1954-1972

THE WATSONS, MOTHER, AT LEFT, AND DAUGHTER Mother,Daughter, ECJC Students -

an average of 92.5 and was 13th in her class of 81. She plans to major in a r t and go on to a senior college after graduation from ECJC. Mrs. Watson, who married in 1951, received h e r high school diploma in 1958 from a correspondence school in Chi- cago. Mr. Watson, a former teacher, earned his master de- gree b-=_sricdture in 1959 -ersity. That was the same year they moved to Morton. Glenda, a basketball star a t Morton, will be playing both basketball and tennis a t ECJC and will live in a dormitory. Mrs. Watson will commute daily on a but. The Watsdns have two other children, Sheree, a freshman a t Morton, and Craig, a sopho- more. "We have figured that every year for the next eight years there'll be somebody in our family from high school, junior college or college," Mrs. Wat-

,Jme September, 17 year old Glenda Watson will be able to ask her teachers a t East Cen- tral Junior College in Decatur: "What kind of student was my mother last year?" Mrs. Billie Watson, 33, of Morton, will be a sophomore a t ECJC t h i s term while her daughter will be a freshman. ~lthoughthey won't have anSi elasses together, Glenda will --I- -- - - - . who taught her mother in 1969- 70. For Mrs. Watson, wife of poultryman Glen Watson, her studies a t East Central will provide the basics toward a de- gree in psychology. She hopes eventually to qualify for a teach- ing license. As an ECJC freshman, she was one of 15 in a class of 319 to earn distinction during the spring semester. After ECJC, she will enroll in a senior col- lege, a l t h o u g h she hasn't decided where. Glenda, a 1970 graduate of

Morton Attendance 'center, had son said.

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