1996

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for homecoming event

Recognition of outstanding alumni, instructors, new athlet– ic hall of fame members and lifetime achievement recipients will highlight homecoming activities scheduled Saturday, Oct. 12, at East Central Com– munity College in Decatur. Also honored will be alumni representing all classes ending in "6", members of Coach Tom Cheney's 1958 through 1961 baseball teams and graduates of the 1935, 1936 and 1937 classes As an added treat for half- ·time activities of the ECCe– Hinds football game, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m., former members of the Warrior March– ing Band are scheduled to join the present group of musicians in a special performance. For more information regarding the ECCC Alumni Band, contact band director Thomas W. Carson at the Col– lege. The day's activities will begin at 8:30 a.m., when mem– bers of the ECCC Development Foundation will have a break– fast meeting to discuss college needs resulting from enroll– ment growth. Registration of alumni begins at 9 a.m. in front of the student center, with reunion groups meeting at 10 a.m. at various campus locations. In addition, former ECCC

Jr., a recipient of a Special Achievement Award in recogni– tion of 35 years service as Board of Trustees attorney; and J.W. Thrash, also of Decatur, who will be presented an Ath– letic Recognition Award for his 30 years service as public address announcer for Warrior football games. Britt (Class of 1966), presi– dent of the Bank of Walnut Grove, is involved in various community activities including the Leake County Industrial Development Association , where he currently serves as vice president. A former Walnut Grove "Man of the Year," Britt was named "Volunteer of the Year" for 1995 by the Leake County Economic Development Cl?uncil. Britt made national head– lines on Sept. 29,1995 when he was taken hostage by three men who robbed the Bank of Walnut Grove. Britt was forced to drive the getaway car, leading law enforcement officers in a high speed chase through Scott and Rankin counties. The incident ended without anyone receiving serious injury, although gun shots were fired between the bank robbers and law enforcement personnel. The patrolman who protect– ed Britt from the gunfire was fellow ECCC alumnus, Cpl. Joe Nelson of Forest, who was later selected "Trooper of the Year by officers in the nine-county Meridian district of the Missis– sippi Highway Patrol. __ .... , _______

BRITI Marshall, Warrior Club president, whose office is locat– ed in the College's Skill/Tech One-Stop Career Center. Recipients of the various awards will be honored at the annual alumni luncheon begin– ning at 12 noon in Mabryl Memorial Cafeteria. Honorees include Ray Britt of Walnut Grove, Alumnus of the Year; Brenda Whatley Kirby of Forest, Alumna of the Year; M.E. "Boe" Davis of Cary, North Carolina; John W. Golden of Stone Mountain, Georgia; Julie Latham of Morton and Malcolm Phillips of Newton, new additions to the Athletic Hall of Fame; Charles Hinson of Decatur, Academic Instructor of the Year; and Jimmy Dempsey of Decatur, Vocation– al-Technical Instructor of the Year. Other begin honored are Decatur attorney W.H. Johnson,

APPEAREI CARTW athletes and other supporters of Warrior athletics will meet at 11 a.m. in Newton Hall, Room 60. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Earl CLARl0 t'l · Ll:.U\..J.t:.~.--• - -- NESHOE NEWTOl