1999

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ECCC to dedicate campus project in honor of Day family at Homecoming

The recently completed cam– pus-wide arboretum and outdoor classroom project at East Central Community College in Decatur will be named in honor of the family mainly responsible for its funding. The College's Board of Trustees has approved naming the project in memory of the Day family, with a dedication ceremony scheduled at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, as part of Homecoming activities on the Decatur campus. The project was initiated by the Rev. Jane Todd Gurr ~ of 1951) of Raleigh, ~C. v.no first promoted the plantmg of additional trees and further landscaping on the East Central campus. She was joined m the effort by her brother, Dr Joe Todd (class of 1953), a cardiovas– cular surgeon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Both are among descen– dants of the late Samuel Marion and Eliza Frances Day of Newton County. Other Day fam– ily members who contributed to the project include Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pruden of Hope, Ark. and J. E. and Betty Cox of Dallas, Texas. Rev. Gurry and Dr. Todd are the children of the late Dr. L. 0. Todd who was ECCC presi– dent from 1934 to 1962.

on the north end of the Decatur campu:. between the College lake and :-oftball field. Resposible for implementing · the Dav FamtlY Memorial Campu, :-\:boretum- and Outdoor Classroom Project i-. Ron Davis, chairman of E~e\ Central's sci– ence dtvi~on. ''With the develop– ment of thi- project. the campus has hterall) been transformed intc an outdoor cla.,:-:room, one that will benefit ,tudents, the commurut) and the general pub– lic for !!enerauon~ to come," Da,;o: 5a.ld

Fund.fu!! ha, aJ-.. come from a 10.000 fiant pro\,ded by the Urban and Community Forestry Pro~rram of the Mississippi Frr ~:n C mmission and the t:S~A Fore<~t Service in coopera– ::. ~ ith the Southern Group of S:._· .. Fore-ters. ~ ••"e Ia t spring, almost 300 :::-~, have been planted on the Ea~t Central campus, 91 of which are now labeled with both their sciQntific and· common name:.. _._ Abo during the 1998-99 College term, a campus-wide effort culmmated in the develop– ment of a Campu:. Botanical Grude For each rree, the guide ::how:- an depicting typical as well ~ de-cnptiv-e characteris– ucx C.op.e- of the guide have been d ~uto?d c:: campus and are availab 1::' for tile public. ~-= campus locations des– !:DaoeG a" an ~outdoor class– , 211 area near the recent– ..........-r-ted fitne.5;; trail located

To date, over $30,000 has been invested in the project, ";th more than half of that amount donated by the Day fam– ilY. Included in the total amount c~otributed is approximately $15,000 worth ofin-kind services by individuals and groups. A sig– nificant in-kind gift is the dona– tion of 220 trees by Colonel APPEARE Albert Smith (class of 1937 of _MasCQ..tte, Fla

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