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Western Carolinian Volume 45 Number 19

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  • New scholarship fund WCU grad donates $100,000 A $100,000 scholarship gift has been made to the Development Foundation of WCU by Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Palmer of Birmingham, Alabama. The gift establishes the J. W. and Patricia Palmer Scholarship Fund to assist "worthy and deserving students" to attend WCU. Under terms of the gift, preference in making scholarship awards will be given to students in Clay County, of which both Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are natives, and then to students in other Western North Carolina counties. Each scholarship will have a value of approximately $2,000, covering the full in-state expenses of tuition, room and board and other required fees. The awards are for undergraduate students only and will be based upon each applicant's achievement and participation in previous schooling and overall social, civic and academic achievement and potential. One scholarship will be awarded each year, starting with the freshman class entering next fall. Subsequent awards will be made to provide four scholarships, one in each of the four undergraduate years. Palmer is co-owner of Britling Cafeteria Co., Inc. of Birmingham, a chain of seven cafeterias operating in Alabama. Formerly, he was president and chairman of the board of All Risk Insurance from 1961-79 and president and chairman of the board of Standard Fire Insurance Co. from 1970-79. The companies operate primarily in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. He is the son of Mrs. Minnie Smith Palmer and the late Grady B. Palmer of Hayesville. Mrs. Palmer, the former Patricia Alexander, is a 1954 graduate of Western Carolina College. An education major, she was selected for the "Best Personality" superlative among the members of her graduating class. She formerly taught in the Charlotte City School System. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Alexander of Hayesville. "Jenny the Mail - Order Bride" will play at Junaluska Lake Junaluska — The Alpha-Omega Players of Repertory Theater of America will present a two-act comedy-melodrama "Jenny the Mail-Order Bride" in Lake Junaluska Assembly's dinner theater event February 9. Included in the cast is Mike Genebach, who studied theater and music at Western Carolina University. Native of Reston, Va., his professional credits include "Barefoot in the Park" and "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown." A buffet dinner will be served in the new Terrace Hotel dining room 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, and the play presentation is set at 8 p.m. Tickets must be paid for in advance and may be obtained at Lake Junaluska Assembly office, 456-9405. Only 300 tickets will be sold. The charge is $7.50 per person. Shelly Moffett plays the role of Jenny, sweet, demure, ingenous, fastidious mail-order bride-to-be. Mike Genebach is in the role of the villain, Alan Clark depicts the brave, "by-the-book" lieutenant hero, and Jacqueline D. Goldberg is portraying Cactus Belle, the lieutenant's "right-hand man", rough and tough on the outside, softy on the inside. Critics have acclaimed the play as "genuinely bright, clever, entertaining, full of humor and skulduggery. . .a full catalog of comedy that comes with no postage due." Rosemary Fair is the author of the play and also wrote the music for it. She gained more than a small share of fame as "Dodge City Kitty" - as writer, director, choreographer and star of the internationally known Long Branch Variety Show. "Jenny" was first produced by the Way Off Broadway Players in Dodge City, Kansas and it was repeated with new attendance records in the same city in 1977. The Repertory Theater's Alpha-Omega Players production marks "Jenny's" first national tour. The Palmers, who still own a farm in Clay County, said they are establishing the scholarship fund as a means of encouraging young people in Clay County and Western North Carolina to go to college and to make their lives and careers in the mountain region. Chancellor Robinson, who also serves as president of the Foundation, said the gift by Mr. and Mrs. Palmer "is one of the finest and most generous that the University has received. By establishing a scholarship that will meet the full expenses of the student selected, Mr and Mrs. Palmer have provided an award that goes far beyond the terms of most scholarships at WCU Students who receive the Palmer Scholarship will receive a degree of encouragement and assistance that will make the award highly cherished and prestigious, and we believe will provide a truly magnificent incentive for students selected to receive it." Presbyterians looking for Korean - Americans First Presbyterian Church of Morganton seeks to locate Korean and Korean-Americans to be their guests for dinner on March 9th. The congregation invites them to a Korean language service of worship at 4 p.m. Dr. O'Hyun Park, chairman of the department of religion and philosophy, Appalachian State University, will preach. The Rev. Tae-Sik Choi, of Charlotte's Korean Church, will be worship leader. Registration begins at 3 p.m. After the service, the Koreans will see two films about Korea. At 6 p.m. they will join members of First Presbyterian for a dinner in the fellowship hall. The Rev. and Mrs. Homer Rickabaugh, who live in Seoul, will show slides and speak briefly afterwards. Children and spouses are invited to all events. Koreans and Korean-Americans should notify First Presbyterian Church, Box 369, Morganton, N.C. 28655 (telephone: 704-437-1811). W
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