1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Four State Senators inNorth Carolina Are PhisByGEORGE Y. RAGSDALENorth Carolina, '24W ITH a quartet of senators in thelegislature of North Carolina, A 0is the leader among other fraternitiesin numbers of members servingthe state during any one term; andthese four men are of high caliberand are serving their constituents inan able manner.They are Marvin K. Blount ofGreenville, serving his third successiveterm; L. L. Gravely, of RockyMount, serving his second successiveterm; and R. Grady Rankin, of Gastonia,and Thos. R. Uzzell, of Wilson,serving their first terms.Brother Blount, Randolph-Macon,'14, North Carolina, '16, is thirtyeightyears of age, is chairman of thejudiciary committee No. 1, and is alsoserving on the finance, appropriation,and education committees.Brother Gravely, Randolph-Macon,'08, North Carolina and Virginia, '13,is forty-one years of age and is chairmanof the important appropriationscommittee and serves, also, on thecommittees on finance, education,roads, health, welfare, and banks.Brother Gravely is a tobacco exporterand manufacturer.Brother Rankin, North Carolina,'07, forty years old, is a cotton manufacturerfrom the leading cottonmanufacturing county in the state, andis chairman of the conservation anddevelopment committee, and serves onthe finance, education, and health committeesas well.Brother Uzzell, forty-one, NorthCarolina, '10, is also an attorney, andis chairman of the committee on immigration,and is also a member ofthe committees on appropriations, education,and health.1498]