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1988-89 New Endowed Scholarships are added
The 1988-89 school year has seen two substantial
-endowed scholarships added to the Scholarship Fund at
Panola College. The "Martha A. Miller Scholarship " and the
"Center music Study Club-Mrs. Willie Clifford Scholarship" are
the most recent fully endowed scholarships.
Martha A. Miller Scholarship
he Martha A. Miller Scholarship was established to
honor Martha Miller, teacher and administrator at Panola
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College from 1950 until her retirement in 1988. The scholarship
was endowed by family and friends of Miss Miller. The
scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving returning
Panola College student who has exhibited attributes of
qood character and scholarly achievement during the
freshman year. Selection of and public announcement
naming the recipient will be made each year during the
month of May.
Center Music Study Club—Mrs. Willie Clifford Scholarship
In 1988, the Center Music Study Club endowed a
scholarship to honor one of its long-term members, Mrs. Willie
Clifford. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a
student in Fine Arts who is a graduate of Center High School.
As Panola College Exes, you are encouraged to
support your college through gifts to the Scholarship Fund.
One of the nicest ways to honor a loved one or friend is
through a scholarship. Scholarships may be endowed for a
minimum of $5,000. Whenever a scholarship becomes
"endowed" the principal is never used and only the interest
is used each year to provide a scholarship in the recipient s
name. This ensures that the recipient's scholarship will be
awarded every year and that the recipient's name will be
remembered forever at Panola College. In addition to
honoring the recipient, the donor of the scholarship can also
be assured that he or she is also helping some worthy
student to attend Panola College. Wouldn't you like to honor
vour mother or father or your husband or wife or some other
friend or relative? Call Twink Ross at (214) 693-2044 for more
information about honoring that special person.
1960 s
Pike and Nancy Hudson Hooker live in Longview
where Pike is employed by Texas Eastman and Nancy is a
librarian for Pine Tree ISD. Pike and Nancy are parents of
Jeffrey and Jon.
1970 s
Greg Procell, a star Panola College basketball
player under Coach Larry Greene, lives in Shreveport.
Greg is an administrator for Huntington High School. £reg
was the highest scorer in the National High School Record
Book and he is also in the "Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame "
1980 s
Panola College is saddened at the death of one of
it's finest former students. Greg Weesner, from Tenaha and
an honor graduate of Panola College, was killed in a
plane crash in February, 1989. Greg was president of Phi
Theta Kappa and was truly a "scholar and a gentleman.
Our sympathy is extended to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mason Weesner, his fiancee, Sonya Thompson, and his
twin brother, Jeff Weesner.
NEWS ABOUT EXES!!
We want to know about jobs, job changes, families and
other significant events in the lives of former Panola
College students. This information will be used in this
section of the paper as well as to keep addresses
updated about Panola College exes. Please fill out
and return concerning former Panola College students--
Your parents, your relatives, and YOU!!
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DATE OF ATTENDANCE________________
"What's new with me...
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Panola College
1109 West Panola
Carthage, TX 75633
PC cheerleaders
earn No. 1 rating
New chapter organized
Local chemists get national affiliation
The Panola College
Cheerleaders have been
judged to be the No. 1 All-
Girls Squad in the nation by
the Universal Cheerleader
Association.
The Panola cheer-
leaders entered the UCA
College Cheerleading Na-
tional Championship recently
and brought home the top
honors. Over 200 squads en-
tered this year's champi-
onship. Videos were submit-
ted with each squad pre-
senting a cheer, a sideline
chant, a fight song and two
minutes of material showing
crowd appeal.
Members of the squad
are Karen Livingston, cap-
tain, Elysian Fields sopho-
more; Michelle Wolfe, co-
captain, Waskom sopho-
more; Laurie Nelson, Elysian
Fields sophomore; Cammy
Phillips, Carthage sopho-
more; Katreena Liedtke,
Timpson sophomore; Jen-
nifer Dilley, Hemphill sopho-
more; Dawn Hoverson, San
Augustine freshman; Wendy
Johnson, Joaquin freshman;
Shonda Jones and Stacie
Steptoe, both Carthage
freshman; and Beje Fort,
Jefferson freshman.
"The judges were very
complimentary of our
squad," said Brenda Allums,
cheerleader advisor. "They
ere very impressed with our
partner stunts-the calf-pop
chair, the basket toe touch
and the toe-touch to side
straddle."
Allums also said the
cheerleaders were judged
to have excellent communi-
cation and projection. In the
area of fundamental cheer-
leading skills, the squad
earned excellents in motions,
partner stunts, pyramids adn
climbing techniques.
In group technique,
they received excellents in
rhythm, pacing and synchro-
nization. The synchronization
in the fight song was judged
to be "very good."
In the area of crowd
appeal and overall effect,
the squad received an ex-
cellent in the area of difficulty.
