Transylvania Seniors
ifihalist, National
Scholarship Program
i
(Continued Prom Pace One)
or not only to themselves,
but also to their families,
their teachers, and their com
munities. The future success
of these young people will,
however, depend upon their
ability to become productive
at the high intellectual levels
that they are capable of at
taining.”
Semifinalists must advance
to Finalist standing to be con
sidered for the Merit Scho
larships to be awarded next
spring. Scmifinali'ts become
Finalists by receiving the en
dorsement of their schools, sub
stantiating their high NMSQT
performance on a second ex
amination, and providing in
formation about their achieve
ments and interests.
About. 96 percent of the
Semifinallsts are expected to
become Finalists and each
will be considered for one of
the 1,04)0 National Merit
SI000 Scholarships which are
allocated by state. Many will
also be considered for the
renewable four-year Merit
Scholarships provided by
some 500 corporations, foun
dations, colleges, unions,
trusts, professional associa
tions, other organisations,
and individuals. Each Final
ist will receive a Certificate
of Merit In recognition of his
outstanding performance in
the program.
Winners of four-year Merit
Scholarships may receive up to
$1,500 a year for four college
years, depending on their in
dividual need. Winners of the
National Merit $1000 Scholar
ships will receive their non
renewable one-time awards up
on enrollment as full - time
students in accredited U. S.
colleges or universities.
High school grades, ac
complishments, leadership
qualities, and extracurricular
activities of the Finalists are
evaluated, along with—test
scores, In selecting MtWt
Scholarship winners.
NMSC identifies the Semi
finalists to all regionally ac
credited colleges and univer
sities and to certain scholar
ship • granting agencies and
other sources of financial aid.
Studies in former years have
shown that about half of the
Semifinalists received finan
cial aid from sources other
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Will Bury Mrs.
Barnes Thursday
Mrs. Alice Alaska Barrille
Barnes, age 61, a former resi
dent of Sherwood Forest, died
unexpectedly at her home at
Tiara Apartments in Asheville
on September 17th.
Surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. Richard Ballantine and
Mrs. Henry David of Lewiston,
Idaho, and Mrs. John Costello
of Sunnyside, Washington.
Graveside services will be
held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at
Pisgah Gardens.
Rev. Phillip L. Thomas, Jr.,
of St. Philip’s Episcopal church
will officiate.
than the Merit Program.
Names of the winners in the
1971-72 Merit Scholarship Pro
gram will be announced in the
spring of 1972. Some 28,000
students have received Merit
Scholarships in the sixteen an
nual programs to date. About
$81 million in financial assis
tance to Merit Scholars and
their colleges has been expand
ed or committed through the
Merit Program.
Fifty-four labor union com
mittees recorded expenditures
in excess of $5.2 million for the
1970 national political cam
paigns. This exceeded the
amounts reported spent by the
Democratic committees, as well
as by business, agricultural and
other groups.
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England's Lord Caradon To
Speak On College Program
(Continued from Page One)
dent of Brevard College, said
he and Lord Caradon had be
come acquainted while he was
serving as British Ambassador
to the United Nations and they
spent quite a bit of time to
gether during a visit to Nash
ville during the spring of 1968
when Caradon was giving lec
tures to the university commun
ity of Nashville. Continuing, Dr.
Davis said, “I hope our good
friends in the Brevard com
munityv as well as in the Ashe
ville and Hendersonville areas,
wrll take advantage of the oo
portunitv to hear this world
statesman”.
Lord Caradon was created
a Life Peer on his appoint
ments to ♦.hose posts and
chose the title Lord Caradon
of St. ( Ver in the County of
Cornwall. As Sir Hugh Foot,
he had previously served as
permanent United Kingdom
representative on the U. N.
Trusteeship Council with the
personal rink of Ambassa
dor. He had alro represented
the U. K. on the Fourth Com
mittee of the General As
sembly and acted as principal
adviser in t.he British Mission
to the U. N. on matters con
cerning relations with newly
independent nations. In 1963
he was appointed Consultant
to the U. N. Special Fund
with responsibility for deal
ing with governments of new
countries particularly in Afri
ca, about economic develop
ment.
He comes of a notable West
Country family. He is the sec
ond son of the late Rt. Hon.
Isaac Foot, a former Liberal
M. P. and a Minister in the
Government in the early 1930’s.
Two of his brothers, Sir Dingle
Foot and Mr. Michael Foot,
have been members of Parlia
ment, the former having served
as Solicitor-General from 1964
to 1967. Another brother, John,
was made a Life Peer in No
vember, 1967.
