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21. 1964PER COPY — TEN CENTSGarrison was the recipient 01 me Campus Leadershiprd for boys, and Jean Smith, right, got the same award fir Is at the Decatur Baptist College Faculty Awards ban-Thursday evening. The presentations were made by Missil Baumgarner of the DBC faculty.stu-ot a e in oun-daysign-and+ Fifty one Decatur High Schoolseniors will become graduates in commencement exercisesTuesday evening, May 26. Commencement services will he held in the high school auditorium beginning at 8:00,The Hon, Graham Purcell,Congressman from the 13thof Texas, will deliver the commencement address to30 boys and 21 girls of the graduating class.Rev. Raymond Corrigan willpreach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening, May 24, in the First Methodist Church.Sally Sensibaugh will deliverthe valedictory address at commencement. She was the top student with a grade of 95.9*1.%, and is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Zack Sensibaugh. The salutatory address will hegiven by Sandra Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Gibbs,who had a grade of 95.4594. The highest boy in the class is Barty Boydston who had a grade of 93.8378. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Boydston, and will give the invocation at commencement.Class sponsors are Tommie Reid, F. C. Gibbs and George Young.(On pages three and four will be found pictures of the graduates and the baccalaureate and commencementprograms. These pages were sponsored by the merchantslisted at the bottom of each page. The sheet was printed front and back to make it easier to remove and keep as a memento of the 1964 SeniorClass.)4». XT* *j’ihetoV’sisityd;le;ter*v;Suit Against GE?y.The faculty of Decatur Baptist College had its awards ban jr* 0 ■ rv.quet in Fellowship Hall of the j IL'Jcl |l|CfYl|CCpCFirst Baptist Church. May 14. IlWl, I#U9fHJJUThere were twenty first places, seventeen second places and seventeen third places presented to students. Six awards formeritorious service were given to friends of the college for support of campus activitiesduring the year.First place winners are asfollows:Leadership, Girl,'WW* •Leadership, Boyanin*iuwiniC a m p u s Jean Smith.CampusBill Garrison.Bible, Becky Wingo.Spanish. Mrs. Sue Smith. Business, Nancy Carman., Dwight Elmore. Chemistry, Larry CurryIntercollegiate Athletics,Doug Reedy.Music, Delbert Vest.Psychology-Education, Eliza -abeth Jackson.Mathematics, Clyde Cotton. English. Mrs. Sue Ella Jones. Government, Ron Cameron.History, James Shaw. Ministerial, H. M. Beam. Student Employment. Girl,Joan Knight,Student Employment,Boh Seward.Freshman Improvement, Girl,Judy Wright.Freshman Improvement, Boy, Donald Brown.Publications, Sarah Ooursey. Public Relations, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lester, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Carter, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Richter.W. Lynch, president of Texas Power Light Company, announced that TPL has agreed to dismiss a law suit in January* of 1962 against General Electric Company.Texas Power Light Company, along with other utilities in the United States, filedaction against the General Electric Company, claiming overcharges on purchases of heavy equipment as a result of violation of Federal antitrustlaws.General Electric Company in April made an offer to Texas Power Light Company to dispose of this litigation, and this offer has been accepted by* the Company. It results in adjustments aggregating approximately Si million, plusreimbursement of certain exthe litiga-Boy.penses relating to tion.The offer by General Electric is based on a formula arrivedat by that Company and applied equally to all companies who made purchases from General Electric. It is reported that about 90 per cent of the claims against General Electric have been disposed of in this man-Motorists UrgedTo Watch ForChildren At PlayThe Highway Patrol investigated 21 rural accident in Wiseduring the month ofApril according to Sergeant James Beggs, Patrol Supervisorof this area.* wTecks accounted for one person killed, nine persons injured and an estimated property damage of $15,740.00.The rural accident summary for Wise County from January through April of 1964 shows atotal of 86 crashes, resulting intwo persons killed. 39 persons injured and an estimated property damage of $58,182,00.School will soon be out and children will be popping out in all directions.. They will berunning from behindcars, trees or shrubs. Watch forchildren coasting down slopingdriveways and streets. Anotherdangerous spot is around bridges along highways where children may have been playing swimming, or fishing underneath the bridge.This means that motorists must be constantly on the alert at all times during the summer months for children popping out from unexpected places. Remember, children areunpredictable. The Sergeantstated, “Let every child be a living warning sign.’’Terrv Mara and her parents.a. - »“This price adjustment comes at a fortunate time,*’ said Mr. Lynch, “in view’ of the fact that the Company is planning toCharles Younz GettDczrec at Tech
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Decatur Wise County Messenger
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