Virginia Military Institute set for Centennial reunion week
Virginia Military Institute alumni from all states will attend reunions during the Centennial commencement on June 10–14. Major Herbert Jacob says over one third of more than 5,300 living ex cadets may attend as Major General Charles Kilbourne announces a busy schedule of drills, reviews, dances, and academic events culminat ing in a 156 member graduating class and a statue unveiling in Memorial Garden. A new instrument panel light will illuminate if any trouble arises.
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Virginia Military Institute
Herbert Jacob
Charles & Kilbourne
Board of Visitors
William H. Coke
Jackson Memorial Hall
Sparks W. Melton, Astor
Freemason Street Baptist Church
Norfolk
Alumni Hall
James H. Price
William H. Cocke
Cocke
Attildo Piccirilli
New York
Charles F. Gilette
Fifth District Group 10 Meet At Hotel Virginia
The Fifth District Medical Society will meet at Hotel Virginia at 5 30 p m Tuesday. Scientific papers include Dr Dunbar Newell on Treatment of General Fractures with lantern slides Dr Charlie Jamison on Diseases of the Heart with lantern slides and Dr George A Mayer on Complications of Breech Presentations with motion picture demonstrations. An accompanying banquet will precede the program with routine business conducted. Officers named are Dr J Q Graves president Dr M W Hunter vice president and Dr Marvyn Johnson secretary treasurer.
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Fifth District Medical Society
Hotel Virginia
Dunbar Newell
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charlie Jamison
Tulane University
George A. Mayer
Louisiana State University Medical School
J. Q. Graves
M. W. Hunter
Marvyn Johnson
Local Students Receive Gold Watches for Unselfish Service
Merle Harmonleft, Ruston High School graduate, awarded the first service watch amid commencement. John L. Stewart of Farmerville, Tech honor student and valedictorian, also receives a gold watch through an anonymous Ruston donor. Both watches were given as surprise honors at graduation, with Harmonleft planning to enter Louisiana Tech music as a freshman and Stewart awarded a fellowship for advanced study at LSU.
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Ruston
Merle Harmonleft
Ruston High School
Louisiana Tech
John L. Stewart
Farmerville
Tech
Louisiana State University
Tech News Bureau
Tallulah Home Art Club Sets Remarkable Scholarship Record
In Tallulah Louisiana on June 3 a home art club founded five years ago by Miss Ethel V. Morgan advances a loan scholarship fund for home economics students. Members funded kitchen upgrades, hosted banquets and sales, affiliated with state and national groups, and supported a graduate to Southwestern Louisiana Institute. The first scholar, a 1935 graduate, left for college with pride and community backing.
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Spoealh
Unse Fish Service
Louisaera
United States
Tallulah
Ethel V. Morgan
3St
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Sevong
Searer
Athletic Association
Christmas Cares
Deeowise
James R. Linton
Singing Convention Planned At Bernice High School
A spring singing convention is set for Bernice High School with the event estimated to draw up to 4609 attendees for relay singing. Top groups such as the Vaughan quartet and Stamps quartet are listed among expected participants. officers include Garland May as president and A C Banks as vice president. A second brief notes James Lawson, a 13 year old, bitten by a rattlesnake while fetching hay at home. condition described as serious but non fatal after the incident.
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Vaugan
el Dorado Quartet
Blackwood Brothers
Stamps Quartet
Hartford Quartet
Garland May
Monroe
A. C. Banks
Columbia
Clarence Cockrell
Chatham
James Lawson
Leo Lawson
Bernice Junior Homemakers Elect Officers for Next Year
Bernice Louisiana June 3 Special. The Bernice Junior Homemakers elected officers for the ensuing year with Elaine Nelson as president and Elaine Nelson also among the choristers. Other officers include Jessie Robinson vice president Margie Allen secretary and Georgia MacKierbon treasurer. The group also named Thelma McGee budget chairman Dorothy Nelson reporter Nellie Ruth Hendricks budget chair and W C McCuller program chairman. The parliaman Ruth Ellen McCuller was named and the choristers were Francis Albritton and Elaine Nelson. In unrelated note author Louisa May Alcott once wrote 14 hours straight without stopping to eat.
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Elaine Nelson
Jessie B. Robinson
Madaline Thax
Toni
Margie Alien
Georgia Mac Kierbon
Dorothy Nelson
Thelma McGee
Nellie Ruth Hendricks
W. C. McCuller
Francis Albritton
Elaine
Louisa May Alcott
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