Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-06-07
BY Gene Leach

Wheatonites in all departments
of school life were acknowl-
edged with certificates, letters,
and applause at twin Awards
Assemblies held in the gym
nasium last week.
The first program empha-
sized scholastic honors: the
second was devoted to athletic
awards. The seniors and half
the junior class attended each
assembly.
Seniors Kathryn Dittler, Bill
Walker, Jeff Howard, and Ron
ME Minnick received Honor
Awards, which recognize class
room achievement and partici-
patton in sports and activities.
Merit Awards recognizing
scholastic excellence and par
ticipati0n in activities went to
seniors Adrienne Wilks, Ray.
mond Pearl, Jeff Howard,
AL Bassett, and Gene Leach,
and 10 junior Richard Har-
risOn.
Gene Leach, winner of the
1862 Reuben H. Donnelley Corp
Grafton Merit Scholarship, re-
ceived certificate from J. H.
Nelson, Donnelley vice-presi-
dent. Principal Horn also pre-
sented a certificate to David
Myers, National Merit Scholar.
The Distributive Education
Award, consisting of a certifi-
cate and $50 savings bond sup
piled by the Sears Roebuck
Foundation, was accepted by
senior Donna Crabs.
Charles La Rue gave County
Science Fair ribbons to second
prize winner George Timber
lake, third prize winner Saul
Adelman, and Warren Prophet
and Billy Phillips, whose pro-
jects earned honorable men,
tons. George and Saul also re-
ceived Citations for Distinguish
ed Achievement in Sciences and
subscriptions to Scientific Amer
lean from the Vitro Company.
Saul went on to collect a
third award, an honorable men,
ton conferred in competition
sponsored by the Future Scien-
lists of America.
In the language department,
Miss Viola Koonce presented an
honorable mention certificate to
second-year Latirist Rolph Gull
yer and a first-prize award to
thirdly ar student Elizabeth
Hiley for their performances on
a national Latin exam. Eliza
beth also won a copy of Edith
Hamilton's The Roman Way.
Senior David Henig accepted
a third prize award for his ex-
cellent score on the Concours
National de Francois, a French
competition held in Baltimore
earlier in the year.
Receiving honorary scholar
ships from the National Honor
Society were seniors Brandy
Kershner, Gene Leach, and
David Myers. Elizabeth Hiley,
Louise Pancoast, Eliot Veg
brett, Keith Stolzenbach, and
Gerry Specter earned letters
of commentator In the 1862
mis- Scholarship Program.
Other honors went to juniors
Bob Wilson, who received a GER
tificate and a slide rule from
the Mathematics Association of
America, and Alan Meyrowitz,
who got a citation as Wheaton's
high scorer in the recent GWU
English contest.
A high point Of the Thursday
awards assembly was the an
nouncement that champion pole
vaulter Yves Schmidt had been
selected for the All-Metropolitan
Track Team. Yves, who broke
the Maryland schoolboy record
this year, was also named the
outstanding senior on the 1862
Wheaton track squad.
Earl Thompson and Bart
Suhre received awards as the
best junior and sophomore
tI'ackmen, respectively.
Wayne Boor distributed track
monographs to seniors Kerry
kelpy, David Anderson, Steve
Hobbies, Pete Spear, David
Gearin, Jack Chomko, Mike
Putcakulish, Fred Cannon,
Dan McCready, Lee Johnson,
Yves Schmidt, Jeff Hirsch, and
Jim Harvey.
Track letters also went to
Juniors Bill Nelson, John Beall.
Gil Hendrickson, John Gawler.
Bill Halstead, Earl Thompson.
Richie Leven, Mike Stirckman,
Garry Frank, Gary Inlay, Doug
Bright, Bill Turetsky, James
Fromm, Wayne Farley, and
Ricky Wachtler.
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