year be contacted as prospects.
This may also increase the number of
associates and hopefully get younger alumni
to join.
3.
Bucky Coats stated that Dennis Johnson ('62)
sends e-mails to his classmates regularly.
Several have expressed an interest in
getting together other than at the annual
meeting and
Harvest
Festival. Curtis Jones has agreed to open
Jones Cafe for an evening event if there is
enough interest. Dennis has agreed to
coordinate the event. There was general
consensus to
proceed.
4, Dan Wall
reported that the class of 1958 reunion will
be May 17, 2008. An Alumni Association
newsletter with application was sent in each
of the reunion invitations. They will
also have applications in the favor packets distributed at the reunion.
5.
Sharon Spence Whitley stated that the
Class of 1983 reunion will he held in
October and they
will also
promote Association membership.
6.
Election of Directors - President Robertson
extended her thanks to Donna M. White ('67)
and
Jan Johnson ('80) who are completing their terms on the
Board of Directors. John Barnes (‘62)
and Vicky
Waddell Andrews ('96) were nominated and
unanimously elected to the Board
of
Directors with terms ending in May 2010.
7.
The Officers and Directors elected for 2008
are:
President
-John Bagley, class of 1961 - term ending
May 2010
Vice President
- Gwen Allen Canady, class of 1973 - term
ending May 2010
Secretary -
Dan Wall, class of 1958 - tern ending May
2009
Treasurer -
John Barnes, class of 1962 - term ending May
2011
Directors:
Ramona Brady Robertson, class of 1984 - term
ending may 2009
Sharon Spence Whitley, class of 1983 - tern
ending May 2009
Jimmy Whitley, class of 1964 - term ending
May 2010
Vicky Waddell Andrews, class of 1996 - tern
ending May 2011
8.
Newly elected President John Bagley, thanked
Ramona Brady Robertson, Donna M. White,
and
Jan Johnson for their service as officer and
directors, He also thanked the new officers
and directors and expressed his hopes for
the future of the Alumni Association. Upon
the motion
duly
made and seconded, the meeting was
adjourned.
This the
5th day of May 2008
 Dan
Wall, Secretary
May 15, 2004
During the CHS 100th celebration,
the Clayton High School Alumni
Association kicked off its associates
drive.
Our goal is to have 500 Alumni
associates. Be sure to write, call
or email to get your name added to
the CHS Alumni Association list.
Click on 'Contact Us' to the left for
our phone number, address or just
click on the email link to send us
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