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THE SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL

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OF

Union High SchoolFowling &Jreen, Virginia

CLASS OF 196.:9 _.

- Class Theme -

"YOUTH SEEKS A BETTER TOMORROW"

13accal aureateSUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1969 -- 4:00 P.M. EDT

(9ommenceJ11entWEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1969 -- 6:00 P.M. EDT

MR. GEORGEB. RUFFIN, PM.ncipaZ

Baccalaureate ServiceSunday~ June 1~ 1969 - 4:00 P.M. EDT

UNION HIGH SCHOOL BAND CONCERT 3:30-3:50

"Bandology" Oesterl ing

"West Side Story" Bernstein

"Tangotoon" Kinyon

"Climb Every M?untain" Rodgers

PROCESSIONAL •.. "The War March of The Priests" ... Mendelssohn

HYMN. • . . . . . . . • • . .. "God of Our Fathers" . . . . . . . . . . . . • . Choir

SCRIPTURE and INVOCATION Dr. A. P. Young

CHANT .•.................•.............•. "Father Almighty"

MUSiC "Now Let All The Heavens Adore Thee" Bach

INTRODUCTION of SPEAKER George B. Ruffin, Principal

BACCALAUREATE SERMON . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Thomas L. HardmonMacedonia Baptist C1zw.och

Newport NeWs~ Virginia

MUSIC "Build Thee More Stately Mansions" Young

AN N OUNCEMfNTS

BENEDICTION

RECESSIONAL "God of Our Fathers" •..••.... DeKoven

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C90mmencement GxercisesWednesday, June 4, 1969 - 6:00 P.M. EDT

TJIINE: "1OUTB SEEKS A BETTER 'l'ONORROW"

PRELUDE

PROCESSIONAL ... "The War March of The Priests" •. Mendelssohn

INVOCA nON.. . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . .. . .. Cheryl Smithers

MUSiC •••....•...•. "Hide Not Thy Talents" .....•.....•. Choir

WELCOME and INTRODUCTION of THEME ... Gwendolyn Crawford

INTRODUCTION of SPEAKER George B. Ruffin, Principal

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Dr. Lyman B. Brooks,President of Norfolk State College

Norfolk, Virginia

MUSIC ..........•. "You'll Never Walk Alone" Choir

VALEDICTORY Patricia Wilson

PRESENTATION of CANDIDATES for GRADUATION

AWARDING of DiPLOMAS .....•...... ·George B. Ruffin, Principal

PRESENTATION of SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS.•..

.•..RECOGNITION of PARENTS ......•............... Cecelia Deyo

MUSIC .•.•...•.........••.........•....•..••..... Alma Mater

BENEDICTION

RECESSIONAL •.......• "God of Our Fathers" ..•..•• De Koven

(glassJessie Isiah AlexanderJoon Earlene AndersonJoseph Newman Anderson, Jr.Ted Lee ArmsteadRomaine Demisha BakerGene Allen BaylorWayne Coldwell Buylor

"Janice Maxine BenneHDwight Lean BerryMarion Estelle Berry

~ Josephine Senora BeverlyGary Welford Boone

"Lee Worner BrooksAI ice Mae BrownVurnia Liza BrownJoanne Maxine ByrdMelvin Owens ByrdRonald Tyrone ByrdDoris Ann CarterZenobia Lee CorterClarence Eugene ChapmanClarence Lee ChildsRoscoe Nathaniel Childs

"Viola ChristianBarbaro Ann ColemanJames Roger CookeDeborah Annette Courtney

""Gwendolyn Sandra CrawfordLorry DawsonCIifton Earl DerricotteFrances Marie DerricotteLillian Burnett Derricolle

. Cecelia Annetle DeyoArchie'Roy Edler

"Catherine Deloris FergusonDeloris Ann FergusonPatrice Romaine FieldsSherald Rosslyn FortuneLewis FoxxLindo Lorraine FoxxHelen Marie FreemanMarshall Gahagan

*Bernice GarnettEarl Lewis GarnettGloria Jean Goodoll

*Will iam Frankl in GordonEffie Mae GrantGwendolyn Louise GrayShel ia Ann GrayBrenda Patricio GreeneFannie Mae Hunter

JI ••• Valedictozoian

'Roll"Clarence Linwood JamesJul ia Orene JohnsonLinda Diane JohnsonPhillip Lee JohnsonAnthony Edward JonesVeronica Ann JonesBernice LeeDoris LewisHazel Ma. MinorGearge Earl MurrayMildred Irene NelsonDarious Fraokl in PorkerGeraldine PorkerBrenda Maxine PeatrossAlvin Granville PierceThoddeaus PleasantsSandy Edward PollardCynthia Dione QuashJacquel ine EIizabeth ReddRosemary Richardson

"Evelyn Virginia SaylesLeroy Samuels, Jr.Bernard Lee Saunders

"Marvin Anthony Simms"George Franklin Smith"Cheryl Ann SmithersJimmy Alphonse StevensCharles Andrew StewartVietto Lee TolbertColvin Bemord ToylorRoy Roy TerrellRobert Bemell TerrellHoshmel Cea TurnerLorenza Page WalkerJesse Charleston Wolloce .Rolond Hoyes WollaceCatherine Dione Wore

"Thelma Shermell WoreMorsholl Woshington

"Pauline Elizabeth WashingtonDaniel Dwight WilliamsDavid Wilsan WilliamsHilton Blanton WilliamsPierpont Gregory WilliornsVema Matilda WilliomsFloyd Elliott Wilson

"""Patricia Elizabeth WilsanKenneth Mikel WoolfolkStanley Rogers WoolfolkSylvia Dione WoolfolkJean Verselle Young

U Salutatorian

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