Clippings from George S. Benson

Dr. 1 George S. Benson, President-Emeritus of Har– ding University and Founder-President of the FOR FUTURE COUNTIANS - Reynie Rutledge, Chairman of the Board at First Security Bank in Searcy, 'speaks to the audience gathered · to watch the closing ceremonies of the bank's .safe deposit box time capsule Friday. Some of the items enclosed in the capsule were bank working papers, budgets from the city and county, letters from congressional and state delegations, a copy of the history of Searcy and McRae as well as a copy of the Sunday Citizen containing the annual progr.ess edition and a copy of Friday's Citizen. The capsule is to be open on the 75th anniversary of the bank in 2007. Honored guests standing ,in the background are ( from left) Searcy Mayor Jack Wiseman, County Judge Jimmie Miller, State Representative John tPaul Capps, Chamber of Commerce President Ruben Adams and First Security Executive Vice– president Jim-Wilson. C Citizenphoto by Oran Hardcastle) of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce; a member of · the National .Association of School Ad– ministrators, the Arkansas Education Association, 1 Pi Kappa Delta and Kiwanis, Benson also has been honored by the citizens of his home state as ' 'Arkansan of the Year." Other speakers will in– clude Ray Irwin Powell, public school administrat~r from Minnesota ; Eric Br.odin, Lundy Professor of Philosophy of Business at Campbell University in North Carolina ; and U. S. Congressman (D-Georgia ) Larry McDonald. Admission to the Seminar is $6 for adults .and $2 for students. Tickets will be available at Benson Auditorium at 8 a.m. March 'Z'l. Child care is available on request. Copy o r Annual Progress _Edition of SEARCY DAILY CITIZEN dated 1-1-82 carries a picture of Dr. Benson and a nice write-up about The National Education Program.