"Your material is practi-
cal and shows crowd ap-
peal," the official critique
said.
In the open competi-
tion with the coed squads,
the Panola cheerleaders
were ranked in the Top 20.
Fort, Panola mascot,
Champion, was selected
eighteenth in the nation in the
UCA College Mascot
competition.
"This was quite an honor
since this is only the first year
there has been a mascot
program at Panola," Allums
said.
"Congratulations on
your fine squad," said Kris
Shepherd, vice president of
UCA. "Panola College
should be very proud to
have such an outstanding
group of people represent-
ing the college."
"I'm very proud of
these young ladies," Allums
said. "TheyVe worked ex-
tremely hard to achieve this
success. They've been very
supportive of the basketball
teams at Panola and of the
school as a whole. They are
some of the best goodwill
ambassadors the college
has had."
by Shona Meaux
Express Staff
Panola College's stu-
dent chemical chapter was
recently became a part of
the American Chemical
Society (ACS).
Chemistry is a wide-
ranged subject. According to
Carl Hedges, Panola
chemistry instructor, it is too di-
verse of a field for any per-
son to know everything it in-
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"It is basically impossi-
ble for anyone to have total
knowledge of chemistry," Mr.
Hedges said.
That is where the ACS
comes in handy for chemists
and students with an interest
in the field.
The ACS is an organiza-
tion comprised of chemists
who get together to share
new discoveries and to ex-
plore different approaches
and the latest methods of
dealing with chemistry.
"The student affiliate
chapters are organized to
entice students to get in-
volved in chemistry,' Mr.
Hedges said.
Until just a few years
ago, the members of a stu-
dent affiliate had to be a ju-
nior or senior on the college
level.
"With the influx of com-
munity colleges, the ACS ex-
panded its membership to
freshman and sophomore
students," said Mr. Hedges.
To be a member, stu-
dents must be majoring in
chemistry or a related field.
A degree in chemistry is
needed for those who want
to be a part of the main ACS
chapter.
Voting is the only right
not extended to the student
affiliates. Only members of
the main chapter are al-
lowed to vote.
Student members are
allowed to use all resources
and information from the so-
ciety they need.
This is the second year
the student affiliate has been
at Panola, but it got ac-
cepted in the ACS just this
year.
"We applied for our
charter a year ago," Mr.
Hedges said, "but because
of a paper shuffle our request
just got filled."
Officers of the Panola
chapter are Spence Math-
ews, president, Joaquin
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Mary Haynos and Spencer Matthews hold ACS charter
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sophomore; Mary Haynos,
vice president, Carthage
sophomore; Matt Reed,
secretary, Carthage fresh-
man; and David Yarberry,
treasurer, Tenaha fresh-
man.
Weesner Services
Are Conducted
Funeral services were
held for Greg Weesner, 23, of
Tenaha at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 26, at First Baptist Church
in Tenaha. The Rev. Charles
Williams and the Rev.
Raymond Guthrie officiated.
Weesner died Friday,
Feb. 17 after his plane was
declared missing while en-
route from Ruston to Monroe,
La."
A resident of Tenaha,
Weesner was born Oct. 14,
1965 in Carthage to Mason
and Reba Boyd Weesner.
After graduating from Tenaha
High School in 1984 and
Panola College in 1986, he
attended Nortneast Louisana
University.
In May of 1988, he gradu-
ated summa cum lauae with
a bachelor of science de-
gree in aviation as an flight
officer.
Weesner is survived by his
fiancee, Sonya Thompson of
Carthage; twin brother, Jeff
Weesner of Tenaha; sister,
Carol Weesner of Tenaha; his
parents. Mason and Reba
Weesner of Tenaha; paternal
grandmother, Vera Weesner
of Frankston; and numerous
aunts, uncles and other rela-
tives.
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William Sistrunk presents checks to Shanna Jones and Jo Ann Murphy
Students get nursing scholarships
Two students enrolled in
the Panola College Voca-
scholastic achievements,"
Dickerson said.
tional Nursing Program have
received scholarships from
the Panola General Hospital
Auxiliary.
veronica Dickerson, di-
rector of the nursing program
at Panola, said Shanna
Jones and Jo Ann Murphy
were chosen from five appli-
cants.
Jones is from DeBerry
and Murphy is from Center.
Both will graduate in August.
Dickerson said that the
PGH Auxiliary gives the
scholarships annually, but not
always to vocational nursing
students. The scholarships are
based on need and
scholastic ability.
"These are two de-
serving young women who
have maintained high
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American Chemical
Society
Can
Drive
Thank you!
Place aluminum cans
in yellow marked
containers around
v campus!
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The Pony Express (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 10, Ed. 1 Monday, March 13, 1989, newspaper, March 13, 1989; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591954/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panola College.