DAILY PRESS, Newport News, Monday, June 3, 1974 Area Deaths And Funerals Mrs. Owens Mrs. Martha Lee Johnson Owens, 54, 3 McKinley Drive, Newport News, died Sunday in Williamsburg Community Hospital after a long illness. An El Reno, Oklahoma native, she was formerly employed as a tax consultant and manager of the Newport News Office of Block. She attended the Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Henry Grady Owens; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Geraldine Popelas of Roscoe, two stepsons, Merle Owens of Oklahoma City and Billy Grady Owens of Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Brennan of Oklahoma City; a brother, George W. Johnson of El Reno, and nine stepgrandchildren. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m.
in the Jennell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert W. George, pastor of Denbigh Christian Church. A funeral service will also be held Wednesday in El Reno. Burial will be in El Reno Cemetery.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Jennell Funeral Home. Elwood Evans Elwood Evans, 54, 6380 Chestnut Hampton, died Saturday in McGuire Veterans Hospital after a long illness. A native of York County, he was employed by the Transfer Co. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Addie Walker of Hampton and Mrs. Christine Johnson of Tabb. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the W.J. Smith Son Funeral Home by the Rev.
Aubrey W. Donahue, pastor of Church of God of Prophecy. Burial with military rites in Providence United Methodist Church cemetery, Dare. The family will be at the home of his sister at 13 Mill Road, Tabb, and will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the W.J. Smith Son Funeral Home.
C. R. Foster GWYNN- Charles Russell Foster, 85, died Saturday in a local nursing home. He was a member of Gwynn's Island Baptist Church and served as a member of the Board of Deacons for many years. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.
Doris F. Loop and a son, Commander R. Otis Foster, USCG both of Gwynn; a sister, Mrs. William M. Beck of Norfolk; four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Gwynn's Island Baptist Church by the Rev. Julian T. Orrell, pastor. Burial will be in the Gwynn's Island Cemetery.
Mrs. A.V. Glass WILLIAMSBURG- -A funeral for Mrs. Agnes Carolyn Glass of Williamsburg, who died Saturday, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Garrison Funeral Home by the Rev.
Samuel P. Hart of Jamestown Presbyterian Church. Burial will be i in Williamsburg Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home. R.
A. Houston WEST POINT- Richard Andrew Houston, 58, formerly of West Point, died Saturday in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, after a long illness. Survivors include four brothers, L. R. Houston of West Point, E.
P. Houston of Mobile, S. J. Houston of Norfolk and L. G.
Houston of Savannah, Ga. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday DEATHS EVANS, Elwood, 54, 6380 Chestnut Hampton, died June 1, 1974 in McGuire Veterans Hospital. Survivors include two sisters. Funeral service at 2 p.m., June 4, 1974, Tuesday in W.
J. Smith and Son Funeral Home. Burial in Providence United Methodist Church cemetery, Dare. (W. J.
Smith Son Funeral Home in charge). OWENS, Mrs. Martha Lee Johnson 54, 3 McKinley Drive, Newport News, died June 2, 1974 in Williamsburg Community Hospital. Survivors include husband, stepdaughter, two stepsons, sister, brother, and nine stepgrandchildren. Funeral service June 4, 1974 at 11 a.m.
in Jennell Funeral Home. Burial in EI Reno Cemetery, El Reno, Okla. (Jennell Funeral Home in charge.) PORTER, Joseph, 76, 804 Taylor Newport News, died Friday, May 31, 1974, in Whittaker Memorial Hospital. Survivors include widow, stepson, brother. Funeral 3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6, 1974, St. John's Holiness Church. Burial Hampton Memorial Gardens. (Cooke Brothers Funeral Home in charge.) SAKER, Mrs. Ada 00, 114 Linbrook Drive, Newport News, died June 1, 1974 in Patrick Henry Hospital.
Survivors Include a daughter, two sons, two sisters, a five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Graveside service at 3 p.m. 3, 1974 in Forrest Lawn cemetery, Richmend. (Jennell Funeral Home in 1 charms Man, Is Killed Policeman Kills Golda Meir In Shootout United Press International "Nothing else to worry PERRY, S.C. (AP) A Golda Meir steps out of about, to wish for." Perry policeman and the prime ministership of Yet now there is another man were killed Israel into the pages of nagging worry whether the early Sunday in a shootout Jewish history.
