Commencement At Kerens High Friday Night KERENS, May 30  (Spl.)—Twenty-five Kerens high school seniors will receive their diplomas in the annual commencement exercise in the high school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. Elmin Howell, Jr., youth and education director of the First Baptist church in Shreveport, La., will be the guest speaker. M. J. Crawford, president of the school board, will present the diplomas to 13 girls and 12 boys.  Wade Johnston, high school principal, will present the awards.  Music will be provided by the high school band. Bonnie Massey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Massey is the valedictorian with a four year average of 95.70.  She was a member of the Kerenettes and lettered in basketball four years.  She served as student council representative and on the yearbook staff during her senior year. Kay Fields, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Fields, ranks second in the class with an average of 94.32.  She was a member of the Bobcat band for four years, serving as majorette one year and drum major for two years. Dickie Rea, son of M. and Mrs. D. C. Rea, is the highest-ranking boy with an average of 93.65.  Included in his activities was football, which he played four years. The graduates are Ladonna Kay Allen, Judy Lynn Burnett, Barbara Kay Fields, Vicki Jan Hawkins, Claudia Lee Johnson, Dorothy Jean McQuary, Bonnie Beth Massey, Patricia Ann Morris, Rita Jane Ragland, Linda Carol Tarkington, Jane Elizabeth Thomason, Diane Warren Rose, Sara Sue Wolfenberger, Johnny Carroll Booker, Roy Jerald Colvin, Timothy J. Crawford, Donald Pierce Green, Robbie Glenn Griffin, Larry Glenn Hancock, Larry Neil Haynie, Roy Lynn Jenkins, Dickie Morris Rea, John Richard Reese, Jere Wayne Speed and Vernon Emitt Yates. The sequence Friday night, will be processional—“Pomp and Circumstance”  played by the high school band;  invocation—Tim Crawford;  introduction of the speaker;  address;  “Intermezzo”  by the band;  presentation of awards—Wade Johnston;  presentation of diplomas—M. J. Crawford; and recession—from “Commencement Suite” by the band. Following the program, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ragsdale will entertain the graduates with a party. Sunday at midnight members of the class will depart on a trip to a dude ranch at Bandera. The Corsicana Daily Sun  -  Thursday, May 30, 1963 Submitted by Diane Richards