Dinner Party Follows Minges Coliseum Dedication Ceremony

Press Release dated January 29, 1968 regarding the dinner party following Minges Colisrum Dedication Cermony. This and other press releases may be found in the records of News Bureau, Record Group IA1300, Series 1, News Release File, 1939-1988 in the University Archives.

Citation for this particular press release is:
Dinner Party Follows Minges Coliseum Dedication Cermony, News Release, January 29, 1968, ECU Universty Archives, Record Group IA1300, Series 1, Box 14, Folder B.

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Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, East Carolina University President, and Mrs. Jenkins honored 85 guests here Saturday afternoon at dinner following dedication ceremonies of the new indoor sports arena, the Minges Coliseum.

The dedication was held at half-time of the ECU-West Virgina University basketball game played before a large crowd and a regional television audience in five states.

Dr. Jenkins and the Minges family greeted guests at 5:30 p.m. in the presidential home.

Members of the honored family attending the dinner were Mrs. M. O. Minges of Greenville, Martha Minges Bass of Farmville, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest E. Minges of New Bern, Mr. and Mrs. Moyt A Minges of Kinston, Mr. and Mrs. John F. (Jack) Minges of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Minges of Greenville, Dr. and Mrs. Ray D. Minges of Greenville and Dr. C. E. Minges of Rocky Mount.

A three-course buffet dinner was served in the dining room by Mrs. F. D. Duncan, Mrs. Troy Dodson, Mrs. Richard R. Gammon, Mrs. Robert L. Holt, Mrs. Henry B. Howard, and Mrs. Clarence Stasavich.

Two five-branch silver candelabra on the appointed table held arrangements of yellow snapdragons, fujis, daisies and pompons flanked with yellow tapers.

An orchid arrangement of fujis, mums, pompons mixed with pink snapdragons was featured in the living room.

Honored guests at the dinner included Mr. Lloyd Jordan, commissioner of the Southern Conference, and Mrs. Jordan of Richmond, Va.