CHAPTER HISTORY

In 1952, Frances W. Moore contacted Delta Sigma Theta National Headquarters to obtain the requirements for establishing a local chapter. A subsequent search of the surrounding counties resulted in the location of nine sorors, a sufficient number at that time to create a new alumnae chapter. After approximately one year of preparation, on Saturday, February 28, 1953, Delta Chi Sigma Chapter was chartered. As the South Atlantic Region was not to be established until 1960, officiating the chartering ceremony was Eastern Regional Director Pauline F. Weeden of Virginia. Assisting her were Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, Professor of History at NC College (now NC Central University) and Soror Jennie D. Taylor of Durham, NC, who later became Eastern Regional Director. Accompanying them were Sorors Susan Faine, Secretary to the Regional Director, and Mae D. Holmes, Superintendent of the Girls Training School of Kinston, NC, later to become Dobbs School. Delta Chi Sigma was the first Greek-letter chapter organized in Craven County. In 1958, the chapter name was changed to New Bern Alumnae. The chapter presently serves the counties of Carteret, Craven, Jones, and Pamlico.