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Raeford woman top grad at PSU Two women Mudents-a 22-year ol<| from Orrum and a 33-year>-old frqm Raeford-were the top (wo undergraduates of Pembroke State University receiving degrees when 351 undergraduate students and SI graduate students marched proud ly Zdown the aisle at commence mdnt. The graduation was held in Ihd PSU Performing Arts Center. Both Laura Britt of Orrum and Mgry Blankenship Eanes of Rarford finished with perfect 4.0 grade point averages and graduated summa cum laude. Miss Britt majored in business ad ministration with a concentration in accounting, while Mrs. Eanes majored jn English education and communicative arts. Mrs. Eanes, the mother of two daughters ages 12 and 9, will have a proud husband in Frederick C. Eanes. He and his wife Mary were married right after high school. She worked whil^ he finished col lege at Virginia Tech, and now she is completing her college educa tion. Both Miss Britt and Mrs. Eanes commuted to PSU in pursuing their degrees, Miss Britt driving 30 miles daily from Orrum and Mrs. Eanes driving 40 miles daily from Raeford while also having the responsibilities of a mother and housewife. Both had excellent records in high school. Miss Britt was valedictorian of her graduating class at Fairmont High Point in 1980, chief marshal and a member of the Beta Club. At PSU, among Miss Brill's honors is being a member of Alpha Chi, l he highest scholastic organization on campus. Mrs. Eancs, who substitute taught even before attending PSU and is now fulfilling her childhood ambition to be a full-time teacher, was a member of the National Honor Society at George Washington High School in Dan ville, Virginia, from which she graduated in 1969. Her many honors at PSU have included being a member of "Who's Who in American Colleges and Univer sities," PSU's outstanding Com municative Arts graduate of this year, chief marshal in 1983-84, and assistant editor of "The In dianhead," campus yearbook, in 1983-84. Nine local residents among PSU grads A total of 351 students received their bachelor degrees from Pem broke State University May 12. Of these, 249 received Bachelor of Science degrees, 92 earned Bachelor of Arts degrees, and 10 earned Bachelor of Science in Ap plied Science degrees at the 44th annual commencement. Forty-eight others received their Master of Arts in Education. Largest number of graduates majored in Business Administra tion: 83. Next largest were Elemen tary Education 37, Sociology 36, Physical Education 25, Social Work 23, Biology 22, and History 21. A total of 21 fields of study were represented. The remainder of the breakdown shows:~ math 16, psychology 15, special education 12, political science 10, computer science 10, communicative arts 10, chemistry 7, English education 6, music 5, philosophy and religion 5, art 4, economics 2, reading 1, business education 1. A total of 70 cities in North Carolina were represented in the graduating class. There were graduates from 5 cities in other states. The most graduates came from Lumberton with 69 in number. Other leaders were Fayetteville 47, Pembroke 26, Laurinburg 14, Maxton 14, Fairmont 13, Red Springs 11, Hope Mills 11, Rock ingham 11, Raeford 9, Hamlet 8, Rowland 8, Bladenboro 7, and Tabor City 6. The graduates and majors are: ?Carolyn Ashley, elementary education (K-3); Cynthia Jane Averitt, business administration; Robert Vance Gibson, business ad ministration; Kimberly Adell Har din, social work; Marian Salutz Roth, business administration; Cheryl Ann Walters, business ad ministration. All are from Raeford and all received Bachelor of Science degrees. ?Mary Burnett, history; Mary Blankenship Eanes, English educa tion; Laura Chavis Price, English. All are from Raeford and all received Bachelor of Arts degrees. New lawyer Linda Kaye Teal, daughter of Mrs. Clyde W. Teal and the late Clyde W. Teal of North Jackson Street, received her degreejg law from the Univer sity of ,\orth Carolina on May 13 in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel HiU. Miss Teal will go into the Law firm of A kins, Mann, Pike, Mercer Associate in Raleigh in September. Schaefer gets A A Campbell University graduated 576 students on May 7. Gary Stephen Schaefer of Raeford received an associates degree during the ceremony. Top grads at PSU Laura Britt (left) of Orrum and Mary Eanes of Raeford (right) take a break on the campus of Pembroke State University prior to graduation. Both women graduated number one in their class at the school. Purcell among grads at Winston-Salem St. Nearly 300 seniors, including one from Hoke Couniy, received bachelor's degrees during com mencement exercises at Winston Salem State University in Winston Salem May 20. Noted author/poet/entertainer Maya Angelou delivered the keynote address. Ms. Angelou was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Let ters Degree for outstanding con tributions to literature and enter tainment. James Gordon Hanes, Jr., local patron of the arts and retired businessman, also received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Let ters Degree for his contributions to the fine arts and to Winston-Salem State University. A third Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree was awarded to Dr. James Ralph Scales, president emeritus of Wake Forest University, for his contribu tions to education. Jacqueline R. Purcell of Raeford was among the graduates. She received a degree in Business Administration. Receives degree Gwendolyn Deloris Mc In tyre received an associates degree from h'ayetteville Technical College in Applied Science for studies in Paralegal Technology during ceremonies held May 28 at the Cumber land County Memorial Auditorium. Gwendolyn is a 1975 graduate of Hoke High Schiml and tjte daughter of Ophelia Mclntyre of Raeford and the late Harold Mclntyre. Bratcher-Porter receives degree in public nursing Shelvy Jean Bratcher-Porter of Raeford received an MSN degree during Commencement April 13 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ? She is one of a number of students graduating from the School of Public Health's pro gram. Undergraduate degrees are of fered in five departments: biosta tistics, nutrition, health education, health policy and administration and environmental sciences and engineering. Graduate degrees are conferred from biostatistics, environmental sciences and engineering, epidemiology, health education, health policy and administration, nutrition, maternal and child health, public health nursing, and parasitology and laboratory prac tice. Bratcher-Porter studied Public Health Nursing. Following graduation, she will join her newly married husband in Dallas, Texas and await career and employment opportunity offerings from the four universities and two Long Term Care agencies where she has interviewed already. Shelvy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Bratcher of Tylertown Loop, Raeford, and is married to Daryl G. Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Buyck of Detroit, Michigan. Four Hoke students receive UNC honors These students from Hoke County are among degree can didates for 1984 spring graduation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Ann Michelle Glover, A.B. Educ., ^Allison Lee Poole, B.S. Ad. Ju., Mary Catherine Sappenfield, B.S. I.R. and Linda Kaye Teal, J.D., all of Raeford. CONGRATULATIONS! ^CCLASSof84 ?TAe Sftttofc SPlcfi ?Tiie ^^cultux/e^ GRADUATION SPECIAL TWO SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM for the PRICE of ONE Celebrate Today and Each Day Through Friday Enjoy Delicious Ice Cream at The Buck Stop Across from Hoko High School Congratulations on your fine achievements. We wish for jeach of you continuing success. 28 OLD FASH10I FLAVORS ;I?v The Buck stop 401 ASS/HARRIS AVE. I I GoH&urflilcdiOMA, QiuutuxdeA, IVe? Salute, If oust, Achievements, And- WuU One, /hut All Continued' Succell> Sovii^s&Loan Association Av?. N.C. '*..V ?!,'$.
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