Such is the disengagement agreements near this Aiken County town woman that she doesn't care she has negotiated with about 20 miles southwest of what the pundits will say. Egypt and now Syria are Columbia, police said. "I don't worry about what the first steps toward MidOfficer Tom Peeples of my place in history will be," die East peace or, as her the nearby Wagener Police she said in an interview a critics contend, apDepartment said policeman year ago. "I'm here for peasem*nt that will only en27, was more than 50 years. My courage the Arabs to more L.W.
Williamson, shot and killed when a children were born here, my war. motorist Williamson and a grandchildren were born A sleeves-up Zionist ideal fellow patrolman had been here. brought Golda Meir to what chasing opened fire. "I have two generations was then Palestine in 1921 Peeples said the other of- here and we've seen and carried her through ficer, Tommy Williams, something happen, con- those first tasks in the about 25, returned the fire tributed a little bit to it. My orange groves to 63 months and fatally wounded the children, my grand- of leading the nation as children also did a little through some of its most motorist, identified March Lightsey, about 66.
bit. trying moments and, finally, The shooting occurred shortly before 3 a.m. The two officers had tried to stop a car driving in a reckless manner when the chase began. Williams was quoted as saying the car turned into a yard, after which the shooting began. Peeples said Williams radioed for help and when he arrived both Williamson and Lightsey were dead.
Williamson is the second South Carolina law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty in the past three days. Highway patrolman Ben Strickland was shot and killed early Friday after he had stopped a car near Columbia. Randolph-Macon Speaker Scott Praises System ASHLAND, Va. (UPI) Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania said Sunday the impeachment proceedings against President Nixon will "ensure the innocence of the innocent and find the guilt of the guilty." Scott, in a speech to graduates at RandolphMacon College, said students would be justified in placing their faith in America. He said the country is strong enough to stand the functioning of its own constitution.
Steps Into Pages Of History DEATH NOTICES BRITT, Herman BROWN, James BRYANT, Mrs. CRUMP, Mrs. EVANS, Elwood FOSTER, C.R. GLASS, Mrs. A.V.
HOUSTON, R.A. JARVIS, Baird MUELLER, Charles OWENS, Mrs. PORTER, Joseph WAGNER, L.J. WALKER, Maj. Lela in Sunny Slope Cemetery, West Point.
Vincent Funeral Home, West Point, is in charge. L. J. Wagner Leonard James Wagner, 78, of Chesapeake, father of Leonard A. Wagner of Newport News, died Sunday in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, after a long illness.
A retired Coast Guard warrant officer, he attended Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Other survivors include his widow, Mrs. Edna Archer Wagner; a sister, Mrs. Sophie Branigan of Baltimore; a brother, Jim Zaworski of Baltimore; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday in Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, with military honors. Snellings Funeral Home, Portsmouth, is in charge. Charles Mueller WILLIAMSBURG-! -A funeral for Charles Mueller of Lee Hall, who R. died Wednesday, will be held at 2.
p.m. today in Bucktrout Funeral Service Chapel, Williamsburg. Burial will be in Hampton National Cemetery. Maj. Lela Walker WILLIAMSBURG -A funeral for Maj.
Lela A. Walker of Newport News, who died Tuesday, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today in the Memorial Chapel, Ft. Eustis. Burial, with military honors, will be in Peninsula Memorial Park.
Mrs. Crump A funeral service for Mrs. Morine W. Crump, 60, 32 South Moores Lane, Newport News, who died Friday, will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, by the Rev.
John Jefcoat. Burial will be in Peninsula Memorial Park. Herman Britt WILLIAMSBURG- -A funeral service for Herman L. Britt of Williamsburg, who died Friday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Garrison Funeral Home, Williamsburg, by the Rev.
Jerry Haywood. Burial will be in Mill Swamp Baptist Church cemetery, Ivor. Baird Jarvis A funeral service for Baird M. Jarvis, 66, 130 Hollywood Hampton, who died Saturday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Peninsula Funeral Home by the Rev.
William G. Braziel. Burial will be in Peninsula Memorial Park. Mrs. Bryant PORT -A funeral service for Mrs.
