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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1957
Page
2
The National Automobile Association urged new and soon-to-be drivers to value their licenses. Earl C. Carter warned that losing a license can be permanent if driving rules are broken, noting that a driver’s permit is a vital, privilege-based trust with life-changing consequences.
Seven more students have been awarded Morris Harvey College scholarships. Recipients include Robert Andrew Brown of Marmet, a Charleston High School graduate pursuing music. Janet Lea Cavender of Coopers Creek, Elkview High School graduate in social studies. David Keith Clarke of Belle, DuPont High School ministerial student. James W. Harpold of Charleston, Stonewall Jackson High School alumnus and ministerial student. Rebecca Dale Smith of Clendenin, Clendenin High School graduate entering teacher training. Carol Elizabeth Gilbert of Charleston, Stonewall Jackson High School graduate and Mason College of Music student. and Edna Mae Gandee of Clendenin, Clendenin High School attendee and MH student.
Notice asks readers to bring clipping and ID to the Virginian Theater to receive two free theater tickets. Clerk Dick Murdock lists 1722 East Washington Street as contact.
Powellton student Jon Lopez earned top honors at Don Bosco Agriculture School Huttonsville Randolph County. Valedictorian honor honor student medal testimonial of excellence Danforth Foundation certificate of leadership and diploma from Catholic University of America for meeting standards. Also noted as basketball and baseball star with 19 ppg and .333 batting.
Nearly 150 youths from across West Virginia gathered at Bethany College for the annual state youth conference of Disciples of Christ. The Brooke County college town buzzed with participants from the Charleston area engaging in religious activities.
A South Charleston student, John C. Boesch, has been named a nominee for the Air Force Academy at Denver. He is a Gordon Military College senior in Barnesville, Georgia, and was appointed by a Georgia congressman. The Boesch family moved to South Charleston this year for his father's Carbide plant engineering job.
This week's carrier boy is Bill DeRemer, 15, son of Mr and Mrs William De Remer of 103 Norton Avenue. He has delivered The Gazette for nine months and won several prizes. Bill is a Charlestown High School sophomore who enjoys swimming and football. He plans to be a contractor and attends Black Hawk Chapel.
Charles ton area seniors are earning degrees this spring from many colleges. Notables include Robert Lee Atkins from Florida State University and C R Adams Jr from Temple University dental program, Tamara Assimore from Furman University, Cas Downs Jr from Anderson College, James V Bohnert from Xavier University, Isaac N Smith from Washington and Lee University, and others from Ohio State University Stetson University Virginia Tech and more.
A report lists Charleston area graduates this spring from military academies Greenbrier Fishburne and a Georgia academy. It names Gilbert Frederick John Davin Jackson Ray L Sigman and others, including Duke University Toledo Western Carolina and Wesleyan graduates, with majors in English divinity and business among them.
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