Hugh Mackintosh Foot was
born in Plymouth on October
8, 1907 and educated at the
Quaker School at. Reading,
Leighton Park School and at
St. John’s College, Cam
bridge, where he was Presi
dent of the Union and a mem
ber of its debating team
which visited American uni
versities.
On leaving Cambridge, Lord
Caradon entered the Colonial
Service and was posted to Pales
tine as an Administrative Offi
cer. In 1943 he went to Cyprus
as Colonial Secretary and then
Governor. He served two years
as Colonial Secretary in Ja
maica and four years as Chief
Secretary in Nigeria, in both
countries acting as Governor.
From 1951 to 1957 he was Gov
error-in-Chief in Jamaica and
guided the constitutional de
velopments leading up to in
ternal self-government. In Ni
geria as Chief Secretary he
played a major part in the prep
aration of the first Federal con
stitution.
Lord Caradon is married to
Florence Sylvia Tod and they
have three sons and a daugh
ter. Lord Caradon is author
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First-Citizens Bank Names
Local Board Of Directors
(Continned From Pace One)
Asheville.
Mr. Melton is president of
the Robert W. Melton Company
in Brevard. In hi* community
he has served as president of
the Chamber of Commerce, re
ceived the Jaycee Outstanding
Young Man Award is a member
of the Transylvania County
Hospital Advisory Board and is
a trustee and former chairman
of the official board at the
First Methodist Church. The
Rutherfordton native is a grad
of a book, “Emergency Exit.”
about Cyprus; Lord Caradon
published an account of bis
experiences in the Colonial
Service and at the United
Nations in his book, “A Start
in Freedom”.
Lord Caradon was made an
honorary Fellow of St. John’s
College, Cambridge in 1950 and
an honorary Doctor of Law3 of
Princeton University in 1965.
Lord Caradon, who has
been associated with the
United Nations for the past
decade as Representative of
the United Kingdom Govern
ment, is now a member of
the United Nations Boards
dealing with economic de
velopment and population
questions. He travels widely
on United' Nations assign
ments and during 1971 made
trips to the Middle East and
during the summer of 1971
to Africa, visiting Ethiopia,
Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria,
Ghana and Morocco.
uate of Duke University.
Mr. Mitchell is president of
Mitchell - Bissell Industries.
The New Jersey native and
long time Tar Heel resident
serves on the board of the
Childrens Home Society of
North Carolina and the Tran
sylvania Junior Achievement
At St. Philip’s Episcopal
Church, he is a vestryman and
past junior warden.
Mr. Patterson is president
and owner of Pat’s Shoe Mart
& Junior Shoe World in Bre
vard. He is a past Exalter Rul
er of the Elki, chaired both
the March of Dimes and Heart
Fund Campaien and is a mem
ber of the VFW and American
Legion. A Hendersonville na
tive, he is a graduate of Georgia
Military Academy and attended
the University of North Caro
lina.
Mr. Perkins is owner of Per
kins Oil Company. In Brevard,
he is a former president of the
Rotary club, is active in the
Elks, VFW and American Le
gion. At the Brevard - Davidson
River Presbyterian Church, he
is a former deacon. Mr. Per
kins is a Lenoir native and a
graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege.
Mr. Pickelsimer is vice pres
ident and general manager
of Citizens Telephone Company.
The Brevard native and resi
dent is a former director and
president of the Chamber of
Commerce, served as president
of the Rotary club and is a
vice president and director of
the North Carolina Telephone
Association. He is a member
of the First Baptist Church. ** '
Mr. Siniard is a partner te>
Siniard Brothers. In his home-'
town, he is a member of the
Board of County Commissioners
and also serves on the board of
the Library, Social Services and
the Chamber of Commerce. At
St Timothy Methodist Church
he is chairman of the adminis
trative board.
Mr. Smart is an attorney in
the firm of Ramsey, Hill, Smart
& Ramsey. He is a past presi
dent of the Brevard Rotary and
the Jaycees, received the Out
standing Young Man Award and
is a former national director of
the Jaycees. The Lenoir Rhyne
graduate and UNC Law School
graduate is a deason at the
First Baptist Church.
A native of Brevard, Mr. Bag
well is owner of Bagwell Con
struction Company, president
of French Broad Investment
Company and a partner in the
Imperial Motel Associated with
Olin, prior to becoming, a pri
vate building contractor in
1955. Mr. Bagwell is a navy vet
eran, a member of the Western
North Carolina Home Builders,
the Brevard Housing Authori
ty, an Elk and a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. He
participates in activities of the
Fir«t Baptist Church of Bre
vard.
Mr. Burgess is assistant vice
president and resident manag
er of First - Citizens Bank &
Trust Company’s Brevard Of
fice. __
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