"She's exactly what a dorm mothet''Should be.~· That~s..what jlio8i of""tfle"VgifTs"' :fft~f.Arner.ican Heritage .are saying this y~r. "She" is Mrs. Emma Jo Choate and she is the new dorm mather for girls living in America~ Heritage. · A native of Warren, Mich., Mrs. Choate has been supervisor of the AAA World Travel Department there for the past eight years. She is the mother of three daughters, Debbie, Beverly, and Kim. . E>ebbie is married to Don Shephard and lives in Atlanta. Bothwere students at Harding in 1968. Beverly, who is married w Ken Dowdy, is now living in Carlisle, Pa. They alSo attended Harding. Kim is a freshman here this year. Mrs. Choate said ·she is very hap:fy about her new job and is gla to be living in Arkansas. "My whole family is from Arkansas originally and all of them are retiring and moving back here. They live in Dar– danelle, so now I am close to them again," she said. Mrs. Choate relates her love for people and her enthusiasm towards her new job. "My husband died four years ago, but when he was alive he was the educational director at church, and our home was always open to all. For the past r1 years I've been busy working and raising a family, and I've loved it." "When I first began thinking about being dorm mother, I thought that I might be too confined, but .I, don~t•find~it •,that way a( all. My doo~ is"Open"and girls are in and out anytime. It's just like home and that is what I enjoy - keeping . house and looking after my girls," she said. grow spiritually, socially and physically and·I will assist them in any way that I can," she s.aid. "Sometimes, ·at this ag•fYe.s ~tso hard to judge what's rigHt becau8e ' it's easy to take your eyes off the Lord for a little while," she said. "If you could just keep Christ with you during this difficult time, it would help you so much to grow and have a richer, fuller life." Besides being dorm mother, Mrs. Choate is sponsor of Ko Jo Kai social club. "I really wanted to work with a club, but didn't know that I would be able to. I She makes a practice of visiting with "her gals" in their rooms: Among other things, Mrs. Choate recently recovered a comb in the tangled hair of one of the girls. . "I'm so happy," M!'5. Chqate said of her job. "I am doing what r lo"·e " Mrs. Emma JoChoate, Heritage dorm mother, finds relaxation despite the hustle of dormitory life. Photo by scobey Heritage dorm mother does what She 'loves best' When asked if she has en– countered any problems as dorm mother, Mrs. Choate said, "Problems? What problems?" Mrs. Choate conveys her op– timism about the girls and feels that she will do any thing she can to help them. . "I don't 'Yant mygi~~ ~C?JVQrry about hurting ·me" sl:le· sa1d, "I just want them to know that I am here and I feel the same way with them as with mv own children." AAU··tea.mgrabssecond "I want to help my Jirls Searcy AAU team members Ann Tabor, Cindy Williford and Cay Chapwood were accorded All-State honors after thl' rec~nt AAU state tournament. ;;.;;,,to by Bixler fp~;,.t?AA.~ The Searcy Parks and Recreation Women's Basketball team, composed entir~Jtr. :·of Harding co-eds, ca~d·' the runners-up position in the·~l975 Arkansas Sta'te AAU Women's Basketball Tournament w.ith dfree of the players attainini All– State Status. Sponsored by the city park and board and coached by Phil Watkins and' Skitch Henderson, the Seu9y squad knocked off Uttle ·RooR in the opening round of state competition then went ·on to demolish the Scott In– dependents 66-44· in semi-final action. . Against Arkansas College, Searcy jumped off to a quick 2-() lead with Cay Chapman si~ the first shot of the contest, .a,is foot jumper~ ·Nka-w C'AIDele surgedm?-.. eight point : Selre) had troubl. ;, ... ...... Searcy fi . '¥! began. to chck midway in1iibe haU an4 b!Btlled back to ta'ke a 13-12 lead with just over eight minutes left in the opening period. . Both teams tigh~ed their defenses with neithef team able to build a lead until late in the half. With only seconds and both teams 17-all, Arkansas'· put in~a basket then sank both five minutes of the Seareycau&bt:'IIN &O,· CIJ)It . c. eo »27 ._.Y ta WI ~- JI'I'OIIl tlllt pCiblt ~ CGatest became a .....w with Arkansas holding hand, 50-49 with less minute to play. . With the small lead, Scottettes went into a ' game, fol'Cing a foul that Arkansas' Betlt Hazelip to line where she canned both ends of the one-and.:one to almost clinch the victory 52-49. A foul seconds later provided Arkansas with their last ~oring situation as they won the title, 53-49. Ann Tabor and Cay Chapman wei'e named to the· first team Women's All-State ' unit with Cindy WiUiford gathering second !t~m ·honol]S. Tabor was ure tourney's[le.di~g scorer with 42 poinlll in tht!tjfial two contests. Of tHe g~If. , coach Watkins remarked tlia~ "they gave 100 percent and ~y all yqu can ask. T~yall b&G~atattitudes and it was a p~ure to work with them."
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