Daisy Mae Bryant, 68, of Port Haywood, who died Friday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today. in FosterFaulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, by the Rev. E. A.
Lockwood. Burial will be in St. Paul Annex Cemetery, Susan. James Brown MATHEWS- -A graveside service for James Henry Brown, 53, of Mathews, who died Saturday, will be conducted. at 4 p.m.
today i in Green Cemetery, Mathews, by the Rev. William E. Hindman. The cortege will leave Foster -Faulkner Funeral Home at 3:30 p.m. Joseph Porter Joseph Porter, 76, 804 Taylor Newport News, died Friday in Whittaker Memorial Hospital following a long illness.
He was a native of Murfreesboro, N.C. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruby L. Porter; his stepson, Willie Davis of New York City and his brother, Percell Porter of Murfreesboro. A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m.
Tuesday in St. John's Holiness Church, 4200 Roanoke by Elder Samuel Barrett. Burial will be in Hampton Memorial Gardens. Cooke Brothers Funeral Home is in charge. to the verge of peace.
It led to a steady diet of a cigarettes (three packs a day) and coffee (a dozen cups), with aides always standing by with a chocolate bar for quick energy. The late Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion once called her "the only man in my cabinet" but she had a contagious smile and twinkling eyes that bespoke femininity. She rarely wore makeup and kept her hair always in a bun. She never seemed to tire. At once she was a tough taskmaster and a woman of heart.
She put in 20-hour days but would shoo exhausted male colleagues Adding a little color to William and Mary graduation ceremonies was Ann Riffin of Upper Montclair, N.J., who added a flower to traditional cap. Area Residents Graduate From WILLIAMSBURG More than 280 Peninsula area residents were among some 1,000 students receiving degrees in Sunday's commencement exercises at the College of William and Mary. The graduates are listed according to their hometowns and with names followed by the degrees received. Newport News Sandra Nicol Brown, Linda Louise Bryant, Steven Lee Budman, Lillie Marie Mason Casson, Jane Cofer, Carper, Frances, Anne Barbara Lynn Cole, Barbara Creech, Ellen Busick Crews, Catherine Ann Cullen, Patricia McGee Dunham, Marcia Ann Gilbert, Steven Ross Graham, Privedarshi Jetli Louise Peterson, Suzanne E. Powell, Samuel Fontaine Royall III, Nancy Dawne Samuelson and Lucy Ann Taylor, Bachelors of Arts.
Patricia Diana Hand and Armando Hipolito Jusino, Bachelors of Science; Gary James Corbin and Linda Dianne McGraw, Bachelors of Business Administration; Richard Chisholm Kerns, Master of Arts; Benjamin Patrick Pisciotta, Ronald Simmons, Jacqueline Smith Stone and Barbara Victor, Masters of Science; Mary Wingate Armstrong and Sharon Pursifull Bruce, Masters of Arts in Education. Robert Dean Allen, Nanthaniel Blaine Ballantyne, Joseph V. Buonassissi, Gloria Jean Valko co*ker, Laurel Ann McCarthy Collins, William Henry Gutches, Pastor or Lugo- Velez, Duane Michael Mahony, Richard L. Mills, Carl John Morris, Carol Thomas Pritchard, Barbara Northup Strickler, Roger Wayne Tomlinson, Mary Lou Walden Wagner, Wesley Campbell Wilson and Lynn Cary Smith Zehmer, Masters of Education. Rodney La Rue Armstrong Schuyler W.
Bristow Jules Harvey Colker, Gordon Lewellyn Gentry Jan Hagers, John Kevin Molloy, Kathleen Conley Quinn, Donald Douglas Reichenbach, Gene J. Sternfield and Walter Fetters Wall, Masters of Business Administration; Joseph Jerome Miller, Master of home to bed. Her days as prime minister were full of the agony and ecstasy of Israel. She could weep in sorrow for the victims of war and in joy for arriving Soviet Jews so dear to her heart. For she was born Golda Mabovitch on May 3, 1898, in the Jewish ghetto of Kiev.
AntiSemitic marauders there forced the family to flee and they settled in Milwaukee, where she grew up in the back of a grocery store and taught school. She brought her husband, Morris Meyerson, to the Holy Land with as he explained it later, "I came to Palestine for one reason only. To be with Goldie. But she was never there." They had a son and a daughter before they separated. Her life became Israel and the children.
