1972-1977

I Whitten Heads Cadet Assoc. The Cadet Association at events on the c a m p ~ ~ s , students E ~ s t .lunior Co!lege advocat- cnrollcd in Arnly ROTC at EC.JC are cs niilitnl.v n r t i ~ r i t i e c ,,,A F,,-.:,,~ consitlerccl niemhers of the associa-

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tion. At the initial meeting. the follo\ving 5tutlents jvere selected as catlct officers: Shelia Whitten of Neu.ton a s prcsitlent: Eddie Law- rence of Pclnhatchie as vicc-presi- (lent: Shannon Richardson of IJnion a\ secretary: and Peggy Smith of Decatur nc treasurer. Evclyn Murrcll of Forest was selected to scrsc as the sophoniore rcpresetitativc ant1 Kcnt Holdiness of Decatur as the freshnian rc~?rescntative. Scrsing as ROTC niilitnry scicncc instructors are Capt. , Dan Tcnninion. MSG Stan Royals ant1 SFC Elsing La51,son. The military cl:tsscs meet for one hour of clacs\vork and one hour of lab \vcekly. The classtr,c .I( ig basically an :l\vareness program and the lab offers re!ling. hclicoptcr rides. and fielti trips to those st~tclcnts n.ho wish t(: participate. Students in the program at East Ccntrnl having varying opinions of it. Sonlc think it's hard work while other look upon it as a challenge. But nl(,st agree that it's worth it. The leatlership lenrnccl in ROTC can be used honi the day they assume it. Of the 120 s t ~~ t l e n t s cnrolled in ROTS 34 are from Newton County. They arc: Newton: Robert Adanis. Donald Bender. .leannette Coleman. Charles Comans. Keith Gaines. Jane Harth- cock. Carole Morgan. Clayton Whitehead. and Shclia Whittcn. Union: Randy Cleveland. Craig Gordon. Dawn ~ a b c r l c . ' Lcisa Richardson. Shannon Richardson. Kcvin Thomas, and Terry Ware. Lake: Dcla Donald and '.Jesse Wnlfe. Decatur: Mark Buntyn. Ken Haekman. .Icffcry Harris. Deborah Milling. Mike Mott. WiJliam Patterson. Denise Rigdon. Iris Smith. :and Pcggy Snlith. Little Rock: Bruce Barnes and Kerry Huddleston. Hickory: Bill Brand. Eric Edison. :~ntl Vic.ki Hamrick. Chuniky: G:vy Barber and Jacky

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