Milford chronicle., 1959-06-12
Commencement At
Jason High School

The Hon. Thomas Dickens, Judge
of the Court of General Sessions in
New York City, gave the commence
ment address at the William C.
Jason Comprehensive High Schools
exercises Tuesday at 8:15 D. m. in
the school gymnasium.
James r. Webb. principal of the
school which serves all of Sussex
County, introduced the rs students
receiving their diplomas.
The baccalaureat service was
held Sunday at p. m. with the
Rev. Cyrus w. Derrickson, district
superintendent of the Salisbury
District, delivering the sermon.
Music for both the commencement
exercises and the baccalaureate
services were rendered by the ia
son Music Department, under the
direction of Hillary Hatchett and
Thomas M. Cooper.
Judge Dickens attended Lincoln
University, Lincoln, Pa, and re-
ceived his B. S. degree from New
York University in 1941, his LII. B.
from the same university in 1943,
and his LII. ID. from Lincoln Uni
versity in 1856.
He was admitted to the New York
State Bar in 1914, and was an as
semblyman in the New York Leg
islature ,1948-1950. He served as
justice of the Municipal Court,
City of New York, 1950-55, and was
appointed by Ex-Governor Harri-
mann of New York as judge of the
Court of General Sessions in 1856.
He has served on the New York
Supreme Court Bench during inter-
inns.
The Rev. Quincy D. Cooper, Is
real Church, Lewes, took part in
the baccaleaureate service and John
L. Parker, vice principal of the
school, was on the program also.
At the commencement exercises,
George T. Macklin, chairman of the
schools board of trustees, present
ed the diplomas.
Mr.. Parker gave out the special
awards.
The Rev. G. B. Wilson, pastor of
John Wesley Church, Nassau, gave
the invocation at the commencement
and Patrick H. Walker, counselor,
introduced Judge Dickens.
Two graduates took part. Mary
L. BOwden gave the address of well
come and Anthony J. Brunswick
discussed the class motto, 'Educa-
tion Makes the Man."
Graduates are:
Scientific: Richard Adams, Paul
Bennett, Mary Bowden, Anthony
Brunswick, Josephine Duffy, John
Fisher, Constance Green, Geraldine
Hall, Blanche Handy, Barry Har-
mon.
General: Arleen Brown, Willie
Cannon, Sandra Cephas, Mable Con-
away, Hattie Cooper, Ethel Foun-
tain, Aldon Hall, Preston Harmon,
Pauline Hayward, Doris Hyland,
Joseph Ingram, Jeanette Jenkins,
Earvin Kelly, Morgan Mason, Ray
mond Massey, Clark Miller, Ruth
Mifflin, Charlotte Morris, Tyrone
Oliver, Essie Palmer, Phyllis Pal
mer, Torrance Perkins, Dolores
Phillips, Eugene Ray, Leroy Rob-
inson, Judith ShowelI, Granville
Stewart, Frances Spencer.
Vocational: Marry Anderson, Will
liam Andrews, Kenneth Bryant, Oil
yer Burton, Edith Burris, Ernest
Conaway, Naomi Drayton, Maurice
Duncan, James George, Otis Har-
mon, Robert Holloman, Louis Hop
kins, Ray Hopkins, Franklin Hor-
sey, William Hyland, James In
gram, Virgil McCray, Russell Num-
ford, Charles Norwood, Melvin
Perry, Clinton Polk, Thelma Shock
ley, Isaac Upshur, Janet Ward.
Business Education: Betty Block
son, Gwendolyn Collins, jeanne
Blocksom, Marian Coverdale, Pa
tricia Harmon, Dorothy Herring,
Edna Ingram, CIarice Johnson,
Brenda Palmer, Edna Waters,
Phyllis Savage, Barbara Williams.
Certificates of attendance: Rob-
ert Green, Pearl Mann.
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