The little old lady with the stooped shoulders, big head and craggy face pictured herself as someone who only obeyed orders and accepted the decisions of her Labor party. And SO it was that following the October war she acceded to the party's demand that she stay on as prime minister despite the public outcry about Israel's unpreparedness for the war. negotiated the settlement with Egypt. But it was too much. The party and country' were in disarray and, declaring "'I've had enough," she announced her retirement on April 11; ageeing to stay on at the head of a caretaker government that would bargain too with Syria.
Once more she mustered the strength and it was done. But it left her drained. She said she was happy it was over, happy that she could say goodbye with an agreement designed to lead to peace i in the Middle East. It is her dream. a Clothing Workers To Strike Today By the Associated Press Some 3,000 clothing workers in Virginia are expected to be off the job today in a strike against manufacturers of boys' and men's clothes.
They are members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, which called a strike Saturday against some 700 manufacturers after negotiations broke down in New York. The strike, the first industrywide action of its kind, is expected to affect clothing manufacturing operations in at least three Virginia cities: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Staunton. Michael Natale, vice Cut Fat Pressure WASHINGTON Research conducted at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington shows that blood pressure can be lowered by reducing the level of fat in an otherwise normal diet. GRAFTON Edward William Bowe, Bachelor of Business Administration; Leslie G. Rice, Master of Education; Joseph Henry Certificate of Advanced Study in Education.
HAYES Pamela Arehart Donner and Leonard Preston Higgins, Bachelors of Arts; Willard Louis Wiard, Master of Education. LACKEY Edward L. Chambers Doctor of Jurisprudence. LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE William Joseph Koziar, Bachelor of Arts; Daniel J. Master of Education.
LEE HALL Dorrit Waldeland Edwards, Master of Arts in Education. MATHEWS Elsa Vanness Cooke, Bachelor ofArts. NORGE Elizabeth L. Hailey, Bachelor of Science; James Brady Murray Doctor of Jurisprudence. POQUOSON Beverly Anne Brooks Phillips, Master of Arts in Education, PROVIDENCE FORGE Charles Linwood Gregory, Doctor of Jurisprudence.
SEAFORD Charles Lodewick Menges, Bachelor of Arts. TABB Richard Ernest Jones Bachelor of Business Administration. TOANO Kenneth Alan Milliard, Doctor of Jurisprudence. YORKTOWN Gunnel Ehrnford-Rinaldi, Bachelor of Arts; Joan S. Byrne, Master of Arts in Education; Margaret Anne Patten Bland and Mervis S.
Matney, Masters of Education; Timothy Trace Duffy and Clinton Leslie Hubbard, Doctors of Jurisprudence. Blood is human living tissue composed of cellular retements suspended in a watery fluid called plasma. president for quality control at Friedman Marks Clothing Co. in. Richmond, said Sunday night more than 1,000 workers at the Richmond operation would be affected by the walkout.
Natale said the scheduled production of fall clothing at the Richmond plant would be set back as long as employes stay off the jobs. He declined comment, however, on the issues between management and labor that precipitated the strike. Company officials said a more detailed statement on the strike would be issued in Richmond today. Meanwhile, William Binford, president of the Richmond union local, said there are about 1,000 members employed at the Friedman Marks Clothing Co. in Richmond and another 2,000 or so in Fredericksburg and Staunton.
Binford said picket lines would be set up at the Virginia plants early Monday morning. Union officials in New York said the workers are victims of soaring inflation and low wages. Rank and file employes average $3.50 an hour, the union said. The strike, over higher wages, a -living clause and fringe benefits in a new contract, comes in the midst of manufacturing fall clothing. No new talks have been scheduled between the union and the Clothing Manufacturers Association, which represents management.
Law and Taxation; Daniel R. Colins and Richard Allan Kellogg, Doctors of Education. Mason Lawrence Burnet- te, Susan French Cornelius, Stephen David Halliday, David Ray Johnson, Gerald J. Kirkpatrick, Raymond Bruce Long, Carole Ann Masters and Stephen Mark Smith, Doctors of Jurisprudence; Kathryn Jane Hall, Certificate of Advanced Study in Education. Hampton Deborah Lee Smith Barber, Charlotte Eleanor Bristow, Maria' Gordon Charles, Michele Maria Garvin, Claudia Anne Hale, Janet Marie Hoover, Elizabeth McCardle, Karen Stuart Patterson, Dessie Pauline Paul, Denise Louise Sorrell and Jesse E.
