Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College - Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Distinguished visitors, faculty, and members of student body attend D-Building Complex Ground breaking. New building and parking lot site dwarf C-building. GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY On October 12, Asheville-Buncombe Tech- nical Institute held a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of D Building, which will house the new hotel and motel complex. A delegation of representatives from the Ap- palachian Regional Commission, John L. Sweeney, federal co-chairman, and Woodrow W. Jones, state representative, were honored guests. Roy A. Taylor of the 12th congressional district, J. Gerald Cowan and W. W. Shope, chairman and vice-chairman of the board of trustees of the in- stitute, as well as many other distinguished per- sons, were present. The Lee Edwards High School band, directed by Mr. Ernest Black, opened the program with a concert. Thomas W. Simpson, president of Ashe- ville Tech, presided as master of ceremonies, and the pastor of West Asheville Baptist Church, Reverend Nane Starnes, delivered the invocation. Mr. Woodrow W. Jones, State Represen- ative, Appalachian Regional Commis- sion introduces principal speaker. The Honorable Roy A. Taylor welcomes The Commission members. Mr. John L. Sweeney, Federal Co- Chairman, Appalachian Regional Com- mission delivers address. 10

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Administrative Secretaries Mrs. Jane G. Smith Administrative Assistant Mrs. Helen M. Bowers Office Clerk Mrs. Katie C. Davis Library Assistant Mrs. Roseanita Dawkins Secretary Mrs. Pippa Dolen Secretary to Director of Extension Mrs. Patricia M. Farr Bookkeeper Mrs. Jessie P. Goforth Bookkeeper Mrs. Frances Johnson Student Records - Inventory Mrs. Emma Pate Extension Secretary Mrs. Margaret A. Shope Secretary- Bookkeeper, ly EOA Mrs. Carolyn E. Shotwell Evening Secretary jQp Miss Patricia D. Tweed Receptionist-Secretary

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After the welcoming address, given by the Hon- orable Roy A. Taylor, Mr. Woodrow W. Jones recognized the Appalachian Regional Commission and introduced Federal Co-Chairman John Swee- ney, the principal speaker. Previously, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute trained students mainly for employment in manufacturing concerns. With the addition of the hotel-motel complex, we will now be able to serve the fast-growing tourist industry. A two- year, seven-quarter curriculum in hotel-motel management and chefs ' training will teach stu- dents food preparation and service to guests. Upon successful completion of either course, graduates will receive the Associate Degree of Applied Science. The new complex will contain four kitchens equipped for every phase of food preparation, a small dining room seating approximately two hundred and fifty persons, fourteen motel-hotel rooms, plus a typical office and check-in counter. Only participants in institution- sponsored re- gional seminars and extension classes will uti- lize these facilities as guests. Students will prac- tice chefs ' training in the cafeteria and kitchens. Also housed in the D Building will be the school library and fifteen classrooms, in which fourteen business courses will be offered. Fi- nanced by Vocational Act, Appalachian, and State funds, the complex will have an area of 40,000 square feet. Several major manufacturing con- cerns will furnish the rooms, and the equipment will be valued at $100,000. Mr. John Sweeney, Co-Chairman, Appalachian Regional Commission, Mr . Roy A. Taylor, member of Congress, W.W. Shope, and J. Gerald Cowan, Vice-Chairman and Chairman respectively Board of Trustees, Asheville Buncombe Technical Institute break ground.