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Palmer President Delivers Eastman Commencement Address
Eastman High School marked its thirteenth annual commencement on Tuesday May 13 with Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute Sedalia as speaker. Diplomas and prizes were awarded to a class of thirty with honors to James Avent Clara Copeland Norman McWilliams Edward Francis Dorothea Wilkins and Mattie Wiggins among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman High School
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Palmer Memorial Institute
Sedalia
C. C. Staton
Salem Baptist Church
Garysburg
Mattie Evelyn Wiggins
Bessie Jewell Arrington
Barnby
Glee Club
Clifton Arrington
Edwin Arrington
Kelly Arrington
Richard Brinkley
James Cotton
Edward Francis
Matthew Hedgepeth
Louis McWilliams
Bessie Arrington
Mabel Arrington
Viola Arrington
Annie Burt
Velda Carroll
Earlene Cheek
Georgia Copeland
Madonna Cotton
Beaufford Evans
Mattie Francis
Christine Hardy
Annie Johnson
Willema Jones
Corene McWilliams
Mamie McWilliams
Mariah McWilliams
Mary Neville
Neva Pittman
Zeneba Qualls
Naline Qualls
Gernice Solomon
Mattie Wiggins
James Avent
Clara Copeland
Norman McWilliams
Dorothea Wilkins
D. A. Johnston
Waymon Methodist Church