Todd Bachelors of Arts; Hugh Dorsey Alco*ck Neil Thomas Bockoven, Mildred Fern Kolb, Robert Ralph Snead and Berkley Bryce Thornton Bachelors of Science; William Preston Carmines and Patricia Maureen Ryan, Bachelors of Business Administration. Harold Leslie Crane Master of Science; Edward Kirkwood Godsey Master of Arts in Education; Carolyn Irene Allen Cooper, Richard Baldwin Griffin Patricia Ann Miller Hodges, John Vernon Quinn, Vernon F. Reed, Muriel Christine Schumacher and Michael W. Sprague, Masters of Education; William Waybern Baker, John Francis Baran, C. Cooper Bell III, Davis W.
Martin Jr. and Paul Stuart Williams, Master of Business Administration; Shlomo D. Levine, Doctor of Education; Paul Scott Hutton and Robert Elliott Lons. Doctors of Jurisprudence; Raymond Fletcher Gray, Certificate of Advanced Study in Education. WILLIAMSBURG Larry Wayne Alphin, Elizabeth Beckhouse, Deborah Louise Bennett, Penelope Lynn Beran, Robert Kim Bush, Elizabeth Walker Copeland, Daniel E.
Cox, Sherry Todd Crane, Marie Thickstun Curtis, Philip Elmassian, Kristen Reynolds Flather, Mary Ellen French, Robert G. S. Gilka, Georgiana L. Harmata, Karla Ann Hoffman, Danny Carl Holt, Linda Coates Jones, Lisa Patton Liberati, Roderick P. Macgillivray, Hope Cecile Mauzerall, Lynn Elaine Mercer, Frank Thomas Moniz, Patrick Joseph O'Hara, Kathryn McMullan Parkhill, Gary Stephenson Peet, Douglas Frederick Pinter, John David Richerson, Julie Soderstrom Roberts, Gary C.
Robertson, Ronald Savage, Cathy Virginia Schlenz, Gary Lloyd Shelly, Linda Ann Theis, Jaye Christopher Urgo, Glenn Close Wade, Geoffrey Carl Warner, Judith Haag White and Carol Ann Williams, Bachelors of Arts. John Thomas Barton Mary Hyde Berg, Robert Edmond Bishop, Alexis Mills Clark, David Robert Hoffman, David Alan Johnson, Herman H. Munsterman, Daniel Middleton Oliver and Kaethe Kemp Post, Bachelors of Science; Thomas Odber Farrell. Janice Magary, Gregory M. Miller and Richard Saxon Birdsong, Bachelors of Business Administration.
Alan Neil Canton, Stephen Richard Keller and Norma Sue Tester Wilson, Masters of Arts; Allan Thomson Kirkpatrick and Ronald David Taylor, Masters of Science; Rebecca L. Boone, Linda Snyder Henderson and Esther R. Holland, Masters of Arts in Education; Norman Brown, Jane O'Hara Carter, Sharon Marie Caughan, Barbara Sue Cridlin Cruz, Robert Lawrence Donnellan, Nancy Webster Dutro, Richard Daniel Glancy and Pamela Stergios, Masters of Education; James Hickman Barnes, Richard Halstead Cooper Ignacio Torres Cruz, Richard Francis Demong Marshal Rand Gimpel, Robert Alan Henderson, Merle William Marxen, Robert E. Mathe Frank V. Moore, Gary Malick Pfeiffer and Peter Thomas Pohorence, Masters of Business Administration; Charles Leroy Beale and Robert John Beebe, Doctors of Education.
Timothy Newell Atherton, John Lumley Bagwell, Allen A. Barna, Eugene P. Belardi, David Evan Bishop, Richard Brown, Jack Edward Call, George Wendal Campbell William Joseph Carter, Paul Edward Clifford, Glen Edward Conrad, Curtis M. Coward, Timothy Andrew Covie. Barrv Dembo, Lawrence Denison Diehl, Dinah Walsh Eithelman, Randolph Davis Eley Carl Phillips Ferguson, Martin Fruitman, Richard Paul Hackman, Robert Barry Halkowich, William Delano Hamblen, Leslie Ada Hoffman, Edward Lewis Hubbard, Mary Ross Schmiedel Hutton, Stoddard Donelson Jones, David Jerald Karp, W.
Thomas Knowles, James Windfield Lewis, Robert E. Little Nancy Kay Lupo, William Lee Matson, John Carroll McDougal, Stephen Edward Mogregor, William Frederick Miller, John N. Miri, Kent R. Nilsson, William Ryland O'Brien, William E. O'Connell Phillip Dandrige Paschall, William Glenn Petty, Russell Anthony Pitts, Anita Owings Poston, Charles Evans Poston, Stanley Walter Preston Lewis Burwell Puller Julian Hines Raney Robert Francis Schultz Starr Jan Sinton, James Harrell Smith, William Lewis Stauffer Robert Lee Summers Kenneth Hammond Taylor, David Randolph Thompson, Anthony P.
Tokarz, Raymond George Tyburski Raymond Nicholas Villarosa, Sue Williams Villarosa, Daniel Alton Ward, George Lawrence Wells, Joseph Sandkuhler Welty and Gerald Martin West, Doctors of Jurisprudence. Shelby Glass Dodd and Richard Stephenson Sternberg, certificates of advanced Study in Education; Richard Knight Hester and Bradley Lee Roberts, Doctors of Philosophy. CHARLES CITY James Thomason Alves, Master of Education. FORT EUSTIS Robert Edward Jones, Bobby J. Maynard and Joseph P.
Vetrano, Masters of Education. GLOUCESTER Joseph Thomas De Alteria, Master of Arts; Martha Stebbins Fratkin and Michael Edward Fratkin, Masters of Education. GLOUCESTER POINT Beverly Lee Laird, Bachelor of Arts; Frances Luckett Musick, Master of Arts; John D. Boon III, Doctor of Philosophy. Susan Phelps Grace Coppola Two Area Women To Be Graduated Two Peninsula young Phelps, daughter of Judge women are among graduates and Mrs.
W. Robert Phelps of St. Catherine's School in 122 Archer Road, at today's com- Newport News, was a twomencement exercises. year student. Miss Susan Randolph Miss Grace Coppola, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. A. R. Coppola, Rt. 4 (Ship Point The $71 million Harry Road), Box 162, Grafton, was Truman Sports.
Complex in a four-year student. Kansas City is the site of the Miss Phelps held the senior world's only side-by-side office of Arcadian and was on baseball and football sta- the Energy Nine committee dium. The American League during her senior year. Royals play in the Miss Coppola held the seat Royals Stadium and the senior office of cochairman of Arrowhead Sta- the Altar Guild and was a dium is home to the Chiefs, member of the soccer team former Super Bowl champs. as a senior.
Loans Available For City Students By HALVER GETCHELL Education Reporter Newport News high school seniors planning to enter college next fall who may be a little short of funds may be eligible for a loan from the R. O. Nelson Scholarship Loan Fund maintained by the Newport News PTA Council. Deadline for submitting applications for a loan of up to $500 is this week. The loan fund committee will meet Monday to screen applications.
Two loans are to be made this year. The loan fund was established in memory of the late Robert 0. Nelson, former school superintendent for Newport News. Funds are provided by PTA units throughout the city. Applications are available at guidance offices of high schools.
This is the second year that the scholarship is awarded on -a loan basis. During the first years of its existence it was a grant, which required no repayment. To maintain the scholarship on a continuing basis, the PTA Council revised the rules last year to make it a repayable loan. One-fourth of the loan is to be repaid during the first year after termination (graduation or droping out) of higher education. Five years is allowed for repaying the loan in full.
Selected applicants and parents or guardians will be interviewed by the loan committee. If it is approved, a check will be sent directly to the school where the student has been approved for enrollment. Parents or guardians are required to sign a legal note obligating them to repayment of the loan. Applicants must be graduates of Newport News high schools. Recipients will be selected on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.
Also, they must be accepted by an accredited school, including technical schools and out-ofstate schools. First consideration for loans will be given to entering freshmen but applications will be considered from those in the under classes 0.
